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#70 - MEEMAW'S CHANGE PLATE
Ever mixed a WWE smackdown with a Looney Tunes cartoon? We did, and it’s just the start of the ruckus as we hit the big 7-0 in our podcast journey. From backyard hijinks to debating our all-time favorite athletes who rocked the number 70, we’re all about sharing laughs and memories. Paul's got a tale from 2007 involving a road trip that veered off course, a surprise Philly bar in Denver, and wasp encounters that’ll make you chuckle. Meanwhile, Harry’s weekend adventure got sidetracked by rain, leading him to Texas Roadhouse—because sometimes the best-laid plans still end with steak.
Shift gears with us as we zoom into the fast-paced world of NASCAR. We’re revisiting the legendary J.D. McDuffie’s remarkable run, diving into the latest from the Hollywood Casino 400, and getting into some serious debates over driver picks for Talladega. Our fan-voted biggest pet peeves bracket wraps up after nine weeks of heated battles, and if you’ve been with us on this ride, you know it’s been a whirlwind of excitement and surprises. Appreciate the strategy, the unexpected victories, and the endless debates that keep the engines revving.
But wait, there's more! We’re celebrating President Carter’s centennial with a laugh, pondering the quirks of state laws, and embarking on a whimsical “war” between Poland and its beaver foes. Plus, hidden treasures in plain sight? We’ve got stories that’ll have you checking your living room for Picassos. Whether it's a meteorite doorstop or a million-dollar amber nugget, we’re all about uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary. Tune in for an episode that’s packed with humor, nostalgia, and more than a few surprises.
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so, as I'm jumping off the back porch, I grabbed a post and like went to go spin and jump into the yard and I didn't see a broom and it caught my left cheek and I literally sat on the broom and just face planted into the yard. It's going to get my legs under me. You went from like a WWE wrestler and move like I'm going to jump into the ring here to Looney Tunes. Just dude, straight, flat. How'd that feel?
Speaker 1: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 70, we will discuss our favorite athletes to wear 70, hand out our golden trouts and eels of the week, finalize our biggest pet peeve bracket and, of course, much, much more. Paul listeners, welcome to 70.
Speaker 1:Seven Zero, that's a good day. It's one of those milestone episodes. You know, anytime it ends in a zero, it feels like a milestone. Yeah, I was going to say zero or fives Always a good milestone, right, always. We couldn't do it without our listeners from Hedgeville, west Virginia, and Denver, colorado, of course. Thank you for listening. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1:Oh man, we made it all the way to mile high city. You ever been there, harry, mile High? No, I have not. Actually it was pretty high up there. People say I would love Denver. You probably would. It's pretty high up there. I just don't know about the whole breathing thing. Uh yeah, so did I ever tell you it's the time I went to Denver? No, I can tell you what year it was. Harry Year was 2007. The Philadelphia Phillies were in the postseason for the very first time since 1993. For those that may not know, 93, I was in third grade, so 2007,. Here I am, 22. About to be 22. Big deal for me Get tickets to go watch the Phillies in game four Phillies versus the Colorado Rockies. Was in Vegas at the time.
Speaker 1:Drove 12 hours To Denver. Got up early, super jazzed. My thermos was filled with coffee Because I really thought I wasn't going to stop and I wound up stopping several times. Get to Denver, stayed at a hotel. Coincidentally, across the street from the hotel was a place called Pat's Cheesesteaks. Some dude that went to our high school, graduated in 98, opened it up, never met, couldn't find the owner, but literally went to our high school Trichester High School. It was like the oddest thing ever. Well, you never told me this story, because I'm going to get to it like why I never shared the story that night.
Speaker 1:Saturday night, go to dinner at a place called Applebee's. I am wearing a Philadelphia Philly set. Coincidentally, harry, this exact hat. This hat has been through the washing machine several times. That's why Penn State hoodie that I still have in the closet and I'm watching the game, getting a beer, getting, you know, eating a little Applebee's. You know satin myself for Sunday. Hey man, why are all these Rockies fans at Bruce, why are these Rockies fans at Applebee's just staring at me, mean-mugging me?
Speaker 1:Phillies lost their game pretty good score Could have been 1-0, could have been 100-0. No, no, phillies lost. I'm still sitting there going. Why do they have their brooms? Tell me why I forgot the NLDS was the best of 5, not best of 7. Oh no, I bought tickets for game 4 because I thought it was guaranteed game 4. That's how long the Phillies have been not in the postseason, oh no, bro.
Speaker 1:So I drove 12 hours to Denver Per game. Didn't happen, and then turn around and drove 12 hours back. Yeah, I wouldn't tell people that either. Now I did find a Philly bar there, which is really cool. So you go down to what felt like a basement, because they can have basements there, and you know, like remember Pop Travelman's old basement, like the stone walls, like you see, a colonial style stone wall basement. It was a faux stone wall basement. As you went down in there they had all Philly sports teams banners, penn State stuff all around. I was like this place is pretty legit. I really went to stay to get drunk all day, but I had a long drive ahead of me. You wanted to get wet all day. I wanted to drink a lot of apple juices. You know what I'm saying? A lot of the apple juice. So after seven apple juices, I drove 12 hours. I'm just kidding. No, I didn't. No, you didn't. No, you didn't Listen, man, I'd love to talk about my weekend, but the most exciting thing was Texas Roadhouse and I'm not oh, I'm not saying that like I'm a boring person.
Speaker 1:It was just one of those weekends where we were supposed to go camping. It rained. I don't want to camp in the rain, I got you. I don't want to camp in the rain, I got you. If I want to sit inside somewhere, it's going to be my house, right, I only got one basket of rolls. I was so mad, they were so busy. Were you mad or were you smart? Oh, no, they only gave you one. Yeah, they only gave me one. Oh, I thought you cut yourself off. No, because they gave us a basket and then I didn't see our waiter and then our salads came out and then it was just game over after that. Yeah, that'll happen, but anything fun and exciting for you.
Speaker 1:I worked out at the deer lease on Saturday. I got in a fist fight with some wasps. That was fun. You couldn't be as man. My least favorite, least day of the year, because it's the one where, like Two weeks ago, we put the bug bombs out there. This week you open them all up, make sure all the nests are dead, but then you find nests that didn't die. It was like the Terminator and wasps combined and you're like, great, I hung out with the kids. It was like the Terminator and was combined. And you're like great, uh, hung out with the kids and we just hung around the house and played a lot. That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:It's definitely that time of year where, like you know, schools in full swing is in the middle of changing seasons. It's a weird time. This is the per oh my Harry, isn't one of my favorite times of the year, absolute favorite times of the year. Absolute favorite times of the year. Weather's cooling down, kids are back in school, like so they're getting in a swing of it. Fall break's coming up for us next week. This week those that are listening my garden is popping, apparently, I plant a fall garden in early spring, so it just takes everything a while to grow. You have football, you have to play out baseball, hockey's right around the corner. Deer season's coming up like. It's a great time of year, very busy, very busy time of year. I love it.
Speaker 1:So I beat you last week in NASCAR. You did, I did. I go first. I'm shaking my head. I got nothing, dude, yeah, being a marquee number, milestone number, right, and that's what's so weird. I don't think we said it before about NASCAR. I just think 7-0 is not a clean-looking number. No, my own jerseys it's not.
Speaker 1:I had to research number 70. Did you Like? Usually there's one. I knew it popped right off the page and then, because you hate this guy so much, you love him, respect him. I can't stand him.
Speaker 1:Zach Martin, dallas Cowboys offensive guard. Yeah, that's fair. He's literally one of the best in the game, maybe one of the best guards of all time. Agreed Dude's legit. These other ones, man, I had to dig. Let's hear them. All right, so let's go with New York football giants.
Speaker 1:The Giants have a linebacker by the name of Sam Huff, time Magazine. I'm just reading a little blurb here. Once, grabbed Huff, who starred as a linebacker for the New York football giants in the 50s, as a quote, smiling fighter fired with a devout desire to sink a thick shoulder into every ball carrier in the National Football League, this dude was Ray Lewis before Ray Lewis. This dude was Lawrence Taylor before Lawrence Taylor. When Lawrence Taylor signed with the Giants, the Don the number 56, he had to go 56 because he couldn't live up to the number 70 of Sam Huff. I've been looking up pictures of their old helmets and stuff. He was lighting dudes up wearing minimal helmet and pads.
Speaker 1:You know what, harry? If we're going to go ahead and do one and two from the NFC East, let's make it a hat trick. One shot ain't enough, jack, you better make it three. Number 70 for the Philadelphia Eagles, retired number for Al Wistert and those of you. A lot of us remember when Al played, when he laced them up from 1944 to 1951 for the Philadelphia Eagles and in 1943, harry, during World War II he laced it up for the Stegals Stegals this is the first name I could find prominent name that played for the Steagals During World War II.
Speaker 1:When Philadelphia and Pittsburgh NFL teams combined the Eagles and Steelers they created the Steagals. I'm pretty sure it was like the throwback Eagles bird logo holding a Steelers logo. That's how I imagine what the Stegals look like. Yeah, I know we talk about it way too much on this show, but that is actually Anjanai's escape room name. Yeah, that's a good one Is the Stegals because she's from Pittsburgh, I'm from Philly, we go with the Stegals. Yeah, from Pittsburgh, I'm from Philly, we go with the Stegals. Yeah, bada bing, bada, boom, yeah. But you know Al Winstead was he really that good? I don't know, harry.
Speaker 1:He played nine NFL seasons, eight of which he was an All-Pro, 1940s, all-decade team, eagles Hall of Fame number two. Retired In college 1942, he was an All-American. I mean, this dude played, for he was a Michigan Wolverine, so he wanted to. He'll get that, you know, demerit, but he wore number 11 from Michigan and that number is retired Played 95 games and started 84 of them. Like, looking at these stats, they're not great for nowadays but like this dude was a stud, like he was there for the 1948-1949 championships.
Speaker 1:All right, I'm going to jump into draft picks here. Let's start from oldest to newest, oldest being 1990. Pittsburgh Steelers selected Quarterback from Maryland, neil O'Donnell. You may not remember Neil O'Donnell, but I kind of do. Yeah, I remember when he was drafted I was about four and a half. I said, man, this guy's going to do something here. Six years in Pittsburgh he led them to Super Bowl, super Bowl 30, where they met up with the Dallas Cowboys and Neil O'Donnell lost 27-17,. But you know, he took Pittsburgh there. And let's fast forward. Three years later, number 70 overall draft pick. This is a very coincidental day, harry.
Speaker 1:The Denver Broncos selected Jason Elam Kicker, who was a pretty good kicker. Think he was the first one to break the 63 yard record in Denver, where the air is thin. I mean, yeah, I mean I didn't say he, you know, wasn't cheating. Okay, fine, so if anybody breaks the record, indoor stadium doesn't count. See, that's tough. And I get your point. I mean he won two Super Bowls with the Broncos and he tied the longest field goal of 63 yards in 1998. So I remember playingden and stuff. He tied Jack Dempsey, which Jack Dempsey had the record because he had no toes, but so did Sebastian Genachowski and David Akers all his 63-yarders. But where'd he do it, harry Mile high stadium, denver, colorado. Yeah, I mean he made 80% of his field goals. But where'd he do it, harry Mile high stadium, denver, colorado. See, yeah, I mean, he made 80% of his field goals, 99.4% of his extra point. I still don't like that stat because it was very close when he was a kicker. There were chip shots back in the day. So I mean, jason, he was big name back in the day, like that was the kicker to have. You played Madden early 2000s. You're trading for Jason Elam Just because let's see what draft two draft picks I got.
Speaker 1:Moving on to NASCAR, again, not too many. Nothing pops in my head for NASCAR, just yeah, one one, one big one. 760 races, zero wins, one pole, get that one pole, that's really good, that's a goose egg. Yeah, 760 races, though, that's a lot. And there's a lot of races, man, for no wins. You think about it. There's 36 races a year now. Yeah, uh, back in the day it was 34, 32, right, they're adding more races in there and no wins. Handful of top fives, handful tens, I bet, but no wins is wild to me. Wild even with old jd mcduffie driving it. He was like an old guy, but that is wild. Like there's certain numbers. It was that. Three numbers in a row, now. Wow, like there's certain numbers. It was that three numbers in a row now, yeah, 68, 69, 70. No wins Now we gotta get him, we gotta get some wins in here soon.
Speaker 1:Speaking of winning, it was the Hollywood casino 400 at Kansas speedway when the non-playoff driver, the watermelon farmer, ross Chastain, took home the win. Um, did you watch that race? I did. Did you watch his burnout? No, I did not. I missed the burnout. See, you always turn it off too early, very excessive. I thought it was too much and I never thought I'd say that about a burnout. But here's, here's the dilemma and here's where I want to talk to you real quick about he's not a, he's not in the playoffs.
Speaker 1:Celebrate your win. It's exciting, it's awesome, but I don't feel like the intensity matched what he actually did. But it's still a cup race win, right, I mean, but there ain't no particular way to celebrate a win. A win's a win, right, I don't know, I just thought it was excessive. We're moving on to Talladega. I'm very excited. Talladega is a fun race, like anytime. I see Talladega on the schedule, I circle it and I yell One phrase Harry Ka-ching, because that is a money making race. It is a money making race.
Speaker 1:I go first with the pick, as I reminded everyone at the top of the show. I'm going to take the 48 Willie B. That's going to take the 48 Willie B. That's going to be a good one. I feel like it's a safe. It's a safe one. It's definitely a top 10.
Speaker 1:Being Dad Talladega in a Hendricks car, I feel like it's safe. You got a four car team, especially with Hendrick. He's still got four dudes in the playoffs. Four of the 12 belong to Hendrick. They're going to be focusing. But I'm dude, I'm not even mad. That's a good pick. I mean it's a bummer that you you already used Chase Elliott, yeah, especially for Talladega and the Charlotte Roval which will be next week.
Speaker 1:But I see your 48. I see your 48. I take your 48. I'm going to divide that thing by four. I want to take your Chevy. Turn it to a four. Give me the blue oval Number 12,. Ryan Blaney Jealous Ryan Blaney Normally just hot at the end of the season.
Speaker 1:So I'm a Blaney fan. I respect Blaney. I really want to take that pick back right now. Nope, you can't Because I want to go with his teammate. But I think forwards are going to be fast. Okay, I mean, I'll let you pick whoever you want. No, I'm going to stay with 12th. I ain't going down. But you know, I'm going to tell you right now I'm going to stay with 12. I'm going down. I'm going to tell you right now I'm going to get you good Because that Ford is going to get me to the front. I'm not even a Ford guy, I'm a Blaney guy. Like, don't get that twisted. Yeah, man, I wish Blaney would go to a Chevy so bad. But there ain't a good ride open yet. No, I'm going to call my guy Juanita over there. He might have a little insight for me. I just want to be an owner In my car. I'll be the driver. Let's pick up Blaney, bring him over to Chevy Now. Ford's going to be fast Now. Hopefully Toyota from the last Realized their mistake when they were all in the same pitch strategy All six Toyos on the track and then they wrecked themselves.
Speaker 1:Like bro, you all pit it Early. All six of you went nose to tail drafting. And then they wrecked themselves. Like bro, you all pit it early. All six of you went nose-to-tail drafting man. It was like the smartest strategy and I'm literally watching going dang Toyota car's going to win this race. And then they wrecked each other and I'm like what are y'all doing? Wow, you know Toyota had to be mad. Yeah, I think the only one that survived that was Tyler Redding. He's like I think I'm gonna go down Like look at it happening. Blah, blah, blah. Like after he hit the wall, he goes. I'm not in the mood right now, like just let's end this thing.
Speaker 1:Speaking of ending things, are you ready to end the fan-voted? Are you ready To end the fan voted? Biggest LP bracket man, harry, here we are After nine weeks of matchups. This is the last week. We've extended Some of the polls before you and I did not record intentionally because the polls were so close. We're like you know what? I don't even want to call it right now. They were that close.
Speaker 1:This entire bracket Harry has really got to me. You ever have a moment where you're sitting there enjoying a really good meal and you don't even want a flavored drink, like you got your sweet tea or a sweet tea right there. You know you're eating, you're a text roadhouse, eat a good steak and you're like no, no, no, I don't want to ruin the flavor water. Bring me water waiter. That's how this bracket has been for me, harry. I have been pumped, I've been excited.
Speaker 1:I want to know everybody's biggest pet peeve. Enough of the slow play here. It is, harry.
Speaker 1:Slow left lane drivers versus distracted drivers. It turns out everybody's pet peeve is people driving Other people's driving. You guys, you know who the best driver in the world is you, you. Everybody believes they are the best driver in the world 60 to 40. Distracted drivers are our biggest pet peeve winner. Wow, and I don't disagree with it Me neither.
Speaker 1:Because like, listen, slow left lane driver, you, you changed my outlook at the end of this bracket and I didn't even realize it. You did. But like, a slow left lane driver isn't as dangerous as a distracted driver. Yeah, I intentionally saved some of my my things. The end right, my views. A slow left lane driver is still dangerous. Yeah, of course. Well, I mean theoretically, being on the road is dangerous if you want to get too technical, but what I'm saying is a distracted driver is way worse than a left lane driver. Slow left lane driver, right, because I mean, is that, uh, the slow left lane driver is going to upset you, especially like for having right lane, and there's nothing worse than like when you're doing road trips and there's slight elevation.
Speaker 1:The next, you know, you got two semis drag racing at 65 miles an hour, 65 and 65.1. Yeah, the old left landers of 65.1. You hear right lander go from 18th gear to 15th gear because he's like nah, man, I ain't going to let you pass me. Meanwhile I'm sitting there, sail out V, like what am I going to do? Cruise control set to 64, because I'm not trying to hit you, but that's good. I mean distracted driving. You got to think about it. Slow left lane driver All right, you annoy me, yeah, but somebody not paying attention, especially like, hey, why don't I drive the Dallason back or wherever I'm going?
Speaker 1:All right, we're going up to Missouri next week. I feel a fall break action. I'm going to be on the major highways. You better be paying attention to the road. Yeah, right, cause you got. I don't know about you, you ever got the guy or gal.
Speaker 1:I usually say speed limit 75. My cruise is set to 81. I go six over. Yeah, I'm in the right hand lane Most of the time, unless I'm passing somebody and you come up to a car. I'm in the right-hand lane most of the time, unless I'm passing somebody and you come up to a car. I get in the left lane to go around them. Well, they realize that I'm passing them Because they look up from their phone. Then they gun it and I don't change my cruise control. Like, you want to race, go ahead. And here it is, you know, less than a mile later, hey, I, hey, I'm passing them again and they get so mad and I look over there just playing on their phone. So I had punched it before and I'm like man, I really hope there's not a cop around this corner because I'm doing much more than I need to. But there was somebody who really made me mad that I hammered my truck one time, hit the governor going through Texas and I held it down for probably three minutes and backed off, went back to normal speed, just so they'd be far behind me.
Speaker 1:I do a fair amount of driving for work, going to work, coming home from work and I took a different way home and it was just Tulane road and I noticed this lady like I could. If I don't see your headlights, there's an issue. Yeah, in my rear view mirror, you're way too close. And then I'm noticing she's on her phone. You know what? You know what ticked me off more is like everyone's on their phone.
Speaker 1:I don't text and drive. Yeah, I can. I can legitimately say I do not text and drive. It's one thing I will not do. I will answer your text when I get to it. I'm sorry, right, I don't text and drive. Bro, how many times have I texted you and you don't reply back? For an hour she legit was like 65 years old on her phone Nope, illegal. I'm like, what are you doing? You're a grown, you're someone's Meemaw, meemaw's back there texting.
Speaker 1:I guarantee you, 30 years ago, that same Meemaw that was reading a book on the highway but that's 30 years ago she was driving, you know, a tan Grand Marquis and she was in a black Corolla and I'm like, what are you doing with your life? Me, ma, yeah, I mean 30 years ago she had a black lincoln. That was okay to do all that in. She wouldn't feel anything. Man, I want one of those. So bad.
Speaker 1:So, king, I don't want to say congratulations. I don't even know how well I we did it. We crowned amer America's biggest pet peeve In the past. It's congrats. Home improvement Congrats. The golden, the dark night. This is a congratulations, yeah, it's a congratulations to the listeners. Thank you so much for helping us and getting to the bottom of this, and now we know the truth. So, thank you guys. Thanks for voting. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1:This, uh, this was, although Bragg has been fun, but this one was interesting to read. People, yes, like, I kind of want to go back and look at who voted for what. Just to like, just to say that, oh, like, man, let's put this thing up. Man, I'm going to get you good on this one. Like, oh, you would rather deal with a slow left lane driver, the distracted driver or whatever. Whatever it is, this one was fun. This one was so fun it's unpredictable, but we already have polls set up for our next round.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm going to be posting some questions here on our Facebook page, twitter and Instagram. I'm not going to release it yet. I'm not going to tell you what it is. I'm going to ask for nominees. Here's what we do know. We do know that we are off next week. Yes, you have family time scheduled and fully support that. So we have another fishing after work special coming out. We will announce the bracket and we will get it moving. So when we come back for 71, we are roaring and ready to go. Man, I can't wait. I can't wait either.
Speaker 1:Now, listen, before we move on to golden trout, I want to talk about eels of the wheat. Listen, it is October 3rd 2024. The world's been pretty crappy and we're going to skip it. Yeah, we're going to bring you nothing but fun, nothing but good, nothing but happy this week, and I feel like that's important this week, very important this week. I was going to say let's do funny ones, let's do stupid. I don't even want to do that. No, I mean it just because the biggest bracket we've kind of backed off on the eels, because we're going over and you know slimy people anyway, when the time comes for eels, you know it's appropriate, probably next episode. Right now, the world, united States, everybody, everyone, everyone been a lot of big events going on. Yeah, that's not our show, we're not going to talk about it. We're not even going to give specifics. That's not our show. We're here to forget about those things. We're going to move on right on to our golden trout.
Speaker 1:Quick, shout out golden trout, if you will. It's President Carter's 100th birthday, bro. I was thinking the same thing To our golden trout. Quick, shout out Golden trout, if you will. It's President Carter's 100th birthday, bro. I was thinking the same thing.
Speaker 1:100 years old, that's wild. I'm pretty sure he's the oldest president living. Yeah, yes, but I mean of all time. I don't think any of the presidents hit 100. No, that's got to do that job so stressful. Right, I can name at least five Presidents that didn't hit 100 Washington, jefferson, adams, lincoln, lincoln we all know Tft didn't hit 100. Old Taft I don't know if he hit 60. That's funny. I don't know if I want to keep that in this show or not, but we will. We will Keep it in because we're ready for this one. It only hurts when I'm breathing, though, but good for him.
Speaker 1:President Carter, peanut farmer you know what, harry? You know what time it is? Bracket's over, short bracket this week. It is time for one of the best segments. It's time to come back. I had to dig through some old sheets to find some stats. It is time for one of the best segments. It's time to come back. I had to dig. I had to dig through some old sheets to find some stats.
Speaker 1:It's time for Funny State Laws. It still exists today, this week, brought to you by Fightin' Phil's Bail Bonds. Look man, if you're ever in trouble down at the bar or you need some backup, fightin' Phil's going to be there to bail you out. Let's review. Harry. You are sitting at 40 and 35. Ooh, still positive. I'm not going to lie, dude. It's been months since we've done funny state laws, like let's talk real quick because we have the time. We had to trim the show because it was too long, right? Yep, we're trying to keep it at an hour hour and a half, and I said we can drop state laws, but with a quick bracket. We brought it back. I love having it back. And this week, harry, we got a couple of doozies. My question to you is are you ready? I am ready, all right, here's your first one.
Speaker 1:In this state, it is illegal to keep a couch on your porch. It's illegal to keep a couch on your porch. This law often found in various local ordinances across this exact state, was implemented to address safety concerns and maintain neighborhood aesthetics. Outdoor couches can become fire hazards, track pests and deteriorate rapidly when exposed to the elements. Additionally, they may lower property values and disrupt overall appearance of the community.
Speaker 1:Your options are Maine, colorado, florida, maine, colorado, florida, florida's out. I mean, they do what they want. And quick story I actually wanted to put a recliner Ange, and I had a apartment with a balcony and I wanted to put a recliner out there, so bad. And she said this isn't Alabama. But if she would have said Florida, Maine or Colorado, it really would have helped me here. But she said Alabama, alabama's. So Alabama's out, maine, florida. You know what? I don't know if I want to take Florida out yet Because I want to say Florida. Final answer, final, final, final, final, final, final.
Speaker 1:It is illegal to keep cats on your porch in the state of Colorado. You know why? I thought Florida Snakes. You know what that makes sense? I like where your head's at my head was there. It was there. Alright, still positive, still positive.
Speaker 1:Let's move on to the next one. Okay, in this state, for each act of public swearing, a person shall be fined $1. So, essentially, it's illegal to swear in public and your fine is $1 per word. It's almost like your mom's swear jar for the public. Your options are California, iowa, west Virginia. California is out, iowa is a part of the Iowa and West Virginia.
Speaker 1:The only one that makes sense to me is Iowa Bible Belt. Bible Belt's a little lower, harry. Oh is it? Yeah, belts go lower on the country. Well, they're up there, kind of near the Rust Belt. Is there a farming belt? Oh, is it? Yeah, belts go lower on the country. Well, they're up there, kind of near the rust belt. Is there a farming belt? A corn bill? I mean, that sounds like a fashion statement to me, but alright, one dollar, see, and okay, the one dollar, I think, is the key here. That's what's that's? That's that's man, that's West Virginia.
Speaker 1:Final answer oh well, played, good sir, for each act of public slurring person, shall we find one dollar in the state of West Virginia? Thank you, 41 and 36. California California'd be a $700 fine. Yeah, fact, I just do. Iowa Iowa has 17 people, right, so they're not going to charge you a dollar. Yeah, they would crush their economy. Yeah, they'd apologize. Well, no, it would crush their economy, mm-hmm, if they charge everyone a dollar. True, west Virginia is the oldest state out of those three, the fine being $1. Makes a lot of sense. It was a lot of money.
Speaker 1:Also, harry, for the very first time I don't know if you noticed, but these states were strategically picked. I thought your spread was a little weird. This week it was this goes back to shouting out Hedgeville, west Virginia and Denver, colorado. Oh, you saw them again. Yeah, I thought you were going to pick that up. Did you plan that all along? I planned that the entire time, because normally, okay, a little behind the scenes for you guys, I pick out, I just go and I grab two cities that listened to our last episode and shout them out.
Speaker 1:And you brought out the shout outs this week and I was like, all right, dude, I thought maybe, like you knew exactly who these people were and you're like no, they were no one and I just brushed it off. I thought you were being helpful for me, like, hey, I already did this for you. I mean, yeah, I'm always trying to be Son of a gun. You got me, got you good Sitting at 41 and 36 All the time, still positive. So I did track To make sure we hit all 50 states At least once.
Speaker 1:I will not be tracking If we're hitting them all twice. No, no, no. And I don't even know If state law is going to be A weekly thing. But it's fun to touch base Right. It's fun to throw it in, find different bail bonds. We went with P for the Phillies. It's Red October. But listen, one thing we do every week and that will never die is PWN Paul's Weird News. Here is your host, paul. All right, harry, I'm out here on the streets this week for some PWN action and I have a few doozies for you.
Speaker 1:Let's head on to Nashville, tennessee. All right, now we're at Mount Juliet Shelter, animal shelter. They always have animals. Animals are born all the time. You know animals are in their animal shelters. You know how it is. Cats are usually common shelters. You know how it is. Cats are usually common. Well, this shelter. They welcome the feline. Apparently there's a busy kitten season out there. Harry, I don't understand that. I know what deer season is. I know turkey season, moose and elk season. Never heard of kitten season. It's pretty busy over there in Nashville Tennessee.
Speaker 1:They got not just any cat, they got this special cat. Now when somebody says they're all ears and you're telling them a story. Usually they're lying, but this cat here ain't lying, because this thing was born with four ears. Let's count them One, two, three, four ears. They looked at it and I'm looking at pictures of it. And they let's count them One, two, three, four ears. They looked at it and I'm looking at pictures of it. Oh man, what is growing inside of his ear, inside of his ear, is another ear.
Speaker 1:What do you think the cat's name is, harry? I'll give you a hint it's audio. Stop Right, the cat's name is Audio because he has four ears and you can hear everything. Don't whisper about that cat, because he can hear it all. Everything Enough about audio. Audio is a cute tabby cat. Let's move on. All right, let's get on. All right, let's get on. Uh, get our scooters here. That's heading up to a little town I like to call duluth, minnesota.
Speaker 1:Cat went missing. Three-year-old tabby, another tabby. These tabbies are always. They're always into something. They got four years or.
Speaker 1:You got this tabby from Duluth, who's an indoor feline. He had high aspirations of being an outdoor cat. Right, everybody wants to be an outdoor cat. Well, his cat went missing In the northeastern Minnesota city of Duluth in July. His owners presumed that he went to check out a construction they had in the area and he didn't come back. So the family, including the 12-year-old daughter they hung up posters, searched across the neighborhood without luck. They were reaching out to friends and family on social media platforms like help us find our cat. So then they were planning a memorial service for this cat when neighbor's kids came over and said they heard meowing coming from the storm drain at a construction site. So this poor family's cat, who was an inside cat, had the itch to be like I need to roam these streets a little bit, right, I need to be an outdoor cat. Goes down a sewer drain, they get stuck. Rescue efforts come out, little paw shut out, tear of fabric. He's just climbing up out of there and they got the cat.
Speaker 1:I think my favorite part of the story is not only did they recover their home pet, and I'm pretty sure this cat is an indoor cat now permanently. The cat's name fit perfectly, right, audio, fit a four-year cat perfectly. What do you think this cat's name was? Harry Garbage? Oh, very close, drifter. An indoor cat that wants to be an outdoor cat. And he goes outside and gets lost. His name was Drifter. To that I applaud you, family, because you predicted what this cat was going to do well before it happened.
Speaker 1:Now let's move away from cats. Harry's moved away from cats. Let's get out of the United States. Let's go on an international flight to go visit our friends over in the country of Poland, where their prime minister, donald Tusk, has declared war.
Speaker 1:Harry, in Poland, poland has been ravaged with war. Its entire existence. That area is constantly at war. Who are they going to war with, harry? You think Russia, Germany, finland, sweden? Nah, they're going to war with Beavers. The Prime Minister declared war on the tree-chewing beavers.
Speaker 1:As Poland struggles under the weight of deadly flooding caused by heavy rains that hit Central Europe, the Polish Prime Minister has blamed beavers for exacerbating the issue. Look man, we don't have drainage over here because of those angry beavers. Hashtag Nickelodeon Angry beavers is causing up. They're making all these dams causing all this flooding. They're making all these dams causing all this flooding. So all their dams and all their levees are at risk of danger because of these beavers. Like, when have you ever seen a prime minister, president, a leader of a nation, declare war on an animal In the weapons department?
Speaker 1:I think Poland should win this battle thoroughly, but I wouldn't be surprised if the beavers have a few tricks up their sleeves. You know what? I would think this what are the odds of each side winning? I think Poland's odds of winning are two to one. Yeah, the Beavers' odds. I will go with 5-1. So not astronomical. Also, close enough to where they're going to get a challenge. Yeah, I definitely think the Beavers. I think their chances is better than what most people will give them credit for. I don't want to undermine the Beaver. We'll never undermine the beaver. I think what they're going to do is they're going to.
Speaker 1:If I was part of the beaver family here, I knew what was going on. I understood. You know spoken word or read the newspaper At least. I would build my dams bigger and flood them out more and then be like come get me, bro, what. And then be like come, get me, bro. What I would do if I was a team beaver is I would sneak, attack at night and just chew on foundation and then all of a sudden your buildings are collapsing. That's a great idea. Yeah, I'm not playing clean at all. I mean, I don't have thumbs as a beaver, so really advantage you guys. So any way I can sneak advantages? Uh, yeah, I would have a large tail, obviously. So any way I can sneak advantage is uh, yeah, I would have a large tail obviously. Uh, sharp teeth.
Speaker 1:I was going to say the Prime Minister's house. What's up, bro? Yeah, there's 50 of us. Like do you really want to do this right now? Can you imagine, like tripping up the Prime Minister and then smacking him in the face with all your towels? Like 50 beavers are standing around him, like, uh, and a few good men when they order a code red or code red or own, and just, I think the prime minister would call it to war?
Speaker 1:What would you do if you just walked out of your house and saw 50 beavers staring directly at you? Like it's a normal Tuesday and you're going to work, and tomorrow morning I wake up, open my garage door, go to walk out and I'm in my car, forget these kids, and you're like what in Tarnation? Why is there 50 rodents staring at me? I'm saying it would rattle your cage a little bit. Yeah, and I'd rattle theirs right back.
Speaker 1:I don't know, dude, you versus 50 beavers, how much time do I have? Like I open the garage door, there's 50 beavers outside. How much time do I get? No, you see, that's the thing. As soon as they're ready, as soon as you open the door, they're ready. It's a surprise attack. Ambush, oh, that's easy, I win. All you have is your coffee cup in your hand. That's a lie, harry. Open my garage door.
Speaker 1:I haven't stepped out of my garage yet. I got all my hunting stuff sitting right here. Yeah, I got a whole. I got all my knives, I got a hatchet, I got an air compressor. Let's say you walk out your front door Okay, walking out the front door, totally different story. You pull it behind you, close, right. Yep, you turn the corner and there's 50 beavers.
Speaker 1:I'm going to see how many I can stab with my pocket knife. Yeah, better, yeah, how many can I uppercut? Really fast? I mean, you got that metal cup, you're right, but it's also got my coffee and I'm not spilling my coffee. I got my work laptop. That's a good one. I'm going to take out a couple. Right, because it belongs to work, not me. Yeah, I don't care. I've had the same coffee mug, harry, for seven years. Beavers aren't going to take it from me. I don't know. I think they do more damage than you realize. No, beavers wouldn't mess you up. Beavers are big, big beaver, Big beaver I would have. I would turn all their pelts into a robe and wear it daily. Ooh, that's a great idea. I'd rather just stand outside. I'm like come get me bro. We can talk about this all day, harry, but that's enough for me, out here in the streets. Back to you, studio T yeah, speaking of rodents, you know what I saw the other day?
Speaker 1:A black squirrel. Oh, all, black squirrel, that's new. It was creepy, it was pretty odd, never seen one before. No, I told someone at work and they're like you were seeing, you were seeing things. You sure it was black. And I was like, yeah, I know, I know what the color black is. You sure it was a squirrel, but I know squirrel is, I know what black is and I know what a squirrel is. Yeah, yeah, it was a mixture of both. So you passed third grade, which I'm very proud of you. Thank you One time. That was it All it took One time. First timer, huh, yeah, but it was just one of those weird things. Yeah, I don't know if I've ever seen them any other color than my caramel.
Speaker 1:Well, you have gray squirrels, you have red squirrels and you got black squirrels. You have flying squirrels. Have I ever seen a flying squirrel in real life? I don't know. I found their nest before in deer blinds, but that's it. Yeah, I don't know if I I'm thinking about all the animal shows that went to schools and stuff, and I don't know if anyone ever had a flying squirrel.
Speaker 1:No, I don't think so. I mean, I wouldn't mind if it was a pet, that'd be cool. A little sugar glider, yeah. But go give me this and it comes back with something. No, I think you can just like throw them Like, not like fastball, it's like a brick. Hey man, go get me a Diet Coke and fling that thing in my fridge. I don't think it's coming back with Diet Coke. What? Nah, man, nah. But I'm pretty sure you can like gently toss them and they glide. I mean, I'll gently toss anybody off a cliff and they'll glide. I promise you that. Buddy, let's pack up.
Speaker 1:Alright, I guess it's that time, harry, have you ever you and AH ever gone through the house and been like man? I really like this here. I have no idea if it's value or this random thing, and it turns out to be like worth, I don't know, maybe millions, no, no, it hasn't happened yet. Okay, no, not to me anyway. So you mean, you're not like this junk dealer in Pompeii who had a Picasso painting in his living room for 50 years without knowing it. Oh, so go back to 1962.
Speaker 1:While cleaning out the cellar of a villa in Capri, a man found a rolled up canvas depicting a disheveled face of a woman. Right, rolled up canvas. But, man, that's a pretty cool painting. Question 62, you don't see that often. That's a pretty cool painting. Question 62, you don't see that often.
Speaker 1:Now, although the signature Picasso was clearly visible in the top left corner, the name did not ring any bells to this guy. It was 24. Like bro, everybody knows who Picasso is. But he still decided ah, I'm going to take this canvas home, hang it up on my living room wall. Hey, what are you going to do? You know, bada bing, bada, boom. He put up a canvas, looks good. So for 50 years, 50 years, the painting remained in his family's living room, and it was only until the early 2000s, right? So 50 years later.
Speaker 1:Then his oldest son pointed out to his parents a strong resemblance between the painting hanging in the living room and Picasso's work depicted in his school books. Hey man, you see this painting up here. It looks a lot like the one in my school book here. So they're like, all right, we'll look into this here. So they're like, all right, we'll look into this here. And basically they've had a Picasso hanging in their house for 50 years, no idea. Well, you know it's crazy.
Speaker 1:Picasso died in 73. Yeah, he, yeah, he wasn't as like you hear, picasso, because everybody thinks Van Gogh and Dali and all them guys were older. He gets grouped together with them. But he died in 1973. Yeah, he died during our parents' lives, which is wild to think about, first and foremost Because, again, he does get grouped in with these other artists.
Speaker 1:But listen, I don't think I have anything in my house worth that, any any decent amount of money. No, they had an appraisal it's worth 12 million Euro. Oh my God, that's $12 million. Just hanging on the living room wall. That's life changing money. Yeah, man Right, how many bills you know? Power bills that they didn't pay or whatever. You know the car sales they went through in the last 50 years and be like, oh man, we could have paid off this house and another one, another one, you could have built a custom-made house, but still, I don't know. I don't think our live, laugh, love signs in our house is going to be worth $12 million. No, I don't think so. I don't know if the portrait of me is going to be worth who's looking at me, but it could be one day. Who knows? I didn't paint myself, it's just.
Speaker 1:I always laugh at people that have random stuff in their house. You know what I mean. Like they don't realize. Oh, yeah, yeah, like what about this lady here, harry?
Speaker 1:Elderly woman discovers that the rock she used as a doorstop for decades is worth a million dollars. Go on, who used a rock as a doorstop? Like if I tell you, yep, this person's using a rock as a doorstop. Like if I tell you, yep, this person's using a rock as a doorstop. Maybe a region of the country, and you're going to say I'm going south. Oh, okay, let me give you a region of the world. Where are you going to go? I'm going to say Eastern European. Right, dead on Right, dead on Right.
Speaker 1:Because an elderly woman in Romania. She had been using one of the world's biggest amber nuggets as a doorstop. What A 7.7 pounds rare gemstone was only discovered after her death. The rock is valued at over a million dollars. Like bro, she died in 91, and one of her relatives inherited her home and all the belongings, and so this guy noticed a strange doorstop and figured it would be valuable. Once realizing what it was, he sold it to the Romanian state Like it is astonishing how old this thing is and it was classified as a national treasure of Romania. It was just this lady's doorstop. It's been in the museum of Buse since 2022. This lady's doorstop has been worth a million dollars and she's had it as a doorstop. Wow.
Speaker 1:Or you have the guy in Michigan in 2018 who was using a meteorite worth a hundred grand as a doorstop at his home A meteorite. It came from outer space, crash, landed on Earth and this dude went I need a new doorstop. That's not my first thought. It's heavy. I'm going to call somebody important and be like hey, you want this. I mean, did he know that it was a meteorite or did he just want a heavy rod and go? I mean that whole door doesn't stay open, right, but it's a 22 pound meteorite. I don't know if I'm moving a 22 pound rock as a doorstop. Dude, I'm sorry. I mean, he found it on his farm. So I'm assuming like he found it on his farm.
Speaker 1:Feels like I ain't running over my tractor. You know what I mean. Like a little kid Now that you see in Indiana talking about all the John Deere's have you been seeing those TikToks? Oh, I have. Yeah, yeah, like the eight year old, actually he's 80. Like man, I ain't gonna run that over over, good man. And like you, pick it up, put it on the tractor, you get back home you're like that'd be a good doorstop. I don't ever think of that stuff that'd be a great doorstop. Ah, buddy, I I wonder. Like is you you hear it all the time like people finding random stuff in thrift stores and all that.
Speaker 1:I wonder how much like just priceless stuff is just sitting in people's house as, like you know, I did a dish or whatever. That that was George Washington's is just like their change plate, right, that's all right, there I go. I just tossed my keys in there every day. Yeah, it says inauguration 1797. I don't even know what that word means, but, dude, I'm telling you it has. It has to be up there, it? But, dude, I'm telling you it has to be up there. It's gotta be the amount of stuff just sitting in people's house that they don't even realize was it? Somebody found the Declaration of Independence or a Constitution copy in a book. Yeah, so imagine what's at your Meemaw's house. Well, I'm trying to see stuff there that just was given to her by her mom, which was given to her by her mom, which was given to her by her mom, who bought it for a nickel, and it's now worth $250,000. Yeah, belongs in the Smithsonian. I mean, stuff's just wild. Let's have Ante Roadshow. Come to Meemaw's house and sit there and be like how much, how much? Tell me now how much for that desk over there. Sir, you bought that at Walmart two years ago. I don't care how much for a desk that's Ikea and it's missing a screw, so it's custom. Two million or three million. Aim your price, let's go. Everything is for sale. With that.
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