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Welcome to Radio Rental. The scariest stories you've ever heard in your life. All told by real people. And off we go. This wasn't a human being there, I saw. There's something here in this house. Something out of this world. There was a woman moving through the hall. I stepped back and I was completely alone. Radio Rental is available now. Listen for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You're listening to the Dana and Parks podcast on KMBZ. Oh, yeah. That's, that's just nasty. Mmm. So good. That's some BB King right there. Hmm. Hmm. Say, what do you want me to do with this story? About the states with the most well endowed men? We're not going to talk about that. I wanted to tip to around it. That's exactly what I wanted to do. No, we are not tiptoeing around anything. So speaking of emojis. Let's see if we even made the list here. We did not. Oh, Missouri is featured.
We're in the middle of the pack. Okay. I can't read this. Do not. I would say that we're in the middle upper half of the pack. I glanced at it and thought to myself, how does a study like that even work? And then I thought I don't want to know, nor do we need to share it with anyone at five o'clock. I'll just say that prevalence of lifted trucks doesn't necessarily mean what you think it means based on that study anyway. That's just great. Would you care to guess, though, which state is the best in this category? New Mexico. No. I would have probably guessed New York. New York doesn't do poorly. They make the top five. Self reporting because I don't believe any of the data. Is it Florida because of the way the state is? Really? Daniel. Do you think the guys are sizing up their numbers? They are not reading this story.
Okay. But what is the number one stadium here? I'm asking for a friend. Somebody's moving. Time to go in vacation. Number one is Iowa. Iowa. And they should be very, very proud of themselves. Wow. Like I said, lifted trucks that necessarily mean what everybody says it means. Number two is South Carolina. And number three is great state of Arizona. All right. We're moving on. Okay. I don't know that I can say the three letters in my cautious run. Do not walk that we started last night on HBO Max. Can I say those letters, Dan? I did not know what those letters meant. Focus on me, Max. I'm the one who knows the law. You can most certainly say DTF. Okay. The name of the show based out of St. Louis and incredibly loosely based on something that happened in real life is called DTF St. Louis.
And again, we're just going to leave it at that. I'm not going to say another word about those letters. I have no idea. We watched it without even knowing with that. If you liked Ozark, it is Jason Bateman. And that sort of tense yet witty writing the entire time. But it's a comedy, right? It is dark comedy. Dark, dark drama with some funny writing. With a title like that. Jason Bateman plays a morning weather guy in St. Louis. Like good morning, St. Louis. He's on all the billboards. And he strikes up a friendship with another guy that you're all going to love from a stranger things. And they decide one night to talk about the fact that there are certain apps for couples looking to, you know, whatever. Span their horizons. And that's all I'm going to say that's the entire thing is based on that.
And something goes terribly wrong. And it is as stressful to me as Ozark where you're like, oh my gosh, what are you doing? It was filmed again in Georgia, not in Missouri, as was Ozark if you remember. Yeah, I do. Anyway, based out of St. Louis, loosely based on a case about a dentist who was accused of doing some things after going on a nap. That's extremely loosely based if he's a TV weatherman. And it's based on a story involving a dentist. I loved it. I said, run, do not walk. But you have to be into the kind of funny dark, really dark. Think Cohen brother's dark kind of stuff. I think you'd like it because of the television angle. Compare the darkness to see sue. How dark is it? Not that dark. That guy's still killing people. Did you watch the second one, Sam?
Not yet. Oh, it's so good. Yeah, there was a New Yorker article in 2017 named my dentist's murder trial, adultery, false identities, and a lethal sedation, which... Yeah. This is really loosely based. Well, that's where the creator said he read that article, Dan, and thought, you know, we'll change some names and we'll put this guy in St. Louis. Where are we? There you are. Hmm. Yeah. I am officially run, do not walking paradise on Hulu season two. Wow. Paradise. Is that the one where this is after... Post-apocalyptic. Post-apocalyptic. I never saw season one. Should I go back and do that? You should. Yeah, it's awesome. Okay. It's on Hulu. Uh-huh. Season one's a little bit creepy because I don't want to give too much away. Season one's a little bit creepy. Season two, it's just incredible. Is it this the show that you said the other day is turning you into a prepper? Yeah, it is. Well, season two is... Have you done anything to prepare for the days of prepping? The prepping for the prepper-ness?
Uh, my pre-prepping has been nothing but anxiety about the fact that I'm not prepped. A lot of worry. A lot of worry. Yeah. So... Sam, the last person in the world that needs to be watching a post-apocalyptic story about why we're not prepared is you with love. I love those shows. All right, all right. Hang on. Iran, Russia, and China attack the United States tonight. Oh, we're going all red, Dawn. Well, that's apocalyptic. And we're in a... The world is about to end scenario. How long can you survive in your own home? Well, if it's Iran attacking, and it turns into all out nuclear war, as long as it takes for the radiation to find my house. Right. Yeah. All right. Let's just say... So what they use in the show Paradise is... You're ruining the question, Sam. I can't be logical. I can't be logical. I'm getting it. It's got to be logical.
So... Well, you're going to have to leave your house, Scott. Let's assume that Yellowstone erupts. And so it's not radiation over the entire world. Right. Or it's just a cloud that covers the entire world. Right. And now we have two years of pure winter, followed by four years of pure fire. I'm out. How long will you survive in your house? Six minutes. I'm out. They'll grow the crops. I do have a gun, so I could hunt. Good. But I've never hunted before, so I'd have to figure it out real quick. I've said this before. Our issue, if something God forbid like that happened, would not be the radiation, or it would be each other, because it would literally turn into every man and woman for themselves. Although we make that assumption... The social contract shreds. We will see that fall apart in the initial hours and days, but then I think people will start to understand that... You have to work together. He hit it out and heading into the woods as a survivalist isn't going to get you very
far. You're going to die soon. Community building. When you say woods, do you mean like the Arboretum in Overland Park? No, Dana. That's not what we're talking about. Well, that's woods. In a matter of weeks, people who were at the beginning trying to kill each other, to steal each other's goods, would start working together because they would all collectively start running out of goods. Right. You want water? Yeah, absolutely. It's community development and building that will allow humanity to succeed. To answer your questions, God, I would not survive in my home because I have plans. Oh, my gosh. Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait, hang on. This is a live one here. You've got to think these things through. What do you mean you have plans? Yeah. What are your... And you don't have to give away the trade secrets of the playbook. No, I want to know. But loosely, what are your plans? Sam. If we were to get the emergency alert, all of our phones going off collectively at one time,
the Yellowstone has erupted and we have three days before the sky goes black. I know right where I'm going. Upper peninsula Michigan. Right what I'm doing. Hang by the lake, freshwater. And I know that I can survive for a very long time. You actually, of all of us, I think you would have to get to the upper peninsula. But I think if you got there, you would know more than most what to do. I'm not telling you where I'm going, but I know exactly what my game plan would be. And it would involve a community. I mean, my plan is to go and link up. Are we invited to your community? Well, no, I don't need any weaklings. I need people that provide resources. Team. Not a mouth to feed. I provide resources. And stay down. I don't need weaklings. And a mouth to feed. I'm a birder and I'm entertaining. We're not looking for entertainment. What have I heard you say? I'm sorry. I didn't mean that to be that harsh. That's a chicken. Can you kill it?
I don't need weaklings. Or another mouth to feed. If you're running from the bear, you just got to be faster than your friend. That's exactly right. That's what I did. You can come with. Thank you, Sam. See, there are other things you could, I mean, like I do have, I have like probably 25 gallons of water in my house hidden in certain places. And if I were to be judicious about it, I could go for a couple of weeks on that. But there are other ways to get fresh. I mean, you could just go to, what's the lake in Lawrence? Lake Perry? No. Not in Lake. Not in Lake. And you could, there are ways to get drinkable water out of something that you probably normally wouldn't. All you have to do is boil it. Boil the hell out of it. Mm-hmm. Make sure it's cool. If you want to make sure it's, you don't want to drink it boiled. No, that is correct. Let it cool off. But it's learning how to, learning those skills to allow you to continue on when you do find water
instead of just relying on the horded water up front because that's going to go rather fast. Yeah, I've got about enough canned goods to get me through three days. Now, if you include the stuff that's in the cupboard, I could probably go a couple of weeks. Yeah. Now, if you can find me in the colony that I established in the post-apocalyptic world, you're welcome. Good luck. Does it call the Mayhem colony? Does it call you a name? No, it does not. Only if you can prove that you're resourceful enough for this community. We don't need to come up with a name until it becomes an action plan right now. It's just a fantasy idea. When we get back, how many sick days is too many sick days before your boss can say, you're out. And if you, like Scott, like me, if you've worked in the same spot for a long time, have you ever looked at how many hours of banked sick time? You and I are not sick a lot. It's thousands of hours of sick time. That doesn't mean you can cash it in.
Other than my, what I thought was a heart attack last year. Yeah. I've been taking one sick day in eight or nine years. A worker has been fired from her job after taking 114 sick days. Well, that's a problem. We're going to tell you why coming back. And I mean, can she help it? I think she can help it. I'm emigrate, host of Aspire with emigrate. A podcast where I sit down with people who don't just drink big, they build big. From culture shaping voices like Mel Robbins to leaders redefining success like Tracy Ellis Ross. To gain change in entrepreneurs like Mark Cuban. Aspire is about mindset ambition and doing the work that actually moves the needle. If you're ready to raise your standards and take charge about the life and career you're building, Aspire is where you start. Follow and listen to Aspire with me, emigrate, and audacity podcast available wherever you get your podcasts.
Hey, before we get to Dana's story about sick leave. And what is too much? We do have some breaking news out of the Middle East, a US Air Force KC 135. Those are the big gigantic refueling aircrafts, mid air refueling aircrafts that you see. The fighter jets will come up behind it. And they get more fuel from from these gigantic tankers are called KC 135s. One of them has gone down in Western Iraq. It was not a combat-related downing. According to Central Command in a release that came out just a few minutes ago. Apparently two aircraft were reportedly involved in the incident. One of the aircraft went down. That would be the KC 135. The second aircraft was able to land safely. But Sencom is reiterating the incident was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire. And this is just developing so we will keep an eye on this and update you as we learn more.
Okay, how much sick time do you have? And what happens if you try to use it? One woman who is a fairy worker has been fired after taking 114 sick days in 12 months. Do the math police how many is that promote? That's basically half of her would be working days. Jody Donas, who spent several years working as a customer service operator in Brisbane, was shown the door by her employer after taking a staggering 114 sick days in a 12 month period. The company concluded that her ongoing medical condition meant she could no longer reliably perform the job on the water. Her health troubles began escalating back in April when she developed deep vein thrombosis and she looks like a younger woman too by the way. And began suffering recurrent blood clots triggering inflammation and persistent pain.
She was hospitalized in and out. They couldn't figure out how to fix it. She keeps missing work and then finally the company says after 12 months we cannot do this anymore. The company also maintained that allowing her to work fewer hours would have created ripple effects across staff rosters forcing other workers to fill the gap. It's roughly 22 weeks in one year. I don't know any company that is going to allow that to persist. At some point do you not just have to take FMLA long term disability or short term disability. The company has to move on and they can't you know and I'm sorry for your pain and suffering or whatever illness you claim to have but we've got to move on. And that's why we have that's why people go on to social security long term disability when they're pre 65 years of age or even 62.
Social security disability. That's correct and that's because the system is set up for those who have to survive obviously but can't afford to earn a living because of some sort of health related issue. Did I ever tell you that I once very early in my career and I mean very early worked around someone who we are pretty certain fabricated a wide variety of ailments like what like no one that age has that many things wrong at one time all at once perpetually. I bet it's it's not common but it's not uncommon but you couldn't disprove it either right. You couldn't prove it but you couldn't disprove it we ended up talking to former colleagues who said the same pattern happened in this person's prior job. What is that what is that condition where your nerves fire is it fibromyalgia where your nerves fire off and you're covered in pain.
My mom's got it and I dated a guy one time who said who didn't believe in that who said people who have that are just making it up. It's I think it's hard to diagnose and can sometimes be the absence of all other explainable things my mom got bit by a tick had confirmed case of Lyme disease. And she was never the same after that I've heard his brood oh my god she was so sick the body just attacks itself right and she ended up after working 30 35 years in the same role ended up taking medical leave because there was just no way. What have you ever heard of anal glaucoma excuse me anal glaucoma is that where you see out of your butt. I just can't see my butt going to work today oh my god Sam you all. What it's been used from time to time as an excuse for not arriving to work doc her boss I got anal glaucoma what is that can't see my butt going to work today.
That's great. I'm sure bosses would find that very funny anal glaucoma 9135867798 When you were working as the news director here did anyone ever give you a sick excuse that you knew was just total malarkey. No I mean when I was the news director I heard a couple of do'sies not necessarily health related. One was I won't say who it is because he was on air he's not here anymore I think I'm the last guy left. But I'll never forget he came back from being out on a story and he writes up his stories you know and back in the day you had to write no fewer than three different versions of whatever story you had. Especially if you had a sound bite and that that was our policy we preferred for but we would take three if you didn't have enough sound. And he comes back from I won't say where it was because it might give it away. And he writes up his three stories and he stands up in the newsroom and he starts walking out and I go where are you going.
And he goes I'm going home I go you just got here. And he looked me I'll never forget this quote he goes I'm the only one in this newsroom who can pack eight hours of work in a three hour day. Oh wow. I'll see you tomorrow. Wow. And he just walked out wow confident much I'm the only person in this room we can pack eight hours of work in a three hour day. I just sat there and I was I didn't even have a comeback. I was just like shot. I cannot believe you just said that. But somebody would say that to me. We did have one guy who worked here at the company not necessarily on this radio station who ended up getting very sick at a relative what most people would consider relatively young age. Okay, I'm not going to say what the illness was but it was it was debilitating. And I think he was probably in his fifties and he ended up retiring. And I don't think as far as I know has has worked ever since. He went on disability because it was it what what he had was so debilitating to him.
And but that's the only time I've ever seen it happen that I'm aware of it. But no, someday I'll tell you all the stupid excuses people have for. You know, and I was I was only the news director for like six years. But you know, I'd get phone calls and people couldn't come into work and I mean some of them were legit. Some of them were I was just like. It's not feeling good today. There was there was one person who worked in the newsroom who who would call me and you could tell that she was so full of garbage. And I'm just like, okay. And you can't say anything. I can't challenge you on it. You're just taking one day. But she would call me just. Well, struggling today. And you know, they're fake. I just don't got it. You know, it's fake when it starts with this. 913-586-7798.
That person was clearly sick. Super convenient. Six Thursday, Friday, and off on Monday, huh? That's how you know it's true. That person was really sick. You would not dare make that up. No one would believe you. Sam playing again. No way. That was a fake call. Play it again. When was that? Oh, like six months ago. That was not. I've not been sick this year. No one is not. Six months ago was last year. No. That's like five years ago. Sam, what's the recording date on it? Let's see. Still. I titled it still sick. This was recorded on May 23rd of 2025. All right. So, eight months ago, or ten months ago, yeah. You ready? I don't remember that. We do. It's me. I'm stupid. I can see the little cough. Oh, yeah. I even added the cough because I remember this. I had stripped throat. Scott, you know this. Wait, did you hear that?
She said I added the cough. Yeah. I'm like, I cannot talk. Clearly. Let me see if I can do it. It's me. Hang on, hang on. Oh, there's a laugh there, too. Okay. Hang on. Stop. Don't make me laugh. It's me. I'm still sick. See how I did. It's me. I'm still sick. That's right. But then you just go totally normal with the. It's not like a man. Wait. I just saw it. I'm still sick. See how I did. It's me. I'm still sick. That's right. But then you just go totally normal with the. Wait. I just saw it. Wait. I just saw it. And then we're off on Monday. So I'm not going to see you until Tuesday. You just said it. Normal with the in there. I sound like a man. And then we're off on Monday. So I guess I'll see you. See you next week. Bye. Gotta go. Call me. Deep time. It's deep time. Good talk. Good talk.
Shut up. So funny. Okay. Here we go. Not only are supermarkets recommending tips now. But some are now charging them whether you like it or not. A person I read to do claims they declined to give a tip on a $1.50 cent can of coke. But we're charged a dollar more anyway. Nope. They didn't name the store. What grocery. Well, I guess if you buy it single. They didn't name the store. But said when they called the manager about it, they supposedly said a $1 tip is automatically applied to all sales. No. And can only be removed if the customer requests a refund. Which no one is going to stick around for a dollar, even though it would be worth sticking around to make the point. You can't self tip. You can't just decide. You know what that is? It's theft. You're literally stealing a dollar from me. Knowing full well that most people won't fight it because it's not worth 20 minutes of my life.
It's not theft technically if I tell you the price before you pay for it. Do you really know the price until it's? If you're in a grocery store, you most certainly know who looks. Be honest. When you're scanning. Do you really look up and say, God, I thought the sign said that was $2.39 and it just rang up for $2.89. I don't I don't look. I do. I look at every single. You don't make notes. Do you now if there's something on sale like, let's say diet Pepsi is three for $15. And I'm going boop, boop, boop. I will look and make sure the discount supply. If it's something, you know, more than. I will say this. There have been occasions, not recently, but in the past where like, let's say I was at a meat department or something in a grocery store and we love cod. As you know, Sam, we know sometimes I bring it here and warm it up for you. Which makes the newsroom smell real good.
And let's say it goes for like $8.99 a pound. And I'm just spitballing right now. And it's on sale for $6.99 or $7.99 a pound. And it rings up in the meat department, not at the cash register, but in the meat department still at $8.99 a pound. I'm not going to haggle. What percentage of people do you think would? 50. And the older, the better. Oh, that's it. That's $6.99 a pound. It's on sale. I don't. I really do. If I notice that it's ringing up at $8.99 a pound, I'm not going to sit there and correct the guy. It's not worth the time of having to wait for him to recalibrate and reset everything and then give me a dollar or two off. It's just not worth it. Now, tipping out a grocery store? Absolutely not. Now, I did grab lunch. I had a meeting earlier today and I went and I had a few minutes to go grab some lunch.
I went to plan it up, which is just one of the greatest. I love their toasted creamy crab. It's so good. And the guy who came out of the back was so damned nice to me and so pleasant. And we got, I mean, our interaction was brief, but we got along really well. He goes, dude, I love your attitude. Man, you're so positive. And I go, well, I'm six feet up, not six feet under. He goes, oh, I'm stealing that line. And we just had a very nice exchange and he rang me up. The sandwich was like eight bucks or whatever. And then it asked me if I wanted to tip. Yes. I mean, I'm picking up my own food. Well, but someone had to make it. But yeah, that's right. And I tipped him 20% because he was so nice. Good. Good for you. The sandwich was like almost 10 bucks, whatever. It was good. It was delicious. But we've had this conversation on the program before we do live now.
And I don't know when it started. It's exhausting. It is exhausting. We live in a hyper tipping environment. Oh, and would you like to round up? No. I'm not rounding up anymore. I never round up. I'm not doing it. I don't trust it. I don't know why you're asking me to round up. I don't think it's actually to save children. I don't. Now, we've made the argument before and other people can have take this with some contention. I was always of the opinion that when you're in a store and you know, do you want to round up to the nearest dollar and it goes to harvesters or it goes to a save dying baby whales or, you know, the save the seals foundation or whatever. I always assumed and correct me if I'm wrong, and the stores take that money and they use it for a tax write-off. So the reason that people always push back on that is because, well, yes, they are using it for a tax write-off, but when they're collecting it from you, they've already made the donation.
And they're just doing that to recoup the money that they've already given away. So donate million dollars to children's mercy. They've already made the donation. They've already used that as a tax write-off. They're recouping their money. I knew it. I'm sorry. So I'm telling you, the one time I was just having a day and she was so nice. I wasn't like snapping at her at all nor would I. But, you know, I'm trying to get out of there and it was at Macy's and she said, am, would you like to round up today to support that? And I just go, no, but I didn't scream it. But I just go, no. And I look up to remember when did she say it? Oh, my God. The feed starving children in Africa or something. It was like the United College Fund. Oh, the United Negro College Fund. Yes. And she goes, would you like to run up for the United? And I go, no. Negro College Fund. No. Yes. Cashier happened to be black. Oh, my God. No. No. I would like to. No. Only want to run up. No. I'd love to donate 10 dollars. Yes.
No. Would you like to run up to this where I go? No. I didn't. No. Was it really for the United Negro College Fund? To God. And it was at Macy's. And then have you ever tried to backtrack out of something like that? I go, oh, my gosh. I'm, I go, can I just. Oh, I can't wait to see this Tuesday. I just go. I just feel like I'm not asking us all the time. And I'll make my donation directly to Howard. You know what? Howard. Dan is like, I know black colleges. It's like the kind of person that asked me that day. Do you want to round up? Why, why Howard? Why not? I'm going to stay. She was like, no, I totally get it. And I'm like, actually, I would like to round up. I'm a big. I'm a big HBCU supporter. I'm a big supporter. I'm a big supporter of the HBCU. Big fan of the HBCU's. Oh, my gosh. Huge fan. How hard was it to crawl back into your own skin? M. Possible.
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Yeah. And he trips, lands in the street, and one of the kids, there were four kids in the car, accidentally runs over. Horrible. Their favorite teacher and killed him. The wife of the teacher is insisting that charges not be filed, but charges have been filed, including the Hickory, the Hickory Homicide. A Georgia teenager who was charged in a high school teacher's death. After a prank gone wrong, says he plans to live out the rest of his life in the teacher's honor. Jane Wallace was charged with first degree of the Hickory Homicide after he ran over North Hall high school teacher Jason Hughes outside of Hughes's home on Friday night. They tried to save him, Scott. It's just awful. Yep. Wallace and four other people started. There were five people in the car through toilet paper over the trees outside of Hughes home. When Hughes, who was 40 years old, let the house and slipped in the road and was run over. The Sheriff's Department says as Wallace began driving his pickup truck on Northgate Drive, Hughes tripped and fell into the road and was run over.
Jaden said, he's the young man who's charged. Jason Hughes went to the world to our son. This must be dad. He took the time to invest in Jay and poured his love into him making a lasting impact. Wallace, Jaden Wallace, the son has apologized to the Hughes family in a statement released through their attorney. Quote, I pledge to live out the remainder of my life in a manner that honors the memory of coach Hughes. By exemplifying Christ, he will never be forgotten. Did you hear ladies? Uber's women only option has just gone nationwide in the United States. Uber actually launched it kind of quietly Monday to allow both women riders and women Uber drivers to be matched with other women. It expands a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its right-hailing platform. The new feature is being rolled out despite an ongoing class action lawsuit against the policy, filed by Uber drivers who argue that it discriminates against men.
We might have to bring this back tomorrow for discussion. Because if you're a male Uber driver, are you assuming you're automatically losing 50% of your rides? Oh, for sure. Absolutely, yeah. That would be the math. Especially when we're telling everybody, every woman out there that every man and an Uber is going to do something horrible to them. I love that there's an option, especially in college towns. You guys, especially in college towns, think about how many times we've heard the headline where someone doesn't check the license plate and gets in some guy's car and it is your worst nightmare, right? If you always know you've got a woman driving as a 19, 20-year-old young woman. That's not to suggest. I mean, what they're saying here is every man's a rapist and every woman is a queen. I don't think that's what they're saying. That's what I'm hearing. That's pretty much what they're saying. Uber piloted the women preference feature in San Francisco, LA, and Detroit. All right. What preference would you rather have with your driver?
Somebody sober. Okay. Somebody who doesn't have to pull over on the side of the road to vomit. Somebody who doesn't smell? Yeah, that would be one, right? I'm telling you, I had one experience, just one in an Uber and I can't even talk about it. You could taste the smell. You could literally taste the smell. Oh, I've been there. I've been there. And I don't even remember if I rated that driver because I would feel bad. Now, do you think that this will then trickle down to complaints about this specific feature taking too long? Wow. No, no. It's a genuine question. I'm asking because only 15% of drivers happen to be women. Oh. And so if you take the woman, you know up front. You know up front though. Sam, if I say, I would like to work. I was offensive. And I would like the woman. You know, women drive slower than men. And it's going to be 16 minutes than, yeah, wait 16 minutes. Okay. Okay. What was your worst experience? I've only been in an Uber a couple of times. Well, one man who was 105 that came to pick Mindy and I up and blew through two stop signs.
In New Orleans. Thank you. Apart from not New Orleans. What's the other one starts with that same letter down south. And there's music there. Nashville. We were in Nashville. And a guy literally, and when we got in there, he was the nicest guy. But I mean, let's like World War II era Scott. And we were like, oh my gosh, sir. Thank you so much for the ride. He blew through one stop sign. Oh my gosh. And he kept saying, I'll never forget. I got it. He kept saying, I got it. We just got out of the car. We're like, Earl, you have yourself a nice, nice life. Do you think it was? We're out. Do you think it was because he was just old? Or do you think he'd been drinking? I don't think he could see. I think it was a glove. Comish. I got it. I got it. I mean, he's like, hmm. Is he sure about that, buddy? Today is National Working Mom's Day. So having National Working Mom's. To mom's. To mom's out there. Yeah. Birthdays today. Liza Manelli is 80. James Taylor is 78. And Steve Harris. The bassist of Iron Maiden is 70 years old today.
So happy birthday to all of them. We got to run on behalf of our producer today. The finest man in these United States. The great Sam Steve of the third. My good friend of co-host Dana Rat. My name is Scott Parks. And God willing. We're back tomorrow at two o'clock. Have a great night. Be safe. Be well. And be good to one another. Good night. Wheel of Fortune coming on in 30 minutes. Go back. Bye. Thanks for listening to the Dana and Parks podcast. Remember you can catch us online anytime at KMBZ.com. I'm Sally Home with the podcast history this week. In each episode, we serve as your eyes and ears into history's biggest events. Major elections, world wars, scientific breakthroughs. But we also bring you into the smaller behind the scene stories. The unsung heroes, secret meetings, even personal grudges that changed the course of history. To and follow history this week and Odyssey podcast in partnership with the history channel. Available now for free on the Odyssey app and wherever you get your podcasts.
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