And here we are, Tuesday, 08/19/2025. Summer honestly has gone by extremely fast. I mean, we're already almost into, late August, early September. Pretty soon, there will be that fall feeling in the air, which will be quite nice, to be quite honest with you. And then that dreadful winter, that dreadful winter, that dreadful w word comes around, and we gotta wait till, I don't know, June till June of next year to get some heat again.
This summer has been brutal and really hot. And, you know, I I somewhat crave the season, the other season, whenever we're experiencing the current season, like, during the summer. I crave winter. During the winter, I crave summer. It just keeps repeating itself like that.
And the bugs this summer have been brutal, and I mean brutal with their biting. I went to a, friend gathering of sorts, a party of sorts, and we were playing cornhole. I got bit in the back of my knee And, sure enough, it's swollen up to, like, the size of a grapefruit. And even sitting here would be kinda weird because I could feel it, you know, be all swollen and everything. And then on Friday, when we had that potluck thing before the wedding at this, Airbnb in Ryrie, we're sitting there in the backyard.
I don't feel myself get bit. All of a sudden, I just feel a bite on the right side of my left knee. And sure enough, the next day, that thing swells up huge. And my girlfriend's entire family was like, are are you gonna be okay? Do you do you usually have reactions like this?
I'm like, it's gonna be fine. I've had stuff like this happen before. Sure enough, the the following day went way down, and now it's back to normal. There's still somewhat of a bite mark, but they're, like, doing this whole, like, mystery where they're like, what bit you? That looks like a spider, maybe.
I don't know. Put some cream. Put some this. Put some of that on there. I'm like, guys, I just let things heal.
That's how it works with me. If you wanna get a hold of me, you can over at (208) 535-1015. I guess we'll find some stuff to talk about here in just a few on Kay Barrett one zero one. I'm still not quite sure how to feel about this. I've talked about it a couple of times on the air.
You know, how many men are traveling the world shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to have their legs broken and then surgically lengthened. It's a brutal procedure It's offered at places like the, Wannabe Taller Clinic in Istanbul, Turkey. Is that really the name of it? Or are they just making some kind of joke? I I kinda wanna look it up, but at the same time, I'm like, you know what?
You're dumb enough to go in a place that's called Wanna Be Taller. You deserve the pain. It involves months of pain, rehab, and metal rods, but almost all the men who endure it saying they say gaining a few inches is worth the agony. Like, they started out at five foot six. Now they're, you know, five ten with awkwardly weird looking legs.
It says it improves their dating life, self esteem, and even their mental health. Does really being five foot ten compared to five foot six really help help you in any way, shape, or form? I don't know. I I I'm not a girl. I wouldn't I wouldn't know.
Maybe I maybe we should ask, Katie Lee from z one zero three what she would think of some guy that's like, well, he was five foot eight, but now he's six one. He got that extreme leg length leg lengthening surgery, and now he's attractive somehow. Just because he decided to break his legs, he was stupid enough to go to a place like Istanbul, Turkey, get his legs broken, get him surgically readjusted to where he's taller somehow, I feel like down the line, your legs are not going to work. I'm sorry. Once you mess with, like, I don't know, the nature of things like that, your legs are definitely not gonna work, and then they're gonna have to be amputated.
Next thing you know, you're much shorter because you're in a wheelchair, you're seated down for the rest of your life, and you're gonna regret your decision. You know, I'm all for home renovation. I was talking about it yesterday, how it's hard for me to get rid of things because I'm, for some reason, emotionally attached to them. They could be something as dumb as my little Funko Pops on the top of my, movie collection. I, for some reason, I I want to get rid of those, but at the same time, I just can't because, well, they were gifts.
A few of them were gifts from my parents, but I just don't really see the need the the need for them anymore. But I've been recently trying to figure out ways to tie my apartment together, and I know it's a gradual process, really. I was looking here. This woman in New York, she's turning her entire apartment into a shrine to the Titanic and showing the whole transformation on TikTok. Now not my thing.
I don't care about turning my apartment into, what you what looks like to be a sunken ship. But, she's, she's doing everything from blue walls and blue carpet to mimic the ocean to dozens of replicas from the movie, which sounds pricey, really. She says she is a huge fan of the movie, but she also says the main reason she is doing it is because, well, she's bored. Is she by herself? What money does she make?
How much money does she make, I should say? Living in New York City, first of all, I'm sure she makes quite a good amount if you are able to afford a place in New York City, let alone also not only be able to afford a place, but also revamp it to this. I'm looking at a little screenshot of the video here. Should I turn the nah. It's okay.
I don't wanna turn the volume on, and she starts cussing up a storm and ruins this entire break. But if you wanna look it up, I'm sure if you type in on TikTok NYC apartment Titanic, I'm sure it'll pop up. The Little League World Series rolls on this week and throughout the through the weekend, there's been a bit of controversy this year as some fans are demanding a big time change because they see the game as unfair. The pitchers have gotten so big and so strong, they're now throwing pitches over 80 miles per hour while the distance between the mound and home plate is still 46 feet. This is the equivalent of Major League, batters facing a 107 mile per hour fastballs.
While the solution would be to increase the size of the fields, it's unlikely to happen as it would require a major change to every Little League field around the world. Did you know Major League Baseball operates an online restaurant that lets fans order ballpark concession stand food from the the comfort of their own home? The restaurant or delivery service is called Ballpark Bites, and they've got it rolling in 530 cities in most states in the country. The menu is a bit limited, but it looks like you can have stuff like ballpark dogs and chicken strips and fries brought right to your door. Pretty cool.
Right? There's no question that football is a rough sport to play. A recent survey of retired NFL players who played during the 1988 season found that nearly all the players reported having at least some pain the past three months with half admitting they had pain every day. But still nine out of ten ex players said they would make the same decision to play professional football if given the chance again. Could you imagine being that one guy?
It's like, nah. I'm good. Even among players who said the NFL had a negative effect on both their physical health and mental well-being, seventy eight percent said they would decide to play again. That does it for your Shot Clock sports update right here on KBAR one zero one. There has been a lot of freaky stuff happening with animals.
I talked about what the rabbits in Colorado, they're growing tentacles. People are saying to avoid getting close to them, obviously. Wasn't there something I read yesterday about these, Colorado squirrels? Something's going wrong with them. Colorado squirrels.
Like, what they get in, like, warts or something? Zombie squirrels covered in oozing warts. Yeah. Sorry if you're, eating lunch right now. I apologize.
Or maybe, what do they call it? A linner? Ugh. A mix between lunch and dinner, linner. Yeah.
I'm looking at a picture of one of these squirrels. They got these warts all over them. Looks disgusting. They're like they're like tumors, actually. That's what it says here.
They've been spotted skulking through backyards across The United States, the grotesque looking gray squirrels photographed in states like Maine and also across parts of Canada have appeared in recent months with these oozing sores and hairless patches on their heads and limbs. Well, there's that story. And now I just read a whole thing about how these wild pigs are turning neon blue in California. Yeah. They're they're either, like, they're basically ingesting rat poison, which isn't then turning their skin blue.
Like, blue isn't a Smurf. Like, that level of blue. So here's the funny part is that they're telling pigs, like are they telling people not to eat the pigs who don't look blue in that area? I'm assuming something like that. Even if the meat doesn't look blue, it might still be toxic.
Cooking doesn't neutralize this stuff. So if you're planning to serve wild hog at your next hoof and hideout backyard bash, think again, apparently. You know, if I can't have fun, at least I like watching other people have fun. For the most part, I can't fit on most roller coasters. As sad as that sounds, it's true.
There was, there was one roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm when I worked there, and I'm sure it's still there. Accelerator. Yeah. It goes from zero to 60 miles per hour in, like, two seconds. And the height limit is six five, and rightfully so because if you're taller than that headrest and you take off again zero to 60 in two seconds, if your head's above that headrest, you're snapping back, breaking your neck, and dying.
And next thing you know, your corpse is on that roller coaster just flailing around. And the roller coaster is not even all that crazy. It's just one giant, like, up. You know? One giant descent and then straight down descent and then, like, one twist, and that's literally it.
But I will never ever ever be able to ride that roller coaster ever. And because if I do, I'm just gonna die. You know? Or maybe, you know, just just snap my neck. That's about it.
This guy I'm reading an article here about this one British man who rode 55 different roller coasters in one week. Good for you, bud. Good for you. Guinness World Records announced Dean Stokes is the inaugural holder of the record for the most roller coasters ridden in one week. This guy paid to have, his spot in that book.
Did the, Guinness World Record, executive, not executive, representative go on every other roller coaster with him or every roller coaster with him, I should say. There was that whole story I just talked about not that long ago of those dudes getting leg lengthening surgery in order to be taller. If you go taller than six five, you're in trouble. I can just let you know that. Everyone thinks it's cool to be the extremely tall guy, but when you have difficulties trying to sit in a car, find a car that fits you, or even just go on a roller coaster, You can't go on roller coasters when you're this tall.
Okay? It's a big price to pay. Would you rather be tall or would you rather be able to ride amusement park rides? That's good. Would you rather?
One of my biggest fears is being accused of something that I truly did not do, and I can't convince anybody whatsoever that I'm indeed innocent. I'm kinda laughing at this, but then also I'm fearful for this guy. No. I'm I'm feeling bad for this dude, this guy named Alton Oliver. He was acquitted, but he was on trial over the 2022 killing of a, deputy.
He testified that he shot the deputy in self defense. Right? There's this whole thing. Well, the Georgia judge flubbed the verdict reading and told the defendant he's guilty. And then luckily after that, hey.
It says Oliver and his legal team sat in silence, but people in the courtroom started audibly questioning the judge's reading, prompting him to double check the paper. And then the judge asked the room, didn't I say not? To which a number of people replied, no. He apologized and then reread the statement this time correctly. People in the courtroom laughed and applauded.
I could only imagine how that guy, Alton Oliver, must have felt. His heart must have dropped and then quickly rose back up again. Unbelievable. Almost reminds me of that time Steve Harvey Harvey messed up the, what was it, that beauty pageant on live TV when he said the wrong, country's name and said, oh, I'm so sorry. You shouldn't celebrate.
It's, this other person who won the whole thing. I can't tell which one's worse. Most likely, I would say, you know, being the judge, not being able to read a proper verdict, that one's a a tad worse. Some crazy stuff happening with animals like I mentioned earlier on the show. Pigs are bright blue after eating, rat poison, ingesting rat poison.
Then there was those squirrels in Colorado with those oozing warts. Oh. And then also, what was that? What was there before? The rabbits with the, tentacles growing out of them and now now what what else did we talk about, like, last week?
Wasn't there, like, radioactive, rhino horns while they were injecting radioactive material into the rhino horns to save them? Like, that was a good thing. But then there was also, like, something weird with the rabbits in North Carolina. And now the FDA is warning the public about possibly radioactive shrimp that may have been sold at Walmart in 13 states. I'm trying to scroll down here to see if Idaho is listed here.
I'm not seeing it, but I still would be kinda weary about ingesting any type of shrimp from Walmart out of all places. The great value brand as well, the store brand. Yeah. The, the bags that you usually see right there next to the other fish, the frozen raw, easy peel, tail on, farm raised, white shrimp, and the two pound bags, I would avoid those. Okay?
It just any any news popping up whatsoever about the FDA investigating possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart, drives me to stay away from that, particular seafood. You know, I talked about the bug bite that I got on Friday this past week that has, made my knee basically grow another knee. It's swell it's swelled up. What's the proper word? It's swelled up that much?
Well, it did for, like, a day, and then now it's back to normal with just a bite mark on me, but I don't know what bit me. It's been a whole mystery with me, my girlfriend's family, all of that, trying to figure out what exactly it is. I've had reactions like this before, recently, like I mentioned at the beginning part of the show that that some bug bit me in the back of my knee, made the back of my right knee swell up, and it was hard to sit down and, like, you know, what's it called, sit down in this chair and have the bite touch my thigh. It was a weird thing. Right?
Now this other bite still seems like the same bug made my knee grow huge into, like, a grapefruit sized sphere. You know? It's like the Las Vegas sphere is right there on my knee. The bugs have been aggressive this summer, and I completely forgot to talk about this when it popped up last week on my Facebook feed. You know, the the specific, song from Skrillex, scary monsters and nice sprites?
There's this 2019 study that people are now bringing up that if you play the song, it could act as a mosquito repellent. The music's mix of high and low frequencies appears to disrupt mosquito behavior, potentially delaying attacks, reducing blood feeding, and interfering with mating. Now I don't know if it was a mosquito that attacked me or a spider, but luckily, my, girlfriend's sister's husband, her brother-in-law, is a doctor. So we FaceTimed him. We're like, hey.
Does this look okay? And he's like, yeah. Just put on an antibiotic. You'll be fine. Just one of those things.
But, yeah, if you need a if you wanna if you have a mosquito problem in your backyard, just blast that dubstep. Drive them away. Today's what the headline comes courtesy of Florida, of course. A 51 year old man was arrested after threatening a landscaper with a 12 inch dagger while dressed in a full jester costume. Police say Anthony Marzola wasn't clowning around when the lawnmower noise pushed him over the edge.
He storms out of his car like some mid medieval court reject. Dagger in hand, demanding the landscaper to stop mowing. The guy in the mower actually had to use it as a shield. Now here's the kicker, Marzola. Marzola runs the psychedelic Jester Smoke Shop, So the outfit makes sense.
Could you imagine having to put that on every day? But why he had a Renaissance fair dagger in the glove box is anyone's guess. Charge is filed. Judge judge just basically says stay away from the landscaper. If you're dressed as a jester and threatening people with a dagger, you don't need a smoke shop.
You you need a therapist. Alright? Where where was he able to get the dagger? You know what? It's Florida.
You know, I I shouldn't question it. I literally just talked about being too big for things compared to, other people. And you're never really too old to embrace what you're, embrace your inner child. Right? This guy, well, this 40 year old man got himself completely stuck feet and head first in a slide in Vernon, Connecticut.
He was folded in half. Firefighters had to bring in ventilation gear to keep him cool and eventually cut open part of the slide that he was stuck in to set him free after about thirty minutes of just public humiliation. You know? He was freed, checked out by EMS. He refused further treatment, probably wanted to just go home and disappear into shame as fast as possible.
Alright? I was recently at somebody's house, and they they have a they have a good amount of money. So they had this tiny little tiny little slide in the basement that was made for the kids. And they were asking me, hey. Do you wanna go down it?
I'm like, what what do you think? I'm nearly seven foot, three hundred fifty pounds. I would knock this slide to the ground and ruin it for for everybody. You know? Well, here's a, back to school story you can't make up.
A school district had to cancel classes for the on the fifth day of school because somebody stole the catalytic converters from all their buses. Every single one, twenty buses out of commission, leaving students stuck at home, parents stuck scrambling now. Luckily, my parents drove me to school. I have never once rode a school bus. I was just driven by my parents every single morning because my my parents are business owners.
They they control the hours, you know, of their business, which is something I only dream of, deciding when to be open, when to be closed, that type of thing. My dad has never worked a Monday ever, I don't think. Well, he'll go in on Mondays sometimes to work on side stuff here and there, but for the most part, he's off on Mondays. He only works, like, four days a week, and he's been doing it for quite some time, helped give me helped pay for, you know, both of his kids, both of the the whole family, live pretty well. Shout out to my parents.
Shout out to their trophy store. I've had my catalytic converter stolen before. I've talked about that story a bunch of times on the air. I was, spending the night at my ex girlfriend's house, and, yeah, my parents didn't know about it. Sure enough, I wake up in the morning, go out to my car to go back to my parents' place.
Like, my Honda Element sounded something straight out of Fast and Furious, and I didn't know what to do. She didn't know what to do. And so I called my dad saying, hey. I had to admit that I was over at her place the whole time, And he's like, check below the car, and I'm like, well, it kinda looks like there's this, this part missing. My dad knew right away that somebody stole the catalytic converter.
That's a huge thing now to steal those and and just sell the sell the the copper for money. 20 buses completely vandalized out of commission for this school district in Indiana. How sad. Alright. Here's my first world problem.
We had two sessions open in here of Adobe Audition, which means when I go to record the podcast, if I do start recording and I click something else on another screen, it stops the recording. And so I had to basically just scrap a previous break that everyone heard on the air, but they won't hear on the Peaches Pit Party podcast talking about how I previously talked about it's a whole confusing thing. I shouldn't have brought it up. I'm sorry. Let's move right on into today's to peach their own question.
What's the smallest, dumbest purchase you've ever made that brought you ridiculous amounts of joy? Someone just simply put silly putty. I'm 64. Doubt younger people will know what it is. The little red egg sits on my desk, and during long calls, I crack the baby open, stretch, pull, roll it, snap it.
I love it. Someone wrote tiny succulent plant. Another one for this question, what's the smallest, dumbest purchase you've ever made that brought you ridiculous amounts of joy? A helmet with horns for $3 at a garage sale brings me joy. Simple as that.
You know? Let me know your answer. Two zero eight five three five one zero one five for Tepeach Their Own. Hey, K Bear. How's it going?
Good. How are you? I'm doing great. What's the dumbest, smallest purchase you've ever made that brought you ridiculous amounts of joy? Okay.
So that this is actually just recently. The Comic Con that they held in Idaho Falls, We had bought my partner a sword as a wedding gift, and his was, like, $400. But I bought a little $2 three d printed spider, and he was he felt all bad because I spent a whole bunch of money on his sword. But I was so excited about this printed spider. So what what did what did you name the spider?
His name is Azul. Oh, very nice. And His name is Blue. Is the sword, like, proudly on display above a door or some or above the mantle, I should say? He doesn't get it yet.
Not until we're officially married. It's like a preemptive wedding gift. Gotcha. Okay. Wait.
Is this supposed to be a big surprise? No. He knew about it. It was I was going to order a sword, but we were there, and he found one that he absolutely fell in love with. So I was like, I was planning on getting you one anyways.
So I had bought it for him, and he felt so bad. He's like, oh my gosh. You just spent all this much money on me. And I was so excited. I was like, I don't care.
I don't care. I have this little cute spider, and he stands up, and you can move his legs. That's awesome. To Peach Their Own, in case you are just now tuning in, today's question, what is the smallest, dumbest purchase you've ever made that brought you ridiculous amount of joy? Looking at the, K Bear one zero one Idaho rock and metal Facebook group, I like John's answer.
He just simply put Boston baked beans candy, which is one of my mom's absolute favorites. John, a cold beer. You know? There you go. Scotch tape from Johnny.
Alright. Let's go with, something more in-depth here. Chelsea. I have so many small, dumb things that give me joy. Something that stands out.
I always like looking at tarot cards, but never had a desire to buy any until I saw the dark crystal set. My daughter was certain I was going to get the fallout deck next to it. I may be obsessed with fallout but the dark crystal holds a sacred space in my heart. There you go. Another answer from Amanda.
An air freshener from the dollar store. It's a get go with a suction cup on its belly. It sticks to my window. How fantastic is that? What's the smallest, dumbest purchase you've ever made that brought you ridiculous amounts of joy?
Let me know. 2085351015. If not, I'll just, talk about something else for the remainder of the hour. Hey, Kay Bear. What's the smallest, dumbest purchase you've ever made that brought you ridiculous amounts of joy?
My item that I bought is a gold sparkly platypus. Nice. Alright. Where'd you get it from? I got it from, convenience store over in Victor.
I absolutely fell in love with him because I'm always saying, does god have a sense of humor? Yes. He has a he does because there's a platypus. You can't tell me he does not have a sense of humor. Oh, yeah.
You can't. There's certain animals out there. The platypus is definitely one of them. Manatee. What else is pretty fun?
Are those those ugly fish that live near the bottom of the ocean that look like, I don't know what they're called. Ugly fish. I'm sure if I Google search it. Yeah. The first one to pop up are literally right there, the, blobfish.
Oh, the blobfish. Yeah. Big nose thing. Yeah. Thanks for listening to Peach's Pit Party, the podcast.
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