The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Happy Birthday,
Bobie the Dog. I tell you about Bobie before Bobie turned thirty one.
I didn't misspeak. I'll say the number again in case you think I
messed up. Bobie thirty one. Bobie the Dog born May eleventh, nineteen
ninety two. Back in February, Bobie was verified as the Guinness World Record
titleholder. The dog has lived his entire life with the Costa family in a
rural village in Portugal. Owner Lean All said that Bobi's health has been good,
although he recently went to the vet for checkup after the owner was concerned
about these stress being caused by having so many visitors. Happy birthday to you.
I normally don't do back to back dog stories, but in honor of
Bobie's birthday, I will break the rules here and tell you about Bow the
Golden Retriever. He's making big time life decisions for his family. Erica and
Frank had a baby. They threw three tennis balls to Bow the Golden Retriever.
Each one had a name written on it. They were picking between three
names, Liam, Andrew and Frankie. Mom Erica said, we were excited
to see what he came back with. We couldn't decide. We loved all
three. We were kind of undecided with the Golden picked the ball that said
Frankie on it, so that's gonna be their son's name. Erica, who's
a content creator, there's a shock, said we incorporate Bow in every major
life event. He needs to be involved in everything. He's like our kid.
We want him to be part of things now. They tried to use
Bow the Golden Retriever to do the gender reveal, but Bo was given a
pink cake to eat, and Erica said it went wrong the first time I
took a blood test of ten weeks and the lab results came in from the
nurse. She gave me an envelope saying it was a girl. It was
great after Bau revealed that we're having a girl, and I said to frank
in your face, as he thought it was going to be a boy.
But when for another ultrasound to reconfirm, and it's a boy. Mom says,
we're so excited for Bou to meet the baby. He's so good with
the nieces. He knows how to be gentle. Honestly, bou is never
not happy, He's always smiling. It's brom season and Andy and michaela they
had plans, they had a limo, but then the limo fell through and
they had to figure something out. Luckily, they knew a jeep owner who
happened to know a few come back to that word, a few other jeep
owners, So instead of taking one jeep to prim, they took eighty.
Mike Latta as a jeep enthusiast and said, jeep people are a different breed.
They want to make sure that everybody feels love and they're supported. So
this is not the first and it won't be the last. Meanwhile, out
in Washington, a teen went to the Prom and a World War two tank.
High school junior Sherman and his best friend Sam got the idea after realizing
a man in Portland had one and was offering rights for a thousand dollars.
The teens made a TikTok about wanting to go to Prom in the tank.
They set up a gofund me. Sherman also had a bagpiper escort the tank
to the dance. Sherman's date, however, did not want to get in
the tank, she found another way to the prom I am Patty Callahan,
Henry, I am Mary Kay Andrews, I'm Kristin Harmel, and I'm Kristy
Woodson Harvey. Friends in Fiction is led by four long time friends, the
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you love the Aurora, apparently you're going to see more of them. As
we had towards twenty twenty five's solar maximum. Shannon Schmall as the director of
the Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University. She told USA Today there's been an
increase in aurora scene in general on Earth. The Sun has been more active,
resulting in more solar storms that cause solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
The material release during these solar flares and CMEs interact with the Earth's magnetic field
and excite particles in our atmosphere, resulting in a beautiful light show in her
sky known as the aurora. And congratulations to Anne dup Block. She's ninety
nine and what did she want for her one hundredth birthday? She wanted people
to throw knives at her. She used to work at the circus and she
always dreamt of being in a knife throwing act. Her former boss, Martin,
wanted to help fulfill her lifelong dream as her one hundredth birthday approaches,
he said, Annie worked for me thirty years ago putting up posters. She
was seventy. Then she's a hundred years old this August. Annie said she
really enjoyed the experience and she's ready for the next one. That's your five
good news stories for today, Happy Birthday, Anny, and a happy birthday.
Will be the Dog. Follow the show for free on Apple Podcasts,
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