1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:09,199 The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. I gotta 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,519 tell you, I do record a bunch of these back to back. There 3 00:00:11,519 --> 00:00:14,759 are a lot of fun to do. I just I'm still laughing about the 4 00:00:14,759 --> 00:00:17,399 one the other day from the mushroom Bread. In case you missed that one. 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,120 Once again, we have McDonald's secret menu items. I don't know what 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,359 it is about this podcast, always McDonald's stories. This comes from a McDonald's 7 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:31,160 employee who said for secret menu items, what tends to matter for availabilities not 8 00:00:31,239 --> 00:00:34,600 the owner. It's the on duty manager and the location of the store. 9 00:00:34,679 --> 00:00:39,159 There is no secret menu really. What these are our menu hacks, combinations 10 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,759 that aren't on the menu but are possible with the ingredients found around, and 11 00:00:42,799 --> 00:00:47,039 some are more ingenious than others. He says customers can maximize their chances by 12 00:00:47,119 --> 00:00:50,880 visiting McDonald's near college or high school, as those workers are more likely to 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,640 go along. You know, you get the teenager of the teenager doesn't care. 14 00:00:54,119 --> 00:00:56,840 He added, if you go anytime after seven o'clock, you'll have better 15 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,920 luck than during a lunch period. Is when lunch is busy, you know, 16 00:01:00,159 --> 00:01:03,000 And there's more rule savvy managers on duty. Right, So you pile 17 00:01:03,079 --> 00:01:06,560 into the McDonald's at nine at night, and the teenager doesn't care. One 18 00:01:06,719 --> 00:01:11,239 secret menu item is the McKinley Mac. What's that? It's a big mac 19 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,920 with quarter pounder meat. He said. It's kind of expensive, but basically 20 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,599 any store will do it as far as I know, The employee says. 21 00:01:17,599 --> 00:01:22,319 Customers sometimes order a grilled cheese by asking for a plain cheeseburger with no meat. 22 00:01:22,599 --> 00:01:23,719 He says, if you ask for this, look at the receipt. 23 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,200 If the cashier was new, you'll see ask me written on it, but 24 00:01:26,239 --> 00:01:30,519 if they knew it was coming, you'll just see plain no regular meat or 25 00:01:30,519 --> 00:01:34,959 something like that. Quality will vary based on how hot the bun was versus 26 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,040 how cold the cheese was. I personally don't suggest it, but if you 27 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:42,040 want a grilled cheese, technically that's one. There's also something called the mc 28 00:01:42,239 --> 00:01:46,280 GB. I don't want to tell you what GB stands for because it's quite 29 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,599 naughty and involves a group. Leave it at that, he says. It's 30 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,400 only generally going to happen in a college town with a lax manager because of 31 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,159 its name, and they don't want other sensitive customers to be hearing those naughty, 32 00:01:57,239 --> 00:02:00,560 naughty words. If you want to make GB, you better off just 33 00:02:00,599 --> 00:02:04,120 asking for a mc chicken and a mcdouble and put it together rather than saying 34 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:07,919 that naughty name. For other Mick sandwiches generally the same rules as the MICGB. 35 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:12,199 Sometimes you'll get a hit, sometimes not. If not, you'll just 36 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,280 be told order them separately, put them together yourself. One user said I 37 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:20,039 used to make a quadruple cheeseburger on my own out of two doubles. I 38 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,439 was tempted to ask them to do it for me and save the extra bread. 39 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,639 Another user said I was drunk in order to mcdouble with six extra patties 40 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:30,080 and six extra slices of cheese cost me nine bucks. Now I'm not saying 41 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:36,159 he's a gold digger, but Darren Kemp pulled a stone weighing ten pounds. 42 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:38,879 More than half of it is gold. Is a photo of this. It 43 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,319 looks like he's a gold miner from the eighteen fifties. This rockets gigantic, 44 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,199 he tells CNN. When I hit my hand, my jaw dropped with it 45 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:50,479 was incredible. Once in a lifetime find. He runs Lucky Strike Gold, 46 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,199 which runs recreational prospecting trips into the gold containing regions of Australia known as the 47 00:02:54,199 --> 00:02:59,840 Golden Triangle. H I wonder if this is just for publicity, But then 48 00:02:59,879 --> 00:03:02,159 again, how do you fake at ten pound gold rock? Who knows? 49 00:03:02,479 --> 00:03:07,120 Congrats? Good news for Felix the dog and his friend sent him in the 50 00:03:07,159 --> 00:03:10,479 goat. They were dropped off by animal control, who had taken them from 51 00:03:10,479 --> 00:03:14,560 a house whose owner had been hospitalized and there was no one else to look 52 00:03:14,599 --> 00:03:19,400 after the dog and goat. The shelter realized the two were a special situation. 53 00:03:19,439 --> 00:03:21,759 When they first tried to separate them sent him in. The goat was 54 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,560 very upset. She was bleeding and calling out to the dog. She was 55 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,120 so stressed and frantic. We realized we had to keep the goat and the 56 00:03:28,159 --> 00:03:31,039 dog together. Generally, the shelter doesn't take in form animals, and after 57 00:03:31,199 --> 00:03:35,560 ten days they told the owner, hey, you gotta take the animals back, 58 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,120 but he never did, so they put up an adoption notice. The 59 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,120 goat and the dog spent every hour together at the shelter except for when they 60 00:03:42,319 --> 00:03:45,039 ate. Sin him in hates being apart from Felix, but if they ate 61 00:03:45,039 --> 00:03:47,759 side by side, the bulldog would eat the goat food. Simon likes nothing 62 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:52,360 more than cuddling with Felix the dog or rumping around the dog yard, even 63 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,199 though it's AstroTurf. Felix is capable spending time away from his goat prowl, 64 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,120 but he returns. He always gives sent him in a bath with his giant 65 00:03:59,199 --> 00:04:01,439 bulldog tongue. One of the shelter workers said, so we're duo, but 66 00:04:01,479 --> 00:04:04,000 it works for them. Who are we to judge? They obviously love each 67 00:04:04,039 --> 00:04:10,680 other. Good news somebody has adopted them together. Congratulations Cinnamon and Felix. 68 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,319 I am Patty Callahan, Henry, I am Mary Kay Andrews. I'm Kristin 69 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:25,720 Harmel and I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. Friends in Fiction is led by four longtime 70 00:04:25,759 --> 00:04:30,199 friends, the four of us with more than seventy five published books between us. 71 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,399 Through end depth conversations and interviews, we discussed the books we've written, 72 00:04:33,759 --> 00:04:38,519 the books we're reading, and the art of storytelling. 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Most animal 81 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,959 shelters will tell you it's easier to get dogs adopted than cats. So the 82 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:33,240 Wayside Waves did something that got international attention and had found many of their cats 83 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,759 of Forever home. They posted a video on TikTok with some of the cats 84 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,160 up for adoption. It got over a million views. Thanks to the video, 85 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,759 all but two of the cats were adopted. I feel awful for those 86 00:05:43,759 --> 00:05:46,759 two cats. One of the shelter workers said, we have comments from Brazil 87 00:05:46,759 --> 00:05:49,360 and the Philippines and the UK and all these amazing places. They'll blinking for 88 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:53,639 fun ways to come up with their next adoption video. And a ten year 89 00:05:53,639 --> 00:05:57,959 old girl made what her mom thinks is the sassiest card ever, complete with 90 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,959 the words you love vodka. Geordana received the gift and was thankful and said 91 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:09,040 she doesn't drink vodka. She talked to people at the school and the teacher 92 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,600 that helped great the card. Jordana. The mom said she had the card 93 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,160 behind her back. It was quite giggly, and she handed to me and 94 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:16,800 I was like, oh my, he was really unexpected. I did a 95 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,560 nervous laugh, like have you actually done this? I was quite shocked, 96 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,120 but I didn't mind because it's quite funny. She's outgoing and funny. She 97 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,160 was proud of it, she said. The teacher said it was great, 98 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,639 and they helped her to cut the bottle out of the stick on the front. 99 00:06:28,959 --> 00:06:30,120 It was just getting worse. Not only she made the card, but 100 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,600 she'd involved teachers to bring attention to the fact that she's done this. We 101 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:38,079 had a parents' evening and the teachers thought she was great. They thought she 102 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,120 thought outside the box and it was really funny. But why if the mom 103 00:06:42,199 --> 00:06:45,759 doesn't drink vodka. I don't know what's going on here. That's your five 104 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,800 good news stories for today. Follow the show for free on Apple, podcast, 105 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,079 Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get your shows. You have a great day.