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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM

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<v Speaker 1>six forty. You are listening to the Bill Handle Show.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Wayne Resnick, kamv Iames is forty man Cono. You

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<v Speaker 1>kill it with the bumps. It's a Bill Handle show.

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<v Speaker 1>He's back after the new year. Wayne Resume here until

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<v Speaker 1>nine o'clock. And speaking of California, Governor Newsom, when he

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<v Speaker 1>took office five and a half six years ago, whenever

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<v Speaker 1>it was, he said he would be California's healthcare governor.

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<v Speaker 1>And he has made a lot of stuff happen. And

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<v Speaker 1>some of those things he made happen may have to

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<v Speaker 1>go away because we have a new federal administration that

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<v Speaker 1>is not going to be very friendly toward some of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that Governor Newsom has made happen. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I just I want to focus on two big ones.

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<v Speaker 1>One of them very quickly, because abortion. Enough with talking

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<v Speaker 1>about abortion, but just to point out that under Governor Newsom,

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<v Speaker 1>California gave the right to an abortion put into the

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<v Speaker 1>state constitution and passed a law that allows out of

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<v Speaker 1>state doctors to perform abortions in California, and we built

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<v Speaker 1>a big stockpile of the abortion medicines because remember they

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<v Speaker 1>were trying to ban overturn the FDA approval of mifapristone. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>he created this twenty million dollar fund to help Californians

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<v Speaker 1>who can't afford an abortion get an abortion. So he

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<v Speaker 1>did all those things, and I think that we know

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<v Speaker 1>the incoming federal administration is not down with any of that.

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<v Speaker 1>So that is something he's going to have to fight

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<v Speaker 1>about come January twenty. And then the other thing I

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<v Speaker 1>want to bring up, and this is this. These are

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<v Speaker 1>two of certainly a dozen or more things that he's done.

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<v Speaker 1>He made an Office of Healthcare Affordability. Laws have been

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<v Speaker 1>passed about generic drugs and general If you remember where

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<v Speaker 1>he said the state is going to get into the

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<v Speaker 1>business of manufacturing insulin. That's proved harder to spin up

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<v Speaker 1>than maybe he thought it that it would be. But

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<v Speaker 1>here's the one thing, because on the one hand, it

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<v Speaker 1>sounds crazy, but then I will reveal something that if

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<v Speaker 1>it's crazy, then everybody's crazy. There's a program called medicaid.

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<v Speaker 1>It is healthcare for poor people, and in California it's

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<v Speaker 1>administered under medical but you get for about half of

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<v Speaker 1>the money spent through medical on healthcare comes from the

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<v Speaker 1>federal government. It's Medicaid money, and it's supposed to go

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<v Speaker 1>for things like doctors in medicine and emergency room visits.

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<v Speaker 1>But California, under a friendly administration, has been able to

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<v Speaker 1>get waivers that allow California to spend Medicaid money on,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, housing, because there is a trend of thought

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<v Speaker 1>that says housing is healthcare, that for vulnerable populations, that

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<v Speaker 1>having stable housing is vitally important to them even being

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<v Speaker 1>able to pursue, you know, getting their medical needs taken

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<v Speaker 1>care of. So the idea of housing as healthcare and

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<v Speaker 1>waivers from the federal government allowed Medicaid money to be

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<v Speaker 1>spent on homeless housing. Well, that's only because you had

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<v Speaker 1>an administration that was friendly to the idea and granted

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<v Speaker 1>those waivers. And I don't think there's a chance in

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<v Speaker 1>hades that the incoming administration is going to continue allowing

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<v Speaker 1>that use of Medicaid money. In fact, not only might

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<v Speaker 1>Governor Newsom have to fight to be allowed to do that,

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna have to fight not to have Medicaid money

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<v Speaker 1>cut drastically. So he's got a huge battle on his hands.

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<v Speaker 1>And it does maybe sound crazy that housing is healthcare,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're gonna use Medicaid money for housing. And I

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<v Speaker 1>just want to point out, because sometimes California gets pointed

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<v Speaker 1>at as the birthplace of crazy ideas, there's nineteen stakes

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<v Speaker 1>that have been doing the same thing. Sometimes it's not

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<v Speaker 1>just us, and as soon it might not be any

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<v Speaker 1>of these states being allowed to do it. Let's talk

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<v Speaker 1>about gift giving, and let's talk about gift returning, because

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of gifts are given at this time of year,

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<v Speaker 1>and ooh, a lot of gifts are returned. The National

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<v Speaker 1>Retail Federation estimates about a trillion dollars worth of merchandise

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<v Speaker 1>was sold over the holiday period and that about one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty billion of it returned. You've got a

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<v Speaker 1>consumer research firm called Civic Science, and so this is

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<v Speaker 1>a survey they did, and twenty eight percent of respond

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<v Speaker 1>and said they had returned or exchanged a gift last year.

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<v Speaker 1>Because this was taken before this holiday season, and according

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<v Speaker 1>to Statista, I'm not as big a freak as I've

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<v Speaker 1>been made out to be. I have been criticized roundly

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<v Speaker 1>and incessantly by several people in my life because I

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<v Speaker 1>happen to think I happened to think that cash or

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<v Speaker 1>a gift card, the more generic the better, Like a

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<v Speaker 1>Visa gift card is better than a Starbucks gift card,

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<v Speaker 1>but a Starbucks gift card is still pretty good. I

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<v Speaker 1>think those are good gifts. And people tell me I

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<v Speaker 1>have no imagination and I'm thoughtless and bah bah bah

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<v Speaker 1>bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah. And yet,

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<v Speaker 1>according to Statista, the most desired Christmas gift in the

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<v Speaker 1>US is cash, and the second most popular gift from

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<v Speaker 1>the recipient's gift cards. So excuse me, I'm not a freak,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a basic be So in any event, I bet

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<v Speaker 1>right now, if you think about your home, there's probably

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<v Speaker 1>something in there that somebody gave you as a gift

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<v Speaker 1>that you don't really use, maybe hadn't thought about till

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<v Speaker 1>I just prompted you to. But you haven't gotten rid

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<v Speaker 1>of it either, because man, there's a whole bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>etiquette around what do you do when somebody gave you

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<v Speaker 1>a gift and you don't want it and you're not

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<v Speaker 1>sure how to handle it. And I'm not here to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you how to handle it, because I do not

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<v Speaker 1>work for Emily Post. But why why do you get

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<v Speaker 1>gifts from people that are not really in your mind

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<v Speaker 1>good gifts, believe it or not. There has been significant

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<v Speaker 1>deep research into this question and the lead person in

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<v Speaker 1>that area in that field is Deborah Cone from the

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<v Speaker 1>New York Institute of Technology, who published this exhaustive paper

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<v Speaker 1>in a journal called and there is a journal called

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<v Speaker 1>the Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior. Every

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<v Speaker 1>issue has a centerfold of Bill Handle in it. And

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<v Speaker 1>she looked at how this happens, what is the psychology

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<v Speaker 1>behind the gift giving that doesn't work out, and has

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<v Speaker 1>identified specific reasons that people sometimes when they give gifts,

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<v Speaker 1>they're not being nice at all. The least benign, I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>the least malicious. The most benign is when simply you

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<v Speaker 1>don't know enough about the person and all you really

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<v Speaker 1>remember is they said something once about the Miami Dolphins,

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<v Speaker 1>so you thought it would be cool to get them

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<v Speaker 1>Miami Dolphins jersey. But it turns out they don't really

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<v Speaker 1>love the Miami Dolphins at all. It's just a thing

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<v Speaker 1>they said once. Now that's not the selfish kind of

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<v Speaker 1>gift giving. That's the trying to personalize a gift and

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<v Speaker 1>not really realizing that you don't know as much about

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<v Speaker 1>the person as you should. Now we get into the

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<v Speaker 1>bad stuff, the dark stuff. Here are some reasons that

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<v Speaker 1>people will give you a crappy gift. One of them

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<v Speaker 1>is they want bragging rights. They're not really giving the

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<v Speaker 1>gift for you. They're giving the gift for the other

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<v Speaker 1>people who see you open the gift, and maybe it's

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<v Speaker 1>something very expensive or very elaborate, and that everybody else

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<v Speaker 1>will go, WHOA, what a great gift, and they get

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<v Speaker 1>all the kudos. Even though it might be expensive or elaborate,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not something that you're interested in having. And a

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<v Speaker 1>related concept is the gift I give to you for me.

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<v Speaker 1>This usually happens in marriages or partnerships, where for example,

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<v Speaker 1>I really like a pair of headphones, So what I

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<v Speaker 1>do is I give you the gift of those headphones,

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<v Speaker 1>because hey, we live together, you're my wife. I know

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna be using those headphones. It really wasn't for you,

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<v Speaker 1>it was for me. There's also the I know better

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<v Speaker 1>than anyone else thing. You might have a gift registry,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's a kind of person who will look at

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<v Speaker 1>what's on your gift registry and deem them all to

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<v Speaker 1>be blame or boring and instead get you something else,

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<v Speaker 1>not because they really think you'll like it better, but

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<v Speaker 1>because they're rejecting what you want for a gift and

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<v Speaker 1>they're gonna show you. It's kind of a control thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you also have the downright aggressive gift. They're

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<v Speaker 1>mad at you, and even though they don't realize that

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<v Speaker 1>it's affecting their choice of gift, it is, and subconsciously,

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<v Speaker 1>because they're so mad at you, they give you something crappy.

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<v Speaker 1>So the next time, the next time you get a

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<v Speaker 1>crappy gift from someone, I guess you have to ask yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>are they self absorbed, ignorant or mean? Imagine hearing two

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<v Speaker 1>people argue a couple because somebody left a wet towel

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<v Speaker 1>on a bathroom floor, and the other person hates that

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<v Speaker 1>a wet towe was left on the bathroom floor, and

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<v Speaker 1>they are going at it with this argument. Now imagine

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<v Speaker 1>one person who's part of this argument that you're hearing

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<v Speaker 1>is hundreds of miles away from you because the other

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<v Speaker 1>person is having the argument on their phone on speaker phone.

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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen, there is an epidemic in the United

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<v Speaker 1>States of America anyway, where people have forgotten mass amnesia,

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<v Speaker 1>as if some kind of radiation came down from space,

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<v Speaker 1>targeting our brains and erasing the little part of the

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<v Speaker 1>brain that holds the memory of earbuds that earbuds exist,

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<v Speaker 1>because for some reason, you all stopped using earbuds, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're walking around, standing around holding your phone not up

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<v Speaker 1>to your head, holding your phone about a foot in

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<v Speaker 1>front of your face, talking at it, and someone else

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<v Speaker 1>is talking out of it at you, and I'm hearing

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<v Speaker 1>it now. I want to tell a little story because

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know. I didn't know that I was witnessing

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<v Speaker 1>the birth of a problem at the time, but I

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<v Speaker 1>think now that I was. There is a coffee shop

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<v Speaker 1>in Larchmont called Go Get Them Tiger. I'm not endorsing them.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm not not endorsing them. They're good, but

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<v Speaker 1>that's not why I'm bringing up. I'm bringing them up

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<v Speaker 1>because they are the place that on Thanksgiving they have

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<v Speaker 1>a tradition that on Thanksgiving Day they make a special

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<v Speaker 1>menu of special coffee drinks that usually they are elevated

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<v Speaker 1>versions of certain coffee drinks that other huge coffee chain

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<v Speaker 1>sell and it's a big deal. The place is packed

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<v Speaker 1>all day and I went one Thanksgiving. I went over

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<v Speaker 1>there and the place is packed, and I'm waiting for

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<v Speaker 1>my order, and there's this kid and he is watching

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<v Speaker 1>something on a phone on speed like with the speaker on,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's loud, and I don't like it. And I

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<v Speaker 1>looked at it. And here's the thing. At the time,

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<v Speaker 1>I was on the phone with a friend, appropriately on

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<v Speaker 1>earbuds and speaking very softly. So I look at this

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<v Speaker 1>kid and I just go, you got any earbuds? And

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<v Speaker 1>it turns out he did, and he got them out

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<v Speaker 1>of his pocket and he used them because hopefully I

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<v Speaker 1>shamed him for listening to his phone audio without earbuds

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<v Speaker 1>in a public place. Now, I didn't know at the

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<v Speaker 1>time that one day everybody would be doing the same

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<v Speaker 1>thing and I would have to have the travel skills

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<v Speaker 1>of a Santa Claus to go all around the country

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<v Speaker 1>and confront everybody who in any moment is yacking or

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<v Speaker 1>watching a movie or a TikTok on their phone on

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<v Speaker 1>the speaker. If you've flown anytime in the last year,

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<v Speaker 1>you've heard it or you've done it. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>which one you want. Airplane terminals are one of the

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<v Speaker 1>worst places for this. I think part of it is

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<v Speaker 1>you're not allowed, you know, to be on the phone

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<v Speaker 1>on the flight, so everybody's got to get their stuff

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<v Speaker 1>in before they board. But also where are your earbuds?

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<v Speaker 1>And maybe in an airplane terminal. The thinking is, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>the phone, I'll watch my tiktoks and I'll put in

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<v Speaker 1>I'll blast my TikTok to the world. Do you know

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<v Speaker 1>Flight attendants say every single flight there's at least one

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<v Speaker 1>person doing this. Also, the people who do it are

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<v Speaker 1>they would either mute the device or they'd put in earbudgs.

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<v Speaker 1>Now people are talking back. Somebody's on a plane, they're

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<v Speaker 1>watching a movie on their iPad with the with the

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the speakers, and you say, hey, would you

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<v Speaker 1>mind using headphones? A lot of times they'll ignore you

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<v Speaker 1>or even say you are being rude. Man. It used

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<v Speaker 1>And they stopped doing that. Uh in I think it

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of the end. Part of the problem too, is

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<v Speaker 1>If you were using it, it was something quiet. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you were texting or checking email. That's about it. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you're either on a phone call, yacking, or you're watching videos.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody's watching videos if they're not talking to somebody, because

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<v Speaker 1>nobody knows how to be alone with themselves anymore. I

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<v Speaker 1>still do not understand why, though people have no compunction

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<v Speaker 1>about doing it with the speakers on. And this happens

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<v Speaker 1>everyone where I go supermarket. Yes, ah, they have Texas peats,

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<v Speaker 1>and take a scorpion pepper. Will try and see. It's

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<v Speaker 1>too hot for us in the gym. You're supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be working your body in a gym, not watching tiktoks.

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<v Speaker 1>For the entire cardio machine section to hear, we need

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<v Speaker 1>lass man. I know I'm not a big government guy.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the problem. Okay, it's not that we have

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<v Speaker 1>big government and it's bad, or we don't have enough

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<v Speaker 1>government and it's bad. It's that we have this bizarrely

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<v Speaker 1>controlling and other parts of it need to step it up.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying the death penalty for having a speakerphone

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<v Speaker 1>call in public. I'm not saying death penalty that would

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<v Speaker 1>almost certainly be unconstitutional. Twenty years sounds good to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Are they great or do they suck? He knows? But

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<v Speaker 1>first animals in the news, but never upsetting. This is

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<v Speaker 1>heavy petting. All right, Let's start with this year's American

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<v Speaker 1>Humane Hero Dog Award winner. It is Bo, Bo, the

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<v Speaker 1>blood hound from North Carolina who works with the Gastonia

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<v Speaker 1>Police Department. Bo is a youngin at the tender age

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<v Speaker 1>of just eighteen months, but he has already made a

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm about to tell you how. When he was

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<v Speaker 1>just eight weeks old, Bo began training to be a bloodhound, which,

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<v Speaker 1>as you know, is a dog that you say, here,

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<v Speaker 1>here's a smell, Go find that smell out in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently he took to it pretty rapidly, because he has

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<v Speaker 1>already found a missing eleven year old, a seven year

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<v Speaker 1>old who had been Uh, this part's not that fun,

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<v Speaker 1>but it turns out fine. A seven year old had

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<v Speaker 1>been kidnapped, and they gave Bo a little piece of

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<v Speaker 1>that boy's clothing, and Bo found that kid seven miles away,

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<v Speaker 1>and the child was unharmed and returned to the delighted parents.

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<v Speaker 1>He also has found a whole bunch of I don't

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<v Speaker 1>even have the number, a whole bunch of seniors with dementia.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, sometimes seniors with dementia, they end up getting

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<v Speaker 1>lost and he finds them. And even when and I

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<v Speaker 1>am not trying to slight the other bloodhounds, but apparently

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes other bloodhounds can't find them, BO can find them.

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<v Speaker 1>So kudos to you and your sniffer, good boy. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of heroes, there's this eight year old kid, his

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<v Speaker 1>name is Zay and Barry, and one day who's out

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<v Speaker 1>with his skateboard and he sees another group of kids

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<v Speaker 1>and they they are teasing a little feral kitten and

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<v Speaker 1>he's like, that's bogus. But there's multiple of them and

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<v Speaker 1>only one of me. I doubt they're gonna listen to

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<v Speaker 1>my pleas for humanity, and there's no way I can

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<v Speaker 1>take them all. So you know what he did. He said, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>if you leave this kitten alone, I will give you

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<v Speaker 1>my skateboard. And they went for it must have been

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty good skateboard, and he gave up his skateboard,

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<v Speaker 1>oh to save this kitten. And then what happened. The

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<v Speaker 1>kitten fell madly in love with Zay and Barry and

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<v Speaker 1>is now the family pet at the Barry house. And

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<v Speaker 1>you may say, ah, but he he gave up his skateboard. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>no worries here, because guess what happened. They took the

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<v Speaker 1>cat to the Humane Society be checked out, and everybody

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<v Speaker 1>was so like, oh, this kid and he gave up

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<v Speaker 1>his skateboard. So here's what happened. A manager at the

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<v Speaker 1>Humane Society got in touch with with Zuomies, which you

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<v Speaker 1>see in a lot of malls that sells, amongst other things,

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<v Speaker 1>skateboard stuff. And they got together and they gave him

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<v Speaker 1>a big fat gift card which allowed him to go

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<v Speaker 1>into the local Zuomies not only get a new skateboard,

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<v Speaker 1>he was able to custom design to his specific specifications

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<v Speaker 1>his dream skateboard. So he ended up with a better

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<v Speaker 1>skateboard and a best friend. And that is cool. That's

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<v Speaker 1>such a precious story. What a great kid, What a

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<v Speaker 1>good kid. And then finally say happy birthday to Henry.

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<v Speaker 1>Henry is a crocodile and he lives at a conservation

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<v Speaker 1>center on a private piece of land in South Africa.

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<v Speaker 1>And guess who he lives with, Come and knock on

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<v Speaker 1>a door. It's Henry and six lady crocodiles. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>he has lived a long time. He's huge, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>you want how big he is. He weighs over fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>hundred pounds. He is over sixteen feet long. He is

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<v Speaker 1>still growing because crocodiles are one of the animals that

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<v Speaker 1>keep growing their whole life. You know, we grow until

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen eighteen sixteen depends and then we're done. You're not

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<v Speaker 1>growing anymore. I mean maybe maybe, uh with wise, that's

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<v Speaker 1>Their whole life. He grows, and he is one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty four years old. He's in perfect health. Getting

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<v Speaker 1>older is not slowing him down, they claim. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if this is true. Okay, maybe this number got

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<v Speaker 1>a exaggerated, but they claim that he has fathered over

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<v Speaker 1>ten thousand little crocodiles. That's a busy boy. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>he's surrounded. I mean he's surrounded by women for exactly

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<v Speaker 1>that reason, so they can keep, you know, pumping out crocodiles.

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<v Speaker 1>So happy birthday to Henry the old big randy crocodile.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is heavy petting for you. Almost certainly we'll

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<v Speaker 1>do this again next week. This is KFI AM six

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