April 30, 2025 • 7 mins
Weird news stories from around the world… with a healthy dose of lasers added in. Does it make sense? No not really, but it doesn’t HAVE TO… it’s Laser Stories!
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
It's the radio segment that's getting into the robotics game
by creating a brand new product called rumba badet. Just
walk down over your little vacuum friend, and you don't
even need privates too.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Oh my god, no.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
It's wonderful. Now your floors aren't the only thing sparkling
clean thanks to laser stories.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Walking with it, I mean, you're hopy, You're finally hoping
it is stuck in a corner.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
That's the segment where we read weird news stories around
the globe, just like everyone else does, except we've got
a laser and those other splash fascists just down. This
first laser story is out of Colorado. A man named
Lucas Brown was serving time in jail a ninety day sentence,
and in the corrections facility, they have a program for
(00:52):
the inmates where they can help out in the kitchen.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
That's cool.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
They put the knives away though, don't worry, it makes
sense for the time down anyway. The other Lucas was
in there helping when he left to take out the
trash and then just ran off. Yeah, okay, he was
only on the loose for thirty five minutes until deputies
caught up to him, so he didn't make it to freedom.
And that's unfortunate because Lucas was actually set to be
(01:17):
released less than forty eight hours later.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Maybe Lucas is bad at math.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Apparently he lost track of his time inside of the facility.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
That's why he had to make those X marks in
her those dashes in your cell.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
He did not realize he'd already done eighty eight out
of his required ninety days.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Dude, what did he get tacked on?
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Then?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Just like this feels like forever and I've only been
here a week.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Another twist. Lucas was previously caught escaping back in twenty
seventeen when he was just four days away from being
let out. It wasn't the first time he could not
set a calendar reminder, guys, Maybe he made so many
friends in jail he doesn't want to go.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
This is what happens when men don't have women to
hell understand where.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
They need where you don't want to leave his boy friend.
No word on how much extra time is being tacked
on due to the escape attempt, but official say it's
a lot more.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Oh no, this next Lazer story is out of the Netherlands.
A mother was trying to educate her three young children
on fine art when they gave her a lesson instead
on why you shouldn't bring young kids into galleries. The
woman's name is Julia Beekoff, and she says she turned
(02:29):
for just a second to help her six year old
tie their shoes. Yeah, and that's when her three year
old sauntered over to a famous Mark Rothko painting and
with the end of his toy dinosaur, started to pretend
to pain on it himself.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
I mean some of the modern art. I mean, I
love it, but it does look like a child did it.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
So the mother screamed and the child's cried, but the
damage had already been done. There were scratches all over
the work of art, which was valued at around fifty
seven million dollars day. And while officials say the scratches superficial,
they aren't sure if they can fix them completely due
because the painting was unvarnished. So restoration efforts are underway,
(03:14):
but the museum has not said whether the mother will
be held liable for the cost of the repairs.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Oh fifty six million. This was a Kardash fifty seven summary.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
The same museum is no stranger to charging people, though.
In twenty eleven, a tourist accidentally stepped on a famous
piece of floor artwork called the Peanut Butter Plaque and
was asked by the institution to pay for repairs up
to three million dollars million. What the hell we're gonna
reached into this gallery. It's just not worth going into
(03:46):
art galleries. Just do it online. I'm scared.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Don't step on the art, Jeff, It's not that hard. Ah,
The titles are all art.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
This nex Lazer story is out of Japan. I got
their first. Twenty seven year old Minghoo Yang is a
Chinese student studying in Tokyo, and it was his goal
to climb Mount Fuji.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Cool goal.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
He made that dream come true, reaching the summit at
twelve three hundred and eighty eight feet before experiencing altitude sickness.
I bet in fact, he was unable to descend the
trail because of how sick he felt. So the rescue
teams were called in and luckily they were able to
get a helicopter to take minghow to safety.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Oh yeah, no kidding people, Dan, it was after he
already made the top.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yeah, just one problem. Once back, minghow realized he forgot
his cell phone up there.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
You gotta go back, you just leave it.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Days later, he went back once he hit ten thousand
feet started to feel sick again. Japanese officials had to
send the helicopter up a second time.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
So much money that one. You just have to be like,
you don't get it. You don't get the helicopter anymore.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Just roll down. Bro Minghu was taken to a local
hospital and released with no injuries the following morning. As
for his phone, officials have banned him from attempting another
ascent to retrieve it.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
You ever got it the second time?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
You never got it. No, you couldn't find it in
all the snow. And he's definitely not allowed back at
least till the bathroom's first aid stations and everything is
open again starting in June. Imagine him asking people, hey,
will you call myself up?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Just waiting at the trail.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Your final laser story is out of car talk. A
new survey asked the question which generation has the worst drivers,
and alexis you're not gonna believe this Gen Z one boomers.
Only thirty percent of Gen z ors believe their generation
drives more safely than others.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
I would feel more safe with my mom than I
would with Alexis I guess.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
I mean, if you think about it that way.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
At least gen Z admits that they're not the safest.
It was the lowest percentage of any group. Then, forty
three percent of millennials think their generation has the safest drivers. Yeah,
sixty percent of gen xers say the same thing as
do sixty three percent of Baby boomers.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
I've fallen and I can get out because they go
so slow that if they hid anything, it's actually not much.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Dalg. You know.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
The main issue gen Zer's claim is they have to
deal with morere distractions than any other generation.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Why would they have more than us?
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Because they have all their phones and technology. They have
multiple apps that they.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
They have to have the big screens too.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
It's just calling to you, Gonna screens are fun, No
wonder they have to struggle so much behind the way.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Fifty four percent say they've eaten non handheld foods while driving.
I could never.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
I'm gonna start, Yeah, I could never. We just had
this this the other day on our shows.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Get it, but it has to be hand held, ladies.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
It can't be a granola bar. It doesn't.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Actually, yeah, driven while exhausted and playing a video game game.
What fifteen percent have had a raging argument in the
rear view mirror with themselves driving, Oh.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Yeah, yelling at yourself zers, Oh yeah, I can't say I.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Have yeah, And thirteen percent admit that they've driven with
a pet on their lap.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Oh yeah, someday, let's hope.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
So, speaking of a pet on their lap, this guy
has a shoe on his that's a good transition. And
he used a Bogo cupon to get it two for
one deal. It's the Pink Pony Pump Clubs. And that
sound means Laser Stories has come to an end for
the day. We'll do it again the same time on
Friday
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Brook and Jeffrey in the morning
It's the radio segment that's getting into the robotics game
by creating a brand new product called rumba badet. Just
walk down over your little vacuum friend, and you don't
even need privates too.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Oh my god, no.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
It's wonderful. Now your floors aren't the only thing sparkling
clean thanks to laser stories.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Walking with it, I mean, you're hopy, You're finally hoping
it is stuck in a corner.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
That's the segment where we read weird news stories around
the globe, just like everyone else does, except we've got
a laser and those other splash fascists just down. This
first laser story is out of Colorado. A man named
Lucas Brown was serving time in jail a ninety day sentence,
and in the corrections facility, they have a program for
(00:52):
the inmates where they can help out in the kitchen.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
That's cool.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
They put the knives away though, don't worry, it makes
sense for the time down anyway. The other Lucas was
in there helping when he left to take out the
trash and then just ran off. Yeah, okay, he was
only on the loose for thirty five minutes until deputies
caught up to him, so he didn't make it to freedom.
And that's unfortunate because Lucas was actually set to be
(01:17):
released less than forty eight hours later.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Maybe Lucas is bad at math.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Apparently he lost track of his time inside of the facility.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
That's why he had to make those X marks in
her those dashes in your cell.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
He did not realize he'd already done eighty eight out
of his required ninety days.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Dude, what did he get tacked on?
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Then?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Just like this feels like forever and I've only been
here a week.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Another twist. Lucas was previously caught escaping back in twenty
seventeen when he was just four days away from being
let out. It wasn't the first time he could not
set a calendar reminder, guys, Maybe he made so many
friends in jail he doesn't want to go.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
This is what happens when men don't have women to
hell understand where.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
They need where you don't want to leave his boy friend.
No word on how much extra time is being tacked
on due to the escape attempt, but official say it's
a lot more.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Oh no, this next Lazer story is out of the Netherlands.
A mother was trying to educate her three young children
on fine art when they gave her a lesson instead
on why you shouldn't bring young kids into galleries. The
woman's name is Julia Beekoff, and she says she turned
(02:29):
for just a second to help her six year old
tie their shoes. Yeah, and that's when her three year
old sauntered over to a famous Mark Rothko painting and
with the end of his toy dinosaur, started to pretend
to pain on it himself.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
I mean some of the modern art. I mean, I
love it, but it does look like a child did it.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
So the mother screamed and the child's cried, but the
damage had already been done. There were scratches all over
the work of art, which was valued at around fifty
seven million dollars day. And while officials say the scratches superficial,
they aren't sure if they can fix them completely due
because the painting was unvarnished. So restoration efforts are underway,
(03:14):
but the museum has not said whether the mother will
be held liable for the cost of the repairs.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Oh fifty six million. This was a Kardash fifty seven summary.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
The same museum is no stranger to charging people, though.
In twenty eleven, a tourist accidentally stepped on a famous
piece of floor artwork called the Peanut Butter Plaque and
was asked by the institution to pay for repairs up
to three million dollars million. What the hell we're gonna
reached into this gallery. It's just not worth going into
(03:46):
art galleries. Just do it online. I'm scared.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Don't step on the art, Jeff, It's not that hard. Ah,
The titles are all art.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
This nex Lazer story is out of Japan. I got
their first. Twenty seven year old Minghoo Yang is a
Chinese student studying in Tokyo, and it was his goal
to climb Mount Fuji.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Cool goal.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
He made that dream come true, reaching the summit at
twelve three hundred and eighty eight feet before experiencing altitude sickness.
I bet in fact, he was unable to descend the
trail because of how sick he felt. So the rescue
teams were called in and luckily they were able to
get a helicopter to take minghow to safety.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Oh yeah, no kidding people, Dan, it was after he
already made the top.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yeah, just one problem. Once back, minghow realized he forgot
his cell phone up there.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
You gotta go back, you just leave it.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Days later, he went back once he hit ten thousand
feet started to feel sick again. Japanese officials had to
send the helicopter up a second time.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
So much money that one. You just have to be like,
you don't get it. You don't get the helicopter anymore.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Just roll down. Bro Minghu was taken to a local
hospital and released with no injuries the following morning. As
for his phone, officials have banned him from attempting another
ascent to retrieve it.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
You ever got it the second time?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
You never got it. No, you couldn't find it in
all the snow. And he's definitely not allowed back at
least till the bathroom's first aid stations and everything is
open again starting in June. Imagine him asking people, hey,
will you call myself up?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Just waiting at the trail.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Your final laser story is out of car talk. A
new survey asked the question which generation has the worst drivers,
and alexis you're not gonna believe this Gen Z one boomers.
Only thirty percent of Gen z ors believe their generation
drives more safely than others.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
I would feel more safe with my mom than I
would with Alexis I guess.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
I mean, if you think about it that way.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
At least gen Z admits that they're not the safest.
It was the lowest percentage of any group. Then, forty
three percent of millennials think their generation has the safest drivers. Yeah,
sixty percent of gen xers say the same thing as
do sixty three percent of Baby boomers.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
I've fallen and I can get out because they go
so slow that if they hid anything, it's actually not much.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Dalg. You know.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
The main issue gen Zer's claim is they have to
deal with morere distractions than any other generation.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Why would they have more than us?
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Because they have all their phones and technology. They have
multiple apps that they.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
They have to have the big screens too.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
It's just calling to you, Gonna screens are fun, No
wonder they have to struggle so much behind the way.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Fifty four percent say they've eaten non handheld foods while driving.
I could never.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
I'm gonna start, Yeah, I could never. We just had
this this the other day on our shows.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Get it, but it has to be hand held, ladies.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
It can't be a granola bar. It doesn't.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Actually, yeah, driven while exhausted and playing a video game game.
What fifteen percent have had a raging argument in the
rear view mirror with themselves driving, Oh.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Yeah, yelling at yourself zers, Oh yeah, I can't say I.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Have yeah, And thirteen percent admit that they've driven with
a pet on their lap.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Oh yeah, someday, let's hope.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
So, speaking of a pet on their lap, this guy
has a shoe on his that's a good transition. And
he used a Bogo cupon to get it two for
one deal. It's the Pink Pony Pump Clubs. And that
sound means Laser Stories has come to an end for
the day. We'll do it again the same time on
Friday
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Brook and Jeffrey in the morning
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