June 11, 2025 • 5 mins
KT kicks things off with a jaw-dropping stat: over 6,000 dog attacks on U.S. postal workers were reported in 2024—a seven-year high. From there, the crew dives headfirst into a hilarious and heated discussion about aggressive dogs, misunderstood pit bulls, and the psychology of canine behavior. Skin shares a personal story about his sweet dog Simon losing his mind at the mailman, while Ben wonders if dogs are just trying to protect us—or plotting a daily turf war.But it’s not just about dogs. Ben recounts a snorkeling trip in Turks and Caicos where he couldn’t stop imagining a shark attack, despite being in calm waters. (“We’re all about to die. We’re a shark attack.”) The conversation spirals into everything from pit bull stereotypes to the unpredictability of wild animals—and even a philosophical moment about risk, responsibility, and the wisdom of Jackass stunts.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And now it's time for Basis week Day up Day
featuring veteran news anchor kt fun tweets. Here are the
important stories he's currently tracking from around the world.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yet all the data from the US Postal Service saying
that dog attacks on melmen and women have reached a
seven year high. They reported more than six thousand dog
attacks in twenty twenty four alone.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Wow, how many six thousand? That sucks? And that's just reported.
That sucks.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
Like I think of shark attacks more than any other attack.
By the way, when I was in the ocean, I
was not even in shark infested waters, especially not dangerous
shark waters.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Meaning turks and caicos.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
But the whole time I'm snorkeling, the whole time, I'm
thinking about a shark.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Is that right?
Speaker 4 (00:48):
The whole time, I'm not able to relax or do
anything else but think about sharks the whole time.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
That sounds really fun.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
I'm thinking about myself, and then I'm looking at my
children swimming in the ocean and my wife. I'm like, yeah,
we're all about to die a shark attack, and so
on my mind, I think there's a million shark attacks
every year because of the movie Jaws.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
But based on those stats.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
You're like, you're way, way, way more likely to get
attacked by a dog than a shark if you're a
postal carrier, right, And most of those postal carriers don't
swim like they're not swimming from one place next in
the ocean. So what about Ben looked over and his
wife was actually swimming with the shark. She was grabbing
two different sharks by their shark.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Fans, and they were just like, wee, there's a dog
buy an awareness charity, so maybe we should start donating
to that.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Let's get them on, let's get their spokesperson.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Katie, you were saying pit bulls are responsible for most
of these dog attacks.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
I think some of them. I would actually like to
know the type. It is mostly in the Midwest, we're seeing, Oh,
what was that up to that tornado alley?
Speaker 5 (01:50):
I will say it's weird. So Simon is a very
sweet dog, but it's the postal, the guy that drops
off our mail every single day. He goes insane and
it's just him and I don't know if it's in
the dog's mind where it's like I don't want this
person here every day. He still thinks he can get
away with it, and that is that what's going through
their mind?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Right?
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Well, have you ever seen that thing where it's two
dogs going at each other, like with a door, a
glass door between them, and they're like ah, and they're
showing their teeth and the minute you open the door,
they just totally chill. Yeah, Like, some some dogs are
not about that life. I've got one living at my
house all right, and and but some dogs are and
(02:28):
I don't you know, if they're protecting their house, maybe
they worry that this person is a danger. But the
dog that will actually attack and not just bark, that's
this terrifying thing. And I truly feel bad for those
postal workers to have to deal with that. And dude,
just bringing up pit bulls like we've done that in
the past on our show and you get overwhelmed with
text message.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
I get it.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
There's there's great pit bulls out there, and you can
set a baby, a toddler and a pit bull's lap
and it may do nothing.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
I get it. Everybody should try that tonight, I get
I get it, But I.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Don't know if if you have one of these dogs
that is super aggressive and potentially dangerous. I mean, should
you be responsible for that dog's actions? Like, in other words,
if a dog attacks somebody, why wouldn't the owner of
that dog be held responsible for whatever the act is.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I mean they are in terms of like if you
assume them or what.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
We only hear about these stories when it's Dallas Cowboys players.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Yeah right, so, but yeah they should.
Speaker 6 (03:26):
And I think also the other part of the conversation,
and people get very worked up about this, I agree
with the sentiment that cocker spaniels are, you know, a
bigger angry nuisance than a pit bull. I agree with that.
The problem is that no cocker spaniel has ever mulled
anyone to death. You know, we're talking about the ferocity
(03:49):
and the size of the animal. It's like there's people
that have chimpanzees as pets and it's all finding good
until the chimpanzee goes, you know.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
What, this sucks. I'm gonna tear this person.
Speaker 6 (04:00):
And they can do that because of their size and
their strength and all these things. And so it's like,
I'm not saying any dog is worse than any other dog.
I'm not saying that at all. And I agree with
you some of these poodles or bigger jerks and bite
you more. But it's about I mean, dude, if a
lion gets a hold of you, you're done. That's all
(04:20):
there is to it because of the size and the
ferrocity of the am.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Right, And they're still animals, and so they're really impossible
to predict one hundred percent of the time, especially these
ones that play poker all the time.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
There are a lot of pictures of that.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Dallas was sixth in the cities with the dog attacks
in twenty twenty four to forty three on postal workers.
I would also say, like you're talking about the baby
and the pit bull thing. To me, that's just kind
of the equivalent of Okay, I went to the zoo
and we had a snake handler and.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
We let the uh. I mean, I've seen this a
million times.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
At Polyphonic Spree Christmas shows, they have a big snake
out in the hallway and the snake will Okay, the.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Kid wants to take a picture with a snake, you
know whatever. I'm like, Yeah, something bad could happen.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
And anytime you put yourself in a situation where something
bad could happen, like driving, yeah, you know it could happen.
And that's just like the whole point of this. I
know that's not a real great philosopher speech for me.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Would you please pull that and send it to Chris
Arnold so he could play that on his show?
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah, that'd be amazing.
Speaker 6 (05:22):
I mean, I think the point you're making is that
the guys from Jackass make bad decisions. I wasn't exactly sure,
but it was excellent. Well, it just could happen.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
Yeah, didn't you play golf one time with one of
our advertisers.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Dude, Jeff Stewart? Yep? Great drawing it in. Yep, the
great Jeff Stewart, phenomenal athlete.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
All right, Coming up next, we'll get into the wildlife news,
speaking of animals and attacks and scary things. We have
an update on the Garland python. You need to hear
this story now
And now it's time for Basis week Day up Day
featuring veteran news anchor kt fun tweets. Here are the
important stories he's currently tracking from around the world.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yet all the data from the US Postal Service saying
that dog attacks on melmen and women have reached a
seven year high. They reported more than six thousand dog
attacks in twenty twenty four alone.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Wow, how many six thousand? That sucks? And that's just reported.
That sucks.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
Like I think of shark attacks more than any other attack.
By the way, when I was in the ocean, I
was not even in shark infested waters, especially not dangerous
shark waters.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Meaning turks and caicos.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
But the whole time I'm snorkeling, the whole time, I'm
thinking about a shark.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Is that right?
Speaker 4 (00:48):
The whole time, I'm not able to relax or do
anything else but think about sharks the whole time.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
That sounds really fun.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
I'm thinking about myself, and then I'm looking at my
children swimming in the ocean and my wife. I'm like, yeah,
we're all about to die a shark attack, and so
on my mind, I think there's a million shark attacks
every year because of the movie Jaws.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
But based on those stats.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
You're like, you're way, way, way more likely to get
attacked by a dog than a shark if you're a
postal carrier, right, And most of those postal carriers don't
swim like they're not swimming from one place next in
the ocean. So what about Ben looked over and his
wife was actually swimming with the shark. She was grabbing
two different sharks by their shark.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Fans, and they were just like, wee, there's a dog
buy an awareness charity, so maybe we should start donating
to that.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Let's get them on, let's get their spokesperson.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Katie, you were saying pit bulls are responsible for most
of these dog attacks.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
I think some of them. I would actually like to
know the type. It is mostly in the Midwest, we're seeing, Oh,
what was that up to that tornado alley?
Speaker 5 (01:50):
I will say it's weird. So Simon is a very
sweet dog, but it's the postal, the guy that drops
off our mail every single day. He goes insane and
it's just him and I don't know if it's in
the dog's mind where it's like I don't want this
person here every day. He still thinks he can get
away with it, and that is that what's going through
their mind?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Right?
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Well, have you ever seen that thing where it's two
dogs going at each other, like with a door, a
glass door between them, and they're like ah, and they're
showing their teeth and the minute you open the door,
they just totally chill. Yeah, Like, some some dogs are
not about that life. I've got one living at my
house all right, and and but some dogs are and
(02:28):
I don't you know, if they're protecting their house, maybe
they worry that this person is a danger. But the
dog that will actually attack and not just bark, that's
this terrifying thing. And I truly feel bad for those
postal workers to have to deal with that. And dude,
just bringing up pit bulls like we've done that in
the past on our show and you get overwhelmed with
text message.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
I get it.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
There's there's great pit bulls out there, and you can
set a baby, a toddler and a pit bull's lap
and it may do nothing.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
I get it. Everybody should try that tonight, I get
I get it, But I.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Don't know if if you have one of these dogs
that is super aggressive and potentially dangerous. I mean, should
you be responsible for that dog's actions? Like, in other words,
if a dog attacks somebody, why wouldn't the owner of
that dog be held responsible for whatever the act is.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I mean they are in terms of like if you
assume them or what.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
We only hear about these stories when it's Dallas Cowboys players.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Yeah right, so, but yeah they should.
Speaker 6 (03:26):
And I think also the other part of the conversation,
and people get very worked up about this, I agree
with the sentiment that cocker spaniels are, you know, a
bigger angry nuisance than a pit bull. I agree with that.
The problem is that no cocker spaniel has ever mulled
anyone to death. You know, we're talking about the ferocity
(03:49):
and the size of the animal. It's like there's people
that have chimpanzees as pets and it's all finding good
until the chimpanzee goes, you know.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
What, this sucks. I'm gonna tear this person.
Speaker 6 (04:00):
And they can do that because of their size and
their strength and all these things. And so it's like,
I'm not saying any dog is worse than any other dog.
I'm not saying that at all. And I agree with
you some of these poodles or bigger jerks and bite
you more. But it's about I mean, dude, if a
lion gets a hold of you, you're done. That's all
(04:20):
there is to it because of the size and the
ferrocity of the am.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Right, And they're still animals, and so they're really impossible
to predict one hundred percent of the time, especially these
ones that play poker all the time.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
There are a lot of pictures of that.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Dallas was sixth in the cities with the dog attacks
in twenty twenty four to forty three on postal workers.
I would also say, like you're talking about the baby
and the pit bull thing. To me, that's just kind
of the equivalent of Okay, I went to the zoo
and we had a snake handler and.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
We let the uh. I mean, I've seen this a
million times.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
At Polyphonic Spree Christmas shows, they have a big snake
out in the hallway and the snake will Okay, the.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Kid wants to take a picture with a snake, you
know whatever. I'm like, Yeah, something bad could happen.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
And anytime you put yourself in a situation where something
bad could happen, like driving, yeah, you know it could happen.
And that's just like the whole point of this. I
know that's not a real great philosopher speech for me.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Would you please pull that and send it to Chris
Arnold so he could play that on his show?
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah, that'd be amazing.
Speaker 6 (05:22):
I mean, I think the point you're making is that
the guys from Jackass make bad decisions. I wasn't exactly sure,
but it was excellent. Well, it just could happen.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
Yeah, didn't you play golf one time with one of
our advertisers.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Dude, Jeff Stewart? Yep? Great drawing it in. Yep, the
great Jeff Stewart, phenomenal athlete.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
All right, Coming up next, we'll get into the wildlife news,
speaking of animals and attacks and scary things. We have
an update on the Garland python. You need to hear
this story now
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