Hot Takes and Coffee Buckets: The Chaos Edition

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Have you ever woken up feeling completely off-center for no apparent reason? That's exactly where today's journey begins—with raw honesty about those moments when restlessness, irritability, and discontent take over despite our best intentions.

Rather than dwelling in this emotional turbulence, we pivot to gratitude as an anchor and humor as medicine. We share a collection of "How hot is it?" jokes that range from chickens laying hard-boiled eggs to the truly Southern image of a fundamental Baptist removing his tie due to extreme heat. These moments of levity provide necessary relief before diving into more serious waters.

The episode takes an unflinching look at disturbing current events, including the shocking details behind a Delta pilot's arrest for horrific child abuse charges. This segment contrasts sharply with the lighter stories that follow—like the suspicious wife who discovered her husband's infidelity through their shared digital bathroom scale's memory log. We round out our storytelling with a look at the latest trending coffee phenomenon: oversized "coffee buckets" that have taken social media by storm, sparking debate about whether they're ridiculous gimmicks or justifiable indulgences.

We close with a thought-provoking question that lingers long after the episode ends: Who would you want to narrate the book of your life? This seemingly simple query opens the door to deeper reflections about how we perceive ourselves, how we wish to be understood by others, and the voices we find most resonant with our personal stories. Share your answers and join the conversation about whose voice would best capture the essence of your unique journey through life.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Alright, hello, good morning.
I don't know what the hell iswrong with me.
I'm restless, irritable anddiscontent and don't know why.
Well, I think I know why, butthere's really nothing I can do
about it, so it's just gonnahave to pass.
I'll get over it, it'll be fine, it'll be fine, everything's.
I have really a lot to begrateful for.
I'm grateful for.
I really do so.

(00:25):
I will concentrate on that andwe're going to get on with the
topic of the day.
First, we're going to do somejokes.
How hot is it?
Well, let's see, it's so hot.
Outside the chickens are layinghard-boiled eggs, ha ha.
It's so hot outside thecrackheads are putting the
copper back in the AC units.
That's from SoaringEagle45,also known as Simple man.
Let's see who else came up withsome.

(00:46):
It's so hot outside FromGiblets.
One time it was so hot.
How hot was it?
It was so hot that the cornstarted popping.
The old mule thought it wassnowing and froze to death.
That's from Hee Haw, late 60s,early 70s.
I think there was another oneup here that I reposted.

(01:06):
Oh, this is from Mike Johnson's.
Let's see Mike Johnson's travelagent.
It's so hot, I saw afundamental Baptist take off his
tie.
That is hilarious.
If you're from the South, youknow that's a great one.
All right, so we're going tomove on to.
We're going to start with aserious story and then go on.

(01:26):
Then stop with the gimmicky, asGiblet's called the one story
about coffee buckets.
He says it's gimmicky.
I agree, but I don't care, Iwould buy one.
All right, first up the seriouscharge.
The serious story first.
You know I talked about thatDelta pilot that was arrested
soon after he landed.

(01:47):
That the ICE people just cameup on that plane and dragged his
ass out of there.
Well, now we know why.
We knew why before it was somekind of a sexual assault.
But now we know more of thestory and it's horrendous.
And why was ICE involved inthis?
I don't get why ICE wasinvolved, but his ex-girlfriend,

(02:11):
his ex-girlfriend of Deltapilot, arrested on plane, is
also charged with joining in theabuse of her daughter.
So it was her daughter and sheparticipated.
Oh my God, this is sickening.
The ex-girlfriend of a DeltaAirlines pilot, hauled off a
plane to be charged with childsex crimes, has also been

(02:34):
arrested, accused of joining inthe pilot's alleged abuse of her
daughter, starting when thegirl was just six.
This is disgusting anddisturbing.
Jennifer Powell, who is 45, wascharged Tuesday with allegedly
joining her ex, rustem Bagawar,in sexually abusing her daughter

(02:56):
, who did not live with her fromwhen the girl was six until she
was 11.
The mom not only knew herdaughter was being abused, she
watched and even participated.
Oh, that's gross.
I just want to puke all overeverything.
So this Baguar 34 was detainedin shocking scenes Saturday when
federal agents swarmed theplane when it landed in San

(03:19):
Francisco, removing him from thecockpit in handcuffs.
And remember one of thepassengers said oh, it's just so
disturbing to see peopledisappearing in front of you
like this.
Well, bitch, this is why Takehim off the plane.
Throw him in prison for life,get him get.
Get rid of him.
Just go get them off the scum,get it, get it.
Get this scum off the earth.

(03:39):
Okay, moving on the next room,the next weird story.
That is bathroom scales.
Helps suspicious wife figureout husband is cheating.
This is expert level sleuthing.
This is from the New York post.
This is bizarre.
I didn't know this was a thingthat you have.
This is like crazy stuff righthere.

(04:02):
This smart scales.
Why would you need a digitalthing to your phone for your way
.
I don't get how this isconnected.
I don't understand how you havea digital scale, but you can
log into it from your phone andread why.
I don't understand, but that'sbeside the point, all right, a
woman's digital scale didn'tjust track pounds.

(04:25):
It may have tipped the scaleson her marriage.
Haha, and not not really funny.
But in a viral reddit post, asuspicious wife claims she
uncovered late night weigh-inson their shared digital scale
while she was away and hercheating husband was supposedly
flying solo at their condo.

(04:45):
I checked the digital scale'smemory out of curiosity and it
showed two unassigned weigh-insat exactly 120 pounds, logged at
1225 am and 1226 am.
Back to back, she wrote underthe handle Okay, well, whatever,
for context, I do not weigh 120pounds and I was not there on

(05:09):
that date, just my husband,uh-huh, sure, just your husband.
The couple had alreadyseparated after the husband's
past infidelity but agreed notto see other people while
working on themselves.
Well, okay, so this fella hasalready had issues with being

(05:30):
loyal to his wife.
Well, you can go finish readingthat.
I just don't understand that.
I didn't know there was such athing.
All this smart technology, whywould I want to log into my
scale.
I know how much I weigh.
Why would I need to log into itand look at the stuff on?
I don't understand this at all.
All right, maybe you guys do,but I don't, all right.

(05:53):
The next one is the gimmickything about giblets.
About giblets, that's not whatI meant.
The story is about these coffeebuckets.
But giblets said this seemsgimmicky.
He says I'm, I'm, i'ma make myown hot coffee at home and put
it in a travel mug kind of guy.

(06:13):
I get it.
I know most guys are.
They don't most guys.
This is for women.
Okay, I get it.
Okay.
So the headline is coffeebuckets are the latest kooky
caffeine trend.
For jittery java junkies, I'dbe on the toilet for days.
Why does that have to be in theheadlines?
No, you wouldn't be on thetoilet for days.

(06:33):
You build up a tolerance.
I promise that's a whole lot ofjava.
The latest cookie caffeinetrend to take hold among friends
fiends is bigger than ever.
Literally Venti, trenta.
No longer big enough.
This summer everyone's turningto coffee buckets Clear,
colossally sized plastic takeoutcarriers, filled with

(06:55):
jitter-making iced joe andcomplete with a handle for
carrying ease.
Who writes these things?
And look, I see a picture of it.
It's not that big, okay, allright, giblets, I know that's
going to be the quote thatyou're going to pull out.
I've seen pictures.
It's not that big, okay, let'ssee.
Tiktokers, predictably, can'tget enough.

(07:18):
Coffee bucket tagged vids arerooming up the charts on the
popular social media app,reeling in millions of views.
One six-second clip showing offone of the supersized sippers
pulled in 4.3 million alone.
So that's, I think, a wholedifferent story.
Oh my gosh, these are verylarge, and while the 32 to 50

(07:41):
ounce drink drums are supposedlyshareable no, you ain't.
No, I'm not sharing my coffeewith you they're often showed
online being enjoyed solo.
If you can afford the steepprice, which can reportedly
reach as high as $15 a pop,depending on where you buy, yes

(08:01):
is the answer.
I would pay $15 for this.
I would Look.
I don't drink, I don't do drugs, okay, I would get this, okay,
so wow, and they have picturesof them.
They really don't look thatlarge, quite frankly.
All right, we need to move on tothe question of the day.

(08:23):
Okay, here's a fairly easyquestion, I think.
Who would you want to narrate abook about your life?
All right, that's the questionof the day.
I need to think about that.
I'm not sure who I would wantto narrate a book about my life.
That's the question of the day.
I need to think about that.
I'm not sure who I would wantto narrate a book about my life.
I don't know.
I have to think about thatbecause I don't know.
Not a lot of famous femalevoices out there.

(08:47):
All right, got to go.
Thanks for listening.
Who would you pick for me?
Who would you pick to narratemy book?
Okay, anyway, whatever, got togo.
Thanks for listening.
Love you Bye.