March 27, 2024 • 24 mins
Get ready to crack a smile and scratch your head in equal measure—this week on Weird World Variety, Matt and Jesse whisk you away on an adventure through some of the most delightfully odd stories our planet has to offer. Imagine the stir when the Marietta Police Department's mugshot lineup got a LEGO makeover, sparking debates on privacy with a side of humor, or the competitive spirit of Paris with its Olympic Games for waiters, celebrating the unsung heroes who keep the city buzzing. Our conversation weaves through the fun and the serious, proving that the world is truly a tapestry of the strange and the wonderful.
But the weirdness doesn't stop there. Picture Daisy, a curious yellow Labrador, who gets a dramatic rescue by New Jersey's bravest firefighters, entangled in a tale that involves a spare tire and a plasma cutter. Then, feel the tug on your line as we recount a Tennessee fisherman's unexpected catch—an alligator that surely didn't appear in his fishing guidebook. As we wrap up, we're not just saying goodbye; we're inviting you to join the peculiarity parade. Share your bizarre experiences with us, as Matt and Jesse are ever eager to hear what's got you giggling or gaping in amazement. Until next time, keep embracing the weirdness that makes our world a variety show of its own.
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
What's going on, world?
What's going on?
Hey, how you doing, how youdoing?
Hey, welcome back, welcome back.
Oh, I see you, I see you, I seeyou.
Yeah, that's what I'm talkingabout.
Let's shut it down.
Hey, dj, cut the music.
(00:31):
All right, here we go.
So, how are we feeling today?
How are we feeling today?
Everybody feeling good, perfect, perfect.
Welcome back to Weird WorldVariety with matt and jesse.
This week it is again me.
You're gonna have to put upwith me and only me.
Hopefully that doesn't hurt youtoo much.
(00:53):
Welcome back everybody.
If you don't know this podcast,this podcast, uh, takes weird
and funny news and kind of likethe positive side Sometimes we
get into serious stuff, butmostly the positive side from
around the world, and we reportit to you guys and we kind of
(01:13):
have fun with it.
And today is no exception.
We got plenty of weird news.
So is everybody ready to drop?
Is everybody ready to dive in?
All right?
All right, here we go, startingwith our first news story of
the week.
(01:34):
We've had a lot of strange andfunny things happening.
If you don't know this story,this happened recently.
We've had a lot of strange andfunny things happening.
If you don't know this story.
This happened recently and Iassume it's probably going to
sound familiar to you.
It was on all over the placeand it was an interesting caveat
(01:56):
to some policy review and somedifferent things that they
needed to review.
In short, lego yes, I said theword Lego, lego head, mug shots.
Add to California's debate onpolicy and privacy.
(02:16):
Now, let's see, do I have aLego sound effect?
That would be kind of funny.
I think I used to hold on therewe go, there we go.
Let's add that to the roster.
I think that one's a good one.
But yeah, so with this, whathad happened was what?
(02:42):
See, see how I started that.
What had happened was here.
I'll just dive into it.
Here we go, ready.
A Southern California policedepartment has been handcuffed
by Lego after the toy companyasked the agency to stop adding
(03:06):
Lego heads to cover the faces ofsuspects in its images on
social media.
So here's a picture of a guywho got arrested I'm assuming a
guy who knows a picture of a guywho got arrested, and over
their face they put a funnyLegogo head.
Now it is pretty funny, it's.
(03:28):
It's hilarious, but lego didnot think too kindly of this.
So now the police department isin hot water.
Here we go, marietta.
Marietta police department hasbeen using lego heads and emojis
to cover people's faces andposts on social sites since at
(03:48):
least early 2023.
But the altered photos wentviral last week after the
department posted a statementabout its policy, promoting
several news articles and laterthe requests from Lego.
Let me see if I can get intothat.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Why the covered faces ?
The department wrote March 18thin an Instagram post that
featured five people in a lineup, their faces covered by Lego
heads with varying expressions.
The post went on to reference aCalifornia law that took effect
January 1st, limitingdepartments in sharing mugshots
(04:31):
on social media.
The Marietta Police Departmentprides itself in its
transparency and oh its ohtransparency with the community,
but also honors everyone'srights and protection as
afforded by the law, evensuspects.
The department wrote.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Across the US.
Law enforcement agencies haveoften posted galleries of photos
for Mugshot Mondays and WantedWednesdays to social media in
efforts to bolster communityengagement.
But experts increasingly pointto the harmful effects of
putting such images online.
(05:15):
For people awaiting trial,mugshots can carry a presumption
of guilt and for anyone seekingto move past criminal
conviction, the images can makeit hard to get a job and haunt
them for the rest of their lives.
This is true.
So basically, my take on thisis, if you were going to post a
(05:37):
mugshot of myself, me personallyI would rather see the Lego
head because, unlike most casesyou know, I would not want my
identity out there.
Now, do I want my picture outthere in the first place?
(05:59):
No, but if you were going topost a picture, I think Lego
heads is pretty epic myself, andit also covers your identity a
little bit.
But again, lego did not taketoo kindly to this and now the
police department is in hotwater.
So what happened with it?
(06:21):
Let's see I'm scrolling downthrough the article here lego
did not respond to multipleemails requesting comment.
The california law's primarysponsor assembly member, cory
jackson, said that while thelego heads protect people's
(06:43):
privacy, he wonders how murrietaresidents see it.
Do they want people who arebeing paid with their tax
dollars be paid to put legofaces on them so it can be shown
on social media, while theycould be doing other things that
could be protecting them?
Jackson told the AssociatedPress that's for them to decide.
(07:05):
So, while Marietta's use ofLego heads does follow the law,
jackson said other agencies aretrying to find loopholes by
posting images showing suspectsin the back of police cruisers
or handcuffed at crime scenes,arguing that they are not the
same as booking photos.
(07:26):
He said his staff is seeking alegal opinion from the State
Department of Justice.
If the law enforcement wantsthe public to trust them and
wants to support them, as theysay they want to implement law
and order, how does their activegamemanship on trying to skirt
the law themselves help them inachieving that?
(07:47):
He said yeah, so maybe justdon't post photos at all, in my
opinion.
But you know who am I?
All right, here we we go.
That was the weird lego trivia.
Now on to the next one olympicstaster.
(08:10):
Paris race celebrates theservers who nourish the city's
life and soul.
Paris race celebrates theservers who nourish the city's
life and soul.
Paris, I assume.
France, yep, paris, france,usain Bolt sprint world records
were never in danger.
Then again, even the world'sfastest ever human likely
(08:32):
wouldn't have been so quickwhile balancing a tray with
croissants, a coffee cup and aglass of water through the
streets of Paris and withoutspilling it everywhere.
Now, that that's talent.
No, seriously, though, that istalent Like you can run like a
(08:52):
waiter or a waitress and have atray of stuff and keep it from
falling.
You can do more than me.
I have just enough trouble justtrying to run.
So other than that, um, this isdefinitely talent.
They do have a video here.
I'm going, I'm going to playthe video and, uh, I will
(09:14):
describe to you what's going onvideo and I will describe to you
what's going on.
So here we go.
We got to get past theadvertisement here, all right.
So, just like the article says,this is an actual race.
The waiters are all balancingthe same stuff on their tray, so
they all have the exact sameobject.
(09:36):
It's a ton of waiters in theirwork clothes, might I add, and
they are racing, balancing theirtrays across the city.
This is hilarious.
Now, it's not like a run likeyou would imagine a race would
be.
It is kind of a fast walk thatthey're doing because they also
(09:57):
have to balance this tray whichhas the cup, the croissant and
other things on it as they go.
One guy was running.
He was holding the cup.
I don't know if that's legal,but the whole point is a
historical race and this ispretty cool.
There's hundreds, hundreds ofwaiters and waitresses at this
(10:18):
event.
This is so cool.
It seems like the whole citycame out.
It's like in the middle ofdowntown Victorian-style
buildings and it seems like thewhole city came out to enjoy
this race.
Let's hear some more about it.
France, france's capital,resurrected a 110-, ten year old
race for its servers.
(10:38):
On Sunday, the dash throughcentral Paris celebrated the
dexterous and yet, by their ownadmission, sometimes famously
moody men and women, withoutwhom France wouldn't be France.
That's true.
Be France, that's true.
Why, you may ask?
Because they make France'scafes and restaurants tick.
(11:00):
Without them, where would theFrench gather to put the world
to rights over drinks and foods?
Where would they quarrel andfall in and out of love, and
where else could they simply sitaround and let their minds
wander?
They have penned songs andpoems about their bistros, so
(11:32):
attached are they to theirunpretentious watering holes
that for generations, havenourished their bodies and souls
here.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
That is where you find the population's finest
flowers, sang songwriter poetGeorge Brassens, but also all
the miserable down on their luck.
So drumroll please for PaulineVan Wernemisch and Sammy Lamras,
(12:01):
paris' newly crowned fastestservers, as such ambassadors for
an essential French profession,and one which has a big job
ahead, taking the food ordersand quenching the thirst of
millions of visitors who willflock to the Paris Olympics this
July.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
That's right.
This July, the Olympics iscoming to none other than Paris,
france.
Millions of people will bethere.
So this is really just a warmup for Paris' waiters and
waitresses.
That's pretty cool.
The article goes into greaterdetail.
(12:43):
If you want to check it outAPnewscom slash oddities.
There's a lot of really coolpictures, there's a video,
there's all kinds of stuff andthis is really neat.
It supports the restaurants, itsupports the waiters and
waitresses, it it gets thecommunity out.
(13:04):
And also, like I said, there'sa warm up because the Olympics
you know, when the Olympicscomes to town, it gets crazy.
So there you go, our first twoweird news of the week.
Next, we have an animal section.
I know you guys love youranimal section, yeah, so we've
(13:26):
got a cool, positive animalsection coming up.
Let me see, do I have a dog inhere?
Let me, let me check.
I have a dog.
Let me, uh, let me check I'm adog.
Um, let me see this.
Yeah, it's kind of a dog.
That might work, I don't know.
(13:48):
It's, it's okay, but uh, anyway, there we go, there we go,
there's our dog.
So, yeah, we've got someinteresting animals coming right
up after this.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Hey, everybody and we're back how?
Speaker 1 (14:30):
you doing, how you doing, we're back, we're back.
How you doing, how you doing,we're back.
So if you left last thing, weleft on, if you left during the
break or if you're just comingin during the break, we are
doing a weird news section onanimals.
This is kind of interesting.
It's always fun, it's alwaysinspiring and it's always kind
(14:52):
of cool to see some animals atwork in the animal kingdom or
not at work, it just depends onwhat the article is.
So here we go with our firstone.
All right, this animal iscaught in a little bit of a
pickle.
Firefighters in New Jersey cometo the rescue of a yellow
(15:16):
Labrador stuck in a spare tire.
Yeah, yeah.
So here's what's going on.
Firefighters in southern newjersey came to the rescue of a
dog who got stuck in a sparetire.
Don't ask me, I have no idea.
(15:36):
You know, if I was a dog, I'ddefinitely be this guy stuck in
a spare tire.
Uh, it just feels likesomething I would do.
Alright, firefighters come tothe rescue.
The Franklin ville volunteerfire company crew found Daisy,
an 11-month-old yellow Labrador,when they responded to a
(16:03):
Franklin Township home lastThursday.
Her neck was deep in the middleof the tire rim and the
firefighters worked quickly todevise a rescue plan while
attempting to keep Daisy calm.
Lieutenant Brandon Volpe toldthe Philadelphia Inquirer that
the crew first used dish soap.
Dish soap oh my gosh, I can't.
(16:27):
I can't talk Dish soap.
Everybody got it now Dish soapand water but couldn't free the
dog, who was pretty stuck inthere, quote unquote.
They then tried vegetable oiland when that didn't work, they
(16:51):
put plastic wrap around her neck, hoping the oil and soap would
make it slippery enough for herto slide down.
When that also failed, volpremembered he had plasma cutters
used for cutting steel andmetal at his home.
So the crew put Daisy on a redwagon and headed to Volp's
garage.
Volp recalls the dog panicked alittle bit quote unquote but a
(17:17):
fire blanket was put around herhead and neck for protection.
Within five minutes Daisy wasfree.
Yeah, there we go.
So this dog, they have a videoof it.
Let me see what's going on here.
And she is literally stuck inthe middle of this ring.
(17:50):
Yeah, yeah, I know, I know it'scrazy and the actual.
I mean, she's pretty stuck inthere.
I don't get how she got stuckin there, but they definitely
needed to use the plasma cuttersbecause there's no way, like
you can see this video Again.
Apnewscom slash oddities andwhen you see the video, I mean I
(18:16):
don't know how the head got inthere of the dog in the first
place, but it is solidly stuckin there.
There's no way they could havedone it without cutting it.
And she's out, looks like she'sokay and she's all happy.
There we go, there we go andthey're bringing her home.
(18:39):
Look at that.
How would you love this.
You know, if I was that dog'sowner and I was caught, or I was
caught wondering where my dogwas, and next thing, you know,
dog stuck, I'd be freaking out.
So they got to the rescue, thedog's OK, everybody's OK and
(19:00):
nobody got hurt.
So there we go.
What do you think audience?
All right, got hurt.
So there we go.
What do you think audience?
Alright.
On to our final story of theweek.
Yeah, I know, I know, I know,here we go.
A Tennessee fisherman reeled ina big one, and we're not
(19:33):
talking about fish.
It turned out to be analligator.
Yeah, yeah, here we go.
Only in Tennessee, right?
A fisherman at a lake innortheast Tennessee caught a
surprise at the end of his linewhen he pulled up a three to
four foot long alligator andthey have a picture of this
thing.
It's a small baby alligator butit's big enough to definitely
(20:02):
flip you out, especially ifyou're fishing.
The Tennessee WildlifeResources Agency said their
Union County Wildlife Officer,rick Roberts that's a name,
isn't it, rick Roberts?
What's your name?
My name is Rick Roberts Got acall from the angler on Monday
describing an unusual catch atNorris Lake.
When Roberts arrived, theangler had pinned the alligator
(20:24):
to the ground behind its headand told Roberts he caught it on
a swim bait.
Alligators are not native tothat part of Tennessee and are
considered class one wildlifespecies, which are those that
are inherently dangerous tohumans and may only be possessed
(20:44):
by permitted exhibitors orcommercial or commercial
propagators.
In other words, you have tohave a license.
Matthew cameron, regionalcommunications coordinator for
twra, said the alligator wastaken to little ponderosa zoo
and rescue, an exotic animalrescue facility in Clinton,
(21:07):
tennessee.
While the origin of thealligator is unclear, it is
evident that it was beingillegally held in captivity and
possibly released into NorrisLake, cameron said in an email.
Cameron said the zoo doesn'tnormally house alligators, so
the operators are looking for apermanent home for the alligator
(21:28):
.
There you go.
I mean, how would you guys liketo go fishing one day and then
pull up an alligator, likethat's just crazy.
But yeah, there's no way.
If I had an alligator pull upon the in the line, I'd be like
this yeah, so I I don't think,yeah, that I'm glad the animal
(21:55):
rescue got involved, cause Iwouldn't know how to handle it,
especially if there's analligator.
Um, I mean, I've seen in moviesand in TV shows how to hold an
alligator, but that doesn't meanI'm trained to handle an
alligator.
You know what I'm saying?
So, there, there's no possibleway that I'd be dealing with
(22:16):
that.
All right, guys, that's it forthis week.
So, yeah, I know, I know, Iknow, I know we ran out of time
and we will see you all nextweek for some more Weird World
Variety.
And remember, there is aFacebook, a YouTube and an
(22:40):
Instagram.
Just look us up Weird WorldVariety with Matt and Jesse and
if you've got a weird or funnystory, send it to us, send us
your comments, concerns andeverything else we would love to
hear from you.
Thank you, everybody.
All right, that's it.
(23:00):
We're out of here.
See y'all later.
I'm sorry, breath.
What's going on, world?
What's going on?
Hey, how you doing, how youdoing?
Hey, welcome back, welcome back.
Oh, I see you, I see you, I seeyou.
Yeah, that's what I'm talkingabout.
Let's shut it down.
Hey, dj, cut the music.
(00:31):
All right, here we go.
So, how are we feeling today?
How are we feeling today?
Everybody feeling good, perfect, perfect.
Welcome back to Weird WorldVariety with matt and jesse.
This week it is again me.
You're gonna have to put upwith me and only me.
Hopefully that doesn't hurt youtoo much.
(00:53):
Welcome back everybody.
If you don't know this podcast,this podcast, uh, takes weird
and funny news and kind of likethe positive side Sometimes we
get into serious stuff, butmostly the positive side from
around the world, and we reportit to you guys and we kind of
(01:13):
have fun with it.
And today is no exception.
We got plenty of weird news.
So is everybody ready to drop?
Is everybody ready to dive in?
All right?
All right, here we go, startingwith our first news story of
the week.
(01:34):
We've had a lot of strange andfunny things happening.
If you don't know this story,this happened recently.
We've had a lot of strange andfunny things happening.
If you don't know this story.
This happened recently and Iassume it's probably going to
sound familiar to you.
It was on all over the placeand it was an interesting caveat
(01:56):
to some policy review and somedifferent things that they
needed to review.
In short, lego yes, I said theword Lego, lego head, mug shots.
Add to California's debate onpolicy and privacy.
(02:16):
Now, let's see, do I have aLego sound effect?
That would be kind of funny.
I think I used to hold on therewe go, there we go.
Let's add that to the roster.
I think that one's a good one.
But yeah, so with this, whathad happened was what?
(02:42):
See, see how I started that.
What had happened was here.
I'll just dive into it.
Here we go, ready.
A Southern California policedepartment has been handcuffed
by Lego after the toy companyasked the agency to stop adding
(03:06):
Lego heads to cover the faces ofsuspects in its images on
social media.
So here's a picture of a guywho got arrested I'm assuming a
guy who knows a picture of a guywho got arrested, and over
their face they put a funnyLegogo head.
Now it is pretty funny, it's.
(03:28):
It's hilarious, but lego didnot think too kindly of this.
So now the police department isin hot water.
Here we go, marietta.
Marietta police department hasbeen using lego heads and emojis
to cover people's faces andposts on social sites since at
(03:48):
least early 2023.
But the altered photos wentviral last week after the
department posted a statementabout its policy, promoting
several news articles and laterthe requests from Lego.
Let me see if I can get intothat.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Why the covered faces ?
The department wrote March 18thin an Instagram post that
featured five people in a lineup, their faces covered by Lego
heads with varying expressions.
The post went on to reference aCalifornia law that took effect
January 1st, limitingdepartments in sharing mugshots
(04:31):
on social media.
The Marietta Police Departmentprides itself in its
transparency and oh its ohtransparency with the community,
but also honors everyone'srights and protection as
afforded by the law, evensuspects.
The department wrote.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Across the US.
Law enforcement agencies haveoften posted galleries of photos
for Mugshot Mondays and WantedWednesdays to social media in
efforts to bolster communityengagement.
But experts increasingly pointto the harmful effects of
putting such images online.
(05:15):
For people awaiting trial,mugshots can carry a presumption
of guilt and for anyone seekingto move past criminal
conviction, the images can makeit hard to get a job and haunt
them for the rest of their lives.
This is true.
So basically, my take on thisis, if you were going to post a
(05:37):
mugshot of myself, me personallyI would rather see the Lego
head because, unlike most casesyou know, I would not want my
identity out there.
Now, do I want my picture outthere in the first place?
(05:59):
No, but if you were going topost a picture, I think Lego
heads is pretty epic myself, andit also covers your identity a
little bit.
But again, lego did not taketoo kindly to this and now the
police department is in hotwater.
So what happened with it?
(06:21):
Let's see I'm scrolling downthrough the article here lego
did not respond to multipleemails requesting comment.
The california law's primarysponsor assembly member, cory
jackson, said that while thelego heads protect people's
(06:43):
privacy, he wonders how murrietaresidents see it.
Do they want people who arebeing paid with their tax
dollars be paid to put legofaces on them so it can be shown
on social media, while theycould be doing other things that
could be protecting them?
Jackson told the AssociatedPress that's for them to decide.
(07:05):
So, while Marietta's use ofLego heads does follow the law,
jackson said other agencies aretrying to find loopholes by
posting images showing suspectsin the back of police cruisers
or handcuffed at crime scenes,arguing that they are not the
same as booking photos.
(07:26):
He said his staff is seeking alegal opinion from the State
Department of Justice.
If the law enforcement wantsthe public to trust them and
wants to support them, as theysay they want to implement law
and order, how does their activegamemanship on trying to skirt
the law themselves help them inachieving that?
(07:47):
He said yeah, so maybe justdon't post photos at all, in my
opinion.
But you know who am I?
All right, here we we go.
That was the weird lego trivia.
Now on to the next one olympicstaster.
(08:10):
Paris race celebrates theservers who nourish the city's
life and soul.
Paris race celebrates theservers who nourish the city's
life and soul.
Paris, I assume.
France, yep, paris, france,usain Bolt sprint world records
were never in danger.
Then again, even the world'sfastest ever human likely
(08:32):
wouldn't have been so quickwhile balancing a tray with
croissants, a coffee cup and aglass of water through the
streets of Paris and withoutspilling it everywhere.
Now, that that's talent.
No, seriously, though, that istalent Like you can run like a
(08:52):
waiter or a waitress and have atray of stuff and keep it from
falling.
You can do more than me.
I have just enough trouble justtrying to run.
So other than that, um, this isdefinitely talent.
They do have a video here.
I'm going, I'm going to playthe video and, uh, I will
(09:14):
describe to you what's going onvideo and I will describe to you
what's going on.
So here we go.
We got to get past theadvertisement here, all right.
So, just like the article says,this is an actual race.
The waiters are all balancingthe same stuff on their tray, so
they all have the exact sameobject.
(09:36):
It's a ton of waiters in theirwork clothes, might I add, and
they are racing, balancing theirtrays across the city.
This is hilarious.
Now, it's not like a run likeyou would imagine a race would
be.
It is kind of a fast walk thatthey're doing because they also
(09:57):
have to balance this tray whichhas the cup, the croissant and
other things on it as they go.
One guy was running.
He was holding the cup.
I don't know if that's legal,but the whole point is a
historical race and this ispretty cool.
There's hundreds, hundreds ofwaiters and waitresses at this
(10:18):
event.
This is so cool.
It seems like the whole citycame out.
It's like in the middle ofdowntown Victorian-style
buildings and it seems like thewhole city came out to enjoy
this race.
Let's hear some more about it.
France, france's capital,resurrected a 110-, ten year old
race for its servers.
(10:38):
On Sunday, the dash throughcentral Paris celebrated the
dexterous and yet, by their ownadmission, sometimes famously
moody men and women, withoutwhom France wouldn't be France.
That's true.
Be France, that's true.
Why, you may ask?
Because they make France'scafes and restaurants tick.
(11:00):
Without them, where would theFrench gather to put the world
to rights over drinks and foods?
Where would they quarrel andfall in and out of love, and
where else could they simply sitaround and let their minds
wander?
They have penned songs andpoems about their bistros, so
(11:32):
attached are they to theirunpretentious watering holes
that for generations, havenourished their bodies and souls
here.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
That is where you find the population's finest
flowers, sang songwriter poetGeorge Brassens, but also all
the miserable down on their luck.
So drumroll please for PaulineVan Wernemisch and Sammy Lamras,
(12:01):
paris' newly crowned fastestservers, as such ambassadors for
an essential French profession,and one which has a big job
ahead, taking the food ordersand quenching the thirst of
millions of visitors who willflock to the Paris Olympics this
July.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
That's right.
This July, the Olympics iscoming to none other than Paris,
france.
Millions of people will bethere.
So this is really just a warmup for Paris' waiters and
waitresses.
That's pretty cool.
The article goes into greaterdetail.
(12:43):
If you want to check it outAPnewscom slash oddities.
There's a lot of really coolpictures, there's a video,
there's all kinds of stuff andthis is really neat.
It supports the restaurants, itsupports the waiters and
waitresses, it it gets thecommunity out.
(13:04):
And also, like I said, there'sa warm up because the Olympics
you know, when the Olympicscomes to town, it gets crazy.
So there you go, our first twoweird news of the week.
Next, we have an animal section.
I know you guys love youranimal section, yeah, so we've
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got a cool, positive animalsection coming up.
Let me see, do I have a dog inhere?
Let me, let me check.
I have a dog.
Let me, uh, let me check I'm adog.
Um, let me see this.
Yeah, it's kind of a dog.
That might work, I don't know.
(13:48):
It's, it's okay, but uh, anyway, there we go, there we go,
there's our dog.
So, yeah, we've got someinteresting animals coming right
up after this.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Hey, everybody and we're back how?
Speaker 1 (14:30):
you doing, how you doing, we're back, we're back.
How you doing, how you doing,we're back.
So if you left last thing, weleft on, if you left during the
break or if you're just comingin during the break, we are
doing a weird news section onanimals.
This is kind of interesting.
It's always fun, it's alwaysinspiring and it's always kind
(14:52):
of cool to see some animals atwork in the animal kingdom or
not at work, it just depends onwhat the article is.
So here we go with our firstone.
All right, this animal iscaught in a little bit of a
pickle.
Firefighters in New Jersey cometo the rescue of a yellow
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Labrador stuck in a spare tire.
Yeah, yeah.
So here's what's going on.
Firefighters in southern newjersey came to the rescue of a
dog who got stuck in a sparetire.
Don't ask me, I have no idea.
(15:36):
You know, if I was a dog, I'ddefinitely be this guy stuck in
a spare tire.
Uh, it just feels likesomething I would do.
Alright, firefighters come tothe rescue.
The Franklin ville volunteerfire company crew found Daisy,
an 11-month-old yellow Labrador,when they responded to a
(16:03):
Franklin Township home lastThursday.
Her neck was deep in the middleof the tire rim and the
firefighters worked quickly todevise a rescue plan while
attempting to keep Daisy calm.
Lieutenant Brandon Volpe toldthe Philadelphia Inquirer that
the crew first used dish soap.
Dish soap oh my gosh, I can't.
(16:27):
I can't talk Dish soap.
Everybody got it now Dish soapand water but couldn't free the
dog, who was pretty stuck inthere, quote unquote.
They then tried vegetable oiland when that didn't work, they
(16:51):
put plastic wrap around her neck, hoping the oil and soap would
make it slippery enough for herto slide down.
When that also failed, volpremembered he had plasma cutters
used for cutting steel andmetal at his home.
So the crew put Daisy on a redwagon and headed to Volp's
garage.
Volp recalls the dog panicked alittle bit quote unquote but a
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fire blanket was put around herhead and neck for protection.
Within five minutes Daisy wasfree.
Yeah, there we go.
So this dog, they have a videoof it.
Let me see what's going on here.
And she is literally stuck inthe middle of this ring.
(17:50):
Yeah, yeah, I know, I know it'scrazy and the actual.
I mean, she's pretty stuck inthere.
I don't get how she got stuckin there, but they definitely
needed to use the plasma cuttersbecause there's no way, like
you can see this video Again.
Apnewscom slash oddities andwhen you see the video, I mean I
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don't know how the head got inthere of the dog in the first
place, but it is solidly stuckin there.
There's no way they could havedone it without cutting it.
And she's out, looks like she'sokay and she's all happy.
There we go, there we go andthey're bringing her home.
(18:39):
Look at that.
How would you love this.
You know, if I was that dog'sowner and I was caught, or I was
caught wondering where my dogwas, and next thing, you know,
dog stuck, I'd be freaking out.
So they got to the rescue, thedog's OK, everybody's OK and
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nobody got hurt.
So there we go.
What do you think audience?
All right, got hurt.
So there we go.
What do you think audience?
Alright.
On to our final story of theweek.
Yeah, I know, I know, I know,here we go.
A Tennessee fisherman reeled ina big one, and we're not
(19:33):
talking about fish.
It turned out to be analligator.
Yeah, yeah, here we go.
Only in Tennessee, right?
A fisherman at a lake innortheast Tennessee caught a
surprise at the end of his linewhen he pulled up a three to
four foot long alligator andthey have a picture of this
thing.
It's a small baby alligator butit's big enough to definitely
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flip you out, especially ifyou're fishing.
The Tennessee WildlifeResources Agency said their
Union County Wildlife Officer,rick Roberts that's a name,
isn't it, rick Roberts?
What's your name?
My name is Rick Roberts Got acall from the angler on Monday
describing an unusual catch atNorris Lake.
When Roberts arrived, theangler had pinned the alligator
(20:24):
to the ground behind its headand told Roberts he caught it on
a swim bait.
Alligators are not native tothat part of Tennessee and are
considered class one wildlifespecies, which are those that
are inherently dangerous tohumans and may only be possessed
(20:44):
by permitted exhibitors orcommercial or commercial
propagators.
In other words, you have tohave a license.
Matthew cameron, regionalcommunications coordinator for
twra, said the alligator wastaken to little ponderosa zoo
and rescue, an exotic animalrescue facility in Clinton,
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tennessee.
While the origin of thealligator is unclear, it is
evident that it was beingillegally held in captivity and
possibly released into NorrisLake, cameron said in an email.
Cameron said the zoo doesn'tnormally house alligators, so
the operators are looking for apermanent home for the alligator
(21:28):
.
There you go.
I mean, how would you guys liketo go fishing one day and then
pull up an alligator, likethat's just crazy.
But yeah, there's no way.
If I had an alligator pull upon the in the line, I'd be like
this yeah, so I I don't think,yeah, that I'm glad the animal
(21:55):
rescue got involved, cause Iwouldn't know how to handle it,
especially if there's analligator.
Um, I mean, I've seen in moviesand in TV shows how to hold an
alligator, but that doesn't meanI'm trained to handle an
alligator.
You know what I'm saying?
So, there, there's no possibleway that I'd be dealing with
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that.
All right, guys, that's it forthis week.
So, yeah, I know, I know, Iknow, I know we ran out of time
and we will see you all nextweek for some more Weird World
Variety.
And remember, there is aFacebook, a YouTube and an
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Instagram.
Just look us up Weird WorldVariety with Matt and Jesse and
if you've got a weird or funnystory, send it to us, send us
your comments, concerns andeverything else we would love to
hear from you.
Thank you, everybody.
All right, that's it.
(23:00):
We're out of here.
See y'all later.
I'm sorry, breath.
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