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(00:00):
If I ever mentioned my buddy Jakethat lives in Toronto. Oh, hold
on one sec. Sorry I misseda button. Does he have a fun
nickname the no not real like I'mnot no, not no, not Jake
the snake. Yeah no, no, no. Well there's Timmy from Toronto.
But no, I don't know thatI've ever really mentioned him. I'm
not real close with him, butevery so often I'll catch up with him,
(00:22):
you know, the I know him. Actually I know him through a
mutual friend of ours. So he'sHe's friendly with a buddy of mine name
Joey Scalari. You know. Willyou know who that is? Yes?
Anyway, those two are. Hesounds like a like an eighties sitcom character.
Go ahead, Uh, kind oflooks like one too, totally kind
of looks like one. So anyway, I met him through my buddy Joey.
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But Jake works in Toronto. Joey'salso from Toronto. But anyway,
so he he I don't know whatsuburb or area he lives in, but
he works in downtown Toronto, sohe has to park his car and then
walk a couple of blocks. Somethinghappened to him yesterday that I have never
heard happening too. It's never happenedto a friend of mine. And I
know one image will come to everybody'smind, but it's a little bit different.
(01:07):
You know, what happened to himyesterday and he had to go to
the hospital. So you've been mugged. So it's not that. No no,
no, no no, And that'sthe image I fixture. This guy's
throwing your keys down the right,kiss an assphallet. What happened the A
bird flew and hit him in thehead and he went to the hospital.
(01:30):
Yes, it carved him up.The say again, like it carved him
up. It bloodied him up,But I mean like not like Fabio.
But that's the image the uh nono, no no. But so he
was just walking and like like hewasn't at the street, but it was
like the sidewalk getting to the street. So he's walking east west. This
bird comes flying takes him in theside of the head. So he got
(01:53):
like he got scratched up a littlebit, but he had to go.
He thought he had a concussion.I could see that. He will.
He was like, I was amess, Like I couldn't, I couldn't,
Like he was stumbling, he Idon't think he fell. It's snowing
there, but the but he wasa mess, and so they so he
walked. He finished walking like thenext two blocks to work and put his
(02:15):
stuff down. He was like,I didn't feel right, I felt like
dizzy and everything. So they encouragedhim in there. I don't know where
the hospital is, but they encouragedhim. So he went to the hospital
and they gave him a whole bunchof like tests on his head. Now
everyone knows about the Bobby Oh divingmagpies, but I believe that's like Australia,
New Zealand. What was it?Like a pigeon I guess, so,
(02:37):
yeah, like a street pigeon bird. Yeah, is that basically all
there is in Toronto? I mean, I guess. I don't know.
I don't know. Yeah, butthere's pigeons everywhere the I don't know if
there is a predator bird. Hedidn't get hit by like a falcon or
an eagle. No, it's justlike a dumb street bird took him right
out in the took him right outin the head. Birds of Toronto,
(02:58):
Oh god, Well, obviously theyhave blue jays. Let's see. But
this was down this was not ablue jay. No, it's gotta be
a pigeon. No, it's not. He's not like walking around the mean
streets of Mississaugua. The could youimagine an owl? Sound like? What
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an owl? Glass? Dian?Oh, you know what, that's a
good call. That's a good call. He didn't, he didn't know what.
It's not like the bird hit himin the head and fell to the
ground. But he said this thing. He said he felt like he got
punched right in the side of thehead, and the whole time, I'm
going I don't think it would hurtthat bad, Diane. If a bird
(03:42):
flew and hit you in the head, you think that would take you out.
Yeah, it's just flying, yes, adding to the momentum it's carrying
into your skull. Okay, Idon't think the bird's flying at one hundred
miles an hour. What I'm tryingto see here, If there's been like
a like an epidemic of it.No, so he's not the latest case
(04:09):
of a dive bombing bird in Toronto. No, no, no, but
I mean think about it. ThinkI've lived in cities all my life,
right, and there's always been birds, always been birds doesn't matter where it
is. Birds now the but likeManhattan birds all over the place, Philly
birds all over the place, Houstonbirds all over the place. I've never
(04:30):
even come close to getting clipped bya bird. I mean they'll be down
by your face. Black crows canget real aggressive. Okay, I don't
know that it was a black crowthat flew and hit him in the head.
A red winged menace is dive bombingthe good citizens of Toronto. Maybe
that's what it was. Reads thisheadline. It's a blackbird. Oh okay,
wing blackbird. Right, I gottasee what this looks. Is it
(04:54):
a big bird? Not really howmuch the wingspan can get to sixteen inches,
that's a small bird. But theway it's swooping down I'm reading here.
So you think if that gets youin the head, that hurt.
So we'll be at the wharf tonight. So you think if you're on the
wa you're walking on the wharf,yeah, right, and you're getting ready.
(05:15):
You're like, oh, I letme walk over, I'm going to
the anthem. You go beforehand,you have a cocktail, you're making your
way to the anthem. Well,no, for you can I take that
back you're at shake Shack there twiceand then you probably a third tonight.
And then you're making your way tothe to the doors of the anthem h
and a bird comes flying by andclips you in the head. You think
(05:36):
you're going down. I think youcould be knocked into the water because you
be so disoriented. Again, you'retalking about it just hitting you. The
stockier red wing blackbirds can way upto three ms. Wow, that doesn't
(06:02):
sound bit more than three ounces.That could be heavier. Doesn't the look
heavier than three ounces? Yeah?But you got birds are They are so
light because they have to fly.I understand that. Yeah, So,
I mean they're light animals, whichis why I can't believe it knocked him
on his ass. Yeah, totallysent him in. But anyway, he
doesn't have a concussion. And whatabout like he's fine, long term scarring,
(06:27):
I don't know. I'll probably talkto him again in a couple of
months. It is scaring. Hegot a cut on the side of his
head. He's fine. Yeah,but I have a cut on side of
my head and it's been there forinto your head? So did this bird?
Isn't that great? Though? I'venever heard of that happenings. He's
okay. Yeah, no, he'sfine. He's fine. At least that's
(06:47):
what I was told, is thathe's totally he's totally fine. He went
back to work, he was goodto go. Yeah. Well, hopefully
maybe this will because you said you'renot that close with him, no,
but maybe this will bring us together. This will be maybeit motivation together check
in more with a once close friend. Well, I wouldn't even go back
(07:09):
far. It's the holidays. Comeon, Oh, December first? Now
is it really? No? Youdidn't realize it's December first? Why would
I realize that? Oh it istoday pay day? Oh the yeah,
don't we get paid today or yesterday? Oh? I didn't look. I
didn't look like fifteenth and the thirtieth? The oh wow, so it's December
(07:29):
first. We're almost done. We'realmost done. What do we got three
and a half weeks left of theyear? Yeah until twenty three? Yeah,
no, we're yeah, who areyou? You get hit the head
of burn? You're excited about timeoff? Three and a half weeks would
make it the twenty seventh. So
If I ever mentioned my buddy Jakethat lives in Toronto. Oh, hold
on one sec. Sorry I misseda button. Does he have a fun
nickname the no not real like I'mnot no, not no, not Jake
the snake. Yeah no, no, no. Well there's Timmy from Toronto.
But no, I don't know thatI've ever really mentioned him. I'm
not real close with him, butevery so often I'll catch up with him,
(00:22):
you know, the I know him. Actually I know him through a
mutual friend of ours. So he'sHe's friendly with a buddy of mine name
Joey Scalari. You know. Willyou know who that is? Yes?
Anyway, those two are. Hesounds like a like an eighties sitcom character.
Go ahead, Uh, kind oflooks like one too, totally kind
of looks like one. So anyway, I met him through my buddy Joey.
(00:44):
But Jake works in Toronto. Joey'salso from Toronto. But anyway,
so he he I don't know whatsuburb or area he lives in, but
he works in downtown Toronto, sohe has to park his car and then
walk a couple of blocks. Somethinghappened to him yesterday that I have never
heard happening too. It's never happenedto a friend of mine. And I
know one image will come to everybody'smind, but it's a little bit different.
(01:07):
You know, what happened to himyesterday and he had to go to
the hospital. So you've been mugged. So it's not that. No no,
no, no no, And that'sthe image I fixture. This guy's
throwing your keys down the right,kiss an assphallet. What happened the A
bird flew and hit him in thehead and he went to the hospital.
(01:30):
Yes, it carved him up.The say again, like it carved him
up. It bloodied him up,But I mean like not like Fabio.
But that's the image the uh nono, no no. But so he
was just walking and like like hewasn't at the street, but it was
like the sidewalk getting to the street. So he's walking east west. This
bird comes flying takes him in theside of the head. So he got
(01:53):
like he got scratched up a littlebit, but he had to go.
He thought he had a concussion.I could see that. He will.
He was like, I was amess, Like I couldn't, I couldn't,
Like he was stumbling, he Idon't think he fell. It's snowing
there, but the but he wasa mess, and so they so he
walked. He finished walking like thenext two blocks to work and put his
(02:15):
stuff down. He was like,I didn't feel right, I felt like
dizzy and everything. So they encouragedhim in there. I don't know where
the hospital is, but they encouragedhim. So he went to the hospital
and they gave him a whole bunchof like tests on his head. Now
everyone knows about the Bobby Oh divingmagpies, but I believe that's like Australia,
New Zealand. What was it?Like a pigeon I guess, so,
(02:37):
yeah, like a street pigeon bird. Yeah, is that basically all
there is in Toronto? I mean, I guess. I don't know.
I don't know. Yeah, butthere's pigeons everywhere the I don't know if
there is a predator bird. Hedidn't get hit by like a falcon or
an eagle. No, it's justlike a dumb street bird took him right
out in the took him right outin the head. Birds of Toronto,
(02:58):
Oh god, Well, obviously theyhave blue jays. Let's see. But
this was down this was not ablue jay. No, it's gotta be
a pigeon. No, it's not. He's not like walking around the mean
streets of Mississaugua. The could youimagine an owl? Sound like? What
(03:20):
an owl? Glass? Dian?Oh, you know what, that's a
good call. That's a good call. He didn't, he didn't know what.
It's not like the bird hit himin the head and fell to the
ground. But he said this thing. He said he felt like he got
punched right in the side of thehead, and the whole time, I'm
going I don't think it would hurtthat bad, Diane. If a bird
(03:42):
flew and hit you in the head, you think that would take you out.
Yeah, it's just flying, yes, adding to the momentum it's carrying
into your skull. Okay, Idon't think the bird's flying at one hundred
miles an hour. What I'm tryingto see here, If there's been like
a like an epidemic of it.No, so he's not the latest case
(04:09):
of a dive bombing bird in Toronto. No, no, no, but
I mean think about it. ThinkI've lived in cities all my life,
right, and there's always been birds, always been birds doesn't matter where it
is. Birds now the but likeManhattan birds all over the place, Philly
birds all over the place, Houstonbirds all over the place. I've never
(04:30):
even come close to getting clipped bya bird. I mean they'll be down
by your face. Black crows canget real aggressive. Okay, I don't
know that it was a black crowthat flew and hit him in the head.
A red winged menace is dive bombingthe good citizens of Toronto. Maybe
that's what it was. Reads thisheadline. It's a blackbird. Oh okay,
wing blackbird. Right, I gottasee what this looks. Is it
(04:54):
a big bird? Not really howmuch the wingspan can get to sixteen inches,
that's a small bird. But theway it's swooping down I'm reading here.
So you think if that gets youin the head, that hurt.
So we'll be at the wharf tonight. So you think if you're on the
wa you're walking on the wharf,yeah, right, and you're getting ready.
(05:15):
You're like, oh, I letme walk over, I'm going to
the anthem. You go beforehand,you have a cocktail, you're making your
way to the anthem. Well,no, for you can I take that
back you're at shake Shack there twiceand then you probably a third tonight.
And then you're making your way tothe to the doors of the anthem h
and a bird comes flying by andclips you in the head. You think
(05:36):
you're going down. I think youcould be knocked into the water because you
be so disoriented. Again, you'retalking about it just hitting you. The
stockier red wing blackbirds can way upto three ms. Wow, that doesn't
(06:02):
sound bit more than three ounces.That could be heavier. Doesn't the look
heavier than three ounces? Yeah?But you got birds are They are so
light because they have to fly.I understand that. Yeah, So,
I mean they're light animals, whichis why I can't believe it knocked him
on his ass. Yeah, totallysent him in. But anyway, he
doesn't have a concussion. And whatabout like he's fine, long term scarring,
(06:27):
I don't know. I'll probably talkto him again in a couple of
months. It is scaring. Hegot a cut on the side of his
head. He's fine. Yeah,but I have a cut on side of
my head and it's been there forinto your head? So did this bird?
Isn't that great? Though? I'venever heard of that happenings. He's
okay. Yeah, no, he'sfine. He's fine. At least that's
(06:47):
what I was told, is thathe's totally he's totally fine. He went
back to work, he was goodto go. Yeah. Well, hopefully
maybe this will because you said you'renot that close with him, no,
but maybe this will bring us together. This will be maybeit motivation together check
in more with a once close friend. Well, I wouldn't even go back
(07:09):
far. It's the holidays. Comeon, Oh, December first? Now
is it really? No? Youdidn't realize it's December first? Why would
I realize that? Oh it istoday pay day? Oh the yeah,
don't we get paid today or yesterday? Oh? I didn't look. I
didn't look like fifteenth and the thirtieth? The oh wow, so it's December
(07:29):
first. We're almost done. We'realmost done. What do we got three
and a half weeks left of theyear? Yeah until twenty three? Yeah,
no, we're yeah, who areyou? You get hit the head
of burn? You're excited about timeoff? Three and a half weeks would
make it the twenty seventh. So
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