August 27, 2025 • 43 mins
We start off today learning about bare beating, power point dating, SWA is going to start charging large people for two seats, and the Dallas Police Department has a new recruiting tool...YeeHaw. But first, Birthdays!
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Speaker 1 (00:17):
It is time believe your warriors outside and laugh with
us inside the treehouse. I'm Daniel Mallley, along with Trey
Trenholm and Raj Sharma. Today is Wednesday, August twenty seven,
two thousand, wow, twenty five. Some reason, when I wrote
it down, I put eight twenty seven twenty eight, So
(00:39):
no idea what's going on with my brain? So good
luck to all of us today. I do believe I
stumbled across the headline of the week. Are you guys ready, yes,
headline of the week. I dare you to find one better.
A rail operator will issue one hundred and sixteen dollars
(01:01):
fines for bear beating on trains. You're gonna let that
wash over us all, soak in and process.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Can you repeat that for me? Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Certainly, a rail operator will issue one hundred and sixteen
dollars fines for bear beating on trains?
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Say that want you to use protection?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Is that what they're calling it now? We always called
it something else?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Sorry, sir, there's no there's no fighting on the trains,
even with yourself. But if you're gonna do it, just
cover it.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Yeah, at least put some glasses on it.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
We'll get a sneeze guard to the to the cart
back here. Oh god, A rail operator will issue one
hundred and sixteen dollars fines for bear beating on trains.
This is how you know. I know it's a good
headline when the headline's so good I can't even read
the rest of the story yet. So here we go.
(02:33):
In travel news this week, airlines were sued for selling
windowless windows seats. This is what happens when you don't
preread stuff. Okay, differently, here we go. According to Singing
in Travel, bear beating so amusing and name so annoying
(02:55):
in practice.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I couldn't agree more.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
According to see An in Travel, we reported in May
on bear beating. Bear beating is the growing trend of
playing music or video out loud on public transportation. Uh
(03:22):
A backlash was underway, with an opposition political party in
the United Kingdom calling for the government to issue fines
to offenders of bear beating.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
What are you in for bear beating?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
I'm glad you're selling me too. Bear beaters are a scourge.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
That's the whitest thing you've ever said in your life.
I'm a surprised you wun't shaking your pistom, telling them
get up your lawn. Urge.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I'm sick and tired all these kids bear beating.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Them my lawn.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Take that bear beaten somewhere else.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Back in my day.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Get out of here, Ricky now. A major European rail operator,
Ireland's Oh damn it, that's Gaelic and I don't speak
that iridden loosely translates to Irish Rail, has warned customers
(04:41):
that its trained inspectors will issue one hundred pound fines
for etiquette crimes such as playing music without earphones, vaping,
and putting bags or feet on seats. Finds are based
on existing by laws established in nineteen eighty four, which,
among other fine print, prohibit the use of any gramophone,
wow or portable wireless or television apparatus to the annoyance
(05:03):
of any other person.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Yo, because I was known to bring my gramophone onto
the train, I can't travel anywhere without.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
This, especially the mobile version of the gramophone. Yeah, it's
just like a backpack with the big horns to get
inside of your head.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Yeah, this sounds like something that would be an island island.
I think it's Cork. The county cork that now allows
you to drink and drive as long as you're on
a tractor. They just got tired of arresting so many
people that were drink like drunk driving on attractors. They're like, okay, fine,
(05:48):
go ahead.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
If it's on a tractor, it's fine. If it's in
if it's in a in a car, then that's that's
that that's no.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Go yes. But it's like it's like, hey, you can
get as waste. Does you want to be in homp
on that tractor? But don't you dare play your music?
Don't you bring that gramophone over here? Hop on your
tractor with your bottles of jamison.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
In my experience on trains, I think you just kind
of corral the bear beaters into one specific car on
the train, so you just know where they are and
what they're doing, so they're you know, they're contained a circle.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Beat.
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to the Treehouse show. All right, Trey. Not that long
ago you went out of your comfort zone and you
did a dating event with a group called the Daity
and it was a thirty five plus event. You were
able to sneak in underneath the age cap wire at
fifty one. You had a reasonably nice time, and because
(09:24):
of that you have said you'd now be open to
other special event type things, especially if it has romance
as the dangling carrot at the end of it. You
even went so far as to say you might even
try speed dating in the near future. Right, Yeah, Why
are you looking at me like that with your spock
eyebrow and your hesitancy and your voice?
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
I don't know, Dan, because your dating advice has been
so stellar so far it hasn Did Glenn contribute to this?
You mean Gary? Gary?
Speaker 1 (09:59):
I'm sorry, Gary is the name of my chat GPT. No,
this is not a Gary thing. This is something I
found on my own, Thank you very much, that I
think might be of interest to you because you have
broadened your horizons when it comes to your romantic life,
and I think there's a possibility here. Okay, power point dating. Okay,
(10:25):
hear me out. This might sound a little controversial at first,
but I think there's something to this power point dating.
I first saw it on Instagram at an event taking
place in New York City, which, as we know, if
something is successful in one of the major cities in
(10:45):
the land, that it will eventually proliferate to the remainder
of the United States cities. So I watched a video
where people would pitch their friends are family member via
power Point to a room full of singles. In this
video that I saw, seven over seventy five people are
(11:05):
in attendance at a power point dating event, and individuals
would go to the front of the event and introduce
their friend or family member via power Point slide deck
in order to attract a mate or at least a date.
And I feel like, Raj, we we can get this
(11:27):
to Dallas, Okay, you and then you and I can
PowerPoint present our buddy Trey MM in a special way
to get him a day or perhaps since your single
as well, Raj, you two can PowerPoint to each other.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
That's soundly wrong on so many levels.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Yeah, but you don't. You don't want to, You don't
want to slide deck each other. I said deck.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
I mean it's true. I'll give it a shot.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
We'll make bear beating. One of the slides.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Has yet to be fined for bear beating on a train.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
On a park. Totally different story.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah different, sorry, but yeah. This is being billed as
the most unique dating event that's fun, low pressure, and
most importantly powered by power point. It's called Pitch and Pair.
You pitch and pair friends. Friends pitch and pair their
single friend using a five minute slide deck to a
(12:39):
crowd of singles, hoping they can land their friend a
date or two. They claim to be growing fast and
they want you to give them suggestions on cities that
they should be attending next. I think Dallas would would
be an interesting one. Honestly, I think we could put
together a very very convincing power point for you tre.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
To convince whom of what because I don't think it
would be to get.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Me a date? Yes it would, it absolutely would. And
if there's some laughs thrown in at your expense and
so men, it shows you have a good sense of humor.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Do you know how this is going to change the
landscape of dating in India? No, mo, I'm not seeing
anybody right now, I'm just doing a PowerPoint presentation.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
You're right, I could actually see that going over really
well there, Yeah, it's.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Gonna change arrange marriages. It should be great. I'm so
excited about this.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Well look, I mean it's it's like you could swipe
left or right on Tinder, or you could just close
out the window at a PowerPoint dating event.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
That's the wrong place for the Wi Fi to drop out.
He has poor latency. Next, sorry about this premature slide deck.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
I actually think it would be a great exercise, Like,
you guys could go to one of these events together, Raj,
you could pitch Trey. Trey, you could pitch Raj. I
think it would be a beautiful thing for people, for
you guys to do. We just got to get it
to come to Dallas.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Yeah. I I'd be interested to see how it works.
I would how the like, what kind of people have
shown up to.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
This is what I want to know, single people like.
Just let me listen to what Trey said about his
thirty five plus event. He said there were some very nice,
attractive people. He didn't get to talk to any of
them because he showed up half an hour late.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
But on a rooftop in Dallas. But like, this is
a PowerPoint presentation in a ballroom like this is These
are people that don't leave the house much.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
It was not in a ballroom. This was at a bar.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Okay, this was.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
At the Holiday Inn Express conference room.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
C Okay. Well, then I'm definitely not going at least
come with free breakfast, like I want to be able
to go to the breakfast buffet. And then the power
one presentation about Trey.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
I love it well, I mean, everyone loves a good
origin story, especially when it comes to romance. So how'd
you guys meet? Power Point? Really really really good slide deck?
Speaker 2 (15:37):
How did you meet mom? Oh? She had the sweetest
word document you've ever seen.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
She really put the P and PDF.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
I think I think there might be a lot of
women who more interested in the excel.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
There's the guys. There's the guys that want spreadsheets, that's
for sure. Baby, What are your thoughts on f of X,
I'll chat your GPT.
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Wo we all right, big big news happened over the weekend.
(17:07):
Southwest Airlines really stuck their finger in some trouble yet again,
because it wasn't that long ago that Southwest Airlines announced
that bags no longer fly free, and now Southwest Airlines
has announced that fat flies double.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Starting January twenty seven, twenty twenty six, Southwest Airlines passengers
who need more than one seat to fly safely parentheses
customer of size will have to buy a second seat
when they book.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Good.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
If the flight is not full, they can apply for
a refund on that extra seat within ninety days as
long as both tickets are in the same fair class.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Can you be in two separate fair classes? Like that's
really big? Well, that's when it's time to go to
a doctor. Like I was in coach and business class simultaneously.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
I broke the curtain.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
That's the most brilliant thing I've ever heard. As long
as they're in the same class.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Yeah, Okay, yeah. Starting in January twenty twenty sixth Jesus Christ.
Starting in January twenty twenty six, Southwest Airlines will begin
requiring plus sized passengers to purchase two seats. Trey, you
said good, Yes, I.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
I am over because there was a whole Overweight people
are the biggest problem in our society healthcare. They drive
up Obesity is the number one cause of health care issues.
That's preventable. I mean you literally could make a difference
when you fly. You're basically paying. They have to charge
(19:10):
for luggage now because it's it's basically a weight thing.
So yeah, I mean now that there's a whole deal
with they're mad at the GLP one because it's making
fat not uh I forgot what the term is, but
uh accepted, Yeah, something like that.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Fat. It's fat shaming.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Yeah, so Southwest Airlines has not only gotten rid of
their bags fly free, but now they're the fat shamer
of the skies. If you are against this kind of
a policy, I think most people that fly who have
been next to someone of a certain size. It's uncomfortable
(19:56):
for everybody. It's uncomfortable for the plus sized passenger because
because they're restricted by the seats and the arm rests
of those seats, and Southwest Airlines is part of their
statement even came out and said, look, those arm rests
are basically the boundary and if you spill over that boundary,
now you're infringing on your fellow travelers comfort, which I
(20:19):
think is hysterical using the word comfort in any press
release regarding an airline and travel. But they used it
because whether you're skinny or huge doesn't matter. Flying is
not typically very comfortable. It's just a matter of degrees, right,
So if you're on the lighter side and you're next
to an overweight person, that can be uncomfortable because you
don't get the arm rest.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Yeah, I've been in a situation where I had to
deal with spillage. There's a say, young lady, but I
couldn't guess her age, but she was a she had
some girth to her, and yeah, she should have definitely
had two seats, and she pushed your likes squeezed yourself
(21:02):
into this middle seat, and it was I mean, everything
was going everywhere, and it was It was one of
those moments where I was like, if I can pay
for the up, if I can if they'll let me
off the plane now to go pay for the upgrade
to move I will.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
And what's interesting about this shift in policy is how
are you going to enforce it? Because we all know
that when you fly and you get to the gate
or even at the ticketing counter, they have those little
bag receptacles that you're supposed to put your bags in
to see if they fit and does it fit in
(21:39):
the little carry on slot? Does it fit in the
personal item slash backpack slot? Is there now going to
be an additional people slot that you have to fit
into or is it going to be you have to
step on a scale. The way that you have to
put your baggage on a scale, it's very fascinating, like, okay,
(22:00):
you're gonna charge people. Doubt about how are you going
to enforce this? Please God, don't put this on the
gate agents. They have enough going on as it is.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
I think you can do I mean, don't get me wrong.
I think you don't have to be a carnie to
figure out you can do it by sight. I can
look at you and be like that.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
Airlines step right up one and all, I'm gonna gus
you're right anyway and check say if you have to
pay nubbles say ye, all right, step right up, step
right up. Welcome to the stake fairfoxes cause your weight
aed airfare one thousands.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Yes, you can look at something like I said, You
can look at somebody and be like, hmm, it's gonna
need two seats right there.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
But here here's the other here's the other plus side
to this, ah ha. The videos that come out when
people do get on the plane and then they're like, oh, sorry, man,
you're gonna have to purchase an extra seat. People throwing
a fit. Oh, that's gonna be that. It's gonna be
a whole new level of airplane, you know, flying meltdown.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Yeah, TikTok's about to get good.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
At least they're not They're not going to chase anybody
off the plane.
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flies double. According to Southwest Airlines. In a statement to Newsweek,
Southwest Airlines said, we're updating many policies as we prepare
(24:27):
our operation, employees and customers for assigned seating on January
twenty seven, twenty twenty six, now back to me real quick.
So not only has Southwest Airlines made changes to its
entire business model by saying bags no longer fly free, also,
our open seating is now a thing of the past.
They're switching over to assigned seating the way the majority
(24:49):
of other airlines do. And if you are of a
certain size, they are going to make you buy an
extra seat. Back to their statement, to ensure we're communicating
to customers who have previously used the extra seat policy
they should purchase it at booking. They go on to say,
(25:10):
under the new rules, passengers must buy two seats at
the time of booking if they cannot fit within the
boundaries of the armrests of one seat. Refunds will only
be considered if the flight is not sold out, the
seats are in the same fair class, and the refund
request is submitted within ninety days of travel. This stands
in contrast to the current policy under which Southwest often
(25:32):
refunds the extra seat even on full flights or provides
an additional seat free of charge when space allows, leaving
some of their most loyal customers to say well, this
is another step in the wrong direction for Southwest as
being known as a customer friendly airline. Now it's all
about greed according to some. If we're being honest, travel
(25:54):
has almost always been subject to weight. I don't care
if it's a ship, I don't care if it's a plane,
if it's a train, I mean, even an automobile can
only carry so many people.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
Well, but flying especially because there are ratio like the
way that they have to calculate the way to the plane,
you know, and then that determines how much fuel they
can put on there so you can take off.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
So it's a big deal, yes, But if you want
to go blind on money, why not just have an
airline four big people. Oh yeah, right, where the seats
are already two seats.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
It's interesting, that's interesting. It's an interesting thought. The thing is, though,
with the airline industry, those margins are so small. The
profit margin is not the margins of the chairs. Well okay,
also the chairs. Uh, but that's one of the that's
one of the big gripes about the airline industry is
that if you flew in the day, like if you
(27:02):
started flying, like we're all, you know, around fifty. The
first time I flew, I was five years old, and
I still I'm even at five years old, I remember
the plane and comparing that plane to planes of today
is like, man, airlines are dicks because they keep shrinking
the seats trying to find a way to just get
(27:23):
one more row on that plane. Because if they can
just get one more row on that plane, that's six bodies.
That's a small plane. That six bodies per plane, of
which they may have thousands of planes flying on a
given day, that's a lot of money. And that's why
they're squeezing us. So the thing is, though, and this
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is what sucks for travelers of any size, is whether
you're overweight or considered to be of normal weight. Traveling
is not very comfortable because even if you fit in
the seat, the seat has like this much cushion.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Well, I mean Spirit, their seats are just plastic.
Speaker 3 (28:09):
Hey listen, I just flew Spirit from Dallas to Vegas,
Vegas back to Dallas. Perfect experience, not a glitch.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
I've never had an issue with them. American Airlines sucks. Spirit.
I've never had an issue.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
With comfy front seat.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Yeah, that's the.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Big front seat. That big front seat is a godsend
on Spirit Airlines. There's there's no doubt about it. Now,
I will say, I'm a little nervous because my wife
and I are about to fly and we booked our
flight on American. I'm a little nervous.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
American Airlines is ranked fourteenth in the world for airlines.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
I can't even name thirteen other airlines.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
That's exactly what I'm saying. But I like the Southwest.
You know, with the with their new policy, it seems
like it's like part of the in flight, like you know,
when they do the security stuff from all that, the
if it's a if they start talking about gastric bypass,
like if that's if that's part of the this is
(29:17):
brought to you by doctor now from my six hundred
pound life.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Like, I'm sure that'll be one of the big tells
is they'll tell, you know, for people, if you've had
to get had the seat belt extension extender, you need
to buy two seats.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Yeah, so sound lest is using the arm rests as
the boundary. And I'm just I'm honestly just gonna sit
back and wait for the lawsuit because you know what's
gonna happen. They're gonna say it's discriminatory, and I'll be
curious to see what the courts say about it.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
Yeah, because I have like a couple of friends who
are professional wrestlers and one is seven five and three
ninety and one is six nine and ninety.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
So I really want to be the person that tells
them they got to buy extra seats.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
That's what I'm saying. Do you want to see a
flight attendant with the claw, bring him champagne? But like
what do they do because like they barely fit on
(30:23):
the plane, like they have to duck. I'm like they
get like watching there was a video one of my
buddies like trying to go to the restroom and he's
the one that's like seven five, Like, what do you do?
Like he can't even like he's so hunched down. Does
he have to buy two seats now too? But he's
not overweight. Yeah, he's just a big guy.
Speaker 1 (30:43):
And that's that's that's one of the unfortunate things where
there are exceptions to these rules, and what are those exceptions?
Are there going to be exceptions? What what does happen
for those guys and gals that just happen to be
really large and they might be in they might be
set on foot five but in shape.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
Yeah, it's very fit.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
But the seven foot five or is not going to
fit on any airline.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
But then can you put two little people in one seat?
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Now we're talking that's one fair, that's right, because that's
that's honestly what some bu not everyone took it that far,
But there are people that are super thin that are like,
oh good, does this mean I get to pay less? No,
you'll pay normal. But if you are a family of
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little people, and let's say there's four of you, There's mom, dad,
and Timmy and Kaylee and you're all little people, do
they just buy two seats.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
Or instead of a row of seats? They just have
a little car. They all just jump in.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
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twenty twenty five. Let's celebrate today with some birthdays. Alec
(32:55):
almost at Alex Alexa Pinevega turns thirty seven today. You
might know her as kill Joy in Machette Kills starring
Danny Treo or Kylie Brenner on Nashville, but she got
her start as Carmen in the Spy Kids movies. So
Alexi Pinnavega thirty seven today. Aaron Paul, most famous as
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playing Jesse on Breaking Bad. Aaron Paul is forty six today.
He's also the voice of Todd Chavez on BoJack Horseman,
which I've heard is very, very good. But I have
to admit I have not seen it. I want to.
I just I've had on my list for a long time.
I haven't quite got there. Sarah Chalk from Scrubs is
forty nine today. She was also the second Becky on Roseanne.
(33:43):
Such a weird thing to have on her resume. I
have a second Becky.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
And they're rebooting Scrubs. They're bringing it back, are they really?
Speaker 1 (33:53):
I'm not surprised. I'm kind of surprised they hadn't done
it sooner.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
They tried. They tried to do like Scrubs Med School
or something like that where they were all professors. Now
okay or yeah, and that I think was half a
season or one season maybe, sobbed Yeah, take me, they're
bringing Yeah, they're bringing back Scrubs.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
Any idea when that's supposed to start.
Speaker 3 (34:21):
I just saw the ahead it's set to premiere. If
it is the twenty twenty five twenty six season on AB.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
Good.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
As long as that means fewer T mobile commercials from
those guys, I'm good with it.
Speaker 2 (34:35):
I'm a big Zach Brot fan.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
I am too. I think that I think those guys
are great.
Speaker 2 (34:41):
Yeah, so she'll be back you'll be able to see
her back on scrubs.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
So Sarah Chuck forty nine today. Jimmy Pop from the
Bloodhound Gang is fifty three today. That was a song.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
They had their moment, and that you banked off those moments.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
So yeah, you had to. And and when someone said, hey,
you know what, let's not only do this song as
our number one single on this album, but for the video,
we're gonna run around in the squirrel costumes. And they're like, yeah,
let's do it.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
What was the B side to that album? I don't
want to know what that song was about.
Speaker 1 (35:28):
Probably probably produced by the same guys that did the
legendary star Dust Cowboy turning fifty three Today, w w
E starred the Great khal Li.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Yeah see there's another guy like seven two seven three.
He was a police officer in India. Good God, before
he got into wrestling. Yeah, I did not know that.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
I did not know the Great Kali was ever a
police officer. And please God, don't ever pull me over,
because if he pulls you over, he would actually literally
be able to pull you over.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
He just stops your car with his hand. But I
think his wife. His wife is like five six five seven,
and he's that guy.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Oh, I always forget his name, but it's one of
the Magnetisms type guys, like the Strongest Man on Earth.
I think it might be the same guy that played
the Mountain or whatever it was on Game of Thrones,
but he's a Strongest Man.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
On Earth competitor Magnus Samuelson.
Speaker 1 (36:28):
Probably, I've seen him on Instagram. This is a guy
who's massive, right, and his wife is pocket size and
a lot of their videos are of them like at
the gym and then he's lifting his stuff and then
and then she's just kind of there sitting on top
of his weights as he lifts them. But there are
(36:49):
those curious videos you're like, so how.
Speaker 3 (36:54):
Does that work?
Speaker 2 (36:55):
Exactly? Yeah, I mean it's one of those like my
buddy who's seven to five, his dad is seven one
and his mom is five to three.
Speaker 1 (37:03):
That wow.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
Yeah, they they they never see each other.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
Her vagina, I mean you talk about getting it coming
and going.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
He wasn't born seven five.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Well, I don't think he was born of average height
and weight either. He's probably still born four foot five
and that's that's a lot for a five ft three woman.
Speaker 3 (37:40):
Here's your son.
Speaker 1 (37:43):
He's already shaving.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
He can only he can already done on a regulation goal.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
You'll need to burp him, feed him, and shave his
five o'clock shadow.
Speaker 3 (37:58):
Or hers uh? What's that?
Speaker 2 (38:00):
That's an or hers uh?
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the Dallas Police have a new recruiting effort, and I'm
not sure if it's really going to work or not.
The Dallas Police are now saying that you can wear
cowboy hats while in uniform, and they're hoping that this
(39:19):
will help with recruiting new officers. Dallas Police have added
cowboy hats to their recruiting sales pitch to potential officers.
They announced that officers are now approved to wear cowboy
hats while on duty.
Speaker 3 (39:32):
So yeeha, I have been wondering why I have seen
DPD in cowboy hats for about the last week. That
explained it.
Speaker 1 (39:44):
It's promotional, has nothing to do with policing, And I thought,
I don't think wearing a cowboy hat makes you any
better of a peace officer. It's just a different look, is.
Speaker 2 (39:53):
All I thought. In cowboy etiquette, I thought you were
not supposed to wear your hat indoors or in a car.
Speaker 1 (40:01):
I believe that is correct.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
Yes, no, so that's an interesting recruiting tool. You can
you can have it in the front seat and then
put it on when you get out to a highway
patrol do mm hm oh okay, yeah, just like I
can't wear one. That's that would be a conflict of
interest a cowboy in an Indian at the.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
Same time, that's unfair. No, you got to pick one, brouh.
This new recruiting update was shared via the Dallas Police
Department's official Facebook page, with and its Facebook recruiting page
saying something new, something New is landing at the Dallas
(40:44):
Police Department. Our officers are now approved to wear cowboy
hats on duty.
Speaker 2 (40:49):
Woo folks.
Speaker 1 (40:51):
On both pages featured the love Field Airport Unit, noting
the department is proudly bringing Texas style to Dallas skies.
The announcement included hashtag such as we are hiring, hashtag
police recruitment, hashtag women in policing, hashtag cowboy hat, and
hashtag career Opportunity. Post encourages people to apply and join
the DPD at Dallaspolice dot Net slash join DPD or
(41:13):
call the phone number to speak with a recruiter. No
word on whether or not they issue the cowboy hat
or if you have to provide your own, much like
most Dallas Police officers have to provide their own effing
radios that work better than the standard issued ones from DPD.
Speaker 2 (41:31):
But cowboy heads also, who's like it? You know? Man?
I would totally be a comp but they won't let
me wear my hat to go to Fort Worth, I
have to put my life on the line for very
little pay.
Speaker 1 (41:45):
Far be it from me to tell an entire municipality
how to do things. But I'm going to to those
in charge of Dallas police the city and at the
top level of the Dallas Police Department. Dallas Police officers
are not leaving the Dallas Police Department to go to
other departments in the area like Fort Worth so they
(42:10):
can wear cowboy hats. They're doing it because of better
pay and just a better overall working environment. So while
it's a nice promotional tool maybe saying oh, you wear
cowboy hats, now, keep in mind your pension is still left.
Speaker 2 (42:31):
Are they giving you the hat?
Speaker 1 (42:33):
That's why I said, I don't know if they're giving
you the hat or if you're supposed to provide your own. Oh,
but even then, if DPD does issue that hat, it may.
Speaker 2 (42:40):
Suck discount hat also, rash.
Speaker 1 (42:47):
You have any idea how many Dallas Police officers tray
and I know, and you know your fair share as well.
Every single one of them will tell you. The radios
that they use, they bought their own to use because
the standard issue ones were such crap that it was
putting their lives in their work in jeopardy. They had
to go buy their own motorolas.
Speaker 2 (43:07):
That's wild, Okay.
Speaker 3 (43:09):
Gen Z does love a hat though.
Speaker 1 (43:14):
New from the Dallas Police Department recruiting page. You can
wear cowboy hats and Birkenstock sandals with socks. Welcome gen
Z officers, and you'll be free and excited to know
that you can also use the DPD officials skibbity toilets.
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It is time believe your warriors outside and laugh with
us inside the treehouse. I'm Daniel Mallley, along with Trey
Trenholm and Raj Sharma. Today is Wednesday, August twenty seven,
two thousand, wow, twenty five. Some reason, when I wrote
it down, I put eight twenty seven twenty eight, So
(00:39):
no idea what's going on with my brain? So good
luck to all of us today. I do believe I
stumbled across the headline of the week. Are you guys ready, yes,
headline of the week. I dare you to find one better.
A rail operator will issue one hundred and sixteen dollars
(01:01):
fines for bear beating on trains. You're gonna let that
wash over us all, soak in and process.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Can you repeat that for me? Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Certainly, a rail operator will issue one hundred and sixteen
dollars fines for bear beating on trains?
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Say that want you to use protection?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Is that what they're calling it now? We always called
it something else?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Sorry, sir, there's no there's no fighting on the trains,
even with yourself. But if you're gonna do it, just
cover it.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Yeah, at least put some glasses on it.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
We'll get a sneeze guard to the to the cart
back here. Oh god, A rail operator will issue one
hundred and sixteen dollars fines for bear beating on trains.
This is how you know. I know it's a good
headline when the headline's so good I can't even read
the rest of the story yet. So here we go.
(02:33):
In travel news this week, airlines were sued for selling
windowless windows seats. This is what happens when you don't
preread stuff. Okay, differently, here we go. According to Singing
in Travel, bear beating so amusing and name so annoying
(02:55):
in practice.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I couldn't agree more.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
According to see An in Travel, we reported in May
on bear beating. Bear beating is the growing trend of
playing music or video out loud on public transportation. Uh
(03:22):
A backlash was underway, with an opposition political party in
the United Kingdom calling for the government to issue fines
to offenders of bear beating.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
What are you in for bear beating?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
I'm glad you're selling me too. Bear beaters are a scourge.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
That's the whitest thing you've ever said in your life.
I'm a surprised you wun't shaking your pistom, telling them
get up your lawn. Urge.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I'm sick and tired all these kids bear beating.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Them my lawn.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Take that bear beaten somewhere else.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Back in my day.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Get out of here, Ricky now. A major European rail operator,
Ireland's Oh damn it, that's Gaelic and I don't speak
that iridden loosely translates to Irish Rail, has warned customers
(04:41):
that its trained inspectors will issue one hundred pound fines
for etiquette crimes such as playing music without earphones, vaping,
and putting bags or feet on seats. Finds are based
on existing by laws established in nineteen eighty four, which,
among other fine print, prohibit the use of any gramophone,
wow or portable wireless or television apparatus to the annoyance
(05:03):
of any other person.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Yo, because I was known to bring my gramophone onto
the train, I can't travel anywhere without.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
This, especially the mobile version of the gramophone. Yeah, it's
just like a backpack with the big horns to get
inside of your head.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Yeah, this sounds like something that would be an island island.
I think it's Cork. The county cork that now allows
you to drink and drive as long as you're on
a tractor. They just got tired of arresting so many
people that were drink like drunk driving on attractors. They're like, okay, fine,
(05:48):
go ahead.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
If it's on a tractor, it's fine. If it's in
if it's in a in a car, then that's that's
that that's no.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Go yes. But it's like it's like, hey, you can
get as waste. Does you want to be in homp
on that tractor? But don't you dare play your music?
Don't you bring that gramophone over here? Hop on your
tractor with your bottles of jamison.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
In my experience on trains, I think you just kind
of corral the bear beaters into one specific car on
the train, so you just know where they are and
what they're doing, so they're you know, they're contained a circle.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Beat.
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to the Treehouse show. All right, Trey. Not that long
ago you went out of your comfort zone and you
did a dating event with a group called the Daity
and it was a thirty five plus event. You were
able to sneak in underneath the age cap wire at
fifty one. You had a reasonably nice time, and because
(09:24):
of that you have said you'd now be open to
other special event type things, especially if it has romance
as the dangling carrot at the end of it. You
even went so far as to say you might even
try speed dating in the near future. Right, Yeah, Why
are you looking at me like that with your spock
eyebrow and your hesitancy and your voice?
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
I don't know, Dan, because your dating advice has been
so stellar so far it hasn Did Glenn contribute to this?
You mean Gary? Gary?
Speaker 1 (09:59):
I'm sorry, Gary is the name of my chat GPT. No,
this is not a Gary thing. This is something I
found on my own, Thank you very much, that I
think might be of interest to you because you have
broadened your horizons when it comes to your romantic life,
and I think there's a possibility here. Okay, power point dating. Okay,
(10:25):
hear me out. This might sound a little controversial at first,
but I think there's something to this power point dating.
I first saw it on Instagram at an event taking
place in New York City, which, as we know, if
something is successful in one of the major cities in
(10:45):
the land, that it will eventually proliferate to the remainder
of the United States cities. So I watched a video
where people would pitch their friends are family member via
power Point to a room full of singles. In this
video that I saw, seven over seventy five people are
(11:05):
in attendance at a power point dating event, and individuals
would go to the front of the event and introduce
their friend or family member via power Point slide deck
in order to attract a mate or at least a date.
And I feel like, Raj, we we can get this
(11:27):
to Dallas, Okay, you and then you and I can
PowerPoint present our buddy Trey MM in a special way
to get him a day or perhaps since your single
as well, Raj, you two can PowerPoint to each other.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
That's soundly wrong on so many levels.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Yeah, but you don't. You don't want to, You don't
want to slide deck each other. I said deck.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
I mean it's true. I'll give it a shot.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
We'll make bear beating. One of the slides.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Has yet to be fined for bear beating on a train.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
On a park. Totally different story.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah different, sorry, but yeah. This is being billed as
the most unique dating event that's fun, low pressure, and
most importantly powered by power point. It's called Pitch and Pair.
You pitch and pair friends. Friends pitch and pair their
single friend using a five minute slide deck to a
(12:39):
crowd of singles, hoping they can land their friend a
date or two. They claim to be growing fast and
they want you to give them suggestions on cities that
they should be attending next. I think Dallas would would
be an interesting one. Honestly, I think we could put
together a very very convincing power point for you tre.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
To convince whom of what because I don't think it
would be to get.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Me a date? Yes it would, it absolutely would. And
if there's some laughs thrown in at your expense and
so men, it shows you have a good sense of humor.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Do you know how this is going to change the
landscape of dating in India? No, mo, I'm not seeing
anybody right now, I'm just doing a PowerPoint presentation.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
You're right, I could actually see that going over really
well there, Yeah, it's.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Gonna change arrange marriages. It should be great. I'm so
excited about this.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Well look, I mean it's it's like you could swipe
left or right on Tinder, or you could just close
out the window at a PowerPoint dating event.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
That's the wrong place for the Wi Fi to drop out.
He has poor latency. Next, sorry about this premature slide deck.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
I actually think it would be a great exercise, Like,
you guys could go to one of these events together, Raj,
you could pitch Trey. Trey, you could pitch Raj. I
think it would be a beautiful thing for people, for
you guys to do. We just got to get it
to come to Dallas.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Yeah. I I'd be interested to see how it works.
I would how the like, what kind of people have
shown up to.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
This is what I want to know, single people like.
Just let me listen to what Trey said about his
thirty five plus event. He said there were some very nice,
attractive people. He didn't get to talk to any of
them because he showed up half an hour late.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
But on a rooftop in Dallas. But like, this is
a PowerPoint presentation in a ballroom like this is These
are people that don't leave the house much.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
It was not in a ballroom. This was at a bar.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Okay, this was.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
At the Holiday Inn Express conference room.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
C Okay. Well, then I'm definitely not going at least
come with free breakfast, like I want to be able
to go to the breakfast buffet. And then the power
one presentation about Trey.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
I love it well, I mean, everyone loves a good
origin story, especially when it comes to romance. So how'd
you guys meet? Power Point? Really really really good slide deck?
Speaker 2 (15:37):
How did you meet mom? Oh? She had the sweetest
word document you've ever seen.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
She really put the P and PDF.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
I think I think there might be a lot of
women who more interested in the excel.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
There's the guys. There's the guys that want spreadsheets, that's
for sure. Baby, What are your thoughts on f of X,
I'll chat your GPT.
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Wo we all right, big big news happened over the weekend.
(17:07):
Southwest Airlines really stuck their finger in some trouble yet again,
because it wasn't that long ago that Southwest Airlines announced
that bags no longer fly free, and now Southwest Airlines
has announced that fat flies double.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Starting January twenty seven, twenty twenty six, Southwest Airlines passengers
who need more than one seat to fly safely parentheses
customer of size will have to buy a second seat
when they book.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Good.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
If the flight is not full, they can apply for
a refund on that extra seat within ninety days as
long as both tickets are in the same fair class.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Can you be in two separate fair classes? Like that's
really big? Well, that's when it's time to go to
a doctor. Like I was in coach and business class simultaneously.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
I broke the curtain.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
That's the most brilliant thing I've ever heard. As long
as they're in the same class.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Yeah, Okay, yeah. Starting in January twenty twenty sixth Jesus Christ.
Starting in January twenty twenty six, Southwest Airlines will begin
requiring plus sized passengers to purchase two seats. Trey, you
said good, Yes, I.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
I am over because there was a whole Overweight people
are the biggest problem in our society healthcare. They drive
up Obesity is the number one cause of health care issues.
That's preventable. I mean you literally could make a difference
when you fly. You're basically paying. They have to charge
(19:10):
for luggage now because it's it's basically a weight thing.
So yeah, I mean now that there's a whole deal
with they're mad at the GLP one because it's making
fat not uh I forgot what the term is, but
uh accepted, Yeah, something like that.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Fat. It's fat shaming.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Yeah, so Southwest Airlines has not only gotten rid of
their bags fly free, but now they're the fat shamer
of the skies. If you are against this kind of
a policy, I think most people that fly who have
been next to someone of a certain size. It's uncomfortable
(19:56):
for everybody. It's uncomfortable for the plus sized passenger because
because they're restricted by the seats and the arm rests
of those seats, and Southwest Airlines is part of their
statement even came out and said, look, those arm rests
are basically the boundary and if you spill over that boundary,
now you're infringing on your fellow travelers comfort, which I
(20:19):
think is hysterical using the word comfort in any press
release regarding an airline and travel. But they used it
because whether you're skinny or huge doesn't matter. Flying is
not typically very comfortable. It's just a matter of degrees, right,
So if you're on the lighter side and you're next
to an overweight person, that can be uncomfortable because you
don't get the arm rest.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Yeah, I've been in a situation where I had to
deal with spillage. There's a say, young lady, but I
couldn't guess her age, but she was a she had
some girth to her, and yeah, she should have definitely
had two seats, and she pushed your likes squeezed yourself
(21:02):
into this middle seat, and it was I mean, everything
was going everywhere, and it was It was one of
those moments where I was like, if I can pay
for the up, if I can if they'll let me
off the plane now to go pay for the upgrade
to move I will.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
And what's interesting about this shift in policy is how
are you going to enforce it? Because we all know
that when you fly and you get to the gate
or even at the ticketing counter, they have those little
bag receptacles that you're supposed to put your bags in
to see if they fit and does it fit in
(21:39):
the little carry on slot? Does it fit in the
personal item slash backpack slot? Is there now going to
be an additional people slot that you have to fit
into or is it going to be you have to
step on a scale. The way that you have to
put your baggage on a scale, it's very fascinating, like, okay,
(22:00):
you're gonna charge people. Doubt about how are you going
to enforce this? Please God, don't put this on the
gate agents. They have enough going on as it is.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
I think you can do I mean, don't get me wrong.
I think you don't have to be a carnie to
figure out you can do it by sight. I can
look at you and be like that.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
Airlines step right up one and all, I'm gonna gus
you're right anyway and check say if you have to
pay nubbles say ye, all right, step right up, step
right up. Welcome to the stake fairfoxes cause your weight
aed airfare one thousands.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Yes, you can look at something like I said, You
can look at somebody and be like, hmm, it's gonna
need two seats right there.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
But here here's the other here's the other plus side
to this, ah ha. The videos that come out when
people do get on the plane and then they're like, oh, sorry, man,
you're gonna have to purchase an extra seat. People throwing
a fit. Oh, that's gonna be that. It's gonna be
a whole new level of airplane, you know, flying meltdown.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Yeah, TikTok's about to get good.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
At least they're not They're not going to chase anybody
off the plane.
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flies double. According to Southwest Airlines. In a statement to Newsweek,
Southwest Airlines said, we're updating many policies as we prepare
(24:27):
our operation, employees and customers for assigned seating on January
twenty seven, twenty twenty six, now back to me real quick.
So not only has Southwest Airlines made changes to its
entire business model by saying bags no longer fly free, also,
our open seating is now a thing of the past.
They're switching over to assigned seating the way the majority
(24:49):
of other airlines do. And if you are of a
certain size, they are going to make you buy an
extra seat. Back to their statement, to ensure we're communicating
to customers who have previously used the extra seat policy
they should purchase it at booking. They go on to say,
(25:10):
under the new rules, passengers must buy two seats at
the time of booking if they cannot fit within the
boundaries of the armrests of one seat. Refunds will only
be considered if the flight is not sold out, the
seats are in the same fair class, and the refund
request is submitted within ninety days of travel. This stands
in contrast to the current policy under which Southwest often
(25:32):
refunds the extra seat even on full flights or provides
an additional seat free of charge when space allows, leaving
some of their most loyal customers to say well, this
is another step in the wrong direction for Southwest as
being known as a customer friendly airline. Now it's all
about greed according to some. If we're being honest, travel
(25:54):
has almost always been subject to weight. I don't care
if it's a ship, I don't care if it's a plane,
if it's a train, I mean, even an automobile can
only carry so many people.
Speaker 3 (26:08):
Well, but flying especially because there are ratio like the
way that they have to calculate the way to the plane,
you know, and then that determines how much fuel they
can put on there so you can take off.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
So it's a big deal, yes, But if you want
to go blind on money, why not just have an
airline four big people. Oh yeah, right, where the seats
are already two seats.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
It's interesting, that's interesting. It's an interesting thought. The thing is, though,
with the airline industry, those margins are so small. The
profit margin is not the margins of the chairs. Well okay,
also the chairs. Uh, but that's one of the that's
one of the big gripes about the airline industry is
that if you flew in the day, like if you
(27:02):
started flying, like we're all, you know, around fifty. The
first time I flew, I was five years old, and
I still I'm even at five years old, I remember
the plane and comparing that plane to planes of today
is like, man, airlines are dicks because they keep shrinking
the seats trying to find a way to just get
(27:23):
one more row on that plane. Because if they can
just get one more row on that plane, that's six bodies.
That's a small plane. That six bodies per plane, of
which they may have thousands of planes flying on a
given day, that's a lot of money. And that's why
they're squeezing us. So the thing is, though, and this
(27:46):
is what sucks for travelers of any size, is whether
you're overweight or considered to be of normal weight. Traveling
is not very comfortable because even if you fit in
the seat, the seat has like this much cushion.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Well, I mean Spirit, their seats are just plastic.
Speaker 3 (28:09):
Hey listen, I just flew Spirit from Dallas to Vegas,
Vegas back to Dallas. Perfect experience, not a glitch.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
I've never had an issue with them. American Airlines sucks. Spirit.
I've never had an issue.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
With comfy front seat.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Yeah, that's the.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Big front seat. That big front seat is a godsend
on Spirit Airlines. There's there's no doubt about it. Now,
I will say, I'm a little nervous because my wife
and I are about to fly and we booked our
flight on American. I'm a little nervous.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
American Airlines is ranked fourteenth in the world for airlines.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
I can't even name thirteen other airlines.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
That's exactly what I'm saying. But I like the Southwest.
You know, with the with their new policy, it seems
like it's like part of the in flight, like you know,
when they do the security stuff from all that, the
if it's a if they start talking about gastric bypass,
like if that's if that's part of the this is
(29:17):
brought to you by doctor now from my six hundred
pound life.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Like, I'm sure that'll be one of the big tells
is they'll tell, you know, for people, if you've had
to get had the seat belt extension extender, you need
to buy two seats.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Yeah, so sound lest is using the arm rests as
the boundary. And I'm just I'm honestly just gonna sit
back and wait for the lawsuit because you know what's
gonna happen. They're gonna say it's discriminatory, and I'll be
curious to see what the courts say about it.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
Yeah, because I have like a couple of friends who
are professional wrestlers and one is seven five and three
ninety and one is six nine and ninety.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
So I really want to be the person that tells
them they got to buy extra seats.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
That's what I'm saying. Do you want to see a
flight attendant with the claw, bring him champagne? But like
what do they do because like they barely fit on
(30:23):
the plane, like they have to duck. I'm like they
get like watching there was a video one of my
buddies like trying to go to the restroom and he's
the one that's like seven five, Like, what do you do?
Like he can't even like he's so hunched down. Does
he have to buy two seats now too? But he's
not overweight. Yeah, he's just a big guy.
Speaker 1 (30:43):
And that's that's that's one of the unfortunate things where
there are exceptions to these rules, and what are those exceptions?
Are there going to be exceptions? What what does happen
for those guys and gals that just happen to be
really large and they might be in they might be
set on foot five but in shape.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
Yeah, it's very fit.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
But the seven foot five or is not going to
fit on any airline.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
But then can you put two little people in one seat?
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Now we're talking that's one fair, that's right, because that's
that's honestly what some bu not everyone took it that far,
But there are people that are super thin that are like,
oh good, does this mean I get to pay less? No,
you'll pay normal. But if you are a family of
(31:32):
little people, and let's say there's four of you, There's mom, dad,
and Timmy and Kaylee and you're all little people, do
they just buy two seats.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
Or instead of a row of seats? They just have
a little car. They all just jump in.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
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here inside the Treehouse. Today is Wednesday, August twenty seven,
twenty twenty five. Let's celebrate today with some birthdays. Alec
(32:55):
almost at Alex Alexa Pinevega turns thirty seven today. You
might know her as kill Joy in Machette Kills starring
Danny Treo or Kylie Brenner on Nashville, but she got
her start as Carmen in the Spy Kids movies. So
Alexi Pinnavega thirty seven today. Aaron Paul, most famous as
(33:18):
playing Jesse on Breaking Bad. Aaron Paul is forty six today.
He's also the voice of Todd Chavez on BoJack Horseman,
which I've heard is very, very good. But I have
to admit I have not seen it. I want to.
I just I've had on my list for a long time.
I haven't quite got there. Sarah Chalk from Scrubs is
forty nine today. She was also the second Becky on Roseanne.
(33:43):
Such a weird thing to have on her resume. I
have a second Becky.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
And they're rebooting Scrubs. They're bringing it back, are they really?
Speaker 1 (33:53):
I'm not surprised. I'm kind of surprised they hadn't done
it sooner.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
They tried. They tried to do like Scrubs Med School
or something like that where they were all professors. Now
okay or yeah, and that I think was half a
season or one season maybe, sobbed Yeah, take me, they're
bringing Yeah, they're bringing back Scrubs.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
Any idea when that's supposed to start.
Speaker 3 (34:21):
I just saw the ahead it's set to premiere. If
it is the twenty twenty five twenty six season on AB.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
Good.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
As long as that means fewer T mobile commercials from
those guys, I'm good with it.
Speaker 2 (34:35):
I'm a big Zach Brot fan.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
I am too. I think that I think those guys
are great.
Speaker 2 (34:41):
Yeah, so she'll be back you'll be able to see
her back on scrubs.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
So Sarah Chuck forty nine today. Jimmy Pop from the
Bloodhound Gang is fifty three today. That was a song.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
They had their moment, and that you banked off those moments.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
So yeah, you had to. And and when someone said, hey,
you know what, let's not only do this song as
our number one single on this album, but for the video,
we're gonna run around in the squirrel costumes. And they're like, yeah,
let's do it.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
What was the B side to that album? I don't
want to know what that song was about.
Speaker 1 (35:28):
Probably probably produced by the same guys that did the
legendary star Dust Cowboy turning fifty three Today, w w
E starred the Great khal Li.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
Yeah see there's another guy like seven two seven three.
He was a police officer in India. Good God, before
he got into wrestling. Yeah, I did not know that.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
I did not know the Great Kali was ever a
police officer. And please God, don't ever pull me over,
because if he pulls you over, he would actually literally
be able to pull you over.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
He just stops your car with his hand. But I
think his wife. His wife is like five six five seven,
and he's that guy.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Oh, I always forget his name, but it's one of
the Magnetisms type guys, like the Strongest Man on Earth.
I think it might be the same guy that played
the Mountain or whatever it was on Game of Thrones,
but he's a Strongest Man.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
On Earth competitor Magnus Samuelson.
Speaker 1 (36:28):
Probably, I've seen him on Instagram. This is a guy
who's massive, right, and his wife is pocket size and
a lot of their videos are of them like at
the gym and then he's lifting his stuff and then
and then she's just kind of there sitting on top
of his weights as he lifts them. But there are
(36:49):
those curious videos you're like, so how.
Speaker 3 (36:54):
Does that work?
Speaker 2 (36:55):
Exactly? Yeah, I mean it's one of those like my
buddy who's seven to five, his dad is seven one
and his mom is five to three.
Speaker 1 (37:03):
That wow.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
Yeah, they they they never see each other.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
Her vagina, I mean you talk about getting it coming
and going.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
He wasn't born seven five.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Well, I don't think he was born of average height
and weight either. He's probably still born four foot five
and that's that's a lot for a five ft three woman.
Speaker 3 (37:40):
Here's your son.
Speaker 1 (37:43):
He's already shaving.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
He can only he can already done on a regulation goal.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
You'll need to burp him, feed him, and shave his
five o'clock shadow.
Speaker 3 (37:58):
Or hers uh? What's that?
Speaker 2 (38:00):
That's an or hers uh?
Speaker 8 (38:07):
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the Dallas Police have a new recruiting effort, and I'm
not sure if it's really going to work or not.
The Dallas Police are now saying that you can wear
cowboy hats while in uniform, and they're hoping that this
(39:19):
will help with recruiting new officers. Dallas Police have added
cowboy hats to their recruiting sales pitch to potential officers.
They announced that officers are now approved to wear cowboy
hats while on duty.
Speaker 3 (39:32):
So yeeha, I have been wondering why I have seen
DPD in cowboy hats for about the last week. That
explained it.
Speaker 1 (39:44):
It's promotional, has nothing to do with policing, And I thought,
I don't think wearing a cowboy hat makes you any
better of a peace officer. It's just a different look, is.
Speaker 2 (39:53):
All I thought. In cowboy etiquette, I thought you were
not supposed to wear your hat indoors or in a car.
Speaker 1 (40:01):
I believe that is correct.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
Yes, no, so that's an interesting recruiting tool. You can
you can have it in the front seat and then
put it on when you get out to a highway
patrol do mm hm oh okay, yeah, just like I
can't wear one. That's that would be a conflict of
interest a cowboy in an Indian at the.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
Same time, that's unfair. No, you got to pick one, brouh.
This new recruiting update was shared via the Dallas Police
Department's official Facebook page, with and its Facebook recruiting page
saying something new, something New is landing at the Dallas
(40:44):
Police Department. Our officers are now approved to wear cowboy
hats on duty.
Speaker 2 (40:49):
Woo folks.
Speaker 1 (40:51):
On both pages featured the love Field Airport Unit, noting
the department is proudly bringing Texas style to Dallas skies.
The announcement included hashtag such as we are hiring, hashtag
police recruitment, hashtag women in policing, hashtag cowboy hat, and
hashtag career Opportunity. Post encourages people to apply and join
the DPD at Dallaspolice dot Net slash join DPD or
(41:13):
call the phone number to speak with a recruiter. No
word on whether or not they issue the cowboy hat
or if you have to provide your own, much like
most Dallas Police officers have to provide their own effing
radios that work better than the standard issued ones from DPD.
Speaker 2 (41:31):
But cowboy heads also, who's like it? You know? Man?
I would totally be a comp but they won't let
me wear my hat to go to Fort Worth, I
have to put my life on the line for very
little pay.
Speaker 1 (41:45):
Far be it from me to tell an entire municipality
how to do things. But I'm going to to those
in charge of Dallas police the city and at the
top level of the Dallas Police Department. Dallas Police officers
are not leaving the Dallas Police Department to go to
other departments in the area like Fort Worth so they
(42:10):
can wear cowboy hats. They're doing it because of better
pay and just a better overall working environment. So while
it's a nice promotional tool maybe saying oh, you wear
cowboy hats, now, keep in mind your pension is still left.
Speaker 2 (42:31):
Are they giving you the hat?
Speaker 1 (42:33):
That's why I said, I don't know if they're giving
you the hat or if you're supposed to provide your own. Oh,
but even then, if DPD does issue that hat, it may.
Speaker 2 (42:40):
Suck discount hat also, rash.
Speaker 1 (42:47):
You have any idea how many Dallas Police officers tray
and I know, and you know your fair share as well.
Every single one of them will tell you. The radios
that they use, they bought their own to use because
the standard issue ones were such crap that it was
putting their lives in their work in jeopardy. They had
to go buy their own motorolas.
Speaker 2 (43:07):
That's wild, Okay.
Speaker 3 (43:09):
Gen Z does love a hat though.
Speaker 1 (43:14):
New from the Dallas Police Department recruiting page. You can
wear cowboy hats and Birkenstock sandals with socks. Welcome gen
Z officers, and you'll be free and excited to know
that you can also use the DPD officials skibbity toilets.
(43:36):
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