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• Mid Thought Chris: What is up everybody welcome to the mid thought crisis podcast my name is Chris he's Eric let's see where this one goes what is going on but how are you. Midthought Eric: I'm Eric. Howdy howdy. This is my first time doing this as a 41 year old. Mid Thought Chris: Happy belated birthday. Midthought Eric: I don't know, I feel so much different, like I feel so much more mature. Mid Thought Chris: I feel so much different. Producer Mike, that is awesome. Midthought Eric: So now that I'm another another year older I'm another year wiser I'm another year more mature so ⁓ Some previous things that were probably inappropriate. I'm no longer gonna find funny You Mid Thought Chris: Dude you're a day in you already failed was that one of those things was fart noises one of those things? I was laughing at something else somebody sent you a text it's exactly right It was a dad joke what was the dad joke Eric is that what was the dad joke? Midthought Eric: That's not funny. I was laughing at something else. I read something. Somebody sent me a text. Yes, it was a dad joke. That's how I got left. ⁓ It would be inappropriate to tell the audience. Mid Thought Chris: How does it feel to be 41, my friend? Midthought Eric: ⁓ it feels the same as it did last week. Mid Thought Chris: Same as it did last week. ⁓ Midthought Eric: Yeah. It's just a number. Age is just a number. Just remember that. Yeah. We're not going to let that hold us back because you're only as old as you feel. Just doing life, trying to make it, try to be the best we can in that big scary world out there. Lots of wisdom, maturity. Mid Thought Chris: Just a number. Is that your wise advice? Not gonna let it hold us back. Couple of 41 year old dudes just doing life. You're full of wisdom today. love it Lots of wisdom. What did you what you guys do for your birthday anything fun? Midthought Eric: Hey, I already have a, um, it just came to me. just hit me straight off the cuff. Um, we should name this episode something along the lines of another year, not wiser or something like that. That's a, that's up to produce Mike. I don't know. That's probably done. Mid Thought Chris: Oh, right off the cuff. ⁓ another year we have no idea where this one's gonna go so we have no idea if that's gonna fit or not Midthought Eric: No, another year not wiser about that. What do they call it? Another year wiser, right? Well, we're not wiser. Mid Thought Chris: I don't think they call it that. Midthought Eric: I've heard it before. feel like it's a thing. Yes, from the right, it came into the right ear. That's usually where, that's my little devil. That's where my little devil sits. Mid Thought Chris: Inside your mind. Did you hear it inside your mind? Where'd you hear it? The right ear Is that where is that world that that's yes, you ever see the movie the Emperor's New Groove Midthought Eric: ⁓ doesn't... No, I don't think so. Whatever, you never saw a Tropic Thunder. We're done here. Mid Thought Chris: All right. All right. All right. Hang it up. Hang it up. This is we're done here. I got nothing else. I know he's never. No, I, I know. Don't try and backpedal on me now. I really thought I really thought we had crossed these things off when, we decided when we decided to go into business together. And apparently I did not do my due diligence. Producer Mike: What? Midthought Eric: I feel like maybe I have, I don't remember. We crashed a Rubicon. Emperor's New Groove. Let me check that out. Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ he's looking it up. ⁓ that means he's not seen it. ⁓ I've chosen poorly. ⁓ Midthought Eric: I so. You can't get rid of me, it's too late. I am a mid-thought forever. Producer Mike: It's a llama. He becomes a llama. Kronk. Kronk. Wrong lever, Kronk. No, no, nothing. Never seen that. Poor the lever, Kronk. Wrong lever. It's a Disney. It's a, a Pixar. Is it Pixar or Disney? Mid Thought Chris: You've never seen that? Midthought Eric: That's a cartoon. ⁓ it's a cartoon. No, I never I never saw Mid Thought Chris: Y-yes, it's a cartoon. It is legendary. ⁓ it's Disney. Midthought Eric: We should watch it live on the show and everybody can see it together. We'd probably get in trouble. Producer Mike: Okay. We could just get taken off of YouTube. That's cool. Mid Thought Chris: Taken down immediately. Midthought Eric: ⁓ No, I never saw that it looks like Aladdin Is it supposed to be Aladdin is it like a is it like a hit on? Mid Thought Chris: What did you say? No. No, not in the least. I don't want to give you I don't want to give away any spoilers, even though it's been out for 20 plus years. ⁓ But a ⁓ king becomes a llama ⁓ and it's got ⁓ Patrick Warburton in it who plays putty in Seinfeld. Yeah, he's crunk. Midthought Eric: satire. Yeah, 26 years now. Yes. He is, he is, he is, is crunk. Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ my gosh, I don't know. That's that's that is super difficult to follow up from. I don't know where to go from here. It's like my our ability to carry on a conversation has just been just annihilated. don't. Yeah, I know. I don't know where to go from here. Producer. Midthought Eric: David Spade is in it. You'll be okay. Well, when you haven't seen... You've never even been to a waffle house. Mid Thought Chris: It appears we are at an impasse. We are chat. All right. So all right. So OK. Let's let's let's let's do this. Let's do this. right. Emperor's New Groove I think is like that's like three levels that you have to make up. So you've you've got me. You've got producer Mike back me up on this. Midthought Eric: So let's not throw stones. We are challenging each other. I will watch that when you watch Tropic Thunder. We're not doing that! Wait, why? Who? Who? Who? Hooper claimed three levels. Producer Mike: that it is more atrocious that you have not seen Emperor's New Groove than it is Chris not seeing Tropic Thunder. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, I've seen Tropic Thunder. I've seen most of Tropic Thunder. Most of it. Midthought Eric: your eyelids. Producer Mike: Emperor's New Groove is like a 90s child classic. Like, half to. Mid Thought Chris: It's a it's a it's a legendary movie. It's like a foundational movie. It's like your childhood was just snatched away from you and you didn't have one based on the fact that you've never seen this movie. Midthought Eric: It sure was. mean, it definitely was, but I didn't know I was going to come on here to get ridiculed and gagged up on. Producer Mike: I think this is what we need to do. We need to have a movie night and we're gonna watch Tropic Thunder and Epper's New Groove. Midthought Eric: Your intervention is very, you know, 10 minutes of it. Mid Thought Chris: I've seen Tropic Thunder though. just I Have not seen ten minutes of it. I've seen a lot more than ten minutes of it Good you should And I think I think if you were to I think you know you don't you don't deserve one after this I Think if the audience if you were to talk to the audience this needs to hey producer Mike Can we put together some sort of poll some sort of this is the video right here like this is this is the real? Midthought Eric: I feel attacked. I need a safe space. Producer Mike: You Midthought Eric: Let's take a poll. Producer Mike: Absolutely. Midthought Eric: This is it. Mid Thought Chris: The fact that you have not seen the Emperor's New Groove is a pretty significant ⁓ data point. Yes, I think you're getting three. We'll leave it to the listeners. ⁓ Producer Mike: That's... yeah. Yes. Yes. We'll leave it to the listeners. Midthought Eric: Am I getting a demerit? Your intervention right now is a little bit aggressive. You're coming in hot. Okay Mid Thought Chris: You Producer Mike: We need exposure therapy. Just stick you in a room. Mid Thought Chris: I think I'm preparing you for what the audience is about to do to you right now. I'm trying to warm you up a little bit. Midthought Eric: All I need to do The audience will speak for themselves. But all I need to do is try to send you two a text and it'll send a poll out to you two. Because I have no idea why it does that. every well true but I get to vote too. So he gets to vote and I get to vote and producer Mike never sees it. Mid Thought Chris: Mmm. That works. That works. Producer Mike: Just to it just does there the Chris though not to me because I have an Android Mid Thought Chris: Not to... Never sees it. Producer Mike: Yeah, it's just blank. Nothing's there. I don't know. Midthought Eric: It's so funny, I don't know why does that. Why does it do that? It's the most confused game that I'm knowing. Mid Thought Chris: I don't know. I don't know. Okay, I didn't think we were going there. ⁓ Midthought Eric: Bit.Chris, we need to show producer Mike the game of the baseball. We need to show him that. Mid Thought Chris: What do mean? Sean baseball? I think he's seen baseball games before. Midthought Eric: No, the thing. No, no, the skit of the- Producer Mike: That would be a pretty terrible atrocious if I've never seen baseball. Mid Thought Chris: I think that'd be like 10 levels. He's like I've never seen a baseball game. What? ⁓ Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can't remember that dude's name. I'm gonna give shout out. You remember what that dude's name is? Midthought Eric: The Mets. No, the game, this game of the baseball. That thing. Producer Mike: Yeah. Game of the best ball. Midthought Eric: ⁓ He is ⁓ he's a bodybuilder and he's been in movies before Producer Mike: That never was a down. John Cena, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mid Thought Chris: you like the bodybuilder people don't you like Midthought Eric: Let's we can play that. Hey Hey, let's let's bring that up and play it. We just need to stop halfway and talk about it Bit.chris Yeah, we'll talk over it Yep, we'll do that. This is great. This listen the audience will love this Yeah, let's do it show it live stream it Mid Thought Chris: Uhhh? Producer Mike: or we need to talk about talk over it and pause it. Mid Thought Chris: ahhh! ⁓ Yeah? Us dorking around trying to find a video that we don't know where it is right now. Producer Mike: What is it called? Midthought Eric: Let's stream it. Just ⁓ Google the most confused game that I'm knowing. I guarantee you it'll come up. Mid Thought Chris: and silence. Midthought Eric: the most confused game that I'm knowing. Mid Thought Chris: Hey speaking of which did you have a do you have baseball today? Do you coach hot? How'd you? Midthought Eric: Yes, I did. It was it was 30 degrees with a wind chill of 15. No, it was horrible, man. Horrible. None of the kids could feel their fingers. How do you play baseball when your fingers are numb? What is with this global warming making everything cold around here? Mid Thought Chris: You're joking. Dang. That was that was. Yeah, boy, that was my least favorite weather to play baseball in. Like you go to like hit you any hit you have your hands are like tingling. Midthought Eric: ⁓ yeah. Ugh, these kids are like 8 to 10 and they don't want any part of that weather, nor do their parents. Yeah, their parents are out there trying to watch it in blankets. They look like a bunch of Navajo. Mid Thought Chris: Right. No, I don't want any part of that weather. No. They're like... Midthought Eric: I'll bundle it up. Producer Mike, what you got? You found it right away, didn't you? Mid Thought Chris: You Producer Mike: Is it from Falula? Okay, I do have it. Yeah, I knew him when he first started. Midthought Eric: Yes. Do you know him? Mid Thought Chris: That's the guy. Midthought Eric: Have you seen his bodybuilding pictures? Producer Mike: No, I didn't know he was a bodybuilder. I knew he was an actor. Midthought Eric: He is, and he's an actor. Mid Thought Chris: Eric searched out his bodybuilding pictures, apparently. Midthought Eric: ⁓ yeah, yeah. So have you seen that one, Producer Mike? Producer Mike: I knew he was an actor. Midthought Eric: You follow him, Producer Mike: Yeah, I gotta refresh it so it starts from the beginning. Mid Thought Chris: We can do that one next time maybe if you want. You can do it now? Oh, okay. Oh wow, look at you. They're in for a treat. How much commentary makes that okay? Is there like a limit? Do we have to talk about it for like 30 seconds or does it? Over it a little bit, okay. And pause it? We gotta pause it? Producer Mike: I can do it now. I got queued up. I got queued up and ready to go. Midthought Eric: It's fresh. It's fresh. The audience is in for a treat. Producer Mike: Carol. Midthought Eric: We have to talk over it a little bit and pause it. Producer Mike: Yeah, kind of like what we did with the baseball. Midthought Eric: And then when he sues us, and then when he sues us, we're gonna say, producer Mike's a big fan. And he said we could do this. ⁓ here we go. This is great. Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ So producer Mike have you seen baseball do you know what I'm trying to talk over this right Dang it. I'm wasting content Producer Mike: Have I seen the baseball? Midthought Eric: Hasn't started yet. Do you know what he's talking about? Producer Mike: I have seen a baseball. Midthought Eric: But when you Googled that, it came right up, it? Producer Mike: ⁓ yes. Well, it was like the third one down. Midthought Eric: Mmm. The most confused game. Mid Thought Chris: This is the most confused game that I am knowing. Producer Mike: most confused game yeah well his suppose was here's the rules of baseball please pay attention please pay please pay your attention your attention which is classic falula i love this dude he's so hilarious but and it's not playing sound hold on you can see this one ⁓ this is different one ⁓ you're in for a treat Midthought Eric: We say this a lot. Yeah, this is it. He's great. ⁓ we never saw this one. This is a different one. No, this one he's in a the one I was talking about. He was in a car like it was he was just like going going live. Mid Thought Chris: Really? Pillows. Huh. Producer Mike: Okay, well this one is the rules of baseball, which I think might be even more crucial. Mid Thought Chris: Hmm. Eric, this is probably the yeah, this is probably good. The pillows. Man with stick. We paused it. We talked about it. Who is that pitcher? Is that Mark Pryor? Is that Mark Pryor from the Cubs? Midthought Eric: Let's do it. It's a shortened version. Producer Mike: Man with stickers there. Man with stickers there. Midthought Eric: He said, man with stick. All right, we paused it and talked. Producer Mike: You make a disno, it makes sense, don't it? Midthought Eric: From the Cubs. From the Cubs, yeah. Yeah, that's the old version. Yeah. Mid Thought Chris: That's the old version? Okay. Alright, we paused it, we're playing it again. We intend no infringement. To the stick man! Producer Mike: That's a nose on that guy. ⁓ sheesh. Three times he out, four times he walked to a pillow. Mid Thought Chris: He walked to a pillow. If he make a hit. Midthought Eric: If he says he says if you make a hit. Producer Mike: if you make a hit. Mid Thought Chris: All the pillows ⁓ Maybe Was this like hey, whoa. Hey, look at that. Look at where you pause that pretty sure Mike Producer Mike: Hahaha Midthought Eric: Apparently he's a Cubs fan. All the pillows. Producer Mike: Yeah, apparently. ⁓ wow, no! What's going on there? This is his new inspiration. I gotta send this to him stat. He's got some work to do. Well, it'll be on the glorious riverside. Yeah. Midthought Eric: Is this the prodigal son? Is this Ronald de Ventoria? Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ my gosh, can you screenshot that please? ⁓ my gosh, that is great. You didn't even mean to. What is happening? There goes another E. Midthought Eric: Nice pause. you For anybody listening to this and not watching, you're missing out. You gotta watch this one. Mid Thought Chris: You are totally missing out. We might try to put all of our videos up on Spotify, but that's a lot. I will say that. That's a lot. Producer Mike: That hand is like perfectly... Yeah, yeah, you gotta show me how to do that. Producer mic is limited. Midthought Eric: someday. Good pause. Mid Thought Chris: I will show you how to do that, that's an incredible pause. For those of you on, for those of you audio listeners, producer Mike happened to pause this video where it looked like a tag is being made in a certain position or place or location that would not be fun to be tagged by a glove with a ball in it. It's his last name. It's Morgan Johnson. Don't you know? Producer Mike: Yeah! Yeah! on his Johnson. Midthought Eric: Johnson. Hey, don't get us an E, okay? We can't say Johnson. Producer Mike: It's a last name. Midthought Eric: Cause our bird episode got us in trouble. Producer Mike: Yeah, it's the name of the cup that that guy's wearing currently. Johnson Cup. Yeah. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, well those were the names of birds. Those are the names of birds, Producer Mike. yeah, appropriate names of birds. Well, talk to ornithological folks. Midthought Eric: Yeah, well, they were inappropriate names. You can't say that. Producer Mike: Yeah, and. Yeah, they're the ones named them the pervs Mid Thought Chris: Talk to the avian people. All right, moving on from Johnson. Here we go. Midthought Eric: The avian people. Producer Mike: into trench. Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ the trench. Clap, clap, spit, spit. You Producer Mike: Is that Mr. T? Mid Thought Chris: Everyone sing us... I don't see earrings. Midthought Eric: I pity the fool. Producer Mike: feel like that looks a lot like Mr. He doesn't have earrings on. Mid Thought Chris: It looks like him, but he doesn't have earrings on. Midthought Eric: And why is he singing in the stands? That's weird, Mid Thought Chris: Why is he singing in the stands? And what is on his head? Producer Mike: That is, that is, that is patriotism. Midthought Eric: think that's an American flag. Mid Thought Chris: That is sacrilegious. Midthought Eric: No, it's forwarded correctly according to Army regulation 43.19.02 Revision 4 Hey, we love our army rags Producer Mike: AR670-1. It's AR670-1. Mid Thought Chris: Okay. I don't know, man. That does look like Mr. T. I think you're right. Midthought Eric: That's pretty good. Producer Mike: I swear that was, I can't fast forward in Instagram, whatever. Mid Thought Chris: That was great. That was good. That hit the spot. None of that's planned. It was all planned, Eric. It was all planned. I did not have to figure out my business partner and never seen Emperor's New Groove. I did not have that on my bingo card. Midthought Eric: That's good. Thank you for that. See, none of that's planned. Nothing. Not what I had on my bingo card. Producer Mike: I wasn't planned. Midthought Eric: I'm sorry. Producer Mike: He's gonna make a... Wait, so your kids haven't watched it either? Mid Thought Chris: Ugh. Producer Mike: That's it. I'm calling CPS. is... Did you have to... This is abuse. Mid Thought Chris: Hahaha Midthought Eric: Please don't report me to the authorities. Give me a chance to reform. ⁓ Mid Thought Chris: Please we already did we already did we already? Producer Mike: No, seriously though, you should watch it with them. It's absolutely hilarious. Midthought Eric: I need to reform. I believe you. I'm sorry I was sheltered when I was 15. When I was 15. I know. Mid Thought Chris: I don't think that's a shelter thing. Dude, I watched that at 15 and loved it. Producer Mike: I know when I watched it. I think I watched it with May the first time. So I was probably 18, 19. Mid Thought Chris: In 1415 like yeah we watched it. remember yeah and I as a couple we watched that and loved it and then we raised our kids right in the Lord and had them watch Emperor's New Groove as young children. It's it's it it does. That's why we're living in a warm climate not dealing with 30 degree weather. Producer Mike: You It's part of the salvation message. Midthought Eric: That's why the Lord's favor shines upon you. Mmm the scheme of the baseball Producer Mike: We actually do have a freeze warning today. It's April 20th. Midthought Eric: Yeah. I told him that like a week ago. Mid Thought Chris: I'm sure you do! You know why? It's because Eric hasn't seen the Emperor's groom. I think that's why. You've cursed the land of Pennsylvania. Producer Mike: God's wrath has come upon us. It's like the Israelites wandering in the forest. It's just Eric wandering in the pages of Disney just trying to find desert, sorry. Midthought Eric: I've cursed us. Yes. Mid Thought Chris: Yes! Or desert. Or desert. Not the forest. Sorry, sorry. I'm really acting like a total dork today, but Midthought Eric: This is not the land of... Producer Mike: Hey, hey, you called you called the emperors of the Emperor Newcrue a king so I can call it a forest Midthought Eric: This is not the land of milk and honey, okay? Mid Thought Chris: He was. ⁓ emperor, it's emperor, king, ruler. I mean, that's... Midthought Eric: Hmm Chris if you paid attention to the movie you would know that he was clearly an emperor there was no king in that movie Mid Thought Chris: You throw off the Emperor's groove. Sorry. See Eric if you had seen it you could be enjoying this with us. I'm still having fun. A little bit attacked. OK so wait has Courtney has Courtney never seen it. Producer Mike: an emperor. ⁓ man. Sorry! Midthought Eric: ⁓ I'm still enjoying it like I'm having a great time. I Feel a little bit oppressed. I feel a little bit oppressed, but ⁓ yeah, my chicken was cold Producer Mike: I'm still enjoying it. Mid Thought Chris: My chicken was cold. Producer Mike: That is a question. Has Courtney ever seen Eprosy Groove? That she hasn't? Midthought Eric: I would bet a hundred bucks that she has not. No. Mid Thought Chris: that she has. Okay, ⁓ we're gonna we're gonna ask her a question. Is she? It's 10 o'clock. She's good, right? She's sleeping. Are you just trying to get out of a response? Midthought Eric: She's sleeping, for sure. ⁓ maybe. No, I'll bet you $100 right now, she's never seen it. And we're going to live bet on air. Producer Mike: Cool. Mid Thought Chris: $100? Producer Mike: $100 that she hasn't seen it Mid Thought Chris: I mean, she is your wife. I don't think that's really a fair bet. Midthought Eric: but she has not seen it. She's never seen any of the she isn't like any of the funny movies that I like. Although I've never seen it. ⁓ so I should be a member of Congress. mean, it's a coincidence. Producer Mike: Yeah, that's like... That's insider training. Well, there's a difference between step bros. Yeah, you fit in perfectly. Mid Thought Chris: That is insider trading. That is insider trading. That's exactly right. Producer Mike: I just became a millionaire overnight as you know, it's usual. Midthought Eric: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you can just trace like three or four different actions. Sell, sell, sell. Mid Thought Chris: Have you seen there's a certain member of Congress that messed up her net worth and there was a range from... I'm not gonna... This particular member of Congress confused her net worth and it maybe, I don't know. But it was like... Producer Mike: Ha ha. Yeah. Midthought Eric: Yes. Some people did something. Is that the one who married her brother? Allegedly a married brother. Producer Mike: Yeah. Ding ding! Allegedly. Let's say that. Allegedly. Allegedly. Mid Thought Chris: Allegedly, allegedly, allegedly. And confused the net worth from 90,000 to what ⁓ was the what did it 2.7? No, I think it even got up to like 30 million, didn't it? Allegedly, allegedly. Producer Mike: To marry the brother. Midthought Eric: We have no proof. Producer Mike: 2.7 million. Midthought Eric: Mmm, innocent mistake It happens to all of us That's an innocent mistake. I Mean, I identify as a 30 millionaire Producer Mike: Oh, you're right. I think it was 30 million. Allegedly 30 million. Mid Thought Chris: I mean, I too confuse my... I identify as a 30 millionaire as well. I mean... Producer Mike: Yeah, it was an accounting error. Yeah, you're right. was 30 million. $30 million accounting error. Midthought Eric: Yes. Oops. Oops. Mid Thought Chris: Oops. Is that a counting error? ⁓ I missed out. Producer Mike: Lucy, ⁓ Midthought Eric: Ha ha. Mid Thought Chris: It's not meant to be political. I would call out anybody from anywhere for being dumb. As I've demonstrated, because I've called Eric out for the last 20 minutes for not seeing Emperor's New Grif, I think I've demonstrated my unbiased... Thank you, sir. May I have another? Midthought Eric: Yes, they all suck. Yeah. I have gotten my 30 lashings and I loved it. Producer Mike: We have now spent... Midthought Eric: Yep, it's there. Okay. Well, that's where were we ⁓ Producer Mike: ⁓ man. How do we get there? That's a great question. Midthought Eric: Huh. This is neither here nor there. ⁓ Mid-Thot Chris is texting a survey poll for, ⁓ my wife and me. Chris, you should just put an option for like, yes or no. Like all my things go out. Check yes or no. Mid Thought Chris: Ah, ho ho ho ho ho. How did, okay. You Producer Mike: Did he? Mid Thought Chris: Yeah. Producer Mike: ⁓ he put it. Mid Thought Chris: Yes or no? Check yes or no? ⁓ Where did we... Alright, recap. We got on there from... Producer Mike: Thank talking about baseball and then we're talking about Midthought Eric: This game of the baseball. Mid Thought Chris: Before that, did the Emperor's New Groove come before baseball? Producer Mike: How did we get onto baseball? Cold weather. Midthought Eric: Cold weather. Yeah, the Emperor's New Groove was first and you completely embarrassed me Public shamed me and I'm gonna sue my own podcast For pain and suffering Please take it Mid Thought Chris: But how do we get to the Emperor's new groove though? Producer Mike: You embarrassed yourself. Mid Thought Chris: I'm gonna see my own podcast for all it's worth. You know what? It's yours. You can have it. Please take it. I'm trying to get out. I can't stop. Producer Mike: For all it's worth. The negative... Yeah, you can have it. you Midthought Eric: How'd you do at Blockbuster? Producer Mike: my gosh. Midthought Eric: Chuck E Cheese allegedly. We love Chuck E Cheese. The drummer. No, the drummer's been slouched over dead for 20 years. You're one of the other ones. Okay, well, for the audience, for the four people who may be listening are like, what in world is going on? ⁓ Mid Thought Chris: I'm just kidding. I'm not trying to get out. I love it. It's so great. We love trying to... Who am I? Producer Mike: allegedly Mid Thought Chris: Yes! I'm one of the other ones, I'm a guitar player. We don't know. Midthought Eric: We sell, we sell. ⁓ We tell a lot of inside jokes. Mid Thought Chris: that are not really inside. Midthought Eric: And I think it's important for us to share that with up, up, up, up, pay up, pay up, pay up mid thought Chris. Mid Thought Chris: I'm not gonna pay, I didn't agree to a bet. Producer Mike: Did she respond? We called it insider training. Midthought Eric: I know, but I knew she didn't see that. Training. She doesn't see any funny stuff. I mean, we just have a different sense of humor. That's all. Mid Thought Chris: Ha! Producer Mike: That's like me and my wife, but my wife has seen Emperor's New Groove. Yeah. Yes. She was born in America. In America, we watch cartoons. Of llamas. Mid Thought Chris: Right. Because she's a red-blooded American. Who you are. Like, where were you brought up, Eric? Midthought Eric: Did she like it as much as you did? Well apparently we're commies I don't know man apparently in Mid Thought Chris: He doesn't he doesn't know Ken up there producer Mike brick Ken, how are you? Ken Let's say how to Ken yeah, there he is Producer Mike: Wayne's bar. How dare you. Midthought Eric: I was I was brought up in the sticks. There's Ken There's ⁓ Hey, you need to decorate more your top shelf is empty. Yeah Producer Mike: You caught me off guard. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah? How's your top? okay. got a defunct football team up there. Midthought Eric: Redskins. No, you can't take that away from them. Mid Thought Chris: You can't take that away from them. What do I need? I need ⁓ a... what is that guy's name? Yep. There it is. I forgot the guy's name. Midthought Eric: ⁓ I know what you need Chris, Mitt.Chris. A Prodigal Son from Ron D and Connie. You should get one. It's a business expense, so put it on the credit card. That too. Mid Thought Chris: Hey, it is. ⁓ it's not a credit card. It's a bank card at this point. No one no one's given us a credit card and there's no money in that bank account. Audio listeners, I'm telling you, you're missing out. This is the time to watch. Producer Mike is just on point. Midthought Eric: This is your time to watch. ⁓ Yes, he is he's like two steps ahead of us and we're two steps behind of us so it's like that's a plus four Mid Thought Chris: two steps ahead of us and we are two steps behind our own selves because we don't know where we're going. 30 minutes in 26. Midthought Eric: Yep. No we don't. Alright, 30 minutes in. Let's get to some stuff. Come on, let's do some stuff. Let's do it. Mid Thought Chris: some some stuff we uh we've got a uh segment that's one of our favorites called a little bit of news and a whole lot of nonsense i found some good are you drinking an ipa eric Midthought Eric: This is what my friends call me. Mid Thought Chris: Hazy little thing. You don't like IPAs though. Producer Mike: hazy like it Midthought Eric: Yes. That one's okay. I mean, it's not the best, but it's okay. But I'm very impressed with how well you know my tastes. Mid Thought Chris: That was okay. All right. Okay. That'll do. Alright, ⁓ of course. know... I know what happens. When they taste like liquid Jolly Ranchers, I think it's a little difficult to ⁓ turn down. Midthought Eric: I don't like seltzers either and look what happens. Yes. Yes. Yes. They, yeah, they're quite captivating, if you will. Captivating. Mid Thought Chris: captivating that's a great word yeah a little bit of news hole in a nonsense where we just ⁓ would different it's it's kind of it's kind of like a ⁓ audience members I'm sure if you're anything like us you have a group of friends like a group of you know three to five friends that you'll just send the most wild like crazy news stories to Midthought Eric: We're ready. Everybody needs to know. Mid Thought Chris: and you'll have a good laugh about it. And that is exactly what May thought Eric and I, the exact genesis behind these stories. So here we go. Midthought Eric: We have a good laugh. That is the Genesis. Alright, so we will just read this. We will... Chinese man jailed after trying to smuggle 2,200... Again, I repeat. 2,200 ants out of Kenya in his luggage. Okay? So he's... Mid Thought Chris: I don't think you'd just read it. Yeah. You CNN report. So you know it's true. Midthought Eric: He's leaving. Yes, allegedly from CNN fair and biased. mean fair and unbiased Fair fair and balanced. Um, yeah, so there was a guy there. Look look There's this guy Um 2200 ants, so he went to court on wednesday. He was ordered to pay a fine of one million shillings Which shillings? Yeah, seven thousands Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, exactly. Look, there are these ants. That's like $5. okay. That's an oddly specific number. Midthought Eric: $746 thank you ⁓ Gave him a 12-month jail term Wow, so he got a that's a pretty big fine and a whole year in jail For trying to smuggle live ants out of the country Mid Thought Chris: What's he trying to do with it? What's he trying to do with the ants? Midthought Eric: ⁓ This was this was supposed to be a deterrent to stop people from doing it more and it's it's Well, hold on hold on hold on there was a spate a spate of cases in Kenya of anti-trafficking Of it. ⁓ sorry it trafficking ant Yes, so in it Mid Thought Chris: You know what was that guy trying to do with those ants holding on holding on? They're trying to limit the amount of trafficking of ants. We got a hard time limiting people trafficking, but by George, we are going to limit ant trafficking. That cannot stand. Midthought Eric: In China, there are markets. China there are black markets where enthusiasts enthusiasts apparently you have there are ant enthusiasts, but anyways They have paid large sums to maintain ant colonies and large transparent vessels known as for middicums That allow them to study the species complex social structures and behaviors So you basically have an entire colony of ants Mid Thought Chris: Careful. Midthought Eric: that are for science. ⁓ Chinese national Zhang Kuan was arrested last month at Norabi's main international airport or more in 2000. That's what I said. ⁓ 2200 live garden ants in his luggage. Mid Thought Chris: Nairobi. Producer Mike, we rewind the tape? Appeal? Didn't they find you with ants? Midthought Eric: He is going to appeal, given his sentence. He initially pleaded not guilty to charges dealing in live wildlife species But later change his plea to guilty so here's what I have ⁓ I Always thought that like dealing in wildlife wildlife was more like tigers and snakes and stuff, but Apparently ant colonies exist in a plastic capsule ⁓ And people try to smuggle them everywhere Mid Thought Chris: Mm-hmm. Midthought Eric: in China, Africa, everywhere. Mid Thought Chris: It's kind of wild. That is kind of wild. I'd be curious what else is going on there. Like it might be a little bit more to that story. Midthought Eric: Yeah, I think there might be more to the story, do you think that maybe ⁓ people are taking these colonized ants and they're they're ⁓ like giving them synthetics or something to make them a weapon per se? Mid Thought Chris: I don't know. I do not have any sort of information that could amplify that story. Midthought Eric: because ⁓ I didn't see the Emperor's New Groove, but I did see the Hunger Games. ⁓ And they did stuff like that on the Hunger Games. They modified like birds and stuff to do things for them. And I'm thinking that the ants may be a biological warfare, allegedly. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah. Mmm. I don't know. That is interesting. Midthought Eric: Something to ponder. Mid Thought Chris: something to ponder for the audience. She won that for a while. right. Producer Mike next story. What else we got? ⁓ this one's good. All right. This is this one's mine. This one is according to who's this is this. Did I send you a good morning America ⁓ post. That's funny. ⁓ So yeah. School bus clip by train. Let's check this out. Is there. ⁓ yeah. We've actually got a video for this. I forgot about this. Midthought Eric: Yeah, so chew on that for a while. Ooh. Mine, mine, mine. But we already paused it and talked, so we're okay. Ooh. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, we already paused it and talked and we don't have sound Yeah here is Now the funniest crap about this Midthought Eric: Ha Mid Thought Chris: So ⁓ bus driver, ⁓ she's interviewed after this and said to the effect, said something to the effect of I'm not going to move for no train. ⁓ I ain't gonna move for no train. Is that, that's kind of ⁓ what I said? I think that's what I said. it. Midthought Eric: Is that the bus driver on the screen? for no train. That's a double negative. Mid Thought Chris: I can't remember, does she have a speaking role in this video? I don't recall. Nah, I don't care. There's always a lot. Midthought Eric: There's always a bald sheriff. Always. Mid Thought Chris: Always a bald sheriff. Oh, yeah. These kids are like, what the heck? But yeah, anyway, so I think the funny thing that I found was that, yeah, she was interviewed afterwards and said and she said something and she was waiting for the car to move. She said the car began to move, so she began to go over, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, said something to the effect of I ain't going to move for no train. Midthought Eric: What happened this weekend? ⁓ the car stop. Yeah, we're not doing that is what she said. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, shit does. Midthought Eric: She looks innocent in the pictures. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, there it is, there it is. Not going to stop for no train. Well, I don't think the train is going to stop for you. there's that. Midthought Eric: Ha ha. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, anyway, so warning lights are activated. She goes over the tracks. Like, could you imagine being on that bus and you see this bus driver just completely ignore, allegedly ignore, ⁓ you know, the warnings and, you know, just drive over the tracks? And do you ever, did you have any bus drivers growing up that were like super crazy, like driving 100 miles an hour down back roads and stuff? Midthought Eric: Yeah. I, ⁓ cannot, I cannot comment on that. Mid Thought Chris: Okay. Midthought Eric: I still know all my bus drivers. Mid Thought Chris: You know all your bus drivers from growing up. Okay. So they were exemplary bus drivers and you have. Is the bus driver union is going to come after you if you. What are they the Masons? What do you got going over there? ⁓ The bus driver mafia is going to come after him. Producer. Midthought Eric: Yes. This is a very tight-knit community where I live. We protect our bus drivers. real front. Stitches get stitches. Yeah, that's right. Stitches get stitches. Mid Thought Chris: Producer Mike, did he seem scared just then when I asked him to comment? There's somebody on, is that a dot on your forehead? What is? ⁓ Midthought Eric: No, but I know I know the rules. know the rules of the game. Is there a red? Producer Mike: There is definitely somebody off screen with a pistol to his head. Midthought Eric: Take cover, get down! Mid Thought Chris: Get down! Midthought Eric: ⁓ Yeah, no bus drivers, I mean they're always very very entertaining what can I say? Yeah No, will except that one maybe Yeah Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ man. They're great. I have no ill will towards bus drivers. So bus driver mafia don't come after me. But that lady I ain't going to stop the part that got me and made me send that over to producer Mike was the comment. I ain't going to stop for no bus. Allegedly she said that. So that's what got me. All right. Next. What do we got. Midthought Eric: Yes. Yeah, she ain't gonna stop. Mid Thought Chris: another one of mine Eric you see this ⁓ my gosh ⁓ stop it we're normal down here ⁓ producer Mike sorry you said no article all right so the headline in this one and all you need is a picture Midthought Eric: ⁓ no, but that's hilarious and the state where this is coming from doesn't surprise me. because I have one of those too in the queue. All you need is the picture in the headline Mid Thought Chris: So the picture says or the picture is of a ⁓ young lady with a clearly an arrest photo with the caption with the title of Florida woman found in a tree wearing a squirrel costume throwing acorns at police and shouting I am the squirrel queen. Not enough not enough. Midthought Eric: Young lady. What kind of medicine was she on? I we get some of that. Mid Thought Chris: Yes, sign me up. Allegedly, a Florida woman is facing charges after police say she turned a quiet neighborhood into a full-blown woodland uprising. By Claire... Midthought Eric: Allegedly. Did all the squirrels attack at once? Mid Thought Chris: by climbing a tree in a squirrel costume and allegedly petting officers, pelting officers with acorns while declaring herself royalty and emperor. According to authorities in Jacksonville, ⁓ deputies were called after neighbors reported a woman behaving erratically in a residential yard, only to find her perched several feet up in a tree dressed head to toe as a squirrel. Midthought Eric: heading. Perched. Mid Thought Chris: And she wasn't coming down quietly. Witnesses say the woman began throwing acorns at responding officers while shouting, I am the squirrel queen. At first, deputies attempted to deescalate the situation, asking her to come down safely. She refused. According to the report, suspect allegedly continued tossing acorns and branches while issuing what one officer described as nature-based commands. One neighbor said it looked like a Disney scene, but aggressive. Midthought Eric: nature-based. Mid Thought Chris: The situation escalated when the officers moved closer, prompting what they described as a targeted acorn barrage. Eventually deputies were able to safely bring her down from the tree without injury. When questioned, she reportedly told the officers, this is my territory. You're trespassing. She was arrested on charges, including disorderly conduct. The costume was not confiscated. Interesting that they bring out that fact. Midthought Eric: Ooh. Bye. Mid Thought Chris: The tree remains and according to neighbors, it's the first time anyone has ever had to call police over a self declared ruler of the backyard. There it is. Midthought Eric: I have a few comments. I did. I did. Mid Thought Chris: The squirrel queen. You wrote him down, look at you. You wrote him down. Like you legit have a pen in your hand. Midthought Eric: But you had a pen the last episode, you didn't know what you doing with it. So I actually have one and a little sticky note pad. Because my brain waves last for about 0.2 seconds and then they're gone. Mid Thought Chris: Nempers New Groove helps out with that. ⁓ Exactly. All right kids. What do you got? Midthought Eric: Exactly. All right. So I have to I have to try to protect our very popular show. ⁓ When you're when you're reading verbatim, allegedly you have to double tap that. So you have to be like, allegedly, allegedly, because we always say yes, but but that was that was in you were reading the text. Mid Thought Chris: Okay. What do mean? I did say allegedly multiple times. Midthought Eric: And we need to emphasize that that was alleged. So we need to say our own alleged on top of their alleged. Okay. Just trying to help. secondly, I can't help but notice a lot of our stories come from Florida. Okay. And I can't help it. I can't help it. Notice that a lot of your stories involve trees. Mid Thought Chris: Hehehehehe I don't know what you're saying. Thank you. Midthought Eric: So maybe there's something there. ⁓ And also an egg corn barrage. When I see that, the first thing I think of is ⁓ one movie that I did see. One that I actually did see was Elf where were farrell is doing the snowballs. OK, so do you think that's what it was like with the barrage of acorns? Mid Thought Chris: Mm-hmm. I pictured the law enforcement officers not really moving. I picture like you think about an acorn. It's this big. So this lady is like throwing these acorns and she's she's probably like it said what did it say she was a couple feet up in the air. Right. So she's on like the lowest possible branch high as balls. Right. And it's just like throwing these tiny. Midthought Eric: You're pink! I couple. Wait, how can she be on how can she be on the lowest possible branch and high at the same time? Mid Thought Chris: I don't think it said she was high. said she was... How high? No, she's... Like, kind of... She was high. The branch... You just messing? Midthought Eric: No, you said hi as balls. I know, I'm just messing. I'm just messing. I'm messing with you. Producer Mike: She was high. The branch was not high. Did you guys see that police officer that ended up shooting up his police cruiser because an acorn hit the top of his roof? That's what made me think of it. Maybe we shouldn't throw acorns at police. They might shoot the back of their police cruiser. Mid Thought Chris: Yes, I did see that. ⁓ man. Midthought Eric: ⁓ yes. Mid Thought Chris: Maybe, maybe not. Maybe not there. ⁓ Midthought Eric: ⁓ maybe we shouldn't do that. That should have been a current event. Little bit of news. Mid Thought Chris: Mmm. Producer Mike: Well that was not very current. That was a while ago. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, yeah, but yeah, acorn Queen ⁓ Allegedly allegedly allegedly allegedly. Is that enough? Eric Eric, is that enough? Is that enough allegedly? I thought it was a triple tap. Who who who? Midthought Eric: ⁓ Please call me, please call me that. Yes. ⁓ Yes. Yes. Thanks for the double tap. Well, double tap is a big, a big, a big thing. ⁓ did you see this? ⁓ We were talking about how tough hockey players are. Yeah. So the Orioles coach, the Orioles lost. I don't even know who Craig, I don't even know who this guy is apparently. Yeah. Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ I did see this actually, yeah. Lost. He's apparently the coach. Midthought Eric: ⁓ he got hit in the dugout with a foul ball with a face. He had seven fractures to his jaw. And, the headline is that he must eat baby food for weeks. Mid Thought Chris: in the face. Mm-hmm. Golly, they can't even give him like a protein shake or something? Why does he have to eat baby food? Midthought Eric: I they should be able to just give him like an IV and help him right Yeah, he had seven. Yeah, he had seven Fractures in his orbital area. I guess that's what like where the eyes are right like orbital He had a broken jaw after he took a foul ball to the face, but here means and I got with this I let No, I don't know Mid Thought Chris: Or a protein shake, it's the same consistency, if not better. Huh. ⁓ sure. Yeah, we'll go with that. Do you have to say allegedly? No, no, no, no, no, no. Look. Midthought Eric: Look, there's this coach. He took a ball to the face. Okay a baseball to the face ⁓ The foul ball came came whipping Toward the Orioles dugout and he hit him square on the right side of his face Mid Thought Chris: That's good clarifier. That's great, Clarifier. is. Midthought Eric: He was back after 24 hours now I Would just say ⁓ There's yeah, we're sharing a picture of him he looks like a stud ⁓ I would just say that there are certain basketball players out there who? James ⁓ sorry ⁓ Who yes, I've been sick run ⁓ if they even got nearer Mid Thought Chris: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Are you getting a cold there bud? Are you getting a cold? Okay. Okay, okay. Midthought Eric: foul ball. They flop backwards in the dugout and then say that they're like they'd say that their leg was sore because of what they did to him. Yes, but yeah, so that's yeah, he's he's he says that he felt pretty good considering the circumstances. Mid Thought Chris: Be out for six months to a year. The chicken was cold. Mm. Ball hit me pretty flush in the cheek, I feel... Baseball hit me pretty flush in the cheek, but I feel good. No surgery. Seven fractures. Midthought Eric: Hahaha Luckily, no surgery. think I kind of feel like there I feel like there should have been surgery after seven fractures. I mean, Mid Thought Chris: Didn't he say, didn't he say he didn't need it? I don't know. Midthought Eric: I thought he, no, I thought I he did not, luckily he did not need surgery. Mid Thought Chris: I could be wrong, I don't know. How do you non-knead surgeries from seven fractures? Midthought Eric: Either way, you're a stud if you're back there within 24 hours. Down, down a little bit. Down, producer Mike. Mid Thought Chris: Seriously, that's a different kind of guy. What did he say? No surgery. How? Midthought Eric: Just let them heal. All seven of them. Mid Thought Chris: Doesn't have to be wired baby food for six weeks. Let's get you Let's get you some protein there bud. How about some you ever had jockel fuel they make a great protein drink Seriously, it's great delicious Midthought Eric: Choco Yeah, well babies I mean they get it that's high protein content right there Gotta eat these guys Mid Thought Chris: I mean you would know. ⁓ Is there is there a lot of protein in baby food? Midthought Eric: I mean, comparatively, like, how small they are. Not for adults! Mid Thought Chris: Not like the, obviously not the little like, obviously not the little like, you know, the little jars with the, you know, the apple, the apple beet carrot mixture, whatever the heck that is, right? Midthought Eric: Well that is baby food. Yeah, I mean it's it's good protein for them for an adult. No, I don't think it's good protein at all. Yeah You were protein deficient at that point But yeah, that's pretty awesome, isn't it kudos to him Way to go Orioles coach Mid Thought Chris: Right. It's like a half a gram of protein for, yeah. Huh. At that point, yeah, you are. Dude, ⁓ he's a beast. Yeah, kudos. Massive kudos. Respect from the Mid-Thought Crisis podcast to the Orals Coach. We would love to... That poor guy would be like... Can the poor guy even talk? Like, how are you coaching? Midthought Eric: Yes, please come on the show and explain what happened. Now you feel. ⁓ Give me a spoonful Give me some peas Give me some peas Yeah, I don't know that's tough. I Don't know come on the show and and tell us about them or at Baltimore Orioles the real Baltimore Orioles a legend ⁓ Yes, they could be our Mid Thought Chris: Can you talk? Did it say anything about? ⁓ man ⁓ Midthought Eric: Seventh non-sponsor sponsor, the Board of Orioles. Mid Thought Chris: And by non-sponsor sponsor, Eric means not a sponsor at all. Midthought Eric: Nobody's bought us a single cup of coffee. This is crap Mid Thought Chris: Not even when Eric offered up pictures of him in a very compromising position wearing a singlet. Compromising is probably not the right word to use there. really sorry. I didn't mean to imply that you were in danger. Midthought Eric: I think that went the other way. Like they get to pay. You have to pay us. We'll look at that if you give me $10. No, never. Blink twice if you're oppressed. Mid Thought Chris: Are you in danger? Blink twice if you're in danger. Producer Mike do we have any more I can't remember Midthought Eric: Oh man, keep us keep us on track producer. This is what we're paying you for. Oh. Mid Thought Chris: Poor guy hasn't been paid a dime. ⁓ this is good one. This is me. even think I'm gonna be able to read this. Producer Mike, can you help us? He does not. ⁓ There is no neck. Allegedly, ⁓ according to psychological... Midthought Eric: Look at that picture. It's like straight under the chin up. Does he have a neck? Producer Mike: you He does not have a neck. ⁓ There is no neck there. There is a roll where a neck used to be. Allegedly. Midthought Eric: allegedly he allegedly has no neck Mid Thought Chris: Is that a, that's an Instagram profile which has some pretty funny stories out there. Not sure how. Yeah, pretty really funny stories out there, but this one has a picture of an individual. Um, eh. Midthought Eric: Is it only one individual? Producer Mike: It be somebody in a fat suit, allegedly. Mid Thought Chris: We don't know, allegedly. Allegedly, a man has been arrested for breaking into a Burger King outlet to drink gallons of frying oil. ⁓ And the picture... ⁓ Midthought Eric: There's no way that's real. That's not real, is it? Who drinks gallons of frying oil? Somebody looks like that. Mid Thought Chris: I mean, let's... Let's... Let's... Let's read the... Let's look at the tape. Let's look at the article. ⁓ Let's look at this. Actually, come to think of it, this is actually better than I thought. A Pennsylvania man? What state was that, Eric? What state was that? What state is that, Eric? Midthought Eric: Let's do it. Let's write it back. ⁓ ⁓ Not Florida for once. Well, I'll get you back. Producer Mike: ⁓ Mid Thought Chris: Pennsylvania man a Pennsylvania man is Allegedly making headlines after allegedly being arrested for Allegedly breaking into a burger. Did I say it enough? Is that this three times right? All right, cool a Burger King overnight not for cash, but to drink the restaurants frying oil police You can't get that in a store Producer Mike: Oh, oh, oh, I don't know to the article. I don't know what happened to the article. Midthought Eric: Prove it. an alleged Pennsylvania man. Yes. That stuff is super rare. Mid Thought Chris: Police say allegedly that a 32 year old Marcus Delaney allegedly entered the closed location through a side door just after 2 40 a.m. Then went straight to the kitchen where he reportedly began filling cups with used fryer oil. Midthought Eric: That's quite a bender. Mid Thought Chris: The employees arriving for the morning shift found him sitting behind the counter surrounded by empty containers and complaining of stomach pain. Midthought Eric: That is insane. That's that makes me feel sick just hearing it Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ I know. It's a nice little nice little ⁓ nice little video of Peter Griffin with small hands. the comments are as expected. ⁓ Midthought Eric: Those are great. They never disappoint. Producer Mike: Chopper. Mid Thought Chris: According to the arrest report, the lady allegedly told officers that he had recently been following a high... Midthought Eric: Look at that one! Mid Thought Chris: He had recently been following a high fat survival diet he saw online and believed the oil would keep him full for days. He was taken to a nearby hospital before being booked on burglary and property damage charges. Midthought Eric: Ooh. Well, he's doing well. He'll survive for at least until his heart stops. Burglary at Burger King. Mid Thought Chris: Allegedly. Midthought Eric: That's awesome What kind of diet are you getting in like what kind of advice are you reading whether like hey? Here's a here high-fat diet Go drink all the used drink ⁓ Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, that is a. High fat just drink drink oil from Burger King. It's so good. Midthought Eric: Because who knows how long that was used for. They kinda had it there for months. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, he's probably getting this. Do think they like pumped his stomach? What do think they did? I would imagine. Eric, you ever been at a point in your life where you've been tempted to go drink fryer oil from a fast food established? Midthought Eric: Probably, yeah. Yeah. I would imagine. No, out of all the tempting situations I've had myself, that one was not included. Mid Thought Chris: Hmm. That wasn't included, huh? No? You ever had anything close to, ⁓ Fryer oil? Midthought Eric: No, never have. Whew, I'm trying to think. What do you think? Mid Thought Chris: No, in all your wild nights, you've never in all your wild nights as a as a youth of Pennsylvania, you never. That's a different that's a different kind cat right there, allegedly. Midthought Eric: Friar oil? That's gross. Yeah, I mean No, that's never even come to mind come to think of it Allegedly that's messed up Yeah Mid Thought Chris: No, no, okay, okay. Allegedly it is messed up. ⁓ this is another one But moving on this one's great do you see this one? Midthought Eric: We're moving on. ⁓ no, I have not. Mid Thought Chris: According to New York Post a ⁓ Carnival cruise passenger wins a $300,000 lawsuit after being over served with 14 tequila shots before a massive fall So, I mean it sounds like I I don't it sounds like Midthought Eric: That's it. That's all you have to do. Just take 14 shots and you're gonna win a lot of money. Mid Thought Chris: Seriously like okay, so number one you're serving me what I asked you to serve me and number two I get a boatload of money for it. Like I don't I don't know how this is and Then jump down some stairs or something like that. Like what what what's What is going on? Yeah, apparently she was over served and she got a lot of money she suffered a fall and ⁓ Midthought Eric: and then jump over a ship. suffered a fall as she jumped over the railing. Mid Thought Chris: Anyway, I'm not gonna go bother read through that whole thing. ⁓ Midthought Eric: It's I mean, that's kind of weird because I mean, I just think that I mean, yes, if if somebody if one person at like a small bar, right, is you go somewhere and there's there's one bartender, maybe two. And if that at that place, they serve you 14 shots of tequila. Yeah, they probably should have known better. But at places like a place, a place like a cruise. Mid Thought Chris: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. But... You're on a cruise. Midthought Eric: They might have 10 different bars on the cruise and they're only they're only trained and legally responsible to not serve somebody who is visually impaired. All right. So if they don't notice that she's visually impaired, they're going to give her what she wants. And so. I don't know. I mean, at first, at face, I didn't know this. I didn't read the or anything, but on a cruise going to different. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Midthought Eric: Bars within the cruise I could definitely see where Any of the bartenders are like well, what was I supposed to do? You know we have we have hundreds of people coming up throughout the day Getting stuff unless they're visually intoxicated ⁓ Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, yeah. Hey, producer Mike, would you mind going back up? I'm actually curious. Let's let's go through the article just for just for kicks and giggles. Yeah. Or do you have a synopsis you got to you got to take? Producer Mike: Well, real quick. ⁓ So a quote ⁓ from her, she says that apparently there's a video. I don't know where the video is. I don't know if I want to watch the video, but she says that they gave me conflicting information. They treated me like a criminal. I felt bullied. I felt like everything they did was to either mentally torment me or financially torment me. Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ I do not want to watch the video, Midthought Eric: financially. Producer Mike: What? Mid Thought Chris: Golly! Midthought Eric: I've been financially tormented a lot, ⁓ but I've never won anything from it. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah. I mean, Carnival isn't exactly known for being the most exemplary cruise line. I I don't necessarily want to hop on their side by any stretch. ⁓ Allegedly, they've allegedly had. Midthought Eric: Allegedly. Producer Mike: Yeah, certainly not. Midthought Eric: Carnival ⁓ you're welcome on the show anytime. Please don't sue us You could be a non sponsoring you could be a sponsoring sponsor if you They'll have to pay Mid Thought Chris: Please don't sue us. Producer Mike: Thank Mid Thought Chris: It's sponsoring sponsor. I'll say car. Okay Producer Mike: We just have to have at least a week of ⁓ crews as our sponsorship. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, and I require a cruise ship to ourselves. I don't want to be hanging out with a riffraff that you find on a Carnival Cruise Line. No for... Midthought Eric: No 14 shots for them. For us maybe. Producer Mike: Yeah, yeah I don't want to run into any 14 shot deep drunk lady. Mid Thought Chris: No, I don't want this. Allegedly, allegedly. Let's scroll away from that picture. She's sitting on this poor lady. Yeah. Did she really? ⁓ OK. She's. That's a lot. Midthought Eric: Is it Patron Silver? Ha ha ha. Producer Mike: ⁓ yeah. Midthought Eric: ⁓ yeah, I that's I don't know. I have to see like 14 14 shots. If you're if you're going throughout the ship throughout the day, I can see how you get served that unless you were like. Producer Mike: putting her on blast. Hey, she put herself on blast. She posted this on TikTok apparently. Mid Thought Chris: Was that on one producer Mike? Did you happen to read that or no? Yeah, do you recall effect if that said that she was just sitting at one bar and got 14 shots? Producer Mike: this article. It doesn't say specifically, it just says up here at the top. It says... Pacificly? What about Atlantically? ⁓ Midthought Eric: ⁓ it's, it's pacifically. Mid Thought Chris: Sorry, Eric. he's the one making the joke. In less than nine hours. Okay. That is okay. ⁓ nine hours. Midthought Eric: ⁓ ha ha, where are the sound effects? Come on. He's busy. ⁓ He's reading. Producer Mike: Sorry, I'm reading. I need to concentrate. Well, it says, yeah, nine hours while aboard a carnival. 14 shots in nine hours. I've done that in like two. Like, come on. Most, mostly, mostly. Midthought Eric: That's nothing. Come on, step it up. Yeah, your liver's fine. No, no, no sympathy from the mid-taught crisis. Mid Thought Chris: Scroll down producer Mike Scroll down pass the picture do to the inebriated sit Nine hours if that's all you're not that much past like that one an hour kind of range, What the heck she tumbled down some stairs Go down a little bit back injuries. Yep. Got it Midthought Eric: That's a full day. Producer Mike: Yeah, that's, I'm pretty sure. Midthought Eric: but a lightweight. Mid Thought Chris: Passed out, blacked out, got it. if that was the only thing she had during that time, I'm not sure what else she had. I know some people that sneak stuff when their friends aren't looking. So I'm not sure if she only had the 14 drinks. Midthought Eric: I think she had some other stuff. I'm sure she probably brought stuff in. There was a flask. There was a shot. There were all sorts of stuff. Producer Mike: Well, and. Mid Thought Chris: There's a... Producer Mike: I wonder if there's some sort of like bylaw in carnivals, like, I'm sure you sign something when you go in ⁓ on the boat, you know, there's risks and I wonder if there's something on there that says about, you know, intoxication is, you know, in a regular bar, the bartenders, you know, cut people off because they don't want them to drive their cars, you know. ⁓ Mid Thought Chris: Yeah. Yeah, 100 percent. Producer Mike: or get into a bar fight or something like that. But you're on a cruise ship. The worst thing that happens is you go overboard. But apparently you can also fall down the steps. Allegedly, allegedly. Mid Thought Chris: or fall down the stairs like this lady. Allegedly. Scroll down a little bit. ⁓ reasonable duty of care, supervised, blah, blah. Yeah, I got nothing to say on that one. I got nothing to say. 60, 40, and so she gets 300K. Sheesh. All right, so apparently Eric, producer Mike, Midthought Eric: RAAA Producer Mike: 60 % at fault. Carnival. Yeah. Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ I figured out what we're going to do for our staff outing next year. Yeah. Midthought Eric: Or all expense paid for. Producer Mike: I'll say I'll need a lot more than 14 shots though. Yeah, nine hours, 14 shots. That's a pre-game. Like, yeah, she needs to step up. Well, now she has $300,000 to practice for next time. Mid Thought Chris: I know 14 especially over nine hours. Midthought Eric: That's a full day's work. Mid Thought Chris: That's a full day's work. Those are rookie numbers right there. It's a free game. Midthought Eric: Pre-game. Mid Thought Chris: to go on an actual cruise line where, no. Midthought Eric: She won't need to have 14 shots because she'll be enjoying herself. Producer Mike: Yeah, yeah. Mid Thought Chris: Yeah, she will need to try and get away ⁓ because she's on a carnival cruise line. ⁓ Is that what was that? What was that ship called? Producer Mike: Allegedly. Allegedly enjoying yourself. Midthought Eric: That's crazy. Producer Mike: That was a radiance, I think. Mid Thought Chris: Mmmmm Midthought Eric: ⁓ the radiance. Producer Mike: Let me pull back up. Mid Thought Chris: Eric, you talk. Midthought Eric: That was, ⁓ me talk. That was a lot of radiance right there. Lots of radiation. Producer Mike: It was... Mid Thought Chris: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Producer Mike: It was the Carnival Radiance ship is the name of the ship. This was just five days ago. Like this article was posted five days ago. Midthought Eric: She's 45 allegedly. That's nuts. Mid Thought Chris: Hmm, interesting. Midthought Eric: Yeah. How can you like, how can that even happen? Producer Mike: current events. getting an anatomy lesson on this. That's her lawyer. So apparently they did, so the TikTok video is of her and her lawyer. Midthought Eric: Who's that guy with her? That's a weird picture. Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ how, let me see that. Are they standing kind of close? ⁓ nevermind. Midthought Eric: Of course. That is more than a casual ⁓ lawyer client picture. Producer Mike: It looks like she's embracing him. I mean, but that's classic Karen face. Mid Thought Chris: They're kind of I mean it's it's all about It's all about it's all about angles right that could be a completely That could be a completely innocent Although the head on the shoulder. I mean that could be a completely innocent thing right there, but ⁓ I I'm not reading into anything. I didn't say anything Eric. I'm I'm saying like the angle of the picture kind of makes you ask some questions Producer Mike: Are they on a cruise ship? Midthought Eric: but depending on what kind of clients. It's all bad angles. It could be. Yeah. I think you're just reading into it too much. Mid Thought Chris: Alright, so allegedly we've got some alleged things happening on a Carnival Cruise Line, allegedly, allegedly, allegedly. Allegedly. I appreciate your guidance earlier, Eric, that was really helpful. You don't... Producer Mike: allegedly. Midthought Eric: That is crazy. No, I was just saying that if you're reading the word allegedly in a text, that doesn't count for your allegedly. Yeah, you have to add an extra one on top of that. Yeah, because we had to have our we had to have our own allegedly for the show. So yeah, so we're reading an article. It's like the Redskins allegedly changed their name. ⁓ Mid Thought Chris: My allegedly. extra one on top of that. I know what you're Our own synopsis. to allegedly. Midthought Eric: And then we have to be, we have to throw one on top of that. Cause that's, that's for us. So like the Redskins allegedly, allegedly he changed their names. Do you think anyone's still listening at this point? Mid Thought Chris: I know what you're saying. So stupid. All right, buddy. Yeah, I mean, we're going to be listening to this as we're driving into work, right? Midthought Eric: Hey producer Mike, can you bring up the one about the the doctor from a certain state? ⁓ I Mean I guess if if the the audience was to ⁓ guess Which state we're gonna bring up Or Florida doctor Who is this this is a Fox News so it's fair and balanced it's new Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ boy. It's Pennsylvania, isn't it? Pennsylvania or Maryland. Oh, here we go. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Midthought Eric: It's it's real news. Yeah. So the Florida doctor was charged with allegedly. Is that what that says? So I have to say allegedly, allegedly removing. Mid Thought Chris: This is my nightmare. allegedly. You Midthought Eric: The wrong urge the wrong origin organ during surgery Okay second-degree manslaughter ⁓ What did he remove ⁓ his liver instead of his spleen? Mid Thought Chris: I know what you're ⁓ dude died okay person died ⁓ jeez Midthought Eric: I feel like that's an honest mistake, Mid Thought Chris: Ugh. They don't teach that in school. mean... Spleen liver. Midthought Eric: Spleen liver ⁓ second-degree manslaughter after he allegedly allegedly Removed a liver from a 70 70 year old from Alabama During a procedure at Sacred Heart blah blah blah. I feel like every city has a sacred heart. But anyways, that's neither here nor there ⁓ The prosecutors alleged allegedly that the surgery Mid Thought Chris: Cool. Concur. Neither here nor there. Yeah Midthought Eric: Okay, this was just a simple laparoscopic splindeck-splick-splindectomy. Mid Thought Chris: We all perform those all the time. Midthought Eric: Yes, a minimally evasive procedure used to remove a spleen. Which you don't need. Apparently you don't need a spleen. Okay, so when we go up to heaven... Mid Thought Chris: Mmm. I'll tell you I tell you something that you do need though a liver Yes, really Midthought Eric: Yes, what? A liver? Well, what if we accidentally remove the liver instead of the spleen, then what happens? Mid Thought Chris: I'll tell you what's going to happen. It's going to result in catastrophic blood loss and the patient's going to die on the operating table. Rest in peace. Midthought Eric: ⁓ Yeah, so there that's who you would kind of think Mid Thought Chris: That's the doctor? Wait, whoa, time out. Is that allegedly the doctor? Midthought Eric: Allegedly that's and So I actually read this article ⁓ and he this was not the first time Mid Thought Chris: That's allegedly the doctor. Wait, what? Midthought Eric: that he did something stupid. Mid Thought Chris: What? me, I need more information. Tell me more. What the heck? Midthought Eric: ⁓ Yeah, he messed up before. Mid Thought Chris: What'd he do before? Allegedly. You forget, okay. Midthought Eric: pull it up a little bit, right there. That's not it. Oh, he had previously made similar mistakes and lied to cover them up. What? What? In May of 2023, he allegedly removed a portion of a patient's pancreas instead of the adrenal gland. Simple mistake. That was the best of us. When he was approached, Mid Thought Chris: Allegedly. ⁓ You Midthought Eric: about this mistake, he said that the adrenal gland had, quote, migrated, unquote, to a different part of the body. These are the surgeons the state of Florida is employing. Mid Thought Chris: Not all of them. Midthought Eric: There's always one bad apple. Mid Thought Chris: That's up in the panhandle. ⁓ That's nowhere near the rest of us. Midthought Eric: Allegedly yeah, so yeah, thanks producer Mike. We had to get that one out there Up up up and away Mid Thought Chris: Ooh, hang on. Go back up. Go up. Go up. Up a little bit, Producer Mike. Help, right there. Right there. Midthought Eric: Right there. Mid Thought Chris: OK, did he practice somewhere else? Because it says following this Brian's death in 2024, the Alabama Port Board of Medical Examiners filed a court order to suspend. This potatoes medical license, which was granted that same year, his Florida license was suspended in 2024, followed by his New York license in 2025. So it sounds like New York took a while, but I'm just kidding. I have no idea if it. Midthought Eric: Yeah. What? Well, that's because the- Mm-hmm. There you go, Florida's right there with New York. Awesome states. Mid Thought Chris: Mike was just... No, they're pacing. They're outpacing New York. You cannot lump those two together. They are as different as night and day. Midthought Eric: It was a Florida story I had to share it Mid Thought Chris: had to share it. Producer Mike: Real quick, have insider news. Midthought Eric: Sorry, not sorry. Mid Thought Chris: Insider trading. Producer Mike: Something like that. But if you look at where the... Oh no, dang nammit. If you look at where the liver is... Midthought Eric: Sell, sell, sell, sell. Careful on this, this might get us an E rating. Mid Thought Chris: Hahaha! Producer Mike: Versus the we're high enough ⁓ hold on, that's the wrong screen. Hold on. Mid Thought Chris: Holding on. Midthought Eric: Hold on, hold on. Producer Mike: Hold door. Hold door. Mid Thought Chris: Hold door. Hold door. Wait, Producer Mike, do you think he's seen that? Producer Mike: Is this the one? this is the one. Here we go. I would hope that he's seen Game of Thrones. Mid Thought Chris: Let's we'll ask him after we look at this. All right. Walk us through. Walk us through Dr. Mike. Yes, we can. Producer Mike: Yeah, so here's, can you see my mouse now? Okay. So doctor, doctor producer allegedly can mic. Midthought Eric: Yes, Dr. Mike, Dr. Producer Mike. Is that one of those things like does the doctor go before or after the producer? Mid Thought Chris: What did you just say? Producer Mike: ⁓ So this is... Mid Thought Chris: ⁓ Doctor before or after producer? Producer Mike: Doctor, producer Doctor Mike. I like the ring of it. Ding. So can you see my mouse now? Okay, so this is where your liver is on your left side of your body. And then this is where your spleen is, completely opposite side of your body. Here's your left adrenal gland and your right adrenal gland. But where's the pancreas? Mid Thought Chris: I like it. I like it. Sounds good. All right. Continue. Continue, doctor. We can see your mouse. It is large and in charge. Midthought Eric: Okay, it is settled. Yes, you're alive. Mid Thought Chris: Okay. I know what you're Yes. Midthought Eric: Simple mistake. Mid Thought Chris: Mm-hmm. I don't know. Producer Mike: Is it down here? Isn't it down here underneath the kidneys? Like, wait, isn't it down here? Or this is a right kidney. Okay. I'm sorry. So the pancreas, cause isn't when you have, or no, that's the appendix. Nevermind. They have taken my doctor's license away. But I don't, I don't know where the pancreas is. Midthought Eric: It's in there somewhere. Mid Thought Chris: It got taken out of this body too. Maybe he's already been to this body. Midthought Eric: Too many A's. Mid Thought Chris: revoked. Midthought Eric: ⁓ producer mike is no longer a doctor Mid Thought Chris: It just got to your your doctor license just got revoked in Florida. Producer Mike: I didn't want to practice there anyway. Midthought Eric: No, they'll take anybody. Mid Thought Chris: Now let's up with a panhandle. It's a different land up there. No, it's southern Alabama. Midthought Eric: That's not even really Florida. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Producer Mike: That makes sense didn't be fun words Mid Thought Chris: Alright We learned a lot Eric hasn't seen Emperor's New Groove I think ⁓ Eric we had a follow-up question ⁓ producer Mike made a reference to another certain show and we were curious if you had Too late Have you seen Game of Thrones Midthought Eric: We learned so much during this episode. Producer Mike: too. He has no culture. Midthought Eric: Loser! I will not be shamed, okay? I feel like I'm on the spot. Producer Mike: You must answer all questions. Mid Thought Chris: I'll take that as a note. Are you is he trying to pretend like he's frozen? He's trying to pretend Producer Mike: okay. Okay. Okay. I take that as a no. think he's, I think he's, put it on the, ⁓ no, we lost, we lost Eric. Midthought Eric: You Mid Thought Chris: You're really thinking on your feet there, bud. Midthought Eric: I wrote it. Yep. Mid Thought Chris: I am a complete turd. For those of you still with us, we give you major props. All right. Hey, Eric, are you good? Producer Mike: Oh, we lost the audio. We lost the audio. Wait, I'll have it. And the thing is, I want to say is, me go research this. Can you hear me? Can you? No? Hello? Midthought Eric: Hello? Test? Test? I'm here. Broms. I... Producer Mike: Eric, your mic's back on! Great! Mid Thought Chris: Came on just in time. That kind of reminds me of that Family Guy episode where ⁓ Peter tries to cover up his farts by coughing. You ever seen that one? But he's blinking! He's like, I can't stop blinking! Producer Mike: ⁓ he froze again. Yeah, it's like... Midthought Eric: You Producer Mike: He's trying so hard, but he's blinking. Can't help but blink. Midthought Eric: I'm sorry. I don't I didn't hear anything anything. I don't know what happened. I Blacked out Mid Thought Chris: I've laughed out. All right, my friends, I think that's all the brain cells I've got. I'm sure I don't know about Eric. think he's ⁓ he's he's going to go watch Emperor's New Groove right now and then he's going to report back to us. ⁓ That's all the brain cells we've got. Eric, any any final words for the for the audience that is not still here? Producer Mike, how about you? Producer Mike: I don't know what's going on. Midthought Eric: Hmm. ⁓ Producer Mike: I hope so. It's frozen again, I'm here. Mid Thought Chris: You Midthought Eric: ⁓ No, my final word is that we we I recently listened to the You talked about blackouts, so I have to bring up ⁓ our our podcast friends They talked about blacking out and it was like you well that's hilarious But I'm not going to mention him by name here on this venue ⁓ Producer Mike: Okay, Mid Thought Chris: Alright my friends. That was great. Producer Mike: You Mid Thought Chris: Mmm, I know what you're saying. Okay Producer Mike: Allegedly. Midthought Eric: But my connection has been restored. I'm not sure what happened. I'm not sure what happened in last three minutes. ⁓ But I'm here. My extender is working flawlessly. ⁓ But yeah, we're good. So thank you. Thanks for bearing with us. Mid Thought Chris: Okay, you're back with us. I don't know what happened either. Producer Mike: That's great. That's great. Somehow on this side, Riverside says you're fine. ⁓ Mid Thought Chris: Hahaha! Producer Mike: Thank you for bearing with us through technical difficulties. Mid Thought Chris: Alright friends, that's all the brain cells we've got. ⁓ He's Eric, he's producer Mike, I'm Chris. Sleep well little doves. Until next week, see ya. Midthought Eric: Peace in the Middle East.