Episode #185 has the guys kickin’ it in Louie’s kitchen. This week they chat about Louie having the COVID and then they get into the strange news. They talk about the people that got stranded overnight in an Ikea and the surprising inductees to the toy hall of fame!

Odd News Stories

Insider.com – Ikea manager describes ‘fun’ sleepover after a massive snowstorm strands 31 people in giant furniture store

8NewsNow.com – National Toy Hall of Fame welcomes American Girl dolls, Risk, sand as 2021 inductees

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Episode #184 begins with Matt’s triumphant return to the USA after his birthday trip to Ecuador. After learning about that trip, they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the lady that got kicked off a flight for breastfeeding a cat and the stripper who has a monkey that bit a kid!

!Odd News Stories

DailyStar.co.uk – Woman ‘breastfed cat’ on plane and refused to stop as horrified passengers watched on

FoxNews.com – Monkey belonging to Texas special team’s coach stripper girlfriend bites child on Halloween

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Episode #183 starts with the guys trying to do positive, uplifting comedy, then they get into the strange news. This week, they talk about the bus tour for people to sleep on and the event that sold $500 VIP tickets to an autopsy!

Odd News Stories

FortWayneNBC.com – For sleepy Hong Kong residents, 5-hour bus tour is a snooze

King5.com – Family of man dissected at autopsy event says they didn’t give consent

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Episode #182 has the guying trying to figure out who Kevin Kline is, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about why “paying it forward” is lame and the mummy twinkie!

Odd News Stories

Mirror.co.uk – Starbucks barista says ‘pay it forward’ chain is actually ‘extremely annoying’

SmithsonianMag.com – Scientists Study Twinkie Mummified by Mold

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Episode #181 the guys celebrate Matt’s 40th birthday and then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the prisoner that swallowed a shotgun shell and they robots that deliver food!

KTIV.com – Shotgun Shell Found in Alabama Prisoner’s Stomach During Body Scan, Sent to Hospital

News5Cleveland.com – Food delivery robots huge hit on Ohio college campus

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Episode #180 begins with Louie’s dog getting dental work and the unknow cost associated with it. Then the get into the strange news. This week they talk about the Maine trying to remove the potty mouth from its license plates and the US ruling that foreign hippo’s are people!

Odd News Stories

Wavy.com – Removing the %&*@ from Maine’s vanity plates will take time

TheGuardian.com – Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ are people too, US court rules

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Episode #179 has things getting back to normal, with Matt and Louie complaining about people trying to get them to downgrade their airline seats. Then they get to the strange news. With week they chat about the wizard who got laid off of the city’s payroll and the man who is suing a psychic!

Odd News Stories

Cle.ens-lyon.fr – New Zealand City’s ‘Official Wizard’ Has Been Taken Off Its Payroll
Complex.com – California Man Sues Psychic Who Allegedly Promised to Lift Curse Placed by Ex-Girlfriend

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Episode #178 – Begins with Matt talking about him losing use of his limbs, then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the Hamster that’s crushing it in the stock market and the wild fire that was started because someone wanted to sip the sweet nectar that is bear pee!

Here’s the hamster picking stocks!

Odd News Stories

NPR.com – A Crypto-Trading Hamster Performs Better Than Warren Buffett And The S&P 500

KTVU.com – Hiker allegedly tried boiling bear urine to drink before starting Fawn Fire

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Episode #177 begins with Louie commenting on Matt letting his hair grow out. Then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about Mutlu, who joined a search party looking for himself and the guy who ate his world record catfish before it could be verified!

Here’s Mutlu searching for himself:

Here’s the catfish before it was eaten:

Odd News Stories

GeekReporter.com – Drunk Turkish Man Reported Missing Joins Search Party for Himself

KBTX.com – Catfish eaten before being verified can’t qualify for record

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Episode #176 begins with Matt talking about his Las Vegas Adventure to see Marc Ribillet. Then they get into this weeks spicy stories. The guys chat about smuggling KFC into New Zealand and the delicious fudge where the secret ingredient is ghosts!

Here’s Marc’s Flamingo video:

Odd News Stories

WashingtonExaminer.com – Two men arrested for alleged illegal smuggling of Kentucky Fried Chicken

FirstPost.com – US man’s gravestone missing for 150 years was being used to make fudge; recognised during auction sale

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