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May 01, 2020 Gym Socks Soaked in Dog Vomit

On This Weeks Show:

- The maker of Durex condoms has said sales have fallen as the coronavirus lockdown is “having a toll on the number of intimate occasions” across the world. And once the lockdowns are east, there are concerns of a global condom shortage because strict lockdown rules in Malaysia, one of world’s top rubber producers and a major source of condoms, had made it difficult for condom factories to operate. Karex, the world’s largest condom producer which makes one in five of all condoms, has warned of a global condom shortage after closing three of its factories.

- A survey says men and women aren’t in sync in the bedroom when it comes to the optimum time. Men feel most frisky between 6AM and 9AM, while women are feeling the love way into the night — between 11PM and 2AM. And the percentages of those who enjoy getting it on during the other gender’s preferred window are similarly low, with just 16 percent of men wanting sex before falling asleep for the night, and a mere 11 percent of women wanting to take care of business as soon as the alarm goes off.

- Want to live to 100? Well a study suggests you get 10 hours of sleep a night. In the study, researchers found that people who reach 100 are three times more likely to spend at least 10 hours a night in bed. The study involved analysis of data from a 2005 Chinese survey.

- A study (Purdue University/University of Virginia) suggests that there may be a perfect salary for achieving personal fulfillment. The idea was to figure out at which salary range adults were best able to happily manage their work/life balance. Putting a number on that sort of thing is difficult, but the researchers managed the trick nonetheless. The study concluded that happiness will cost about $95,000 annually. Researchers were careful to note that this figure applies only to individuals and attempts to measure happiness over the course of a person’s entire life. Day-to-day happiness seems to cost less. Still, the findings are a bit concerning given that the average American household only takes in about $65,000 annually.

- Did you receive your stimulus check yet? A bunch of dead people did. The Treasury Department says it is working on a plan to “retrieve” $1,200 economic impact payments that were accidentally sent to dead people. Currently tens of millions of people who are very much alive are still waiting for their payments. There have been dozens if not hundreds of reports of people receiving money meant for their deceased relatives. One deceased woman in Connecticut’s check was even labeled “DECD” for deceased.

- The US marriage rate fell to its lowest level on record in 2018, federal stats released Wednesday show. New figures from the National Center for Health Statistics reveal the nationwide marriage rate fell 6 percent from 2017 to 2018. It’s the lowest rate since the US government started tracking such data in 1867. Researchers say there’s no clear reason for the decline and it’s expected the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to further drive down the number of Americans getting hitched.

THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW YESTERDAY

• No word in the English language rhymes with “MONTH.”

• There are 1 million ants for every person in the world.

• More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby.

• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

• The human brain is 80 percent water.

• Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

• Men get hiccups more often than women.

• There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

• The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.

• There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world.

• A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds.

GO MOTHER’S DAY SHOPPING AT THE HARDWARE STORE

• Eighty-five percent of women surveyed have been or expect to be solely responsible for a home at some point in their lives.

• Fifty-three percent surveyed say they are responsible for basic household maintenance and repair either on their own or in conjunction with their spouse.

• Seventy-five percent of women say they do more home projects themselves than they did five years ago.

• Eighty percent say they are more confident in their home-improvement abilities than they were five years ago.

WHAT’S THE WORST THING YOU’VE EVER EATEN?

Reddit asked its readers that question. Here are A few of the responses:

• Fermented shark meat.

• I’m forced to eat smoked sheep heads every new years day. It’s the worst thing about being Icelandic.

• Silkworms. Canned or roasted, they’re a common food in Korea. They roast them as street food and it smells like gym socks soaked in dog vomit. The canned ones are like eating a zit.

• When chicken McNuggets have those stupid hard spots in them. Ruins the meal.

• I was eating Doritos one time and I got this one that looked like a piece of charcoal (tasted like it too). I wasn’t paying attention at the time so I ate it. Couldn’t get the taste out of my mouth for hours.

• I made macaroni and cheese once with expired mayo in place of the milk.

NEWS

WACKY-BUT-TRUE: ANOTHER MYSTERY POOP JOGGER _ Every year or two we get mystery poop joggers. The most recent two were in the U.S. The latest is in Sydney, Australia. The latest poop jogger has come to light after a resident put up an angry note, accusing the mystery poo-er of leaving human feces on their property in front of their garage. A picture of the note was then posted to Reddit. • IMAGE WITH NOT-SAFE-TO-AIR TEXT

WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN ACCUSED OF USING STOLEN UNDERWEAR TO SET FIRES _ A Wisconsin man has been charged (in Fond du Lac County) with arson. On March 19 a fire was reported at a vacant home. Several fires were set on March 20. Investigators were able to identify Michael L. Miller as a suspect. Police say Miller stated that he used underwear to light the fires and that the underwear was taken from laundromats. Ultimately, Miller admitted to setting 12 fires.

WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN TAKES 43 WET SPONGE HITS TO THE FACE FOR GUINNESS RECORD _ Apparently everything is a possible world record. Like being hit in the face with wet sponges. An Idaho man took 43 to the face to break a Guinness World Record. David Rush, who has broken more than 100 Guinness records to promote STEM education, went into the middle of his Boise street with Jonathan Hannon to attempt the unusual record. Hannon threw 54 wet sponges in the allotted 30-second time period, 43 of which successfully collided with Rush’s face. The 43 hits were enough to break the previous record of 36 in the category of most wet sponges thrown in 30 seconds (team of two).

WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN IN GORILLA COSTUME CHARGED WITH BURGLARIZING HOME _ A Tennessee man was arrested after he reportedly entered the wrong home (in Mt. Juliet) wearing a gorilla costume and scared a six-year-old girl. A resident at the home confronted the man, who took off running. He was soon located by officers. The man in the gorilla costume told officers he thought he was at someone else’s home and was looking for another individual.

WACKY-BUT-TRUE: INDIAN THIEF FED BANANAS TO EXPEL GOLD NECKLACE _ A thief in India swallowed a gold necklace valued at $995. Was fed bananas and special liquids to help it out of his body.

WATER COOLER QUESTION

Question: In a survey, 61 percent of women think men should do this about once a week. (Call their mom)

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