(0:00) Show Open: We Are Officially Open For Business
Maybe coronavirus CAN be sexually transmitted. A new study found some men with coronavirus had traces of it in their seed . . . even after they were already over the illness.
Oro Valley gets ready to reopen some park amenities, town buildings
La Encantada shopping center set to reopen May 8
It Turns Out People Don’t Want to Conceive During an Apocalypse
It does not look like a pandemic baby boom is going to happen. Even though couples are spending a ton of time quarantining together, more than 80% of people say they are NOT trying to conceive during all this.
Bye Bye Buffets
Sweet Tomatoes to stay closed for good, report says
No Mask, keep job. Wear Mask, No Job
Reopened restaurant tells workers: Don't wear face masks — or don't work
(15:05) Entertainment News
Carole Baskin from "Tiger King" Tried to Get Into the New Justin Bieber / Ariana Grande Video . . . and Failed
Legendary Los Angeles Venue Troubadour May Not Survive COVID-19
ARIEL WINTER cut off the tip of her thumb while cooking, and accidentally threw it away.
Netflix Won’t Get New ‘Black Mirror’ Episodes Until People Have The ‘Stomach’ For More Dystopia
(25:55) Survey Says
The Quarantine Has Meant More Video Games . . . But Fewer Showers
According to a new survey, 84% are playing video games even more than before, and 77% say no one's JUDGING them for spending so much time playing.
But those people in their life might be judging them for a different reason.
People who've been upping their video games have let their personal hygiene slip. 20% say they've been showering less . . . and 16% have brushed their teeth less. (PR Newswire)
Coronavirus Is Making a Lot of Men Get Over Their Fear of Commitment
According to a new survey, 40% of men say the pandemic has made them want to finally start taking dating more seriously. That's right: Apparently coronavirus is a CURE for a fear of commitment.
The survey also found that 61% of single people think it's possible to start a romantic relationship during this time without getting together face-to-face.
And eight out of 10 say they won't date someone who isn't taking social distancing seriously.
One more result from the survey: Almost one-third of single people have spoken with their ex since the pandemic started.
(PR Newswire)
(31:35) "Good News" Stories from the Coronavirus Outbreak
Banksy surprised a British hospital by donating a painting this week. It's a picture of a boy playing with a nurse superhero toy instead of a Batman or Spider-Man toy.
A woman named Rhonda Shearer just went into $600,000 of debt to buy PPE to donate to hospitals in New York. Back in 2001, after 9/11, she went into $1 million in debt to donate supplies to workers at Ground Zero.
McDonald's in Canada is teaming up with the Canadian Red Cross to donate a portion of every FRENCH FRY sale to the coronavirus relief effort.
There are twin nurses in Chicago who are working side-by-side right now fighting coronavirus. Rebecca Silverman works in the medical ICU at a hospital . . . her twin sister Samantha works in the cardiac ICU.
A woman surprised her husband who just earned his MBA from the University of Cincinnati with a graduation ceremony in his front yard . . . where his three-year-old son handed him his diploma.
A group of college students is delivering more than 100 tons of food to food banks in three different states right now. They've been doing it by finding farms who have surplus food, picking it up, and driving it to places in need.
Human coronavirus vaccine trials just started at New York University this week. One woman who volunteered said she was excited to participate because, quote, "to be helpful to humanity at this time, it's just unprecedented."
(43:45) Dumbass of the Day
A guy in Florida has been charged with manslaughter when he and his roommate were simulating a "gun versus knife" fight . . . and he accidentally shot and killed his roommate.
A court in Nebraska has ruled that a guy who blew off a bunch of fingers when he was playing around with fireworks at his job should not get worker's comp.
A guy in Vermont is facing charges after he went into a Dunkin' Donuts with no pants.
The commissioner of Royal Oak, Michigan . . . who was criticized for traveling to one of those "we have guns" rallies . . . was just caught shoplifting from a grocery store. She blamed it on stress from, quote, "the economic impact of COVID-19."
(54:50) So, what you're saying is, if you catch the CoronaVirus you are a warrior, but you can NOT be a soldier ?
The U.S. military has ruled that people who survive coronavirus are, quote, "permanently disqualified" from enlisting. What exactly do they know about the long-term effects of this virus?
The Backside of the U.S. Mint's 2020 Quarters Feature . . . Bats?
The U.S. Mint put the 2020 quarter into circulation back in February, and guess what's on the back of it: TWO BATS hanging upside down. (!!!)
It's just a wild coincidence. The coin honors the National Park of American Samoa, which is known for being a home to fruit bats.
But can't you already see people using this to "prove" that the government was behind the coronavirus? Because, you know, the best way to keep your evil plot a secret is by revealing it on the back of a widely-circulated coin. (???)
The U.S. Mint hasn't commented, but BEFORE the quarter's release, they said, quote, "The design is intended to promote awareness to the species' threatened status due to habitat loss and commercial hunting."
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