What a Weird Week

Hello friends and Happy New Year!! Usually on this podcast we count down the top 10 weird stories from the news, but today we've got the Ten Weirdest World Records Set in 2022. Study them! Figure out which one we're going to go for in 2023. (I feel good about the sticky face one, but let's not lock it in yet.)

❿ World Record: Wisconsin can-man gets suckiest record of 2022!

❾ World Record: the ol' Eggs in One Basket Trick... except the basket is a human hand.

❽ World Record: Getting your Alphabet Soup in a Row.

❼ World Record: High Heel Tightropin'!

❻ World Record: (We had this one on the podcast last year) "Speed-Eating Hot Peppers!"

❺ World Record: Biggest get-together of people with the same first and last name.

❹ World Record: Well, it involves a pea.

❸ World Record: Pumpkin Paddling!

❷ World Record: Mr Potato Head Challenge!

❶ World Record: (we talked about this one in a past podcast) "Chain Chain Chain♪ Chain of Beards♫"

remember you can get the show notes for every episode at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast)

Happy New Year friends and neighbors! This week we've got a couple of countdowns featuring my family, our kitchen, and some delicious baked goods. This originally aired on the Scotty and Tony Radio Show last week. If you're here for the usual weird stuff, we return to regular (Weird Countdown) programming next Friday. Today's Show is from the kitchen where my wife is making peanut butter balls and my kids help me count down the Top-Grossing Christmas Movies of All Time, and the Best-Selling Toys of All Time! If you're looking for links to the movies and toys that we talk about in this episode, see the show notes blog here: (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from What a Weird Week!

I blog the show notes for every episode at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast) so you can read the articles/ see the photos/ smell the candy canes* (not available in all devices)

What a Weird Week is a countdown of the top 10 weird stories from the news.

I blog the show notes for every episode at (https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast) so you can read the articles/ see the photos/ smell the oranges* (not available in all devices)

Here are the Top Ten Headlines for Fri Dec 16, 2022, Season 4 Episode 11 ...

❿Headline: Squirrel ruins Minnesota man's life, gets him arrested.

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❿Headline: New York City needs a Rat King or Rat Queen to Rule the Rats!

❾Headline: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! museum in Atlantic City will close down on New Year's Eve.

❽Headline: Your Lunch Might have World Heritage status?!

❼Headline: Hospital Patient Arrested for allegedly shutting off their neighbors life support because: those life support deals can be noisy you guys.

❻Headline: Reckless Driver turns out to be Dog Behind the Wheel!

❺Headline: "‘Not sure what it is:’ Hurricanes unearth large mystery object on Florida beach"

❹Headline: "Alberta researchers discover 2 minerals never before seen on Earth"

❸Headline: Generating Electricity from snow in Japan!

❷Headline: Cocaine Bear is inspired by real events!!

🏆 Honorable Mention Headline: Giant Bee not seen in 40 years has been re-discovered!

❶Headline: (Gross Alert!) Man gets parasites after taking revenge on a crab!

What a Weird Week: the top 10 weird stories from the news. I blog the show notes for every episode at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast

Here's the Top Ten for Season 4 Episode 9:

❿Headline: "Every monk in Thai temple defrocked after testing positive for meth" 

❾Headline: "Rats blamed for eating 500 kilograms of cannabis stored by Indian police"

❽Headline: "Mexican city mixes up world's largest serving of guacamole"

❼Headline: ""Minnesota: 200 anglers rescued from broken ice chunk"

❻Headline: "Swiss Energy Minister suggests people shower together to save power"

❺Headline: "After renegade nurse chops off man’s foot, state finds heap of system failures"

❹Headline: "Florida woman is suing Velveeta for $5 million, claiming that her instant macaroni didn't cook fast enough"

❸Headline: "Flossie, 26, officially crowned world’s oldest living cat by Guinness World Records"

❷Headline: "San Francisco police offer more details on plan for lethal robots" or Don't worry, robots to have explosives, not guns, silly!

🏆Honorable Mention Headline:

"Teens build intricate ‘Gingerbread Cathedral,’ get out of writing essay"

🏆Honorable Mention Headline: "6-foot ‘Lobsta Mickey’ statue returns to Boston"

❶Headline: "DNA showed a mother was also her daughter’s uncle — how scientists solved this medical mystery"

I blog the shownotes for each episode here: https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast

- "Mystery saxophonist woos neighbours with a careless whisper"

(https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130551921/mystery-saxophonist-woos-neighbours-with-a-careless-whisper)

- "New Disney Movie Has Lowest CinemaScore in Three Decades"

(https://comicbook.com/movies/news/disney-strange-world-lowest-cinemascore-in-three-decades/)

- "The world's skinniest skyscraper is now complete — and its interiors are remarkable"

(https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/the-world-s-skinniest-skyscraper-is-now-complete-and-its-interiors-are-remarkable-1.6167448)

What a Weird Week! The top 10 weird stories from the news. I blog the show notes for every episode at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast

Here's the Top Ten for Season 4 Episode 8:

❿Headline: Snoop Dogg launched a new pet accessories line...

❾Headline: Biggest Boat in the World is Really a Giant Floating City.

❽Headline: an Actor and a Scientist Walk into a Hotel Lobby... 

❼Headline: "Belgium needs more incinerators to burn seized cocaine"

❻Headline: Will a guy from Saskatchewan break the world record?!

❺Headline: What Budweiser will do with all that World Cup Beer it can't sell...

❹Headline: Government Agents Raid the Home of the Guy Who Runs Area 51 Blog. (via Gizmodo: "What were the feds looking for when they went rifling through the homes of the man who runs dreamlandresort.com so early in the morning?")

❸Honorable Mention Headline: Somerton Man Mystery is over.

❷Headline: "Mystery of exploding toilet at Texas dental office"

... from the article: “In my 30 years of experience, I have never seen anything like it,” Lt. Ron Hutto said.

🏆Honorable Mention Headline: Hot Dog Vendor Turf War Gets Violent.

❶Headline: Jack Daniels versus Dog Toy Company...  going to the Supreme Court?

Thanks for listening/ liking/ subscribing/ telling your friends/ telling your enemies!

I blog the shownotes for each episode here: https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast

What a Weird Week! A Podcast featuring the top 10 weird stories from the news. I blog the show notes for every episode at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast

Here's the Top Ten for Season 4 Episode 7:

❿Headline: Scream painting wins fight against intruders

❾Headline: the Head of Turkey's bakers' union has been arrested after calling bread-eating societies 'stupid'

❽Headline: You can give yourself goosebumps? Congratulations, super brain.

❼Headline: When Chocolate turns white you should panic *citation

❻Headline: Toy Hall of Fame continues to be interesting

❺Headline: Chain Chain Chain♪ Chain of Beards♫ #WorldRecord

❹Headline: Jeff Bezos gave Dolly Parton a hundred million dollars... that's weird, right?

❸Headline: "Man who ate 40 rotisserie chickens in 40 days says it felt like 'the right thing to do'"

❷Headline: " Chinese man, 50, runs marathon in under 3.5 hours while smoking cigarettes"

🏆Headline: We got featured in a Bored Panda Article last weekend. Thanks to Adelaide the writer who reached out about weird new! Link: (https://www.boredpanda.com/weird-funny-news-headlines/#post-comments-area)

🏆Headline: Bulk Barn is well-received by United States visitor to Canada. WELL. RECEIVED!!

🏆Headline: "Bright flash of radiation sent through the universe after black hole rips star to death:

🏆Headline: "Drunk guest 'ruins' wedding by throwing cake over bride before groom punches him"

❶Headline: Snake Bites Boy so Boy Bites Snake Back.

Thanks for listening/ liking/ subscribing/ telling your friends/ telling your enemies about the weirdness. I blog the shownotes for each episode here: https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast

What a Weird Week Podcast: the top 10 weird stories from the news. I blog the show notes for every episode at https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast

Here's the Top Ten for Season 4 Episode 6:

❾ Headline: "Man Claps 1,140 Times In One Minute For Guinness World Record"

❽ Headline: "researchers make device that can ‘see’ through walls. What does it mean for your privacy?" via (Toronto Star)

❼ Headline: "A new study has found that verbal intelligence may be more prominent in early-birds than night-owls"

❻ Headline: "Humongous asteroid heading for Earth. (Our earth? Yes, OUR Earth.)"

❺ Headline: "Man Eats 10 World's Hottest Peppers In 33 Seconds To Break Guinness Record"

❹ Headline: "Pumuckel the pony is really really little!"

❸ Headline: "Air Canada Has Horse Planes You guys!"

❷ Headline: We had that Beaver Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse this week... but we also had some weird space deal late last week...

🏆 Honorable Mention Headline: "Astronomers discover closest black hole to Earth" or "so THIS is how it all ends. Huh!?" *citation needed

🏆 Honorable Mention Headline:  "Huge extragalactic structure found hiding behind the Milky Way"

❶ Headline: "World Record Giant Sunfish is Heaviest Fish Ever  Weighed... and a ‘Sign of Hope!" It's a good news story to end things  this week!!

Thanks for listening/ liking/ subscribing/ telling your friends/ telling your enemies about the weirdness.

I blog the shownotes for each episode here: https://www.scottyandtony.com/search/label/podcast