View Episode 208
Originally aired 03.08.10
1:11:30
21:17 – UYD: Man who writes about shit
23:53 – UYD: Brought to you by math
41:37 – UYD: Mixed Anxiety Disorder
5:19 – There’s going to be a Russian version of Jersey Shore called Brighton Beach, which will take place in Coney Island in Brooklyn in what they call “Little Odessa.”
3:01 – Starbucks is testing out a new beverage size in Phoenix and Tampa on their iced coffee and iced teas. The new 31-ounce drink, the Trenta. It’s Italian for “30,” and costs $3.30.
8:08 – Seth encourages everyone to go out and drink a Shamrock Shake in honor of St. Patrick’s Day coming up. The green mint-flavored shake first debuted in 1970. You can go to shamrockshake.com to see what spots they are available in.
16:16 – Heinz introduced their traditional ketchup packet in 1968 and basically began receiving death threats the day after when someone squeezed it on their dress shirt. They have finally unveiled a new pack that is shaped like a cup that can be peeled back like a McNugget sauce. It allows for dunking and holds three times as much ketchup as a normal packet. They sell 11 billion packets a year.
55:57 – Mattel is preparing to release “Puppy Tweets,” a high-tech tool that will allow dogs to use Twitter. The plastic tag attaches to the dog’s collar and randomly generates one of 500 canned tweets when the dog moves or tweets. Owners are provided a USB receiver that they connect to their computer, then download the software and create a Twitter account. Tweets will come across like, “I barked because I missed you. There, I said it. Now hurry home.” … “I finally caught that tail I’ve been chasing. Ouch!”
11:49 – Republican Rep. Michael Pitts of South Carolina wants the state to ban the use of all American currency. Absolutely no bills or coins. He wants to only use gold and silver, saying, “To me, something I can hold in my hand, I can put more value in. In the case of a total economic collapse, a barter tool is going to be worth a whole lot more value rather than paper with ink on it.”
Games That Jonathan and Seth Play
17:54 – Seth wants to know if Jah says to-MAY-to or to-MAH-to.
9:39 – Maybe not a hot new drug, maybe it is – K2 or Spice (it also goes by “Genie” and “Zonie)” is a mixture of herbs and spices but it’s sprayed with JWH-018, a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC. Users roll up the shake into joints and smoke it. It’s banned in most of Europe and all over Missouri and Kansas, costing up to around $15 a gram. People are calling it “fake weed” or “faux weed.”
2:31 – Jah’s grandma cooked some rich meals for him back in the day. She would also sneak back the airplane desserts for Jonathan to eat.
9:02 – Jah recalls trying one of Seth’s Shamrock Shakes at his apartment one time, but it had been sitting out a while and tasted like an old tube of toothpaste.
17:41 – Jah drove by the Hunt’s ketchup factory while he was out on the road.
18:09 – Jah used to say “tomato” like to-MAH-to when he was a kid and used to get ridiculed when he was a child. It was because of his mom being English and he got fucked with, so he stopped saying words certain ways.
28:19 – Jah knows we’re not doing that great as a country in our airports because he still accidentally makes it through security with a lighter every time he flies.
45:24 – Seth’s little brother, Max, had an event at his school related to the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid where they did the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Olympics and he had to drink tomato juice.
55:25 – Jonathan still loves his local post office, and says that every piece of merch he’s sent through there has been delivered. He wishes them nothing but the best and hopes they get out of their funk.
1:03:15 – Jah had a friend who was having an affair with a woman when Jah was younger. She was an older woman and the way she justified the fact she was having an affair with her husband is that she was only having anal sex.
7:32 – Seth lets everyone know that Cpt. Sully Sullenberger retired this past week. He dedicates Episode 208 to him (Episode 167, 4:23; Episode 172, 58:12; and Episode 186, 4:24). 18:31 – Seth re-reads an article written by technology Clifford Stoll in the February 1995 issue of Newsweek called “The Internet – Bah!” (Episode 110, 2:02).
27:50 – The TSA is going to begin randomly swabbing flyers’ hands to check for any explosive material. International flights are already doing it. They currently have 7,000 trace explosive detection machines in functioning order.
32:36 – The U.S. Tax Court in Washington has ruled that costs incurred in sex-change operations and accompanying procedures are now tax-deductible.
38:35 – The American Psychiatric Association will release the fifth edition of their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 2013. It was last revised in 1994. The book is used by mental health professionals, insurance companies, etc. They’ll recommend for this edition that binge eating and gambling be considered as disorders, along with mixed anxiety disorder. Mixed anxiety disorder is really vague. They refrained from suggesting sex addiction or internet addiction.
41:57 – Starting May 1, American Airlines will start charging passengers $8 for a pillow and a blanket. You can keep them but you have to pay using debit card.
53:18 – The USPS is expecting to lose $238 billion over the next decade and is very seriously considering dropping Saturday delivery. They figure they can save $40 billion over that same period by doing this.
1:26 – Seth asks if midnight is the witching hour (Episode 065, 0:55)
1:40 – A new study in the Journal of Obesity finds that little kids who are looked after by grandparents part-time showed a 15% higher risk of being overweight compared to children being taken care of full-time by their parents. Children who were looked after full-time by their grandparents showed a 34% greater risk of obesity.
24:15 – According to a recent survey, 70% of HR directors questioned said that they have not hired a worker because of something they found on one of their social networking sites.
43:35 – According to researchers at the University of New Hampshire, the average U.S. kid sees his first pornographic image at age 11. 90% of children between ages 8-16 have now viewed pornography.
48:46 – According to a survey commissioned by the National Telecommunications and Information Adminstration, almost one-third of U.S. citizens do not have the internet. The most common reasons cited for not having the internet was that 1) It was too expensive (26%); 2) They do not feel as through it was needed (38%)
1:00:25 – According to new research conducted at the Kinsey Sex Institute at Indiana University, when people say they “had sex,” what really transpired is anyone’s guess. Male and female participants aged 18-96 were questioned. 5% of respondents do not consider penile vaginal intercourse as having sex. 11% say it’s not sex if there’s no ejaculation. 50% of men in the oldest age group (65 and up) do not consider anal intercourse as sex. 33% of women from the oldest age group agree that anal sex does not count as sex.