100 Episode Recap Part 2

We explore an eclectic mix of bizarre topics from illegal booger-flicking to the infamous exploding whale incident, while diving into mythology, strange cultural trivia, and unexpected food origins.

• The strange regional laws that prohibit booger flicking in Whitehall and honking at sandwich shops at 9pm
• Montana's unofficial sport of "meth cycling" - stealing bikes to ride between locations
• Shamash, the Mesopotamian sun deity known as "Governor of the Universe" with power over light and darkness
• The 1970 exploding whale disaster in Florence, Oregon where dynamite sent blubber "beyond all believable bounds"
• Fascinating food topics including poutine, potatoes being the first vegetable grown in space, and the Scottish origins of fried chicken
• Scottish trivia including the prevalence of redheads, UFO sightings in Bonnie Bridge, and the world's first color photograph
• The legend of the Pied Piper and the modern cultural phenomenon of the "douche flute"

Transcript

Strange Laws and Regional Peculiarities

Speaker 1 0:00

Well , I've never been to Whitehall and I guess I don't . It really wouldn't be an issue , but it is illegal to flick a booger into the wind in Whitehall specifically .

Speaker 2 0:11

Ew , okay , they have time on their hands in Whitehall .

Speaker 1 0:16

I guess so , and I think this is statewide . But it's illegal to honk your horn in front of a sandwich shop at 9 pm . Why would you do that ? I don't know .

Speaker 2 0:25

It's like any other 901s kosher , but like kosher sandwich shop Sounds like pimps in San Francisco , but they're honking for different reasons . Spult to the sandwich shop Beep , beep .

Speaker 1 0:43

Haven't heard that euphemism . I haven't heard that euphemism .

Speaker 2 0:45

Hey , I bring things to the table , willing and able , as Smoothie would say , and willing and able , huh , all right . Anyway , go ahead , bro . That was good , let's keep it up . My parent , my parent , all my parents , all my parents , my parents didn't like All my parents . Yes , like all my three . It is Montana . Yeah , I know right , Cousin Unky Ma , yeah , any excuse to bash Montana , guys . No God , we need to stop that shit . It's too easy . I didn't say anything . Well , I know , I know Sometimes like I'm just disappointed and I sit here and there , I go back and listen to us and I'm just disappointed , disappointed , and I sit here and there like I go back and listen to us and I'm like man , we were killing that , at least you know good positivity level . And then we're like , oh , fucking dumpster , fire Montana .

Speaker 1 1:35

And I'm like god guys , it's beautiful out there . No , it's a lovely place for the new sport meth cycling yeah anyway . Oh my god . I just saw a dude this morning that like twacked out riding a bike .

Speaker 2 1:52

That came to mind . My god , like you know , portland has those bikes you can just rent and , like you , ride around and they're like these orange community bikes or whatever right , and you know you pay for them though . Well , on the north side and south side of Billings , montana , you just walk through yards and take people's bikes and then you ride them to the trap and then you fucking ride some other bike you steal somewhere else . It is , it's like mess cycling . It's like a sport , like a triathlon , but only with stealing bikes . Like hey , get on the mountain bike , go go . Like like hey , get on the mountain bike , go , go , go , go , go go get some rock . Oh damn , there's a little girl's bike . Go , go , go . I've seen crackheads riding little girl's bikes around Billings Like for real .

Speaker 1 2:32

Yeah .

Speaker 2 2:36

That was good . I had some shit I was going to say and I'm at a loss what do you got going on there ? What's next ? My friend ? I'm subtly interested . Shamash was the son of sin and held power over light , darkness and evil . He was revered as the god of justice and equity and served as the judge of both gods and men . Damn . He's a pretty powerful guy . Son seems to always be the all-powerful thing , which , as far as we're concerned , it is . I mean , I don't know what you'd put above that , possibly a black hole that could suck in the sun , but I think the sun would fuck us up before any of that happened . I don't know , anyway , but the sun is like everything . So Shamash was also considered the governor of the entire universe , which is a hell of a title , and was often depicted seated on a throne . It's a good gig , look , ma .

Speaker 1 3:33

I'm the governor of the universe . You

Meth Cycling: Montana's Unofficial Sport

Speaker 1 3:35

got mad when I got a B-plus in social studies . Joke's on you .

Speaker 2 3:40

It does sound like that . Like I'm the governor of the universe . Like fuck you . So , bob , you the governor of the universe , fuck you . Like . So Bob . You went off to be a fucking coal miner and I'm the governor of the universe over here . My mom don't even give a shit , it's just like .

Speaker 1 3:56

I still get the small bowl of ice cream .

Speaker 2 3:59

Yeah yeah , I still get the small bowl of ice cream . That's fucking hilarious dude . I love this title bowl of ice cream . That's fucking hilarious dude . I love this title Governor of the Universe . I lost my spot because that was so damn funny . Oh , okay , you have a butler .

Speaker 1 4:16

I'm sure he does Give me a governor of the universe and not a butler .

Speaker 2 4:21

Dude , I would be butler of the universe . Why not Like butler of the ? What would be butler of the universe ? Why not Like butler of the governor ? What would be the title ? Universal butler , I don't know . Sounds kind of fancy , sounds like a busy job it does . You know ? What's funny about that Is it probably would really suck . It's kind of like fucking calling a person who works at Walmart a cashier , an associate , a sales associate , like try to dress up a turd . Like if you got a job , you got a job . You're a fucking butler . I mean , I don't know , I clean shit , I don't give a fuck , I don't mind it a bit . But like I know how some , you know , I don't know , sorry .

Speaker 1 4:57

But if you're cleaning up after the entire universe , I'm consuming .

Speaker 2 5:00

Whoa , you , probably you know what he . What about the butler in Mr Deeds ? Do you know what I'm talking about ? I haven't even seen it . Oh my God , adam Sandler , he's like everywhere . He's like so fast and shit , he smacks Adam Sandler . What else is he in ? Oh , brother War Out , though he's in that movie . Fuck , what is his name , I don't know . Anyway , anyway , this butler is super fast . Anybody out there listening that knows about funny movies apparently . But anyway , like fucking , they'll know the butler from Mr Deeds . So he's super fast and he could probably be . He might be the butler of the universe , as a Look , jeffrey , oh well , no , because Jeffrey's just too lackadaisical about shit , but he does get it done , doesn't he ? Phil's pretty demanding , I don't know . Seemed like he would eat a lot too . Yeah , phil , yeah , so Jeffrey knows how to cook . That's a plus .

Speaker 1 5:50

Which is odd because he's British , so that doesn't check out . That kind of just ruined my childhood , but anyway .

Speaker 2 5:55

Yeah , well his .

Speaker 1 5:56

I believed in everything in the Fresh Prince , and now I feel that too .

Speaker 2 6:00

Yeah , I know , I know . So back to the governor of the universe , the entire universe as it is Often depicted seated on a throne holding symbols of justice and righteousness . He always had a staff in it , right ? Hey , check this out . I actually have something on that sedan A whale of a deal .

Speaker 2 6:20

Man recalls how family's new car was crushed by blubber in 1970 . Kelly Umenhofer tagged along on a business trip with his dad 45 years ago in the family's brand new car from Dunham Oldsmobile . The man , then 14 , was meeting his father on November 12 , 1970 , and they're going to go watch the whale blow up , right , so that's the thing . So he says , quote so I'm all excited and I went over to my dad they're going to blow it up 20 cases of dynamite . My father proceeded to say I think you misheard them . I think he said 20 sticks . Umenhofer recalled Thursday and I said no , he said 20 cases , the cases . The rest is history .

Speaker 2 6:59

After they blew it

Shamash: Governor of the Universe

Speaker 2 7:00

up , everyone is watching in awe and then , 30 seconds later , blam , blam , blam , blam which in the video you can actually hear this blubber plopping . Guys , it's pretty weird . Oh , yeah , yeah . Then everyone's going . There's huge chunks of whale blubber getting thrown on us . That's what they yelled . I'd be like , holy fuck , what is going on ? What the fuck ? I don't even know Anyway . So an overwhelming chaos ensued . So then there's people running everywhere , he says , and as it started to come down , it went boom . It almost bent the car in a V shape . This piece was so big so my dad had bought it from Old Dunham's Cadillac , and their slogan at the time was come on in and we'll give you a whale of a deal .

Speaker 1 7:46

So yeah , and then how about dude's quote that Paul Lindman , the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds ?

Speaker 2 7:54

Oh , my god , peter Piper picked up pepper . You know like that is epic . When you hear this , you guys need to like . I'm telling you , look this video up . When I shared that with you from the site that did the remaster , it amazed me . It said it only had like 4.3 thousand or 4.4 thousand views . What does it mean ? What the hell is it ? Maybe I smoked weed ? Yeah , I figured it would have like 20 million . No , yeah , I figured it would have had like 20 million ?

Speaker 1 8:22

No , no , you didn't . And then did you see , about 20 years later , basically nearly 20 years later , it resurfaced . May 20th 1990 , humor columnist Dave Barry wrote Moby Yuck , oh my God . And an abridged version of the column was posted on an electronic bulletin board . And yeah , you know , this is 1990 . This is that was a brand new thing ? I believe , I would think so . But it spread like wildfire or whale parts in Florence . Yes , yeah , many readers were under the impression . It just happened . And director wait , I don't know if he's a director , but anyway Ed Shopes of the Oregon Department of Transportation and public information officer . He was bombarded with angry phone calls , thinking that they'd just blown up this whale . He had to tell me like no , this is like almost 20 years ago . Yeah , I didn't have anything to do with this .

Speaker 2 9:22

After this mine explosion . I mean it must have blew his mind right , like what happened to him after that . He just laid around , or was that it ?

Speaker 1 9:30

Uh no , while having ingested the Mormon family-sized dose of meth , his appetite was obviously suppressed for several days , but eventually , eventually , he was ready to eat . And so yet , desolate Lapland , finland , was not known for culinary delights , and our friend here survived by eating pine buds , and I guess he caught a live bird , a Siberian jay , as it were , and ate it . He didn't cook it , just ate it .

Speaker 1 10:11

I don't know if he gutted it , but yeah , yeah , yeah , anyway he stayed alive eating , I assume , pine buds or like pine cones , like miniature pine cones , and a Siberian Jay Emu Jesus guy . I don't think the Finnish are now famous for this dish . Maybe they are the Pine Jay , or whatever . He made some meth before dinner and then Sprinkle .

Speaker 2 10:44

It's like a fucking bird with a pine cone stuck in its mouth Sprinkled with meth . Yeah , on ice , not

The Exploding Whale Incident

Speaker 2 10:51

even Put it out Be feathered ?

Speaker 1 10:53

Yeah , not even On ice . Well played , yeah , very good methamphetamine . Thank you for recognizing it . Was the bird super high when it died ? I don't know . You eat it and then you don't eat for like six weeks . Yeah , I'm unclear and I don't mean to make fun of people's drug addictions or being unmasked . But yeah , now what that ?

Speaker 2 11:20

is what it is , I don't know , but there is a place out here that has a big potato and it's like their thing . I think it's Canadian stuff , though , like that . What is that shit called that ? You were talking about poutine .

Speaker 1 11:33

Oh yeah , which I actually tried and surprisingly , I liked it what is it again , so everybody else can hear . It's fries with and don't quote me 100% on this , but I'm pretty sure it's like fries with cheese curds and then gravy on it .

Speaker 2 11:48

Yeah , that sounds right . Nothing wrong with some curd man .

Speaker 1 11:52

All right guys . Oh , I'm pro-curd , definitely , I'm definitely pro-curd and fry , but gravy usually , like , like , typically it's your . I mean , I love gravy in my pocket , but actual gravy it means something's dry and you're trying to mask . It is basically what my take on it but I get that too .

Speaker 2 12:13

I do understand that part of it .

Speaker 1 12:15

Some people just like dip in sauces and such my friend , so they'll be so down on gravy , I'm pro-Aju , but and that is good gravy , it's just most of the time it's like , just like slop with this .

Speaker 2 12:27

Right , I get it .

Speaker 1 12:28

Yeah .

Speaker 2 12:29

Anyway , so you know . And then , if you're having a steak , what's your favorite side ? Potatoes , yeah , maybe some broccoli with that sometimes Stuff like that Garlic mash Stuff .

Speaker 1 12:41

Like that Like garlic mash . I like asparagus better than broccoli myself .

Speaker 2 12:44

I'm both . I'm pretty equal on that , pretty equal , you know , nonetheless , potatoes Fucking amazing guys . Okay , hey , what is a potato ? Is it a fruit or a vegetable ? Owen ?

Speaker 1 12:59

It's a vegetable , isn't it ? Yeah , it is , thank you , it's a vegetable , isn't it ? Yeah , it is , thank you . Alright , it's the first vegetable to be grown in space ? Yeah , I did see that . Yeah , if space is fake , does that mean potatoes are fake too ? I don't know . Let's ask Mr Potato Head . Yeah , mr Potato Head , what do you say ? Potatoes cannot be mentioned without Mr Potato .

Speaker 2 13:20

Head . Right Potato Head says that space is real guys . Okay , when is the potato from Owen ? I think that it's the Inca .

Speaker 1 13:30

Yes , it was the first to cultivate it and I will say it is a gateway drug to cinnamon coffee cake , but that's basically about it . Yeah , bro , or Reese's peanut butter ice cream cups ? Yes , cannabis can definitely lead to that .

Speaker 2 13:46

What are you smoking on right now that you're speaking like this , I want to know what strain do you ?

Speaker 1 13:53

Public service announcement it is . I actually don't know it's something you ? Public service announcement it is . I actually don't know it's something . I know the initials are YP , but I put it in a jar and I don't recall that it's a winner , that's for sure . Yeah .

Speaker 2 14:07

Winner Winner YP Well , that's Y . So your prize , we'll call it that Good job , man you win , why so your ? Prize . We'll call it that good job , man . You win . So good pants . There you go , if you like that . There you are my friend , but you're leading the show .

Speaker 1 14:20

It is actually a strain , because I was trying to think of it , I was like , well , I don't know , maybe yucatan peninsula , I guess that's not one , but it's not a strength apparently that I could find . But anyway , yeah , it's definitely . Uh , it's a thing definitely solid .

Speaker 2 14:35

Oh yeah yeah , that drunk monks beating up punks was there . That's what they was doing back then . They , man irish monks , were like there was a warrior monk class back then in , uh , in those uh little village areas and whatnot and shit . I don't even know . I was trying to go somewhere with that but I kind of lost it . Hey , guess what ? The highest proportion of red-haired people in the world is in Scotland . Surprise , surprise . About 13% of the Scottish population has red hair , while 40% carry the recessive redhead gene . I'll be damned you know ?

Speaker 2 15:09

Huh , I wonder where that comes from you know Like . What advantage is that ?

Speaker 1 15:15

Like I want you to see , I don't know , but there are lots of redheads at the first Highland Games in the 11th century , I imagine oh , probably so when hammer throwing and haggis hurling were some of the events you could compete in Was it hag hurling or haggis hurling , I'm unsure .

Speaker 2 15:30

Like it said haggis .

Speaker 1 15:32

I thought yeah , Like like really cheap stomach , yeah , I could have that wrong .

Speaker 2 15:39

I don't know , you're wrong .

Speaker 1 15:40

Braveheart was actually the nickname of Robert the Bruce , but good old Mel Gibson decided to use it for the title . I wasn't aware of that . I wasn't either . That's upsetting . Yeah , mel , damn Mel . The very small town of Bonnie Bridge has over 300 reports of UFO sightings each year .

Speaker 2 15:59

Hell yeah , all right , go Bonnie Bridge .

Potatoes, Poutine, and Food Talk

Speaker 2 16:02

Hey , bonnie Bridge , you better be listening . Motherfuckers , pints up , all right .

Speaker 1 16:06

You know , I'm saying , yeah , oh , and here's one that's actually like a point of contention with some , where I'm just like whatever , let's all be so grateful that fried chicken exists , but a British cookbook in 17 , 47 perfectly describes a Scottish recipe , for it doesn't use the words fried chicken , but it basically is . Some say it was just stolen from slave tradition , but I mean it's like , either way , I'm just glad fried chicken is like thank you , whoever Right , whoa , so maybe the Scottish , and maybe that gives me some like hope for my people , like having something good to do with culinary . I guess scones are good if they're done right , right .

Speaker 2 16:55

I'm pretty sure it was proven , though , that it's like a definite that the Scottish invented fried chicken . I think that's a real thing . I'm going to double check that Okay .

Speaker 1 17:03

Because I saw somebody who's like all heated about it .

Speaker 2 17:06

Oh , I'm sure they were Damn . Let's just be glad it's here . I'm sure they were .

Speaker 1 17:10

But anyway Nonetheless . Yeah , I thought that was interesting . I actually saw that years ago on a TV . That's fantastic , you know Food Network thing . But I revisited it and just tried to read as much as I could .

Speaker 2 17:20

Again , I have no definitive proof , but Right , hey , fun fact the world's first color photograph was taken of Tartan Ribbon in Scotland . I don't know what Tartan Ribbon is . Do you Travesty Like I don't even know ? I don't even know , you know it just sucks . He was at his peak , he'd just gotten out I mean , he'd already been a thing and all but like Mac Dre was like changing .

Speaker 1 17:50

He was bringing the West back Boy .

Speaker 2 17:51

That's what , for some reason . When I think about Mac Dre , it's like if Slick Rick was from America and from the West Coast , sort of .

Speaker 1 18:03

That's an interesting take . I wouldn't have thought of that , but that makes a lot of sense . I didn't say that , I just thought of that they're definitely like a different style than I mean style , than I mean everybody has their own style , but they're like just a kind of off the wall , fucking brilliance .

Speaker 2 18:16

Right , yeah , and it's the wordplay I just thought of that . This is not something I've been pondering .

Speaker 1 18:21

It's like I was like you're not teaching a class at a community college . Not yet , not yet .

Speaker 2 18:29

I've heard it's not difficult to get that job . Yeah , so no offense to anybody who does X . It probably is pretty difficult . My bad , I don't think I could do it . No , I don't either . How do you run your mouth ? Well , step one , have no shame . So anyway , let's get on a positive note for this day . I don't know , not really so anyway , back's , get on a positive note for this day . I don't know , not really so anyway , back to musical curses .

Speaker 2 19:01

The Legend of the Pied Piper has endured the centuries , inspired works by the Grimm Brothers and Robert Browning and so many others . The story revolves around the Piper being hired to rid Hamelin of rats , which he accomplished by luring them with his magical flute . I don't know why that was funny . It reminds me of that douche flute comment , like for people who smoke e-cigs or whatever . He's like , douche flute .

Speaker 1 19:29

It was just so funny how that came up too , because we've gotten samples and they offer it to a regular customer . I was like , oh , too , because we got samples and they offered like a regular customer . I was like , oh here , do you want to ? Do you guys use these ? And he's so nonchalantly was like , oh no , yeah , we don't mess with the douche flute . What did you just say , Favorite person ?

Speaker 2 19:49

of the week . Yeah , he's from Wyoming too , remember .

Speaker 1 19:53

Yeah , yeah , Super cool couple

Scottish Facts and Cultural Heritage

Speaker 1 19:55

. I haven't seen him in a while but if you happen to randomly be listening , yeah , I always enjoyed their visits and that was a comment for the ages .

Speaker 2 20:07

Yeah , you've made people out here on the West Coast laugh because I've been saying that shit . Like Nicole , my wife , like I'm like the douche . So she was like talking with her friend on the phone and they just started cracking up . What is a douche flute ? I'm like I don't know . Apparently , you need douche flute juice to go with it . Anyway , enough of that shit . So the pie pirate .

Speaker 1 20:26

Yeah , and then I fucked up on the Stonehenge thing . Stonehenge just got trampled by a fucking dwarf . Just got trampled by a fucking dwarf Bunch of clowns .