TMS 2955: The Skittles Response

·1 hr 6 min·5 clips

Scott and Brian debate a knuckle trick to remember which months have 31 days, revealing a forgotten schoolyard method.

The episode begins with Scott and Brian discussing a knuckle trick to recall which months have 31 days, involving bulges and divots on the hand. They then move to testing a foreign Oreo package, using translation apps to discover humorous mistranslations like 'grape flavor for water room rail flavor.' The conversation shifts to news items: two men in China detained for spreading false information about male pandas mating, and a man registering a potato as a gun silencer to protest firearm laws. Listener feedback includes a correction on 'Chips Ahoy' pronunciation and a story about a neighbor rapping early in the morning. The central segment features an anonymous email about a best friend arrested for criminal sexual conduct and child abuse material, with Wendy providing psychological guidance on grief, betrayal, and forgiveness. She also promotes her Time Mastery course at nobetteru.com. The episode concludes with a listener recommending the SpotHero parking app and a birthday song dedication of Seether's 'Fine Again' by Sandra Shabo.

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A loose morning stream turns a fake giant-panda image into a pointed argument about platform responsibility.

The episode frames the morning stream as a loose space where nonsense can still lead into a real argument about online responsibility. Scott Johnson and Brian Ibbitt drift from a new bag of chips and a streetcar-hits-a-horse joke into a fake giant-panda image, people detained…

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Want chip-bag chaos to drift into a sharper fake-news argument about who should enforce the rules?

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