06-06-25 - It's 81st Anniversary Of DDay And A Type Of Courage We'll Never Know - Annual Plea To Not Close Streets For Pride Parades This Month - Power Pole Emailer Was Trapped By A Poll In KC

Summary

Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona

Episode Release Date: June 6, 2025
Episode Title: It's 81st Anniversary Of D-Day And A Type Of Courage We'll Never Know - Annual Plea To Not Close Streets For Pride Parades This Month - Power Pole Emailer Was Trapped By A Poll In KC

Holmberg's Morning Sickness on 98 KUPD continues Arizona's #1 Morning Radio Show tradition, featuring host John Holmberg alongside Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo. This episode delves into historical commemorations, community event discussions, and listener-submitted emergency experiences.

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1. Commemorating the 81st Anniversary of D-Day

The episode opens with a reflective discussion on the 81st anniversary of D-Day, highlighting the monumental efforts and sacrifices made during the Normandy landings.

• John Holmberg [02:49]:
  "They said it was that one country they almost won. That's amazing."

• Brady Bogen [03:54]:
  "They're saying, you know, in this opening thing that I have 100 and some 156,000 allied troops."

Holmberg and Bogen delve into the scale of the Allied forces, the challenges faced without modern navigation tools, and the heroism displayed by the soldiers. They emphasize the significant casualties and the strategic importance of D-Day compared to recent military engagements.

• John Holmberg [04:49]:
  "I don't think I could do what those guys did... Get off that boat and run towards a mine filled beach and get shot."

The conversation serves as a homage to the bravery exhibited during one of history's most pivotal military operations.

2. Annual Plea Against Closing Streets for Pride Parades

Transitioning to contemporary issues, John Holmberg voices his concerns regarding the closure of streets for Pride parades. He advocates for the continuation of Pride events without impinging on public roadways.

• John Holmberg [09:28]:
  "All I'm asking is don't close roads for pride. And I do admire that you guys are. It's so gay that you realize it's too hot to have prideful things."

Holmberg contrasts Pride parades with other community events, arguing that while celebrations are essential, they should not disrupt daily traffic and accessibility.

• John Holmberg [15:13]:
  "How many parades do they have? A lot. And good. You're proud of it, right? Yeah, but don't close ruts."

The hosts discuss the balance between celebrating community milestones and maintaining public order, emphasizing a preference for alternative venues or times that minimize traffic disruption.

3. Listener Story: Power Pole Incident in Kansas City

A significant portion of the episode features a listener-submitted story detailing an emergency situation involving a fallen power pole.

• John Holmberg [28:07]:
  "They were screaming for us not to move, stay in the car."

• Brady Bogen [28:11]:
  "Hits the car. Pull out the sauce motos. Stay in there."

Listener Scotty recounts being trapped in a car with a power pole during a severe storm in Kansas City. Despite conflicting advice from traditional news sources, Scotty followed the podcast's guidance to remain in the vehicle, which ultimately proved lifesaving.

• John Holmberg [28:33]:
  "You've got to cry, scream, and stay put... Grab your guns and let somebody handle it."

The hosts commend Scotty for his decision to heed their advice over mainstream media recommendations, highlighting the importance of practical and situation-specific emergency responses.

4. Additional Discussions

Towards the end of the episode, the hosts briefly touch upon:

• Trump and Elon Musk Feud:
  Speculation on whether the publicized tensions between the two are genuine or staged for publicity, especially concerning stock market implications.

• International Slayer Day:
  A humorous segment celebrating Slayer, tying it into the episode's themes of courage and confrontation.

• TikTok's "Dusting" Challenge:
  A cautionary tale about dangerous trends, specifically a TikTok challenge involving inhaling cleaning spray, leading to fatal consequences.

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Notable Quotes:

• John Holmberg [02:49]:
  "They said it was that one country they almost won. That's amazing."

• John Holmberg [04:49]:
  "I don't think I could do what those guys did... Get off that boat and run towards a mine filled beach and get shot."

• John Holmberg [09:28]:
  "All I'm asking is don't close roads for pride..."

• John Holmberg [28:07]:
  "They were screaming for us not to move, stay in the car."

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Conclusion

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness intertwines historical reverence with present-day community issues and real-life emergencies. Through engaging dialogue and listener interaction, the show offers a blend of reflection, advocacy, and practical advice, maintaining its role as a staple morning program for Arizona listeners.

Transcript

[Byron]

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[John Holmberg]

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[John Holmberg]

You've been deceived by an agent of Satan himself. He's evil. Sitting right here. Come on. No, no, he's not. He's not evil. He's just a bit rude. Thank you very much. Miles to nowhere. It is 6:47 here. Ready to go. Friday morning, cruising along. It is D Day, by the way. The anniversary of D Day. It's. Was that 81 years now? Is that 44?

[Brady]

Yep.

[John Holmberg]

That's an amazing thing. I was reading about D Day a while ago. A friend of mine uses D day as his passwords to get into his house and to watch his house. So 6, 6:44 is the password to get in there. And it got me thinking about D Day, which a guy just emailed and said, don't forget to tell your listeners that it's D Day. You don't realize back in this, for 20 years we fought that war over there in the Middle east. And I don't think we hit like 10,000 casualties. I'm not even. I don't think we sniffed it. I don't know how many actually died over there, but wasn't many compared to D Day. D day, which was plus 10,000. And they're not confirmed on how many actually were.

[Brady]

Well, they're saying, you know, in this opening thing that I have 100 and some 156,000 allied troops. That was the troops landed on the beaches, Normandy. And despite the success, 4,000 Allied troops were killed by Germans.

[John Holmberg]

Confirmed 10,000 casualties. 4,000. And here's the other thing, is there were 200,000 sailors. Here's the list of countries the Allies had. UK, United States, Canada, France, Australia, Czech, Poland, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Greece, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia. You know who we were fighting? Germany. Yeah, that's it. They said it was that one country they almost won. That's amazing.

[Brady]

326,000 troops.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, we had 300. Yeah, we had 195,000 naval guys and 156,000 ground guys hopping off like those little boats jumping out there. And Germany had 56,000 total. Those pricks almost won. That was a fight that should have been a. That should have been easy.

[Brady]

Think about that. 50,000 vehicles just.

[John Holmberg]

And they were getting blown off course. Like we didn't have the gps, we didn't have any of that stuff. The wind was blowing. D Day is. Look, I love the United States. Let me just tell you that. Salute. Love it. This is the greatest place on the planet. I don't. I hate when people bitch about it. Because the alternatives are not great. There are nice places. It doesn't negate that. There's that we're the only place. But we're pretty. Like people swim here. You don't have a lot of countries saying that, like, we have to close the borders. Not because we're pricks, because if we don't, it's a non stop flood of people who have to be here. This place is awesome. I don't think I could do what those guys did, I don't think I love anything that much. Get off that boat and run towards a mine filled beach and get shot. I. I don't know. And that's a bravery or I don't know what that is, but I couldn't.

[Brady]

And before that, line up. Front line, kneel down in front.

[John Holmberg]

Well, that was way back. That was. But I'm saying like the. That was before. You're like, you just were gonna die either way then. This one was a volunteer. I mean, how many people out there watched the beginning of Save it, Saving Private Ryan and said exactly what I said, which was, no way. Yeah, I couldn't do it. I just. I'd be crying my eyes out. I'm not doing that. That's insanity. But it's D day, so if you're ever gonna think about this place and like, like how close we all were to speak in German, like that's real.

[Brady]

Those guys heading over there, though, most of them are heading over there. Not knowing there could be some fire. You don't know to the caliber.

[John Holmberg]

You're pretty sure when you look up and see that the whole beach is lined with bunkers and turrets and everything else. They're well armed and just ready for any. You're not getting up there without getting shot at. And once it started, look, first few guys are like, maybe we'll just walk right up after you saw what came at them. And you're in boat two. I'd be spinning that wheel like we're going the other way. I'm trying. Well, this is insane.

[Brady]

Guys can't even get out of the boat.

[John Holmberg]

No, they're getting shot before they get out. You got to climb over dead guys just to get to the. No way. I watched the beginning of Saving Private Ryan with just a movie. And I said out loud in the theater. I turned into a black guy at the theater. I'm like, no way. Turn the boat around. How bad is it to be German? It can't be that bad. We were. I mean that. Those weirdos almost won twice. They tried it in the nineteen teens. Almost won. Beat them back. Say no more armies for you. And they're like, watch this. And they built a bigger one and tried again 20 years later and almost did it again. The balls on those balls on those Germans. Keep your eyes on them because it's been a long time since they've been uppity. And when Germany gets an idea, they're like, we might be able to like, just like, how do you do that? That's like New Mexico saying, I think we've got this. Like, what? There's not many of us. Like, I think we can take on the entire country. Germany's like, let's, let's, let's just challenge the world to a fight. All of them. Yeah, all of them. Like, let's do it. Prepare for that. Like that's insane. It was close. So grandparents who never talked about the war, my grandpa included. He didn't go to that stuff, but he didn't like talking about it. And he was in New New Guinea. Sorry, Brett. And it was in Australia. Like he had a pretty cush assignment. And then he was on the Queen Mary going back and forth up and down the coast of Europe, Greta Thunberg style. He didn't talk about like that was like, nah, no reason to really get into it. Like he was.

[Brady]

I wish I would have talked to my grandfather more about that.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady]

He is on the battleship.

[John Holmberg]

He was in the Pacific. Right. And he had like Japanese soldiers, like clothes. Like he said, your grandfather stripped down a dead guy and like rifled through his pockets. That's cool.

[Brady]

Nice.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Well, you gotta. You gotta think that that wasn't like a casual antique shop. He pulled that off a dead Jap.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Your grandpa was like stealing from this mother. It's mine and my grandson's gonna get this someday. Oh, thanks, pops. Apple chick gave me some glasses and a knife. Yeah, right.

[Brady]

Harry Steel.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. I took it off of a Jap soldier right before I. This dead corpse. Boy. That's why they didn't talk about it. The stuff they were doing. What was it like over there? Wasn't pleasant. Wasn't pleasant. That's enough. Here, take the knife and take this helmet.

[Brady]

And his brother was on the B25. Flew B25s for three or four years.

[John Holmberg]

Blowing stuff up. Yeah.

[Brady]

What's your survival rate in the first year? Was ridiculous.

[John Holmberg]

Just slaughtering people. Your grandparents just were your grandpa. Sweet. Papal chick. 100 kills under his belt. Just a murderer. Murderer. And you don't think of him that way. Papal chick. You don't think a papal chick's brother as just a full on aerial dropping 10,000, a marauder just blowing people up. But that's what those dudes did. And then they came back and they said just be normal. And they kind of were. It wasn't a smart generation, which I think helps. But you know, probably a lot of. A lot of nightmares and night terrors and they just dealt with it. It's crazy. But yeah. D day I think that's 81 years. I'm not good at math. That's. Yeah, it's 66 to the thing and then add 25. Yeah. 81. Is that right? 91.

[Brady]

Yeah, 81.

[John Holmberg]

81 years. Yeah. A long time ago, but there are people. And then they're going to drag a few of those dudes out today. I don't know if there's any survivors, but they do that every year in Normandy. They go give a speech. Remember Biden was out there a couple years ago and just probably there wandering around like they had to kind of corral him a little. But yeah, those guys are going to be. Oh, they're 100 years old now. Yeah. And they just sit there. Would you ever go back to that? I remember this. Like, Jesus Christ. Enjoy your century. Don't go back to that anymore.

[Byron]

I'm not turning. I'm turning down a free trip.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. I don't go. I grew up in Mesa. I don't like going back there and nothing bad happened. I just was in Mesa too long. Mesa's fine. I just don't want to go in there anymore.

[Brady]

My mom's 86 and she went over to Europe in May. At 86, I'm like, that's last time.

[John Holmberg]

Why?

[Brady]

Just because of. At that age, traveling.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah, I know. Popping 100 year old man. But I mean, I'm not even talking about like, just the. The dude's going back to like the.

[Brady]

Worst right thing ever seen.

[John Holmberg]

Misery.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

You're like, let's go stand him up there. And he's. He's like, I'm a hero. And he is. He's 100. But it's such a crazy thing. And Saving Private Ryan's the realest it can get. You're watching that and it's just like, this is uncomfortable. Like our. We were mean to our grandparents and shouldn't. We shouldn't have been. It's nuts. But so there's probably.

[Brady]

I mean, families that have done it like every year.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. They pop over to. Yeah, they go back in honor and they should. It's an amazing thing. So D Day, it's that. It's also Pride Month, which they fought for. And here's my deal. I talked to a gay yesterday and we were chatting away about some stuff and he said he had an event and I kind of rolled my eyes. And he goes, what? And I'm like, ah, I'm fine with your gay events and your stuff like that. Are you closing any roads? No. Like, thank God. That's all I ask Pride event. I'm not against anything you're doing until you close roads like nobody else, no.

[Brady]

Matter what the parade is.

[John Holmberg]

Look, and it's not fair because, like, when black people try to have a parade, they call it a march or an attack like they never have. Like, it's like blacks can't do it, Italians can't do it because they're always celebrating something terrible. Just because you guys like each other, it doesn't mean you get to close streets. Do it on the sidewalk.

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[John Holmberg]

Well, not that I'll go to a park. I'm so like, look, I see those signs that we're going to have an event on Saturday. It's like, oh, you're closing Central. I got to get around. I got to drive around this giant thing and it doesn't end. It's not like Veterans Day parades, which start at like 7 in the morning and they're over by 9, which doesn't affect me at all. They're parading all day. You can be proud of it without clogging up traffic. You're the only ones allowed to do that. No one else does that.

[Brady]

This is the big weekend.

[John Holmberg]

Or no, they're. Evidently they're not. He's had. They're having like big events at bar and I'm like, that's great. I might go to a cup. That's fun. But I'm just. I just. Just don't close the streets. You're the only group that's allowed to close the roads to just celebrate who you bang. Nobody else is allowed to do that. Like, we're not allowed. Heterosexuals are not allowed to just go, man, it does. That tastes good. And start marching around close Central. I want to walk up and down Central just because I love the smell of. I think it's awesome. You know, like party favors and hats and things like that. Just because we love banging vagina.

[Byron]

Is Roosevelt closed this weekend?

[John Holmberg]

Well, it's first Friday, so you're going to have problems down there. That's going to double down on that.

[Brady]

It's going to smell like Gilbert sometimes those days in the summer, like, are they moving the cattle again?

[John Holmberg]

I don't know if that's true. Are you comparing a gay pride march to the smell of a cattle ranch? Brady made a poof. Eventually. It just was that livestock. Oh, yeah. It's pride month, all right.

[Byron]

Chocolate LeBaron. Excuse me.

[John Holmberg]

That's right. I forgot. They're marching. Any other group gets together and March and goes down central and closes it. We're like, oh, there must be some sort of a movement. These guys are just celebrating blowing each other. And it's a hell of a celebration. I'm. Look, I'm all for the celebration of a nice quality mouth nobbing, but you shouldn't. You shouldn't be allowed to close streets to celebrate that. I know you guys have been through a lot. Do it at a bar. Have some fun. Swizzle Inn has new owners. You guys can go in there, do whatever you want. I've seen it. I've seen guys do stuff to each other in that bar. I got video of it.

[Byron]

The fingering.

[John Holmberg]

Fingering of Gene Short guy. Gene Short guy didn't leave the house that day thinking, today's the day. I'm getting fingered at a bar. And he did. And I watched it, and I have video of it, and it's awful. They shouldn't be closing streets for that. That's for sure.

[Brady]

Were you sipping your drink at that time and about 15 minutes later, there cattle in here?

[John Holmberg]

No. No, it wasn't. It didn't smell like a cattle ranch. It's very clean. You smell that, Richard? Yeah, I do. What is that? Like, I think a cow walks through. No, that dude's fingering that guy over there. Oh, yeah, that'll happen. Didn't expect it to smell so much like a cattle ranch. It's not what happens, Brady. What a child. It takes hundreds of gays fingering each other to get the scent of a cattle ranch in the air.

[Byron]

You're such a child, Brady.

[John Holmberg]

Ridiculous. Grow up. Grow up and be like me. When you see a man fingering another man and giggle and film it and keep it down, but you don't compare. Please have some decorum around here. It was going on so long that I could talk to my friend about it. Like, is that what I think is going on? And look over at that guy in jean shorts and tell me what you see. And he. My friend Rich just looks. And he looks back at me and he says, the tall one's fingering the other one. And I'm like, I see it too.

[Brady]

His hands there. He's missing a finger.

[John Holmberg]

Wasn't just. It was a. It was a. What do you call it? Like a metronome. It was like this. It was tapping against the jeans and disappearing. It was like a clock.

[Byron]

It was like the grandfather clock.

[John Holmberg]

The grandfather clock in and out. And I'm watching that happen. His wrist is flexing above the waistline. He was going after It.

[Byron]

It's like one of those. One of those car accidents or something.

[John Holmberg]

Don't look, dude.

[Byron]

What?

[John Holmberg]

At that point, if you're gonna throw digits in a jean, short guy, the don't look is off the table. We're staring at that. I mean, I just had my phone out like I was the pruder, for God's sakes. Anyway. Yeah, Just. All I'm asking is don't close roads for pride. And I do admire that you guys are. It's so gay that you realize it's too hot to have prideful things. So you wait till October here in Phoenix. Everybody else is marching all over the place, and these guys wait till October. It's great. Just don't close the roads. I asked my gay friend yesterday, Please talk to your friends. Don't close Central, and make it hard for me to get around. Oh, it's just one day. Oh, if that were true, you guys march all the time. You love that. And parades and gays. I mean, that's handy. They love that. That's right up their alley. What are you asking? Google how many gays it takes. Smell like a cattle ranch?

[Brady]

No.

[John Holmberg]

All right. Just making sure you had your hand brain in here.

[Byron]

Yeah. How many? I mean, how many parades do they have?

[John Holmberg]

A lot. And good. You're proud of it, right? Yeah, but don't close ruts. We all get mad when the dude's suicidal and he sits on a bridge and we gotta stop and wait for him.

[Byron]

Yeah, just jump, for God's sake.

[John Holmberg]

You're messing up traffic. Nobody. Traffic's hard enough. Don't make me have to figure out a way around it. You can't take one day of your life to just go down 7th Street. Not if I want to be on Central. Why do. Why do you get it? You're gay every day. Why do you got to clog this up for me? I'm not.

[Byron]

Go march in Maryville or something.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, go.

[Byron]

Yeah, we're not driving there.

[John Holmberg]

Drive someplace that I don't want to be. Think of me is what I'm saying. Why don't they ever think of me? The case, this message. Oh, they do. I bet they do. Pristine what I'm wearing. Yeah, he's always in those little shorts. Joshua emails, he says about the Trump and Elon thing. He goes, regarding the fight. I got to run something by you and I. This. This kind of crossed my mind, but this one seems a bit loud. He said, I think the whole argument is staged. Elon knew that helping Trump would hurt his Tesla stock. Now they throw insults back and forth at each other to help Elon gain support back from the people he lost when he teamed up so the Tesla stock can go back up. He lost $34 billion yesterday. It's the largest single billionaire drop in stock history. It's huge for a single human being to lose 34 billion yesterday because he made everybody nervous. And then Trump said, I just will stop funding you. You're not getting any more help. And so it made the stock drop. I. It. It does seem like maybe they're staging a little fight here to be to set something else up. That wouldn't surprise me, but it isn't. It is entertaining these two again. And then I got another email about yesterday's show about the power lines that the news was trying to tell you to get out of your car if a power line falls on it, which, again, you're in such a mess if a power line's laying on your car that I don't think you're going to hearken back to the last time you saw Javier Soto tell you what to do. It says homework, no joke. As I listened to your podcast, which I love, by the way, I had to let you know I was trapped once in a car with a power pole on it. You're 110% correct. Had we gotten out, we would have been immediately killed. The power lines are giant movie snakes. They're flying around like crazy. In fact, the electric company people, after they shut it down, made us sit in the car for an hour in case it was still conducting electricity. We had to figure out if we would explode at all if we even rolled a window down. We stayed put. Cops and firefighters, A bunch of Kansas City electrical people were there. Every one of them had a bullhorn, scared to get close to us, screaming for us not to move. Stay in the car. My wife was hysterical. Terrible storm. Power pole fell on us while we were stopped. Your show saves lives. Never take the advice of the real news. Signed, Scotty. You're right, Scotty. I watch the news and tell you what they're wrong about. And surprisingly, my C S figures things out better than them. And again, Kansas City. That can happen to you like those. I watch movies. Tornadoes, like we Dorothy like houses leave their moorings there.

[Byron]

When you said a bunch of Kansas City, I just kept thinking when I read it.

[John Holmberg]

I said the same thing when I. When it fell out. I got a bunch of Kansas City.

[Brady]

They're blowing through there.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, yeah. All right, that's enough. Punic. Just Toledo. Stop him from Punies. He's. That's enough. Yeah, I heard it, too. When I said a bunch of Kansas City, I'm like, oh, no. Yeah. Stupid Mel Brooks. But, yeah, like, that'll happen here. If you got a power pole laying on you, you made a mistake, and it's a terrible, terrible storm. Three, more than likely, you're gonna end up with one of these palo verdes laying on your car, and it's not gonna do much.

[Brady]

There's not too many areas that I. That a tree would bring down the pole. Big enough tree.

[John Holmberg]

Well, I had a tree fall in my backyard there.

[Brady]

You know, a big limb could come off a tree.

[John Holmberg]

My tree fell into the power lines in the backyard. I didn't even know it. We had a microburst go through my backyard. It messed up a palm tree. I have kind of a retarded palm tree. I've got four beautiful trees in a row. The first one is special Ed. That's his nickname. He's kind of a derpy palm tree. And it's because he got hit by a. He doesn't grow as fast as the other trail. All the other ones are, like, dead, even majestic. He's kind of sideways top of him, like. Like he got half his head knocked off. You know, people have head injuries and their hair grows back everywhere. Except for the dent he's got that. He's like, his. His palm goes out. And then there's one spot where he got dented, and that's where his skull. His palm skulls dented. He's kind of a derpy palm tree. And then I'm in the backyard, and I see my Aussie shepherd go in the earth. I'm like, where did Sheila just go? And I'm like, what's going on with that? And it was leaning up against the power pole so it didn't look like it was down, but the roots were out of the ground, and there was a hole about three feet deep. And this microburst took this tree out, but it didn't take out the power lines.

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[John Holmberg]

Homeburg's morning sickness. And I called the fire department. They came out like, you were right to call us, but it's. I wouldn't worry about it. And I'm like, I didn't want to touch anything. My dog's down in the earth now like the Viet Cong. I don't know what's going on. She's down in there. She'll come out like, you're right. Then she popped out of the ground. That's neat. And I wanted to go play in the hole, but I was told not to touch the tree or anything. I don't even know how that works. They just shut everything off. You gotta get. And then they told me, you gotta get this tree off of here. I'm like, well, I figured that would be what I called you guys to do. Well, we don't do that. So it's gonna be like this forever.

[Byron]

Call Al.

[John Holmberg]

No, no, that's. Before I knew Al. I had to call the city. And they came out and chopped up my tree. But I didn't even know. So I know.

[Brady]

You pull it back in.

[John Holmberg]

What?

[Brady]

Because it. It was tilted over. Right?

[John Holmberg]

That's what they had to do. Yeah, they had to get it off. It was amazing. The root system was incredible. And, yeah, they leaned it with a crane and then some Mexicans.

[Brady]

The root systems are not.

[John Holmberg]

This wasn't a palm tree. No, the derpy palm tree just got banged around.

[Brady]

Oh.

[John Holmberg]

It was a big eucalyptus. Massive. And it tore up. But I didn't see it because it was on the other side of it where it was laying. I was unreal. But it just made me realize, man, those power poles, they're in there. They didn't fall off. That was the same storm that knocked down the lights at Bethany in the 51. The same microburst that was right down the road from it, and it knocked all that down. Power pole stayed put. So if a power pole falls on you, the storm is horrendous. Dude from Kansas City will tell you he's one of them. Kansas City. And he's telling you right away he's had a power pole laying on his car and everybody told him not to get out. Yeah. I learned everything from movies, and I didn't even like Iron Man 2. Is that the Iron Man 2 with the whiplash, or is that one?

[Brady]

It's. It's two.

[John Holmberg]

Is it two?

[Byron]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

And that dude's arms were power lines, and they were all over the place. I've seen the videos of power lines on the ground, and they just snake around until somebody shuts it off. You don't get close to that and it's shooting death at you. We've seen it in Brett's videos. Getting out of my car with a power pole on it, if I'm still alive, I'm staying put. News, and you can't sue them. I saw it on the news. It says you're supposed to shuffle out of. And remember when Ladonna and Jim said the first thing, you gotta leap out of your car? Like, no, you have to open the door and then leap out as far as. As far as you can and then shuffle away. This isn't happening.

[Byron]

Can we sue Sharp and Ladon?

[John Holmberg]

That's what I'm saying. Can I sue KTAR for that terrible information? If it ever happens to me, which probably won't listen to kupd. We've got it figured out. Cry, scream, and stay put. That is the best possible thing you can do when you're being attacked by electricity. Cry, scream, stick. Stick to your guns and let somebody let a professional handle it. Pull.

[Brady]

Hits the car. Pull out the sauce motos. Stay in there.

[John Holmberg]

Brady's the only person with a get out bag in his car in case he has to live in it for an hour or so. Good thing I got all that extra Wendy's. We can live in here for a while. At least 10 hours anyway. So. Yeah. And everybody's emailing it like, everybody's so interested in the. The Trump Elon fight that I just. I don't even know what to do. Like. It's one of those things where I don't want to. Like, these are the times when the job. You're just like. I don't really want to pay attention to that one.

[Brady]

The only thing it was missing was a TMZ video.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. Oh, there will be. We'll get something swinging. And evidently they're going to talk today. So.

[Brady]

Pulling each other off. What the AIDS are.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, I see.

[Brady]

Separating them.

[John Holmberg]

I'd like to see the video. Yeah. Now Elon and I are going to, like Brady said, pull each other off. That's not how you say it, but we're going to give it a get back together. Yeah. And how do you get back together with somebody who said you were on Epstein Island? That's the opening bomb. Anyway. But there is something in it that the. The housewives of the White House. There is something a. Again, Pride Month. Super gay. That two dudes just broke up live on tv. But it's just so fascinating and it doesn't seem real, but it used to look again. Go back in history. It used to happen all the time. William Randolph Hearst used to fight everybody. He's the richest man in the world. Used to fight everybody. Politicians were scared of him. He fought everybody, and it was alive and on his newspapers. And he held politicians accountable, saying, I know things about you and I'll put it on every paper across the country. If it's true or not, I'll destroy you. And we got that going on again. It's not new. It's just new to us and it's crazy. So just keep it in mind. Brett, what do you got on the big board of musical treats?

[Byron]

No, they were just everybody sending me the. Everybody's sending me the links here.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. About the. Oh, but.

[Byron]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

No, no, no, don't. Okay. God damn it. Wide world of Sports is going on here.

[Brady]

I had you people try to get a little track leaf not to jump a bunch of Kansas City.

[John Holmberg]

That's right. Okay. Thank you.

[Byron]

All right. Wake Up Song, of course.

[John Holmberg]

Brought to you. That's a great. I told you that, my friend. I made him a. Those baseball jersey. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Kansas City homo F words. And it's one of the funniest things that. He's still got it. It's in his closet.

[Byron]

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[John Holmberg]

Yes, the Pace.

[Byron]

Not my balls for Trump to Elon.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, boy.

[Byron]

Mandatory suicide because it is National Slayer Day. I just got Tomoriah's birthday.

[John Holmberg]

It's nat. International Slayer Day.

[Byron]

Yeah, it's. I just found this one out.

[John Holmberg]

Pull it up. That's a thing? Oh, yeah, they're just on reservation.

[Byron]

International Day of Slayer.

[John Holmberg]

It's June 6th. And there's a website, too, for International Day of Slayer.

[Byron]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

You just have to listen.

[Byron]

I don't know, but the natives are calling for it.

[John Holmberg]

Okay.

[Byron]

They said so.

[John Holmberg]

We don't want to. I've heard that when they get restless, you want to appease. No, that's yours then it's International Day of Slayer. You get some Slayer to start it all off. All right, we'll do that.

[Byron]

We pull some up.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. All right. Slayer. By the way, I saw a thing yesterday as a tragedy in Tempe. Some girl did a TikTok challenge called dusting. And as far as I can tell, it's just whippets. And it scared me to death. I used to do whippets all the time in high school. And this like you can die from it. Except for they're using keyboard cleaner that I guess something she's dusting. And it killed her. Evidently it gets in your lungs and it stops your lungs from getting oxygen for a second. Second knocked her down and she was 19. But it's a TikTok thing. They're sniffing computer dusting spray. I don't even know what that is. And you get a little high for a couple minutes. Same as whippets. Everything I read about it, I'm like, this is what we did with whippets and upside down whipped cream. We used to get in so much trouble at Tony Romas when we get orders of the whipped cream and then, you know, the responsible waitresses would go over to put some on top of the desserts. Yeah. And it Just squirted out liquid poop like it was so bad. God damn bus boys. Because we would suck up all that stuff and do. I didn't know it could kill you. I'm today years old. When I found out that that stuff was that bad, I didn't know. So be careful. If your kids are hanging around and they're way too adamant about wanting their keyboards cleaned, they're probably learned something on Tick Tock that you can get high from it but also murder you.

[Brady]

Now you're gonna have to probably provide your driver's license to buy that.

[John Holmberg]

Right? Exactly. Soon, like, whipped cream. And cleaning your computers is gonna be like buying a car. You gotta go sit in an office, fill out some papers. All I wanted was to clean my keyboard. Well, we can't be sure of that. You might be one of those people that gets high off this stuff. Yep. I also might be a guy who just wants a clean keyboard. Yeah, I had no idea. And there's, like, groups going around saying it's happened to a bunch of kids and it's. I never heard of it, but a girl in Tempe died from it. So be careful.

[Brady]

You put it up your nose.

[John Holmberg]

I don't know.

[Byron]

I think you huff it.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, that's what they do. But I don't know what.

[Byron]

I think you put it, like, in a bag. I think you put it in a bag like they were doing with spray paint years ago. Yeah, I think.

[John Holmberg]

And that's why we can't buy spray paint.

[Byron]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Whether it's in cages. That and spray paint. People.

[Byron]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Started to put their names on stuff all the time. You know who I'm talking about.

[Byron]

Look at this.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, exactly. What? Those. You guys with the spray paint. You make me mad. Yeah, the taggers. That's right. I don't want to specifically name who I know does it, but you know who you are. There's one group out there that likes doing that a lot more than another. I know you're. Hey, that's me. Yeah. You know you're doing it and you're great at it. By the way. Some of that stuff's amazing. You see a white kid try to tag, it's like stick figures.

[Byron]

Oh, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

And it just says Carl or Braden. They don't have, like, cool names or anything.

[Byron]

Imagine the graffiti.

[John Holmberg]

And Gilbert just says Talon everywhere. Talon. Mine's got a Y in it. Mine's an O. My parents added a schwa in mine. All named Talon Slayer for International Slayer Day. How about that? D Day and International Slayer Day. We should get the day off. They had one more a donut day. All right, calm down. I did notice it on Channel 3's website that they celebrated International Donut Day. And they don't mention D Day at all. So Fat America, you win. And the reason you're fat is because of D Day, ironically. Let's do it. Slayer. I got world painted blood thrown in there. Okay, It's Slayer. Doesn't matter.

[Byron]

Slayer fans.

[John Holmberg]

Same stuff. Slayer. Slayer. This is for you, Rez. It's 98.

[Dick Toledo]

Hey, it's not weird.

[John Holmberg]

It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees. I have heard enough of this. Come on down to the Ranch House Grill. Comfort food is your next meal.

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