The Kitchen’s Open : Warm and Cozy Beverage Edition(Hour 2)

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Unusual 9-1-1 calls of 2024.

I think that's good.

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And welcome to the Kitchens Open on WFHR

for this Monday, January 13th.

We are in the heart of winter as this weather tells us.

Which means from day to day, it could swing from snowing,

to sleeping, to cold, or, like, Arctic.

With the chill in the air, it's a good time to find ways to warm up.

Yes, indeed.

This is the time of this time of year.

It's a great time for soups and stews.

And one of my favorites, chili.

We already did an entire episode on chili guns.

You're right, James.

We did.

That's why we're turning our attention to hot beverages.

Oh, mocha is, it is.

Mocha it is.

Well, you're not far off.

According to InnovaMarket Insights, InnovaMarketing Insights.com,

Per capita consumption of hot coffee is the highest.

Hot tea per capita consumption is one-tenth of hot coffee consumption.

Per capita consumption of hot chocolate is relatively low.

About half of U.S. consumers drink hot drinks.

So only half of us out there are drinking hot coffee.

Interesting.

Hot coffee is the most popular followed by hot tea and then hot cocoa.

U.S. consumers also drink hot coffee most often.

Nearly half reporting drinking hot coffee every day.

I don't, yeah, yeah, I can't start my morning without it.

About one in six U.S. consumers consume hot tea every day.

Older generations in the U.S. are most likely to consume hot coffee,

of which mocha.

So mocha combines two of the best worlds, right?

It's a combination of hot chocolate and coffee.

So you cover most people there.

Hot tea is popular among millennials and Gen Z in the U.S.

While hot chocolate is consumed more by millennials than any other generation.

Whoa.

Wow.

That's interesting.

I just had some hot chocolate last night.

It was amazing.

It was amazing.

The only thing that was better was my mocha coffee this morning.

There you go.

See the only thing.

So did you have the hot chocolate after being outside?

Yeah.

See and that it's never better than after your cold come in,

get the hot chocolate and it's perfect.

Yeah.

And that's what mocha is.

It's chocolate coffee.

That's basically, yeah.

Never go wrong with chocolate.

It really is.

And I don't care.

To me, it is so much, I don't know.

It is so much the way the coffee is meant to be.

To me and my taste buds.

That differs for everybody.

Of course.

But if that's all the only, if they say we're getting rid of all coffee,

but mocha, I'd be fine.

I'd be fine with that.

Well, mocha, the nice thing there is that they found that

coffee helps enhance the flavor of chocolate,

which is why you can put it in brownies and things like that.

So it makes perfect sense that you would have a mocha.

Yes, you do.

You get that enhanced flavor.

Of course, they are related to the coffee bean and the cocoa bean.

They're actually very similar to each other.

Yes, they are.

But even within these beverages, there are, of course, many varieties.

When it comes to hot coffee, you can have it like I like it black

or you can have it as my father-in-law says,

tainted with cream or sugar.

You can also get lattes, cappuccino, mocha,

flavored, etc.

That's a great line.

I want to steal that.

That's so good tainted.

That's such a good line.

That's what he's been telling me because that's how I have my coffee.

I have to have something in my coffee because I tell him I drink flavor,

not coffee.

Yeah.

So he tells me I taint my coffee.

That's awesome.

That's a great way.

Coffee has flavor.

Not to mention the many flavors and recipes for hot chocolate

and the palethora of tea options from green to black to flavor profiles.

These may be the most popular hot drink options,

but they are not the only ones that are out there.

One of my favorites from childhood is hot apple cider.

And this weekend I actually had a chance to make some.

I was on a retreat with a whole bunch of youth

and we bought some apple cider from the store

and you can easily just heat that up and have it that way.

I added a little bit of cinnamon in it

to just give it a little bit more spice and warmth to it.

But I found a great recipe on the Taste of Home website

for warmed spiced cider punch.

So it sounds absolutely delicious

and it's perfect for a party or hosting a dinner.

In a three-quart slow cooker,

combine four cups of apple cider or unsweetened apple juice,

two and a quarter cups of water.

One can, which is six ounces of frozen orange juice concentrate,

don't thaw it in this, have it thought already.

Three quarters teaspoons ground nutmeg

and three quarters teaspoons ground ginger

place three whole cloves and two cinnamon six

in a double thickness of cheesecloth.

It makes it easier to pull it out once you've used it.

Bringing all the corners of the cloth

and tie the straight to form a bag,

place the bag in the slow cooker with everything else cover

and cook on low for four to five hours or until heated through.

Remove and discard the spice bag,

garnish with orange slices and additional cinnamon sticks

if you would like.

Wow.

Well, that's on yummy.

That doesn't, that's not bad

because I'm not the biggest apple cider fan,

but it'd be interesting to try this out

and see if the orange juice does make a difference.

Mm-hmm.

I would love to try that.

I think that'd be very a lot of fun.

I would never, I would get two steps into that

and be, it just all fall apart.

There's no way.

I do love anything.

One, I love trying different,

like something that you've been having since you were a kid

and a new version of it or a different version of it.

It can be a lot of fun,

and I think that's something that everybody should try.

Mm-hmm.

But I love things where you're making it

and you get to feel like a mad scientist.

Yes.

I love that.

That's just fun.

Your slow cooker becomes your culture.

Yeah, that's right.

And now you're making your,

and believe it or not, this month is Potion Day.

There is a national day of Potion Day.

Oh, wow.

So something like this

and you're making your little potion.

And it's great to be able to utilize your slow cooker

for more than just one day.

Right, exactly.

Yeah.

You often think of it for our meals.

Why not our beverages?

Hey, that's something great to,

it's awesome.

You can start it in the morning,

keep it on low, you know,

for that four to five hours

and switch it over to warm.

And when you come home after a cold day

when the temperature is a below zero,

you can come to a nice warm cup of

just delicious food, right?

Sight up.

Sight up.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

Also found a recipe at the same website,

tasteofhome.com,

that I'm very curious about.

It's mold Dr. Pepper.

Ooh.

Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of warm soda ever.

But maybe if it's part of this kind of a recipe,

it might be okay.

So for this one,

it looks really, really easy.

You simply put eight cups of Dr. Pepper.

Now that's about five and a third cans

or 64 ounces,

which is just a little bit less than a two liter bottle

of Dr. Pepper,

a quarter cup packed brown sugar,

one quarter cup lemon juice,

a half a teaspoon ground allspice,

a half a teaspoon whole cloves,

one quarter teaspoon salt,

and one quarter teaspoon ground nutmeg,

three cinnamon sticks,

which are about three inches long,

and you put all of that into a three quart slow cooker.

Cook, cover and cook on low

for about two hours or until he did through.

You discard the cloves and the cinnamon sticks

and then you've got your warmed Dr. Pepper,

your mold Dr. Pepper.

That sounds fascinating.

I'm trying to figure out how someone was like,

they have such this love of Dr. Pepper,

like I got to find new ways to drink Dr. Pepper

because it's just not enough.

It's warming up.

Well, I know it's not...

It's not sweet enough on this.

I wonder how much sugar is on in soda already?

They're asking us to add more.

So this could be a nice sweet warm drink for you.

That'll put your teeth on edge.

Yeah.

Well, you could always try it with non-sugar.

Yeah, that's true.

So with the diets Dr. Pepper

and use like stevia or Splenda

or something like that instead of the actual sugar.

Right.

Because I know that the gosh,

come on Beth, works Splenda.

Splenda actually makes a brown sugar.

Oh, that's right.

It's a little more expensive,

but it is no sugar.

So you could always look for that brown sugar

and use that instead of regular packed brown sugar.

So if you're looking for something

that can warm you up in more than one way,

there's always the adult drinks like mold wine,

hot buttered rum or hot toddies.

So full disclosure,

I didn't even know what a hot toddy was.

So I had to do a little research.

According to a couple of cooks.com,

love that name.

The hot toddy is a mixed drinks made of liquor, hot water,

and honey often made with lemon, spices, or tea.

The drink originated in British occupied India.

Tatty was a Hindi word that meant drink made

from fermented palm sap.

By 1786, the word Tatty was defined in English

as a drink with liquor, hot water, and sugar.

The drink became popular in England and Scotland

using Scotch whiskey.

Then spread to the Americas where rum and brandy

and used in the hot toddy.

By the mid 1800s, Americans were prescribing the hot toddy

as a cure for the common cold.

Of course they were.

I will take that here, thank you.

Any excuse to drink.

That's what it was.

Yes.

Many hot toddy recipes use tea as the base,

but the simplest and tastiest form of this drink

uses hot water.

Here are the ingredients if you need,

you'll need for this hot toddy recipe.

You'll need whiskey, rum, or brandy,

some honey, or pure maple syrup.

Lemon, hot water, and the best way the hot water,

the way the hot water opens the flavors

of the whiskey brandy or rum makes it

it's deliciously easy to sip.

And coming off the heels of the holiday season,

don't forget about wassail.

Wassail?

Wassail.

Wassail.

Countryliving.com shares, although these days

of particularly any mulled cider recipe could be called wassail,

the fact is that during the heyday of a yul-tide wassling,

the beverage was actually quite different.

Though at its base, it was a mulled hot drink involving

cider, traditional wassail, calling for hard,

calling for hard cider, which is much less sweet

than the fresh stuff.

It was also often combined with ale and sherry,

and almost always had roasted apples floating in it.

Help fortify the drinkers and perhaps

to add some much-needed protein.

Whipped eggs were also added,

which created a light, fluffy, foam-like topping.

It's a lot less sweet than today's modern mulled cider

or mulled wine recipes, but it's absolutely delicious.

Wow.

So that's where it comes from.

They liked it so much.

They wrote songs about wassail.

Yeah.

There you go.

Yeah.

Times though.

I feel like that's one of those things every winter I re-learned

what that was.

Wassail is, yeah.

It's very, very important.

So all of these I would try about,

all of these sound really good.

Yeah.

These were some really fun finds.

They really are.

And a couple of cooks.com has at least 12 different recipes.

And then I found another website that has 45 different winter cocktails.

You're looking for the adult version of them.

That's right.

You can find that on the online.

I got one for you.

And I mentioned this a little while ago,

the Tom and Jerry mix.

And I think it's more of a regional thing.

I know where I grew up in Northern Minnesota.

It was, you could find the batter in stores.

I mean, they would just bring it out for the holiday season.

Okay.

And it was very popular.

And when I worked at the convention center that I worked at in the bar department,

we would always bring it out that time of year because there would be holiday parties

that people would have there.

And they would say, bring out the Tom and Jerry mix.

So here's the recipe to actually make the batter.

And then how you actually mix it together.

It's not that, it's actually not that hard.

Okay.

So was it brought out by a cat in the mouse?

No.

No.

Actually, one of us had to make that.

Exactly.

Actually, when I was reading a little bit about the history,

it was the man who did it.

His name was Jerry Thomas.

Tom and Jerry.

That's how they got the name of it.

That's the guy who invented it.

So what you're going to need is eight whole eggs.

You're going to need about one and a half cups of granulated sugar,

a tablespoon of cornstarch, and ounce of gold rum.

Now I didn't realize there was actual liquor in the batter.

I didn't realize there was that was in there.

And then for your spices, you'll need half a teaspoon of ground cloves,

half a teaspoon of ground allspice, because you know, it's Christmas.

And half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon as well.

That'll just mix up the batter like you would any kind of batter.

And just refrigerate it to keep it cool, because it's got eggs in it.

So make sure that you keep it good.

And then when you want to actually mix the drink, it's pretty easy.

You just take about an ounce of the batter, put it in a mug of some sort.

You want about one and a half ounces of brandy,

and then fill the rest with hot water.

And there is your Tom and Jerry's.

Now you can take out the brandy and have it just as,

because it's actually quite tasty, the batter itself,

and just add hot water to it, and you can do an on-alcoholic version of it.

Of course, there's that little bit of rum in the batter, but not that much.

So it's all negotiable, right?

Yeah, exactly.

But it's a very tasty, at least the batter that I had back in the day is very tasty.

Right, well, no matter your preference, a nice hot beverage on a cold day

not only can make you feel warm, can always make you feel warm and cozy.

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And with that, we'll close the kitchen.

Yeah, very nice.

That was a great episode.

Nice work, Beth.

Thank you.

Perfect timing on that today.

Absolutely.

Be listening next Monday for another edition of The Kitchen's Open right here in the 9 o'clock spot on WFHR.

Welcome back, everybody.

Morning show at WFHR, locally grown radio.

Melissa, Seth and James here with you.

We hope you're having a fantastic one out there.

Thanks so much for joining us on this Monday and kicking your week off with us.

Get into our schedule and some good stories of the day in a little bit.

But we'll just go ahead and dive right into some entertainment news right now.

And over the holidays, Will Ferrell appeared at an LA King's hockey game dressed as Buddy the Elf.

Nice.

I saw pictures of that.

But this was not the buddy that you know from the movies.

This was Buddy on Shaven and very unhappy looking and he was drinking a beer with a cigarette and all that and everything.

So why did he do it?

Well, just because as it turns out.

Oh, wow.

Because he could.

On the Kelsey Brothers New Heights podcast, Will said, quote, the reaction was insane.

Like, what is he doing?

Is he promoting something?

But occasionally, I just like to do weird things like this to stir it up.

And FYI was a candy cigarette, by the way.

Not real, because you can't smoke in the arena.

Yeah.

So one of the things that came of this too was a lot of the charities that Will works for him being able to bring attention to those.

Which this was before, of course, the fires out there.

And that has really kind of actually helped out in some ways because a lot of those involve devastation from previous fires.

Right.

Exactly.

I don't know, man.

I would make one of the worst celebrities ever because I would be doing this kind of stuff all the time.

I don't know.

I'd be messing with paparazzi every chance I get.

I'd be crashing weddings.

There's a reason I'm probably not famous.

I love the idea of like, oh, that bail off.

There he is again, you know, doing this stuff.

There would be, like, some states would invent laws.

Just like, you know, James comes by.

It's the bail off law.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I think that's a love that idea.

Good on him.

Yeah.

That's fun.

I got to give him credit for that.

That's pretty good.

Timothy Shalame will be hosting Senate Live on January 25th with musical guest, Timothy Shalame.

Huh?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Only 41 people in the show's 50 year history have ever hosted and been their own musical guest.

It's only happened 41 times.

I didn't realize that.

Wow.

Yeah, that took me off guard.

I did not think about it.

I don't know.

I've wondered about it.

But I've never thought about it before.

What the actual number was.

That's insane.

And until now, only a handful weren't primarily singers.

The legend Lily Tomlin did this in 1975 and 1983.

Okay.

Desi Arnez in 1976.

And Gary Busey in 1979.

Gary Busey.

Not where I thought I would have thought Shatner might have been his own musical guest.

Oh, you know, yeah.

Yeah.

Has he ever been?

I don't know.

He's got to have been.

Yeah.

I'm almost positive.

Yeah.

I'm almost positive.

He did because he's got the famous Star Trek scene.

Oh, that's right.

Yeah.

The convention one.

Yeah.

Well, he just goes up there and what are you doing?

What is wrong with your people?

It's one of my favorite sketches ever.

And it was way ahead of the time where you gave away with that stuff.

Yeah, right.

Of course, Shalame has been getting rave reviews for his singing in the Bob Dylan Biopic,

a complete unknown.

He's also nominated for an Oscar.

But there's no word in if he's singing Dylan on SNL or not.

Well, that would make sense if he pulled out a couple of Dylan tunes.

Yeah.

Dave Chappelle is going to be hosting the week before.

So you got two pretty great hosts back to back right there.

Wow.

Timothy's been on the show before and just a complete like just what do you want me to do?

I'll do it and just go all in.

Like if for just I think even in sketches where he's not it's not a funny sketch, he's killing it.

He's so darn good at this.

And incredibly comfortable on that stage.

Like few young actors I've seen.

Right, right.

I got in my Oscar and my sack awards last weekend.

And I did put him on the list.

I'm not going to say who I voted for to win.

But I did put him in my, he has to be on the list kind of thing.

It's good to see him nominated.

I don't know if he'll win, but it was cool to see him nominated for this performance.

Let's see one of the speaking of the Oscars.

Does the Academy have something against 90s kids?

Probably.

Yeah, yeah.

Only two actors born after 1990 have won Oscars.

Really?

Isn't that something?

Wow.

That might change this year just for you know heads heads up on that.

But Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress in 2012 for Silver Linings Playbook.

She was born on August 15th 1990.

And Adriana Debosa won for Best Supporting Actress in 2022 for West Side Story.

She was born January 25th 1991.

Nominations for this year's Oscars will be announced on the 19th.

The 90s kids who are expected to be nominated including Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Margaret Quali, and Timothy Shalame.

Okay.

She can't just mention.

She's.

But this is, now this is something that I think you can go a couple of different directions with.

Right.

But let me just get out of the way.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

The Academy is incredibly biased.

But it's not just 90s kids.

It's younger.

It's this younger group.

It's this age group.

You're so right.

And this is something that is actually talked about when you're putting your votes together.

Hey, you know, have an open mind and blah, blah, blah on all these things.

And then we, after year after year, it just is like this.

Well, if they're actually saying that to the voters, it's like you remember.

You know, you can vote for someone under the age of 40, you know.

Yeah.

Right.

Yeah.

Exactly.

Right.

90 and then later.

And to be fair, this is a little bit of society too.

The person that you don't take seriously until they put their glasses on.

Oh, wait a minute.

Okay.

Oh, this person knows what they're talking about.

You know, it's, it's the old thing in, where we, you know, does this make you smarter?

And in certain whatever you want, class is pulling your hair back or whatever it might be.

Right.

Yeah.

Oh, what is it?

If you're in college, you have to have the, uh, the shoulder of those.

You have the elbow patches on your, on your coat, right?

Yes.

You know, you need, you know, you have a smart professor if they have elbow patches.

That's, that's the way you could tell.

I forget about degrees.

Yes.

Anybody can have a degree up.

Do you have elbow patches?

You look right.

That's right.

Uh, but it is something we do in society and we especially do an entertainment.

Entertainment and politics.

Mm-hmm.

Both of them are our notorious for that.

In recognition.

Yeah.

And one, uh, guess what?

That can be changed both by entertainment and by politics.

Uh, and we make those choices.

That's right.

We can, we can decide those.

I agree.

Um, it's something.

And a lot of that we decide with, with, you know, our scrolling and our viewing choices.

Yes.

That's a very good point.

Mm-hmm.

Yes.

And that is becoming more of, uh, the, the power of the people.

Right.

But still, only two from the night.

That's, that's insane to me.

Really insane.

That is just crazy.

Especially when, if I were to go through the list of actors who, that fits in.

Oh, yeah.

And you can, and I name you actor after actor after actor.

And you're like, how did they not win or how have they not been on it or something like that?

There's a lot of, yeah.

Because they're younger than 35.

That's it.

It's crazy.

It's crazy.

They can't run for president apparently.

That's why.

Right.

Yeah.

Um, before we go to break, I did want to make a programming note, uh, and a thank you at the same time.

Um, I, uh, I wanted to, uh, kind of, uh, just thank the audience and, and thank my, uh, my co host and my produce, uh, my, my partner in, uh, production here in Seth Habagger.

And, uh, the great show that we have been able to put together in director's cut.

Mm-hmm.

And we've had a lot of fun with that show.

We've been able to bring on some great guests.

Uh, we, uh, got to, uh, win an award from that show.

We won an award.

Uh, eh, eh, eh.

We may win it.

We may win another.

I may be.

We had a lot of fun with that show, but like most shows, uh, everything could use an update.

A new coat of paint sometimes, uh, especially if that show is late named after, uh, a show that is like 80, 80 other shows named it.

There are plenty of shows out there named director's cut.

Yes, that is correct.

Something that maybe you should do before you name the show, James.

Maybe do a little homework, name of the show.

To be fair, which nice, nice little thing there.

To be fair, we actually went through many names.

We were trying to figure out what to call it.

So that was kind of the default what we ended up with.

But, but being the creative, uh, incredibly, uh, you know, creatives that Seth and I are with no boundaries in our brains.

And the way they work and everything, we are so smart that, uh, when coming up with the new name for the show, we went to Melissa.

We went to Melissa.

Yeah, yeah.

Uh, that is how smart we are.

Yes, the first to respond to your text message, James.

But you had the right one.

Yeah, and she gave us like a list, you know, she had like four choices on there.

And they were all pretty good because she incorporated at least one of the words from the old show, which, you know, continuity makes sense.

See, I'm telling you, she's on the ball.

So going forward into the new year and, uh, ahead, we are going to be changing the name to director's playhouse.

Yeah.

Which is so much more fitting.

It really is.

It really is.

It really is.

Um, with that, we of course want to send out a open invitation to all creatives, everybody out there.

Yeah.

And especially if you think you aren't a creative, right?

Oh, you're, you're exactly who we're looking for.

Whether you're a musician or you're an artist or writer, any of the above, we want you.

But especially really would love to get on it more and more.

You would carvers out there or, um, you know, uh, curlers or any, any kind of like obscure thing, you might think, well, that doesn't fit.

That's a sport.

No, it fits.

It fits entertainment.

It's entertaining.

It's a playhouse.

You guys can do whatever you want.

Well, see, exactly.

I was right on your, I'm surfing your wave, Melissa, because I was like, playhouse can mean two things, right?

You know, a house that does plays or a house to have fun in.

Right.

Literally play.

And, uh, like James, you nailed it on the, on the head right there.

Exactly.

We don't care.

If it's fun, we want to hear about it, right?

Uh, we are looking to kick off the show with, uh, uh, some of our favorite people.

We are looking to have, uh, Pam Hilke and, uh, Chuck Genero joining us for interviews as we continue our civic series.

We'll also, of course, be having our, our team around here, um, and being interviewing them in the next couple of months.

A lot of great things coming up with the show.

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Yeah.

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Always throws me off.

I think it's a different song.

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Thanks so much for joining us and kicking off your week with us.

I'm going to get into some good stories of the day and our schedule in just a little bit.

But I've been hanging on to this one for the three of us to get back together.

And I thought this would be fun.

All right.

All right.

Uh, we have got unusual 911 calls of 2024.

Always good.

Uh, one of our last wrap-ups of last year.

There we go.

Uh, was this one and some of the fun calls.

And now part of the reason I like this topic and I like bringing this one up,

it's just to have fun with it.

But also for us to do something we don't get to do nearly enough and shout out all of our dispatchers out there.

Yes.

It's a big, big, excellent idea.

Big time.

Thank you to all of us for joining us.

Thank you.

Yes.

It's a big, excellent idea.

Big time.

Thank you to all of our dispatchers out there.

Every one of you greatly appreciate.

Have no idea what we would do without you.

Yeah.

Tough job.

Very, very important job.

Wow.

So important.

And it feels like, and I don't know you guys have known a couple of people who do this for a living

and are incredibly good at it.

Just gifted at this kind of thing.

And I don't think we say that nearly enough, but just very good at it.

Police in Saskatchewan, Canada released a list of the top 10 reasons not to call 9-1-1.

Based on incidents from 2024.

The Saskatchewan posted this video on Facebook featuring operators from its

Divisional Operation Communication Center, giving a rundown of the top 10.

So similar to David Letterman's famous top 10 list.

But this done with some community members and people who were working for the city and stuff.

Very good.

It's a fun idea.

The number 10 spot on the list had to do with a not-so-tech savvy individual who called 9-1

to advise that they didn't recognize someone on their social media friends list.

Wow.

That's...

That's a different one.

That's different.

Okay.

Hey, I don't know who this person is on my friends list on Facebook.

I don't know who this guy is.

Yeah.

Shady looking character.

Another caller told operators their parents or forcing them to clean their room.

Okay.

Stop my parents for cleaning my room.

Number 8, caller reported a fox was, quote, wandering the neighborhood and scaring the local cat.

That's different.

That darn fox.

Man, oh, that's funny.

The number's cats and not the hen house, you know.

Yeah, exactly.

The number 7 caller reported bees inside their home.

Bees.

Yikes.

Well, you know what?

I have screamed that at one point in my life.

It's not fun when you have a bees pouring in.

Yeah.

I imagine.

Well, we can always turn to Nick Cage and not the bees.

There we go.

Just played over and over.

It is one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen in my life.

It's supposed to be horrifying.

It's hilarious.

The special effects aren't really caught up to the time.

Terrible.

Oh, bees are just, oh, yeah.

The number 6 caller asked the police help to unlock their cell phone.

How did they call?

How did they call?

That's a great question.

The only number you can call when your phone is locked.

Oh, there you go.

There you go.

I got no one else to turn to.

I had to call.

I can't get a hold of my kid.

And number 5 caller told operators someone had thrown their ice cream on the ground.

Oh, okay.

Well, that one.

I mean, I mean, that's actually legit.

That's a follow.

That's just wrong, though.

Well, and...

They didn't candy from a baby.

Did you use ice cream abuse?

Did you not learn anything from Eddie Murphy's great sand-up special delirious?

I got some ice cream.

I got some ice cream.

And you can't have one.

One of the...

One of the ice cream.

And then it drops on the floor.

He tried to teach us.

Don't do that.

He don't do that.

Number 4 call involved an individual who reported their cat was being mean.

Don't be cat.

And asked for a police officer to quote, come and help with the situation.

Oh, wow.

Afraid of your own cat.

How mean?

That's not good.

That's not good.

That's not good.

That's not good.

So what kind of cat do you have?

Let's...

Caller number 3 asked for help with ML functioning washing machine.

Dude, look, the Maytag guys just sit in there.

You know?

Nothing to do.

Come on, call the Maytag guys.

Guys, gotta call the police.

Gotta give them something.

Yeah, something to do.

And the number 2 caller requested help with a math problem as they didn't want to fail their test in the morning.

Now, this is done in the other state.

But we had this happen here in Wisconsin recently.

Oh, really?

Oh.

Where we had an officer who was called a young kid called 911 for help on the math problem.

And the officer actually helped them out.

Oh my gosh.

While also telling the kid, hey, this isn't the number to call.

No, this is not for emergencies like that.

Yeah.

But this department and like a lot of departments around the country took this opportunity not only to do a PSA about he don't call 911.

Yeah.

But a great spin into social media and to also promoting, hey, you know, we're just like regular people just like everybody else.

And the badge doesn't change that and treat us like anybody.

You know, it's just a really just again, I will keep saying this.

Nobody is doing social media better than police and sheriff's departments.

Nobody.

It's incredible.

There are people right now paying millions to marketing people.

You're that very thing.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, these guys, well, also with all the other things that they have on, and I say guys as a guys and girls.

Yeah.

All the things they have on their plate and they're killing it on social media.

They're doing a great job.

Nice.

And the number one call on the list came from a resident who reported someone had apparently taken their trampoline or tambourine during a party.

The horror man.

I mean, that is like the closest one to...

Like an actual crime?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Stolen property, right?

Stolen property.

But no, they have it on the other side of the living room and they won't give it back.

Just as a side note on this misuse of 9-1-1 can carry a fine of up to $1,400 in Saskatchewan.

Ouch.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Don't want to do that.

Don't want to mess with that.

I think it's not a joke.

It's not a prank.

No.

But don't do it unless you need.

Because that's taking up resources for people who have actual emergencies and help.

Yeah.

And that is a lot more expensive than a tambourine.

That is a lot more expensive than a tambourine.

That is a lot more expensive than a tambourine.

Yeah.

You just get yourself a tambourine.

Even if it's a groomed tambourine.

Nice.

Nicely done.

And one of the touch on this one too.

And I think that this could be a little macabre.

I understand that.

But I think it also...

Just if you take a step back can be kind of an interesting question.

If you live to be 80 years old, you'll have lived 29,220 days.

Wow.

And you probably spent 230 of those hours sleeping.

90,000 hours working.

32,000 hours eating and drinking.

And 1,000 hours trying to untangle knots.

Oh my god.

That's really...

That's an actual stat.

That's an actual stat.

Actually, that makes sense.

I can see that.

Yeah.

Now that almost everything about our lives can be tracked.

Someone asked the internet, what stats would you like to see after your death?

And here are some interesting responses.

Okay.

And I think these actually can have kind of some fun.

But also some just kind of perspective to them.

Yeah.

I see it.

How many times I'd make someone feel good about themselves without knowing it?

See, now that would be cool because you've probably done it times where you have no clue

that you've done something like that, which is really cool.

Because you've experienced that before, right?

I mean, I think we all have where we've had that feeling from someone else.

And they don't know it.

That kind of thing.

So that'd be interesting to find out.

A number of people who were attracted to me while I had no idea.

Yeah.

I don't know if I want to know that one.

I don't know if I want to know that one.

No.

I feel like that's going to devastate me.

That's going to, yeah, that's going to take.

Because I literally don't think anybody in human history has ever been attracted to me.

So that whole list is going to be a surprise to me.

But I would say that's wrong because I think that's possible.

But I don't want to know.

I don't want to know.

Sorry, sorry.

Someone at some point, James.

The top five songs I'd listened to.

Plus, how many times I'd heard each?

Oh, wow.

That would be cool.

That would be cool.

I'm sorry.

Just being honest with everybody, that may be my number one.

That may be like, I would be fascinated by that.

Oh, that'd be kind of interesting.

Imagine those times when you get on a kick of one song and you listen to it several times.

In a short period of time.

I would just love to see how that adds up.

That would be fascinating.

And how devastated I am when Kung Fu fighting is like at the top five.

I just, my iPod that would tell me how many times I've listened to something.

Me too.

Oh my gosh.

Yeah.

And the amount of time spent listening.

Number of times I made someone laugh.

Yeah.

That would be a good step.

How cool would that be?

Yeah, yeah.

That's nice.

Yeah, well, I made a laugh this many times.

Or laugh at.

Does it matter?

Oh, yeah.

Doesn't matter.

I don't know.

How many times I'd used each letter of the alphabet?

Whoa.

Okay, that's a bit.

Whoa, that's too much.

I understand this is all make believe in everything.

But that's not fair to the make believe person that has to go comb through and come up with

that stat.

Yes.

This is the theoretical person.

Man, that's just, we're putting too much on their plate, you know.