Well, how to do thanks for clicking by the way, it's Mike waters with today's waters wakeup call morning meltdown and on the way I've got your head run headlines and the five things you didn't know you needed to hear and you know since it's cruise week this week Friday show and shine over at the Cattle Congress in Waterloo and then on Saturday cruising 4th Street noon to 4 it's gonna be a good week man gonna be a great Memorial Day weekend So I'm just celebrating that all week
Well, I'm actually here through Wednesday, and then I will be at the Mayo.
Yeah, the Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota.
It shouldn't be too bad.
I'm there on a quest to find Miracle Whip.
Does the Mayo have Miracle Whip anywhere?
Thought it'd be a valid quest.
So that's that's what I'll be doing at the mail But I will be back in time for cruising 4th Street on Saturday, and I'll see you out there But since it is cruise week we were all talking about the names.
We've given our cars on lots of great calls Thank you very much, and I'll be and I'll be playing those sporadically throughout the morning meltdown here But you know before we get going into third or fourth gear we'll be rolling nice and
slowly into the bright side right after this.
This Saturday only at the Rattison Seaside Hotel, it's the starving courtroom artist sale.
Yes, even courtroom artists have to eat.
So this Saturday from noon to four, in the gaping starfish room of the Rattison Seaside Hotel, courtroom artists from across the country will sell their sketches.
Defendants standing mute 2988, tearful Apologies 3588, defendants peeing themselves during sentencing 3988.
Yes, this Saturday is your chance to own courtroom art from hundreds of cases that you've probably never heard of, including the estate of Frank Allen Anderson versus Hydratech Duet
yourself swimming pool lights.
Shapiro vs. Mother Greenberg's Kosher Pork products.
That's the starving courtroom artist's sale this Saturday only in the gaping starfish room of the Rattison Seaside Hotel.
Preferred entry is in the rear.
Look at the bright side,
okay?
Let's look on the bright side with Mike Waters on 1057 KOKZ.
I have Emily on the phone.
She is over at Four Oaks.
And is that correct?
Is that the full name, Emily?
Four Oaks?
Yep, we're Four Oaks Family Connection.
And I know you guys are doing such great things over there.
And what I love to do with the bright side, and a lot of times it starts with kind of a darker side that is turned into a bright side by whether it's
People are businesses and just doing good things for the community.
And when you talk about four Oaks, we're talking about kids.
And Emily, I know you take kids with psychological problems, mental health issues, or they've been through something really tough or traumatic.
I can't imagine how overwhelming that would be for the kids and to have a facility like four Oaks.
I mean, thank goodness.
Yeah, there are kids out there in hard situations, but four Oaks and reconnections is there to support that.
4 Oak Family Connections handles all of the licensing, training, matching and ongoing support of foster families throughout Iowa.
So
when kids are having a hard time and they can't live with their birthed families, we come alongside and we support those kids and we support those foster families, equip them and train them to come alongside a birthed family in a really hard and hurting time and provide a safe and stable home for those kids while their parents
are working towards meeting their goals and getting those kids back.
I'll tell you, it takes a special person to do this kind of thing.
And when you're talking about people helping, whether it's the community or just people in the community, to get a foster family that will take in some of these kids who really need some help.
And I know you're needing more families to step up and take care of these kids.
Absolutely.
May is National Foster Care Month, so we have a lot of foster families that are so wonderful that we're just
So thankful for, especially, you know, wanting to bring attention to those families in May.
But the reality is that we need more families.
We do not have enough families in the area.
And we are looking for families that can come alongside a kid and walk alongside them in their, their hurt and their challenges is the fourth time.
And 4 Oaks offers a lot of support, too, will help you find those kids the resources that they need, therapy, support, that sort of thing to help them feel safe and stable and healthy and successful.
And what you guys do over there is so good for the kids and good for the community.
And I'm curious, what are the kids doing while they're waiting for that special family?
Yeah, 4 Oaks and the Department of Health and Human Services does everything they can to make sure that kids
are in a family, thriving in a family, in a family setting.
And so we do a lot to make those transitions as smooth as possible on everyone's end.
But if that's not an option and if those kids can't find a family, sometimes they're sitting in a group home setting or something like that.
And that can be less than ideal at times.
So we really need those families to provide those places for those kids and those teenagers.
And Emily, I'm sure there are a few families listening right now thinking, how can I take in some of these kids?
What do they need to do?
Right.
Thanks for asking.
The first step would be to go to our website, www.iolafosterandadaption.org.
And from there, you can learn all about us.
And I would encourage you to sign up for an orientation.
We have virtual live orientations every Sunday and Wednesday night at 8 p.m.
And it's an overview of the foster care system.
So it gives you all the information that you need to know in order to make a decision and to decide, you know, is this the right thing for me?
Emily, thank you for what you guys are doing for the for the community and our kids.
Well, I think our foster families are the real
heroes.
Well, of course they are.
But if there wasn't somebody coordinating to get the families with the kids.
Take the village, doesn't it?
Absolutely.
Emily from Four Oaks Family Connections, thank you for your.
time and good luck on getting some good families for these kids.
Thank you for having
us.
And a big thanks to Four Oaks and Emily letting us in on the great things they do over there.
Before we get into the hit and run headlines, I think we should take some calls with what you've named your car.
You first.
Rolls Canardley.
Rolls Canardley?
Yeah, rolls down one hill and Canardley make it up the
next.
Rolls Canardley.
That's funny.
Is that really what you call your car?
That's it.
That's awesome.
Thanks for that one.
Yeah, have a good one.
Okay, my car was a 6V2 Chevy Nova.
It was all primered.
I called him Homer.
Take me Homer, Homer.
Chevy Nova named Homer.
Right.
Take me Homer, Homer.
If I had a Nova, I'd call mine Aldo.
Well, that's a good one, too.
Now, now we go into the hit and run headlines.
Let's do it.
Elizabeth's funeral cost $200 million because the reception was open bar and Prince Harry attended, so you do the math.
Bud Lighta unveiled a camouflage bottle.
The idea is that by blending into the woods it will be harder for Kid Rock to shoot it.
Jeff Bezos' new yacht cost half a billion dollars to make.
And no surprise here, it's the Amazon choice in the mega yacht category.
Scientists believe humans first kissed each other on the lips 4,500 years ago.
And also the first time one human said to another as they pointed to their lips, hey, does this look like mouth herpes to you?
I don't know if you knew this, but today is World Goth Day.
Goths everywhere are refusing to celebrate because nothing matters.
Life is meaningless and we all die alone.
Thank God I'm not a Goth.
Today is National Solitaire Day as well.
It's a day that celebrates the card game your mom loves to play with all her friends.
I zinged ya.
I zinged you on that one.
A North Dakota man has been indicted for stealing the red slippers worn by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz, if convicted.
He could face a sentence to 10 to 20 years, pinned under a house, probably saying, there's no place like home, there's no place.
Anyway, the California cannabis industry is reportedly worried about a big crash very soon.
Apparently they're concerned that A, the market is saturated, B, demand is decreasing, or C, Snoop Dogg is thinking about moving out of the state.
Fast X grossed $67 million over the weekend.
Hopefully this will encourage Hollywood to make a sequel.
Oh, fingers crossed.
Alec Baldwin berated a waitress at a white tie event.
She was so shaken that when she returned to his table, she was wearing a Kevlar vest.
So a writer for vox.com says modern Disney movies don't have decent bad guys anymore.
Unless you count Ron DeSantis.
Paul Simon is suffering partial hearing loss.
He says it's most prominent when Art Garfunkel calls him about a reunion tour.
And finally Kim Kardashian says there are nights when she cries herself to sleep.
But only on nights where her nude Instagram selfies get less than a million likes.
Also here, she cries herself to sleep thinking of all the poor jerks who never became billionaires by accidentally leaking a sex tape.
All right, that's all I've got.
I hope you've never been involved in a hit and run.
On either side, guess what I have?
I have the five things you didn't know you needed to hear, but first, some more calls.
Hello there, you got a name for your car?
Yeah, that's
my
first car when I got high school.
I got my first car was a TV3 Cavalier hatchback, and I called it Sir Lancelot.
for Cavalier.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's pretty good.
Have you named cars since or was it just the first car?
Just the first car.
I really haven't come up with names as I got older.
But
maybe we can now name them.
What do you what do you have?
Now what I own is I own an expedition and I got a I got an older Thunderbird.
But I really haven't thought of any names for them.
Maybe call the Thunderbird.
You should call your Thunderbird Danny Zuko.
Hey.
Sure,
Danny Zuko, the Thunderbird from Greece are one of the Thunderbirds, and maybe the expedition you can call either Lewis or Clark.
See,
you can name cars all your life.
You don't have to do only the first one.
Yeah,
maybe first name Lewis, middle initial N.
Last name, Clark.
There we go.
I love those.
You know, I used to have a white Ford Explorer named Whitey Ford.
We now have a Subaru we call Scooby-Roo.
All right, and with that, I have a specific number of things you may be interested in.
And
now, the waters wake up call with this morning's five things you didn't know you needed to eat.
So without further ado...
Would you trust an AI lawnmower to mow your lawn?
I say no.
There's another robot mower on the way that uses AI technology to mow your lawn.
It can learn anything you want to teach it about boundaries and schedules.
Hey, they should do that with kids.
Naturally, these things aren't cheap though, not that mowers are known for affordability anyway.
But in this recent Kickstarter, they started at about a grand.
And the people who backed the project will get their mowers in August.
So it looks like the campaign is over now, so I guess we'll have to wait and see.
But I'm fine.
I'm fine mowing my own lawn.
It's my lawn, darn it.
I'll take care of it.
Second thing, there is a company offering $100 an hour to watch TikTok.
It sounds like an easy
job, although I hate watching TikTok.
There's a marketing company called Ubiquitous.
They're going to pay three people $1,000 each to go on a 10 hour TikTok binge.
So it's basically $100 an hour and you can apply at ubiquitousinfluence.com.
But they're looking for someone who's over 18.
That's me already familiar with TikTok.
Not really.
I guess I'm out but and has an eye for trends.
The deadline to apply if that's something you want to do is May 31st.
It's easy money, I guess, if nothing else.
And by the way, this is the...
Give us this third thing.
The PGA over the weekends, there was a pretty amazing sports story unfolding in the golf world.
It involved a direct hole in one.
and a guy by the name of Michael Block and he is a teaching golf pro in Mission Viejo, California.
So he's only made the cut four times in 24 PGA events.
Yesterday on the 15th hole, he teased off and the ball landed perfectly in the hole for an ace.
Here's when it happened, and the crowd going wild as he walked to retrieve the ball, and you will hear his tearful comments after the match.
He
can dial
this trajectory, right?
He looks very good as he got the distance right.
Oh, are you kidding me?
I appreciate you making me cry.
I'm living a dream.
I'm making sure that I enjoy this moment.
I've learned that after my 46 years of life.
It's not going to get better than this.
There's no way.
No chance in hell.
And cheers to the 29,000 PJ Tour professionals, PJ professionals in the world.
This is for you guys.
Thank you.
Way to go, Michael Block.
That's pretty awesome when a regular guy can just do that.
This
isn't so great.
This is a new Winnie the Pooh and Peter Pan horror movies are on the way.
We already knew Winnie the Pooh had done one.
Something about blood and honey.
So they've got another horror movie coming out called Death House.
It's described as a cross between the strangers and the
And the other one, Peter Pan goes to hell.
This is a slasher movie in the vein of Psycho.
No thank you.
And finally,
the mother we've all been waiting for.
And the fifth thing you should know.
So this kid, he just got out of school.
So you see this bus come, pull up, into first grade, and he launches into an epic pro wrestling inspired rant.
No, it's over.
He knows how to end first grade.
I know how to end the five things with the first grader who knows how to end first grade.
And I think that's five things.
Five things.
You didn't know you
needed to hear.
After that's a lot of things.
I'm pooped after that.
I think I do have enough energy for a few more calls, but I think I need a break first.
Teachers, parents, and of course, students of Little Love Bugs Daycare.
Today is a day that some of you won't soon forget.
And a day that most of you won't remember at all because you're only five.
I'm not going to sugarcoat it.
Kindergarten is going to be hard.
It's a world of raising your hand before you speak.
No more nap time, even if you're cranky.
After two years of daycare, you've learned how to not pee yourself.
Very often, how to pick your nose and wipe it on something instead of eating it.
And of course, you've learned which of your teachers is the best wiper.
Little Love Bugs Daycare graduates, it's time to move on.
Good luck in kindergarten, Love Bugs.
And don't forget your accident pants.
Oh, and the phone's just keep on ringing.
Let's go to this one here.
Hello, what's the name of your car?
Yep,
Black Betty.
Bama Lamb.
Oh, Black Betty, Bama Lamb.
All right, thank you for that, Holland Ram Jam.
And funny you say that, you know, we had a Black Dodge.
We called this Dodge Black Betty.
And whenever it got into an accident, it would literally say Bama Lamb.
All right, that second part's not true, but we did have a black dodge called Black Betty.
Well, I
hope the heck I don't do a bam-a-lam in my Black Betty.
So your car's Black Betty.
What's the name of your truck?
I call it the White Beast.
So Black Betty and the White Beast.
You've got a real black and white look at life there, uh, they're hauling oats.
That's right.
The car is black.
The truck is white.
We drive by day and truck at night.
Yeah, that's my first car when I got out of high school.
I got my first car was a TV3 Cavalier hatchback and I called it Sir Lancelot.
For Cavalier?
Yeah.
Yeah, that's pretty good.
Have you named cars since or was it just the first car?
Just the first car.
I really haven't come up with names as I got older.
But
maybe we can now name them.
What do you have?
Now what I own is I own an expedition and I got an older Thunderbird.
But I really haven't thought of any names for them.
Maybe call the Thunderbird.
You should call your Thunderbird Danny Zuko.
Hey, that's a good game.
Sure.
Danny Zuko, the Thunderbird from Greece, or one of the Thunderbirds.
And maybe the expedition you could call either Lewis or Clark.
Hey, that's pretty.
That's
a pretty good idea.
See, you can name cars all your life.
You don't have to do only the first one.
Yeah,
maybe first name Lewis, middle initial N, last name Clark.
There we go.
I like that.
I'm glad we found something for your cars.
All right.
Is that the color?
Okay, good.
I'm glad it wasn't yellow.
That'd just be
silly.
Yeah, so what kind of a car do
you have?
It
seems like it should have more than just
Blue to the name.
It sounds like it deserves some kind of a king blue or a... So you don't have that car anymore, I take it.
Yeah, just sell it back when you needed the money or... Yeah, that's why people get rid of cars.
It's too bad though, you know.
Did you get a good price for it at least?
So you weren't too blue about selling
it.
little bit
a little bit you gotta be blue about selling blue especially when it's that car yeah cruise baby cruise all right thanks for calling
all right I had a white van a white astro van that named her been a white
That's great.
A white van named Vanna White.
Did you paint a big Wheel of Fortune wheel on the side?
No, it was just my little secret of what my van was
called.
I was just kidding.
That would look dumb.
Yes, it would.
Maybe you could have had, like, hubcaps that looked like the Wheel of Fortune.
Okay, no, no.
Now we're going back to that dumb thing.
Yeah, I know.
That's usually where I end up, so... That's okay.
That's why we love you.
Thanks for that, man.
I appreciate it.
All right.
Good
morning, Mr.
Waters.
Good morning.
Good morning.
This is Cowboy Jerry.
It's good to hear from you, man.
Getting ready for the big cruise.
Should be a good time.
What are you
bringing?
I'm bringing my 76th Grand Torino Elite.
Oh, that's
awesome.
You know, you should call it maybe Clint.
There you go.
Yeah.
I'm sure you've seen the movie.
Oh, of course.
It's a great movie, isn't it?
It is.
And a great car.
No kidding.
We will stop and see you.
I can't wait.
Thanks for calling.
Appreciate it.
Catch you later.
Car was named Petunia.
Why Petunia?
Well, I saw a funny video and the person's shirt was like purple and then
My car was kind of a purple color and it reminded me of that
Yeah, you don't hear names like Petunia anymore.
I I think of and I think it was porky pigs girlfriend named Petunia pig Yeah, that's that's what I think of what I think of Petunia.
That's great Thanks for keeping the name Petunia alive.
God bless you.
God bless you too.
Thank you very much.
Have a great day
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