Episode 6: Comparing Childhoods

This week, Chris and Megan debut a few new segments and argue over who had the better childhood based on parental sibling preference, creek proximity, and ice cream man frequency.




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Megan and Chris opened the show talking of an "author" telling her story Skin, one tattoo at a time. The Bollywood Strike is over. And "King of the Internet" Chris Berg explains the concept of being "Rick Rolled" to viral video novice Megan, after reporting that Rick Astley may be getting a pointless award from MTV.

In our segment "Cute, Tragic, and Disgusting Animal Stories" we announce that fish pedicures are now illegal in Washington state. In Austrailia, a snake attacks a sleeping girl. And Megan proves her superior internet skills to "King of the Internet" Chris Berg by quickly finding information about this snake perpetrator-slaty grey snake. In Taiwan, a mouse kills a snake. And finally British police taser a sheep for blocking traffic.

A new segment we called "Pallin' with Palin" contained discussion on roots of Sarah Palin's accent and her condemnation of women who don't support other women. Ahem, Sarah Palin

The "Crime" segment was fairly short this week, with an idiot who gets arrested in a jail parking lot, right after he posts bail from a previous crime. And a high school girl fed her teachers hash cakes.

"Science Time!": Why having affair could kill you. High fertility and high voices in women go hand in hand. And finally, one British jerk says that UFOs have been among us since the 1940s and is aiming to one-up us Americans.

Lastly, we had a new segment called "News Cruise for the People," basically human interest stories that didn't fit any where else. These included a grandmother lost in Italy was found. In Cambodia, a couple makes a quite literal divorce. And finally, we concluded with a story about American jerk Richard Fuld getting punched in the face.

Chris and Megan end the show with talking about hurting themselves.

Note: We decide that Europe cannot be a definite enemy of the show. We'll take it on a case by case basis. For example: "Fusion Man" (see episode 5)-friend. Cops who tasered sheep-enemy.


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