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Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, more places and groups adding vaccine mandates  

California will require all state employees and health care workers to provide proof of vaccine status or get regular testing. New York City has a similar plan for all 340,000 members of its municipal workforce, including cops and teachers. Recent data shows that vaccinations are increasing in some key places. As more businesses start ‘Get the shot or get the swab’ policies. (Additional Out) Which is good because at this point we’re on like season 4 of Covid.  

Tease: In ___­­­­___ minutes, an update from Tokyo  

Bad news for Team USA as Simone Biles is out of the women’s gymnastics team finals tonight. Other updates from Tokyo include an upset for tennis star Naomi Osaka who lost in straight sets and will leave without a medal. Plus, another upset occurred when Alaskan teen Lydia Jacoby won the women’s 100-meter breaststroke. Currently the US has jumped ahead of China in the medal standings. And I currently lead my family in times I’ve arrogantly and erroneously said, ‘I could totally compete in that sport’. (Additional Out) As our fit young people continue to dominate the rest of the world’s fit young people.  

Tease: Coming up at ­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, a Brazilian rapper’s latest extreme body modification  

A Brazilian rapper has given himself a ‘demon smile’ by ripping some flesh off his face. Renato de Santa’s latest extreme modification involved having the skin between the corners of his mouth and ears removed using a scalpel. Since 1996, the rapper has modified himself by dying his eyeballs black, splitting his tongue and carving the number 666 into his head. Well it is important to have a hobby. (Additional Out) He seems nice.  

Tease: In _____ minutes, a couple being sued for their Google reviews  

Careful with those 1-star Google reviews, they may get you sued. A couple from Vancouver, Washington left one-star reviews for a roofing company after a receptionist was rude to them. According to the couple they were then contacted by the company’s owner who demanded they take them down. When they didn’t he sued them for over a hundred grand claiming defamation. I take it he’s not on Angie’s list. (Additional out) Money I assume he plans to use to hire additional rude employees.  

Phone Topic/Web Poll Coffee prices are surging as Brazil’s coffee and sugar crops are threatened by frigid temperatures. As a result, Arabica coffee prices have risen 30% over the past few weeks to their highest level in nearly seven years. So, we may be paying a bit more for a cup of coffee for a while, but probably not enough to deter a country that drinks 400 million cups of coffee every day. How do you like your coffee, black, with sugar, with cream, with cream and sugar or do you not drink coffee at all?  

Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, how long did this new world record take? The correct answer wins ________.    

[Contest setup] David Rush, the Idaho man with more than 200 Guinness World Records, has yet another title. Rush broke the record for most time balancing a full-size chair meant for adults on his chin. How long did he balance the chair on his chin to win the record?  

A: Eight minutes and 39 seconds  

B: Thirty-nine minutes and 8 seconds  

C: One hour, eight minutes and 39 seconds  

Answer: C, David Rush set the new record by balancing a chair on his chin for one hour, eight minutes and 39 seconds. Congrats David on perfecting yet another completely useless skill.  

[DIY Feature] Knockout Trivia Tuesday: I’ll ask a question on air, if you call in and correctly answer it you’ll have twenty seconds to answer three more questions to win ________. If no one gets it, we’ll move on to round 2.  

Round 1:  

General question: What George Orwell book introduced ‘the thought police’? (1984)  

Follow up questions:  

Macadamia is a type of what? (Nut)  

What score does each player have in Tennis when they first reach deuce? (Forty)  

What does SCUBA stand for? (Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus)  

Round 2:  

General question: Who played Jack McFarland on Will and Grace? (Sean Hayes)  

Follow up questions:  

The famous ‘I Want YOU for the U.S. Army” poster from WWI features what image? (Uncle Sam)  

What boxer was known as Iron Mike? (Mike Tyson)  

What percentage of people are left-handed, 10, 20 or 50%? (10%)  

5 Things You Need to Know  

1) California will require all state employees and health care workers to provide proof of vaccine status or get regular testing. New York City has a similar plan for all 340,000 members of its municipal workforce, including cops and teachers. Recent data shows that vaccinations are increasing in some key places. As more businesses start ‘Get the shot or get the swab’ policies.  

2) Bad news for Team USA as Simone Biles is out of the women’s gymnastics team finals tonight. Other updates from Tokyo include an upset for tennis star Naomi Osaka who lost in straight sets and will leave without a medal. Plus, another upset occurred when Alaskan teen Lydia Jacoby won the women’s 100-meter breaststroke. Currently the US has jumped ahead of China in the medal standings. And I currently lead my family in times I’ve arrogantly and erroneously said, ‘I could totally compete in that sport’.  

3) A Brazilian rapper has given himself a ‘demon smile’ by ripping some flesh off his face. Renato de Santa’s latest extreme modification involved having the skin between the corners of his mouth and ears removed using a scalpel. Since 1996, the rapper has modified himself by dying his eyeballs black, splitting his tongue and carving the number 666 into his head. Well it is important to have a hobby.  

4) Careful with those 1-star Google reviews, they may get you sued. A couple from Vancouver, Washington left one-star reviews for a roofing company after a receptionist was rude to them. According to the couple they were then contacted by the company’s owner who demanded they take them down. When they didn’t he sued them for over a hundred grand claiming defamation. Money I assume he plans to use to hire additional rude employees.  

5) David Rush, the Idaho man with more than 200 Guinness World Records, has yet another title. Rush broke the record for most time balancing a full-size chair meant for adults on his chin for one hour, eight minutes and 39 seconds. Congrats David on perfecting yet another completely useless skill.    

How Do You Take Your Coffee?  

Coffee prices are surging as Brazil’s coffee and sugar crops are threatened by frigid temperatures. As a result, Arabica coffee prices have risen 30% over the past few weeks to their highest level in nearly seven years. So, we may be paying a bit more for a cup of coffee for a while, but probably not enough to deter a country that drinks 400 million cups of coffee every day. How do you like your coffee, black, with sugar, with cream, with cream and sugar or do you not drink coffee at all? We posed those questions to our  _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll to weigh in, then listen tomorrow at _______ to hear the results.  

(Upload audio from your best calls)  

(Web poll)  

How do you like your coffee?  

Black  

With sugar  

With cream  

With cream and sugar  

I don’t drink coffee