EPISODE 174 - Poopy Pope

Ladies and gents, we have another first on this week's show. In the nearly 4 years we've been doing this show, for the first time ever, one of our microphones (Dennis' to be precise) died on-air. Well, it may have died right before we started. There's no way to know for sure. Let this be a lesson to all podcasters... pro and amateur alike, mic check before every show. Being the consummate professional I am, the one time I don't do a mic check (verifying all our audio levels are good and working) is the one time it bites me in the ass. Luckily for us, we had a backup microphone, which although labeled also as a bad mic, served us well. Perhaps it's not so bad after all. So for the first 10 minutes of this week's episode, I vanish to troubleshoot cables and connections while the guys stretch with stories of Comic-Con. Aside from Dennis and Jabari's adventures, you'll also hear some random popping as I mess with cables and buttons. Please disregard them.Once I return to the show and all 5 microphones are working, it's down to business. we start things off with a story out of Dennis' homeland of Detroit, Michigan. It seems some city officials there spent some money they shouldn't have on some things they probably didn't need. No, not the Robocop statue... that's been privately funded, remember?From there we celebrate the 20th birthday of what I believe is the greatest invention man has ever come up with. I'll give you a hint... you're using it right now. You'll get a kick out of how this immensely powerful resource got its very tiny, very humble start. And we'll tell you who was responsible for getting the ball rolling down this "Superhighway."The Pope is making a visit to Spain and a company there that specializes in colored toilet paper... yes, there apparently is a company that does that... has come up with a couple-a-rolls of special edition tissue just for the occasion. This story as well as one involving a lawsuit over excessive flatulence is part of "Jenkem Watch" today. That's our segment where we take an in-depth look at all things fart, pee and poop related. As if a lawsuit regarding over-farting is not crazy enough, you won't believe which "former" pop star is the one being sued!Things wrap up with a brief summary of a story we don't have time to get into fully. And that is a town that's up for sale in South Dakota. The elderly woman who runs the community of less than 10 residents has fallen ill and is now selling the 46-acres and buildings contained within them. For under a million bucks you can have your own zip code! Kim Basinger once did it! Now you can too. I put the question to the guys, what would you do with your own town? And as always, we encourage you to answer these questions as well. Send an E-Mail if you'd like and let us know how you'd run yours.