June 12, 2023
A woman gets married at White Castle PLUS a cheese loving man doesn't like Mac and Cheese
Jamie got married at White Castle, but this isn't just another "I really like White Castle" story.
An elephant gets a prosthetic foot.
A man who loves cheese does not like mac and cheese.
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The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack
with five good news stories. Congratulations to
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00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.880
Jamie. She got married at the
White Castle. Now I know you're probably
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00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:15.640
like me and thinking, like,
all right, this could be a wacky
4
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.760
fast food story. No, it's
actually a very sweet story. You see,
5
00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:22.519
when Jamie was twelve years old,
she was out on her own.
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00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.679
She said, I was in ninety
four think about that number, ninety four
7
00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.480
foster homes, six shelters, a
group home, at a treatment center,
8
00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:30.879
and they ran out of places to
keep me. There are no beds,
9
00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:33.320
and by that time I realized the
system was probably going to kill me,
10
00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:35.719
so I took off on my own. Jamie said, I was born at
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00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:38.439
two adults who really should have had
to apply for a license in order to
12
00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:43.039
procreate. The Arizona Children's Protection Services
system in the eighties was really bad,
13
00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.640
like really really bad. I'd been
running away for a few years prior.
14
00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:47.840
By the time I was twelve,
I figured out how to not run back
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00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.799
into the system and how to stay
out. She said, I'd been hungry
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00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:53.560
for over a week when I came
across my first white Castle. She can't
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00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:56.399
remember exactly where it was, somewhere
in the South. I walked into the
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00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:58.719
White Castle, the first one I'd
ever seen. The woman goes, oh,
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00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:00.079
poor thing, You go on that
a room, you get yourself cleaned
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00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:03.520
up. So I did. I
cried in the bathroom because I was being
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00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:07.359
treated like a human. The White
Castle woman bagged every burger cooking on the
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00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:08.799
grill and gave it to Jamie.
She said she was just going to throw
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00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:12.040
them out anyway, so it was
best to go feed somebody every time after
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00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:15.480
that. When I saw White Castle, I knew it was somewhere that would
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be safe to run two and if
I was starving, I'd be able to
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get fed. Fast forward to modern
times, she was getting married and said
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there was only one acceptable location,
White Castle, and the one they picked
28
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as a kitchen that can turn out
food for two hundred guests with ease.
29
00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:32.439
During the reception, guests a cheesecake
on a stick and a literal mountain of
30
00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:36.200
sliders. The couple also had a
giant slider cake made for the event.
31
00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:40.439
A suit at White Castle says Jamie's
story serves as a reminder of the power
32
00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:42.359
of kindness and being there for one
another as we keep focus on our purpose
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of feeding the souls of craver generations
everywhere. I gotta get the corporate speak
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in right. Hey, a window
cleaner has become an online sensation after pressure
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washing his hometown's pavements. Could you
have done my house this weekend? That's
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what I did all day On Sunday. Andrew Carr was up with the streets
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in his town. They're covered in
gum and dog poo and he couldn't take
38
00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.199
it anymore. Car said, every
paving slab was covered in chewing gum,
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00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:09.560
there was a dog mess. Was
a sad site. Right then and there,
40
00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:12.919
I set myself a goal of cleaning
the center of town up. I
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00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.120
thought to myself that everybody complains about
dog mess and chewing gum, but nobody
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does anything about it. I contacted
the town council and said I wanted to
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clean the paths up, and they
were like, yeah, sure. Good
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00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:24.120
news for Chuke and eleven year old
elephant living in Cambodia. Chuke has received
45
00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:29.759
a forty four pound prosthetic foot made
out of recycled car tires and tow truck
46
00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:32.919
straps where truck's foot had to be
ambusated after was caught in a potress snare.
47
00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:37.680
Rotten but thanks to some fourteen hundred
and fifty dollars in funding every year
48
00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:42.159
from Paradise Wildlife Park in the UK. Chuck gets a new prosthetic every six
49
00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:45.520
months, which allows him to walk, swim, and even run without difficulty.
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00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:49.439
Cam runs the Paradise Wildlife Bark and
said, because he's still growing,
51
00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:52.520
it needs replacing often and we've been
sending payments to cover that. They were
52
00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:55.000
made out of recycled rubber and some
velcro to tie it up. The keepers
53
00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:59.319
use a little contraption to isolate his
leg in order to attach the prosthetic,
54
00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:01.520
but Chew helps along as if you
were a human putting on a shoe,
55
00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:10.719
and he's rewarded at the end with
a big juicy coconut. I am Patty
56
00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:15.080
Callaghan, Henry, I am Mary
kay Andrews, I'm Kristin Harmel, and
57
00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:21.080
I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. Friends in
Fiction is led by four longtime friends,
58
00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:24.759
the four of us with more than
seventy five published books between us. Through
59
00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:30.039
end depth conversations and interviews, we
discussed the books we've written, the books
60
00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:34.599
we're reading, and the art of
storytelling. We are here with endless stories
61
00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:38.719
to support indie bookstores, authors,
librarians, and readers just like you.
62
00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:45.879
We are always seeking innovative ways to
introduce dynamic voices and trends in publishing.
63
00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:49.719
On this channel, you will find
hundreds of episodes with some of your favorite
64
00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:53.599
authors, including the four of us
with our new releases, as we reveal
65
00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:58.120
the stories behind the stories, offer
writing tips, and talk about the creation
66
00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:02.120
of novels, memoirs, and non
fiction titles. So if you love books
67
00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:06.400
and you're curious about the writing world, you are in the right place.
68
00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:18.560
You can listen to Friends and Fiction
on any major streaming platform. Hey,
69
00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.759
good news. If you've got a
bunch of dirty diapers laying around, I
70
00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:25.360
don't know why you keep them around, but if you do, we can
71
00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:28.399
use them to replace some of the
sand and concrete. Yeah, why not?
72
00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.560
You see, disposable diapers are usually
made from wood, pulp, cotton,
73
00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:35.120
rayon, and things like polyester,
and because of that, not to
74
00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:40.120
mention you know what they're used for, they wind up in landfills. However,
75
00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:43.759
the folks are at the School of
Environmental Engineering in Japan have worked with
76
00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:46.879
some colleagues to prepare concrete and water
samples by combining washed, dried, and
77
00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:51.399
shredded disposable diaper waste with cement,
gravel and water, so we won't need
78
00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:56.639
as much sand and good news.
If you sell cheese, you're probably not
79
00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:59.839
going to go out of business,
thanks to Mark King. Mark will p
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00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.480
an entire block of cheese into a
sandwich and would happily eat for a day
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00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.959
if his wife, Tracy would let
him eat cheese with every meal. But
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00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:10.920
he doesn't do macaroni and cheese because
it's not cheesey enough for him. Tracy
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00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.160
said, my husband probably eats the
most amount of cheese that's humanly possible.
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00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:15.240
He has two packs a day.
He would eat a lot more, but
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00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:17.120
I've calmed him down. I got
a bit out of control, to be
86
00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:20.240
honest. I did a video on
my TikTok account. I got millions of
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00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:23.959
views and thousands of comments saying I'll
have a heart attack and all that because
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00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.360
of the cheese. But he's very
healthy. I don't think I'll have a
89
00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:29.040
heart attack. He's so muscular.
I took him to the GP for bloods
90
00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:30.759
and all that, and everything came
back perfect. When we met twenty five
91
00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.399
years ago, he was doing this
sandwiches. His favorite is a block of
92
00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:36.920
cheese in between two pieces of bread. He cuts it up. He has
93
00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:42.040
it with marmite, mayonnaise, and
white pepper. Also, he doesn't like
94
00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:46.120
nachos. That's your five gut news
stories for today. Follow the show for
95
00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.079
free on Apple, podcast, Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get your shows. Cheez
1
00:00:02.520 --> 00:00:09.759
The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack
with five good news stories. Congratulations to
2
00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.880
Jamie. She got married at the
White Castle. Now I know you're probably
3
00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:15.640
like me and thinking, like,
all right, this could be a wacky
4
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.760
fast food story. No, it's
actually a very sweet story. You see,
5
00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:22.519
when Jamie was twelve years old,
she was out on her own.
6
00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.679
She said, I was in ninety
four think about that number, ninety four
7
00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.480
foster homes, six shelters, a
group home, at a treatment center,
8
00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:30.879
and they ran out of places to
keep me. There are no beds,
9
00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:33.320
and by that time I realized the
system was probably going to kill me,
10
00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:35.719
so I took off on my own. Jamie said, I was born at
11
00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:38.439
two adults who really should have had
to apply for a license in order to
12
00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:43.039
procreate. The Arizona Children's Protection Services
system in the eighties was really bad,
13
00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.640
like really really bad. I'd been
running away for a few years prior.
14
00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:47.840
By the time I was twelve,
I figured out how to not run back
15
00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.799
into the system and how to stay
out. She said, I'd been hungry
16
00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:53.560
for over a week when I came
across my first white Castle. She can't
17
00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:56.399
remember exactly where it was, somewhere
in the South. I walked into the
18
00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:58.719
White Castle, the first one I'd
ever seen. The woman goes, oh,
19
00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:00.079
poor thing, You go on that
a room, you get yourself cleaned
20
00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:03.520
up. So I did. I
cried in the bathroom because I was being
21
00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:07.359
treated like a human. The White
Castle woman bagged every burger cooking on the
22
00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:08.799
grill and gave it to Jamie.
She said she was just going to throw
23
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:12.040
them out anyway, so it was
best to go feed somebody every time after
24
00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:15.480
that. When I saw White Castle, I knew it was somewhere that would
25
00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.439
be safe to run two and if
I was starving, I'd be able to
26
00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:21.200
get fed. Fast forward to modern
times, she was getting married and said
27
00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:23.920
there was only one acceptable location,
White Castle, and the one they picked
28
00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:26.599
as a kitchen that can turn out
food for two hundred guests with ease.
29
00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:32.439
During the reception, guests a cheesecake
on a stick and a literal mountain of
30
00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:36.200
sliders. The couple also had a
giant slider cake made for the event.
31
00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:40.439
A suit at White Castle says Jamie's
story serves as a reminder of the power
32
00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:42.359
of kindness and being there for one
another as we keep focus on our purpose
33
00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:48.480
of feeding the souls of craver generations
everywhere. I gotta get the corporate speak
34
00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:52.760
in right. Hey, a window
cleaner has become an online sensation after pressure
35
00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:56.439
washing his hometown's pavements. Could you
have done my house this weekend? That's
36
00:01:56.439 --> 00:02:00.920
what I did all day On Sunday. Andrew Carr was up with the streets
37
00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:04.480
in his town. They're covered in
gum and dog poo and he couldn't take
38
00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.199
it anymore. Car said, every
paving slab was covered in chewing gum,
39
00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:09.560
there was a dog mess. Was
a sad site. Right then and there,
40
00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:12.919
I set myself a goal of cleaning
the center of town up. I
41
00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.120
thought to myself that everybody complains about
dog mess and chewing gum, but nobody
42
00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:17.919
does anything about it. I contacted
the town council and said I wanted to
43
00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:21.199
clean the paths up, and they
were like, yeah, sure. Good
44
00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:24.120
news for Chuke and eleven year old
elephant living in Cambodia. Chuke has received
45
00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:29.759
a forty four pound prosthetic foot made
out of recycled car tires and tow truck
46
00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:32.919
straps where truck's foot had to be
ambusated after was caught in a potress snare.
47
00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:37.680
Rotten but thanks to some fourteen hundred
and fifty dollars in funding every year
48
00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:42.159
from Paradise Wildlife Park in the UK. Chuck gets a new prosthetic every six
49
00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:45.520
months, which allows him to walk, swim, and even run without difficulty.
50
00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:49.439
Cam runs the Paradise Wildlife Bark and
said, because he's still growing,
51
00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:52.520
it needs replacing often and we've been
sending payments to cover that. They were
52
00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:55.000
made out of recycled rubber and some
velcro to tie it up. The keepers
53
00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:59.319
use a little contraption to isolate his
leg in order to attach the prosthetic,
54
00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:01.520
but Chew helps along as if you
were a human putting on a shoe,
55
00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:10.719
and he's rewarded at the end with
a big juicy coconut. I am Patty
56
00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:15.080
Callaghan, Henry, I am Mary
kay Andrews, I'm Kristin Harmel, and
57
00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:21.080
I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. Friends in
Fiction is led by four longtime friends,
58
00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:24.759
the four of us with more than
seventy five published books between us. Through
59
00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:30.039
end depth conversations and interviews, we
discussed the books we've written, the books
60
00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:34.599
we're reading, and the art of
storytelling. We are here with endless stories
61
00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:38.719
to support indie bookstores, authors,
librarians, and readers just like you.
62
00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:45.879
We are always seeking innovative ways to
introduce dynamic voices and trends in publishing.
63
00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:49.719
On this channel, you will find
hundreds of episodes with some of your favorite
64
00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:53.599
authors, including the four of us
with our new releases, as we reveal
65
00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:58.120
the stories behind the stories, offer
writing tips, and talk about the creation
66
00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:02.120
of novels, memoirs, and non
fiction titles. So if you love books
67
00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:06.400
and you're curious about the writing world, you are in the right place.
68
00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:18.560
You can listen to Friends and Fiction
on any major streaming platform. Hey,
69
00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.759
good news. If you've got a
bunch of dirty diapers laying around, I
70
00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:25.360
don't know why you keep them around, but if you do, we can
71
00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:28.399
use them to replace some of the
sand and concrete. Yeah, why not?
72
00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.560
You see, disposable diapers are usually
made from wood, pulp, cotton,
73
00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:35.120
rayon, and things like polyester,
and because of that, not to
74
00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:40.120
mention you know what they're used for, they wind up in landfills. However,
75
00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:43.759
the folks are at the School of
Environmental Engineering in Japan have worked with
76
00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:46.879
some colleagues to prepare concrete and water
samples by combining washed, dried, and
77
00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:51.399
shredded disposable diaper waste with cement,
gravel and water, so we won't need
78
00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:56.639
as much sand and good news.
If you sell cheese, you're probably not
79
00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:59.839
going to go out of business,
thanks to Mark King. Mark will p
80
00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.480
an entire block of cheese into a
sandwich and would happily eat for a day
81
00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.959
if his wife, Tracy would let
him eat cheese with every meal. But
82
00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:10.920
he doesn't do macaroni and cheese because
it's not cheesey enough for him. Tracy
83
00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.160
said, my husband probably eats the
most amount of cheese that's humanly possible.
84
00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:15.240
He has two packs a day.
He would eat a lot more, but
85
00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:17.120
I've calmed him down. I got
a bit out of control, to be
86
00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:20.240
honest. I did a video on
my TikTok account. I got millions of
87
00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:23.959
views and thousands of comments saying I'll
have a heart attack and all that because
88
00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.360
of the cheese. But he's very
healthy. I don't think I'll have a
89
00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:29.040
heart attack. He's so muscular.
I took him to the GP for bloods
90
00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:30.759
and all that, and everything came
back perfect. When we met twenty five
91
00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.399
years ago, he was doing this
sandwiches. His favorite is a block of
92
00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:36.920
cheese in between two pieces of bread. He cuts it up. He has
93
00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:42.040
it with marmite, mayonnaise, and
white pepper. Also, he doesn't like
94
00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:46.120
nachos. That's your five gut news
stories for today. Follow the show for
95
00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.079
free on Apple, podcast, Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get your shows. Cheez