Chickens in Diapers at a Cathedral with the German President

0:03 Kalaroga Shark Media. There, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories now. Sometimes, to be honest, it's not necessarily a good news story. It's just a weird story to make you smile. So here's one. It was a show. It was called Westphalia Side Story. It was part of a celebration to mark the twelve hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Westphalia, which is a region in northwestern Germany. Okay, why is this interesting? Well, it was in a Catholic cathedral. It featured raw, plucked chickens wrapped in diapers. The archbishop was there and so was the President of Germany. Video footage shows one woman and two shirtless men singing a song translated to mean meat is meat. One of the organizers, Rolf, said it wasn't meant to be a spoof at all, as Westphelia is a rural dominated region with a turbulent history.

0:58 Our research was focused on that. People did get upset about it. There's a petition signed by more than twenty two thousand people that is asking the archbishop for personal apology, and they want him to reconcentrate the cathedral. The German president has not commented on the controversy. Let's stay controversial. There was a controversial art exhibit involving a flag. The flag invited gallery visitors to please walk on Me. The artwork was titled Flagging the Future. It featured a New Zealand flag with the words please walk on Me stenciled across it. It was displayed on the floor of an art gallery. A veterans group denounced the piece as shameful and offensive. The museum set a sharp escalation in the tone and nature of the discourse, moving well beyond the bounds of respectful debate had prompted the flag's removal. Are you got any good news for us in this episode? John?

1:46 What's going on all right? How about a couple They spanned forty grand traveling forty thousand miles down the world's longest road. Matt and Rachel spent eleven months traveling down the Pan American Highway. They visited sixteen countries. They started in Canada. They spent fifteen grand on a Dodge Ram pickup truck, added a camper, and spruced it up to become their reliable ride. Not everything went great. What kind of episode is this? John? They had a near death experience when their truck almost plunged into an abyss in Peru. Luckily they did not. Matt said, the freedom this trip gave us is insane. We spent eleven months visiting some of the best countries of the world. It's been dawning. This lifestyle has given us so much freedom, The freedom of living in the van, being able to be where you want to be each day, waking up with a different view. When you backpack and fly everywhere, you end up missing so much. Where's the drive gives you that adventure and excitement that nothing else can. This isn't his first one, he said. Seven years ago, I drove from London to Mongolia in a crappy car that your grandma would drive. After doing that, I got the sense of adventure.

2:45 When I first met Rachel, she said she wanted to go traveling and told her wait a couple of years. I got a plan. She was on board. In Thailand, a hungry wild elephant created havoc in a grocery store. The elephant had strolled in from a nearby national park and helped them himself to some food on the shelves of the grocery store. They tried to show the elephant out, but you know it's an elephant. Was like, yeah, whatever. Eventually the elephant backed out of the store and was still holding a bag of snacks with his trunk. Good news, he didn't really damage the store. He did leave some mud tracks on the floor. That's gonna happen. Good news for Cody, his karma was rewarded. You see, Cody's fourteen, and he had found a wallet while riding his bike. In the wallet three hundred dollars cash and some credit cards.

3:28 Now Cody himself was saving money for an electric bike. You know, the pocket of three hundred dollars. You know, you know what I'm saying. Nope, he turned it in. He explains, I thought somebody would feel really bad if they lost it, so I was like, I better return this. He remembered a few years ago when his father had lost his wallet, and it kind of taught me how bad it is to take someone's money, like because their wallet is basically their life. Mom probably posted about this on a local Facebook page. Another good samaritan decided to reward Cody with thirty five hundred dollars. The good samaritan asked Mom to send him a link to electric bike and he bought it for Cody as a gift. That's pretty awesome. And those are your five good news stories for today. Are two weird stories and three okay stories. I don't know what we did today, but it was fun. Did you enjoy it? Yeah, and your friend might enjoy the program too, So tell them about the show and tell them you know, but don't start with the one about the cathedral and the chickens. That one's a little weird, but for the most part he does a pretty good show.

4:18 You could tell him something like that. I would understand, right of a great day.