June 5, 2023
Mr. Pickles had babies! He's 90! He's also a Tortoise
Mr. Pickles has it going on! At 90, he's a dad. Mrs. Pickles is 53.
A teacher had students fill out a form to tattle on each other. Apparently, someone has been farting.
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The shark deck. Congratulations Chasa,
Soon she's passed her driver's test. Was
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00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.679
her nine hundred and sixtieth Try John, did you say nine hundred and sixty?
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Yes? I said nine hundred and
sixty. She first attempted the written
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test in April of two thousand and
five. She failed it to continue to
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retake it. Then she passed.
Then she had to take the practical test
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ten times before getting her license.
She spent more than ten grand trying to
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00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:37.359
get this thing done. After she
failed the first time, she retook the
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00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:42.119
written test every day, five days
a week for three years. That was
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00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:46.000
seven hundred eighty attempts. She then
started taking the test only twice a week.
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00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:50.439
She finally passed that she moved on
the practical test. Her driving instructor
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00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:55.759
said he felt relieved when she finally
got the license. Sir, maybe the
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00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:59.719
problem is you, the driving school
instructor said. When she finally got a
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00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:02.880
lice, we all went out cheering
and hugged her, giving her flowers.
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It felt like a huge burden falling
off our backs. We hadn't had the
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guts to tell her to quit because
she kept showing up. The folks at
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Hunda gave her a new car,
I hope, but as driver's assist now,
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I don't know why she couldn't take
a train, because even a robot
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dog can take a train. Some
commuters were recently mining their own business what
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a robot dog got on to catch
a train At the University station in Sunderland.
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Professor John Murray was at the controls
and said, I think the passengers
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were surprised to see a robot dog
on the metro and many were keen to
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have their photo taken with him.
During the journey. There were many questions
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about what he's for and what he
can do. Normally we take the robot
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dog to events in the car,
so it's good to get him out and
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about to see what we could take
him around the city and meet new people.
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Congratulations to mister Pickles. He's a
dad. Mister Pickles is a tortoise.
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He's ninety years old. Mister Pickles
and missus Pickles welcome three tortoise hatchlings.
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Their names Dill, Girkin and Hallapeno. Yeah, hallapeanos a pickle.
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You don't think of it as that, right? What do you think of
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it as I don't know. Mister
Pickles has been a resonance of the Zoo
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for thirty six years. He's been
partnered with Missus Pickles, who's sprightly fifty
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three. She arrived in nineteen ninety
six. Radiated tortoises can live for up
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to one hundred and fifty years.
Zoo spokeswoman Jessica Rayas says how long they
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can reproduce is unknown, but averently
you can father more tortoises at age ninety.
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I am Patty Callahan Henry, I
am Mary kay Andrews, I'm Kristin
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Harmel, and I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. Friends at Fiction is led by four
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longtime friends, the four of us, with more than seventy five published books
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between us. Through end of conversations
and interviews, we discussed the books we've
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written, the books we're reading,
and the art of storytelling. We are
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here with endless stories to support indie
bookstores, authors, librarians and readers just
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like you. We are always seeking
innovative way to introduce dynamic voices and trends
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in publishing. On this channel,
you will find hundreds of episodes with some
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of your favorite authors, including the
four of us, with our new releases
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as we reveal the stories behind the
stories, offer writing tips, and talk
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about the creation of novels, memoirs, and nonfiction titles. So if you
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love books and you're curious about the
writing world, you are in the right
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place. You can listen to friends
and Fiction on any major streaming platform.
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Good news for coral AMAI know that
digital camera you lost back in twenty ten
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while you were tubing on the river
in Colorado. They found it. She
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remembers that day back in twenty ten, I'd gotten toss for my tube and
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I came back up, got my
tube, and my camera was missing.
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Many of the photos on the camera
had not been uploaded to your computer.
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I remember getting back to my boyfriend's
house and uncontrollably crying and upset. Well
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00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:03.120
recently, a fisherman found it in
shallow water, Spencer Greener told Fox thirty
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one. I was walking along I
saw it sticking out of the sand.
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00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:09.240
It was in rough shape, so
I didn't really have any hopes of getting
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in any office. I was just
planning to throw it away, and then
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curiosity got the best of me and
I had to see what was on it.
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He used a screwdriver and plied open
the door. Found a memory card.
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It plugged it in the computer and
it read it immediately, and I
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was like, Oh cool, let's
see what sort of treasures we're going to
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find on this memory card. I
have a feeling I know what he was
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hoping was on the memory card.
Then leave it there. While scrolling through
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the photos, he found images of
a tubing trip, a bachelert party,
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and a wedding. He posted some
of the images on the local Facebook group
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and said, Hey, did you
get married on June twelfth, twenty ten.
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Did you have an ugly brown stretch
station wagon at your bachelert party?
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Do you recognize these people? If
so, please contact me. Within an
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hour, people had come forward,
recognizing themselves and several of the images.
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He said. It was less than
an hour after I made the post,
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and the groom for the wedding was
like, that's me and my wife.
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Jillian McGhee is a third grade teacher
in the washing In DC area. She
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00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:03.199
said, kids are going to tell
you every little thing that's going on.
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00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:08.160
They'd interrupt me mid sentence in the
middle of class with very random tattles on
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00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:11.800
other students. I eventually started telling
them just to write it down on a
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sticky note and put it on my
desk, But then my desk would be
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full of sticky notes. Some of
the snitching someone bumped into me on purpose.
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More snitching someone didn't mind her business. The teachers solution a tattle form,
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asking students to provide their name and
some information about their tattle. Some
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00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:32.920
of them include I definitely have to
talk to you about this, chewing loudly
81
00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:36.680
and making fart noises. McGhee says, if there's a series of the day
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00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:40.199
where all the kids are saying the
same thing, those are my favorite.
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00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.160
I think one of them was that
there was a student farting, and I
84
00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:46.160
think I got four of those in
one day. Chewing loud, I got
85
00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:47.399
three of them. When I put
them in order, it just sounded like
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00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.439
a story, and I was able
to piece together what happened just based on
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00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:55.160
what they said. That's your five
good news stories for today. Fall the
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show for free on Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get your
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shows. A great day,
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00:00:02.520 --> 00:00:12.919
The shark deck. Congratulations Chasa,
Soon she's passed her driver's test. Was
2
00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.679
her nine hundred and sixtieth Try John, did you say nine hundred and sixty?
3
00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:21.039
Yes? I said nine hundred and
sixty. She first attempted the written
4
00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:25.399
test in April of two thousand and
five. She failed it to continue to
5
00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:28.719
retake it. Then she passed.
Then she had to take the practical test
6
00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:33.840
ten times before getting her license.
She spent more than ten grand trying to
7
00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:37.359
get this thing done. After she
failed the first time, she retook the
8
00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:42.119
written test every day, five days
a week for three years. That was
9
00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:46.000
seven hundred eighty attempts. She then
started taking the test only twice a week.
10
00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:50.439
She finally passed that she moved on
the practical test. Her driving instructor
11
00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:55.759
said he felt relieved when she finally
got the license. Sir, maybe the
12
00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:59.719
problem is you, the driving school
instructor said. When she finally got a
13
00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:02.880
lice, we all went out cheering
and hugged her, giving her flowers.
14
00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.079
It felt like a huge burden falling
off our backs. We hadn't had the
15
00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:07.799
guts to tell her to quit because
she kept showing up. The folks at
16
00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:11.879
Hunda gave her a new car,
I hope, but as driver's assist now,
17
00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:15.000
I don't know why she couldn't take
a train, because even a robot
18
00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:19.239
dog can take a train. Some
commuters were recently mining their own business what
19
00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:23.799
a robot dog got on to catch
a train At the University station in Sunderland.
20
00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.840
Professor John Murray was at the controls
and said, I think the passengers
21
00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:32.359
were surprised to see a robot dog
on the metro and many were keen to
22
00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:34.120
have their photo taken with him.
During the journey. There were many questions
23
00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:38.680
about what he's for and what he
can do. Normally we take the robot
24
00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:40.760
dog to events in the car,
so it's good to get him out and
25
00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:42.159
about to see what we could take
him around the city and meet new people.
26
00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:48.200
Congratulations to mister Pickles. He's a
dad. Mister Pickles is a tortoise.
27
00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:53.840
He's ninety years old. Mister Pickles
and missus Pickles welcome three tortoise hatchlings.
28
00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.200
Their names Dill, Girkin and Hallapeno. Yeah, hallapeanos a pickle.
29
00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:00.599
You don't think of it as that, right? What do you think of
30
00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:04.640
it as I don't know. Mister
Pickles has been a resonance of the Zoo
31
00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:08.080
for thirty six years. He's been
partnered with Missus Pickles, who's sprightly fifty
32
00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:13.039
three. She arrived in nineteen ninety
six. Radiated tortoises can live for up
33
00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:16.840
to one hundred and fifty years.
Zoo spokeswoman Jessica Rayas says how long they
34
00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:23.000
can reproduce is unknown, but averently
you can father more tortoises at age ninety.
35
00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.639
I am Patty Callahan Henry, I
am Mary kay Andrews, I'm Kristin
36
00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:37.360
Harmel, and I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. Friends at Fiction is led by four
37
00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:40.879
longtime friends, the four of us, with more than seventy five published books
38
00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:46.319
between us. Through end of conversations
and interviews, we discussed the books we've
39
00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:50.159
written, the books we're reading,
and the art of storytelling. We are
40
00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:55.639
here with endless stories to support indie
bookstores, authors, librarians and readers just
41
00:02:55.800 --> 00:03:01.520
like you. We are always seeking
innovative way to introduce dynamic voices and trends
42
00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:06.439
in publishing. On this channel,
you will find hundreds of episodes with some
43
00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:09.000
of your favorite authors, including the
four of us, with our new releases
44
00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:14.680
as we reveal the stories behind the
stories, offer writing tips, and talk
45
00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:19.759
about the creation of novels, memoirs, and nonfiction titles. So if you
46
00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:23.360
love books and you're curious about the
writing world, you are in the right
47
00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:36.719
place. You can listen to friends
and Fiction on any major streaming platform.
48
00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:40.280
Good news for coral AMAI know that
digital camera you lost back in twenty ten
49
00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:44.960
while you were tubing on the river
in Colorado. They found it. She
50
00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:47.439
remembers that day back in twenty ten, I'd gotten toss for my tube and
51
00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:51.479
I came back up, got my
tube, and my camera was missing.
52
00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:54.039
Many of the photos on the camera
had not been uploaded to your computer.
53
00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:59.520
I remember getting back to my boyfriend's
house and uncontrollably crying and upset. Well
54
00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:03.120
recently, a fisherman found it in
shallow water, Spencer Greener told Fox thirty
55
00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:05.560
one. I was walking along I
saw it sticking out of the sand.
56
00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:09.240
It was in rough shape, so
I didn't really have any hopes of getting
57
00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:11.439
in any office. I was just
planning to throw it away, and then
58
00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:14.159
curiosity got the best of me and
I had to see what was on it.
59
00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.040
He used a screwdriver and plied open
the door. Found a memory card.
60
00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:19.279
It plugged it in the computer and
it read it immediately, and I
61
00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:21.720
was like, Oh cool, let's
see what sort of treasures we're going to
62
00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:26.160
find on this memory card. I
have a feeling I know what he was
63
00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:29.879
hoping was on the memory card.
Then leave it there. While scrolling through
64
00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.920
the photos, he found images of
a tubing trip, a bachelert party,
65
00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.680
and a wedding. He posted some
of the images on the local Facebook group
66
00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:40.279
and said, Hey, did you
get married on June twelfth, twenty ten.
67
00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:44.240
Did you have an ugly brown stretch
station wagon at your bachelert party?
68
00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:46.240
Do you recognize these people? If
so, please contact me. Within an
69
00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:50.279
hour, people had come forward,
recognizing themselves and several of the images.
70
00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:54.040
He said. It was less than
an hour after I made the post,
71
00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:56.279
and the groom for the wedding was
like, that's me and my wife.
72
00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:00.160
Jillian McGhee is a third grade teacher
in the washing In DC area. She
73
00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:03.199
said, kids are going to tell
you every little thing that's going on.
74
00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:08.160
They'd interrupt me mid sentence in the
middle of class with very random tattles on
75
00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:11.800
other students. I eventually started telling
them just to write it down on a
76
00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:14.920
sticky note and put it on my
desk, But then my desk would be
77
00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:18.680
full of sticky notes. Some of
the snitching someone bumped into me on purpose.
78
00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:26.560
More snitching someone didn't mind her business. The teachers solution a tattle form,
79
00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.279
asking students to provide their name and
some information about their tattle. Some
80
00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:32.920
of them include I definitely have to
talk to you about this, chewing loudly
81
00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:36.680
and making fart noises. McGhee says, if there's a series of the day
82
00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:40.199
where all the kids are saying the
same thing, those are my favorite.
83
00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.160
I think one of them was that
there was a student farting, and I
84
00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:46.160
think I got four of those in
one day. Chewing loud, I got
85
00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:47.399
three of them. When I put
them in order, it just sounded like
86
00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.439
a story, and I was able
to piece together what happened just based on
87
00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:55.160
what they said. That's your five
good news stories for today. Fall the
88
00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:59.079
show for free on Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get your
89
00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:00.639
shows. A great day,