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The comedy4cast network. Let's dog ear that for now.

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This is comedy4cast, Episode 801, Slicing Up a World Record.

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It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting, a call for podcasters to

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try to put out a podcast every day in August.

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For more information and to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.

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Here at the comedy4cast Studios, we've been working on a new format for this year's Dog Days.

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Sure, like in years past, there will be an actual odd news story, but that's not all.

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So, let's get started with Odd News Plus.

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Here are our odd news stories for Friday, August 9th, 2024.

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First up, it's time to check the holiday calendar.

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Today is National Coworking Day. Be sure to take time today to turn to your

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peers and say, Thank you.

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Thank you for always lending a hand when the boss is looking.

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And thank you for always being there, whether or not you clearly have the flu.

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And thank you for always choosing Reply All on every email you respond to,

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even if it wasn't necessary. or at all appropriate.

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For those of you who work from home, just hug your laptop and your refrigerator.

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Now let's get to our actual for real odd news story.

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For this Pizza Friday story, we're setting sail with Princess Cruises.

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Not actually, though. Don't pack your bag. Sorry, I should have been more clear.

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But how did you get your luggage out so fast?

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Princess Cruises just broke the record for the world's largest pizza party. In a manner of speaking.

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First of all, if you're picturing beautiful slices of pizza with a variety of toppings, don't.

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It was that lunchroom-style flat pan pizza. You know, the kind they cut into squares.

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So that brings down the jealousy level for not being there.

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And it's not quite the world's largest pizza party. It's the Guinness World

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Records title for the world's largest pizza party at multiple venues.

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And apparently, multiple venues

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doesn't just mean they served it on the Lido deck and at the buffet.

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It means, to get this record, they served the pizza across multiple ships in the Princess Fleet.

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So, at this pizza party, it's not like you could just grab your slice and walk

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around the entire party, chatting it up with people who understood what the

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heck duty-free shopping is.

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Since it was on multiple ships, your pizza could get very soggy if you tried that.

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Yuck. And soggy square lunchroom pizza? Double yuck.

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Still, if you're a stats person, during the party, or parties,

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Princess Cruises served more than 60,000 slices of pizza across their fleet.

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They used 6,500 pounds of dough, 3,400 pounds of flour, over 1,300 pounds of

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pepperoni slices, and over 2,300 pounds of cheese.

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Which at least makes it the cheesiest pizza party those cruise ship passengers have ever been to?

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And finally, in our feedback section, Ms.

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Molly Jane Sequoia Starshine wrote into Odd News Plus with a suggestion to help

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solve the world's growing energy needs.

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She says that people just need to follow her example.

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Ms. Starshine claims she has been able to cut her energy needs by up to 90%

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by using this one simple trick. Her secret?

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She says she now heats her home during the summer, and cools it during the winter.

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Millie Jane does admit that the house can get a bit toasty and or frigid.

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But she says that since she's almost always off somewhere on an adventure,

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she doesn't really mind.

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And she included a picture of herself on a cruise ship, holding a square slice of pizza.

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Less jealous than ever.

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That about wraps it up for today's odd

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news plus. A big thanks to the comedy4cast

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patrons for helping make this show possible story voices and original music

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by Clinton Alvord copyright 2024 all rights reserved. Talk to you next time but

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for now that's it we're done done done done done bye-bye.

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Music.