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The comedy4cast Network. Let's dog-ear that for now.

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This is comedy4cast Episode 809. A room with no room.

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It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting.

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A call for podcasters to 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. Here are our odd news stories for

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Saturday, August 17th, 2024.

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First up, Professor Roy Hinkley has announced that he is abandoning his quest

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to invent a practical time machine.

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First highlighted on Odd News Plus in 2003, the professor has been attempting

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to break through the space-time continuum for over 20 years.

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As part of his announcement, Professor Hinkley states that he did,

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at long last, perfect the machine.

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But every time he powers it up to go back in time, he immediately regresses

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to the moment before the machine is activated and it shuts off.

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He says he will now turn his attention to his other passion,

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archaeology, by joining the group of explorers.

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

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Tiny houses may be all the rage these days, but they're hardly anything new.

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To prove it, just visit the Welsh village of Conwy.

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That's where you'll find a 16th century home that is said to be the smallest house in Britain.

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Behind its iconic red front wall lies a first floor measuring just 6 feet by

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10 feet. And upstairs, the bedroom is even smaller.

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The house was last occupied in 1900 by fisherman Robert Jones.

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In addition to having a rather bland name, Jones had the distinction of standing

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six feet three inches tall, a veritable giant at a time when the average man

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stood five feet seven inches tall.

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He was so big, and his house was so small, he had to go outside to turn a phrase.

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These days, tourists can view the home, also known as Quay House,

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for a small fee. But just four people at a time, please. Remember, this place is small.

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No, seriously, you have to stick your arm out the window to take a selfie.

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The house is one of the major attractions in Conwy, although they also have

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a castle that we hear is quite nice, but a little too sprawling for our taste.

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If this sounds like fun to you, make your plans to visit.

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But do it soon, because the house sits across the street from Conwy River,

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and like much of Conwy, it has previously been affected by flooding.

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Clearly, it would only take two empty pint glasses to bail out the 60-square-foot

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space, but the number of floodings along the street and in the entire Conwy

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Valley are increasing due to climate change.

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Hopefully, two or three people can band together and lift up the house and move it to a new location.

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No, really, it's tiny.

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And finally, coming up in our Sunday edition, dolphins or porpoises, which are smarter?

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To find out, we sent out 14 lab mice in tiny boats to investigate.

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Spoiler, it did not go well. While the mice investigating dolphins were fine,

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porpoises confused the small silver boats with one of their favorite foods, mackerel.

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The good news is, dolphins are cool and not jerks. The bad news?

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Whiskers, Cheeto, and smudge. You will be missed.

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That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Plus.

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A big thanks to the comedy4cast patrons for helping make this show possible.

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Story, Voices, and Original Music by Clinton Alvord. Copyright 2024.

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All rights reserved. Talk to you next time. But for now, that's it.

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We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye-bye.

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Music.