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And we're broadcasting this week from the center for a more utopian is it's a proper say more utopian is like more perfect like more

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more utopian society anyway here's an idea that has been proposed to us by a listener named Eric Schaefer. We would add that he sent it by email, so he might not be proposing it. He might be stealing the idea from someone else. How would we know? Why would we care? Why would we care? It doesn't matter. You can steal everything. This is Eric's idea. Here's Eric's idea. Go ahead. Here it is. And it's, it's, it knocks your socks off when you hear it.

Stupid people should have to wear a sign that says, I'm stupid. That way you wouldn't rely on them, would you? I mean, you wouldn't ask them anything. It would be like, excuse me, oops, never mind, I didn't see your sign. It's like before my wife and I moved from Texas to California, our house was full of boxes and there was a U-Haul truck in our driveway.

My neighbor comes over and says, hey, moving?

No, we just pack up our stuff once or twice a week, see how many boxes it takes, and then

we put it back in the house.

Here's your sign.

A couple of months ago, I went fishing with a buddy of mine. We pulled his boat into the dock. I lifted up this big old stringer of bass. And the idiot on the dock says, hey, y'all catch them fish? No, I talked them into giving up. Here's your sign. Last time I had a flat tire. I pulled into one of those side of the road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and says, tire go flat. I couldn't resist. I said, nope. I was driving around and the other three just swelled up. I don't know what happened. Here's your sign. I'm stupid. It's so simple. Yeah. Well, I would, however, have to wear one. Yeah. I think. Yeah.

I mean, and how would you select people? Would they have to be like nominated or it's just a self-selection thing?

No, I think everyone's given a supply of

signs. And you just hang them on people. Just like Eric, and you hand them out. And if someone

hands you one, you got to wear it for at least a month. Yeah, if someone hands you one,

it obviously means you need it. Right. And you might be just temporary fleeting stupidity.

It might be, but usually it isn't, is it?

No.

No, not usually.

That's a lifetime.

Well, in your case, you know.

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