Rizz is packing up for his only Lake of the Ozarks trip of the summer, Rose Gold Gun hitmaker King Scott sings some Simon and Garfunkel, and the hidden financial nightmare of competitive cheerleading. Between mandatory practices, travel tournaments, fundraising, choreography week, and enough expenses to qualify as a second mortgage, parents everywhere are going to feel seen. Rizz even reveals the absolutely ridiculous amount of money he offered his daughter to quit competitive cheer... and she turned him down.

The conversation somehow shifts into whether America should finally stop changing the clocks twice a year, why permanent daylight saving time already failed once in the 1970s, and whether today's world could actually handle months of kids waiting for school buses in complete darkness.

Then things take a turn only this show could make entertaining.

The crew dives headfirst into what may officially become "Diarrhea Summer" after thousands of reported illnesses connected to contaminated lettuce. They break down the parasite behind the outbreak, why Taco Bell voluntarily removed lettuce from restaurants, how to tell the difference between ordinary food poisoning and something much worse, and why absolutely nobody is going to Taco Bell for the lettuce anyway.

Naturally, that spirals into discussions about parasite cleanses, tapeworm weight-loss schemes, and whether anyone would voluntarily host a parasite if it meant fitting into smaller jeans.

Because apparently that wasn't weird enough, Rizz asks the question no one was prepared to answer: if scientists could grow meat using your own DNA, would eating it count as cannibalism? The debate quickly becomes one of the strangest conversations we've ever had as the crew imagines Rizz Burgers, Learn Nuggets, Sweet Baby Rafe barbecue sauce, and whether farting yourself after eating yourself somehow completes the circle of life.

The weird science keeps rolling as the crew explores why humans stopped eating other humans in the first place, the diseases that made cannibalism one of history's worst survival strategies, and how biology—not just morality—may have shaped one of humanity's biggest taboos.

As if that wasn't enough, the second half of the episode becomes one giant food argument. Ketchup on hot dogs. Pineapple on pizza. Steak temperatures. Miracle Whip versus mayonnaise. Fried pickles. Cilantro. Black licorice. Banana bread with walnuts. Tomato sandwiches. Pickle juice. Nearly every classic food debate gets thrown onto the table, and everyone has an opinion they're willing to defend.

Will George Wallace officially earn his third-timer status? . The crew is hit with an unbelievable story about a dog discovered locked inside an apartment after its owners moved away, sparking a passionate conversation about animal rescue, fostering, shelters, and exactly how furious everyone becomes when people treat animals like disposable furniture.

Florida once again proves reality is funnier than fiction when a 76-year-old woman receives a randomly assigned license plate that accidentally spells out "SQUEEZE ASS." Naturally, the crew spends way too much time imagining life inside a retirement community where everyone suddenly becomes interested in Nancy's new ride.

The laughs continue with another packed edition of Crap on Celebrities featuring Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding updates, Blink-182 collectibles, Slipknot recording dozens of new songs, Lana Del Rey's upcoming albums, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, celebrity birthdays, Star Wars movie memorabilia selling for millions, and an unexpectedly passionate debate ranking every Christopher Nolan film ever made.

Somehow the conversation also includes Batman, Luke Skywalker's lightsaber, Matt Damon, Al Roker, grandparents, Super Troopers, George Wallace preparations, and enough random detours to remind everyone why no meeting on this show ever stays on the agenda.

This episode kicks off with Kevin Smith dropping in before the crew dives headfirst into the newest airline seating experiments. Would you actually pay extra for an empty middle seat? Is Premium Economy worth it? Would Rafe really spend five grand for a business-class pod to Paris? The debate quickly becomes less about travel and more about the realities of being a large human trapped inside airplane geometry.

Then the chaos truly begins.

Rafe revisits some of the biggest comedy moments from the first half of the year during an unforgettable eMemorium retrospective. That means revisiting legendary fake productions like "Inner Shaft," celebrating the mysterious "Ozempic Penis" phenomenon, checking back in with the radioactive St. Louis monkeys and goat that somehow evolved into the "Lazy Entitled Millennial Monkeys," pitching Bravo's next hit dating disaster "Dukes of Haggard," and replaying Steven Tyler's heartfelt (and completely ridiculous) voicemail before Lern's surgery.

As always, the crew somehow manages to make parody songs even more ridiculous than the news stories that inspired them.

The episode wraps with this week's eMemorium honoring entertainment legends, remembering beloved local musician Bobby Rollins, catching a fake death rumor in real time, and teasing another round of Friday Fail Stories involving fake anatomy, bad criminals, and Instagram proving once again that some people really shouldn't have internet access.

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• America already tried permanent daylight saving time. It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?
• Lettuce from California's Taylor Farms investigated as possible source in multistate cyclospora outbreak
• Cannibalism could keep people alive—so why did humans reject it almost everywhere?
• North Carolina woman, 82, survives nine days trapped in her bathtub after fall
• This license plate has a woman's retirement community doing a double take

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