Brian Lair on WNYC and for our last 10 minutes, we're going to change the mood.

We're going to change the vibe.

We're going to make it light.

We're going to make it funny because the world is making it how hot. How hot is it is the question for our last few minutes today. It's so hot the swimming pool is starting to boil. It's so hot the asphalt is melting and sticking to my shoes. It is shockingly hot. If you're in New York City, it is probably the hottest day of the year, probably will be

the hottest day of the year across the east and the Midwest right now, so hot that

we will end the show today by asking simply, how hot is it?

You're invited to call up and finish the sentence.

It's so hot that 212- 433, WNYC,

212, 433, 969, 2. And they don't all have to be jokes, but, you know, this is kind of a classic

setup line for funny finishes, and we're definitely inviting that. But, you know, it's so hot,

you can literally feel the heat radiating off the buildings in the city. It's so hot,

cockroaches are flying. That's an actual WNYC headline from eight years ago, courtesy of Stephen

Nesson, our transportation reporter. he wrote, for these cockroaches,

the American cockroach, beneath the first set of wings, which are used for protection,

is another pair which is used for flying.

This hot muggy weather with heat indexes putting us into the 100s is the perfect condition

for cockroaches to fly, because like us, they're just trying to stay cool.

So there you go.

Listeners, how would you complete the sentence?

212-433-9692.

Seriously or comically, it's so hot that.

212-433-9692. How hot is it? We'll take your calls and text right after this.

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