All right, Techout up here at 5.08, we'll drink and tell us with a show of the day.

And we do have your headlines on the way of 550.

But first quick checking with Mike Hogg and some of the stories and headlines, he is not working on. Well, thank you, Miles. There's a growing trend of workers in Japan that use a quote-unquote business name in order to protect their privacy. Oh, like a stage name. Exactly. Okay. You know, kind of... I go by dude, gaga.

Oh, kind of keeps them from, like, harassment from customers.

Like a stripper?

Okay.

Yeah. Like a stage name. Exactly. Okay. You know, kind of... I go by dude, Gaga. Oh.

Kind of keeps them from, like, harassment from customers.

Like a stripper?

Okay.

Yeah, exactly. Business names. I got, I dig it. Honestly, I think that's a good idea. Yeah, me too. Yeah. It's still fighting. It's just... Right. It's stuck in there.

I went outside to smoke a cigarette.

And as I'm walking out of the building,

I hold the door up for this woman who says,

thank you. My response was. Yeah. Damn. She made her feel. Oh, yeah. It was a bad luck, dude. It was a bad luck. Hallmark Channel has already announced the countdown to their Christmas lineup. Cool. Which makes sense. That's kind of their bit. Like, Hallmark has these movies that go throughout the entirety of the year. They make their, they make their bank. Hallmark is like a bad radio station. We wait for Christmas. Right? That's it. And Hallmark, it is ridiculous. But, I mean, they're going to start doing that. What? I mean, they start way before Thanksgiving. Oh, yeah. I mean, but the numbers work. People tune in. That's why radio stations go all Christmas for one month. Yeah. For one month, people know who they are. The rest of the year, they don't care. Hello. A new study found that chimps consume the equivalent of two alcoholic beverages a day in fermented fruits.

That's the one thing I like about them. Let's get drunk. Oh, yeah. Grab the peaches. And apparently they've been doing it for a long time. This is not a new behavior. A lot of mammals go right after the fermented. Deer for sure. We heard the story about the raccoon, face planted in the dumpster. That's right. Yeah.

Well, and there was also the story not long ago of a raccoon that got into like a brewery or a winery or something like that, and he just started chugging. Birds especially, too. Really? They get emirous off of their berries, so to speak. Yeah. They know the trick. Yeah. Same with bearded dragons. They love Captain Morgan. Really? Oh, do they? I saw one drink a little bit once. Okay. But he fell off a couch. He was fine. Yeah. He lived. He good. They took his keys. It's fine. Hey, man. Go back in your cage, dude. Put your thinking caps on, Jets.

It's time for the Merriam-Webster. Word of the day.

It is an R-word that is an explanation or reason for something said or done.

An R-word for an explanation or reason for something said or done.

It is the Merriam-Webster word of the day.

You already said reason.

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