Coming up here at 5.08, we'll drink and toast with a shot of the day.

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

But first quick take on Mike Hawk and some of the stories and headlines he is not working on. Well, thank you, Miles. A new study found that chimpanzees consume a fair amount of alcohol due to wild fermented fruits and may hint at the origins of humans loving alcohol themselves. Yeah, they realize there's alcohol in them to our fruits. Correct. Wait a minute. That was fun. I eat this berry and I have fun. Let's do this. That ugly chips suddenly seemed attractive to me.

Even chimps wear beer goggles. Hey, it's late and you're single. Want to come home with me.

Let's go, baby. News studies say that kids' willpower is no match for fast food and screens and to instead teach them how to avoid those temptations altogether. Well, they've known that forever. I mean, McDonald's pretty much openly said, yeah, we try to get your kids when they're kids. Right. That way that brand loyalty sticks around. Happy meals, toys. And while we knew that, you know, earlier parenting was, you know, teach them how to have some self-restraint.

Teach them to fight against those urges and teach them to have some willpower. They found that that didn't work for crap. It's better instead to teach them how to cut off that particular temptation. And it also depends, you know, who you are as a parent. Sure. Like, I don't eat a lot of fast food. So, I mean, games enjoy fast food, but it just doesn't come up much because they don't see it much. Right. You know, that's all. Coca-Cola, all that kind of stuff. It happens. But overwhelmingly, it's just not a thing.

Yeah. I'm with you. At the end of the day, you're going to have your own temptations. And you know what? As soon as you get your own free will, you're going to do what you want to do. It's hard to explain. Like, they just know what McDonald's and a happy meal is. Absolutely. Even if they've never eaten it, they know McDonald's. Right. Well, and when you tell a kid not to do something, at first they start listening, I would presume, but then after a while, they find a way to then do it without you knowing. That's exactly it. That's the MO. That's what we all did. Right. Every single one of us. No, I still want to do this. I just know I get in trouble if you find out about it. So when you're not here. Right. I get into the cabinet and I grab the marshmallows.

Suck it. Apparently the best way to save on your energy bill while you're away from home is to set the thermostat at just a couple of degrees above your normal temperature.

And apparently that just keeps the house regulated enough to where it's not swelling so much and you lose... And turning it on, turning it off, it's more energy efficient to leave it on. One temperature the entire time. Right. I am coming up to the time where I'm probably going to turn my thermostat off for several months. When does that happen? Because the temperature just dropped a lot outside. It's a beautiful day, but it's cold, man. As Ted mentioned earlier here, you know, in behind the scenes, we're in fake spring right now. Yeah. Yep. And we're about to get into second winter. So, yeah, it's tricking us right now, but don't worry. That's coming up. I don't use mine too much. Like tonight it'll be cold. When I get home, I'll put it on for like an hour or two,

and then I'll turn it off.

That worries. That's not a bad call. It heats, yeah. Also, it depends. I have a big slider in my living room. Yes. Like the outdoor patio. So it kind of just depends on where you sit. If I sit near that slider, you've got to crank the heat.

Right.

You're like in my kitchen.

You're like, God damn, it's hot.

It's always the thing with the... If I sit near that slider, you've got to crank the heat. Right. You're like in my kitchen.

You're like, God damn, it's hot. It's always the thing with the kitchen. Like, turn the heat oven. It's like we're in the kitchen. Right. We're actively cooking. The oven is on. There's a giant heater over here. Yeah. Yeah, like when I cook on Thanksgiving, like I don't care how cold it is. Like, I'm not turning the heat on.

No.

Because that oven's on all damn day.

Exactly.

Put your thinking caps on.

Jens time for the Merriam-Webster. Word of the day. I give you guys a 40% chance of success on this one. It is a verb brought to you by the letter H. And to do this to somebody is to criticize or question them in a threatening way. Harassing. I like harassed, but nope, that's not the word. It's basically the same thing, but no.

Harassing. I like harassed, but nope, that's not the word. It's basically the same thing, but no. Harris. Harris. Well, to criticize or question them in a threatening way. It could also be somebody's name. Herb. No. Not Herb. I like it, though. Hold on, hold on. Just make the word work, man.

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