Talking Paragraphs Podcast No. 120: Painted potatoes for Easter; McDonald’s layoff haiku; RFK Jr. makes Biden look better; Thieves steal $500K worth of iPhones

126: Dan and Paul talk 'Chinese Born American,' lifesize Hot Wheels, the meaning of onomatopoeia, and not putting foie gras in your coffee – Talking Paragraphs

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1. 126: Dan and Paul talk 'Chinese Born American,' lifesize Hot Wheels, the meaning of onomatopoeia, and not putting foie gras in your coffee 01:11:19
2. 125: Pete Davidson vs. Cocaine Bear; Bovine samaritans help cops capture crook; What is "faff" and why you should embrace it; More Elvis employee buffett delights 01:25:36
3. 124: Secrets of Elvis Presley's employee buffet; It's time to retire the White House championship team visit; Baseball: War on WAR; McDonald's new iceless iced tea 01:11:39
4. 123: An ode to toast; Paul's vacation adventures; Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, and other TV dopes get fired; All hail Carol Burnett at 90; so much more 01:14:19
5. 122: Paul gets a job working for … Elvis Presley?!; Nic Cage is wacky in 'Redfield'; This week's reason why Elon Musk sucks; and Paul's bad Max Scherzer joke 01:22:52

This podcast is so packed we didn’t have time for the story about a moose that went into a hospital to get lunch. What Dan and Paul did discuss, includes the following:

1. Do rising egg prices lead to people painting potatoes for Easter?
2. Laid-off McDonald’s exec writes a Haiku on LinkedIn.
3. New Steve Jobs book to be free to download.
4. Thieves break through a coffee shop bathroom to steal $500,000 worth of iPhones.
5. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes Joe Biden look better.
6. Anti-trust lawsuit aims to stop eSports “athlete” wage suppression.

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