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The comedy4cast network. Let's dog-ear that for now.

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This is comedy4cast, episode 821. He's got the look.

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It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting. For more information and

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to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.

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Let's get started with Odd News Plus.

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Here are our odd news stories for Thursday, August 29th, 2024.

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With the rising popularity of so-called full-body deodorants,

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health and beauty product companies have been looking for ways to expand the market even further.

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After all, a person will use many times the normal amount of product when they

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use it all over their person.

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However, the logical path forward, providing deodorant for clothes,

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seemed to be blocked. The culprit?

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The recent dramatic rise in products that will infuse your clothes with so-called

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fresh scents that last an unnatural length of time.

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But never underestimate the power of marketing.

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Next month, be on the lookout for the introduction of supersedent sprays, or S-sprays for short.

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When applied daily to the entire body and clothing, S-sprays will literally

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let the wearer overwrite another person's scent.

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Everything from colognes and perfumes to actual pheromones will be replaced

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with whatever scent the spray wearer happens to be using that day.

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Hopefully, it will not be available in pumpkin spice.

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Now let's get to our actual for real odd news story.

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If 12-year-old Patrick Hayes of Cumming, Georgia is walking towards you,

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you can clearly tell that he's all business. But what's odd is that when he

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walks away, you get the impression he's prone to party. That's when it hits you.

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He's both, because Patrick Hayes has a mullet haircut.

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Now, a mullet is a complex hairstyle to manage.

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But don't worry, Patrick has been growing his hockey haircut since he was seven years old.

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In fact, Patrick says it's how his friends know him.

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He also gets compliments on his do all the time.

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Very impressive. With a reputation like that, you might wonder how Patrick's

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Missouri Compromise stacks up against those of all the other mullet mavens out there.

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Patrick wondered, too, and there was only one way to find out.

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Patrick entered the 2024 USA Mullet Championship.

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While this is the first time Patrick will be competing in the championship,

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contestants as young as newborns can enter.

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Does that mean you can be born with a full head of Carolina Crash helmet hair?

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Maybe so. The USA Mullet Championship started as a local Michigan competition in 2020.

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Since then, it has grown into a nationwide event with three kids divisions,

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0 to 4 years old, 5 to 7, and 8 to 12, teens, 13 to 17, and adults.

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Anyone old enough is welcome to compete in the adult division.

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So no matter who you are, if you're 18 plus and rocking a Kentucky waterfall, sign up.

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The contest is all in fun, but according to the Mullet Championship website,

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part of the championship funds go to the Jared Allen's Home for Wounded Warriors,

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a nonprofit that provides mortgage-free homes to critically wounded combat veterans.

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The question you may be asking now is, did Patrick Hayes win in his division?

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At the time of recording, we here at Odd News Plus didn't know,

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but you can find out because the winners were scheduled to be announced on August 29th.

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That means you and your Tennessee top hat just need to cruise over to mulletchamp.com

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to see a list of the winners.

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But since all the contestants have mullets, aren't they all winners?

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And finally, in seasonal news, it's time to start thinking about the holidays.

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Now, now, we're not trying to rush you into making up your wish list or going

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up to the attic to bring down the ornaments, assuming you ever took them down in the first place.

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What? It's a year-round display for my collectibles. This is something much more important.

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You need to remember who gave you what last year.

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After all, you don't want to re-gift to the same person who originally gave

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you that nose-shaped pepper shaker. Now you don't have to.

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Tech startup Past Presents has just launched its service that will handle everything for you.

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A press release from the company outlines the process.

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It seems that all you have to do is take several photos of the items you want

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to get rid of and upload them to the Past Presents website.

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Within 30 minutes, you'll get an email that will let you know if your items

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have been approved for the Past Presents service.

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Then, it's just a matter of boxing up the unwanted gifts and mailing them to

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the address that will be in a text sent to you within two business days of item approval.

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Once received at the Past Presents warehouse, your items will be scanned and

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cataloged, co-mingled with thousands of other unwanted treasures,

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and carefully stored in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built, climate-controlled environment.

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Then, as a Past Presents valued member, when you feel pressured to give a gift

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to a relative or co-worker,

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simply log onto the member portal with your password, fill out a brief online

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questionnaire about the intended recipient, and, for a small processing fee

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that covers storage, processing, and handling, an AI-matched item from our warehouse will be identified,

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retrieved by the latest generation of industrial robots, carefully packed,

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and mailed for delivery within four to six weeks.

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Faster premium shipping is

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available at an additional cost, or upgrade to fastest premier shipping.

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Gift wrapping also available at an additional charge.

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It's just that easy. Now, aren't you glad you didn't do something silly like

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donate that item to a worthy cause? Of course you are.

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That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Plus.

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A big thanks to the comedy4cast patrons for helping make this show possible.

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Story, voices, and original music by Clinton Alvord. Copyright 2024.

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All rights reserved. Talk to you next time. But for now, that's it.

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We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye-bye.

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Music.