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Back to episode — Episode 2941 CWSA 08/28/25

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A canteen, jug, or flask — a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of the dopamine end-of-the-day thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip. It happens now. Go. Oh, that was really good. There we go. Everything's working. Yeah. Well, did you hear about the Florida

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man who stopped the burglar while he was in his Batman pajamas? Now, what was that burglar doing in that man's Batman pajamas? I don't know.

No, it wasn't the burglar. It was the man who stopped him who had the Batman pajamas. And the best part about it is that when asked about the Batman pajamas, he said it gave me the confidence I needed.

Now, that is a great answer. I don't know if the man wearing the Batman pajamas had any kind of mental issues, but I hope he was just a normal person who likes Batman. And then we got a chance to go all Batman on the burglary. He did because it gave him the confidence he needed.

Well, I immediately ordered myself some Batman pajamas because although I wouldn't wear them every night to bed, what if you heard a noise downstairs? Well, I would put on my Batman pajamas just to go downstairs because if you're a burglar and you see the homeowner come down in Batman pajamas, you know he's going to attack. You know you've got a fight coming, so you might as well get out of the house.

Well, apparently the GDP has been revised and now it's 3.3 percent, which is really healthy. That's a pretty good GDP. So, good news there.

However, Fortune magazine reports that there's a noticeable drop in traffic at restaurants and shops and malls. I have noticed that too. Have you noticed that? And it makes sense because people are feeling their budgets are constrained. And what is the first thing you do if your budget is constrained? You

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stop eating out. That's like number one. It's the first thing you stop doing. And shopping for entertainment. You definitely wouldn't do that. So, I feel as though people are really going to have to try hard to reduce their food budget. And I think restaurants are going to have some tough years ahead. That's my guess. Even if the economy is good. It's just that food is ridiculous. The cost of foo…

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