 Happy birthday. Welcome to the Darren Marlar radio show. I'm Darren Marlar. Got a great show stacked up for you I've got stuff that's gonna make you laugh Thank and I've even got one story that's probably going to terrify you all of that coming up On the show today drunk driving can now be blamed on high heels Well have that story for you coming up if you yawn and your dog yawns at the same time What does that mean? Well, we'll find out smoking is dumb. Yes lighting your cigarette in an unconventional way That can be a moment of duh a Mississippi man He is dead But once you hear the story of how this happened you'll have to agree with me that it is a totally outrageous story Apparently driving is more than just dangerous. It's unhealthy. We'll give you the details on that So what is a phonotaur a phonotaur? Oh, well, you'll find out in today's weird holidays coming up in just a couple minutes I'm Darren Marlar. I am a bit nervous about the show today I mean you do not know what fear is Unless you sit in a dark radio studio at the beginning of your show Wondering if your wife was just being kind last night when she laughed at all those ad-libs you practiced on her Oh sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mundus Well, you've heard the joke that there's a Starbucks on every corner, right? Well, not true It's just that's just silly of course But there is one within 20 miles of 80 percent of Americans and the furthest You should ever have to drive to get to your coffee fix from a Starbucks owned store is 140 miles and the gas for that trip that roughly equals the same amount as a Starbucks venti mocha Hey Taking a look at today's weird wacky strange zany odd bizarre quirky unusual holidays today's Monday July 31st You now have 146 shopping days until Christmas and today is make today better than yesterday day Which I guess that makes tomorrow Make today better than the day before yesterday day, right just continues on Today is shadow day in 1930 Orson Welles starred as the shadow in the show's radio debut And at first the shadow was just the narrator for the changing stories But later he became a character in his own adventures He knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men and scared the tar out of the bad guys And then later later on Alec Baldwin became the shadow on the big screen and now nobody is afraid of him Also on today as we're at holidays the phonotar day phonotar in 1969 Moscow police they reported that thieves had stolen telephone parts from Thousands of phone booths to convert their acoustic guitars to electric Proving it's not rock and roll the corrupted society. It's telephones Today is months day honoring all dogs that are not just one breed And you know, why don't we have something like this for humans? Let me think about this I am German Irish. My wife is German check and what about Tiger Woods? I don't even know what the heck that guy is and President Obama He even admitted to being a mutt. So how about we have a human mutt day I mean because really if you look at it just about everybody has some mutt in them I mean if you look far enough back in your family's history, why is racism such a problem? Nothing's better Apparently driving is more than just dangerous. It's unhealthy that that story for you coming up I'm Darren Marlar, and if you'd like to hear this show anytime you could find it at Darren Marlar comm Well, you know, it's no wonder that we can't resist dessert. We hate to die it, right? Well, our brains are wired that way Specifically, it is a hunger-sensitive Cell in the brain known as AGRP neurons And those are responsible for creating those unpleasant feelings of hunger that so often lead us to fall off the diet wagon So it's really no surprise if you think about it It's those negative emotions associated with hunger that make it so hard to maintain the diet lose the weight Well, while these neurons they don't directly drive us to eat We can't really blame them specifically for forcing us to eat They do make us desire food so that those unpleasant hunger pangs will go away And it's not just hunger either the research team also found separate sets of neurons in the brain That generate unpleasant feelings of thirst So I guess we can blame beer consumption on this too. Here comes the best part A little bit more on the crazy side of the end of the world At the birthday wrap-up coming up I'm Darren Marlar and if you'd like a few more laughs after the show You might want to check out my daily dose of weird news You can find it on my website at Darren Marlar comm Microbiologists from Britain's Aston University. They found that the typical car has 283 different types of bacteria present in every square inch the dirtiest part of the vehicle It was the gear stick home to 356 germs per square inch Drivers with children and pets. They were found to host a greater number of Range of bacteria in their cars, which I guess shouldn't be a surprise The study found British motorists spend more than three years of their life behind the wheel and over a quarter Eat there every week You know what I used to be that way I used to eat in my car every single day One in four car owners said their car is littered with food wrappers and empty drink bottles All right. I wasn't quite that bad one in six admitted to regularly leaving uneaten food in their vehicle What does that taste like in between meals snacks? How many of you love them? Raise your hands I'm seeing a lot of hands out there. Yep. You know in between meals snacks They've taken a lot of heat in the war against obesity recently But there are 10 healthy treats that will soothe your grumbling belly while boosting your energy level If you want to see the list for yourself complete with a few links on where to find all these energy boosting snacks I did some research last night's for you. You can find that link in my blog at Darren Marlar.com That's D a r r e n m a r l a r dot com time now for today's birthday wrap up Celebrating birthdays today from Las Vegas Inspector Jack Ellis on the division Clark Kent slash Superman on the adventures of Lois and Clark Dean Kane is 51 today and still looking great by the way from the blade movies US Marshals murder at 1600 Demolition man fun movie passenger 57 major league the first film Wesley Snipes is 55 today and Detective Steve Sloan on Diagnosis murder Barry van Dyke is 66 I'm Mississippi ban is dead But once you hear the story of how that happened you're gonna have to agree with me that it is a totally Outrageous story all that story for you coming up in a few minutes. Hey, you want to be a part of the show Well, if you want to visit the radio show page at Darren Marlar comm Well, you can send me an email for the email bag Darren Marlar comm. That's D a r r e n m a r l a r dot com And then click on radio show. So you want to jumpstart your imagination? I think we'd all probably like to be able to do that anytime. Well, here's an idea where something green Scientists found that the color of leaves grass and well the light go for the traffic lights that sparks creativity They're even calling this the green effect researchers they tested the power of colors by showing a group of test subjects a white rectangle and then another group a Green rectangle before giving them a creative task and the green subjects they ended up with more imaginative and innovative results green also proved superior when pitted against red blue and gray Green may serve as a cue that evokes the motivation to strive for improvement and task mastery Which in turn may facilitate growth concludes study head dr. Stephanie lichtenfield assistant professor of psychology at Ludwig Maximillian's University in Munich, Germany Still she cautions against going wild and painting your house green and buying a green wardrobe Because well the influence of the color is just subtle She also noted that the most powerful green effect. It was produced by the shade of the color seen on pine trees I think that I shall never see Smoking is dumb lighting your cigarettes in an unconventional way That could be a moment of dumb that story is coming up right around the corner I'm Darren Marlar and a Mississippi man is dead But once you hear the story of how this happened, you'll have to agree with me. This is totally outrageous What time is it boys and girls? Oh Down in South Ave in Mississippi lives 41 year old Ishmael Lopez now He's never been in trouble with the law. He's an American citizen. He's not wanted for anything Nevertheless, he's now dead because he was shot by a police officer attempting to serve an arrest warrant at the wrong House According to the Washington Post Lopez was in bed when he heard a sound outside his home He got up to see what was going on moments later. He was dead Prosecutor John champion claims that Lopez was pointing a gun at the two police officers outside his house Through a partially open door and ignored orders to put the gun down Champion says it appears one officer shot at a pit bull that ran out of Lopez's home And then the other shot at Lopez himself There were three bullet holes in Lopez's front door That's unclear if Lopez fired any shots himself or if he even knew that the people at his door were police officers Attorney Murray Wells says neither Lopez's wife nor neighbor heard the officers tell Lopez to drop the gun In fact, he says Lopez wasn't even holding a gun during the shooting Wells says there was a gun on the couch at the time though police were attempting to serve an arrest warrant for Samuel Peirman who lives next door to Lopez Wells says that the two homes are 36 feet apart They both have their addresses clearly visible an investigation into this shooting is underway An interesting trend among campgrounds across the country lots of them are now offering free high-speed wireless internet Because let's face it. Who wants to go out camping and get away from it all if you can't brag about it and upload photos to Instagram Time for today's moment of duh and you know, they say cigarette smoking is hazardous to your health Oh, hummus Omaha's that is Tim Green found out that found that out the hard way However cancer is the least of Tim's worries. He tried to light a cigarette using a propane torch He ended up starting a fire in his detached garage which left him hospitalized in critical condition with third-degree burns If you yawn and your dog yawns at the same time, what does that mean? Well, we'll find out shortly. I'm Darren Marlar. If you like to keep up with everything I do you can sign up for my newsletter It's the Marlar sheet and it's free. You can sign up for it at Darren Marlar.com D a r r e n M a r l a r.com Well, if you are fat and in your 40s, you better look out by the way, I'm talking to myself on this one as well People who are obese in middle-age. They're more likely to experience a more rapid mental decline including memory loss than their friends Who are of normal weight? That's the word from French researchers at the Center for Research in an Epidemiology in Population Health at Inserm in Paris Those who are obese and also have high blood pressure and other problems linked to heart disease and type 2 diabetes Well, they have the highest risk for mental decline But even those who are quote-unquote fat and fit well, they will experience a faster loss of mental abilities, too So I am doomed Dangerous and Darren Marlar radio show Drunk driving it can now be blamed on high heels that story coming up first though. It's today's question Here's your question approximately how many pounds of food will you eat in your lifetime again? How many pounds of food will you eat in your lifetime? I'll have the answer for you later on in the show I'm Darren Marlar and when you yawn and that causes your dog to yawn Well, that means you've got a pretty smart pooch there some dogs They find human yawns Contagious and that suggests that there are rudimentary capacities there for empathy Something scientists thought that only humans and a few chimpanzees at 72% of the 29 dogs that were tested by British researchers They were so sensitive to human yawns that seeing one made them yawn in response On the other hand, if your dog yawns and that makes you yawn Then you're just weird unless you're listening to my show at which point yawning is probably expected The Darren Marlar Radio Show. He should go make people laugh and have it. Get your thoughts heard Send Darren a message through Facebook, Twitter or his website at darrenmarlar.com The Darren Marlar Radio Show Christy Brinkley she says it's hard to meet nice guys at the age of 63 Yeah, you know what? I'm finding that kind of hard to believe because well, she's Christy Brinkley I mean men from the age of 20 to 120 want to date her. She's Christy Brinkley for crying out loud Hey, I'm Darren Marlar, and it's time for today's brain-on-drug story and each day You know, I'm talking about dumb things that people do under the influence, but Addiction that's no laughing matter if you or somebody, you know does need help There was a toll-free number that you can call it's 1-800-4-3-8-0-3-8-0 That's the addiction hope and helpline 1-800-4-3-8-0-3-8-0 and today's brain-on-drugs Drunk driving can now be blamed on high heels Attorney Bill Thomas of Durham, North Carolina has created a new defense for women accused of DUI the high heel excuse Thomas argued that the sobriety test was unfair because it required his client to walk a long straight line Pivot quickly and then stand on one foot for 30 seconds All of which is impossible because she was wearing stilettos with three and a half inch heels Which make women wiggle he claimed that under the circumstances She did remarkably well by balancing on one foot for 16 seconds The judge agreed in validating the test and he tossed out the case Okay, this story is potentially terrifying An artificial intelligence system being developed at Facebook. It has created its own language It developed a system of code words to make communication more efficient Well, that scared the researchers too So they shut the system down when they realized that the AI it was no longer using English The observations made at Facebook They're the latest in a long line of similar cases in each instance an AI being monitored by humans Has diverged from its training in English to develop its own language the resulting Phrases they appear to be nonsensical gibberish to us humans But they contain semantic meaning when interpreted by AI agents scary Stuff if you want to read the entire article on that I I did post it to my blog yesterday So you could still find it I was just I was floored when I saw the story You can find my blog though and read the story at Darren Marlar.com. That's D-A-R-R-E-N-M-A-R-L-A-R.com Just click on my blog once you get there. Well a dozen years ago a guy from England He had a brilliant plan for making money on the internet He would create a website made up of a million pixels and arrange them in a 1000 by 1000 grid And then he sold 10 by 10 blocks for a dollar. You might remember that it was a long time ago But people today even in 2017 people are still finding creative ways to make a quick buck online Here's the latest. I can't believe this is actually a real thing, but it is I guess I shouldn't be surprised The the website how many people paid a dollar to see how many people paid a dollar dot com That's that's the real site how many people paid a dollar to see how many people paid a dollar dot com The owner of this site he makes money by selling you for just a dollar The right to see how many people have paid a dollar to see how many people have done the same thing that you just did I have to admit I did check out the website and you know just out of curiosity It was really tempting to spend to spend that dollar, but I held back I uh, I didn't do it. But boy was I tempted Ladies and gentlemen This is important the most significant event on the internet today. Who may I ask are you jaren marlar? Today's question impossible answer for you first the question again Approximately how many pounds of food will you eat in your lifetime the answer? Well during your lifetime you'll eat about 60 000 pounds of food. That's the weight of about six elephants I'm darren marlar. And uh, hey if you want to like me or or poke me tweet me Follow me stalk me you can find links to all of my social media at darren marlar.com I'm gonna leave you today with this thought from george bernard shaw. I love this quote Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves All progress therefore depends on unreasonable people sweetheart