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  • Bumperpodcast #152 – Back in the saddle

    Bumperpodcast #152 – Back in the saddle

    Thrilled to be back in the saddle – with heat and power – Bumpercar talks about things like snowmen cotton candy.

    He also thinks that his fridge smells funny.

    Do you know any snowmen? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – We’d love to meet them!

    All of the snowmen!

    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar returns after weather-related delays to share his relief about having heat and power restored. He humorously rambles about the bizarre weather pattern that brought snow right after a hurricane, making the episode late. Natty playfully experiments with different voices while discussing Einstein's E=mc² and reflects on the simple pleasures he missed during the power outage, like taking showers and having food in his fridge. The episode takes a whimsical turn as he contemplates what a snowman might smell like and whether snowmen would enjoy cotton candy.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I have heat thank you I have power thank you and there's snow everywhere there's snow everywhere what there was just a hurricane last like last week”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I'm terrified that if I fill it up again it's all gonna go bad and then smell funny because that's what happens when I put food in my fridge the whole world loses power”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “You know what I want to smell poinsettias and freshly cooked bread and I don't know maybe snowman cotton candy”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #weather #poweroutage #rambling #science #food #snowman #winter

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: all right bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car it is i don't know what today it is i don't know what today it is is what i just said maybe i'm a leprechaun now i don't know i don't know what today it is oh shillily i'm not sure what tomorrow tis well that one actually kind of made sense i don't know what today tis though doesn't really make a lot of sense but i do know a couple of things one i have heat thank you i have power thank you and there's snow everywhere there's snow everywhere what there was just a hurricane last like last week i mean this this this episode is late because of what because of the weather i mean like i i can only use that excuse so many times bumper podcast but here i am talking to you with my big bumper car voice coming at you low coming at you low and i don't know where i'm coming at you low and slow low and slow i'm not sure did you notice am i i sounded i not saying that all people who talk like that sounded but i myself sounded a little bit dumb when i said that let's try it again and see if i can sound smart saying low and slow no e equals mc squared no i can't i absolutely can't do it you have to be like this well e actually equals mc uh squared and what was that noise what was that noise it was like a it was like a like i won something it's like a magical something just happened i was discussing uh how to sound smart and then uh boom boom i don't know how i can't make the noise i i am not a noise maker i am a maker of noise can you tell me a little bit giddy today bumper podcast it's because i've missed you i've missed sitting in this seat i've missed uh feeling my toes i've missed taking showers i've missed having food in my fridge i've missed eating food i've missed eating food i've missed having food in my fridge wait no there is still not food in my fridge because why i'm terrified that if i fill it up again it's all gonna go bad and then smell funny because that's what happens when i put food in my fridge the whole world loses power and then i gotta smell rotten peas and i don't want to smell that you know what i want to smell poinsettias and uh freshly cooked bread and uh i don't know maybe snowman uh cotton candy do they even eat that i don't know it seems to me like the snowman would get all kinds of sticky from the cotton candy oh man poor snowman

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  • Bumperpodcast #151 – Super-stormed out

    Bumperpodcast #151 – Super-stormed out

    Headquarters and all of the lands around Headquarters were attacked by a vicious storm this week and we are just now getting to a place where we have power and heat and a chance to record this ridiculousness.

    We really hope that you were not touched by the tumult of Super-storm Sandy – as – she was particularly unpleasant.

    Were you in the storm? Let us know by sending an email to bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com – because – we want to bond with you.

    That storm was a bear.

    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar recounts his harrowing experience surviving a major storm that knocked out power at Bumpercar headquarters for nearly a week. Natty describes the chaos of flying shutters, broken windows, mysterious crashes in the night, and exploding transformers that lit up the sky like fireworks. After frantically checking his vehicles in the dark by tapping each window, he and his wife endured three days without power before finally evacuating north to safety. This exhausted but relieved episode gives listeners a firsthand account of weathering a serious storm and the confusion that comes with it.

    Memorable Quotes

    “The shutter flew off the house and then flew back into the house and crash smash bang clang cling glass everywhere broken glass everywhere.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “I ran around each car and I would just tap each window tap tap tap tap as I was running in circles around the car to make sure that the windows were intact.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “It sounds like there's trains going by your house and the explosions was the craziest part—those were the transformers, not like the big hollywood production movies.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #weather #storms #poweroutage #homedamage #survivalstory #naturaldisasters

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: whoa bumper podcast this is natty bumper car and i am exhausted i don't know if you heard but we had a little touch of the weather here in the area around headquarters and by the area around headquarters i mean everywhere all around up and down here and there it was miserable uh been without power for a week now or five days i don't even know what today is uh i had to decamp and move further north uh it's very exciting time uh headquarters made out pretty well lost a few shingles had a storm window break which i guess is appropriate since it was a storm had a shutter fall off the house and uh that's what actually broke the window somehow the shutter it flew off the house and then flew back into the house and uh crash smash bang clang cling glass everywhere broken glass everywhere uh we heard broken glass we thought oh no the vehicles have been trounced by some uh tree a limb maybe maybe something flew into them so i ran out because i didn't know what else to do you know figured i'd have to put a garbage bag is that what i don't know what you do when your car window breaks but i figured that's what i was going to have to do and i went out and i couldn't really see because it was really dark and so i ran around each car and i would just tap each window tap tap tap tap as i was running in circles around the car uh to make sure that the windows were intact and they were all fine and i and i couldn't see any broken glass so i ran back in and i was like there's no broken glass i don't know what's happening and and she was like uh wifey was like no there was broken glass and i was like i don't know and then you know i ran back in and i was like there's no broken glass you know you're uh so we went to bed early because he lost power pretty early and um you're just kind of laying in bed and it's there's it's it's it sounds like there's trains going by your house like it's very loud and uh then the explosions was the craziest part uh and it turns out those were the uh the transformers they're called not like the you know big hollywood production movies but like i guess they're boxes that do things with electricity that help me to have lights and heat and such and uh but they were through the night like it was crazy and if you looked out in the clouds it was it was like a light show it was like a firework show and um we tried we stayed three days with no power and then finally uh it was too much to bear we gave up and we had to wait for the roads to be cleared and we traveled north and we're fine and we're safe and we're exhausted and weary and we hope that you are doing well as well

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  • Bumperpodcast 108 – Power-free

    Bumperpodcast 108 – Power-free

    So – Headquarters has been without power for several days now – and we have all ben hunkered in our bunker and forgot to keep track of the calendar and basically – we missed yesterdays Bumperpodcast.

    Did you miss it as well? I am sorry if you did.

    This episode was recorded via tin-can … a coffee-tin-can – and – it tries really hard!

    Email us your stories about how you lost power at Bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com

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    About This Episode

    In episode 108 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar records from an emergency bunker after losing power at headquarters. An unexpected October snowstorm caused chaos when snow fell on trees that still had their leaves, resulting in widespread damage from fallen trees and downed power lines. Natty humorously describes spending a night at headquarters listening to trees crack and fall, being unable to drive anywhere due to debris, and now recording the episode on a coffee can. Despite the challenging circumstances, Natty delivers this short update episode about the natural disaster while hoping headquarters won't smell funny by the time power is restored.

    Memorable Quotes

    “we are a day late and a dollar short a day late and a dollar short we have no dollars we have our days”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “i'm recording this on a coffee can like coffee can alley”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “that's what happens when you lose power from what i understand things start to smell really funny”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #weather #naturaldisaster #snowstorm #poweroutage #halloweenseason #nature #emergency

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: okay that was very anticlimactic ladies and gentlemen this is the bumper podcast and we are without power at headquarters and so we're trying to make do and give you uh as much of a bumper podcast as we possibly can we understand that we are a day late and a dollar short a day late and a dollar short we have no dollars we have our days i'm i am a broken bumper car power gone headquarters is so here's what happened snow came and you think oh look at the nice snowfall it's october it's gonna snow and then no because here's what happens there's still leaves on the trees fall hasn't happened yet the the trees haven't done their little dance where they shake the leaves off and so the to take into account that snow fell from the sky anyway so it's kind of like it's life it's like i like falling sometimes i like to just fall and then i'm gonna just rest on the ground and then time is gonna come where i'm gonna melt melt away bye-bye snow time but for the leaves like you know it's it's the whole circle of the leaf tree thing is has been broken and oh look at that transition that the trees have been broken trees fall crack boom we were inside headquarters at night just listening without power we went through one night at headquarters with no power and just listen to things crack and fall and the trees tried to fall in the car and so then we went outside and it was devastation there was no power uh because why there are power lines down there were power poles down there were trees across the road piles of trees everywhere and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and everywhere uh to the point where you can't even drive around and so now we're in the bunker we're hunkered down in the bunker i'm recording this bumper podcast i don't even know what number it is i don't even know if i'm going to be able to put it up on the web uh but i'm recording it on a tin can so coffee can i'm recording this on a coffee can like coffee can alley um hopefully you know in the next week too we'll go back to headquarters and it'll still be there and it won't you know smell funny that's what happens when you lose power from what i understand things start to smell really funny