Tag: weather

  • 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

  • Bumperpodcast 77 – Days!

    Bumperpodcast 77 – Days!

    What day is today and how long has it been since I got to listen to you talking to me … Or – the other way around … the other way around.

    Bumpercar tries to figure out the days of the week and gets excited about all of the new listeners – on this episode of the Bumperpodcast!

    Don’t forget to email me your questions, musings and whatnot at bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Hooray!

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    About This Episode

    In episode 77 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar contemplates the gloomy weather and gets philosophical about the passage of time between episodes. Natty struggles to figure out exactly how many days are in a week and whether to count today when planning the next recording. The lovable puppet host also admits to going blank when asked direct questions about basic facts, even forgetting where shoes are supposed to be. The episode takes an exciting turn when Natty announces the show has gained a truckload of new listeners who have been sending in mail, leading to an enthusiastic mail call segment.

    Memorable Quotes

    “here's the thing you could come up to me and you could say bumper car what's your middle name and if you ask me a direct question like that blank”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “we've been getting a lot more listeners lately a ton a whole truckload of listeners of the bus backed up and it dumped in more listeners than we ever could have believed”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #weather #time #counting #daysoftheweek #memory #listeners #mail

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: well well well bumper podcast if it isn't you here today it's so great to see you it's like we've been having this weather lately it's been so gray so cloudy so rainy so terrible and i've been like just sitting here staring out the window and thinking when will i ever see the bumper podcast again how can i even make it until next week it's a long time for me like a whole week now here's something that's confusing to me how many days are there in a week there's seven days in a week right everybody knows that there's lunes martes miércoles jueves viernes sábado y domingo those are seven days of the week right so if i'm recording this today how does it work does it mean that i won't talk to you again for seven days or is it since we're already at today does it is it meaning that i'll talk to you in six days is what i'm trying to figure out if i'm supposed to include today in the count because i mean i i'm talking to you today and if i i don't have a calendar near me but so like so today so we'll say today is uh wednesday we'll just say that and it doesn't have to be but it might be uh and i'm talking to you and so then the next time i'm going to talk to you we'll say it's wednesday that's one thursday two wait oh wait sab sabado monday i'm neither good at counting nor necessarily am i very good at uh days of the week i'm not very not good here's the thing you could come up to me and you could say bumper car what's your middle name and if you ask me a direct question like that blank hey bumper car how old are you blank hey bumper car where where are your shoes i have no idea if the shoes aren't where they're supposed to be who am i to know where they are who am i am i supposed to know these things i don't think so i have to deal with these things we should get back on point bumper podcast because today it's a very special day to me hopefully it'll be a special day to you you hear that we've been getting a lot more listeners lately a ton a whole truckload of listeners of the bus backed up and it dumped in more listeners than we ever could have believed and they've been sending their mail in that's what this paper noise was that you just heard look at all this paper we've got mail call we've got mail

    Unknown: call we've got mail phone bill wet clinics we've got tickets we've got bsvfin thank you thank you and i'll see you next time

  • Bumperpodcast 69 – Suspended!

    Bumperpodcast 69 – Suspended!

    I have to admit that I was hardly especting you … what a super-tremendous surprise to see you there … I was on my way to the laboratory to suspend some peaches – so – I suppose that we talk about that – on this episode of the Bumperpodcast!

    Don’t forget to email me your questions, musings and whatnot at bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Hooray!

     

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    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 69, Natty Bumpercar sets out to do some science in the laboratory, planning to create a gelatin dessert with suspended fruit. He muses about the significance of circled dates on calendars and shares his fascination with gelatin's ability to suspend cherries and peaches in time. Natty also provides an update on the new headquarters in Caldwell, where unseasonably cold weather has forced everyone to huddle around barrel fires and forage for firewood. Instead of frolicking in shorts as they should be during warm weather, the crew can only focus on staying warm and eating gelatin.

    Memorable Quotes

    “It's half a cherry it's just suspended it's not going anywhere it's stuck right there forever at least until I eat it and then I don't know what happens to it because I'm done with it at that point.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “It's the time of year to be warm to be hot to be steamy to wear shorts to run around to frolic to play but we can't do that instead all we can do is eat gelatin.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #science #desserts #gelatin #weather #newheadquarters #caldwell #foraging

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: oh well look at you sitting right there i was walking over to the to the laboratory to uh to the lab where i was gonna i was gonna create some things i was gonna do some science and then i looked in the room and then there you are proper podcast hey it's me natty bumper car it's the day that you've been waiting for all week it's the day that you marked on your calendars i've seen the circles on your calendars i love seeing circles on calendars because like when you walk in someplace and you see that somebody is taking a pin or whatever and they've marked a circle on on on the calendar then you know that that day means something something's going on it's not always necessarily a good thing necessarily necessarily it's not always a bad thing either it could go either way is what i'm saying you have there's odds i don't know if it's like 50 50 or you know depending on your household in the bumper car household your odds are pretty good that something at least interesting is going to happen again i can't tell you good or bad because that's all subjective but something is going to happen so there i was i was going to the laboratory i told you that already i was i was i was gonna create a dessert that's right i was i i was gonna make some uh probably some uh some some some gelatin with some fruit in it because i love i love it i love it because you can sit there and you're like oh look at that it's half a cherry it's just suspended it's not going anywhere it's stuck right there forever at least until i eat it and then i don't know what happens to it because i'm done with it at that point hey cube of gelatin with a little uh piece of peach in it i'm done with you well we haven't really talked about anything so new headquarters is really getting there i should tell you that uh it is freezing we have um big barrels with uh fires all around new headquarters and it's it's we all have chores now where we have to go out into the woods and forage for uh for kindling and for whatever a bigger for logs so that we can all stay warm because for some reason in this new land of caldwell in which we live uh it's still cold it's not the time of year to be cold it's the time of year to be warm to be hot to be steamy to wear shorts to run around to frolic to play but we can't do that instead all we can do is we can't do that is uh is eat gelatin

  • Bumperpodcast 55 – Post Pardon

    Bumperpodcast 55 – Post Pardon

    It has been a week – and – everyone around Headquarters has been on pins and needles wondering what the fate of Turkey may be . . . Did Robot find the proper forms that were needed to set the pardon?!

    Listen and you just might find out – maybe – possibly.

    These are some of the things that I babble about today – on the Bumperpodcast!

    Don’t forget to email me your questions, musings and whatnot at bumperpodcast@nattybumpercar.com.

    Hooray!

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    About This Episode

    Natty Bumpercar battles a cold while walking his dog Socks in the rain in this short and silly episode of Bumperpodcast. Despite promises to update listeners on Turkey's fate, Natty admits the headquarters is like an infirmary with Aloysious J. Pig bedridden for two days. Armed with rain gear but lacking rain pants, a drippy-nosed Natty philosophizes about wet pants and dry pants while questioning whether it's him or the cold medicine doing the talking. Meanwhile, Socks the dog remains unbothered by the weather, leading Natty to wonder if maybe the dog should be in charge.

    Memorable Quotes

    “You know what you don't want when you're sickly? Wet pants. I mean, there's a specific reason that all pants are sold dry. They're sold dry. Don't sell them wet.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “It's hard to say if it's cough medicine, cold medicine speaking to you today, or if it's me. I don't know.”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “He doesn't seem to mind anything. Maybe socks should be in charge. Yeah!”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #sickday #rain #walkingthedog #coldmedicine #weather #pets

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: hello bumper podcast how is it going today today i know you all came back because you wanted to hear how turkey is doing or isn't doing whether the case may be but i don't i can't tell you that today because today is a rainy episode today is a sick day episode today is an episode where socks and i are walking around in the rain and i don't know if he has the sniffles but i certainly have the sniffles and not only the sniffles but um my eyes are watering too so i figured what's more interesting talking about turkey's fate we're talking about the rain then i'm walking around in while i'm sick and the dog i clearly turkey is more interesting i understand that i understand that i understand that you think i don't realize but we just can't do it the house is like an infirmary at this point headquarters it's full of pigs he can't he hasn't got out of bed in like two days uh cinnamon needs the horse he's up he can just tell he gets a long stare to the doom you will not take my umbrella no you will not do not even try ah all for pie cash seriously this is where we're at today i have i have my… rain jacket on have my… rain hat on i have my umbrella i have my rain boots but i dont have rain pants i don't even know if such thing exists so from my random jacket down and my shoes wet

    Unknown: wet

    Natty Bumpercar: wet you know what you don't want when you're sickly? Wet pants. I mean, there's a specific reason that all pants are sold dry. They're sold dry. Don't sell them wet. It's hard to say if it's cough medicine, cold medicine speaking to you today, or if it's me. I don't know. I don't know, but it doesn't matter. Somebody's talking on the Bumper Podcast, and if it's this cough medicine, or if it's this drippy-eyed, drippy-nosed coffee bumper car, then it's, you know, six and one half and a dozen. I feel like I'm fading, Bumper Podcast. I feel like I'm fading away. All right, maybe I'm being blown away by the wind. Socks doesn't seem to mind anything. He's just walking around. He's just walking around, checking out all these trees, fence posts, these bushes. He doesn't seem to mind anything. Maybe socks should be in charge. Yeah!

  • Bumperpodcast 46 – Blue skies and big trucks

    Bumperpodcast 46 – Blue skies and big trucks

    Blue skies and big trucks!
    We bolt out of headquarters to go and experience nature . . . it’s just so darn natural!
    Enjoy listening to me huff and sniffle as I walk – enjoy Socks rolling on the ground and birds tweeting in the trees.
    It’s the best that we can do.
    It’s the best that we can possibly do.
    Enjoy it!

    About This Episode

    In Bumperpodcast episode 46, host Natty Bumpercar takes listeners on an outdoor adventure with his companion Irving Brown Socks. Originally planning to record inside headquarters, Natty is so captivated by the perfect weather—blue skies, green grass, and chirping birds—that he decides to record while walking instead. The episode captures the spontaneous and improvisational nature of the show as Natty navigates passing trucks, observes a cloud, and shares his thoughts on sidewalk sprinklers. Despite the beautiful day providing plenty of distractions, Natty humorously acknowledges that he got sidetracked and didn't really say much of substance, promising to flip-flop back home and try again.

    Memorable Quotes

    “I'm looking for a cloud I'm looking for a cloud looking looking left looking right doing a little spin okay there's a cloud I found a cloud I did find one cloud”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “What if I had the baby what am I supposed to do put the baby out in the street because you want to water your sidewalk I don't think so nothing grows on sidewalks”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #nature #walking #weather #outdoorrecording #sprinklers #sidewalks #improvisation

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: holy cows bumper podcast holy beans bumper podcast holy cows and beans bumper podcast it is a ridiculously day outside okay that was a dumb truck you were supposed to be hearing all the birds let's listen to them can you hear the birds they're all tweeting up in the tree in the sun blue skies i was going to record this inside of headquarters but then i stepped out with my man irving brown socks to take a little walk because that's what we do and i was like no i have to pee a picture for the bumper podcast I have to tell them you know the grass right now as green as it's ever been I told you about the skies I'm looking I'm looking for a cloud I'm looking for a cloud looking looking left looking right doing a little spin okay there's a cloud I found a cloud I did find one cloud huh thanks oh here's another another truck another truck that's fine you know what it's nature and sometimes in nature there are trucks sometimes in nature there are really big trucks oh and sometimes socks stops walking and starts rolling around on the ground these are things that happen on perfect days like today are you having a perfect day I hope so bumper podcast did you know here's a little fact check toyed for you then here's another truck and then there's another I have to get away from these these trucks all right here's this sprinkler I supposed to give you a fact there's some flowers that's not a fact how do you guys feel about it when people have sprinklers and they're those big fan sprinklers and then they put them so that they're going over the sidewalk me myself normally I don't do that I don't do that I don't do that I don't do that I don't do that I don't do that I don't do that I can't do that I'm really not a fan softly normal normally I guess I normally am a fan but when I have you know my magic phone and it can't get wet then I'm not a fan anymore because what if I had what if I had the baby what am I supposed to do put the baby out in the street because you want to water your sidewalk I don't think so nothing grows on sidewalks it's a proven fact at least nothing is supposed to grow there's another big truck I think we're gonna title this nutrition podcast or something like that. I'm not sure. Huh. I think I was so distracted by how gorgeous the day was that I didn't really say anything. I apologize. I'm just going to flip flop back home and try again.

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