Episode 006: The Double Tool Issue

**('Radio station days' archive)** Davids not here again... turns out he's being a double tool with buttons wife! In his absence Buttons and Rhys talk the Wizard or Christchurch hanging up his robes, illegitimate 7m long wasp nest, NZ actor actually wants the one-way ticket to Mars and an artist with no arms denied access to the US due to lack of fingerprints. Also a Wind farm terminal, a Cruise company so scared of hitting Nessie that they add it to their insurance cover and a Man gets bigfoot audio and hand print. - Official episode description

## Weekly World Weird News

### Giant Wasps Nest Looks To Knock Out New Zealand Record - Buttons

A seven metre wasp nest was found in Spain, which could knock New Zealand out of the top spot (as recognized by the Guiness World Book of Records) - a title it had held since 1963.

Both Rhys and Buttons are upset about New Zealand losing the title and would like to protest, though neither was aware of the record until finding this article.

As of August 2022, the 1963 New Zealand nest still holds the record, but it is unclear why the Spain nest was disqualified. Possibly Buttons and Rhys went to "torch it" before it could be properly measured, as Rhys suggested.

### Wizard Is Looking To Pass Powers to Apprentice - Buttons

The Wizard of Christchurch is considering retiring and pass on his powers to an American apprentice.

Rhys finds it weird that he is handing over the reigns to an American instead of someone from Christchurch. Buttons suggests that maybe it's like Dr. Who, where you can't choose who the power will go to, but Rhys retorts that everyone who played The Doctor was British (though this is untrue, at the time of the episodes first broadcast there had been two Scottish actors who played The Doctor).

### The Kiwis Are Preparing For Epic Medieval Battle - Rhys

A new tournament has been founded, the International Medieval Combat Federation. A six men team from New Zealand was sent, and Buttons predicts that they will do "awesome" due to New Zealand "still [leading] a medieval life," and that New Zealand "invented Gandalf [and] Hobbits and shit." Unfortunately they failed to place until they received a silver metal in 2017 for mens longswords.

### Armless artist Karipbek Kuyukov 'denied entry' to UK - Rhys

A Kazakh artist who was born with no arms was denied entry into the UK because he could not give fingerprints.

### Homeowner Robert Phipps Says Neighbor's Solar Panels Are Blinding - Rhys

Robert claims the sun reflecting off his neighbours solar panels are so bright and blinding that he has to wear "the darkest glasses known to man" (Rhys) while he walks around his house. Phipps claims that the intense light completely fills his house and he is concerned about permanent damage to the retinas of family members, and says it's worse than looking directly at the sun.

Buttons comments that he once had an idea that he kept in his head, but later saw somebody invented, in which a mirror is "computer tracked" so that it bounces sunlight into your windows in order to brighten up rooms naturally.

Note, Rhys found the article on Fortean Times but the original article can not be found online.

## Notes / Other

Rhys invents the word "guesstipated" - a combination of the words "guess" and "constipated" which means that you are out of ideas. If you are still struggling and wanting to come up with ideas, you are "guesstipating."

Buttons reports that New Zealand actor Karl Burnett has volunteered to join Mars One, the failed reality TV show mentioned in episode 004.

1. ↑ https://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/8546816/Massive-wasp-nest-could-knock-NZ-out-of-records
2. ↑ https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-wasp-nest
3. ↑ https://www.stuff.co.nz/editors-picks/8639459/Wizard-looks-to-pass-powers-to-apprentice
4. ↑ https://www.medieval-combat.net/
5. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-22428923
6. ↑ https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/on-homeowner-robert-phipps-blinding-solar-panels.html?guccounter=1
7. ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17116784