TalKing of the Hill - Propane Boom
Added 2022-11-21 05:01:00 +0000 UTCWelcome to the finale of King of the Hill season two! In this cautionary tale of big business run amok, the vile-but-reliable Mega Lo Mart starts carrying propane, leaving Hank jobless. And to add salt to the wound, he ends up working for the massive retailer, and under the thumb of Luanne's boyfriend, Buckley. But Hank has much more to worry about than a massive loss of dignity when proper propane safety protocol isn't being followed! Listen in to hear the exciting first chapter in this two-part tale, and learn which kind of cottage cheese Chuck Mangione prefers!
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Oops haha, I totally didn't know that.
Shane H
2022-11-30 19:15:27 +0000 UTCMy high school and middle school both ran on the trimester system, so I really didn't see a joke at all.
John Harrison
2022-11-23 22:13:44 +0000 UTCI can relate to Hank's quest for batteries before they're even dead. Ever since my daughter was a baby, she's had this music box in her crib (now bed) that turns on when she pushes a large button. It plays music, sounds, has a light, and even some moving parts (it's an under the sea theme) that she basically got attached to once she could push it at a very young age. The thing takes C batteries and let me tell you, basically nothing else takes C batteries these days. And if that thing were to die in the middle of the night, it was a problem, so whenever the batteries died I always made sure I replaced the backups that went into it that moment the very next day because if we were to ever be out it would have been disaster. She's 6 now and still has that thing, only now I think it's finally something she's phasing out ever since I got her a new nightlight over the summer. I may finally be able to go back to never purchasing C batteries again.
Joe Hodgson
2022-11-23 14:30:19 +0000 UTCI remembered Peggy's device after the recording: "Gatorade is a liquid, but when you dump it on your coach, it's a gas!"
Bob Mackey
2022-11-22 03:04:26 +0000 UTCRegarding whether propane is a liquid or gas, the answer is yes! It's commonly referred to as LP, which stands for Liquid Propane. when it's stored in tanks..the big tanks at Strickland, the trucks, or the small ones you use for grilling, the pressure keeps it in a liquid state. When it's released from a tank and hits atmospheric pressure, it reverts back to a gas so that it can be then fed through a pipe to be your grill, stove, water heater, etc and be ignited.
Andrew Bouvier
2022-11-22 02:19:51 +0000 UTCI tried Googling to find out what’s up with Chuck Mangione and that cape. Is that a KotH invention or something that I’d know, were that I a fan? I found nothing! But I did find an eBay listing for a Chuck-signed picture from the next episode. (Not my auction, not my Xmas gift) https://www.ebay.com/itm/353896528027
Ben
2022-11-21 23:41:05 +0000 UTCCurrently experiencing a sort of or mild form of what Hank witness in this episode in my job. Another department's media equipment was being stored in our office "temporarily" while said department's offices were under renovation, but it was decided during that time that it will REMAIN in ours indefinitely. None of us know how to use the equipment, nor are we being trained to do so, because that would require them to change job descriptions and pay people more, so instead we're just responsible for storing it and loaning it out (which is already stuff we shouldn't be doing on top of our regular duties), and have to point anyone that inquiries about it to other people for ANY level of questioning. But, since the University I work for (and probably all of them, really) doesn't care about anything as long as they maximize profits, the facts that this is a hassle both for staff AND students/faculty, and it was working just fine before the execs fucked around with it, do not matter at all. Thankfully I still HAVE my job, and it pays better than what the Mega-Lo Mart pays them, but the capitalistic bullshit is all the same.
Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag
2022-11-21 22:16:39 +0000 UTCThe trimester joke also references two other things that I don't think you guys touched on. One, that's how you measure the terms of a pregnancy. There are three main stages, each of them called a trimester. My best guess is that the joke is going off of how many women compared to men take the class? Your guess is as good as mine honestly. Also, to be a trimester implies that this college for some reason asks for tuition three times a year, instead of the normal semester twice a year. So she does seem to be getting ripped off!
Shane H
2022-11-21 21:42:21 +0000 UTCMy Dad is 62 and has to work the night shift at a Wal-Mart grocery store. He is having a similar experience to Bob's step-dad mentioned in this episode. His previous job was 20+ years doing sales/inventory for a small aviation firm. He doesn't have any other option right now, since he's still a few years away from retirement age. The idea of him killing his back and body just guts me, man. Shit sucks.
Alex Atchley
2022-11-21 16:57:53 +0000 UTCCover letters are bogus...so are filling out apps. The instant apply of LinkedIn, Glassdoor, indeed, etc. Are the way to go. You can pump out hundreds of apps within hours.
Frank Grimes
2022-11-21 16:00:29 +0000 UTCThe whole King of the Hollywood Hills promotional stunt reminds me of an expanded version of the promos Mike Judge did for the final episode of Beavis and Butthead's original run. In the weeks leading up to the finale MTV ran promos where Judge played a redneck hunter who would brandish a knife and talk about how he was going to put Beavis and Butthead down like they were diseased livestock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDAoOAPRTMM
Matt Quintanilla
2022-11-21 10:08:00 +0000 UTC
