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What if kittens break the clock? But if you could fly or travel back inside me Welcome you to what in the world?
Hey there, folks, and welcome back to What If World, the show where your questions and ideas inspire off-the-cuff stories.
I'm Mr. Eric, your host, and today we're starting off with a question from a patron named Izzy.
One is easy. My word of question is what if when you took your hat off it was full of spider legs.
Wow Izzy that is truly something I've never imagined and it makes me want to go check my hats, but first we've got one more question from Miriam Hello, my name is Miriam, and I'm six years old.
My worst question is, would a Fred the Dog had a bike?
It had wings and he... Blue it all over.
What if city? Bye. Oh, thank you so much, Miriam.
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Fair release was enjoying a dinner at home, with her partner Sprito Wright and their daughter, Pixicato.
Tonight, they were breaking the dinner rules a little bit. by having the radio on, so they could hear who won the What If World Presidential Election!
Pablo's nose here apparently on the radio now.
Pablo's voice came out of a tiny speaker in a little old-fashioned radio box.
And after a lot of kids voted all over the world, the winner by a landslide is The Pause Egg for a Dramatic Effect Not because I misplaced the envelope.
I'll say use that as a bookmarker. Aww.
Oh Pixicato, who cares, let's just turn the radio off and enjoy our dinner.
Mother, it's ever so important, who looks after what if world?
We aren't gonna We have to agree with our pixigato.
Oh, fine. But we're shutting the radio off and enjoying our dinner.
The moment he announces the President. While it's been an exciting two hours of me searching around my house, looking for the envelope that contains the answer to the question you have all been asking.
You know, with all the search for the envelope, I forgot what that question was.
Who's going to be president? Oh, my goodness.
Fairly. What? Did he just hear me through the radio?
No, I didn't just hear you through the radio.
It's your name on the envelope. Okay, but you clearly heard me that time. to anyone out there who may be shouting at their radio right now.
Yes, I did just say it. Fair a lease. God more boats by far than any other candidate.
But I didn't know I was running for president.
This just did! Farrah least didn't even know she was rotting for President!
Alright, he must be able to hear me, right?
It seems likely, Mother, yes. Alright, well, let's celebrate!
All ladies, gentlemen and people of all kind.
A giant, unimaginable creature of horror has just burst its way into my studio.
And snow. This isn't a war of the worlds type thing.
This is actually happening. Got the go-how dare you break into my studio?
This is very clearly a tool shed. Aha! No, when you put a microphone in a place, it's a studio.
Baba Jabba said so. What? I said you said that wherever the microphone ends up, that's the studio.
I just said that to get you out of the house.
Well, it had a nice rig at the time. What did you hear the envelope?
Say it's right here. No amount of paper crinkling would make me believe that the people voted against me.
Uh oh, I didn't vote against you. A lot of them voted for you.
No, no, I was just trying to soften the blow you lost you lost big time big time Yeah, but Katrina the Pirate got more votes than you.
She's been in like four episodes. What's that talk about me?
Rodrigo, what are you doing here? She's having tea with me.
Get back to your radio program. I'll take my presidential crown now.
Ah, there's no crowd, and you're not president, so why don't you just stop absorbing my tool shed into your horrifying mass and, you know...
Go away. Oh, I'll go away all right. I'll go all the way away.
Oh, good. Oh, you didn't, you didn't let me finish.
I was, I was pausing for dramatic effect.
Bob, sorry. It's just dead air on a radio show.
It doesn't work so well. Do the White House.
What? Go all the way. Do the White House.
Oh, enjoy your visit. No, I'm going to conquer.
Forget it. Okay, folks, you heard it here first.
Feral Aces are no president. Now since our musical band cancelled, my CD player isn't working.
I'm gonna do some improv scouting for the next 45 minutes.
What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that?
Fairly is turned off the radio. Mother, it was just getting good, was it?
Alright, alright, it's bedtime, picketacado.
Apparently we have a big day tomorrow. But I'm going to be president tomorrow?
There was a knock on top of their thimble house.
A very least, it's at the bastards zero.
I should have seen this coming and with a flick of her wand Alabaster had shrunk inside their little symbol house.
They released. Why did you do it? I didn't.
The people did. The people put spider webs underneath their hats.
What? This isn't about me being president?
Oh, of course not. I'm super happy for you.
Oh, that is showing a lot of maturity, Alabaster.
However, I am putting one to arrest. Oh.
After the crime of putting spider webs under the hats of everybody who was wearing a hat at the time, I sent you to life!
And I must remember that you can't also do the sentencing, especially not before there was a trial and- Oh, you're right, right, right, right, sorry, just-
Getting ahead of myself. Mother, are you a common criminal?
Have you been just been a misunderstanding?
Yes, pixie-cato. Calling someone a common criminal is classist and reductive.
No, I mean, I don't think that you should be under arrest for something like spider webs.
I'm sorry. But when I lifted up my fedora cap that I sometimes wear when I'm trying to look extra cool, they were spiderwebs under there and they spelled out your name.
Alabaster, that means that I am a suspect certainly, but you wouldn't just jump straight to arresting me.
If I'm going to be president, you're going to have to do these things better.
What? No! You'll just help me! Figure it out along the way.
Mother, I don't think he realises that you being president would preclude you from working as a detective for time.
I've occluded that right away, Pixigano.
Very well, Alabaster. Let us have one final case.
Before I go, uh, part-time. The case of this right away.
Alright, good case name. Right then. Semi-cooling.
Alright, you can't have a semi-cooling after a question, Mark.
Spites. Could you just teleport us to New York City so we can do some investigating?
Alright, Madam President. Oh, you. and their stood alabaster, and flew fairly right in the middle of New Wat City.
To see a scene of chaos. There were a bunch of people out late at night, all wearing hats. and acting very strangely.
They were crashing vehicles and chasing each other around and all the while.
The people wearing hats were shouting, they're unleashed.
They're saying my name. I could do it for release.
Alabaster. Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It just seems obvious that you're the villain here.
It would take phenomenal power to cast a spell on this many people all at once.
That's true. Your power is always better than the more.
Nominal, really. Ouch. That kind of stings.
An alabaster. Walked over. to a little weasel wearing a baseball cap and flapping his half-broken mechanical wings as if he were trying to fly.
Fairly! Hey Stevie, please alum! Fairly!
Would you mind if I took your baseball cap off?
There at least. I'm gonna take that as a yes.
I think it might be controlling your brain.
When alabaster removed the cap. A bunch of spider webs were underneath.
And indeed, written in the silken web, where the words fair elite.
Oh, wait. Hands off the munch and dice, Salabasta.
I'm sorry, I was just trying to free you from a mind control spell.
I can't. Well, consider me free. Shoo! Stevie, do you remember how you got these webs under your hat?
That's a funny thing. You know, I don't usually wear hats.
But I got one or two lying around the house and you know I heard you was the next president and then suddenly there was a hat on my head.
It's worse than I thought. Oh, man. That's such a good detective-y thing to say.
Ugh, you really are the master for release.
Thank you Alavaster, but the problem here is that this isn't just affecting people who put on their caps.
Like you. You mean the hats are finding their way on our heads?
I'm afraid so. Ah, now I gotta throw away all my hats that I never wear.
And Stevie's scrambled off. That wasn't much of a clue.
How can we track a thousand walking hats?
Come on, Alabaster. Who has the most to gain from besmatching my name?
Who indeed? who would want to take down the President, the former President.
And right on cue, Fred the Dog came pedaling past them.
Flying through the sky on a bike with wings.
Oh no, Fred, they got you too. No, I'm just saying, look out, Farrelly, she's me, Fred, the dog.
Trying to figure out how to use this bike.
Really hard, you know, paddling and three dimensions.
I think I need more gears on these handlebars.
For the dog, you're under arrest. For framing fairly. in order to keep your presidency.
Oh, that's silly. I don't even want to be president.
I did want to fly around New York City on my bike with wings.
It was a gift from me, I am. Oh, but you gotta be guilty.
You've gone on a bicycle helmet, but your brain isn't controlled, so obviously you made the spiderweb curse with your president powers, so you're immune to it.
Oh no, my bicycle helmet was full of spider webs.
And why aren't you brain controlled? Isn't it obvious?
Folks at home, is it obvious to you? Letting my tongue get spiderweb stuck on it all the time.
It is one of the problems of having a really long tongue you can't fully control.
And indeed, when Fred stack out his tongue, they could make out a clump of spider web and a little letter F. need to see that yes we did it's evidence oh good then can you get it off of my tongue and put it in one of those cool little evidence bags and label it like exhibit day You don't label the exhibits until court.
There are so many more changes I should have made while I was president.
Anyway, good luck for Elise. And Fred hopped back on his bike. holding onto the handlebars with his two four paws and pumping the pedals with his rear paws.
Fred, do you have any tips for me on how to be a good president?
Well, for at least, it's kind of like being a parent, you know?
Nobody gives you a manual. Actually, there are thousands of books on parenting.
Oh, and peer-reviewed studies. Okay, their podcasts and workshops Support groups.
Okay okay well while there's no handbook for being president.
Haven't there been like thousands of books written about all the past presidencies and prime ministership? my kings and queens and emperors okay yeah but nobody hands it to you is what i'm saying you know nobody gives you The parenting or the president's handbook, you just gotta figure it out for yourself.
Well, other way, Fred, we could use a little help.
Oh, fine. I guess I'm still technically president.
Did I hand over my presidential crown or whatever?
There's no crown. And Fred fairly sent Alabaster Zero.
One around pulling the hats off of everyone who'd been zombified.
Fred the dog licked them off with his tongue.
Alabaster pride hats off with his hands. and fairly swerved fastest of all, using her magic to zip off Pat's rapid fire.
Okay, it's getting late everybody. I'm glad you're not brainwashed anymore.
So I'm gonna turn on my radio and ride off into the night.
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And our Fred went to enjoy his retirement.
Maybe we'll pick this up in the morning?
No. No, you'll be president in the morning.
We've got to solve this case now. My friend, I'll never stop being your partner in crime solving.
Yes, you will. Everything's gonna be different.
You know what? You're right. Many things will be different, but you are my friend and my detective protégé.
I think you're a real bro, too. Do you have a hunch per chance about who could have perpetrated this crime?
Oh, when you taught me I can't just follow my gut all the time.
That's because you're gut. was not digesting enough information.
Now I dare say, you're paying more attention.
Maybe you should take the lead on this one.
We know it's gonna be someone who's got even more magic than you.
Yes. But probably not Abic, can't see. He respects you too much.
Probably not. And maybe it's someone who...
Wants to be president cuz it happened right after you were elected indeed, but it's not Fred and it wouldn't be sprite alright even though she was in the running yes we were having dinner together and we're partners oh oh I think I have a hunch Lead the way, detective.
Hey, hey, Fred! What? Could you give us all a ride?
Uncle Boy, they just flew off all cool like...
It wasn't that cool. Remember the scanning?
Yes, it's like now you get a chance at another cool exit.
I don't know, riding triple on a bike doesn't sound that cool.
It's cool when one of the people is wearing a fedora.
No, you all have to wear bicycle helmets.
It is the law, Alabasta. And an hour later, Fred the dog had dropped them off at the woods outside the what-how.
You're not coming we're gonna like save the presidency did the words retirement mean anything to you I love Esther It's not when you change the tires on your car.
No it isn't. To be continued. I know it.
Sometimes a story just gets away from me. grown-ups in the U.S.
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Until we meet again, keep wondering.
