Episode 586
Morning 6-Pack - Back from 1998? Here’s 6 quick catch-ups
We start with the jaw-dropper: Carl Bushby walked away in 1998 and literally circled the globe — 28 years and about 31,000 miles later he shows up at his mom’s doorstep in 2026. I crack open the Morning 6-Pack to run through the top things he’d gotta catch up on after being gone since ’98. We roast the idea of him having to binge all the new Star Wars flicks (like 47 of ’em), dust off a resume, and maybe settle an $86,000 Blockbuster late fee on Armageddon. Along the way I remind y’all how wild the trip was — frozen Bering Strait, Caspian swims, arrests, wars, wild animals — so the whole “maybe I’ll live in my mom’s basement” bit is peak sitcom. I keep it snappy and sarcastic, save the number-one punchline for the countdown, and basically wonder aloud: how do you catch up after 28 years of walking?
Takeaways:
- We tell the wild Carl Bushby story — left in 1998, walked about 31,000 miles and returned after 28 years.
- I joke about the emotional catch-up: his mom hadn’t seen him in a decade and he’s never met his granddaughter, so family reunion awkwardness incoming.
- We run a speedy Morning 6-Pack of things to catch up on after being gone since 1998, like bingeing new Star Wars movies and updating a resume.
- I roast the bureaucracy — planned 12 years turned into 28 thanks to visas, paperwork, and border nonsense slowing the whole epic walk.
- We marvel at the bonkers physical feats: crossing the frozen Bering Strait, swimming the Caspian Sea and English Channel, and surviving 30 different countries.
- I keep it silly and snarky while pointing out reality checks — arrests, wars, wild animals, and the odd chance he might end up back in Mom’s basement.
Transcript
It's Haystack.
Speaker A: u imagine going for a walk in: Speaker A:That is what this British fella named Carl Bushby just did.
Speaker A:He left home at the age of 29.
Speaker A: In: Speaker A:He made two rules on this journey.
Speaker A:No transportation to help him along and no coming home until he finished.
Speaker A:And On Monday, after 28 years and 31,000 miles, he finally walked up to his mother's house.
Speaker A:This guy crossed 30 countries, trekked across the frozen Bering Strait, swam across the Caspian Sea and the English Channel, got arrested, dealt with, dealt with wars, dealt with wild animals.
Speaker A:I mean, I get irritated if Walmart moves the bread aisle and this guy's out here having to deal with wild animals and all kinds of mess.
Speaker A:What a crazy, crazy, wild story.
Speaker A:He had thought that it would take him around 12 years to finish, but apparently walking around the world involves a bunch of government paperwork and other stuff, so, I mean, he got held up.
Speaker A:Anyway, at the age of 57, this man is finally back home.
Speaker A:His mother had not seen him in 10 years.
Speaker A:He has a granddaughter that he had never even met.
Speaker A:And after all that, he's admitting that he's not really quite sure what to do next.
Speaker A:Said he may just have to live in his mother's basement.
Speaker A:Pretty crazy, though, to be gone for 28 years.
Speaker A:I mean, he must have a bunch to catch up on after being gone 28 years.
Speaker B:Old.
Speaker B:Haystack, crack open the morning six pack.
Speaker A:That's right.
Speaker A: up on after being gone since: Speaker A:Coming in at number six, see the new Star wars movies, all 47 of them or so.
Speaker A:Number five, update the resume.
Speaker A:Underemployment history.
Speaker A: Put went for a walk from: Speaker A:Number four, find out what happened to Blockbuster Videos and pay the $86,000 late fee on Armageddon.
Speaker A:Number three, gotta get on Tinder.
Speaker A:You know, just put on the profile.
Speaker A:Enjoys long walks.
Speaker A:Number two, find out what happened to Pluto.
Speaker A:I mean, this guy walked around the entire planet and they couldn't even let Pluto keep being a planet.
Speaker A: uld do after being gone since:
