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Frowny passport photos, banhammered booze smugglers, and — at long last — definitive proof that Australian toilets do NOT swirl. A tidy, story-packed episode that finally puts the great hemisphere toilet mystery to rest (clockwise, for the record).
What they covered
Topics on deck
Cruise things you hated
No-smiling passport photos
TSA PreCheck vs. Global Entry
Alcohol-smuggling crackdown
MDR menu changes
A bomb-hoax crime story
Toilet-drain mystery solved
Carnival Adventure leaving Australia
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- The icebreaker — the cold open sets a prompt the whole crew has to answer.
“What is something that you tried on a cruise that you absolutely hated?”
- Jenn sets the culinary bar — her answer is a texture story more than a taste one.
“I had escargot and it was a bit of a texture nightmare for me.”
- John Heald on grim passport photos — the no-smiling biometric rules get the verbatim treatment.
“The picture has to look like all the joy has been sucked out of your soul.”
- The smuggling reality check — who's actually getting caught sneaking booze aboard.
“Most of the people getting caught are the ones from TikTok who are filming it and posting it.”
- The bomb-hoax cautionary tale — a genuinely dark true-crime detour with a firm moral.
“A Michigan man was so upset that his girlfriend went on a cruise. He called in a bomb hoax.”
- Tim cracks the case — the season's toilet-drain mystery is finally settled by field experiment.
“I just did a quick experiment with the sink in the workshop and yes, the water drains clockwise…”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- The toilet-drain mystery, solved — the E15 water-swirl question officially closes, with one firm plea: “Tim, do not send us a video of your toilet.”
- Trevor's “forever blue” card — the loyalty-demotion callback returns, still ruled “according to the Duffy.”
- Tim's promotion — the Australian listener is crowned “official Aussie reporter on the scene.”
- The koala trivia medal — the koala-adorned Carnival Adventure earns its own bit as the ship reportedly leaves Australia.
- Tom's corrections-era stories — an Oklahoma County jail bomb-threat tale from his old day job, plus a note that he “took the promotion.”