Episode 55 of the Sunburnt Podcast with Thomas O'Brien and Chip Chantry is here and it's a loaded one. Chip kicks things off by melting a shopping cart with a car battery at Gelson's, then unveils his increasingly illegal April Fool's Day prank suggestions — from ketchup buckets to LinkedIn hacking to an actual kidnapping scheme.

The guys dive into the Matador Network's new guide to drinking rum across Puerto Rico, the official Rum Capital of the World. Thomas casually reveals he's been in a civil tree dispute with his neighbor Ryan Gosling, then raves about Project Hail Mary crushing at the box office. A Hawaii Magazine article leads them down memory lane to Kahuku Farms on Oahu's North Shore, where they once had the greatest iced tea and banana bread of their lives.

Other highlights: the Gen Z food war between Boy Kibble and Girl Dinner, a comet named MAPS that might be the brightest in years (unless the sun destroys it first), and Don't Work Unless It's Fun Day on April 3rd.

Fish of the Week spotlights Leonard the Peacock Grouper — a neon blue invasive species terrorizing Hawaiian reefs since the 1950s who travels with a personal harem. The Good Book delivers a man who spent 111 days living in a banyan tree and the fastest grave ever dug: two hours flat in a Cleveland cemetery.

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