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UK Tourist ETA, Charging for Everything, and Bottling Bobby's Farts
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Andrew Santino's upcoming Europe trip uncovers a surprise: Americans now need to apply for a UK Electronic Travel Authorisation for $20, a change that went into effect in January 2025. The hosts riff on the broader trend of paying for access to things that used to be free — national parks, air, basic entry — and pivot to a proposal to bottle and sell the studio's sewage-pipe air as a premium product. Bobby suggests selling his fingerprint molds as alibi-generating tools, which Andrew immediately develops into a murder-cover-up business model. The segment is a compact example of how the show moves from real news to absurdist product concepts in seconds.
UK tourist ETA costs $20 to apply
Andrew Santino discovered that American tourists now need to pay $20 to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to visit the UK, starting January 2025.
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