Farm Factor - Plain Talk with Kyle Bauer and Duane Toews - November 22, 2016

(Jamie) Welcome back. Now let’s see what Kyle and Duane Toews are up to on Plain Talk. (Kyle Bauer) Hi. This is Kyle Bauer with Plain Talk with Duane Toews. (Duane Toews) I am here present and all accounted for. (Kyle) President. (Duane) President. I don't know that we want to go down that road. (Kyle) No. (Duane) Your Fact or Fiction Question today Kyle Bauer, the earth is not round, Fact or Fiction? (Kyle) I don't know. It's oblong. It's pointed at both ends. (Duane) [Laughs] It's football-shaped? (Kyle) No. (Duane) No. (Kyle) It's flat on both ends, isn't it? It's flat like you push the football together. It's not round. (Duane) You're correct. It is not round. It's called an oblate spheroid. (Kyle) Yes, easy for you to say. (Duane) That's easy for me to say. (Kyle) I don't know how many times I'd go around today and go, "That's an oblate spheroid". (Duane) You got it right by the way. (Kyle) It's flat on the top? (Duane) Flat on the top and bottom poles. Look- (Kyle) Right there on that map on the wall, it's flat on the top. (Duane) Yes. [Laughs] (Kyle) Let's talk about countries that are philanthropic, that are good-hearted, that are out to help their fellow men. (Duane) Give stuff away. (Kyle) Yes. (Duane) Either your time or your money. (Kyle) There you are. You're on the right track. (Duane) Okay. (Kyle) Yes. Where do you think United States falls in that deal? I only have the top 20. (Duane) Okay. (Kyle) I'll leave it in the top 20, do you think compared to the world, the United States is a giving type of a country or-? (Duane) We have more than most which- (Kyle) We have more so it's easier to give away more. (Duane) That's what I'm thinking. Yes. We're in the top 20. I'd say we're like -- but we have people that like to keep it for themselves. I’ll say we're number six on the list. (Kyle) Number six. Well- (Duane) Number six. (Kyle) You gave us a little bit of a benefit of the doubt considering there's 200 plus countries in the world, we're second. (Duane) Really? (Kyle) They measured three things, helping a stranger. (Duane) All right. (Kyle) Okay, the average number of people. If one person helps 1,000 strangers a day- (Duane) Doesn't count. (Kyle) No. It only counts as one. (Duane) All right. (Kyle) Okay. The percent of people who donate money annually, it'd be to a church or the Girl Scouts, or 4-H or anything- (Duane) Donations. (Kyle) -and then volunteer your time, the most valuable thing you have. They put those two and then they made a ratio of your World Giving Index. (Duane) The Giving Index. [Laughs] (Kyle) The Giving Index, as compared to the taking index. The United States comes out second; we were near the top though in helping a stranger. (Duane) Okay. (Kyle) Does that go back to us as willing to -- there's an earthquake somewhere in the world that we all- (Duane) We send money in. (Kyle) Are we as a society just generally feeling that it's good to help people that are in need around the world? (Duane) I wonder- (Kyle) Not that I'd say that that counts but is that part of our giving spirit? (Duane) I think most of us feel like someone gave us a hand up at some point when we needed it maybe. (Kyle) Well, you certainly brought up a good point. If you've got more, it's certainly easy to give. We as- (Duane) When all you've got is what you got to feed the family that night- (Kyle) That night, yes, hard to be- (Duane) -it's hard to give. (Kyle) Therefore all the people who are on this list that are very giving are rich countries. That's what's you more or less said. (Duane) Well, maybe. (Kyle) Number one is Miramar. (Duane) Okay. (Kyle) Miramar is the old Burma, south of China. (Duane) Southeast Asia there. (Kyle) West of Vietnam. They're the number one. Actually 91% of the people in that country donate money. (Duane) Really? (Kyle) That cannot be a rich country. (Jamie) Thanks for joining us. I’m your host Jamie Bloom and I hope you enjoyed today’s show. See you next week on Farm Factor – we’re here every Tuesday on AGam in Kansas.