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Danica PatrickDanica Patrick

Metaphysical intention can change the structure of water

It's about how intention changes water. So you'll talk to water and you'll say I love you and then there's that glass and then I hate you and you put that glass down. You tell what, it's the emotion attached to that water and it'll be from the same water source just different word association and then it shows under a microscope what it looks like with the word intention associated with it.

This is widely considered pseudoscience by the scientific community, as word association does not change the molecular structure of water.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Flavored 'Water for Dogs' is a billion-dollar business idea

I came up with a billion dollar idea maybe quadrillion or trillion dollar idea: its water for dogs... why not a little flavored water for your dog? So you can either go with the Savory option and have it be like a bacon flavored water or bone broth water.

While broth for dogs exists, a 'billion dollar' plain water brand for dogs has not materialized as a major market disruptor.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The water cup from beer pong is the world's most powerful disinfectant and can help stop the virus

the most powerful disinfectant thing known to man, the water cup in beer pong. So we've had the solution in front of us our whole lives... it's scientifically proven that if you fill a red solo cup up two-thirds of the way with room temperature water and then get everybody in the party to dip their fingers in it over the course of the night, no one's getting sick. If that ball hits the ground, you dip it in the water cup, you're good to go.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
A beer pong water cup is notoriously unhygienic and does not act as a disinfectant.
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Danica PatrickDanica Patrick

Positive self-talk and intention can literally change the composition of water

It's about how intention changes water. So you'll talk to water and you'll say I love you and then there's that glass and then I hate you and you put that glass down... And then it shows what, under a microscope, what it looks like with the word intention associated with it. I'm all in. Positive self-talk. So you talk to water. I need to, yes.

This claim is based on the debunked work of Masaru Emoto; scientific peer review has found no evidence that human intention affects the physical structure of water molecules.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady is right that drinking water prevents sunburns because fish never get sunburned

Tom Brady has actually – he's the scientist who has found the nourishing effects of water. Well, I'd like to point out that I've never seen a sunburned fish in my life, and they are just surrounded by water all the time.

Fact ClaimLifeFireSarcastic
Drinking water does not provide a biological barrier to UV radiation. Also, fish can actually suffer from skin damage and 'sunburn' if exposed to high UV, though they are usually protected by water depth.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady would never admit to having coronavirus because he drinks so much water it wouldn't affect him.

I'm putting all my money on Tom Brady because even if he gets it, he's not going to admit that he has it. And if he gets it, he's going to just—he drinks so much water that it's just not going to affect him. He wouldn't admit that he had it... and he'd be like, 'I'm fine, I'm totally fine... I drank six gallons of water today... there's no chance I have it.'

OpinionFootballMediumSarcastic
Brady did eventually contract COVID (post-Super Bowl 2021) and admitted it, though he remained famously healthy throughout the pandemic.
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

The winning coach of Super Bowl 58 will have 'sport water' poured on them during the Gatorade bath

I like color of body armor poured on winning coach clear slash water. ... Body Armor sport water. ... Plus 700. Nice.

The Gatorade bath poured on Andy Reid was purple.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Water Dogs are terrible and I will fire everyone if they don't get their shit together

The Water Dogs... fucking suck. I'm so sick of this team. They're terrible. I watch every game... We need an enforcer... get your fucking shit together guys. This is the last call. Otherwise, I'm firing everyone. I don't think I have that authority. But if I do, I will fire everyone.

He did not fire everyone, and the team actually improved later that season.
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HankHank

The Water Dogs MUST draft Chris Hogan in the Premier Lacrosse League

[Chris Hogan] has declared for the Premier League lacrosse draft... We have equity in the Water Dogs. Whatever we have to do to get Chris Hogan on our team, we have to do it.

The Water Dogs did not select Chris Hogan in the 2021 PLL Entry Draft; he signed with the Cannons.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am going to get a food trend to go viral by claiming New Yorkers dunk cereal in toilet water

I'm going to tweet from the Pardon My Take account right now... Anyone else dunk their cereal in toilet water before they eat it, or is that just an NYC thing? I'm saying at minimum 10,000 retweets by tomorrow morning.

While the tweet got some engagement, it did not reach the status of a major viral food trend like the bagels, nor did it hit the 10k retweet goal immediately.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Water makes you weak — real football players do swish and spit

When I was a high school football player, I used to always tell the underclassmen that water makes you weak. So we do like swish and spit.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Deliberately wrong and dangerous old-school football advice played for comedy during the Waterboys charity segment with Chris Long.
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HankHank

I'm betting on Michigan to cover against Villanova because water always finds its level

Or you bet on Michigan like I'm going to because water always finds its level.

Villanova won by 17 (79-62), covering the 6.5 point spread. Water did not find its level for Michigan.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is impossible for a human to tread water for 45 minutes without a life jacket

You can't tread water for 45 minutes without a life jacket... It's like a horse laying down for longer than two minutes. You're going to die.

Fact ClaimLifeMediumSarcastic
Well-trained swimmers and military personnel frequently tread water for hours as part of training; PFT's claim is factually incorrect.
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Big CatBig Cat

I should fire the Water Dogs coach for that second-half collapse against the Atlas

I think we should fire our coach [Andy Copeland] just straight up. You can't have a loss like that. It's what, two goals in the last 18 minutes? We took our foot off the gas. It's unacceptable. He should be on the hot seat.

The coach, Andy Copeland, was not fired immediately and led the team through the 2023 season before they transitioned to a different structure.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

'Big Fawcett' started the myth about washing apples to sell more water

I think this is where the whole myth of why you need to wash your apples got started... [poisoned candy myths]. I think this is where Big Fawcett really sunk their teeth into the situation, tried to convince people to wash them.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
This is a satirical conspiracy theory.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Waterdogs will lose both of their games this weekend against Chaos and Chrome

Today, Chaos versus Water Dogs. L for us. ...And then on Sunday, the Waterdogs take another L to the Chrome. NBC Sports Network, 1 p.m. Eastern.

The Waterdogs actually won both games that weekend, defeating Chaos 14-12 and Chrome 14-12.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Russell Wilson 'invented' the concept of letting time pass to cure a concussion

Russell Wilson invented just how to make time pass. He was just like, here's how you get rid of your concussion. Ready?... Drink five cups of water a day. And in six days, you're going to feel better... and in six days, I will have cured you. So water cures sunburns and concussions.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Wilson's advice is not medically sound for 'curing' concussions, and PFT is mocking the absurdity of it.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Waterdogs need to consider a coaching change following their 0-1 start to the PLL season

At what point do we have to start looking at a coaching change here? Because this is two years in a row that we've gotten off to a slow start. I'm certainly not going to take any blame for it.

Hot TakeLifeMediumSarcastic
Coach Andy Copelan remained the coach and the team eventually found success, making the championship game that season.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Waterdogs will have a stadium built exclusively with taxpayer money

I'd like to do a census, some type of study to figure out where we could build a stadium exclusively with the taxpayer's money. I don't want to pay anything for my new stadium. Let's find out... figure out what location in America the voters are dumb enough that they'll just give us a lacrosse stadium.

The PLL remains a touring model without permanent home stadiums owned by teams.
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Big CatBig Cat

There is a 0% chance of beating a team if their coach smashes a watermelon before the game

I can't be—I'm 0 and 2 in watermelon games. I bet way too much on watermelons. I hate these watermelon games. I've lost so much money to the fucking watermelons. I cannot—there's a 0% chance of beating a watermelon team.

The Cowboys beat the Eagles in this game after McCarthy smashed a watermelon. However, they lost the next week to the Giants (McCarthy's watermelon magic ran out).
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Big CatBig Cat

I will move the Waterdogs if they go on a two-game losing streak

If we go on a two-game losing streak at any point, we're going to move the team. We're moving it... we'll fucking do anything. We'll stop paying the players if we have to make them play better.

The Waterdogs were not moved; the PLL uses a touring model, so they don't have a home city anyway.
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Mike FlorioMike Florio

Teddy Bridgewater will start more games than Aaron Rodgers for the rest of 2017

Which quarterback starts more games from here on forward in 2017, Aaron Rodgers or Teddy Bridgewater? Teddy Bridgewater. He's ready to go. Week 10 is what they're looking at.

Rodgers returned for one game and Bridgewater played in one game (briefly) for the rest of the 2017 season. They both started/appeared in very little, but Rodgers actually started more games (1 to 0 for Teddy).
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Big CatBig Cat

The Waterdogs are a disgrace and the worst team in the PLL

PLL Waterdogs. Fucking suck. That team is disgrace... Real quick reminder, Waterdogs are the worst team. When you think it can't go any lower wait until you see the Waterdogs.

The Waterdogs actually improved significantly after this slow start and went on to win the PLL Championship in 2022.
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Drew MagaryDrew Magary

I unequivocally believe in Teddy Bridgewater as a franchise quarterback.

I do [believe in Teddy Bridgewater]. Yes, unequivocally... his arm strength is a problem, but it's the same problem that Rivers has had and Rivers is a perfectly fine quarterback... I know he has the arm strength of a dragonfly, but I like him.

Bridgewater's career with the Vikings was derailed by a severe knee injury in late August 2016. He never became the 'Philip Rivers' tier starter Drew hoped for.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Vikings are actually better without Teddy Bridgewater

I think the Vikings are actually better without Teddy Bridgewater. They have a guy now that can get the job done. Sean Hill, he's a gamer... he's a guy that can win a game for you.

While the 2016 Vikings started 5-0, they finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs. Sean Hill was quickly replaced by Sam Bradford as the primary starter.
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Big CatBig Cat

Teddy Bridgewater doesn't get enough credit and just wins games

I don't give Teddy Bridgewater enough credit. Teddy Bridgewater deserves more credit for being... now, you know getting a starting job for a rebuilding Panthers team... all he does is win and like I know they're only 2 and 2 but everyone thought... the Panthers were going to be one of the worst teams in the league.

Bridgewater finished the 2020 season 4-11 as a starter. While he had a decent start, the 'just wins' narrative didn't hold up for the full season in Carolina.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A 'Hangover Crawl' starting with Pedialyte cocktails and ending in a movie theater would be a million-dollar business

I think it can make a million bucks. We start a hangover crawl, which is like a 1 o'clock meetup... You start out with Pedialyte cocktails, a Bloody Mary. You move on to like a Klonopin bar, some margaritas. Then you go to like a movie theater where you play a boring movie, let people pass out for 90 minutes. Give them an IV... I think that's key.

OpinionLifeMediumSarcastic
While mobile IV services exist, this specific curated crawl was never launched.
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Big CatBig Cat

Teddy Bridgewater is not a better quarterback than Blake Bortles

Can I just say fuck everyone for thinking that Teddy Bridgewater is better than Blake Bortles? ... Blake had a bad wrist last year, and he got it cleaned up. And he was a quarter away from the Super Bowl, so everyone just shut up.

Bortles was benched later in the 2018 season, while Bridgewater eventually revived his career as a starter and high-end backup, suggesting Bridgewater was the superior talent.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Trevor Lawrence is Teddy Bridgewater 2.0

He's like a six-month-old dog... His paws are big. He's got skinny shoulders. He's got skinny hips. Skinny knees. He's like Teddy Bridgewater 2.0.

Lawrence went on to be much more successful than Bridgewater in both college and draft stock, and his frame filled out significantly. They are very different archetypes of QBs.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

I could break the underwater bench press record

The underwater bench press record was broken... repped it out 77 times, beating the previous record of 62 times. Only 110 pounds... it's more of just a holding your breath thing. So I'm kind of, you know, in the back of my head, I'm like, I could do that. I could break that record.

Billy Football never broke this record.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Chicago Bears will win the NFC North because Teddy Bridgewater got hurt

I got the Chicago Bears [to win the NFC North]... Teddy Bridgewater got hurt. So, the only team I was worried about was the Vikings and now they're out of the way.

The Bears finished 3-13 in 2016, last in the NFC North.
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Scott Van PeltScott Van Pelt

Fans will hate watching sports with no crowds after just two days

Two days into baseball and stadiums... with no fans in the stands and guys sitting like eight seats apart in the bleachers people going to go like this blows. I don't like this everyone hates everything. No one's gonna like it.

While people missed crowds, the return of sports was largely celebrated as a distraction, rather than universally hated after two days.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Lakers might be better without LeBron James based on his plus-minus

LeBron James -2. We're not cherry-picking that, that's an actual stat. Are the Lakers better without LeBron? That's what many are asking. I don't know, if you put in Rondo instead of LeBron, he's a +8, they probably win by a hundred.

LeBron won Finals MVP and led the team to a title, proving they were definitely not better without him.
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Big CatBig Cat

We have officially run JJ Watt off the internet

How long has it been since J.J. Watt tweeted? 20 days. 20 days since J.J. Watt has tweeted. We have officially run him off the internet.

Watt eventually returned to Twitter, and his silence was likely due to his season-ending injury/surgery recovery.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Dog the Bounty Hunter will find Brian Laundrie before the FBI.

Dog the Bounty Hunter is on the trail of Brian Laundrie. ... What happens if Dog finds him before the FBI? He absolutely will. He's Dog the Bounty Hunter. ... Dog's like knocking on his parents [door]. ... It's over. Dog's on the case. It's done.

Brian Laundrie's remains were found in a Florida park in October 2021 by his parents and the FBI after Dog the Bounty Hunter had already left the search.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Malcolm Butler was benched because of a gentleman's agreement trade between Bill Belichick and Sean Payton

Nobody knows why [Malcolm Butler was benched]... I actually think it's something else entirely. I think it's part of a gentleman's agreement between [Bill] Belichick and Sean Payton just to keep him healthy for the trade that is yet to be finalized. But it's definitely coming.

Malcolm Butler was not traded to the Saints; he signed with the Tennessee Titans as a free agent in the following offseason.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Texans defense is actually better without J.J. Watt

But the one silver lining for all you Texans fans out there, we've had rumblings. Texans defense might be better without J.J. Watt. Oh, it definitely is. He's a system D-end.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
While the 2016 Texans defense remained statistically strong without Watt, claiming a Hall of Famer is a 'system' player is factually absurd and meant to be a hot take.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Contracting toxoplasmosis from cats will make you a fearless 'Berserker' warrior

45% of the population has this parasite called toxoplasmosis that comes from cat feces... it makes mice not fear predators so they just wander on and then the cats eat it... I want to be fearless. The Berserker cult has to contract toxoplasmosis and we'll all just be fearless Berserker warriors... when I contract toxoplasmosis, I will be an absolute fearless warrior and it will be sick.

While toxoplasmosis is linked to behavioral changes in rodents and some studies suggest links to risk-taking in humans, intentionally contracting a parasite for 'warrior' traits is medically ill-advised and doesn't function as a superpower.
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L. Ron MexicoL. Ron Mexico

Danny Woodhead Watches Film All Day And Sleeps In His Car

Never goes home 'cause he always goes hard. Watches film all day, and he sleeps in his car.

No evidence Woodhead ever slept in his car. He did reportedly drive a used Buick LeSabre as a rookie, which at least has the grit aesthetic.
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Big CatBig Cat

Dan Orlovsky will do a one-on-one sit-down interview with Deshaun Watson to teach him how to 'not be horny'

I think that we are going to get a, one-on-one sit down interview with Dan Orlovsky and Deshaun Watson. And he is going to set him straight on how to not be horny... Dan Orlovsky, according to his rules, it would be like, 'Deshaun, don't ever go to a room by yourself. Don't ever be in the same room as a woman.'

This interview never happened.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill Belichick keeps blackmail files and secret surveillance videos on all his former coaches

I bet you Bill Belichick keeps files, and he not only does that, but he installs videotapes in their homes, he pulls a big Putin move, and he observes them, and he has dirt on all his coaches. Any coach that leaves him, he's got blackmail.

Fact ClaimFootballHotSarcastic
There is no public evidence of blackmail tapes, though Belichick's attention to detail and 'Spygate' history fuel the joke.
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Rachel NicholsRachel Nichols

The Warriors will miss Steve Kerr in the later rounds of the playoffs

Steve is the one who is able to sort of maestro all of that along. I think they will miss it in the later rounds as the competition gets tougher... it is a delicate thing over there.

The Warriors went 16-1 in the playoffs, the best postseason record ever, largely without Kerr on the sidelines for most of the run, suggesting they didn't 'miss' him in terms of results.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

JJ Watt might legitimately be forced into retirement by this injury

It's a tibial plateau fracture and as somebody with Google I can now report with confidence that he's fucked... This might be like legit retirement for J.J. Watt. Not Players' Tribune fakery.

Watt returned and played five more seasons (including a First-Team All-Pro season in 2018) before retiring in 2022.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Alabama will get into the CFP over Oregon even with the loss to LSU

I think Alabama still gets in. I think they would get in over Oregon... because dude, the committee loves SEC teams.

Alabama did not make the CFP; they suffered a second loss to Auburn. Oregon also did not make it despite winning the Pac-12.
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Big CatBig Cat

Chip Kelly will leave the San Francisco 49ers for the Oregon head coaching job.

So Chip Kelly rumors are back, and I think he's going to go to Oregon. Then again, he did say he's not interested in it, and as we know, as Nick Saban proved to us... if a coach in the NFL says they're not going to college, that means they're not going to college.

Chip Kelly stayed with the 49ers through the end of the 2016 season and then took a year off before joining UCLA in 2017. He did not return to Oregon in 2016/17.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Grizzlies might actually be better without Ja Morant

We have a new narrative. That's very fun. Are the Grizzlies better? Without Ja Morant? ... the stat is the warriors or sorry, the Grizzlies are now I think 21 and six without Ja Morant.

While they had a great record without him in the regular season, Ja Morant is an All-NBA talent and the franchise's centerpiece; the Grizzlies struggled significantly without him in subsequent seasons.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Chip Kelly is on the Ice Throne because he intentionally stocks his roster with bad players to buy more time

I think Chip Kelly's on the ice throne, too... Because he's got blame gap. One thing that Chip Kelly is really great at is stockpiling his rosters with the shittiest quarterbacks... He's stocking his roster up with bad, bad players. And then he can be like, well, I didn't have the personnel this year. I'm still implementing my system.

Hot TakeFootballFireSarcastic
Chip Kelly was fired after just one season (2-14) with the 49ers, so the Ice Throne did not protect him.
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MemesMemes

The Knicks have been playing better without Jalen Brunson this series

For some reason, the series, [the Knicks] are just playing better without [Jalen Brunson]. This series. They have been playing better without him when he is off the court.

While potentially backed by some net-rating numbers in specific stretches, suggesting the Knicks are better without their MVP candidate is widely considered incorrect.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Mitch Trubisky is now the number one quarterback of the 2017 draft class following Deshaun Watson's injury

I think you have to give it to [Mitch Trubisky] at this point [as the number one quarterback in the 2017 draft].

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes both turned out to be significantly better than Mitch Trubisky, even with Watson's injury-prone career later on.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL is better when kickers are erratic and unpredictable

We want to see Roberto Aguayo stick around because the NFL is always a better place. When there's a kicker that whenever he lines up, you don't know which way the ball is going to go. Like it might hit the ref in the head and knock him unconscious.

Aguayo was cut by the Bucs shortly after this episode aired (August 12, 2017), so he didn't stick around.

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