Reacting to Random Things People Used Their “Emergency” Fund For

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

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4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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0:00.0	Today we're talking about emergency funds, and more importantly and more entertaining, the weird things people have spent their emergency fund on.
0:12.2	I used the emergency fund because I had to bail my brother out of jail.
0:16.0	Ooh.
0:17.3	Raccoon removal.
0:18.1	It costs $99 per raccoon.
0:26.5	Hey guys, I'm Rachel Cruz.
0:28.5	I'm George Camel.
0:30.2	And this is Smart Money Happy Hour.
0:38.9	Well, this is the show.
0:42.0	We're two friends who happen to be money experts talk about what you're talking about.
0:44.7	Everything from pop culture, current events, and money.
0:46.6	We're sipping on a Cubanada.
0:50.8	And we're going to give you the rating and reveal the cost per glass at the end of the episode.
0:52.5	So stick around for that.
0:53.4	That sounds so fun.
0:58.9	Okay, so this episode kind of started because one of my friends got in a car wreck.
1:00.1	Not a bad one.
1:01.1	Everyone's okay.
1:05.9	But it was on this, like, highway in Nashville, in 96, if you're a Nashville person,
1:07.3	off, you know, in Franklin.
1:10.6	And at a stoplight, and she gets hit.
1:13.6	Well, the guy keeps going.
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