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Things Americans Say Wrong

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robinhood9-1-finalThis week, the Kinder Egg waters are further muddied by the discovery of something called a “king cake”; then, Johnson and I argue over whose pronunciation of words makes the least sense. Later, Cocker takes the quiz, and tries to guess what “Chapter 11” might be, while Johnson tries to figure out who the hell “TIM” is.

Oh: a link to the Smith & Jones darts bit we mention is here. Pretty sure that scorekeeper is now in Downton Abbey…

Stupid!

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stupidOur quinceañera episode! We talk about daylight savings, then listener Jill gets in touch to tell us about some British and jewish folklore involving people acting stupid. This allows us to revisit Polish jokes, James tells a story about treating scary East German guards like postmen, and Johnson tells of his own experiences as a member of a totalitarian regime. Then Soji takes the “That’s Not English” quiz, trying to figure out what the best part of waking up is, while Johnson gets the Abbey habit (not Downton this time.)

Race Relations

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We celebrate President Obama’s 2nd Inauguration by examining the diverse melting-pot that is American society, and we do it by painstakingly dissecting some terrible jokes. Later, Sam takes a slightly modified quiz in which the boys try and identify British and American products: Sam tries to figure out what Aunt Jemima might be offering, while Paul guesses from which supermarket aisle he can procure some Horlicks. Sigh.