Episode 444 : Mystery Episode 53

7 Responses to Episode 444 : Mystery Episode 53

1. Azuretalon says:

   September 13, 2019 at 7:25 am

   The cow carrier tipping over is my personal favorite Russia videos. The animals appear to be fine after, just confused.

   Modern English is not a language, it’s 4 languages standing on each other’s shoulders in a trench coat.

   Hot Ones had a few people blast through the wings unpgased. Alton Brown and Padma Lakshmi leap to mind.

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2. jas says:

   September 16, 2019 at 8:02 pm

   So on TMTH, there’s an even higher probability that Anonymous will be a woman?

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3. jas says:

   September 16, 2019 at 8:06 pm

   Welsh accents: I either think about what Eddie Izzard says about Welsh and Indian accents being essentially the same except for the pace of delivery (Welsh=Indian slowed down, or Indian=Welsh sped up).

   Or Eve Myles from Torchwood: Here’s a sample from a clip of her and John Barrowman at Boston Comic Con. Eventually they both talk about what it’s like to kiss James Marsters 🙂

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   • jas says:

     September 17, 2019 at 5:20 am

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4. Craig says:

   September 24, 2019 at 5:49 am

   Irn Bru is THE best soft drink. No arguments

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5. Beth says:

   October 14, 2019 at 2:14 pm

   I have moved back to Iowa City. Although, a special hat episode may have warranted a visit back. I have already gone back to DC specifically for the other podcast I listen to (so travel for podcasts is clearly not out of the question).

   Tony – are you saying the Welsh language is like a 3 year old (Y, Y, Y in Welsh = why, why, why in 3 year old)?

   Craig – We learned about Irn Bru in my Scottish Culture and Society course while I was studying abroad. I think at that time Scotland was the only country in the world where Coca Cola was not the #1 selling soft drink.

   William and Tony – what about places south of the equator who have Summer and Santa at the same time? How do you get those people out of their houses in the Winter?

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   • William says:

     October 15, 2019 at 6:13 am

     Re: getting southern hemisphere people out of their houses in June…

     I have no clue. I do think that the Western cultures south of the equator probably exhibit a similar pattern with respect to the solstices, where they essentially treat them the-same-but-opposite. Where the strong north-oriented Christmas brand has succeeded in making Santa Claus a thing in southern cultures, I’m not sure how many of them have realized that their Summer Solstice in December didn’t really need the marketing assist. I’m also not sure how many cases there are where their Winter Solstice even does need such an assist, because between some of the countries being very close to the equator and others experiencing island-effect weather patterns, I don’t know how homebound the folks in those countries typically are around June 21st. But, assuming a country south of the equator that is Western and has very uncomfortable weather in June… I would guess that either someone enterprising hasn’t thought of a way to highlight their winter solstice and/or invented/promoted a fitting spokesperson, or they do highlight their winter solstice and do have some fitting spokesperson and I’ve just never heard of it! 🙂

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