To be creasing, or to be creased up, means you’re laughing so hard you’re doubled over at the waist, as if your belly has a big crease in it. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of ““Creasing” and “Creased Up”: Laughing So Hard You...
Jeff from Memphis, Tennessee, grew up in the coalfields of Southeastern Kentucky, where his coal-miner father raised green beans. When those beans couldn’t always be canned or frozen, the family threaded the full pods onto string, hung them in the...
What does a printed period look like under a microscope? In 1665, English scientist Robert Hooke answered that question in his book Micrographia (Bookshop\|Amazon), a bestseller that showed the unseen world. Hooke had trained as an artist, and his...
A listener named Mark now lives in San Diego, California, but grew up in Chicago, Illinois. There, he recalls, when he and his friends played sandlot baseball, cards, or board games, if an opponent tried to get around the rules and then got called...
Get a shower or take a shower? Grace, a caller from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, says her fiancé, also from Philadelphia, always says he’s going to get a shower, while she always says she’s going to take a shower. North American English usually...
Time for another take-off, courtesy of Quiz Guy John Chaneski. This puzzle features words beginning with the letter A. Remove that initial letter, and you still have another word, as happens with atoll and toll. For example, what two words are...