Why do we say “get out of my bathtub” when we’re in sync on a playground swing with the person next to us? Listeners suggest that maybe it’s because you’re swinging “in sink.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Get out of My Bathtub”
Remember on an earlier show we were talking about the phrase, get out of my bathtub?
Yeah, it’s on a playground.
Two people are swinging on the swings and they find themselves in sync.
Exactly.
And we were trying to figure out why they say, get out of my bathtub.
We’re kind of dense.
I see where you’re going.
Because you’re in the sink, but it’s not a bathtub.
But we heard from several listeners who suggested that that might be the etymology of it, right?
Not a bad guess.
Dan Simons from Rangeley, Maine suggested that.
Couldn’t a sink be thought of as a small bathtub?
And Sally Diaz wrote that she thought it was because of the expression in-sync.
And then she wrote, hey, I don’t think it’s any dumber than any other theory.
Good point.
