Writer Ian Bogost has a clever proposal for a drinking establishment that every copy editor will love: “A bar called The Copy Desk where they offer an alternative to your drink order and you get kind of really upset for a second but then...
Don from Munday, Texas, is fond of the phrase You can put your boots in the oven, but that don’t make ’em biscuits, which is a way of saying that even if you call something by a different name, that doesn’t change its essential nature. A...
Next time you’re in a bar and in need of an insult, say it like Shakespeare: Thou wanton swag-bellied underskinker! An underskinker is an assistant tapster who draws beer for customers. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
Crew juice is what an airline crew drinks after a flight at the bar or on the way to the hotel. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Crew Juice” Granted, I have some more airline slang for you. Having crew juice on the...
We say rush the growler to mean “go fetch the booze” because, back in the 1880s, people got around the new liquor laws by sending kids scurrying down to the bar with an empty growler in hand to fill up. Variations of this include chase...
A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender says, what is this, a joke? Yep. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “What is This, a Joke?” Here’s one for you, Grant. A priest, a rabbi, and a...