A Fort Collins, Colorado, listener shares the story of an unusual telephone greeting. A businessman who was used to cranky customers answered every call with, “Talk to me nicely.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Talk To Me...
Megan in Arvada, Colorado, wonders about an exclamation she’s used all her life, which she suspects is spelled criminiddly. It’s another variant of that mild oath criminently, also rendered as criminetly, criminitlies, crimenightie, criminy, crime...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s game is based on the names of cities and states where the National Puzzlers’ League has held its annual convention over the past few years. Attendees came up with a punny moniker for each that incorporates the...
Mary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, says that growing up, she and the kids in her neighborhood used the the verb pump to refer to giving someone a lift on a bicycle. This caused a bit of confusion when she went away to college and puzzled fellow students with...
A 10-year-old in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, says friends correct him whenever he says funner and funnest. Are they really words, and if so, is it okay to use them? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Are Funner and Funnest...
In Albuquerque schoolyards, umbers was the call kids made when a classmate got in trouble, and Rachel from Dallas, Texas, remembers joining in whenever someone was sent to the principal’s office or punished at recess. It’s similar to...