An article in a 1906 edition of the Minneapolis Journal carried the inviting headline: Noisy Hungry Frogs Sadden Farmer’s Life: They Scare His Cattle and They Also Eat His Flannel Shirt. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Sad Farmers...
Did you ever think about the fact that the word onion is ZO-ZO spelled sideways? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Onion Sideways” I just have to mention that I will never forget the moment that I realized that the word onion is...
A misunderstanding about a play based on the 1983 movie The Dresser starring Albert Finney leads to an unintentionally amusing headline. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “A Dresser Helps Hold Up Your Drawers” You’re listening to A...
Hyperbolic Headlines Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity!!!! Or maybe not. You’ve seen those breathless headlines on the internet, like “You Won’t Believe What This 7-year-old Said to The President!” They’re supposed to lure you to another...
Bathroom walls, missing graffiti, and social media. Where have all the cute quips on bathroom stalls gone? We wonder about the apparent decline of restroom graffiti. Are people saving their witticisms for Twitter and Facebook? And: If there were a...
Does Betteridge’s Law of Headlines Make Us Look Fat? No. But it is the eponymous law that states, “If it ends in a question, the answer is ‘no.'” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Betteridge’s Law of Headlines” We were talking...
