Here’s a riddle: What’s green and smells like red paint? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Paint Riddle” Here’s a riddle I got from Eric Berlin, who is a puzzle maker. He posted this on Facebook...
How did the word gay go from meaning lighthearted to homosexual? Also, why are elementary schools sometimes called grammar schools? Plus, imeldific, gone pecan, random Scrabble words, and the difference between borrow and lend. And the etiquette of...
You’re at a social gathering and meet someone you’d like to know better. What do you ask to get a real conversation going? Some people lead with “What do you do?,” while others avoid talking about work entirely. Still others...
How about this riddle? A man leaves home. He goes a little ways and turns a corner. He goes a while and turns another corner. Soon, he turns one more corner. As he’s returning home, he sees two masked men. Who are they? This is part of a...
You have 30 cows and 28 chickens. How many didn’t? The answer is 10, because 28 can be heard as twenty ate, making the setup mean that twenty cows ate the chickens. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “The Answer to the “30 Cows...
Dude! We’re used to hearing the word “dude” applied to guys. But increasingly, young women use the word “dude” to address each other. Grant and Martha talk about linguistic research about the meaning and uses of...