Following up on our conversation about unconventional forms of diet and exercise, Martha shares an exercise regimen that turns into a paraprosdokian. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “A Strange Exercise Regiment”...
Honeypots is a children’s game in which players sit or squat with their hands gripping the backs of their thighs, while other players lift them up by the armpits and shake or swing them in an attempt to make them lose their grip. What fun...
Great news for language fans: The Australian National Dictionary is now available online for free. It’s full of fascinating words from Down Under. Contrary to what you might think, for example, kangaroosters are pouchless and feather-free, and...
slot n.— «While powerlifting, which combines lifts in three disciplines—the squat, dead lift and bench press—appears to be all about brute force, it was actually a game of milimetres where subtle changes in technique could make a massive...
whickerbill n.— «News From Our Whickerbill Correspondent. Goat Gap, Illinois, Speshul to Indedepenent. It if twernt for Nudge Squat sayin what Nudge said to the Thumpit twins, Nudge would soon be at his spring plowin.» —“News From...