To describe someone who is dazed, lost, or confused, you might say he looks like he was sent for and couldn’t go. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Sent for and Couldn’t Come” We had a voicemail from Kate...
Ducks on the pond, frozen rope, tumblebug, and high cheese are baseball slang. Ducks on the pond means runners on base, frozen rope is a line drive, a tumblebug is a fielder who makes a catch and adds theatrical flair, and high cheese is a fastball...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a “takeoff” quiz, in which the letter C is removed from a word to yield a rhyming two-word phrase. For example, if someone wanted to find out how old an animal enclosure is, what would they be trying to find...
The plant jimson weed has dangerous hallucinogenic effects. The weed takes its name from Jamestown, Virginia. In 1676, settlers there ingested the weed, and its poisonous effects were vividly described a few years later in a volume called The...
Noelle from Jericho, Vermont, says her family used “sorry, Charlie!” as a playful way to tell her child no; after he transitioned, Charlie became his name. The expression became widely familiar through Starkist’s animated Charlie the Tuna...
A listener in Bonifay, Florida, says when she was young and asked her mother what she was doing, her mother would respond “I’m stacking greased bb’s with boxing gloves on.” This nonsensical phrase is part of a long tradition...