The Wheels Came Off

A listener named Tami contacted the show by WhatsApp to say that whenever someone would be talking about a subject that nobody else knew anything about, her father-in-law would respond with I had one of those, but the wheels came off. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “The Wheels Came Off”

We got a WhatsApp message from Tammy Armstrong, who said,

When someone would be talking about a subject that nobody else knew anything about, my father-in-law would say, I had one of those, but the wheels came off.

I am adopting that one.

Yeah, it’s another one of those expressions you just kind of toss in as a non sequitur just to be a part of the conversation.

Right.

What’s the one about the rhubarb?

Yeah, do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?

Yeah.

Yeah.

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