Yard Sale Word Quiz

You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Grant Barrett.

And I’m Martha Barnette. And joining us now is our quiz guide, John Chaneski. Hello, John.

Hi, Martha. Hi, Grant.

Hiya, John. What’s up, kid?

You know, I’m going to make a pitch right now for another term that I think belongs to the dictionary.

Okay.

Occasionally I do that.

Now, this isn’t igri or innovative or any other junk that I made up.

This is a real term that I hear people use all the time, but has not yet made it into the book.

Oh, good.

And here it is. Sailing. As in, yard sailing or garage sailing.

Or if you live in Brooklyn, like me, you do some gate sailing or even stoop sailing.

Now, if you spend the summer yard sailing like me, you know what I mean when I say that rich neighborhoods are the best.

Rich people need to get rid of things, and sometimes they sell good stuff at a good price.

For example, I was garage sailing and hid a few famous people’s homes.

At the house of a famous novelist, I found a whole box of used slinkies for a dollar.

What else would you call them?

Used slinkies for a dollar.

Give me the last name of a famous novelist,

Possessive S,

And then another word for what you would call slinkies.

Oh.

Something Springs.

I was going to say mortal’s coil.

Alice Springs.

Now they’re going to rhyme.

Kings.

Oh, there we go.

King Springs.

King Springs.

I was yard sailing and I got a box of King Springs.

Let me tell you about a few more bargains I got.

A famous TV doctor who dispenses health advice was dispensing of some pottery, including many appropriate for displaying flowers.

What were they?

Oz’s vases.

Oz’s vases is right.

Now, sometimes no matter how well off you are, you hate to throw things out when you can get a dollar for them.

I was at a real estate mogul’s place and picked up a few machines for clearing my cellar of water.

What were they?

Trump’s pumps.

Trump’s pumps is right.

Nice.

Good.

Back in Hollywood, I found some baseball equipment that belonged to a handsome movie star.

What were they?

Baseball equipment.

Pitts mitts.

Pitts mitts is right.

I got Pitts mitts for a buck.

Everybody, and I mean everybody, sells their stuff.

I was at this huge yard sale, literally on a huge yard, and I got some nightclothes belonging to a very powerful man for only a dollar.

What were they?

Is it something jammies?

Not the slangish form of that word.

Not the slangish form?

No.

So it’s just pajamas?

Obama’s pajamas.

Oh, my goodness.

Obama’s pajamas, yes.

It smells like cigarette smoke.

It was a very big yard.

Had to be washed.

Sometimes people will be selling just about anything, including stuff from their garden.

I was at a famous music producer and performer’s house, and I got some pretty flowering plants for only a dollar.

What were they?

A famous music producer.

Right.

And performer.

And performer.

Oh, I was going to say Spectre’s something.

Jones.

Jay-Z’s daisies.

Jay-Z’s daisies.

Oh, nice.

Yes.

I was thinking about Roses Roses.

That could work.

Finally, now one caveat.

If you go yard sailing, be sure to clean the stuff you buy thoroughly.

I wasn’t careful, and that’s how I got these infectious particles

From a famous Disney Channel teen singing sensation.

What were they?

Cyrus’s viruses.

I got Cyrus’s viruses, yes.

Just a word of the wise.

Please sanitize.

Sanitize the stuff you get from yard sales.

That is my yard-sailing quiz.

You guys are great.

How about that?

But you remind me, John, I have to say,

One of the things I miss about not living in Brooklyn anymore

Is finding just boxes of books on the sidewalk

That you can go through every single weekend,

As long as the weather’s nice.

That’s true.

Thanks, John.

It was a great quiz.

Thank you, guys.

Bye, John.

Take care now.

Thanks.

Bye-bye.

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