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Cats in bags! Canaries in coal mines! And is that a laurel wreath stapled to your butt or are you just happy to see us? Yep, welcome to Episode 3 of Ridiculistics!
This time around, Joe and Tim delve into three classic idioms, turning them upside down and shaking them really hard to steal their lunch money and reveal their histories, evolutions and uses in contemporary language. Linguistic mysteries abound. Do we solve them? Maybe! Plus, listeners correct our bibliographic faux pas and suggest our newest line of beauty products — Ridiculipstick!™ You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll learn something — and not necessarily in that order!
Links of Relevance:
- Dudes getting into fights on TikTok – pick your pony and get watching!
- Cat Videos on TikTok – for when you’re done with dude fights.
- Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police (includes Canary in a Coal Mine)
- Cattail (Typha latifolia) – get your very own corn dog plant!
- Who Let the Dogs Out 12″ single on vinyl by Baha Men (rare!)
- Laurels – don’t rest on them, though.
- Yanny vs Laurel explanation video – this clears it all up!