Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 501 of the podcast that is one better than its last episode!
This week: pre-ramble; awwwww; idiomatics; bits of math; a better version of you; sum up your life; a measure of happiness; intra-friends relations; he knew it: hey, nineteen; sincerely cool; perfect time for the five and die; who is Chili Dog; future watch; too blue for moms; leaving you songs; take me to the murder house; we’d love to live in perfect harmony; choir thugs; duelin’ Canadian folksingers; Price Is Right rules; fixed in editing; classy move; being “Dad’; my flat grandpa; attractive smoking; broken contract; healthy choices; unhealthy comfort; healthy vanity; service jobs; acting and eating; hot fake sex; Tile Tales™; water disaster; perfect prank; burlesque claw-foot tub; Dork Shadows – Suffer Little Children; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; TV rules; we’ll spoil you rotten; a promise never broken; and, finally, the mystery never ends.
Question of the Week: What is a repair or household reno that went awry?
Department of Corections:
Richard Griffiths portrayed Harry’s uncle in the Harry Potter films and not his stepfather. An uncharacteristic slip by Dave whose record, up to this point, had been spotless!
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The British use of the word “maths” rather than “math” doesn’t sounds as weird to me as much as their use of the word “sport.” Where we say, “Sports are an important part of Canadian culture,” they say, “Sport is an important part of British culture.”
I know you were only funning, Ian, but the play, “Raisin in the Sun” IS still mounted regularly, well, not so much in Canada, but in the US, and gets a film or TV adaptation every decade or so just like Superman. The title role of Walter Younger, the metaphorical raisin struggling to improve life for himself and his family in the face of racial discrimination, has been played by many great African-American actors such as Sidney Poiter, Ozzie Davis, Danny Glover, Denzel Washington and Sean Combs – wait, what? Yes, he famously appeared in a 2004 Broadway revival and 2008 TV movie, bringing awareness of the still-relevant classic to a wider demographic.
Me and DIY do not mix, in fact my wife absolutely forbids me to repair anything outside of my knowhow. Years ago, I was simply trying to hammer a piece of moulding around the base of the bathroom floor and I hammered right into a water pipe. Normally there’s plates to prevent this but I’ve always wondered about that first home I owned, it was full of traps like that. I also tried to re insert the pipe that was the overflow from the air-conditioning back into a hole in the eaves of that house. I had to do it from inside the eaves which resulted in me getting stuck in the attic, pinched into the tight edge over the eaves. It took me forever to try and back out of that area. My first wife lost her diamond from her wedding ring in the washing machine once and my Dad had the brilliant idea to cover the water hose that released the water from the washer with a nylon stocking. We hoped that it would trap the diamond and the water would just flow through the stocking but it resulted in flooding my laundry room and kitchen. And lastly I tried to rewire a place in the garage so I could hang a flourescent lamp. As I was trying to wire the lamp on the floor inside the house, I crossed the wrong wires there was a loud BANG and I burned a hole in the carpet. Along with these types of repairs, I’ve also been relieved of any complex automotive detail as well, except for a Honda I had. Those cars are like LEGOs and the parts pop right on.
Remember the scene in Albert Brooks’ “Defending Your Life” when they’re in the Judgement City Court and they’re just watching a gag reel of Brooks fucking up a bunch of stuff while he was on Earth? I suspect I have a gag reel not unlike that one waiting for me with all this stuff waiting to be shown. So best of luck on your bathroom project David! I await the tales of your success and even though everyone is glad it’s not me, I’m behind you 100%!!
Me and DIY do not mix, in fact my wife absolutely forbids me to repair anything outside of my knowhow. Years ago, I was simply trying to hammer a piece of moulding around the base of the bathroom floor and I hammered right into a water pipe. Normally there’s plates to prevent this but I’ve always wondered about that first home I owned, it was full of traps like that. I also tried to re insert the pipe that was the overflow from the air-conditioning back into a hole in the eaves of that house. I had to do it from inside the eaves which resulted in me getting stuck in the attic, pinched into the tight edge over the eaves. It took me forever to try and back out of that area. My first wife lost her diamond from her wedding ring in the washing machine once and my Dad had the brilliant idea to cover the water hose that released the water from the washer with a nylon stocking. We hoped that it would trap the diamond and the water would just flow through the stocking but it resulted in flooding my laundry room and kitchen. And lastly I tried to rewire a place in the garage so I could hang a flourescent lamp. As I was trying to wire the lamp on the floor inside the house, I crossed the wrong wires there was a loud BANG and I burned a hole in the carpet. Along with these types of repairs, I’ve also been relieved of any complex automotive detail as well, except for a Honda I had. Those cars are like LEGOs and the parts pop right on.
Remember the scene in Albert Brooks’ “Defending Your Life” when they’re in the Judgement City Court and they’re just watching a gag reel of Brooks fucking up a bunch of stuff while he was on Earth? I suspect I have a gag reel not unlike that one waiting for me with all this stuff waiting to be shown. So best of luck on your bathroom project David! I await the tales of your success and even though everyone is glad it’s not me, I’m behind you 100%!!