Kaboom! Bangbangbang! Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Sizzle! It’s Bonfire Night this Saturday, but we’re letting off a rocket a couple of days early, in the form of Answer Me This! Episode 195:
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We also discuss:
the Bowls World Championship
Wolf Blitzer
Amaretto sours
Divinyls
‘ash cash’
Galliano
gift hampers
beefeaters vs. Kermit the Frog
Pass the Pigs vs. Heave the Heifers
first novels vs. meconium
‘Blister in the Sun’ vs. ‘My Ding-A-Ling’ vs. ‘Pictures of Lily’
Chelsy Davy
Pete Townshend
cocktail umbrellas
and
King Charles III?
Plus, in this week’s Bonus Bit of Crap on the App, Olly recounts a bad-taste wedding-day prank with tragic consequences. So if you want to ruin an upcoming wedding, fire up your iPhone, iPad or Android device to learn how. At least you won’t have to sit through the bride and groom’s honeymoon photo slides, since they’ll never speak to you again.
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See you next Thursday,
Helen & Olly
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Answer Me This! Podcast 
November 4, 2011 at 11:26 pm |
In US popular culture, Wolf Blitzer mainly regarded for his benign demeanor, terrible beard, unfortunate employment with CNN, and frequent citation as a major-media cheerleader leading up to the invasion of Iraq. In spite of his amazing name, is not an enviable man.
November 4, 2011 at 4:10 pm |
I remember hearing somewhere that a “cocktail” is named as such because it used to be stirred with, well, the tail of a cockerel. No idea if it’s true or not, but it’s… something, I guess.
November 3, 2011 at 5:15 pm |
Sorry, that sounded rather blunt. Bad day here.
November 3, 2011 at 5:26 pm |
It says Wolf Blitzer right there in the post above!
November 3, 2011 at 7:24 pm |
I’m sorry, I can’t READ! Thanks for bringing that up! Why don’t you give me a paper cut and pour in the lemon juice! Damn it, I feel oppressed or something equally distressing … and possibly self-image shattering! I may or may not start a national campaign against being bullied by Helen Zaltzman!
November 3, 2011 at 9:19 pm
you should. I need to be stopped.
November 3, 2011 at 5:08 pm |
His name is Wolf Blitzer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Blitzer