Katy from south Wales wades in on the age-old quandary we considered in Episode 140:
I wanted to give you my insight to the question ‘Would you rather sleep with a swimmer or a trumpet player?’ I was rather, um, slaggish in uni and slept with a trumpet player AND a few swimmers (swimmers are rather slaggish too! Could have been why I joined the swim team) and I would definitely say that swimmers are much better. They have the hip action and are not as shy!
Informative, but a one-woman survey needs corroboration if we are to solve this question scientifically. So please, consider very carefully, then answer us this:
This is an exciting moment in time, readers, for right now, we hold in our hands the linguistic future of John:
I’m thinking of learning Chinese.
Lately in the news they have been talking about China being the largest growing country in the world. I’m 16 and have just had the last FUCKING FRENCH EXAM EVER!! 😀
Answer me this, should I learn Chinese Mandarin or Cantonese? Is one easier than the other?
Not being versed in either, we are surrendering this decision to you:
We should have guessed this question would come up one day. And we question the wisdom of submitting it to the public forum that is You. If this produces unwholesome rifts within Team AMT, we can all blame Josh from Arkansas, who emailed the following:
Dear Helen and Olly,
This isn’t a question for you. This is for your listeners.
To the query of Answer Me This listeners,
Marry, Boff, Kill: Helen, Olly, or Martin the Sound Man?
Contrary to what we said last week about releasing Episode 115 a day late, here we are, on Thursday, with Episode 115 ready to go! Don’t believe us? The evidence awaits your ears:
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Paving this week’s boulevard of broken brains are such topics as:
Antoni Gaudí
Wembley stadium
pre-Photoshop trickery
ancient nail-varnish
Durham Cathedral
war games
the Crystal Palace Museum
Fabric vs. fabric
prostitution vs. rental contracts
and
Chapel Carter.
Plus: Olly gives his Top Tips for bloggers; Helen gives her Top Tips for staying awake at Coldplay concerts; and Martin the Sound Man pretends to know about football, confuses Brazil and Mexico, and generally undoes all the good work he’d put in to convincing us all that he’s clever.
As usual, we’re hungry for YOUR QUESTIONS, which you can email to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com or leave as a voicemail on Skype IDanswermethis or the question line 0208 123 5877; but we also really need your help in determining what this week’s final questioneer Reggie should do about his epilepsy/girlfriend/cat/overpriced dog problem. Listen, then please vote:
We’re sure Reggie will appreciate it, and that his girlfriend probably won’t. But hey, democracy can’t please everyone all of the time.
So what have you kids got to say about last week’s episode?
Doug from Winnipeg, Canada writes:
I was interested to hear why seven years’ bad luck is thought to be the penalty for breaking a mirror. As the father of a family of Harry Potter fans I immediately thought that the Roman idea of seven-part broken souls must have been an inspiration to Ms. Rowling. I suspect that legal representatives for ancient Rome will be contacting her shortly requesting prompt payment of their share of book royalties.
Holy shit, Doug, are you suggesting that not all the ideas in the Pottery are entirely original? Call up Bloomsbury Books and give ’em hell! Then call up the Roman Empire and tell them they might be on schedule for a comeback.
On a completely unrelated note, Dave asks us this:
After listening to episode 108 I too have a best man-related question. Please help.
The man I want to ask, my best friend, has also in the past had a sexual interaction with my partner. Now my partner thinks this is a little weird. What should I do?
Your lady should hardly be surprised, Dave, that best friends have something in common. But that something would more conventionally be a mutual love of Aston Villa or watercolour landscapes, not her in a state of Rudeness. Perhaps she fears improper thoughts will assault her as the three of you stand in front of the altar, and leave her the wrong sort of blushing bride. Perhaps she fears the secrets that might spill forth during his best man speech. Perhaps she knows more about him than you do and simply doesn’t want a total sexual deviant to be your best man.
Whatever the reason, we are fairly sure of two things: 1. you really don’t want to find out more about it; 2. you don’t want to be forced to choose between your best friend and your wife elect. But listeners, what do you think?
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