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Lateral with Tom Scott

11: Who uses the 10-08-42 rule?

Lateral with Tom Scott

Lateral with Tom Scott

Education, Comedy, Leisure, Games

4.9742 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Rowan Ellis, Vanessa Hill and Grady Hillhouse face questions about diehard disease, pill-popping performers, and ridiculous room numbers. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com. Join the Producer's Club via https://members.lateralcast.com for ad-free episodes and bonus content. HOST: Tom Scott. QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe. RECORDED AT & EDITED BY: The Podcast Studios, Dublin. EDITOR: Julie Hassett. MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes', courtesy of epidemicsound.com). ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: Josh Halbur, Ben Justice, Lewis Tough, Arun Uttamchandani, Eglė Vaškevičiūtė. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Which distilled alcoholic drink, when added to ice, becomes something a child could consume

0:05.1

legally without any ill effects? The answer to that riddle at the end of the show. My name's Tom Scott,

0:11.1

and this is Lateral. I'm joined for the second time by three people who between them have more

0:20.5

grey matter than

0:21.1

10,000 fairground hot dogs. We have, from Practical Engineering and his new book, Engineering

0:26.7

in Plain sight, Grady Hillhouse.

0:29.0

Hi, Tom.

0:29.8

From her own YouTube channel and the queer movie podcast, Rowan Ellis.

0:33.4

Hello.

0:34.4

From the YouTube channel, Braincraft, Vanessa Hill.

0:36.8

Delightful to be here.

0:38.5

Our brave three guests are on a quest to batter down the doors of castle in comprehension

0:42.7

and prove themselves worthy knights of the lateral table.

0:46.1

This time, sorry, Rowan, we don't have swords and chain mail.

0:49.2

Oh, that's all right. I'll get over it.

0:51.1

We start with, in 1935, the US bombed outside Hilo City, Hawaii for one week. Why?

0:59.4

I'll give you that one more time. In 1935, the U.S. bombed outside Hilo City, Hawaii for one week. Why?

1:06.7

1935.

1:08.3

1935.

1:09.7

I feel like that's important.

1:11.6

Is it?

1:12.6

I'm not an expert in the history, but I don't think there were any military events, at least

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