#124: A Grenade In Your Pants

The Shallow End

John Elliott and Lindsay Schnebly

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.9 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Shallow End with Schnebly and Toth is a wildly entertaining podcast that revels in people's absurd and often hilarious mistakes. In each episode, hosts Schnebly and Toth delve into true stories of misadventures and miscalculations, from everyday blunders to spectacular gaffes. With a keen eye for the funny side of human error, they explore how even the most straightforward decisions can spiral into comedic chaos. The show combines storytelling with witty banter, offering listeners a laugh and a gentle reminder of our shared imperfections. Whether it’s a failed science experiment or an office mishap, Schnebly and Toth are here to celebrate the humor in life’s Shallow End. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It began long ago, two young boys in an American town riding their bikes to school and little league practice.
0:09.0	Over the years, the boys became fast friends, united in their love for stories where things would go horribly wrong.
0:18.0	Pour yourself a strong beverage and buckle up. You're in the shallow end with
0:23.5	Schnebly and Toff. I have to say, Jethro, that if things sound a little hinky, it's because
0:30.1	they're a little hinky. Hinky would be the technical term for what you're... For those of you
0:35.3	not in the biz? And of course, when we say the biz, we mean the industry.
0:39.6	Hinky means less than stellar audio.
0:43.5	That's a professional broadcast engineer term.
0:46.5	Invented back in the 40s or the 30s, the dawn of radio.
0:49.8	At a time when...
0:51.0	That was one of the things you needed to learn
0:53.0	to get your first class broadcasting
0:55.2	license.
0:56.2	You need to know the definition of Hinky.
0:59.2	It's right in there.
1:01.2	I still have my FCC license that I got back in 1979.
1:06.0	Do you have yours?
1:07.0	Yeah.
1:08.0	The third class license with a broadcast endorsement.
1:10.0	Exactly. Yeah. I actually even have my
1:12.4	provisional license that I got when I was like 15 before I was able to take the
1:19.0	test for the third class license gotcha now they'll let any bonehead on the radio
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