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Answer Me This!

AMT318: Juliet's Balcony, Bluetooth and The Snip

Answer Me This!

Helen & Olly

Comedy, Education, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.73.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2015

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today's questioneers wonder about Noel Edmonds's small Twitter fanbase, the oldest pub in Britain, and vasectomy aftercare. For more details about this episode, and different ways to obtain it, visit http://answermethispodcast.com/episode318.Send questions to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, or the Question Line (dial 0208 123 5877 or Skype answermethis)Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandollyBe our Facebook friend at http://facebook.com/answermethisSubscribe on iTunes http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThisBuy old episodes and albums at http://answermethisstore.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

When Arnie said, I'll be back. Did he mean this many times?

0:05.0

Us we miss, us we miss.

0:07.6

Is spelling Genesis with a wire linguistic crime?

0:11.2

Us we miss, us we miss.

0:14.2

Helen and all we have to be this.

0:17.2

Sometimes we forget that this show has an international audience

0:20.2

who may not be fully availed of all of the vernacular that we're deploying.

0:24.6

Well, we don't forget that there's people listening who might not know what vernacular means.

0:27.4

Anyone can look up vernacular.

0:29.4

For instance, we've had this email from Benji who says,

0:32.0

not being British, I was very lost in answering this episode 317.

0:37.0

As I had no idea what a pasty was other than the bits of material

0:41.4

strippers used to cover their nipples.

0:43.0

Yeah, that's how it evolved Benji.

0:44.4

In England, strippers traditionally used lamps of pastry for that and it just caught on.

0:47.6

Though it wasn't until 1970, they were led to lunch break,

0:50.0

so they just had to get it where they cooked.

0:52.0

Benji says, after performing research,

0:54.4

I've determined that a pasty is basically a beef and turnip calcone.

1:01.0

They're pretty close, although it's made of pastry rather than dough.

1:03.8

But yeah, it's a sealed pastry containing hot ingredients, Benji,

1:07.6

and all those listening who aren't sure what a pasty is.

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