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Ridiculous History

CLASSIC: The Earliest Recorded Mooning Killed Thousands

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

You've heard of mooning -- the practice of bearing one's butt as an insult -- but where did it come from? Join Ben and Noel as they dive into the deadly story of the world's first recorded mooning, along with some other notable moments in keister history.

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0:00.0

Oh, fellow ridiculous historians, keep your pants on.

0:04.1

We have a great classic episode for you.

0:06.7

We do.

0:07.1

Ben, are you familiar with the practice known as pheasant under glass?

0:10.6

I'm familiar with the dish.

0:12.3

I didn't know it was a move.

0:14.0

Well, it's when you take your bare butt cheeks and press them against a window.

0:18.3

Oh, like any window or a car window?

0:20.9

I think it's as long as his glass, I think it's okay.

0:23.3

It could be like a sliding door or whatever.

0:25.3

So like if I carry a pane of glass with me before I moon people?

0:29.7

I would argue that would be even more akin to the actual pheasant under glass

0:33.8

because it's a portable thing that you can just pull right off, the bare butt um the mooning practice of mooning uh is is a historical um i guess dis um referring to the act

0:46.5

of bearing ones behind to someone as an insult sort of a biting of the thumb if you

0:51.6

have you ever mooned anyone, no?

0:54.4

I don't think.

0:55.1

Maybe cheekily, you know, a someone I'm in a relationship with, you know, a little cheeky sneak

1:01.9

peek at the old bum, Maruni, but no, never in anger.

1:05.5

Honestly, I just don't understand the act of doing it in anger.

1:08.1

It's so goofy and silly.

1:10.0

Although maybe has not aged super well, the idea of doing it in anger. It's so goofy and silly. Although maybe has not aged super well,

1:13.4

the idea of exposing oneself to somebody, not great. They have laws against that stuff. So maybe

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