Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker.

So a pirate walks into a bar. He's got a peg leg and a hook for a hand.

He sits down, the bartender says, hey buddy, what happened to your leg?

And the pirate says, ah, a shark jumped up and bit me leg off.

And the bartender says, how about your hand? What happened there?

And says, ah, matey, I lost my hand in a sard fight. And the bartender says, well about your hand? What happened there? He says, ah, matey, I lost my hand in a sard fight.

And the bartender says, well, what happened to your eye? Why you wear that patch?

And the pirate says, a bird flew over and pooped in my eye.

The bartender says, well, why couldn't you just wash it out or something?

Why do you have to wear an eye patch?

And he says, well, it was a day after I got

me hook. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. I'm Rico Gagliano, and from American Public Media, this is the

dinner party download, the show that equips you to win your next dinner party. Our icebreaker this

week came from singer-songwriter Henry Wolf, his album Linda Vista

is coming soon.

And coming up, actor Paul Giamatti, credit card armor, chat roulette, horse necks, a whale

of a garnish, and Heaven's on fire.

But first, time for small talk.

So Brendan, in the news this week, the headlines were, of course, dominated by the tragic shooting in Tucson.

Yes, still in the headlines.

Unfortunately.

Other things did happen this week, though. Also kind of sad.

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