Garbage Man and Wife

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2011

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Matt Haughey of Metafilter and his wife Kay split household chores right down the middle, except when it comes to garbage duty. Does the person taking out the trash have "garbage hands" that are only suitable to replace the trash bag and deal with all matters dirty? Judge John Hodgman decides!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman Podcast.
0:04.4	I'm Bail of Jesse Thorn, this week garbage man and wife.
0:10.2	Matt and his wife Kay try and split their chores evenly.
0:14.6	If one does the vacuuming, the other does the dusting.
0:18.7	If one person puts the clothes in the washer, the other folds them when they come out of
0:23.6	the dryer and so forth.
0:25.8	The question comes when Matt takes out the trash.
0:29.9	She says that as part of their scheme, Kay should replace the bag and liner.
0:36.0	Kay, however, disagrees.
0:38.4	She says that Matt has already been infected, so to speak, with garbage grossness.
0:47.0	And thus, replacing the liner should be his job.
0:50.9	Matt says that garbage grossness does not transfer onto a person who's simply placing a clean
0:56.9	bag in the trash can.
0:58.8	Anyone is right.
1:00.2	One must be wrong and only one man can decide.
1:03.9	Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom.
1:06.7	Hello everyone, it is time to take out the trash.
1:09.5	This by the way, Jesse, this is a special edition of Judge John Hodgman is to celebrate
1:16.0	the relaunch of the marriage ref back on your television sets.
1:21.7	As of I believe this week, season two, the marriage ref, it's out there.
1:25.6	I am getting no money for it.
1:27.7	Will you please swear the defendant and complainant in?
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