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Judge John Hodgman

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Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

Judge, Information, Show, Comedy, Justice, Kids & Family, Society & Culture, John Hodgman, Pc, Relationships, Jesse Thorn, John Hodgeman, More, Knowledge, Mac, World

4.87.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorn are clearing the docket this week! They talk about leaving hair dryers plugged in, splitting movie theater popcorn, auto insurance, when to wake up in the morning, and flamethrowers. Plus a dispute against the city of Seattle with special, expert testimony from friend of the court John Roderick!

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Baylor F. Jessie Thorn. We're clearing

0:08.9

the docket this week in Chambers. How are you, Judge Hodgman?

0:12.8

I'm fine. Thank you. How are you, Baylor F. Jessie?

0:15.6

I'm holding on by the skin of my teeth, as they say.

0:18.6

No, I hate that.

0:20.0

I may or may not have used multiple medical treatments over the course of today for

0:29.4

migraine headaches, and I may or may not lapse into incoherency at any momentary

0:33.6

misprogram.

0:34.6

Well, let me tell you something. We had such a good time moments ago recording the

0:38.7

donor's only pageant of pedantry that I completely failed to prepare for this

0:43.6

episode at all. So I will be totally, I will be totally winging it, but I will not be

0:48.8

singing, hanging on by the skin of my teeth because I've always found that

0:51.3

expression, both confusing and disgusting.

0:55.4

So let's just jump in and see if we can find some justice.

0:58.8

Have you ever seen that video of the newscast woman who has migraine on air and she just starts

1:07.6

saying random words because that can be a side effect of migraine?

1:11.7

Bench phrase, dog, hello? Like that?

1:20.4

I always felt I had been kind of cheated because I don't have that kind of migraines.

1:23.8

I just have the pain kind. But I tend to feel bad for watching local news anchors mess

1:29.2

up or fall down or have horrible injuries on YouTube or whatever. There's so many of

1:34.6

them, but I just like those people are just people are just working hard jobs.

1:39.4

Like, you know what? I have a friend from middle school named Cam. What's up?

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