Welcome to this week's edition of Seju, the show that unearths the roots of our words and our customs.

It's amazing how many things are based on stupidity, aren't they?

Exactly.

And then they stay with us.

This whole show?

Yeah, yes.

All right.

We promise to occupy your valuable time with only valuable information.

I think we should give a hundred points to anybody who can stand up now and sing the theme song to Flipper.

They call him Flipper, Flipper, Faster than Lightning.

No one you see.

She's doing it. So to find out why we say what we say, than lightning. No one you see.

So to find out why we say what we say, stay today.

Can you imagine why it might have this derivation?

I can't at all.

Okay.

Would you like me to make something up?

If you could, sure.

Now, it... As long as we're here, come hear the answers to the questions you've never asked when we return.

Welcome to Says You, a game of bluff and bluster, words and whimsy.

Now, join our panelists and your host, Richard Scher.

Thank you.

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