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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Wait Wait's Letter from the Editors III

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

NPR

Comedy, Leisure, Other Games

4.635.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

A bonus podcast featuring material from Wait Wait's cutting room floor. This week some leftovers from our show and a centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Maybe we may.

0:02.0

Welcome to Weightway Downtown Me's Letter from the Editors, where we bring you stuff we recorded for the show, but had to cut.

0:10.0

Three, two, one!

0:15.0

Hello, hello, check one, too.

0:19.0

Hello, test one. Okay.

0:20.0

Test, is this working? Test?

0:22.0

Test. I don't test well.

0:24.0

Testing? Me, me, my mom, me.

0:26.0

Are we recording, Wendell?

0:28.0

We are.

0:29.0

We'll be right back.

0:31.0

Support for NPR comes from Newman's Own Foundation, working to nourish the common good by donating all profits from Newman's own food products to charitable organizations that seek to make the world a better place.

0:44.0

More information is available at Newman's Own Foundation dot org.

0:48.0

Hey, before we begin this week's bonus podcast, we have to tell you there is explicit language ahead.

0:54.0

You know what? I'm just going to tell you, we say the word,

0:57.0

only we won't bleep it, like we just did.

1:00.0

You'll just hear,

1:02.0

and if you're worried about it, it's a word that rhymes with, like if you're going fishing, if you're going bass fishing and you ask a friend,

1:10.0

if he could recommend a good bass hole, the word we're going to say sounds like that.

1:15.0

Or maybe like, you have a coal fired stove and you need to put some more coal in it,

1:22.0

so you say to your friend or your family member, hey, can you pass coal for the stove?

1:29.0

Or if you're really into podcasts and you spend a lot of time reading about Ira Glass and you kind of go into this glass hole.

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