AMT388: Lolly Stick Jokes, Pizza Cutters, and Wombat Scat
Summary
Helen and Olly delve into a fascinating array of listener queries, confirming the existence of Scottish porridge drawers and unearthing the rich history of jokes on ice lolly sticks. They trace the surprising origins of knock-knock jokes back to Shakespeare and scientifically explain why wombats produce cube-shaped scat. The episode also navigates the cultural nuances of pizza cutting, the historical and social significance of lawns, the truth behind the M62 motorway farmhouse, and delicate issues of Instagram etiquette with family.Episode description
In AMT388, questioneers wonder about pizza cutters, lolly stick jokes, cubed poo, lawns, and the house in the middle of the M62 motorway. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us Facebook Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at , where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's music at his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at , and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at . This episode is sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from wine to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at . Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.
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