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A podcast about idioms, featuring various Mancunians with a general disdain for everything outside of Manchester.

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Episodes

MythBusters Did It!

Adam and Terence lack a cat… Idioms: A rolling stone gathers no moss Bless their little cotton socks Alternative names: Super Magic Sparkle Pen Ideas for other Podcasts Seductive Paper Dance The Night Clouds are Forming Terence Reads Latin A Jewel of a Podcast Links: Final Space (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb Adventure Time’s Finale is the Beginning of Something New Deuteronomy 22:11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together. MythBusters – Wikipedia YouTube – MythBusters in the rain White ...

Sep 11, 2018•37 min

The ASMR One

Adam and Terence listen to a cat. Idioms: The cat’s pyjamas Chance your arm Play a blinder (sort of) Alternative names: Licking Wendy Houses Tastless Rubbery Eggs Interesting Buttery Friend Yellow Silk PJs All Bacon Fry-up Odd But Accurate Links: Autonomous sensory meridian response – Wikipedia Prohibition in the United States – Wikipedia Donald Trump – Wikipedia Meowth – Wikipedia Rudyard Kipling – Wikipedia YouTube – Everybody Wants to be a cat Absinthe – Wikipedia Darjeeling – Wikipedia 10 of...

Aug 29, 2018•46 min

The Queen’s Glass Eyes

Adam and Terence listen to Deborah’s cough, entirely self-inflicted. Idioms: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth Fit as a fiddle All the world’s a stage Alternative names: Melting from the face American inner monologue Socks is great Shiny Shiny House Deborah’s cough Links: YouTube – Queen’s guard Just William – Wikipedia Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics) – Wikipedia Dennis the Menace and Gnasher – Wikipedia Walter Matthau – Wikipedia Gold leaf – Wikipedia Joey (TV series) – Wikipedia Pearl &...

Aug 14, 2018•44 min

Jelly Boat Universe

Adam, Deborah and Terence are together for the first time ever! We mainly talk nonsense… Idioms: Lead someone down the garden path Take it with a grain of salt Push the boat out Alternative names: Scurvy’s the one I wanted Space Pirate… Ghost Champagne Jelly Boats Greasy Idioms Barely Remembered Degrees Tez the Cabin Boy 72 Ingredients Links: The Office (U.S. TV series) – Wikipedia List of ancient Egyptian dynasties – Wikipedia List of ancient Egyptian dynasties – Wikipedia Sean Bean – IMDb Gard...

Jul 24, 2018•44 min

Conscientiously Objecting Pigeons

Adam, Terence and Lucy take on underwear… we’re also extremely ignorant about American sports! Idioms: Cut and run Mum’s the word Don’t get your knickers in a twist Alternative names: Drive-by Podcasting Our bad history Idiomatic Verb Phrases Let’s Twist Again Smokey Ghosts Knicked my Bocks Links: Lavalier microphone Pirates of the Caribbean Johnny Depp Disney Sheriff of Nottingham How it’s made – Newspaper Dennis Skinner Oliver Twist Blackadder Assassin’s Creed Elizabeth I (bit out on the date…...

Jul 17, 2018•41 min

Super Hairy Leg Time

Adam, Lucy and Deborah talk about the heat, again, and we also get into Terence’s hairy legs! Idioms: That old chestnut Don’t cut your nose off to spite your face Spinning a yarn Alternative names: Elongated Film Chat Peter Molyneux Sucks Floating Babies Links: Fable (2004 video game) – Wikipedia (great game) Peter Molyneux – Wikipedia Jack and the Beanstalk – Wikipedia Lionhead Studios – Wikipedia Bullfrog Productions – Wikipedia Theme Hospital – Wikipedia Theme Park World – Wikipedia Dungeon K...

Jul 10, 2018•41 min

Rudderless Gawping

Adam, Sam and Terence try to talk sensibly, despite the heat… Idioms: Never the Twain Shall Meet Navel Gazing Get off Scot Free Media and contact: Our Twitter Our Instagram Lucy’s Instagram Deborah’s Instagram Deborah’s Twitter Sam’s Twitter Ben’s Twitter Terence’s Twitter Terence’s Instagram Terence’s Website Email...

Jun 26, 2018•48 min

Arrogant Philosophers

Idioms: Make hay while the sun shines The full monty Hobson’s choice Sponsored by: A change in podcast editing workflow. Rejected titles: Photoshopping yawns All Philosophers are Arrogant We Philosopher Kings Debs’ Old English The Suneth Shineth I’m not mad! Links: Sophie’s Choice (it was also a book…) First past the post (again, feels like I’ve linked this before.) Plato Aristotle Plato’s Republic Ties in decline UK Summer British dialects Heinzhound Robert Carlyle Stargate Universe (boo) Battl...

Jun 12, 2018•47 min

Forming a Guild

Idioms: Tin foil hat Got their comeuppance At sixes and sevens Sponsored by: Bank holidays. Links: Muppets Tonight Number 9 – Futurama Into the Wild Green Yonder New Matt Groening Show Roswell Area 51 The X-Files Wild West Red Dwarf Westworld Tin foil formally tin How they make tinfoil Better Call Saul Philip K. Dick H. G. Wells UNESCO World Wildlife Fund British Humanist Association British Eugenics Society Brave New World (fantastic book!) The Doors of Perception Bush Did 9/11 Chemtrails Cloud...

May 30, 2018•42 min

Extra Bitter Beer

Idioms: Turn on a sixpence Cut someone some slack Full tilt Sponsored by: Injured limbs. Links: Sixpence Usain Bolt Tron Lightbikes (Light cycle!) Pivot! Charles Dickens Back to the Future Back to the Future Almanac All the Year Round periodical Dressage Rube Goldberg machine Honda Advert House of Commons – Sixpence House of Commons – Dime Aloe Cooperage Bugsy Malone Naruto running The Incredible Crash Dummies Crash test dummies TV Taxidermy Tilting in poker MOBA (Feel like we were a bit far off...

May 22, 2018•32 min

Ancient Custard Races

Idioms: Through thick and thin Every cloud has a silver lining Fly off the handle Sponsored by: No one, but we got the attention of a celebrity on Twitter. Links: More chickens than people (I didn’t actually believe this one, that’ll teach me…) World population clock Battery farming Nandos (cheeky) Wedding vows CGI Banana’s Introduced to the UK It’s a Wonderful Life Fat sign of wealth Henriest Henry Feeding the multitude (5000, woop) Spartans 300 (60%… it deserves much more than that…) Battle of...

May 15, 2018•43 min

Bulking Out Hufflepuff

Idioms: Don’t poke the bear Wet your whistle Flash in the pan Sponsored by: Links: South Park South Park Episode 300 (got it wrong, it’s actually 200 I was thinking of…) Jesus vs. Frosty (1992) Jesus vs. Santa (1995) South Park Pilot (1997) Vuvuzela Chris Evans on Top Gear New Top Gear viewership (sad times) Gold panning pan Pan pipes Pan the Satyr (playing the pan flute!) Dryden’s Plays Mayor of Canterbridge (or more appropriately ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’) Brandon Sanderson The Merchant of V...

May 01, 2018•42 min

Aggressively Levelling Pokémon

Idioms: Fighting fire with fire Starter for ten Chew the rag/fat Sponsored by: That guy Links: Hybrid Mario flash game Pokémon Uranium Pokémon Sun and Moon Pokémon Release Date (1996!) Controlled burns Trench warfare Water Arson (inundationist!) King John (Shakespeare) Kansas Carry On Wayward Son (disappointed I couldn’t remember this…) Reel Big Fish Oasis Original firefighters (alternatively titled, being a Roman entrepreneur) Caroline Kirkland The Blitz Mutually Assured Destruction (Adam has o...

Apr 24, 2018•41 min

Introducing Structured Anarchy

Idioms: On yer bike Tie the knot Pass the buck Sponsored by: Links: First Past the Post (not PR) Alternative Vote (not PR) Proportional representation MMP – AMS (my mistake) STV D’Hondt CGP Grey’s Video on FPTP (Worth the watch, as are the others, I promise.) Yes Minister (never seen this, might have to watch it.) National Trust Becoming an MP Stoppit and Tidyup Spywatch The Amazing Race The Amazing Race – Camels vs. Bikes Norman Tebbit Segway Owner of Segway Dies Swegway (Silly devices) Mountai...

Apr 17, 2018•44 min

Sam Demands Feedback

Idioms: Under the weather Not enough room to swing a cat No rest for the wicked Sponsored by: Keys! Links: Altered Carbon Bat Out of Hell WWF WWF WWF vs. WWF The Undertaker Tekken Wizard of Oz (1939 Film) Technicolor Doctor Who Daleks Daily Mail Cage the Elephant Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked Borderlands Paper Planes – MIA Paper Planes – Street Sweeper Social Club Tom Morello Rage Against the Machine Coverdale Bible Magic: The Gathering Meteorologist Met Office ITV Channel 5 BBC Shipping Forecast...

Apr 10, 2018•34 min

Socially Awkward Magicians

Idioms: The lion’s share It’s not rocket science On the cards Links: Hello Internet South Park – HUMANCENTiPAD 6 Days to Air Lion Bar Tate & Lyle Tate & Lyle lion East India Company Samson and the Lion Samson’s Riddle Serengeti Colonial England Aesop’s Fables The Wizard of Oz – Film (There are many) The Perry Index William Caxton Donkeys Defend Herd Mules Dualism Library of Alexandria Vatican Library Dan Brown Common sense isn’t common (Apparently) Bunny ears shoe tying Chinese Rockets 2...

Apr 04, 2018•46 min

Frothy at the Mouthy

Idioms: Not to rain on your parade Thrown under the bus To keep tabs on Links: Eskimo words for snow Frozen – Let it Snow The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men Presidents’ Day Queen’s Coronation Don’t rain on my Parade Barbra Streisand James VI (and I) Bob Merrill Streisand Effect Banned in Russia? Beyonce’s Photo (dubious claims) House – TV Are You Afraid of the Dark? Filofax Rolodex Geordie Arctic Monkeys (Don’t believe the hype!) Computer Tablet Tabs vs Spaces Tabstop Frame Buses invented? Bol...

Mar 27, 2018•37 min

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