Kat tells a story about accidentally installing a public toilet in her home, while Phoebe uncovers a conspiracy within the New York Times real estate section. Then: Taylor Swift! Is she old? Fat? Mineral? Vegetable? We may never know. Links: Nobody will ever know what you’re doing behind this door (just as long as you draw the curtain first)…
(One assumes that Phoebe has seen enough episodes of the dark British sketch comedy show League of Gentlemen, and has enough of a crush on Steve Pemberton to be giggling to herself about the title “In THIS house…“)
I have not yet been able to listen, but I had to share this because somehow it came up in my feed. I suppose there are thousands of people applying this kind of graduate-level analysis to celebrity manicures and it is a mark of my complete hopelessness that I can't see anything to understand about Taylor Swift's nails. https://open.substack.com/pub/hunterharris/p/taylor-swift-manicure
[Time 55:00]; British use of article in “the menopause”. But, then non-use when British say “I’m going to hospital or to university.” Is there a British grammar rule that explains article use?
I am genuinely grateful that you flushed out this Chiefs/Swift controversy because I needed someone of sound mind to explain it. I also don't understand why people would be mad at you for suggesting that Mahones is attractive. He is a professional football quarterback after all.
To me "homely" is synonymous to "plain" but I think it's because the only times I have been exposed to the word was with regards to the "Hollywood homely" trope where a pretty actress is uglified to look plain.
As an older man, I remember being a young lad and insisting in the endless Charlie’s Angels debates that, although Farrah Fawcett was certainly pretty enough as far as that goes, I didn’t see any way she could be consider nearly as good looking as Jaclyn Smith. Farrah was pretty enough, but not MY favourite.
As to WKRP (then and now on Facebook groups) people like me would insist that Jan Smithers as Bailey Quarters was far better looking even than Loni Anderson as Jennifer Marlowe. Just “I think the response to Loni Anderson is disproportionate. She’s a’ight and all, but I’m not seeing the reason for quite all of this fuss.”
And I think that someone with the writing skills of a walnut might very likely say something like “Farrah Fawcett/Loni Anderson/Taylor Swift is not attractive. She’s mid. She’s fatter now. She’s older now. She’s hit the wall” when really, all they meant to say is that they are proudly immune to being struck literally speechless by these women’s looks in particular.
Celebrity beauties have a powerful effect on men. I guess some men are proudly immune to certain of them? (and perhaps claim to only be attracted to anime characters?)
“The menopause” makes me think of Wilford Brimley grumbling about “the diabeetus.” Crazy Brits. I bet they spell it “maenopause,” too. 🙄
(One assumes that Phoebe has seen enough episodes of the dark British sketch comedy show League of Gentlemen, and has enough of a crush on Steve Pemberton to be giggling to herself about the title “In THIS house…“)
I have not yet been able to listen, but I had to share this because somehow it came up in my feed. I suppose there are thousands of people applying this kind of graduate-level analysis to celebrity manicures and it is a mark of my complete hopelessness that I can't see anything to understand about Taylor Swift's nails. https://open.substack.com/pub/hunterharris/p/taylor-swift-manicure
Was just joking with someone about making my own completely insane "in this house we believe..." sign. Looks like you guys beat me to it.
I have read that in India, "homely" indicates a girl who is somewhat wholesome and traditional and wants to be a housewife.
Some of the older pubs near me have curtains like that around the front door. Good for keeping the draughts out.
Just a renovation note that the high-end Japanese Toto toilets can play music to cover tinkle noises.
[Time 55:00]; British use of article in “the menopause”. But, then non-use when British say “I’m going to hospital or to university.” Is there a British grammar rule that explains article use?
[9:25] I don’t remember that bit from Braveheart, are you sure that wasn’t “Carry On Up The Khyber”?
https://youtu.be/MWhOMmFr7Dc?t=46
I am genuinely grateful that you flushed out this Chiefs/Swift controversy because I needed someone of sound mind to explain it. I also don't understand why people would be mad at you for suggesting that Mahones is attractive. He is a professional football quarterback after all.
To me "homely" is synonymous to "plain" but I think it's because the only times I have been exposed to the word was with regards to the "Hollywood homely" trope where a pretty actress is uglified to look plain.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodHomely
As an older man, I remember being a young lad and insisting in the endless Charlie’s Angels debates that, although Farrah Fawcett was certainly pretty enough as far as that goes, I didn’t see any way she could be consider nearly as good looking as Jaclyn Smith. Farrah was pretty enough, but not MY favourite.
As to WKRP (then and now on Facebook groups) people like me would insist that Jan Smithers as Bailey Quarters was far better looking even than Loni Anderson as Jennifer Marlowe. Just “I think the response to Loni Anderson is disproportionate. She’s a’ight and all, but I’m not seeing the reason for quite all of this fuss.”
And I think that someone with the writing skills of a walnut might very likely say something like “Farrah Fawcett/Loni Anderson/Taylor Swift is not attractive. She’s mid. She’s fatter now. She’s older now. She’s hit the wall” when really, all they meant to say is that they are proudly immune to being struck literally speechless by these women’s looks in particular.
Celebrity beauties have a powerful effect on men. I guess some men are proudly immune to certain of them? (and perhaps claim to only be attracted to anime characters?)