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January 31st, 2025 · 90 minutes

This week's topic: The Simpsons Kitchen Gag.

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This week's topic: The Simpsons Kitchen Gag.


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Spin the Choice | King of the Hill Wiki | Fandom

'So Peggy invents a game of her own called "Spin The Choice" as she finds out online that people like to spin and choose in their games.'

Simpsons Kitchen Gag
Bart Gets an Elephant - Wikipedia

"After Stampy wrecks the Simpsons' house and eats all the food, Homer decides to sell Stampy to an ivory dealer."

The Simpsons kitchen gag GIF
Why Did Van Halen Demand Concert Venues Remove Brown M&M's From the Menu?

"So, when I would walk backstage, if I saw a brown M&M in that bowl … well, line-check the entire production. Guaranteed you’re going to arrive at a technical error."

Cincinnati Union Terminal - Wikipedia
The Sesame Street counting song: 1 2 3 4 5, 6 7 8 9 10, 11 12…
Producer/Consumer Problem - Wikipedia
Producer/Consumer Pattern and Thread Pools - Cornell
Non-Newtonian fluid

Oobleck!

US Naval Terminology and Nomenclature
Seaman apprentice - Wikipedia

Seaman apprentice is the second lowest enlisted rate in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps just above seaman recruit and below seaman

The Pink Stuff
Krusty bets against the Harlem Globetrotters - YouTube

"They were using a freaking ladder for God's sakes!"

Hypercritical: Hyperspace

"The current TestFlight build WILL NOT ACTUALLY RECLAIM DISK SPACE"

“Ta-da.”

"I accidentally made this website into a newsletter, and it looks like almost fourteen people accidentally signed up for it. Which is awesome and weird. Thank you."

“Ta-da.”
Survivor 47 - Wikipedia
Jon Lovett - Wikipedia