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    Friday
    Aug282009

    Episode 905

    BNOX Binoculars
    You can still get the BNOX binoculars, though not as bright and cheerful as Dick's old set, from IHSMall.com, and on eBay.  At the time of writing, there's even an old Speedo Edition available on Craig's List in Hartford selling for $20.



    Leo Snaps Again
    The whole internet knows Leo can't help snapping at crunchy things, but now he's snapped his Terratrike too, or more precisely the derailleur of his recumbent trike, which is being repaired.

    2x Speed
    Tim from Virginia listens to Leo's shows 24/7 and still can't get through them all.  He's finally worked out how Leo does it: Leo talks at 2x speed and post production slows it down to normal.

    Mondegreens
    Tim, like Tony and Jenny Bassett in Episode 798, also wonders what the last line of the Audible Theme is.  The Bassetts thought it might be "We love climbing on my cow," while Tim thinks it's "All of my fighting on my cow."  Dick and Leo have their own mondegreens to share:

    Gladly the cross-eyed bear ...
    Our Father, who art in New Haven, how did you know my name ...
    We all like sheep ... (All we, like sheep, have gone astray)

    Jon Carroll of the San Francisco Chronicle has a whole list of them: see Mondegreens Ripped My Flesh.  For the origin of the word "mondegreen": see Wikipedia.


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