Geo, love the show, but I have one small suggestion/request/comment type thing: You should put chapter breaks in the show between segments so it is easier to skip around. Particularly if you start, say, talking about a new movie that I haven't seen yet, and I just want to skip ahead to the Religious Moron of the Week. Or barring that, for technical reasons or good-old-fashion laziness, put time stamps in the show notes. Thanks!

posted by: Ian on 2012-11-23 22:24:38

"I'm not Shpanish, I'm Egypshian!" (Sometimes Highlander is my favourite film. Sometimes it's Aliens. They swap places quite regularly. 1986 was a very good year.) Ohhh, wedding toasts... That was the one thing that terrified me most about my wedding a few years ago. I have a very low embarrassment threshold (I'm british, so embarrasment is in my DNA). Also, I have a similarly low tolerance for stereotypical battle-of-the-sexes comments. (You can imagine what I think of most TV adverts' insistance that all women are domestic drudges and all men are buffoons.) So, my wife and I set a rule before the wedding - no speeches. My brother, who was best man, was relieved as he wasn't looking forward to having to deliver a speech. In the end my dad and my wife's uncle did a couple of impromptu toasts which were fine, but that was it. One phrase I detest above all is "under the thumb". (Similarly: "she's wearing the trousers", or "she's got you well-trained".) If I do something that my wife askes me to do, or if I do the cooking, or if I want to spend time with her instead of going out - I could be accused of being "under the thumb". Always said with a jokey nod and a wink, but it makes me twitch everytime. What - am I not allowed to just get along with my wife? Am I not allowed to do things for her because -gasp- I want to be nice and not be a dick?

posted by: Steve Andrew on 2012-11-23 11:07:26