Executive Summary
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- The hosts open on a Wednesday that is "not just any Wednesday", with one of them reporting a strange feeling in his crumbling bones and something wrong while sifting through his stool.0:00
- They joke that he reads his "runic stools" every morning on a Zoom call with Dr. Grubenheimer, who has used them to predict every local election in Thuringia for the last seven years.0:37
- Because it is the fifth Wednesday, they list the omens: magpies flying backwards, the earth rotating the other way, rats only turning left, Parmesan grating backwards and no one able to park a Hyundai i10 until dusk.1:03
- They declare there can be no proper episode, only a health and safety alert telling listeners to put down heavy machinery, sandblasters and buffers and switch off.1:34
- They sign off saying nothing that happens today counts and they will be back in September, or sooner on Patreon.1:59
Brief overview
It is the fifth Wednesday, so nothing counts, there is no proper episode, and everyone should stop.
The fifth Wednesday is a day when nothing counts"nothing counts today", no news, no events, nothing.
The world runs in reverse on this dayMagpies fly backwards, rats only turn left and the earth rotates the opposite way.
No proper episode until SeptemberListeners are told to switch off and find them on Patreon in the meantime.
Questions this recording answers
4 questions, each answered where it is said
Why is there no proper episode this week?
Because it is the fifth Wednesday, the hosts say there can be no proper episode, only a health and safety alert. Nothing counts today, nothing that happens in the news and no events, so they tell listeners to switch off and say they will see them in September, or sooner on Patreon.
Answered around 1:34What strange things happen on the fifth Wednesday?
The hosts say magpies fly backwards, the earth rotates in the opposite direction and rats only turn left. Parmesan comes out smaller on the larger grate side of the grater, and no one can park a Hyundai i10 until dusk, when it becomes the easiest car of all to park.
Answered around 1:06What should listeners stop doing today?
They are told to stop, especially if they are using heavy machinery, shearing an animal, or shampooing a person or a dog. They should put down their sandblasters, buffers and buffing brush and just switch off, because nothing that happens today counts.
Answered around 1:44What does Dr. Grubenheimer do with the host's stools?
The host sifts through his "runic stools" every morning and interprets them with Dr. Grubenheimer on a Zoom call. Dr. Grubenheimer has apparently used them to correctly predict the outcome of every local election in Thuringia in the last seven years, which they say they do not understand.
Answered around 0:31
Key Quote
“But he's been able to use your stools to predict correctly”
— Host0:37
Key Quote
“That's why the magpies are flying backwards.”
— Host1:06
Key Quote
“No one can park a Hyundai i10.”
— Host1:22