Episode 0168 - Higher Education

May 12, 2008 · Filed Under Podcast

On today’s episode: Kim’s college; Chris promotes; Kim’s cleaning cyclone; chocolate and dope; spray tans gone wrong; faux Renaissance fair; Thing 1 and her friend; Grand Theft Middle School; drugs are bad; college recruiters; boogers.

00:00 Theme music.
00:17 Welcome to the show.
00:25 Kim almost has a college degree. Except for the Spanish part.
00:40 Sam did, indeed, pay part of Kim’s college education.
01:00 Don’t get a bogus degree, kids.
01:30 An art degree is almost as bad as an English degree.
01:55 Thanks for listening to the show, you guys kick ass.
02:00 Don’t forget you can save 50% on your first month at blockbuster.com.
02:15 Disneyland won’t know what hit it.
02:55 Sam’s mom is on her way to the RWTY Household.
03:20 Sam did not grow up in clean environment.
04:15 Things that are wrong with Sam’s mom, already.
04:50 The status report is waaaaaay overdue.
05:20 The Mom Diet;
06:10 The car attacks.
07:45 A root canal, too?
08:20 Skeksis probably don’t need a spray tan.
10:40 The Not a Renaissance Faire
11:50 The origin of the term ‘Dark Ages.’
12:40 Thing 2 protests the use of a goad on the elephants. Also called an ‘ankus.’
13:40 Authentic medieval crafts.
15:15 Boobs at Medieval Times.
15:30 Band Flag tryout oddness.
16:00 Teaching people is not something the Things or Kim do well.
17:00 What to do when a parent is weird.
18:00 Kids who are delusional about themselves.
18:30 A middle school crime ring.
19:20 Kim’s early criminal career.
20:30 In the olden days, punishment was much different.
20:50 What Sam stole as a kid.
21:30 Zaxxon leads to a criminal career.
23:20 Kim dogs on Sam as a kid.
23:50 Drugs are bad, kids.
24:50 Sam’s early experience with organized crime.
26:30 College recruiters gone wild.
26:50 15 year-old eighth graders are probably not the smartest.
27:50 They tried to recruit Thing 1, too.
29:20 Your kid - and boogers.
30:30 Why don’t some people tell their kids not to eat boogers?
31:00 Because it’s good for you, that’s why.
32:30 Look, accidents happen.
33:20 Booger or mucous?
34:10 Thanks so much for your emails. We really do appreciate it.
34:50 Please vote, our entire existence depends on it.
35:00 Kim goes a little over the top.
35:30 We’re making some changes to our sites, but we need a little help. If you’re a designer, get in touch with us.
36:30 Seeya!