WRI 25: Operation Midnight Climax
July 13, 2008 11:06 pm UncategorizedTautologies. Portmanteaux. Textual controversies in the works of Lewis Carroll. CIA programs and the psychological torture gap. CONTEST #2!!!
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Francis :
Date: July 14, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
For Christ’s sake, people. Does the phrase “in it to win it” MEAN anything anymore? Doesn’t EVERYONE spend their Monday mornings listening to WRI??? Get cracking with those contest entries!
Alex :
Date: July 14, 2008 @ 1:52 pm
1) The Spanish court’s recent decision to offer Apes human rights. (or anything ape and monkey related, really, I was a big fan of the Langor-Wallah episode — http://www.monkeyapocalypse.org/ )
2) Life and times of Charles Fort.
3) Career ending injuries at the olympic games.
Francis :
Date: July 14, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
In another thread, Storm at Sea submitted:
“My contest entry.
The top 3 religions of all time.”
naviguy :
Date: July 14, 2008 @ 2:44 pm
Mark I’m surprised - I can’t believe you need me to tell you that your next episode should be about Mungo Park!
Mr. Britania :
Date: July 14, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
My contest entry
“The last time it was cool to club a baby seal”
Cindy Weatherspoon :
Date: July 14, 2008 @ 5:31 pm
My contest entry
“spelunking with Mark and other things he knows about large caverns.”
Oscar :
Date: July 15, 2008 @ 5:24 am
Topic: The most interesting street food that Mark has encountered in his travels.
Michiko Nakamura :
Date: July 15, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
Mark’s hot air balloon disaster, and how he used the gondola as a shark cage to save his life and four Japanese tourists while they waited 4 hours for the Venezuelan coast guard to pick them up.
neil :
Date: July 15, 2008 @ 10:55 pm
Bigfoot, Sasquatch and the Yeti!!!!
neil :
Date: July 16, 2008 @ 7:29 am
Are we allowed to submit more than one entry?
Ethan Johnson :
Date: July 16, 2008 @ 7:55 am
1) Ponzi schemes
2) Secret El Salvadoran surf spots
3) Mungo Thompson at the Armand Hammer Museum
While you’ve requested just one, I always attempt to hit the trifecta.
McPaul :
Date: July 16, 2008 @ 8:07 am
my contest entry/topic: in the 1980s, Japanese guitar makers forced Fender and Gibson to stop being lame by making copies that were far better in quality than the ‘real’ American products.
other comment: Remember how, before the internet, the back pages of the Village Voice were filled with ads for phone porn? One such ad (which ran for many, many weeks) carried the headline “HOT IS HOT!” I used it as an example to explain the concept of tautology to my then-girlfriend.
widelyr :
Date: July 16, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
Neil: since you’ve already submitted 3 entries, why stop there! Submit away!
Mr. Britania: are you telling me it’s no longer cool to club baby seals?
Michiko: you promised you’d never tell anyone about that day. Now the New Mars Society will be able to connect the dots as to my whereabouts.
Cindy: Whoever you are, you seem strangely fascinating. Please call me…
neil :
Date: July 16, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
I consider Bigfoot, Sasquatch and the Yetti all variations on a single theme, one can not be discussed in isolation from the others.
How about cheap real estate in a soon to be depopulated Europe?
Francis :
Date: July 16, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
Please, one entry per person. And make it the best entry you can!
It’s your time to shine, people.
Francis :
Date: July 16, 2008 @ 12:32 pm
McPaul, thanks for that tautology. It was what it was.
neil :
Date: July 16, 2008 @ 6:45 pm
I know who Francis is, I know who Mark is, but who is ‘widelyr’? Is there a third party, operating anonymously, behind the scenes, someone whom Francis and Mark can not address?
widelyr :
Date: July 16, 2008 @ 8:37 pm
widelyr is me, mark. I don’t know why, but the system defaults to that as my name. Freakin’ machines…
neil :
Date: July 16, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
Oh.
Nancy :
Date: July 17, 2008 @ 7:42 am
Topic:
personal submarines.
Alex :
Date: July 17, 2008 @ 10:46 am
Oops - I may be the casue of the confustion on entries (listen at work, enter at home) - My entry is just
The Life and times of Charles Fort.
Francis :
Date: July 17, 2008 @ 11:24 am
Alex, you’re a true gentleman. They used to make ‘em like you in Victorian England, but it’s not so common any more.
alex :
Date: July 17, 2008 @ 1:17 pm
I have a widely ranging attention span.
RC :
Date: July 18, 2008 @ 5:39 am
My topic:
The Deep South: The Last American Mystery
RC
mumkin :
Date: July 19, 2008 @ 8:37 am
The Real Story of WRI Episode 13.
Alex E :
Date: July 19, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
Kickapoo Indian Tonic!
widelyr :
Date: July 19, 2008 @ 12:04 pm
For those of you clamoring for Ep 13 (aka “the lost episode”), we counsel patience! All will be revealed…in about 3 months!
widelyr :
Date: July 19, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
And for the rest of you…you better hurry! There’s only one week left to participate in the contest!
Francis :
Date: July 20, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
Entry from Vivian De Longpre in another comment thread:
What about Cary Grant and his LSD experiments? Really enjoyed the podcast.
Ok here’s what I’d like hear you guys expound upon. Someone did a study on male monkeys who stopped paying attention to female monkeys who no longer had menstrual cycles. Is this why guys lose interest in women unless they’re of child bearing age? How do pheromones play into this? Can you really be attracted to someone based on smell? And do women stop smelling good as they get older (or for that matter, men)? I once asked a male friend who he would want to date/sleep with or whatever: A gorgeous 40 something (like a Demi or Michelle) or an average looking 20 something and he said the younger woman because guys want to plant seeds and make sure they can grow.
That’s what’s on my mind! Thanks.
Francis :
Date: July 20, 2008 @ 6:43 pm
I must say I’m impressed with the entires so far, but that doesn’t mean someone (or three someones) won’t swoop in and take the brass ring (or three brass rings).
Alex E :
Date: July 21, 2008 @ 5:46 am
Correction: The entire Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company.
Edwina :
Date: July 21, 2008 @ 6:52 am
I just request another episode when Francis says Fuck in a Russian accent.
neil :
Date: July 21, 2008 @ 5:49 pm
My next topic suggestion: what has become of my life?
Brandon Cisneros :
Date: July 21, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
Parisian sewers.
Gorge :
Date: July 22, 2008 @ 6:59 am
Baboons sequestering estrogen.
Honey Carlile :
Date: July 22, 2008 @ 3:23 pm
Tickle Torcher.
Edwina :
Date: July 23, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
Monkeys in space
widelyr :
Date: July 24, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
From listener Margy in the Bay Area:
Nudist Beach Blacklists
widelyr :
Date: July 24, 2008 @ 8:39 pm
ALSO from listener Margy in the Bay Area (proving everything everyone says about San Franciscans is true):
www.wholesomewear.com
Vy :
Date: July 25, 2008 @ 9:22 pm
The Life of John “Mad Jack” Mytton.
widelyr :
Date: July 29, 2008 @ 2:13 pm
CONTEST # 2 IS NOW CLOSED.
Please feel free to continue to leave comments about this marvelous episode. However, all further comments will NOT be considered as part of contest # 2. Thanks mightily!