242: Chewing Gum Shoe Polish

Subtitle: There are no Tuddies in Ohio.

Merlin demands an opportunity to defend his honor, and John encourages him to get more adult supervision.

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Links and Show Notes:

Things kick off with Merlin demanding an opportunity to defend his honor and John encouraging him to get more adult supervision.

Next up, there's so much good Follow-Up on new Things It Took Me Too Long to Realize, the judge from a Jonathan Coulton song, which dwarf didn't get the tattoo, plus further insight on whose notes live in the margins of John's The Power Broker.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, August 20, 2024)

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Credits

• Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
  
• Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
  
• Music: Merlin Mann
• The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley

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Gimli didn’t get the tattoo

Lord of the Rings cast members showing off their matching tattoos

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The margin note in John's copy of The Power Broker

The back cover of John's copy of The Power Broker

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Thomasin McKenzie

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Siracusa and the meta-meta-bit

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Merlin's toddler learned how to work a stereo receiver pretty early on.