Volcanicast November 3rd, 2009

In this week’s Volcanicast, we discuss slang words for ‘vagina’ like ‘quim’ and ‘taco’; San Francisco’s other, less photogenic bridge; and just what the full moon does to Bill O’Reilly… Just to name a few.

 

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SHOW NOTES

Note: Topics in ITALICS were not researched and any notes following them are dubious at best and outright wrong at worst.

October 24 2009 (SAT)

17.    ufc 104 post fight (UFC Crap)
16.    watch ufc 104 online free (UFC Crap)
15.    ihsa football playoffs (High school football crap)
14.    ufc 104 play by play (UFC Crap)
13.    machida vs shogun results (UFC Crap)
12.    machida vs shogun video (UFC Crap)
11.    ufc 104 live stream free (UFC Crap)
10.    bob griese nascar comment (#1)
9.    deon butler (Seattle Wide Receiver. Apparently Tweets)
8.    shiloh pepin pictures (Mermaid girl. She died)
7.    hocus pocus cast (1993 movie. On ABC Family)
6.    its sugar (Store. No clue why now)
5.    ufc 104 live stream (UFC Crap)
4.    cwm (WES)
- Slang for “Vagina”
- - Used mostly in letters to Hustler in the 80’s.
- - - At least, in my experience.
- Oh, that’s “quim“
- - This is “cwm“
- - - Which is actually more correctly pronounced “coom“
- - - It’s Welsh (if you couldn’t guess) for Valley.
- Interestingly, Wikitionary lists Quim as slang most likely started as a mispronunciation of cwm.
- - So my joke (the only reason I took the topic) is apt and educational.
- Why now?
- - I don’t know.
- - Based on the related search terms of syzygy and psst, I’m guessing it was on some list of vowelless words.
- - - Though Y will happily stand in as a vowel if needed.
3.    ufc 104 results (UFC Crap)
2.    india vs australia live cricket streaming (Cricket Crap)
1.    bob griese juan pablo montoya (BOB)
- Bob Griese is a former football player
- - Miami Dolphins quarterback
- - - Including their undefeated season in 1972
- - - One of three consecutive trips to the Super Bowl
- And current football commentator
- - Provides college football commentary for ESPN
- Why now?
- - During coverage of a football game, the broadcast showed a list of the top five drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
- - - Broadcaster Chris Spielman asked where Columbian driver Juan Pablo Montoya was on the list
- - - - Griese responded, “He’s out having a taco.”
- - - - - If that’s all it takes to get you in trouble, I certainly hope nobody ever hears Volcanicast
- - - - - - Griese apologized for the remark before the end of the broadcast
- - - - - - - I don’t know if anyone is actually offended
- - - - - - - - Certainly Montoya wasn’t
- - - - - - - - - But Griese got a one-game suspension from ESPN for it

October 25 2009 (SUN)

18.    vikings vs steelers (They played)
17.    india vs australia live cricket streaming (Cricket crap)
16.    marine corps marathon 2009 (They did it)
15.    carlos bakery (Wedding cake baker, On TLC’s “Cake Boss”)
14.    bcs rankings october 25 (If you don’t know the week…)
13.    countess elizabeth bathory (Female Serial Killer, likely a Halloween connection)
12.    bob griese juan pablo montoya (That taco thing)
11.    bcs standings week 2 (Weird term considering #8)
10.    michigan high school football playoffs (High School Football crap)
9.    wwe bragging rights live stream (Wrestling crap)
8.    bcs rankings week 9 (They were announced)
7.    arrowhead mountains (BOB)
- That’s actually the Crow Indian name for the mountains
- - We call them the Pryors
- - They’re in south central Montana
- - In 1968, the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range was established
- - - The Bureau of Land Management, charged with protecting the wild horses
- - - - Are promoting a controversial plan to cull the herds
- Why now?
- - An episode of Nature on PBS, titled Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions aired
6.    halloween on ice (1995 special. Re-aired? Re-made?)
5.    nfl scores week 7 (They happened)
4.    george steinbrenner (His team is in the World Series)
3.    salt and light (Ministry. Remodeled on Extreme Home Makeover)
2.    tamarind (WES)
- A tree, native to Africa.
- - Introduced to India so long ago that most people think it originated there.
- - - It has also been transplanted to Mexico, Hawaii, and even Florida.
- - It can grow over 60 feet high (20 meters, 0.004 leagues)
- - It is tropical, so it can handle long dry seasons but not cold.
- - Its fruit, a pulpy edible legume, is popular as a sour spice when the fruit is not yet ripe, or a jam when the fruit ripens.
- - - It’s also a natural laxative.
- - There are strains that can be eaten straight, though most strains are too acidic and sour to be enjoyable off the vine.
- Why now?
- - …I don’t know. Again.
- - - However, Based solely on the TV peaks I’m going to assume two groups of chefs had to compete on some TV show to make food with Tamarind as a main ingredient.
1.    mhsaa football playoffs (High School Football Crap)

October 26 2009 (MON)

14.    contumacious (Stubbornly Disobedient. Contumaciouscast?)
13.    michael orr football player (I think this is a misspelling of Michael Oher?)
12.    nikumaroro island (#2)
11.    vevo jobs (#1)
10.    kate wig (As in Jon & Kate Plus 8)
9.    nikumaroro (#2)
8.    ivanka trump wedding photos (I hope the best for them)
7.    real chance of love 2 winner (Zzzzz)
6.    racist test (FOTS, reported somewhere)
5.    byron westbrook (Redskins CB, injured)
4.    barophiles (BOB)
- Barophilia is the sexualization or sexual attraction to taverns, pubs, and other drinking establishments
- - Not even a little bit true
- Actually, it describes organisms that prefer or thrive at high barometric pressures
- - Also called piezophiles
- - Generally found on ocean floors where pressures can exceed 380 atmospheres
- - - These are almost always single-celled organisms which have had to evolve novel mechanisms to deal with the pressure
- - - - Which can make normally fluid cell membranes to become waxy and impermeable to nutrients
- Why now?
- - WWTBAM
- - - For $100,000, Life on Earth, Which of these places is commonly home to life forms known as “barophiles”? A) Rain forest, B) Glacier, C) Deep sea, D) Desert
- - - - Contestant didn’t know and so walked away with $50,000
- - - - - Obviously, the correct answer is E) Cheers
3.    steve phillips intern (From previous week)
2.    coconut crab (Amelia Earhart probably got eaten by them?)
1.    vevo (WES)
- Joint venture of Google, YouTube, UMG, and Sony Entertainment.
- - It hopes to be “The Next Hulu”
- - - Which is good because there are rumors that Hulu is on the verge of tanking.
- - - - I’d hate to have to pay for TV shows again.
- - News articles tout the site’s upcoming music video services though, which frankly I don’t care squat about.
- - - Except to see Beyonce’s video, which is one of the best of all time.
- - - UMG may be hoping that this service, which will pay for itself with ads, will save the music business.
- - - - Good luck with that.
- Why now?
- - They announced that they’re hiring.
- - - 35 jobs were available.
- - - - So now Obama has created 1,000,035 jobs.

October 27 2009 (TUE)

20.    southwest airlines ($25 one-way fares?)
19.    monica boyfriend killed himself (#3)
18.    it s the great pumpkin charlie brown (It was on)
17.    jarvis weems (#3)
16.    abby rike (#14)
15.    jamario moon (Basketball player for Cleveland. Unknown why now)
14.    abby biggest loser (I’m gonna guess she won)
13.    charlie brown characters (See #18)
12.    clarsach (Gaelic for Harp. Unknown why now)

11.    bay bridge (WES)
- AKA the Bridge in San Francisco that is not The Golden Gate Bridge.
- - Runs from the Western side of SF to Northern Oakland (Southern Berkeley) with a stop at Treasure Island.
- Why now?
- - Due possibly to high winds, two rods and a crossbar - which had been installed in September to repair a crack - broke off of the bridge.
- - 5,000 pounds of metal fell into traffic below.
- - - During rush hour.
- - - Several cars were damaged, but nobody was hurt or killed.
10.    goodie mob (Band, unknown why now)
9.    so you think you can dance billy bell (#4)
8.    mackenzie rosman (One of the kids in 7th Heaven, now in a real movie)
7.    gyrotonics (New exercise system/routine/machine/something)
6.    operation felix (BOB)
- Why now?
- - Jeopardy!
- - - Final Jeopardy!: Landmarks: Operation Felix, a planned 1941 Nazi action to seize this territory was never carried out because Spain wouldn’t go along
- - - - Correct response: What is (the Rock of) Gibraltar
5.    john william lomax (Arrested for murdering someone)
4.    billy bell illness (Someone from SYTYCD)
3.    monica and rocko (This one seems confusing, it includes, at least, babies and suicide though not necessarily together)
2.    jeanie buss (Hottie daughter of LA Lakers owner. Was on the court for something)
1.    rocko rapper (#3)

October 28 2009 (WED)

20.    tags atl (#2)
19.    chase utley (Hit 2 home runs in the world series’ first game)
18.    publishers clearing house (On Oprah)
17.    tags clothing store (#2)
16.    briarhurst manor (Not haunted. On Ghost Hunters)
15.    thomas sowell column (He wrote one entitled “Dismantling America”)
14.    pumpkin carving stencils patterns (Stencils patterns?)
13.    watch world series online (Yeah. Just try it)
12.    st vrain valley school district (Winter storm!)
11.    paul watson (#8)
10.    yogi berra (Iconic Baseballer. Guess why now?)
9.    rocko rapper (See previous day)
8.    whale wars (Animal Planet show about stopping whalers)
7.    mooncalf definition (#4)
6.    chelsea handler playboy (On playboy soon, on Leno tonight)
5.    keni thomas (Army ranger, sang before the world series)
4.    mooncalf (WES)
- Originally meant a cow with birth defects or a cow that was prematurely born and could not survive.
- - The idea was that the sinister influence of the moon caused the problem.
- Thanks possibly to Shakespeare, the term was ascribed first to malformed people and then just to mean a dumb person.
- Why now?
- - That mooncalf Bill O’Reilly featured the word on his show.
- - Someone apparently wrote to him and told him to not be one.
- - He said it was funny, and told his viewers to look it up.
- - So they did.
3.    jeanne merrill (Died in a car crash, leaving 4 children)
2.    tags boutique (Kandi Burress’s new store, opening)
1.    anthony toth (BOB)
- 42-year-old global sales director at United Airlines
- - Has spent 20 years on an elaborate recreation of a Pan Am aircraft cabin
- - - He estimates he’s spent $50,000 on the project
- - - - Which he does just because he’s enamored of the idea of the golden age of air travel
- - - It’s not open to the public, but friends, fellow aficionados and business colleagues can enjoy a visit including beverage service, replica boarding passes ad luggage tags
- - - - Ladies, he’s single
- Why now?
- - A human interest article on the guy ran in the Wall Street Journal
- - - And the story took off

October 29 2009 (THU)

20.    motorola droid reviews (WES)
- New phone, from Motorola, that they are hoping will give the iPhone some competition.
- - Uses the Android OS from Google.
- - It’s actually a nice looking phone.
- - In addition to the touchscreen that is much like (but bigger than) the iPhone’s, it also has a slide-out keyboard.
- - - A landscape keyboard, which for people with human-sized fingers is a must.
- - The camera apparently has some issues, but does anybody expect otherwise?
- - The skinny: It’s the best Android-based phone out there, but it’s not an iPhone killer.
- - - Dispite the “Droid Does” commercials that have been all over TV.
- Why now?
- - It’s been out a few weeks (We’ve just not covered it because better stuff was on each day)
- - Nothing good was on this day.
- - - So I snapped it up.
19.    pedro martinez don zimmer (#18)
18.    pedro martinez (Lost game 2 of the World Series)
17.    matt maddox (The richest man under 40, according to Fortune)
16.    who is big papa on real housewives of atlanta (Who cares?)
15.    oprah.com/payless (OMG A COUPON!!!!!!!)
14.    pumpkin carving tempates free (From previous week(s))
13.    project implicit (That racism test from yesterday)
12.    nbc.com the office (#10)
11.    volkswagen syncro (The classic bus? No clue why now)
10.    subtle sexuality the office (This week’s Webisode)

9.    croupier (BOB)
- Also called a dealer
- - A casino employee who takes and pays out bets and otherwise assists at a gambling table
- Why now?
- - Don’t know
- - - Ladbrokes Casino in the UK is having a contest to find the UK’s “Sexiest Croupier”

- - - The Daily Mail was handing out free copies of Croupier, a film starring Clive Owen

- - - - Neither of those was very date/time specific, however, and the trend graph very much is

- - - - - Game show recaps aren’t up yet for Thursday, so I think we’re out of luck on this one
8.    ani ashekian (Has been missing for almost a year. Probably mentioned on some TV show)
7.    laura bush killed a guy (FOTS, and it’s true)
6.    dugway proving ground (In Utah. Supposedly the “New Area 51″)
5.    athens on the spree (Town. On Gossip Girl?)
4.    mexican halloween position (Probably on a tv show)
3.    coy pond (#1)
2.    john o quinn (Flamboyant lawyer, died at 68)
1.    koi pond (On The Office)

October 30 2009 (FRI)

14.    the invisible (2007 movie, on somewhere I bet)
13.    len bias (Basketballer, died of drug overdose 2 weeks after being drafted. In 1986)
12.    gunbroker (eBay for guns. Yay!)
11.    teri garr (#4. And mrowr)
10.    mitch hedberg (Comedian. Died in 2005. Unknown why now)
9.    here come the mummies (Music group)
8.    pumpkin carving design templates (Yeah we know)
7.    travel channel (#1)
6.    little buddy tracker (So you know where your kids are)
5.    gavin newsom (CA Governor hopeful, withdrew from the race)

4.    young frankenstein (WES)
- 1974 Mel Brooks movie
- - Starring Gene Wilder as the titular youth.
- - Marty Feldman as igor.
- - And Teri Garr as the pretty one, Inga.
- - You Should See This Movie.
- - - Period.
- Why now?
- - As part of a Multiple Sclerosis fundraiser, the Hollywood Palms Cinema in Naperville, IL screened the movie.
- - - Teri Garr, a spokesperson for MS awareness, hosted the event.
3.    switchback railway (BOB)
- The first roller coaster designed as an amusement ride in America
- - Designed by LaMarcus Adna Thompson in 1881
- - Built at Coney Island in 1884
- - - It appears it was based on the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
- - - - Which was a coal mining train that had started carrying passengers as a thrill ride in 1827
- - The Coney Island ride involved climbing a tower to get into the car, which was pushed to coast 600 feet down to another tower
- - - At which point it was switched back to a return track
- Why now?
- - No idea
- - - Googlebomb?
2.    kathy gloddy (13 year old, raped and murdered in 1971. Great story)
1.    ghost adventures live (Oxymoron? Anyway, it’s a lame ghost show for Halloween)

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