173: Taking the Cake

First things first, we’re instating a Bev Check, wherein we brief about what we’re drinking. It’s always nonalcoholic (we are, in fact, capable of separating business from pleasure) but it seems to be very intriguing!

Second, yes, Mariko Aoki Phenomenon/Syndrome is real. As real as a bookstore bathroom. It’s also known as “book bowels",” or “page poops” (ok, I made up the last one) and there’s actually a lot of scholarship around it. By the way: If any of our listeners have ever worked in a bookstore and had to clean the bathroom, PLEASE call and talk to us about it. Listen to the pod here:

Or watch us yap about it here:

We also heard maybe the greatest Found Stuff story ever, involving a cake and a car. Now, we have two questions: How do most stagers get their stuff and how do people in the film industry dispose of theirs?

Our listener’s “gomi pile” rice cooker that will outlive us all.

In other news, we talked about such important subjects as Sears couches, bad gifts, and “gomi hunting.” Oh! And a correction — in the classic “Rugrats” episode about skunking, it’s CHUCKIE not the dog, who gets skunked. That’s on me.

And finally, someone on YouTube (DO YOU FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE???) commented that the Dead Girl Blanket story was SO DISRESPECTFUL. To which I say: We don’t actually know that anyone died and in fact, I spent the next 10 years monitoring the news for missing people in the area. Most likely, it was just folks lightening their load before moving onward. Calm the eff down, there’s literally a podcast called MY FAVORITE MURDER so like…………….chill.

Anyway! Write to us about your bookshop bubble guts or your favorite roadside find or what you think happened to the blanket lady. You know the number: 508-HOW-WASH.