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#233: Monkeys in the Hose

John is disappointed in everyone.

April 26th, 2024 · 56 minutes

Follow-Up opens with a correction from John and an admission that he's very disappointed in you, the listener. John clocks Merlin's sudden overuse of some given word.

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Things kick off with an acknowledgment of the enthusiastic listener response to the Waffle House episode. Merlin compliments John on a bit, and John handles that pretty much how you'd expect.

Follow-Up opens with a correction from John and an admission that he's very disappointed in you, the listener. John clocks Merlin's sudden overuse of some given word.

There's a brief tangent into Shōgun and some films Merlin liked less than John. There's some discussion of subtitles and screenshotting.

There's further Follow-Up on the Mark System in day-to-day use. Then some discussion of horses, words that sound like other words, plus more sneaky Britishisms.

As is so often the case, this somehow leads to your hosts complaining about technology for a pretty long time. Would it kill you to provide a deep link?

Merlin suddenly becomes very animated thinking about designing a new Mark system that would involve 3D-printing some jellypacks.

The episode concludes on a surprisingly rabbinical note.

(Recorded on Tuesday, April 16, 2024)


Credits

Waffle House Training - Pull Drop Mark Order Calling Method - YouTube

The video that changed so many lives.

Huffman coding
Hamming code
The Secret of NIMH
Anthony Bourdain visits Waffle House
Another video of the Magic Marker system in action
Metafilter comment about Waffle House
Equus (1977) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] - YouTube
Urban Dictionary: Tachy Goes To Coventry
Merlin Mann: "Easy." - Mastodon

Merlin made a GPT for the Mark system.

Merlin Mann: "Jelly pack. " - Mastodon

Merlin made a jelly pack supercut.