We have "cold opens" as part of the format now. We discuss the intersection of naval and anime culture, Japanese curries, and the reality show Terrace House. NHR gives an interesting political account of Japanese "cuteness" as a response to unfair demands placed upon women in the wake of Japan's defeat by the Allies in World War II.

JDS Kumano (DE-224) was the tenth ship of the Chikugo-class destroyer escorts of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Development and design The Chikugo class was designed as the modified variant of the Isuzu class, the preceding destroyer escort class. The main anti-submarine (ASW) weapon was changed from the M/50 375 mm (14.8 in) ASW rocket launcher to the ASROC anti-submarine missile. The octuple launcher for ASROC was stationed at the mid-deck, and the entire ship design was prescribed by this stationing.[1]

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We got a juicebox on our hands here.

After toiling through articles about moths and meaningless sport statistics, an oasis appeared before your hosts when Wikipedia's Random Article link took us to My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010) starring Alyssa Milano and two blokes we aren't aware of.

Unavailable on streaming services in both Australia and the UK, an ex-rental DVD copy formerly owned by Civic Video in East Brisbane was secured in the leadup to the episode, along with a USB-based DVD drive.

We watched it together over Zoom and carried out a Critical Analysis in preparation for the main record, parts of which we will throw to from the studio.

What you learn about this sprightly 84-minute film will shock you, it will make you laugh—but it may also make you think.

The main love-interest Ethan drinks from a comically large mug (although we never mention that in the episode). He plays a game of tip, or tag, with a child—a game which in the world of this film has an eyebrow-raising name. Then the crown jewel: NHR breaks open a radical line of inquiry into the true meaning of the film, a Salt Lake City based production, that goes to the heart of the Mormon worldview.

We engage in some frank soul-searching about why one of the emotional peaks of the film, involving an anguished confession regarding a sensitive topic, made us laugh so very hard. Closing out this rich tapestry are two cents from the polyamory community, in the form of an interesting and thoughtful lady by the name of Joreth.

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend is a 2010 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Daryn Tufts, and stars Alyssa Milano, Christopher Gorham, Michael Landes, Beau Bridges, Tom Lenk and Carol Kane.

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NHR explains his baritone and tells a house-hunting story.

Cricket is the most complicated game in the world (according to Stephen Fry).

NHR heaps scorn upon Tristan's new coffee-table book of Australian Mammals, saying that this kind of book is commonplace in London and even calling it a 'magazine' late in the episode.

We learn about the Duckworth-Lewis method for determining who wins a cricket match if it gets rained out.

The table, showing all completed matches is as follows:

2005 totesport League – Division One Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts 1 Essex Eagles 16 13 1 2 56 2 Middlesex Crusaders 16 10 5 1 42 3 Northamptonshire Steelbacks 16 7 7 2 32 4 Glamorgan Dragons 16 6 6 4 32 5 Nottinghamshire Outlaws 16 6 7 3 30 6 Lancashire Lightning 16 6 9 1 26 7 Gloucestershire Gladiators 16 6 9 1 26 8 Worcestershire Royals 16 5 10 1 22 9 Hampshire Hawks 16 5 10 1 22

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If you're a New York mobster from the 1950's, what does it mean for your biographer to write that you talk like a New York mobster from the 1920's? Does it just mean that the way you speak is a bit out of date?

The two circles 'boomers on Facebook' and 'extended families of gangsters' are discovered to coincide in a very attractive way.

Tristan would have become a gangster if Goodfellas ended right after the Luftansa Heist. Nathan is struggling in London.

Edward "Eddie the Butcher" Cummiskey Jr. (1934, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan – August 20, 1976, Chelsea, Manhattan) was a New York mobster who served as a mentor to Jimmy Coonan, leader of the Westies. Cummiskey is reputed to have shown Coonan how to dismember and dispose of murder victims by scattering their remains into the waters around the sewage treatment plant, which was operated by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection at Randalls and Wards Islands, notably in the Hudson River. Cummiskey was murdered by hitman Joseph Sullivan on August 20, 1976, in a bar.

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It sinks in that ~20% of Wikipedia articles are about particular species.

Once you have a substantial zoological collection going it's damn near impossible to get rid of it.

We notice a tendency to just say facts from the article to each other and say they're 'cool' or 'kinda cool'.

We manage to stay off Syd Barrett and NHR is rocked to learn that the phrase 'down pat' is not 'down packed'.

NHR then takes us home with a lurid anecdote from his scouting days.

I Tristan am also involved in the episode; I just chose not to mention it until now.

The short-toed treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird found in woodlands through much of the warmer regions of Europe and into north Africa. It has a generally more southerly distribution than the other European treecreeper species, the common treecreeper, with which it is easily confused where they both occur. The short-toed treecreeper tends to prefer deciduous trees and lower altitudes than its relative in these overlap areas. Although mainly sedentary, vagrants have occurred outside the breeding range.

The short-toed treecreeper is one of a group of four very similar Holarctic treecreepers, including the closely related North American brown creepers,[2] and has five subspecies differing in appearance and song.

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NHR provides a long overdue explanation of what he was thinking with the original title of the podcast. Tristan hauls him over the coals again. We discuss NHR's antipathy to biology, and the fact that he has reached full maturity. We get into what it means to dry a moth for a collection, and how the resulting item could survive a fire. As the episode draws to a close, NHR argues that Tristan is a Renaissance man and we announce NHR's move to London to pursue a career in stand up comedy, all while wearing headphones and recording the pod.

Oenochroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.[1]

Oenochroma means "wine colored" from the greek oeno (wine) and chroma (color).

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'Football has to be played.' When we were forced to research and talk about the 2018-2019 season of the Tanzanian Premier League, we did not anticipate that this League would have been so plagued with activities not going ahead. Before we get there, Tristan nearly breaks open a huge match-fixing scandal that turns out to be a false alarm while NHR has some insight but also some padding.

The 2018–19 Tanzanian Premier League is the 54th season of the Tanzanian Premier League, the top-tier football league in Tanzania (mainland only), since its establishment in 1965. The season started on 22 August 2018.[1]

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Antun Vujić (born 14 July 1945).

A fruitful episode about a fruitful man. From dissident political activity to squabbling over words. Was the wolf tamed? Or his vigour sublimated?

NHR is off his chipolatas.

We really like Antun. Where are the men like this in our culture?

From heady beginnings in 1967 with an underground magazine before winding up at the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute in the early Seventies, we are dealing with a truly impressive man. He also completed a PhD in Philosophy of Science in 1985. We explore his virility. He received a sash and star.

Antun Vujić (born 14 July 1945[1]) is a Croatian politician, philosopher, political analyst, lexicographer and author serving as a director of the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography since 2012. He was a member of Croatian Parliament and Minister of Culture in the Croatian Government from January 2000 to December 2003.

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