Who Asked You?

Who Asked You?


EPISODE 298 - For The Record

June 23, 2014

One-Sided ThongFor the record, on the record, however you want to phrase it… we here at Who Asked You? believe no human male should EVER wear these new one-sided thongs that seem to be the norm for tattooed, gym-obsessed, pube-shaving douchebags now known as ‘spornosexuals’. More on them a bit later.


Today’s episode comes to you from the studios of Rocking Comedy Radio. Our show has been streaming LIVE on their station for sometime now, so when “Crazy” Jay and his crew decided they were going to try and break the world record for longest online broadcast, they invited the Who Asked You? Crew over to chip in. We had fun on the 44th floor and even had the hillbilly jazz band The All-Togethers as our peanut gallery. You may or may not be able to hear them in the background chiming in from time to time. Even when this episode gets posted this afternoon, Rocking Comedy Radio will still be going until 11pm Pacific to set the record.


Another record in broadcasting was set this past week. Answer: 6,829. Correct response: What is the number of JEOPARDY episodes Alex Trebek has hosted. Trebek beat the previous Guinness World Record held by Bob Barker for his stint on THE PRICE IS RIGHT. And that record-breaking video game collection we told you about a few shows ago sold at auction for a wallet-breaking price! The world’s biggest cache of games went for over $750,000!


Quentin Tarantino, for the first time, will be involved in one of his characters’ stories outside of his films. He’ll be co-plotting a “Django Unchained/Zorro” crossover comic alongside Matt Wagner who created the “Grendel” comics. Sounds interesting. We don’t have much to say beyond that since Mike isn’t here to gush. He’s our resident Tarantino fanboy.


By now you’ve probably heard that the Washington Redskin lost their trademark. The owner of the team, who still won’t change the offensive name, plans to appeal the decision by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Some argue it’s not the place of government to decide what’s offensive. Plus, there’s been a dozen attempts to get the name changed already and they’ve all failed in court. Others say this is a longtime coming and the name needs to go. There are two important facts we need to keep in mind here. Rules and regulations set by the government regarding trademarks clearly says you CAN’T trademark a name or phrase that’s offensive, derogatory or racist. I think it’s safe to say a good portion of people, not just Native Americans, consider ‘Redskins’ to be offensive. And a really good point is made in a USA TODAY article that if the organization tried to trademark ‘Redskins’ today, it would NOT be approved. So why was it 80-years ago? Why wasn’t that ‘no offensive or racist trademarks aloud’ rule not followed back then? I think we all know the answer to that.


Since this show was part of a world record attempt, it seemed appropriate to look at some other zany records from around the world. Would you believe the world’s largest sandwich was made in Mexico City? It weighed more than a large truck! And in England, a gifted gardner was able to grow a 17-pound onion. Too bad that record came a year after the sandwich one. Maybe they could’ve collaborated together. We wonder how Chris “The Duchess” Walter wipes her ass. She holds the record for the world’s longest fingernails. And there’s another record that was on display here in Who Asked You? country for a short time. It was a collection, though not video games, and we collect a few thoughts on it, so tune in for that.


And we’ve got another new study that finds some surprising and not-so-surprising results when it comes to the females and their footwear. We’ve had a few studies recently that polled small numbers of people — like, under 100 — making the results seem far less accurate. In this case, a thousand women were asked a number of questions about their shoes. Not so shocking, half of them admitted judging their fellow females ‘solely’ on what they were wearing on their feet. But what got our attention was what 20% of them admitted.


According to journalist Mark Simpson who coined the phrase ‘metrosexual’, that off-chute of heterosexual male has been replaced with another species. They’re called ‘spornosexuals’ and they’re numbers are growing. Look anywhere and you’ll see them. Shirtless Facebook selfies, buying expensive face creams and lotions in some chic shop, getting a tan sprayed on them and getting their body hair ripped from that artificially browned skin in a spendy waxing session. You’ll also see them at the beach wearing less bathing suit than even the sluttiest girl on the sand! There’s likely no way to get rid of them. This story is just more of a warning, like those flood alerts you hear on the radio during a thunderstorm.


Fresh off our discussion of futuristic condoms comes an — innovation? — in toilet plunging technology. It’s called ‘Pongtu’ and it’s a terrifying prospect. Imagine, you just dumped a fatty and clogged your can. The only option is a large yellow sticker you must press firmly around a spotless rim of the toilet bowl. You flush, the center of the sticker swells like your gut did before pinching off this loaf of doom and the next step is to press down with both hands on the bubbled up plastic hoping the seal holds around the edge and the air pressure pushes the the clog down the pipe. You can check out a video of how the thing works in the Show Links. We imagine a scenario where things don’t go as smoothly as they do in the video in another edition of Jenkem Watch.


Finally, in New York a man’s engagement is ended after he spent thousands converting the bedroom of his unsold apartment into an 80s arcade! His bride-to-be was with him at first, but eventually she couldn’t take his obsession anymore and kicked him out of her place, which they were sharing. Now he’s alone and sleeps on a Ninja Turtles-themed futon. Maybe he can spend his time setting some world record high scores?


So this is our one-hour contribution to an 80-hour attempt at the longest online broadcast. Glad we could help.


Show Links:

Rocking Comedy Radio

The All-Togethers

RecordSetter.com

Jeopardy.com

World’s Largest Video Game Collection Sold: $750,250

Comics Alliance: Quentin Tarantino To Co-Plot Django/Zorro Crossover With Matt Wagner

USA TODAY: How will pending trademark ruling impact Redskins name?

Business Insider: The 15 Weirdest Guiness Records

Shoebuy.com

The Telegraph: The metrosexual is dead. Long live the ‘spornosexual’

New York Daily News: Manhattan man turns his apartment into a classic video game arcade…


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