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WFRE PODCAST #9: Mowing, Hotdoggers, and Cupcakes

The gang is back together! Laura returns from Florida to talk about yard care, airplane stories, and a random sighting of the Wienermobile. Have you earned your buns?

Laura-ism: “Cool your roll.”

MS Walk with Gabby

Featuring: Gabby (Weekdays 10a-3p), Laura (Weekdays 7p-Midnight), and Patrick Hanes (Midnight-5a).

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: “Close, But No Cigar”

Picture it: a 9-year-old kid running an egg-&-spoon race ends up crossing the finish line right behind the winner, before someone pats him on the back & says, “Sorry kid…close, but no cigar”. What do you think that would mean to the kid? Having never heard the saying before, he’d probably think, “Why is my fellow kid about to go off somewhere & smoke a stogie?” Thankfully, kids don’t usually receive cigars as prizes (or for any other reason), so this particular figure-of-speech was basically a way of saying the racer came close to winning but didn’t quite make it.

However, if you were to go back to the early 1900s, the cigar being referenced was actually, literally, a real cigar. You see, before stuffed animals became the standard fair game prize, folks usually competed to win actual cigars at shooting ranges & in other skill games. Carnival barkers would shout out, “Close, but no cigar” to contestants who fell just shy of clinching the coveted trophy stogie.

By the late 1920s, “close, but no cigar” began showing up outside of carnivals & fairs in non-game-related conversation. For instance, there was a Long Island Daily Press article, titled “Close; But No Cigar”, from May of 1929 that described an unlucky New York guy named Hugo Straub, who was believed “to have set a world’s record in the business of getting-defeated-for-the-presidency” because he “finished 2nd in no less than two presidential races within one week.” Who knows, though…maybe Mr. Straub treated himself to a nice cigar as a consolation prize. (Or, maybe two cigars…y’know, one for each loss).

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WFRE PODCAST #8: Embarrassment, Birthdays, and Longing

Laura is on vacation, so our trio is now a duo feeling like it is flying solo. Gabby and Patrick cope by trading life stories of embarrassment, birthdays, and accidentally attempted theft. Did you grow up in a place that had a town clown?

Show Notes:

Laura-ism: “Voice of Whisper”

Featuring: Gabby (Weekdays 10a-3p), Laura (Weekdays 7p-Midnight), and Patrick Hanes (Midnight-5a).

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: The Difference Between Men’s & Women’s Razors

Razors are used to cut things. But, when it comes to shaving razors, the industry tends to try & differentiate men’s razors from women’s. But, aside from their colors (usually pink or other pastels for ladies, and some mixture of blue, gray, and/or orange for guys), is there any real difference between men’s & women’s razors? Well, actually yes, there is. And it comes down to what they’re used on.

Ladies’ razors are designed to cover a lot of ground, shaving legs, armpits, and other sensitive areas. Since that’s a pretty decent amount of surface area, a ladies’ razor head is oftentimes bigger than that of a guy’s. Plus, it’s also usually rounded, which is supposed to make it easier to navigate around knee & ankle contours. A lot of times, the handle’s also rounded & has grooves that help you keep a solid grip throughout the shaving procedure. Ladies’ razors can also feature two lubricating strips, one at the top of the blades & the other at the bottom, which help to moisturize skin & prevent the inevitable nicks that can happen when shearing such a large area.

Guys’ razors, on the other hand, are primarily intended to shave necks & faces. And, despite what you may have heard, the blades on men’s razors aren’t really any sharper or of higher-quality than women’s. But, they are more closely packed together in the razor’s head. Because, as facial hair is pretty coarse, tighter blades usually means a closer & better shave. Plus, the smaller, squared head of a men’s razor enables you to be more precise about which areas you’re trying to shave.

Now, with that said, there are a ton of variations as far as razor designs go, which means they’re definitely not one-size-fits-all. So, if you’re a lady who feels the benefit of tightly packed blades outweighs the drawback of a smaller head when shaving your legs, then by all means, go with a men’s razor. It’ll probably cheaper, too, since that’s another verifiable difference (as unfair as that may be).

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