AMT414: Wax Seals, Y2K Songs, and the Butler Doing It

From Answer Me This! by Helen and Olly

January 29, 2026 · 57 min

About this episode

The episode explores various topics including Y2K songs, wax seals, the phrase 'The butler did it', and how to avoid unwanted company at social gatherings.

This month, questioneers want to know about songs for the year 2000, what the deal is with wax seals, why we say “The butler did it!” when the butler never did it, and how to shirk unwanted company at rowdy retiree lunch club. For more information about this episode, head to answermethispodcast.com/episode414 Got questions for us to answer, or feedback about an episode? Send them in writing or as a voice note to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, or you can call 0208 123 5877 like the old days. AMT415 will be in your podfeed 26 Febuary 2026, with an episode of Answer Us Back mid-Feb; paying patrons at patreon.com/answermethis also get a batch of Bonus Bits, plus the Petty Problems back catalogue, AND an ad-free version of AMT414. (Sign up at one of the higher tiers to get access to an RSS feed with ALL the AMT stuff EVER, including our entire back catalogue, our six themed albums, the retro AMTs, and every Bit of Crapp from the AMT App!) This episode is sponsored by Squarespace, the all in one platform for creating and running your online empire. Go to squarespace.com/answer, have a play around during the two-week free trial, and when you're ready to launch, get a 10% discount…

People in this episode

Hosts: Helen, Olly

Topics covered

music
wax seals
literary tropes
social etiquette
retirement
comedy

Keywords

Y2K
wax seals
butler did it
retiree lunch club
comedy podcast
social etiquette
music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: patreon.com, answermethispodcast.com

Books & works: AMT414, AMT415

Places: UK