Show 874: You’re Nobody Without Opposable Thumbs, Supposedly

About this episode

Neal O'Carroll explores various humorous topics including dog rehab, hospital experiences, and the significance of opposable thumbs.

Neal wonders how dog rehab works, goes over what happens when you leave hospital without clothes, documents a decades old fake cinema facade with which you might identify, recalls the last time he learned something (2003), asks if opposable thumbs are worth the trouble, issues a stark warning about your waste disposal contraption, clarifies how Lighthouse entrance halls work, considers how emergency services deal with prayer related accidents, ponders whether abolishing Limbo will embolden it and discusses the phrase TMI, the song Yer Old by Reef, your longevity as a far future listener on Archive dot org, how a dog might fall out of a car, salt water accidents on land, ER scissors extravagance, In the Name of the Father (1993), half of Queen plus Paul Rodgers, an American Idol host clarification, public buildings with no walls, old school Monopoly, how a well meaning dog struggles to mind it’s own business, what US satellite radio can teach you about how to listen to this show and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics…

People in this episode

Host: Neal O'Carroll

Topics covered

• dog rehab
• hospital experiences
• opposable thumbs
• waste disposal
• emergency services
• media and culture
• longevity of podcasts

Keywords

• dog rehab
• hospital
• opposable thumbs
• waste disposal
• emergency services
• podcast longevity
• media culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Idol, Archive dot org, Into Your Head, Matchstick Cats

Books & works: In the Name of the Father, Yer Old

Places: Limbo

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