The Weirdest Rules Everyone Secretly Follows | S2E3 | Nonsense.Podcast

About this episode

The episode discusses the strange, unspoken rules of everyday life with a comedic twist.

Have you ever gotten into an elevator and suddenly understood that everyone is supposed to face the same direction, not talk, and pretend this tiny moving room full of strangers is completely normal? Well, we noticed that too, and unfortunately, we decided to talk about it. Dan and Tom join Rob in this episode as the guys discuss the strange, unspoken rules of everyday life, including elevator etiquette, birthday cake candles, urinal spacing, group text behavior, double texting, airplane armrests, holding the door for people, and why some people think the rest of us want to hear their speakerphone conversations in public. This episode also takes a few deeply unnecessary turns into bowling alley handwashing, Android and iPhone group chat chaos, watching TV shows without your spouse, getting stuck in the back of a police car, and the important marital truth that she’s allowed and he’s not. Follow us: https://linktr.ee/justplainnonsense

People in this episode

Host: Rob

Guests: Dan, Tom

Topics covered

• unspoken rules
• etiquette
• social behavior
• comedy
• improv

Keywords

• elevator etiquette
• birthday cake candles
• urinal spacing
• group text behavior
• double texting
• airplane armrests

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