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The Idle [1] featured on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, and I've used it ever since to absolutely horrify toxicologists. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idle
by MengerSponge 4y ago
The Idle [1] featured on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, and I've used it ever since to absolutely horrify toxicologists.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idle
- zionic 4y agoCan I get a QRD?
- tangjurine 4y agohttps://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2021/08/17/indianapolis-the-idle-tiny-park-off-cultural-trail-vandalized/8163853002/ https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2021/08/17... >The Idle was completed in 2018, after Battista worked for years to convince city, state and national officials to OK the project. Even before it opened, it became a punchline on NPR's "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me" when a segment asked a caller to guess whether The Idle, a Karen Pence towel charm museum or a women's prisoner talent show were real. The caller didn't choose "The Idle."
- olyjohn 4y agoOkay... but what's the joke about it? The Wikipedia article just says it's a small park that overlooks a highway. The article you linked says it was vandalized, and was once used as a joke on the radio show. Is a park in a city overlooking a freeway really that weird?
- rtkwe 4y agoA park that happens to overlook a freeway isn't the weird. One built specifically to overlook a freeway is. The joke on the Wait Wait... segment is which of these 3 ridiculous sounds things is actually real.