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Episode 404: Waiting Room Simulator 2024 Feb 27, 2024

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This week we read The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, another banger from Hans Christian Andersen. It doesn't do much to disrupt it's own status quo by the end, but boy are there some twists along the way.

Suggested talking points: A Proud Line of Highly Skilled Dishwashers, Big Hoof: Sasquatch of the South, Peppers That Learn English, Invest In Squirrel, Hans Christian Anderson's Toy Story, Rich in Syllables, Terribly Proximate

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Episode 403: Knitting...Sinisterly Feb 20, 2024

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This week WTFolklore reads The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower, a Japanese story that demonstrates the perils of being TOO nice to someone, and the perils of being TOO stupid for niceness to be done unto you.

Suggested talking points: The Baby-to-Grandparent Pipeline, The Job of Dog is Win Food, Cool Prank, Planet Earth, The Infinite Good Boy, Trickle-Up Namenomics, Leonardo da Vinci's TV Blueprints

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Episode 402: My Horse is Dead and the Toilet's Clogged Feb 13, 2024

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This week we read The Flower Queen's Daughter, which transitions naturally from a PSA about egg consumption protocols to a Ye Olde retelling of Scott Pilgrim.

Suggested talking points: Redemption Arc University, The AI-niverse, An Exercise in Broken Promises, Karate Fighting a Ditch, Midnight Egg Demands, Prince Grindset, Cordially Captured, Even More Egg Nonsense, Tom and Jerry Cave Paintings

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Episode 401: THE MEGASUS Feb 06, 2024

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This week WTFolklore reads two tales of similar structure, The Apples of Pregnancy and The Three Princesses and the Unclean Spirit. Turns out when you get your boys from apples, they ain't normal boys no more. But they ARE very capable infants.

Suggested talking points: I Miss Boat, A Non-Stop Flood of Tom and Jerry Content, One Punch Jr., A Very Mysterious Way to Kill a Man, Fish Kinks, A Buzzsaw of Wings, Get Yourself a Kumquat Boy

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Episode 400: WTFolklore, Now on LaserDisc! Jan 23, 2024

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We have arrived at what is definitely our 400th episode (excluding a bunch of additional recordings that simply don't count). Such a momentous occasion requires a momentous surprise.
Thanks to (lil') Geri for joining us!

Suggested talking points: Fallen Carpet Paladin, Corn Wearing a Bib, The Bedtime Onion Threshold, The Blobfish of Phrases, Uncle Conference, You're Just Having a Stroke, Dear, Need to Make Room for Scorpions, Has Anyone Ever Been Angry at a Watering Can?

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Episode 399: Fresh Ghost Meat Jan 16, 2024

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This week we read The Plague Omen, a Polish tale that, on one hand, is about 4 years too late, but on the other, probably wouldn't have changed much if we're honest.

Suggested talking points: Flex the Germs Off, Tummy Dentist, A Secret Auction With Yourself, Stank-Free Tales, Requiescat in Fauci, Can't Go Back to the Rat Shack

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Episode 398: Piss Soup is Not the Way to Repay a Favor Jan 09, 2024

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WTFolklore kicks off 2024 by reading Tsuru no Ongaeshi and several of it's variants, giving you a veritable zodiac wheel of animal wives to choose from!

Suggested talking points: The Gradual Descent Towards Something, The Most Secret Best Known Folktale Award, A Grab-Bag of Human Parts, Posture Correcting Underpants, Furry Waifu Starter Kit, Eyes Full of Milk

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Episode 397: Tips on How to Defeat a Child Dec 19, 2023

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Rounding out the year 2023, we read the two wintery tales, The Little Girl and the Winter Whirlwinds and The Yule Buck and the Girl, to jam-pack as much WTFolklore in as we can before the holidays. You'll also learn an awful lot about Kellogg's cereal.

Suggested talking points: Not an Ideal Wolverine, Pac-Man Fitness Tape, Smash Glass if Bugs and Duck, Grind 4 Grind, Kellogg is the Yule Gandhi, The World's Longest Pun

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Episode 396: Cream of Water Soup Dec 12, 2023

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This week on WTFolklore we read the Brazillian tale, Why the Sea Moans, which is obviously a well-known phenomenon and not just a made up excuse to tell another bizarre Cinderella-like.

Suggested talking points: December Ants, Zynnergy with a Z, Tim Slurry, Return of the Math Corner, The Ocean Learns to Annunciate, Politely Ghosting a Princess, Handsome Has Expired

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Episode 395: Hallmark Movie Event Horizon Nov 21, 2023

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This week on WTFolklore after some brief forays into the worlds of toilets and Hallmark movies, which ARE different, we read The Cat that Walked by Himself, certainly for the first time ever. We learn some uncomfortable truths about the sitcoms that are our lives, and the marketing acumen of our feline friends.

Suggested talking points: Pork and Apples, Hummingbird Lore from the Toilet Kings, Tribute to the Toilet Trolls, The Dreadfulizor, Notary Milk Pot, Bat Religion

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