Ugh.

<a href="http://www.beautyandthebib.com/product.php/1213/35/i-love-my-auntie-pippa" target="_blank">THIS SHIT.</a>

ROYAL BABY! ROYAL BABY! ROYAL BABY! #ROYALBABY!

However, at the time of posting, the creature hasn't actually been born, so try to keep a lid on that ROYAL BABY EXCITEMENT for long enough to listen to Answer Me This! Episode 263, in which we discuss such matters as:

steampunk
Switzerland's self-destructive self-defence
Prince Charles's <a href="http://www.highgroveshop.com/clothes-accessories/hats-scarves/childs-highgrove-check-flat-cap/c-clo00279-280/" target="_blank">flat caps for kiddies</a>
<a href="http://www.geeknative.com/37248/8-impressive-steampunk-top-hats/" target="_blank">goggles on hats</a>
<a href="http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Samuel+Sanchez+Le+Tour+de+France+2011+Stage+Utn_f5Hm2zGl.jpg" target="_blank">the Tour de France yellow jersey vs. the Tour de France polka dot jersey</a>
your lies to your girlfriend vs. everybody else's lies to your girlfriend
Lisa Simpson vs. Nick Cave
Swiss Roll
KW Jeter
<a href="http://www.meltingpot.com/international.aspx" target="_blank">The Melting Pot</a>
and
Euros.

Plus: Olly's money-based conjuring tricks weren't fooling anyone; if Helen's guess is correct and the ROYAL BABY receives the same middle name as Diana, Frances (Francis for a boy), then everybody has to give her £10 in congratulation; and Martin the Sound Man knows where to go in the event of nuclear apocalypse in the middle of Europe.

In this week's Bit of Crap on the App, which is available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a> we harp on about Royal Baby Krispy Kreme. No, we haven't had a heads-up that the baby will be named Krispy Kreme Kambridge (but if it IS, you definitely have to give us all £10); we're talking about <a href="http://www.krispykreme.co.uk/old-hot-now-use-this-to-untick-hot-now/stories/2013/06/6471/" target="_blank">this shit</a>.

But...if you are absolutely desperate to piss away money on some spurious tie-in with the ROYAL BABY, then the <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/jubilee" target="_blank">AMT Jubilee</a> is obviously the best direction in which to piss. And we have no qualms about recommending our SMASH HIT TOP 15 ALBUM <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/holiday" target="_blank">Answer Me This! Holiday</a>.

Also, please do send us your <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a> for the new series: leave voicemails on the Question Line - call 0208 123 5877 or Skype ID answermethis - or send emails to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a>.

See you next Thursday,

Helen &amp; Olly

*** AMT262 Child-Friendly Rating: 90%. Minimal swearing and a fair amount of educational content, but one question about a listener's sexual dalliances and the psychologically damaging actions of his girlfriend's parents, which some children may find troubling. ***

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AMT263: Steampunks, le Tour de France, and ROYAL BABY MADNESS - 18 July 2013

Good morning, you lazy bastards! One listener called Martin has been up and at 'em since earlytimes, because before this post even went up, he tweeted us with a solution to one of the problems discussed in Answer Me This! Episode 267: Josh, who is trying to watch racy HBO shows on his iPad at the gym without feeling ashamed, needs to get <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380694696940" target="_blank">one of these</a>. Wallop! Problem solved.* And what have you done lately, eh?

Don't worry, we don't really require you to do very much at all, except listen to the episode, of course, in which we also consider:

<a href="http://www.bugexplorers.co.uk" target="_blank">spiders</a>
<a href="http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/who-made-that-penny/?_r=0" target="_blank">Victor David Brenner</a>
SculptureShop
Thomas Jefferson vs. Mariah Carey
Olly's dad vs. DVDs
corrupt bakers
Theresa May: monarchical midwife
À la recherche du temps perdu
madeleines
Farter's Day
the definition of virginity
and
Richard Nixon.

Plus, each of us is ready for combat this week: Olly provokes a rematch of the Battle of Agincourt, but this time over French cakes versus English cakes; Helen wages war against cliché; and Martin the Sound Man takes a shoot-to-kill policy on spiders and whelks.

In this week's Bit of Crap on the App, which is available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>, learn how to decorate your home in the Olly Mann style: with squashed moths. Or, if you prefer slightly less morbid things on your walls, you could get the <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/answermethis.402984083" target="_blank">AMT clock</a> that he mentions in the show. That's right: Olly Mann's clockface is his own face. We're still working on turning Helen's face into a sundial.

While we do that, you should work on sending us your <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a>. It's easy: leave voicemails on the Question Line (call 0208 123 5877 or Skype ID answermethis) and send emails to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a>. Bam. Job done.

See you next Thursday,

Helen &amp; Olly

• • • AMT267 Child-Friendly Rating: 50%. Just a couple of swears. Question about sex scenes in HBO shows. Graphic mental image of Jack Straw staring up a royal birth canal. Question about virginity at the end of the show with, naturally, references to sexual practices, albeit thoughtful rather than lairy in tone. • • • 

PS Thanks to <a href="http://incompetech.com" target="_blank">Kevin McLeod</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/amysmith292" target="_blank">Amy Smith</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/sampay" target="_blank">Sam Pay</a> for providing the <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/holiday" target="_blank">holiday album</a> jingle.

*PPS <a href="https://www.buytvhatnow.com" target="_blank">Another subtle remedy Josh's gym sex scene shame</a>.

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AMT267: Spiders, Father's Day and Virginity - 15 August 2013

Hello listeners,

Although August is coming to a close, and with it the Edinburgh Fringe, there's still just enough time to incorporate our grade-A publicity techniques into your show. Learn from the masters in Answer Me This! Episode 268, in which we also consider:

SeaWorld
ark logistics
glacier cherries
Peter Nichols' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_Play_(Nichols_play)" target="_blank">Passion Play</a>
Noah's flood vs. the great flood of Edgware
transporting whales
E number 127
aeroplane seat-reclining etiquette
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZeGOsR9IA">end</a>less Chorus Line
war poetry
and
Barry Scott.

Plus: Olly warns you not to sit behind him on a flight, as he provides his own, er, jet propulsion; Helen still regrets inadvertently reviving the Al Jolson look for Edinburgh Fringe punters; and Martin the Sound Man fails the 'name the artificial colourant in the glacé cherries' game.

In this week's Bit of Crap on the App, which is available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>, Helen tells you the magic trick with which you can WOW your friends (or thoroughly disappoint them if all they wanted was a nice refreshing orange).

Don't disappoint us: send us your nice refreshing <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a>. Leave voicemails on the Question Line (call 0208 123 5877 or Skype ID answermethis) and send emails to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a>. If we answer them, as Barry Scott would say: bang, and the doubt is gone.

See you next Thursday,

Helen &amp; Olly

*** AMT268 Child-Friendly Rating: 75%. In the aftermath of <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode267/" title="EPISODE 267 – “My wife and I…”" target="_blank">AMT267</a>, this episode opens with further discussion of virginity loss, with concomitant references to genitalia and sexual practices. However the rest of the episode is clean beans, aside from a couple of swears. ***

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AMT268: Noah's Ark, Glacé Cherries and Barry Scott - 22 August 2013

As Halloween approaches, in Answer Me This! Episode 276 we wonder how it is that in films, adorable little girls become UTTERLY TERRIFYING. We also wonder about:


<a href="http://www.cineworld.co.uk/cinemas/61?WT.srch=1&amp;gclid=CPah-bTtrroCFWTHtAodyWwAiQ" target="_blank">Cineworld Stevenage</a>
Stars in their Eyes
the most tree-filled city in Europe
pound shops
Lisa Stansfield
working night shifts
<a href="http://www.cadbury.co.uk/products/Freddo-2407?p=2407" target="_blank">Freddo bars</a>
Bon Jovi vs Dr Alban
Midlands canals vs Venetian canals
the Clee Hills vs the Urals
the Torquay Eye
Chinese restaurants
Stoptober, Movember and Dickember
and
balti.

Plus: Olly gets busy with the passover plate; you can sponsor Helen next time she's buying posh chocolate; and Martin the Sound Man gets a whole question about his birthplace, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZ1xn2ml10">Birmingham</a>! Beware: the Brummie beast is unleashed...

In this week's Bit of Crap on the App (available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a>, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a> and <a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-gb/app/answer-me-this/4a39a286-b630-4e2b-9866-8f2a12fd3508" target="_blank">Windows</a>) we tackle a question from Ali from Cambridge, who after her recent break-up is gripped by the urge to chop her hair off. Classic technique, Ali.

We do want your whelming facts about Birmingham, or even your own hometown, but most of all we want your <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a>: leave voicemails on the Question Line (call 0208 123 5877 or Skype ID answermethis) and send emails to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a>.

See you next Thursday,

Helen &amp; Olly

*** AMT276 Child-Friendly Rating: 87%. A couple of swears, though the strongest are quoting a child, Regan in The Exorcist. ***

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AMT276: Pound Shops, Movember and Facts About Birmingham - 24 October 2013

Apologies for <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/silent-helen/" target="_blank">our absence last week</a>; normal service resumes today with Answer Me This! Episode 278, in which we discuss:



pissing with Clint Eastwood
Annie Hall
Action Man
Kinder Eggs vs the law
ginger ale vs ginger beer
romcoms vs heartbreak
fake tan
sexy scars
GI Joe's thumb
the golden era of Richard Curtis
and
Peter Stringfellow's Marmitey penis.

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In this week's Bit of Crap on the App (available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a>, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a> and <a href="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-gb/app/answer-me-this/4a39a286-b630-4e2b-9866-8f2a12fd3508" target="_blank">Windows</a>) we wonder whether Peter Stringfellow is a nice (string)fellow. If you can confirm or deny, do let us know.

And, more importantly, do send us your <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a>: leave voicemails on the Question Line (call 0208 123 5877 or Skype ID answermethis) and send emails to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a>.

If like this week's questioneer Maz you want to salve your broken heart with unlimited streaming of films and TV, get yourself a month's free LoveFilm trial at <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/LoveFilm" target="_blank">answermethispodcast.com/LoveFilm</a>. You can also block out some white noise by listening to Helen's other podcast Sound Women, available <a href="http://soundcloud.com/soundwomen" target="_blank">here</a>. 

Our final demand: join us next Thursday, please,

Helen & Olly

••• AMT278 Child-Friendly Rating: 88%. Celebripissing chat and mention of Peter Stringfellow's stringfellow, but low swearage and kid-appropriate topics such as Action Man, Kinder Surprise and soft drinks. •••

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AMT278: Action Man, RomComs and Marmite - 14 November 2013

Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver of <a href="http://thebuglepodcast.com/">The Bugle</a> talk to <a href="http://helenzaltzman.com">Helen Zaltzman</a> for the documentary <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0403yhf">Podcasting: The First Ten Years</a>, a production by <a href="http://trevordann.com">Trevor Dann's Company</a> for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast April 2014.

If you would like to use any part of this interview, please contact answermethispodcast @ googlemail.com

Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver of the Bugle

<a href="http://twitter.com/romanmars">Roman Mars</a> of <a href="http://99percentinvisible.org/">99% Invisible</a> talks to <a href="http://helenzaltzman.com">Helen Zaltzman</a> for the documentary <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0403yhf">Podcasting: The First Ten Years</a>, a production by <a href="http://trevordann.com">Trevor Dann's Company</a> for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast April 2014.

If you would like to use any part of this interview, please contact answermethispodcast @ googlemail.com

Roman Mars of 99% Invisible

Dan Savage of the <a href="http://www.savagelovecast.com/">Savage Lovecast</a> talks to <a href="http://helenzaltzman.com">Helen Zaltzman</a> for the documentary <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0403yhf">Podcasting: The First Ten Years</a>, a production by <a href="http://trevordann.com">Trevor Dann's Company</a> for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast April 2014.

If you would like to use any part of this interview, please contact answermethispodcast @ googlemail.com

Dan Savage of Savage Lovecast

Welcome back AMT for one special new episode! So much has changed since we retired nearly two years ago, but what remains is our desire to answer your questions. Today, questioneers wonder about what to say about working in a world-famous place, romantic bacon competitions, unromantic but important kebab competitions, Danielle Steel's sleeping habits, and looking at their own semen through a microscope.

Find out more about this episode at answermethispodcast.com/episode401.

We don't know whether/when we will pop up in your feed again, so stay subscribed! And follow us on facebook.com/answermethis and twitter.com/helenandolly.

Hear our other work:

Olly Mann has a daily podcast, Today in History with the Retrospectors, and his monthly magazine show The Modern Mann, both of which you can find along with his other work at ollymann.com.
Helen Zaltzman makes the The Allusionist, an entertainment podcast about language, which you can find at the podplaces and at theallusionist.org.
Martin Austwick's music is available at palebirdmusic.com, his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at songbysongpodcast.com, and his experimental fiction podcast Neutrino Watch at neutrinowatch.org.

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AMT401: Danielle Steel, kebab awards and detestable birds

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AMT296: The Great British Bake Off, Ballet and Gromit - 21 August 2014

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AMT301: Rock Circus, Hooters and the Chippendale Murders - 30 October 2014

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AMT306: Ainsley Harriott, Colleagues on Tinder, and Chicken Kiev - 22 January 2015

Today we learn the topless past of the Starbucks logo, how you get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the cost of installing a bowling alley in your house. Find out more about this episode at http://answermethispodcast.com/episode311.

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AMT311: Buddha, Starbucks and the Hollywood Walk of Fame - 2 April 2015

Can you bloody well believe it? New AMT in your ears in the year 2025?? Well, it's real! In AMT402, listeners ask about roller derby names, baked bean beans, shopping on planes, and the danger of bagpipes. 

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AMT402: Tall Ships, Branston Pickle and Bagpipe Lung

We've been making this show for a long time. We have had SO many questions about weddings. And yet, in AMT403, we get a whole fresh spin on the Wedding WTFery genre of question. Plus, questioneers ask about understudies' pay, popcorn's popularity, and who has to clear out your shed after you die.

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AMT403: Popcorn, Vertigo and Toby Carvery

In AMT404, listeners want to know where to go to see the northern lights, why Jesus's official birthday and deathday aren't on the same calendar, and who is being weird: them, or their family? We also learn about sand heists, leaving your body to science/Disneyland, and werewolf menstruation.

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AMT404: Sand Heists, the Northern Lights, and Werewolf Menstruation

It's one of those fantasy questions that gets batted around when "Who would you want at your fantasy dinner party?" has been wrung dry: what would you spend the money on if you won the lottery? Except one questioneer has actually done it, and now they need to figure out what to spend the money on in a way that doesn't tip anyone off that they won the lottery. 

Plus, questioneers want to know: what do pretzels mean, when did sports winners start kissing trophies, who had the incredible idea to make biscuits into spread, what do you do with your late spouse's underpants, and how to do you stop being given gifts of toe socks.

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AMT405: Biscoff Spread, Pretzel Symbolism and Pole Vault Poles

Why do Danes slice up the bride’s veil and the groom’s socks at a wedding? Is it OK to take pats of butter from a cafe? How/when do Popes learn Italian? And what happens if you drop your phone into the toilet at a festival? (Spoiler: nothing good.) Questioneers want to know all these things and more in AMT406. 

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AMT406: Slicing Socks, Polyglot Popes and Stealing Butter

Today’s questioneers want to know why a coffee shop will have either good coffee or good chairs but not both, WTF Judi Dench’s voice is doing at Disney World, how to stop their coworkers pushing MLMs onto them, how to get their wife to like their malepolish, and why Phoebe from Friends would say lobsters mate for life when actually lobsters just want a quick hot fling and no commitment.

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AMT407: Cartoon Anvils, Dating Semi-Celebs and Lobster Piss

Today’s questioneers want to know, among other things, what private investigators actually do, what happened to Deely Boppers (Deely Bobbers?), how to greet your spouse when you’re attending the same business meeting, how to steer someone to not want to work for you, and how to persuade someone to GTFO of the massage chair at the airport that they’re not getting massaged in.

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AMT408: Tiaras, Private Investigators and the King's Mucky Gloves

Today’s questioneers want to know whether to hide bawdy home decor when kids visit, how one comes to own a cemetery, why cities are full of artist-decorated animals, whether you can eat slugs, what to do with three unwanted sets of boules, and what the most ordered item is from the enormous menu at Cheesecake Factory.

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AMT409: Nude Furniture, Cheesecake Factory and Eating Slugs

AMT410: Unwanted Tattoos, Cherry Wine and Sexy Old Men

<a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode201">EPISODE 201 - House is called 'Maison' in France</a>

Hello listeners!

Welcome to Answer Me This! Episode 201: the first episode of the year, and the first since <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/five-years-young/" target="_blank">the podcast turned five years old</a>. Helen's niece Matilda turned five the other day too; she celebrated by eating a plate of spaghetti with her hands, and we're only moderately more civilised.

Today we speak of:

cake pops
Al Capone
moon plots
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0099469391/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwanswermeth-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0099469391" target="_blank">The Gun Seller</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=wwwanswermeth-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0099469391" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" /> (or should we say Le Gun Seller?)
pease pudding
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0099529122/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwanswermeth-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0099529122" target="_blank">Catch-22</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=wwwanswermeth-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0099529122" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" />
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
supermarket trolleys
<a href="http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Ready_Steady_Cook" target="_blank">Ready Steady Cook</a>
pushy parents
the North Wales Police
and
Anthony Worrall Thompson.

Plus: Olly harks back to when he won an election - he claims democratically, but then so did Putin; one day, Helen dreamed a dream of becoming Brian Turner, but never did it come to pass; and after twelve and a half years in the dark, Martin the Sound Man finally hears the sad news that the <a href="http://psjk.homestead.com/twofatladies.html" target="_blank">Two Fat Ladies</a> will not be returning to his television screen.

This week's Bit of Crap on the App (available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>) concerns the only thing we don't like about Mexican restaurants: the unwelcome phenomenon we like to call 'Guac Tax'. 

Well, that's the new series begun, but please help us make it an absolute corker by sending us your exquisitely finely-honed <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a>, as emails to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a> and voicemails on the Question Line (dial 0208 123 5877, Skype answermethis).

Also, if you want to be moved to tears of derision like John, the final caller in the episode, scroll down to the bottom of <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode200" target="_blank">this post</a> to see the pictures of our parents (oh alright, Olly's lovely mum).

See you next Thursday,

Helen &amp; Olly

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AMT201: Fry and Laurie, Moon Ownership, and Ready Steady Cook - 19 January 2012

<a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode202">EPISODE 202 - this is a rock'n'roll gig, not some sort of egg party</a>

Hello chums,

You'll be relieved to hear that according to (not very respected) scientists, January 23rd was officially the most depressing day of 2012 - which means it's onwards and upwards from here! Hooray. We're not sure where Answer Me This! Episode 202 fits on that graph, but here you go anyway.

Today we consider:

novelty flavoured Coke
presumptuous Baptists
St Patrick'n'St Bridget
Britney'n'Kevin
Teddy Boys
oshiburi
the Elgin Marbles
Andy McNab
white tie and tails
the stork
Jack Nicholson
and
@.

Plus: Olly is a staunch traditionalist when it comes to marriage (despite being, at the same time, staunchly anti-marriage); Helen guesses what Andy McNab's mysterious face really looks like; and Martin the Sound Man mounts an impassioned defence of the underscore.

This week's Bit of Crap on the App (available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>) finds Olly SHOCKED and APPALLED by his beloved Disney, because he discovered Mickey Mouse is a secret smoker. Call the tabloids! 

Once you've done that, please call/email/Skype us, with your <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a>: <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a>; Question Line 0208 123 5877; Skype answermethis. You must know what to do by now.

Helen &amp; Olly

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AMT202: Leap Years, Teddy Boys and Andy McNab - 26 Jan 2012

<a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode205">EPISODE 205 - represent for all the men with tiny cocks!</a>

So many wangs in Answer Me This! Episode 205. Big ones. Little ones. Extended ones. Stone ones. Religious ones. Cold ones. Coal-fired ones...

Taking our minds off wangs for a moment, we also consider: 

Cillian Murphy in Batman
Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert
cemetery etiquette
snowman conformity
scarecrows
steam-power
phallus-power
naked shame
vibrators for health
Akzidenz-Grotesk
prudes vs. exhibitionists
traffic lights vs. policemen
and
pirated story tapes.

Plus: Olly doesn't pull in Pret A Manger; Helen explains why Death By Vagina was a pretty unavoidable option for the sexually active Victorian lady; and Martin the Sound Man strips off at festivals, because he likes to evoke the bacchanalia of Burning Man all over the place. Or, rather, because he wants to go on the waterslides. 

In this week's Bit of Crap on the App (available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>), Olly explains how he could have prevented a decade of war, had the pull of literature not been too strong. 

Next week, all going according to plan, we will be joined by a special guest: legendary comedian Jackie Mason! So send us <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a> for him, marked 'For Jackie': email <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a> or leave a voicemail on the Question Line (dial 0208 123 5877 or Skype answermethis).

See you next Thursday,

Helen &amp; Olly

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AMT205: Scarecrows, Traffic Lights and Naked Shame- 16 February 2012

<a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode206">EPISODE 206 with special guest Jackie Mason</a>

Answer Me This! Episode 206 is an exciting one, because we're joined by legendary comedian and erstwhile rabbi <a href="http://www.jackiemason.com" target="_blank">Jackie Mason</a>! 

We snuck backstage to talk to him at the Wyndhams Theatre, where he's performing his farewell show Fearless - <a href="http://www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/Tickets/JackieMasonFearless.asp" target="_blank">click here to find out more about it and buy tickets</a> - and we learned many things: real people are better to watch than Caddyshack II; Lucozade has yet to break America; and Madonna is a sick person (well, we did have an inkling of that already). 

Before you get to hear Jackie, though, you have to listen to us waffling on as usual, about such matters as:

legless frogs
the legal smoking age limit
litotes
sex vs. Buckaroo
Roman numerals
Snog Marry Avoid?
proxy servers
and
heirloom gobstoppers.

Plus: Olly exposes The Artist complainers as FRAUDS; Helen's inner Russell Brand is unleashed; and before you ask, the reason Martin the Sound Man didn't come with us to meet Jackie Mason is NOT because no goys were allowed, but because he had to go to work! Science waits for no man.

There's more Jackie in this week's Bit of Crap on the App, where he holds forth upon the upcoming US election and Harry Redknapp's dog, so fire up your <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>. 

AMT is back to its normal guestless state next week, but we're not alone so long as we have your <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a>; so leave a voicemail on the Question Line (dial 0208 123 5877 or Skype answermethis) or send an email to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a>.

See you next Thursday,

Helen &amp; Olly

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AMT206 with special guest Jackie Mason - 23 February 2012

<a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode213">EPISODE 213 - the gastronomic Human Centipede 2</a>

¡Hola!

There's been a lot of talk of Mexican food lately on Answer Me This!. We make no apologies for this. It is a magnificent cuisine. Episode 213 continues the theme, as we chomp on the history of nachos; now chomp on the episode, in which other topics of the day include:

joke thieves
Issey Miyake
the premiere of HMS Pinafore
<a href="http://www.chemikal.co.uk/artists/arab-strap/" target="_blank">Arab Strap</a> vs. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeVJlLxGsmo" target="_blank">The Boy With the Arab Strap</a>
police on horseback vs. police on stilts
tortillas vs. tortilla chips
<a href="http://www.edinburghtattootickets.com/" target="_blank">the Edinbugh Tattoo</a> vs. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f26LKf1feUI/Th5k21zd4nI/AAAAAAAAEoI/XDOi4EaMlO4/s1600/5.jpg" target="_blank">Edinburgh tattoos</a>.
D'Oyly Carte
air shows
and
saving Greece with yoghurt-based tourism.

Plus: Olly apparently spends a lot of time looking at horses' privates; Helen concocts an unusual analogy for Oliver Cromwell and the, er, Roundheads; and Martin the Sound Man somehow enjoys the company of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratos_(God_of_War)" target="_blank">this dickhead</a>, who is likely to be cited as the co-respondent when Helen files the divorce papers.

This week's Bit of Crap on the App (available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>) is a question from Harriet in York, concerning the self-replicating Magnum Infinity. Soon to be rebranded the Magnum Metaphor after an investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority.

There is additional noise for you to enjoy this week courtesy of Martin and the FIFTIETH episode of his Sound of the Ladies podcast. It's a song about bears or Creation Records or something - <a href="http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/2012/05/01/podcast-50-the-strongman/" target="_blank">click here</a> to check it out.

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See you next week!

Helen &amp; Olly

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AMT213: Mounted Police, Greek Yoghurt, and Steve Jobs Style - 3 May 2012

<a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode215">EPISODE 215 - the Richard Gere problem</a>

Hello!

We're really, really sorry, but after listening to Answer Me This! Episode 215, there's a strong chance you will have an LMFAO song stuck in your brain, and it will make you want to stick a straw in your ear, suck that brain out of your head then spit it down the drain. But, hopefully the rest of the podcast doesn't have that effect on you.

Today we mention:

Annie Hall
Joey Barton
the future of pubic hairstyles
Jessie J vs. indifferent radio professionals eating dinner
Will.I.Am vs. Simon and Garfunkel
'Party Rock Anthem' vs. 'The Birdie Song'
<a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/q/quentin_crisp.html" target="_blank">Quentin Crisp</a>
<a href="http://www.meetup.com/soul-mates-london" target="_blank">Olly's uncle</a>
frigid North Hertfordshire
the scary Dalai Lama
the sexual misuse of animals
and
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/LMFAOshufflebot" target="_blank">the man with the box on his head</a>.

Plus: Olly theorises upon why footballers sport <a href="http://fuckyeahfootballershair.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">such ridiculous barnets</a>; Helen does not like her toast done on one side; and sadly we don't have video footage of Martin the Sound Man's first ever viewing of '<a href="http://youtu.be/wyx6JDQCslE" target="_blank">Sexy and I Know It</a>', but if we did, it would be right up there in the video commentary canon alongside <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mYbLFD_BwE" target="_blank">this</a>. 

This week's Bit of Crap on the App (available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>) is a two-course feast of questions: firstly one from Hannah about currywurst, then for pudding a question from Sammy in Falkirk about pineapple. We hope this combination does not give your ears indigestion.

If you want more ear-food next week, please send us a <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTION</a>: deliver emails to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a> or leave voicemails on the Question Line (dial 0208 123 5877 or Skype answermethis).

See you next Thursday,

Helen &amp; Olly

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AMT215: Monks, LMFAO and Footballers' Hair - 17 May 2012

<a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode216">EPISODE 216 - dark passenger</a>

Hello listeners,

This week, we wonder at the morals of fairy tales. You know, the stupid underlying 'meaning' that spoils the fun of a far-out fictional confection, and ensures that kiddies absorb some very dubious life lessons. There are probably some very dubious life lessons in AMT216, but at least we're not pretending we have any morals. 

Today we contemplate:

round robin letters
Keeping Up Appearances
Roy Clarke
Compo vs. Prometheus
basket cases
dominatrixes
non-alcoholic beer
hospital flowers
<a href="http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/grape.html" target="_blank">the grape cure</a>
governess porn
sexy pizza
sexy Travis Bickle
American Apparel
why we don't do shout-outs
and
<a href="http://youtu.be/ZBB4h1Kagc4?t=8m21s" target="_blank">the only thing that happens in 31 series of Last of the Summer Wine</a>.

Plus: Olly would like Aesop's Fables to be more like a Choose Your Own Adventure book; Helen is the Sookie Stackhouse of AMT; and Martin the Sound Man gets quite emotional about the tale of the Elves and the Shoemaker. Thankfully he recovered sufficiently to launch a contest for under-18 songwriters, which you can find out about by <a href="http://sociablephysics.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/are-you-a-young-science-songwriter/" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.

This week's Bit of Crap on the App (available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>) is a question from a couple of chaps on their way to Alton Towers. Cue a blast of Mann Rage directed at theme park rides that blatantly used to be other theme park rides. Oh God, why dost thou torment him thus?

What is not a torment is asking us a <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTION</a>! (Though reading some of them is a torment for us.) Send an email to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a> or leave a voicemail on the Question Line (dial 0208 123 5877 or Skype answermethis).

And assuming the elves will step in to finish off our chores, we will see you again next week for AMT217.

Helen &amp; Olly

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AMT216 - Keeping Up Appearances, Non-Alcoholic Beer, and Grapes - 24 May 2012

<a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode234">EPISODE 234 - greasy drips</a>

Hello listeners,

With just days to go until Hallowe'en, many of you have been writing to ask what costume you should opt for. Here's our one-size-fits-all solution:

1. Wrap yourself in a duvet;
2. Go to bed until November 1st.

While you're there, drown out the sound of trick or treaters ringing your doorbell by listening to Answer Me This! Episode 234. Today we consider:

<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006CEKZ4Y/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B006CEKZ4Y&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wwwanswermeth-21" target="blank">Citizen Kane</a>
the classic <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000059513/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B000059513&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wwwanswermeth-21" target="_blank">Charlie's Angels</a> remake
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CYwNWHZuT0" target="_blank">Green Jelly</a> (nee Jello)
doughnuts vs. douchebags
strumpets vs. crumpets
Brian May's badger sanctuary
William of Orange's pet pugs
tribute bands
hipster combovers
psychoanalysis of Agatha Christie
Fratzos: matzos for frat boys
Leonardo DiCaprio lookalikes
the hard lives of fake Posh'n'Becks
Ann Widdecombe
the mystery of the Rolling Stones' hair
and
The Mystery of Hercule Poirot's Pants.

Plus: Olly finally finds<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFR11ZIfBKQ" target="_blank"> a TV show</a> to enjoy when he's alone in business hotels; Helen does not think <a href="http://cutepugpics.com/" target="_blank">this</a> is cute, at all; and Martin the Sound Man won't think much of Django Reinhardt impersonators unless they burn off their fingers.

In this week's Bit of Crap on the App (available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>) Olly digs up a big mistake Universal made, back in the day when Mickey Mouse was still just a rabbit, and Norman Bates was still just a motelier.

Make no mistake: we want your <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a> so we can make more episodes of AMT. So email them to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a> and/or leave voicemails on the Question Line by calling 0208 123 5877 or Skype ID answermethis.

See you next Thursday!

Helen &amp; Olly

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AMT234: Citizen Kane, the Rolling Stones' Hair, and Hercule Poirot's Pants - 25 October 2012

<a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/episode236">EPISODE 236 - like Jurassic Park, but with Romans</a>

Rub-a-dub-dub, two nuns in a tub - but what the blazes are they getting up to in there? Find out in Answer Me This! Episode 236, in which we contemplate:

Roman wine
Roman semen
flamenco dancing
Roger vs. Wilco
wet bars vs. dry bars vs. swim-up bars
the Moorish influence on Span vs. Frank Muir's influence on Spain
polluted peanuts
Sarah Palin's password
laundry fragranczzzzzzz
<a href="http://www.museum.speyer.de/English/Visitor_Information.htm" target="_blank">Pfalz Historical Museum</a> drink options
the oldest continuously producing Cabernet Sauvignon vine
airport shopping
and
double disk drives.

Plus: Olly is a bit disappointed by his holiday hotel's drink facilities, in that they did provide kettles but didn't serve drinks through boobs; Helen doesn't think you should trust <a href="http://www.selznick.com/products/passwordwallet/" target="_blank">Password Wallet</a> any more than post-it notes; and Martin the Sound Man is never going to make it as a wedding singer if his set is just '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaFYc_RxNsI" target="_blank">Heartbeat</a>' four times followed by '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViftZTfRSt8" target="_blank">Magic Dance</a>' as encore.

In this week's Bit of Crap on the App (available for <a href="http://tinyurl.com/amtapp" target="blank">iDevices</a> and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/androidAMT" target="blank">Android</a>) Olly reminisces about the time he had a wet bar in his student bedroom. People always think wet bars are so ritzy, but the Olly Mann twist on MTV Cribs fanciness can be yours for only £20 from Millets.

We are, as always, agog to receive your <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/questions" target="_blank">QUESTIONS</a>, so please email them to <a href="mailto:answermethispodcast@googlemail.com">answermethispodcast@googlemail.com</a> or leave voicemails on the Question Line by calling 0208 123 5877 or Skype ID answermethis.

By the way, if you're curious about spiders after today's episode, our pal Jim Bell of <a href="http://geekpop.co.uk" target="_blank">Geekpop</a> podcast is your spider man. NB Jim is not Spider-man, he is a normal man who doesn't wear spandex and seems fairly unwracked by angst. He is just very keen on spiders, <a href="http://bugexplorers.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">as his website demonstrates</a> - in an entirely safe-for-work way, we assure you. 

Less safe for work is our photo of Olly demonstrating that, like today's questioneer Brad's wife's student, he is the bollocks. <a href="http://answermethis.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/olly-dildohead.jpg" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see. Don't be scared - it's much gentler than all that nasty <a href="http://answermethispodcast.com/staplenuts/" target="_blank">Staplenuts business last year</a>.

Anyway, rest assured, dear listeners, that we think you are all the bollocks. So please bring your beautiful bollocky selves back here next Thursday for AMT237.

Tata!

Helen &amp; Olly

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AMT236: Wet Bars, Flamenco and 1650-Year-Old Wine - 8 November 2012

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