WEBVTT - Tighten Those Bolts! 

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<v Speaker 1>There's more than one way to skin the cat of etymology,

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<v Speaker 1>it's one more thing. I'm strong, and one more thing.

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<v Speaker 1>So first, Joe used the disgusting phrase more than one

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<v Speaker 1>way to skin a cat, which we got off on

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<v Speaker 1>wondering where that comes from, and a whole bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>people texted, it's catfish, it's the way to skin catfish.

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<v Speaker 1>That mayn't be true. That may not be I even

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<v Speaker 1>looked it up. And even if I look it up

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<v Speaker 1>and find it, that doesn't mean it's accurate because some

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<v Speaker 1>other website will say something different. That's it within a

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<v Speaker 1>week anyway, Right, That's been my history of these things.

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<v Speaker 1>But Joe also used the phrase screwed and tattooed, which

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<v Speaker 1>I was actually wondering about somewhat and apparently the actual phrases,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've heard this before screwed, ballued, and tattooed.

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<v Speaker 2>Please tell me this is not horrifying because I used it,

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<v Speaker 2>you know on the r it can be any of it.

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<v Speaker 1>At least three things. Where this came from? This this.

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<v Speaker 3>So blued, that's grammatically incorrect.

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<v Speaker 1>Well on this one, it's it came from ship's mechanics,

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<v Speaker 1>tighten all parts and screws use bluing to stain the metal,

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<v Speaker 1>which is something you do, put an inspection mark through

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<v Speaker 1>the blue paint with a tool, and to tattoo the

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<v Speaker 1>part to show that it has been taken care of.

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<v Speaker 3>Screwed blue, its completely taken.

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<v Speaker 1>Care of, right, or it could be this. Before shipping

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<v Speaker 1>out from a foreign port, call a sailor would see

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<v Speaker 1>a local working girl. That would be the screwed portion

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<v Speaker 1>of the conversation. After that he'd dress in his navy

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<v Speaker 1>blue uniform to head back to the ship. Then he'd

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<v Speaker 1>get another tattoo to remember where he had been.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, bullshit on that one, but it's charming anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I believe that one. And then

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<v Speaker 1>also the one.

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<v Speaker 2>Tane charming, you know, including the hooker and everything, but

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<v Speaker 2>at least I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>So apparently back in the day, and again this is

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<v Speaker 1>yet another version of this. Back in the day in

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<v Speaker 1>the Navy, you would take a mercury pill, which was

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<v Speaker 1>a blue pill, to treat the syphilis you got while

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<v Speaker 1>you were in you know, in town, while you're doctor

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever. So you got screwed, you got syphilis, you

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<v Speaker 1>got blued. With the medicine to treat the syphilis, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you'd show your ship's tattoo to avoid being pressed

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<v Speaker 1>into service on another ship to get out of town.

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<v Speaker 3>Huh. I feel like it almost feels like a game show, Katie,

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'm gonna go with answer A. I think the

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<v Speaker 4>first one sounds the most legit out of those three.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh i uh. I find it interesting that there are

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<v Speaker 1>all kinds of words and phrases that we use because

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<v Speaker 1>we know what we know what you're trying to say

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<v Speaker 1>with them. But like the origin will turn out to

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<v Speaker 1>be very very different or whatever. It doesn't make any difference.

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<v Speaker 1>It just doesn't make any difference. If it's being it's

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<v Speaker 1>been used for the last fifty years to communicate a

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<v Speaker 1>certain thing, what difference does the origin make at that point?

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<v Speaker 1>Does it make any difference?

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's interesting, I'm charming, but no, it means what

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<v Speaker 2>it means currently. Yeah, it's like the whole idiotic BLM.

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<v Speaker 2>And again you have to remember all of that crap

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<v Speaker 2>was fake. It was designed to overthrow the powers that

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<v Speaker 2>be in Western civilization. So the idea that you couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>use the term picnic, it was just an effort to

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<v Speaker 2>get you to obey them anyway, just to they are

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<v Speaker 2>calling the shots. They will tell you what you can

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<v Speaker 2>say and what you can't say. The idea was to

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<v Speaker 2>get you on your heels anyway. I came across another

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<v Speaker 2>list of.

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<v Speaker 3>Possibilities of what it might mean.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's like funny, a common one we got. We

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<v Speaker 1>spent a lot of time on this. Some politician used

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<v Speaker 1>the term, I think balls to the walls, and then

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<v Speaker 1>people were horrified about it, and then everybody got into

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<v Speaker 1>the etymology of that, and then some of them it was,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, sexual, and some of them it was mechanical. Mare.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all kinds of different, had to do with trains

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<v Speaker 1>or planes or whatever. It wasn't sexual at all, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Or yeah, I can't remember what it was, but it wasn't.

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<v Speaker 3>It was completely not sexual.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Do you have any look on skinning a cat there, Katie,

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<v Speaker 1>Now not yet. Well, we got a bunch of texts

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<v Speaker 1>on that pole cat, which is a raccoon, is often

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<v Speaker 1>referred to as a cat, and you did skin raccoons

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<v Speaker 1>because the fur trade was a really big deal. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so that could Yeah, that's probably where it came from,

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<v Speaker 1>probably eighteen hundreds, you know, of fur traders.

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<v Speaker 2>But again to your point, using that expression doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>you're soft on raccoon skinning or fur in general, or.

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<v Speaker 1>Know anything about the multiple ways to get the hide

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<v Speaker 1>off of raccoon, right exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's irrelevant to say, you know, that's actually an

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<v Speaker 2>expression that means, you know, that's interesting, but just quit

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<v Speaker 2>with It's that weird presentism thing, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's another form of that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just a fake, annoying way to show moral superiority.

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<v Speaker 1>So there was an editor's note on one of these

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<v Speaker 1>that said sybilist is actually incurable and mercury will not help.

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<v Speaker 1>But it was believed at the time that it was

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<v Speaker 1>well certainly still incurable.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, you can cure it with antibiotics unless it

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<v Speaker 2>goes too far.

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<v Speaker 1>Why does Katie? Why does Joon know so much about

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kind of curious myself there, Joe. I don't actually

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<v Speaker 1>know if syphilis is like a common current one or

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<v Speaker 1>if it's an old timy one. Is it a common one? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely? Yeah, Yeah, I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Know for all yours.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm telling you. I tell you what.

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<v Speaker 2>By the third time I got the treatment, I could

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<v Speaker 2>have done it myself.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, I can give me the needle, had your miroscope,

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<v Speaker 1>and you'd put a little sample under there. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>looks like simphle, it's again, diy, Oh my goodness, hey.

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<v Speaker 3>Honey, syphiliss again.

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<v Speaker 2>I used to work the venereal disease desk the Armstrong

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<v Speaker 2>and Getdy Show. I remember, especially when we were just

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<v Speaker 2>a local show in northern California. The statistics would come

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<v Speaker 2>out every year, and you know, upsurges in gonna rhea

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<v Speaker 2>and syphilis or whatever in the state of California. Some

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<v Speaker 2>department put out a report and I'd always bring it.

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<v Speaker 3>Up, see how the state's doing. Hey, gotta rea down,

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<v Speaker 3>but syphilis up?

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<v Speaker 1>Folks?

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<v Speaker 3>Where that condom? Come on?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I've never understood how old time the Old West prostitution worked.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just I don't know. It's pre condom. I just

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<v Speaker 1>what was going on there?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, they had condoms preest before the modern.

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<v Speaker 1>Using them.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. I wasn't there they were.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't actually know. But like when you watch those

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<v Speaker 1>old timey Westerns and everybody's kind of just joking about

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<v Speaker 1>going upstairs with the local harlet, it's gotta be disgusting.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody shower abortions, abortions, and and and VD.

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<v Speaker 1>Well and just just being grossly dirty. In addition to

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<v Speaker 1>all that, it's just ah.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, they had water. You could take a bath. You've

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<v Speaker 3>seen the Westerns where you lay there in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Like once a month after a cattle drive or something.

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<v Speaker 3>Put as long as it's before the sex.

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<v Speaker 1>And how long since? When did she take her the

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<v Speaker 1>most recent bath?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, ask her. Besides, we did a syphilis soon,

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<v Speaker 3>don't worry about it.

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<v Speaker 4>Here's a fun fact. In the late eighteenth cent made

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<v Speaker 4>out of sheep guts, condoms were soaked for a couple

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<v Speaker 4>of hours and then made to have them be pliable afterwards,

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<v Speaker 4>and then they would put a ribbon at the end of.

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<v Speaker 1>Its especially for the holidays.

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<v Speaker 3>Santa hat. Another possibility

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<v Speaker 2>Old timey condoms like great stocking stuff for well, I

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<v Speaker 2>guess that's it.