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Episode 42 - Not A Groin Was Stirring
🕑 Added 2019-05-16 19:55:00 +0000 UTCIn part two of our deep dive into The Mister, author EL James gives her audience exactly what they came for: Sex! Nobody actually having it, of course, but people are being trafficked for it in a cheap attempt to lend gravitas to a tawdry romance novel! We were so disgusted our groins barely stirred at all.
This week we'll get to meet Maxim's bros and pay a visit to his family estates. We'll crack a smile anytime we don't see condoms, and finally get a good look at Alessia underneath that revolting housecoat. (Spoiler alert: she's very attractive, and also a genius.)
Real or Fanfic returns, along with a dark web look at some of the other times that Maxim held his tongue (turns out he's done it a lot throughout history, not just when he's offered revolting instant coffee)
For next time, read thru Chapter 14, to page 235!
Link to Facts King's Albania page: https://factsking.com/countries/albania/
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Ian Blouin
And did you guys touch on how she throws up the entire contents of her stomach before she was calmed? Then she wiped it on her hand!
Ian Blouin
I can't be the only person that pictured Croup and Vandemar from Neverwhere when the Wet Bandits knocked on the door can I?
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wow, that's great! who needs the facts king?
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thank you, we'll pass along the congrats to @xXxVoIcE_AcToR666xXx on the dark web
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that is truly awesome. Kneel to Zog!
Kerry S.
Re: "Zot!" and the Albanian language, this isn't really related but it IS an awesome fact. This is from the "FactsKing" link that someone else posted... "King Zog of Albania (ruled 1928-39) was the only national leader in modern times to return fire during an assassination attempt." Can we all put all bad lit things aside and give a tip of the hat to King Zog? Picture the footage of Ronald Reagan being shot by Hinkley, but with Reagan pushing the Secret Service aside as he pulled out his own handgun and returns fire on Hinkley, putting him down for the Secret Service to swarm atop of him with three bullets in Hinkley in return for the one bullet that hit Reagan.
Kerry S.
But The Mister's piano is so shiny and glossy!
Erika Flowers
I hope this isn't spoiling anything, but god damn, #1 book in this category, are we heading for a twist that not even Maxim's Range Rover, Jag, Bentley or Aston Martin could avoid?? Remember, publishers choose the categories to put their books in.... https://imgur.com/a/NcPeFRz
Ian Blouin
Ugh, I'm so sick of hearing about the piano. Can't she just ask someone if there's a piano somewhere else?
Erika Flowers
The "Great moments in Maxim history" might have taken the top spot on my laugh-out-loud moments, previously held by the editorial newsroom of the Ozark Science Fiction Magazine talking about how much money they spent on Eye of Argon cover art. The Dark Web audio clips you discover are a highlight of the show, you should really find the voice actors who do them, really incredible.
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"one star" - Pop
Erika Flowers
"The Mister is a classic retelling of the 2013 classic work by Conor Lasstowka 'A Christmas Boner'. See how a re-imagined Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed in Maxim Trevathicc, wealthy English billionaire prone to boners... and using his vast wealth to help others after suffering a tragic loss." -The New York Times.
Amanda Martyn
I then found out that apparently the anteater and the saying "Zot!" have been adopted by UC Irvine sports teams. Perhaps when she exclaims "Zot!" Alessia feels struck, as though by a giant anteater. https://www.uciunfiltered.com/home/2018/11/30/the-story-of-our-mascot
Amanda Martyn
I finally realized where Zot was familiar to me from. It's the sound of the anteater from the comic strip B.C. eating an ant.
Moviegique
What, no Dwight David Thrash fans? I thought I knew you people.
Elizabeth Foote
Update: here we go, boys. Prepare for some stirred groins. http://imgur.com/RpIdYDu
Jordan Roher
Heh, glad you liked it. I intended it as an homage, assuming EL James traffics in the same cliches from her last series.
Elizabeth Foote
The eurocopter fanfic was beautiful work. If I get a spare moment this weekend I'd like to take on Mike's art challenge, but it's going to be absolutely horrific.
Chaos Shadow
Pfft, that eurocopter fanfic. I never read 50 Shades myself, but I'm aware that there's a lengthy passage in 50 Shades Darker where Christian Gray goes on and on about his helicopter, and reassures Anastasia that it's the 'safest eurocopter on the market'. I'm not sure whether the submission was just a character swap of an actual passage from Darker or just an homage to the scene; either way, it was a damn funny reveal.
Sarah Goldstein
Prior to this, all I knew about Albania I learned from Cheers. https://youtu.be/-F_tT-q8EF0
Moviegique
I keep waiting for you guys to make the "Taken" connection! I can't tell if you're being coy or what? It was Albanians who captured Liam Neeson's daughter! And went after him for revenge in "Taken 2"! (Also, they were the villains in "The Expendables 2".) The only Albanian movie I've seen is...well, I think all Albanians are criminals. http://moviegique.com/index.php/2016/07/20/cash-only/
Moviegique
Vis a vis sharing too much at Thanksgiving dinner: My son pointed out that, very often, when people are eating good food in a public setting, they're not careful about how loud they are talking. *kaff*
Jordan Roher
Drat, I was so proud of this week’s subtle fan fiction. *shakes Dr. Claw fist* I’ll get you next time, Nelson! Next time!
andrew
A Psylocke reference?! I didn't think this day could get better.
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ha, that's amazing
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As promised, the Facts King: https://factsking.com/countries/albania/
Emma Schroeder
https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/94iatu/electronic_road_sign_in_tiranaalbania_saying/ The Albanian police say fasten your seat belt instead of doing a meme challenge.
Erika Flowers
"Grignr's urinary gland stirred."
