Money for Old Rope

By Vamp Nation

A podcast about idioms, featuring various Mancunians with a general disdain for everything outside of Manchester.... more

· Comedy

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The podcast currently has 49 episodes available.

Money for Old Rope episodes:

February 20, 2018 Surprise Parachute Rides
Idioms:
1. Shelling out
2. Ghost in the machine
3. Beat around the bush
Links:
A cut above the rest – Lovecraftian Guinea Pigs
Five Euro note ripped up
Storage heaters
Shell suits
Scarborough
Whitby
Atlantis
Yam Island
Solomon Islands
Shells as currency
The gold standard (US)
Nixon Shock
Finite Bitcoin
Mount Everest real name (Sagarmāthā)
Darwin’s personal tortoise (he didn’t eat it)
Butternut squash
Cilantro
Canadians Shell Out!
Ghost in the Shell – Film
Ghost in the Shell – Superior Anime
Ant-Man – Film
Lathe
Capstan lathe
Chinese flying machine
Poltergeist
Magic smoke
Rick and Morty Loser
Discworld Clacks
Gilbert Ryle
Cartesiam dualism
Philosophy of mind
Why is a computer bug called a bug?
Gremlin on the wing
Community Support Officer
Quidditch
Bushwacker
Tallywacker – Slang for genitals, does not require link.
The Most Dangerous Game
Trinity College, Cambridge
Monster Hunter: World
Minecraft
...more
40min
February 14, 2018 Mashing the Classics
Idioms:
1. Pig in a poke
2. Face the music
3. The road to hell is paved with good intentions
Links:
Pacific Rim – Movie
How it should have ended
Nazgûl
Fellbeast
The Power – Naomi Alderman
Origin of sinister
Karl Marx
Ronan Keating
Gluten Intolerance
Lactose Intolerance
Godwin’s Law
Romans
Carthaginians
Troyish
Civilization (Greatest game, wrong spelling)
The Burning of Troy
Fiddling while Rome Burned
Troy – Movie
What did the Romans do for us?
Pandora’s Box
Common Era
St Bernard of Clairvaux
Aeneid
Aphorism
Highway to Hell – Movie
Ghost Rider – Movie
Face Off – Movie
Con Air – Movie
Non-Walnut Whip
Running from the Law
Doodle oodle ooo mwa mhwa mwa
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo + Juliet – Movie
Airplane! – Movie
Bagpipes in war
Monster Hunter World
Mini Cheddars
Matilda – Movie
Kosher
...more
44min
February 07, 2018 Salt is Bitter Sugar
Idioms:
1. Shot point-blank
2. Cutting the mustard
3. Wait for the other shoe to drop
4. To collar someone
Links:
Porpoise
Dolphin
White-collar crime
Blue-collar crime
Priest collar
Salt in coffee
Salt in porridge
Horse collar
Captain Picard-esque seat
Point Break
Hot Fuzz
Keanu Reeves is Immortal
Point Blank game
Dr. Strange Portal
Blank bullets
The Crow
Hitman game series
Bullseye gameshow
Alan Partridge back of the net
Noah
Moses
Colman’s
Mustard gas – development
Bleach and vinegar (don’t)
Corned beef
General Custer
Jumanji
Wreck-It Ralph
Mustard plant
Norwich mustard museum
History of Nintendo
National mustard museum
Ikea founder
1% of wood used in Ikea
Shoes on telephone wire
Rejected titles:
Know your Porpoise
Not about Batman
The non-explicit one
Just alpine cows
A good sized herd
Priest Crime on the BBC
Stellar the Cherry Tree
Sea Flavoured
Always the Leg
Guns are still dangerous
Noah swam in mustard
General Custard’s Last Stand
Chop up the mustard god
Discusstard
The mustard discussion
We
...more
48min
January 23, 2018 Ace Flyswell’s Heroic Exploits
Idioms:
1. Crocodile tears
2. It takes two to tango
3. In hot water
4. Kangaroo court

Links:
Wallaby
Joey (baby)
Kangaroo boxing – Bonus David Attenborough
Balancing on tail
Quango
Convicts in Australia
A Stray Yankee in Texas
Office space, jump to conclusions
Bald headed muppet
Mustang horse
Claim jumping California Gold Rush
Courtroom notary (stenographers)
Noah’s flood – fish (nonsense)
Noah’s flood – unicorns (also nonsense)
Jews and New Testament
Artemis Fowl
Lizards lick eyes
Set
Offler
Sobek
Scramble for Africa
Plutarch
Bogorad’s syndrome
Boggart
Gladiatorial combat
Cummerbund
Buildings higher than palm trees
Co-op
Goldeneye
Onsen
Blood spurting out of nose (tvtropes warning)

Rejected titles:
An Evil Quango
Two teams of one
Badger the Barrister
Shark Sneezes
High Noon Tango
Tango Deathmatch
Noah Hated Fish
Four hands clapping
Roast us

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...more
50min
January 15, 2018 Fondant Fancy Wars
Idioms:
1. Horses for courses
2. Have your cake and eat it
3. Kicked from pillar to post
Links:
Gout
Moon made of cheese
Horses rest a leg
Mermaids
Ascot Racecourse
Dressage
Chester Racecourse (Roman harbour in history)
Brexit
French Fancies
Red food colouring
Let them eat cake
Fight them on the beaches
Bear claw
Moustache mugs
Language Log
Unabomber
Hal replacing a bulb
Acropolis – Greek
Rocket League
Kabaddi
Real tennis
Pneumatic tube delivery
Charles Babbage
Royal Mail history
Vox populi
No Such Thing as a Fish
Media and contact:
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...more
39min
January 09, 2018 Magic Sand Puddles
Idioms:
1. By hook or by crook
2. Da steppt der Bär
3. As happy as a sandboy
4. Up to snuff
Links:
Wild haggis
Razor clam
Where do labradors come from?
The Old Curiosity Shop
War of the Roses
House of York Rose
House of Lancaster Rose
Snuff
Snus
Obols on the eyes
Raw Water
Juicero
He’s a crook captain hook
Previous idioms
Spider head massagers
Sheep rustling problem…
Hammer and sickle
Lady Justice
Billhook
Charles I
Charles II Presented with a Pineapple
Batman: Arkham Knight
Disney Fantasia Sunflower

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...more
40min
December 19, 2017 Minerally Adequate
Idioms:
1. Working like a Trojan
2. Mutton dressed as lamb
3. I’ve got a bridge to sell you
4. Hope springs eternal
Links:
Trojan Horse
Decimate (Roman)
Mythological Troy
Helen of Troy in Simpsons
Captain America Regionalised List
Captain America in Manchester
WannaCry Virus
Keith Richards
Cliff Richard
Tower Bridge (it’s got towers on it.)
London Bridge (it’s dull.)
Dispensed Bridge (Army)
Monorail
George C. Parker
Confidence Men
Frank Abagnale
Patent Trolls
Hope Valley
Year of the Linux Desktop

Media and contact:
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...more
51min
December 06, 2017 Mr Sponge’s Second Chance
Idioms:
1. They followed the muck cart
2. Batshit crazy
3. Once bitten, twice shy
Links:
News of the World
Basset Hound
Bloodhound
Harry King
Round the Twist
Nonsense phrases
Pasty Cline
Saxondale
Misused Memes
Occam’s razor
Jammie Dodgers
Arrested Development
Portia de Rossi
Ace Ventura
Rhino Video
The Island of Doctor Moreau
Mercury used in hats
Hunter S. Thompson
Backronym
GNU
Hurd
CAMRA Beer
Free Software
Overton window
The Tracey Ullman Show
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Snapping Turtles
Animals you can post (UPS)
Halifax Lobster shop (airport)
Aesop’s Fables
George Bush Quotes
George Bush fake door
George W. Bush was intelligent
Catfishing
Middle-less Christmas Tree
Media and contact:
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45min
November 29, 2017 Committing Multi-murder
Idioms:
1. Shiver my timbers
2. A leopard can’t change its spots
3. Salt of the earth
Links:
Cleave him to the brisket
Peter Pan
Keelhauling
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Twilight Zone – Gremlin
Every cell in body changing
Telomere
27543
Just So Stories
Bad Taxidermy
British expansionism
Vitiligo
11 Plus Exam
Burgage
Pope Benedict XVI
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Explanation
Physical Bitcoin
Media and contact:
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...more
51min
November 23, 2017 Stub – Thanks and Feedback
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4min

FAQs about Money for Old Rope:

How many episodes does Money for Old Rope have?

The podcast currently has 49 episodes available.