Waiting 4 Wrath - Episode 251 - The One Where We Visit Mattoon's Bimillennial Dance-Off!

In This Week’s Show, episode 251, we get hysterically involved in French DDR until we sashay away to the world’s best food truck for a beer.

Now, grab a beer and help us test the god hypothesis — because, while Nataraja (the personification of Shiva who is considered the ‘lord of the dance’) hasn’t struck us down yet, we are trying his patience!

Shea’s Life Lesson

This week I learned that when smart kids share random facts adults tell them how smart they are. But when adults share random facts people tell them they are weird and annoying…

Jenn’s Actual Lesson

Did you know that in his guise as Nataraja, Shiva is both creating and destroying the world, all at once, crushing a demon underneath his feet as he does so.

But before we get to all that, let’s have a beer!

This Week’s Beer

Breaking Bud by Knee Deep Brewing Company

Donated By: Aaron

* BA Link: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23200/159885/

* BA Rating: 4.15

* Style: IPA

* ABV: 7%

* Aaron: 5

* Jenn: 4

* Steve: 4

This Week’s Show

Round Table Discussion

New Patrons

* Lily

* Melanie

The Four Horsepeople of the funny bone.

“Waiting 4 Wrath is a great show with great hosts. Each brings something to the table that I can relate to. Jen brings the level headed reason. Aaron brings the silly. Steve brings the curmudgeon (You kids get off my lawn!) But it is my yeti brethren Shea that brings the lesson. Every week I learn along with him and this week I learned that when you fish from the top of a building you can’t bait your hook there because everyone knows you can’t Fit A Lure On The Roof.”

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Voicemail From Mr. Bible Pants

Message from Sir Hairy Palms the Blind

Fun story about fixing lefties.

In grade 2 ( or 3) , so like 1976 or so, I had a public school teacher who refused to allow me to learn how to print because I'm left handed. If I tried she'd hit my hand with a yardstick and make me sit away from my desk to make sure I didn't sneak practice being a devil spawn with delusions of literacy.

Same teacher also told me that "God didn't make you a dirty savage (I'm 1/2 native canadian) The Devil did that. But god expects you to overcome it".

She had me so convinced I was broken and evil my family didn't find out about the writing prohibition until my father asked the school about moving me into a special ed class and the real story came out about why I was near illiterate compared to my classmates. Not sure if Mrs Grizdale got fired but I never saw her again.

Yeah. Religion is fun. Been an atheist pretty much ever since, so I should thank the evil bitch for that.

Longtime listener Ed sent us a pic of the delicious chocolate Shake Chocolate Porter beer from a few weeks ago. He’s tried his best to like beer, but not even this one worked. :( He did say he still liked us so let’s call it a win!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon#References

Our story begins in the sleepy, but not as sleepy as it will be, town of Mattoon, Illinois. Mattoon is a small town of about 18,000 people, nestled in the treeline of Coles County between a prairie and another prairie.

Fun fact about Mattoon, the city website appears to be the last remaining Geocities page on the internet.

In 1944 Urban Raef was awakened in the wee hours by a strange smell. Nauseated and weak,