Waiting 4 Wrath - Episode 164 - The One Where We Wish Better 2018 For Us All!

In This Week’s Show, episode 164, 2017 was a hard year to swallow, so we move forward and onward to Egyptian glory.

Now, grab a beer and help us test the god hypothesis — because, while Illujanka (snake-demon of Hittite myth) hasn’t struck us down yet, we are trying its patience!

Shea’s Life Lesson

Jenn’s Actual Lesson

Did you know that in Hittite myth, Illujanka was crushed to death by Teshub, the weather god? This symbolized the beginning of a new era and was read on their New Year's Day.

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

This Week’s Beer

Midas Touch Ancient Ale - Dogfish Head

* BA Link: http://bit.ly/2AMquzV

* BA Rating: Rating: 87% - ‎2,147 votes

* Style: Ale

* ABV: 9%

* Aaron: 5

* Jenn: 4

* Shea: 2

This Week’s Show

Round Table Discussion

New patron BBQattheLaserFactory - you might want to turn those lasers down eh?

Heartfelt thanks to Louise in Scotland for the one-time donation and very kind words.

Singing drunk dial (pretty sure it’s Brewer Ben).

http://bit.ly/2BHKZKP

Felicia with Utah Outcasts would like to join forces with The Yeti if he pursues twerking for Patrons.

Headlines

HL1 - Fuck This Guy Too

We’ll get some notes up in here when Shea gets them to us…

HL2 - Worship Like An Egyptian - http://bit.ly/2ChJxm1

* The Committee on Religion in the Egyptian Parliament has disclosed plans to pass into law a bill that makes atheism a criminal offense in the North African nation.

* Current Egyptian law says atheists can be prosecuted for expressing their disbelief in public but the committee’s proposal would go further and criminalize disbelief itself.

* It would be recalled that in 2014, little more than a week after Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi was sworn in as Egypt’s President, the government announced that it was preparing a national plan to crush every form of atheism.

This Week’s Stories

You’re a Water Wizard Harry! - http://bit.ly/2A7bz2s

in the UK, where nearly a dozen companies have admitted to using divining (or dowsing) rods to detect leaks or figure out where to dig for water.

While there are variations on how these rods work, the version we’re talking about here involves holding two sticks out in front of you, parallel to each other. You walk around the area, and if the rods “detect” water, they’ll pull themselves toward each other and cross. If that sounds ridiculous, that’s because it is.

Overall, Le Page says, 10 of the 12 companies she contacted use or allow divination as a way to detect… something. Even though there is literally zero evidence that they work. It’s a waste of time, money, and resources.

In a statement to the Guardian, the company added: “Using dowsing rods to find leaks is an old-fashioned method. We don’t spend money on it, or issue rods to our engineers.”

Severn Trent told the Mirror: “We don’t issue divining rods to our engineers but we believe some of our engineers use them. As long as the leak is found and repaired quickly, by whatever means, we’re happy and so are our customers.”

The industry’s trade body, Water UK, also blamed individual engineers. It said: “The reality is that water companies are spending millions of pounds each year on innovative leakage detection schemes such as thermal imaging drones, sonic listening devices and other high-tech electronic mapping equipment, which has helped reduce leakages by a third since the 1990s, and it’s unlikely that a few individuals doing some unofficial divining has had much impact.