name-context.txt

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Emotional Support Bees
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Gray: There's evidently a man who registered a swarm of bees as an emotional support animal.
Kate: That is SO MUCH BETTER than I imagined
Kate: Is there a link to a story somewhere?
Gray: Literally just Google "emotional support bees" (this is how the precise phrasing arose).

https://www.beeculture.com/catch-the-buzz-emotional-support-animal-is-creating-quite-a-buzz/

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Pokeberry Bloodstain
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Izzy: Also, yardwork-related tangent
Izzy: Pokeberry Bloodstain is a good band name

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Deleted gif of spinning word PISS
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Gray: Discord thread about "kinks you never thought you'd like but now really enjoy." Someone evidently posted the aforementioned gif, and then deleted it because it was too flickery and disorienting, and then sent that message explaining the deletion.

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Excited Spider Colony
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Lear: Deconstructing old flat pack furniture that had a weird overhang and discovering eleventy billion old egg sac husks underneath it

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Impromptu Nachos
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During a discussion of what goes on nachos:

Jan: Oh, for impromptu nachos (band name), it's always just whatever is in the fridge

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Nacho Laundry
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During the above conversation:

Elle: I skimmed this and thought Jan was making nachos in their dryer a la dishwasher salmon and was very intrigued by the process. My brain instantly imagined putting a sheet pan on one of those shoe dryer things and now I kinda want to try it?
Laundry nachos aside, hard agree on the cheese mix here, though may I also recommend some Romano for a surprise savory twist?

Gray: Nacho laundry, also a band name.

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Disconcerting Plunging
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Gray: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JX82wa5HkJg&pp=ygUYc2FmaXlhIG55Z2FhcmQgbGlwIGdsb3Nz

[Video: Safiya Nygaard "Mixing Every Lipgloss From Sephora Together"]

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Sex-Positive Bouncy Castle
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Gray: No! The bouncy castle is _not_ sex-positive, that's the point!

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Ghosts of My 20s
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Izzy: Being back in the house I used to live with my partner's and I's mutual ex in 😝

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Massively Constipated Black Hole
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Tim: A new one for your band name list courtesy of NPR, Massively Constipated Black Hole.

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Yeeterus Completerus
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In celebration of Lear's long-awaited hysterectomy! \o/

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Watermelon Pilgrimage
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Izzy: We brought too much watermelon
Izzy: By which I mean a single whole watermelon and not enough people who like watermelon to eat it

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Basset Hound Motorboat
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Izzy: Tipsy renfair thoughts and my partner making very basset hound-like noises among our group

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Philadelphia Bee Vacuum
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Kate: https://www.inquirer.com/news/stolen-hornets-nest-philadelphia-bee-vacuum-20230927.html
Gray: I haven't clicked on the article yet, but just from the URL, Philadelphia Bee Vacuum is a band name.

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Screaming Tardigrade
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Pinito the rabbit does an excellent squish-faced screaming tardigrade expression. <3

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Clit Access Side Pockets
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Gray: A friend questioning the construction of the pockets in women's jeans.

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LUSH RED TAINTS
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An anagram of "Shutter Island" from a GWD trivia question (also, we won by a whole round \o/)

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Pumpkin Spice Hegemony
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--while watching Dune--
Josh: So, what do you think spice actually smells like?  I assume cinnamon.
Catrina: Yeah, that was my thought, too.
Kate: I dunno, I was thinking something more like cumin.
Chris: No, it's definitely a mix of things, like garam masala or something like that.
Josh: THE PUMPKIN SPICE MUST FLOW
Kate: House Atreides, pumpkin spice hegemony.

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Load-Bearing Cunts
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Gray: "Re: correct bicycling form: 'Your cunt is for balance! It is not a load-bearing cunt!'"

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Quiet Suburban Orgy
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Gray: And the quiet suburban orgy was about the expected outcome of the Halloween party I'm going to in a couple weeks.

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Car-Flavored Lube-Licker
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Gray: We were talking about car washes, and someone proposed that the multicolored foam is like flavored lube for the car wash robot, and then someone else got the words mixed up while laughing about it and came out with "car-flavored lube-licker!" in between giggles.

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Unlabeled Toddler
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w/r/t a discussion in Corvus Slack about historically being able to mail children:
Kate: How do you affix postage to a toddler?
Augusta: forehead
Kate: Then they just peel it off and now you’re somewhere in Nebraska with an unlabeled toddler that’s suddenly permanently your responsibility

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Vulture Loaf
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Adorable vultures loafing outside a window at Gray's office.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2a8sv83b86z1j51fu7d57/VultureLoaf.mp4

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The Vegan Wellington Situation
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At Alison's birthday brunch, Ava referenced a Friendsgiving in which she was making "a vegan Wellington... situation".

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Solicitation Purr
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Kristin: from a podcast discussing an article about how cats purr and the types of purrs they do

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Perturbed Frog Tits!
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kq3sh0d5urrg6ywxqo93k/PerturbedFrogTits.jpg
Melinda: sitting on a bench below the shelf... those are such odd frogs... oh, they're not frogs! they're titmugs! Now that I say that perturbed frogtitmugs is hilarious LOL

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Panera Death Lemonade
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Gray: This isn't actually funny at all, but Panera Death Lemonade is still a band name.
https://twitter.com/rachelmillman/status/1717569286762332444?t=KWYko9GN0frnuhG1vdIQBQ&s=19
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/29/panera-bread-charged-lemonade-student-death

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Erratic Taxi
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Rivka: a really bad taxi driver

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12 Amp Snow Shovel
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Lear: TIL there is such a thing as a "12 amp snow shovel"
https://www.amazon.com/Earthwise-SN70016-Electric-Corded-Shovel/dp/B073V482GY
NGL if I lived somewhere where I had more than 10 feet of anything to shovel I might consider buying one

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Sensual Tree Expert
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An arborist, communing with a tree, assessing whether or not it needed to be cut down.

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Pretty Good Dentist
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At the corner of Main St. and Oak St. in Leslie, AR, there is a combination antique store/art gallery/???dentist???.  In the window, there is a handwritten sign: 

28 years Experience
Pretty Good Dentist

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bmnx1fojyymtp92niah1o/PrettyGoodDentist.png

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Donut Martini
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A Dunkin' Donuts Christmas promotion: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2anvg7wcbooa6q05nav7h/DonutMartini.jpg

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Carrot Rat King
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Izzy: We were talking about the way my boss plants carrots very tightly clustered because they are not a variety that grows very big with the guy from the neighboring stand and the brainstorming carried on into unknown realms

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Tsarist Sharks on the Moon
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https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shark_side_of_the_moon

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Tart Oatmeal
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Gray: My brother had a minor kitchen mishap earlier today when he put red currants in a sauce without realizing exactly how sour they were. Somewhat later, we were talking about what to make for breakfast tomorrow, and my dad joked about making oatmeal with the currants.

"Ah yes, 'tart,' the most desirable adjective when I think of oatmeal."

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Polymetallic Nodule
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Gray: IDK, my dad found some news article about them. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese_nodule

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Horny Spider Lotion
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Upon seeing the following:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8qkiaeihfks1y69jypnyg/HornySpiderLotion3.jpg

Me: Well, where do I get this horny spider lotion? Wolf spiders are cute and they can come hang out with me

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Scrotumpalooza
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Gray: Things you can do with a bag of IV fluids.  Another band name: Anal Ring Toss Kit

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Routine Shark Examination
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Gray: A podcast about a murder mystery in which the victim's leg was found inside a shark, questioning how the leg was discovered in the first place.

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Pope Hammer
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5t41v59hd8tt2ahqogi48/PopeHammer.jpg

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Gently Used Hotdogs
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgn2c71fin7a1v2ngrye7/GentlyUsedHotdogs.jpg

Gray: Izzy specifies that this is a ska band.

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Funnel-Like System
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Taskmaster being Taskmaster.

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Room Temperature Party Salmon
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Lear: Office party leftover food placed on the Random Shelf of Randomness

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London Alligator Service / Pub Alligator
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Gray: Band name courtesy of the podcast Trashfuture: London Alligator Service, or alternatively, Pub Alligator.  The context for these is "what should happen when someone brings an annoying tiny yappy dog to the pub" - there should be a service you can call to summon an alligator to eat it.

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Ornery Polygon
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-mathematicians-search-for-the-mysterious-einstein-tile/

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Deer As In Fuck You
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https://bsky.app/profile/amagire.bsky.social/post/3kjgfxufwfn2z

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Fucked Up Cannoli
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Gray: Some of my friends were told to bring "anything you can imagine putting in a cannoli" to a cooking party.

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Got No Muddler
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Another gem from the Fucked Up Cannoli Party

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Unspecified Juice
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And another!

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Big Vegetarian Dog
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In reference to deer, which are not actually vegetarian!

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Four Torch Wolverine
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Gray: "The requisite post-fireplay Fire Wolverine act to exhaust the torches, executed with four torches instead of the typical three."

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Herbiverous Vultures
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Gray: "Friends descending like vultures upon a Caprese salad."

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Handful of Hummus
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Gray: "We were proposing superpowers, and someone proposed "summon snacks," and then we got in an argument about what constitutes a snack, and someone said it had to fit in your hand, so the superpower became "summon a handful of any food." And then we just started yelling foods that it would be funny to hold a handful of."

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Rotating Internal Flashbulbs
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From ice cream Slack; Tom ordered a large quantity of marble-sized white lights for folks to use at Camp.  For reasons.

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Hardware Store Aliens
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Gray: "Today's commentary from the hardware store aliens: "BE A WINNER / WITH ACE / LIKE IN CARDS" "

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Solidarity Pants
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At Chez Charlie, the week of emptying it to sell after Mumsy's death:
hannah: "Okay, I need to be up with pants on by the time the realtor comes by at 9:30 tomorrow."
Kate: "I will wear pants with you in solidarity."
Duck: "Solidarity pants is truly an act of love."

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(Clusterfuck) Plague Fiesta
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Alex's sister's wedding where everybody got covid

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Beautiful Subaru Life
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w/r/t what Britney Spears deserved instead of what she got

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Accidental Turkey
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Rivka ended up with a turkey they didn't order, or at least didn't mean to, somehow.

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SNACKRIFICIAL OFFERING
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Unattended cookies left by Melinda were snatched up by Pinito.

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Ancillary Mustache
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ambyr referenced Tim's mustache as the only mustache needs she has, to which he responded that he tends to think of it as a beard and the mustache is ancillary.

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Implied Turtle
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From a description of an emoji of an outline of the blob turtle emoji.

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Revenge Dentistry
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From a podcast; Guy grew up in a small town where there was only one dentist. His dad accidentally hit the dentist’s son with his car, and the guy telling the story was convinced the dentist was extra rough with his after as a result. (Everyone was fine)

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Meat Confetti Syndrome
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Gray: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vpbj3kxmjxa1q24d2pjkz/MeatConfettiSyndrome.jpg?rlkey=d2u0rm2qra5nksdij2dqw43ui&st=skdjmgrv&dl=0

Kate: CAUTION: This product has been shown to cause Meat Confetti Syndrome

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Assassination Spaghetti
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Gray: Band name: Assassination Spaghetti

Kate: Excellent -- context?

Gray: https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2023/01/spaghetti-allassassina-assassins.html?m=1

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Hawk Noises
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Gray: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/udl78g9p2p6lgq1tc5hw2/Hawk-Noises.jpg?rlkey=j9vbft7gotzgl8ge6vodfnthh&st=rtnbgn7i&dl=0

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Harry Potter and the Sexual Revolution
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Frank: Want a band name for your list?

Kate: Oh, absolutely

Frank: A discussion between a creationist and evolutionist. In the creationists inrto he was talking about the things he was convicted to write books about and the phrase was uttered: 

"Harry Potter and the Sexual Revolution"

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Cock-Block Wendigo
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Gray: Band name courtesy of a tag on AO3: Cock-Blocking Wendigo

Kate: Oh fuck yeah
that's outstanding

Gray: Unfortunately the story it came from was pretty much unreadable garbage.
But the tag is incredible.

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Hip Nostrils / Bonus Trachea
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Gray: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tsayxn1m1916jagy08sqj/HipNostrils1.jpg?rlkey=pte8jt7an4ob0fsfiaxuwtzna&st=1h9p9r31&dl=0

Gray: [Stacey's reaction to the above] https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jkclj8q5rl4h52pcryb1r/HipNostrils2.jpg?rlkey=uwz47sz9dw48xg5ettlf389k4&st=fgg9fo62&dl=0

Kate: They're not wrong!  I'd be less concerned about hip nostrils than I would be about mysterious bonus trachea.

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Chainsaw Gonorrhea Quote
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Gray: Band name: Chainsaw Gonorrhea Quote?

Kate: What a delightful horror to wake up to
What on earth is the context there?

Gray: I feel like I really only need to say one word and the word is "Wandarella."

Kate: Ah, okay, gotcha
Yep, tracks
She’s a delight

Gray: This was while I was setting up for a Feywilde event with her a while back and she was getting mad that the chainsaw she was using kept choking, and the quote was, "If I had gonorrhea and this chainsaw, I'd rather get rid of the chainsaw."

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Articulated Dick, et al.
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Gray: Band names courtesy of a conversation about Fun Animal Facts:
Articulated Dick
Elephant Taint 
Eight Ballsacks
Necklace of Balls
Dolphin Suicide

Kate: WHAT ANIMAL HAS AN ARTICULATED DICK
I NEED TO KNOW

Gray: Elephant, apparently.

Kate: That just seems so handy

Gray: I did not check the veracity of any of these Fun Animal Facts.

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Octopus-Washing Machine
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Gray: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/k2o4qceq1gp4korcnr573/Octopus-WashingMachine.jpg?rlkey=les0w1r00npa9t3qovgfds3gv&st=uult1pal&dl=0
Oh no. 🤣
Band name: Octopus Washing Machine? 😂
Or perhaps Octopus-Washing Machine?

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Gecko Balboa
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Gray: Gecko Balboa is a band name, and also an incantation that has absolutely incapacitated me with laughter.
Can you guess why it was uttered?

Kate: GEICO gecko in boxing gloves?

Gray: No.

Kate: I got nothing
But you can’t tell me that this wouldn’t be adorable

Gray: Someone [redacted by Kate] trying and failing to remember "gingko biloba."
I genuinely almost fell over laughing.
Some recovery time was required.

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Purple Latex Bro Tank
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Gray: The TL;DR is that a purple latex dress worn by someone with...not the intended physique...looks like a bro tank.

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Nipples With Agency
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Gray: The story I'm reading right now was very well-written and plotted, right up until the characters actually got together. But the sex scenes are a hilarious mess.

[...]

Gray: All right, we have reached the end of the chapter, I may have to give up on this story. 🤣

Kate: But what other treasures might you be missing out on???

Gray: "They just sat there, on his chest, being nipples."
GOOD NIGHT.
I'M DONE.

Kate: I mean, I would hope that's what nipples would do

Gray: This is an actual sentence that actually appeared in this nominally erotic scene.

Kate: *doctor looks at you grimly*
"I'm sorry, you've got Wandering Nipple Syndrome"
"It's usually quite mild; we have treatments for it, but you'll never really cure it"
*at the followup six months later*
"Well, it appears your nipples have wandered clear off your body.  That's always a risk with this disorder.  Truly heartbreaking."

Gray: Where do they go, though?!

Kate: I mean, we're talking about nipples with agency here — they really could go anywhere

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Inca Hoots
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Gray: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tuyrif2nxj4h1g8rr50ad/IncaHoots.jpg?rlkey=fwruw87xnh4gude183rn3x4hs&st=xj8sm2e8&dl=0

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Fig Inlet, et al.
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Kate: I've been working on this puzzle https://www.jigsawexplorer.com/puzzles/tartlets-jigsaw-puzzle/
And as I talk to myself in my head while trying to solve it, there have been some excellent band names

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Yellowjacket Reliquary Necklace
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https://www.tiktok.com/@eli_metal/video/7349258188182654254?_r=1&_t=8kuIC7Ht6ZK

[video contains the process of constructing the aforementioned band name]

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Sensual Fish Tank
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Gray: SENSUAL FISH TANK IS A BAND NAME.
I was just taken by surprise by seeing those words in a fanfic. 🤣

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7lj7sonyoftfe4s9xigbw/SensualFishTank.jpg?rlkey=eqv12avu349lfm6et4mkpxxsh&st=1p84krzk&dl=0

Tell me that's not an absolute rake-to-the-face of a phrase.

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Mammals on the Course
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Gray: "Mammals on the Course" is a band name, courtesy of my dad.

From Gray's dad: Today's sailboat racing in NZ, in the big fast hydrofoils, has been delayed due to "mammals on the course"

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Vittles Bitch
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From Achewood, during the series of strips where Téodor plans the dinner for Roast Beef and Molly's wedding

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Casual Dangerous Intimacies
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w/r/t trusting a partner to do self-care tasks that are difficult by one's self that require the use of tools/implements that are dangerous if misused

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Famous Basement
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Gray: Two offices ago, my team used to be located in the creepy basement of the oldest building on campus. Everyone from other teams would talk about going to meet someone on this team as "going to the basement." So now people on the team are distinguished by whether they ever worked in the Famous Basement or if they joined after the move.

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Unethical Dirt
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Re: peat

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Manatee Face Smush
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(Regarding the perpetual favorite youtube video of a manatee smushing into a window)

Gray: It's a semi-ironic metal cover band.

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Floral Negroni Situation
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OH from a Death & Co. bartender

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Clarified Icepick
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From the drinks menu at Itta Bena

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Crash Test Octopus
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Gray's new camp badge tagline

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Cuck Panopticon
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ddvsgvn3322f9uhhybv/CuckPanopticon.jpg?rlkey=nykdi7m99g18za9y275d1s8oc&st=1br8sgkc&dl=0

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See-Through Toaster
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Courtesy of Taskmaster outtakes.

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Volunteer Snapdragons
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w/r/t the collection of snapdragons growing wild in cracks surrounding my porch

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Squid Frigate
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Potential name for the snack boat business Kate starts inspired by the one on the river in Kyoto

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Ice Cream Truck Funeral Procession
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One ice cream truck being towed solemly down Pennsylvania Avenue SE, being followed by an identically decorated ice cream truck travelling under it's own power.

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Electric Jello
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Kyle (being slightly sad): doofus brains
Evelyn: It's just an electrified hunk of meat in a chemical soup, it's doing the best!
Kate: electric jello ... with opinions

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Bruised and Victorious
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Elle_: This would be such a sick burn if I didn't actually enjoy having my ass kicked @Elle . How is your ass feeling btw after the recent pounding it took
Elle: Bruised and victorious.
(suggested as band name by Mike_Crucible)

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Feets Indeed
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Gray: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6WS7-yKmSB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
HIM FEETS
Kate: Oh my goodness, him feets INDEED
Gray: Feets Indeed - band name?
I'm thinking Christian rock for some reason.
Kate: I mean, for all that my stomach involuntarily lurches at the thought, you're probably not wrong
stylized Feets InDeed
They're just going to write the backing music to all those He Gets Us ads that are saturating sports playoff television

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Goldilocks Seeking Urchin Wanker
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Gray: Tonight's proverb: "You have to jerk off a lot of sea urchins to get one that's good."

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On-Call Skeleton Retrieval System
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Gray: A creative way of referring to a friend who does taxidermy and keeps a colony of flesh-stripping beetles.

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Proportional Zed
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Gray: Band name from a work meeting this morning.
(Autocorrect didn't like "proportionalized.")

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Barbecue Vigilante
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pymso6huuijbb7upig3rs/BarbecueVigilante.jpg

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Furthest Mouth Noise
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ucmpab3823zen2hyfug6y/FurthestMouthNoise.png

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Deepthroat The Flashlight
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Kate, after purchasing a headlamp for Gray as a housewarming gift: You can still deepthroat the flashlight whenever you're so moved, but now you won't have to
Gray: Cage The Elephant vibes.

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Mic'd Up Shoveling
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2XfhOEACdx/
(A Very Suburban Dad makes commentary while shoveling show)

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Mailbox Lasagna
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tktuzw8rrg528lp3vz7p3/MailboxLasagna.jpg

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Ratrimony / Rodent Wedlock
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1n33zc6kpkalm8nj1q41s/Ratrimony-RodentWedlock.jpg

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Wasp Nest Vagina Whore
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Gray: Courtesy of Wanda.
And it must be shrieked in tones of absolute rage.

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Cheesewiz Ejaculate
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C: Gritty’s rate of fire would need to be biologically organized/timed so that the smaller grittys (in the cheezewiz ejaculate) would survive their seminal journey
But if we think about the size of ants and how much they can handle speed wise, the gritty ejaculate might be able to come out pretty fast

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Sinister Biscuits
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https://www.instagram.com/p/C9uzNkayhRc/?igsh=bm9zNmxwNm5hNXR5&img_index=1
(A video of a cat, doing air biscuits, while giving the most vicious of glares to the camera)

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Abusive Furniture
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Cubbin, T. (2022). Building the sex dungeon: Gay leather culture and the development of spaces for recreational sex at home. Interiors, 12(1), 75–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/20419112.2022.2047527

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Them Bonus Arms
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K: Anyway “when does a fetus cease to be a part of the mother and a person itself” is intractable and my answer is more whimsical
h: First breath taken on its own. Boom. Done.
K: I’d agree, so let’s count them bonus arms

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Ulysses and the Pyroclastics
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Meredith: I don't remember where this came from, but I screwed up the pull request somehow, and I still really like the name. I read about Pompeii and Herculaneum a lot, so it's probably that!

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Impending Human Baby
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Thanksgiving gratitude list: "...our goddaughter XYZ, as well as her husband, their fur-babies, and their impending human baby..."

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Danger Beloved
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Meredith: So given our leg needs, we have to sit on opposite sides of the aisle from each other in planes.
Lee: Aww, I like that, we can play footsie across the aisle...and trip people! Danger Beloveds!