#1217 Banana Muffins

Show 1217 Sunday 4 April

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I made some muffins to celebrate our fourth birthday.

I used a random recipe I found online that I’d never tried before.

First I mashed two bananas.

These were bananas that I had in the freezer.

I put the mashed bananas in a bowl with:

1/4 c oil

1/4 c sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

I mixed that up a bit.

And then I added:

1/2 c wholemeal flour

3/4 c white flour

1/2 tsp baking power

1/2 tsp baking soda

I put the mixture into a muffin tin and flattened the tops so I could put some chocolate chips on top.

I baked them for 20 minutes at 175 degrees Celsius.

When they came out of the oven, you could still kind of see the letters.

I put them on a plate to cool down, because I don’t have a wire rack. I should probably buy one. And later on I put some candles in, sang happy birthday, made a wish and blew out the candles.

I’m undecided about this recipe. I thought the muffins were a wee bit on the dry and dense side. They seemed more banana bready than muffiny.

But still, they were pretty tasty.

music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

bgm

artist: DovEporTar
album: Test night n. 1
track: La sera
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo

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#1216 The Daily English Show Is Four

Show 1216 Saturday 3 April

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four pears

four mushrooms

four teaspoons

four pegs

four frozen peas

four pieces of chocolate

four brazil nuts

four sunflower seeds

four dates

four cashew nuts

four tea bags

four kiwifruit

four matches

four rolls of toilet paper

four dollars

four washing machines

four trees

four phone books

four rubbish bins

four cones

four years

four muffins

four candles

music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

bgm

artist: DovEporTar
album: Test night n. 1
track: La sera
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo

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#1215 Lady Gaga Telephone Parody, Flight Attendant Strip Protest, Flash, Auckland Tweetup

Show 1215 Friday 2 April
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Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

The song we’re studying today is a parody of the song Telephone by Lady Gaga.

I think it’s pretty funny and it’s very well done.

It starts out like this:

First of all this song is not as good as Bad Romance
And it’s not even close Poker Face or Just Dance
So I will distract them by getting half naked
And throw everything at them but the kitchen sink

There is quite a lot of crazy stuff going on in the actual video for Telephone. And this is saying that the reason why Gaga made it so crazy is to distract people from the fact that it’s not a very good song.

Everything but the kitchen sink is an idiom which means: A very large number of things, probably more than is necessary.

For example when someone takes a lot of luggage on holiday, you can say: Wow, you’ve packed everything but the kitchen sink!

Near the end of the song, Beyonce says to Lady Gaga:

I have to ask: What does that have to do with a telephone?

This is the kind of question you can use when something seems unrelated or you’re not quite sure how something is related.

You can say: What does that have to do with …

For example if you were discussing whether or not violence in the media causes people to be more violent in real life and someone suddenly says: Yeah, but the traffic in this city is awful.

You could say: What does that have to do with violence in the media?

And maybe that person thought there was a link, or maybe they just suddenly changed the topic.

STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today flight attendants in Spain who are owed up to nine months’ wages have protested by posing nude for a calendar.

At the end of last year an airline which was based in Spain went out of business.
Apparently staff are still owed wages dating back to January 2009.
Some of the flight attendants decided to protest by striping off and posing naked for a calendar.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 2nd April.
Kia ora.


They're cancelling the flight. They can't afford the fuel.
Again?! Bags not telling the passengers.




I think we should stop paying our receptionist immediately!

Word of the Day

Today’s word is flash.

This is another free magazine that I found in my building.
On the cover it says: WIN A FLASH WEEKEND IN TAUPO.

Flash is an informal word for expensive. For example a flash car or a flash watch.

And the prize for this competition is a weekend staying at an expensive hotel, so they call it a flash weekend.

friday joke

Why didn't the chicken cross the road?
Because it was too chicken.

conversations with sarah
#775 What’s a tweetup?

Step 1: Read Phoebe’s lines.
Step 2: Repeat Phoebe’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Sarah I went to a tweetup the other day.

Phoebe What’s a tweetup?

Sarah It’s like a meet up with people who use Twitter.

Phoebe So anyone who uses Twitter can go?

Sarah Yeah.

Phoebe Hmmm. OK. What’s the point?

Sarah Hmm, I’m not sure … well, yeah, when I first saw someone mentioning this tweetup, I thought, “Ugh, how ridiculous, I’d never go to anything like that.” But then I got really curious … so I went.

Phoebe So what was the point? Just to meet people?

Sarah I think it was for marketing people to get together. Most of the people there seemed to work in marketing, so they were there to network I guess. I talked to some nice people … a guy from a bank, a woman from a hotel … and, yeah, some other people who owned their own PR or marketing companies.

ending

And that was The Daily English Show. And we have two more shows and then we’re going on a break. So I’ll see you again at the start of May. See you then, bye.

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Lady Gaga Telephone Parody (ft Beyonce) - lyrics

GAGA
First of all this song is not as good as Bad Romance
And it’s not even close Poker face or Just Dance

So I will distract them by getting half naked
And throw everything at them but the kitchen sink sink

The kitchen sink sink
What do you think think?
I will prove that I don’t have a penis wink wink

First Ill get stripped naked by some burly prison guards
Then make out with a shemale in the prison yard yard

BEYONCE
This video seems goofy you should just do it alone
Besides I’m getting sick of all these songs about phones

GAGA
You bail me out of jail then we pause for some bad dialogue
We poison everyone including a cute dog

Then we start to dance and there’s dead people everywhere
As usual I’ll have lots crazy crap in my hair

PPPPPPPPProduct Placement
Hide the ddead bodies in the bbbasement

Blood and guts and boobs and buts
And I just want to make your head explode

Beep beep beep bbbeep beep beep
That was Lady Gaga in Morse code

BEYONCE
If you think I’m doing this
Then you’re a crazy bastard
You musta blown a gasket
Are you trippin’ on acid
As a child were you abused by some big crazy bastard
And did he ever make you place the lotion in the basket

BEYONCE
I just want to do a simple shoot with dancin’
You used to be a diva now you’re Marilyn Manson

GAGA
You’re gonna do my video and do it my way
I’d hate for something bad to happen to your family ay

BEYONCE
My family ay

GAGA
That’s right Beyonce

GAGA
A piano might accidentally fall on Jay Z

BEYONCE
Somebody help me cus I don’t want sing anymore
She’s got a gun to my head on the dance floor

GAGA
Rubadubdub three nuns in a tub
And their doin’ it with a garden Gnome

BEYONCE
Please don’t beat me up but I have to ask what
does that have to do with a telephone?

links

today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

People I talked to at the tweetup:

courtneysit
LanghamAuckland
emilyrharris
hamrltd
ASBBank
simcmanus
LewisBostock

Also, briefly met: suzannepaulnz

The Daily English Show on Twitter: studiotdes

Sarah: tdes

knf: knf

music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

friday joke start
artist: AdHoc
album: Toutes directions
track: Sumbala
from: Annecy, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

cws start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: The Jazz Woman
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm

artist: Yachar

album: Tú y solo tú

track: Caminare donde vayas

from: Valencia, Spain
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo

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#1214 Australians Are English Rednecks? Change Font + Cut Costs, Damn Tasty, Rugby World Cup Song

Show 1214 Thursday 1 April

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Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

Today we’re studying a clip from Dave Letterman’s show. Robin Williams was a guest on that show and he was talking about Australia and he said:

The Australians are basically English rednecks.

Apparently, some people in Australia were offended by this, and the Australian prime minister even mentioned it, which I think is ridiculous because it was a comedian on a comedy show … and clearly, he was joking.

But what I thought was offensive was what the Australian prime minister said. He’s not a comedian and he said:

First of all, I think Robin Williams should go and spend a bit of time in Alabama before he frames comments about anyone being particularly redneck.

So, what is a redneck? And why is it an offensive thing to say?

Well, I think it might have slightly different meanings in different countries … but it’s never a nice thing to say.

It says here: A man who lives in a country area of the US, has little education and has strong conservative political opinions.

I wouldn’t normally use the word redneck because I think it’s just a cheap insult, like the word greenie or tree-hugger. But if someone called someone in New Zealand a redneck, I would imagine a guy who is Pākehā and quite stupid and close-minded and very racist and doesn’t like to try new things.

STICK NEWS

Kia ora, in Stick News today an American university is cutting costs by using a different font.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay　has changed the default font in its email system from Arial to Century Gothic.

Apparently the new font uses about 30 percent less ink, so the school will save money when students print out emails.

The university said it was part of their five year plan to go green.

And that was Stick News for Thursday the 1st of April.

Kia ora.

So long, loser!


Why don't they just stop printing out emails?!


Why don't we paint the school green!
Um... I'm not sure that's quite the point...

Word of the Day

Today’s word is damn.

Damn can be used as an exclamation to express your anger or frustration.

For example if your browser crashes when you’ve just finished writing a long email - that wasn’t automatically saved for some reason - then you can say: Damn!

Damn can also be used to mean very.

For example: It’s damn hot today. Means: It’s very hot today.

The other day I bought some ginger beer which is called: Damn Tasty Ginger Beer.

Damn is a swear word, but it’s not as offensive as some other swear words, like the f-word, which is why they can get away with calling it Damn Tasty Ginger Beer.

But I would avoid using the word damn in a job interview.

conversations with sarah

#774 When’s the world cup?

Step 1: Read Ethan’s lines.

Step 2: Repeat Ethan’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Ethan Anything interesting in the news?

Sarah Um, well, this isn’t that interesting, but everyone seems to have their knickers in a twist over a song they’re using to promote the rugby world cup.

Ethan When’s the world cup?

Sarah It’s being held next year in New Zealand.

Ethan And what song did they choose?

Sarah It’s a song called Right Here, Right Now by a band called Jesus Jones. But the song they’re using is actually a cover by a Kiwi band called The Feelers.

Ethan And people hate it?

Sarah Yeah, I think people hate the fact it’s not a song by a New Zealand band.

Ethan Do you like it?

Sarah Yeah, I do. I was a Jesus Jones fan back in the day … and I like the song. I’m not a rugby fan though, so I couldn’t care less what song they use for the ad.




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links

today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures

music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

cws start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: The Jazz Woman
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm

artist: DovEporTar
album: Test night n. 1
track: La sera
artist at Jamendo
album at Jamendo

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