Into Your Head - Low Bitrate Edition

Show 881: Why Pet Snake Owners Are Like That

Neal recalls a justifiable childhood fear of igloos, explains why whistlers should be seen and not heard, celebrates half a century of not learning to swim, invents a way to trick drone enthusiasts while keeping everyone happy,  illuminates the bottom of a well for a short retreat, questions the habits of the owl community, asks why pet snake owners are like that, considers how to fatten yourself up for emergency partial self cannibalism, explains Weetabix and Shredded Wheat cereals and discusses a fear of looking like Roald Dahl, how the Channel Tunnel  miraculously met up in the middle, why wool is unhygienic, walking on the sea bed, prescription snorkels, inability to whistle or snap fingers, unanswered questions about what pigs roll around in, the trouble with Massachusetts’s wooden houses and more. MENTIONED: The Dark Wizard (HBO documentary) and 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie [https://IntoYourHead.ie] for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

Show 880: While Eggheads Sweat Over a Replica Paper Cup

Neal imagines how Houston eggheads work the problem in a crisis, worries about what happens the first time you see an ocean, recommends escalator maintenance as the perfect career choice, publicly admonishes his brain for creating the same thought twice, warns about shoes and spectacles losing adhesion during a stroke, reveals the most unappreciated miraculous substance in your home, marvels at how pilots manage their laundry, outlines why actors need to show us both corners of their mouth, remembers half a lifetime spent offline and looks at the hypocrisy of uncensored airline safety announcements, weird and disturbing seaside lakes, Stephen King’s Florida Quays, why nobody knows how to clean a blackboard, Apollo 13 (1999), n Neil Armstrong’s crash, Bic four colour ballpoint pens in space, the hypocrisy of self help groups, .long distance tractor travel, human aging issues in Toy Story 5 (2026),  logistics of ploughing championships and aircraft aisles, should in flight entertainment screens show oil levels, how Lightyear (2022) successfully annoyed parents, why astronauts should wear business suits, headless ghosts, Rentaghost (BBC TV), how flight crews manage laundry, time-shift masses and the international date line, the Mandela Effect phenomenon, taking up space on the Internet and more.    VISIT IntoYourHead.ie [https://IntoYourHead.ie] for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

Show 879: Edible Cigarette Addiction and Other First World Problems

Neal warns scout leaders about their responsibility regarding the eventual death of the sun, demands a compulsory national bone registry for dog owners. issues a stark warning about tiny front gate book libraries, tries to figure out how fishes reproduce, looks at a problematic character on Criminal Minds, staunchly defends so called light pollution, asks if dogs can commit crimes of passion, considers installing an artificial meadow in your sitting room, explains why your subconscious might be successfully fighting off criminal charges while you sleep, recalls the laziness of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), looks at the miracle of synchronised winking, wonders about night court opening hours, remembers an underground Billy Bunter book lending operation, wonders how surgeons navigate your horse’s spacious Interior and discvusses illicit drugs in dog prison, microwave popcorn, the back seat of a horse, adult candy cigarette addiction, how vets and clerics bamboozle you with Latin, Clin-ons, cling film, how a simple cardboard chimney could make you a better parent, the short lived Coca Cola Life, the Wild West versus Ireland’s west, Gangs of New York (2002), the trouble with Irish people on Star Trek, Colm Meany, Ireland’s tea minstrel lottery that nobody realised was appalling, Noddy by Enid Blyton, how cut-out coupons risk structural integrity. a third way to enjoy The Sixth Sense (1999), frogs versus toads, tennis versus badminton. a fifteen week school screening of MIssissisipp Burning (1989), the scout camping experience, the power cut cooking experiences=, trying to be frivulous, trying to pronounce frivulous, trying to spell, how to know whether you’re alive and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie [https://IntoYourHead.ie] for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

Show 878: Freshers Week at the Finishing School

Neal takes the so-called grilled cheese sandwich down a peg or two, recommends a new way to use toothpaste, explains why it’s someone else’s turn to watch the news now, asks if not seeing the shark really makes it scarier, wonders how long you’re going to live, sheds light on the higher power of convenience foods, assesses the outcome of last week’s dog segment ban and discusses sugar stick assembly, how Cat and Barman meet in dreams, life before and after abandoning saucers, post-credits cinema meditation, waiting outside Downton Abbey for a visitor, horse edibility, pills versus peanuts, the trouble with exercise bicycling and tread-milling, spitting in private, applying butter in a vacuum, the International Space Station, Outposts on the Frontier by Jay Chladek, meat versus anatomy, Saddam Hussein’s video messages, what happens if you discover oil while out walking, an accidental tile vandalism memory, hiding commuters underground, how bar segregation becomes infinitely compounded, vaping versus vaxing, what became of Kill Bill’s killed Bill, transparent memo tubes in offices, Duel (1971) and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie [https://IntoYourHead.ie] for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.

Show 877: Flushable Dock Leaves are NOT the Answer

Neal imposes a temporary self ban on dog anatomy talk, tracks TV’s most misleading puppet housing depiction, considers the downside of commercial breaks on baby monitors, asks if the uncultured can enjoy the movie Whiplash (2014), changes your mind about prison exercise yards, warns of the mortal risks of foot washing, gives you an new appreciation of empty stairwells, recalls the snobbery surrounding Edward Scissorhands (1990), explains why grown-ups should not watch movies, wonders about a Willy Wonka elevator sequel, discovers the true purpose of rubber ducks, sets out the pitfalls of trying to live in a wheelie bin, reveals the missed glaringly obvious choice to replace Kevin Spacey in House of Cards and looks at flushable dock leaf inequity, posthumous prison options, back yard naivety, the phrase Murder Death Kill, delivering the meaning of life on a plate, Being John Malkovich (1999), KPAX (2001), the shows Bosco (RTE) and The Young Pope and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie [https://IntoYourHead.ie] for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 – Attribution: Neal O’Carroll.