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YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE: This episode includes references to and discussion of smoking and drug use, which you may not find suitable for children.

This week: a case of Cigarettiquette.

Robert brings the case against his good friend Bradley. Bradley, in an attempt to quit smoking, has substituted electronic cigarettes for the use of real, tobacco-filled cigarettes. He'll "smoke" the e-cigarettes wherever they're technically allowed. Robert worries about the appearance of the "smoke" and thinks Bradley should show more discretion when e-smoking in public places, whether they're hanging out at a sporting event or a concert. Who is right, and who is wrong? Only one man can decide.

http://maximumfun.org/judge-john-hodgma ... ettiquette

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Maximum Fun intern extraordinaire

Big fan of the show. I love the puns in the title (my favorite was probably "Cannery Row"). Anyway, I thought the part about blowing bubbles was hilarious as there actually is a team in the English Premiere League (which is arguably the biggest soccer league in the world) called West Ham that has fans that blow bubbles at each home game and sing about blowing bubbles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Forever_Blowing_Bubbles#West_Ham_connection

Allegedly, this team has some of the more violent soccer fans in the league.

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I was going to mention this fact about the Hammers who's official song is the classic "I'm forever blowing bubbles." The violence associated with their fans is more of leftover from the 80s and 90s when hooliganism was rampant in English football. It is no longer part of the culture to nearly the degree it was to that time period.

Bradley seems to have some sort of special version of Skype where whenever he's talking, it cuts off the audio of anyone else trying to talk. That's the only explanation for his steadfast refusal to let Judge Hodgman interject, finishing his sentence no matter what.

Yeah, Skype definitely does that, so whoever is on the local mic (where the chat is recorded) ends up being able to talk over the others, but they can't hear. When bandwidth gets tights the audio cuts out over people. That's one big reason we started using Google Hangouts for my podcast, since Skype just ends up cutting one person off any time it needs more bandwidth.

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Hah, I didn't even know that was true. I just thought that guy was being a jackass for not letting Hogdman interrupt him.