Can (Robot or Not? 339)
Listener Niels follows on from the logical question of if a glass can be made of plastic to ponder what makes a can a can.
Facial Hair (Robot or Not? 338)
Listener Justin tries to get us to stretch the definition of “facial hair” beyond the beard.
Shirt (Robot or Not? 337)
Listener Roy brings us into his debate with his teenage son about what makes a shirt a shirt.
Building (Robot or Not? 336)
Listener Jack wants to know if a few famous gates and statues are also buildings.
Pop-Tart Pie (Robot or Not? 335)
Listener Gregory thinks Pop-Tarts are pies. We have ratio questions. Also: We remember so many burned palates caused by calzones and McDonald’s fruit pies.
Open-Faced Sandwiches and French Bread Pizzas:
https://www.theincomparable.com/robot/334/
Open-Faced Sandwiches and French Bread Pizzas (Robot or Not? 334)
Listener Gregory tries to confuse us with a question about open-faced sandwiches and pizza. We largely ignore him and talk about different ways to eat things that are like pizza, but aren’t quite pizza.
Scrolling (Robot or Not? 333)
Listener Scott’s wife sure has a strange definition of which way is up.
Basement (Robot or Not? 332)
Listener Joel has discovered some Canadians referring to the first floor of a two-story house as a “basement.” Does this defy all reason? How low must you go to be a basement?
Supercars and Hypercars (Robot or Not? 331)
Host John Siracusa asks himself to discuss the difference between Supercars and Hypercars, while Jason looks on.
Sleigh (Robot or Not? 330)
The difference between a slegh and a sled.
