TEASER: Members Only Mailbag May 2024

Speaker 1 Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Bailiff Jesse Thorne.
With me, Judge John Hodgman, the titular. Judge John Hodgman.

Speaker 2 Oh, Jesse, I've never been more titular.

Speaker 2 So titular to be here for this, I believe, our second members-only mailbag. I like to call it the membo mailbags because it sounds gross, sort of kind of as gross as titular if you think about it.

Speaker 1 Judge Hodgman, I hear we've been approaching the titularity.

Speaker 1 Repeat offenders is our new segment on the member mailbag. First up is Sasha.
Sasha is asking for a clarification on a ruling you made in the New York Times magazine.

Speaker 2 Oh, okay.

Speaker 1 Sasha says, my friend Joe Ellen hosted a pie-themed party.

Speaker 2 Awesome.

Speaker 1 Joe Ellen ordered a pizza pie. I brought empanadas.
And Karin brought a coffee cake. In the New York Times, you ruled in my favor and said Karin's offering was not a pie.

Speaker 1 Since then, he's maintained that both Joe Ellen and I did not bring pies either. Please tell Karin he is wrong.

Speaker 2 Let me make sure I understand. Joe Ellen hosted a pie-themed party.
Yeah. Which is frankly a terrific first sentence for any short story.
I would read the whole thing. Yep.

Speaker 2 Joe Ellen brought a pizza pie. Sasha, the author of this letter, brought empanadas, and Karin brought a coffee cake.

Speaker 1 This all makes sense to me. The pieces are

Speaker 1 falling together in front of my eyes.

Speaker 2 Yes, this is like one of those logic puzzles from grade school.

Speaker 2 Joellen brought a pizza pie.

Speaker 2 Sasha brought empanadas. Karin brought a coffee cake.
Which one of these things is not like the other? I stand by my ruling. Obviously, it was correct.

Speaker 2 Coffee cake is not pie, but now Karin wants revenge.

Speaker 2 Is pizza pie pie and are empanadas

Speaker 2 pies?

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