Thank you to listener Debbie, her family, and pets for this touching memory:

Our family has listened to Says You for as long as we can remember.  We have gathered in the kitchen: mom, kids, cats and the dog, to listen and laugh and welcome a bunch of witty, funny friends to spend an hour with us.  Each week, Richard always announced the station break by saying, “Says You pauses” and we would tell the cats and the dog that this was his message, especially for them.  After all, each of them has four pawses.  Yeah, silly, but every week he said it and every week, we celebrated our animals being a part of it all. Thanks for everything.  We think of you as friends we have yet to meet.

Warmly,
the Butler family on Vashon Island in Washington State

Listener Fred Miller writes:

Sorry, but Walla Walla is not in western Washington. To us who are in western Washington, it’s the far east- almost Idaho. But there is a double place name in western Washington- the beautiful Hamma Hamma River. It’s in the southeast corner of the Olympics between Lilliwaup and Humptulips.

I wouldn’t have mentioned it but I never pass up a chance at a sentence with Hamma Hamma, Lilliwaup and Humptulips!

Listener Paul Kennedy writes:

In one of your questions you made reference to the flag that flew over the
Alamo. In your answer you said the flag had 1836 written on it. That is
incorrect.

The flag that flew over the Alamo during the battle was a red, white and green
tricolor flag with 1824 written on it – referring the ratification of the
Mexican Constitution. The flag may or may not have had the eagle that adorns the
current Mexican flag.

Thank you, Paul, you are correct. Our research efforts seem to be flagging!

From a big fan and long-time listener… Sarah Aubry… of parts unknown…

I’m a graphic designer who has been using Greek text, aka Lorem Ipsum, for many years. I was amazed to hear your judge accept “gibberish” for the answer to the question about the meaning of Lorem Ipsum. From http://www.lipsum.com: “Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old…Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance.”

In all the excitement of last weekend’s show from Hartford, Richard forgot to spell the German words he used in segment two.  For those curious, they were:

 

Thanks to all who reminded us to list these ‘Teutonic Twosomes.’