Irony Left The Building
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What did Bill say about his surprising New York Times interview?
Yeah.
Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on where you are on the planet. This is Bill Nye and this is Ill Advised by Bill Nye. And we're well into our third season now. Who knew? Those are words I thought I'd never say. It's all a bit of a surprise. But we are in good shape. We were recently interviewed by the New York Times concerning ill advised by Bill Nye and the interviewer asked me at one point, she said, I'm very surprised. At how revealing you are about your personal life. And I thought, really? Because I don't remember anything I said because I I don't prepare in any ways. People have asked me if I write the answers. I don't write anything, I simply respond to the questions in real time as they are asked to me, and therefore uh my memory is shot anyway.
But because I don't make notes or anything of that kind, I never remember. what I've said, so when people in the street say, I agree with you on so and so, I'm like, What? So I didn't know what she was talking about, and she said, Well, you did say at one point that you were no good in bed, which gave me so much pleasure. I don't really understand why it makes me so happy that that's what I'd said. And I didn't remember saying it, but she then sent me the transcript. Uh the whole quote. Which was something to do with salsa dancing and how if you dance in a salsa style you have to make hip movements that might suggest you're good in bed. And I'm not good in bed, so I didn't want to start the day with a lie.
That was the general quote. And I blame the third cup of coffee. And I then thought later that it placed me quite nicely outside what you might call the manosphere. But I mean don't get me wrong, I'm I'm frightened of women, but not that frightened. You know what I mean?
Our new feature for which we did not have a name when it was announced, it was concerning things that your grandmother might have said that were worth remembering, and asking you to send them in. We do now have a name for it, and it's simply called according to your grandmother. And according to your grandmother has gone boom. And lots of people have lots of grandmothers who said all kinds of stuff. One of them is from Anne. And uh it's on the question of tea, which we like here. It's a big part of our uh our vibe. I think I've discussed the word vibe on earlier podcasts, so it's perfectly okay to use it. On the question of tea, on which Mister and I will surely admit Irish people are the acknowledged experts.
Well steady. I don't know that I would acknowledge that. I mean they sure they're enthusiasts, but I don't know that they are the you know, the one and only experts. There are many different kinds of tea. The Chinese might have something to say about that, as would the Japanese. But anyway, I know what you mean. I was at one point in my life addicted to Barry's, the heroine of tea. And when people here of a certain age, continues Anne, see very strong T, they say you could trot a mouse across that. I submit this as something my grandmother used to say also two birds, one stone. Additionally, I am originally from Cork, and I put ah here we are. And I must put in a word for Barry's tea, which is the very best tea.
Again, I might have uh an alternative to that, but we won't go into that right now. My grandmother used to call it Connemara tea. God knows what they're doing in Connemara. And also that you could stand your spoon up in it. But that's a very common remark, I think. Anyway, that was one of our contributions to According to Your Grandmother. And I like it.
And we've got lots of questions. We've got millions of questions. And so let's get down to that now and I will attempt to answer them without, as is the company policy, not actually making things worse.
Hi Bill, this is Kim from South Carolina in the United States. My husband and I have been married for over forty years. Occasionally he talks in his sleep not just mumblings, but clear sentences and ideas. Here are a few examples. Number one. I'm going to brush you off and then I'm going to let you go.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What did Bill say about his surprising New York Times interview?
0:02–8:58
2
How does the new ‘According To Your Grandmother’ segment work?
8:58–17:54
3
Should I be impressed, amused, or alarmed by a husband’s sleep‑talking stories?
17:54–26:12
4
Is it ethical to read someone’s open diary or should I leave it alone?
26:12–26:33