BILL KURTIS: From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is WAIT WAIT... DON'T TELL ME, the NPR news quiz. I'm Bill Kurtis. We are playing this week with Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett and Paula Poundstone. And here again is your host at the Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va., Peter Sagal.
PETER SAGAL, HOST:
Thank you, Bill.
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SAGAL: In just a minute, Bill plagiar-rhymes-es (ph) three straight limericks from Michelle Obama in our Listener Limerick challenge game. If you'd like to play, give us a call 1-888-WAIT-WAIT, that's 1-888-924-8924 Right now, panel, some more questions for you from the week's news. Tom, Pokemon Go is sweeping the world. Several reports are saying it's not just a fun game, it's a great way to do what?
TOM BODETT: To run into people. To...
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SAGAL: And maybe do what when you run into them?
BODETT: Like - well, like, hook-up, to...
SAGAL: Yeah, to get a date.
BODETT: ...Meet people, yeah.
SAGAL: It's actually a useful social app...
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SAGAL: ...And that apparently...
BODETT: Right...
SAGAL: ...People are finding it a nice way to get dates.
BODETT: So gamer-geeks are finally out in the house - out of the house...
SAGAL: Right.
BODETT: ...Accidentally running into each other.
SAGAL: That's exactly how it works because the problem with, like, dating apps like Tinder or Grindr or Instagrunt (ph) is you mostly...
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SAGAL: ...Just meet people who just want to get it on. Pokemon Go, on the other hand, is giving people the chance to meet other people who also don't know what the phrase get it on means.
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SAGAL: It's not a dating app, obviously, but it's a kind of icebreaker. You see somebody playing where you are, you say, oh, did you catch anything? Is this a PokeBase or a gym? Being outside is weird, huh?
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PAULA POUNDSTONE: You know...
SAGAL: What's that big, yellow fireball in the sky?
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POUNDSTONE: Kites would have a similar - you can bump into other people using a kite.
SAGAL: Yeah, but then you get tangled.
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BODETT: Yeah.
POUNDSTONE: Well, that's a perfect illustration...
SAGAL: Yeah...
POUNDSTONE: ...Of - yeah. I think - yeah. You know, the idea that people are excited because this has encouraged their children to go outside is so sad.
BODETT: It is.
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BODETT: I mean, house fires do that as well.
POUNDSTONE: Yeah, exactly.
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POUNDSTONE: Yeah, yeah.
SAGAL: Paula, the New York public hospital system is trying a new approach to teaching sex ed to young people. They're using what?
POUNDSTONE: Emojis?
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SAGAL: You are exactly right.
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SAGAL: Did you know that?
POUNDSTONE: No.
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SAGAL: How did you guess that?
POUNDSTONE: It just seemed so clear.
SAGAL: Yeah.
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SAGAL: Today's young people are different than previous generations, namely, apparently, they cannot read. So the...
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SAGAL: ...New York public hospital system is using emojis to teach sex ed. Moms and dads are getting on board with this as well. Perfect, it combines the awkwardness of talking about sex with the awkwardness of parents trying to use emoji.
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ROXANNE ROBERTS: Peter, what are the emojis of?
BODETT: Yeah.
SAGAL: Well...
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SAGAL: ...It is not what you might think. It's not like they're trying to explain how things work using emoji. It's not like, banana, donut, happy face. It's...
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POUNDSTONE: I think, in fact, it's Japanese eggplant, is it not?
SAGAL: It is, in fact.
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SAGAL: You know a suspiciously amount about - apparently - maybe you can explain, Paula. But apparently, in emoji, the eggplant symbol is the standard euphemism, let's just say that.
POUNDSTONE: Yeah, yeah.
SAGAL: And the other one is the peach. Peaches and eggplants.
ROBERTS: Yeah, and thumbs up.
SAGAL: And thumbs up.
POUNDSTONE: It's probably as helpful as telling your kids about the birds and bees.
SAGAL: Yeah.
BODETT: Right.
POUNDSTONE: Now Mom's going to explain to you about the peaches and the eggplants.
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BODETT: Yeah, to help you.
POUNDSTONE: It seems to me that it's just adding a layer of confusion, actually. It doesn't...
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BODETT: Well, that's it - I mean, especially for parents, like, you know, I've got a teenage son and, you know, I want to know what he's texting sometimes to his friends. And this is going to be like he's got a secret code now.
SAGAL: Yeah.
BODETT: You know, what if I - if I see eggplants on peaches on there...
SAGAL: Yeah.
BODETT: ...I'm going to have to talk to him about...
SAGAL: Yeah.
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BODETT: ...Produce. And I don't want to have that conversation.
SAGAL: You're going to look at - you're going to find your kid, like, secretly looking at pictures of kumquats, and like, what's wrong with that?
BODETT: Right, yeah.
ROBERTS: I think that's a second talk. I think the first talk is don't take pictures and text them to Snapchat.
BODETT: Right, yeah. Keep your eggplant off the internet. That's what I would...
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ROBERTS: Something like that, yeah.
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