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 Luke Burbank, Maz Jobrani and Amy Dickinson. And here again is your host, at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago, Peter Sagal.
PETER SAGAL, HOST:
Thank you, Bill.
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SAGAL: In just a minute, our limericks will be rhymed, sealed and delivered. If you'd like to play, give us a call at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT, that's 1-888-924-8924. Right now, panel, some more questions for you from the week's news. Luke, upscale retailer Neiman Marcus is offering a new product. For just $66 you can get yourself a nice plate of what?
LUKE BURBANK: A - Neiman Marcus.
SAGAL: Yeah.
BURBANK: That's a that's a clothing store, right...
SAGAL: It's very upscale department store...
AMY DICKINSON: It's super very fancy...
BURBANK: It's very fancy. And it's a plate of - it sounds like a food.
SAGAL: It is a food.
BURBANK: Can I have a hint about what kind of food it is...
SAGAL: Well, it goes great with that fried chicken and cornbread you bought at the Armani boutique.
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BURBANK: Is it mashed potatoes?
SAGAL: No. I already said cornbread. That's the starch. So...
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BURBANK: Is it - so is it a vegetable?
SAGAL: Yes, it...
BURBANK: Is it collard greens?
SAGAL: It's collard greens.
DICKINSON: Yes.
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BURBANK: What?
SAGAL: We've all said it - oh, man, I'm starving I'd love some soul food. Is Neiman Marcus open?
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SAGAL: So Neiman Marcus is selling, through its catalog, collard greens at $66 for a large dish, $80 with shipping.
DICKINSON: First of all, do they even sell food?
SAGAL: Yeah. They have food...
DICKINSON: I didn't even know they sold food.
SAGAL: They have luxury food. And they sort of sell that stuff. Collard greens...
DICKINSON: Oh, my God. Collard...
BURBANK: Is it cooked...
DICKINSON: And it's frozen, right? It's, like, flash-frozen...
SAGAL: Yeah, it's sort of frozen - flash-frozen. So you just...
DICKINSON: So it's - you know it's going to be awesome, right?
SAGAL: Yeah.
DICKINSON: Like, frozen greens are so good.
SAGAL: Yeah.
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SAGAL: Well, it's - and it's Neiman Marcus collard greens, 80 bucks a bag for the person who loves soul food but is terrified of black people.
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BURBANK: Meanwhile, if you are an Amazon Prime member, a drone will plant a crop of collard greens in your back yard...
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SAGAL: It'll do that.
BURBANK: ...Before you even knew you wanted them.
SAGAL: Amy, this week, scientists at Northern Illinois University concluded that doing what can improve your creativity?
DICKINSON: Is it something you do with your body?
SAGAL: Yes, as a matter of fact, it is. And somebody else's...
DICKINSON: Interesting.
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DICKINSON: Is it doing...
SAGAL: It is, but not just doing it, doing in a particular kind of way.
DICKINSON: In a naughtier than usual way?
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SAGAL: Well, yeah. I'll give you a hint, once it improves your creativity, you'll be able to come up with a really interesting safeword.
DICKINSON: So like S&M?
SAGAL: Yes...
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DICKINSON: Whoa...
SAGAL: ...S&M improves your creativity.
DICKINSON: Wait, according to according to...
SAGAL: According to...
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SAGAL: I know this, according to researchers at The Science of BDSM research team, at Northern Illinois University, right? That's right. There is a BDSM department at NIU. You can get your master's degree, or a servant's degree if that's what you're into.
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DICKINSON: Oh, my God. So I feel like I need details just in case I want to get more creative.
SAGAL: Yeah, OK.
DICKINSON: You know, so...
SAGAL: Well, according to these researchers, studies have shown that engaging in that kind of, you know, stuff can help participants achieve altered states of consciousness associated with, like, a runner's high. It also reduces stress and improving your mood, which makes sense because it's kind of hard to frown in a ball gag.
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DICKINSON: Oh, my God.
MAZ JOBRANI: So you can literally beat creativity into somebody?
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DICKINSON: No...
JOBRANI: I feel immigrant parents do that to their kids all the time...
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