Tag: Himbology
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Quick-Fire Round – Chinese/Malaysian Dishes (“A Rectangle of Ham”)
Following the delicious chaos of our Everything Everywhere All At Once episode, which had a frankly incredible runtime, please enjoy the Quick-Fire Round that Aandhi dropped on us roughly four hours into our delirious recording – classic dishes found at Chinese/Malaysian restaurants in small Australian towns.
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Is Jonathan “JoJo” Joestar [JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure] a Himbo?
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Holy Diver, Batman! Apologies to the Dio-phobics out there – it’s time to dive into JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure in search of a Himbo. Not to be confused with Joseph Joestar, Jodio Joestar, Johnny Joestar or Jolyne Cujoh, today we look at the eldest son of George Joestar, that broad boy with the Tank build, Jonathan…
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Is Kronk a Himbo?
Ok, hear me out – before you start yelling YES OBVIOUSLY at your device, which you would be right to do, remember that there are some complexities to our 66 Long/31 Waist broad-shouldered lad. He’s good with kids, he’s a keen chef, he’s – ah fuck, I’m really not adding any mystery here, am I?
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Is Airplane (1980) a Himbo?
Featuring potential himbos left and right, Airplane is the first time we’ve considered the possibility of an entire film being a Himbo. Does the movie hold up? Oh GOD no. But we still managed to talk about it for an hour and a half.
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Is Derek Zoolander (2001) a Himbo?
All razor-sharp cheekbones and dull-eyed stares, Ben Stiller’s Derek Zoolander from the 2001 film of the same name is an unconventional Himbo candidate for the metrosexual era. Stiller was probably more jacked than you remember (especially by the pre-MCU standards of the time), but is Derek a Himbo or a Himbecile?
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Is Ted Theodore Logan a Himbo?
Keanu Reeves is a figure well known to Himbologists, and Ted Theodore Logan (from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure [1989]) is one of Keanu’s earliest and most vacant boys. But does the San Dimas teen and rock saviour have the makings of a human golden retriever?
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Is Inspector Gadget a Himbo?
Go go Gadget nostalgia! Childhood classics rarely age well, so does Inspector Gadget (of the original cartoon; Matthew Broderick does not enter consideration) live up to the lofty standards of himbodom? Can a cop even be a Himbo? Is there a limit on how many rhetorical questions I can fit in a paragraph?? As always,…
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Is Thor (Australian) a Himbo?
He may be the god of hammers and a lesbian icon, but is Thor (Australian) the god of himbos?
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Is Fezzik (The Princess Bride, 1987) a Himbo?
A large lad who just wants Westley to “feel like he’s doing well” in a fight, Fezzik (André the Giant) is this episode’s Himbo candidate. We ask the important questions: does a Himbo need to be conventionally attractive? How pure of heart can our gentle giant be? And, is Lao Gon Ma a Himbo? These…
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Intro to Himbology
Welcome to Himbology – the very serious (and very made-up) study of the human golden retrievers we love so much. In this introductory episode, your resident Himbologists take a look at the etymology of the word “himbo”, and how it evolved from a derisive term for lunks like Schwarzenegger and Stallone into a perfect term…
