IHOP trademark lawsuit riff
The hosts riff on the news that the International House of Pancakes filed suit against the International House of Prayer over the IHOP name. Bits include a mock legal response, whether intent matters in trademark disputes, a church's own forced rename from 'Kids Fest' to 'Fun Fest,' jokes about suing everyone named Jesus, the Greek pronunciation of 'Jesus,' and a story about a shipping label to a host's daughter that printed entirely in Greek letters after a computer restore -- which he could still read thanks to two years of Koine Greek. It ends with a debate over how to pronounce 'gyro.'
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