Karen Chee
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Everyone's like passing the ball, but you're just sprinting up and down the court. That's amazing. So at what point in your life did you realize, even if your basketball skills weren't the greatest, when did you realize that you had a superhuman talent for running?
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Alison, that's so incredible. I love that so much. And I just want to say for the record, I've never tried track and field, so I'm going to try and I'll be at the next Olympics, I'm sure. I have a question, which is, so I love watching the games on television from my couch. And I always see athletes, but especially runners, kind of like murmuring to themselves right before they start a race.
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Do you do that? And what are you saying to yourself?
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Wow. And then when you're actually running, are you also actively thinking or are you sort of letting muscle memory take over?
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We agree. We both think the 400 meters is too long. Because you run professionally, when you have to run for stuff in your everyday life, like if you're late for the bus or something, are you kind of just like, oh, now I'm doing work for free? Yeah.
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That's fantastic. All right, Allison, we've asked you here to play a game we're calling... 200 Meters.
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You've won many medals racing the 200 meter and the 400 meter, so we thought we'd ask you about the parking meter. If you answer two out of three questions correctly about one of the last things you can use coins for, you will win a prize for one of our listeners, the voice of any one of us on their voicemail. Bill, who is Allison playing for?
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All right, Allison, here's your first question. A man named Charles Mysak has sold used books on a New York street corner since the 90s, and he found the parking meter there very convenient in what way? A, he has sold over a million 25-cent postcards to people who needed change for the meter.
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That is correct. He parked in the same space for 11 years, only moving the car for street cleanings. I guess finally someone else zipped in there real fast. All right, Allison, here's your next question. In the state of Florida, parking meters aren't just for cars. You are also required by law to feed the meter when? A, when you tie an alligator to the parking meter. No!
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B, when you were drinking rum on the sidewalk, or C, when you were saving good seats for the 4th of July parade?
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Oh, we're going to give you a second try.
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A is correct, so if you see an alligator on the sidewalk, park there, the meter is already paid. Here is your last question. A New York parking enforcement officer was sent to jail after he embezzled over $90,000 in quarters that he collected from meters over the course of five years. How was he finally caught? A, he got a hole in his pocket and police followed a trail of coins to his house.
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B, he was overheard on his collection route saying, one for you, one for me. Or C, the bank in town called the police and said, hey, this guy in a parking enforcement uniform keeps depositing huge piles of quarters into his bank account.
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What was he supposed to do, go back to the office with all those quarters in his pockets? No, you walk right into the back in uniform and deposit them. Bill, how did Allison do on our quiz?
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Alison Felix is one of the greatest sprinters of all time, a multiple world and Olympic champion. Alison, thank you truly so much for joining us on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.
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Wait, I have a question. Yeah. You and your husband are both hot. That has nothing to do with the question. I just wanted to say. Okay. All right. Wait, so since you're both designers, who wins? Like, do you have a chair in your house that you hate that you put there?
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Like, you know, when someone doesn't want to do a nude scene, they have a stand-in. Is there somebody who is farting in place of you?
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I'll say, I've seen... Jay also does a fantastic... Okay. Imagine at some point you ended up slapping yourself.
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Would Jay-Z help out with this one? Is there something that Jay-Z says a lot that might be the answer?
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But technically, Jay didn't get any of them wrong.
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I read online that you found out you were good at track because you were trying to make new friends at a new high school, right?