A radio piece by esteemed NPR correspondent, Robert Krulwich, used to prevent dead air when something goes wrong.
Coined by NPR's Bryant Park Project:
"An emergency Krulwich is a radio piece, any radio piece, by (...) Robert Krulwich. Krulwiches are always fascinating, amazingly well-produced, thought-provoking, and...long.
Matt keeps our emergency Krulwiches locked in a secret bunker beneath BPP world headquarters. He's the only one with the code and the weighty responsibility of deciding when to deploy.
Let me make plain at this point that we don't only use our Krulwiches in emergency situations. Sometimes they make perfect thematic sense and we use them on purpose. Sometimes we just can't resist using them because they're so good.
But sometimes, it's an emergency."
Coined by NPR's Bryant Park Project:
"An emergency Krulwich is a radio piece, any radio piece, by (...) Robert Krulwich. Krulwiches are always fascinating, amazingly well-produced, thought-provoking, and...long.
Matt keeps our emergency Krulwiches locked in a secret bunker beneath BPP world headquarters. He's the only one with the code and the weighty responsibility of deciding when to deploy.
Let me make plain at this point that we don't only use our Krulwiches in emergency situations. Sometimes they make perfect thematic sense and we use them on purpose. Sometimes we just can't resist using them because they're so good.
But sometimes, it's an emergency."
by bb_mke August 8, 2008
Get the Emergency Krulwichmug. Name of the legendary hentai 177013. It is said to cause depression for weeks for whoever reads it, although a few claim they've been affected for only a couple of days.
I'm being way to happy right now, I think I'll read Emergence and go back to my usual depression state.
by Yesserer January 2, 2019
Get the Emergencemug. In order to avoid the awkwardness of having to use a new girlfriend/boyfriend's bathroom after spending the night, one will fervently offer to run out and get breakfast. The point of which is to use the bathroom at Starbucks, McDonald's, etc.
"Hey hun, do you want me to go out and get us some breakfast?" breakfast emergency, please say yes!
"No, that's okay. I'm not very hungry."
"Are you sure? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." oh shit! please say yes, please say yes
"No, I'm sure."
"But, if you don't eat you won't have any energy today."
Listen woman, you do not want me here in 5 minutes!!
"Okay"
"Alright, I'll be back in a few." Thank you Jesus!!
"No, that's okay. I'm not very hungry."
"Are you sure? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." oh shit! please say yes, please say yes
"No, I'm sure."
"But, if you don't eat you won't have any energy today."
Listen woman, you do not want me here in 5 minutes!!
"Okay"
"Alright, I'll be back in a few." Thank you Jesus!!
by Roland1999 March 14, 2011
Get the breakfast emergencymug. A popular game, however it is getting more and more unpopular as the developers start to delay updates and forget game breaking bugs.
by rowse honey enjoyer July 15, 2024
Get the emergency response liberty countymug. Flapping around with your hands like dumb flippers and tunnel vision when something shocking happens.
I roll up on a this bike crash and I'm trying to dial 911 but my hands went all emergency dolphin and it took four tries
by flukeskybalker April 27, 2022
Get the Emergency Dolphinmug. The Emergency Date Effect, or EDE for short, is defined as the moment when a person in a school or similar institute has no date for a social event, such as Prom or Homecoming, so asks out someone who is of a lower social standing of theirs or who they know already has some form a crush on them as an insurance policy.
Guy 1: “Hey, did you hear Tom managed to get a date with Maria?”
Guy 2: “Yeah, but I heard she had no other options. They’re only going out because of the Emergency Date Effect”
Guy 2: “Yeah, but I heard she had no other options. They’re only going out because of the Emergency Date Effect”
by IHateMyLife69420666 November 9, 2019
Get the Emergency Date Effectmug. A construction type hard hat kept in the trunk of an automobile for shit emergencies allowing wearer "no questions asked" free access to tens of thousands of Porta Potties nationwide.
When I wear my emergency hard hat,I can use the Porta-John at any construction site and nobody gives me a second glance.
by wolfbait51 August 7, 2011
Get the emergency hard hatmug.