Channel: Good Mythical More
YouTube Video ID: Ekl2CF3X658
Episode Post Date: February 5, 2026
Episode Number: 2974
Transcript
Which things are Kiki and which are Bouba? Welcome to Good Mythical More. There's a package back here. Oh, is it an extra one? I guess I threw that there and it was bothering me. Um, I am mildly familiar with this. Never heard of, I couldn't remember if we, I mean, we've been doing this show for so long. I don't, I don't know if, if, if, if I have seen this, we might have Kiki boot. Good. Like on the side of a more, we can't find it anywhere searching. I don't, and I don't know if I feel like I, I saw a TikTok about this, you know, sometimes like things happen in real life and sometimes things happen on the show and it's, it's just confusing and it confusing It all blends together. Yeah. Um, well, let's just see one and I guess which one, and then link, we'll try to figure out what it is that the difference is. Yeah. I don't want you to, I don't want you to have any pre preconceived notions going into this. I don't. So this is the first, uh, this is the first matchup you're gonna tell me which one you think is Kiki and which one is bba. Okay. Bouba is on the right. Ki Kiki is on the left. You gotta tell me. Hold on. No, so I'm, so I'm, can I at least say what they are? Okay. Yeah, yeah. Tell me which, that's a sea urchin. Versus a puffer fish. Yeah. So I'm not gonna tell you anything about why Kiki and Bouba Uba. You think Bouba is on the right? Yeah. And Kiki is on the left. You think Bouba is the puffer fish you're saying? So bu Okay. Bouba is bubbly and Kiki is, is, uh, spiky. Kiki does the word Kiki, it sounds like Kiki like it's gonna, yeah. Come out and study. Yeah. It's not lit literal, but it's conceptual and it could be completely different for different people. But I'm just saying according to my understanding of them, this is like a really clear dichotomy. Kiki Poke. Okay, so it resonates for both of you. Because you're right. So this is the, let's go to the like reference image. Okay. Um, oh. So basically it's a linguistic phenomenon stemming from a specific thought experiment and regardless of languages that people speak or where people are from, uh, almost universally. People associate Kiki with this like sharp, pointy and UBA with a uba, you know, rounder shape. Oh, UBA. Uba. Your mouth even does it. That's okay. So yeah, so there's a bunch of theories about why, and that's one of them is like the shape of the mouth when producing the sound leads you to think that. Um, and boobs. Bow, bow, yeah, that's another theory. I don't have that one on the list. Percuss, the percuss of the pronunciation is flowy. Bouncy, bubbly, booby. Okay, so we, so I think, we'll, yes, we have. I think a lot of these are pretty straightforward. Let's see, let's see the next one. Oh yeah, I mean, oh yeah. So the, I mean, the interesting thing about that onion looks like it has a balloon tie on the, on the top of it. That's weird, isn't it? There's something about siz. Is that a balloon that, uh. There's something about a pair of, is that it's got a Boba side and a Kiki side. Oh, you know what I'm saying? I mean, the top is Bouba. The bottom is, is it Boba or Bouba? Bouba. Bouba. Boba and Kiki. It has a Kiki bottom and a Bouba top. But your hand covers up the Boba, but clearly the onion is much more Bouba. I don't have any answers, but yeah. Is that onion blown up? I mean, is that a balloon? Onion? A onion? No, I gave some really good advice. Most onions are round link about a balloon the other day. Uh, I had someone who you gave good advice about a balloon. Yes, I did. You hear it? Okay. I just wanted to make sure. And he noted it. Yeah. Yeah. I, I've been looking for good advice about balloons. Mm-hmm. Alright, so since this isn't my story to tell, but I'm gonna tell it, I'm gonna make it anonymous. Let's just say that some, um, some just say who it wasn't some budding young. Lad wanted to date someone. No, I've started off wrong. Good, good, good, good. I was right. Budding young lad had dated someone and then they were still acquainted and then they were reconnecting just to hang out, but he didn't know if he wanted to bring a balloon. He didn't know. He, he didn't want to, he wanted to keep his options open because he didn't think that there was a lot here. Okay. But he still, he still wanted to get together. Yeah. And I said, I understand that. And he said, well, there's a problem today, the day that we'll get together and the only day that we could get together is her birthday. And I said, don't take a take a balloon. Oh, I was gonna say, don't do it. Take a, that's, that's too significant of a day. Take a day. Well, it was the only day, okay. And we determined that it, it, they needed to get together. There's no reason not to, except you. You didn't want to over communicate something, but not acknowledging the birthday. You told him to take a balloon. What I said was, do not, do not take a card, do not write anything. Do not do anything, which can be seen as romantic. You need to acknowledge the birthday, but you don't need to inject any interpretive romance into it. What's the perfect gift for that? A balloon is pretty big, son. A balloon. A balloon. If you're walking with a balloon that says Happy birthday. Everyone thinks, everyone like it. You could put a card in your pocket. Balloon says, I'm making a spectacle like it's her birthday. I brought a balloon. I mean, I don't know. I think this is maybe bad advice, uh, but it doesn't say. Anything that you would have to say in a card and it doesn't say, I love you, or I ro, I want to romance you. It says, I acknowledge your birth. Here's a balloon. It's playful, it's innocuous. Did he do this? Take the advice. Yeah. Yeah. 'cause it's good advice. And what happened? She carried around a balloon. It was one of those balloons on a stick. I was like, even better. But did it say something? Happy birthday. Oh, happy birthday. Didn't say like, I acknowledge you. It, that was, that's that was the subtext. Mm-hmm. You know, okay, it's your birthday now you have a balloon and you're carrying it around. It's fun. It's lighthearted. There's no romance in it. It will slowly sink and dissipate and shrink and turn into nothing, just like their relationship. Uh, the only thing I would say is that in almost every context outside of a children's birthday party in which there is a balloon involved, it does seem romantic to me. Usually when you give somebody a nice bouquet of roses or flowers and it's their birthday and it's like really romantic, there is like a balloon, like a, like a. It doesn't matter. Like you also give people a balloon if it, if they're in the hospital, it's not, balloons are not romantic. Don't try to tell me they are. Mm. Okay. How are balloons romantic? I if they, if they get back together, this is your fault. That's all I'm saying. If you didn't want it to get back them to get back together and they do get back together, that is the litmus test balloon make you horny. Yeah. If, if they get back together, then you were wrong. I would say it's cute. Exactly. Like I know, but it's, that's. That's really on the line. That could really, man, if wanted, wanted to leave the door open, then that then great. He left the door open because she couldn't for it. He certainly left the door open. I wasn't asking for input, but I was bragging. Neither was he. I was bragging about my good advice. Well, you said that he wanted to leave the door open. Maybe. He definitely, he opened the door a little. Oh yes. A little bit more with the balloon. Yeah. Perfect. Yeah, it's perfect. If you wanted open the door, it's open because What would you say? What would you say? Uh, I would say the young lad, she, I would say that if you're getting together with somebody on their birthday and you, and you actually don't want it to be a relationship mm-hmm. I would be like, I can't get together with you on your birthday. I would come up with any excuse and then if I was really just like, I do want them to be a friend, then I would get them a funny, I would get them a funny card that just said, basically just something funny inside. And, and just 'cause I don't want like, yeah, we gotta walk around with a balloon. People, we look like a couple. You know, it's like all the psychological factor. That's all I'm saying. That's what I would do. Let us know in the context. But a balloon is Bouba. It is Bouba. Balloon is Bouba. Um, let's get a little bit more difficult here. Maybe Roses are Kiki. Let's see the next one. Roses are Kiki. Balloons are Bouba. It's like the start of a new poem. Yeah. Hmm. So we've got a, a wig on a poodle and we've got a Santa wife. It kinda looks like a mugshot. Both. This is not, this is not Mrs. Claus. This is like, you caught me. I was making toys in the factory. She's not as, she's not that old Stevie. Oh, I'm sorry to make toys. She's, she's, she's, uh. Ms. Claus isn't old. That ain't, that's not Mrs. Claus. That's exactly what I'm saying. Oh, this is really hard. That's like, it could be someone in the Claw, A family. They're both in disguise period as something they're not. I can still tell that's a dog, though. The dog looks like it could be named Kiki, but so does the woman. Is the dog, I don't know. Real. Or is the dog's Ded? I think that's a real dog. Think it's real dog. Because that is a detailed stuffing. Why are her hands like that? She just surprised us. But one hand is like, stop. And the other one's like, I'm about to fix my hair. Such a weird photo. I think that makes it Kiki. I think her fingers being up makes it Kiki, and then the bouffant nature of the wig makes it Boo Bob. I would say that the style of that hair, if you were just like, make my hair Kiki, like the hair on the dog is pretty Kiki hair not, it's not sharp, but it's like, it's the top, you know, I'm saying it's like, it's not clear. It's kind of, it's my balloon box. This has, each one of these have a Kiki and a Boubah element to them. You know, sometimes there's just, sometimes you can't make a decision. I like how the poodle's mouth, it's got a smirk or what would you call that? Like a, what's the, what's a, a smirk that's more negative. I think that he might have negative smirk, a tooth missing on one side and that's causing the lip to lay differently, whatever you call that. Okay. They could also tooth both be Bouba or both be Kiki, you know what I mean? Like this is also true. What if you cover one, I think this is double Bouba. Do double Boubah and the, what's the right answer? I think it might be double Kiki. Not double Kiki. Let us know in the comments after you let us know about the balloon. Yeah. Okay. Next one. Oh, slinky and a bear trap. Oh, this seems pretty simple, right? This slinky Is boo boo Bouba. Bouba? Is that what I didn't say? Bouba? You said boo boo. Boo boo. Uh, yeah. And a trap is Kiki. Now this is too easy. Let's see. Another one. Yeah, obviously next. Oh. Oh, so they, ah, you're keeping this linky and you're giving us the Jacko lantern. This is double Bouba, guys. I mean, there's some Kiki elements. There's some Kiki elements to the face of a Jack-o-lantern. I know. I think the, because the Jack of Lantern has got very, like Boubah pump can became Kiki, jack-o-lantern, sharp features, Jack of features, Jacqueline Kiki. Yeah. In this situation, it almost looks like Keith's saying Kiki. Kiki. Yep. That's exactly right. Interesting. I don't. Pumpkin b Well, Jack, you're saying pumpkin Bouba jacko Leonard ki ki p. Yep. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You can, you can fy yeah. A pumpkin by making it into a jack-o-lantern. Yeah. But what do you think, like, how do you think that jacko lantern speak? Like what's the voice of that guy who walks into the room kick? Okay, well that makes sense. I was thinking it was more Bouba taking someone, uh, a po uh, pumpkin. I think a pumpkin probably would've said, said less. Nothing at all. Probably. Yeah. Can I take a second to just talk about how devastating Slinkies are? Sure. I've never not gotten a slinky, especially one of these plastic ones. And it, it get the kink in it. It gets kinky, not kinky. You get the kink where somehow, even though you're just doing the thing, all of a sudden something goes wrong and then you've got nice little slinky, and then you've got a space turned the other way or something, and then you got more nice slinky. It's just, it's, it's taking something which is supposed to be so satisfying and it's making, it just, it corrosively emotionally devastating. Okay. I just can't, I gave up on Slinkies at a certain point. I just realized I was putting in so much effort. And then this is what it was giving me back. What year was this? Just a Just a little. Just a little. What year? Yeah. When was your slinky time period where you were really giving a lot of effort into Slinky? He was a slinky kid. You, of course he was. I had, I was a slinky kid. I had a metal slinky. It had a wonderful sound to it. His name is Link. It's right there in the name. A wonderful bounce. But that thing got kinked up. It took a while, but I think as an adult you put maintain a slinky away. This one right here, this, this, this plastic, they need to make the metal ones again. Plastic ones are just, but I will say if you do not let a child play with a slinky and if you have a slinky, don't let a child play with it. Yeah. Like don't waste a slinky on a kid. Yeah. If you just keep it as an adult, I guarantee you can keep it pristine. It's when a child gets hold of it and ruins it. Don't give children toys. Keep the toys for yourself. Good advice. Let's that one give, just give him a balloon. I mean, that's a bulba chef if I've ever seen one. And that's a Kiki pyramid, man. Is that a chef? That is a, that is a stock photo model. Yeah. I mean, we all know that that man's never cooked, cooked anything in his life. Yeah. That's the first time he's touched his index finger to his thumb. Ever Uhhuh. Let's see, another one. That was too easy. Ooh. Okay. Not, I mean, that's classic matchup is, uh, that thing on the right. One of those things that mm-hmm. Yep. Yeah. Speculum. Is that what you call it? Mm-hmm. I don't know how I know that. Can we just talk about how it feels like we should redesign this, yo? Yeah, sure. Yeah. But because we haven't already. Well, what's your, what's your experience? Are you about to do? I don't, you've, you've already talked about it. I'm just, last time you saw this, you then had the conversation that you're about to have. Oh, really? Yeah. Well, that's how strongly I feel about it. I agree. I agree. I mean, this is like 1890s technology and it's metal. Oh. I don't even wanna, I can't even, like if someone, I can't even, let's just not talk. Give me an afternoon with all the gynecologists and I'll come up with a better design. Set up the meeting. I, I'll tell you how to do it. I, you blow up a balloon in there. It's a balloon. And then you fill the balloon with something like, um, a slinky No, with the, uh, crackle, that stuff that you put on the outside of a. Ice cream. Magic shell. Magic shell. So you, you blow up a balloon inside of there, pour magic shell in, and then you, then you inject magic shell, and then, uh, you pop the balloon. Well, how do you get, how do you swab? The whole point is to swab. You gotta swab. So solve for the you, the balloon, and then you go through where the balloon was. And the magic shell keeps you So in the vagina, the balloon expands, then the vagina expand. Then it holds with the magic, magic shell, then it has chocolate in it. Yeah. And then, which is cool, you swap, you go past it, then you, no. Then you pop the balloon and you go past it. You pop the balloon. Oh, you, we have one of these. It's slinky. It's slinky for fun. It's a wonderful toy. It's fun for a girl and a boy. And bring in the balloon in the magic shell. Please let, let's have it go down. No, no. So start here and it is just gonna go down. Maybe put that hand there and then you did the last one. Close. Oh yeah. See if you do the other one, we can go five steps. Yeah, let's keep doing that now. See, if we don't watch out, we're gonna get a kink in it. Right? Because what will happen is you want to do something like that and then you want to get it back and then it, see, I'm an adult though. That right there. This is all that I actually really do. Yeah. So there's magic shell in the vagina. Okay. And, uh, then you blow out the backup, the thing, and then you swap the back of the vagina. No, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The balloon. And, and then you swab on the other side, and then you pull the whole thing out, and then it's, everything's good. I would love to set a meeting for you and all the gynecologists, and it's all sponsored by Nestle. Yes. Nest, because it nestles in there. Uh, yeah. Hold on. Okay. Listen. First of all, I feel like I got pressured into giving a pitch, and, and I feel like he started with a magic shell thing and that wasn't where I was gonna go. I was gonna say, can we just coat these things in rubber or latex or something? It, it isn't, but we've already been there. Oh, okay. Um, we need to, oh, sorry. We need to uba Kiki this because I have a final uba. Kiki, this very bbo toes. Kiki speculum. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Here's the one I thought we were talking about. Maybe just the Mythical beast. We're talking about this at the time, huh? Oh, who's Uba? Who's Kiki? Well, obviously with my hair being, I mean, my hair's starting to smooth out more. It's getting a little Bouba, and why is my face doing that? I mean, everything's so geeky about it. But you boo. I'm, I guess I'm Kiki. Huh? But you're, does that mean you boopa? Because I don't think that that's how it, it, our face is at rest. I think people would say, I was Kiki and you were boopa. If I rest my face, but the hair is still Kiki, I also think at the time that I am recalling, you looked different. And I do think that was, I think that's what most people said. Mean clearly the old link haircut and the old red haircut made it, made it clearly Kiki and Uba, right? Because my face is is a little Kiki or, so we switched, I became Kiki and you became uba. I think that's what happened. I think you became Kiki and I'm kind of uh, a little bit of both actually. We're both a little bit of both. Yeah, but you have to choose and we know, we know what we have to do. You have to Bouba. I I will be Bouba. I have to Kiki. I will be Boubah. Kiki Linky. Gotta Kiki. Why you seem so happy about being Kiki. Yeah. He really wants to be Kiki. He really wants to be Kiki. I just, I just gotta embrace it. Is that what your grandkids are gonna call you Kiki? Uh, that's what they're gonna call Christie because Oh, really? Like, seriously? Yeah. They're gonna call her Kiki because it sounds like Christy. That's what, and Jessie's gonna be Gigi. Oh, this is gonna be. Gigi and Kiki. Gigi and Kiki. There you go. What are we, what are you gonna be called? I, I want something in the Papa. Papa. Papa Rhett, maybe Big Papa. Um, sounds like a Smurf. Yeah. What they said was, uh, actually, I, I think we talked about this before and I said I was gonna be Papa Ink. Papa Ink. Ink, because you can't say Link as a kid. We gotta stop saying that. We've talked about everything before. 'cause we already, we talked about everything already. Have, we haven't talked, talked about literally everything. Yes. Get your food fix on the Mythical Kitchen channel now. Stock. I've, I've like never lied. That was like the first time. Why is everyone laughing?