Episode 645: Personal Gingery Lawyer

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Andrea brings the case against her lifelong friend Jennifer. For years they’ve had a holiday tradition of getting together to bake a gingerbread house. And for years, Andrea says that Jennifer messes it all up–WITH GINGERBREAD MISCHIEF! Who’s right? Who’s wrong?

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Evidence from PERSONAL GINGERY LAWYER

An old photo of 4 high school kids, two of which have emojis over their faces. They are sitting around a decorated gingerbread house.

The beginning of gingerbread.

A gingerbread house with colorful candy, fire pit in front, and penguins in the back on a blue icing lake

Past gingerbread house, complete with eating candies on it.

A very haphazard-looking gingerbread house with a blue icing stream dripping off the edge

The gingerbread house without Andrea

Women standing around a kitchen island with a gingerbread house on it. One of them is standing behind a box of cereal

Jennifer mixing icing behind a box of Shreddies

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John Hodgman

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Episode 645: Personal Gingery Lawyer

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