And on the way ITunes are hoping that this person might even see an album, TV show or movie that theyâd like to buy in the ITunes store. You get the idea (oh I am so cynical). To make things even more interesting what you probably donât realize is that most listeners donât know that they can subscribe to your podcast. After all they donât have to subscribe when they: 1  Play your podcast off your blog (usually off a flash player)  Download the mp3 from a link in your blog post.
The term sling your hook is polite way of telling someone to go away. This term has a nautical origin.Hook was a name given to the ship's anchor, and the sling was the cradle that housed the anchor. Therefore, to sling your hook meant to lift anchor, stow it and sail away.his term has a nautical origin. Hook was a name given to the ship's anchor, and the sling was the cradle that housed the anchor. Therefore, to sling your hook meant to lift anchor, stow it and sail away.
Both meant to leave, or go away, though it was often used as an urgent and impolite injunction to move on, as in this example from the Daily News of 1897: âIf you donât sling yer hook this minute, here goes a pewter pot at yer headâ.Now to the difficult bit â where it came from.There are at least two theories. One equates hook with a shipâs anchor, so that to sling oneâs hook was to raise the anchor and sail away. The other says the hook is one on which a miner would hang his day clothes.When he finished his shift down the pit, he would change, collect his possessions from his hook, and leave.oth meant to leave, or go away, though it was often used as an urgent and impolite injunction to move on, as in this example from the Daily News of 1897: âIf you donât sling yer hook this minute, here goes a pewter pot at yer headâ. Now to the difficult bit â where it came from. There are at least two theories.