Delete This History is created, written, hosted, produced, and edited by Cr— You can say your name first. Nope. I started to say, “Crea–” It’s really good. It’s getting better the more we do this. That’s our relationship name. [Theme song] Welcome to Delete This History, a podcast by two besties of a certain age, searching for answers. I’m Cara Burch. And I’m Brea Brown. Hi! Hi! Thanks for picking me up this morning. You’re welcome. My car is on the fritz. It’s broken. Actually, I think it’s on its last leg. That’s too bad. You’ll have to get a new one. I’m going to have to get a new car, and I told Sean this time, I want a brand spanking new car. I’ve never had a brand new car before, and I’m really excited about it. You deserve it. I do deserve it! You do. That’ll be so exciting. I know. Here’s the problem. I’m currently driving a 2004; it’s going to take me a really long time to learn how to drive today’s cars. So much technology involved. You’ll be fine. Sometimes there aren’t even keys involved. You can just push a button. I don’t have… Yeah, I have to have a key fob with me. Your car’s probably going to be able to connect to your car via Bluetooth. I know! I know! I don’t use that feature very often because it’s not as reliable, and it doesn’t play as clearly through the speakers in my car. So I prefer to have it plugged in. I’m excited. I’m stressed right now because the car’s not working. It’s life. It’s life. So Brea had to come pick me up this morning. Well, you know, it’s just par for the course this week. This effing week can let the door hit it where the good Lord split it, in my opinion. I don’t want to pollute this podcast with my usual negativity, but… Take 30 seconds and do it. Somebody upstairs is really pissed at me. Oh my goodness. Like Bob? No. Like, God. Oh!! Upstairs. Like, way upstairs. The uppest of stairs. What’d you do to Jesus, Brea? I don’t know, but I don’t know what I did to deserve such a shitstorm. Probably my bad words. I don’t know. BUT we did meet up with two of the best people in the world this week. We totally did. It was delightful! It was so fun. I didn’t want to leave, but I’m old, and I had to get home and take a shower and go to bed. She was falling asleep. I wasn’t falling asleep! I’m just teasing. I was dirty. She was so stinky… Yeah, people were walking by, and they were like, “Ugh!” No! I drove away from there thinking, “We need to plan our next one right now.” Right! So it’s on our calendars… Stop waiting so long between. Yes! And I think they’re going to be listeners now, so we’re going to have more than two listeners. We’ll have four. And Phil, that’s five. Phil? So, Heather, Hopper, Phil, Cara, Sonya… Heather’s Phil. No… Who’s Phil? My hairdresser, Phil. What’s Heather’s husband’s name? Mike. He’ll probably listen, too. My apologies, Mike. I’m sorry. Listen to all of these people! So now we’ve got six? Heather, Hopper, Phil, Sonya, Laura… Why can’t I do the math? I’ve had no coffee today, people. Heather, Hopper, Mike, Phil, Sonya, Laura. Six. I’ve had no coffee today. Wait until we can’t count them anymore. Once we get to eleven… I know. We’re done. We’ve taken off. Big-time. Okay. Big-time stuff. All right. We need to get going, Cara. Okay. We’re a little bit behind this morning because of your car problems… Sorry. Kidding. You’re right, so we’re gonna move on. What are we here for? You and I are women of a certain age. And we can’t remember things all the time. And so… we search a lot of things. They might be prompted by family arguments, things we can’t remember, things we want to learn, things we’ve never heard of… Things we have to re-learn. Oh, yes, yes. So, we’ve decided, oh my gosh. Your search history is as ridiculous as mine. The world just needs to hear it. Yeah! So that’s why we’re here. We’re sharing our weekly search histories with you guys. It’s a public service, really. People feel better about themselves. We are going to make you feel so good about yourselves. And if laughter is the best medicine, then these people are gonna be heathy! At our expense. That brings us to, The Reading of the Lists. THE READING OF THE LISTS I want you to go first. Okay. This week, these are my top five searches: Diane Staudte Charleston, SC fall activities/best beaches in Charleston Egyptian blue color/royal blue color UK Union Jack flag. Japanese collie man. I’m glad you searched that one because I’ve been thinking about that one all week. All right. You ready for my list? I’m ready. Here we go: Are fraternity students allowed to stay all summer? When was dry shampoo invented? Celebrities in their 40s. (Uh… asterisk, not a full question.) I’m so proud of you. Thank you. 2024 Camry. (I think we all know why I searched that.) Why do some people tolerate spicy foods more so than others? (Full question.) Yeah, well… I really needed a detailed answer on that one. You know, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your search questions are not going to stop being questions in a day. No. Probably ever, actually. It’s just in my brain. It’s how I talk to myself. “Hey, Cara.” Now, we come to our next segment, called… “SEARCH ME!” SEARCH ME It’s where we play a little game. We pose a question to one another. Brea’s gonna ask me a question about her searches, I’m gonna ask Brea a question about my searches. There are prizes involved. This is our test to see how well we know each other. We’ve been doing pretty good. We have often said that we have one brain. And we do tend to have one brain about a lot of things. It happened this week, in fact. How did it happen this week? I was just gonna ask you the same thing. It was something about this show. Was it the runtimes? Yes! It was the runtimes! We have to keep… This is so ironic. I’m going off on a tangent about how we needed runtimes on the rundown because we can’t stay on topic, and we can’t stay on time and it takes us for-freaking-ever to do an episode, and then it takes forever to edit the episode because there’s a lot to cut. Anyway. One brain. We both thought of it but you put it into action. I made it happen. You made a plan into a strategy. And that’s important. I learned that this week at work. Good job! I know! I’m going to ask you first, since I read my list first. What you’re playing for today is WASHI TAPE! Oh! Those are cute! Okay, now one of them is brand new; one of them is slightly used; and one of them is more used than the others, BUT… I love them all! …it fits you so well that I just had to get it for you. This one I already have ideas for… Yes, the stripes. We’ve got some candy stripes, we’ve got some purple with white polka dots. Uh, huh. Almost looks like the stars, like nighttime sky. And then we’ve got some cameras because you’re a photographer. I love takin’ pictures. Like she’s a real photographer, not just a phone photographer. She has a camera with lenses and all kinds of stuff. Yeah, it’s fun. I enjoy it. I wish I had more time to do more of it. So, camera washi. Love it. Okay, so hit me with your question. Okay. Which search made me pee my pants a little bit? Now, was it pee your pants from laughter, or shock value? I’m not telling you. Okay. Just, “which search made me pee in my pants a little bit?” All right. I’m gonna go, “Japanese collie man.” Oh, no… I don’t win the washi. What was it? Soz. It was Charleston, South Carolina fall activities/best beaches in Charleston. What?! I would never… Because I’m so excited! Cara and I are going to South Carolina in October. Lord willing and the cats don’t die. Yes! My sister is going to Colorado for her son’s wedding. Hi, Heather. And I cat sat… Cat sat? Cat sat. Yeah. I cat-sat for her last year when they went to Hawaii on a family vacation. I don’t get to go on any of these lovely vacations. “Brea, we’re going to go to amazing Hawaii. Come and sit with our old cats.” “Clean up puke and poop.” And I said, “Okay!” That’s how you know… That’s an improvement on my real life. But she lives in Charleston–I hope she doesn’t mind me saying that–which is a beautiful, beautiful place, and so last November when I went there, I had such a good time, a) with the cats, even though there was poop and puke involved (they’re very old); but just exploring the area. But you’re by yourself. It’s not the same. I didn’t go with anybody else. I flew there, and it was during the school year, so the whole family couldn’t go. It was a good time, though. And I got to see lots of great things. And then this year when she asked me if I would do it again for Colorado time, I was like, “Yes!” and then I said to Cara right away, “October, you need to blank out this week, because we’re going to drive to South Carolina.” And I said yes. She said, “yes!” Cuz I went to Jared. No, I’m just kidding. And it’s going to be so much fun! It is going to be fun. So I looked up a bunch of stuff. There’s a farmer’s market that they do in the fall. There’s an arts and crafts fair. Ooooohhh. Yes, yes, yes! I knew you would love that. And then I looked up to see what the best beaches are. And Folly Beach is number 1. Then there’s Sullivan’s Island, Isle of Palms, Keeawah Island (sorry if I mispronounced that), Seabrook Island Beach, and Edisto Beach. Lots of islands! There are! There are so many around there, like everything is an island, because there are all these little… You have to cross bridges to get places. I’m so excited! It’s going to be so good! I can’t wait! So that’s why it made me pee in my pants a little bit. Well, it should have. I’m peeing in my pants right now. So, I’ll take this washi back for another time. Yeah, I understand. It’s all right. Okay. Are you ready? My question is– Oh, wait! You’re playing for… It’s kind of funny that we both brought crafting items. Well, of course we did, because we are chock full of them. I brought you flamingo stickers that I just don’t really like. Oh. Thanks. But I do like them. They’re cute, but I can’t make them work for things. Like, I’ve tried to use them multiple times, but it just doesn’t look good on my cards. It just doesn’t go with your aesthetic. They’re too cartoon-y. Oh! Okay, yeah. That one’s so 80s! Look at that one. I know. I love it! I love them. Okay, well, you have to get the question right in order to get them. That’s right. I’m gonna look at this little baby right here, as… For your inspiration? Yes. I’m ready. Question: Which of my searches was prompted in hopes of learning why part of my summer enjoyment was ripped away from me this year? Oh, I know this. Do you really?! Yeah. “Are fraternity students allowed to stay through the summer?” I guess I kind of gave that one away, didn’t I? Softball! Enjoy your flamingo stickers. Thank you! Eeeeee! I drive by a university on the way to work every day, one of several in town, and one of my enjoyments during the summertime–I don’t have children–but when school’s out, traffic’s lighter, which I enjoy, and when I drive down this street, it’s, like fraternity houses down this street, they all go home, and so all these cars aren’t parked jankily–like, these kids don’t know how to parallel park! These cars are all just pulled in at different angles. But in the summertime, they all go home. Well, this summer, they didn’t go home. Ah, shit. They all stayed. I wonder what that’s about? Well, I looked it up, and that particular university has a rule that if you can get eight other students already in your fraternity to stay, they’ll keep it open for you. So, you got my answer right. Yes! I get the stickers! Yep, they’re yours. “I’m so exc—” Nope. Can’t sing. Can’t afford that song. I’m going to start writing songs so that we can sing them. Nobody’ll know ‘em, so it’s kind of… Maybe if you sang that song you were about to sing poorly, there’s no way they could prove that that’s the song that– That’s the only way I know how to sing, so… perfect! Go for it. SHARED HISTORY Cara. Brea. We have a lot of shared history. We do have a lot of shared history. Twenty-something years. Now, we’re going to share more history. Yes. You go first. The first thing I want to share with you from my top five things is “Diane Staudte.” Because I want to get that out of the way. Oh! A little bit. Yeah, it’s a little dark. Okay, let’s do it. It’s kind of a bummer. Okay, cleansing breath… It’s true crime. Of course, it is. But it’s true crime that’s close to home. Ohhh! I don’t know if you remember this, but ten years ago… Not likely. …my church organist was arrested for murdering two of her family members and then trying to murder another one, with the help of one of her daughters. And it was shocking. I didn’t know her very well, we weren’t close, but you still don’t ever think you know a murderer, even in passing. Especially from your church. Correct, so that happened. And it’s actually kind of disturbing how many true crime stories happen in my own backyard. Maybe not people that I know or have met or whatever, but this area is… I don’t know. Maybe it’s that we have more guns than brains around here? I don’t know. But she did not use a gun. She poisoned her family with antifreeze. And I got to thinking about this because I was listening to another podcast I love called, “And That’s Why We Drink,” and it’s a paranormal/true crime podcast. Paranormal AND true crime? You're branching out. I take the paranormal with the true crime, let’s just put it that way. But I do like both the hosts. They’re very funny. One host does a paranormal story every week, and one host does the true crime story. Okay. Love it. And they were talking about someone who poisoned someone with antifreeze, and I got triggered. I was like, “Oh, my gosh. That’s like Diane.” Then I got to thinking, “How long ago was that?” and since I’m old… You had to look it up. Well, not just that, but I was like, “Oh, that was just a few years ago.” Yes, and… Sure enough, it was way longer ago than I thought, because time flies when you’re having so much fun. It was ten years? It was ten years ago. 2013. Good grief. What was I doing in 2013? Well, a lot of crazy stuff had not yet happened in this world. That’s very true. I think back to that, and I think, “Wow, that was before a lot of watershed moments in American history.” Anyway, these were dubbed The Antifreeze Murders in the media because, well, you know… real creative. She hid antifreeze in sports drinks and soda for your husband, and I’m not going to name brand names because my husband works for that company. Anyway, but you can look it up. At church, this woman’s family member’s were dying, you know? And we were like, “This poor woman, she cannot catch a break. What is happening? Like, her husband died, but he kind of had health problems anyway, but probably had health problems because you know… The antifreeze! She was poisoning him. And then her son died of flu-like symptoms. And we were like, “Geez Louise. Poor Diane!” Right? Then her daughter got really sick and had to be hospitalized and almost died. And then the penny dropped with somebody who worked close to her, and I’m not going to say who it was, because you can look it up. There’s a lot of stuff about this. If you search this, you can watch a bunch of stuff. There was a 20/20 special about it. But somebody kind of close to me blew the whistle on her, and I don’t know… it’s kind of a sensitive topic for that person. So the gist is that someone from the church contacted the authorities, and the nurses from the hospital kind of corroborated their story because she was acting weird and saying weird things at the hospital, where her daughter was recovering. Like saying things like she and her other daughter were going to go on vacation whether or not the daughter in the hospital was released from the hospital and better. She was like, “Well, we’ve had this planned, so we’re just going to go do this…” Oh, my gosh! Yeah, stuff like that. So… she busted. I can’t imagine actually being close to her or being the one who had to go to the authorities and be like, “I think…” So the husband and the son, did they not have to go to the hospital? Did they just up and die one day and no one said, “Boo”? They had been sick… I think… I can’t remember all the details. That’s what I don’t understand. They had been sick… The symptoms… That’s the thing. Until you do an autopsy… They just had flu-like symptoms, or you know, symptoms that could be explained away. And she was a nurse. So they never went to the doctor? Uh, they probably did, but the doctor was like, “Hey, you’ve got a stomach bug.” Oh, my gosh! And you can’t taste antifreeze in those kind of drinks very well, because it’s sweet, and sweet drinks mask the taste of it. So if you want to watch anything about this, her police interviews are super-disturbing, the things that she says about her son, particularly. You just never know people, truly. It’s just mind-boggling. And then that she roped her daughter into it, her other daughter, is really sad. What happened to the daughter that was helping? Did she go to jail, too? Mmm-hm. Wow. And I haven’t looked up to see what the status is of their sentence or where they are in their sentences. I didn’t want to get too far into it, looking it up, because, you know… it’s depressing. And I didn’t want to relive all of that. But I did suggest it as a topic for “And That’s Why We Drink” so they could do a deep dive. Because they’ll make it kind of funny. I know, it’s wrong. But… that’s why we drink. That’s their motto. And that’s why we joke, as well, because people like me, we can’t… I can’t take it. I can’t take serious… Sometimes you just gotta joke to get through the day. If you’re a true crime junkie like me, it’s worth a gander. And now you know… And knowing is half the battle. And you know that I knew that person. See? It’s like six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Is it six? I thought it was. I don’t know. But now it’s like, two degrees. Of Bibi. Okay, what’s your first one? Let’s do something more cheerful. Yes, please. Let’s talk about celebrities in their 40s. We’re in our forties. Yes. Sorry. Well, that came out last week, so it’s not a secret anymore. No. That’s what our “certain age” is. And so I was like, “who’s 40 that’s famous?” And there are a lot of people who are 40! And well-known! I thought what I would pull from that search was people I was surprised were in their forties. And my most surprising one was Rami Malek. How old would you guess him to be? Okay, Rami Malek, for those who don’t know, played Freddie Mercury in the biopic. Yes. He’s in Mr. Robot. See, I wouldn’t know about that one because… sci-fi. What’s another good one he’s been in? He’s been in a lot of good movies. Oh! Oop. No. That was the same one you just said. He played Freddie Mercury. Again, no coffee today. The dementia today. Ay-yi-yi. It’s really… the plaque on my brain is really starting to… It’s escalating quickly. Well, he’s been in a lot of stuff, and he’s really good. And he’s a very acclaimed actor. Did he win an Oscar for that Freddie Mercury portrayal? Entirely possible. I know he was nominated. Anywho… sorry. How old do you think Rami Malek is? Back to the question. Rami Malek. I would say he is… Well, he’s in his forties. He’s in his forties, but think back before I told you that information. Before I knew that, I would have said he was maybe early thirties. Yeah! Maybe. I asked Sean last night, and he guessed 31. And I was thinking like, 31, 32, 33. That guy’s 42 years old! Oh, my. He has some kind of skin-care regimen and amazing diet. Oh, you know what else he was in? He was in the latest James Bond movie. He was good in that, too! I really like him. Gosh, that Queen movie. What was that called? “That Queen Movie”? What was that called…? It was so good. “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Yes! My gosh. That movie. I want to watch it again. I’ve watched it three times. Oh, I’ve only seen it once. It gives me chills. Especially, well… the end. Well, everyone knows the end. There’s no spoilers. Don’t give it away. Don’t give it away. He dies. No! Not that part. When he goes and does the Live Aid concert. I’m getting chills right now thinking about it. I know. That performance… Brrrrrrr. Oh! It was so good! I had never seen the whole thing. I knew of it, I’d heard it was amazing. You knew what he wore… Yeah! It was pretty iconic. Exactly. So the movie, I was, like, crying during it. So after I got through the movie and recovered, I went and looked up that performance online and watched the real one and… First of all, it was amazing. Second of all, Rami Malek… What?! How?! He became him. He… mind blowing. I know. I’m gonna move on. I’m, like, hardcore fangirling on Rami Malek right now. Who are some of the other 40’s celebrities? Okay, so I have two others who were surprising to me. Jennifer Hudson. Beautiful. Yes, she is, but I think I already knew that. I knew she was our age. She’s 41. Yeah. -Ish. And Sean told me I should know better, I should know this one, just by math: Chris Pratt. I mean, I knew he was close, but I still thought he was, like 36, 37. Nooo… I think I knew that. 44. Yeah. I love him, too. The second thing I wanted to say about this is just celebrities in general… Sean sent me a text message this week. Sean is currently watching Elementary with Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu. It’s what I call a throwaway show, something he puts on in the background while he does his electronic Sudoku after I go to bed. But he got off work, and since he works from home, he gets off straight-up 5:00, so he’s got a solid 30 minutes before I get home. So he had this on in the background and Sean texted me, and he said… I don’t know if I can say it without laughing. It’s so cute and sweet and endearing. Cuz Sean is just as bad as me with brain stuff and knowing people. He says, “The Sherlock actor is the main character from Hackers. He is Zero Cool.” Next text: “I had no idea. He was married to Angelina?!” So he’s IMDbing this guy, Jonny Miller. He did. Yes. Then next text: “I need to get out more.” My text back to him. “Oh. My. Gosh. I have failed you.” He did not know Jonny Miller was in Hackers. Like, he’s been watching… Brea, he’s on, like Season 4 or 5 of Elementary, and he’s just now connecting the dots. Bless his heart. I kind of had that moment, sort of, I was listening to a podcast this week, and Idris Elba was the guest, and they mentioned that he was on The Wire. One-hundred percent don’t remember that. It’s been so long since I watched The Wire. Which was before Idris Elba was IDRIS ELBA. I never watched The Wire. Don’t look at me like that. Oh, Brea. I just don’t like shows like that. They stress me out. Yeah, it was stressful. But one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. True crime, murder? Not stressful. Oh! But this is true— Oh, crime. True crime and murder, not stressful. The Wire, real stressful. Fiction. Oooooh. It doesn’t make sense. That’s my… that’s that search. Done. Moving on. Share one of your other searches. I’m not going to make you wait any longer to hear about Japanese collie man. Let’s do it. Real quickly (right). So, where to begin? So, this Japanese man named Toco, T-O-C-O, wants to be a dog. It’s his dream. In real life. Ohhhhh… That’s not the direction I thought this was going to go. So he commissioned the making of a $15,000 collie suit, like a costume, which cost him 2 million yen. And he walks on all fours around the neighborhood so people can pet him and feed him dog-like treats. And they oblige? Yes. And according to the short MSN blurb that I read, which was plenty for me–I was like, “I probably don’t need to delve into this any further than this”--he wears his collie suit, rolling on his side, with paws up in the air, and even hanging out inside a kennel with fake grass. Oh, man. Yep. I’ve got three words: What the fuck. I don’t… So I have a picture here for you. And it looks really real. Whoa. Whoa! Which one is he? He’s the one on the left. Shut your pretty little mouth. Everyone, search for Collie Man. The suit is unbelievable. It’s an unbelievable costume, but… you know when gay marriage became legal and everybody was like, “What’s next? You gonna be able to marry your dog?” which is such a stupid argument. Are we there? It was such a stupid argument, I thought. But… maybe we’re almost there. I can’t not see it. I feel like I’ve been altered a bit. That’s what I thought. So you just shared it with all of us. Right. So, I was sitting at my desk, working from home, and I was looking something up. You know how you have to look something up for work or whatever? And this story popped up. I don’t know why. And I was like, “well, you can’t not click on that story.” You fell for it. I did. It was total click-bait, but I clicked on it, and I was like, “Oh, my gosh.” And I actually said out loud, “What fresh hell is this?” but you know… it makes him happy. It’s not hurting anyone else, I guess… unless he bites the mailman. So, you know… Toco, you do you, Boo. Okay. Hm. I think I’d like to talk about spicy foods. Sean and I have been watching Hot Ones. Clint LOVES Hot Ones. Some episodes are better than others. We watched–oh my gosh–the best one so far has been Shaquille O’Neal. Yes, Clint loves that episode. It was so good. The last one we watched last night was Stone Cold Steve Austin, which was actually pretty good, too. It was kind of a fascinating interview, to be honest. Yeah, they have good interview, he says. They do have good interviews, and the last three we’ve watched, they’ve complimented Sean Evans on how good of a host he is and the questions are really good and they provoke really good conversations. Halle Berry is a beast. That girl went through all ten hot sauces like they were nothin’. So then, Stone Cold Steve Austin comes in, and he’s dyin’. So I was like, “How can this tiny woman, Halle Berry, just be like, ‘Meh. When’s it gonna get hot?’ and then Steve Austin is talking about how hot his poop is gonna be tomorrow?” Gordon Ramsey asked in the middle of the interview, “Where’s your bathroom?” Oh! That one was… I was feeling pain for him. I’ve seen a clip of that. It’s horrendous. I haven’t watched any full episodes. But I will say, it was really funny. It’s good TV. Anyway, so I looked up, “Why do some people tolerate this better?” and I knew it would be, like, a “everyone’s different” kind of a situation, so I’ll just share it with everybody. So, the capsaicin in spicy foods, that activates–I’ve gotta read this–“the TRPV-1 receptors that we all have in our mouths and on our tongues.” Now some people have more receptors than others, and some people’s receptors are more sensitive. So the more receptors you have, the more sensitive they are, the spicier the food is going to be. And so then, the more capsaicin you eat… so this is what I’m assuming the host, he does this all the time, so he’s built up a tolerance, and so now, at this point, his receptors need even more or hotter items for him to get that reaction to spicy foods. So you can build up a tolerance. So if you like spicy foods, and you’ve eaten spicy foods since you were a kid, then you can tolerate it better when you’re an adult. Yeah. Kristen Bell was also, like, she was starting to feel the effects of it, but she started out saying, “We eat a lot of very spicy foods in our house.” And she had a very high tolerance for it. I think Cate Blanchett was really tough, too. I haven’t seen that one. Clint said she was a beast. Okay, your turn. That was very interesting. I thought it was. I love spicy food. I do, too. And I just can’t…Well, I’m not gonna share. I almost shared an ailment. Oh, my goodness. I just can’t eat spicy foods like I used to because of a problem. Which is why that’s interesting to me that you can build a tolerance for it because I feel like as I get older, I have less of a tolerance for spicy foods. In your mouth or in your body. In my mouth. Interesting. Maybe you’re not eating it often enough. Eat something spicy every day. Maybe it’s also a “use it or lose it” thing. Oh, I would think so. In fact, that’s what I was assuming. So, you have to maintain. You can’t skip leg day. You can’t skip tongue day. Use it or lose it. Capsaicin day. Cap Day. I’m going to talk next about “Egyptian blue color/royal blue color.” Blue’s my favorite color, so I’m excited about this one. This is a kid argument. Yes. Yes, yes, yes. The kids were arguing–yes, arguing; I’m not exaggerating–over the best descriptor of my car’s color. And Peyton said, “Egyptian blue,” and Jacki said, “No, it’s royal blue.” I would have to disagree with Jacki. So, do you know what Egyptian blue is? No. It’s a dark royal-ish blue. So, I actually went out into the garage with my phone, turned on the light, searched both colors, put it up against the car, and I had to give it to Peyton, with Egyptian blue, BUT he wasn’t right, either. It was actually closer to dark royal blue. Oh, really? But I couldn’t give that to Jacki, because she just guessed, “royal blue,” and royal blue was not as close as Egyptian blue was. I must not know what royal blue is. Because looking at your car–and I am right now–I wouldn’t call that royal blue, but I don’t know all of my shades of blue, like your children do. It’s– I don’t know. I don’t know why they have to be so pedantic. Well, I mean, it makes for good fodder for our show. I’m gonna look up, “Dark royal blue.” And then just look up “royal blue.” Okay. Hmmm… At least the swatch I saw. But actually, they’re both really, really wrong because the name of the color of my car–you know how cars have weird color names; it’s never just blue, you have a blue car–the name of our car color is–are you ready? Because it is fancy. I can’t wait. It is Still Night Pearl. Whoa! Still Night Pearl. So don’t call it royal blue. Still Night Pearl, to me, invokes a black car. Like a black pearl. Right. And your car ain’t even close to black. No. Because my car before this one was black, and this has been a major shock to my system. Yes, I can see her coming from a mile away. Yeah, so they were both wrong, but I had to give Peyton the most credit. He got the closest without going over, like Price Is Right style. Good job, Peyton. Boop-a-doo! Your turn. Okay, mine… “When was dry shampoo invented?” So I knew this one. I knew dry shampoo had been around for a really long time, but I just wasn’t entirely sure, because I knew they had used it in hospitals and nursing homes for a really long time. But what I didn’t know was that it was first commercially produced and sold in the 1940s. Existed long before that. It went back as far as the 15th century. They have found that certain Asian countries were using clay dust and using that to clean their hair, essentially. And then as you go through the decades and centuries, they were using powder and even tinting the powder to give their wigs a different look so they stand out. But then, here’s something that I super-duper learned, that I can’t imagine, and I wanted to ask you because you and I both use dry shampoo. Yes. It sounded like you were about to say, “you and I both use drugs.” You and I both… chase the dragon. So the new thing that I learned that kind of surprised me: lots of people use it on their wet hair in place of mousse. Mm-mm. Have you ever used dry shampoo on wet hair? No. It defeats the purpose. It makes it gross again. You’ve got clean hair. So if you guys out there are using dry shampoo on your wet hair, let us know, because I want to know… I don’t want to do this on my hair because then I’ll just have to wash it all over again. And I’ll stop making the judgey face that I’m making. It is SUPER judgey right now. Like, it’s like you’re smelling a turd. Well, I’m just kind of like, “Why?” Who even tried that first? Probably a hair stylist. I don’t know who’s using… I don’t have hair that can use mousse. If I put mousse in my hair, I’d look like a wet baby rat. Like, “My hair’s wet. No, it’s not.” It would look awful. Now my sister… Hey, Holly… used to put mousse in her hair, because she had a perm for years and years. Like, a spiral perm. Red head. She used mousse, like, forever to define the spirals. So her hair always looked wet. But it didn’t. It kind of did. Well, yeah. “My hair’s wet. No it’s not.” Because yeah, it did. It was crispy. It WAS crispy. Yeah, it was. But that was the thing. That was the style. My older sister. OLDER sister. I had crispy hair in the 90s. Did you? Yeah, I had a perm. What?! Ahhhhh… what?! Yeah, I’ll have to show you some of my school pictures because if you want to bust a gut, you can see some of my pictures because… ugh. Just so awkward. I didn’t know you had a perm! I did. Okay, yeah. I’m gonna need to see that picture. I got perms all the time when I was younger. My mom would give me a home perm. Oh! Yeah, Mom did Holly’s perms. Straight up. And it was fascinating! I’d always sit on the toilet* and just watch. Ugh. It stank. I loved the smell… WHAT?! Okay, well, our one brain… We just diverted. Not… no. I thought it was a nice smell. Oh! It smelled like rotten eggs! No! You were using the wrong at-home perm. My mom used to get Ogilvy home perms for us. We used… we didn’t use Ogilvy. And it smelled like rotten eggs. What was it….? It had a P on it. Our perms had a “P.” I can picture the box.** Picture with a P. That’s sad. I’m sad for you that it smelled like rotten eggs. It stank. And I know it’s not just the ones my mom used because I was at the hair salon recently, and someone was getting a perm, and Phil was like, “I almost don’t want to let people get perms anymore because it stinks up the whole salon.” Oh, my gosh! And it did. It smelled so bad. And I had such a strong sensory memory of sitting in the middle of the kitchen, and I would sit there, and Mom would give me a home perm. Oh, my gosh, it smelled so bad. And I think of that now and I think, “I would NEVER go to all that trouble to give my kid a perm.” Isn’t that funny? Yeah, and my mom, every six months, she was doing that for Holly. What the crap was the name of that perm? That’s going to drive me crazy. I’m going to have to search that; I’ll come up with that next week. I’m going to make myself a note. I’m not going to waste time. “Holly’s. Perm.” Got it. Maybe I’ll ask Holly. She probably remembers. Here’s my last one. Let’s hear it. “UK Union Jack flag.” So after settling the car color dispute, I noticed that my car is really close to the blue in the background of the Union Jack flag. Yes! And I have a Union Jack tea tin in my kitchen because I’m an anglophile, and I have a bunch of British stuff. And one of my sisters… hey, Colleen… lives in the UK sometimes. Because, you know, she’s so cosmopolitan and international! And while I was making dinner, I looked up the elements that make up the Union Jack flag because somebody told me one time what they were. But… you know. I’d forgotten. And Jacki wanted to know. And I said, “Ooh. Hang on. I’ll look it up.” So I did. Fodder for the show. St. George’s flag is the England flag. It’s the red cross on the white background. I’m going to pull this up. Keep talking. Here, I’ve got visual aids. Oh, thank you. Then the Scottish flag is blue background with a, for lack of a better term–it has an official name, but I don’t remember it right now–white “X,” basically. So when they were unified, those two flags were combined to make a flag with those two elements. And then they added the Irish flag, which is a white background with red X on it, and that’s how you get the flag you have today. Oh, my gosh. And Jacki said, “Northern Ireland.” And I said, “Well, the thing I’m looking at just says Ireland.” I had no idea. That’s really cool, actually. So the Union Jack is the UK flag, made up of all the different flags of the countries in the UK. Except Wales isn’t in there. What’s Wales’ flag look like? I believe it’s like a dragon thing? Like a lion-dragon? Red and yellow and black are the colors, I believe? It’s really badass. This is like Sheldon Cooper, fun with flags. So, if we ever get any Wales listeners, they’ll, I’m sure, correct us. Wales flag. Oh! That’s what it is. Oh, it’s a RED dragon on a… What am I thinking of? You’re thinking of the Queen’s flag. Maybe. Oh! I just remembered she’s dead. You’re thinking of the King’s flag. Don’t they have their own standard? Like Windsor, the House of Windsor? Yeah, and they fly it whenever they’re in residence. Okay, so for anyone who wants to know, and you don’t want to look it up yourself, the Wales flag: red dragon, white on top, green on bottom in the background.*** That was good! That was very educational. Love it. I actually think flags are really interesting. Oh, yes, after I looked that up, then Jacki really started talking about flags, and I was like, “Oh, no. What have I done? What have I done? We’re going to be here all night talking about flags.” Both of my kids [still at home] get really into flags. Okay, that was my last one because we already talked about South Carolina. Well, I don’t have any. Well, I do have one more, but… we, it’s already kind of like… a non-issue, or it’s a non-topic. What? It’s 2024 Camry. And I’m searching for new cars because I have to have a new car right now. That’s the only one. That’s my last search. But after you searched it, did you think, “Yeah, I still want that?” Umm.. this is just the beginning of my search. Right, but is it still on the list? Absolutely. But I’m trying to decide… they also have a hybrid. Get a hybrid if you can. I’m really, really, really wanting a hybrid. You recommend. Yours is a hybrid. You love it. Oh. Yes. I do. The other day when my husband left me with one gallon of gas in my car… Thanks, Clint! Not like I’ve never done it to him before, but anyway, that happened, that was part of my crappy week, and I had no debit card because I lost that last weekend as well… And you couldn’t get a new debit card because… I couldn’t get a new one because the card printer was done at the bank on the day that I could go in and get a new card. WHAT THE EFF?! A perfect storm of… Anyway… so, I had one gallon of gas, no debit card, and I was just like, “Shit,” so I put it in econ mode and I drove it back home and put it in the garage and said, “Hey, Clint, you’re going to have to get gas tomorrow.” Because he drives that car on Fridays. Oh, crap. I mean, he deserved it. Stuck it to him. BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?! So our next segment is called “But what about this one?!” Well, we do more than five searches every week. I do. Sometimes a LOT more. Yeah. But in the interest of time, we pick the five most interesting. But we’ve got other ones. So we thought we would share those as well. Yeah, just for fun… look at all this other stupid crap I had to look up. And most of the time, it’s kind of boring. Yeah, mine’s a little bit flat. It’s like the day-to-day looking something up because you have to, not because it’s really interesting. And we call it… “But What About This One?” Read your additional searches to me. That we’re not going to discuss. We’re just going to read you the lists. But if you do hear something that you think might be interesting to hear, we would be willing to revisit a search, if listeners think that it’s worthwhile. We might have a bonus episode. This week I also searched for: Honda auto recall. (Yeah, scary, but not applicable.) Dublin’s Pass Irish Pub Amityville ghost picture Southwest Missouri Humane Society Stanley water cup (like a flask) Dunkin’ Donuts Republic Okay, that’s your list? Those are actually… interesting. Too bad we didn’t talk about some of those. No. Didn’t have time. Okay. Mine: What is Craig Ferguson up to? Mitch McConnell freezes at podium (Have you seen that? No but I’ll be looking that up as soon as we’re done here.) What’s the best cut of steak? Stephen King discusses COVID 19 (that was a disappointing search; I was expecting an interesting discussion of how does COVID 19 compare to The Stand. Nope.) How old is Haley Joel Osment? (He’s 35. That’s it.) You didn’t look up chillblains. I did look up chillblains, actually. And I was like, “I’m not putting that on my searches. It was gross.” It is gross. But I did look it up. I see. You’re curating the uncurated list. Actually, yeah. And… yeah. OK. Fine. Well, if you want Cara to discuss chillblains on a future episode… If you don’t know what chillblains are, don’t look it up. Look it up. No. No, you’re right; don’t look it up. Make CARA tell you on this podcast. And you can request that at delete this history podcast at gmail dot com. You can also follow us at DTH Gals on Instagram and Twitter. And if you like what you hear on this podcast, rate us and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Yes, please. We’d love to hear from you How many times can I say podcast? Keep going, let’s find out. Many, many times. We really do want to hear from you, though. Yeah. Unless you hate us. Then we don’t. Cuz ain’t nobody got time for that. I mean, you can, but… Just keep it to yourself. If you don’t have something nice to say… Well, if you don’t like us, just don’t listen. It’s okay. You’re not going to hurt our feelings. We know we’re not for everybody. Oh, my goodness. So that’s about it, Cara. You know what? What? I’m going to go delete my history. Me, too. Bye! Buh-Bye! Delete This History is created, written, hosted, produced, and edited by Brea Brown and Cara Burch. Theme music by Orkas. Email us at delete this history podcast at gmail dot com. Find us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook at DTH Gals. Copyright 2023. All rights reserved. Chagrin, resignation, and ennui provided by: Life. Disclaimers, Corrections, and Apologies: *Cara wants everyone to know she was sitting on the CLOSED toilet, not using the toilet, while watching her mom give her sister a perm. **Nope. It was “Lilt.” No P on that box. ***So, so, so sorry to our Welsh listeners, if you’re out there. We’re ig’nant ‘Muricans.