Hey, Brea. Hey, Cara. Oh, wait. Let's do it again. I tried to talk after I had no breath left. I had a friend who used to talk on the inhale sometimes. How do you even do that? So, sometimes she would talk like this, and then she would run out of breath, and she would go, (gasping for air). Oh. Welcome to episode 32 of Delete This History, a podcast by two besties of a certain age searching for answers. We are your hosts, Cara Burch and Brea Brown. Hi. Hiii. (groaning) I woke up at 3:50. Oh shit. Couldn't get back to sleep, so I finished that book we talked about last week, ‘The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry’. Yes. So, then I looked up more books that she wrote because I enjoyed it so much. Yes. And she's got more books and I bought another one. But then I discovered that book, ‘The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry’ is a movie. Have you watched it? No. I think I'm gonna watch out this weekend. I watched a trailer for it. It looks really cute. Oh, I was afraid of being disappointed. She wrote the screenplay. Oh, well. And I, this trailer that I watched, it was, I mean, what I saw was very close to the book. So, I'm very excited about that. I watched a couple of movies this past week that I really enjoyed. They were, um, rom-coms. Rom-coms are making a comeback, I feel like. I feel like they're making more now. Like they kind of went away for a while and it was all just action, all action all the time. Or the rom-coms were terrible. And I think they're on the way back. Okay. But I watched Falling for Figaro. You know the girl, Danielle McDonald, the girl, woman, who is in Dumpling, Dumplin’? I've not seen that. Oh, it's so good. I can't bring myself to watch it. It's good. Okay. It's funny and delightful. Okay. Anyway, she's in it and she wants to be an opera son- SINGER. Opera song… Okay. She wants to be an opera singer. (chuckle) And it's about her journey. Okay. I like journey movies. Mm-hmm. Yes, there's a good montage in there. Oh, excellent. Yeah. And then what was the other one I watched that I liked even better? Oh good, this is a good story. You can do it. I'm sending you extra brainwaves. Oh, yes. You're welcome. Mm-hmm. It was Made in Ireland, I think it was called. And it stars Lindsay Lohan. Oh, no. Yeah. And the dude, he was in Versailles, the series Versailles. He's an English guy, but he plays an Irish guy. Or maybe he's an Irish guy and he's always played English guys. I don't know, but he's super cute and I like him a lot. He's been in a lot of murder shows that I watch. So,, he's coming up. I mean, he was in a big Hollywood movie with Lindsay Lohan. Uh huh. I don't know how big this movie was, but anyway. Okay. It was really, really cute. It was kind of, it kind of had ‘My Best Friend's Wedding Vibes’, but there was a little bit of a supernatural element to it. Oh. Which I'm not normally. Oh man. I don't know if I could watch a Lindsay Lohan movie. She was so good, Cara. I mean, she was good. Like I love ‘Freaky Friday’. Cause I'm a huge Jamie Lee Curtis fan. Yeah. And Lindsay Lohan did a good job in that. Yeah. And then ‘The Parent Trap’, she was really good in that. But, uh... She was little. I know. No, she, she did a really good job and you really like her. I mean, I really liked her in the movie. Okay. Anyway. All right. I'll, um, think about it. Okay. And I'll think about watching The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. Do you know who A.J. is? Did you see who plays A.J.? Maybe and I've forgotten. What is his name? He's in the Big Bang Theory. He plays Raj. Oh yeah, Raj from the Big Bang Theory. Yeah, I know. Kunal? I don't know. I think it's Kunal. (blabber) Not gonna work here anymore. Do you remember that? What? From ‘Office Space’? No. You've seen that movie, haven't you? I haven't seen that in a long time. But I was just thinking about it recently because I was watching ‘Louder Milk’ and I was like, I need to rewatch ‘Office Space’. We're almost done with ‘Louder Milk’. I'm done. I meant to ask you, one of your searches last week that was in, But What About This One? You mentioned fourth season? Yeah. Is there? Yes... ? Really? Yeah. Hm interesting. I can only take that in little spurts because it's so awful at times. But then there are times it is so funny. I binge the crap out of that. I even started over again, because it had been so long. Oh yeah. And I didn't realize there were more seasons after the first season. And so I started over with the first season, did not remember most of it. Okay. I mean, I remembered the big twist, and that was about it. I want to punch his roommate. Right. I can't stand that guy. Really? Even in later seasons? Ben? Yes, every episode I want to punch him. Really? Yes. He cracks me up. Ugh. No, I can't stand him. He makes me ha ha ha. Going back to books. Yeah. I was curious as to how your rewrite is going. Uhm…mmm. (laughing) Uhm…uhm. We don't have to talk about that if you don't want to. We just haven't talked about it in a while. Well, we haven't talked about it since your announcement. Listen, I am doing a real good job of not doing my rewrite and eating my feelings about it and pretty much feeling like crap about myself when it comes to it. So,, every week Tuesday comes and goes and I say oh it was another week that I did not work on my book. Oh no! Everybody send Brea encouraging words. Everybody send me ‘Intimins’ Brownie Cakes’. Is this something we need to unpack here on the show? I don't know. I just need to just stop being a butthole. It's harder to start than to keep going. It's so hard to get started. And I got started. And I got about three quarters of the way through a re-reading, because I had to re-read it. It had been a while. Yeah, to refresh my memory. And then I just lost steam. Oh no. Like I got distracted and I didn't do anything and then I was like, oh no. And now it feels like I have to start all over again. That's what I was gonna, I did not mean to stress you out with that question. That's all right. You're not making me think about anything that I haven't already thought about? I understand. It'll get done. Of course it will. Other fish to fry first. Well, and speaking of stress, I have a new recurring dream that is obviously stress related. Well, first of all, what woke me up at 3:50 last night was a television station dream. Oh no, they're the worst. I haven't had one of those. Oh, I don't even know. Months, if not a year. Oh really? Months and months. You're so lucky. And it was awful. It was awful. And it involved one of our friends too. Oh no. It was bad. So,, it jolted me out of my sleep. Like I physically jerked. And I was like, well, I'm awake now. Oh, anyway, the recurring dream I'm having beside that is, here, I had to write it down because I keep forgetting how it goes. So,, I'm in a car and I'm trying to either leave a situation or get to someone. Yeah. And... The brakes don't work. Oh my gosh. I have this dream all the time. But it's also, so like I'm pressing the brakes and it's not even that the brakes aren't working. It's that either somebody is pushing the car or dragging the car. And I'm trying to get it stopped with the brakes and obviously that's not working because something is attached to the car I'm driving. And the car is always different. Like this last time I had it, it was like this big giant Bronco from the eighties. And then other times it's been like a little S10. And then other times it's been Iris, the car I'm driving now. And it's always a different vehicle. That's weird. Yes, and it's always at night. It's never like during the day. And so I can't see who's pushing or pulling or what is going on. Oh! I have driving dreams all the time where I either can't get the car to go, like I'm at a stoplight and the light turns green and I can't get the car to go and people are like honking behind me and I'm like, it won't go. And or I can't get the brakes to work or the steering all of a sudden. It's a control thing. Oh, it totally is. Yes. But yeah, I just. It's awful. Yeah, it's bad. I probably am having at least one of those a week. (gasp). It's awful. It needs to stop, which I think is, I think that's what my brain is saying. Everything needs to stop. Like I just need a vacation or something like a month long vacation. I'm not talking like a three day weekend here. Do you have a three day weekend this week? You don't get Easter Monday. No, no. I think my next three day weekend is gonna be Memorial Day. That's okay. Yeah, me too. I kind of dominated chat. That's fine. I normally do. So,, here we go. What do you have? That's it. Oh, you don't have anything? Not really. Well, great. Not really. I'm just so, um, I don't know. I'm very apathetic. You're in a car that's being dragged by someone else. Pretty much. I feel like actually I am the car that was dragged through some things. You're the actual vehicle. Yeah. I think I need to start. I think I need to take up cocaine. That's all. Oh, now that I haven't tried. I think if I take up smoking and cocaine, that's not going to help my overall health, but it may help me eat less and get more done. Do you wanna whiteboard this like pros cons? See? Pros, get more done, cons, illegal. Oh shoot, that's right. Damn it. All right. Well, how about we move on to our next segment? We're not here to talk about casual drug use. We're here to talk about our internet search histories with our DTH besties. Yes, and we are gonna do that how? By reading The Reading of the Lists, “By reading The Reading of the Lists. ” Nope. Maybe you should try some cocaine. Just a little bit. With the reading of the list. It's even Steven week so I'm going first. Here we go. Number one, hydrometer. Number two, optimal humidity for a human. Number three, when was the alarm clock invented? Number four, Kelse Mahone's steakhouse. Number five, Aquafina/nor alum. Okay, here's my list for this week. Number one, the hag of the dribble. Number two, what meal is tea in England? Number three, Henry the First lamprey poisoning. Number four, Thistle Farms. Number five, Fernbar. Okay. Now it's time to play a little game that you and I like to call. SEARCH ME! Where we each pose one question to each other and see if she can answer based only on the reading of the list! Brea. Yeah? Tu-day. Yeah? If you answer the question correctly, you will win this box of toasted graham Starbucks cake cups! Oh my goodness. Now, it might appear as if this has been opened, but it's just an illusion and that's not tape on there either. Really? Mm-hmm. Yep. All right. I could probably use some right now. You know what? We could just rip the foil off the top of one of those and just down the grounds. Oh, this is disgusting. In like 10 to 15 minutes, you'd be getting all kinds of things done. I would be seeing colors. What? Nope. You can see colors already. (cackling) I would be hearing colors. You do need some help. I’m sorry. What's wrong with me? All right. Get out my list. Listen bossy pants. I'm just trying to help you because I know you're struggling. Okay, I'm ready. Which of my searches do I think deserves a classic Brea-Cara road trip? Kelse Mahomes steakhouse. Yeah! Now I hope it's better than Kelse’s microwave meals. I think so. Kansas City Chiefs football players Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey. We haven't talked about football in like a month. I know. It's why I was really excited to see this. (exited noises) They are collaborating with Noble 33, which is a Las Vegas hospitality group to open an upscale steakhouse in 2025. It will be called 1587 Prime. 1587 Prime. All right. It will be located inside the Lowe's Hotel in Kansas City, and it will have street level access and it will span nearly 10,000 square feet. Whoa. It's like, what? Seven of my houses. Yeah. And it'll probably still be impossible to get in. So,, it will be on two levels as well. It will have private dining rooms, world-class kitchen, a duh, and quote, jaw-dropping meat displays. Now, I will pause here to allow you any jokes you would like to insert. I would just like to giggle to myself about that. So,, in other words, Travis and Patrick will both be there. Jaw-dropping meat displays. Excellent. Lordy. Uh, there will be nods to Mahomes and Kelse’s on-field accomplishments throughout the restaurant and feature an extensive wine collection which, according to Noble 33, will be one of the largest in Missouri. You can go get your drink on. Um, ‘Springfield Business Journal’ and ‘News Nation’ is where I got my info. That is exciting. Yeah! 1587 Prime. And I get those toasted graham cake cups. Yeah, you do. All yours. I like the picture on it, probably because I'm so hungry. I know. That's probably why I'm having trouble. It could be. Because I'm not really hangry. I'm more like... That guy behind you has a bag full of food. I know. He always does. He has potato chips. Does he have his jar of peanut butter today? Yeah. It's right... Oh! He's reaching for something new. That may be nuts. These nuts? Not those nuts. Everything is about food right now, because I'm so hungry. I want to go to 1587. Would you like to play your part of Search Me, please? Very much so. OK. Today you are playing for these fabulous, reusable, erasable sticky notes oh my gosh from our friends at rocket book. I didn't even know that existed? Yeah. So,, there are it says there are four of each color in here but there are only three because I took one of each(sponsor us rocket book). Oh yes please. Which search elicited a partially recovered memory from my childhood of sitting in a booth surrounded by greenery bored out of my mind, but also feeling pretty grown up. Greenery. Is it Fern-bur? It's Fern-bur. You're right. What does that mean? Fern-bur? Well, I'm currently reading a book called ‘Tales of the City’, a novel. I like when they tell you what it is in the title. By Armistead Maupin, or Mopan. which was written in 1976. Oh, okay. And it takes place in San Francisco in the late 70s. So,, it was a contemporary novel at the time, but it's old now. Okay. So,, unlike my country club murder mystery series, which takes place in the late 70s, but was written now. Right, you flipped. Correct. So,, when Maupin wrote this, it was during modern times. And so it assumes a lot of the reader. So,, he mentions a lot of things that were very now and pop-cultury for the time that I've never heard of in my life. Because this was back in the 70s before I was born. Two years before I was born, by the way. Anyway, so this is San Francisco. It's pretty cool. And there's a Netflix series based on this series of books, ‘Tales of the City’ series. Okay. Starring, friend of the show, Olympia Dukakis. Oh, Olympia. Love her. And Laura Linney. Oh, I love her too. I do too. I'm gonna have to watch that. So,, I've had to look up a lot of terms, which you will hear later in what about this one. Okay. And Fern bar was one of those terms. Okay. Here's what they are, according to Wikipedia. Fern bars are gathering places for well-dressed upscale young men and women, initially during the sexual revolution of the 1970s, and later ‘The Yuppie Era’ of the 1980s. They were frequently talked of disparagingly as singles bars where individuals would go to hit on men or women for sexual hookups. They were designed to be woman-friendly and non-threatening in a time when most bars were only frequented by men. They featured things like sugary drinks, food specials, and homey decor, including Tiffany lamps, wooden tables, knickknacks, and yes, ferns. Think cheers. Yeah, that's exactly what I'm thinking as a matter of fact. Also fun fact. The first Fern Bar to ever open was the very first TGI Fridays in 1965. Whoa! TGI Fridays has been around since 1965? Yes. Oh my gosh! But wait. Okay. Because Fern Bar is maybe making a comeback. In fact, when we go on our road trip to go to 1587, what was it called? 1587 prime. Oh yes, 1587 prime. Maybe before we go there and see our jaw-dropping displays of meat. Meat. (cackling) I just snorted big time. Basically blew my nose in the microphone. Okay, maybe we can stop at Fern Bar, a sugar cane and agave focused cocktail bar in Kansas City. Yes, please. It just opened this past January. This trip is planning itself. I know. It's a bit more modern and brighter than Cheers. Okay. But. I looked at the pictures online and I did spot many plants, including ferns. Excellent. It looks way cooler than any place that I would ever be allowed to go into. So,, you don't feel like an upscale gale, upscale gal? Not really. It looks pretty trendy. With like mixologists. Oh lordy. Who have twirly twirly mustaches. Oh no. So,, we need to. think about our outfits really well I mean 1587 apparently is pretty swanky too I mean they've got almost the biggest wine selection in Missouri so I mean and a jaw-dropping meat display so we're gonna have to be dressed up no matter what. Yeah cuz I'm getting a picture in front of that meat display. Uh yeah and I'm gonna be wearing sequins. I will bring the selfie stick so that we can get a wide shot. I think this is where we need to take Sonia for her 50th birthday. Oh, yes. Oh wait, we can't go to 1587 Prime now because it doesn't open until 2025. We will take Sonia for her 51st birthday. Yeah, because that's more original anyway. Yeah, everyone celebrates 50th. All right. My sources were ‘Wikipedia, Proof’, and ‘FernbarKC.com’. Excellent. I love it. Fern-burr. Are you ready to get awkward? Yes. Let's be awkward. I feel like I've already been doing my part. Yeah, you were prepping for this segment. Yes. This next segment. Yeah. It's called Shared History. It is. Because... We're going to share internet search histories for the week. Correct. And... we have a shared history between ourselves. It's a jaw dropping meat display of shared history. That phrase can be used so many ways. Shared history is about to get crazy. Cause I'm gonna talk about when alarm clocks were invented. I was gonna say you won your little rocket book thingy. We always forget to say you won. I know, we do. Thank you, I'm excited to use these. Okay, sorry. Okay, so when I started searching alarm clocks. Yes. Not surprisingly, I found information that the ancient Greeks actually had built timekeeping devices that could like use water. Yes. To make sounds at. specific times of the day. Yeah, water clocks. Those crazy Greeks. I'm telling ya. They, what would we do without them? There is a seriously long history of clocks. Like, so much information. I'm not gonna cover it all. Really, what I was more interested in is the alarm clock that I hate, the one that wakes me up every day. I wanted to know. Is your alarm clock like? So,,, I knew you were gonna ask me that. I do not use my cell phone as my alarm clock. I still have, it's a Sony, and it actually, it's kind of big actually, it's almost like the size of my computer monitor on my laptop. That is humongous. It's not quite that big, I'm looking at that. So,, it's probably about this big. Is it like our time piece over here? No, it's bigger than that. Because it's got serious sound system in it, because you can plug an iPod into it. Okay. And I have my iPod Nano plugged into it. Holy crap. So,, I can listen to music sometimes. But music does not wake me up, so I have to have an alarm. You have to have the obnoxious beepity beep in your face. There's nothing I hate worse than being woken up by an alarm. I like to wake up naturally. It's my favorite thing in the world. Yes. It's just so much better. Anyway, someday when I retire. So,, the first alarm clock that was created was in 1787 by Levi Hutchins in Concord, New Hampshire. He created it just for himself to wake him up for his own job and it only rang at 4AM. Oh. That's the first recorded alarm clock that is out there. So,, it was not customizable. It was just for him too. It was not manufactured for people. It was a bespoke alarm clock. That's exactly right. Um, the French inventor, I'm going to whip out my French here. Are you ready? Good. Okay. Antoine Reedier. That wasn’t to bad. Oui oui, hau hau! He was the first to patent an adjustable mechanical alarm clock in 1847. So,, that, that was my answer. So,, I got my answer. Alarm clocks have been around since 1847, but I kept reading. Okay. Here's an interesting fact about alarm clocks that I think you probably already know, but if you don't, you're gonna love this because you are a history buff. I am. Okay, so alarm clocks, like most other consumer goods in the United States, ceased production in the spring of 1942. Why, Brea? What? Why would that be? Because the factories were all being converted to war work for World War II. However, alarm clocks were one of the first consumer items to resume manufacture for civilian use in November of 1944. By then, there was a serious shortage of alarm clocks because they had been worn out, they were breaking down, and there had been no parts manufactured to continue to fix them. Because it was all metal, right? Back then, it was the kind that had the bells on the top and… (clock noises) Yeah, and metal gears and all that jazz. So,, factory workers critical to the war effort were arriving late for work or missing shifts completely because of the alarm clock shortage. This was a crisis. It was a crisis. So,, in a pooling arrangement overseen by the Office of Price Administration, several clock companies were allowed to start producing new clocks rather than working on, you know, whatever they had been designated to work on for World War II. Some were. continuations of pre-war designs and some were new designs becoming one of the first post-war consumer goods to be made before the war had even ended. Oh interesting. Hmm. Yes. The price of these so-called emergency clocks was strictly regulated by the Office of Price Administration. So,, I kind of ran across a clock company that was called ‘West Clocks’ and they were one of the companies that was asked to make these alarm clocks. So,,, and I found a picture of one which I'll post for social media. They weren't allowed to put their company's name on the face of the clock like they normally would. And the word that they had to put on there was called “Waralarm”. It was all one word. What? And it was “Waralarm”. I don't know if they did that because it has something to do with the price of the clock. And so because it was labeled war alarm, I don't know. I didn't search into that. So,,. If anybody knows the reason for that, let us know. You're still looking at me, you don't like that. I just don't understand why they wouldn't be allowed to put the name of the clock. Well, here's what I'm guessing. It's probably because the government was paying these factories to do the war work. And I would say the government was still paying them to make these emergency clocks, which is why the government was involved, the office of price administration. So,, I'm guessing they wouldn't allow them to put their name on it, blah, be blah. Right, because it was a government commissioned thing. Yes. So,, basically, it was the government's clock. It was a war alarm. Yeah. And I also read, I won't get into it, but there was like a rush on these clocks and like people were losing their mind and like. There was rioting and people were knocking out windows to get these alarm clocks. It's kind of like when a new iPhone comes out. A little bit. Anyway, I've got a couple of fun facts about alarm clocks. Okay. Number one, since alarm clocks existed before the snooze function, innovators had to work with the standard gear configuration within most clocks when they were inventing the snooze. So,, getting the gear teeth to line up to allow for exactly 10 minutes was not possible. So,, they had to choose between nine minutes and a few seconds or a little past 10 minutes. So,, they chose the shorter amount of time from suggestions of experts saying that if you hit 10 minutes of sleep, you're kind of kind of be a little more groggy. Right. So,,, do the snooze before 10 minutes. So,, that's why a lot of our snoozes are nine minutes. Yes. Even with digital clocks now. Yes, nine minutes, eight minutes, sometimes six minutes. Isn't that weird? Yeah. My big ass alarm clock is a 10 minute snooze and I like it. It's 10 full minutes. Yes, it is. That's great. Thank you, Sony. Fun fact number two, the first radio alarm clock was invented by James Reynolds in the late 1940s. And a different design was created by another dude named Paul Schroff Sr. Hmm. Are those the ones with the numbers that flip down? Maybe so. Like on ‘Groundhog Day’? And like on ‘Lost’. Oh yeah, I never watched that show. Uh, what? No. Oh, it's so good. Not interested. It's so good. My sources were ‘Wikipedia’, ‘West Clocks’, and ‘Reader's Digest’. Oh. When I hit the Rd. Oh. I thought of you when I did, I was like, “Oh Brea I bet she done read this already. ” Nope. But you know what's really crazy? What? Ready for some serendipity? What? I watched a thing this week and it was, it was either ‘Recollection Road’ or one of those YouTube channels where they talk about, um, retro things and, um, they talked about things that we don't have anymore, like household gadgets and appliances and things like that have become obsolete. And one of them was the alarm clock. Because everyone's using their cell phone. Because everyone uses their cell phone. Except for Cara. And they showed the type of alarm clock that has the flip down numbers. Oh. The numbers that flip down. And my parents had one of those. That's awesome. When I was growing up, so that always makes me feel kind of like, oh. Oh. Like being in my mom and dad's room. When I would have to take naps, and I would take a nap in my mom's room, and I would poke holes in the sheets with safety pins, or I would color on my arms with magic markers. Oh my word. I did so many things when I was supposed to be napping. Oh my gosh. Instead of napping. I remember my mom's parents. got me an alarm clock. It was a digital alarm clock and it was like this long. It was huge. Like eight inches. And, oh yeah, people can't see me. And I was eight and I thought I have arrived. I have my own alarm clock. Yeah. What I didn't think about was that it was going to wake me up. Yeah. That's why they got it for me because I wouldn't get out of bed and... Mom had to come in there with a fly swatter. Oh. I still didn't get up, because guess what, it has a snooze. Yeah. And it had a radio on it. Yep. And, oh man, I thought I was the bomb. Yeah, clock radios. When you get your own clock radio, that means you have arrived. Yeah. You're a grown up now. You're a grown up. Mom's not gonna come wake you up. You have to wake up. That's right. It didn't work, but I still have that thing. Whoa. And it still works. I don't have the heart to get rid of it. My grandma gave it to me. Oh, yeah. It's up in my closet. You're nostalgic like that. About some things, other things I'm just like, gotta let it go. Yeah. But I was really close to grandma Minor. Oh. Like really close, so I had to keep that. I can see that birthday. Like I can just see the whole thing. Yeah, isn't that weird? Oh yeah, I can't. It is weird. What did I do at work today? I have no idea. No, I don't know. I don't know either. Anyway. You want to hear what my first search was about? Yeah. What meal is tea in England? Okay. Okay, so I was relieved to learn this week that I'm not the only person confused about what constitutes tea in England. I've read so many books and watched so many movies and shows that are set in the UK, so you'd think I'd know, but it seems like there's not one set definition. Aha. Sometimes it sounds like a full albeit light meal, where they'll say, what did you have for tea? And it'll be like, I don't know, Welsh rarebit or cheese toasties or something like that. Like, like a full meal, but like a lunchtime type of meal, you know? And then again, it seems a lot later than lunch. So,, it wouldn't be lunch. Like, maybe it would be. like early evening or between lunch and dinner or like Lennar. And then I would think, I would remember, they eat later a lot over their dinner than I do personally. I know a lot of people here eat late dinners too, but we eat dinner, we have to eat dinner pretty early because Clint has to go to bed. I don't want him to eat and then go straight to bed. So,, we have to eat pretty early and we eat around 5:30 yeah I mean as soon as I can as soon as we can get food on the table that's when we do it. Yeah. But like they eat like at eight o'clock at night dinner a lot over there. How late do they stay up? That’s what I'm saying! I don't know okay um anyway then I, which always makes me think, why not just eat earlier? If you have to have a meal between lunch and dinner because your dinner is so late, just eat dinner sooner. Yes. I don't know. Anyway, I'm sure there's explanations and it might just be tradition. But the ‘My Favorite Murder’ Ladies were equally conflicted about this. Okay. Georgia thought that it was a snack like tea and cookies. Me too. Okay. And Karen, who actually lived in Scotland for six months or something like that, a long time ago, said, um, that it was that she recently watched something, actually a show that had her convinced that it was more like a meal. Oh, a full meal. Here's why everybody's so confused. It depends on where in the UK you are. Okay. and other Commonwealth countries like Australia too. Some Brits do refer to their main evening meal as tea rather than dinner or supper. Oh, okay. Do you call it dinner or supper? Well, I used to call it supper. The Calloways called it supper, but the Burches call it dinner. So,, I switched and now I call it dinner. I've always called it dinner, but I had friends who... their families called it supper. And I always thought that was so weird. Yeah, yeah. Cause we were always dinner people. It was like half of my life it was supper and now half of my life has been dinner. Do your parents still call it supper? Yeah, of course they do. So,, when you go to your parents' house for an evening meal, you have to call it supper. I mean, they're not gonna smack me or anything. No, but do you refer to supper? I mean, do you? I know what you're saying. Revert. to supper when you're talking to your parents? I don't know. Maybe I do. Next time you're talking to your parents, pay attention to whether you call it supper or dinner. Okay, I'll have to pay attention. Anyway, back to tea. Yes. Generally, with the exception of Scotland and Northern England, tea refers to a light meal or snack between main meals, as in afternoon tea. Okay, yes. Okay. Afternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford. Oh. In the year 1840. Oh. Okay. Much later than I thought. Me too. She would become hungry around four o'clock in the afternoon, but they didn't- Served dinner in her household until eight o'clock. Oh, okay. So, she typically had tea bread and butter and a slice of cake Hell yeah, I could totally that is like carb delicious, then she began inviting friends to join her so traditional afternoon tea consisted of dainty sandwiches, scones with cream and preserves, cakes, and pastries also whether you put the cream on first or the preserves on first is a big debate depending on where you live in England. What would you do? In Devon, you put the cream first and then the preserves. I would do it the other way if it was me. Why? Just because cream seems to be a topping. See, I was thinking the opposite. I was thinking I want the preserves on top. Oh, okay. See? There you go. Interesting. So, you would think of cream more as like butter. Yeah. On toast. You put the butter first and then the jam. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, but I'm thinking of it more like pie. You have the pie with whatever fruit or whatever, and you put the whipped cream on top. Yeah. But this is more clotted cream than whip- it's not really whipped cream, it's clotted cream. Right. Okay, anyway. I'm so freaking hungry. Hahahaha. Ahh. Plus of course tea. There's always tea. The modern afternoon tea, however, is much more casual. Usually just a biscuit slash cookie or a small cake and a mug of tea or an Entenmann's brownie cake, which are delicious. My husband distributes them. Oh, it's become a problem. I see. My sources were ‘Wikipedia’, ‘historicuk.com’, and ‘My Favorite Murder’ podcast. Excellent. Mm hmm. Um, speaking of drinks, I want to talk about Aquafina. Oh. But not the water. No. Aquafina is a rap star. She is? She's an actress. Oh, she is. She does all kinds of things. She cracked me up in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’. Is that what it's called? Yes. Yeah. Well, she cracked me up. in ‘Quiz Lady’. Have you watched that? No. Oh my gosh. It's new. I think it maybe was on Hulu. I don't know where I watched it. It's a pretty recent movie though. And her sister, it's around, it focuses on these two sisters and her sister Sandra Oh. Oh gosh. Who is like, I love her. A, she's a mess and she can't get her life in order. And she's always like, “I think I'm gonna be a dog groomer. No, I'm gonna be…”, you know, she's always reinventing herself. Oh my word, this is the funniest freaking movie. I'm gonna have to watch that. You have to watch it. ‘Quiz Lady’. It's called ‘Quiz Lady’. Other things that, so Aquafina is her stage name, obviously, her real name is Nora Lum, L-U-M, and other things that she has been in, which Brea mentioned one, ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, which is really good. Oh my gosh, I love that movie. The movie. is so much better than the book. I did not like that book. I couldn't get through the book. It's no good. Oh, I shouldn't say that. It's not that it's no good. It was not my cup of tea. There you go. Thank you. Another thing that she has been in is ‘Ocean's 8’. You remember that? That's the female version of ‘Ocean's 11’. Listen. Which it wasn't awesome. Listen. But it's okay. You know how I am. I am all about woman empowerment. But these reboots of movies, of classic movies or whatever, where they just contrive these things and have to make it all female, they are not good. They're not doing feminism any service. This one, I was so hopeful because I love everybody in it. But it was so heavy handed. It was so heavy handed. And like the Ghostbusters thing? Yeah, I didn't care for it very much either. Although it was all right. Just stop it. Anyway. Anyway, go ahead. And then another show that she's really good in is called ‘Aquafina is Nora from Queens’. And it is based on her real life, but obviously they've taken some artistic license and it is, oh my gosh. I was about to pee in my pants. It is so funny. She's just hilarious. She's hilarious. I just look at her and laugh. I know, her face. Remember when she did that commercial where she had the succulent? No. And she had to look up how to take care of a succulent or something. I can't remember it now. But I just, but I, every time that commercial came on, I watched it like it was the first time I ever saw it. Because I just love her so much. Well, did you see her in ‘The Farewell’? No. No, see, that's a saddie. It's super, well, it is, but it's not. I know. It is, but it's not. It's uplifting. Well, it's just so good. I think I read the book that was based on. Oh, did you? Yes. Man, oh my gosh. So, this movie is super good, and the soundtrack or the score is really, really, really, really good. Oh, no. I remember what, there was an episode of This American Life that was about that. That movie is based on that. On the true story that This American Life covered about that same kind of situation. Well, this is based on a true story. Yes. Yeah. It's super good. She received a Golden Globe nomination for best actress for that. Yes. You should watch that one. I mean, it is a tearjerker, but it's so good. And it's also pretty funny. I'm getting chills just thinking about it. Yes, me too. Anyway, that's just. She's been in so much crap. I know. So, I looked her up on IMDb. This girl has been around forever. Really? Yes, she's got all kinds of things. So, she, as we discussed briefly, she's also a rap artist. Yes. And I've listened to her rap albums and they are also really funny. They're funny. As you guys will remember, she came out with a rap song called ‘My Vag’. Do you remember that? Yeah. So, that's one of them on, but she's really good. I mean, she's an excellent rapper, but they're funny. You should listen to her rap album. It's like ‘The Flight of the Concords’ type deal. It's like she has taken her stand up and just turned it into rap. It's so, I mean, it is explicit. So, just remember that before you have your kiddos around, but it's funny. I think that people should listen to it. in the car, in the minivan. Yes, with your windows down. Carpooling. Yes. In the school drop-off and pick-up line. It'd be perfect. It's your day to pick up all the kids in the neighborhood. It really set the tone for the day. Oh yeah. ‘My Vag’. “My Vag.” (laughing). A little history on her, just a little. She was born in New York City. Her mom was a South Korean immigrant and a painter. Unfortunately, she died when Aquafina was four years old. Oh no. I know, I didn't know that. Her dad is a Chinese American and his name is Wally Lum. And he worked in the IT industry for a while. I don't know if he's still doing that or if he's retired. She's like, here's some cash dad. She probably takes good care of him. I think so. So, because her mom passed away, she was raised by her dad and her paternal grandparents in Queens. Now her paternal great grandfather immigrated from China in the 40s and he opened the Cantonese restaurant Lums in Flushing Queens, and it was one of the first Asian restaurants in that neighborhood. Does he know the nanny? Probably. I would say so, definitely. She attended LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts. That's a mouthful. Dang, though. She played the trumpet. and was trained in classical music and jazz. She majored in journalism, and women's studies at the University of Albany. From 2006 to 2008, she attended Beijing Language and Culture University in China, where she studied Mandarin. This girl has done so much. It goes on and on and on. She's a smarty. She's not just a silly little. No, no, no. Silly, silly somethin’ else. No. She is fricking smart, y'all. I forgot about silly, silly something else. I could literally talk about her for like another 20 minutes. There's so much stuff she has done, but I'm just going to encourage you all to check her out. Yourselves, she's very talented, she's very funny, she produces music, she writes for comedy shows, she acts in movies and TV, like a boss. She DJs, she raps, she narrates documentaries. She is a fashion model. She is an advocate for women's rights and she wrote a book called ‘Aquafina's NYC’ that includes 10 walking tour adventures that quote, "You don't need a trust fund to enjoy”. Oh, how fun. I know, I wish I had known about that before we went to New York. Yeah. I was a little bum, bum. But anyway, my sources were ‘IMDB’, ‘TikTok’, Micope-, Micopedia? Mic, M-I-C-H-E-A-Y, ‘Micopedia’. and ‘Amazon’. (die laughing) I really could use a sandwich right now. “Mickopedia!” You think that guy would give me some chips? No. I don't think he would. No, I don't think he would either. Okay. Lordy. Well, we're gonna talk some more about some food. But this might... (laughing) This might curb your appetite though. Oh my gosh. Okay. Because this is really gross. Oh no. Alright. Henry the first. Lampre poisoning. Okay. (dramatic pause) back story. I found a delightful show this past week called The Three Drinkers in Ireland. There's two hosts and a mystery guest host. They tour Ireland in search of food. How do you and I get that job? And drink. They learn all about where the food and alcohol are sourced, focusing a lot of times on specialty producers. It's basically a foodie show. Nice. Okay. but they're also really funny. Anyway, they were learning about eel fishing. (owl noises), yuck! Oh my god. No, no, no. And they were shadowing an eelier, a person who, you know, sources eels. And it really creeped me out and grossed me out. And it reminded me of a seriously memorable historical anecdote. Anecdote? Anecdote. Um, that one King of England back in the way back days ate so many eels that he made himself sick and died. What? WHAT! (Cara dying). Now, I couldn't remember the King or any other details, but since I was avoiding looking at the screen where the eels were slithering and thrashing around, I decided to Google and refresh my memory. I was like, just during this segment, I'm just going to look at my phone. And actually I've misremembered a lot of things which shocking! Okay, it was King Henry the first Okay, and the fish that he supposedly gorged himself to death on were Lampreys not eels. Oh, okay and lampreys are not eels. Although they are tubular well and look a lot like eels they're not eels They're even grosser If you can believe it. Like sharks, their skeletons are made of cartilage, and at the end of their tubular bodies, they have these disgusting sucker holes with just tons of teeth. Oh, nasty. It's just like a hole with a bunch of teeth. They're so gross. Ugh. Um, they survive by sucking the blood of other fish species. Oh, gross. And supposedly they taste like beef. And King Henry I loved them. So, according to the story, which is more legend than anything, after a full day of hunting, the 60 something year old King Henry I sat down to a huge dinner of lampreys, which his physicians had previously warned him against eating since they didn't seem to agree with him. Uh oh. He was sick during the night with chills, fever, convulsions, and heavy sweating. and he lived for a few more days, but his condition continued to deteriorate and eventually he died. Oh my word. Since he was fine before he gorged himself on the disgusting lampreys, they've historically been blamed for his death. Ah. But modern researchers with the ‘NIH’, the ‘National Institutes of Health’, they think it's more likely that he had a run-of-the-mill case of food poisoning, perhaps. but had nothing to do with the amount that he ate. Okay. So, he didn't like eat himself to death. He just ate and something in the way the food was prepared was not right. I can't stop picturing that fish's face. I know, it's so terrible. They also think his symptoms could have been due to pancreatitis, appendicitis, or another abdominal ailment, and it was just a coincidence. I see. that he ate all those lampreys the night before. How disgusting is that? How big are lampreys? They're not small. Compare them to an eel. Well, they're about eel-sized. OK. Ugh. Do you remember those He-Man figures, the one that had the suction mouth? Yes. That's what I'm picturing. It looks a lot like that, actually. Ugh. My sources were ‘Salon’, ‘National Institutes of Health’, ‘National Library of Medicine’. Oh man, lamprey poisoning. Grody. Wow. Listen, if you're going to eat lampreys, just moderation. “But they're so good, they taste like beef!” And actually, when these people on this show, when they finally did get down to eating some eel, he had, he grilled it, like, he grilled it over a fire. And it actually did look pretty good. Cause it looked just like fish. It looked like little chunks of fish. I've had eel at like sushi places. Yes, I have too. And it- I mean, it is pretty good. It's fine. It does not look like a tubular fish at that point. No, it's cut up into little chunks. Delicious eel chunks. Eel chunks is a bad word. Jaw drop and meat display. Yes, indeed. Okay. Optimal humidity for a human to be comfortable. Okay. All right. I bought a tiny digital, um, temperature gauge from my desk at work, because it's either like freezing cold in there or burning hot. And so I don't know, it does my brain good to know what the temperature is. I just wanna know what the temperature is. Is it me? Or is it the surroundings? So,, I don't have to freak out on everyone. So,, I got this little, well, it also has a humidity gauge on it too. Oh, it's fancy. It's super fancy and it's only like this big. Um, so again, that was about two inches. Yeah. Oh, sorry. Yeah. Look y'all. It's two inches. See, see my fingers. The first day I took it to work, the humidity was registering at 19%. And there was a little emoji next to the humidity rank and it wasn't a sad face. It was the, um, like emotionless emoji face with the, the line, the straight line for the mouth. He. Yes, he was not upset or sad about the humidity. He was just not amused. Like, this could be better. Right. So, I showed it. It has an emoji. Yeah. So, I showed my boss and so he asked the same question. I was wondering, “Well, what is the optimal?” Yeah. What would it take to make you smile? Yes. Well, I'll tell you. He smiles at 30%. And the optimal humidity for a human to be comfortable is between 30 and 50%. Interesting. Yes. Um, that's pretty much it. But also I wanted to bring up, do you remember when you and I worked at the TV station, how low the freaking humidity was in that place? Oh yeah. It was so bad that Dave would walk through and spray the floors with fabric softener so that we wouldn't shock the instruments, the equipment, not the instruments. But that just like, that popped into my head like this crazy like whoosh of a flashback. Well first of all, the floor was like this tiled mohair. Yeah. Mohair tiled, I don't know what it was. Metal. They were heavy. They were metal tiles, but they were covered in like a indoor-outdoor carpeting type of thing. And you could lift these tiles up because all the cables were running under the floor. Correct. So. So, sometimes you would have to be the cable puller, the cable yanker, because an engineer would be like, “Hey, I need to figure out which one of these cables isn't working.” And then he'd yank on one cable and you'd yank on the other end and you'd have to like... And you're thinking about how disgusting this floor was, like, “Oh my God, this floor is never vacuumed!” Do you remember that? That's why I told Brandy, I said this floor... The five second rule does not count. No, no. Anyway, that was some CRAZY low humidity in there. Yes. Yeah, you would shock, you'd shock each other. Your hair was always, it didn't matter what time of year it was. Your hair was always staticky. (gag) Yeah. Anyway. Yeah. So, you'd have to spray the mohair floor with this fabric softener. Yeah, diluted. It wasn't just straight fabric softener. Yeah, it was like a little bit of water. Which, you know, spraying water around in a spray bottle near a bunch of electrical equipment Sounds like a great idea! I wonder if they still do that. They must. I don't know. Maybe they've refurbished. Yeah, that would be good. Get rid of the mohair floor. My sources were ‘Google’ and my ‘Thermo Pro TP49 Digital Hygrometer and Thermometer’. Whoa! Yeah. You are so high tech. Here is something that's very low tech. Mm hmm. The hag of the dribble. When did you look me up? Jacki, Peyton, and I watched a delightfully cheesy and dated show this past week called ‘Historic Hauntings’. And the first episode was about famous hauntings in England. At the top of the episode, the ridiculously dramatic host of the show gave a list of traditional terms for ghosts and monsters in the UK. And one of them that he kind of just rattled off was, “Hags of the dribble.” The word hag is hilarious. And he says things like, “Yeah, this was in the yearuh,” or, “This was the Tar(Tower) of London. His accent is ridiculous. But I was like, “I have to know what hags of the dribble are.” So, it's a term that goes back to the late Middle Ages in Wales, which don't ever call Wales ENGLAND. Oh, no, no. I was like, whoa, so don't come at me Welsh people. This was just this TV show. This is not me. I know, I know you're not, uh, England Wales. Um, so “The hag of the dribble,” is a horrible looking witch like creature with glowing eyes and long black wing like arms. The evil hag has a shrill voice and is said to be a portent of doom. Oh, one of her origin stories is that she moans the loss of a child and husband who died of plague or starved to death. One of the two. Okay. Due to the callousness of a careless Lord who didn't look out for the peasants who lived under him. Spooky. She is really hideous too. You think she has an eel as a pet. She probably eats lampreys every night for dinner. Makes herself sick every night. Or maybe she does have a lamprey for a pet. That'd be more suitable. Yeah. Those teeth. (roar noise). ‘Strongholdnation.com’ was my source on that. It was just a quick one. I just had to- The hag of dribble. “In the year 16- In the year 1587.” I'm sorry. You'll notice that I called my little temperature gauge, it was a thermometer and a hygrometer. Yes. I wanted to know why that wouldn't be a hydrometer because it's measuring water in the air. Hydro. Yeah. So, I looked up a hydrometer. Yes. It is not a hydrometer. What is a hydrometer? A hydrometer is an instrument used to determine specific gravity. It operates based on the ‘Archimedes Principle’ that a solid body displaces its own weight within a liquid in which it floats. Hydrometer can be divided into two general classes, those scaled for liquids heavier than water and liquids lighter than water. In the standard hydrometer scale, known as the specific gravity scale, distilled water equals 1. 000. the initial point of measurement. Liquids lighter than water are scaled below 1. 000 specific gravity, and liquids heavier than water are scaled above 1. 000 specific gravity. Talking about like, oh, I know what I'm talking about. I have no idea. My eyes glazed over like, Well, I don't blame you. 30 seconds ago. Hydrometers can be calibrated for specific uses such as measuring the density of milk, the density of alcohol, and the density of sugar in a liquid. I read somewhere else that people who like brew beer or wine or cider, they use hydrometers to measure the amount of alcohol after fermentation. I don't understand any of this. Well, Mike of Heather. Yeah. He is a home brewer or was. They had to give it up because they don't have a space to do it now. But, um, so he probably knows exactly what you're talking about. My sources for that were ‘Granger’ and ‘study.com’. ‘Study.com’. That sounds like a real exciting place. Let me get online and look it up. You know, where is an exciting place though? Where? “Thistle Farms.” Tell me all about it. Okay. ‘The MFM Ladies’, ‘My Favorite Murder’. They recently talked up the beauty products of an organization or company based in Nashville, Tennessee called “Thistle Farms”. They sell and distribute candles, body products, lotion, soaps, body washes, blah blah blah, essential oils, and even apparel and accessories and proceeds provide housing. healthcare, counseling, and job readiness training as part of a two-year recovery program for women survivors of trafficking, addiction, and sex work. That is amazing. It is amazing. They look like a really great organization. About their name, “Thistle Farms,” considered weeds by many. Thistles have a deep root that can shoot through concrete and survive drought. The resilience, vibrancy, and healing qualities of the thistle parallel the survival and flourishing of women survivors. You know me, I love a good cause. You do. And I like online shopping and I like lotions and potions. I ordered some lotions and potions from thistle farms. I buy stuff like that all the time from places that are just capitalist. hole sucking things, black holes. That's what I'm thinking of, capitalist black holes. So, might as well put my money to something nice and useful and constructive. And those would be nice gifts for people too. Correct. Yeah. Nice. And the MFM ladies raved about them. Awesome. And this was not like one of the commercial, you know how podcast commercials are. This was not a podcast commercial. This was them just talking about it, just offhand. Nice. So. Very cool. Yeah. My sources were ‘My Favorite Murder Podcast’ and ‘Thistlefarms website’. That's really awesome. But what about this one? This is a quick listing of our other searches from this past week that we didn't have time to discuss people, cause we got things to do and “Tempus Fugit.” and all that. Oh my gosh. Or they were just too boring to talk about. What? Before we go on. What? In the book that I'm reading, that 1970s book with the Fern bars in it and everything, somebody said something about Tempest Fugit. Of course they did. And I was like, holy shit. Now I know what that means. Man, learning is so cool. And I think they actually said Tempest Fugit and all that. Like you just did. Well, that's how they said it on A Place to Call Home. That jerk, he said, “Oh, Tempest Fugit and all that!” That's what he said. That's exactly what they said in the book. Oh, my word. I'm getting chills. Is he crazy? I wish I was Patsy Cline. All right, are you ready for this list? Yes, yes, yes. Hold onto your socks. I have a really long list this week too. Tony Jordan, British writer. Why do pewter mugs have glass bottoms? Springfield crumble cookies. Lyrics to ‘Supermassive Black Hole’ by Muse. That was a good song. Springfield Symphony, early bird renewal. Sweet potatoes in the air fryer? Next season of Mandalorian? King Charles health update? What is a GCA headache? The storied life of the A.J. Fikry movie. Just Try It, a book by Phil Rosenthal, Dickensian BBC TV show, Jojo Siwa, Louder Milk, had to look it up again, Diane Weist, Shogun, Quiz Lady, and Place to Call Home. I looked up a lot of stuff this week. Diane Weist. I could not, like, now I don't want to go off on a tangent here. Why not? But I'm, I'm a dummy. I know I'm out of the loop. There are always jokes on TV shows about people who have an obsession with Diane Weist. And I don't know, I don't know why I don't get the jokes. So, I looked up Diane Weist and I was like, yeah, I know who she is. But what's the joke? What is it? I don't know. I just thought it was that Loudermilk is kind of different. And that he likes smart women. I don't know. Because she always plays, you know, a very smart, well, I guess not, not always. So, there was a running joke on ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’. About Diane Weist? Yes. The character Boyle, the dorky cop, he was obsessed with Diane Weist. Maybe it's just a nerd thing. I don't know. If somebody knows what the joke is. Please let me in on it. Well, that's Lauder Milk's password, his Wi-Fi password. That's right. Diane Weest something or other. And that's why I looked it up, because we saw that episode. I was like, okay, what is it with Diane Weest? Yeah, Diane underscore Weest. Oh, whatever. All right, what's your list? Here's my list. Manhunt, the show. Sally Phillips, chicken queen, 1970s slang queer. Litter meaning bloodwood tree. Red leather power recliner sofa. Ah. I want one real bad. Probably not happenin’. Wamsuda floral. Mm-hmm. Wamsuttle. Wamsuda floral. Danielle McDonald. Jim Jones movie. Waterford whiskey. Oh. Irish gin. How many baby boomers does it take? No, I'm just kidding. How many baby boomers retire each day? Oh, did you get an answer? You were right, it was 10,000 back in 2022. All right, yeah. But that was a US statistic. Okay, okay. So, that is really crazy. Yeah, that's it. That's a big amount. Mm-hmm. Okay. Vanity Vaughn Glow, SPS School Board candidates 2024 Corporal Punishment. Cause if you want it, I ain't voting for you. DA, in quotes, hairstyle for women, 1970s. Duck's ass. Oh. Chase Merritt appeal. What do we do in the shadows movie? Oh, there's a movie? There was a movie before there was a show. Oh, I didn't know that. Yes. Oh. They made a series for America. Oh. But there was originally a movie. I had no idea. Do you have any illicit shout outs? No. I don't either. What are we gonna do about that? If you want to, you can email us at Delete This History podcast at gmail.com or find us on social media at dthgals. That is on Insta and threads. And on Facebook, it is Delete This History. That is correct. You nailed it. But really, what do we need people to do? We need them to rate and review us. Please. How are we going to be discovered? How are we going to be able to do this for a living? How are we going to be able to pay Jacki and Peyton to do our transcripts? That bucket is going to run dry. Man, I did the math about how much money that is a year and I was like, wait a second, what have I signed on for? It seemed like a good idea at the time. Time is money. It's true. All right, well, we've gone through our list. We actually did this pretty quickly tonight. We did, because I'm a terrible host today. Well, you're in no mood to pussy-foot around. Nope. Because you gotta get some grub. That's right. Like, fast. So, let's wrap it up. 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