I finally broke down and bought fat clothes, and now my jeans are falling off.
Oh my gosh.
Are you kidding? You'll have to get a fancy scarf to use as a belt.
Yeah, that's what I'll do.
I'll just feed my face.
That's what I'll do.
Duh.
I just meant that would be the healthy thing to do.
I know what you meant.
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Welcome to episode 43 of Delete This History a podcast by two besties of a certain age searching for answers We're your hosts Brie Brown and I'm Cara Burch. 
Yes.
And we're here.
Yeah, we are and it's hard.
It's super, super hard.
Today.
I've done hard things today.
Yes.
Like convince myself to stay out of bed.
And I'm not done after this.
I've got harder things after this too.
It's okay.
It's all right.
It's good for me to do the things I don't want to do.
I guess so.
That's what they say.
But I think they are dummies.
They're probably in bed right now.
And probably, and they're like, hey, this is good for you.
Good stretch.
(snoring)
Jerks.
I got some bookmarks.
Okay.
They are sitting on your ass bookmarks.
Oh, yes.
My favorite kind.
The best kind.
I watched A Family Affair.
I believe it was on Netflix.
Don't quote me on that.
It might've been Prime.
I don't know.
It was with Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron.
Yes.
Do tell.
It is a rom-com.
Yes.
And it is pretty great.
Okay.
I have it saved to watch later.
Do you think Sean would like it? Mmm.
Okay.
Probably not.
Okay.
Um, it's really good though.
Oh, and Kathy Bates is in it.
I love her.
And she's amazing.
I love her.
She steals every scene that she's in, of course.
But Zac Efron's kind of my weaknesses…
Really? Yes.
I don't know that I've ever watched him in anything.
And you know what makes it really wrong? Is that I was a full-fledged adult.
When those high school musical movies came out.
And my oldest son, he was kind of into it.
He would deny it, but he watched it more than once.
And I mean, I didn't lust after him then, because he was a child.
He was very young.
But as he's grown up, I've been like, holy smokes.
OK.
You.
As Peyton would say, what a glow up.
Glow up?
You've glown up.
Oh brother.
Yep.
Anyway, good movie, you know, basic rom-com.
There were some times where there was one character in particular that I wanted to.
She was making a slapping motion for those of you listening.
Yes, I was.
Okay.
Number two, the book, Tom Lake.
By Ann Patchett.
Okay.
It's very good.
And I was recommended this book by my sister, Heather.
Okay.
And I was like, you know, Ann Patchett, sometimes her stuff is a little bit more emotional or dramatic than I like.
But this is really good.
And it's about a woman who's looking back on her time as a young adult in a theater group, like a summer theater group.
It's actually pretty good.
Okay.
Um, it goes back and forth between present day, kind of present day during the pandemic.
Oh, she's stuck with her family in a house.
You're not selling this well.
I know.
Um, they don't really talk about it very much.
I think it was a conscious decision when she was writing this not to really make a big deal about it.
Okay.
I mean, that's why they're all together, her grown children and her and her husband.
That's why they're all in the same place.
But, for the first few chapters, it was very kind of like, they would, she would say things like I spend my evening sewing face masks.
Or I mean, she never said.
COVID.
So, I think they were trying not to date it.
They wanted that to be part of the plot.
Like this is why we're stuck together.
But I don't think they wanted it.
They wanted it to age well.
And so, they just kind of anyway, they her publisher probably and her.
It's good.
Okay.
And I've enjoyed it.
I believe you.
And that's it.
Oh, okay.
So, I have two bookmarks and a funny story.
My first bookmark is don't care so much.
Oh, yes.
I had some slightly hairy legs this week.
Oh yeah.
And I had a gynecologist appointment and I just did not want to shave.
So, I didn't.
Yeah.
And guess what? Nobody said anything.
No.
It was just stubbly and it was awesome.
And I was like, yeah, I guess stubbly legs.
Deal with it.
I'm here.
I'm stubbly.
Get over it.
Five years ago, I would have been like, oh my gosh, I got to scrub my body pink.
I've got to wax and shave and do all the things, you know.
I just was like, this woman has seen it all.
Oh yeah.
So, my little stubbly legs.
Not going to matter to her.
All of her senses have experienced it all.
You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
And this was like a one, two, three appointment.
We were just like, boom, is it okay? Yep.
We're looking good.
All right.
Good.
So, anyway, just a reminder to everybody out there, just, just let go of the little stuff.
Yeah, it doesn't matter.
Nobody cares.
That was my first bookmark.
My second bookmark is a sit on your ass bookmark.
Sean and I started watching The Kaminsky Method.
Oh, yeah.
Have you watched that? Have I? Yes.
I can't believe Sean and I have waited this long to watch the show.
It is one of the best shows we have seen in a long time.
We have been laughing so hard.
Sean fell out of his chair last night.
He was laughing so hard.
We've had to pause the show.
Yes.
Because we are laughing so hard and it's just, you know, it's moving on.
It's so good.
Yes.
And they shouldn't have called it The Kaminsky Method because Alan Arkin steals every scene.
He should be the main character, not Michael Douglas, even though, you know, Michael Douglas is good.
But I don't understand why they chose that title.
Oh, you know what? I lied.
Or I, no, I have not seen this.
But it is in my queue.
You have to watch it.
All of you have to watch it.
It's only three seasons.
It's not like 24 episodes.
It's like 8 episodes.
It's so good.
Now, it's some dark comedy.
Oh, of course.
It's Alan Arkin.
But it is the funniest show.
Yeah, it does look funny.
It is so funny.
Two elderly friends who are navigating tough times and old age together.
Yes.
That's just...
Yeah.
I'm not going to give away anything else.
It's kind of like grumpy old men.
It is only a thousand times better.
And I would almost, I was going to compare it to, Grace and Frankie.
Oh yeah.
But it's darker than that.
Yeah.
And just so much funnier cause it's just two old dudes and you know how guys are.
Oh my gosh.
Watch it.
You won't be sorry.
Okay.
And then I've got a quick funny story.
I pulled up to a stoplight two days ago.
and was just sitting there minding my business.
And I could tell there was something in my peripherals over here.
And I made the mistake of turning and looking, and I looked right into the eyes of a transient person.
Oh no.
And he was sitting on the sidewalk.
I was like, well, he's just, I don't know, waiting for the bus or just, he got, it was super hot that day, so maybe he was resting.
So, then I just, I started paying attention to the light and traffic and all that, and then it.
I see that he has come around kind of to the front part of my car and is waving at me and asking me to roll my window down.
I was like, no, all right.
So, I rolled my window down.
This is what he said.
Dude, if I roll and share the fattest blunt you've ever seen, will you drive me to Kearney Street? Oh my gosh.
Were you like, no, I don't want to be murdered.
I said, I'm sorry, I don't smoke.
He goes, pep, fair enough.
And you just sat back down on the sidewalk.
That was it.
If I roll and share the fattest blunt you've ever seen.
Share.
I, I know.
Yeah.
Not give it to you.
You have to put your lips on the same thing.
Now I sound like the biggest snob.
I'm not going to share with him, but I'm just a germaphobe.
Oh hell, that was not going to happen.
Anyway, I just thought that was funny.
It is very funny the way he said it, dude, if I do this, like I look like a person, I'm in a white Honda Accord.
In my work clothes.
I mean, maybe you looked like you could use one.
Well, that probably is true.
He was like, she is uptight.
This girl is already for this fatty that I'm going to roll her.
She needs a doobie.
That's it! I still have my gummies that you gave me.
Have not touched them.
Brea Brown.
I just, I never think about it on nights when I can.
Do it tonight.
I might.
I just never think about it.
I always, you know when I think about doing it? When? On Sunday night.
You could do it on Sunday night.
What do you mean? How? The next day I would be like, Uh-uh.
That's the glory of the gummy.
You don't feel weird the next day? No, at all.
At all.
If you don't, you know, that's why you should only do five, start with five milligrams.
Right, right, right.
Oh yeah.
I will definitely be just taking a nibs.
Yeah.
Well, five milligrams.
I cut them, right? Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
Take the cut ones.
No, you didn't cut them.
Oh, they're full? You just told me.
Cut them in half.
Okay.
Yeah.
You can do it on Sunday night.
Who cares? Okay.
I don't know.
I'm always just worried.
Don't be worried.
Take one.
And you'll be like, what was I worried about? Oh, this is amazing.
Okay.
Oh, I do have another bookmark.
It's another sit on your ass bookmark.
I started season nine of Grantchester, which this might be kind of old for some people because there are several episodes already out.
But you know how last week I talked about the new Vicar on Grantchester? He is so hot.
He's the hottest Vicar they've had on that show.
How many seasons are there? There are lots.
Well, this is the ninth one.
It's the newest one.
I just don't think I can make that commitment.
It's, um, it's a great show.
I love it.
It's very nostalgic.
It's, you know, Cambridge in the fifties and early sixties.
There's a, platform that keeps telling me I should watch it like over and over and over Cara.
If you like hot Vickers I mean it's the way to go.
Okay we're not here to talk about hot Vickers.
What we're not? No.
I think you are.
That's a different podcast.
What's it called Brea? It is called...
You can come up with something good.
I got it.
This is going to be good.
I got this.
It's called Hot for Preacher.
Nailed it! But that's not the podcast.
What are we here to talk about, Cara? We're here to talk about our internet search histories.
How do we do it? With The Reading of the Lists.
Correct.
Here's my list for the week.
Forever Chemicals Topo Chico.
Pebbling.
Dopp Kit.
Hmm.
That's it.
Okay.
My list is Trip the Light Fantastic Meaning.
You seem excited about that one.
I like that.
Benji Gregory Death/Aerographers Mate.
And number three is Ozark Empire Fair 2024 Bands.
Oh my.
But there's some goodies.
Now that we've read our lists.
Mm-hmm.
It's time for a little game we like to call Search Me! Where we each pose one question to each other and see if we can answer based only on The Reading of the Lists.
That's right.
Okay.
Cara, today you're playing for.
Yes.
Try not to go too wild.
If those are flamingo stickers.
Nope.
Oh, okay.
What are, aww.
They're library stickers.
Those are so cute.
I like this one.
Cause the library is our happy place.
Aww.
And they host us every week.
Every week.
These are, those are really cute.
I like those.
Cause we're poor.
And don't have a studio.
And we live in Springfield, Missouri.
And it's weird.
There's no studios.
You know what? I pass the studio on the way to work every day.
You do? Like you can rent? Mm-hmm.
It's expensive! Oh, never mind.
That goes back to the poor thing.
So, here we go.
Okay.
Your question is...
Yes? Which search clarified an old, old travel term question I forgot I even had? Travel term question.
You take this with you when you travel...
A dopp kit? Yeah.
Oh.
Do you know what a dopp kit is? Well, I think I do.
Well, it was a good guess.
No matter what.
Cause now you own those stickers.
Yay.
I said earlier that I'm finishing up that Tom Lake by Anne Patchett, that book.
And in it, there's a scene where the protagonist mentions a dop kit that she finds in another character's room.
And I've heard the term before.
And from the context, I could tell that it meant a bag that you keep your travel toiletries because she was talking about like his razor and his shaving cream and blah, blah.
And I was like, oh, I see a Dopp kit.
Like, you know, but then I was like, why the hell is it called that? The name comes from a German leather goods maker named Charles Doppelt.
Okay.
who invented his version of a toiletries case with the help of his nephew in 1919.
Now, as I was learning this, I was being shown by the googs some other terms for toiletry kits.
Here we go.
Shaving kit, or wet pack.
Wash bag.
Now here's the last two are the interesting ones.
Diddy bag.
Oh, I've heard that before.
Okay.
Now this is similar to a Diddy box.
Okay.
If you don't know what a Diddy box is though, what the hell? I had my Diddy box looked at on Tuesday.
Ha ha ha.
Unless you did.
And you did it with unshaved legs.
Yep, stubbly legs.
Now Diddy Box was a...
I ruined it! Sorry! I can't say it now.
Okay.
It was a term originally used by sailors.
It was...
That's not making it better.
No? Okay.
Term used by sailors.
Okay.
To describe a kit where they would store small items like needles and thread.
Ah.
Okay, so some think it comes from the word ditto, meaning two of everything.
Like for your spare stuff, namely clothing and supplies.
While you're traveling.
Another source says it comes from the Saxon word, dite, meaning tidy.
Oh.
Or from the English word, dittus, which is a type of canvas material.
Oh.
Like what a ditty bag would be made of.
Right.
Okay.
Who knows? We can't go back in time.
No, we can't.
Okay.
The last one, sponge bag.
Sponge bag.
Yes.
Now this is what today's Search Me! question was about I've always been a voracious reader.
You know this I do, and I read a lot of UK things Mm-hmm and Canadian and you know just stuff from other places besides the US.
And you know from authors who are from other parts of the US than I am and you know how terms in the US can vary wildly because you know some people call it pop and some people call it soda and some people call tennis shoes and some people call it sneakers and just depends on where you're from.
True.
Water fountain or bubbler.
I've seen the term sponge bag in books before.
Okay.
And I've always thought what in the heck and I've always tried to picture it like why would you have a sponge in a bag and how would that help you bathe? Because it always seemed like a shower something you would take with you to the showers.
Okay, like yeah at a dorm or whatever.
It's like how does that help you to have a sponge in a bag? It just means the same thing as Dopp kit, okay and this was like in a time I would read this before there was Google so I couldn't just look it up and after a while, I just was kind of like whatever I kind of get the gist I don't know why it's called that.
I still don't know why it's called that.
Anyway, and then even after Google came out, I just, you know how you just stop caring? I do.
And I would just skim over it in a book and be like, huh, who cares? So, I'd forgotten all about that term until I looked up Dopp kit, and then it said sponge bag was like, which sounds terrible.
It really does.
Sponge bag.
It sounds like something you would call like Elaine Bennis in Seinfeld.
It's exactly where my mind is right now.
She's a sponge bag.
Yeah.
She is a sponge bag.
Because she uses the sponge.
What do you call your travel toiletries kit or bag? What do I call it? Oh, I don't know.
I think I just call mine a toiletries bag.
Overnight bag, I think, is what I call it, or something.
What do I call it? Cause I have a specific.
I know yours is cool.
Mine is cool.
Sean hates it because of the material on the outside.
Oh yeah.
It's, it's dizzy.
Yeah.
He can't even carry it.
Yeah.
The nylon, he doesn't like it.
I don't know what, I don't know what I call it.
Maybe I do just call it toiletries.
I don't know.
Brea, I haven't traveled in so long.
I don't know.
Oh, that's so really sad, but I have heard Diddy bag and Dopp kit on the TV show mash.
Of course they would say it in mash.
That's where I heard them.
It's kind of old fashioned.
Did you ever have a caboodle? No, this is a sore spot because I always wanted one.
Like you, like so badly.
I never got one.
Too expensive.
I had one.
Of course you did.
It was a big one too.
It wasn't one of the little ones.
I got the big one.
That's awesome.
I didn't really need it.
I didn't wear that much makeup.
Well, and maybe that's why they didn't buy me one because they knew they’re like, what are you gonna put in it? She didn't need it.
I found some stuff to put in it I found a lot of stuff to put in it Of course, and then I put it on the back of the toilet in my bathroom Yes, and open it up, but it was basically just something to collect more shit in.
I wish I knew where that thing went.
My sources were more and Giles.com Casco Totes and Boating with Dawson's.
I don't think I understood any of those words.
It's a lot of names.
More and Giles Dawson's casco.
Yeah.
Those stickers are yours.
To do whatever you want.
They will show up on a notebook near me.
Excellent.
All right what you're playing for today yeah, is an item that I may have already given you at a birthday or a Christmas or something like that.
And but, in my mind you can't have too many of these.
Oh, so today you're getting, this keyboard cleaning tool.
I have gotten one of these from you I thought that you had but this is cool.
Now I can keep one in my desk drawer and in my car.
Oh, your car.
That is an excellent idea.
I hadn't even thought about that.
Because my car gets super dusty.
I do have a little, it's not specifically for a computer, but I do have a little brush in my car too.
Yeah.
Yeah, because mine gets dusty too.
Why? Skin flakes.
Oh, gross.
You're right.
I should not have even wondered.
And I mean, just think about the pollen in the air.
You're sucking in all kinds of air pollen and yeah.
Okay, I'm ready.
Okay.
This one's a softball.
Oh good, because I am braindead.
Which of my searches is one thing that you and I avoid like the plague? Oh, Ozark Empire Fair.
Yeah, 2024 bands.
That's correct.
The fair is terrible.
I was thinking about that today.
Somebody was talking about the fair.
Oh, it was on the Bananas podcast.
They were reminiscing about going to fairs and I was like, oh no.
Yeah.
It's so hot.
It's so crowded.
It's just.
Mm-hmm.
It's so gross.
Yeah, it's gross.
It gets real dirty you get you just leave going I need a shower immediately.
Uh-huh.
They should just have a shower like you just walk through your dopp kit to the fair and it's just like this gauntlet or not a gauntlet a like a shoot.
Like cattle go through? Yeah, like yes, that is appropriate too.
Send the humans through a cattle chute and there's just like these hoses pointed at everybody.
Yeah, yeah.
And you just hose you down and then you go through a big blower to kind of dry you off a little bit and then you're like, have a nice trip home.
Oh, that would be nice.
more people would go to the fair if that was available, I bet.
I think so.
Anyway, a few years ago, Vanilla Ice came and was the headliner at the Ozark Empire Fair.
And I thought this is the start of GenX being the focus of the fair.
Yeah.
We have reached that age.
Yeah.
So, I was correct because this year the headliner, Opening night is Everclear and Marcy playground.
Oh my gosh.
Can you believe that? I was just like get out of town.
These poor guys.
I know it makes me sad when these people are on the fair circuit.
It just makes me and maybe it's okay.
Maybe they're all right with it.
Maybe they're just like, you know what? It doesn't matter where we're playing as long as we can play.
Yeah, I don't know but it makes me sad for them a little bit.
So, then that's one evening.
They're gonna have Everclear and Marcy playground on one night then on a different night now I don't know how familiar you are with Hip-hop and rap not very but I know names Warren G.
Nope.
Okay Regulators! No.
Mount up.
And the Sugarhill Gang.
They are famous for Rapper's Delight from the 80s.
I know Rapper's Delight.
Well, apparently they came back together in the 90s and they're still like doing their thing.
So, Warren G and Sugarhill Gang are on one night.
Oh my goodness.
And then another night, our two bands I've never heard of, I don't know anything about them, Skillet.
and Reckless Kelly.
I don't know anything about them.
But anyway, I was dying.
No country bands? I'm assuming Skillet or Reckless Kelly are probably country.
Maybe that's why we don't know who they are.
Exactly.
Duh, that makes perfect sense.
But I died when I saw Everclear and Marcy Playground were gonna be at the fair.
That is just, I almost wanna go.
Kinda like the vanilla ice.
I told Sean, I said, I can't even believe.
He's going to be at the fair.
I kind of want to go just, just to see it.
But I didn't, of course.
It would just be so depressing.
I don't know.
I don't know what kind of experience that would be.
That's why I kind of need to go find out.
But I wasn't, I mean, I liked Everclear and Marcy Playground, but not enough to go to the fair.
Yeah.
No thanks.
So, last time I went to the fair, I went with Wes Benter.
Oh.
My word.
That's how long ago it was.
I was the producer of the morning show.
He was the reporter of the morning show.
We were buds.
What was it like taking him to the fair? Yes, what in the world did he think of that? It was hilarious.
Did you guys write anything? Oh yeah, it was a situation, as he would say.
Ha ha ha! We road that thing that you go.
Up and around and down to where you go upside down and then you come back down again and then you go up and around and it spins and then it also rotates.
It's kind of like a ferris wheel.
A little bit like a ferris wheel except there's only four people can go at once I think.
At the top and at the bottom.
I have absolutely no idea what ride that is.
I don't know what it's called.
This is like, there were like two cars, one at the bottom, one at the top.
You get in it and it starts and it just goes like, it's like this.
This is great podcasting.
Anyway, the point is it was amazing and we were both cussing the whole time and screaming our heads off.
And then we rode the pirate ship.
I love the pirate ship.
And I got sick.
On the pirate ship? I can't do swinging things like that.
Sean hates the pirate ship too.
He can't stand it.
I thought I was cool with it.
And then we got off the ride and I was like, I am not okay.
Oh my word.
I was fine while we were on it.
But then once we got off the ride, I was like, who, I'm not.
Oh, I could ride the pirate ship all day long.
No, I bet that was fun with him.
It was fun with him because I mean, just the people watching.
Yeah.
That is the only saving grace of the fair is there is a lot of people to watch.
And really good corn dogs.
Yes.
In the petting zoo.
I liked I liked the little animals.
OK.
I like the donkey.
And the alpacas.
I saw an alpaca that was shaved on Instagram.
Oh no.
They left the fur from his neck like right under his chin up so his head was all furry and they shaved his body.
Oh no.
It looks awesome.
It looks like a microphone.
Yeah it did.
Okay well I'm excited I get my good grips electronics cleaning brush.
You do.
Run out and grab your tickets for Everclear and Marcy Playground.
And my sources for that were the Springfield News Leader and OzarkEmpireFair.com.
Oh, when is the fair this year? Oh, you don't know the dates? It's always the end of, it's always the end of July.
So, I think it's, it may be the 26th, maybe the first day of July.
And then it goes for two weeks.
Good time.
So, when this episode comes out, you will have time to get your tickets.
Yeah.
Aren't you lucky, Cara? Yes.
I just shared some history with you.
Yes, you did.
Yeah, you did.
That was a long time ago.
My fair history.
Yeah.
It was ancient history basically.
My fair history.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Of course you were.
But now we're going to tell you our DTH besties about a different kind of history.
What kind of history? Our internet search histories from this week.
From this week.
Yep.
Only why we searched it, what we learned.
So, my first thing I'm going to talk about is forever chemicals.
This sounds lovely.
Tapo Chico.
That sounds like a taco.
Um, nope.
Okay.
Are you a fan of sparkling water? Uh, no, I actually I'm not.
I don't like it either.
I'm not personally.
I've tried to like it, but I just don't.
Same.
I'm like, I'd rather just drink water.
Same.
Which is good because we are better for it.
No, this is kind of old news.
So, sorry, people.
I heard somebody mentioned the brand Topo Chico recently on a podcast and she said she loves it and she doesn't care if it's slowly poisoning her.
I was like, well, I'm all about an unhealthy habit.
Let's see what I can pick up.
So, I Googled it and then I was disappointed that it's just a boring brand of gross sparkling water.
I was like, oh, that's not something I can start doing to myself, but I was intrigued about how it could be poisoning her.
So, I looked it up and here's a scoop.
Now this is from 2020.
This is a few years old.
Some seltzer waters contain PFAS chemicals.
You and I work in the environmental industry field, whatever.
So, we're familiar with that term PFAS.
It's a hot topic right now.
It is a very hot topic.
It is a buzzword or buzz term.
For sure.
Ish.
Everybody's talking about PFAS.
And if you don't know, it stands for a really long, boring chemical word.
It is per and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Very good.
I know how to type it even, because I've typed it so many times.
Yeah, baby.
PFAS are industrial chemicals used in the production of many everyday products, and they've been linked to cancer, thyroid problems, kidney disease, and abnormal fetal development.
PFAS are toxic in even small amounts, and they're sometimes called forever chemicals, which I didn't know.
Oh.
Did you know this? I had, yeah, I did know that.
Okay, see, I didn't know that because we always just, it's always strictly scientific.
We don't use layman's terms.
Gotcha.
In the reports that I help with.
That talk about PFAS.
We would never say, hey, AKA forever chemicals.
No way, that's not scientific enough.
So, I did not know this, but they can exist and persist in different environments for extremely long periods of time.
Okay.
Back to Topo Chico.
The sparkling water brand was called out for having the highest levels of PFAS of any other brand of sparkling water back in 2020.
It had 9.76 parts per trillion.
Why would you put that in water? I think that it's the process of making it sparkling.
Now the carbonation.
What they use to infuse the carbonation into the water, the...the machinery that they have to use, because everything is made with these things.
Every industrial plant that does anything has these things in its equipment.
It just ends up leaching into whatever you're...
Gosh.
Yeah.
It's scary, isn't it? Yeah, it is.
It's pervasive.
It's in everything.
We have and do and eat and drink.
Awesome.
The EPA likes to keep track of that and say, how much do you have in this, in the Food and Drug Administration as well? So, you have to measure for that.
And the EPA's maximum contaminant level is 4.0 parts per trillion or PPT.
So, 9.76 is a lot.
Really bad.
That's over twice what the EPA.
says you should have the maximum of in anything you're consuming.
Geez.
But scientists say that one PPT is the actual safe limit.
Oh, so they they're even more conservative about it.
A year later, the company claimed it had reduced its PFAS content by over 50%, which is still above one PPT, but it's still not below 4.0, which is the EPA's.
Good grief.
MCL.
So, I don't know how they were getting away with that.
What if you just love sparkling water and you cannot quit sparkling water? I can't quit you.
I guess you better start doing some research about other sparkling waters.
Yes.
Here are some safe brands.
I'll help you out.
I'll get you started.
Okay.
Brands that tested less than one PPT of PFAS per serving are San Pellegrino, Dasani, and Mm-hmm.
I didn't know they had a sparkling water, I didn't either I didn't either.
Mm-hmm Schweppes, oh which is a great name by the way, Spindrift and Sparkling Ice. However sparkling ice uses sucralose to sweeten with mm-hmm, which is It's not good for you.
All that being said PFAS aren't everything we consume and are all around us from furniture to carpeting to food and beverages. It’s just kind of where we are right now.
Mm hmm.
I mean, I've seen an article that I did not read thoroughly that said that they're finding it in men's underwear and so it's like in their testicles.
Oh lord.
So, yeah it's everywhere.
But not women's underwear.
I don't know.
I didn't read.
I was just like oh my lord.
I can't.
It was clickbait.
I didn't even click on it.
It was just I was scrolling.
You were resisting the clickbait.
I absolutely was.
It was too early in the morning to read about testicles.
And PFAS.
Yeah, I was just like I need something easier please.
My sources were Food and Wine, Green Matters, The Daily Meal, Da-Lish and CBS News.
Okay.
Thank you for sharing that with us.
You know, I'm here to tell you all the bad news that we're all going to die.
Oh, did you know we're all gonna die? What? Yes.
Crap.
Yeah, so some of us are gonna die from PFAS poisoning and others are gonna be hit by a bus.
And then others like me are probably just gonna have an aneurysm.
being pissed off about something.
Okay.
That's how I'd like to go.
Just like, bam.
Just all of a sudden.
Yeah.
It's like so pissed off.
Brain just explodes.
About Joe Biden confusing Putin with Zelensky.
You're just like, oh my, and then you're dead.
And then you don't have to worry about it anymore.
You're not even going to live to see the election.
So, that would be great.
Yeah.
Just skip that one.
Yeah.
You just don't have to worry.
Perfect.
Well, I'm gonna stay with the, let's get the bad out of the way first.
Yes.
Benji Gregory death just made me sad.
Benji Gregory was the little kid on the TV show, Alf.
Yes, I saw that.
He was the little boy.
I saw that he died in a terrible, tragic way.
Yes, so he was in Phoenix and they just found him in the car, in his car.
in a bank parking lot with his dog, and both he and the dog were dead.
They don't know, they're doing an autopsy, but they don't know if it was heat related.
But I told Sean, I was like, how? How can you die in your own car from the heat? You just...
I don't, I don't understand.
It might've been intentional.
I don't know.
I hope not.
He was very young.
Yes, he was.
He was 46.
which is very young.
It is very young.
But what I didn't know is the article, so RIP, Benji, I'm sorry about that.
That sucks.
But the article went on to say that he had joined the Navy and become an aerographer's mate.
Aerographer's mate? Yes.
So, an aerographer's mate or an AG.
is part of the information warfare community and they use their expertise to collect and analyze data to support the safety of flight navigation and naval operations.
He was a smartie.
They go through a couple of schools to achieve this ranking or whatever.
This is just a few of the things that they learn.
The list is incredibly long and impressive.
They observe, collect, record, and analyze meteorological and oceanographic data.
I couldn't be an AG because I can't say the word.
You're welcome Navy.
Okay, make visual and instrument observations of weather and sea conditions, both on the sea and below the sea.
Operate meteorological satellites and interpret data.
interpret radar imagery, perform preventative maintenance on meteorological and oceanographic equipment, prepare warnings of severe and hazardous weather and sea conditions, forecast meteorological and oceanographic conditions, and so much more.
Oh my gosh.
AGs are assigned to aircraft carriers, amphibious ships and cruisers, and also to naval air or overseas.
Okay.
Didn't even know.
Like I know nothing about the military.
So, every time I read something about jobs or things that the military do, I'm always blown away because it's fascinating.
Yeah.
There's so much that the military does that we have no idea.
Yeah.
Well they have to study weather.
Yes.
So, that they can manipulate it and use it as a weapon.
You're going to have to be killed for that now because you know about it.
All right.
My sources were the U S Navy and a little bit of Wikipedia there.
It's really sad.
I know he was such a cute little kid.
He really was.
That show was so stupid.
Well, yeah, but we all loved it.
Everyone watched it.
The best part of that show was the dad.
Yes.
What was his real name? His fake name was Willie.
His real name was Max, something I think.
You know what? I take it back.
He was the second best thing on that show.
Yeah.
The Okmonics.
The neighbors.
The neighbors.
They were the best part of the show and that ended up being Seinfeld's mom.
Yes.
Mrs.Okmonic.
Uh huh.
The neighbors were the best part because she was always spying.
Uh huh.
and Alf knew she was spying and so he would egg her on.
You remember so much.
We, this was a show that we were allowed to watch.
Yeah.
So, we watched the crap out of it.
Yeah, we watched Alf as well.
My brother had an Alf doll, I think, or like a stuffed toy.
My brother had a stuffed Alf too.
Yeah, he ate cats.
Yes.
I remember that.
Oh, and remember the cartoon that came out? Oh, yes.
It was really bad.
It was terrible.
It was terrible.
You remember Alf's name? Oh, no.
You really thought I thought you were going to get there for a second.
It's like on the tip of my brain.
When you say it, I'm going to be like, of course.
It starts with a G.
Oh, Gordon.
It's Gordon.
Yes! Yeah, yeah.
Gorden Shumway! Oh gosh, I know a lot about Alf.
Alien life form.
It's embarrassing.
I just remember the song that the dad sung one time about asparagus.
Do you remember the asparagus song? Now why can I remember that? It's such a stupid detail.
Oh my gosh, because the little boy was an asparagus in a play.
And he had an asparagus outfit.
And the dad was at the piano and he would play the piano and sing the asparagus song.
It was asparagus, something, something.
Asparagus, asparagus.
You're right.
Something green and tasty or something like that.
That was the tune.
Oh my word, you're so right.
So, every time I see asparagus or I have asparagus.
I sing asparagus asparagus.
That's the only part I know.
Oh my gosh.
I am impressed that you remember that.
That is the kind of stupid shit that's caught up in my head that makes it so that I can't remember other very important things.
Don't worry about it.
If it has a song to it, I'll remember it.
Oh my gosh, I am so gonna sing that song for the rest of the night.
Okay.
My next topic on that note is pebbling.
Yes.
Pebbling is a new term to me, but the concept is not a new one.
Okay.
It's an exchange between two people to share that they care and want to build a meaningful connection.
Pebbling? Yes.
It often comes in the form of small gifts or gestures.
And it originated the term from the actions of penguins in Antarctica.
who were observed presenting rocks to each other as a form of courtship.
Aw.
Because that's how they build their nests.
Mm-hmm.
It was called pebbling.
I present this to you.
Oh, my word.
You are going to be astounded when I explain this a little bit more, how much this has become a part of all of our lives.
OK.
Are you ready? I am so ready.
OK.
It could be something as simple as a meme or a text or anything that signifies that someone is thinking of you.
Now you and I do this all the time.
We send each other memes or we send each other links to things like check this out or hey, look what I just bought.
Or it's just like little insights into each other's lives that are just tiny snippets of things.
It's not a full conversation or a full exchange or whatever.
because we just sometimes don't have the bandwidth to have a full conversation.
It's just a holy crap look at this or whatever.
Or, hey, I was thinking about you.
I was thinking about you.
Here's that picture of the cat inside the stool.
That says Lieutenant Dan.
The Lieutenant Dan Persian Cat meme.
No, I can't stop picturing it.
I know we've shared that more than once.
Well, I had never seen it and you couldn't believe that I had never seen it.
I cried.
It's my favorite.
The Forrest Gump quote is what really makes it.
Oh shoot.
Lieutenant Dan, you got new legs.
Okay.
Things like that.
Okay.
This form of affection is popular among young people and has also been effectively used among people with autism.
Oh.
It's called neurodivergent behavior.
And this is a neurodivergent love locution.
That's what psychologists call it.
Here's some other forms of neurodivergent love locutions, info dumping.
So, when you talk about an interest or passion of yours, and you share the information, usually in detail and usually at length.
And you get kind of, people might think you're kind of obsessed with that or, oh my gosh, that's more information than I ever needed to know about that topic.
Jacki does this to me all the time.
Parallel play or body doubling.
This is when you do separate activities in the same room with each other.
Oh yes.
So, you might be reading while somebody is playing games on their Kindle or you might be watching a show while they're listening to something in earbuds.
You're not trying to influence each other.
You're just sharing the same space.
That Sean and I did that last Sunday.
I sat in my chair and edited the podcast and he, I don't know what he was doing.
Probably watching TV, but I just didn't want to edit in the other room.
Yeah.
Sometimes you don't want to be isolated.
Yeah.
I just wanted to hang out with Sean.
Correct.
And we do this when we make cards together.
Yes.
We'll be doing the same thing.
It's the same activity, but we're not really, I'm not like, hey, let me stick this on your card.
Right.
We're at separate tables doing our thing.
OK, here's another one.
Support swapping.
or sharing spoons is what it's sometimes called.
It's accommodating and supporting each other within a community, asking, offering, and receiving help among people who get it.
So, this could be any support group really.
Like the Glow Center downtown.
This would be, that would be support swapping.
You would be kind of venting to each other.
Venting would be support swapping.
where you vent and you kind of get it off your chest but you feed off of each other as well with people who are like-minded.
And then there's deep pressure, which is regulating anxiety with deep pressure input such as through swaddling.
I haven't been swaddled in a while.
Me neither.
But weighted blankets and hugs.
I love my weighted blanket.
It's my favorite thing, almost.
This is sometimes described as crushing one's soul back into one's body.
Oh my goodness.
Pretty dramatic.
I've already talked about how you and I pebble all the time.
We give each other little pebbles, our inside jokes and things.
And then my kids and I do this all the time.
We could be in the same house.
But we sometimes prefer just to send each other little texts with emojis or.
I'll send like a link to something that I saw, like a video that made me laugh.
And it's just our way of saying, I'm thinking about you, but I really don't want to talk and have a big conversation with you.
I just want you to know that I care and I love you.
And here's this thing to make you laugh or smile.
Or you know, like when you send me job links for Jacki, that's pebbling.
I care.
this to Jacki and I pick up the pebble and I give it to her.
You're the penguin.
And sometimes it's just a way of getting another person's attention even.
Like saying, hey, I'm still here.
But if you, if you're not in a place right now where you want to interact, that's fine too.
So, it's kind of unintrusive.
You're not forcing yourself on somebody and making them like right this second.
You have to pay attention to me.
It's on their own time, that kind of thing.
Okay.
Anyway, I thought that was very interesting.
It is.
It's super interesting.
I didn't realize I was pebbling.
Yes, you are.
I have a little stack of cards for Sean that I made.
And so I don't give one to him all the time, but I'll sneak one since he works from home.
I'll like sneak out of the room and like make his card or like they're already made, but I write in it or whatever.
And then I'll.
I get up before he does, so then I'll put it on his little keyboard.
So, sometimes he comes into work, but I don't do it very often.
Cause I want to keep it special.
Right.
Yeah.
If he did it all the time, he'd expect it.
Right.
He'd be like, where's my card? Where's my card? Yeah.
No, it's just a little pebble.
I love it.
My sources were Forbes, Huffpost, Psychology Today, Urban Dictionary, Autistic Realms, Parents, and Stimpunk's Foundation.
Wow.
I looked up a lot about Pebbling.
And there was a lot of information out there about them.
Yeah.
Nice.
All right, my last search is Trip the Light Fantastic.
I love this.
I was, I'm reading a book and the character used this phrase, Trip the Light Fantastic.
I always thought it was trip the life.
Oh, fantastic.
Not light.
I didn't know that.
And I saw it.
I was like, what? I've been wrong my entire life.
So, I looked it up to Trip the light Fantastic is to dance nimbly or lightly to music.
Its origin is attributed to John Milton's 1645 poem, La Allegro.
I'm going to read the phrase.
1645.
That was a long time ago. Come and trip it as you go on the light fantastic toe.
John Milton poet.
His use of the word trip means to dance nimbly and fantastic suggests extremely fancy.
The word toe refers to a dancer's footwork.
You're correct.
Um, Toe has since disappeared from the idiom, which then becomes trip the light fantastic.
But originally though, it was like he was saying you would lightly toe, meaning, see, the way we say it now makes it sound like you're dancing on light or something about light.
The noun.
Not light the adjective.
Right.
Yeah.
But originally his was more about how something is light.
Yes.
Dancing nimbly.
Correct.
Yeah.
Why? So his, that part of his poem inspired William Blake to create a watercolor entitled Meth in 1820.
Which illustrates that moment in Milton’s poem.
So, that moment, in that particular poem, he was kind of addressing a Greek goddess, Merth.
And so, William Blake painted a watercolor representing that portion of the poem.
Okay.
Prior to Milton using the expression, tripping on his toe appears in Shakespeare's The Tempest in 1610.
Before you can say come and go and breathe twice and cry so-so, each one tripping on his toe will be here with mop and mow.
Oh.
You rhymed with it.
Oh, I did.
Oh.
Um, the phrase he did trip it on the toe also appears in the Jacobian song, Since Robinhood set to music by Thomas Weakles in 1608. 
The expression was popularized in America by the song, The Sidewalks of New York in 1894.
Here's part of the chorus.
Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York.
I like that one.
The phrase has morphed over the years.
In the opening monologue of Tennessee Williams, 1944 plays The Glass Menagerie, the character Tom points to a photo and says, this is our father who left us a long time ago.
He was a telephone man who fell in love with long distances.
Oh Lord.
He gave up his job with the telephone company and skipped the light fantastic out of town.
Oh.
Now, trip the light fandango is used in the 1945 song South America as a phrase for carefree dancing in a Spanish or Latin American fandango style.
Oh.
Now, I had heard that phrase.
trip the life fandango in a song, A Whiter Shade of Pale.
Oh.
And that was the next thing I read, 1967, the band Procol Harem released a song called A Whiter Shade of Pale.
And they used the phrase, we skipped the light fandango turning cartwheels across the floor.
Yes, that's where I've heard that.
I love that song.
I do too, it's so good.
The debut album of Ben Folds Five used the phrase slamming the pit fantastic because it was mostly like a moshing album, I guess.
Ben Folds Five, a moshing album? I, apparently so.
Okay.
I could go on and on and on.
This phrase has been used countless ways in countless books, countless songs, countless movies, countless plays.
But anyway, there you go.
It's become a cliche.
It kind of has, but I like it.
I also like it.
And I'm glad that I know the correct phrase now.
Yeah.
I had no idea.
My sources were Britannica, Wikipedia, and the book Big Swiss.
Big Swiss.
Okay.
It's interesting.
It was available at the library and I was like, well, that kind of looks interesting.
I don't know what I've got myself into.
Is that like a take on big cheese? It's a nickname that a medical transcriptionist has given to one of these doctor's patients.
Oh.
So, she's a transcriptionist for basically a sex therapist.
Oh, fun.
And so no names are used, but she is calling this particular person Big Swiss because she's from Switzerland originally and she's really, really tall.
Oh, okay.
So, I don't know.
So, far it's been really interesting.
Is it fiction? Cool.
Alright, big Swiss.
Cara? Brea?
 What about this one? What about which one? This one.
That one? One of these 20 things I have here in this list.
Well, what about it? I was a busy girl.
I kinda was too, actually.
On the old googs this week.
And...
Some very interesting things actually.
It was hard to narrow it down this week.
Oh.
Here we go.
Guy Fieri hair down.
Okay.
Pushing comedy series.
England shirt.
Arrowhead Stadium panoramic puzzle/Lego set.
New Schwann castle Lego set.
Sam Tully, Sherry Cola, Blue Room Comedy Club, Humankind Clothing, Springfield Mo Trivia Nights, Workaholics Cast, Phoebe Bridgers, Medical Police, Bananas Podcast Live, not in Springfield, Used Wood Stove.
Newspaper vending machines for sale.
Free little library ideas.
How much water is too much water? Full question.
Rubico tennis term.
Turmeric benefits.
Oh, Sean tries to use turmeric on stuff.
He apparently found out that he should.
It's anti-inflammatory.
Apparently.
Okay.
Are you ready? I'm ready.
Okay.
For you.
Here we go.
Poli-Tic.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
Silver Smith Finishing Stone.
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Video editing for social media.
Grease reducing cruise ship visits.
Loser song lyrics.
Heat exhaustion symptoms.
access a file sent to Kindle email address, Fairhaven children's home thrift store, Powerball numbers, are redheads more sensitive to marijuana than other people, full question, Missouri governor candidates, Crystal Quaid, platforms for streaming Cheers, Kadarius Tony, Jimmy Duranre, Bill Belichick new job.
Fistful of dollars remake.
Shelley Duvall, death.
Shelley Duvall died.
Yes, I saw that.
Sad.
Treatment for broken toenail on dog.
That happened.
Oh my gosh, you guys, bloody mess.
Oh gosh.
It was awful.
Kansas City food halls.
And lastly, Habitat for Humanity Restore.
All right.
Excellente.
Do you have any shout outs? No, I don't.
I don't have any.
Okay.
A new one.
Oh! Do you have a listener? Um, I don't know if she's a listener, but she is a friend of mine.
An acquaintance, I would say.
Okay.
We were in a political group together.
Oh, right.
But I'm not on social media very much anymore, so I don't really participate.
And then the pandemic happened.
And so then we couldn't meet in person.
So, it's kind of fallen by the wayside, but she, Stephanie is a devils on horseback fan.
I saw that she dropped by Instagram to tell us that she's hashtag team Satan.
You've got to stop saying that.
My words, not hers.
See, this is why I couldn't never date a vicar.
Cause I would say things like I'm hashtag team satan.
And the whole church would leave.
Okay.
Thanks Stephanie.
Yes, and so I asked her how she prepares her devil's on horseback.
Yes.
I don't believe I've gotten a reply.
Okay.
If I have, I haven't seen it because I've been busy.
Understood.
But I usually get notifications, so she must not have.
She must be busy.
She probably is.
She's a teacher.
Teachers are doing God's work.
Oh, yes they are.
Of course it's summertime, so screw you, Stephanie.
They're...
Oh wow! Yeah, I just remembered it's summertime.
She's preparing to do God's work.
You know what? She probably has a second job cause...
Entirely possible.
They don't get paid enough.
Speaking of getting paid.
Yeah.
Is there a way that we could get paid to do this? There is a possibility, yes.
Someday.
But we have to have people rate and review us in order for us to get our show out there.
Damn it.
Like get it out there.
Please, rate and review us.
Yes, please.
That would be great.
Tell your friends about us.
Yes, Brea is sad.
You have to, don't make Brea sad.
I'm really just hungry.
I'll be fine.
Engage with us on social media.
Mm-hmm, at DTHGals on Instagram and threads and Delete This History on Facebook.
Mm-hmm, and you can email us at deletethishistorypodcast@gmail.com.
Yes.
That's usually not my line and so I totally.
You stumbled a little bit.
I did, I was like, what, how do I say this? Gosh.
But rain did.
It's all right.
We're wrapping this up.
This is the end.
It is the end.
We've done it again.
We've made it all the way through another one.
43rd time.
43.
That's a lot.
Dude, we're almost at a year.
I know.
August 1 will be our one year anniversary of this show.
And we have been doing this.
for a year at this point.
We have, because we did practices.
Yes, we did some pilot episodes.
Yes.
That will never see the light of day.
No, they were not so good.
But they weren't terrible.
No, but we were just trying to figure it out.
We were trying to figure it out.
So, yeah, at this point, you're right.
We have been doing this for a year now.
Crazy.
It's unbelievable.
It's the longest relationship I've ever had with a microphone.
Well, I think I'm going to go delete my history.
Oh, me too.
Okay.
Um, and that's, that's really about it.
Ooh, might take a little half a gummy tonight.
Hell yeah! I gotta go home first.
Yeah, yes.
Do it in the, the safety of your home.
Yep.
And just relax, get real comfortable and...
It'll be about an hour.
It takes about an hour to kick in for me.
Okay.
So, and then all of a sudden you're like, there's my gummy.
There it is.
Do you get giggly? No.
You just get real relaxed.
I just, I'm just like mellow.
And I do get snacky.
You get snacky.
Perfect.
Gotta be real careful.
Perfect.
That's just what I need.
Just go ahead and put like some nuts in your pockets and just have them there ready to go.
Big nuts? Big nuts.
Okay.
Quinn doesn't like big nuts, but I like big nuts.
Get some Brazil nuts.
Oh, I really don't like Brazil nuts.
I don't either, actually.
But they're big.
They are the biggest.
They're the biggest of nuts.
Yeah, they are.
Your nuts are the biggest nuts of all the nuts.
I think we're the biggest nuts.
Yeah, that's true.
Okay.
Well, stay fresh, cheese bags.
Bye.
Goodbye.
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