News bloopers are one of my all-time favorite things.
They're the best.
All-time favorites.
I will watch them forever.
Because they have to take themselves so seriously.
I just saw one the other night.
And this guy said, well, you better check your panties because this company is recalling, I think that was supposed to be pantries.
But he said it so definitively.
It was amazing! shining 24 7 because when we're together it feels like we're in heaven if it will get dark you'll be my million stars I know I can lean on you welcome to episode 52 of Delete This History a podcast by two besties of a certain age searching for answers we're your hosts Cara Burch and Brea Brown 52 they're flying by I know for coming over and recording.
Oh, well, it's my fault, so it's only fair.
Yeah, but you could have just phoned it in.
Well, I'm not gonna let these allergies get me down.
I just can't believe you were that sick with allergies.
I was out of work for a day and a half.
Like, I didn't go in on Wednesday, and then I went in a half day on Thursday, and I mean just, I mean.
I seriously thought I had COVID.
It was so bad.
But lots of drugs, lots of water, lots of rest later.
Yes.
I'm feeling better today.
But if I get random catfurt coughing in the back of my throat, I'll edit it out.
Okay.
That's right.
You're editing this one.
Yes, I am.
Do you have bookmarks? I don't.
Well, I have some bookmarks.
My first one is wifi.
Tis very important.
Yes.
And ours was not working last week for multiple days.
That sucks.
It really does.
When you work from home, like what are you gonna do? When your TV works on wifi, that means you get, there's nothing.
Yes.
You just like.
Nowadays, you cannot do anything.
Now, I could have used my phone as a hotspot.
Yes.
But I just went into the office.
Oh.
I know.
Can you believe it? I had to go into the office last week more than one day.
That's reminding me of that.
There's a clip from Absolutely Fabulous.
Oh, yes, where she's like, she's like, Eddie, Eddie, Eddie. And she's like, what's wrong, darling? What's wrong?  I just came from work.
Exactly.
That's about how I was.
Let's see, what day was that? Wednesday I got home and I fell asleep out here on the couch before I could even eat dinner.
What? It's just, it's exhausting.
It's exhausting to be around other people.
It's exhausting being in a different place, like messing up my routine.
I don't like it.
You had to get up and get ready.
Correct.
You had to do stuff to your body.
Yes.
To leave the home.
Right.
I understand.
It was not, not a good time.
So, we should get paid for having to get ready for work.
Oh yeah.
That should be part of your, of your day.
Like that hour getting ready is part of your workday.
And driving.
Yes.
And the commute.
All of it.
All of it should be included.
There was a guy I used to work with and he did that.
Like he charged the company for his commute and he got caught and he got told goodbye.
So, I would not recommend it.
Yeah no I won't do it but it is a lot of work to get there.
It's tempting.
So, let's all take a minute to thank the good Lord for the Wi-Fi and internet technicians that he provides.
Also my second bookmark.
Travis Kelsey's acting.
Oh.
Not bad.
Oh.
I'm impressed.
So, have you gotten, is this a week to week release? Yes.
Okay.
But they release two episodes every week.
So, I've gotten through four episodes of grotesquery.
I've survived.
It's been rough.
Ugh.
But he's pretty good.
Okay.
And I can't tell if he's a good guy or a bad guy.
Uh-oh.
Are you watching this with anyone or is just you on your own? Yeah.
Jackie's watching it.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Is she enjoying it? Yes.
Oh, all right.
And he plays a sexy orderly in the show.
An orderly? Yeah.
At a hospital? Yeah.
Like at a, it's like a long-term hospital, kind of a nursing home, but it's still a hospital.
Okay.
Yeah.
Ooh, that's creepy in and of itself.
It is.
Um, and one last bookmark.
Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown.
Okay.
I love her so much.
And then every time I listen to her or read something by her, I am like, she just gets me.
And now I know it's because she's talking about things that are pretty universal.
Feelings, everybody has feelings.
But just so many epiphanies, she'll say something and I'll be like, oh my gosh, yes.
makes perfect sense.
I don't know, it's always just eye opening and so I'm enjoying it very much.
Nice.
I have never watched or read anything of hers.
Girl.
Of anything.
I know she's got some Ted Talks.
Yeah, start with her Ted Talk, cause it's amazing.
And then you'll be hooked.
Okay.
And you'll just wanna listen to all her things.
Okay.
Well.
Are we here to talk about feelings? I mean we can if you want to.
We are a little bit.
It's true.
There might be some feels amongst all of our searches.
Right.
Correct.
But not specifically feelings.
No.
We are here to tell our DTH besties about our top three most interesting, funniest, most successful internet searches of the week in list form.
What's it called, Brea? It's called The Reading of the Lists.
Here's my list for the week.
Okay, I'm ready.
Best way to donate to hurricane victims.
This day in history, October 7th, which is the day we are recording.
Oh yes, oh good job.
Okay, thanks.
Does sinister mean left-handed? Okay.
Um, here's my list for the week.
Number one, seagulls at landlocked lakes.
Number two. The sinking of the Oceanos.
And number three, why UK slash Australian lawyers wear wigs? 
Oh, I can't wait.
Yes.
Well, now it's time to play a game that we 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.
Today, Brea, you are playing for...this box of cinnamon apple spice tea.
Ooh, love it.
It's very fall.
It's herbal, it's caffeine free.
It is very fall.
All right, here's your question.
I'm ready.
Which of my searches occurred after seeing two cast members on the repair shop commiserate with one another about being different from most everyone else in the shop? Okay.
So, here is my list for those of you playing at home.
Number one, best way to donate to hurricane victims.
Number two, this day in history, October 7th.
Number three, does sinister mean left-handed? I think it's number three.
You're right, of course.
So, these two were both talking about how they were left-handed and they're like, oh my gosh, I'm left-handed.
Oh, you know, they were evil.
We used to get drowned back in the day.
Yes.
Because we were left-handed.
And someone, one of them said, that's what sinister means left-handed.
I was like, no.
Well, they're pretty close.
Really? The word sinister comes from a Latin word meaning on the left side.
Oh, wow.
The association of left with evil is likely attributed to the dominance of right-handed people throughout the world.
90% of the world's population is right-handed.
90%! That is really high.
That's higher than I thought it would be.
Yeah.
It's like 10% of people are actors.
Ha ha ha.
Or baseball players.
So, in early Christian art, painters would often depict Eve on Adam's left side to symbolize the fall of man.
In traditional Japanese woodblock prints, the left side is often considered inauspicious or evil.
This is particularly evident in kabuki theater, where actors often enter and exit the stage from the right to avoid bad luck.
Oh my goodness.
Western art has also occasionally used the left side to symbolize negative or sinister elements.
For example, in some paintings, a character's shadow might be cast on the left side suggesting a hidden or malevolent aspect of their personality.
Or that they're standing with the sun.
Well, yeah, but the painter gets to choose which direction the sun's coming from.
I know, but- The left side may sometimes be associated with evil.
No, Cara, edit that out.
Okay.
While the left side may sometimes be associated with evil, it's also symbolized other things such as the feminine, the intuitive, or the unknown.
The ancient Celts worshiped the left side, associating it with femininity and the fertile womb.
Oh, and they thought that was positive.
Yes.
Oh, good.
So, left-handedness.
was a good thing to them.
Yeah, because they're smart.
The exact causes of handedness are still being studied, but there are several theories.
There is evidence suggesting that handedness is particularly influenced by genes.
And I ain't talking Jordache.
Oh.
Twin studies have shown that identical twins are more likely to have the same handedness than fraternal twins.
Handedness is often associated with the dominance of one hemisphere of the brain.
So, most right-handed people have a left hemisphere dominant, while most left-handed people are right hemisphere dominant.
Environmental factors such as cultural or societal pressures could have influenced the development of handedness in the past.
Some studies have suggested that left-handedness may be associated with a slightly higher risk of certain health conditions, such as dyslexia, autoimmune diseases, and mental health disorders.
However, These associations are not definitive and much more research is needed to understand the relationship between handedness and health.
My sources were Merriam-Webster and Google Gemini.
Excellent.
Okay, Cara, today you're playing for...
Yes.
This Ron Swanson sticker...immortalizing the episode where he and Tammy have a wild night.
Oh my gosh.
And he has cornrows.
Yes.
It's one of the best episodes.
It's a very funny episode.
That show is so good.
Here we go.
Yes.
Which of my searches reminded me of one of my favorite minor Disney characters, Scuttle? Your hint is it comes from The Little Mermaid.
Yes.
I didn't even need a hint.
Oh, I'm sorry.
And so let me read my choices because that's what I'm supposed to do now.
And that's why you're just staring at me, hoping that I get the hint.
My list again for this week is one, seagulls at landlocked lakes.
Number two, sinking of the Oceanos.
and three, why UK Australian lawyers wear wigs.
I'm going to have to go with landlocked seagulls.
Correct.
Yes.
That is right.
Stickers going on my water bottle.
Scuttle was a seagull.
Yes, he was.
Yeah, he was a seagull.
For a second, I got scared that he was a pelican, but he wasn't.
He was a seagull.
I got to thinking about that part where he's singing, and he thinks he's providing the mood music for them, and he's like, wah, wah, wah.
And Prince Eric says, oh, somebody needs to find that thing and put it out of its misery.
And it made me think of what you were talking about the other week, last episode.
Yeah.
About loons.
Yes.
And possibly you hearing seagulls.
And I thought, well, now I'm just gonna have to follow up on that.
I just need to know.
So, I'm wondering if you actually are hearing a seagull, or even if that's a thing in landlocked states.
And guess what? What? The answer is yes.
Oh.
Ish.
Okay.
There are gulls in states like Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, but we typically don't call them seagulls here because we don't live by the sea.
Right.
So, they're just gulls.
Okay.
Here are a few species you can find in Missouri.
The Ring-billed gull, the Herring gull, Bonaparte's gull, Napoleon, Franklin's gull, the Lesser Black-billed gull, Thayer's gull, Wow, so I probably am hearing an actual gull.
You might, especially because you are so close to the lake.
Yes.
They are scavengers that are found throughout the United States, including Missouri, and they're known for their loud wail or squawk.
Gulls are intelligent and adaptable birds, but they can get a bad reputation for stealing chips.
I did not put that in there.
That was something I copied and pasted and probably should have read closer.
For stealing anything really.
Yes, yes.
They will love to try to take food out of your hands or anything.
But if you have seagulls flying around your property, it's likely because they're finding food nearby.
And they would be, since you're semi-close to a lake.
Interesting.
So, maybe it is what you're hearing.
That makes me feel better, because I am pretty sure it sounds like a seagull out there.
So, that makes me feel better.
Thank you for following up for me.
You're welcome.
OK, I got my info from Rottler Pest Solutions, Google Gemini, the Missouri Department of Conservation, and wait for it.
The Marshfield Mail.
Uh-uh.
Yes, ma'am.
Oh my gosh.
You used to work for the Marshfield Mail.
No, I did not.
The Lebanon Mail.
I worked for the Lebanon Daily Record.
Okay, that's right.
Sorry.
But I do know someone who worked for the Marshfield Mail.
The Marshfield Mail has been a part of my life.
Like my childhood.
I'm sure.
It was just, we had an issue every week.
Yeah.
Oh, it's a weekly? Well, it used to be.
I don't know that it still is.
Did you know that the poet laureate of Missouri that we met, we met her, not that who we met, back before the pandemic? Yes.
She worked for the Marshfield Mail for a long time.
No kidding.
Yes, she did.
Her name is, oh, gosh.
It came around.
Don't worry about it.
We don't have time.
OK.
Why are we in such a rush, Cara? Oh, because the Chiefs game is on tonight.
That's right.
Monday night football! And we're squeezing this in.
Yes, we are.
For you.
Look what we do for you.
What? Our DTH besties.
We love you.
I mean, we are just going out of our way.committed.
Get this done.
Hey, why don't seagulls fly over the bay? I don't know why.
Because then they'd be bagels.
Oh my gosh.
You're welcome.
That's the dad joke of the episode.
Well, and it's so weird and awkward of a joke.
It just is a good segue into our next segment.
Yes.
Which is...
Awkward.
And called...
Oh, yeah.
Shared history.
Yep.
This is where we tell you, our DTH besties, what we searched this week, why we searched it, and if we learned anything at all.
Yeah.
I did.
I've already learned so much stuff.
Okay.
So, I wasn't feeling well this week.
So, I didn't do a lot of searching.
I was mostly just laying in bed.
Were you searching things like, do I have COVID? What are COVID symptoms? COVID symptoms? What is the allergy index? What's the pollen count? Like all the things.
What do I feel like crap? What is happening to my body? What are some home remedies for? All the things.
So, I barely had two interesting things to talk about, which floored me with all the crap that's going on in the world.
I mean, you have to search something interesting, Cara.come on.
So, then I thought, I wonder what's going on in the world on this day in history.
Oh.
I love this day in history.
Those things are always very exciting to me.
It's always interesting to think about, like, on this day.
Yes.
Exactly 50 years ago or whatever.
Mm-hmm.
this happened.
Yeah.
So, on the day that we are recording, which is October the 7th, here are a few things that happened in history.
A cyclone caused 40 foot waves that are believed to have killed nearly 300,000 people in Calcutta, India.
Are you kidding me? That was 1737.
In 1737.
Isn't that nuts? October 7th.
Yes.
That is a long time ago to have such meticulous records too.
Yes.
I agree.
Oh man.
In 1849, the California Gold Rush officially ended as the US government took control of the gold fields.
Party poopers.
In 1864, the Union and Confederate forces clashed.
at Darby Town Road outside of Richmond.
Little Civil War action.
A little bit.
Brother against brother.
Patrick Swayze against...
Who was the other one that was in that mini-series? I don't know, I don't remember.
It was Patrick Swayze and...
is called North and South.
Yes it was.
Not to be confused.
With North and South.
I'm looking it up.
She's gonna look it up.
It was based on the trilogy of novels by John Jakes.
And it starred...
James Reed, R-E-A-D, Patrick Swayze, Jean Simmons.
Jean Simmons? That's what it says.
Wasn't she in Designing Women? No, you're thinking of Jean...
The other Jean.
Yep.
Okay.
Kirsty Alley.
Oh another RIP.
Yes.
Um David Carradine.
Shut up.
Sean and I were just looking at David Carradine this week and we were trying to figure out his family lineage.
I'm not even kidding you.
Aliens? Aliens maybe.
Um David Ogden Steers.
Oh yes.
Kyle Chandler.
What? I don't know who that is.
That's that's coach Taylor who I always look.
Oh, no, that's not who I thought that was.
He must have been like 12 years old.
Yeah, he must have been a kid because he was born in 1965.
But I love him.
Hal Holbrook was also in North and South.
I know I should know who that is that he was on Evening Shade.
So, anyway, James Reed is the other dude, was Patrick Swayze's brother against brother.
Okay.
And that's about all he's done.
Anyway, that was a delightful.
Impromptu search.
Yeah, sorry.
It's all right.
I learned, I learned a lot.
Okay, what else happened on October 7th? In 1913, the moving assembly line debuted at the Ford factory.
Oh, fun.
In 1916, Georgia Tech football team shuts out Cumberland 222 to 0.come on.
At what point don't you just call it? Yes.
Or just like give him, give him a bone.
Like, gosh.
Was the other, was Cumberland even on the field? I don't know.
Good lord.
In 1949, the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, was formed.
Oh.
1949.
Yeah.
I thought that was longer ago than that.
That was not that long ago.
Mm-mm.
It's after the war.
Yes, it was.
Yeah.
You're not wrong.
I am.
I am correct, sir.
Uh, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 transmitted the first ever photographs of the far side of the moon.
1975, a judge reverses John Lennon's deportation order.
In 1982, the musical Cats opens at Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.
It ran for 18 years with 7,485 performances.
Oh my gosh.
A revival ran from 2016 to 2017 with 593 performances.
And another revival began in June of this year, 2024.
Oh my gosh.
People can't get enough of Cats.
Well, unless it's the movie.
and then I hear it is terrible.
I could not get through the first 15 minutes of that.
It was so bad.
So, bad.
Yeah, yeah.
That's what I've heard.
And I've seen cats a couple of times on stage.
Have you? I have.
At 180K? At 180K, and I also saw it in Tulsa.
Oh.
I know, I drove a long way to see cats.
Don't judge me.
Um, and I saw, so I was excited to see the movie.
Yeah.
Cause there are, it's nothing but famous people with talent in this thing.
Everybody has to have some loser on their resume.
This is it.
Yep.
It was awful.
I mean, wow.
Yeah.
Boo-hiss is what I say to that one.
Oh, very good.
Thank you.
I have two more.
1985, Lynette Woodard becomes the first female Harlem Globetrotter player.
Oh.
That's kind of cool.
Excellent.
I didn't even know.
And in 1990, the German reunification was completed, uniting East and West Germany into a single nation.
Once again.
So, just a few hints of this day in history.
My sources were history.com, britannica.com, and onthisday.com.
Okay.
I really want to say that on this day in 1943, my dad was born.
Really? But I don't know if that's the case.
My mom's birthday is in two days.
I can't remember.
Please hold.
What is this sheet that you have? Is this birthdays? My family's birthdays.
Yeah, is it any wonder? Oh my gosh, on this day, October 7 2022, I updated my family birthday.
She how crazy that is bizarre.
Um, this was actually given to me by Heather.
She takes she she's good at records.
Okay, so on this day in 1960 something David Grunwald, my brother-in-law was born.
Okay.
There, worth it.
Very good.
It's totally worth it.
All right.
What were your sources? History.com, OnThisDay.com, and Britannica.com.
Awesome, did you already say that? I did.
Damn it.
Sorry.
It's okay.
I was reaching too far into my brain for my family's birthdays.
We have lots of October birthdays, which is why it's confusing.
Gotcha.
My dad is October 20th.
Okay.
By the way.
And my brother Sean, he's this month too.
Yes, the 26th.
See? My sister and my mom both have October birthdays.
And Quinn is the fifth.
Yeah.
Birthday city! Geez Louise.
Okay.
Are you ready for my first kind of, well, yeah, first search? Yes, please.
OK.
It is the sinking of the oceanos.
So, I was listening to a podcast called Snap Judgment, which is excellent.
And in one episode, they detailed the story of the sinking of the oceanos and the actions of some unlikely heroes.
It was a dark and stormy night.
And the next day, it got even stormier.
Even the passengers and crew with the strongest of stomachs and steadiest of sea legs were struggling.
Oh no.
Dishes were sliding off tables.
Suddenly the power went out.
Yeah, not good.
The emergency generators kicked on giving dim lighting to the passengers, but the engine came to a complete stop.
Oh no.
And it didn't restart.
As passengers emerged from their cabins, the ship's entertainers tried to keep people occupied so that nobody was like, you know, freaking out.
Yes.
But when there were no announcements as to what was happening, the guitarist, Moss Hills, went to find his boss, the cruise director.
The cruise director was speaking with the captain, who was saying the ship was going to have to be evacuated.
Oh no.
Now, keep in mind, they were in the middle of a raging storm, in the middle of the ocean.
So, Moss, the guitarist, questioned the captain about the decision to abandon the boat.
And that didn't go over so well.
About as well as a dinghy in the middle of a stormy sea.
And when he couldn't get an answer and there still weren't any announcements about what they were supposed to do, Moss and a fellow performer, one of the ship's magicians, went way below deck and discovered that one of the doors that only closes and seals when the ship is taking on water was closed.
Uh oh.
And sealed.
And he put his ear up to the steel door and heard water slapping against the door.
Oh no.
Still, there were no announcements made.
No moves to evacuate.
So, Moss and the Magician returned upstairs where passengers were getting antsy.
Because in addition to rocking, the ship was now listing severely.
So, it's like it had rocked and then wasn't going back.
So, everybody was kind of like at an angle.
And this is when Moss, his wife, who was a bassist in the musical, entertainment, the magician and some of the ship's other performers decided to take charge.
They rounded up the passengers and started loading them into the lifeboats.
These lifeboats were swinging wildly and banging against the side of the ship as they tried to load them.
And in the middle of this operation, Moss decided to try to find some more qualified crew members to assist.
So, he went to the bridge and guess what he found? Nobody.
They did not! It was abandoned.
The captain and many crew members had abandoned the sinking ship.
Oh my gosh.
Leaving the others to just kind of...
figure it out.
So, Moss gets on the radio to call for help and the Coast Guard asked his location and he said well we're somewhere off the coast of South Africa and the radio operator said I mean what are your coordinates what is your rank and Moss was like guitarist Oh my gosh.
So, long story short, the South African military got involved and all of the passengers were evacuated successfully just 45 minutes before the MTS Oceanus tragically sank.
This was on August 4th, 1991.
Oh my goodness.
Every single person survived.
Wow.
And part of the evacuation and rescue mission involved the guitarist and his wife, hooking people into harnesses and being lifted by helicopter off the ship because they hadn't put enough people in the lifeboats.
Oh no.
When they were putting people in lifeboats, they hadn't filled them enough.
So, there were like 200 and something people left when the lifeboats were done.
Oh my gosh.
So, they had to clip.
people into harnesses and lift them off the ship.
And Moss was told, if you don't get it, you have to be fast, and if you don't get it right, they'll either fall into the water, or they'll fall on the deck, but either way they're dead.
So, no pressure.
Oh my gosh.
Meanwhile, it's still storming.
The ship is still moving.
The wind is still blowing.
Oftentimes he would have to go rescue somebody because they slid down the deck while he was trying to clip them into the harness.
And so he'd have to go get them, bring them up, clip them in, blah, blah.
Where is this guy today? He's still around.
I have other questions, but I have a feeling you're going to answer them with the rest of your story.
Did you want to know what happened to the treacherous captain? Very much so.
Okay.
Janus Evronus.
I'm sorry.
I'm not sure it's supposed to rhyme, but that's how I'm going to say it.
He faced significant consequences for his actions.
He and some of the officers were found guilty of negligence by a Greek maritime board of inquiry.
Evranus was one of the first to be rescued.
While many passengers remained on the sinking ship, he said he thought he could coordinate the rescue efforts better away from the ship.
Meanwhile, he did no coordinating after he was rescued.
And how? Why would anybody believe that? Nobody did.
That's why he got in big trouble.
Oh wow dude you gotta come up with something better than that.
Yeah.
Oh so is this guy in prison? I don't think so but he had his um like he's not allowed to be a captain anymore.
Well that's good.
Yeah I don't know what that's called.
He had his captain privileges revoked.
Oh man.
Is that crazy? I can't believe anyone would do that.
Yeah, so I looked up, what I was really looking up was what happened to the captain.
Because they didn't really, they didn't even touch on it in the podcast.
It was really, the story on Snap Judgment was really about this heroic entertainment crew who basically saved 2000 something people.
That is unbelievable.
It's kind of like the rule of being a captain.
Oh, right.
Is that you go down with the ship.
Yeah.
You're the last one off the ship.
So, I'm thinking back to when Sean and I went on that cruise and they met us all gathered together on the first night and talk about what you do if the ship goes down.
Right.
Where you go, what you do.
Yep.
I mean.
Yeah.
I'm just.
The organization that has to go into getting 2,000 some odd people off of a ship.
I mean it's just like very overwhelming to me.
I'm trying to wrap my mind around that.
Yeah and he said that everybody on the ship spoke different languages.
It was a very international cruise.
There were people from, you know, Africa on the cruise.
There were people from Greece and Europe.
So, yeah, so I just, I looked up to see what happened to the, to that jerk who abandoned everybody.
But my sources were Wikipedia, BBC, and worl and also the Snap Judgment podcast.
Wow.
That was a good search.
That was a good story.
Thanks.
from one disaster to the next.
I'm ready.
Best way to donate to hurricane victims.
Oh, this is perfect.
So, Hurricane Helene has caused a lot of damage.
And I heard that it has now surpassed the number of deaths caused by Katrina.
Oh crap.
So, this is a pretty bad situation.
Yes it is.
So, I started looking up how to donate, what's the best way to donate.
And with Hurricane Milton.
about to make landfall while we're recording this, a lot of people are probably going to need a lot of help in the coming months and probably years.
Cause this one also looks really bad.
And I'm assuming a lot of the people that had to go through Helene also will get hit again by Milton.
So, here's some organizations.
that you can donate to safely.
On the national level, of course, there's always the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
And one that I had never heard of called Americares.
Americares, OK.
Those are all considered safe, non-scamming organizations that you can donate to.
OK.
Now, there are some state.
specific funds that you can donate to, including the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund, the Florida Disaster Fund, and if you want to help Georgia, you can donate to the non-profit group called Send Relief.
Now, before you donate to any organization, please do your homework.
Because when I typed in, what did I type in? I think it was donations for Hurricane Helene relief or something like that.
I used the specific Hurricane Helene.
So, many things popped up that you could just tell were scams.
Like people had just set up and they were like, yeah, send money to us.
We'll take care of it.
There's a special place in hell for people like that.
There totally is.
So, please do your homework.
or just stick to very well-known, long-established national organizations like the Red Cross or Salvation Army.
We know that it's safe.
The money will go where it needs to.
Now, while I was doing this search, I found something very cool on FEMA's website.
It's a page called Rumor Response.
So, FEMA has listed rumors that are being spread about their response to Hurricane Helene.
Ah.
You can read through the list or even search by keyword.
I thought this was really cool, but it's also very sad.
There's a lot of misinformation out there and I applaud whoever it is at FEMA that's trying to keep up with the rumors and dispel them.
Here are some examples of the rumors they are trying to dispel.
Funding for FEMA disaster response was diverted to support international efforts or border related issues.
That is not true.
That's just trying to get people pissed off at people from other countries.
Yep.
FEMA is confiscating donations for survivors.
So, I guess someone was saying that if you, I don't know, donated to something, FEMA is like confiscating trucks and diverting to help lean survivors.
It's the craziest thing.
So, FEMA, so somebody is...
or some people are saying that, let's say there's another disaster that you've been wanting to donate to.
Yes.
That FEMA says, I don't care what you want to donate to, we're intercepting that donation and sending it to Helene.
Yep.
People.
That is an untrue rumor that is floating around.
Why would there even be a thing? It gets better.
Okay.
Here's another rumor.
FEMA is in the process of confiscating Helene survivor property.
If I apply for disaster assistance and my land is deemed unlivable, my property will be seized.
This is not true.
The federal government is not going to seize your property after a disaster.
And here's another rumor.
FEMA distributes aid based on demographic characteristics.
Again, trying to get people pissed off at each other.
Yep.
Yeah.
So, it was a cool page.
It made me sad that they had to do this page, but I'm glad they're doing it.
Right? And not only does it have the rumor, then it dispels the rumor with the truth about how FEMA operates during, after disaster, disaster occurs.
I mean, come on people, they're not perfect.
Oh no, they're not.
And it's a government agency, so things, it can be a cluster, okay? But it's more of a cluster if you're talking shit and spreading lies about something.
I mean, it's just like, just shut up.
Do your homework.
If you really think that that's true.
Right.
But that's the problem is people don't, they just take everything they hear as gospel.
And they wanna believe the worst.
Of course they do.
So,.
Yeah.
Anyway.
Think about doing some donation, because there's a lot of people that are gonna need it.
I've got another one to add to that list that you gave.
Oh, yes.
So, my sister Heather, she has a friend who lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
And so Heather asked her what she recommended, and she recommends Be Loved Asheville, spelled like beloved, belovedashville.com.
Okay.
My sources were NBC News, FEMA.com, and American Red Cross.
Beautiful.
Now, do you wanna know why UK and Australian lawyers wear wigs? I have always wanted to know.
It is not a satisfying answer.
Uh oh.
On the Garin scale, this would be probably a three out of 10.
Ooh, that makes me sad.
Are you ready? Just the backstory, I was watching an Australian legal dramedy that I probably won't watch anymore of because it wasn't that great.
But the wigs that they were wearing in court were really bothering me.
Why are they still doing that? It looks ridiculous.
I mean, I get it that that's how people used to dress back in the day.
Yes.
But in no other profession, are we still forcing the people of that profession to dress like that? We're not asking doctors to wear plague masks because, oh, it's tradition.
Are they still wearing the wigs? So,.
I just had to know.
And here's a little bit of the history of the Whigs.
It goes back to the 17th century.
Originally, the Whigs were a fashion statement popularized by King Charles II in the 1600s.
And then over time, they became a symbol of authority and professionalism in the legal profession.
So, it was a way to set aside or differentiate.
the lawyers and the judges from the common people.
They wore the wigs.
Now in the UK, barrister and judges wear these wigs during formal court proceedings as a nod to tradition and to maintain a sense of formality and continuity in the legal system.
It says here the wigs are typically white for judges and black for barristers.
But I've always just seen white wigs in all the shows I've watched.
So, maybe I've never seen shows about barristers.
Okay.
Australia inherited this tradition from the UK due to its colonial history.
And while the practice is less common today, it still persists in some courts.
Again, the Whigs served to create an atmosphere of impartiality and anonymity, helping to distinguish the roles of the individuals within the court.
So, it's kind of like wearing a uniform that symbolizes the serious and historical nature of the legal profession.
Then wear a uniform.
Why does the uniform have to have a wig? Do they have to? Are they wearing robes too? Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, I don't get the wig.
I don't understand it.
Yeah.
Here we go, though.
Many think it's time, like me, many like me, think it's time for the courts to flip the wigs.
Yes.
Here are several arguments for getting rid of the tradition of wearing wigs in court.
Okay.
Here we go.
Discrimination.
Wigs can be seen as discriminatory, particularly against people with Afro-Caribbean hair, as they may not fit comfortably or look appropriate.
Yes.
Some argue, oh, modernization.
Some argue that the legal profession should move with the times and adopt a more modern, less archaic dress code.
A duh, like 200 years ago.
Ha ha! cost.
Wigs can be expensive to purchase and maintain, which might be seen as an unnecessary expense.
And symbolism.
Critics argue that wigs are outdated symbols of authority and formality that no longer serve a practical purpose in today's legal system.
All of the above.
I don't know.
Somebody from the UK or Australia, you tell me.
Maybe you have better arguments for the wigs.
Yeah, I don't get it.
But we've always done it this way is never a good answer for me.
I agree.
That is that's never a satisfying answer.
I'm sitting here trying to think of other professions that have hung on to traditional garb.
And I just can't come up with anything.
There are none.
Maybe chefs with their hats.
We talked about chefs hats.
We did.
What the hell, we wearing chef's hats here? That's when you put too much headroom on a camera shot.
That's what your director will say to you.
I can't think of anything.
I mean, I guess if you're a Civil War reenactor.
Right.
But that's for a purpose.
Right.
I just can't think of...
I'm going to think about that this week.
Yeah.
Try and come up with something, but it is odd.
I mean, even nurses have moved with the times.
They don't wear weird little hats anymore.
They don't even wear dresses or, you know, well...
Obviously not the men.
Right.
But they don't have to wear certain...
They just wear scrubs.
Like everybody else.
A lot of nuns don't even wear the traditional nun garb.
You're right.
And that's kind of a big deal if you ask me.
I mean if someone's gonna break from tradition, you would think it would not be Catholic nuns.
They would be the last ones.
I would think so.
But no.
Attorneys? Barristers.
And we're in the wig! Judges and lawyers and barristers.
Hmm.
All right.
I don't know.
So, these points are part of ongoing discussions about court dress codes and the need for equality and diversity in the legal profession.
There are other countries where wigs are worn in court too.
Not just the UK or Australia.
However, these countries, all of which were once part of the British Empire, got the tradition from the Brits.
we wear wigs in the court womb? That's a good question.
After...
Or did we just stop after? When we weren't British anymore.
The revolution.
Maybe that was part of our FU.
We threw off the wigs.
To England, we were like, we're not going to wear these wigs either.
We're not wearing wigs in court.
No.
You're not the boss of us, and we're not going to wear wigs.
So, here are some other countries where they're worn.
I'm sorry.
That's OK.
It was kind of awkward the way I was saying it.
Kenya.
Zimbabwe, Ghana, Malawi, and Nigeria.
Huh.
But this is really criticized by people in those countries, by a lot of people in those countries, as a holdover of colonialism that should be abandoned.
Hell yeah.
Do like we did.
Give the middle finger to the wigs.
Do they wear wigs in Scotland? I think so.
But maybe not.
I don't know.
It's so interesting.
That sounds like something the Scottish would give the middle finger to.
They like giving the middle finger to England, so maybe.
My sources were legalcheek.com, lawmind.
co.
uk, law.
ac.
uk, and how stuff works.
How stuff works, wigs.
They go on your head.
That's it.
That's how they work.
Wait, let me write that down.
Hang on.
Say it again.
Two steps.
Oh, one step.
It goes on your head.
Whew.
Well, those were very interesting searches.
You did much better than I did this week.
Well, thank you.
I'm just sitting here still thinking about it, like, hmm.
Well, I didn't feel like crap this week for the first time in a long time.
And so I had a little bit more time on my hands.
Oh, congratulations.
I'm happy for you.
That did not involve sleeping and feeling terrible.
That's great.
And staring off into space.
But what about this one, Brea? What about it? This segment is a quick listing of our other searches from the past week that we didn't have time to discuss or were simply too boring.
I'm not gonna try to do it.
I can't do it like Cara does it.
You're boring.
All right, here's my list.
Uncommongoods.com, The Stretch Zone, Springfield, Missouri, Trent Green, FSA Eligible Over-the-Counter Items, Such a riveting list.
Were you sick this week? Little bit.
Springfield Green County Library Room Reservations, NFL King Henry.
I didn't know why they called him King Henry.
I now do.
Is it safe to watch a video of welding? Jury's still out on that one.
Wait, is it safe? Yeah, cause you know, you're not supposed to look directly at welding.
That's why they have the huge.
you know, helmets or whatever.
I can't think of a specific name, but I've always thought why is it okay to watch it, like a video or on TV? I kind of always assumed maybe all the filters were, you know, blocking out the arcs.
Yes, but every time I see welding on TV, it hurts my eyes and I always see spots.
So, I don't look at welding if it's on TV, I just close my eyes.
Really? And I found conflicting results.
People said, yes, you absolutely should not watch welding on TV.
Others said, no, there's no way that the brightness of the arcs, it is a filtration thing.
Yeah.
Like all the filters it's going through, it's not gonna hurt you.
But I like my eyeballs, and so I'm not going to watch it on TV, because it does hurt my eyes.
If it hurts your eyes, then.
that's your sign.
Yeah, I agree.
But it doesn't hurt my eyes to watch it.
Oh, okay.
But then again, I am mostly blind and maybe because I don't look away, but I don't watch a lot of welding either.
Well, I've, I watched so much repair shop.
They do a lot of welding.
They do.
Um, so that's where I haven't found any time lapse welding videos yet, but when I do, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
I'll, I'll look away.
Yeah.
Just don't watch the video at all.
Just hit play and look away.
Sounds like a great way to spend a day.
That all rhymed.
Hit play, look away.
Sounds like a great way to spend the day.
It's going to go on our album.
To Delete This History album.
What? Oh.
I'm so excited.
All right, next.
Hello Kitty, not a cat? Stupid, it's a cat.
She has cat ears and whiskers, it's a cat.
And a tail, right? I don't know about the tail.
It's bull crap that they say it's a little girl.
Yeah, I agree.
Thank you.
Alasir Thorn, Game of Thrones.
The year Twilight was written.
the year a discovery of witches was written.
How did Jimmy McCulloch die? Devonte Adams trade to chiefs? Have you heard about this? No.
So, Devonte Adams wants to be traded.
He said it, it's out there.
And there are talks, there are rumors that are not on FEMA yet that the chiefs might pick him up because...
We keep breaking people? We're breaking everyone.
Can you imagine? Oh gosh.
If we get Devonte Adams, I'm gonna flip my wig.
I know you love him.
Missouri deer season dates.
Sample ballot, November, 2024.
The repair shop cast.
Cassidy Phillips on TV show, Lost.
That's it.
Did you ever watch Lost? No.
Okay.
Here we go.
Here's my, what about this one list? Thursday night football schedule.
Every week.
Just screenshot it, you dummy.
St.
Aubin Street, Detroit, Michigan.
Spring net.
Gavin Ung Ton.
Google Play not supported.
Rishi Rice injury.
Fire TV Toshiba remote app.
Howard's Mill mockumentary.
Why? I hate them.
When they try to make, especially true crime mockumentaries, they always try to make it look like it's a real documentary.
And you have to look up to see if it is or not.
And I hate it.
It makes me so mad when I find out that it's not a real thing and it's just some stupid mockumentary.
It's almost like click bait.
It's terrible.
Oh.
Huh.
OK.
Top selling vehicles in USA 2024.
Top selling vehicles in Europe 2024.
Interesting.
Europeans love hatchbacks.
Oh.
Everything has a hatchback.
Oh, I wonder why.
Maybe they're buying a lot of poles they gotta stick all the way through.
What? Okay, I think sedans you can put the seats down too.
I'll edit that out.
Okay.
I kind of like it.
I'm thinking of poles, lots of poles.
Maybe a ladder.
The poles like to have poles.
Oh, maybe.
Maybe that is it.
They need something that's small enough for their roads.
Yes.
and their road systems.
And their parking spots.
But they also need something that they can convert into something that will carry stuff.
Yeah, I don't know.
I don't know, it's weird.
When you contact us about the wigs, Yes, tell us about your hatchbacks.
Yes, we wanna hear about the hatchbacks.
How many poles are you buying a week? Are these ski poles, tent poles? We also need to know that.
Telephone poles.
Oh, telephone poles.
Fence posts, big screen TVs, I don't know.
What are you putting in these vehicles? Okay, and Florence Mall, Northern Kentucky.
I looked at some old throwback pictures of the mall that I used to go to.
I thought you were talking about a person.
Nope.
Like Florence M-O-L-L.
No, no.
Who's Florence Mall? What did she do? Florence Mall, Mow.
Mow? Let's go to the Mow, kids.
Let's go to the Mow.
Do you have listener shout-outs? Well, yes, but I think you should do it.
OK.
This is kind of long, though.
It's OK.
I loved it.
I squealed when I saw it.
It's exciting.
We got a scone recipe from my sister Colleen.
Hi, Colleen.
She and a lesson about how to say it.
Scone.
It's so easy.
And I was saying it right.
You were making fun of me.
No, you were saying scone.
Scone.
No, it's pretty.
She says like Sean.
Scone.
Scone like Sean.
Do you say Sean? Actually, this weekend I was.
I kept saying Sean.
Well, because in Sean of the Dead, his girlfriend always says Sean.
Scone? Scone.
It doesn't matter.
Anyway, here we go.
Lemonade scones.
Oh my gosh.
Queensland style.
So, these are Australian scones.
Okay.
Here we go.
Your scone, I'm just gonna call them scones because I feel like a poser when I say scone.
Okay.
Your scone should never be flat like a hockey puck, dense or dry.
It should look like what Americans call biscuits, like drop biscuits, Bisquick style.
The difference is that a scone is slightly sweeter.
The top should have a slight crunch when you bite into it.
Variations on the plain scone are ones with sultanas or raisins, dates or a savory option, a cheese scone.
Now, in Father Brown, Mrs.
McCarthy, she always makes strawberry scones, which I think sounds amazing.
So, then she sent us a link.
to Australian's Women's Weekly for a recipe.
And she wanted, and this was the lemonade scones, and she wanted to specify or clarify that Australians call Sprite or 7Up or any other similar carbonated lemonade, not like our lemonade country time in the US.
which is just lemon, sugar, water.
Yes.
This is carbonated.
Okay, so you use that in the recipe, Seven Upper Sprite or Starry.
Yes.
Which is delicious.
I love Starry.
It's the best one.
I think it is too.
Let's see, most Aussie women make these lemonade scones as their mothers did before them.
Now, here we go with the jam before cream.
Yes.
This is such a minefield.
Typically scones are topped with jam and whipped cream in Australia.
And there's a debate between Queensland and New South Wales as to which of these toppings go first.
In Queensland, it's the jam then the cream.
These are hard-hitting, important things.
I don't want you thinking about donating to Hurricane Helene.
Don't.
I want you to think, does the jam or the whipped cream go first? And then to make things even more interesting, in the UK, scones are topped with jam and clotted cream, which is a very thick cream and is denser than whipped cream.
Therefore, it is usually spread on the scone first, and then the jam is added.
But there is a debate here between Dorset and Devon.
as to which goes on first, but I can't remember which country prefers it which way, says Colleen.
County, not country, county.
So,, she says, depending on where I am, I taught my scone differently.
In the UK, cream then jam, and in Australia, jam then whipped cream.
Delicious with an English breakfast or Irish breakfast tea We even got pairing instructions, so She said get baking I'm so gonna try that I'll make some and bring them for you to we can taste test on the air.
Okay? excellent All right.
That's all I got and then we also had our photo shoot.
Oh my lord.
That was a lot of fun It was fun.
It was short.
It was quick Thank goodness.
I hope, I mean, I guess they're probably not going to do anything with the backdrop.
It was so plain.
Cause they, the email they'd sent us, you know, they said it was going to be a fun, colorful black background.
And it was just tan.
I wonder if they're going to put like a computer generated background behind us.
I'm kind of wondering the same thing.
Yeah.
Since it was just plain.
Yeah.
We, it was, it was fun.
And we were silly.
It was fun.
I can't wait to see.
I wonder if they're going to send us proofs or if you just got to wait.
I really hope they airbrush.
Oh, yeah.
I expect full airbrushing on my entire body.
Head to toe.
Cause we were naked.
I forgot to mention that part.
Oh boy, wouldn't that be great.
Oh shit.
Oh my gosh.
That'll be out in what issue? Was it November? They said it was the November-December issue.
Of 417 Magazine.
417 Biz.
Yes.
There's a difference.
Oh, is there? Yeah, there's 417 Magazine, and then you got 417 Biz.
Oh, well we're the Biz.
Cause we're VVB.
VVB people.
Okay.
That's all we got.
Yes.
On that topic, but it was a good time.
And they were very nice.
They were really nice.
They were fun too.
Yeah.
Well, what should people do if they want to rate and review us? Oh, they should.
Do it.
Just do it.
What should people do if they want to get in touch with us? Well, if they'd like to email us fun recipes like Colleen did this week, they could plug in Delete This History podcast at gmail.com.
Or you can hang out with us and interact on Insta, Threads, or Facebook.
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But now I just have to go delete my history.
Oh, I need to do the same.
Go get ready for Chief's Game.
That's right! Yeah! Can't wait! T minus 30 minutes and counting.
Holy crap, you've got to go all the way across town.
I know.
Stay fresh, cheese bags.
Bye.
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