You know what I'm tempted to watch all the way through? What? Again, it's Game of Thrones.
You know, it's so crazy how long ago Game of Thrones was. It was a long time ago. It was a long time ago.
We used to get together. I know. And watch it and eat Debbie Cakes.
Well, we ate so many Debbie Cakes. You and Sean would bring over like the motherload of Debbie Cakes.
Here we brought you some Debbie Cakes.
That was so fun to watch those episodes together.
Welcome to episode 56 of Delete This History, a podcast by two besties of a certain age searching for answers.
We are your host, Kara Birch. And Brebrin.
We may have to do a yawn count today. Oh no.
I yawned about 50 times on the way over here. Just you talking about it's making me want to yawn.
Do you want to know why? I haven't had enough oxygen.
I stayed up too late last night. Oh, did you? Why? I thought it was Friday night. Oh no, because it was Halloween.
I went to bed and I took two Ton Tony with me.
And I was like, hey, buddy, let's go watch some Grey's Anatomy. And he loves Grey's Anatomy.
So we snuggled and I started to get sleepy and I was like, I probably ought to shut this party down.
And I rolled over and looked at the clock and it was one thirty in the morning.
And I was something made me look at the calendar.
I wanted to see. I was like, OK, I need to see. I got to make sure I got nothing going on tomorrow morning.
Well, I did. And it was my workday. I was in such a panic.
So then I woke up. It like woke me up because I was like, oh, right.
I was like, I'm going to bed at like nine or nine thirty. Yeah, not one thirty.
Oh, man, I was dragging this morning. Yeah, that's rough. And so stupid.
So stupid. So damn if I yawn, it's not you. It's me. It might be me, too, because my searches are.
Wow. Hey, you've had a busy week. VVB.
So my searching has been not a top priority and I have not wanted to know anything extra than I already know.
And you and I didn't text nearly as much as we normally do.
Like, I thought of that on the way over here, too. I thought, what what else you've been doing all week?
I don't even know because we haven't been talking.
I've been hanging on to life by my fingernails that I don't have.
It's been a week. It's been a month this week. Oh, well, I won't make you relive it.
OK, I will make you listen to my bookmarks. I would love to.
All right. My first bookmark is teeny tiny burgers with golden rounds as buns.
Oh, those were so cute. They were so freaking delicious.
So we just made the you know what the golden rounds are. So they're flat tater tots. Correct.
We made tiny burgers that were the size of those golden rounds and we put tiny little slices of cheese on the burgers.
And so the little thing I found on Instagram, this guy was making these.
He said to use like a some kind of special sauce, like a sauce that he used kind of looked like a patty melt sauce.
OK, kind of like a Thousand Island mix kind of a thing.
So I bought a variety of sauces because I didn't know which one was going to be good.
And I found a so delicious flavor town is what it's called.
And it's that stupid guy I hate so much. Guy Fieri. Guy Fieri.
How did you know?
Well, the name of the flavor town. Flavortown. That's what he says. Kind of gave it away.
Yes. So, oh, boy, he nailed it, though. That stuff was delicious.
Sean did not like it. Really? So it's all for you.
He took a bite of it and he was like, oh, oh, it's hot. Oh, oh, oh, it's so spicy.
And so then I got scared. It's not spicy. It has a little kick to it.
Bam. Different guy. Different guy. But it's so good. What's his deal?
He's just he's not big on spice. Oh, I thought he liked spicy things. Not really.
But he ended up just using ketchup because that's him.
But they were delicious. And then we had spinach artichoke dip.
But, yeah, we both a little burger and stuck a toothpick through it. Oh, my gosh.
They were freaking delicious. They looked really good. I was jealous.
You should have been. My other bookmark. It's kind of a I will have a bookmark in two weeks
because I went to the eye doctor this week. Oh, and I am currently wearing monovision contact lenses.
So my right eye is for reading and my left eye is for distance. How's that going?
Terrible. Yeah. Oh, so I've been wearing these since Tuesday.
And I have had a headache all day every day since I put these things in.
Now, here's the kicker. It might get better.
They did not have the exact prescription that I needed, so they had to order it.
And he said rather than waiting to get the correct vision contacts in,
he said, go ahead and start training your brain because he said it takes a couple of weeks.
So I've been wearing them, but I have had a headache. Oh, my God.
And it's really hard to drive. Like, I do not feel secure driving at all.
Because if I do this, though, it's OK. Like if I walk around like a pirate. No.
So this morning I switched out and use one of my old contacts in my distance eye, and it has helped.
So my brain's starting to kind of get used to it now.
But if I'm looking far, far away, I don't think this is going to work.
Yeah. You have two eyes for a reason.
So so I'm going to give it a shot, though.
So in two weeks, I will have a recommendation as to whether or not you should try mono vision contacts.
I don't think it's going to work. No. I for me, I I can't imagine.
I mean, I don't just. I just don't think I can adjust.
I'll just stick with my nerdy glasses that have three different prescriptions all the way up and down them.
I think I'm going to just stick with my one single vision contacts and just carry my old lady glasses to read with.
Because that's why I'm trying this, because I can't see squat yet to read when I have my contacts in.
Yeah, it's impossible. Yeah, that's miserable.
It is miserable. But this is worse because I have a headache all the time. Right.
But you know what? I can read. It's been really great for I haven't had to use reading glasses or close up stuff.
Yeah, it's that's worked out really well. What about your medium distance?
Like it's fine. It's OK. Yeah, it's really far distance like driving.
Seriously, driving is dangerous. Wearing these contacts for me right now.
I know it's not good. So anyway, more to come on mono vision contact lenses.
OK. Such an old lady topic. You guys hang on.
I'll tell you more about my glasses and my contacts.
Next week, I want to report on your bowel movements. OK. OK.
I will start tracking them tonight. Great. Like shape and size and color.
Anything else you want like frequency. Yeah. OK. Get my poop in a group.
Do you want? I was good. Nailed it.
I do have one avoidance and then we'll turn to you and I'll stop talking. All right.
It's called it's TV show. It's on Netflix and it's called a discovery of witches.
Oh, my gosh. I tried. It is the most boring show.
I love Matthew. I saw Matthew Good. I was like, I'm in and sort of Cusack is in it as well.
And I love her. And I think she's in like a later season because she never showed up in any of the episodes I watched.
Well, and then the E.R. lady. What's her name? Her name just went out.
Oh, Alex Kingston. Yes, Alex Kingston. Thank you. I love her.
She's terrible. And there were all kinds of people who I was like, this is going to be amazing.
And the production quality is good. It really is.
But I have never watched anything so boring in my life. It's too slow.
Oh, so slow. It drives me crazy.
Like me. Now, I've not read the books and the show is based on correct.
Some books, a trilogy, I believe. So if anyone's read the books and they're awesome, let us know.
Maybe I'll try the books. But based on this show, I'm not picking those books up.
Yeah. Oh, man. It's rough. I've got melatonin.
That's all I've got. What have you got? My bookmarks are early voting. Oh, yes.
Everybody listening already knows. I know what the future holds. You and I don't know.
We don't know yet. And all the rest of you are like, we know, you know,
if I'm actively searching for other countries to immigrate to.
Or if we finally have a woman in the White House. Oh, my gosh.
Now, if you don't like political stuff, just skip ahead like 30 seconds, because I'm not going to talk about this long.
But I told my husband if Kamala loses and our candidate for governor, Crystal Quaid loses,
if they both lose, I might need two weeks or so to just like, I don't know, be in bed.
Wouldn't it be amazing if Crystal won? I mean, I can't even like I just can't even wrap my mind around it.
I know. Such a long shot. I know. But here's the thing on our ballots.
Have you noticed this in Missouri? The Republicans are always listed first.
Always, always, always. Why is that? Now, I don't know if this is true.
So we need to search this. OK. But I think that the person who's listed first is who?
Oh, shoot. What's the word? It just went on my head like declared or filled out the paperwork first.
I think that that is how it works. It can't be because on our ballot, the Republicans are always listed.
Well, so they are they listing. So what about the other parties? It's always in the same order.
It's always Republican, Democrat, independent, green party or I'm sorry, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, green.
We'll have to look at some other states ballots and see if that is the same.
Yeah. OK. It's been longer than 30 seconds. OK. Sorry. OK.
So my next bookmark, I read a lot this week, is coloring with gel pens.
Oh, yes. It's the best thing ever. OK. It's so relaxing. Yes.
And I never thought that that would be a great way to color, but it is.
So I got myself a set of one hundred and twenty gel pens with one hundred and twenty refills.
Oh, came with it. Why? Why gel pens? You just like it's just really smooth.
And then I like the way it looks when you're done. It looks really vibrant.
And it's but but unlike markers, you know how markers sometimes they're too wet and they'll make the paper kind of pill.
Yes. And like and start to shred a little bit because whatever it's alcohol or it's water or whatever and water and paper and alcohol and paper don't mix.
But this is that gel ink and it doesn't rip up the paper.
And then it's also really smooth to color with. So it's not like with colored pencils, my hands get so tired because you have to press kind of hard or but I like colored pencils.
I like the way they look when you're done. You're very good at coloring with colored pencils. Well, thank you.
Their works of art, y'all, you should see them. I have many hanging up in my house. They're beautiful.
You should because, you know, it's it's free. Yeah. Well, I've already paid for the coloring books and the pencils.
The Brea Museum. That's right. And I mean, everybody in my house adores me. So of course they want to see my artwork.
All you have to do is hang around us a little while and know that I am adored in our house.
They hang on every word I say. I never have to repeat myself. It's great.
OK, then I have a book recommendation. It's called The Scent of a Garden by Namrata Patel.
And this is about an up and coming perfumer in Paris who hits a career snag and returns home to California to regroup.
But family dynamics have their own complications, especially when everyone has such high expectations of you.
So she's a high achieving Indian American woman and her family is very high achieving.
They have high expectations of all of the people in their family.
And this career snag does not factor in to their plans for her. It's very interesting.
I like that she's a perfumer. Yeah, it's all about smells and scents.
It's a good book so far. Excellent. And then TV. I've got three things. Are you ready? Ready.
The Brother Son. Have you watched it on Netflix? It's kung fu. Oh, that I actually enjoy. I love kung fu.
It's new ish. OK. And it has Michelle Yao in it. Oh, yeah. She's amazing. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. We and it's kind of like organized crime type of deal and lots of fighting and kung fu.
And it's it's somewhat humorous in places, but it's also very action packed. What's it called? The Brothers Son.
OK. OK. Also on Netflix, beef. Oh, my gosh. Sean watched that and loved it. It's hilarious.
I can't watch it. It's too stressful. It's very stressful. I had to bail, but it's very funny.
So for those who don't know, it's a run of the mill parking lot.
Road rage incident escalates between two strangers who are both experiencing dissatisfaction in their personal
and professional lives. And these two go at each other. And it is so funny.
And then finally, Marlo Murders Club on PBS. It's new, but I have watched all of the episodes because I can,
because I am a sustaining donor. So I have PBS passport. Nice.
And this is based on a book that I started to read, but I decided against buying.
I was just kind of like, oh, this is kind of like a lot of other things I've already read before.
Then I saw that they had a series based on it. I was like, oh, I'll just watch the series on PBS.
And it starts Samantha Bond, one of my favorite 50 British actors.
She was Robert's sister on Downton Abbey. Oh, yes. The Dowager Countess's daughter.
Yes. Oh, she was also in Home Fries. She's in Home Fries as well or Home Fires.
Home Fires. And she's been in a million things. She was in.
She's in many episodes of all the shows I watch, like Midsummer Murders.
She usually plays a saucy, kind of sexy kind of vixen type of person.
But now that she's getting older, she's getting some more serious roles.
But in this, she's a firecracker. It's based. I already said that. OK. Done. Good job. Finished.
That was so many bookmarks. I can't believe you packed all that in with such a VVB week.
That might be why I hadn't edited the podcast episode that's supposed to come out on Tuesday.
Because when I'm not running around like a crazy person, voting, taking people to the doctor, taking a husband to get an endoscopy,
like hosting a kid's boyfriend, I'm like just sitting in like. Yeah. You're a vegetable. Yeah.
I understand. But look at the great range of recommendations you have for everyone.
Well, we're not here to only give excellent bookmarks, believe it or not.
Enough podcast. Oh, we have to quit our jobs and just do fun things so we could just recommend things to people all the time.
Sucks so hard. So bad. We are here, though, to share our Internet search histories for the week with our DTH besties.
And for that, we turn to the reading of the lists.
In this segment, we tell you our top three most interesting, funniest, most successful Internet searches of the week in list form.
Here is my list. Number one, Tony Eastern end meaning number two, put a sock in it.
Etymology number three. Why does weed smell skunky? Oh, my gosh.
I cannot wait for the f'ing answer.
Because my neighbors have not discovered gummies. They smoke the skunkiest weed in the world.
And it just smells like skunk constantly outside my house. I have an answer for you.
Excellent. OK, I cannot wait. Oh, OK. Here's my list.
Number one, Florence Mall, northern Kentucky. Again? Yes. OK.
You'll understand why in a minute. All right. Number two, Gavin Ong Ton.
And number three, Sysmance. OK.
Now, yeah, we've read our list. Yeah, we're both excited to hear what each other has to say.
Yes. So it's time to play a little game that you and I like to call.
Search me where we each pose one question to each other and see if she can answer based only on the reading of the list.
Yeah. Today. Well, I really enjoyed my air last week.
Well, you're in luck. OK, good. You have something better than air this week.
Oh, we're coming to the end of summertime. Yes. Finally, finally in November, in November.
It was freaking. No, I'm not going to start. No, don't do it.
I'm not going to pull at that thread of anger. No, because it's cool and I'm yes.
Happier now. So what I have for you, because summer's closing out and you might miss it because you like warm weather.
I've got you this coconut flavored hand cream by this brand that I don't know how to pronounce, but it's really good.
Yes. Yes. Maybe that's how I would say it. EOS.
They have excellent lip balm. Oh, and this is so good about myself.
One of this is flavored hand cream. It's flavored. OK, so I can eat it.
It's coconut. So definitely eat it. I will tell you, I fell way off the sugar wagon. Oh, no.
At Halloween. Oh, no. I mean, we have a two huge bowls of candy and we had three trigger treaters.
Oh, no. One of them was Quinn. Oh, yeah.
So I ate a crap ton of candy last night and then today at lunch, you know, for dessert, because I get the good stuff.
So I'm going to abstain from eating this hand cream. Yes, please do.
It probably will not make you feel very good. Probably not. But you don't know until you try.
So does it have lanolin? I'm sure it does. It says it lasts through hand washing. It does.
I tried that actually. All right.
Your question is, which of my searches came about while I was reading an article about the last Kmart in the continental US closing its doors?
I'm going to say Tony Eastern End meaning. That's right. You nailed it.
All right. So I was reading this article, which I can't believe the last Kmart in the US, the continental US is closing for good.
It's kind of a sad chapter. It is sad. And you know what's creepy? What? It kind of relates to one of my searches.
Oh, OK. So this woman that the journalist was talking to said she liked Kmart because she could find good deals.
The journalist described her as a person from the Tony Eastern End of Long Island.
I had never heard that phrase before. So I looked it up and it turns out I should have just searched the word Tony rather than the whole phrase.
And because I mean, I've never heard Tony used in this way, which proves that I've never been Tony myself.
Interesting. Never heard this before. So I'm sure there are other people out there.
So here's the definition. Tony means stylish, expensive, high class, marked by an aristocratic or high toned manner of style.
So then I was like, well, what does high toned manner of style mean? So here's what high toned means.
Having high principles, dignified. Oh, yes. Having or aspiring to good taste, high standards or refinement,
high in social, moral and intellectual quality, pretentious, pompous, pompous, pompous, pompous.
So this word has been around since 1877 and historians think that it was coined in the U.S.
Now, when was the height of its popularity, though? Because when I hear the word Tony, I think of a definite like decade.
You do? Yes. I did not search the height of its popularity because I didn't even know it was a word.
I'm still trying to get over the fact I've never heard this word. I think of like, well, it's actually not really a decade.
I think of like between the 50s to the 70s. Oh, that sounds like something they would say on Mad Men.
It sounds like something that somebody would like some pompy person would say, like in the 70s.
So that's interesting that it came up in an article. I wonder how old this journalist is using this word.
Are they trying to revive it? Maybe. Or maybe it's never gone out of style in certain places like New York.
So exactly. This is an East Coast situation. Maybe they are. They're so Tony there. They just use it in everyday vernacular.
Tony, Tony, Tony. It's done it again. We sing that to the dog. I bet you do.
And, you know, when I think of Tony, the dog, I think of high brow, pompous, pompous. He is so pompous.
Stylish, stylish. He aspires to good taste and high standards. Of course. He's so pretentious, too.
Well, I mean, he doesn't just eat dog food. He eats dog food with tuna in it, eggs in it, sardines. Yeah.
Which we call deenies. Deenies. Because you're Tony. Anyway. Oh, Lord. Oh my gosh. That's me.
My sources for that. Oh, yes. Bria got real excited about her. She's trying it because my hands are happening.
Super. My hands are very crepey. How's that? Not Tony. They're not Tony.
They're dry. So I wonder what the opposite of Tony is.
How you like that sound? Moist. It's very juicy. It was very chicken salad.
Macaroni salad. Oh, no. What did I do? Why did you do that? Well, touch all kinds of things now.
Yeah. And then I went to wake up my computer because it was going to sleep and I pressed something.
OK, there we go. Sorry. Go ahead. Sources. Oh, my sources. Yes, they were Miriam Webster, HiLoTutor.com and Dictionary.com.
Excellent. Who knew? Who knew? You learn something. This is why you read, people.
The more you read, the more words you see and the more you go, what does that word mean?
Are you ready for your question? So ready. Oh, wait. First, today you're playing four. Oh, yeah.
Well, I'm more ready for that. Oh, tiny velvet bag. Will you accept this, Rose?
It's. It's heavy. Just take out one. Oh, one. There's two in there, but I was going to I'm going to let you choose if you win.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. It's a it's a necklace.
And it so it has a chain in the the pendant at the bottom is the old fashioned like best friend heart, the broken heart thing.
They're half the heart. Yeah. But the half I pulled out says weirdo number two.
So there's also a weirdo number one in there, which goes along with I always plug my stuff into the number two outlet on our mixer.
Oh, my gosh. You're right. It was. See, I was like I was like, I'm just going to let her decide if she wants to be weirdo one or weirdo two.
I'm perfectly fine. Weirdo two. It's got to be weirdo two.
I was like, I was like, I'm just going to let her decide if she wants to be weirdo one or weirdo two. I'm perfectly fine. Weirdo two.
It's got to be because you're the you are the second channel. I am on all of these all of these recordings.
Oh, my gosh. This is the funniest freaking thing I've ever seen in my life.
OK. Well, also, the question that I have for you today is kind of related to that.
All right. OK. Are you ready? Yes.
Which search led me to a concept that perfectly describes us?
Oh, now for those playing at home, your choices are Florence Mall, Northern Kentucky, Gavin Ong Ton or Sysmance.
Man, I mean, it's got to be Sysmance.
It is Sysmance. Have you ever heard of this term?
No. Me neither. It's also known as I like this.
I like the next term better. It's also known as a wo-mance, which is so much better.
Shut up. Wo-mance. Oh, my gosh.
No, you can probably tell by the context that this is a close, non-sexual and non-romantic relationship between two or more women.
It's a type of homosocial intimacy. Oh, that's a word that's characterized by a high level of emotional intimacy and is stronger than a typical friendship.
Like sisters from another mother. That's right. In one brain. But wo-mance is just great. Oh, my gosh.
The text that we sent today. Oh, that was so scary. We were in a group text and we made the exact same joke.
To two other people who were probably like, but rather.
But I was dying and we sent it at almost the same time, too. They crossed over because it was like we.
Yeah, they came in at the same time and then it looked like we just made the same exact joke. Like, hey, guys, it's like we were sitting together.
What about this joke? Joke, joke, that we both think is funny.
It was pretty funny. But anyway, that, I think, aligns with a wo-mance. Of course, an Sysmance.
Now, in the book that I recommended in bookmarks, The Scent of a Garden by Namrata Patel,
the main character describes her relationship with her best friend as a Sysmance.
How have I never heard of this? Because I've heard, obviously, of the male equivalent, bro-mance. Right.
Did you know that the word bro-mance, here's a fast fact for you,
was originally used to describe the relationship that developed between skateboarders who spent a lot of time together?
No, I did not know that. Yes, ma'am. Huh.
And it must be true because I got my information from Wikipedia and Google Gemini.
They will never see you wrong. No, never. I am officially Weirdo number two.
Yeah. I love it. Thank you. So I'm Weirdo number one, which, that fits. Oh my gosh.
Look, it matches my sweater. Is it the same jewel? Yes. The same color jewel?
It's like an aquamarine. Yes. We'll have to take pictures of those for sure. Absolutely.
All right. Love it. You win. We are both winners today.
After all that fun, I don't know that we can possibly be awkward moving into this next segment.
I mean, I think we can probably manage. OK, we're real good at it.
Next segment. How do I do this?
This next segment is called shared history because we share history. Yes, we do.
A lot of it, actually. Yes. And we proved that today by the joke that we told, because that is an OLD joke.
Oh man, that was, I mean, we were reaching back into the way back machine. Oh yeah.
The 2000s. Yeah. Like easily. 2001, 2003, somewhere right in there.
Our co-worker that we worked with back, yeah. In the aughts. The aughts.
That's an appropriate way to say it.
So during shared history, we're going to tell you our DTH besties what we searched this week, why we searched this week, and what we learned, if anything.
This week. This week. All right.
Why does marijuana smell so skunky? Oh, geez Louise, please tell me.
OK, I was enjoying dinner and drinks with a friend outdoors at a public facility that she and I both like.
When our noses were attacked with this easily identifiable odor of someone smoking weed. It's everywhere.
It was so strong, like it took my breath away. It was so strong.
And we both are like, ugh, gross. And that person was just, you know, hanging out, just smoking away.
It's like, dude, that ain't cool. Go to your house and do that.
If you feel like you need to get high right now at this public facility, eat a gummy.
I mean, I guess it's the same as like having a drink out with friends.
Yeah, but he's not splashing it in my face. Correct.
But I mean, the effect is what I'm going for. I suppose.
Like, like you're out, you're relaxing, you're having a good time. You want to get high like like you want to get drunk or whatever.
OK. But yeah, like you said, getting drunk does not typically not typically involve the people around you.
Anyway, what a butt munch. Go home.
My friend who was sitting across from me said, why does marijuana smell so skunky?
And I said, what a great search for the podcast.
So I looked it up. Here we go.
The distinctive skunky smell of weed comes from a specific compound called 3-methyl-2-butene-1-theol or 321-MBT.
This compound is a volatile sulfur compound that contributes to the aroma of skunked beer even.
Yes. Yeah. So 321-MBT compound is produced during the later stages of the cannabis plants flowering cycle, flowering cycle.
OK. It's one of the many compounds that contribute to the overall aroma of cannabis, but it's the one that gives it that characteristic skunky smell.
Now, while the skunky smell might not be everyone's favorite.
Now, here's where your neighbors come in, I bet.
It's actually a sign of a high quality cannabis.
So if you got a super strong skunky smell, that stuff is good.
And they've probably paid a premium for it.
Then they can afford gummies.
I believe, I don't know, I'm going to talk about weed like I know about it.
I believe that, and we've probably talked about this before. Maybe.
I believe you get a different type of high if you smoke rather than if you take the gummy.
Oh, probably. I would assume that if you smoke, it's a faster effect. Yes.
But again, I'm talking out my butt. I have no idea.
Moving on. The presence of 321 MBT indicates that the plant has been properly grown and harvested.
So then I wanted to know if skunks share some of the compounds.
And guess what? They do. Oh, skunks and weed do share the sulfur based compounds that contribute to these distinctive odor and the smells that can linger for a very long time, as we know.
Wow. Now, while the specific compounds and their proportions may differ between the cannabis plant and the skunk,
the underlying chemistry that produces the strong odors is extremely similar.
Oh, I'm not going to say interesting. I say it too much. Fascinating.
You're so pompous. That's the end. So there you go. It smells skunky because it is skunky.
So I wonder if coffee also has that same compound.
So I didn't think about that while I was searching this, but I did think about that when I made my coffee this morning.
And it does. If you don't, especially if you don't know that someone's making coffee, you automatically, or I do anyway.
Yeah. My first thought is there's a skunk outside. Yep. But then once you realize it's coffee, my brain's like, oh, it's coffee.
And it smells great. Yes. Isn't that weird? It is weird. I will have to do some further searching on that because you're right.
Brains are bizarre. Very. Yeah. So last night, as we're recording this, last night was Halloween.
That's how far behind we are from you guys. Halloween was last night. And I only had to open the door once to Trick or Treaters, besides my granddaughter.
And when I did, it smelled so strong out there. I was kind of embarrassed because I was like, oh, my gosh, these kids have come to my door to trick or treat.
They have come to our street and our street smells like a bong. Gosh. So they must just smoke all the time. They smoke constantly. Oh, my gosh.
Jackie can smell it through her wall. Oh, no. Because she shares a wall with them.
Of course, we get it from the other side, too. The neighbors on the other side, but they're not connected to us. But if you go outside, like to throw something in the trash can, the dumpster or whatever, it is like, oh, my gosh.
Wow. And we're just assaulted with skunk all day. And the whole town smells like that. It does. You drive through town now. You can drive through town. And it's just skunk filled.
Yes. If you have your windows. Well, you don't even have to have your windows down. You can get it. There are people driving around smoking. Well, I mean, hey, guys, there are people at home smoking and you're just driving through their neighborhood.
Oh, yes. And it just smells like weed. I could not believe there was one day we were literally at the stoplight by the headquarters of the police department.
And these two dudes are just passing a toke back and forth. It's like, hey, it's like having an open container in your car and drinking a beer. You can't do that. Don't you?
It is a derp. Anyway, I digress. I was going to say one other thing. Now I can't remember. You want to just sit here a second. Yeah. Hang on a minute. Oh, now I voted to legalize marijuana. So did I. In Missouri. I was like, you know what?
It is beneficial to people. It's no different than alcohol. Agree. People who are in prison for marijuana need to be let out. Absolutely. Because that's dumb. And I was like, you know, but I just never thought ahead to what our town was going to smell like once it was legal.
I just didn't think it would be that like that. You know what I mean? Like you think it would be that popular or that. Yeah. Prolific that I could drive down the road. Yes. And get a contact.
I know. I know. I'm surprised. But the money that that is bringing in to the state is astronomical. Yeah. So, I mean, it's green. It's green. Very, very green.
Multiple ways. Yeah. Lots of ways. All right. My sources were ACS.org. Kimbriss.ac.uk. Okay. My first search is Florence Mall, Northern Kentucky. Now you said again, and this sounds familiar because I told you, I, baby didn't have time this week to be searched in lots of things.
So I had to go back and look at some of my but what about this one list? Okay. And look for some interesting things. Yes. Now, this does relate to something this week. So it's not too contrived.
Jackie and I, you know, we, we watch that YouTube channel called Recollection Road, and it's all about nostalgic things and, and, you know, retro stuff. And one of the videos this week was about malls and how they are kind of endangered or not as popular as they used to be.
And now the one that in our town where we live in Springfield, Missouri, USA, is still very busy. It is busy. Every weekend. Yeah, I don't go near that place. Now when we went shoe shopping.
It was the middle of the week, it was, it wasn't bad, but there were more people there than I was expecting. There were still people there. I was surprised. Yeah.
However, many malls across the country have either shut down, or they just aren't as popular.
Now back in the 80s and 90s, going to the mall with your friends. That was just called a good time. And it was like the epitome of cool. Heck yeah.
Because you could get away from your parents. You go in, you walk around this place, your parents think you're safe. Probably false security, but whatever. Food court. There's a food court.
All your other, all the other people who are cool are hanging out there too. It's a place to see and be seen.
Come on. Absolutely. So anyway, they were talking about malls and they were talking about stores that used to be ubiquitous and malls. Yes.
And that we all grew up with that are no more. It was super sad. It was like, oh man. I mean, there were some names like Kenny books.
Kenny shoes, Walden books. I'm trying to think what other stores. Kmart used to be an anchor store in a lot of malls. I don't know if you knew that. I did not know that.
So like JCPenney or the big department stores that are sometimes the anchor stores on the ends of the malls. Kmart was one. Okay. Interesting.
Did you see that our mall, the empty Sears? Yes. Is being taken over by Dillards. Oh, is it? So I don't know if they're going to combine men's and women's Dillards into one spot.
Let's hope. I mean, that would be great. That's like way overdue. It's, it's needed. Yes. Why do we have a boys Dillards and a girls Dillards? I don't know. You got to keep them separated.
I guess so. The second best thing when I was growing up was to go get to hang out at the mall. The first best thing was to go hang out for the day at Kings Island amusement park.
It's kind of like a six flags. Oh, it's, it was the bomb.com. Okay.
Third greatest would be like surf Cincinnati. Oh, that was like, like a water park with wave pool and the lazy river and all those things where you could die.
I don't think that's open anymore either.
All these places for my childhood are dead or dying.
So for those not in the US.
You might not know.
But a mall.
I don't know if they have malls in some places. How could they not have malls? I bet they don't.
But it's a shopping center.
And what sets it apart from other shopping centers is the layout and structure.
Malls are typically large indoor complexes with multiple levels, housing a variety of stores and eateries under one roof.
Now the one in our town is all one level. Yes. It's like a ranch style mall. Yes.
It's quite spread out. It is huge and sprawling, but it's all on one level.
The Florence Mall in Kentucky had two levels. So you got to ride escalators.
Yes. Yes. And it was really cool.
Like in the mall here in Springfield, the only time you get to ride an escalator is when you're in one of the anchor stores because they have two stories.
They have two stories.
But the escalator is usually out of order in the JCPenney.
I just wanted to say that.
So then you got to go find the elevator because they don't have any stairs.
Why is that? And they won't let you use the escalator as stairs.
Oh, really? Yeah, it's like roped off. Weird. Yeah, it's a pain in the ass.
Anywho, that's a totally different thing.
Anchor stores are big department stores, and they may include entertainment options like movie theaters and arcades as well.
Aladdin's Castle. Yes.
And there was also a movie theater in our mall for a long time.
Yeah, Clint and I saw Saving Private Ryan before they closed that movie theater and the old man behind us sobbed through the whole movie.
Oh, no. Oh, my gosh.
It was heartbreaking. Did you cry? If I had heard him crying, I would have just lost it.
Yeah, I just cried through the whole movie. Of course you did. Okay.
So the first time I saw Saving Private Ryan, like after that, like, I don't know, on DVD or something.
DVD.
I had missed so much of that movie. Oh, my gosh.
Or didn't remember it because I cried through the whole thing because the dude behind me was crying.
Oh, no. Oh, my gosh. Okay. That is sad.
Now, in contrast, shopping centers or strip malls are usually outdoor plazas with individual stores having direct street access and parking right in front or a big shared parking lot or parking area.
And they're more spread out. And you often have to drive or walk between stores, which you have to walk in the mall, too.
But anyway, rather than navigating through an enclosed space.
Now, here in southwest Missouri, like in Branson and Lake of the Ozarks, we have shopping centers that we call outlet malls.
Outlet malls. Yes.
And an outlet mall is similar to shopping centers where you park right out in front or in a big parking lot.
And the stores open right onto the sidewalk. But they're huge. Massive. And you're outdoors.
And you walk between the stores outside and the stores at outlet malls sell products directly for manufacturers or distributors at reduced prices.
So you can get really good deals. Yes. Do you remember that one time we went to the landing and it was so cold. Oh, my gosh.
It was at night. It was a Christmas time. Yes. It was before Christmas. Yeah. All I can remember about that night is how cold.
Yeah, it was. Were you pregnant when we was at the. Maybe that was a different time. Yeah, I think that may have been a different trip.
It might have been a different time. Oh, my gosh. It was just we were we would get so like get inside, get inside and get in.
You're like, oh, it feels so good in here. Yeah. But then the Bath and Body Works was like five hundred degrees because there were so many people in there.
And you're bundled up because you're walking around outside. You walk inside and you're just making your own gravy.
Nasty. Disgusting. Christmas gravy.
Then you put on some lotion at Bath and Body Works.
You just basted yourself. Oh, Lord. So gross.
Oh, my Lord. Oh, anyway. So, yes, the Branson Landing is another kind of shopping center like that that I wouldn't really call it an outlet mall. No, no, no.
But it's also not a strip mall. So it might be considered like a plaza. Oh, there you go. A shopping mall.
Kind of like the plaza at Kansas City. It's quite toney.
Yes, the plaza at Kansas City is very toney. I love that plaza in Kansas City. It is fun. It is. That's where Dave and Buster's is. Yes.
But we went there one time when it was really freaking ass cold, too. Do you remember that? Are you sure I was there? Yeah, you were there.
I just I'm such an idiot. I always wear jeans when we go out to these cold outings.
Why? What's wrong with jeans? Because they do not keep you warm. Oh, what would you wear?
I don't know. Like, I learned something when the Green Bay people were here recently. Oh, do tell. When the Green Bay aliens were here.
They wear things like snow pants or they were like flannel lined jeans. Yes. Or fleece lined jeans.
Yes, I know. I've always wanted some of those, but I run so hot. I think I might die. You would.
But like when we go to football games, I wore jeans when we went to that football game, that playoffs game that was so cold.
And you're standing on concrete. And I was like, what am I doing with my life?
That was such a cold day. But there's like no I think I had leggings on underneath.
But there's no like we don't even think about that here in Missouri about those kind of options like snow pants.
What the hell are snow pants? That's what little kids wear when they play out in the snow.
And you don't get snow anymore because the world is melting. Right. Yes. We don't need them because it's just not cold.
We don't have a sustained right cold snap. I would have to like buy something from L.L. Bean or something like that.
Yeah. Like you can't just go to the store here and get fleece lined or flannel lined jeans. They just don't sell them.
It's not a thing. Anyway. Wow. That was pants. Pants, pants, pants, pants, pants, pants, pants, pants.
This conversation is pants. OK. So.
I snorted so loud. I'm sorry. OK.
We've all heard about how online shopping is killing U.S. malls, but the average U.S. mall actually has an occupancy rate of 92 percent.
Oh, wow. Yes. And mall leasing companies aren't going down without a fight.
Here's some of the things they're doing to attract customers. They create unique experiences.
So they're adding entertainment options like escape rooms, virtual reality arcades and interactive exhibits to draw on visitors.
They host events such as concerts, food festivals and seasonal activities to create a sense of community and excitement.
They have improved amenities like comfortable seating, free Wi-Fi and better food court options to enhance the overall shopping experience.
I don't know how you get better than Sparrow. I'm just saying. I'm kidding. So gross.
All right. They leverage technology using apps and digital directories to help shoppers navigate the mall, find deals and receive personalized recommendations.
They partner with local businesses like local artisans, boutiques and pop up shops to offer unique products and support the local economy.
They have a sustainability initiatives implementing eco friendly practices and promoting green spaces to attract environmentally conscious shoppers.
So it would be greener to go to the mall sort of if you take an electric car. No, because then the battery in the electric car was a lot anyway.
It's a good try. It's a quagmire. But you're not paying for the shipping. Right. And you're not driving from store to store to store to store. Correct.
And you're not paying for the packaging that comes in here that comes straight to your door from a big brown van with some letters on the side.
And also, here's the last thing. Some malls are teaming up with Amazon to house Amazon lockers where you can pick up deliveries or drop off returns.
Nice. Might as well. Hey, if you can't beat them, join them. That's right.
Would any of these things entice you back to the mall? Potentially. I'm interested in the interactive something which is activities or exhibits. Yeah. Yeah.
I'm interested what that might be. I'd like to try a virtual reality arcade. Oh my gosh. Yes. Because I don't want to buy one of those headset things and use it once and then be like, this is pants.
That's right. That's right. My sources were commercial real estate training dot com. The Stefanini group.
McKinsey and Company Real Estate and AI Global and Microsoft Co-Pilot. You know, our mall does that farmers market. Oh, they do. And in the parking lot. And it is like, it's a thing. It's heaving.
All right. Here's my last search. Hey, Bria, just put a sock in it. Okay. Sorry. Put a sock in it. Etymology. That's right. Surprise, surprise. I was watching the repair shop.
And one of the specialists was repairing a gramophone. He mentioned that the phrase put a sock in it originated with gramophones.
I wanted to know if that was correct because this guy's a little squirrely. He's a little squirrely. Like I would equate him to the old grandpa who elaborates, like he makes up elaborate stories or maybe he has a real event or something that happened to him, but it gets bigger and bigger every time he tells it.
Yeah. He's an embellisher. He's an embellisher. Thank you. Yes. So I don't always trust what he's saying. So I wanted to know. So I looked it up and it turns out the exact etymology of this phrase is uncertain.
So on the Garen scale, this is more of a three out of a 10. Oh no. But there are two main theories and you can just pick whichever one you like better. Okay. Okay. So number one is indeed tied to gramophones because early gramophones did not have volume controls.
Sometimes a sock or other similar type of material was used to muffle the sound by placing the sock over the horn. Now you've got to imagine the early gramophones. The horns were small. Like they weren't these big huge. Yeah. Yeah. Like a Victrola. Exactly. Like they were small.
So you could fit a sock over the end of it. Oh my gosh. Um, put a sock over the horn. Um, so people could reduce the volume. Those crazy kids can stay up late and the folks could go to bed. That is ingenious. Um, now here's the other theory, which apparently, according to my research, is more widely accepted.
But I don't buy it. Okay. You tell me what you think. Intrigued. It goes back to World War I when soldiers were in the trenches and used various phrases to tell each other to be quiet, which included put a sock in it, put a bung in it, or put a cork in it.
Now I would lean more toward the gramophone because if you're in the trenches and you're telling each other to be quiet, why wouldn't you just like signal or go shh. Right. I wouldn't think you turn around and say put a sock in it.
The Germans are going to hear you. Put a sock in it. Put a sock in it. Put a sock over your horn.
Now wait a second though. What? But they may, I buy more that it started with the Victrola and then they started using that as vernacular in the trenches because that was that generation of people.
Gramophones came about before World War I. Right. And to me it makes more sense. Right. If these are the two main theories. If there's anybody out there that was in the trenches in World War I, email us. Delete this history podcast at gmail.com.
Let us know what was said in the trenches when you wanted each other to be quiet. I'm sure we'll get lots of responses to that question. Of course. Anyway, my sources were the repair shop, science and media museum.org and loc.gov.
Okay. I've got one more search before I put a sock in it. Okay. Tell me. Gavin Ong Ton. Brunee Brown mentioned this artist cartoonist in her book Atlas of the Heart and I was immediately curious.
He is an Australian cartoonist and New York Times bestselling author, best known for creating Zen Pencils, a webcomic that adapts inspirational quotes, poems and book excerpts into comic stories.
How fun is that? I'm intrigued. You know you see stuff all the time online. Inspirational quotes, whatever with a little picture behind it. I think it's great that he's like recycling that stuff into web comics.
Now the series has been featured by major publications like the Washington Post, National Geographic and BuzzFeed and has since been collected into four books. Oh my. Because he got so busy and so popular that in 2018 he had to stop doing the blog or the webcomic.
So they compiled all these things into four books. Zen Pencils, Cartoon Quotes from Inspirational Folks was the first one. The second one was Zen Pencils Volume 2, Dream the Impossible Dream.
The third one was Zen Pencils, Inspirational Quotes for Kids. And the fourth one was Creative Struggle, Illustrated Advice from Masters of Creativity.
Interesting. I just said it again. Intriguing, fascinating. Fascinating.
He also authored the middle grade graphic novel series Super Sidekicks. His debut picture book Ba Ba Black Belt is currently only available in Australia and New Zealand, but it's set for a US and Canadian release in 2025, which is right around the corner.
Now Gavin's work has resonated with many readers and he continues to inspire with his comics. A little bit about him just his background. He studied graphic design in college and began his career as a graphic designer at a newspaper.
And then he worked in the corporate graphic design industry for about eight years before deciding to follow his true passion for drawing comics. He quit his job and sold his house to pursue his dream. Whoa.
And we've all been there. Wow.
Although I quit my job and sold my house, so that I didn't go insane.
I didn't really pursue any dreams. That's, you know what, also a good reason. Yeah.
And then that dream led to the creation of Zen Pencils.
He lives in Perth, Australia with his wife and two daughters. Oh, isn't that nice. So why did Bernay
bring him up? I think he probably did a webcomic about something that she said or did. Okay.
But I think she follows him as well because she likes that kind of stuff. Okay.
But she recommended him and I was like, oh, I need to look this guy up. Did I?
No. Sort of. I waited a while and then I said, oh, I'm going to look him up again and talk about it on the podcast. Excellent.
My sources were ongton.com and Greenhouse Literary Agency. Excellent.
I love it. But what about this one? What about it?
This 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 to share.
You're boring. Here's my list. Honda Recall. I got to get my fuel pump replaced. Oh, shit.
Another name for beer pong. Davante Adams Trade Update. Did you see where he went?
He went to the Jets to play with Aaron Rodgers. I was going to say, didn't he go to the Jets to play with his booger eating buddy?
But now there are rumors that he might be traded again. Oh, boy. Because the Jets suck.
Comedian at Trump Rally. I had to know his name. Brandon McManus Green Bay Kicker.
How can the defense be penalized for delay of game NFL?
Early voting dates and hours. Past quarterbacks for the Kansas City Chiefs. Audrey Krebs Actress.
Why can CTE only be detected after death? PCP effects. Now, let me back up a second.
I don't want anyone to think I'm taking PCP. Audrey Krebs, CTE and PCP all came from a TV show I was watching.
What was this house? It wasn't a house. I bet it was Grey's Anatomy. No, it's the new house that's not house.
Brilliant Minds with Zachary Quinto. Oh, Lord. It is so terrible. But I can't stop watching it.
It's kind of like the 911 promos. We laugh so hard at the promos for this Brilliant Minds show. It's terrible.
It is so dumb. Oh, it's terrible. But I'm so it's so bad. I can't not watch it now.
He's a good actor. He is, but he's so dramatic. But it's terrible. He's awful. He's too. He's terrible.
He's too big for that genre, I think. It translates on the big screen like in, you know, Star Trek or whatever.
Right. You know, but it's too. He was in Heroes. Remember that? Back in the day. Right. That show.
Sight. Oh, I never watched it. I didn't either. But Sean watched it enough that I knew the characters names and I can't remember now.
He was a bad guy, I think. But anyway, it's so awful. It elicits some searches. It's so terrible. Yeah.
Well, Audrey Krebs, she's an excellent actress on this show. And I feel sorry for her that she's stuck in the show.
But she's one of the better actresses. Anyway, I'm CTPCP Dodgers Grand Slam in Game One.
That was super fun to watch. And El Cafacito Hours. OK.
I was talking through that whole shade being lifted and I didn't even realize it. Yeah, you were.
Sorry, everybody. Those were the shades going up in our free studio.
And we are like in a goldfish bowl now. Super awkward. Because the lights are on in here.
It's dark outside and it's just two walls of windows. Here's my What About This One list.
I only have seven. OK. And you're going to laugh. Check voter registration status, Missouri.
I got like really paranoid that Jackie wasn't registered to vote. And I was like, what if we stand in this line?
Oh, my gosh. And she's not even registered. And we get up there and she's not even on the list.
I'm impressed that you thought to check that before going. Oh, Chicago. So we checked it.
The park of the Ozarks Autism and Neuro Development Center. Hyundai Santa Fe. No offense to anyone who has the new the newest body style of the Hyundai Santa Fe.
But it is so fog. Every time I see it, I laugh. It's like they designed everything and then they got to the back end and they were like, we're out of ideas.
It's just flat in the back. And it looks like like one of those. Remember the Toyota Previa vans, minivans?
They looked like spaceships kind of. Oh, they were fog. That's what the back lights remind me of.
OK, I had to look that up. And I had to look up a picture of it to show Clint.
And he was like, oh, yeah, I see those all the time on the road. I'm like, how are you still alive? Because I would have driven off the road laughing every time I see one.
Cast of NCIS Origins. Are you watching that? No. Why did you look up the cast? Because there's a guy in that show and I saw him in the promo.
And I was like, is that so like, you know, is that the same guy on blah, blah, blah? Like, I didn't know his name. Right. It's not. OK.
I can't even remember what I was thinking he was from. OK. Chiefs Raiders game national anthem.
I heard that the national anthem was atrocious on that game and they didn't air it on TV.
Yeah. But Mitch Holtz on the radio said in his 31 years of broadcasting, he's never heard anything that terrible.
And he actually said that. Did you see it? Did you find the performance? No, it was too soon.
Because it had just happened. So I didn't get to see it. But I'm I'll look it up again. OK. OK. What's happening?
There's a child upset in the library. OK. Very upset. The the parent is trying very hard to calm them down.
That's called take them outside and curb stop them. The child got thrown over a shoulder.
I think they were headed for the door. Best markers for adult coloring books and Parkview High School football record.
Oh, they're about 500. Not bad. Not as bad as they were expected to be. Give me a list or shout outs.
I did want to say that Alex J. messaged me a few weeks ago and I'm so sorry I forgot to mention this, but it's just been so VVB that I just totally forgot.
But she remember how last year she gave us that hot tip about the pumpkin mix like muffin mix. I think it was at Costco.
Yes. Yeah. So it was October 15th and she messaged me and said they were already sold out. Oh my gosh. People be pumpkin fools.
They are. I just thought that was funny. It is funny that she remembered.
She was like update. Follow up. They're out. They're sold out again. Oh, already.
Okay. Well, I will expect an update in 2025 as well. That's correct. We have to get our pumpkin muffin mix update. That's all I got.
Well, that's a very few amounts of shout outs, which means we have no idea what our besties are up to. No, I mean, guys doing I know Pennsylvania Aaron.
She just got a new Kindle. She got one of those Kindle color something or others. Yeah, I would like to hear from some people. Yeah.
What have you been searching? Tell us what you've been searching. Send us your lists. And if you don't want us to read your name on the air, we'll just read your list and we won't say who you are.
And tell us the Garen scale. Yes, add the Garen scale for some of your searches. Like if it's sucky and it's a scale one to ten, it's just what it sounds like. Absolutely.
You know, if it's a very unsatisfying search, it's a one. Yeah. I really want to hear what you guys have been searching. Let's hear it. Yeah, me too.
We used to get some lists and we don't get lists anymore. I know not even little P gives us a list anymore. He's too busy. VVB.
All right. So if they want to send us their lists, how could they send those to us? By email at delete this history podcast at gmail.com or delete this history on Facebook. Yes.
Or at DTH gals on Instagram and threads. That's right. So many convenient ways to reach out to us.
Reach out and touch someone. Talk about a throwback. It is a throwback. I could sing the song to sing it. Do you remember it? Reach out and touch someone.
Well, it's vaguely familiar. I can see the fingers walking across the phone book. Yeah. Anyway, sorry. We got lost. We got caught up in our own nostalgia. Always.
Well, I think I'm going to shut this party down. OK, I'm going to go delete my history. OK, and I'm going to eat something.
And then I'm going to watch the next episode of the Great British Baking Show because it's Friday. Friday. And there's a new episode. There's a new episode of Matlock, too. Oh, yeah.
Right. All right. Well, stay fresh cheese bags. Uh huh. And bye. Bye bye.
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