That's gonna die.
What's gonna die? Oh! 
Cara just acted like a prairie dog.
needs to plug in the clock because the battery's dying.
And I said, that's going to die.
And so she was thinking,  where is, what do I need to do about this?  Where is the plug? And she prairie dog.
Like her hands went up.
That's how she thinks.
That's how I think when I'm...
I just have to pause it.
I don't know  when it started or why,  but yeah, I have to prairie dog thing.
It's  amazing.
Anyway, okay.
Welcome to episode 78 of Delete This History, podcast by two besties of a certain age searching for answers.
We are your hosts, Cara Burch.
And Brea Brown.
Yes, you are.
How was your week besides VVB? It was VVB.
because of the tornadoes, super storms.
Yeah, the tornadoes.
Yeah.
Um, I've never  talked to so many people in my life in one week.
Oh my gosh.
You're getting all the calls.
Well, and you know what? I'm really not  like I had an increased amount of calls,  but I'm not a frontline person.
Right.
The frontline people.
my gosh,  I don't even like, God bless them.
I know they were their phone.
They were just ringing off the hook.
I mean, it was just they put it down.
It just rings again.
I  so  I while I had a lot of calls and a lot of weird calls, I feel like they just filtered the weird ones up to me.
I don't know.
But.
Oh, my gosh, I'm glad this week is over.
Yeah.
Dear Jesus, please don't send another storm.
Yeah.
My best.
My best, my favorite phone call that I had was a woman who moved here  from Albuquerque  in the last like six months.
Oh no.
And she said, girl, trees are scary.
She said, let me tell you about my yard.
My yard was made up of one palm tree and rocks.
And she said,  you get here, she said, these trees are massive.
And she just was like, trees are scary.
Yeah.
And she said, I don't know what to do.
There's trees down everywhere.
We've got a tree down in our yard.
She said, what do I do? She had absolutely no idea what to do.
Yeah.
I was like, aw.
That's kind of overwhelming.
Buddy.
I felt really bad for her.
She's like, girl, trees are scary.
They really are.
When the ground is wet, like saturated, trees ain't got nothing to hang on to.
They're like, ah! 100 mile per hour winds.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, yeah, it was VVB because the two departments I work in  happen to be very closely related with storm recovery.
Of course they are.
I know  as soon as it happened, as I was hiding in my closet on Tuesday with Jackie, I was like, oh no, because I knew you were at work.
know, lots of people were at work and Clint was at work.
Peyton was at school freaking out.
I was like dude just what did they do at school? Did they have like a designated tornado shelter? Yeah, they go in the hall.
Oh, it's duck and cover in the hall.
Yeah.
Oh, because I know some schools have like  a tornado shelter where they open up to the community.
Oh, man.
Duck and cover.
They're not one of those.
No, he old school.
He said I was OK till they told us to get again with our heads against the wall  and curl up in a ball.
And I was like, Oh, and kiss your cheeks goodbye.
You mean that position? And he said, yeah, that one.
Then I just started crying.
Oh brother.
He cries about everything.
And I was like, bud, really? Anyway, so yeah, it's very exciting.
Yeah.
It was good times at the city.
We were all in the basement at the, at least at the Bush building we were and, um, Oh yeah, it was.
A lot of bodies in that basement, let me tell you.
Started getting real warm.
But we made it!  Anyway, what about you? What was your week like other than  thorms?  It was  not too bad at our house, actually.
I mean, the wind was bad.
There were, you know, people's trash carts and everything were all over the place.
But  we don't have any trees.
We don't have any big trees,  which I usually am.
kind of bummed about like oh man I wish we had some trees for some shade or some whatever.
I was real glad on Tuesday that we had no trees.
So, that was on Tuesday.
We're recording on Friday.
There are still people without power.
Correct.
There are signals, traffic signals that still have not been fixed.
What? Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
I didn't know that there were traffic signals still out.
Yeah, these  two guys that you might hear on our mics  in the library, they're in, we're in a completely different room from them with, you know, walls and a door,  but they are so loud we can hear their conversation.
They're talking about  not having power.
So,.
Yes.
So, we apologize for the extraneous conversation you can hear in the background  if you can hear it.
If you can't hear it, good.
Great.
Do you have any bookmarks? I do actually.
So, before the storms hit on Monday,   I had, just wasn't having it.
You know how you just wake up and you're like, man, I just would like stay in bed today.
This is a bed day.
Yes.
Slash mental health day.
I should have stayed at home.
The day wasn't great.
And I texted Sean around fourish and I was like,  man, am I in a bad mood? Like I just can't shake it.
Yeah.
And he was like,  let's go out for tacos and margaritas.
I was like,  yes,  yes, let's do that.
So, my recommendation, Margarita Monday.
Yeah.
Do it.
You won't regret it.
Yeah.
I haven't had alcohol in so  long.
This one margarita, was like...
Oh  no.
Sloppy.
So, one margarita and you were done, huh? I was.
mean, it didn't, you I wasn't on the floor or anything, but I was silly.
And the tacos weren't absorbing it.
 So, where did you go?  We went to Jose Locos.
Oh.
I love that place.
And they make excellent margaritas.
They also make excellent shrimp tacos,  which is one of my favorite things ever.
sounds delicious.
It was.
So, that's my recommendation.
I had pretzels and hummus for lunch today.
I am.
So, shrimp tacos sound pretty good right now.
So, sorry.
I'm VVH.
Well, this will kill your appetite.
OK.
My second bookmark is  make sure that if you take fresh fruit with you to work, that you remove it from your bag.
Oh, take it out.
Eat it.
Oh, no.
What happened? So,  yesterday I found a weeks old banana in my bag.
It wasn't my purse, so I carry a purse and a bag.
It was tucked into a pocket  on the outside and I had put my hand in this pocket because I was going to put  some, I was taking some stuff home and so I was putting it in the pocket and I felt this squishy thing in there and so I kind of opened up the pocket.
You would not even believe.
Now I remember when I put this banana in that pocket and I thought I probably shouldn't do this.
And it was the end of February.
Oh my gosh.
When I did this, because it was still winter weather.
I remember thinking you not have fruit flies following you around? How did I not smell it? Yeah.
So, I went to, I was like, I got to this thing out of here immediately.
Yes.
So, I wrapped like a Kleenex around it and was like gently pulling on it.
It was stuck to my bag, of course.
And when it finally, I wiggled it free, it sounded like Velcro.
I'm gonna post this on our social media this week.
Here is the picture of it.
Oh my gosh.
It just looks like a dog turd.
It looks totally like dog poop.
Is that not the most disgusting thing? And it was, you've been carrying that around with you.
Basically for two months.
Oh my gosh.
I carry that bag every single day.
I don't, but let me tell you this.
Once I got it out of that bag,  like imagine  rotten eggs  buried  underneath a chicken coop in August.
Oh no.
Like the smell was heinous.
From a banana?  Oh, oh yeah.
It was death.
That banana died a very, very painful death.
A long time ago.
Oh.
I can't even, I don't know how I didn't smell it.
Oh my gosh.
But once it was freed, I guess that little pocket was just  containing all the smells.
don't know.
So, that's my recommendation.
Do not poke fruit into random pockets.
No,  don't do it.
Oh  man, it was awful.
Those are all my bookmarks.
Okay.
Well, you're right.
That did kill my appetite.
That picture was  delightful.
Okay, so my first bookmark is tfaheustin.com slash donate.
Okay.
You're just getting louder and louder.
It's the Transgender Federation of America in Houston.
Okay.
They are a non-for-profit.
Non-for-profit? Yep.
Non-profit.
That helps people who are transgender  get things like access to hormone therapy and chest binders and things like that.
And I would imagine in Houston  that  they're not In the friendliest of, I don't know.
I was just thinking that.
I'm surprised.
I was going to double check and make sure you said Houston.
Yeah.
Cause I was going to...
The guys just got shushed by the librarian.
they? Yes they did.
Sorry.
Continue.
I decided to look up US charities for transgender rights and for activism.
because we had talked about Nicola Coughlin last week and her efforts to raise money and she raised a ton of money in the UK for people  who are transgender.
And I thought, well, that's great.
I shared that people can donate to that if they want to.
I did.
But then I was like, what about in the United States though? Like it's kind of open season.
You know what I mean?  And so  I looked up a bunch of different ones, but a lot of them were in places like New York.
Washington DC, San Francisco.
Like, they probably have a lot of support  in those areas.
And I thought Houston, holy crap, that would be like one here in Springfield.
So,, which we don't have, by the way.
I mean, we have other resources, but not  a strictly transgender charity.
So, that's what it is.
It's tfahouston.com slash donate if you want to donate somewhere closer to home and you live in the United States.
I would just share that.
Okay, my second one  is  Neapolitan Lindt chocolate truffles Lindt  Lindt Lindt  lindt I meant the fuzzy stuff in your pocket.
Nope  My bags don't have Fuzzy rotten things like your that's I am proud of you  It's commendable anyway, but I did bring one in my bag  so that you could taste test it because they are delicious.
Tell me again what it is.
It's  Neapolitan.
Neapolitan.
So, it's a Lindt  chocolate truffle.
And it's Neapolitan.
So, it's like white chocolate on the outside, which isn't chocolate.
We all know that.
And then on the inside, it's got like strawberry  and  whatchamacallit.
I'm eating this right now.
Strawberry and chocolate.
Oh my gosh.
The librarian's going tell me to calm down.
Oh my word.
It's a taste explosion.
They're so good.
Oh my gosh, this is good.
I got that for 80 % off  at or was it 90 %? It might have been 90%.
The 90 % off Easter candy sale  at  Walgreens the other day when I went in there for allergy meds.
go in for the meds, come out with the candy.
Oh my gosh, those are good.
Well, I went in there for allergy meds because I couldn't stop coughing.
I had that nasty tickly cough and the pollen was really bad on Monday.
So, went in, got some meds, but as I was walking in the door, they had a sign saying 90 % off Easter candy.
I was like, oh hell yeah.
So, I went down the Easter candy aisle, which it was just like a teeny tiny end cap that they had left.
Okay.
And it was a lot of the stuff that I like, but  other people don't like.
So, they had bags and bags and bags of black jelly beans.
And I showed a lot of restraint because I only got  one  bag.
Good job.
I got one bag.
That's impressive.
And,  um,  they had those truffles,  which I should have gotten.
You should have just bought them all.
All of them.
90 % off.come on.
Yeah.
Cause they were so good.
Was this the one over by your office? Yeah.
The one, yeah.
Oh, the one that's just kind of right up the street from here.
Yeah.
your way home.
really was one of the most delicious Lindor truffles I've ever had.
Oh yeah.
They are called Lindor's.
I need to go have a moment.
Because I'm a huge white chocolate fan.
Me too.
I love white chocolate.
Like the white chocolate Kit Kats.
Oh, geez.
Reese's cups.
Yes, I do like those better than the regular ones.
Hershey's Cookies and Cream.
Those white chocolate flips.
Oh, shoot.
Yes.
Mm.
Yeah.
Those are really good.
White chocolate covered pretzels are mm.
My mother introduced me to those when I was a little kid.
She would make, at Christmas time occasionally, she would make her own pretzel rods covered in white chocolate.
And I always thought that was the grossest thing.
And then she made me try one one day and I was like,  oh,  oh,  oh.
These aren't gross, they're amazing.
But she really did herself a disservice.
disservice because now she was not the only one eating those in the house.
Right.
Carrie Jane.
Yes.
Was like on them.
Yes.
Stink on a monkey.
That's it.
Those are my bookmarks.
Well, we're not here to go on and on and on about white chocolate.
I could start a podcast about white chocolate.
So, maybe in the future.
What are we here to do, Brea?  We're here to talk about  our Internet search histories of the week for the week.
Yes, that's true.
And for that we turn to the reading of the list.
Yes.
In this segment, we tell you our top three most interesting, funniest,  most successful internet searches of the week in list form.
Get ready for disappointment.
Because this week was so VVB.
Yeah.
The things that I looked up are fairly pitiful.
Yeah.
So,  I can relate.
Y'all.
This ain't gonna be the best episode.
Now come on, you don't know that.
You don't know about our  sparkling  conversational skills.
Our tangents.
Yes.
This may be the best episode.
I mean,  that's where a lot of the good stuff comes from is when we're just talking about, you know, weird shit.
Well, I'll read you my list and you can be the judge.
Okay.
Here we go.
Number one, women only, Jen.
Jim in Battlefield, Missouri.
Number two, which NFL teams don't have cheerleaders? Number three, why stop using the term Eskimo?  Okay.
Here's my list.
Number one,  why are cats afraid of cucumbers?  Number two,  bone collector caterpillar.
Number three, bad THC trips.
Again?  No, I told people, remember, that I was going to share that search because it was in my what about this one list.
And I said, you know, I might have to revisit that  as a PSA in a different episode.
And this week is the episode because.
You're boring.
 All right, fair enough.
Okay.
Well now it's time to play a game that Brea and I like to call...
Search Me!  And...
This is where we pose.
one question to each other and see if she can answer a vase.
We are, we brought our A game today.
I am so tired and brain dead after this week.
I'm  just not with it.
And then these guys behind us, they really distracted me.
now since they got in trouble, they've been so quiet.
know, they're like not even talking to each other now.
Yeah.
Okay.
Search Me!  quiz.
The score currently is Brea12kara9.
Okay.
Brea, here's your question.
Which of my searches came about when I could not sleep one night and was trying to bore myself?  Okay.
Your options are number one, women only gym in battlefield, Missouri.
Number two, which NFL teams don't have cheerleaders? Number three, why stop using the term Eskimo?  Mmm,  boring.
Boring?  Um,  I am going to say women-only gyms.
 That is incorrect.
That would put me to sleep.
The answer was  which NFL teams don't have  cheerleaders.
Because who cares? Seriously, who cares? Well, I mean,  you obviously thought of it for a reason.
You were satisfying a curiosity.
I was reading some NFL stuff.
I was reading about the draft because I hadn't caught up.
And then some, there was something about cheerleaders and I was like, Oh my gosh, who cares about NFL cheerleaders?  I'm surprised you didn't go to the NFL draft.
I thought about it.
I really did.
But then I thought about the  number of people that were going to be there in green Bay.
Yes.
They talked about, so we watched a little bit of on, we watched the first round  and they talked about, you know, what the population of green Bay was and how many people were there.
And I was like, Nope.
Yeah.
I bet it was.
don't even understand.
They must have had people staying in places an hour away.
They had to have.
They just don't have the infrastructure for that.
Yeah.
I don't know.
But I bet they raked in the money.
Yeah.
mean, people who live there were both excited because they love football and also dreading it.
Okay.
Well, I got it wrong.
What can I say? did.
Do you know which? teams don't have cheerleaders because even though I don't care, we're still going to talk about it.
Let's see.
I'm going to say the Browns.
That's right.
That's one of them.
OK.
The Steelers.
That's right.
That's one of them.
I don't remember seeing any Eagles cheerleaders.
That's incorrect.
Oh, Philly has  cheerleaders.
OK.
Trying to think other places where I have.
just not noticed.
I don't typically notice the cheerleaders though.
Yeah.
Cause who cares? I mean, the only time you really, that they really show the cheerleaders on televised football  is  when it's the Cowboys.
Cause it's  the Dallas Cowgirls and they're, you know, famous or whatever.
Sometimes they show the chiefs cheerleaders.
Yeah.
Like if they're going to go to a commercial break or yeah, something like that, you might catch a glimpse.
a very close up.
You really don't see them very much  in broadcasts.
Well, I'll let you know which ones don't.
Okay, so I got two right.
You did get two right.
How many teams don't? There are nine, I think.
Okay.
six, seven, eight, maybe eight.
Okay.
The Bears.
Oh, okay.
The Bears had a cheerleading squad and they were called the Honey Bears.
It was active from 1976 to 1985 and then the team owner's daughter discontinued the squad.
Okay.
The Browns.
So, the Browns also had cheerleaders in the past unofficially trying them out.
But their last attempt, this is what the internet said, their last attempt to try out cheerleaders was in 1971.
I don't know what that meant.
Okay.
And it didn't care enough to keep looking.
Maybe they just didn't, nobody wants to cheer for them.
Maybe not.
I'm a brown.
I'm a brownie.
What? Brownie.
The Green Bay Packers.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah.
They disbanded their official cheerleading squad in 1988.
However, they unofficially use collegiate cheerleaders from the universe, university of Wisconsin, green Bay  and St.
Norbert college for home games.
Oh, but they're just dressed in like normal, like college cheerleading.
Yeah.
They're, they're not outfits  or they're super flashy.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They don't have green Bay uniforms.
Right.
Um,  the Buffalo bills.
The Bills had a cheerleading squad called the Buffalo Jills, but the organization suspended them in 2014 after legal issues.
What?  Suspended.
Yeah, out of here.
For legal issues? That's it says.
And then they never came back?  been gone for I mean think about what the Bills cheerleaders would have to wear they'd be in snowsuits  it's so effing cold up there  So, you think they had frostbite and someone got sued? Yeah, or, you know, like, I don't know.
Maybe they got so cold, they got hot.
You know how that happens? Oh, yes.
Yeah.
And so they started stripping.
Oh my goodness.
And it was  totally misunderstood.
They actually had a hypothermia, but they thought they were being racy.
Yeah.
Sorry, Buffalo Jills.
Los Angeles Chargers.
The Chargers disbanded their cheerleading squad, the Charger Girls, in 2021 for financial reasons.
Oh.
Broke the bank.
Because the Chargers suck.
New York Jets.
The Jets had the New York Jet flight crew, but the organization decided to cut the program after 2022 season.
The Steelers, which you named.
The Steelers disbanded their Steelerettes in 1969, opting for a more traditional family oriented image for their game.
They're like the meanest team.
I was going to say, you mean like, I mean, they're not as bad as Eagles fans, but they're second.
They are dirty players.
They're, they're dirty and their fans are mean.
Yes.
So,.
No offense, any Steelers fans, but you have a reputation.
And so the cheerleaders weren't family friendly enough, but them shouting obscenities.
Maybe that came about, maybe, maybe the fans and the team got real angry after the loss of the cheerleaders.
Like this is stupid.
Maybe that's it.
Maybe they used to be super nice.
fine.
But then in 1969, they were like, they're like no cheerleaders here anymore we don't have to be nice around the ladies.
We're angry.
Yeah.
The Giants.
The New York Giants are the only NFL no  gosh I am I am batting a thousand.
Okay.
The Giants are the only current NFL team that has never had an official cheerleading squad.
Ever.
Ever.
They couldn't find enough people to cheer for them.
 What do you think those cheerleaders would be called anyway? The giantesses? Oh no, please no.
The giantess  ladies.
The bigfoots.
The Sasquatches.
you call them? Let's see the New York Giants yeah I mmm the Amazonians.
Oh I bet that would go over really well.
Historically the Baltimore Colts which are now the Indianapolis Colts.
Correct.
They were the first NFL team to have cheerleaders starting in 1954 as part of their marching band.
Oh my gosh.
Can you imagine if we had NFL marching bands? Isn't there a team that still has a marching band? And  it is, we've talked about this before.
Because that's the one thing I like about college sports  or college football is that they have marching bands.
Is it the Saints?  I can't remember.
But you're right.
There is a team that has a band.
We'll have to look that up.
OK.
My sources for that  were Google Gemini and Wikipedia.
What's funny is I typed up Wikipedia.
This is how tired I am.
I  couldn't be bothered to spell it correctly,  even for myself.
The Garen scale is a one because who cares? I just don't care.
Now it was kind of interesting.
like the facts about like the Colts,  they were the first team to have cheerleaders and the giants have never had cheerleaders.
mean, those are kind of interesting.
I'm really intrigued about the Buffalo jills.
Those naughty jills.
I'm interested in the bears where the team owner's daughter discontinued the squad.
Oh, I mean, that seems pretty  self-explanatory.
Well, yeah, I just like it.
Yeah, like she's just like,  we're done here.
That's that's some a search.
All right.
Well, I thought that interesting.
Oh, well, good.
I'm glad.
OK, Cara.
Here you go.
OK.
Your question is, which search grossed me out hardcore? Your choices are.
Why are cats afraid of cucumbers,  bone collector caterpillar,  or bad THC trips?  My guts telling me bone collector caterpillar.
You're right.
Go with the gut.
Thank you.
Yogurt.
Activia.
Oh man.
Yes, the bone collector caterpillar.
Let's hear all about it.
It's time for another installment of Gross Things That Share the Planet with Us.
This week our featured guest is the bone collector caterpillar.
Have you ever heard of this thing? Uh-uh, I haven't.
Okay.
Um, hang on to your butt because they're nasty.
Bone collector caterpillars are a carnivorous cannibalistic species.
Ooh.
Yeah.
they ain't messing around,  that camouflage themselves with dead insects, protecting them  from predatory spiders and also stealing spiders' prey right from under their noses in their own webs.
Oh my goodness!  So, these caterpillars, they live side by side with spiders, often in the spider's web.
Oh my gosh, I'm getting the chills.
And  they cover themselves up with  all the things.
that the spider kind of leaves.
So, like the bones of the things that the spider eats and shedded spider skin.
disgusting.
Uh huh.
Anyway, this disgusting creature can be found in the Walene Mountains.
I'm sure that's not how you say that.
I'm sorry.
Walenei? Something.
On Oahu.
Hawaii.
Oh no! That's a beautiful place.
I know.
It's so newly discovered that it doesn't even have a scientific name yet.
But I think Bone Collector is good enough.
Just keep it.
Only 0.
13 % of all caterpillars in the whole world are carnivorous.
I believe that.
Yeah, I mean, I'd never heard of a carnivorous caterpillar.
No! You'll only ever see one caterpillar bone collector caterpillar per spiderweb.
Oh, okay.
Because like I said,  they are  cannibalistic.
Ew.
And so  they will eat each other.
Ew.
So, if you have a smaller, less robust caterpillar bone collector caterpillar,  it is just going to be another meal for the bone collector caterpillar.
So, they  are monogamous.
 They're spider friends.
Researchers have found only, are you ready? 62.
62, that's  it.
6-2 total bone collector caterpillars.
Whoa.
Across more than 150 field surveys during the past 20 years.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah.
That's wild.
Yeah.
They're eating each other.
They're rare.
So, they're gross.
But they're rare.
Kind of like the Kardashians.
And that's bone collector caterpillars.
I got my info from the new  scientist and my Garin scale is  an eight.
Yeah, that is while it is gross.
That is fascinating.
I cannot believe there is a caterpillar that will eat its brother.
Get out of here.
I'm going to eat you.
And I don't remember why I looked this up.
Oh, that was going to be my next question, actually.
I don't.
Remember.
That's interesting.
I like it.
And I got a point.
I am one step closer because you did not get a point today.
You gained on me.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna come around the bend.
That's right.
We can't afford that song.
Even coming around the mountain, can't afford it.
Gosh, we are poor.
Can't afford anything.
Unless they pay us to sing it.
We can't afford it.
That would be awkward.
Just like our next segment or the transition to our next segment.
Yes.
Which is shared history.
right, listen.
This is where we tell you our DTH besties.
what we searched this week, why we searched it, and  what we learned, anything.
I'm going with my Eskimo search first.
Because I  found this interesting.
Are you allowed to say that or are we gonna have to beep it? Yes, we're allowed to say it.
But it's recommended that you stop using it.
So, this came from watching North of North.
It is a commonly used term referring to the native peoples of Alaska and other Arctic regions.
but  the word has a controversial history.
People in many parts of the Arctic consider Eskimo a derogatory term  because it was widely used by non-native colonizers.
Many people also thought it meant eater of raw meat.
And when I say people, I mean the colonizers thought it meant eater of raw meat, which was  a connotation to barbarism and violence.
However, the exact etymology is unclear.
Mid-century anthropologists suggest that the word came from the Latin word excommunicati, meaning the excommunicated ones, because the native people of the Canadian Arctic were not Christian.
But the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks linguists believe now that the word eskimo actually came from the French word esco—  That makes more sense.
Yes, it does.
It sounds closer too.
And it means one who nets snowshoes.
Interesting.
But at this point, it's kind of like too little too late because the word has a racist history to it and bad connotations.
didn't choose that name for themselves.
Right, exactly.
And it is not the name.
Well, well, not necessarily.
Oh, OK.
I'm going  to...
So,,  um,  some did not.
You're right.
most people in Canada and Greenland still prefer other terms.
Yes.
The most widespread is Inuit,  which they used on North of North,  which simply means people.
And the singular, which means person, is  inuk.
Not everyone agrees on what to do with the word Eskimo, however.
Some native Alaskans still refer to themselves as Eskimos because the word Inuit isn't a part of the language that they speak.
So, they don't use Inuit or Inuk because that isn't their language.
So, they use the word Eskimo because that more aligns with their language.
So,  what  I found mostly was  if you're not a native, try to  refer to,  you know, the people in the various regions, how they refer to themselves.
I know that that is not easy because you got to be a little educated.
You got to educate yourself.
Well, all you have to do is be willing to  ask.
Yes, exactly.
And there's nothing wrong with that.
Right.
Yeah, I kind of learned a lot from that show.
I really enjoyed that show.
silly and fluffy as the show was supposed to be.
I found it educational.
Yeah, and they did a good job of keeping it so entertaining you didn't realize you were taking away so much from it.
Right.
And I found myself thinking about that show for days and days after we finished it.
Okay, are you ready to learn why cats are afraid of cucumbers? I very much am, yes.
Here we go.
Do you remember back  in 2015 when  the whole  putting a cucumber behind your cat  when they weren't looking to scare them became a thing?  Yes, I do.
And they had all the videos.
And then people said, hey, please don't do that anymore because it's very stressful for cats.
Well, I was watching.
one of those funny fail videos that I like to watch where it's just people busting their asses and face planting.
And it's basically America's Funniest Home Videos, only no Bob Saget.
Or what's the other guy? I'm dating myself.
The newer guy.
Tom Bergeron.
Oh my gosh.
Oh my gosh.
I that out of my ass.
I forgot about Tom.
Yeah, he was in between.
He did a good job.
And yeah, he was okay.
Anyway, there's no commentary and there's no weird like added things.
You know, on America's Funniest Home videos, they would add voices and they were like, and music and everything.
There's nothing like that.
It's just  literally people,  you know, the stuff that they find that goes viral of people being stupid asses.
Yes.
Anyway, they had a whole montage  of that, the cats and the cucumbers.
And I was like, wow, this is so 2015.
Actually, I didn't remember when it was.
I had to look it up.
My best friend, Co-Pilot, who I have chats with all the time now, they told me that it was 2015 when that started.
Anyway, it gets really old really fast.
Like you watch a few of them and you're just like, OK, we get it.
The cats are afraid of the cucumbers.
But then I was like, but why? Why are they so freaked out by the cucumbers? And there were a few.
things online, theories.
One was that the cats were mistaking the cucumbers for snakes or other living creatures.
Like they see it and they think it's a snake and just, you know, that survival instinct is just like, oh gosh, that looks like a snake, I'm out of here.
Yes.
Okay.
But cat behaviorists, argue that the reaction is more likely due to the sudden appearance of any unfamiliar object in their space.
So, you could do that with anything when they're not looking.
You can put pretty much anything  there that they didn't see before.
And if they turn around and something was there that they weren't expecting, they're going to freak out.
Yes.
Because this is why.
OK.
Cats tend to be hyper aware of their surroundings.
So, when they turn around, Suddenly find an unfamiliar object where there was nothing before  their startled reaction makes sense.
Mm-hmm because they're like, holy shit.
Where'd that come from? Yes.
Okay This is a foreign object in my space and I wasn't aware  of it.
Cutie because they have really good ears.
Yes, they do and they have very good eyesight  when they're, you know young and healthy,  yeah, and They kind of have their head on a swivel.
You know, they're always  So, as long as they're awake, they feel like they know what's going on.
It's like me on the highway.
I know what cars  are around me at all times.
Head on a swivel, head on a swivel.
Like, I just know.
I am keeping track.
Like, oh, there's, so if somebody comes up on me really fast and I didn't notice it, because sometimes that does happen.
Like, you think you're aware of all the cars around you, and then all of a sudden you look and there's some.
Someone just zoom.
Yes.
I'm like a cat.
I get startled.
I do.
I jump in the air and I run off the road.
So, yeah, it's like that.
Now, behaviorists also say it's not nice to stress out kitties.
So, please don't do that.
It's not nice.
I know.
And then in this montage, they had somebody put a cucumber next to a person and the person jumped.
That's funny.
That part kind of   I like that.
Yeah, I thought that was a nice little twist on it.
Yes.
My garrant scale for this was, oh wait,  I got my information from vet.
cornell.
edu.
And my garrant scale was a faux.
Oh.
Because I mean,  I just kind of wanted to know.
And it turns out they're not really afraid of cucumbers.
Have you seen the thing?  And I can't remember what it is, but there's a sound.
there are, cause I've seen videos of this circulating where there's a sound that will make a cat gag.
And I can't remember for the life of me what the sound is right now.
But there's, it's similar to the cucumber thing, but  they show a series of cats.
This sound is made and they,  they gag.
I'll have to look that up and see what it was.
It's at a certain frequency, I guess.
don't know.
That vibrates the bones in their ears a certain Yeah.
they don't...
I am supplying all of the cat noises for today.
You're welcome.
Yeah.
What would we do without you? don't know.
It would be a meow-less, hissing-less, gag-less episode.
can work up a hairball if you want me to.
OK.
A real wet one.
Oh, gross.
I'm trying to keep you from getting really hungry.
that'll do it.
That'll do, pig.
Oh, my gosh.
All right.
Here's my last search.
OK.
Women only gym in battlefield.
Okay.
So, what made me look this up was when I saw this is a headline in a newspaper, the local paper  and it made me think of curves.
Do you remember curves? Oh yes.
That place cracked me up.
Some people loved it.
Oh yeah.
I thought like I looked into it just to, know, I never went there, but I researched it and I was like,  that  Sounds like the most boring thing I could ever think of I bet it was 10 % more expensive than the man's gym probably was yeah,  But so I looked this up because I wanted to know a little bit more about it first of all I wanted to know if it was a curves it is not okay  is two  gals That have just decided they wanted and a women's only gym.
Okay?  And Battlefield is just outside Springfield for y'all that don't live around here.
I live really close to battlefield.
Yes, yes you do.
It's called the Chica's Club.
Chica's.
And the point is to create a less intimidating workout place for women and create a community among the women that belong to this gym.
Okay.
So, you're not just showing up working out and leaving.
You make friends there, you help each other out, you support each other,  you meet up and work out together.
Oh this sounds terrible.
 It opened in April  and  it has all the typical gym equipment along with group classes.
So, it's just your typical gym, no boys allowed.
So, this idea came out of one of the owners, came from one of the owners about three years ago with all of the roles that women play in life.
They tend to put  others first, but themselves last and their health and wellness suffers because of it.
And she didn't like that.
And so she said when she makes time for herself to exercise, she always feels better  and she feels like she can be a better mom, a better wife, just a better person all around when she takes care of herself.
And she wanted other women to feel the same way, but she knows that lots of women don't go to the gym because it's intimidating, not just because of maybe the guys that are there,  but also because the equipment, like they don't know how to use the equipment or it seems like.
I could never use that equipment.
I could never lift that.
I'm going to pull a muscle if I do that.
So,, and if I try, I'm going to look stupid.
I'm going to look stupid.
Exactly.
So, she wants to fix that.
Um,  the other owner wanted to make sure that their gym had good equipment, good childcare and good customer service, which are three things that she says she always found lacking other gyms that she's tried in the past.
So, they have childcare,  which number one, that's awesome.
Yes, it is.
That should.
That should have been the first thing on the list.
So, that's cool.
I'm glad that they've chosen good equipment.
And then she just said customer service is like super important to her.
They also have trainers there in different workout groups like Zumba and boot camps.
Once a month, they host an event for gym members to gather, get to know one another, build a community at the gym  and help break through that intimidation factor.
So,  if you know the people around you that are working out, you're probably going to be less,  um,  scared to try something new.
You might even ask, Hey,  Bobby, can you come over here and help me with this? don't know how it works.
And I saw you using it.
Um,  the gym is open 24 seven.
So,  that's pretty sweet too.
Dang.
They had about 50 women sign up in less than a month after opening.
Nice.
They're already talking about expanding and opening a second location.
The owner's names are Jennifer Hernandez Longoria.
and Gabriella Ver- Ver- Vergo  Ver- Gu- Wha-  Oh, Gabriella, I'm really sorry.
Ver-gu-o Ver-gu-o.
I think that's right.
Johnson.
It's hyphenated.
Ver-gu-o Johnson.
Gabriella, I'm really sorry.
Cause she listens to this podcast.
Of course.
My sources were the Springfield News Leader, Ozarksfirst.com and Instagram because they have an account.
Would you like to know  how to avoid a bad THC trip?  Sure.
Tell me all about it.
Okay.
I had my first bad gummy eating experience recently, like a few weeks ago, and I did not enjoy it at all.
I took the same brand, the same variety, the same dosage  and everything that I've always  done.
Yes.
If this wasn't like all of a sudden I was like, you know what? I'm going to slam some gummies.
Right.
It was just  a typical, I'm going to have some THC.
Okay.
And I sat down to watch funny videos like I often do  and everything seemed to be just fine.
And then about an hour later, things were not fine.
Something in one of the videos and I don't remember  what it was.
hit me wrong and it just really freaked me out and I got really anxious and I started to feel  weird.
Oh no.
And I was like disconnected from my body and  anyway I went to bed and I laid down and things got worse.
Shoot.
And I was paranoid.
I was paranoid that I was a bad person  and that nobody liked me and that I was a bad parent.
And then poor Clint had to supervise me during this  because I couldn't fall asleep.
And then he started to get worried about me,  but my muscles would get like really tense, like to the point, like my neck was starting to hurt.
I was so clenched.
And then I would have to be like,  Oh my gosh, unclenched.
I would have to like do breathing exercises and like consciously relax my muscles.
And then my shoulders would start twitching.
Oh my gosh.
I was twitching like I was in a thriller video or something.
It was terrible.
And then I did have one  giggling fit when I asked Clint for about the 20th time if I was a bad parent.
And he was getting so irritated at me,  which made it worse because then I was like.
Oh my gosh, I really am a terrible person and nobody likes me.
I'm so annoying.
So, then I said, I sound so stupid.
And I said it like that, like stupid.
And even as annoyed as he was with me, he started laughing.
so  I laughed and we laughed.
And then every time I would think something awful about myself, I would laugh.
I would giggle and like have, you know, one of those.
crazy giggling fits.
then I would stop and I would go back to feeling awful.
And that's all, that's about all I remember.
But it lasted for hours.
And time was going by so  slow.
Like I would lay there and I'd be like,  okay, I've been laying here for about an hour now.
And I'd look at my watch and it had been four minutes.
 So, naturally I never want this to happen again  and some people might say  don't consume THC ever again But those people are quitters and we don't need that kind of negativity in our lives  And my parents raised me better than that That's right So, you fall off the bike and you get all scraped up after you get some neosporin and bandages on those knees You get back on that damn bicycle and you try again.
That's right same principle,  but you learn from these mishaps, right? You steer around the pothole that makes you go ass over tea kettle over your handlebars.
So, here  are the potholes when you're talking about THC and how it can affect you.
Did you know  that your body's sensitivity to THC can fluctuate based on things like stress,  lack of sleep, dehydration, and dietary choices? Oh gosh that's a lot of things.
Yeah I did not know this.
Now I do.
Did you know your mental state and environment play a role in how THC affects you? So, if you're feeling overwhelmed or anxious, or if you're in an unfamiliar setting, it could amplify those negative effects.
Yikes.
That makes sense.
Yep.
But I didn't  really ever think about that.
Did you know  that terpenes and cannabinoid ratios can vary from batch to batch, even in the same brand of THC? Hmm.
No.
Some of them enhance relaxation while others increase alertness or paranoia.
Oh geez.
So, your blend is important.
And did you know that edibles metabolize just like any other food in your body that day? So, if your digestion is slower than usual, the effects might hit you harder or last longer than expected.
had no idea, although that tracks.
mean, especially edibles.
You're eating it.
Yeah.
Why wouldn't it? Makes sense.
So, based on all these factors, what can you do to avoid tripping balls in a bad way? Like, Brea Brown down some newsroom stairs.
 First,  start with a lower dose.
Even if you've always used the same amount before, if you've had a bad reaction, maybe the next time start lower, wait an hour,  then take a little bit more.
But you always have to wait because if you take more too fast,  like if you're like, this isn't working,  I'm not feeling anything.
You can get yourself in trouble.
Your metabolism might be slow that day.
Correct.
Make sure you're in a comfortable, familiar space with calming activities available.
Yes.
Well, I was in a familiar space.
Well, I was going to ask what video you were watching.
OK, so we were watching funny animal videos because those always get me the most.
And I do remember one thing that kind of squicked me out, but we got past that one.
And I don't know.
There was something.
Something I saw it had nothing to do with the actual video.
I think it was somebody's house  in the video or something  and it made me think  that person's a serial killer or that house looks creepy or that house looks like it smells bad.
You know how you  You know how that happens sometimes?  Do you ever think that when you're watching a show and you're like, that house smells?  No.
I do.
I don't.
And maybe it was something like that because  there were animal videos.
Maybe there was somebody with a lot of animals.
Yeah.
And I was like, their house stinks.
Or that looks like a serial killer house.
Or something freaked me out.
Like on that level.
Now before that,  were watching and they had like a time lapse video of a centipede  shedding.
And  that grossed me out so bad that I had to look away.
And I told Jackie to tell me when it was over.
But she did.
And we got past it.
But that's the last thing I remember that really kind of bothered me.
Yeah.
But pretty soon after that, I was like, I gotta get out of here.
But anyway, I was in my own home.
Like  how much more comfortable can you be? I know.
I know.
I must have just been really anxious.
Well, and a caterpillar shedding  is upsetting when you're just your normal self.
Right.	
In my opinion.
I can't stand stuff like that.
But have you seen, I've never understood this and now I do.
Have you seen stuff like where people are watching something or they have a video up that  is supposed to be disturbing to people and it's things like that, like centipede shedding or a snake shedding or  it's like nature stuff but it's kind of gross nature stuff and it's like fast-forwarded like time-lapse I can't remember where I've seen that before but I've seen that before somewhere like where somebody is showing that in order to freak people out  oh and it's associated with drugs I have never seen  no I have never seen this would be like a clockwork orange or something like really surreal happening where they're like playing a video and it's like all around you on all these screens around you.
Have you met me?  Does that sound like something I would watch?  It was in a movie or something that I saw though.
And I was like,  I was like,  why would that be scary?  if you're- You're tripping balls.
Yeah.
If you're on something, it is scary.
Cause your brain's not working normally.
And it's not the same as being drunk.
Drunk is not the same.
Okay, here we go.
Hydrate before and after and during your experience and try to have something in your stomach  before you use it.
Use a THC slash CBD blend, which I already do.
So, that wasn't the problem.
Because CBD will kind of cut down on, it has a more calming effect.
So, it'll cut down on the anxiety  portion of the THC high.
Now, if you're feeling stressed or anxious, maybe wait for a different time when you're in a better head space.
But this is the thing.
I thought it was supposed to help you relax.
I was getting ready to say.
And escape from stress and anxiety.
Yeah.
I would assume that's why people are taking the gummies.
Not heighten it.
To come down a little bit.
Right.
So, it sucks that sometimes it can have the opposite effect.
You need to do your research for sure.
But now I know.
Yes.
Knowing's half the battle, G.
I.
Joe.
My source was RoyalQueenSeeds.com.
I gave it an 8 on the Garron scale.
Even though was a little too late,  I mean,  it's never too late to learn.
Oh, goodness, no.
Because prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Like my mom always said.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
We knew what you meant.
We're women of a certain age.
were with you.
Midwestern women of a certain age.
We all know that saying.
So, anyway, that was it.
Okay.
But  what about this one? What about it?  This is an extremely quick listing.
of other searches from the past week that we didn't have time to discuss or were basically just too boring to share.
Too boring.
Yeah, boring.
Yeah.
So,  boring.
All right.
Here is my list.
Show about two Indian brothers who inherit a gang.
Could not remember the name of that show, The Deli Boys.
Oh, yeah.
Phlegmatic definition.
Oh.
Non-underwear bras that don't create  uniboob.
I just think I'm gonna get a uniboob and I will not have it.
Lift and separate.
You just have to, every once in a while, because I will not wear an underwear.
I know that you don't.
Will not do it.
I know.
That's all I wear.
So, every once in a while you just have to excuse yourself, go in the bathroom.
Put your hand down,  each cup, lift and separate.
Shove it, yeah.
I don't wanna have to do that.
I know you don't, but it's so much more comfortable than having that underwire.
mean, underwire will, it chafes me so bad under there.
Plus I have really sensitive skin anyway that I just, can't do it.
There are just times where  they don't bother me.
The underwires don't bother me that much, but there are days that you know how you just, you're just like, can't wear this clothing item today.
And it's something that you wear normally.
There are days when I'm like, I can't even wrap my mind around putting on an underwire bra.
And those are becoming more frequent those days.
So, I'm  researching.
If you have any recommendations for me, I'm willing to look them up.
Anybody also out there, I was talking to Brea just now, but.
If any of you guys have  a bra that will lift and separate without underwire, send it my way.
And it doesn't have to be bespoke.
No.
Just a nice little gerbil bed.
Would be nice.
It's almost come full circle, hasn't it? I'm talking about bras again.
hate them all.
All right.
How many ounces in two quarts?  Chief's wide receiver who quit to be a rapper.
Do you remember that?  Cadarius Tony, he quit.
He's going to be a rapper.
That is my list.
I had five things.
I have three.
Are you ready? My what about this one this looks like my reading of the list list.
Okay.
Okay.
Here we go.
Uh, ukulele history.
All right.
Pepsi patio.
Pepsi patio.
Pepsi patio.
It was a drink from Pepsi.
Oh, patio.
was diet.
All right.
And three iron supplements without stomach problems.
Did you find anything? No, they don't exist.
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Take it with orange juice.
I don't know how many hours are in other people's days, but I don't have that many hours in a day.
And they're like, okay, here's what you need to do.
Put a little bit of food on your stomach to take your iron pill.
But not a lot.
And not these things.
There's a whole long list of things.
Nothing dairy, nothing this, nothing that.
Don't drink coffee.
Oh.
Within two hours of taking that pill.
Okay, well,  when am I supposed to take this thing?  Then it says take it with orange juice.
And wait two hours until you eat.
Okay, so then I have the kind of, they're like gluconate, some ferrous gluconate or something.
You have to take them multiple times a day.
Oh my lord.
that way your body will absorb it.
And follow that same routine? Yeah.
And I was like, you know what? I'll just be tired.
I'll just be anemic and fricking tired all the time.
I cannot.
I.
cannot tell you how  little  fucks I have to give about doing that.
I'm like, no way.
There's gotta be a better way.
I am not gonna do that.
What if you just ate liver?  Gross.
Pills are looking pretty good now, they?  Yeah, they  really are.
Oh, liver.
You want to it raw.
You can cook it.
Oh, thanks.
You're welcome.
My granny used to love chicken livers.
My dad does.
I don't know if he still does, but when we were kids, he would want chicken livers, and we just were all so grossed out.
I've never eaten one.
They might be great.
I don't know.
I can't even.
I look at them.
Just the texture.
It's because they look like a liver.
It's like that's a liver.
That was in a thing that had a liver.
Right.
And now I'm about to eat it.
Not just that, but I mean, they just look so.
If you use an  egg wash  and then dunk it in some flour  and then a pinch of salt and then drop it in the oil, it's delicious.
Oh, what?  I don't know I might get there.
I might get there.
I feel like I know what it will, what it will, like you were saying the texture when I bite into it.
Oh gosh.
You know what I'm, it's Dances with Wolves.
Remember when he, the, what was his name? That character, wind in his hair.
And he eats the heart.
He cuts the heart out.
Like I'm imagining, it's just like a big ball of jelly.
It's no  livers are more like  um  in my mind  they're  denser and they're like um pasty and chalky.
Pasty and chalky you're  there may be something wrong with your liver if that's what you think livers are gonna taste like.
Not taste like that's the texture.
Pasty and chalky? They're like really  um  why can't I think of the word? Yeah, they're super duper gross.
I feel like you need to maybe try a little chicken liver Because I think you're terribly wrong.
No I remember my granny would cut into it and it would be like It looked like it was kind of,  God, what is the word?  Not grisly, but,  I can't think of any word except pasty, and it's not pasty.
I have it.
And then as soon as I go to say it, it runs away.
I'm just going to look up what other people say.
Yes, like smooth and velvety, like a velvet kind of like...
Yeah,  yeah, yeah.
Granular.
Like kind of grainy, a little bit grainy.
That's because it's filtering out all the sand you eat.
It's smooth, silky texture.
Yeah, see, that's what I'm picturing, especially when I'm thinking about wind in his hair, cutting out that heart.
For whatever reason, I feel like, no, maybe he did cut out.
Maybe it was the liver.
No, I think it was the I don't remember.
I feel like maybe it was the liver.
But anyway, whatever it is that he cuts out and eats, that's what I  picture a liver  tasting like, like the texture.
I may have to watch Dances with Wolves this weekend so I can remember.
Yeah, cause you know, who wouldn't want to remember that? That is the saddest movie.
But it's also so good.
It's okay.
It's really long.
It was one of like four DVDs, or not DVDs, sorry.
It was one of four VHSs that we had in our house when I was growing up.
You only have four? We had very few.
had...
We did two really.
We had Disney movies.
Cause my mom belonged to some kind of Disney.
video club or something where we got Little Mermaid and all those things.
But  for a long time it was like  Dances with Wolves, Batman.
What else did we have?  And I watched all those movies so many times.
I've seen Dances with Wolves at least 20 times.
Oh my, that's a lot.
Cause there's nothing else to do.
You have any shout outs? I don't.
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That's it.
I'm gonna go delete my history and get some dinner.
Yeah.
You should do that.
Get some liver! No!  You know what? What? It's like hummus.
That kind of a texture.
But more dense.
And in a ball.
So, like, the hummus isn't frozen?  No.
I think your liver's a little more stout than the hummus.
Yeah.
I mean the cooked ones.
The cooked chicken livers.
Not my liver.
We're not talking about my I know, I know.
My liver is in terrible shape because I sigh all the time.
We already know this.
Oh crap.
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