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You can relax.That's the name of our podcast.Hello.Welcome to Relax the Podcast.Boo.Boo.Peek-a-boo.Happy Halloween.Spooky episode.Happy Halloween.I know when this episode comes out tomorrow will be Halloween. Do you say Halloween or Halloween?
I don't think about it too much.
Some people say Halloween.Happy Halloween.I think I say Hall.Anyway.Hi, I'm a narwhal today.
I texted Colleen today.I was out running some errands and I texted her.I was like, oh, hey, should we dress up for the podcast this week?Because it's going to be like come out on Halloween pretty much.And she said, we are.
I've already got costumes for us.I got you a carrot one.And I'm being a narwhal.
I was thinking ahead.I was very excited about this.So yes, we are dressed up today.Uh-huh.Carrot and a narwhal.And I am trying to... Can I ask a question?
You can ask me whatever you want.
What's going on with the ass of that thing?What's going on with the butt?The ass of the... Yeah, of your costume.
I haven't looked.Can you stand up?Is it open?
Can you stand up and turn around?
There's like, what is that?What's going on there?
Oh, what is it?Is it supposed to be connected like that?
I don't know.There is a button there.
What's happening?There's a button.Is that a fin?It's my fin, yeah.
Oh, that's your whale tail?
My whale tail, yeah, I guess.
It looks like it should be tucked and then buttoned up here.
Like a diaper or something?It looks like.How bizarre, what a strange choice.
I didn't notice that.Thank you for that special surprise on my butt.
I like that they have pockets.I have another surprise. Really?You said carrot.
One of the places I happened to be running an errand was a Spirit Halloween.
You ran an errand at a Spirit Halloween?As you do, yeah, the week before Halloween.What kind of necessary errands were you running at Spirit Halloween?
And I was like, well, she got me, I don't know, I didn't know what kind of carrot costume you got me, but I didn't know, like, what the, if, I didn't think it would have a head, I didn't think it would have a hood.
Is that better?Do I look more like a carrot now?
No, but it's cool. It's a very pointy green wig thing.I like it.It looks great.
Why is it embarrassing?It's beautiful.
What's wrong with it?It's awesome.I love it.
So yes, it's a Halloween episode.
It is a Halloween episode.
And probably the day after Halloween, what are you going to do?
And start decorating for what?
What are you going to get me?
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Mm-hmm your favorite sausage.
I don't know whatever else.I don't know, but it looks like a fishing point You can just dangle it over the fire.I need that I want that how about an acoustic frog amplifying phone speaker?
Wait, say it again.Look at it!It's a ceramic frog.Wow, that's amazing.
Oh my God, I love the frog's holding its own mouth open.I'm always washing stuff on my phone and it'll make your phone louder.How about this?A turntable cheese board.It's a cheese board that looks like a record player.
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And then this thing comes off and that's what slices the cheese.It actually has a cheese slicer with the wire, a cheese wire.
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I actually do like watching sports with you.
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I'm legit going to use our own code to go grocery shopping for you.
Yeah.Well, I just told you what I want, so you're welcome.You got it.You love dressing up for Halloween?
I just like dressing up in general and I like Halloween.It's like two things that I love.
You get like 10 costumes a year, I feel.
I have a lot of time to make up for.
Oh, cause you didn't celebrate when you were a child?
Right.So I feel like I didn't get to dress up when I was at the like heyday of when it's like the most fun to dress up.Cause I didn't dress up from the ages of two years old all the way up to 12 or something like that.
And then I was kind of too old to dress up at that point.So I didn't get to dress up.And then all through like college and beyond, it was kind of like, I don't know, I dress up and not really.
And then now I have kids and it's like exciting to dress up again.
It's so fun with kids.It's so fun.What a great holiday.Such a fun holiday.I don't get like, I find nothing satanic about it.I think it's just about like candy and kids and silly costumes and fun costumes and free candy.
Yeah, I guess it's all about perspective.
A community and like neighbors, you know?
Yeah, I agree.I think my parents were just trying to keep us safe.They were doing the best they could and they were like, they felt like it was a satanic holiday and we'd be given poison if we went trick-or-treating.
Yeah, there was a lot.I feel like when I was a kid, there was a lot of fear.
There's gonna be razor blades.Yeah, or needles.
Like I would check candy as a kid.
Because I would like really think that in a scary way.
Did you ever participate in mischief night?Do you know about that?
I've never, have we talked about this before?Probably.I think you told me about this and I was blown away.Probably last Halloween, yeah.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're like, it's a night where- They call it like, the night before Halloween is like mischief, we call it a mischief night.I think they call it other, like devil's night, other places.
It's called illegal awful night.Like the things, if I remember correctly, it was like horrific, the things falling.
No, you just like teepee people's house, like put toilet paper on people's like trees and houses and stuff.
Didn't you say you would like egg people and like- We throw some eggs, yeah. That's so mean.
You put shaving cream under people's car door handles, so when they went to open their car, they had shaving cream.
To people you knew?It was your buddies or it was strangers?
Sometimes people you know, mostly strangers.
There even was a thing where you would take a coffee filter, those paper coffee filters, and you would put flour in it, baking flour, And then you put like, and then like tie it up and then it'd become like a little like flower projectile.
It would like throw at people's doors and stuff.Pretty sure the statute of limitations.
I hope that doesn't still exist.I hope people still don't do this mischief night thing.
I didn't see, I don't see it much.I didn't see like, oh, that person got TP'd and there's toilet paper all over someone's yard.I didn't see that.
I'd never heard of it before.
Well, I guess it hasn't happened yet, so.
Well, but I'm saying like in general, I'd never heard of that until you had told me about it.And I was like, I think you made that up.
Horrible.Yeah.I hope that's not a thing anymore.Don't be mean to people on Halloween should be a fun, happy holiday.Yes.I have a lot of things to talk about today.I'm very excited about this episode.
Okay.Who do you think needs to relax?All right.
I want to talk about who we meet, who we need, who we need, who is, oh my. who we think needs to relax.There's the English that came out.And then I have some really spooky things to talk about.
Yeah, we should be.I think it's fun to be spooked.
Yeah, we're going to be spooked.OK, so the thing that I think needs to relax is outlets on airplanes.
Oh, yeah, it's a good one.
because I've used to travel all the time, and we've recently just traveled to Connecticut, and I needed to charge my laptop on the plane, which I'm so grateful whenever airplanes have outlets in general.
It's a luxury, exciting, but I feel like it's kind of a necessity these days, especially because a lot of airplanes don't provide entertainment much anymore.I feel like a lot of airplanes take the TVs out, or it's not many options.
So because of that, I feel like they should have outlets.
Which on most planes they do.
Yeah, but for some reason, the outlets on the airplanes won't hold a plug.You put a plug in and it just falls out.I was trying to charge my laptop, which in their defense, it's a heavy plug.It's a very heavy charger, the computer chargers.
but still like nothing I could do.We tried everything to keep that thing in and it would not.And then I went and tried to put my, just my phone charger in it, just a regular charger.And that wouldn't stay in.
Same, yeah, they just, they're loose.They're loose or something.
And it wasn't a single plane problem.It was every plane we went on.We did four planes.
You know you're in the sky, right?
I am aware that we're in the sky.
You know you're like thousands of feet in the sky going like 700 miles an hour.And you're like, man, I can't plug in my computer.Right.Isn't the world crazy?It's crazy.Like I'm literally flying in a metal bird going 700 miles an hour.
Why can't I charge my laptop?
You're not, you're not the type of person who's like, looks out a window at an airplane and is like, look at those mountains.Look at those farms.They're all, look at all those square farms and canyons.
You know what I noticed though, love?
I like to look out the window.
You love to look out the window, but you don't want to sit at the window.No, no, no, no, no.He wanted to sit me at the window, Flynn in the middle and Eric on the aisle, which makes the most sense because he has the long legs.
That makes the most sense, right?
Yeah, totally understandable.So the issue is that I do not like the window seat.I don't care about looking out the window.
I typically want the window shade closed because I wanna be able to edit and I can see my screen better when I can edit if the window's down.So anyway, but you like to look out the window.You're flying.
Right, which is, I love that you love to look out the window.I think that's wonderful.But then you cannot sit on the aisle and then the whole time, be leaning over everyone to try to look out the window and be telling us you scolded.
We've talked about this.You were the whole time to me and Flynn. Look out the window, look out the window.Flynn, look out the window.Look, look, look out, what's out the window?
I didn't go on a plane until I was 17.Here he is, he's traveled the world and he's five years old.
Some people just don't care to look out the window.
I'm aware.You're up in clouds.And I look and I appreciate, and then I go back to what I was doing.I'm not gonna gander for five minutes.
Yeah, the plugs don't work.
Plug some work, and if you want to stare out the window, I think that's beautiful.And I think you should sit at the window to stare at the window.
And I certainly do not think that you should be yelling at me and Flynn to look out the window when we do.
I thought he'd be more, it wasn't about you, it was about him.And I just thought he'd be more excited to like see certain things, you know. I was like, look at all those lights.That's Las Vegas.You know what I mean?
Then he'd be like, are we over Colorado yet?You know what I mean?I thought it was a fun teaching moment.
Yeah, but he was very sweet because you would be like, look out the window.Look, we're in the sky.And he'd look, and then he'd look at you and be like, mm-hmm.He'd be like, he was like, yeah, I see, Dad.He was so sweet.Yeah, I think you should maybe
He's a way better flyer than me.
Yeah, he's a great flyer.He's a very good flyer.
One of the flights he had a hard time on.There was four flights we took.The first flight back home was a long one.From Connecticut to Denver was long.And he asked a lot how much longer.
But that's not like, he's not like, what is, why is there turbulence?He's not like that.No, no, no, no.
No, it doesn't think anything of it.
To me, like whenever there's a, in the slightest bit of turbulence, I like look at you for like reassurance.I know, it's sweet.And you're like, you'll like, you won't even look at me anymore.Back, you'll just like pat me.Okay, little baby.
At one point, I remember on the plane where there was some turbulence. And he looked to Flynn, who didn't notice and didn't care, and he'd go, it's just because we're in the clouds and the clouds are doing that.And he was like, what?
He took out his headphones and was like, shut up.
And you're like, it's just the clouds, Flynn.It's just because there's clouds.And he was like, okay.
Why am I so anxious all the time?
I think a lot of people are.I think it's very universal.It's a terrifying thing to fly.
I think it's wild that that happens.But yeah, the plugs don't work.You're right.They don't.Maybe it's from, because they're low and people plug things in and then they are kicking them or whatever.
And so like the plug holes are getting all like bent or stretched out or something like that.They don't, everything's just, they just, things just bubble out of those plugs.
They don't, they're, yeah.
But it is crazy to be able to charge things way up in the sky.
So who do you think needs to relax, love?
I was gonna keep it Halloween themed and I was gonna say this stuff is the fake spiderweb stuff that you get at Like Halloween starts and she was like, I hate the feeling of it feels like our cat Daisy.Yes.
What no Yes, she feels feels worse than this.I'm But I think it's like, you know, it's like this Halloween kind of tradition.You get like the fake spiderwebs or whatever and then you try and spread them out.But like they always come out like clumpy.
They're really hard to like spread and make look like a real spiderweb.I don't think they actually look like spiderwebs.
They look like Halloween.
They look like whatever.But I hate the feeling of it and I hate then having to clean it up. And so I was like, I looked up today, I was like, oh, other people might hate this, must hate this stuff.Like, you know, what else can I say about it?
And I found a bunch of research from like wildlife groups about how bad this is for nature.
So I thought I would make myself and you aware of that and say that we shouldn't use it anymore because apparently when you, at least outside, when you put this outside,
It traps like little bugs, could trap small animals, and apparently it's like birds too.Shut up.One of the websites had a picture of like a giant owl, like all caught up in this.
Oh my god, it's horrible.
Yeah, because it's like crazy synthetic fibers, right?I don't know.
Oh yeah, oh no.This just seems.Well the bugs, I mean no offense, I'm gonna hot take, the bugs can go.Come on.Don't let Flynn hear this.But like the bugs.Which ones?I don't feel too bad about that.We have so many bugs.
that we can afford to hurt them with fake spiderwebs?
I don't wanna hurt anything, I'm just saying like, I don't feel too, we're not gonna use the spiderwebs again, now that we know this, but I'm saying that like, eh, I don't feel too bad that maybe we've lost some bugs because we've used this stuff.
But birds and little animals and stuff, that's very sad.I didn't know that.
And then one other little just thing that one of our kids said that made me laugh so hard that I wanted to share with you. And then I have literally nothing else to talk about.
But I love when they like pick up your isms, like your things that you say or whatever.
Like it's really funny to me when like, like Little Maisie or Little Wesley say something or like it's like straight out of like their big brother's like brain or your brain.
But like we're doing dinner time the other night, you were upstairs starting their bath or whatever.
And like, you know how like the two year olds, they'll just like hand you something, like they'll hand you specifically trash or like they'll finish a snack and they'll just stick their hand out, like holding it up to you or whatever like that.
Wesley did that to Flynn.He had finished gummies or a bar or whatever, and he has the wrapper, and he just is not even looking at Flynn, and he goes, handed it to Flynn, and Flynn goes, what do I look like, a trash can?
The amount of times I've heard you say to him, what am I, a trash can?Because he would just hand you trash, as opposed to put it in the trash can.
Well, because the Trinity said that's not how that works.He put it in the trash.That's so funny Flynn said that.
Yeah, I just overheard it.
That's so funny. Flynn did something like that to me the other day because Maisie was upset.And sometimes when Maisie gets upset, Flynn will, I don't want to say like poke the bear, but like he's kind of poking the bear.
You know, like it'll be like if she's upset about something, he wants to fix it.Yeah.But like once she's calmed down or calming down, he'll like remind her of the thing that she is upset about.You know what I'm saying?
And it'll kind of like it doesn't do it to be mean or whatever.It's just like he's five.And so he's like trying to understand the situation.But sometimes it'll like. escalate things more, you know?
And so there's been a couple of times where I've said to Flynn, like, hey buddy, I've got this, let mommy talk to her and please don't interrupt right now.You know, I'll like ask him to please not like let me handle it.
And the other day Maisie was upset and he said to me, hey mommy, just stop, just stop talking to her.Like, I'm gonna do it.I was like, Um, no.But he really is a little parrot.Like he'll repeat whatever we say.It's very funny.Yeah.
And Wesley just copies everything he does.Cause like Flint's like his idol.Um, but yeah, as far as deescalating situations with the two year olds right now, uh, you could just be breathing and you might escalate situations.
It's brutal.It is brutal.But wait, what was your relax?
Oh, that's right, and oh, you just wanted to tell me that story.That's right, sorry, sorry.
My brain got confused.Yeah, I saw it on my phone before we got started, and I was like, oh, I gotta tell her that.
What do I look like, a trash can?I didn't tell you this yet.I just talked about it on my vlog, but yesterday, Maisie, I went to pick her up, and she was looking up at me, and she goes, mommy, what are those stripes? And I said, stripes?
She goes, yeah, what are those stripes?Where?She points to my armpits.It was stubble.And I go, this?And she's like, yeah, what is that?She goes, how did you do that?I do not like it.How about my armpit hair?
She's very observant and has a lot of opinions and yes, is blunt about them.
Yes.What you do, what you do to your face. What she says, what'd you do to your face?
Yeah, you know, you know what I did, huh?I had I was I As a gift in a gift basket or something, I'd never used these.These were before my time, but those like star patches for pimples.
And she was like, I don't like this star on your face.We didn't have that when I was a kid.
Yeah, me neither, definitely.
We had like stringent wipes.They were like little, did you ever use those?Like Oxy, it was like a little white, pad that just was burning alcohol and it was like sandpaper.
Oh, yeah.I mean, yeah, we had like the oil pad things.
You like pat the oil away and like and like soaps with like sand in them and rocks.
And you would have all these things clear.
So like tinted clear.So now people just wear stars.And I was like, oh, that's actually pretty cool.
Yeah, it's pretty cute.I have some spooky things to talk about, if you don't mind.
Let's get. Let's get scary.
So, you know, it's it's Halloween.It's a spooky season and that's exciting Some people love to be scared and love getting spooked.
I don't horror movies you I will not watch them Cannot watch a horror movie.It's crazy.
I don't like being scared.
I love horror movies in October No one will watch them with me.
Not me find someone else not gonna it won't be me but I was thinking about it and like
There are things that are super scary that I think there should be more horror scary spooky movies about more people should talk about during the holiday season of the Halloween holiday season.
Because most people when you think of like scary things you think of, you know, I don't know what's spooky. there's ghosts and goblins and witches and you think of that stuff.
But I started to make a list and I was hoping you could help me with more things.A list of things that is like actually some of the scariest things in the world to me as an adult.Okay?So like, here's a really spooky, scary thing.
Let's say you're texting someone, they text you, you text them back and then they immediately call you.
I think any phone call is scary.
Phone calls in general are certainly scary, but most phone calls you can just like click ignore, but if you're texting someone.
You have to answer.That is spooky, dude.
No, you are not afraid of running low on gas.You are insane, and you scare me when we're running low on gas.Take it to the limit.
He will take it all the way to like, the gas light will go on, which is already anxiety- This happened just the other day, and I was just teasing you.
It's not a tease.If it's like legit, we're gonna run out of gas with our kids in the car.
We had, okay, so I was like, the gas light went on and we're like, I was like, we got a gas.He's like, we can make a home.And I was like, we absolutely cannot.It says 21 miles or something.And he's like, and we're 15 miles to home.
But we were on the highway.So like, even though the mileage matched up on our, on like Apple maps or whatever, to how many miles left the car was telling us we had, we would like be lose more because we were doing highway miles.
So as we got closer and closer to home, it got to a point where it was like, you were losing your mind. I was freaking out.It was like three miles to empty.The car said three miles to empty, and we had five miles left to home.
I was like, we can do it.
I was like, we're going to run out of gas on the freeway, but we barely made it.It said zero miles to empty when we got to the gas station.It was awful.So that is very spooky.Here's a really scary thing.OK.Silence.
Silence is the scariest thing in the world. To me?I like silence.Never.
I like to just listen to the trees and like the crazy thoughts that you think.But falling to sleep, falling to sleep, don't like silence.No, can't have it.
Especially since having kids, now I like need like a white noise machine and something else, like sometimes show.
In no scenario do I want silence.When we get in the car, if he doesn't put music on immediately, I'm like, I panic.I'm like, what?Why is there no sound?There's just silence.
And when you're alone and there's nothing to produce sound, you just sing or no, you talk to yourself.
Oh yeah, I talk to myself or I sing to myself.So there's not silence.I can have silence.
What if we have a moment of silence right now?
How long do you think it'll last?I won't let it happen.I can't do it at all.It's not happening.Next thing that I find very scary.Ready?This one's really spooky.
Wait, let's be quiet for five seconds.
I just want to see what it feels like.
I don't want to, but I love you. I don't want to do that to our listeners.That's not nice.
Okay.Why?What do you mean?
Maybe they- Because they won't like it.It's scary.
I don't want to, I mean, anyway.
I have, okay, this one's very spooky.When you have like an acne, speaking of acne from your pimple patches, a zit, as some would say, and you're like, ugh,
Normal person who actually tries to deal with that because some people like I don't touch it when I get is it like okay?Who do you think you are mm-hmm a liar like who doesn't go at it?
Are you going with this and it's scary?
Because when you have one that's like, oh, that's ready to go and you got to get it, and then it won't go, like, do you know what I'm talking about?
Like when you're trying to- Oh, when you know you didn't get it, yeah.
No, when you literally can't, you're like, I'm looking at it, I can see that this can be taken care of.
And it cannot, it won't happen and you just end up with like a gaping wound, but like somehow the zit is still there inside of your like wound.
I mean.Or just like a big red mark.
Come on.You don't agree with this one?No.That's scary.Can I do one?
Yes.When you leave explicit instructions to a food delivery person to leave it at the door, like you put that in the notes, like leave at door or whatever, and they insist on meeting you face to face.
Oh, that's very spooky.I put that down as someone knocking on your door.Yeah.Just like in general, anyone knocking on the door, ringing the doorbell, that scares me.I will hide.
Why do we have to meet face to face for this like handoff of a breakfast burrito?Like, come on.
I don't wanna, I can't, it scares me.
This one's really spooky.
Seeing someone you kind of know, like from your past or just like, not someone you know well, like someone, an acquaintance in public, like at the grocery store.I run the other way.CBS.Scary!
I've like basically turned around on an escalator and run up the last three steps the wrong way to avoid seeing someone like from my past.
Yeah, like someone you just faintly know.Like that is very spooky to me.
But if they come and say hi to me, I'm never like, it's so nice, it's so lovely, it's so good to see them.But if I just see them, I'm like, the awkwardness of like, did they see me and not come say hi to me?Did we make eye contact?I don't think so.
Wait, am I rude now?Did we make eye contact and I don't say hi?Do they not want me to say hi?Because they didn't say hi.It's like that whole part of it is spooky to me.Do they want to be left alone?Do they want to say hi?
I don't want to bother them if they just want to get their shopping done.Sometimes when I go out, I don't want, to see anyone I know because I look like a mess or whatever.
I don't think there's ever a time where I go to do something and I'm like, I hope I see someone I know.
No, but if someone does say hi to me that I know from my past, I'm never like, oh, I'm so pissed they did that.I'm so always happy to see them and talk to them.
It's just the seeing them and before the talking happens is always like, oh, that's scary stuff.
Here's a really scary one. when you're in a group of people or in a new setting of sorts and people ask you to go around the room and say a fun fact about yourself, or like an interesting or fun fact about yourself.That is spooky.That's scary.
I had to do that, I had to do that for an orientation for one of our kids' schools, I think.Went around and- What did you say?What did I say?
Yeah, I wasn't there for this, obviously, I was home with the kids, but what did you say?I don't remember, I think you told me, but what did you say for the interesting fact?
I don't know if I had to do an interesting fact in this in this instance, but like just had to go around like introduce yourself.You know what I mean?
I think I feel like those are pointless because I feel the majority of people would be anxious or uncomfortable or embarrassed in those situations.And so like when I feel that way, I can't remember anyone else.
I'm not I'm only thinking like, OK, it's almost to me.OK, three more people to me.OK, what am I saying?I'm saying this.This is what I'll say.OK, wait.I'm rehearsing it in my head and I'm not remembering anyone's names.
So I feel like they're kind of pointless, because it's like, just wear a name tag maybe.
I will not, I'm sorry, but if you're like a new human to me, I will not learn your name for like six times.
Yeah, I'm the same way.It's really hard for me to remember names.
I don't listen when people say their names.
Yeah, what is that?I don't see a thing.
I don't know.Some people like, have like a thing that they do so they can remember, you know what I mean?Like maybe I should start doing that, like repeat or something.But yeah, I'm so bad at- Me too.Names.
You know, a heightened version of what you're saying is scary is when we were just home and we were at that gala thing,
And as it starts going, we realize everybody that's being inducted into my high school's Hall of Fame has prepared a speech, a very long speech.That was scary for me.
Luckily, I had a lot of time to think about it, like two hours of speeches to think about it.
But it was really impressive what you did.I was so impressed.But I was haunted. Well, I was very, very impressed with that.Yeah.He didn't think he was going to have to make a speech.
And then they told me that I asked and they're like, Oh, you can give some remarks.You can just say thank you.Everybody else had typed speeches, pages in like binders.
Yeah.Yeah.Eric went up and basically improv a speech that was so incredible.I was like near tears with pride and joy of that.So incredible.
Yeah.Public speaking.Yeah.Going around sharing a fun fact.I don't like you.I don't like you on Thanksgiving. I don't think that's scary.
On Thanksgiving, it's literally your family, your immediate and extended family members, and they're like, let's all go around and say something we're thankful for.I am anxious in that moment.I am scared.
I'm not scared in that, but I am scared every other time.What would be your fun fact?
A fun fact about me is, I don't know if that's gonna make up something stupid.
I literally can't think of what I've said in the past, like in college and high school and stuff when we've had to go around saying an interesting or fun fact.I can't even think of what I would have said.
I don't think I've really ever been in that position.
You've never had to give a fun fact about yourself?
Well, you tell me, what's a fun fact about me?
Well, there's so many fun facts about you.You're incredible.You think I have fun facts?You're so fun.
I think you have fun facts too, love.
What are some fun facts?Here, I'll tell you some fun facts about you.
Fun facts about Eric Stockland.He has a pierced ear.
You had an earring in earlier.
Which I hadn't seen in a very long time.That's a fun fact.
Ocean City Boardwalk when I was in seventh grade.
Yep.He's a very good skateboarder.That's a fun fact, an interesting fun fact.He taught himself how to play guitar and drums and piano a little bit. That's a fun, exciting fact that you just like taught yourself these things.
You have cool tattoos.That's fun.Those are fun things.You're a brilliant actor who's been on a lot of TV shows.Come on.Those are fun, interesting facts.
You, I mean, I could go on and on and on. But there's so many fun, silly facts.I mean, yeah, I'm not gonna talk about like all the things I, things I love about you are different than like fun facts, like silly fun facts.Yeah, there's so many things.
But I don't know what you would, see that's the hard part, is like what do you say?Because you're not gonna be like, I have a pierced ear.
Fun fact about me, I have a pierced ear.You know what I mean, like what are you gonna say?It's not that fun.
About, I, I can drive stick shift.
I just remember to drive stick shifts.
I never learned how to drive stick shift.That's impressive.
And I only drove cars that were stick shift until like a few years ago.
I don't know.I just remembered one about that.I have said before, I think in high school or elementary school, I can fold my tongue.
Like this. Of course I can do that I Can fold my tongue, but like most people can't do that.They just like stick it in there.Yeah, it's like it's in your lip Yeah, it's in your lip Do it again Hold on I have to go spit off my tongue.
I feel like it's a gross noise No, oh, okay What was the little flick you did after?
Well, it just undid itself.Anyway, yeah, I think that was like my thing.I have like, I don't know.
Oh, you can bend the tip of your finger.I can't do that.Oh wait, I can actually.
Yeah.You did that the other day to Flynn, and he was really like, whoa, you can move it well.
That's how I broke this finger in a Lazy Susan.Is that fun fact?
Yeah.You know what a Lazy Susan is?Of course I know what a Lazy Susan is.
We had a Lazy Susan, like the low one, where we kept our cereal, still do, in fact, at my parents' house, and I would spin it around to be like, sorry, Grape Nuts, not your day, to get to the good cereals, and I caught my finger in it.
Who was Susan? Was she, this doesn't seem lazy to me.It seems like.
Like a pretty good invention.
Of how to like make a small amount of space in a corner be a rotating drawer.Like we got drawers here, we got drawers here.What are we gonna do in this counter?I got an idea.
We'll put like a weird half door that opens and there'll be a whole spinny thing in there.And like what's lazy about that?And who's Susan?I don't know.
It's not only in those, like the first time I ever encountered Lazy Susan.I remember I was really young, but I was at a restaurant.
It was a big circle table and they had a Lazy Susan in the middle so that you could pass around like the condiments and like... Is that still called a Lazy Susan?
Just anything that rotates?
Well, yeah, Lazy Susan is like a thing that looks like a typically like a kitchen thing.
I thought it was specifically the corner cabinet that like spins around.No, I think it's... You're saying anything that moves in a circle is a Lazy Susan?
Anything in the world, not a carousel.
Have you ever performed on a stage that was a Lazy Susan?I've done that.
Stop it.First of all, no, I've never done a show like with a stage that rotates.No, I have.But now I have to look this up because I'm pretty sure Lazy Susan isn't just what's inside of a cabinet.I think Lazy Susans are something that you can.
Like a dish that rotates is also, I think it's just a rotating dish.
Look at these.When I type in Lazy Susan, it's literally, that's the only thing that pops up.It doesn't even come up in a cabinet.
It's just cutting boards that rotate?
Yes, pretty much.They have them for bathrooms.
See, there's the one you were talking about that goes like inside of a corner, but like, yeah, Lazy Susans are.
Can you just Google really quickly why is it called a Lazy Susan?
Because it's gonna drive me bonkers.
Oh my God, okay.This is not what I was expecting.So it seems as though there's a lot of theories on how the name came about, because they're not quite sure.This is from all my research I've done in the last 10 minutes.
But one speculation is that the name derives from servants in the 1700s who were referred to as Susans.
Another popular theory is that Thomas Jefferson invented them for his daughter, Susan, who often complained that she was always the last to be served at the dinner table.
Yet, regardless of its maker, historians can date the actual product back to the 18th century England, where it was commonly referred to as a dumbwaiter at the time.
In America, it first appeared as the Lazy Susan in a Vanity Fair advertisement in 1917.
Yeah, I know.And then so but then it's like I think it's kind of offensive to some people.
Like where there's like a hole in the wall and you could lift something up like a little like a little elevator, like a little elevator for like
I guess not.Okay.The use of lazy in the name might suggest a device that serves the function of a servant without needing the effort of a human server, thus being a lazy solution.
This interpretation could be construed as having a mildly derogatory or sexist undertone, depending on one's perspective.Yeah, I don't like it anymore.So alternatives should be like rotating tray or turntable.So now we know.I didn't know that.
What about lazy waiter? You just combined the two.
I don't know.I'm just, I don't know, but I just, I had no idea.I'd always called it a lazy Susan.I didn't know the history behind it.
Why would you, why would you ever even think to?
I would never think to look that up.Yeah.Yeah, rotating tray.Well, I do like rotating trays, so we can just call it that.
Well, rotating tray cabinet broke my finger and that's why I can bend it like that.
Well, good to know.We learned a lot just now.We learned a lot.
And that was the long winded, what's your fun, what's a fun fact about you?
Oh my God.Speaking of spooky stuff, let's read some comments.
Comments can always be spooky.
So last week's episode had some lovely comments.Thank you for everyone who was commenting last week.We're going to read some of them right now.I loved this one.Dan's like a rock star commented, Eric really loves Colleen, even with those pants.
That's beautiful to see.What pants? I was wearing just like pajama pants, but they were like tie dye blue, ugly pajama pants.And it made me cackle out loud, just like this person sweetly dissing me so hard in my ugly pants.
So thank you, that was very sweet.
Yeah, we've gone over how your pajama bottom game is.
Okay, so Amy said, I need to know the details on how Eric pooped his pants.You cannot skip over that shit.Yes, we can.Nice pun, skip over that shit.That's funny.But also- Did I tell the story or no?
No, last week I was like, we're not talking about poop.And then I said, maybe, love. Did something come out of your butt?
What counts as pooping your pants?
That wasn't poop.Poop coming out and into your pants counts as pooping your pants.
How much poop coming out is pooping your pants?
Poop coming out of your body and ending up on your underwear and pants is pooping your pants.
Then what's a wet toot?Was that poop?Are you saying wet toots are poop?
No, they're sharts. But that's not, to me, sharts like, first of all, who's sharting as an adult?
I feel like that's not as common as an adult.Like, that's like a kid thing to do.
But it was not how you described it. How you describe the situation to me.
Does it happen to adults?
No, it does.I mean, but rare, like it's not common.But what you explained to me with this poop story that we started talking about last week and we never finished.So I feel like it's inappropriate.
You know, we don't we try not to talk too much about poop.I don't know how we always end up.What's weird is we always end up talking a lot about poop.
on this podcast, but in real life, like life outside of the podcast, I don't think we hardly ever talk about poop unless it's about like kids and pooping things.But yes, last week we touched on it.
But publicly we talk about it.
That Eric did this and you started to tell the story and I stopped you, I said, okay, maybe next week.So it's next week.Actually, is it next week or is it the week after?I don't know how long ago that was, but I think it was last week's episode.
It was my literal birthday. And it was my birthday and it was in the morning and I was like, you know what I want?One thing I want for my birthday is I want to go for a hike.And I went for a hike by myself. Like I described earlier.
He didn't even tell me he was going, he just went.
I thought you went to the gym and.
Yeah, you were working for a bit and I was like, I could have gone to the gym, but I was like, God, it's my birthday.I wanna be outside in nature.I'm gonna go, there's like this trail, it's relatively close to us.So I'm gonna go hike that trail.
It's like literally up a mountain.And I got to the top of the mountain and I mean, I thought it was just, hiking, regular hiking guests as you get, you know, there's a little more to it than that.That's not what you said to me.
And then, and then I, and then it was like, well, what do you do here? You said I should've jumped in the creek.
Yes, he was right by a flowing creek of like beautiful clear water.
I know, but it was freezing cold water.
It was a hot day, you were hiking, and it is cold water, it is cold water.But here's the deal, he said.
There's people around, what, come on.
Exactly why you should've done it.Because he said that it went through, and there was like a mark on his booty.There was like a spot. Like, for me, no way I wouldn't be in that water immediately.Because then it's like, oh, my pants are just wet.
As opposed to like, there's poop on my pants.
I was wearing like these like sweat shorts and they're actually brown.I was wearing brown sweat shorts.
Doesn't matter, there's a wet spot on your anus of your pants.It's just sweat.No one's going to think that's where your anus is.
You don't sweat from your butt crack?
You sweat in your butt crack, but like if there's a poo-shaped splatter.See, no one's going to think that's sweat.
Anyways, yeah, happy birthday to me.Yeah, I was at the top of the mountain.So then I had to make it back down.
In fact, if it was sweat, people still would see that and go, that person pooped their pants. Then he chose to not go in the creek.He chose to just continue hiking.
No, not continue hiking.I turned around.
You had to hike all the way back.That's hiking.
Yeah, that's what hiking is.
Wasn't that like itchy and chafey?Was it uncomfortable?Stop.
I mean, come on.No, it was fine.Oh my God.That's totally fine.I can't believe it.
Yep.I don't think I, to elaborate further.
Yes, please. gone to this hike on a bike.
Yes.So then you had to bike home.So then I had to bike home.Really?
If you know how bike seats are.
I was like, come on.This is my birthday.Why is this happening?But I guess it's just, you know, it's maybe it's more metaphorical.Like it's you're getting older.You know what I mean?You don't have control of all your faculties the way you used to.
You had control.You chose to fart.
But I didn't know that it was gonna do that.
I know, that does suck.But I want to know from you guys in the comments, what would you have done in his situation?Would you have jumped in the creek or would you have continued to hike?
What else?What are you gonna do?It's not like I had wipes with me.
Well, I mean, you figure it out.
Just hike back down bottomless?
No, you go in the creek with your shorts on and you get your shorts and you go back down with wet shorts. Like I jumped in the creek to cool down.
That's one way.I mean, yeah, that's in hindsight.Maybe I should have done that.
No, I'm not saying you should have.I'm saying like, that's what you would have done.That's what I would have done.
You would not have done that.
I've been to that creek with you many times.I've jumped in this creek many times, not because I've shat myself.You never go.You never.
Have you ever been with me when I've shit myself?
Some of the things I've heard, some of the sounds that I've heard, what else could it have been?
The circumstances were different too because if we're at the creek and we drove to the creek and it's a two minute walk to our car as opposed to like a walk down a mountain, it's different.
When was the last time you pooped yourself?Five years?
Ten?Oh, in a lesson, that for sure.I don't know.
No, not a week.I don't remember the last time, but I'm sure it was within the last year.I don't know.But I can't think of a time specifically, but yeah.Okay, anyway, hope that.Hope that helps.Quenched your thirst for Eric's poop story.Marina.Amy.
Marina said Marina, uh, am I the only one who is hoping that Queen and Eric would do a stage kiss because I was talking about how my first kiss ever Was a stage kiss and she wanted us to do a stage kiss I was like, what does that mean like to do a stage like to demonstrate what a stage kiss is?
You know, what's insane hmm Didn't we do something when we first started dating I
Yeah, we made a video like it was like fan fiction.
Thing.Yeah.I was thinking about how you and I should watch it, because I haven't watched it since we posted it.I was thinking you and I should rewatch that and react to it sometime.I think that'd be really funny.
We acted out fan fiction, right?
Yeah.I think we should react to it.And do we kiss in that? Yeah, and that was very much like a fake stage kiss.So you can watch that, I guess.We should re-watch that, though.I think that'd be fun.I have one more comment.
Let's do it on our anniversary.
What is that?Which is?I do not know.November?Who knows?Sometime in November.There's a lot going on.Eighth?
I thought it was like the 13th or something like that.
A lot going on in November.
Or 16th.I feel like it was 13th or 15th or 16th.Or it could have been 8th or 9th.Or 7th.One of those.8th or 9th for sure.If it's one of those.But 13th or 15th or 16th if it's one of those.
We should figure out what our anniversary is.
Yeah.Author girl pet parent said, is there an, she's quoting you, uh, is there an animal that puts everything in wraps?And then like a laughing emoji, cause you said that we were talking about what animal we would be.
And you said, is there an animal that puts everything in wraps?
Surely a sentence that has never, ever been uttered before.And then someone else said, Hey, Samantha said, just thought I would add a spider wraps up their food before using it.
They're always making burritos.
Come on, always making wraps, always making burritos.So maybe you're a spider.I thought that was an interesting comment.
That is interesting.Spiders make wraps.They do.So you're like a spider.Genius.I know.Genius comment.
Well, we hope you enjoyed this spooky episode.Happy Halloween, everyone.We hope you're having a safe, wonderful, beautiful, exciting, not rude or mean Halloween.
Yeah, don't be TPing anyone's houses.
Don't be egging people's houses.And yeah, have a fabulous Halloween and please go vote and we'll see you next week.
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I like Butterfingers and Peanut M&Ms and Airheads.What about you?Reese's.Airheads?I love Airheads.
I've never seen you eat an Airhead, you're lying.
But don't just go buy them, I love them though, I really do.
They don't even taste like food or candy.
Most of these things, but you like Reese's Pieces, right?
I guess if it's chocolate.I don't really have any sweet tooth left in me.
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