Season Five, High Five

Welcome to Season Five! 

A wheel of cheese flying down a steep hill while grown adults cartwheel after it sounds fake, but it’s real and it’s our kind of “what did I just watch?” kickoff to season five. We start with summer creeping in, school schedules getting weird, and that parenting scramble where someone always has the wrong dismissal time. From there, we lean into the stories that make life feel lighter, even when everything is busy.

We get into the Gloucestershire cheese rolling contest (unofficial but still unhinged), then move to internet food trends like the TikTok chip bag sandwich and a product we can’t stop thinking about for all the wrong reasons: the Hellmann’s mayo bow tie, a wearable condiment dispenser that should probably come with a warning label. If you love pop culture, viral trends, and the humor hidden in everyday life, you’ll feel right at home.

Things turn surprisingly thoughtful when we talk friendship and trust through the “two beers and a puppy” test. It’s a simple way to name the difference between the friends you have fun with and the friends you’d trust with something that matters. We also debate whether the modern handbag is fading out as pockets, briefcases, and cargo shorts surge, and we share what’s actually inside our bags. Add in a creepy seven-foot puppet found on a Massachusetts lawn, some pure 90s nostalgia (Five Alive, High-C, Ecto Cooler), and a quick dive into the origin of the high five, and you’ve got a season opener packed with laughs and real-life warmth.

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Transcript

Summer Schedules And School Wrap-Up

SPEAKER_01 0:07

Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora. And Nora, thanks for being here today. Yes, thank you, thank you. We're glad you're here. Summer is in our sights. Summer is upon us? Very exciting stuff. Last full day for our grammar school kiddos. Today? Yeah. What? Yes. Surprise. They get out at one on Monday. We do? Yeah, I think so. Nope to self. And then I think so. You're probably right. I haven't checked a kill yet. Oh God. Now I'm like, uh oh. And I might have told my kids the wrong thing. And then they get out at 11 on Tuesday, which is cuckoo crazy. Yeah, they do get out at one o'clock on Monday. All right. Oh. Be sure to. Good thing we have this podcast. Good thing. It would be really funny if Monday all of a sudden at like 1.15 your kids were like, what's for lunch? Well, they'll they usually keep me pretty honest with the schedule. Yeah. Thank God. Otherwise, be in trouble. But yeah, our high schoolers have finals coming up. But I feel like our older kids are never getting out of school. Oh my gosh. I know. This does feel very long. But next year they're done with finals, I think, before Memorial Day. Oh, good. As it should be. Or something like that. It's it's earlier, but that's next year. Live in the moment. Absolutely. How are you? I'm great. We're just uh plugging along over here. Business as usual. Unfortunately, our soccer season for school is over. I'm sorry. So the club is back in action. And before we know it, morning football or summer football will be in full effect. I have a senior. I know. It's a lot of fun. It's so exciting. I'm excited for him because even I was nervous to go to college and I didn't want to leave. Oh. But he but now I know how fun it is and I know what an incredible experience it is. Yeah. Excited for him. I am too. I'm sad for my oldest daughter because they're so close. But yeah, I'm super happy for him. I remember when my sister went to college. I was a little bit glad she was leaving, but I was also kind of like, oh, this is weird.

SPEAKER_00 2:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:16

I think for the younger kids, because you're they've always had the oldest there. So when when they're gone, it is like, oh. Yeah, I don't think Elle's in the a little bit happy phase yet. Yeah. So she's got time. Yeah, but it'll be an exciting summer. Check out some colleges, some applications, and we're not going crazy. Yeah. You know, pick a few schools, send in some applications. Yeah, and he's been very proactive. So that's awesome. I'm excited for summer. I'm in summer mode. I know. I'm getting there. I'm still wearing long sleeves and long pants, but at least they're lighter, brighter colors. Is that because your air conditioning is so nour conditioning isn't at today? Oh, because it's only, what is it, 73? And I keep my air conditioning at 72. Oh, yeah. So that's so I was like, well, this doesn't make sense at all. And I'm like dressed for I'm surely dressed for summer. You're ready to go. I love it.

England’s Cheese Rolling Chaos

SPEAKER_01 3:11

Speaking of ready to go, Nora, have you heard about the cheese rolling contest? Oh, Gloucestershire, England. So oh, that thing probably smelled. Well, listeners, this is a thing. I will say this. It used to be an official contest, but then the people of Gloucester were said, Gloucestershire said, you know what? Did you just shorten Gloucestershire? Well, because there's Gloucester and then there's like Gloucestershire. So I think it's almost kind of like the suburb. Oh, it's not that you're just like slaying. Sure. Give a little nickname. Glouw. So, but there's Gloucester cheese. So there's an eight-pound double wheel of cheese, and they roll it down the hill. Oh, it's in Brockworth. That's the town. In Brock. Brock. Beeworth. Okay. And people try run down this hill to catch the cheese. Oh, you don't bring it's not BYOC. No why no BYOC. There's one cheese. And all these spots like a fight. Running down this hill. And it's very steep. And they call it a death-defying annual race. Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on. Yes. If it's a wheel of cheese, I'm thinking like a tire. What if it flat like goes flat? Apparently, this is not a problem because the hill is so steep. And the thing is, they were like, oh, the conditions are good because it's not too dry. Yada yada yada. It's 200 yards, and I don't know what this means, but it's a one to two gradient gradient. Excuse me. It's a one to two gradient hill. So it's very steep. And they did it for centuries, but then in 2009, 15,000 people came to watch it. And then it was like a disaster, and people were getting hurt and like seriously injured. So they the town canceled it. But now people do it unofficially. And they just chased the cheese. They chased the cheese. And there was a guy who was like famous, like the all-time winner, came out of retirement because his German YouTuber challenged him. But the German YouTuber won. So what do they do with the cheese once they catch it? You know what? That was not meant. I was curious of that as well. And it didn't say anything. But you see these people like tumbling down this hill. It's not safe. There was one picture. Oh, there's a video. Okay, I'm gonna play this video for you. It's horrifying. But look at these people. Where's the cheese? It's already like down, but they're really hurt, like hurting. Oh my god. It's oh my god. Oh, those people ran into each other. It's not safe. I think that the music behind it should be that guy like has a broken arm. He's holding his arm. The tub thumping. I get nothing. No doubt. But I don't know because he should be playing in the back. Like, this is so dumb. Oh, ow! So many broken tailbones. I have to put some padding on my rump. Oh, he has a helmet. He's smart. Oh my gosh. There's so many wonderful things in England. This is not one of them. No.

Chip Bag Sandwiches And Mayo Bow Ties

SPEAKER_01 6:35

But speaking of food, have you heard of the chip bag Sammy? This is taking over TikTok. Chip bag? Chip bag Sammy. And it's a little safer. Safer than rolling cheese. You get a kettle chip bag and cut the top off. Okay. You add all your deli meats and toppings like tomatoes and lettuce and onion. You shake it all up, mix and crunch, grab a fork and eat it. Oh, it's like the walking taco. It is like a walking taco. I don't think I want high deli meat and a bag of chips. No. I just think it would be oily. I like kettle chips, but they are an oily chip. Yeah. So how about this? And maybe if you mix it up and then wrap put it in a wrap. How about if you just had a sandwich and a side of chips?

unknown 7:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:28

Or put some chips on your sandwich if you want crunch. Oh, I do. I might used to do that with Pringles. Pringles sandwich. Yeah. They're a good sandwich chip. Yeah. No thanks. No. What about this though? People are gonna be like, put your peanut butter and jelly in a bag of pretzels. It's like, no, still. But everything needs a shortcut. There is this new bow tie. I don't know if you've heard of it. The mayo bow tie. Bow tie? Yeah, M-A-Y-O. Hellman's turning mayonnaise. Is there mayonnaise inside it? So sick. They interviewed a bunch of Australians who said one in five bring their own condiments to a restaurant. And over half of them feel that it's rude. Oh Hellman's like, hey, we got you. You want to bring mayo? But feel funny bringing a tub of mayo? Here is the mayo bow tie. Looks very sparkly. The plain bow tie. I thought it was gonna be clear with mayonnaise inside. Well watch. That's a handsome man who's wearing it. Oh, here he is at dinner.

SPEAKER_02 8:37

He's got his Oh God, that's so gross. Be my own bow.

SPEAKER_01 8:50

Oh god. I was not expecting that. It just squirts out the middle. So essentially where the knot is, there's a spout. Yes. And then you squeeze the bow and the mayonnaise dispenses out. Yeah. Barf. Doesn't mayonnaise need to be refrigerated? Oh you know how I feel about mayonnaise. Anyway. Oh. I think, yeah, I think that's not for me, not great for you. I also feel like if you're at a fancy occasion, which requires about time, you may be able to get your ma my sister used to bring her own salt and pepper shakers like when COVID was ending. Because remember they wouldn't give you salt and pepper shakers. Oh. They would only give you like the paper ones. Sometimes you can't. I kind of remember. So she had her own little salt and pepper. I bring my own tea bag sometimes. Did you yesterday? Yesterday I did, yeah. Yeah. Because I don't like Lipton tea. Did she say for home? Nope. Because she's a funny waitress. She is. I was always just ask for hot water and drop it on in. Yeah. I should have looked to see if they charged me for it. Who knows what she charged us for? She's right out of 50-minute life. Oh my goodness gracious.

The Two Beers And Puppy Test

SPEAKER_01 10:04

We're good friends, Nora. Yeah, we we are good friends. I don't like where this is going, though. No, but sometimes when you meet someone new, you think, you know, is is this friendship gonna last? How do I know that this is a good friendship? Well, some people have come up with a test. It's the two beers and a puppy test. Like two Noras and a mic. That you ask yourself, could I sit and have two beers with this person and enjoy myself? And also, if I had a puppy, would I trust them to watch this puppy over the weekend?

SPEAKER_00 10:41

Hmm.

SPEAKER_01 10:42

I can have two beers with just about anybody. Same. That's easy enough. Yeah. The puppy situation, the puppy, and you know, it's a little bit silly, but I'm kind of like, who's sitting around there and like, are they really my friend? But they interviewed a neuropsychologist and he was like, well, yeah, because part of friendship is trust and part of friendship is, you know, fun and enjoyment. But he's like, there you may have friends who you wouldn't trust with another living thing, but friends that you would love to go out and have two beers with. Oh, he was like, and that's okay too. He's like, there are different levels of friendship where you know there may be people who you really trust and you would call upon to help, but maybe not your most fun friend. So you can have puppy friends. You can have puppy friends and beer friends. Exactly. So it's a real gem of a friend if you're two puppies and two friends. Or two beers and two puppies and beer. I'm out. I'm not watching two puppies. Uh two beers and a puppy. Yeah, so I guess no, I just keep it. Keep that in mind. Kind of made me giggle. I know I I've it's been in my brain. Oh, yeah, I'm thinking about it right now. Yeah, I definitely have puppy friends and definitely have two beer friends. And then but definitely have both. Yeah, absolutely.

Are Handbags Over Now?

SPEAKER_01 11:55

I read this article that posed a really interesting question. It says, is the handbag over?

unknown 12:02

What?

SPEAKER_01 12:02

Right? No. Well, at the University of Dayton, it was. Well, it never actually started there, right? Yeah, right. I wonder who still they explored the modern shift in fashion, power, and utility and posed the question: is the hand dye becoming obsolete? Where would you put your pencil case and your sunglasses? Your bag of lip cloth. They said the demand is dropping and briefcases are on the rise. Shut the front door. Briefcase. And pockets are booming. 542% uptick in items. My son just asked for cargo shorts. Which one? Aiden. I was like, Really? No. But then we went to the store. Nothing but cargo shorts. Really? Yes. Oh. I was like, oh no. Did you get them? We got cargo pants. We they didn't have a size of the shorts, so I had to order the shorts. Oh. Gosh, well, he's on trend. Oh man. Yeah. It used to be that the it bag was a status symbol. And now culture is embracing the silent luxury. Just full overflowing pockets. Lumpy pants. Lumpy pants, yep. And also the power situation is like if you're truly that powerful, you don't need a handbag.

SPEAKER_00 13:21

Somebody carries your stuff for you. Your pants. Do you have kids?

SPEAKER_01 13:27

I mean, we have done this before on the podcast where we've gone through our purses. I have three paper towels. I've got like a bag full of lip gloss and chapstick. I've got my wallet. I have a gigantic pencil case.

SPEAKER_00 13:40

I just cleaned out my bag before you came.

SPEAKER_01 13:42

You're good. But I still have a purse. Oh, you have a purse and a purse. I love that. Yeah. Forms.

unknown 13:49

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 13:50

Shoes. I've got Skittles for my diabetic people. A bag of gum. Two pairs of sunglasses. More pens, more chaps. 85 cents. I might have a hundred pens in my purse. Yeah, I don't have. Oh, I have the money you gave me a strip. Oh. A rosary. Okay. I got AirPods. Oh, my derby card. Here it is. Oh, I had a two hand sanitizers.

SPEAKER_00 14:15

Should I need to wash my face with acne foaming wash?

SPEAKER_01 14:19

I have a sample of that. Bite a nickel every time I've got a big thing. Who knows when you're gonna need that? A good wash. Oh, good. And if I need to download an app for pet supplies, yeah. I don't have, I mean, I guess I didn't do that good of a job cleaning out my purse. It's I don't know. A book. No. A book and a planner. Oh, and a receipt from dinner from this week. I did take a dress out of my purse before you got here. My bag was so full. I had a dress in there, I had an umbrella in there. Oh, and my car face. Oh, you're those are necessary. There's a necessary. Yeah. But what I don't have in my purse, Nora, is a what they found in Massachusetts.

The Creepy Puppet On The Lawn

SPEAKER_01 14:53

Perhaps maybe you're missing. Are you missing a puppet? Yes. I've been looking all over for my police in Massachusetts found it. That was the scariest thing I've ever seen in my life.

SPEAKER_00 15:05

Do you see the bow tie on?

unknown 15:07

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_01 15:09

So the Stoneham Police in Massachusetts. Who lost that thing is what I want to know. It's trying to find the owner of a large creepy puppet. This thing, it's it looks kind of like a my buddy, but it's a marionette. So again, it's already creepy. It's a my buddy and Chucky blend. Yes. He's very skinny too.

SPEAKER_00 15:28

And he's not a GLP one.

SPEAKER_01 15:29

An orange like clown suit, creepy eyeballs and teeth. Like it was clearly made to be creepy. Wait, so they're looking for the owner? They're looking for those looking for him. It has red hair, no eyes, and a clown costume. Did they leave it somewhere? They're attempting to locate the owner of this puppet. Please arrange a pickup. It's seven feet tall. And it's called Bobby Strength. Apparently it is, it sells for $310. Well, where did they find it? Spirit Halloween. It was on someone's lawn. Oh my god, that's a joke. I think you got instead of you got booed, you got like puppeted. But how creepy is that thing? Yeah, no, thanks. Gross. I don't like the look on its face. I don't like anything about it. Anything about it. You know, the police department is like that, like just that's something you need to burn because I feel like you throw it away and it's gonna show up again. I think we just need to move on and check in with our sponsor.

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SPEAKER_01 16:31

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Season Five Starts With Gratitude

SPEAKER_01 17:36

Our topic today is five. Yes. And we should have led with this. This is the beginning of our fifth season. No. Holy cow, that's amazing. Hi five to us. High five. And it really is a long time. I know. I have some highlights that I listed. Oh, yay. Throwing it way back to season one with our GP night. Oh, that was really fun. GP Italiano is a local spot here that we love and hosted our first live event at. And they were so gracious. And we had ourselves a good old time. Oh, we really did. It was fun to do it live. It was fun to do it live. And it was so fun to have all of our favorites there. Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes. That and all the adventures we've gone on. I had Annabal Monahan down. Yes. We she was our first interview. Oh my God. We were so nervous. We were so nervous. We rearranged my furniture. And we called my aunt to like look at it to see like how our staging was. We were all dressed. Yep, totally. My dress matched the book. And then we logged on with her and she was like, oh no, is this being filmed? They're like, no. We've come a long way. And um actually, speaking of Annabelle Monaghan, her new book is out. I know. We pre-ordered it. I'm finishing a book right now, but that's my next one. I know. I'm like trying to get through this book as fast as I can so I can read it. But I'm very, very excited. Yeah, just all the guests, all the laughs. That laughing till we cry weekly. What a gift this is. Like the mundane like podcast recording is where all the joy is at. Oh my. It really, it's such a bright spot in my week. And I feel like it happens where both of us kind of show up and we're like, and then we leave and we say, Oh, I really needed this. So I hope that comes across. Like I hope our listeners feel a little bit of reprieve, a little bit of joy. Yeah, a little bit spark a little joy. Giggles. Yes. Right. Or taste tests too. The Kelsey mixed the kale chips. The kale chips, the hot dog chips. All the Oreos. All the lip glosses. The mac and cheese one. The lipotle. All the Oreos we've eaten. Yeah, but it's so many Oreos. The grape nut sandwich. All the times I've told my kids, no, no, no, don't eat this. That's been a podcast. What did you say about grape nuts? These are from the earth. Oh gosh, so many laughs. We yeah, we owe ourselves a high five. Are you a high fiver? I am a high fiver. I will high five myself. Like I did it. That's a clap. But I I kind of do it like it's a fire. I it's an interesting question. If you just do it once to yourself, is that a high five or a clap? Maybe it depends where how high how high. There, I have a friend whose son is a big high five. Okay. He's 18 years old. Oh. 17, but who plays football with Mike and Aiden. And every, yeah, every Friday when I see him, every Thursday at

Five Alive And Peak 90s Drinks

SPEAKER_01 20:55

team dinner, I give it the best high five. I like it more than a fist bump. You do. I feel like I'm awkward in a fist bump. I'm always like, it doesn't look right when I do it. I feel like I'm a little shy. It's like shorter. Then I'm like, I don't want to be too aggressive. High five. I'm all in there. Yeah, I'm ready for a high five. When you were a kid, did you ever drink Five Alive? I did not. Did you? Yes. I loved Five Alive. It came Is it kind of like Sunny Delight? It came in a navy blue container. It was like a rainbow letters. Yes. And I must have been for the five citrus fruits. I didn't look this up, but I'm wondering if it was orange, lemon, lime. Oh boy, feel sour. Just like you know, like the tart feeling in your mouth in your job. Like, ooh. Oh wait, sorry, I cut you off. Grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime. Oh, yeah. Grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime. Tangerine. Sorry. Just gonna say mango. So tangerine's much better. I don't know. I don't know. Now that I'm now that I'm grown, I wonder if it would be good with a shot of tequila. Hey oh. Right? A tip top. Yeah. Maybe a tip top. I like it. I don't know if they still make it. Wait, can I go back to something from our show? Sure. When we did all the when we picked out our own bubbles for the Oh my god. We picked the worst. Was it all bubbles or was it wine? Did we film it? I can't remember. We didn't film it, but we talked about it. I mean, or whatever. Did we record it? We did record it. And we were like, we picked out the worst. Worst. Worst. The Barbie one was the worst. It was a sparkling rose. Yeah, it was not good. And I think Jessica said, I love all bubbles. And she was like, even Jessica. Yeah, that was bad. I'm so sorry. I digressed. No, but Five Alive. I wonder if that could be a good mixer. I wonder if they sell it like frozen concentrate. Oh. We drank it out of a container, but I don't see it in the old school. Big cartons where you had to like make a triangle out of it. Yes. Well, should we look and see? Yeah. I mean, people want to know. Five Alive Juice, popular fruit juice blend produced by Minute Made, a subsidiary of the Coca-Cola Company. What are the five fruits? Tangy blend of orange, lemon, grapefruit, tangerine, and lime. Yes. Oh my gosh. Oh, that's the citrus one. And then there's a passionate peach. Oh no, we were not passionate peach people. No, tropical citrus, berry citrus. No. Yeah. It's no longer widely produced for the American market. But it is widely sold in Canada. Oh, how about it? You can get it frozen concentrate. 12 12 ounce cans dilute with 48 ounces of water. So you 5 alive lives on. I'm going to see if I can get it at the local Marianos. Mostly in Canada. But I don't want to cross the border for it. Well. Okay, hold on. I'm going to see if I can get it at the grocery. There's a Facebook group if you want to find other people who love Five Alive. Wow, they really do love Five Alive. It's just called a fruit beverage. Oh, that's bad. To call it can of chemicals. It does say 100%. Back in the day, it said 100% natural. Are they allowed to say that now? I don't know. I you cannot instacart it, I don't think. You can get it from Amazon. It just says five alive citrus. Is the label still the same from the 90s? Mm-mm. Oh boo. Sorry. Okay. Well, not on the juice boxes anyway. We drank high C, which is more chemicals, less juice. What flavor did you guys? We would have orange, high C, and we it used to come in the tin cans, like the big cans, and you would have to use the little triangle can opener keys. And you had to do holes on both sides, pour it out. And then we had Ecto Cooler when that came out.

SPEAKER_00 25:05

Were you allowed to drink the juice? Oh, did you buy the juice boxes?

SPEAKER_01 25:08

Because we were only allowed to drink juice boxes in our lunch. I don't think we we always just had the big jugs of it. No, it was in a can. Like how my mom would shake it. How Hawaiian Punch comes. But it was big. Oh what? Did Hawaiian punch come in a can? Yeah. Okay. We did apparently high C was okay, but not Hawaiian punch. We were a Gatorade family.

SPEAKER_00 25:32

Oh, okay. In g but it came in glass jars. Or glass bottles.

SPEAKER_01 25:37

Oh, okay.

unknown 25:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 25:38

And then and then it came in the plastic. Wait, you said something else. Ectocooler? Ectocooler was a flavor of high-see that was for Ghostbusters and it was green. Oh my brother. Could you drink ectocooler but not lion punch? Correct. Okay. I wonder if it had to do with like the staining of Hawaiian business. Oh, I got banned from squeeze-its when I was in the squeeze-its were impossible. So we were in Scottsdale with new white carpeting. And then yeah, one squeeze it and we were done. No squeeze that. Do you remember Burple? Yes. It's like an accordion. It just had powder in it and you put water. It was like, oh. Jane Victor had purple. My friend Janice. We never had. No, we never had. Our juice boxes, sometimes my mom would buy these Boku boxes, they were called. Oh. And they were like a big juice box. And they didn't have a straw, they just had a tab you pulled back. Oh look, those puppets. This is ActoCooler. You can buy it online for $500, one from the 80s or 90s. Oh my, it's probably still good. It probably is. My so I actually, speaking of straws, that my son likes vanilla milks, and they're in little boxes, and they come with a straw. Well, I just bought two six packs of them and none of them had straws. And you sent it back? Well, I emailed the company. Oh, I remember these. All right. And I was like, could you please just send me 12 straws? They said no. But they're gonna send me coupons for free ones. I was like, I still have a problem though. I do remember those. Those were fancy.

SPEAKER_00 27:10

They were. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 27:12

Those probably had real juice in them.

SPEAKER_00 27:14

But they didn't have a straw.

SPEAKER_01 27:16

Oh, so you had to put your mouth on the page.

SPEAKER_00 27:18

He did when she sent those.

SPEAKER_01 27:19

Yeah, you kind of need a straw for the I feel cooler. It was a thing. Oh, there's squeeze it. And the five of lives. Oh, yeah. All our stuff is there. Wow.

Take Five Candy Bars And Taking A Beat

SPEAKER_01 27:34

The one that kind of came top of my mind talking about five is the Jackson Five. Oh gosh, I didn't even have that written down. We just saw the Michael movie last weekend, and there was a lot of Jackson Five. Did you see it with your kids? I did. But I love the Jackson Five, the songs that they sing. They're so good. Like you hear ABC. I don't yeah, I don't remember listening to a ton of Jackson Five music. My mom loved Motown. Oh, she did. And so we listened to a lot of it. I I listened to a lot of that in high school too. I feel like Jackson 5. What was the movie with all the girls now and then? Oh, now and then I feel like there was like music. I feel like it was a Jackson 5 song in that movie. That was a great soundtrack. I wonder if my girls would like that movie. So cute. That was one of my faves. Although sometimes when I think about movies my kids will like, and then I put them on, I'm like, whoa, I forgot about that part. Yes. Yes. Heaven to me with Mr. Mom. Oh. But the ratings were very different. There wasn't an R rating until the 70s. Or PG 13, excuse me. I think PG 13 wasn't a thing until the 80s. Oh, was it? So it was like PG or R. Like Jaws is PG. Because there wasn't a PG 13. Yeah, they needed a PG 13. Yikes. We never really followed the rating system, though. We were pretty much allowed to watch whatever.

SPEAKER_00 29:00

Yeah. Yeah. I remember my babysitter wasn't allowed to watch Pretty Woman.

SPEAKER_01 29:05

So we couldn't watch it when she came over. I wasn't allowed to watch it either. But then I was at a sleepover and we watched it. And then I was like, I'm gonna be in trouble. Well, my rule following friend. Bringing it back to fives. Yes. Take five candy bars. I don't really know this candy bar. This is my favorite candy bar. This is your this is your European cake. This is your thing. Mm-hmm. I think I did try one. And they peanut butter, chocolate, caramel, pretzels, and goodness. Goodness. Nougat.

unknown 29:39

I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 29:40

I feel like nougat like was done dirty. Like it needed a nicer name. Nougat. Like, yeah, I don't know. I don't know. Goodness. Do you use the term take five? Or you're like, ooh, let's take five. Uh no. I feel like I might. I say, like, okay, guys, let's take a moment. Yeah, I'll say, let's take a beat, or like, let's take a minute. And I often say, like, okay, I need a moment. And I'll say that too, like in the summer when we have floods of boys in our house. Sometimes I'll be like, Kevin needs a minute. So you guys have to go home. And that's fair. Yes. Does Kevin believe he needs a moment when you say that? Because John is like, I don't need a minute. Yeah. I'm fine. But then usually an hour later, it's like, oh. Yeah, that actually needed a break. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Ah, good old mom for trying to keep things in.

Where The High Five Comes From

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The number five was like stood for freedom and change and adventure. I didn't know that either. No. We both come from families of five. Yes, we do. We both have families of six now. Right. Or like, you know what's great about five? Room for one more. Yeah. Yes. A family of five makes nice pictures. Six, I feel like it's tricky sometimes. Yeah, but you kind of put them all in. You do. But I feel like because it's you can do like two and three just aesthetically. Looks very nice. I think an odd number is often aesthetic. With four, with four kids and two parents, sometimes it looks a little blocky. Get a dog. Oh, sure. Yep. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Exactly. I looked up the origin of the high five. So excited about this. And there's a little bit of uh discrepancy if you really. Yeah. Maggie Johnson claims he invented it in the 70s with Greg Kessler. Okay. At Michigan State. Hmm. But then in 1977, the LA Dodgers outfielder Glenn Burke raised his hand up above his head to congratulate Dusty Baker. Okay. And he spontaneously slapped it. And they're like, oh, that's the hive. Like he was giving them like the job. And then Dusty Baker was like, bam. Like, we did we invented it. So it's a baseball versus basketball. However, oh no. Sports historians suggest that celebratory slaps took place in the 60s in women's volleyball. Which makes a lot of sense. Because they're like setting the ball. Their hands are already up there. Their hands are already in motion. Yes. He's got baseball players. They have a glove on. And then they have the ball. Like, how are you gonna get a high five? You gotta drop the ball. These girls in your glove, I guess. Set. Yes. High five. And the spiking is like a high five. Yes, in the serve. They're serve. The serve, you essentially high-five the ball. Your volleyball skills are. And then somebody was like, no, no, no, no, no hold on. This all evolved from the 1920s and the African-American culture, like low five and give me five.

SPEAKER_00 32:50

Ah.

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As like a slang on the handshake. You know what? I think that is probably true. Because I remember. You remember the 20s? No, no, no. But I feel like I've heard like old songs with my grandparents where they would be like, give me, like, give me five on like, yeah. Yeah. So who knows? I mean, it's challenge. Get clear. Glenn Burke. Yes. I couldn't remember his names. Dusty Baker. And then in the 80s, there was another little hiccup because in 1980 it was entered into the dictionary as a noun.

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Oh.

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And then in 81, they were like, let's put it in as a verb as well. I would say it's both. Yeah. Well, five is a wonderful number. And I think our season five is only going to bring even bigger and better things. Absolutely. Yes. Which she said.

Highs, Lows, And Next Week

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Shall we high and low? Yes, but before we high and low, so keep in mind that the third Thursday in April is National High Five Day. Get out. Yeah. Get out there and Baker and Magic Johnson households cursing the day. I don't know. Oh, third Thursday? Yeah. Shouldn't it be the fifth? Yeah, shouldn't it be like May? Oh no, that's Secret of Maya. Well, that was Deacon. But or it should just be like every fifth day of the month is high five day. Yeah. Makes you feel good. In our book, it is. High five to that. Maybe we just high five every fifth day of the month for our fifth season. Okay. High five. Yeah, well. We can we can do a post. High five posts. Let's just launch and die some loves. My bow, Nora, is I was so excited because all of the road work was done. Like our street is paved, lines are painted, everything was back to work. And now we've got the electric company out on our street. And they put one of those little things on our door that said they were going to be doing electrical work, but it gave no times, no dates, and no description of the project in which they're doing. They may as well have not even hung anything on your door. Correct. And there are spray paint all over our side yard. And I think they're gonna dig it up. Is Julie there? Julie. Like the company. Oh, like before. Oh yes. I'm like, I haven't seen it. I don't know, Julie. But because our across the street neighbor, his yard got all dug up this week. So I think we're next week. You guys have been through more exterior construction for the Springdale neighborhood. I know. And anyway. It's had a mess. It's a mess. Remember how dusty it was? Oh. It was bad. Hopefully this passes quickly. I hope so. My low is that my pup got spayed earlier this week and she's kind of down for the count. So it's been a little extra work and a lot of extra snuggles. Sweet. Which is sweet, but yeah. Yeah. Sometimes you're like, it's a lot. Yeah. Yeah. What about your high? My high, I should have mentioned this a couple weeks ago. My mom and I went out for lunch to celebrate Mother's Day. Oh, nice. And we did a little shopping trip and went to the bookstore and we just had a great afternoon. And I'm still thinking about it. That's lovely. Yeah, it was she got back into town two weeks ago. So last week. So last week we did it. I think so. Um, it was just such a nice day. That's nice. It's nice when you can spend that time with your mom. It is. How about your high? I had a nice mom day last Friday. My mom came with me to look at kitchen cabinets. Oh, yeah, that's right. Mm-hmm. We had lunch and then she helped me look at that and then or bathroom cabinets. But yeah, it was just nice to hang out with you. Your high, though, that your bathroom's getting renovated? Not yet. It's not my high yet. Because I'm like kind of like, I don't know what we're gonna do. She didn't made any choices yet. But my high is that I get to babysit my niece and nephew last night. Oh, I saw you going to work. It was it was very sweet because my brother had called me and was like, Do you want to go to this live taping of a podcast with me? And I was like, he said, because his wife had gotten him tickets for as an early birthday gift. And I said, Well, why don't you go with your wife? And he was like, Oh, like, couldn't find a babysitter. I was like, I will babysit. Like, I never get to spend time with my niece and nephew without my own children around. Yeah. And he was like, Are you sure? I was like, Yes. Oh. Finn just turned three. Orla is almost seven. And I had so much fun with them. You did. They were so cute. But my brother was like, they have to be in bed on time. They have to be in bed on time. So I was kind of crazy about looking for 745 to get things going. And I was so hyper about it that I started things at 6:45. I read my watch wrong. So I had them like on my lap reading stories, and my niece goes, Auntie, Nora, it's only 7.08.

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I was like, oh my God.

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Like, turn the lights back on. Did you? Yeah. Like we had to play some more.

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And they were like, you're losing your mind.

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It was so funny. Did they go to bed easily? They did. Okay. Yeah, they went to bed easily. It was it was really, really nice to spend some time with my niece and nephew. And I bet your brother and Joanna had a blast too. Yeah. They had a nice time. Yeah, it's one of Sean. You know, after after our podcast, it's Sean's favorite podcast. Oh. Well, there you go. All right. Well, thanks for joining us for my first episode in season five, and we hope to see you next week. Bye.