Laughing Through Midlife with Cannabis, Chaos & Courage | Turn and Face the Strain

Episodes may include original AI-assisted music created by Queenie & TT, alongside licensed intro and outro music.

In this episode, Queenie & TT reconnect after a warm-weather escape and a return to brutal winter temperatures, reflecting on travel resets, cold-weather survival, and the strange humor that comes with seasonal whiplash. From snow-covered beaches to hockey games, humming as therapy, and the chaos of ongoing kitchen renovations, this episode captures the everyday rhythm of midlife in motion.

Cannabis remains part of the ritual, with the hosts sharing what they’re consuming today — from infused fizz drinks to hybrid pre-rolls — and continuing their mission to make adult-use cannabis conversations accessible without needing advice from a 22-year-old budtender.

A major personal revelation takes center stage when Queenie discovers she may already be a Canadian citizen thanks to recent citizenship law changes. This sparks a fascinating dive into genealogy, Irish migration history, the Robinson settlement scheme, and how history continues to shape identity today.

TT brings cannabis legal news involving driving laws and police search procedures, highlighting a recent court ruling clarifying when marijuana can legally be considered an “open container” and reinforcing the ongoing need for consistent cannabis policy across jurisdictions.

Of course, no episode would be complete without:

✨ “Was Cannabis Involved or Is This Just KaKa?” — featuring bong-water tasting claims and anti-munchies cannabis myths.

🔥 The F*ck-It List — this week’s entry: saying goodbye to hair dye and embracing gray hair as both liberation and rebellion against outdated beauty expectations.

Funny, thoughtful, nostalgic, and quietly radical, this episode is about aging honestly, letting go of unnecessary expectations, and remembering that there’s no guarantee — so you might as well live authentically now.

✂️ SHORT DESCRIPTION 

Canadian citizenship surprises, cannabis law updates, gray hair rebellion, and this week’s F*ck-It List. 

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Episodes may include original AI-assisted music created by Queenie & TT, alongside licensed intro and outro music.

speaker-0 (00:03.998)
Hi there, join our casual conversations for curious, bewildered and aspiring midlife cannabis queens. Welcome to the Closet Disco Queen podcast featuring Queenie and Titi. So kick off your platform shoes, sit back and get ready to laugh and learn all about adult use cannabis without having to ask a 22 year old. Let's get rolling.

speaker-1 (00:32.728)
Well hello, TeeTee! Hello, my queen! Welcome back from the Dominican Republic!

It's probably a worn off, isn't it? It's like, well, you know what? I keep looking at the photos. I just keep sitting there looking at the photos going, picture yourself floating in the pool. Picture yourself here on the beach. In the warmth. Feel the warmth on your skin. like channel it back again. And the other photo you can look at is the one we received this morning from our friend Linda, who is in Myrtle Beach.

South Carolina and she and her husband are in swimming attire and there's snow on the beach all around them. You know, I have to tell you, is a little embarrassing. first I was like, that sand is so white. How white is the sand? It's very different from the Dominican sand. my god. Dear god, it's on everything. It's just coating everything. It's snow.

It's snow. It's all over the place. So yes, they have snow. Visible snow in place there in South Carolina. So that was kind of winter. It's been kind of she said it ruined their beach day. I know. Right. So see, it could you could be on it. could be on a beach, but there could be snow on the beach. That's that would be a really yes. I have seen some pictures of our beloved Cape Cod with snow. Yes, they really got.

They've got quite a bit of snow out there. Yeah, I've seen the photos too. Boy, that's something else. It's really quite beautiful to see the ocean and the shore with snow. Yeah. Did you see like P-Town? You've seen photos of P-Town? I saw a little, funny, funny little How high the snow is? Yeah, I saw a funny little clip of a guy in front of the old colony, which is a bar from like the 1800s, right?

speaker-1 (02:31.086)
He's going to the snow going, please open, help me, help me open. It was very funny. That is funny. Who would have thunk, right? Right? I know. man. Yeah. Cause that's where all the seafarers, you know, mingle. So wow, that's, that's pretty cool. So yeah, we've got people on the beach with snow, so we can't, I suppose it could be worse. It's frigid here. You're getting what we had.

Below zero. Yeah, yeah. Below zero wind chill temps. it's... It was so cold here they closed school because of the wind chill. Not because of snow. It was like too cold to snow. Then their cutoff is like 35 degrees below zero. So it's not like, you know... You know it's cold when. When, right. Right when the schools close. Yeah, because it... what does it take? Like three minutes of exposed skin to get frostbite at that temperature?

And you guys have it now. I feel like we're in the middle of the heat wave with it being up in the 20s here. Wow. Wow. Yeah. Tropical. Yeah. So that's the fun part. Our Closet Disco Queen podcast deals with legal adult cannabis use and is intended for entertainment purposes only for those 21 and older.

speaker-1 (03:56.43)
Yeah. What else is going on? What else is going on? Well, like I said, it's quite an adjustment to come back to this, but not a whole lot going on. We went to a basketball game yesterday. was very exciting. was Wisconsin versus Iowa State and, or I'm sorry, Ohio State. And it was so close the whole game. was like you're on the edge of your seat. So that was fun. get to.

scream, which is a really good thing to be able to do. Just scream at the top of your lungs. I agree. We were at a hockey game last night. so you were able to... at hockey games. my good god. Yeah. Yeah. It's kind of a nice little outlet for frustration. Yes. All that kind of stuff, you know. And then I also do some humming during the game because they do this thing like the students do this thing where they go...

Hmm, I don't know. They do like a, they make this big sound when our defense has to get activated when we're at the other end. And so I just did my humming. Very, very loud humming. Yes. I've really incorporated humming into my daily routine. Have you? Yeah. I really like the way, well, in the shower, I do it in the shower, but I do like the way, you know, it opens things up a little bit.

Yeah, in the car sometimes. to find the vibration, feel the vibrations. Yeah. I'll do it in the car. Yeah. Nice. How's the kitchen coming? The kitchen is coming along. We've got a floor in the lower level. We are being sheetrocked as things are progressing. So let's see, there's one more wall to be sheetrocked. And then by the end of the week, we anticipate painting. Oh my gosh. See, now it's going to come fast.

Right? You're going to... And then the cabinetry will go up. then we'll the appliances installed.

speaker-0 (05:59.214)
Morning started my routine coffee's nice but nicer with some good old green gummy bears dancing brownies in a tray my buttenders asking what you had today what have you consumed today a cookie a gummy or a potent j did you eat it david or roll your own way tell me what cannabis you consumed today

speaker-1 (06:37.582)
So Titi, what are you consuming today? I was looking for my water bottle and I couldn't find it. I was like, I need to have a drink. And I was like, oh, but I have this. It is 420 Fizz. It is Razzleberry Rumble is the flavor and it's infused with about 10 milligrams of THC. So it's very tasty. Razz-berry Fizz. Very nice. Well, I am smoking a pre-roll, a pre-

ground hybrid from... who did I say it was from? I can see it. Where is it located? Nope, I can see it. It's in your brain. I know, it's like, please. Not yet, please. I know, it's bad. We a few good years left. I need at least one, please. Pau. Pau. yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes. Pre-ground hybrid from old Pau.

Old Pel's been around a long time. I remember it Pel from back in the day. Yeah, I don't know the name of the stream. But it's been quite delightful. was just about to take a hit as I got the brain fart. So, good lordy. Hit away, hit away, my dear. Tasty. And it's so tasty too. Tickles the taste buds. Okay, while we're talking about funny ladies. Catherine O'Hara. I know, so sad. sad. was just...

A delight. Wow. Just a delight. Wow. Wow. She brought a lot of sunshine, laughter, all the good stuff to this world. hours of laughter that she has provided to me personally. I can't even describe it. From the earliest days, SCTV. mean, we were hooked. We used to be able to see SCTV on Saturday nights or something after midnight or whatever.

We were up some signal, yeah. But I remember watching them. They were hysterical and she, well, just what a loss. I know. And she was young. She was 72? Four years older than us. Yeah. So, ugh. Yeah, I was so sorry to see that. Yeah. Definitely a big loss. Big loss. She was iconic, so. I read an article. It was an article in...

speaker-1 (09:03.574)
the Canadian magazine that said, just when we need Catherine O'Hara to help us over the loss of Catherine O'Hara. yeah. She's the person that you would go to for comfort. yeah, so. you have to your spirits. Well, luckily we still have her, you know, we have her. yes. For tape and on whatever video. Yep. Yep.

So, but speaking of Canada, I discovered, just saw a random article while I was scooting through Flipboard one day that said from photos of all places, you may already be a Canadian citizen and not even know it. And then I caught my eye. thought, hmm, interesting. What does this mean? So a click on that and apparently a new law went into effect in Canada, December 15th, 2025.

that eliminated the first generational rule for Canadian citizenship. And if you have any family who were born in Canada, and you can draw the direct line to yourself, are a Canadian citizen. That's amazing. considered to have been born Canadian, so it's nothing you have to apply for or be.

naturalized into so there's it's just a matter it's a matter of providing just the linkage the documentation yeah right so once that's established you get a certificate of citizenship and you can use that to obtain your passport

you

speaker-0 (11:17.718)
Ooh, ladi.

speaker-1 (11:27.518)
am Canadian. Yes, you are. By this law, I am Canadian, as are my children and grandchildren. Isn't it astounding how Canada is able to welcome people into their country? It's amazing, isn't it? Yes. Isn't it? How, like, let's make it easier for people to become citizens. Yeah. And the interesting, other interesting part of this, I also discovered I have to take a crash course in Canadian history because this is...

We weren't much about that. No, didn't. Hudson's the only thing we learned. That's about it. I don't think we learned the provinces. I don't think we were taught the provinces or anything No, not the way we were taught states. right? No. Oh, Canada, most other countries are much more informed. Well, obviously, because we're bullying everybody right now, but have been much more informed about the United States than vice versa because, know, we're just exceptional. So,

So yes, I have to do that because I've found, I have encountered what is known as the Robinson Scheme and it was a plan to fix the Irish problem in Ireland when people were poor and starving in the 1820s. 1825 to be exact. I think there were nine ships that launched from County Cork.

to Canada. provided these folks, whole families came over, provided these folks with land and a little bit of money and maybe some farming implements. But these were the poorest of poor who came over to Canada to quite literally clear the land and try to make a go of it. And so my grandmother's grandparents came over during the Robinson. Who provided it? The government?

Weird.

speaker-1 (13:17.74)
The Irish or the British government? The British government. Wow. And I also saw a reference to the Duke of Richmond has a tradition doing this too. Great, great, great something or other. I know I had something going on there. So my mother's side of the family had something with ousting my dad's side of the family from Ireland. Wow. Not ousting them, but these folks voluntarily left. And then they built a life for themselves in Canada.

Where, there must have been indigenous people there. So, but there weren't, were there, were there the kind of like cowboys and Indian stuff that happened here? I mean, did the wholesale slaughter? Yeah. I just wondered if they were able to handle that situation differently. Unfortunately, ignorant to that. But my understanding is that very purposefully the British had the Protestant, the Irish Protestants settle in what was.

deemed to be the more fertile, farmable land, easily farmable land. And they maintained that divide between Protestants and Catholics. And then when the Catholic Irish, Irish Catholics came over, they were provided land in another area of this township. They got the less desirable. Right. Okay. So they maintained the artificial separation between people, right? Based on interesting crap. Yeah. Wow.

So all of its artificial separation. So we're just human beings. I'll tell you. Yeah, you can pick any trait or whatever and separate people if you wanted. Yeah. You have 12 nose hairs and you know, anybody with 12 nose hairs, you're over there. Yeah. So I guess we have to identify people certain ways and gives you an opportunity to sort. Oh my goodness. Well, not just to sort, to. Yeah. Discriminate. Yeah. Make a hierarchy. Yeah. Yeah.

Yes, yes. that's been interesting. Well, you have an escape route. I do. Things come to a head here. I would suggest anybody who thinks that they have Canadian ancestors, people who were native born in Canada, I would just check that out. And if this, obviously not if, but my everyone in my, in our, my brother's family, my family, and my sister's family would be covered with the exception of his last granddaughter who was born after.

speaker-1 (15:40.462)
December 15th, 2025. So there's another process they would have to go through to establish her citizenship. But there's a process anyway. believe there is. Sorry, you gotta ditch that kid. I have to leave you back here. So yeah, check it out. Interesting. Yeah, you'll have to keep us posted about that. Yeah. Oh yeah. I'm gonna, really, I'm gonna hit the books on Canadian history, for sure.

I'm in it to win it now. I'm ready to go.

What's the latest but buzz?

speaker-0 (16:19.534)
E.T. tell me the news where is it legal? No one knows

speaker-1 (16:38.03)
you

speaker-1 (17:00.536)
So Titi, do you have a story for us this week? I do have a story for us this week and it kind of follows on the heels of some of the conversations we've been having about driving with marijuana, having consumed marijuana. Not that people who are impaired should not be driving if they're imbibing in marijuana, but there have been issues with people who have used marijuana and then days, and days and weeks later even.

are being accused of being impaired because their blood test or their breath test showed that they contained THC still, which can stay in your bloodstream for a long time. Well, this is not quite about the same thing, but it has to do with cars and police officers. So what happened was some police officers saw a car that had a tray in the backseat that is

often used for rolling joints. And they looked like they could see what was on the floorboards or on the floor mats of the car that looked like weed. So that they felt that they had enough reason to search the car. And they found that they arrested the person who was driving for having an quote open container. They said that when it comes to impaired driving,

open container law they thought applied because there was open marijuana in the car. Visible in the car, right. But a ruling was handed down just a couple days ago that the high court ruled that the police must find marijuana in a condition that's ready to be smoked if they're going to charge a driver with an open container violation. So just having the presence of weed in the car isn't enough. Like if it was in a pipe? Yeah, if it was in a pipe, it was all loaded up.

and ready to be smoked. if you had a way to light the pipe handy, then they might be able to do that. But it must be of usable quantity in an imminently usable condition and readily accessible occupant. So you can't have a filled pipe in, you your person in the back seat or something. It has to be like, it's right there within reach in your hand, you know, and there's a

speaker-1 (19:22.86)
I don't think cars have lighters anymore, do they? Well, that wouldn't work on a pipe anyway. Yeah, it would have to be able to be used. And it's just kind of common sense. Is this something that is immediately usable or accessible? And they have to consider that. The other thing is that seeing those things in the car was not a reason to search the car. They didn't have probable cause to search in the first place. And the police were saying that because the driver was nervous.

and in possession of a rolling tray that that was sufficient to search the car. the court rejected that. anyway. Did you say what the initial reason for the stop was? I think, I don't know that the car was actually moving. It doesn't say that the person, it was actually moving. It just said the person was very nervous and that they, I don't know if it was someone who was parked and they looked in and they saw it.

doesn't say, let's see, no officer suggested he was concerned that the driver and passenger could have somehow while riding in the front of the car collected the scattered bits of marijuana from the rear floor behind the passenger for imminent consumption. So I can't tell from this story actually. It says, it calls the person the driver. She hadn't been driving erratically. Her registration license were in blemish. She no warrants. So I'm not exactly sure if they saw it while it was parked.

And just as she was stopped for another or she was or she was like, yeah, yeah. Maybe incidental, then they glanced and saw this stuff. Right. The initial snap had nothing to do with maybe being exactly. Yeah, exactly. Right. Right. So I mean, that's that's one for one for us, because, you know, I think there are some times people law enforcement might get overzealous in.

looking for things and coming up with reasons for stopping people. And it might be seen as an easy arrest, you know, because I know that they're under pressure to fill quotas and, you know, make their numbers and all that stuff. But so this is, this is good that it has to be in a consumable and accessible. What's the word I want? It has to be consumable and accessible. guess that's the way I would say it. To be, to fit under the open container more. Wow. Okay. Well that's.

speaker-1 (21:39.566)
interesting to know. Yeah. Something to keep in mind. Yeah, this all just goes to underscore the need to have some consistency throughout the country about, you know, how we're going to treat this plant, how our police expected to treat the plant. Let's figure out how to screen for the plant if people aren't using it responsibly. So it's best, certainly would be in everybody's best interest to just declare

a truce on cannabis and move forward. Right. You know, and this is this happened in California, which is surprising given that they've had it's been legal there for quite a long time. But that just goes to show how, you know, kind of all over the place. We are we're just there's just not is just up recording.

But a c*** should a real or fake Another headline for TT to take Floor to man, maybe not AF vper dream or news I got Four winds deep, she's on a streak Clocking caca like it's her meteor chic But I'm scrolling thin, the wells run dry I've run out of weed news Don't ask me why So crown the champ, enjoy the clout I'm not surrend-

speaker-1 (22:55.672)
So Titi, are you ready to play that game everybody loves? Woulda, coulda, shoulda, were they high? Was it caca? Was cannabis involved? We don't know. But we look to you and just anecdotally you've been on quite a roll. You've, this whole year I believe you've been successful. Well, maybe you opened up.

Not in the beginning, but you're on a roll now. You're on successive wins. Successive wins. let's see if you can continue your streak. Holy crap, But you do second guess yourself. So it's quite interesting to watch. To see where you were. Where were you in late? Will you stay with your original thought or will you talk yourself totally out of it? As one goes.

veer off a cliff. Okay, I am ready. the premises share two situations. Titi's got to determine was cannabis involved with this? Did it really happen? Is this true? Or is it just ca ca? Is that a correct summation of the game? Yes, true or ca ca or real real or ca ca or it happened or ca ca whatever.

whatever. And kaka. There's always that kaka. Pop-portunity. Kaka-pop-portunity. Pop-portunity. Okay. There's a man who claims that he's able to taste terroir of used vong water. I don't know what that word means. I believe it means he is able to determine the strain of the properties of said cannabis.

through the bong waters. If you recall the... tasting the bong water. Okay, tasting the bong water, not smelling it. He can taste the terroir of used bong water. So he's able to determine qualities and properties through tasting the bong water. Because the smoke... Okay, goes through there. So it's captured, but does it linger? I'm going to say that's false. Titi believes that that...

speaker-1 (25:14.094)
It's bong water caca. I think it's caca. Yes. If you think about it, most bong water is caca. It's pretty, yeah. think... Oh, can you imagine trying to drink it? I would have to to be strained, number one. Yeah. Because there's all sorts of detrius in there. Well, maybe that's how stuff, don't think it's like... Swap on the palate? You what? No, no, no, no, no.

Oh, did I just remind you of something? No, it's just kaka. She says it's kaka folks. Let's see if she's correct. That is correct.

as a satirical profile. So no, they're not able to taste the terroir of the strain through used water. There you go. Terroir. Do you recall on the Howard Stern show when Richard Christie convinced everyone he identify beer that was poured into his ass? Yes, I do remember that. And he actually

was able to, as I recall. That was really the sad part, I think it was more coincidental than anything else. wasn't this terroir. When I saw this, this reminded me of like, okay. I did think of that. see, that's- I took that into consideration. Came into mind when I saw that. Okay, so.

How about bioengineered strain? There are people working on creating a bioengineered strain that actually makes you less hungry. I hope so. I'm going to say yes to that one. I think there are a lot of people who worry about their weight and don't imbibe because they're worried about getting the munchies. Really? yeah. I know. That's a big determine.

speaker-1 (27:13.41)
Well, I think people struggle with weight, you know, in the past. A friend who said to me, I'm just, can't, I'm just so worried I'll get the munchies. And it's been a real struggle for her, you know, all these years, and she's at a place, a good place now, and she doesn't want to take the chance. So I'm just say yes. I think there's a, there would be a good demand for that. So I would imagine they might be trying to create that. Okay. So TT has stated that she believes that yes, work is occurring on a bioengineered strain.

that can actually make you less hungry. And now it's time to find out, let's see, is it really something that has something to do with cannabis that we can count on or is it caca? Titi says, it is really something we can count on. Sorry. Your streak has come to an end. Damn. Unfortunately, that is isn't someone doing that? That's a hoax.

You

speaker-1 (28:08.846)
Well, here's an idea for you guys out there, all you bioengineers. There are, there's a THC, oh no, there's either a terpene or cannabinoid that can help suppress hunger. The munchies? Oh, suppress hunger. it's it's or the munchies, it's not readily available, you know, available in all strains. okay, So it's quite limited. to work, bioengineers. I know, but I know that.

Juana, Juana Guami. Guami's. Juana Guami's. Okay. I know they were marketing a gummy that was, had this profile, but I've only seen it in, at the, you know, in this brand. I'm guessing it's either difficult to isolate or. Now that you mentioned it, I recall buying a joint that was supposed to be a non-munchy joint.

I know if you remember, I think we were there together. So, but yeah, so I guess it must occur naturally in some plants and they haven't yet been able to isolate it and use it in other plants. difficult to distill. Yeah, there must be a reason that it's not widely being generated, you know, or distilled and then, you know, used to boost some of these products that they're boosting with other.

like, you know, diamonds and hash, but, you know, get this one agent and get it in there so we can all, you know, avoid the munchies. Right. Yeah. So, Well, you know, you were on a roll and you still, only, you know, only missed I did 50-50. You did 50-50. I would not be, I know you're very, I can see, I know what you're thinking. I'm hard on myself, I know.

my gosh! You know what? You know what? You're thinking, what? You're thinking, this sucks because the episode that we can't use. I off on your no, I wasn't even thinking about that. But now that you mention it, it's not fair. It's just not fair. Wayne Riverside. But what, you know what? I want to mention the beautiful t-shirt you are wearing. yes, yes, yes. Just in time for VD.

speaker-1 (30:31.246)
Yes, it says, stole or 20 dang bread. It's a new take on conversation arts. Lovely, lovely, lovely. And very, very, very cute. Where might one find this, this treasure TT? One might find this in our shop on Etsy, Humble Pond Productions. And if you searched by Closet Disco Queen Podcasts, CDQ,

then you will find it among the offerings. It is also available on our website, ClosetDiscoQueenPodcast.com under the shop tab. There you go. Multiple ways to obtain said merchandise. And this is just one of many, one of many designs that one will find in our store. Correctimundo? Yeah. So have fun with that. Well, onward and upward, TT.

Mm-hmm.

We've got a list and it's getting long Petty to profound, what feels so wrong Sticky notes and middle-aged sass If it don't serve us it can kiss our ass

Fuck it, fix it, or forget it We're seasoned queens, don't regret it If it drains our soul or waste our wit We file it under, hell no, skip it From bad bras to toxic friends We draw the line and tie the ends each week A gripe or hill to die on with Queenie and TT The fuck

speaker-0 (32:15.372)
It list lives on

speaker-1 (32:24.142)
Dokey-dokey, tee-tee, are we ready to play? We're not playing anything. Are we ready to add to our fuck it list? Yes, we're ready to add to it. I am, I am so ready. I couldn't be more ready if I tried. All right. What is this week's addition to the fuck it list? This week's addition comes to us from several people who are saying fuck it to coloring their hair anymore. Bravo.

Yep. know several, I have several friends who have ditched the dye, so to speak. have one, one person in particular did it while working while still in the workforce. Most people that I've observed, however, wait until they've retired to do that. And that's what my other friend did. So I don't, you know, I've never colored my hair, so I really don't have a vote or I shouldn't have any comments on this.

Because I knew enough not to do it not to start. No, I started getting gray when I was 40 So I started well, I was younger than than that. Really? Yeah. I remember I remember taunting my children Yeah, I started getting visible gray like and I was I'm too young for this So that's when I started coloring my hair, but I stopped when I was working

But then I found, I used to color my own hair. used to, you know, use L'Oreal because I'm worth it. I found a box of L'Oreal hair cover in my, when I was cleaning out the vanity under the sink. And I thought, now mind you, costs about 10 bucks, right? I shouldn't let this go to waste. So I colored it again. And as soon as I did, I was like, no! Then I colored it for a few months. And then I was just like, okay, forget it. I kind of started letting it grow out.

and using some of that temporary stuff on the roots. then I finally got my hair cut super short and then it was mostly gray. it worked out. Yeah. Wow. That was dumb. Yeah. I back to it after I had escaped. I knew enough about myself. I would not have been maintaining that at all. At all. Well, the way your gray has come in is very attractive. And I have seen other people who had their gray has come in beautifully. And when mine first...

speaker-1 (34:49.262)
came in, was nice, but now it's like all gray. like, it used to be kind of like yours sort of streaky and frosted looking. Frosted. Just the old green. Just the tips, please. But the thing is, I totally lost what the thing is. Well, the time and money that you spend. Well, time and money. Yeah. Sure. We don't have to go through that. But have you been paying attention to the

news recently, the last two, three months, news has come out that they've shown that gray hair has developed as an immune response, your body fighting cancer. Wow. I have not heard that. Yes. So I don't know under what circumstances, there's a correlation. Yes. Okay. gray hair and your body's defenses.

Yes. Yeah. That is so interesting. Wow. So basically you should be thankful for your gray hair. Okay. I'm thankful. I like my gray hair now. I'm embracing it. I'm embracing this being older thing. It's a good excuse for lot of things. Well, we did use it to leave the hockey game after the second period last night. I go, I'm old. Sorry, but I'm old. at Dan and I said, you know, if you want to leave after the second period, goes...

Well, you know, if you want, you know that I said, yeah, we can. That's fine. So Lauren was way down at the other end. And so the second period ended and we were putting our coats on and she was giving me the look like, what are you doing? And I, I mouthed to her, I'm going to go home. And she goes, why? just looked, I said, I'm out. We're old and tired. And she said, right. That's been in handy. Well, that away we went, skittered out of there.

But yeah, this is always, know, my hair, like I said, I never colored my hair. So this is just the way my look has evolved. I guess that's what it's going to be. I can't imagine starting to color my hair now. No, no, no, no, no. Oh That would be a riot. We should both try to be blondes. What? We should both be platinum blondes. Like my mother. Yes. I decided to go blonde. I need that.

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That late 60s, early 70s platinum blonde. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. We're the little old ladies who use silk and silver now. Actually, what is silk and silver? I have no idea. It was a commercial though. I have no think it, I don't know what it did to your gray hair. What made it brighter? Oh, is it some of that purple shampoo or something? I guess some people, it's like strips out yellows or I don't know. Yeah.

Yeah, I have some of that purple shampoo because in the summer, what's left of the brown turns kind of yellowy. You know, it gets lighter. So, I don't know. This is stuff they used to advertise on the Laurence Welk Show. don't remember that at all. Look it up. It's still in silver. Is it still being produced? I don't know. I don't know. I don't think so. It might be one of those things that...

Who the hell knows what was in it, you know? Who knows what's in any of this stuff that we put on our heads? Yeah, I just do. don't think dye can be good for your head, you know? Like I said, don't look at me. I was damaged enough through those little Tony home permanents. you know, hearing my aunt and my mother bloating for bear saying, do you want to give Lynn a Tony? And I'm like running around, you know, trying to evade them.

and then being forced to hold the shoe box full of those dreadful rollers, those rollers, different colored rollers with the... Yeah, but some of them had real spikes, spikes on them. I had one home permanent, my aunt gave it to me. She had, I think she had been a hairdresser for a while. She had a, she had one of those chairs with the big attached dryer. Like a cone head? Yeah.

Yes, she had one of those and I remember sitting there and at one point I started to cry and I said it hurts because they were pulling it real tight, you know? Yes, yes. And my course then there's dripping in your eyes. Yes! My aunt said, you have to suffer to be beautiful. Oh my god. How old were you? Eight? I don't know! Something like that, yes. Shut up! This is a lesson you're gonna have to learn. God! Oh my god!

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I know, I know. be beautiful. I... That really, that really... That foul odor and then dripping in your eyes. hon, give me, give me, give me one of those, give me one of those sheets now. Give me a paper. Give me a paper. Give me a paper. And you're like... Handing them over. Yeah. Over your shoulder. Tight, tight, tight. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

And then putting that cotton stuff around you so it doesn't. Oh yeah, around the front in your eyes anyway. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then taking those freaking things out while your head is under the kitchen sink because they're rinsing the chemicals out of your head. We got to do it fast. And you barely, barely get yourself over because you're so little still. Go, go, go, hurry, hurry, hurry. It's over time. Oh my God.

I know, I know. would, my God, no. I would no sooner try to give my child a perm. He used to put all this stuff in my hair and then put the plastic bag on my head and walk downstairs and say, am I pretty? And you're ironing your hair? Yeah, with the plastic bag and the goop and everything. Yes, yes, yes. All the above. And then put that poofy dryer on her heads. yeah.

Yeah, with the tube, with the hose that plugged into that constantly using that thing. Yes, that little R2D2 thing. thing, it was like a... No, what? Put it in. Like a room bug kind of. Did you have one of those portable ones that you could put over your head? No, we just had wasn't quite like the slant ones. the bonnet. It was like a portable one, so it opened up, so you had to just close it on itself, but you could sit under there at the kitchen table.

Wow. I remember hearing it going, tsk tsk tsk. We just had the bonnet. Oh my god. It was before blow dryers. There were no such thing as blow dryers then. That was if you wanted to dry your hair. Right. You had to put a bag on your head. Or some of these big contraption things. I found a picture of an old blow dryer that I recall getting for Christmas.

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In the 70s, I'm definitely gonna use it for our reunion stuff. It's a riot. It's a riot. Oh my god. I a picture of my sister under one of the bonnet things. Mm-hmm. Yep. Those were the days. See all the things we've done to our hair in the name of what? What? Beauty, right? Yeah. guess. Trying to be attractive. Trying to...

I keep up with the Joneses, the Jones generation, right? I love my hair. huh. And you've seen Pamela Anderson, she's gone totally natural. she doesn't wear makeup anymore. Wow. She doesn't color her hair. doesn't wear makeup. Jamie Lee Curtis. Yes. is one who has never been afraid of saying this is what it looks like when you get older, you know? Right, right. It's easier. So that's it ladies. Say fuck it to coloring your hair.

It's time to give up. it up. And there's a certain, there is a certain beauty in having gray hair. Yes. And it looks so much better with your skin because there's not that clash between dark hair and Wrinkles. Yeah. you don't have to worry about that. It's gentler. Yeah. Even though your head looks older, your face will look younger.

There you go. Wow. She's got a really old head. Her young face. It drives me crazy though when they use women, women who clearly are in their like thirties to, and they color their hair gray and they, you know, it's like, come on, we know you're not really gray. And that was a thing for a while. Young people color your hair gray for a little while. Yeah. But there are people who do go gray prematurely. They do. Yeah.

Yeah. some go like completely white prematurely. Absolutely. So, well, I'm sure we'll see a lot of all of the above at our reunion. At our reunion. We'll see one from each column, I'm sure. I'm sure. Yes. Yeah. All sorts of different hair. column and color. Hair things are on or not. Why How many you are bald? Why not? So that'll be the fun part.

speaker-1 (44:07.7)
Alrighty then well, I guess there's nothing left to do other than wishing everybody a nice week. Yes Have a happy week and we will see you here next week next week. Yes, absolutely So ta ta tt ta ta. Bye. Bye

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