Yuck

Apple pie mac and cheese. You made a face, didn’t you? We did too—and that knee-jerk reaction became our door into a bigger, funnier, and surprisingly useful conversation about comfort, boundaries, and what our ick tells us about how we live.

We start with fall’s realignment: darker evenings, earlier bedtimes, and the happy ritual for one Nora of swapping sundresses for sweaters. There’s joy in textures and layers, but also a strategy—keep what you’ll actually wear, let go of what won’t make the cut. From there, comfort food goes off the rails with dessert-flavored mac, and we unpack why that combo feels wrong even as curiosity tempts a taste. A palate cleanser follows: Monopoly turns 90, the British Mint celebrates with a charming 50 pence coin, and we geek out on how nostalgia and play can bring people together without feeling corny.

Then we dive into the science of disgust versus dislike—how cockroaches, sweaty sports bags, hair in restaurant food, loud chewing, and public-bathroom sock runs trigger ancient alarms about contamination. We trade practical rules for modern life: never put a suitcase on a hotel bed, crack the car windows after sneezes, wear shower shoes at the gym, and tame laundry chaos with a behind-the-pillow pajama system.

We close with highs and lows that ground the season: holiday photos locked in early, a personal “sweater draft,” and the reality that dark evenings can fog your brain unless you plan around them. Across laughs and light shudders, one theme sticks—fall is when we curate. We choose what feels warm, what feels safe, and what deserves a place in our day.

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Transcript

Fall Vibes And Sleep Schedules

SPEAKER_01 0:06

Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora. And Nora, welcome. We're glad you're here. We sure are. Thank you for having me in the studio and providing snacks. Oh, you're welcome. Nothing says uh let's record like a bowl of pretzels and a diet coke. These are two of my favorite snacks. No, that's pretty much all I ever offer you, but but that's all I need. Oh I think I might still be recovering from Halloween weekend. How about you?

SPEAKER_02 0:30

You were hostess with the most us. Oh, thank you. To plan for a party where you don't know who's coming. You don't know how many people are coming, but to do it so effortlessly and welcomingly and it was just Oh, that's very nice of you.

SPEAKER_01 0:45

No, I like to do it for the neighborhood and some of our orphaned families. Or like an oasis. Yeah, I just like to be base. Because I like to be at my own house. And I love the vibe of Halloween. But I just between Halloween, and we did maybe get a little ahead of ourselves, and then football and the playoffs and lots of sports. It was a long weekend. It did feel like a long time. And daylight savings, which really should have helped us.

SPEAKER_02 1:12

It's so funny because in the morning I'm like, this is great. And then at night, I'm like, oh no. It really is like jarring to have it.

SPEAKER_01 1:21

Have been in my pajamas by six o'clock. Oh, that's so funny. Every night. The first night I was asleep by 7:30. Wow. I know. But Ryan congratulated me. He's like, this is your season. He's like, you waited three whole hours. There is someone who knows you well. I do have to stay away from my bed this time of year. Like, I don't know if I should just keep my clothes on.

SPEAKER_02 1:48

Definitely keep your clothes on.

SPEAKER_01 1:50

I don't know if I should stay like dressed for the day until later or what, but this combination of me putting on my pajamas and then like doing housework upstairs. You know what I've been doing?

SPEAKER_02 1:59

Brutal late. I've been wearing a lot of jeans lately. So then if like when I know I'm home for the night, I'll put sweatpants on. But I'm like a Zoom call. Like I'm like still dressed on. But then I have like sweatpants on the bottom or like pajama pants. That's funny. Where I'm like, oh, I don't need to wear jeans right now, but not going full pajamas.

SPEAKER_01 2:19

And how excited are you and how crushed am I that our closets took a turn? Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_02 2:23

I really like texted you for realsies. Nothing makes me happier than bringing out my sweaters. And it was true. And nothing crushes my soul more than putting away my sundresses. And I really thought to myself, okay, I'm gonna make some tough cuts. I'm gonna get rid of sweaters, and I couldn't do it. Not one? Well, there was like three or four where I was like, this doesn't look good on me. I should stop.

SPEAKER_01 2:47

That's usually a good reason to do this. That or anything that has holes or space or older than the children. You know, but I would be.

SPEAKER_02 2:56

Yeah, oh my God. So I do have some sweaters that are like older than Kevin for sure.

SPEAKER_01 3:00

I celebrated today because I think this is my last day in a fall sundress. Could be.

SPEAKER_02 3:05

It's it's gonna get cold.

SPEAKER_01 3:06

Yeah. But I could get away with it today. It's super cute. Yeah, I'm gonna put a jean jacket over it.

SPEAKER_02 3:12

Yeah. That's a super cute dress, but yeah, oh my god, taking out all those sweaters. I was I had them all on my bed. I won, but I think I counted 28 sweaters normally. Oh soulmate sweaters.

Closet Switch And Sweater Joy

SPEAKER_01 3:26

Hot sometimes, sometimes they can be restricted. Oh, great. You have to just buy the right kind of sweaters. Or move to a climax which doesn't require 28 of them. How about some comfort food for the season? Yeah, let's do it. You know we love ourselves a collab. Oh no. Or not. Okay, mac and cheese has gotten in the game. Like macaroni and cheese. Yeah, no. Craft style. Oh yeah. Not my brother.

SPEAKER_02 3:55

Your brother in craft?

SPEAKER_01 3:59

Oh my gosh. They have a new flavor. And I didn't have time to check to see if our local stores are stocked with it, but it's apple pie. What?

SPEAKER_02 4:10

No! Apple pie flavored mac? Is it still cheese flavored, or is it just apple pie flavored noodles? No, no, no.

SPEAKER_01 4:20

I don't know. They say it's both familiar and adventurous. Creamy cheese with cinnamon and tart green apple notes. Oh no. So sick. That's not right. No, it's not right at all. Like, what are they doing?

unknown 4:34

No.

SPEAKER_02 4:36

And who's gonna buy that? I want to be in those meetings where someone's like, listen up. I got a great idea. You know, this mac and cheese train we've been riding for years. Let's add apple cinnamon. And if everyone was like, oh my God.

SPEAKER_01 4:49

I feel like they'd be like, dude, you're in the wrong meeting. That's the oatmeal meeting.

unknown 4:53

Correct.

SPEAKER_02 4:54

Yeah. Wrong, wrong division. Or was it like somebody came in like, hey boss, like we had a problem down at the plant. We got our oatmeal and our mac and cheese mix mixed up. And whoopsie daisy, better put it in a box and sell it to the store. They need to market. Yeah. Tell them to spend that turd.

SPEAKER_01 5:12

Like, I don't how does this happen? I don't know. I don't know. Are you gonna try it? Heck yeah. Okay. Oh, you're not. I mean if I see it, I'll try it.

SPEAKER_02 5:22

If you make it, I'll try it.

SPEAKER_01 5:24

So I'm gonna try to Hamburg Helper, so I think I need to do like one thing I was trying to do.

SPEAKER_02 5:27

We do need to have that's quite the dinner party. We'll do Hamburg Helper, mac and cheese with apples, and then we'll get the Thanksgiving pizza. Thank you to our listener, Sheila. Uh right? Who, like right before we started recording, sent us a picture. They're at our local grocery store. We gotta get one. Absolutely. It's we'll call it barf dinner.

unknown 5:46

I don't know.

Comfort Foods Gone Wild

SPEAKER_02 5:47

We'll call it uh flavorpalooza. Ooh, there you go. Okay. Did you know that Monopoly just had a birthday? How old is Monopoly? 90. 9.0? 9.0. And I it caught my eye because when we talked about games, we really did talk quite a bit about Monopoly. This story hits on two things that we've discussed. Okay, because we've discussed games. We've discussed Monopoly in games, and then we've also discussed coins last week. Oh yeah, we were saving the world. Saving pennies. And I feel like you know much how much I love England, but I feel like the Brits are kind of rubbing our faces in it. Because not only are they printing all their coins, they're making commemorative coins for Monopoly. But look how cute this coin is. They made a 50 pence coin to celebrate 90 years of Monopoly. Wait, so is it a piece? It's a currency. Oh, it is currency? I mean, it's a collectible, so I don't I doubt that you would spend it in a store if you got it. But kudos to the British Mint for doing this because not only is this cute as a button, they're also making it like a big game that around England there's gonna be a giant silver top hat. And for the first 100 people who take a picture with it and post it, they're eligible to get one of the queens. Oh, look at that! Holds the world's record for most Monopoly games owned. So you have some work to do, Nora, because how many do you have? One? One? He has 4,379 Monopoly games. They're all different. I believe so. Look at how happy he is. So happy. And his Monopoly sweater holding his 50 pence coin. Aww. He's just loving life. He's he's British. Okay. But yeah, so not only is England printing all their coins, they're making games out of it.

SPEAKER_01 7:43

Games. How about we talk books a minute? Sure. How about this guy from Houston who has a bookstore on wheels? No, wait, bookmobile. Yeah, he wanted to open a store but didn't have the capital, so he fills it with 500 to 600 unique titles. I love that. One title. Mm-hmm a piece. Oh, okay. So it makes sense? Yeah. One of each title. One of each, yeah. And then he just drives to local coffee shops and some farmers markets. Yes. Isn't that so cute? I love that idea. I know. And then he said if it doesn't work out, well, at least I got a truck. He's like, I have all these books. Yeah. But like kids' books, adult books, all sorts of books. I love that. I do too. Good for him. I know. And they just made me happy. So if Monopoly's not your jam, keep an eye out for the book truck next time you're in Newstead.

SPEAKER_02 8:30

I would imagine too, he's got some sort of social media so you know where he's gonna be. Oh, yeah, I don't know. I didn't think. And I bet you he knows a lot about the books. Like I bet he gives great recommendations.

unknown 8:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 8:39

You know, he's not just like mysteries over there.

unknown 8:42

I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 8:43

He's probably pretty like a patch out, I just probably a reader himself. I would I would guess so. Kind of going back to sweaters a little bit. Oh, sorry. I've heard, you know, they've said like sardine summer or whatever, hot girl, whatever it is. Fall, I've heard it's being called Joe March Fall. Like from little women. Joe, you don't love little women. I was like big, comfy things like kind of like skirts and sweaters and scarves and jackets. And I'm like, that's just normal fall.

SPEAKER_01 9:14

Remember, it was messy English women are wearing this.

SPEAKER_02 9:19

It's kind of like the American version of that. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:22

Great. I was like, yes. Are you on board with that?

SPEAKER_02 9:25

Totally. I don't think I can pull off a like a button-down and a tie. No. That was one of the things they showed. But and also like long skirts for me. And I'm going to go. Oh, you have some great long skirts. Yes, I do have some long skirts. But dressy long skirts. But like they're more dressy. Yeah. I don't think I'd put on a long skirt to like go about my day.

SPEAKER_01 9:46

Yeah, I'm not one to gallivant in a long skirt. Long skirt. I feel like Yeah. I don't know. Hey, tell me about warm out clothes. Sure. Where do you put your pajamas when you're finished wearing them? Like after they're washed.

SPEAKER_02 10:03

No. Oh, okay. This has been a discussion in our house with my children.

SPEAKER_01 10:08

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 10:09

I will wear pajamas two times. Yeah, that's what they say. Two to three wears.

SPEAKER_01 10:13

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 10:14

So I fold them and I put them behind my pillow.

SPEAKER_01 10:17

You do? Yes. Stop. Yes. That's what the majority of people do. Hey, I'm so normal. Who knew? I've never heard of that. Okay. What do you do with your pajamas? I either put them down the chute or put them in the house. Oh, you do so once in the drawer. Uh it depends. Okay. It depends. My kids are all a one and done, and my laundry is outraging.

SPEAKER_02 10:36

Same.

SPEAKER_01 10:37

And I've been trying to tell them, no, please stop. Yeah, but wait, tell me more about behind the pillow.

SPEAKER_02 10:43

Because I don't want to put them back in the drawer because they're not clean like the other ones. But then I don't want them on my bed because I want my bed to look clean. So I just put them behind my pillow. Like because I have my pillows that I sleep on, then I have the decorative pillows. So I just put them behind the decorative pillows. Huh. Wow.

SPEAKER_01 11:03

I didn't realize that was like a thing. Yeah, it's a total thing. They pulled people where they put their pajamas after they wear them and how many times they wear them. And then number one was behind the pillow. Great. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 11:13

Because also I I mean, especially the nice pajamas you gave me for my birthday. I'm like, oh man, like one night's not enough. I gotta get two. Yeah, I usually I don't know. Because I was trying to my daughter, I was like, because she's still in like a shower every other night. So the nights you shower.

SPEAKER_01 11:30

She had like a shower after every after a long day at school.

SPEAKER_02 11:33

She's not an everyday girl yet. No? Mm-mm. I mean the boys are every night. She's seven. She's not that smelly.

Monopoly Turns 90 And Coin Nerding

SPEAKER_01 11:40

I think I always wasn't every night. Really? Yeah. But that was Al's job. Well, didn't Al shower your kids for a while?

SPEAKER_02 11:46

Yeah. He's straight in sanitation. I mean, he's lucky because Rose is like, I can do it myself. Where Kevin and the boys were much later than they said for sure. Yeah. Sorry. Sorry, not sorry. That's on them. But I'll, you know, I'm like, too nice for a pajamas. Yeah. And what I need to start doing is just taking them out of the dirty clothes and putting them back on their bed. Oh, but then they're dirty, dirty. Then they're like they're dirty. Yeah, I don't want to touch the other dirtiness.

SPEAKER_01 12:12

But I never thought about putting my worn jams back in the drawer, contaminating the clean ones.

SPEAKER_02 12:18

I mean, contaminating is probably strong. Strong. Like I don't think they're contaminating, but because then they're also out and ready to go. Yes. Yeah. But then the worst is when I forget I've done that and then I grab new ones and then I'm like, oh no, should I do? Now I have these on, but these are kids couldn't buy in the pillow too? No, and that's trying to get them to do. Okay. They're one and done. And then the laundry is out of control. Yes. Okay. Because like if they wear their uniform to school and then they change their clothes if they when they get home and then they're wearing pajamas. Like, that's three outfits. Yeah, and practice uniform jerseys times four kids. Like, that's why I have to do laundry every day. Multiple times a day. Yeah. Yeah. I'm doing whites and dark. I'm like, yeah, usually two loads a day. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:03

So also our laundry smells because my kids are smelly. They're not smelly.

SPEAKER_02 13:09

They're sports. They're working really hard.

SPEAKER_01 13:11

Their sports are very smelly. So it can't sit in there.

SPEAKER_02 13:14

No. It's disgusting. I'm I was happy to see Kevin's football time come to that. Yes. For the season. Yes. Oh, yeah. We're still going strong. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:27

Soccer's going strong. Football's going strong. Right.

unknown 13:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:30

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SPEAKER_02 13:59

Oh my goodness, prices certainly are falling. And that makes me feel as warm and cozy as a turtleneck sweater.

SPEAKER_01 14:06

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SPEAKER_02 14:27

And now back to the show. Well, we kind of hit on it already, but our topic today is things that gross us out. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 14:35

I have that on my list, sports bags.

SPEAKER_02 14:37

Oh sweaty, stinky clothes. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 14:41

I can't even I have to keep them in the third car garage. I can't even keep them in our regular garage.

SPEAKER_02 14:45

Oh, because that is because then I would imagine, because we both have attached garages. So if you have something smelly in there and you open the door, it that's well, I just don't want it in my car.

SPEAKER_01 14:53

I don't want it to creep into my car more than it already is. Oh yeah. Yeah, it's sick.

SPEAKER_02 14:58

Oh. But I did look up before because I know we both have things we want to talk about, but I looked up dislike versus disgust. Oh, please. And what they were saying is dislike, for example, you can dislike cheese, but eating it won't make you sick.

unknown 15:17

Okay.

Bookstore On Wheels And Joe March Fall

SPEAKER_02 15:18

But like disgust would be if there was a cockroach on some cheese and you ate it anyway. That's my number one. Cockroaches? Yes! Woo! Because this article said disgust has it has like that instinct is what has kept humans alive. Because, you know, it kept cave people from drinking toxic water or eating dead animals or rotting food. Like in the the ancient humans who had a high level of disgust were the ones that survived. And the humans who were not squeamish were dead because they would do and eat gross things.

SPEAKER_01 15:51

Well, I do my part to keep cockroaches alive because I panic when I see them. Have you seen one lately? Oh gosh. They don't have them here like they do in Scottsdale. In New York City, did I ever tell you there was one in my bathroom? Oh my god. Because they would come up from the drink. Oh, yeah, no, I know. It's a thing. Yeah. It's a thing in the Southwest. Jillian Kirsten, friend of the podcast and a former co-worker and pal of mine, was so kind one day to put in my mailbox in the teacher workroom a book of uh about cockroaches from the library. Oh, so you couldn't have a good idea. Oh god. Uh-huh. Disgust. That is pure disgust.

SPEAKER_02 16:29

And they said the steps of disgust. You pay attention because you you could you're on alert. You squirm or sweat. Yep. You pull a face. Yep. Which when I brought up cockroaches on cheese, you definitely did. And you also made a face when you were talking about sweaty sports bags. And then you might gag. Those are the steps of disgust.

SPEAKER_01 16:51

Does anything make you gag?

SPEAKER_02 16:53

Pickles. Mayonnaise.

SPEAKER_01 16:58

Mayonnaise is the number one condiment that people dislike. Or that grosses people out. So I don't know, disgust.

SPEAKER_02 17:04

Because it just looks gross. And it's eggs? It's eggs. It's like whipped eggs.

SPEAKER_01 17:09

And you're okay with an egg or no? I like eggs. Just not whipped.

SPEAKER_02 17:14

So if a lot of my things are so contradictory, like I'll eat bacon, but not ham. But I need bacon to be like burnt and crispy. Yeah, nice and crispy.

SPEAKER_01 17:24

But will you gag with pickles and make it?

SPEAKER_02 17:28

And I was thinking about it, like because when my if I order a sandwich and my food comes, I will pay attention to make sure there's no pickle on my plate. I will squirm to get that off. And then I will make a face and I will also wipe the pickle juice off my plate. Cause I'm like, and if I ugh.

SPEAKER_01 17:47

And then a fair level of frustration, I would imagine, because I'm sure you ordered no pickles. I probably did. Yeah. But whatever.

SPEAKER_02 17:52

It is what I know.

SPEAKER_01 17:53

Oh, it's I'm I'm gonna survive. It seems as some of these things I just dislike, and others are disgusting to me. Okay, so like what? Kids' dirty nails. Oh, yeah. That disgusts me. Wash your hands, bruh. I know.

SPEAKER_02 18:10

I have to with one of my children, I just like because he'll use hand sanitizer, which works to kill the germs, but that does not work. And because Al always tells them, like, use your nails to clean your hair, because that usually gets the ickys out of your fingernails. Oh. Because of the shampoo.

SPEAKER_01 18:26

Oh, yeah, I never thought about that. Yeah. I was like, oh, that's pretty smart. Yeah, that is. That's why it's his job. What uh disgusts you?

SPEAKER_02 18:33

If I find a hair in my food.

SPEAKER_01 18:35

Oh God, disgust.

SPEAKER_02 18:37

But here's the thing. If I've made it and I find uh like one of my hairs in the food, that's gross and I'll pick it out, but I'll still eat it because I know it's from me. But Stranger hair. Stranger hair? I'm out. Like if I'm out. I can't like if I'm in a restaurant and I've eaten half of my food and then there's a hair, it's like ANC. Could you imagine if you picked it out and kept eating? No way. That's the only thing. Is that gross if I eat my own hair food? No. Because if I've made it from start to finish, I'm like, well, that's mine, I guess. But it's still really disgusting. Do you believe it's in your mouth?

SPEAKER_01 19:26

Like pulling the hair. Oh, thank you.

Pajama Habits And Laundry Wars

SPEAKER_02 19:29

No, it doesn't come out easily. It's always kind of like in your mouth.

SPEAKER_01 19:35

Fever by the horn. Oh, bro. You know what else curses me out? This is such a gross episode.

SPEAKER_02 19:41

This is disgusting.

SPEAKER_01 19:42

When people sneeze in the car, I have to put the windows down because otherwise the germs get stuck in there.

SPEAKER_02 19:50

I said sneezing without covering your mouth.

SPEAKER_01 19:52

Oh god. Or even if they do in the elbow, the germs sneak out in the car.

SPEAKER_02 19:58

God, I never thought about that in the car.

SPEAKER_01 19:59

Yes, I always put the windows down. That's clear.

SPEAKER_02 20:03

I really can't like it really disgusts me. Burping. Burping? Yeah. Like I would rather be ball past gas than burp. It just like, especially if you can smell it. If they burp and it smells. It's so disgusting to me. And my kids now know that if they burp, they're like, I'm so sorry. I'm like, could you just like turn your face or like go somewhere else? I find it to be disgusting. Like, and I'm talking about like a like not if you're just like you, but like a loud bell piece. Do you not have a problem with burping? I can burp the alphabet. No, you can't. Oh, please don't do it. Oh my. Oh. So clearly, no.

SPEAKER_01 20:52

No, there's a problem with burping. I have a problem with burping. Anything else? Oh my gosh. Loud chewing. Oh. And there's a term for it. Really? Misophobia.

SPEAKER_02 21:05

Misophobia.

SPEAKER_01 21:06

That's cute. I hate that sound. Oh, yes. Chewing. And sometimes I hate this I can hear myself chewing. Sometimes that even bothers me. This, it turns out, doesn't disgust me. I just think it's gross is putting your suitcase on your bed.

SPEAKER_02 21:21

Oh, I yes, Al does that always. And I'm always kind of like, no, because his cousin went to a hotel in Vegas on a girls' trip, and they all got bed bugs and their stuff. And she goes, that was one of the things they told her. Like, when you go to a hotel, don't put your suitcase on the bed. Because then the bed bugs. No.

SPEAKER_01 21:40

Oh, Crody.

SPEAKER_02 21:41

I know. No, thank you. Really, really yucky. I really find it disgusting. And this is just something lately. I don't like in deodorant commercials when they show people shaving their armpits. I don't want to see people's armpits. It's private. Yes. And I'm happy for you to shave them or not. I just really don't want to see it. Oh, I'm happy for you to shave. I don't want to see anyone's armpits. Oh, me neither. I don't want to see, because also I I know they're not going to show someone cutting themselves shaving in a commercial, but then I'm always like, oh. Like, be careful. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 22:21

So I think Does it mind? Do you mind if they're shaving their legs? I mean, no, not as bad.

SPEAKER_02 22:28

Those pits. But it's the pits.

unknown 22:31

The pits.

SPEAKER_02 22:32

Spit. Yes. I do not care for that. I also don't like when people don't have shoes on in a public bathroom. Oh, sick. Like on an airplane, if people get up in their socks and go to the bathroom. You've seen that? Yes. Oh, that just gave me the heebie jeans.

SPEAKER_01 22:49

What are you doing?

SPEAKER_02 22:51

For the duration of the flight, also. Correct. Like wear comfy shoes, loosen your laces.

SPEAKER_01 22:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 22:57

Yes. I mean, I've been on international flights where I've like, I'll take, I'll like take them out like a little bit, like halfway. And then you press down on the backs of your heels. Kind of like. Oh yeah, like this. Yeah. You make your like gym shoes a clog. Yes. You know, you want to relax a little bit. It's a long flight, but you don't go to the bathroom without shoes on on an airplane. With shoes on in public. Disgusting.

SPEAKER_01 23:21

Ew. Or at the gym when people go in the shower without shower shoes.

SPEAKER_02 23:24

Oh no, thank you.

SPEAKER_01 23:28

You're just ordering a foot fungus.

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SPEAKER_02 23:29

Yeah, you are. And that's kind of like, you know, you asked for it. Yeah. Shame on you. There is uh another phobia. It's shh I why are all these phobias so hard to pronounce? Why can't it just be called hair phobia? Shatophobia? That sounds like something else. Fear of hair and loose strands or follicles. Or phallophobia, the fear of belly buttons. Oh. Oh. Which I would I don't know. Doesn't seem like an extrusive body. Maybe if they think about like how you get a belly button, maybe it just weirds them out. Like the connection. The umbilical cord. Yeah. Because I mean that's not pretty when that thing falls off. That's a great day when you have your newborn. You're like, finally, this thing is gone. Yeah, but wow, fear of fear of belly buttons. I also don't like the smell of balloons. Like the late, is it latex? The latex. Like if like if they're on my I have a lot of balloons. Thankfully it doesn't happen often. Ever since I quit my job as a clown. I haven't had to worry about it. But like if you have a ton of balloons in your car, it can be overpowering. I don't care for that. Just like that chemical. Like latexy, like I don't want that smell on my hands. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:50

So no gloves for you either.

SPEAKER_02 24:51

Latex gloves stuff. I don't think the gloves smell as bad as the balloon gloves. The balloon itself. I don't know. I don't remember. Like because it doesn't bother me at the dentist. I guess I don't pick up that many balloons. Same. That's why I mean, I mean, I would take balloons over pickles any day if I had to prioritize. Probably balloons over burping pickles and hair in my voice.

SPEAKER_01 25:13

Okay, so it's low.

SPEAKER_02 25:14

It's a low one, but just something that popped into my brain.

What Disgust Means Versus Dislike

SPEAKER_01 25:18

Um speaking of low, should we launch a dialogue? Should we launch a dialown? Sure. My mo is it's been consistent all week. I keep forgetting to start the dishwasher at night. Oh. So when I wake up in the morning, yeah, you're already behind. Yes. Like nighttime, Nora likes to help out morning, Nora, like starting that baby.

SPEAKER_02 25:37

And it's such a bummer because you're like, I'm gonna unload the dishwasher, and you're like, oh no, I'm not.

SPEAKER_01 25:42

Yeah. And I think it's because I've been going to bed at six o'clock.

SPEAKER_02 25:46

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 25:47

The rest of the family eats dinner.

SPEAKER_02 25:50

I wrote down a low, Nora, and I don't know what it means. B versus A. My new low is that I wrote a low and I don't know what I'm talking about. What is B versus A? I don't know. I wrote because I had two. One is that I'm just the darkness is throwing me off. But I don't know what B versus A is.

SPEAKER_01 26:16

Think on it. Let us know next week.

unknown 26:18

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 26:19

Can't be that bad if you can't remember it. I don't know why B and A are versus each other and why they're fighting, but what is B versus A? Why is B so yeah.

SPEAKER_01 26:28

I don't know. I wonder what they're competing for. C?

SPEAKER_02 26:34

That's funny. How about your high?

SPEAKER_01 26:36

My high is that my Christmas pictures are done. My theme is ready, and the ball is rolling. Because last year, every week, my low was that my cards weren't ready.

SPEAKER_02 26:47

Not this year. Not this year. You're on it. Got ahead of it. How about you? My high is my sweaters. So excited. I love that for you. Can't wait to wear them all. And I I really do feel I say like out loud to myself, look, if I don't wear one of them this year, I really should get rid of them. Okay, so this is an important sweater year. Yeah. It's it's gonna be like the drafts. Like I feel like I need to make like a pile. Like, have I worn it? And I put it in like the keep pile.

SPEAKER_01 27:18

Maybe you could do yourself a favor and ditch ones that are you're on the fence about and then treat yourself to a new one.

SPEAKER_02 27:23

Oh, there you go. Like, and and I feel like if I put it on and I'm like, oh, this doesn't look right, then it's not gonna look right the next day. Like if I don't like how it looks in the moment, probably not gonna work.

SPEAKER_01 27:35

All right, I I agree with that. So I gotta do that. All right. Well, thanks for joining us today. Be sure to tune in next week. Surround yourself with lovely things today. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 27:46

And enjoy yourself.

SPEAKER_01 27:47

All right, bye. Bye.