#128: In Short, Ouch

In which Lauren & Mattias discuss and break down pollen and how it affects allergies. They review their recent movie night films and chat about various topics such as candles in a bathtub and being suggestively sticky. 

Content:

• Opening
  • Suggestively Sticky
• Personalities, faces & decapitations
• Stretchmarks
• Weekly check in
• Movie on!
  • What Women Want
  • Jönssonligan & DynamitHarry
• Intermission
• Pollen & Allergies
  • About pollen
  • Avoiding allergies
  • Fun facts about pollen
    • Snorting bee pollen
  • Remedies for allergies
• Weight update
• What is ruining our lives?
• Wrap up
  • Live Mad Libs! June 7, 2025 8pm CET/2pm EST on Twitch @roastytoastyghostypodcast

Chapters

• 0:00 Episode Introduction
• 5:15 The Week in Review
• 19:20 Movie Talk: What Women Want
• 27:49 Movie Talk: Jönssonligan och Dynamitharri
• 30:46 All About Pollen and Allergies
• 50:45 Weight Updates and Life Ruiners
• 59:48 Closing and Next Live Show Announcement

Transcript

Episode Introduction

Speaker 1 0:06

in a world where everything is unscripted. This is roasty toasty ghosty what should we just get started?

Speaker 2 0:17

we can get started if you want to, unless you have a lot to say I don't know in which, if you have a lot to say, you better start this up yeah so that you can say the things that you want to say and then decide if you're gonna cut it out later or not yeah, I'm gonna start this now do that, do that hello and welcome to roasty toasty ghosty.

Speaker 1 0:42

My name is matthiasias and I'm Lauren and we're gonna be your best friends for an hour or so, but not really.

Speaker 2 0:53

At least 40 minutes.

Speaker 1 0:55

Yeah, that's the plan.

Speaker 2 0:57

That's the rules.

Speaker 1 0:59

Yeah, it was a require, not a requirement yeah, that's a requirement.

Speaker 2 1:04

It was a suggestion.

Speaker 1 1:06

That's your rules.

Speaker 2 1:07

It's not my rules, my suggestion, I'm suggestive.

Speaker 1 1:14

And I'm sticking to it.

Speaker 2 1:15

You're sticky.

Speaker 1 1:16

I'm sticky.

Speaker 2 1:18

Suggestively sticky.

Speaker 1 1:19

Yes.

Speaker 2 1:24

Hi Mattias.

Speaker 1 1:24

Hello, how are you today? I'm good you I'm fine, I'm really. No, I'm I'm really good good fine yeah, it sounded a little bit aggressive but leave me alone no, I yeah, no, no, I I'm good. No, do you know why? Why? Because we're Sorry. Why? Because we're doing the greatest podcast in the world. That's true, according to some people.

Speaker 2 1:58

According to me at least.

Speaker 1 1:59

Yeah, that's the some people.

Speaker 2 2:01

I am some people.

Speaker 1 2:03

Yep, you are Plural. Yep Several people, I am some people, yep, you are Plural.

Speaker 2 2:06

Yep, several people In one.

Speaker 1 2:09

That's your personalities we're talking about.

Speaker 2 2:12

Yeah, I have a good personality today.

Speaker 1 2:16

Good.

Speaker 2 2:16

Yeah, I have my good face on.

Speaker 1 2:19

Yeah, I can see that I have my sticky face on Ew. Can you put on a different face?

Speaker 2 2:33

yeah, but maybe okay, but I don't wanna okay, then don't. No, yeah, I will not good as long as we're both satisfied here I think we are we can get along with this.

Speaker 1 2:44

Yes so have. I forgotten something.

Speaker 2 2:49

Now we're getting along.

Speaker 1 2:51

Yeah.

Speaker 2 2:52

Yeah, that's all I had to say.

Speaker 1 2:53

Yeah, is that from a movie?

Speaker 2 2:55

It might be.

Speaker 1 2:56

Yeah, have I seen that movie? No, no.

Speaker 2 3:01

No, no, no, no, no no.

Speaker 1 3:05

Around the World in 80 days?

Speaker 2 3:07

Yeah, I've seen that one.

Speaker 1 3:09

I have too A few times.

Speaker 2 3:11

I had to fix your head, sorry.

Speaker 1 3:14

Ow.

Speaker 2 3:15

I had to pick it off.

Speaker 1 3:16

Yeah, that hurts. That hurts, you know.

Speaker 2 3:20

Sorry, you're so sensitive.

Speaker 1 3:23

I'm being decapitated.

Speaker 2 3:25

Decapitated.

Speaker 1 3:27

Yeah, you picked my head off. Am I missing something?

Speaker 2 3:33

Me. I think you've been missing me, okay, all week.

Speaker 1 3:36

Ah, yeah, that's true, I forgot about that.

Speaker 2 3:39

You don't do that no but did I forget something? I don't know what are you forgetting? No, but did I forget something? I?

Speaker 1 3:44

don't know what are you forgetting? We usually do this intro every week and I don't remember what we say.

Speaker 2 3:52

I feel like we go off on something for a while, and then we talk about the week.

Speaker 1 3:59

Yeah, okay. So what are we gonna talk about? I feel like we've been talking, okay, but I'm not sure if you can keep anything?

Speaker 2 4:02

No, I feel like we've been talking.

Speaker 1 4:04

Okay.

Speaker 2 4:05

But I'm not sure if you can keep anything.

Speaker 1 4:07

No, I don't. I'm not sure either.

Speaker 2 4:09

My funny joke is probably something that's getting cut. Yep, that's what happens. I'm the less funny person here.

Speaker 1 4:17

No, I don't think so.

Speaker 2 4:18

Okay.

Speaker 1 4:19

We're equally unfunny.

Speaker 2 4:21

Right, I can agree with that.

Speaker 1 4:24

Yeah, so this is gonna be a boring episode.

Speaker 2 4:28

Awesome.

Speaker 1 4:29

Yeah, like all the others. No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding.

Speaker 2 4:32

We're back with another boring episode, yeah.

Speaker 1 4:35

No, I think we're gonna have fun.

Speaker 2 4:38

Okay.

Speaker 1 4:39

I moved closer to the microphone so I can hear myself really well right now can you hear me barely okay, how about now? Okay, now.

Speaker 2 4:48

Now I can hear you now you can hear me, but I have to speak lowly so that I don't start screaming in your ears lowly, I speak so lowly. I'm lonely speaking.

Speaker 1 5:04

Yeah.

Speaker 2 5:04

Lonely, lonely.

Speaker 1 5:07

Lonely.

Speaker 2 5:07

Lonely speaking.

The Week in Review

Speaker 1 5:10

I feel it's so early to start talking about the week, but maybe it's not.

Speaker 2 5:16

Maybe it's not. I mean, sometimes we just jump right into it without talking about anything.

Speaker 1 5:22

Yeah, true.

Speaker 2 5:23

And then it feels like it's too early, but we just go along with it anyway.

Speaker 1 5:27

Yeah, maybe we come up with something to talk about during the week or.

Speaker 2 5:33

We might or you could burp.

Speaker 1 5:35

For an hour or so.

Speaker 2 5:36

That's an alternative.

Speaker 1 5:38

Yeah.

Speaker 2 5:39

I could sit here and scratch my elbow for the next hour.

Speaker 1 5:42

For an hour or so.

Speaker 2 5:43

Yeah. While I'm burping I'm gonna rip off my elbow soon yeah, you're scratching your elbow and I'm burping wow, yeah impressive right you're all stripey yeah, that's true, I have lots of stretch marks yeah, no, uh, that's not what I was um, it's not a joke.

Speaker 1 6:23

No, no, you can tell, because I'm not laughing.

Speaker 2 6:26

Right, no one laughed no At the fact that I have stretch marks. Exactly.

Speaker 1 6:31

That's no laughing matter.

Speaker 2 6:33

No.

Speaker 1 6:34

I'm not even laughing on the inside.

Speaker 2 6:36

No, okay, I'm glad that you let me know, because I can't hear when you laugh on the inside. That's true maybe you should try external external laughter external external yeah, maybe I should, maybe I will someday.

Speaker 1 6:54

Okay, someday I will laugh out loud, I will lol, interesting lol, right, yeah, I got that. I thought you maybe you're too old to get the.

Speaker 2 7:09

The reference Reference. Yeah, a little bit.

Speaker 1 7:12

Yeah, because I'm like a young person.

Speaker 2 7:15

You're older than me.

Speaker 1 7:18

Barely.

Speaker 2 7:19

By two years.

Speaker 1 7:21

Yeah, but I'm younger than you mentally.

Speaker 2 7:25

In certain perspectives.

Speaker 1 7:28

Yeah, I think so.

Speaker 2 7:30

That might not have been the right word to use, but I used it and I think you know what I meant.

Speaker 1 7:36

Yes, I know what you meant.

Speaker 2 7:39

Aspects. Ah Might have been the word I wanted.

Speaker 1 7:43

Then that's the one you should use.

Speaker 2 7:46

Yeah, okay, I'm using it. I'm sticking with that one.

Speaker 1 7:49

Okay, good, solved that.

Speaker 2 7:51

Thank you. Are we going to talk about the week at some point?

Speaker 1 7:55

We can start talking about the week.

Speaker 2 7:56

Okay.

Speaker 1 7:57

So that means we're going to talk about Saturday.

Speaker 2 8:02

Right, you know what happened on Saturday.

Speaker 1 8:05

I have no idea.

Speaker 2 8:06

Okay, well, Saturday we had live Mad Libs.

Speaker 1 8:09

Yeah, we did.

Speaker 2 8:10

And it went well.

Speaker 1 8:11

It did, it was funny.

Speaker 2 8:13

It was funny and we were live on YouTube and Twitch at the same time.

Speaker 1 8:20

Oh yeah, and YouTube was completely mute.

Speaker 2 8:23

Yeah, I had no idea.

Speaker 1 8:26

No.

Speaker 2 8:27

Isn't that?

Speaker 1 8:27

funny.

Speaker 2 8:28

Yeah, that's kind of funny. So if you go to YouTube and watch our live Mad Libs, you won't hear a word we're saying you have to read lips.

Speaker 1 8:36

Yeah, it's for the lip readers.

Speaker 2 8:39

So it's live lip reading Live yeah, live Mad Lip.

Speaker 1 8:43

Reading Mad Lips Mad. Yeah, live mad lip reading Mad lips. Mad lips, yeah Reading.

Speaker 2 8:49

Reading Live, bad lip reading, hmm, or something. So yeah, that was kind of that was pretty fun.

Speaker 1 8:57

Yeah, I had a good time yeah.

Speaker 2 8:59

And we talked about our day there, but you'll probably have to. Did I upload? I don't think I uploaded the Twitch version to YouTube.

Speaker 1 9:10

So if you want to hear about our day, you have to read our lips on YouTube.

Speaker 2 9:15

I'll try to remember to fix that.

Speaker 1 9:18

On YouTube. On YouTube, yeah, yes.

Speaker 2 9:21

The Twitch version.

Speaker 1 9:22

Yeah.

Speaker 2 9:22

Yeah, so you can actually hear what we're saying.

Speaker 1 9:25

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 2 9:26

So we did that.

Speaker 1 9:27

Yes, we did.

Speaker 2 9:28

And on Sunday.

Speaker 1 9:30

Sunday.

Speaker 2 9:31

We went for a walk.

Speaker 1 9:32

We did, we did, mm-hmm.

Speaker 2 9:34

And it started and ended, okay.

Speaker 1 9:39

Yeah, I mean, it was a little bit cold so I put my hat on the beanie.

Speaker 2 9:47

Yeah, it's a winter hat, yeah.

Speaker 1 9:50

Yeah, I it's. When I say hat, I think top hat, because that's hat in Swedish.

Speaker 2 9:58

I put my top hat on and I went for a walk.

Speaker 1 10:01

Yeah, it was a little bit colder, so I put my top hat on because I'm so fancy.

Speaker 2 10:07

You're very fancy, especially when it's cold.

Speaker 1 10:11

Yeah, no, because in Swedish the beanie hat, it's called mössa.

Speaker 2 10:20

And then a hat is a top hat. Yeah Hot, yeah Hot.

Speaker 1 10:25

That's with the yes. What is a top hat? Yeah, hat.

Speaker 2 10:27

Yeah, halt, that's with the. What is that called the rim Brim?

Speaker 1 10:30

The rim brim.

Speaker 2 10:31

Rim brim.

Speaker 1 10:33

Rembrandt.

Speaker 2 10:34

Rembrandt.

Speaker 1 10:35

Yeah, okay, yeah.

Speaker 2 10:36

Around the yeah hat.

Speaker 1 10:38

Yeah, even fancier. We have expensive paintings around the hats.

Speaker 2 10:44

Yeah, it's made out around that. Yeah, it's made out of that. Yeah, that's what it is.

Speaker 1 10:49

Rembrandts.

Speaker 2 10:50

Or it's the guy himself, just wrapped around your head.

Speaker 1 10:54

Yeah, the body.

Speaker 2 10:56

That would be weird.

Speaker 1 10:58

Or maybe it's the band the Rembrandts.

Speaker 2 11:02

Okay.

Speaker 1 11:03

Friends, I'll be there for you. Okay yeah, that band. Yeah, anyhow, we went for a walk.

Speaker 2 11:12

We did.

Speaker 1 11:13

Yes, and it was cold, but it got worse Because it was windy. But it was even worse when we went back because we had the wind in our faces.

Speaker 2 11:25

I feel like we had the wind on our faces both ways. It was definitely worse on the way back, though.

Speaker 1 11:33

Yes.

Speaker 2 11:33

Yes, I'm not saying you're wrong.

Speaker 1 11:35

No, I feel like that was worse.

Speaker 2 11:39

Yes.

Speaker 1 11:40

And then it started. Then it was like a blizzard.

Speaker 2 11:44

Yeah, it started snowing on us. Yeah, it's May.

Speaker 1 11:48

Yeah, and it's snowing. Snow in May.

Speaker 2 11:52

Or it snowed, like the one time.

Speaker 1 11:54

Yeah, in May Twice.

Speaker 2 11:57

In one day.

Speaker 1 11:59

Twice in one day. Yeah, and that was weird.

Speaker 2 12:02

It was very weird and inconvenient.

Speaker 1 12:06

And then, like the last, you know the last part of the walk it got better again.

Speaker 2 12:15

Yeah.

Speaker 1 12:15

That's when the sky opened up again.

Speaker 2 12:18

I mean it wasn't perfect, it was still a bit windy yeah it was, but it wasn't snowy. Right.

Speaker 1 12:25

Yeah, so that, but it wasn't snowy Right yeah.

Speaker 2 12:28

So that was An adventure, yep, probably the second worst walk we've been on for that route.

Speaker 1 12:34

Yeah.

Speaker 2 12:36

And then we had pecan.

Speaker 1 12:38

Yes, and we had cake.

Speaker 2 12:39

We had cake and it was really good. And then I went home Yep, because my daughter had to go to gymnastics.

Speaker 1 12:46

Yeah, so that was Sunday. That was Sunday.

Speaker 2 12:50

And then on Monday I went to school.

Speaker 1 12:53

Yeah, anything fun happen at school.

Speaker 2 12:56

Not really. I don't think so.

Speaker 1 12:58

No, and I went to work. Yep, boring yeah Yawn.

Speaker 2 13:04

I feel like something else happened on monday, though I had kind of a weird evening, okay, uh, on monday, because something happened and I don't really know what happened, but we ate dinner right, and then right after dinner I got in like this really weird, irritable mood okay like everything was just overwhelming and annoying and I really wanted to, like, go for a walk or, and I also wanted to take a bubble bath moody walk yeah, yeah, to like.

Speaker 2 13:38

I don't know. I was thinking maybe I'd feel better with a walk, but I also wanted to take a bath.

Speaker 1 13:43

But you took a bath.

Speaker 2 13:45

I did. I did I grumpily put sick child to bed and while I was doing that my life partner had started a bath for me without me asking, so it was kind of a surprise bath.

Speaker 1 14:01

Okay, but you were thinking about it.

Speaker 2 14:04

Yeah, I was thinking about it.

Speaker 1 14:05

Did he read your thoughts?

Speaker 2 14:07

No.

Speaker 1 14:08

Can he hear your thoughts?

Speaker 2 14:11

My thoughts were very loud because I was very irritable and grumpy and was saying that I wanted to take a walk and I want to take a bath.

Speaker 1 14:20

Oh, okay, so he can read your thoughts.

Speaker 2 14:23

When I complain about my thoughts. Yes, that's what happens.

Speaker 1 14:27

Can he read other women's thoughts?

Speaker 2 14:30

No, and we're not there yet.

Speaker 1 14:32

Oh no.

Speaker 2 14:33

So yeah, I got my bath. At least I didn't get to go for a walk, but I got a bath and he lit a candle and turned on.

Speaker 1 14:43

Put it in the bath.

Speaker 2 14:45

No, he didn't put the candle in the bath. Somehow it he's like here's some bathtub toys for you, here's a candle, here's a speaker, here's your book and your phone and everything Hair dryer. We're not there yet. Oh everything and hair dryer. We're not there yet. Oh so yeah, I got to play in the bathtub with all my toys and it was nice yeah okay, I make big waves with my book and then I had to explain to my teacher that I couldn't really finish my book because it got all wet.

Speaker 1 15:24

Oh, it's not Moby Dick.

Speaker 2 15:27

No, it's not a whale.

Speaker 1 15:28

No, it's a book, okay.

Speaker 2 15:29

So that was my day, Mm-hmm. On Tuesday I got a message from your niece.

Speaker 1 15:41

Oh, okay, that was Tuesday. That was Tuesday Okay.

Speaker 2 15:44

She messages me my knees thing your knees texted me and they were like I don't want my hamster anymore.

Speaker 1 15:52

I mean, I heard about butt dial yeah. Knee dial yeah, is the new thing knee texting knee texting knee.

Speaker 2 16:02

So she texted me and she's like do you want my hamster? I don't have time for him anymore.

Speaker 1 16:10

Yeah.

Speaker 2 16:11

And I was like, being the impulsive person that I am, was immediately like, yes, thank you. And apparently she knows me better than I thought she knew me and apparently she knows me better than I thought she knew me Because she had a need and she probably knows that I'm very impulsive. So I make these quick decisions and, yes, I want your hamster. So I waited for my daughter to get home and she's like yes, we want a hamster. So we went and we picked up the hamster and all of his stuff and now we have a hamster.

Speaker 1 16:46

Yeah, you have a rat.

Speaker 2 16:47

He's not a rat, he's a hamster.

Speaker 1 16:50

Oh, Sure, looks like a rat.

Speaker 2 16:52

And we renamed him.

Speaker 1 16:54

Yeah. His name was Gunnar Gunnar Gunner Gunner.

Speaker 2 17:00

I didn't want that name.

Speaker 1 17:02

Oh yeah, I think it was like a tribute to my grandma.

Speaker 2 17:07

Oh okay, who was good? Oh okay, okay. Well, your grandma's name is Bruno.

Speaker 1 17:13

Now, no, she was still good.

Speaker 2 17:18

Okay, okay.

Speaker 1 17:19

And I'm not going to say I'm still going to call him goodnight.

Speaker 2 17:24

Okay, okay, he can't be bruce willis no, no, he can't be okay.

Speaker 1 17:31

Good night, jensen okay, um.

Speaker 2 17:34

So yeah, we got him, and then we decided to rearrange my daughter's bedroom, so we spent the evening doing that, yeah.

Speaker 1 17:43

Yeah.

Speaker 2 17:44

And that was my Tuesday.

Speaker 1 17:45

Yeah.

Speaker 2 17:46

Yeah, nothing else.

Speaker 1 17:47

No, I went to work.

Speaker 2 17:50

You had cake.

Speaker 1 17:51

I had cake. Oh yeah, it was my mom's birthday.

Speaker 2 17:54

And then on Wednesday I saw you. Yeah, we went for a walk.

Speaker 1 17:58

We did.

Speaker 2 18:00

Well, my oldest wanted to try out boxing, so it was in the same town that you work in, yeah, and we wanted to find the trail in that town. Yeah so we figured we would spend the time he was boxing finding this trail.

Speaker 1 18:19

Yeah, because we've been looking for that trail earlier a couple times. Yeah, we didn't find it. We trail earlier a couple times, yeah, we didn't find it. We haven't found it before.

Speaker 2 18:29

No, but before we went there, we went out for dinner. We did, and it was good.

Speaker 1 18:33

Yeah, I had hamburger and fries.

Speaker 2 18:37

And so did my oldest, but I had a salad.

Speaker 1 18:40

Yeah, I had a bigger hamburger though.

Speaker 2 18:42

Yes, you were better than him. Yeah, I had a bigger hamburger, though. Yes, you were better than him, yeah.

Speaker 1 18:45

I was the best at eating hamburgers because I had a big one.

Speaker 2 18:49

Okay.

Speaker 1 18:50

I won. Anyway, and you had a salad, so that's.

Speaker 2 18:54

I'm disqualified.

Speaker 1 18:55

Yeah, that's you lost yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 2 18:58

He went to boxing and we did find this trail. Hmm, and we did find this trail and we walked the whole thing and there was an outside gym, so we even had time to play on the outside gym before we had to go back.

Speaker 1 19:14

Yeah, we did really good.

Speaker 2 19:16

I think so On some of the things.

Speaker 1 19:19

Yeah.

Movie Talk: What Women Want

Speaker 2 19:19

Yeah, so that was Wednesday, right.

Speaker 1 19:21

Yeah, I went to work and then afterwards we did that.

Speaker 2 19:25

Yep, yep, yesterday was Thursday.

Speaker 1 19:28

I went to work.

Speaker 2 19:29

You did. Yeah, I went to school.

Speaker 1 19:32

Okay.

Speaker 2 19:33

And I had a word test again the second one Okay. And I'm not as confident about this one as I was with the first one. This one was a little bit harder. I know that I missed two of the words One of them was ridiculous and I knew the answer, but I was just completely blanking.

Speaker 1 19:55

Was that the word? Ridiculous? No, no.

Speaker 2 19:59

It was beropoa.

Speaker 1 20:01

Okay.

Speaker 2 20:02

I know that one.

Speaker 1 20:03

Yeah.

Speaker 2 20:04

But for some reason I just was not coming up with the answer.

Speaker 1 20:08

No.

Speaker 2 20:08

I completely blanked. The other one was kind of like a trick question because it was also more than one word. Okay, and I didn't really study for this one either.

Speaker 1 20:23

Okay.

Speaker 2 20:24

I was a bit too confident. I don't need to study.

Speaker 1 20:27

No.

Speaker 2 20:28

I got this, yeah, so that's how that went.

Speaker 1 20:31

Yeah, and then you're there, I don't get anything. I don't know what I'm doing.

Speaker 2 20:36

I know nothing. Yeah, I get it. So then my life partner took me out.

Speaker 1 20:42

What was that?

Speaker 2 20:42

Partner Life partner took me out. What?

Speaker 1 20:44

was that Partner, partner, partner, okay.

Speaker 2 20:45

Life partner felt bad for me, so he took me out for lunch. No he didn't feel bad for me. We were going to go out for lunch anyway.

Speaker 1 20:52

Okay, he didn't fix your bath.

Speaker 2 20:56

No, he didn't fix me a bath because I missed two words Like go home and start crying. But I did get kind of annoyed with myself when I realized what the words actually were. I was like I knew that.

Speaker 1 21:10

Yeah.

Speaker 2 21:10

I knew that.

Speaker 1 21:12

Come on Whenever you're disappointed.

Speaker 2 21:16

Just goes and starts a bath. Bath time we were going to go out for lunch, but I guess you're taking a bath instead. It's like my time out. Yeah, you're like, yay, you feel better now. Yeah, toys, yay, throw the candle and the speaker and the book in there.

Speaker 1 21:37

Yay.

Speaker 2 21:39

And my phone Yay.

Speaker 1 21:40

Not the hairdryer. It's not fun.

Speaker 2 21:43

No, we're not there yet. Oh. So yeah, we went out for lunch, and then that evening I went to spinning.

Speaker 1 21:54

Uh-huh.

Speaker 2 21:55

But I've been to the gym every day this week except for today. Okay, did you have anything to say about yesterday?

Speaker 1 22:02

I think I said I went to work.

Speaker 2 22:04

You did, and today's Friday? Yeah, right.

Speaker 1 22:07

Yes.

Speaker 2 22:08

It's May 9th. It's May 9th. Yeah so far. It is Friday and I went to our local trail and took a walk With my life partner, sick child and the dog that we're dog sitting.

Speaker 1 22:25

Okay, so you had the dog today too.

Speaker 2 22:29

Yeah, monday, wednesday, friday.

Speaker 1 22:31

Okay, so how long did you have the dog today?

Speaker 2 22:36

From like 7.30 to 3.

Speaker 1 22:39

Okay, so it's like last week, yeah, okay.

Speaker 2 22:43

So that's like last week. Yeah, okay, so that's what we did. I mean, I don't think we did much more than that before you came over.

Speaker 1 22:52

Yeah, Because I worked today Mm-hmm, and then you picked me up.

Speaker 2 22:58

Right.

Speaker 1 22:59

At work, and then we ate some food.

Speaker 2 23:03

We did Chicken. I made chicken meatballs.

Speaker 1 23:08

Yeah.

Speaker 2 23:08

Kind of and an Alfredo sauce and I made zoodles Zucchini noodles.

Speaker 1 23:16

Yeah, zucchini noodles.

Speaker 2 23:19

I thought it was good.

Speaker 1 23:20

Yeah, me too.

Speaker 2 23:21

And then we watched movies. Yes, would you like to movie on?

Speaker 1 23:25

Let's movie on.

Speaker 2 23:26

All right. All right Today we watched what Women Want and Jönssonligan och Dynamitharri. Yes, that's what we watched.

Speaker 1 23:39

Yes.

Speaker 2 23:39

I'm going to tell you about what Women Want.

Speaker 1 23:43

Yes.

Speaker 2 23:44

First of all, this is a movie with Mel Gibson.

Speaker 1 23:47

That's true.

Speaker 2 23:48

Okay, and he is a guy.

Speaker 1 23:52

That's also true.

Speaker 2 23:55

Who knows nothing about women. He just makes assumptions. And then something happens, like he tries to take a bath with the hairdryer and suddenly, well, after his electrocution, he suddenly has a superpower in which he can hear women's thoughts. Yeah, very interesting.

Speaker 1 24:18

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 2 24:18

I think I would want that superpower.

Speaker 1 24:22

To hear women or men or everyone.

Speaker 2 24:26

I don't know, maybe everyone.

Speaker 1 24:28

Yeah.

Speaker 2 24:28

But I mean, if it was specific people, then that would be okay too.

Speaker 1 24:33

Yeah.

Speaker 2 24:33

What do you think?

Speaker 1 24:35

About what.

Speaker 2 24:36

Would you want that?

Speaker 1 24:38

Maybe I mean it would be cool to, if you could like, turn it on and turn it off.

Speaker 2 24:47

Yeah.

Speaker 1 24:47

Because if you're in a crowd of people, I don't know if I want to.

Speaker 2 24:52

Oh yeah, I'd go crazy.

Speaker 1 24:55

So if you could turn it off and aim it at a specific person and then like, okay, you're boring, then just turn it off, that would be cool.

Speaker 2 25:07

But Mel Gibson, he learned to use this to his advantage.

Speaker 1 25:13

Yes.

Speaker 2 25:14

To advance in his work.

Speaker 1 25:18

Yeah.

Speaker 2 25:18

In a way, and yeah.

Speaker 1 25:21

And I mean he kind of starts off as a real pig.

Speaker 2 25:25

Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 1 25:27

Yeah, so and he because of this gift or curse, whatever you want to call it.

Speaker 2 25:36

Yeah.

Speaker 1 25:37

He, you know, turns into a better person. I mean he turns into a better father. He has a daughter.

Speaker 2 25:44

Right.

Speaker 1 25:45

And who he has like no real connection with. But you know that relation also gets better yeah, what did you think about this movie? Uh, I think it's a funny movie. I mean, uh, mel gibson is not what I, you know, associate with the romantic comedies, so this it's, it's fun to, you know, see a change of pace or like see him doing something else. And, yeah, I like the movie, it's funny. Yeah, it's a little bit long though, but it's still good, I like it. So what do you think about the movie?

Speaker 2 26:32

I really like this movie.

Speaker 1 26:34

Okay good.

Speaker 2 26:35

I did Like a lot and I'm not someone who cares too much about like romantic kind of movies.

Speaker 1 26:44

No.

Speaker 2 26:45

I mean I'll watch them, but I feel like they're all very predictable.

Speaker 1 26:49

Yeah.

Speaker 2 26:50

So I don't really pick that one first.

Speaker 1 26:53

No, okay.

Speaker 2 26:54

Like I feel like I've already seen them all.

Speaker 1 26:56

Yeah.

Speaker 2 26:57

But I really like this movie.

Speaker 1 26:59

Yeah, I did find it funny.

Speaker 2 27:00

There was a lot of Sinatra in it.

Speaker 1 27:03

Yeah, but yeah, I enjoyed it A lot, yeah, yeah, I liked it too, anything else. I agree. Yeah, I liked it too. Anything else, I agree, I'm not really a big fan of the romantic movies, but the comedies can be good. I like when it's comedy.

Speaker 2 27:23

Yeah.

Speaker 1 27:23

Like this. You know when it's funny. I don't want to see a romantic drama that would be awful Annoying.

Speaker 2 27:32

Yeah, to see a romantic drama.

Speaker 1 27:33

That would be awful Annoying.

Speaker 2 27:33

Yeah, but this one wasn't like a typical romantic comedy either no. So I think that's why I enjoyed it so much.

Speaker 1 27:42

Okay, next. Next Jönssonligan och Dynamitharri, so this movie.

Speaker 2 27:49

Do you want to translate that?

Speaker 1 27:51

Okay, the Jönsson Gang and Dynamite Harry, dynamite Harry. So this is a sequel to last week's movie, swedish movie Varning för Jönssonliga. And yeah, I mean this. It's about the gang and there's this guy who joins them and his name is Dinamitaru and he has a drinking problem. We can say he likes the beers too much and I mean I love this character because he's funny, he's really funny, especially when he's drunk. And yeah, I think it's also the two of the guys don't really want to do the heist thing anymore, but kind of gets back into it when the leader of the gang gets in trouble and they have to save him, or yeah, am I missing something?

Speaker 2 29:01

I don't think so.

Speaker 1 29:03

No, so what do you think about this one?

Speaker 2 29:06

I enjoyed this one too. I thought it was funny. Yeah and yeah, no, that's it. I thought it was really funny. Yeah, what? Yeah, no, that's it. I thought it was really funny yeah.

Speaker 1 29:15

What do you think about Dinamitharu?

Speaker 2 29:17

He was also funny. He was trying really hard to stay away from the beer, yeah, but then he kind of got stuck with it.

Speaker 1 29:26

Yeah.

Speaker 2 29:27

And yeah, he likes to blow things up.

Speaker 1 29:29

Oh, yeah, yeah, Hence his name.

Speaker 2 29:32

Yeah, Dynamite.

Speaker 1 29:33

Yeah, that's true. Yeah, I think these movies are really funny.

Speaker 2 29:40

I thought the ending was kind of sad.

Speaker 1 29:42

Yeah.

Speaker 2 29:44

But it was a good movie.

Speaker 1 29:46

Yeah, I mean it's not really sad as in. I don't want to spoil anything, but it's not like anyone dies.

Speaker 2 29:54

It was sad.

Speaker 1 29:56

Okay, oh so.

Speaker 2 29:58

People don't have to die for it to be sad.

Speaker 1 30:00

No, no, okay, that's true, but uh, so you were crying.

Speaker 2 30:05

I felt bad Okay.

Speaker 1 30:07

So is it like a platoon all over.

Speaker 2 30:10

No no.

Speaker 1 30:11

It's not that sad, no, no, okay. Fun movie, yeah, I like it. Anything else, no, I don't think so. Okay, time to take a break.

Speaker 2 30:21

We can do that.

Speaker 1 30:21

Okay, so see you after the break.

Speaker 2 30:25

We'll be right back and we're back, hello, hello. Did you have a?

All About Pollen and Allergies

Speaker 1 30:45

nice break, yeah, it was a short one.

Speaker 2 30:46

It was like five seconds, yeah, or ten, I don't remember no it wasn't that, no, and I didn't have time to prepare for anything, so I'm just gonna talk about the first thing that pops in my head.

Speaker 1 30:59

Okay, are you having trouble breathing?

Speaker 2 31:03

I'm not, but I have seen a lot of bees lately. Oh, bees.

Speaker 1 31:09

Yeah, we have one on the car. That was a wasp, but that's kind of a bee.

Speaker 2 31:14

And he was just hanging out.

Speaker 1 31:15

Yeah.

Speaker 2 31:16

He didn't really want anything.

Speaker 1 31:17

No.

Speaker 2 31:18

He wanted to start a fight.

Speaker 1 31:20

I think yeah.

Speaker 2 31:21

But he was on the window.

Speaker 1 31:23

He was inspired by the boxing people.

Speaker 2 31:26

Yeah, so I'm thinking bees are pollinators, right? Yeah, we've talked about bees before, it was a while ago. And what does pollen do I?

Speaker 1 31:38

don't know.

Speaker 2 31:38

It gives you allergies, Ah that's what it's for Right. That's what pollen does.

Speaker 1 31:46

Yeah.

Speaker 2 31:46

It makes you feel like garbage. So I'm thinking with us being educators yeah, garbage. So I'm thinking with us being educators yeah, the small platform that we have to educate the people.

Speaker 1 32:00

I want to talk about pollen and allergies okay which I mean could be fun for lots of people yeah, I mean, it's about that time now, that time of that time of year.

Speaker 2 32:10

That time of year To talk about pollen Pollinating.

Speaker 1 32:15

Are you going to say that time of month?

Speaker 2 32:18

That's right. It's that time of month to start talking about allergies, yeah, okay.

Speaker 1 32:24

So before I'm just going to ask you do you have allergies?

Speaker 2 32:30

At the moment.

Speaker 1 32:31

Yeah, no, no.

Speaker 2 32:32

I feel okay, okay, I'm feeling pretty healthy right now, yeah.

Speaker 1 32:37

You don't have, you don't feel like allergy from pollen or anything.

Speaker 2 32:43

No, no, because I had that a while ago, a few weeks ago. Okay, right.

Speaker 1 32:48

So you do have that you are allergic to pollen.

Speaker 2 32:52

Yeah, I am, because remember we watched the tuxedo and I woke up with like a super sore throat. Yeah, yeah, I'm pretty sure that was my allergies.

Speaker 1 33:04

Yeah, I have noticed that in the mornings this week. I mean, my nose is like getting clogged up.

Speaker 2 33:15

Yeah.

Speaker 1 33:16

And I'm not sick.

Speaker 2 33:18

No.

Speaker 1 33:19

So I mean, I'm not really allergic, but I kind of feel I still have some. I don't know what it is, but I guess it has Symptoms. Yeah, I'm not really allergic. It's not like my, the worst kind of. I don't have to take medicine for it.

Speaker 2 33:38

Right, let's talk about pollen.

Speaker 1 33:40

Okay.

Speaker 2 33:41

And allergies. Okay, so what is pollen?

Speaker 1 33:46

Is that a question I'm?

Speaker 2 33:47

asking you.

Speaker 1 33:48

Okay.

Speaker 2 33:48

The expert.

Speaker 1 33:50

I'm not an expert.

Speaker 2 33:51

We're pretending you're the expert.

Speaker 1 33:53

I'm not an expert. We're pretending you're the expert. Okay, I'm an expert that's right talk expert I will good, uh, I mean what I my my understanding uh based off of research yeah, of my made-up research. Uh, it's um trees and plants reproducing.

Speaker 2 34:14

Okay, yeah. With the help of bees and I think Birds have something to do with something.

Speaker 1 34:22

Bees and birds. Birds and the bees.

Speaker 2 34:25

Yeah, yeah, I think.

Speaker 1 34:27

Yeah, I think that's the answer. That's probably the correct answer.

Speaker 2 34:33

Okay.

Speaker 1 34:35

No, you tell me.

Speaker 2 34:36

Well, you're not wrong. Pollen is a fine powder produced by plants as part of their reproductive cycle. It's carried by wind, insects or animals to fertilize other plants. While essential for plant reproduction, pollen is a common allergy, Allergen brought to you by OpenEyes.

Speaker 1 34:56

Okay, openai. I asked them OpenEyes To answer my questions. So it's OpenEyes' fault that you get allergic.

Speaker 2 35:04

No, no, no the information was wrong. Yeah right.

Speaker 1 35:08

AI does not produce, not the actual pollen. No, that'd be.

Speaker 2 35:10

That was a separate, not the actual pollen?

Speaker 1 35:12

No, that'd be.

Speaker 2 35:13

That was a separate sentence.

Speaker 1 35:15

Okay, okay.

Speaker 2 35:16

There was a period in between there. Okay, that time of month yeah, it was quick. Types of pollen that can cause allergies Okay.

Speaker 1 35:29

Okay.

Speaker 2 35:30

There's trees that produce pollen.

Speaker 1 35:32

Yes.

Speaker 2 35:33

In the early spring, like oak, birch, maple and cedar.

Speaker 1 35:37

Yes, birch, that's. I mean, I've helped my dad, you know, with cutting down trees and birch is really. It's so much with that stuff.

Speaker 2 35:51

I think that might be my allergy as well, yeah. Although I did take an allergy test. Last year I took a blood test. For what did I say? Cats, dogs, horses, hay and birch, and there were no results. But I disagree because I know I have allergies to something.

Speaker 1 36:13

Yeah.

Speaker 2 36:14

Um, another pollen is from grass and hay, like I said, and, uh, weeds in the late summer to fall.

Speaker 1 36:22

Okay, Not the smoking kind.

Speaker 2 36:24

No, ragweed and sagebrush. Okay, I don't know. So yeah, some common symptoms of pollen allergies. What would you say? This is a question for you, okay, I don't know. So yeah, some common symptoms of pollen allergies. What would you say? This is a question for you, okay? Expert.

Speaker 1 36:36

Clogged up nose.

Speaker 2 36:38

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 1 36:38

The throat, sore throat or like itchy eyes, the red eyes, and it feels like there's something in the eyes. I don't know.

Speaker 2 36:49

Okay, are there more Sneezing?

Speaker 1 36:51

Oh, okay.

Speaker 2 36:52

Runny or stuffy nose, itchy eyes, nose and throat Watery, red eyes, fatigue, so you're just tired all the time Okay. And mild asthma system systems.

Speaker 1 37:04

Symptoms. So you get an asthma system there.

Speaker 2 37:10

Right, so you get an asthma system there, right? So I was also wondering if there were certain symptoms to a specific allergy. So I asked Okay, open eyes. And they said, while many symptoms overlap, some can be slightly more pronounced depending on the pollen source.

Speaker 1 37:32

Okay, some can be slightly more pronounced depending on the pollen source.

Speaker 2 37:35

With tree pollen it often causes strong nose and eye symptoms. Okay, yeah. Grass pollen will frequently trigger asthma-like symptoms.

Speaker 1 37:46

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 2 37:47

And weed pollen, especially ragweed, will cause headaches and sinus pressure due to high pollen counts in late summer.

Speaker 1 37:56

Hmm.

Speaker 2 37:57

Which I mean. Sometimes I have that as well, so maybe that's something.

Speaker 1 38:04

Yeah.

Speaker 2 38:05

But I know that I have allergies when I get like one big sneeze and then like everything will hit all at once like all of the symptoms will start all at once after this one big sneeze, or maybe I'll sneeze a few times in a row and then I'll start feeling like, and then I know okay, so you think you have the rag. Uh, the rag.

Speaker 1 38:33

Wasn't that.

Speaker 2 38:34

I mean sometimes it can be like that. But I mean I get mostly the nose and throat.

Speaker 1 38:42

Yeah, and fatigue. Okay, so that's.

Speaker 2 38:46

But when it's really bad. Yeah, I'll have pretty bad sinus pressure.

Speaker 1 38:52

And so which ones would you say fit your allergies?

Speaker 2 38:59

you said I'm gonna say most likely the tree pollen.

Speaker 1 39:03

Yeah, and then was it the rag too.

Speaker 2 39:06

Sometimes yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 39:08

I just like saying rag pollen.

Speaker 2 39:11

Why.

Speaker 1 39:12

I don't know, it sounds funny.

Speaker 2 39:14

Okay, managing pollen allergies. How to avoid this, I guess.

Speaker 1 39:20

Yeah, okay.

Speaker 2 39:21

So, in order to avoid pollen, check the daily pollen counts and stay indoors during high pollen times. So be paranoid about pollen.

Speaker 1 39:35

It's coming to get you. Yeah, better close all windows and doors.

Speaker 2 39:41

That was the next point, yeah.

Speaker 1 39:43

And like even pull the little garden down.

Speaker 2 39:48

Oh yeah, Close the curtains.

Speaker 1 39:51

Yeah, close all the curtains so the pollen can't find you.

Speaker 2 39:57

Yeah, you won't see that many of those shades in the. States because we don't have the sun problem.

Speaker 1 40:04

No, okay, what Really?

Speaker 2 40:06

Yeah, I mean you have the sun up like all night during the summer. Yeah, I mean it'll go down around nine in the summer in the states. Okay, okay but not midnight no or 11, I guess okay really so yeah, um shower after being outside to remove the pollen get really paranoid yeah, or take a bath. I guess you could take a bath and swim in the pollen that was all over your body. Yeah, the next part. I asked for fun. Lesser known facts about pollen.

Speaker 1 40:41

So, few people knows it right Time for few people knows it.

Speaker 2 40:47

Yeah, pollen edition.

Speaker 1 40:47

Awesome Ooh.

Speaker 2 40:48

Pollen edition.

Speaker 1 40:50

Awesome.

Speaker 2 40:50

One out of eight.

Speaker 1 40:52

I have.

Speaker 2 40:53

Okay, pollen has been around for millions of years.

Speaker 1 40:57

Mm-hmm yeah.

Speaker 2 40:58

You would think so.

Speaker 1 40:59

Yeah, makes sense.

Speaker 2 41:02

I mean they didn't.

Speaker 1 41:02

They're not recent, no, I mean, I guess it's been around for as long as trees and stuff, Maybe yeah, Trees and stuff Maybe yeah. Yeah, but that's just a guess, since that's the way for trees to reproduce.

Speaker 2 41:18

Right Two not all pollen causes allergies. Only wind-pollinated plants like grasses, trees and weeds typically trigger allergies.

Speaker 1 41:30

Yeah, that's true. So the other pollens, those are the ones carried by bees and stuff, I guess.

Speaker 2 41:39

Yeah, but they're heavier pollen, so they don't become airborne.

Speaker 1 41:43

No, exactly. So they are transported by the bees.

Speaker 2 41:47

Yeah, from flowers. Yeah, yeah, Three. Speaking of bees, love pollen, but it's different from allergy pollen, mm-hmm. Yeah, basically what I just said. The pollen collected by bees is often not the same type that triggers allergies. Bee-collected pollen tends to come from insect-pollinated plants, which are usually not allergenic to humans.

Speaker 1 42:15

Yay, we said that.

Speaker 2 42:16

Yeah.

Speaker 1 42:17

Wow, we're so smart.

Speaker 2 42:19

Yeah, number four is. One ragweed plant can produce one billion grains of pollen.

Speaker 1 42:26

Wait, say that again.

Speaker 2 42:28

One ragweed plant can produce one billion grains of pollen.

Speaker 1 42:33

Wow, wow it's a lot.

Speaker 2 42:35

It's the king of allergenic plants.

Speaker 1 42:39

Oh.

Speaker 2 42:39

And that pollen can travel hundreds of kilometers on the wind.

Speaker 1 42:44

Hmm, Oof Cool? Well, maybe not, but still cool. Number five pollen helps solve crimes okay, so now I just see pollen as like a detective and sherlock holmes.

Speaker 2 43:02

Yeah, was my first thought he's a detective yeah, forensic scientists use palynology, I don't the study of pollen to link suspects to crime scenes or track the origin of objects. Pollen stuck to clothing, money or even art can be surprisingly telling. Number six yeah. Pollen is an ingredient in some foods and supplements.

Speaker 1 43:29

Wow.

Speaker 2 43:30

Okay, bee pollen is marketed as a superfood rich in nutrients and antioxidants. However, people with pollen allergies should avoid consuming it, as it can trigger serious reactions. So I mean, if you're feeling down, you're like I want to feel suffering.

Speaker 1 43:51

Yeah.

Speaker 2 43:51

I'm going to go buy some bee pollen, ingest it. I mean, I guess if you are severely requiring a few days off from work, you can force yourself to get sick.

Speaker 1 44:07

But that means that that pollen is still allergenic.

Speaker 2 44:14

Yeah, that's why, if you have allergies, you should avoid consuming it.

Speaker 1 44:21

Huh, I was just thinking. A stupid thought. What if you would snort pollen?

Speaker 2 44:28

I feel like it would have the same effect, because that's usually how it gets into your body.

Speaker 1 44:35

I think, yeah, but I don't think you get that amount of pollen, I think it would get really bad.

Speaker 2 44:42

Yeah, I don't recommend. No, I'm going to ask that question at the end.

Speaker 1 44:47

Yeah, so if you're allergic to pollen, maybe you shouldn't snort pollen. That's a tip from the pros. That's a tip from the experts.

Speaker 2 44:59

Going off track here on this one. What would happen if I did snort bee pollen? Okay, snorting bee pollen is highly dangerous and not recommended. You could have a severe allergic, allergic, allergic, severe allergic reaction. Oh, bee pollen contains many plant proteins and inhaling it directly into your nasal passages can trigger a sudden and severe allergic reaction, especially if you're even mildly sensitive to pollen or bee products.

Speaker 1 45:34

So don't do that.

Speaker 2 45:35

Don't do them.

Speaker 1 45:37

That's listen to us and don't do that.

Speaker 2 45:40

Do not snort bee pollen. You could get a nasal irritation or infection, because the nasal sensitivity okay, sensitivity, is now a word. Yeah, sensitive, okay, sensitive is now a word.

Speaker 1 45:51

Yeah.

Speaker 2 45:52

The nasal cavity is sensitive. Introducing foreign particles like bee pollen could cause irritation or inflammation, sinus infections, bleeding or burning sensations due to abrasive particles.

Speaker 1 46:07

How.

Speaker 2 46:10

You could get lung complications. This is bad.

Speaker 1 46:11

Don't do this. Okay, don't do this. Some of the Listen to us. This is bad. Don't do this. Okay, don't do this. Listen to us.

Speaker 2 46:15

Yeah, yeah, you could get as part of the lung complications you could have allergic asthma attacks, bronchial inflammation and then rarecation, Rarecation.

Speaker 1 46:30

Rarecation. Rare occasions rarecation, rare, rarecation, rare occasions I like that you merge words together, so you don't this is the worst, like dyslexia, like all the words come into one yeah, in rare cases, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, which is an immune system overreaction in the lungs.

Speaker 2 46:54

So, in short, ouch.

Speaker 1 46:56

Yeah, that's it In short, ouch.

Speaker 2 47:02

Which is basically what this is saying. If you snort bee pollen, ouch Okay. Snorting bee pollen is not only ineffective as a health supplement.

Speaker 1 47:14

What I thought it was good for me.

Speaker 2 47:18

It's dangerous. It's meant to be ingested with caution and not inhaled. If someone is interested in its benefits, they should speak to a health care provider and start with small oral doses if you're not allergic, okay.

Speaker 1 47:36

Okay.

Speaker 2 47:36

Going back to what I was talking about, yeah, I'm sorry for that, Okay. Few people knows it. Number seven thunderstorms can make allergies worse.

Speaker 1 47:50

Yes.

Speaker 2 47:52

That's not good.

Speaker 1 47:53

I heard about that.

Speaker 2 47:55

Okay, you've heard of thunderstorm asthma. Yeah, yes, you can say yes.

Speaker 1 48:00

Yes, yes, I'm an expert.

Speaker 2 48:03

Yeah, obviously.

Speaker 1 48:06

Don't you think I don't know that?

Speaker 2 48:08

Yeah, that's why I'm asking, Because I don't think you know Few people knows it.

Speaker 1 48:16

That I don't know it.

Speaker 2 48:18

Right.

Speaker 1 48:18

Yeah, okay, that's it.

Speaker 2 48:21

Storms can break pollen grains into smaller pieces that penetrate deeper into the lungs, causing severe asthma system Seriously.

Speaker 1 48:32

Asthma system.

Speaker 2 48:33

Asthma systems Symptoms Even in people with mild allergies.

Speaker 1 48:40

We have to teach you the difference between system and symptoms.

Speaker 2 48:46

That's for next week's podcast.

Speaker 1 48:48

Yeah, okay.

Speaker 2 48:49

When I learn the difference between system and symptoms. Number eight yes. The last one Urban areas can have more pollen than the countryside.

Speaker 1 49:00

What was the first one?

Speaker 2 49:03

Urban areas, urban areas, oh, urban areas. Pollen than the countryside. What was? The first one urbanarians, urban areas, oh urbanarians I think that's ET actually. Oh, okay, so surprisingly, air pollution can boost pollen production and increase its allergenicity. That was a word.

Speaker 1 49:40

Yeah.

Speaker 2 49:40

So people in cities may suffer more from allergies than those in rural areas.

Speaker 1 49:46

Okay.

Speaker 2 49:46

Here's some remedies for allergies.

Speaker 1 49:50

I like that. Remedies for allergies.

Speaker 2 49:53

Remedies for allergies. What?

Speaker 1 49:56

It has a nice ring to it.

Speaker 2 49:59

Bling.

Speaker 1 50:00

Yeah, I mean it sounds like a commercial or something Remedies for allergies.

Speaker 2 50:07

This is my next segment. Yeah remedies for allergies.

Speaker 1 50:11

I mean, that's a, that's a good slogan. Yeah, yeah, sure, yeah, you know what You're right yeah.

Speaker 2 50:19

All right, let's just go through these. Your first option for allergy remedies are over-the-counter medications, the first thing you usually would go for, like antihistamines. Do you know what that is?

Speaker 1 50:33

I heard about it, but I don't know what that is.

Speaker 2 50:36

Okay.

Speaker 1 50:37

That's it.

Speaker 2 50:38

Nose spray.

Speaker 1 50:39

I heard about it. I have tried nose spray. I hate nose spray.

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Speaker 2 50:43

I have tried nose spray. I hate nose spray. It's my biggest enemy.

Speaker 1 50:46

Yeah, I feel like I had nose spray a lot when I was younger, when I was a little kid. Never in my adult life.

Speaker 2 50:56

I know. During high school I was prescribed with nose spray and I hated taking it. I always do it wrong or something. I always end up swallowing it.

Speaker 1 51:07

Yeah, and then it just like disturbs every sense in my body. It doesn't taste good, bleh.

Speaker 2 51:13

Blech Decongestants is also an option.

Speaker 1 51:18

Okay, what the heck is that?

Speaker 2 51:19

That is. It helps with sinus pressure and congestion oh, okay some natural remedies are saline nasal rinses, which is really just um salt water nose spray okay, yeah a hepa filter. I don't know what that means, but it's something you can install in your home and car to trap pollen and dust and also showering and changing your clothes.

Speaker 1 51:48

Trap Pollen. Trap pollen. It sounds like it's an animal or something.

Speaker 2 51:56

It's a bear trap. Yeah, yeah For pollen.

Speaker 1 51:59

Yeah, Make sure you kill it too.

Speaker 2 52:02

Yeah, I guess so Kill the pollen.

Speaker 1 52:03

Yeah, make sure you kill it too. Yeah, I guess. So Kill the pollen, palm Palm.

Speaker 2 52:06

You can make some lifestyle adjustments by checking pollen forecasts and limiting outdoor activities when levels are high. Oh, and keep your windows closed and dry your laundry indoors.

Speaker 1 52:22

For some reason I thought you would say dry your lungs.

Speaker 2 52:26

Dry out your lungs so that nothing can attach to the walls. It just falls down. Yeah, Okay, that's an option. Your diet and supplements. You can some people find relief with quercetin. I don't know, but it's a natural antihistamine found in apples, onions and capers.

Speaker 1 52:51

Capers.

Speaker 2 52:52

Have you ever had capers, capres?

Speaker 1 52:54

Capres. Okay, I don't know, I'm not sure.

Speaker 2 52:58

I haven't and I don't plan on trying them.

Speaker 1 53:01

No Capers. I just got the picture of a cape.

Speaker 2 53:06

Yes. Start chewing on capes, Apples, onions and capes.

Speaker 1 53:12

Start chewing on your cape.

Speaker 2 53:14

Yes, you can take vitamin C, which has mild antihistamine properties and supports your immune system. You can also have local honey, which has mixed results. Anecdotal support exists, but evidence is mixed Might help if you're not allergic to bee pollen. So then what is the point?

Speaker 1 53:38

Exactly All right.

Speaker 2 53:40

That kind of contradicted itself. Yeah, but some long kind of contradicted itself.

Speaker 1 53:43

Yeah.

Speaker 2 53:44

But some long-term treatments are allergy shots, which are immunotherapy. It gradually exposes your body to allergens, so your immune system becomes less sensitive.

Speaker 1 53:59

Okay, okay, makes sense maybe.

Speaker 2 54:01

Also sublingual tablets, which are Sublingual. They subtly teach you another language.

Speaker 1 54:11

Okay, yeah.

Speaker 2 54:12

So you pretty much learn French in your sleep, oh cool. They're under-the-tongue pills. They're an alternative to shock Altern allergens like grass and ragweed. In summary I'm Sunday, that's what it said I wanted to write in summary. I'm sunday, that's what it said I wanted to write in summary. I wrote in I'm sunday. So in summary to the whole thing um, snorting bee pollen is dangerous. It should never be done. Um, don't do that and I think that's the main thing that we learned today.

Speaker 1 55:02

Yeah.

Speaker 2 55:03

So if you didn't learn anything else, don't snort bee pollen. You could die.

Speaker 1 55:11

Yeah.

Speaker 2 55:11

And maybe don't dehydrate your lungs either.

Speaker 1 55:14

No, because that can't be comfortable. No, you might die.

Speaker 2 55:19

You might die.

Speaker 1 55:20

Yeah, don't do both of those at the same time exactly and if you do, don't say it was because of us, because we don't want I said don't do it yeah, do you hear that?

Speaker 2 55:37

bonk. All right, how do you feel about this?

Speaker 1 55:40

I feel like it was, do you?

Speaker 2 55:42

have questions.

Speaker 1 55:43

I'm interrupting, you. Yes, you are.

Speaker 2 55:46

That's what I do.

Speaker 1 55:47

I don't know. I don't think I have questions. I feel like my questions got all answered.

Speaker 2 55:56

Yeah, that's good that the expert is asking questions. That's what you're supposed to do as a scientist. Yeah, exactly, you ask questions and you did and good job.

Speaker 1 56:06

Yeah, you feel fulfilled your task for today yeah, I want the to ask the people are you allergic to anything?

Speaker 2 56:14

what are your allergies and symptoms?

Speaker 1 56:17

yes, and did we help you in any way?

Speaker 2 56:21

Yeah, so how are you feeling about this?

Speaker 1 56:25

The episode.

Speaker 2 56:26

Yeah.

Speaker 1 56:27

I'm feeling good about this episode.

Speaker 2 56:29

Good, because it feels like we're nearing the end here.

Speaker 1 56:33

Yeah, I think so too.

Speaker 2 56:35

Would you like to provide me with a weight update?

Speaker 1 56:39

Oh yeah.

Speaker 2 56:39

Since last episode? How has your weight changed?

Speaker 1 56:44

This week I lost half a kilogram, 0.5 kilograms, okay.

Speaker 2 56:51

I lost one and a half kilos.

Speaker 1 56:54

Okay.

Speaker 2 56:54

So I win this week. Yeah, I can tell you right now. I am a lot heavier now than I was this morning. I was struggling last night with a severe peanut butter craving because I saw peanut butter at the store and then I bought it for some reason because I was too lazy to make my own.

Speaker 1 57:18

Yeah.

Speaker 2 57:19

And then, after I bought it, I was like I don't even know what to do with this. But today I threw everything out the window and I had a day.

Speaker 1 57:28

Yeah.

Speaker 2 57:29

We'll see how tomorrow goes.

Speaker 1 57:31

Good luck, hey, lauren. Yeah, what's ruining your life?

Speaker 2 57:37

I'm going to say peanut butter. Currently, I love it. I think, based off of my experience with this diet and everything and cravings, I have craved peanut butter more than potatoes. So, I am going to officially announce right now that my favorite food is peanut butter.

Speaker 1 58:00

Okay, okay.

Speaker 2 58:01

What's ruining your life?

Speaker 1 58:03

I'd say some people at work. Because, some of the bosses, or one of the bosses feels like it's a good plan to like threaten all the people instead of like try to encourage people yeah, to make them work faster. And I'm like I'm doing my very best at what I'm, and on her it sounds like you know everyone stands around talking.

Speaker 2 58:38

Yeah.

Speaker 1 58:38

Some people might do that, but I know that I'm not doing that, but on her it sounds like everyone does that.

Speaker 2 58:45

Okay.

Speaker 1 58:46

And that makes me frustrated.

Speaker 2 58:48

Yes.

Speaker 1 58:49

That's what's ruining my life right now.

Speaker 2 58:51

All right.

Speaker 1 58:53

Yeah.

Speaker 2 58:54

I'm glad you got that off of your chest.

Speaker 1 58:56

Yeah, thank you.

Speaker 2 58:58

Are you all out of sips?

Speaker 1 58:59

I'm all out of sips, so that means we're all out of episode.

Speaker 2 59:05

That's right.

Speaker 1 59:05

Yeah, so thank you all for listening.

Speaker 2 59:09

Thanks to the people who joined us for Live Mad Libs.

Speaker 1 59:14

Yeah.

Speaker 2 59:15

Last weekend.

Speaker 1 59:16

Yes.

Speaker 2 59:16

The next one is June 7th. So, yeah, we hope to see you there. At least put it in your schedules or calendars. For now, thanks for hanging out with us. Yeah, we'll be back next week with another very fun and possibly educational or not episode who knows? Send us a text and let us know how you feel.

Speaker 1 59:42

So yeah, that's all Okay, have a good life, yeah, bye-bye.

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Speaker 2 59:45

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Speaker 1 59:49

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Speaker 2 1:00:00

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Speaker 1 1:00:05

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Speaker 2 1:00:13

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Speaker 1 1:00:16

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Speaker 2 1:00:22

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