MIDDLE AGEish
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Sofa Talk: Mother's Day Dilemma, Gynecology Giggles, and Rodeo Revelations
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Ever thought about moving Mother's Day to a quieter month? Join us as we kick off this episode with a lively debate on this very topic, reflecting on the chaos of May with its school events and graduations. Ashley makes a triumphant return after solving some AC issues at her fitness studio, and Trisha and Pam celebrate their graduating seniors. With a mix of heartfelt moments and puppy antics, this segment captures the bittersweet journey of parenthood and the transition to becoming empty nesters.
Have you ever accidentally hugged your nurse practitioner while partially dressed? If so, you’re in good company! We share some hilariously awkward moments from Lisa’s recent gynecologist visit. We also take a lighthearted jab at the gender disparities in medical procedures, pondering why men don’t face similar discomforts. Blending humor with honest reflections, this segment is a candid look at the realities of women's health check-ups.
Teachers make a world of difference, and we pay tribute to extraordinary educators like Ms. Monica Thomas. Reminiscing about school events and quirky traditions, we also share our love for "Modern Family" and brainstorm the possibility of adding video to our podcast. And who knew discussing rodeos could be so entertaining? From bull riding to spotting cute cowboys, we dive into the cultural significance of these events while engaging in a spirited debate about phonetics and accents. It's an episode brimming with laughter, heartfelt stories, and engaging conversations that you won't want to miss!
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Empty Nesters Embracing the Next Chapter
Speaker 1Welcome to the Middle Age-ish Podcast , Authentically and unapologetically keeping it real , Discussing all things Middle Age-ish , A time when metabolism slows and confidence grows . Join fashion and fitness entrepreneur Ashley Badowski , former Celtic woman and founder of the Lisa Kelly Voice Academy . Lisa Kelly licensed psychologist and mental health expert , Dr Pam Wright and highly sought after cosmetic injector and board certified nurse practitioner , Trisha Kennedy Roman . Join your hosts on the journey of middle age-ish .
Speaker 2Hello everyone , and welcome back to another episode of Middle Age-ish . I'm Trisha Kennedy Roman , and I'm joined here today with my co-host , ashley Badazki , lisa Kelly and Dr Pam Wright , and you are joining us for a sofa talk today .
Speaker 3It's been so long it has . We love sofa talk and Ashley's back this week .
Speaker 5I know I missed you guys , that's just yeah , no air for my fitness studio Just was not a good combination . Things happen , got to get it fixed .
Speaker 4Yes , because I love all my clients , but they did not want hot bar .
Speaker 3No , no , I was like I could offer that .
Speaker 2None of us want a hot bar .
Speaker 4Yeah , it's so good to be back . We missed you guys .
Speaker 3We missed you too . It was fun , though last week . She was fabulous . We had fun , she was fun .
Speaker 4Yeah , I think that's what's important .
Speaker 3Yes , did everyone have a good week ? We had Mother's Day . Yes , I heard someone on a podcast today saying that Mother's Day needs to be moved to July because Maycember is the worst month for mothers which is true because you guys are all struggling .
Speaker 4That is valid because we were just talking about how busy . I mean my kids are a lot older , so you know graduation parties and all of that kind of stuff and just in the school year . I do remember those days , so I think that's a valid yeah . I hate , okay so who do we need to petition ?
Speaker 3Apparently , there's a petition to move it to July . I'm on for that . In Ireland it's March , that's right . You always scare me because you wish your mom a happy .
Speaker 2Mother's Day , I'm like uh-oh , and then I realize you're on for it .
Speaker 3Yeah , no , it's March .
Speaker 2It's March there , yes you know , what I just realized , ashley didn't childproof herself , so these always keep wrapped , so your leg , because every time your leg .
Speaker 3Ashley , it's Hallie . She's eating the wires . Okay , dog is eating the wires . This is very bad puppy behavior .
Speaker 4Yeah , everybody , we have the most amazing puppy friend here with us .
Speaker 3Yes , we do .
Speaker 4And I will say that that was not my mistake .
Speaker 3That was Hallie . Hallie is literally sitting here eating my laces . She moved from the wires to my dress and to my laces , so we have a puppy alert .
Speaker 5Puppy alert . Lisa's dress is getting demolished by the dog .
Speaker 4Yes , Okay , well , I say that we petition to move Mother's Day . I think that's fabulous . March or July , who cares ?
Speaker 5It's just not me .
Speaker 4Once school's out and there's not a million things going on , I mean just even my friends who have like little , like it's not even graduation little ones Like they're just stressed . Yeah , yeah , it's crazy , yeah , I know .
Speaker 3School's out for summer . I can't wait Almost .
Speaker 4I used to love that . I mean , like I said , my baby is in it more . Seven more days , so crazy .
Speaker 2Well , I don't have seven more days . My baby's graduating on Friday . I know so sad . Yes , I can't believe it .
Speaker 5But he's so accomplished , I know I'm so proud of him as you should be .
Speaker 1He leaves next month , good job , Mom For the Air Force Academy , so really excited .
Speaker 2It was really cool too , because they had the baccalaureate and they had somebody from the Air Force Academy come and give them a certificate of appointment at baccalaureate and I was very , very proud .
Speaker 3His list of accomplishments are insane .
Speaker 2I was reading all through his accomplishments .
Speaker 3Looking at my children going oh my God .
Speaker 5He's always been there , I give you that ? Yes , exactly , he's always been there , greg , you've got to step it up .
Speaker 2He's pretty amazing . I'm proud of him , but I can't believe that he's graduating and then McKenna's following right afterwards . One more week , corbin and McKenna both graduating . I swear .
Speaker 4it feels like it was just yesterday . I know Like with my boy . Like literally like it feels like it was yesterday and 26 and 23 . So , as crazy as the time is , just soak it up because it goes so fast .
Speaker 5So so all my clients are like the whole empty nester thing . Did you have that Like where you were sad , crying upset ? A lot of people do .
Speaker 4Right , and I didn't I mean I what was hard for me when I , when we took Steven , cause you know he played football at coastal Carolina and so he graduated in 2016 . And so me coming home was really stressful for me . Um , but then I don't know , like with the first one , like with Trey , you know he's in UAB at Birmingham and so you know he's closer um , but I mean , I always kind of I don't know , this is probably not going to come across properly , but you know , go figure with me .
Speaker 4But um , what we were talking about before , we got married right out of college I was 22, . You know , I had Steven at 25 , Trey at 28 . And so , like that was , that was Michael in our lives for so long and so , like our kids joke all the time , 're like I swear you guys have more fun now that we're gone and um so for us ?
Speaker 4you miss them , you love them , you . But it's kind of nice to date your hubby again . You know we've been together for 30 years that's it absolutely um and so yeah , like I just I don't . I'm not one of those that I mean .
Speaker 4Again , of course you miss your children , but I do love having this next chapter for us , yeah I mean it's just , it's really nice because we're the we're different people than we were all those years ago , and so you get to kind of re-establish a relationship that's back to being more just you and your partner or your spouse or whatever , and uh , yeah , it's really fun , like I was telling you guys , like I don't want to do anything on the weekends , I want to go hang out with him on my back porch and my naughty , naughty dogs , and so , yeah , I'm , yeah , I'm probably on the other side of that spectrum as far as , yeah , you miss your kids , but I don't sit and cry .
Speaker 2So Trisha and I will be crying Well you can have your moments Because I won't get to talk to him for almost two months . That's a hard thing .
Speaker 5That is a hard thing no 1,000% .
Speaker 4Like I said , it's easy for me because I mean Stephen's now 26 and living his great life in Kansas . City and Trey's 23 . So like I've come through all of that stuff , but , it is fun when it's just you and your hubby . Yeah
Awkward Gynecologist Visit and Friendship
Speaker 4.
Speaker 2Okay , so what are you going to tell us about the gynecologist ?
Speaker 4Oh , okay , we've got probably a super personal based on Lisa's reaction .
Speaker 2Is this a nod on air ?
Speaker 3This is okay , so uh-oh I was like this is great .
Speaker 4We're super open and honest . This has to be Classic Lisa .
Speaker 3This is classic Lisa . Oh , no , okay , I know we've spoken about this before that I'm incredibly introverted and I am like , as much as I come across as being an extrovert , I'm really not , and I find certain situations really uncomfortable . So , obviously , going to the gynecologist nobody enjoys that .
Speaker 1And can I ?
Speaker 3just also say if men had to do a pap smear like we have to do a pap smear , they would have anesthetic . There is no way they'd be awake for it .
Speaker 4There's no way but they have to have the prostate yeah , I would take that any day over the speculum .
Speaker 3I mean , I don't even know about that Any day , any day , and I thought they'd gone to plastic ones , but they haven't . So anyway , neither here nor there . I'm really hoping the gynecologist doesn't listen to this podcast .
Speaker 4I'm really looking forward to this .
Speaker 3So I went in and it's a nurse practitioner , the lady I go to , she . So I went in and it's a nurse practitioner , the lady I go to , she's very , very nice . So I was , like you know , very excited about going to see her and but I haven't had a pap smear in three years . So I was like , okay , so I go in . I mean , she , you know , they did all that . My , my blood pressure was through the roof , obviously because I was anxious , even though I'm on blood pressure meds . So I was like , okay , well , this is a great start .
Speaker 3So I went into the room room . The room was quite small , very hot as well , and like I hate being hot . So they give you the gown and have my lovely gown on and I folded my clothes and I put them beside me on the stool and I put my shoes on the floor . So she comes in and she was in great form and she was like full of chat and she chatted the whole time . Oh wow , she was talking the whole time . So anyway , we got through all that and everything was done and everything was great , fabulous , happy days .
Speaker 3She had taken the stool in the meantime . She had needed the stool , so she moved my clothes over to the other side of the room . So when she was finished she was still talking to me and we were , like , you know , yapping . But I had to go to work and I was like , so I hopped off the table and I went over to get dressed and I'm trying to put my clothes back on discreetly as she's talking to me . And then she realized she's still there while I was trying to get dressed and I'm pulling up my underwear and they're like kind of half up , when I realized my shoes were behind her , so stupidly , I reached around to get my shoes . I reached around to get my shoes . Oh no , it's worse , it's worse .
Speaker 5Oh no , oh God . I reached around to get my shoes and she thought I was going in for a walk . Oh no , oh my gosh . So she hugged me back . Oh my gosh , that's so awkward . Oh , I'm so hot again . I'm standing there and she's like patting . Oh , I'm so hot again . I'm standing there and she's like patting me and I'm like where is she going to pat me my underwear half on ? Oh my gosh , I know we're close and I know you've seen parts of me that probably nobody else has seen , but I'm like oh my gosh , oh my gosh .
Speaker 5What was the conversation that she thought you needed the hug ? She thought I was saying goodbye . Oh my gosh , what was the conversation that she thought you needed the hug ? She thought I was saying goodbye .
Speaker 3Oh my , I literally wanted to die it was a lovely hug and I probably needed it because I was so anxious .
Speaker 5So maybe she was like you're so anxious .
Speaker 2Oh my gosh , that's hilarious .
Speaker 4That sounds like something that happened to me . That's funny . Oh my God , that actually is like an SNL skit .
Speaker 3I can't ever go back .
Speaker 2She was back there telling the staff oh my gosh , she just hugged me and she hugged me , and as I was leaving .
Speaker 3She was in the office . I was I was , you know , checking out at the checkout , but I couldn't see her office and I'm like saying goodbye to the checkout lady and next welcome from her office . I hear her . Goodbye , sweetie you . You guys bonded on undies half up .
Speaker 5Oh my god so next time you go , god bless the hug , the hug it's what a job . It's gonna be an everyday thing .
Speaker 4I mean every time that is yeah yep , what a job like I just as we've talked about multiple times , whenever there's something that's super uncomfortable , a man , all right , and our male listeners , this is we're not saying anything different , I mean but , or , you know , trying to insult anybody , but you know that you're right Like a man , like a mammogram oh yeah , who in the ever loving you know what , okay , they can . You know what , okay , they can you can go for , and now dr pam and trisha too , probably . But like you can have an mri cat scan like that , you can literally see inside , but you have to for a mammogram , you still have to go and plop your boob .
Speaker 5Yeah , on the train this last week trisha had the most like awful experience with that , like painful , I know I feel like a man still is in charge of that yeah , because otherwise I mean seriously , who did we piss off ? In a previous .
Speaker 4I mean there's got to be a better way there has to be , because now , like literally , you go into a machine . They can live like you have to . They can tell you you can't breathe so deep because it's impacting the visual , but yet your boob , you still have to go have it smushed , squeezed . I think it's crazy .
Speaker 3But even the smear test there has to be like , there has to be another way to relax everything so that they can do that as opposed to what they use . And men , if you've never , if you've never had a woman tell you what they use , you need to go and look it up . Well , I mean , it's medieval , it's like a torture device . It is medieval .
Speaker 4It really is . I'm a good patient .
Speaker 3I'm not like I'm not squeamish about stuff , I don't really care , yeah , but like there has even the fact that they have to twist that .
Speaker 5Yeah , I'm telling you it's medieval , it's like what is that , what was that thing ?
Speaker 4The rack . Yeah , yeah , yeah , the rack Just twist . I'm telling you , I'm telling you , I don't know , I don't know .
Speaker 3At least you got a hug at the end .
Speaker 5I did get a hug . I did .
Speaker 3Oh , I know , and what if she wasn't a hugger and she thought that ?
Speaker 2oh , the thoughts that went through my head , but she was . So , All right . So we've , you know we've had . We had a few questions from our listeners .
Speaker 1I know . Thank you guys .
Speaker 2Yes , so one question that I've had people asking and we have answered this , but I don't think it made it on air . I think it was actually cut , probably some extra stuff with it . So of how we all met . Let's talk about how we all met .
Speaker 3So Pam and Lisa and I had kids together at school for a very long time .
Speaker 2So I've known you guys forever .
Speaker 3I didn't actually meet Pam until in here in the office . Because I think my kids are a year ahead of yours , and then our kids are the same . Yes , but Kyle and Natalie weren't in the same school , no , and I met you at a function in your old building I went to an open night there , and that's where I met you first so I guess , yeah , so I guess you guys met recently so when this came about I've known you forever yes , so I've known ham forever , lisa Forever .
Speaker 3And then I met Ashley doing Pure Bar .
Speaker 4Yeah , she came up to me .
Speaker 3Yes , I came to her studio .
Speaker 4Yeah came up to me and said like hey , it's something I mean , I didn't even really remember it .
Speaker 3Yeah , I was like listen . I think you'd be really good for this podcast that we're doing .
Speaker 4I thought I was just coming in to be interviewed .
Speaker 2So yes . Here we are . So they were asking , like , how we came up with podcasts . So the and I've said this before I think this was not in any of the actual published podcasts . That's funny . We have . We have a lot of . We have a lot of .
Speaker 3We have a lot of years really , like I mean , I know you a long time .
Speaker 2Yeah , a very long time , but the middle-aged name came up from my son calling me middle-aged . And I was kind of offended and like wait , that's awesome , I'm going to do something with that . But I had no idea what . And then I thought of the podcast , and then I talked to Lisa because I was like Lisa it'd be fun to do this with .
Speaker 1And then I was like we need a psychologist . I got one of those .
Speaker 2We know Pam , and then I told Lisa we need somebody like in fashion or fitness . And lo and behold , she knew somebody who was in both .
Speaker 3So that's where .
Speaker 4Ashley came in .
Speaker 2Yes , I worked out well and the very first time we got together and how Sofa Talk kind of evolved , was that ? Oh my gosh , chris , lisa's used to being in front of a microphone , and actually Pam too , but we were set up for a recording and so they walked in and we did episode one .
Speaker 4I literally walked in and was like I think I'm going to have a panic attack and I don't have those . And I was just like , can I quit now Like this ? I'm so uncomfortable , yeah .
Speaker 5That's been so much fun .
Speaker 3I think I don't know if we said it before but I think the benefit of it of it was that we didn't really know each other very well , and I've I've always said that even with Celtic woman we didn't know each other either . Like we met each other the first night that we recorded it , so we spent no time together . So I think the beauty of that is you get to know people Absolutely , so your questions are genuine .
Speaker 4Yeah , and very spontaneous it's always important . It's an amazing little .
Speaker 2Well , I think that's one thing too is I love how even our podcast , where we have guests , we don't rehearse questions . Everything is just on the phone and people ask ask me , like my friends that listen to it , that they always like .
Speaker 4Can't tell me that you guys don't you know , don't rehearse or don't like plan out your questions .
Speaker 2I'm like no , I had no idea . Lisa hugged her gynecologist with her underwear half on , exactly a thousand percent guys .
Speaker 4That is totally new news , new news awkward new nudes . Oh , my God , oh and here is our Lisa . Oh , my God , I'm just going to giggle about that one for a while , all right . So here's another question we have .
Speaker 2So that's how , that's how we all met . I know Pam for years , lisa for years , ashley , more recent , but we all , we all had our little insights to give and it's working out all right .
Speaker 4So , besides , lisa , have any of you performed publicly ? Well , that just depends . Perform how . I mean , if you're talking dancing on a bar , absolutely . If you're talking about riding a bull at the end of the rodeo , yes sir . If you talking Ashley's like , yes , grammy winning performance , like our Lisa not yet um , no , yeah , just not yet it's on the way . Yeah , yeah , it's coming . I mean yeah , no . So yeah , dancing on a bar and writing a bullet , there's .
Speaker 5Ashley yes , performances Pam yeah , I mean back in the day , yes , singing , dancing , cheering , all that , but yeah , recently , no , no , no , no , definitely not .
Speaker 2I dance . I was a dancer for a long time but , yeah , um , my mom , I wasn't a singer . My mom told me remember she was like you don't think you're really good at singing do you ?
Speaker 1oh my gosh , so no , so I definitely .
Speaker 2I used to sing the choir . I thought it was kind of decent , but apparently , apparently , so it's okay , I , I thought . I was kind of decent , but apparently I wasn't that's okay , I got picked . I was really excited I got picked for a solo .
Speaker 1I was Shirley Temple and I did a little dance , a little tap dance for my little sailor suit , oh my .
Speaker 2God , I think I was picked because I was short , because I don't think I was a good singer .
Speaker 4Oh sure , but I could Find that out . On Girls .
Speaker 5Weekend . Yeah , girls Weekend , we're going to do karaoke .
Speaker 2Yeah we'll see how it goes , so okay . So who came up with Sofa Talk ? I think it's just because we were sitting around it evolved . Yeah , it just kind of evolved because we would sit and talk and half of it never made it onto recording .
Speaker 4You're like no , no , we have to record that yes .
Speaker 1And we didn't have a guest one night and we were like this is just as good .
Speaker 3It's a lovely top guest . It's a lovely guest too , but it's really nice to just chat among yourselves because that's what it's about I know , Cause it's random , you never know which way it's going .
Speaker 2What do your families think of the podcast ?
Speaker 4My husband loves it Cause I make him listen to it because I don't listen to myself and I'm always like , okay , you need to tell me if I sound like an idiot , which is mostly all the time . But he thinks it's hilarious .
Speaker 5Yeah , yeah my mom listens , she listens all the time .
Speaker 2Same .
Speaker 3He listens to it , my husband has never listened to a podcast of anybody . He can't do it , he can't .
Speaker 4I've never listened to a podcast Like . That's why when you asked me , I was like what he ?
Speaker 3can't . It's so funny to me because he's the most focused person I know , but he cannot listen . I'm like every time Because he spends hours and hours and hours traveling every week . I'm like put on a podcast . I can't , lisa , I can't listen to him . He's like I have enough voices in my head .
Speaker 5I just say my head , I was like he needs a break .
Speaker 4He needs a break . I could probably run into that .
Speaker 3And listen . Knowing him , he must talk to himself all the time and then tell me he told me .
Speaker 2Oh my God , that's the worst . So you know we were talking about
Importance of Teachers and Fun Memories
Speaker 2that . I was super proud of Corbin baccalaureate and seeing his accomplishments and stuff . And one thing is obviously important is like our coaches , our parents . I think parents are kind of important . I hope I contributed to that , but teachers as well , I think teachers .
Speaker 1I'm really grateful for teachers . I don't know how they do it .
Speaker 2Um , but what is kind of cool is that I'm going to call it a teacher , who's an amazing teacher , but Ms Monica Thomas .
Speaker 3So I . She is the best .
Speaker 2So Pam and I have all had her as a teacher for our kiddos and she's one of those teachers that just sticks out as an amazing teacher and made a big impact on our kiddos and you can tell All the kids go back to see her and now she's a grandma . Yes .
Speaker 5First-time grandma . She's awesome , though , so cute .
Speaker 2So thank you , Ms Thomas , for being an amazing teacher . And congratulations on your grandbaby that grandbaby's going to be so spoilt .
Speaker 3Teachers are so important .
Speaker 4They are so important they really are and they really do put up with a lot of stuff , especially nowadays . Michael's been in education his entire life when he got out of football and just yeah , the stuff that oh my gosh I cannot do it , it's crazy . Do you guys have a teacher that you didn't like ? Yep , it's just , it's crazy . Do you guys have a teacher that you didn't like ? Yeah , you know , I asked the question cause I totally had one .
Speaker 3Oh my God , I had a few .
Speaker 4I only had one . She was my 6th grade teacher . Yeah , awful .
Speaker 2I have way more . That I did love . I stuck in contact with a lot of my elementary school teachers . I had one that hit me so bad . We talked about field day , so we had a field day . My older sister , that was the coolest thing in the whole world . I was in 4th or 5th grade and she was out of school . So she came and brought me this huge bag of candy . And I was my older sister , that was like the coolest thing in the whole world . I was in like I don't know , fourth , fifth grade , something like that , and she was out of school . So she came and brought me like this huge bag of candy which I was giving to all my friends . But the teacher took it from me and said if I didn't have like one piece of the same for every student , that I couldn't have it .
Speaker 1It's really annoying .
Speaker 2Because I was very excited about my sister getting to .
Speaker 3So I don't like that teacher . Yeah , I know that's so funny . I just had a thought there when you said field day In Ireland , when we say you know , if you had a good time you always go . Oh , she had a field day .
Speaker 5That's funny . That must be where that comes from .
Speaker 3Yeah field day . Okay , oh , they had a field day , which meant you had a great one .
Speaker 2I'll tell you what you throw me down a I'm on it .
Speaker 5Potato sack yeah , or the potato sack the egg and spoon race .
Speaker 3Oh yeah , yes .
Speaker 5Yep , tug of war , yep , oh , we did tug of war too . And the three-legged race .
Speaker 4Three-legged . What's the potato sack ? The dunking booth , oh yes , the dunking booth , oh yeah .
Speaker 3We didn't have those .
Speaker 2I was terrified that were in it so it was super funny .
Speaker 4The pie , pie in the face . Yeah , the pie in the face .
Speaker 2I had to kiss a pig one time , for I think it was a court warming .
Speaker 3Oh , my gosh Remember . I went to town from Missouri .
Speaker 2We were in the middle of cornfield .
Speaker 3We had barn warming . Every time you say that , I think of Cam in Modern Family .
Speaker 5I know .
Speaker 4So true , I freaking loved that show that was so true .
Speaker 3I mean Loved that show .
Speaker 4Oh my gosh , I still watch the reruns and they're so freaking funny .
Speaker 3So funny . He is just , Eric Stonestreet is just , and the guy who plays Mitchell now I can't remember his name . Oh my God , they're just so talented , so talented .
Speaker 4I just thought that entire cast was amazing .
Speaker 3Yeah , they were fabulous .
Speaker 2I mean amazing yeah , they were , I mean I mean oh my god okay , so we got another question so this is one we we get all the time and at some point trisha's gonna have to actually get herself together . So everyone's , everyone's video . I know which . Everything is usually videoed , or a lot of things are videoed , but I really like not . I like being frazzled and not not put together yeah , I don't know .
Speaker 3I think it ruins the element of surprise . If you have a video .
Speaker 4I don't know if we did it every so often . I think it would be kind of With advanced warning . Well , of course , otherwise .
Speaker 2I have to get a spray tan .
Speaker 5I got to get my spray tan on , I've got to get the right hair , I mean it's going to be a production .
Speaker 2Yes , I mean it's going to be a production . Yes , lord , so that in the works , maybe at some point , maybe At some point That'd be fun yeah .
Speaker 4Yes , I mean not every time .
Speaker 5No .
Speaker 2I agree , no , but I don't know , but watching Lisa reenact her pedagogy visit . I do think that there's moments .
Speaker 3Because , like you know , if you catch my facial when you start talking about polygamy or whatever , but then I can't do opposite signs when I'm saying something that I'm supposed to be nice about and I'm going that's true that is true , I love Lisa , but I kind of said that Trisha can still edit .
Speaker 2Yes , that's true . Oh Lord , I don't want to edit a video too , okay , so here's some more . If you all would go we talked about going away together . Where would we want to go ? Vegas . We're all still rooting . Ireland , oh Ireland obviously , Obviously yes .
Speaker 3To find the leprechauns . I'm going to go find the leprechauns .
Speaker 4Drink the Guinness . Did you see that there's a ? I mean , can I dance on the bar there ? Yeah , yeah .
Speaker 5Hello .
Speaker 4With a leprechaun , I mean .
Speaker 3I mean , come on , and it's a bet , it's set in Ireland and it's an American and an American podcaster actually in Ireland and he's trying to discover these people went missing down in Cork and he's trying to figure out what happened to them .
Speaker 3And there's a journalist and I haven't really figured out what's going on . But they bring the American to a bar and the American's like , oh my god , this is like , this is the most amazing thing ever . And the girl who's's from Dublin , she's like for God's sake , let's just get out of here . And she brings him to a proper bar . But in the middle of it there's this guy who's pivotal in the whole storyline , but I still haven't figured out what he does . But he stands up to sing and she looks at the American and she goes . This does not usually happen , no , it doesn't Okay .
Speaker 4well then we can go .
Speaker 3Oh no , you'll love it . I'll bring you to all the tourist homes .
Speaker 4We need to go .
Speaker 3Yes . That would be so much fun , that'd be fun we have some more questions , but we'll do them the next segment .
Speaker 4Yeah , yes , so keep listening , we'll throw in your questions , keep sending in your questions , keep sending in questions . I mean , I think that's really fun .
Speaker 2Yeah , anything . Or ? Miss thomas gave us a comment , so we just gave her a shout out because she's an amazing , love her god , monica . So I'll give you a , would you rather ? Oh ?
Speaker 3here we go ?
Speaker 2would you rather be stuck in a romantic comedy with your worst enemy or in a horror movie with your best friend ? Horror ?
Speaker 3movie horror yeah , best friend yeah yeah , that's the only way I would survive it oh , we wouldn't be able to fake it , we wouldn't be funny , well , well , we all know that I can't fake this , so a rom-com with an enemy of mine would . To many shows with enemies Would probably well yeah , it would not work .
Speaker 4Yeah , okay , and I don't even really like scary movies anymore .
Speaker 3I don't watch horror movies anymore . I mean , I loved them when I was younger . Oh no .
Speaker 4I think we talked about that before Freddy Krueger .
Speaker 5Yeah , those are cute . I could do those .
Speaker 4but Mike Myers , the Exorcist that scared the bejesus out of me .
Speaker 5Oh yeah , I would have been in seventh or eighth grade when we watched it . Do you remember Poltergeist , oh my . And then everybody in that cast like died early . I mean .
Speaker 1I'm stuck . It was weird . It's based on a real house Speaking of real things you know .
Speaker 2So Lake Lanier freaks me out a little bit .
Speaker 4Yeah , it should freak you out , yeah .
Speaker 2And there's a . I got to find the show because you guys like there's actually . I mean there's a lot of different shows on it , but there was a show on like strange things . It was really . It was freaky . When we first came around , I loved Lake . We went there for the July and now I'm like , no , Was it about that ?
Speaker 3No , it's a whole city underneath us . Yeah , they're like literally .
Speaker 5Oscar .
Speaker 2Town or something , oscarville , oscarville .
Speaker 3Oscarville yeah .
Speaker 4And how many , like they've had so many deaths on that lake . I like Trakeesian death .
Speaker 3My dad does not believe me . I keep telling him this and he doesn't believe me .
Speaker 2I'm like a big lake , so there's a lot of people , so there's a lot of people . There's dust , but I'm freaked out I don't know .
Speaker 4There's like a lot of big lakes in the us yeah I just don't .
Speaker 3I mean I like to look at a lake . I'm never going on a boat .
Speaker 4I hate being on boats really , oh , my god , I love . No , I don't get in , I don't get in the water .
Speaker 3No , I don't get in the water either , but in the ocean I don't mind going out in a boat for like half an hour , but like if you're stuck there all day . I'm like oh my gosh , I love a good pontoon boat .
Speaker 2And you just yeah Like oh my gosh , I think it's .
Speaker 4I think it's amazing . We do our July 4th and we go back to my hometown with , you know , with one of my just dearest high school friends and her husband and their friends and all that stuff , and we go to Table Rock Lake .
Speaker 2I know Table Rock .
Speaker 4Lake . I know I love being on the water , but I'm also a water sign .
Speaker 3So I'm not , I'm a bull .
Speaker 4You're a fire sign , speaking of bulls ?
Speaker 2Uh-oh , so bulls have come up twice . I've got to get this , would you rather ? I just thought it was going to go . All right , sorry . All right , because Josh is talking about her starring in Riding Bulls and Bars . Yeah , exactly
Rodeo, Cowboys, and Southern Accents
Speaker 2so . Would you rather be the person riding the bull or the clown that distracts the bull ?
Speaker 4Oh person riding the bull , yeah me too .
Speaker 5Yeah , riding , what is that question ?
Speaker 3Have you guys seen a rodeo ?
Speaker 2No , when people , how have you for eight seconds . Then you ride the bull and then there's a no , no .
Speaker 3I've seen the mechanical one in .
Speaker 2LA , oh my goodness .
Speaker 4Have you ever seen ?
Speaker 1a cowboy . No , not in real life , not in real life .
Speaker 3I would say , not real life Only .
Speaker 2Matthew , we grew up with cowboys , like if you weren't if you don't remember , I've never , seen a cowboy ?
Speaker 4cowboy , no , I've never seen , and I know Wrangler jeans and some boots I have you should see my belt buckle because I have .
Speaker 2I have the Wranglers , I have the belt buckle .
Speaker 3I am telling you , oh my god , I'm with you on this one . I have not . No , we don't have cowboys in Ireland and in rodeos and well , there's a lot of different events .
Speaker 2But , like you , ride the bull with the horns and you have to stay on for so long , and then there's a clown that like distracts the bull and the person gets thrown off and tries to save him from getting caught . You should watch . Is it 8 seconds ?
Speaker 48 seconds you gotta watch that . It's a true story .
Speaker 2It's very sad it's based on a true story . What's his ?
Speaker 4name . Yeah , he loves his hair . Luke Perry . Yeah , luke Perry . But who was anyway ? Wait , what happened ?
Speaker 2I assume he died . We'll have to watch obviously .
Speaker 4Yeah obviously he died . Okay , Patricia , I feel like we have to educate the cowboys , Okay ? So I want to hear this .
Speaker 5But here's the thing I get that , but I don't get the running with the bulls .
Speaker 2And then people are upset when they get like , like in Imagine or whatever .
Speaker 5Yes , when they're just running and they're just like oh , suddenly the bull is after them and they're all upset that they got Gored . Yes , and you're like you're a cruel . Like why would you do that ?
Speaker 4right , no .
Speaker 5So that'll get , but the rodeo is probably different .
Speaker 2Rodeos are fun . I mean , I grew up with rodeos , oh my gosh , I grew up riding horses , so but rodeos are like experience and we have bowls in Ireland , but I don't think A big shot of whiskey and funnel cakes .
Speaker 4I love funnel cakes . And you see some really cute cowboys .
Speaker 5Okay , yeah , interesting . Good to know . That's what we should do for our girls night .
Speaker 4A rodeo . I don't think there's one around here . We would have to go .
Speaker 3There is one I know because one of my students sings at it .
Speaker 4We'd have to go to Arizona or . I know because , one of my students sings at it , we'd have to go to .
Speaker 2Arizona or .
Speaker 4Texas , or proper one Missouri , houston , oklahoma , texas , yeah .
Speaker 3I'm sure there's Georgia rodeos too . We aren't in a cowboy kind of area . There's one in gay Georgia yeah .
Speaker 4Well , I know there's one in Wadawi , alabama , because that's where we used to have our lake house and they would have one every July 4th .
Speaker 5Wow , things you don't know .
Speaker 2Yeah , no .
Speaker 4Well , Dally's a funny name , I know it was so funny , my dad , because , you know , my parents were born and raised in Georgia and so when we were looking at lake homes we wanted one that was closer to us and not , you know , and like literally an hour and 15 minutes from like my front door to the house . And my dad , like we were driving down one time and he's like , well , you know , I always thought it was we do we , we do we ? I mean because , no , granted , my family does like phonetically spell and say things and I was like what he goes ? Oh , for the longest time I thought it was we do we ? Oh , that would be cute , I know .
Speaker 2I was like dowie , I know , know . But dowie , that's something I've always thought about . But you know , you said phonetically Mm-hmm . I think it's the dumbest saying that phonetics is spelled with a P-H , because it's not phonetically Phone . Yeah , but you know what phonetics is like spelling out a great sound , yeah , so it would be an . F .
Speaker 5So it yeah , but P-H as in .
Speaker 3F , though , but not phonetically . Not phonetically . This is like but yes , it is , it is . Yeah , it's like phone is P-H-O-N-E and phony is P-H . I know , but that's what you're saying it should be an F .
Speaker 4It should be an F , no , it should be . Listen .
Speaker 3I teach a Japanese girl on a Friday night and she is like literally one of the best singers I've ever heard in all my life . She can't speak a word of English and so , but every song she wants to do is in English , so it's literally an English class for me . And the words God bless her Like she . She looks at me and I'm like , yeah , no , I know that's how it's spelled , but that's not like so tear and tear . She's like why are they different ? Right , I don't know what to tell you .
Speaker 4Okay , so I have a question for you why , like when I hear singers from different countries , but they don't have an accent ?
Speaker 3Yeah , you're not supposed to have an accent when you say it .
Speaker 2Okay , but how does that happen ? So whose accent is it ?
Speaker 3It's British , it's like it's a British accent . So the universal kind of sound is to kind of stick with a British sound .
Speaker 4Yes , everybody sounds similar is to kind of stick with a British sound .
Speaker 3So most people train classically . And when you train classically you learn that way . So that's like putting your hands the right way on the piano . So when you learn and most people sing in chorus , so chorus is all about the vowels . So all the vowels sound the same , no matter where you are Like , all our vowels sound the same . But when you go into something like country and even irish music , so irish music they're gonna sound irish country , music's gonna sound country .
Speaker 4So that's where the accents come in but keith urban , who's from australia you don't hear him ? You don't hear him . So I've actually always wondered when you hear like these artists speak at like an interview and you're like holy cow yeah , they're not supposed to sound .
Speaker 3That's amazing . Yeah , it is . It's kind of amazing .
Speaker 4I mean , it really is .
Speaker 3So okay , but you're right , that's exactly it . Yeah , that's exactly the story .
Speaker 2There's a couple . That makes sense . It's like British , because there's a couple . I can't even think right now , but I hear wondered that when I've heard it , there's certain things that are really distinct .
Speaker 3What's funny for me here in the South is because you use so many syllables when you say things .
Speaker 3So the kids at the moment there's a big , there's a few things that the kids do at the moment and one of the songs I'm doing at the moment is the word feelings , feelings . But they don't say feel as one syllable . They all say feel . So when you say , when they're singing , they say feelings . I'm like no , you can't do that . It has to be fee lings , but they can't like . That's the big one . And the other one which drives me mad is the str . They all say straighten and straight . Yeah , all of them . It listened to the kids straighten street .
Speaker 3And then I noticed somebody the other day say uh , when they say christian , they say christian as well , so like it's obviously a southern thing , because I haven't heard like any of the kids that I have from anywhere else in the country don't do it .
Speaker 4Yeah , they put . I think that's a southern thing because I know , like my aunt , um my dad's sister , like she had called me a couple of times when I was in college , answering machine , um , just to say hello , and like my roommates thought that it was the funniest thing on the planet . I mean I could have sold tickets because she would be like Ashley , Ashley , oh , hey , darling , I mean it was so , so that's so funny because she literally could take .
Speaker 4Hey Ashley , hey darling , hope you're doing well . Just wanted you to know that your aunt loves you have a great day , but it would take five minutes . Yeah , that's so funny , so all of my roommates like if they got it before I got home they would all be sitting around the kitchen counter just giggling Like oh , and I'm like . Oh , my God , did Aunt Cherry call they're like she sure did darling .
Speaker 5That's so funny , so cute . I know I love it .
Speaker 3I love accents , though Accents are my favorite things .
Speaker 2Were you surprised when you moved here , like the accents , you heard how strong it was .
Speaker 3Oh no , yeah . What used to amaze me , and still happens , is somebody says , like people say this all the time , I would love to have an accent . I'm like you do . No , no , I don't . I'm like no , you do , or then they go .
Speaker 5I do , I'm like no , you do , or then they go . I do Like , yes , you have a Southern accent .
Speaker 3Right , exactly Like just because everybody else says just me and you don't have an accent . To me you have an accent . But yeah , it was , it was . It was like it's slower . I've never can't understand what people are saying here , like because it's so slow . But I think I told you my story about my first time here , when I was ordering ham from Honey Baked Ham and I walked in I said can I order a ham ? And she went what ? And I was like can I order a ham ? And she's like a what ? And I'm like I'm gone , oh my God , I'm in Honey Baked Ham , like what , and I had to go ham .
Speaker 1And she was like got it .
Speaker 3Yeah , you want a ham ?
Speaker 4I was like yeah , yeah I want a ham asking for for 10 minutes .
Speaker 3Yes , I had another kid that I told called hannah as well , and I used to go hannah , hannah and then I'd have to go hannah , and then she turned around . Oh my gosh , I'm like this is foreign to me . Oh my god , so now you speak southern . I do , yeah , sometimes I do . If I'm on the phone , I have to yep , I have to slow way down .
Speaker 4I love it .
Speaker 3Yeah , I love it yeah , just speaking of that , my , my son's girlfriend . She's from dad denny goll , which is a , so if anyone's watched dairy girls , that's where she's from . But I have to watch that she was . She was in work the other day and she picked up the phone and this guy started talking to her and he eventually said to her he went , hang on a second . That's where she's from . I'll still have to watch that .
Speaker 5She was in work the other day and she picked up the phone and this guy started talking to her and he eventually said to her he went hang on a second .
Speaker 4Do you even speak English ? Oh my gosh , oh my gosh . Well , she does have a much , because it was so funny , Like our friends , like when they would meet you and then you meet Faith , and I'm like , oh my God . And I'm like , oh my God , yeah , they're both from Ireland . What ?
Speaker 3Yeah , yeah , yeah , because it's so different , like I don't understand her sometimes . Wow , she says things that I don't understand .
Speaker 5It's the cutest thing .
Speaker 3Interesting . She has words that I've never even heard and I look at her and go oh God .
Speaker 5She's just the cutest thing ever . She is , she's hilarious .
Speaker 2Well cheers .
Speaker 4Cheers , cheers to cowboys and rodeos . Gynecologists .
Speaker 2Legs , murder leg , I mean , you know , hugs with the pants half down . Okay , I'm going to be decent .
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