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Welcome to Steer it's podcast a boozy

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dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. Every

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week we pour a drink and learn

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about a news story from around the

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world of Amanda. And I'm Julia and

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Amanda. It's wholesome time maybe? Ah, thank

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goodness I've been looking forward to this

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one. I also have been really looking

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forward to this. I listen, I love

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a scary story. I love a creepy

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story. I love everything that is spooky

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and cool. But I also do occasionally

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want my heart to be warmed by

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a wholesome story or wholesome urban legend.

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And I think our listeners very much delivered

1:01

when we put out this request a couple

1:03

months ago. Totally. Agree. It's

1:05

also a couple of days after

1:07

my least favorite day on the

1:10

internet which is April first. I

1:12

am somebody who doesn't like to

1:14

be fooled and I especially don't

1:16

like kind of cruel pranks and

1:19

so to me this feels like

1:21

a really good sort of i

1:23

antidote or chaser to. The April

1:25

Fool's Day. Of any you don't like

1:27

those like prank you tube channels where people

1:29

are really mean to their spouses. Know

1:32

they are middle East. favorite thing. I saw a

1:34

video recently have someone who like got a dog

1:36

and like her husband came home and she's like

1:38

here you go and he was like ah at

1:41

it like that's mean that's not nice for the

1:43

dog and it's also not how like any adoption

1:45

agency would really work like I'm going through the

1:47

process of trying to get a dog right now

1:50

and the woman was like oh yeah you know

1:52

you sound great sounds like a really excited to

1:54

have a dog can I talk to the other

1:56

people that live in your house to make sure

1:59

they also want. Dog leg and

2:01

there's. No way you can just like

2:03

sneak a dog into a house. And maybe

2:05

she just like bought a puppy though years

2:07

and doesn't strike me as like very yeah

2:09

you though I adopted and shop ethics Yeah

2:12

yeah yeah. Artyom! Point is, I'm very excited.

2:14

I. Would actually love to start Juliet

2:17

with an update from Betty who is

2:19

my mom is a magician. Story prompted

2:21

this entire idea. Yeah. I'm

2:24

so glad that we her

2:26

back! Yes so Betty Raids!

2:28

Heyman and Julia Thank you so much for

2:30

reading my story but my mom on the

2:32

shelves. I was so excited to hear it

2:34

I called her to tell her about it

2:36

and send her the episode length and attacking

2:38

her thoughts below that we have a very

2:40

sweet screenshot are aware of that He has

2:42

texted the links to Mobs and Mom right

2:44

back. So sweet, so glad to have added

2:47

some magic to your childhoods. A smiley. With hearts

2:49

of modi hard about you heard about it. Harder money's.

2:51

And then ah that he says love

2:53

you and loss of libido that since

2:55

he loved it I love your relationship.

2:57

That's the nicest thing. like hey yo!

2:59

Some some people don't get to have

3:01

a great relationship with their parents. I

3:04

am so glad that you guys do

3:06

and that like you. Know. It's still going

3:08

on to this day. Not only did you have an

3:10

awesome child that I'm sure, but you still have been

3:12

a great relationship. With your parents and that's

3:14

great. Yeah and Betty continues. Got a little

3:16

more of a nugget. Remember this as a

3:18

like very elaborate like a leper on St.

3:21

Patrick's Day you know, installation easy and said

3:23

that he says on the phone. My mom

3:25

also told me that the leper con donuts

3:27

came about because my brother said he saw

3:30

a leper con on St. Patrick's Day when

3:32

he was. Little says yet another instance of

3:34

her making our imaginations come to life. Since.

3:37

We'd I love that. I love that it became

3:39

a whole thing. just. Because your brothers like I

3:41

saw a leper. Come on St. Patrick's Day. Be

3:43

like you know what? And make

3:45

this a whole thing. Here we go

3:48

We also have a screenshot of a

3:50

of like of representatives facebook post. From

3:52

that his mom which has a

3:54

photo of a bunch dear ah,

3:56

sort of like nibbling around some pine

3:58

trees. And the caption. The Forgot: I decided

4:01

to go for a walk as afternoons

4:03

believe they're not. They're a total of

4:05

eight reindeer. know that? A real sales

4:07

beer voting booth of it. So sweet.

4:09

Your mom seems very wholesome and you

4:11

know it seems like she still has

4:13

that kind of childlike wonder as a

4:15

parent and as a full s adult

4:17

now. and I love that for her,

4:19

that's the kind of person that I

4:21

want to. Be. In the future Agreed So.

4:23

Still, he can you give me a little a

4:25

little sampling? Will appetizer have some of the wholesome

4:27

urban legends that we've gotten them. Oh.

4:29

Yeah, I have a great one that

4:31

is from Murtha Amritsar rights. Hey, I'm

4:34

And and Julia. I'm a long time

4:36

listener and I've written in maybe once

4:38

or twice before, but I'm currently listening

4:40

to Episode Three Seventy one, Urban Legends

4:42

a number because I can't read or

4:44

says that every revenue rose or but

4:46

Episode Three Seventy One or and had

4:48

to pause the episode to tell you

4:50

a fun story from childhood, showcasing the

4:52

magic my parents would do for me

4:54

and my sister. My family is Jewish,

4:56

so growing up we didn't have the

4:58

magic of fantastical characters visiting. Us like

5:00

Santa or the Easter Bunny but we

5:02

did have the Great Pumpkin. Oh and

5:04

I will say you do have a

5:06

life during passover but it's not so

5:08

when sickle because you know script really

5:10

he does come into check. If everybody

5:12

circumcised so. I was gonna say allies

5:15

in the Easter Bunny kind of don't sit and

5:17

he says he's a the man in my mind

5:19

that lead the i could be wrong you know

5:21

it up. They. Don't. Know

5:24

the specifics are be Easter Bunny like

5:26

checking. busy of people are circumcised about.

5:29

The most ridiculous money is no penis

5:31

Sheriff. That one for the Jews. That

5:33

one's Eliza. Thera said her. So is

5:35

a good it is. yes you read

5:37

that right. The Great Pumpkin. Like the

5:39

Halloween special from Charlie Brown and the

5:41

Peanuts Gang. If any listeners haven't seen

5:43

the cinematic masterpiece that is it's the

5:45

Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown from Nineteen Sixty

5:47

Six. I highly recommend watching it on

5:49

Halloween night. Usually towards the end of

5:51

dinner where my sister and I were

5:53

sitting with our parents the doorbell would

5:55

ring which with strange for my area

5:58

because trick or treating was always the

6:00

Sunday before when that's very interesting and

6:02

I think that panel a good. Midwest.

6:04

Turks thing where it's like you know

6:07

you wouldn't do it on Halloween proper.

6:09

Yeah, do it when like you could

6:11

make sure everyone is like get off

6:13

safe and walking with family members and

6:15

sometimes maybe they do like that. I

6:17

think that's becoming really popular are the

6:19

like. Trunks are

6:22

treats. Have you heard of this? Yes,

6:25

I. Have where people well sort of gather in

6:27

like a parking lot of a school or church

6:29

or community. Center which makes sense, especially in a

6:31

rural. Area where you'd have to otherwise like drive

6:33

between people. Have this. Isn't Yeah, we're

6:36

a couple towns near me have actually

6:38

started doing it but it's like did

6:40

Villager Town sponsored. So though clothes off

6:42

the street and the businesses will they

6:44

pull up cars and put the the

6:46

treats in the trunk and like have

6:48

all the kids run around till the

6:50

businesses. It's it it seems. Keep it

6:52

must be a lot less intense than

6:54

like a wrangling. Your toddler for like

6:56

two hours. You know between like different,

6:58

right and like the streets that don't

7:00

necessarily have sidewalks and like you know,

7:02

just going after and a piano like

7:04

people just aren't. Putting Halloween decorations

7:06

out or whatever it's It's odd.

7:09

So. The doorbell would ring. Which is strange for

7:11

my area to constrictor treating volleys on the Sunday

7:13

before Halloween. But upon hearing the doorbell

7:15

my sister and I would run to

7:18

the door and sitting on the front

7:20

step would be goody bags with our

7:22

names on it and know when. Insight

7:24

Woah! Inside the bags would be some

7:26

candy, small toys and teams from the

7:28

Great Pumpkin play Pumpkin. One year leading

7:30

up to the doorbell we got a

7:33

phone call and my dad claims that

7:35

it with the police saying that there

7:37

have been a sighting of the Great

7:39

Pumpkin in our area code. Know. That

7:42

that's really good, that's good fully to like.

7:44

He has them to call the how the

7:46

of that's very very good or it's just

7:48

like someone happens to call. I had a

7:50

time and will use like oh yes and

7:52

states you mister chief of Police for telling

7:55

us about the great was a kid My

7:57

parents would kind to do this as well

7:59

where. We always went to my

8:01

grandparents' house for Christmas eve and whenever

8:03

we were driving back to our house

8:05

after were to be all dark and

8:08

stuff like that and my dad always

8:10

point out the airplanes and he believes

8:12

julia look it's Rudolf in the sky

8:14

onto a blinking red light. And I was.

8:16

I was convinced that I've seen Rudolph every Christmas Eve

8:18

of. The Great Pumpkin continued

8:20

to visit us until your thirteen.

8:23

And pretty sure we may have been

8:25

the only kids ever to have visits

8:27

from. The Great Pumpkin. I am

8:29

twenty nine years old and to this day

8:32

my dad still claims that he had absolutely

8:34

nothing to do with it. Okay, he has

8:36

a similar claims for the tooth fairy after

8:38

all. And do we really think that he

8:40

would actually pay us for teeth that would

8:42

fall out. Is a good question. It's a good

8:44

question. Bilic. Maybe that's a question she finishes

8:47

with. I can't wait to continue the tradition

8:49

when I have my own kids. Maybe by

8:51

then my dad will share the trick with

8:53

the doorbell which is interesting. Maybe Catholic a

8:55

neighbor come over and like drop him off

8:57

and then run away. Then again Julia at

9:00

this point people who are writing and to

9:02

us as possible a group and age of

9:04

like smart. Door bells,

9:06

Or. At. Least you know me

9:08

like a home security system like it's it's possible I

9:11

go think is a myself like now of have to

9:13

pick up their phone and be like oh hello seat.

9:15

L a huge you don't have the

9:17

phenomenon of the house votes which I

9:19

find very funny whereas is twenty nine

9:21

so I don't know as the the

9:23

instance probably a neighbor that yes I

9:25

would say neighbor probably but it does

9:27

make me feel better that I'm like

9:29

oh no I'm too old. Well

9:33

I think that's great. I love. The Great

9:35

Pumpkin That such a fun Halloween tradition,

9:37

especially if your area doesn't have a

9:39

ton of Halloween traditions. I know that

9:41

we're gonna have plenty of hollowing traditions

9:43

if and when we decide to advocate,

9:46

so I I love this one specifically.

9:48

It's great. Love for you may have a

9:50

you do you have a nother. Some.

9:53

Urban. Legend for us. Oh you

9:55

know it, This is a wholesome

9:57

family urban legend around up coming.

10:00

The And from Hell in the see her

10:02

Cohen says aim and and Julia in response

10:04

to your suggests At the end of episode

10:06

three seventy One I would like to send

10:08

in my wholesome family traditions and urban legends.

10:11

Let the person who wrote an end.

10:13

You and Amanda both mentioned we had

10:15

a i think unique St. Patrick's Day

10:18

traditions which started with my kindergarten. One

10:21

of my classmates bombs will come in every so often

10:23

to lead crafts with the whole class. How

10:25

to Luther in Kindergarten. So like any

10:27

self respecting Protestants, the obviously spent lots

10:29

of time on fun but non turkey

10:32

things like her St. Patrick's Day project.

10:34

For. St. Patrick's Day. We all need a little

10:36

craft with a brown paper, a lunch bad

10:38

with a drawing of a leper caught on

10:41

it and me little paper quote gold coins,

10:43

shamrocks and. Other decorations glued to it that

10:45

so cute. I really like that. Adorable. Actually

10:47

think there is some element of leaving

10:49

a shiny things are Golden Rock City

10:51

Pirate I don't remember Pyrite how easy

10:53

that I write tie right inside the

10:55

bag. The idea was you have to

10:58

leave this in your house overnight the

11:00

night before St. Patrick's Day and the

11:02

gold coin and I write would attract

11:04

the leper com. Ah that's really cute

11:06

as it's Wilson which is such a

11:08

leopard on the. even if he didn't

11:10

successfully trap a leper com he might

11:12

leave you some. Treats. For the next day.

11:15

And said this one small craft projects

11:17

turned two years long tradition for mean

11:19

my younger sister of leaving out my

11:21

leper con trap every St. Patrick's Day

11:23

and weekend to most often some thin

11:26

mint cookies for us to have. I

11:28

first off love that it's thin mints.

11:30

Cause this is now Girl Scout! Getty

11:32

season here in the U S and so that

11:34

makes a lot of sense. That. That would be

11:36

your room. The Marine Corps. so much. Great.

11:39

Mint Green? Sure yeah the box is

11:41

certainly a green so that feel St

11:44

Patrick's Day He to me. what I

11:46

love in particular is class for kids.

11:48

Yeah. And said this is such

11:50

a fun little like activities last

11:52

craft that is fun and beamed

11:54

and like a little bit like

11:56

supernatural He and I I just

11:58

love it. I hope the people

12:01

are so creative. I just hope the parents got

12:03

like an email or a flyer something that really

12:05

hey so this is the lore because his i

12:07

think my kid from school and they're like yea

12:09

as teachers and I'll get shots. Of I put

12:11

this out overnight be like okay. Purely.

12:14

I did not buy chocolate. I don't know where we're

12:16

going to get some chocolate from that. Actually, Helen

12:18

finishes this tell with I loved this tradition

12:20

and I think my sister did as well

12:22

because she continued it even after I left

12:25

the house. And I guess my parents thought

12:27

it wasn't too strenuous to put a few

12:29

cities in a bag late at night for

12:31

us because they did it. Every sets are

12:33

you and you know a few cookies in

12:35

the bag means that. They. Got

12:37

to have. The majority of those cookies.

12:39

So parenting one or one I'd buy things for

12:42

your kids, but you're also going to enjoy. I

12:44

think that's free, I think I said it before,

12:46

but there there was a good like two, three

12:48

years or my. Dad would not order a

12:50

meal in a restaurant of we went

12:52

out as a family because inevitably my.

12:54

Twin brother and sister would like leave half of

12:56

their meals. For. Hims and him what his

12:58

like them to configure the Am Okay

13:00

Amanda, here's the thing. ah to take

13:02

orders. Smaller portions casino. Them only get to

13:04

eat about half of my food when I order

13:07

to as I have a bigger than my stomach.

13:09

As an that happened last night we were to

13:11

go get tacos where we ordered for. Tacos

13:13

each as like all right I've

13:15

eaten to these tacos and. To.

13:18

Get a bite out of each of the other

13:20

talkers. So the rest is your. Like

13:23

ideas on a T. Still other need to

13:25

necessarily like eat the whole thing so head

13:27

whenever you want babies. Either one

13:30

more here from the library. check hey

13:32

and she writes he spirits We asked

13:34

for wholesome urban legends. I thought of

13:36

one that my parents need for me

13:38

as a kid. I have a genetic

13:40

condition that required a lot of doctors

13:42

visits and medication. As a kid I

13:44

would often become very upset about this

13:46

and would take my parents a long

13:48

time to calm me down. But one

13:50

day when I was about three or

13:52

four years old, my parents took me

13:54

out to our garden to a blackberry

13:56

patch. They encouraged me to explore and

13:58

I sound. A small. Hm covered in

14:01

roses. Well my parents made a

14:03

big deal about it and told

14:05

me that I was really lucky

14:07

to have found a theory treasure

14:09

chest. Ah, From then on when

14:11

ever I became distressed about a

14:13

doctor's visit are taking my daily

14:15

medication my parents would tell me

14:17

to check the chest. They said

14:19

that the series may have heard

14:21

we being sad and would leave

14:23

a gift to cheer me up

14:25

in the treasure chest. Sure enough

14:27

there would be a favorite snack

14:29

or a. Little treat waiting for me. This

14:31

would help me get through it being angry

14:33

or sad and do what I need to

14:35

do at the doctors or to take my

14:37

medication. I look back now and appreciate how

14:39

much effort my parents went to help me

14:41

and the touch of magic that they need

14:43

for me. I hope you enjoyed this story.

14:45

And it makes you smile like it does me.

14:47

Ah but so. Adorable!

14:50

I really really love. That the

14:52

idea like or if we hide a

14:54

little chest in the garden and they

14:56

find it, you know that that's a

14:58

little fairy chest and might. Cause

15:01

that such a sweet story and it reminds

15:03

me of like all the time that I

15:06

played. kind of like. Pretend.

15:08

By myself in the backyard and was like

15:10

searching looking for stuff in the bushes and

15:12

my mom would be like what he would.

15:14

You can do it with what's happened back

15:16

there is like know I'm finding the secret

15:18

hidden gem onto the fairy land and she's

15:20

like i guess. What everyone says she's

15:22

outside. I got radioed as was not

15:25

eat many weird bugs or anything like

15:27

that so it's a win for me

15:29

as a parent via of when my

15:31

favorite hobbies the kid was making little

15:33

fairy that of clothes pins and my

15:35

gluing i'm you know like hair and

15:37

I the making little you know skirts

15:39

out of like scrap the fabrics. Because

15:41

they had a bunch of books about. Like flower

15:43

fairies that like little miniseries and

15:45

my grandma at one point added

15:48

a like statute to her gardens.

15:50

Ah what are they Just like bought a

15:52

garden center my grandpa.for her and she had

15:54

me name her and I named her after

15:56

one of the ferries on these books which

15:58

with Tessa a tobacco of. I don't know

16:00

where that came from. I don't know is

16:03

I. Beat is Up or have had sex with

16:05

us A character I don't think. Tessa is

16:07

a name so is She was the

16:09

queen of the ferries and my whole

16:11

life and like my got covered and

16:13

more sense for little like umbrella collected

16:15

rain I was like yeah no to

16:17

says in charge of the ferries. I

16:19

love the Amanda original are him in

16:21

a while we take a quick break

16:23

and will be back with a couple

16:25

more wholesome urban legends and a fun

16:28

little game that. I've. Come up with

16:30

no offense. Hey.

16:33

It's Julia and welcome to the resell!

16:35

We are back from tour and though

16:37

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16:39

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What is the first thing I'm going to

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And now with the that to the show. Amanda,

20:41

we're back and he blew Been enjoying

20:43

lately. Talk tell lies, drink wise. Second

20:45

thing Julia I went to one of

20:47

my very favorite places on Earth which

20:50

is the Suburban Target. Welcome to my

20:52

lamp I'd else I was a gimmick

20:54

grandma running some errands for her and

20:56

I was like you know what? disagree

20:59

excuse. I rented. A car. I'm out here.

21:01

Let me let me run to a

21:03

Targets And they did have a i

21:05

think a sixteen pack of glass bottles

21:07

of Miller High Life for like nine

21:09

dollars. Which is my. Genuine.

21:12

Not ironic. yeah. Favorite beers I think

21:14

I'd to just have at home. Saw

21:17

it is. It is like just enough.

21:19

It's not very much, it's pretty lights

21:21

at the champagne appears it is champagne

21:24

from it's and I I have been.

21:26

Like slowly me the like want a week treating

21:28

myself to like a high life you know with

21:30

dinner after day work and we have like four

21:33

percent like it's a are not than us ah

21:35

their have any appreciable. Effect which at this point

21:37

like I'm I'm down for in I I love a

21:39

High Life. I use a bottle opener even of the

21:41

twist Off to school to school there like it does

21:43

because I want to manner when I tell you that

21:46

we. Go through a case of Miller

21:48

High Life every. Band practice or it's

21:50

it's the champion of beers. Everyone in the

21:52

group loves it and we just like pound

21:54

through them. You know? we basically have to

21:56

refill every time we have a than pride

21:58

and she could x We gotta stop at

22:01

the Seven Eleven, get a pack of the

22:03

The Miller High Life. I'm like. Yes,

22:05

As got a beautiful art of Lady on the

22:07

Moon. It's great. Know it is. it can. Glass

22:10

Tall bottles. Or glass pony bottle

22:12

blessed all bottle baby. Okay that that's

22:14

the. that's the if. He can't get a

22:17

pony. that's the best. but the pony bottle of

22:19

wine bottle of my is my favorite. Beer shot

22:21

combo is to have a pony bottle of miller

22:23

and like one out of with here tequila like

22:25

that's that's it. I'm I'm good for an hour

22:28

likely meal it as much as love the. Gold

22:30

foil on the pony bible as they get

22:32

there before and it feels like a champagne

22:34

of beers. Sarah. We. Just have one

22:37

like in our kitchen and decoration. Because

22:39

especially during the pandemic at some there were

22:41

the pony bottle shortage. And so it

22:43

was like it was a real thing. they didn't

22:45

have them at all of the bars or neighborhood

22:47

that were known for it's pony bottles and it

22:50

so much of that. We were in a bar

22:52

like posts vaccination with like outdoor seating in the

22:54

back and so it was. It was passed the

22:56

like original supply chain crunch such that we were

22:58

like oh no with Michael Foot pool the bottle

23:00

be back and when they were. Back there so

23:03

excited it's through a celebrations we bought like

23:05

to cases the when we were at a

23:07

suburban migrants. You tell your dog lover of

23:09

every habit you julia or even drink and

23:11

I mean apparently it's been Miller High life

23:13

because we've had a lot of ban. Practices

23:15

lately but I was his the at

23:18

a recording session with taken and the

23:20

band and stuff like that and it

23:22

is above a very die the bar

23:24

but the varied Ivy Bar did a

23:27

have a really great sour oh so

23:29

this is a Garvey is point sour

23:31

patch sour beer. it's still a so

23:34

I really liked it and they served

23:36

it in one of those like goblet

23:38

style glasses which I very very into

23:41

so that was that's kind of been

23:43

doing it for me lately. Darby's. Point.

23:45

It's like the that. A nice selection

23:47

of stuff. Very cool. You're also reminding

23:50

me that I'd Genesee Brewery Pride in

23:52

New York States has brought back there.

23:54

My favorite summertime beer which is there will

23:56

be read calls which you have done great

23:58

work in. Sourcing. And slapping to

24:01

us. Hard to fathom. It is hard

24:03

to find bajillion. This year's they're releasing

24:05

tall boys. have read posts and I

24:07

so excited and if I find them.

24:10

Were were buying as much as I can carry because it's

24:12

it's gonna be great. I'll keep an eye out for sure.

24:15

Think. You are it men! I have

24:17

a really cool idea for a

24:19

game that we can play. Maybe

24:21

we'll play it in between the

24:23

wholesome urban legends that you're going

24:25

to be reading for us of

24:27

us, but I want us to

24:29

come up with wholesome little magic

24:31

moments based on randomly generated. Holidays

24:33

from this random holiday generator that I

24:36

found. Okay, this is great

24:38

or at. I'm. Going to run it and I'm

24:40

going to give you five options for each and you'll

24:42

pick one and then we'll make. Up a

24:44

little like wholesome Magical Moment

24:46

tradition bread. Love. It art

24:48

Syria. Malcolm X Day Great International

24:51

Women's Day just passed when at

24:53

the time of us recording this

24:55

yeah. Black Friday, Arbor Day

24:57

okay, and Amanda's least favorite

24:59

holiday April Fool's Day. That's

25:02

right. Okay, So. Some some

25:04

files had magic. Rituals.

25:07

I'm really interested in Black Friday.

25:09

Okay, how can we? How can

25:11

we do some like anti consumer

25:13

s. Ah you know,

25:15

sweet. Black. Friday.

25:18

Things. I've seen

25:20

that on Black Friday.

25:23

You. Go through all

25:25

of the clothes. In

25:27

your house to see if you

25:30

need to get rid of. Any.

25:33

Always a good time to do some spring cleaning, but

25:35

in the fall. And. You.

25:38

End up donating them. To.

25:41

You know your local. Youth

25:44

or store or what have you. Arm and

25:46

when you get back your house spirit

25:48

that lives in your house yeah is

25:51

so happy about all the new space

25:53

and stuff like that. They leave you

25:55

little treats. I loved that. I think

25:58

that so smart I am all. For

26:00

it, I was totally thinking down the same line

26:02

of like is or something that we can donate

26:04

or repair. Or maybe do like a swap.

26:07

With people, but that's that's awfully wonderful

26:09

and great tradition overall is what can

26:11

you like? repair? Or donate. Or

26:13

you know, donate to a mutual

26:15

aid organizations. On by Friday

26:18

and said yeah I really like that

26:20

you not getting necessarily a. Gift.

26:22

To that is going to take up more space after

26:24

you just cleaned. Out the nice little face for yourself.

26:26

Ah you're getting like a little treat the the it's

26:28

like a bit good. Or like some candy or something

26:30

like that. Yeah, A brilliant I'm.

26:33

Into I'm into it or it, Lemmy. Let's do

26:35

one more in them all. Here in Urban Legends of the

26:37

Let. Our eight, Would you

26:39

like Amanda? Leif. Erikson

26:41

deck German, American,

26:43

Day which is apparently October Six.

26:45

Okay, Oktoberfest. Women's

26:48

Equality Day. Oh, and do only

26:50

dwelling great. It has it's own

26:52

tradition. Not not for me, don't

26:54

need. Us to do at the time. Ah.

26:57

Oh. Baby. First, I didn't even

26:59

know he had women's equality. That's that's

27:02

interesting. August twenty sixth. Who knew? the

27:04

very hot time of year is kind

27:06

of route. Now I didn't my

27:09

mind think Leif Erikson was a Canadian

27:11

hockey player. He's not as he. He's

27:13

A. He's a calmness. the eighties the

27:15

as the like. Norwegian. Viking

27:17

Do that. Quote: unquote Sound America

27:20

before Columbus of sight. Let's let's

27:22

pretend there is a contemporary can eat

27:24

hockey player named Leif Erikson and he

27:26

is says the sweetie ah and an

27:28

absolute love bug and and just like

27:30

goes around her. You know, schools

27:33

like, you know, repainting. Their

27:35

playgrounds and you know, installing

27:37

hockey rinks and I think

27:40

the Comedian Community Hockey Association

27:42

they say a the old

27:45

Leif Erikson they said be

27:47

a day. Where we all go

27:49

down to our local primary schools and kind

27:51

of repair clean up you know decent the

27:54

i wise I give the kids and nice

27:56

facilities a plan. That as

27:58

a tunneling busy be day. You're like

28:00

me be your raking leaves in

28:03

a community area like at the

28:05

park or at the. At

28:08

the schools like you suggested as of kind

28:10

of fun. Job where hockey uniforms?

28:12

yeah know maybe afterwards there is like

28:14

a ceremony all you know. First goal

28:16

in the. Absence of his authority

28:18

a. Whole thing that either resurfacing of the i

28:20

as i gotta get a getting the rings prepared

28:23

for winter it's ah and needed is like a

28:25

special thing you do as like the last day

28:27

before you put ice. In the they'll let

28:29

you know how. Greedy. Many

28:32

you know gritty affairs You know how they

28:34

said like oh you know gritty with on

28:36

earth after they did constructed on be the

28:38

stadium and stuff. Like that. Yes, I

28:40

really like this idea that like

28:42

some weird like hockey gremlin comes

28:45

out every year at the beginning

28:47

of the hockey season and like

28:49

crawls into the zamboni. And like helps

28:51

that run on it's own. Yes, And

28:53

that is a fun little magical moment for the

28:55

children. Because like the zamboni, it's running

28:58

on it's own. It must be the

29:00

hockey gremlin. Love it, love it. I

29:02

think this is great. Ah, thank

29:04

you for going with me down this

29:06

imagination season of sticking with the baby.

29:08

I'm sticking with this figure. I'd have

29:10

another urban legend in the will play

29:12

a couple more of you. Absolutely. Brilliant!

29:14

This legend came in from alley

29:17

see her and it is and

29:19

wholesome story of a guardian angel

29:21

seat her little sister who oh

29:23

okay and allies as a front

29:25

that this story involves her sister

29:27

being hurt but she was totally

29:30

fine so that's the thing that

29:32

you know incentive to suffer you

29:34

skip this one. but. He

29:36

was all that. Glad she's okay. So.

29:38

Alley Rights My little sister better is

29:41

only ten months younger than I am.

29:43

Parentheses I know are poor mother. Your

29:45

poor mother is right. Because we're so

29:47

close in age, we were almost inseparable

29:49

as kids. The story I want

29:51

to share happen when she was three

29:53

and I was for at the time.

29:55

My family lived in your stereotypical Midwestern

29:57

to story white farmhouse with a beautiful

29:59

front. Court and even a Red

30:01

barn. Back. And I are playing upstairs

30:03

in our parents' bedroom which we were not

30:05

supposed to do. Jumping on the bed sure

30:07

also assisted him. Classic child move man some

30:09

so fun about jumping on. The Bad: I wish

30:12

I jumped on a bed more as a

30:14

kid. Lot of rules that I am glad

30:16

it didn't break, but of one data, you know

30:18

I can't really do as much now. And let's

30:20

be honest, when you are a child size.

30:23

Best. Time to be jumping on the bed.

30:25

I wouldn't jump on the bed now because I'd

30:27

be worried about it actually breaking. But like that's

30:29

one hundred thirty pounds. Or have a big children

30:31

are Alamo. That's the perfect time

30:33

to be jumping on a bed. Because you're not

30:35

going to break. The bed. Yeah, you might

30:38

like yeah, especially before mattress technology was as

30:40

advanced you could I guess. like had a

30:42

compact. The coil or you know, make.

30:44

Something bad. Question Mark: Buzzkill. Like an adult

30:46

sitting on a bed and child jumping on

30:49

that. can't be that different. Campy.

30:51

We were having an excellent time wrestling and

30:53

acting like hyperactive health bomb on one of

30:56

us gotten a d have never good. When

30:58

children that Aids get an idea

31:00

I know, socially capitalized as it

31:02

isn't the semen. So.

31:04

You know that's great. Big exercise balls at

31:06

Adult Claim they used properly, but children instead

31:08

recognize as the awesome toys that they are.

31:11

yes, I remember those from my childhood float.

31:13

We decided to put that on the bed,

31:15

citing the immaculate three to four year old

31:17

logic that if you put a bouncy thing

31:19

on top of an already bouncy thing, still

31:21

even be better. Turbo bouncy? Oh no. This

31:23

is very bad. Move I

31:26

will agree. Bad idea. Of the

31:28

on as despite what happened next, that logic still

31:30

holds up to. Me: In my mid twenties. Now,

31:34

we didn't have air conditioning in our

31:36

house so my parents had opened their

31:38

bedroom windows to help the air circulates

31:40

better through the house until it looks

31:42

as kicks own know who's remember against

31:45

the child is. Five Ruins Okay with

31:47

this is very bad habits, but

31:49

everyone's. Okay now that would have been

31:51

fine except that their bed with pushed

31:53

up against the wall in front of

31:55

the windows that were open. You probably

31:57

see where this is zone. I've

32:00

been taking turns rolling across the top

32:02

of the ball and flopping down on

32:04

the bed like giggling rag dolls, and

32:06

we wrap this for a while until

32:08

Bella rolled across the ball. And

32:10

didn't land and the bed. Somehow.

32:12

I didn't see where she went, I

32:15

just saw where I expected her to

32:17

be and she was there. Then I

32:19

heard her scream. I heard a

32:21

thud, whoever would resign and then more

32:23

screaming. My mom and Sarah, who at

32:25

this point had been downstairs in the

32:27

kitchen washing dishes came running. Ah, the

32:29

she's yelling, where's resistor What happened? I

32:31

was in tears of the slant. Worried

32:34

that my sister was in pain?

32:36

or you know, in. Danger I

32:38

saw but I didn't know when

32:40

the to them noticed the window

32:42

screen with missing. That's when they

32:44

knew what happens. Oh no we

32:46

can better at the foot of

32:48

the porch steps trying to unstick

32:50

herself from the window screen. And

32:52

Screaming Bloody Murder. Miraculously. Pure,

32:55

completely unscathed. Other than

32:57

some scrapes on her knees and elbows, she

32:59

was completely physically okay and the only thing

33:01

Griffin was actually one of the porch steps

33:03

which we think was close to breaking anyway

33:06

and somehow broke her fall. Yeah.

33:08

Honestly, My parents still took her to

33:10

the are and be confirmed that he

33:12

was somehow entirely fine later. When my parents

33:15

had calmed down enough to talk to her about

33:17

it, they asked her if she had been scared.

33:19

when she cel doubt that the simply looked at

33:21

them and said i wasn't scared to be. it'll

33:23

stop me. When I

33:25

asked her about it again recently, she

33:28

said that was in remember very much

33:30

about the incident. she doesn't remember being

33:32

convinced that angels were with her safely

33:34

guiding her down from her fall. The

33:36

whole were supposed to say we never

33:39

pulled any bullshit of that magnitude again

33:41

and I'll always be grateful to my

33:43

sister's little guardian. Angels. That's.

33:46

Beautiful. First off, so

33:48

glad that noom was seriously

33:50

hurt. I wonder

33:52

is it. And I

33:54

don't know. I've been trying to like. Logic My

33:57

way out of so many urban legend. Saintly

33:59

Day. Wonder if it was like. A

34:02

weird trauma response where it's

34:04

like, okay, well, I don't

34:06

remember exactly what happened and

34:08

I. Mean of probably somewhere

34:10

like oath a miracle you know. he. Didn't

34:12

he didn't get hurt. It's a miracle. It.

34:14

Makes and maybe depending on like you know

34:17

what your background is, you're like oh a

34:19

miracle Angels see the angels can be six

34:21

Yeah for me like as a little kid

34:23

like I remember, I would never allow my

34:25

husband Adidas. My parents are not divorced. Or

34:28

but as a kid my mom hated and my

34:30

dad loves when we would jump from the top

34:32

of the Sears and he would texas at the

34:34

bottom of the six. I'm which I'm sure lots

34:37

of parents do a again I'm I'm sure when

34:39

the when the kid is like twenty pounds in

34:41

such a measly like it's fine. Ah medical for.

34:43

Very tall and broads. He was like as

34:45

broad as the stairs, but still I do

34:48

with. It was like of the most fun

34:50

thing in the world the kids would laugh

34:52

Minaya Italy and like if you're only experience

34:54

of jumping was jumping on to like a

34:56

pillow or a plane that are like into

34:58

your parents arms the media just like your

35:00

brain auto cells like oh of course of

35:02

course a little catch me here is why

35:04

children are so reckless and adults. You know

35:06

you're like I gotta go down

35:08

the stairs. Slow cooker cod forget

35:11

something happened Nasa exactly. Are

35:13

you ready for? Summer.

35:15

Holidays. Yes, These are

35:17

it. We got Oktoberfest. Again, cast the

35:19

Got Veterans Day or are we

35:22

at Washington's Birthday? We.

35:24

Get New Year's Eve and would

35:26

have always out gotta be Washed

35:29

and birthday. Okay because the completely

35:31

apocryphal story of chopping down the

35:33

cherry tree. I feel like. Has

35:36

to have some kind of modern

35:38

incarnation here with ah little wholesome

35:40

traditions I think is. The.

35:43

Ghost of Washington is upset that

35:45

he did that. Thing so.

35:48

Every time on Washington's

35:50

birthday we plan to

35:52

a. Native. Noninvasive

35:54

tree. Ah,

35:57

I love that. Why did my brain

35:59

immediately. To. A paper

36:01

must say like Kenyatta of a

36:03

Cherry where you his open and

36:06

shut the covered cherries fall out

36:08

sleep just fantasizing about a snack

36:10

but that sounds great. Amanda can

36:12

ah yes ends your thing and

36:14

say in the additives chocolate covered

36:16

cherries falling out of the terry

36:18

to the auto with i love.

36:21

It's. Like native wildflower

36:23

seeds. Ah, that's it. We did

36:25

it really interface and then you're

36:27

like oh look sweetheart, this is

36:29

where the seeds land is Now

36:31

we have a beautiful wildflower patch

36:33

yes, scattering on the when the.

36:35

I love that. That said, cuter than. The. Else

36:37

I can be compostable. This. And

36:39

then you're like I, yes, it was a blessing. From the

36:41

Ghost of George websites. That the. Obama

36:44

more the will read another one. We're

36:46

back. At Women's Equality Day I think

36:48

the list as is really small hosts

36:50

who received at ago at a repeat

36:52

business a sister. Flag.

36:54

Day. Thanksgiving. Day and

36:57

once again, April Fool's Day. Or.

36:59

It Let's let's accept the challenge.

37:01

Women's Equality Day. End of

37:03

August. Ah, This is

37:05

for children. Oh

37:07

boy. Does your parents

37:10

potential? your mother, or end

37:12

up being possessed by the

37:14

ghost of. A woman's

37:17

rights activist, Question

37:19

mark like other and. You wake

37:21

up on Women's Equality day in

37:23

your mom's like Amelia Earhart jetblue

37:25

an airplane across a necessity. Like

37:27

to learn more about me and

37:29

how my fight for equality. In

37:31

a basis is helps us. we'd the

37:34

path we are on today. Yes yes

37:36

I do. That to. Be

37:40

like minded we're that he got possessed by a

37:42

ghost when she wakes up. The next stage the

37:44

gotta remember what you're talking about is incredibly be

37:47

you have to like bring your mom breakfast in

37:49

bed or else you know she'll stay like that

37:51

all day long. As

37:53

a knob. once we get some breakfast you

37:56

the ghost of Amelia. Earhart leaves I

37:58

he when my mom. The ghost

38:00

of that are no occur at as

38:02

God King A I hate that the

38:04

sister. Julia.

38:07

This next urban legend comes in

38:09

from Anna Catherine and it's titled

38:11

remember to Scatter Ashes sooner rather

38:13

than later from Tulsa. Ok, that's

38:15

good, I think. Of my grandfathers

38:17

ashes still in my Grandma's cabinet because

38:20

they haven't gotten around to doing a

38:22

ceremony for him. Any Catherine says,

38:24

I grew up with a mix of Christianity

38:26

and of faith, awareness and respect of the

38:28

spirit world. Which. I I think

38:31

is is that. Prudent. Them

38:33

into that. My mom raised me to

38:35

be a tune to energies and possible

38:37

spirits nearby, which wasn't uncommon in my

38:39

childhood home, which was built in Nineteen

38:41

thirty. And crime rate. I.

38:44

Was in my pre teen years when

38:46

I had my first long term experience

38:48

with the paranormal a call a ghost

38:50

or spirit for lack of a better

38:52

term but the thing and I perceived

38:54

with a distinct energy. I

38:56

was around eleven or twelve and a

38:59

feminine spirit energy settled into my bedroom.

39:01

I never felt threatened or harmed by

39:03

it, but I could always feels presence

39:05

in the south east corner of my

39:07

room specifically. That corner

39:10

became the. Spirits. Corn or dogs.

39:12

Never light coming into my room and

39:14

they would frequently stand at the doorway

39:16

and stare alertly into that corner. Only

39:18

study. Don't like it when I really

39:20

enjoy my furniture, as I like to.

39:22

Do every couple of years. I never

39:25

even considered moving my bed into that

39:27

corner of On to the Spirit. Right?

39:29

And I wouldn't want to sleep in

39:31

the spirit corner nine a little bit,

39:33

right? The only piece

39:35

of furniture that ever lived in that corner

39:37

was a chair of that I rarely use

39:39

except practice the cello because it was the

39:42

right height and had no arms. The.

39:44

Energy of the ghost always felt more

39:47

concentrated when I play the cello and

39:49

a had the distinct the sense that

39:51

somebody. Was watching me as I did

39:53

Some goes like music. got it cool? Passport.

39:56

About four years during which time I had been

39:58

living in harmony with the spirits. The years

40:00

now when they my mom and I were

40:02

talking than older woman is Joyce whom she

40:04

had cared for during my childhood and had

40:06

passed away when I was ten or eleven

40:09

years old. So looking back at just before

40:11

it as sad as began. Now.

40:13

My mom mentions that and she's a

40:16

wasn't the best doing things in a

40:18

timely manner and be had yet to

40:20

scatter Ms. Joyce's ashes which she had

40:22

been tasked with. Do it. Oh

40:25

no girls, Of course,

40:27

she told me the ashes were in

40:29

a container on the other side of

40:31

the walls backing that corner of my

40:34

room. Damn. Mom. Come on

40:36

come on Mom's. Needless to say,

40:38

I was astonished, disturbed, and asked

40:40

my mom politely to move Mr.

40:42

Joyce's ashes from that area of

40:44

the living room. After she did,

40:46

the constant presence went away, and

40:48

as of last year at my

40:50

Mom did in fact get around

40:52

to scattering her ashes. It's almost

40:55

a decade after her passing, but

40:57

hey, If the chance to remember. I

41:00

can only see what with Ms. Raisa spirit residing

41:02

in my room all those years not only with

41:04

the presents friendly but it always felt more pronounced

41:07

on I played the Telos and Mr. Ice during

41:09

her life. Loved my music for the few years

41:11

that I had been learning it while she was

41:13

a lies the rub my cello to her hospice

41:16

to play for her. I just think she was

41:18

enjoying the music from a whatever plane contest. And.

41:20

Then I really like that we're finishing.

41:22

With this one. Because we started

41:24

this episode with like you know

41:27

my parents really wanted me to

41:29

like have a magical childhood so

41:31

they would like hide ferry gifts

41:33

in the guardian or like you

41:35

know the Great Pumpkin would drop

41:38

off or halloween candy for us

41:40

and this one is a completely

41:42

different way of making sure her.

41:45

Childhood a little bit more supernatural. a

41:47

magical which is oops, forgot. To spread

41:49

the masses my bad but a mystery

41:51

is continuing to enjoy and support and

41:53

there and and protect And Catherine Well

41:55

I love that. The man. I'm so

41:57

glad that so many people wrote a.

42:00

Would be wholesome urban legends. It's

42:02

really sweet to like see how.

42:04

One people who listen to this show

42:06

kind of came into existence and became

42:08

the way that they are. They so

42:10

their parents? Yes and. To I just I

42:12

really love seeing everyone's kind of traditions. And stuff

42:15

like that, it's very, very sweet. I. Now

42:17

really makes me smile and israel want to

42:19

keep writing and please do use that word

42:21

wholesome and will know how to sort through

42:23

them and we can continue sprinkling me as

42:25

an as palate cleanser is if we ever

42:27

get particularly spooky urban legends which I just

42:29

want to shut up Editor brands as a

42:31

making spooky or than ever are with incredible.

42:34

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doing that. I'd really enhancing my enjoyment

42:38

of Urban legends and ah I'll keep

42:40

You are wholesome. Sales

42:42

Categorized. for another day. And

42:44

remember next time that you're breaking

42:47

apart a paper miss. Hey Jerry!

42:49

In order to spread the wild

42:51

flowers to celebrate with the ghost

42:53

of George Washington. Remember, Stay Creepy!