Episode 2 - Butter My Butt and Call Me a Biscuit === Pat: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to English with Pat and Pops. I'm Pat... Pops: I'm Pops... Pat: And we're talking to you from Boynton Beach, Florida. What's the weather like, uh, today, Pops? Pops: Ah, the weather's beautiful again in Florida. It's, uh, sunny, partly sunny. It's 77 degrees or... Pat: 25. Pops: 25 Celsius. I just forgot it for a second. Humidity is around 63%. The wind's out of the south southwest, at seven miles per hour. It's a beautiful day. Pat: Ah, very good. And you don't have to worry about forgetting things. I, I got your back. Pops: Hey, you know, with age, things happen. Pat: That's right. So, some of our listeners, I'm sure are gonna notice that we're not talking to you from Spain, so... Pops: Ah, yeah. Pat: Why are we in Florida Pops? Pops: Hey, we're here to visit family and, uh, the beautiful Thanksgiving holiday with both, both of us love a lot, so yeah. Visiting family and uh, Thanksgiving. It's a great time to be here. Pat: Yeah, and in general we're gonna be splitting time between the US and Florida, right? Pops: Yeah, we plan on spending a lot of time in both [00:01:00] places. I mean, I'm still gonna keep Spain as a residence. But, uh, I, I wanna get back here and see the grandkids, so... Pat: Yeah. Pops: And, uh, the family. So it's... Pat: Yeah. It's nice for us to change the venue a bit. Pops: Yeah. Gives us a little different perspective. Pat: Yeah. And so, last episode for episode one. Just wanna clarify something, uh, a couple listeners asked us, to explain what I was saying when I'm calling you Pops, and basically the, the title of our, our podcast here. So, uh, my father's name is Lowell, actually. But, um, I refer to him as Pops. It's just kind of a nickname for someone's dad or, or even a grandpa. You know, you can say grandpops or something... Pops: Yeah. Pat: But I just, I call you pops all the time. Pops: Yeah. You used to hear a lot in the, uh, movies. In the fifties and sixties a lot more than you do these days, I guess... Pat: It's kind of an old timey thing. Pops: It's kind of an old time saying. It's more a, it's kind of a, a romantic kind of name. Or not in a romantic way, I guess I would [00:02:00] say. Pat: Yeah, to show endearment. Pops: Endearment, yeah. It kind of shows affection and things like that. So yeah, it's... Pat: I mean, I'm a romantic guy, but... Pops: Not that, not that kind of guy. Pat: Not with my pops. Um, so yeah, I guess we hope that cleared it up for you a bit. Um, the... just the meaning of pops. And we want to thank everyone for listening to episode one. Pops: Yeah, really. Pat: Yeah. We got a lot, a lot of listeners all around the world. Um, so thank you a lot. And, um, yeah, we actually made it to 150 downloads so far in episode one. Pops: Yes. And, uh, it's, uh, you know, been through different means, the podcast, the, the podcast sites, as well as the direct links we sent. So... Pat: Yeah. Pops: It's been, uh, rather exciting to see all the countries pop up and all the people and, uh, in different, uh, different cities and, uh, countries around the world. So we really appreciate you guys, uh, supporting us and, uh, hopefully we, uh, can kick out some good entertainment and, uh... Pat: Yeah, continue to entertain. Pops: Yeah. And keep you listening. Pat: Yeah. Yeah, it is cool [00:03:00] that, um, people from all different cultures and places can, you know, get some value from our show. Pops: Yeah, that's good. Pat: Um, so today's episode we're going to be talking about Thanksgiving, so I'm sure some, some of our listeners are gonna know what that is. Some might not know. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: I'm assuming, you know, a lot of them probably don't know too much about it. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: Um, it's a national holiday in the US and it's celebrated the last Thursday of November. So, that's the last Thursday of the month. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: And it's, it's celebrated mainly in the United States. Um, but actually some of these were, uh, new to me. I had no idea they celebrated it in the Caribbean Islands of Grenada, St. Lucia, um, Canada celebrates it in Liberia. But I, I think around the world, it's known as an American holiday, even though we're, we're happy to share it. Pops: Yeah, I was surprised by, uh, those as well. I had no idea that there was quite, as there was other countries that also, uh, participated in the [00:04:00] same, yeah, same holiday. So... Pat: Yeah, I don't know too much about how they celebrate it. It's probably an extension of what we do, but, you know, I'm assuming the food and the celebration's a bit different, everywhere. Pops: Yeah, I would assume it is. You know, we're gonna specifically talk about how we celebrate here in the US. That's what we're going to, and we'll give you some facts. Pat: I'd feel a little false if I was talking about a Liberian Thanksgiving. Pops: You know, I don't know... you've been around, you might have celebrated in Liberia. Pat: That's right. So we'll give you, um, a little background, uh, as to how Thanksgiving started and sort of the, sort of the origin story. And then later we'll move into more of how it's... how we celebrate it today here in the States. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: So, um, it started as a, it, there was a, a celebratory feast in 1621 between pilgrims who are, uh, English colonists and the Native Americans who inhabited, um, you know, America and what is present [00:05:00] day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: So what they were celebrating was that, you know, roughly a year before, the colonists, uh, landed in, in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts and they were having a really tough time. A lot of disease, didn't, you know, barely surviving. And these Native Americans showed them how to cultivate, right? Pops: Yeah, showed them how the local traditions, how to cultivate, how to catch fish, how to do all the different things, uh, planting corn was a, was probably one of the big ones, so... Pat: Yeah. Pops: Yeah. Pat: How to stay alive, basically. Pops: Yeah. How to survive a rough winter. Pat: Yeah, cause you, you have to imagine in that time they came across an ocean and you know, there wasn't all this technology, so they were just stuck here in a new land trying to figure it out. Pops: Trying to... Pat: Kinda like us. Pops: Yeah. Yeah, not, not quite. We're not quite as rustic, yeah. Pat: No, not quite. But um, yeah. So they, after the first successful harvest, um, after they grew corn, the pilgrims, and then they celebrated with a feast with the, uh, Native [00:06:00] Americans. Pops: ...Native Americans that were there at the time. So, yeah. Pat: Yeah. And then, you know, um, throughout the next 200 years or so it was, it was continued to be celebrated, but at that time America was comprised of colonies. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: And then in 1863, Abraham... President Abraham Lincoln, he, he declared it a national holiday. Pops: National holiday, yeah. He, yeah, it's just a, which I was surprised about that fact too, that it was that long before it was actually a national holiday. Pat: Right. Pops: So, yeah. It was kind of amazing. So... Pat: Yeah, and my interpretation is that those colonies were probably celebrating it in their own way on a random date. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: You know, however they wanted to and then it became sort of a federal holiday celebrated the same day across the nation. Pops: Yeah. It's kind of amazing that was during the Civil War period as well, so... Pat: Ah yeah. Pops: When it was, uh, adopted as a national holiday. So it kinda shows you... Pat: Yeah, it was sort of a unifying, uh... Pops: Yeah. Pat: Act, no? Pops: A unifying act or gesture to, yeah, for the country so... Pat: So yeah, that's a little bit about the history [00:07:00] of it. Um, I honestly don't even know how many Americans nowadays could, could tell you those specifics since, you know, what we celebrate today is a bit different. I mean, we're not celebrating the growing of crops, really, or you know... Pops: No, I think it's more today about, uh, getting together with family and friends and, uh, having a good time and you know... Pat: And of course the food. Pops: The food, yeah. It really is a lot about food. Pat: I mean, yeah. Pops: Wow. Pat: Turkey's synonymous with Thanksgiving, right? Pops: Oh, yeah. Pat: You know, unless you're in a vegan household, I guess. Pops: Yeah. It's, I mean, that's all anybody's talking about leading up to Thanksgiving. I mean, uh, it's just, uh, turkey and stuffing. Uh, yeah. You know what, everybody just assumes you're having turkey. Pat: Yeah. Pops: Yeah, so... Pat: Yeah, so nowadays it's really family and friends getting together, going to somebody's house, usually, you know, a brother, a sister, mom, dad, whoever. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: You gather around the table and you eat delicious food. Pops: Mm. Pat: Turkey, let's, [00:08:00] what are, what are some of the big ones? You got turkey... Pops: Turkey, you got mashed potatoes... Pat: Stuffing. Pops: Stuffing, you got gravy on the all of them. You have, uh... Pat: An assortment of vegetables. Pops: Sweet potatoes is really big this time, uh, this time of year. Sweet potato, different ways. There's sweet potatoes with, um, marshmallow stuff, uh, marshmallow topping. Pat: Yeah, I'm not huge on that. Pops: I'm not either. That's a little too sweet for me cuz sweet potatoes are naturally, as their, their name says, naturally sweet. But, uh... Pat: I think, I think in most families nowadays you have this, this huge spread of food and everyone knows what they like. So you just sort of navigate the table and pick out the things that, that... Pops: You pick out what you like. Pat: Probably 7, 8, 9 things out of 20 that you like, you know? Pops: Yeah. I mean, I love the biscuits, but you know, this year I didn't partake in the biscuits. I backed off a little bit. It was a little much for me, but, uh... Pat: Yeah, filling up your plate's, kind of a science. Honestly, sometimes you run in, you grab too much of something and then you're like aw... Pops: Darn it! I got, you know, I didn't get, I didn't get it back to more, but, [00:09:00] uh, you know, you, when you're cooking these turkeys and stuff like that, most of these things are like 20 plus pound turkeys, so, you know, you got a lot of meat there, you know, which, which ends up leftovers. But that's another, you know, part of our episode is the whole leftover piece, which is... Pat: Well, yeah, that's just a big, that's a big sort of Thanksgiving ritual in a way, like growing up and you're, you know... when my mom and Pops... we used to do Thanksgiving at our house a lot, and then, you know, for the next week you were just eating leftovers, which was a, a great thing. Pops: Yeah. Pat: But, um, yeah, now this year, unfortunately, what, the prices of turkeys skyrocketed too. Pops: Yeah. I think it was up, I saw, it was up like 20% or something, or more. 29%. Pat: Yeah. Pops: I think it was, you know, that was, you know, was up over prior year. So... Pat: But you know, I hope, I'm sure most people got their turkey regardless of the price, right? Pops: Oh, they, they were, the, the freezers in the stores were still loaded. And that's the way you buy 'em. You buy 'em frozen in the US and you got the whole, whole bird, and then [00:10:00] you, uh, you know, you, you cook the whole bird in your oven and you stuff it with stuffing. Some, some people do it that way or some do it other other ways, but yeah, it's, it's pretty good. Pat: Yeah. Pops: Yeah. Pat: And so really nowadays, I would say most families, what they're doing on Thanksgiving is just getting together and eating. Now, there is sort of this theme as it's titled, you know, called Thanksgiving... Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: ...of, there's a theme of giving thanks for what has happened in the, the year past. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: So you know, some people, some families may um, you know, each, each person may get up and say what they're thankful for. Pops: Right. Pat: Or maybe they'll just, you know, silently reflect on it themselves. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: But, you know, it's, it's not like, um, all families around the, the States are doing these sort of things. It's just... Pops: It's just up to each individual family's traditions and what they do. I mean, we never did the go around... Pat: No. Pops: You know, and say, hey, I'm thankful for this, I'm thankful for that. But [00:11:00] I, you know, I think, I think everybody, you know, may do a prayer before dinner, before they eat. It just depends on the individuals and what they're comfortable with. Pat: Yeah. Pops: And what the, what the people they invite are comfortable with. I think that dictates a lot of what people do. So... Pat: Yeah, I mean, I would say if there is some, something that people, you know, celebrate on Thanksgiving in modern day, it would be sort of, of gratefulness and, and that sort of thing. But I think in, in, in today, you know, nowadays it's just really a time to get together and eat. Pops: Yes. Yeah. Pat: So, and, and you know, what are some of the other things you might do on Thanksgiving? Like, aside from eat. Pops: Uh, eating, then of course a tradition in the, uh, here is watching football. Pat: Yeah. Pops: I mean, that is the... Pat: American football. Pops: American football, which yeah, it's not soccer or soccer type you know, football. Pat: Actually this year, the World Cup was on so, we did watch soccer. Pops: We did watch soccer, but that is strange that they're both, uh, both playing at the same time. But it, [00:12:00] it, uh, it really is about, and I mean the football starts at about noon, uh, on Thanksgiving. And it goes till 10 o'clock at night. So, you know, the guys are usually into it, even women and things like that. But it's still... Pat: Yeah. Pops: It's still... Pat: It's always just on the tv. Pops: It's always on. You, you always can go back, check the scores when you're eating and stuff like that. And when you, you know, different talking and general people are talking or getting together, they're socializing. So it's, it's, it's about socializing. It's about watching, uh, you know, some football. It's about just basically having a good time and enjoying everybody's company. Pat: Company, yeah... Pops: And coming together. Pat: And as you said too... sorry to cut you off. Pops: No, no, that's, go ahead. Pat: Um, you know, football in the afternoon is one of the things on tv, but also in the morning you got the Thanksgiving Day parade. Pops: Oh yeah, the Macy's parade. Yeah. You know, I don't know if, um, all our listeners would be familiar with it, of course, there's a, a famous parade in New York City that goes down Broadway, I think. Yeah, Broadway all the way down... Pat: In New York [00:13:00] City. Pops: It usually goes down Broadway, uh, in New York City. Goes all the way down to 34th Street where it kind of ends up there at the Macy's at 34th Street. And if you've been in New York, you'll, I'm sure you were in there cuz it's a tremendous store. And, uh, yeah, the parade goes all the way down. It's lined with crowds, packed, you know, people, kids. It's, uh, it's, uh, I've only been to one or two of them while I was working in New York City. And, uh, it's really quite something to, to see and uh, be a part of when you're in there. But yeah it's... Pat: It's, uh, it's kind of, it's kind of funny too. We, you know, I grew up in the New York area and I've basically watched it on TV every Thanksgiving since I've, you know, since I've had a memory. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: But I've never, I've never been there because it's... I think it's one of those things, if you grow up in the area, it's a little hectic and crazy and I think people from far away like to come and you know, they do it as a sort of a day with their family and... Pops: Yeah, you, I mean... Pat: [00:14:00] ...experience. Pops: You know, most... I did it cuz of work and things like that. I didn't, didn't go in with you guys, but it was really... we enjoyed more of being at home, having the whole experience of the other family members being over and eating food there and things like that. So it was... Pat: Yeah. Pops: It was, uh... Pat: Well that's really what I mean for Thanksgiving, you know, it's, the weather's starting to turn cold a bit, especially if you're in the northeast United States. And you didn't really want to go outside much. It was this idea of, you know, the food's cooking all day. You're inside in the warmth with your friends and family and... Pops: Yeah. Pat: Going into New York City, never really, you know, it was... Pops: It wasn't an appealing aspect for, you know, your first day off? You know... Pat: That too. Pops: Yeah. You were coming... that was your first day off and things like that, so it was just an enjoyable day to.... to hang out and, and then of course to enjoy the... part of it is just enjoying the smells of the cooking food. Pat: Oh, yeah. Pops: Oh my gosh. I mean, I just, uh, and the whole [00:15:00] couple of days leading up to it with, uh, the pumpkin pies and things like that, you know. Pat: That's another.... Pops: Oh yeah it's... Pat: Oh, the desserts is another big one that we kinda left out. Yeah. Pumpkin pie's a big one. A lot of different pies. But going back to what you said before, I mean, for you and I, it was, we enjoyed all of that, the days leading up, all the smells, but we weren't the ones preparing it either. Pops: Oh no, we weren't. Pat: For, for the ones cooking it like my mother was, or, you know, nowadays, say my sister-in-law or, um, you know, it's, it's a lot of work. Pops: Yes. Pat: And... Pops: It's, it's not a, it, it's, it's like, uh, three or four days of constant cooking before, uh, you know, uh, because you're baking, you know, the pies, the desserts, cookies, things like that. Pat: And as we talked about before, how there's so many leftovers. I mean, you're, you're preparing a meal for 10 to 20 people to eat for days to come. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: It's not really, you know, you're, you're putting enough food out there for many, many days, so it's, it's a lot of preparation, but... Pops: Yeah, it is, it's a lot of work. Pat: I mean, yeah, [00:16:00] it is at the end, you know, those who who eat it and, and enjoy the food are typically pretty thankful. Pops: Oh gosh. You, you are really thankful afterwards cuz you, you, you know, you're just... Pat: You're a little bloated. Pops: You're a little, yeah. You're a little heavier than when you came in the door. Pat: Yeah. Pops: Matter of fact, Pat and I were looking at a, uh, what was the fact was that the average American eats about 4,500 calories or uh, 4,500 calories on that day, which is... wow, that's a... Pat: Yeah and that's just the average. I mean, some people are... Pops: Probably packing away more. Pat: Doing some more, yeah. Pops: Doing some more damage to the turkey. Pat: If you saw, if you saw the size of the plates, you know, some of, some people are walking away with, I mean, a lot of times it's, it's just a mountain of food. Like you don't even really segregate the, the food groups on your plate. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: It's just, you know, turkey and then there's potatoes on top of it and stuffing. And it's just one big mound of food so... Pops: Yeah. Pat: It's, it's a little extreme to hear that number, but it also doesn't surprise me. Pops: No, it doesn't, not me either. When [00:17:00] you're looking at total and after you, you know, cuz it goes on for hours, so it's very easy that, uh, you get there pretty quick. Pat: Yeah. And now that you kind of reminded me of, I mean, not food related, but it is, it's, it's such a major holiday that, you know, people all around the nation are traveling. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: That day, right? Pops: Right. Pat: I mean, the night before, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is known as the biggest drinking night, biggest party night in... Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: ...in the States. Pops: Right. Pat: So you got, you know, friends driving to meet other friends. You've got family coming over, so they actually estimated that, you know, 54 million Americans travel, you know, during that holiday. Pops: Yeah. Pat: So... Pops: What a, what a number. Pat: Yeah. Pops: It's, what?. 20% of the country is in some form of, you know, transportation. Pat: Yeah, about that. Maybe a little less, but yeah. Pops: Yeah. Pat: I mean, it's, it's just kind of staggering. It's a lot of, lot of moving parts to Thanksgiving. Pops: Yeah. Pat: A lot of people moving, a lot of food, getting ordered, you know... Pops: Uh huh. Pat: So, yeah. Pops: Yeah. Just, one of the other things that [00:18:00] usually happens this time of year. Pat mentioned it earlier about the weather and things like that. Because it's always, uh, you know, there's always usually some kind of storm coming through, snowstorm or that's delaying airports and things like that. So that's always big news, you know, uh, what's gonna happen on Thanksgiving for the travel plans and stuff, so, yeah. Pat: Yeah. It's, it's simultaneously a beautiful time of year, and uh, I, if you're a parent, it's pretty hectic and chaotic, you know? Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: If you're the one doing the traveling and getting your kids into the car and all of that, I'm, you know, it's pretty stressful, but... Pops: Yeah. Pat: You know? Pops: Yeah, if you get drive on snow... Pat: It's worth it, though. Pops: Yeah, it's worth it. Yeah. That's, that's one of the things when you finish the holidays, you know, when you, when you're done. You, you know, I walk away very thankful for, that's one of the reasons I wanted to be back here so bad this time of year was, is that, that, you know, having that throughout my life, it's, I realized... Pat: Celebrating Thanksgiving... Pops: Celebrating, celebrating Thanksgiving. You walk away, you're just thankful for the whole [00:19:00] experience. Pat: Yeah. Pops: You know, that you just, you were there with your family, you, you're satisfied in many ways. You know, it's just so, not even calorie-wise, but I'm just... the more important 'wise'. Definitely calories, but not, you know, more importantly... Pat: It's number two or three on the list. Pops: The whole, uh, the whole family experience really brings you all closer together and it's good to see everybody. Pat: Yeah, and the... being away, living outside of the States for a while, it makes you more appreciative of it, then you miss it and it's really awesome when you come back. Pops: That's a great point. Yeah, yeah cuz uh, yeah. Pat: So then, yeah, I mean, besides Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, I mean that's really, we sort of wrapped up what the average American family household does on that day and kind of what it's about. Pops: Right. Pat: But then, you know, it's typically, since it's on a Thursday, there's Thanksgiving weekend, which is, you know, the extended weekend, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. And that Friday following Thanksgiving is called, known as Black Friday. Pops: Oh yeah. Big shopping day, yeah. Pat: Yeah, huge shopping day. Pops: Uh huh. Pat: And I'm sure [00:20:00] nowadays, you know, I'm actually maybe a little ignorant to this, but I'm sure around the world it's like it's adopted in other places, maybe... Pops: I have seen it on, um, in Spain. I've seen it in Spain when I go on Amazon there. That did, you know, in prior years when I was in there, was there, it did mention Black Friday so yeah, I've seen it in other places, so... Pat: Yeah. So I mean, I'm, maybe they, um, you know, have adopted it in other countries, but here it's, it's just a mega shopping day. Pops: Oh. Pat: People, I mean, nowadays it's shifted to a little bit of, you know, more so online. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: But you know, in the past before there was so much shopping done online, Amazon, all these new, you know, websites, it was... lines were out the door, you know, the morning of Black Friday or you know, weeks before. Pops: Right. Pat: People were waiting for their discount TV. Pops: Their discount, discount TV. They were lined up at the Walmart or the Costco or whatever it was, yeah, they were lined up. Yeah, just waiting to get in. [00:21:00] Whenever the store opened, like, you know, they were doing that, that stint where everybody opened up at midnight, I think it was. Pat: Right. Pops: You know, and so... Pat: Yeah, the doors open, everyone rushes in... Pops: Rushes in... Pat: ...tries to grab their discount item, right? Pops: Yeah and get it, get in and get out quick so... Pat: Yeah, and sadly, you know, people have been killed on Black Friday and trampled and... Pops: Yeah, there was... Pat: ...because it's just such madness. Pops: Yeah, because people just become, um, crazed almost to get those, those great deals. Pat: Yeah, well a lot of times it's, you know, they're already buying things for their children for Christmas or other people for Christmas, so they're, you know, and it's unfortunate over saving a little bit of money that it goes to that extreme, but it's just the, it's the truth and it's what's happened, so... Pops: It's the way... Pat: Nowadays, it's a little bit, um, I guess safer and, and nicer that has shifted more online. Pops: Yeah, I think I, I, I mean, cuz I didn't see any stories this year about any problems on Black Friday as far as phys... in, in stores and things. I didn't see it, but, uh, but I, you know, I think you're right. I think it's all shifted [00:22:00] to the internet and, uh, through Amazon or through different sites or whatever it is to order. Pat: Yeah. Pops: So, yeah. Pat: Yeah and, and I partook a little bit in it this year. I always, you know, check out Amazon. They have really, really good deals that day. So... Pops: Yeah, so did I, I got a couple of things, uh, that were Black Friday deals, so... Pat: Yeah. Pops: It's good. Pat: All right. Well, yeah, that, that kind of wraps up the, um, the, you know, our talk about Thanksgiving. So let's move into the, the idiom section of, uh, today's episode. Pops: Oh yeah. Pat: So do you have the first one in front of you? Do you want to? Pops: Uh, sure. Pat: Do you know what that one is? Pops: Uh, let's see, it's, um, drop, drop me a line. Pat: Yeah, it's drop me a line. And, uh, what does that mean? What does it mean to drop a line? Pops: Drop me a line, send me a quick message. Pat: Yeah. So yeah, you might just kind of say it to someone quickly and, you know, that's, that's basically the meaning. Hey, hey, drop me a line. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: So let's role play that one. Um, let's say, okay, so I'm your boss, let's say... Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: And you're working on, uh, an urgent [00:23:00] project for me. Pops: Okay. Pat: So I might come in, I might come into your cubicle and I say, oh, you know, Hey Pops, how's it going with that project? Pops: Hey, I'm working on it right now. I'm, uh, I think I'll be done by the end of the day. Uh, it looks like I'll be finished by, uh, five o'clock today, you know? Alright. Pat: Okay well, it's, it's pretty urgent, and you know, the, the client's waiting for it, so can you please just drop me a line when, when you're finished with that? Pops: Will do, I'll get, I'll send that message right out to you. Alright? Pat: Alright, thank you. Pops: Alright? Pat: Alright, yeah, so that, that was, drop me a line. And, um, yeah, it's basically just a, a quick message, um, sent to someone. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: And, um, that one's, that one's very common I would say. That's definitely... Pops: Yeah. Pat: ...used quite frequently, especially in an office situation. Pops: Office situation, business situations, if you're in the, you know, a business situation, uh, definitely comes up quite a bit. Pat: Yeah. Pops: Yeah. Pat: I mean, you can say it outside of business, but I'd say it's more, more so seen in the office. Pops: Yeah, I guess it's, to me it's more, you know, cuz it's asking for communication, so yeah it's just kind of... Pat: Yeah. Pops: Yeah. Pat: Yeah, [00:24:00] so let's move on to the second one. So the, the second idiom is nuts and bolts. The nuts and bolts. Pops: Ah... Pat: So what does that one mean? Pops: The basics. The basics of a, you know, whatever you're doing at that particular time. Pat: Yeah. The basics of something. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: So if we role play that one, um, let's say, let's say I'm your wife this time. Pops: Oh boy, okay. Pat: Changing, changing the scenario a little bit. And let's say you just got home from your new job and I ask you what, what you did today. Um, so, hey, hey honey. Um, what did you do at, at work today? Pops: Oh, I did some emails, I did some customer service. I, you know, did some, um, spreadsheets for, for the, for the boss, that kind of stuff. Pat: Oh, so just, just kind of the basics? Pops: Ah, the nuts and bolts of, uh, the job. Yeah. Pat: Oh, okay. Pops: Okay. Pat: Great. Pops: Yeah. Pat: Hopefully you stay employed. Pops: I hope so too, I gotta keep that check coming for Thanksgiving. Pat: All right, yeah. So that's [00:25:00] nuts and bolts. It's just, um, you know, you don't get into too much detail. You're just giving someone top level information. The basics, right? Pops: Yeah, right. Right. Pat: And that one I would say is, is fairly common. It's a little less common than drop me a line, but Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: You know, if you hear it, I'm not surprised. It's... Pops: Yeah, yeah. You... Pat: It's common. Pops: I've heard it before, so, yeah. It's, it's out there, yeah. Pat: Yeah and so do you want to, do you want to mention what the last one is? Pops: Ah, this is one of my favorite ones from the south. Butter my butt and call me a biscuit. Add a little extra to the 'B' there. Pat: Yeah. Pops: Okay?. Pat: That's right. That's, that's the only way to say it. And so what does that one mean? Pops: Ah, kind of a surprise, astonishment. You're, you're just kind of, uh, really surprised about something. Pat: Yeah. Pops: Okay. Pat: You're showing you're, you're amazed or astonished at something. Yeah. Pops: Yeah. Pat: Um, so if we role play this one, let's say for example that we live in a, a tropical place, let's say maybe Puerto Rico. [00:26:00] And so it's very hot, very hot climate. And you and I are roommates and I say, Hey, uh, hey, uh, Pops. I'm just gonna, I'm gonna head outside for a second and um, get some fresh air. Pops: Oh, great. Could you pick up the mail while you're going out? Pat: Yeah, yeah, of course. Walk over to the door. Do, do do. Oh my gosh. I can't believe it. It's snowing outside. Pops: Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit. Pat: Yeah. So that's, that's it. It's, it's just a way to show that you are completely amazed by something, something unreal is happening before your eyes that you can't believe. Right? Pops: Yeah. Just, yeah. You're just totally surprised. Pat: Yeah and that's, that's um, that'll be the title of today's episode too. Very, very fitting for our Thanksgiving theme. Pops: Yeah. Pat: Yeah. Pops: Yeah, cuz we, the biscuits on Thanksgiving. Pat: Yeah, we eat biscuits on Thanksgiving and... and Pops somehow worked this idiom in there. Pops: I just squeezed it in. It's got a double meaning cuz uh, you know, one of the famous turkey brands here is Butterball. So butter, my Butterball and call me a biscuit. Pat: Wow. Pops: I just kind [00:27:00] of, kind of... Pat: Our research is, we're getting, we're getting pretty good here on episode 2. Pops: We're getting pretty ridiculous right now. Pat: Yeah and so that one, that one is very, very uncommon. Um... Pops: Yes. Pat: Before Pops brought this up to me, I had never heard it. And I don't think anyone would ever hear it. It's just sort of a funny one that, you know, I... I, when I hear it played in my head, I hear it with a southern accent because that's where it's origin is and yeah. Pops: Yeah. Pat: So I, I hear someone saying it that way and it's just a, a silly little phrase that... Pops: Well, you know, and I, in all honesty here. In transparency here. You know, I actually had a student that brought this up to me, uh, brought up, he wanted to know southern slang. Pat: Mmm. Pops: And so I found it in my, uh, look up on southern slang, and I, I kind of adopted it after that because it was pretty unique. Pat: Yeah, now I can't get him to stop saying it. So, thanks to that student. I hear it every day. Um...But yeah, that, that should tell you how uncommon it is. I mean, you had to look it up, right? Pops: Yes. Pat: You had to [00:28:00] seek it out. Pops: I'd never, had never heard it. Pat: Yeah. So, okay, that's it for today's idioms. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: So, um, we just wanna let everyone know, um, before we end today's episode, that this upcoming week, we will be rolling out patandpops.com. Pops: Ah, our web, our website. Yes, great. Pat: Been working on developing it. It's taken a little bit longer than expected, and had to integrate a few things and, you know... Pops: Our, our developer took a long, uh, Thanksgiving holiday. Pat: Yeah, he sure did. He was, he was a little stuffed. Pops: He was a little stuffed, a little comatose. Pat: A little too much turkey on Thanksgiving. Yeah. We gotta get him back, uh, coding that website for us. Pops: Yeah. Pat: Um, but yeah, so soon, um... you'll be able to check us out on, on patandpops.com. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: Um, where we have our podcast there, we're gonna have, um, a blog where we're, we'll write some, um, some personal anecdotes and things, just so you can get to know us a little bit better. We'll have, you know, and about us, you can, you know, learn who we are, maybe some [00:29:00] things we haven't covered in the podcast. Pops: Yeah. Pat: Um, and yeah, it'll just be our, our kind of our learning hub and we'll, we'll of course have some other materials up there that you won't get during the podcast. So, you know, just additional stuff to help you learn. Pops: Hey, I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, it sounds exciting. I enjoy doing this, so I'm gonna add some more details to all this. Pat: Yeah. And, uh, in addition to that, we're, we're on all social media platforms, all the major ones, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. Um, in the future we will be posting our podcasts, um, on YouTube. Pops: Mm-hmm. Pat: And doing video with it. So, you know, I think some... Some listeners have expressed that they'd like, you know, a video aspect and just see us actually talking. So we'll, we'll be accommodating that. And you know, as always, we welcome any questions, comments, and new episode ideas. Um, if you can email us at info@patandpops.com, that's I-N-F-O @patandpops.com. Um, we [00:30:00] will get back to you and, and, um, you know, hope, take your suggestions into account. Pops: Yeah. Pat: Um, and anything else from you, Pops or...? Pops: No, just, uh, wanna just go back, reiterate what Pat said. Yeah. We look forward to any comments you have about episodes, something you want us to talk about. Bring it, bring it to us. Pat: Yeah, send it over. We'd love to hear from you. Pops: We'd love to hear from everybody, alright? Pat: So, um... Pops: Feel free. Pat: Thanks for listening... Pops: Yeah., Pat: ...everyone, I hope you enjoyed episode two. Pops: Uh, I hope you guys enjoy it and, uh, I'll look forward to talking to you and, uh, getting another episode out after this one. Thanks. Pat: Yeah. Catch you next time. Pops: Bye. Pat: Bye.