Who's Driving - Like This, Like That, Like Duh S2E20

Do you find yourself saying "like," "uh," or "um" way too often? We tackle the filler word epidemic with humor and strategies, suggesting a playful drinking game for every "like" uttered.

 And if you're on the hunt for the perfect watermelon, we share tips from TikTok's Will Owens, explaining how to pick a winner using visual cues.

Tune in for a blend of humor, insights, and the trials of navigating life and business under the summer sun!

Remember, if you have more questions or just want to chat, hit us up on Instagram and give our hotline a call at 864-982-5029. Happy listening! And remember to leave us a rating and review.

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Transcript

Summer Road Trip Chats and Tips

Speaker 1 0:00

Woo , it's a hot one . You need to get in and close that door . Don't let the air out .

Speaker 2 0:05

It's summertime and it's time for another episode of who's Driving . Welcome to who's Driving . I'm Wesley Turner .

Speaker 1 0:13

And I'm Stephen Merck .

Speaker 2 0:14

We're two best friends and entrepreneurs who's Driving is an entertaining look into the behind the scenes of our lives , friendship and business .

Speaker 1 0:21

These are the stories we share and topics we discuss , as two best friends would on a long road trip .

Speaker 2 0:27

Along the way , we'll check in with friends and offer a wide range of informative topics centered around running small businesses , social media and all things home and garden .

Speaker 1 0:36

Buckle up and enjoy the ride .

Speaker 2 0:37

You never know who's driving or where we're headed . All we know is it's always a fun ride . Can you believe it's summer ? I mean official summer is like a week away . Yeah , I think it's June 20th or something .

Speaker 1 0:48

But it's here .

Speaker 2 0:50

In .

Speaker 1 0:50

South Carolina . It is summer , it's here , but we had such a mild , mild spring .

Speaker 2 0:58

I know I keep saying , oh , we're going to pay for it in the second half of summertime . You know , when we moved to the farm eight years ago , it was this same kind of weather pattern where we had a very mild spring and we moved to the farm the first of June and by the end of June , because we were working on it , it turned hot like 98 , 100 , 101 every day and it went all the way through like September that way .

Speaker 1 1:28

I hate it . I hate it when the mid to end of September it's still 100 degrees and in October it just makes me mad .

Speaker 2 1:38

I know , well , you know that was part of every year with the garden store .

Speaker 2 1:43

you know having the garden store and having the outdoor area which we've moved and we've gotten rid of , because the outdoor area was a lot of work as we were growing other parts of the business . Pun intended , I guess . But when you have that outdoor garden department , it's kind of like how Daniel is with the flower farm You're very in tune with the weather because you're having to watch when is fall . When do I want to bring in pansies ? Well , it's still 98 degrees . They're going to cook . It's too early , you know sort of thing . But we would always get pumpkins . We would start getting them around September 15th . That was always . We waited until whatever , that after Labor Day , and then around September 15th we would start getting the first load of pumpkins and we manually unloaded them from .

Speaker 1 2:31

You know bins in a U-Haul , I would have sweat running places that I didn't know existed .

Speaker 2 2:36

In some years it would literally be 98 degrees .

Speaker 1 2:40

Or 100 .

Speaker 2 2:41

Yeah , and we'd have to be like let's you know , we gotta protect the pumpkins . They're gonna sunburn out here . It was horrible . That is one thing I do not miss .

Speaker 1 2:51

And sticking your nothing like sticking your finger through a rotten pumpkin .

Speaker 2 2:56

Oh , when they would just bake out there it rotted . Rotted and then you had to pick it up and your finger went through it , it .

Speaker 1 3:02

That's one of the worst smells , yeah , to date it's like one of the worst smells yeah , oh , it's horrible . I do not miss that at all . Yeah , I like how we did it , how we're doing it now , where we go get like one or two bins of pumpkins and we they're actually mostly in the store .

Speaker 2 3:22

Yeah , air conditioned .

Speaker 1 3:23

Yes , and it's nice and it keeps . We didn't really waste that many .

Speaker 2 3:31

No , because it keeps them dry and they don't rot as easy . But anyway , I have to know . I saw this Someone talking about this on social media . What type of person are you ? I actually know .

Speaker 1 3:39

I think , great . Handsome , smart , great talented . Okay , did I answer ?

Speaker 2 3:48

it ? No , no , no , you didn't . This is in a different area of all of those . I actually know what kind you are because I've traveled with you . But what type of person are you ? Do you check out of a hotel or do you just leave , like you know what I'm saying ? Do you check out at a desk , turn in your key , or do you just leave , like you know what I'm saying ? Like , do you check out at a desk , turn in your key , or do you just leave the hotel ?

Speaker 2 4:09

oh I just leave . No , you don't .

Speaker 1 4:13

But no , you always have to go turn in the no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no . You're wrong . The only time I have ran into one issue , I have always typically just left , and then I take my keys to a drop .

Speaker 2 4:32

That's checking out like you put them in the drop box . Yeah .

Speaker 1 4:35

I do that , but I'm trying to get into the habit of making sure .

Speaker 2 4:39

I have the folio .

Speaker 1 4:40

To get into the habit of making sure I have the folio , which is a copy of your bill .

Speaker 2 4:45

Yeah .

Speaker 1 4:45

Because Marriott , not once but twice , has cheated me on points .

Speaker 2 4:50

He's a big point person . I love points . Oh my gosh .

Speaker 1 4:55

Yes , marriott points , american Express points . You give me points , I'm all about it .

Speaker 2 5:02

Yeah .

Speaker 1 5:03

And if you don't have that folio , you do not have proof . You don't have no proof ? Yeah , but now if they're on my app or my email , I just leave because I've got it , uh-huh .

Speaker 2 5:16

Yeah , I've been with you a few times when you cannot leave . You're like I got to put the keys in the box . I'm like , take the keys with you and just leave the plastic card .

Speaker 1 5:25

I do that probably 50% of the time . The only time I really do it is in Atlanta , because that's just sitting there as we're walking out . Yeah , but normally no . I usually have a drawer of them at home .

Speaker 2 5:37

The person was saying that box is there because people feel like they have to turn in their key or whatever and they want you to put that in there instead of coming up to the desk and bothering them Like there's no need to check out . Like back in the day , you know , growing up you had to turn back in a key , a physical key , it wasn't the cards and that sort of thing . And so , like you know , older generation was in the habit of you had to go to the desk and like , hey , I'm leaving .

Speaker 1 6:06

Well , I just dropped that in there because I figured they could reprogram them and not waste them . Yeah , but I don't think they really do ?

Speaker 2 6:13

I mean maybe they do , but they're saying like you don't get a scratched up card after someone's did that sort of thing .

Speaker 1 6:19

I think it's just there for I need to ask somebody if they actually use those , because if they don't yeah , then I need to ask somebody if they actually use those , because if they don't , then If you're in the hospitality industry . Do you use those keys ?

Speaker 2 6:29

Yes , let us know , because there has to be someone listening that works at a hotel . So if you're , say , at the Marriott or any hotel and they have the dropbox of keys in the lobby , are those keys discarded or do you actually reuse them ?

Speaker 1 6:47

That is a very good question and I want to know the answer to that I want to know the answer , but no , I've never gone up to the desk and checked out , so let us know .

Speaker 2 6:53

Our hotline number is 864-982-5029 . You can find it in the show notes as well , but text or call and leave us a voicemail because I'd like to know do they reuse the key ?

Speaker 1 7:05

But here's the thing . Here's the other thing that I have to mention , the reason that I drop the key .

Speaker 2 7:11

I leave the key in the room and just walk out . I don't even take the key with me .

Speaker 1 7:15

I don't do that , because this is another piece of it . I was told that those keys store your information .

Speaker 2 7:24

They don't store your information , they only store your room . It has your name linked to your room and that key's linked to your room but then anything processed on that key can be added to your account , which the front has your like . It's not like your credit card information is on that key , but someone I guess technically before your cutoff checkout , could take your key , like housekeeping could take your key and if they know your last name , go buy something at the hotel and it would end up going on your room .

Speaker 1 7:55

I had that happen .

Speaker 2 7:57

But they can't lift any information from your key . No .

Speaker 1 8:02

One time was in Huntington Beach , california , I don't remember . I don't remember the hotel I think it was a Hyatt , doesn't really matter , yeah and we were there , like say , the weekend of August 16th , and I went to the spa and I bought you know I'm a sucker for that so I bought a whole bunch of crap at the spa .

Speaker 2 8:27

Went to get a massage and came out $1,000 later because they sold you everything . It was expensive .

Speaker 1 8:35

And so say that was like August 16th . Well , I got that credit card bill the 1st of September and I paid it and I was like damn , that was a lot . The 1st of September and I paid it and I was like damn , that was a lot . But then I got my next credit card bill like the end of September and like the weekend of like September 16th it was like the same date there was like $500 charged to that spa . You're like I said damn , you know what did I ? What was I doing ? Yeah . And then I sat there for a minute and I was like I wasn't there . That was a month prior .

Speaker 2 9:16

Yeah .

Speaker 1 9:16

And I guess someone I don't know I guess someone that worked at the spa got my credit card information and bought them up something .

Speaker 2 9:24

Something they probably put in your information . When someone paid cash , they took the cash , probably . And they charged your card .

Speaker 1 9:33

Yeah . So I called the credit card company . I was like not mine , I wasn't even there .

Speaker 2 9:37

Yeah , that's crazy . But yeah , it is funny how back in the day you had the physical key , now you just have the magnetic card , and how things change .

Speaker 1 9:48

Yeah it's way better now , when they don't work .

Speaker 2 9:51

Speaking of our hotline number , I was going through some of the messages the other day and having to mention this to you , I just have it in my notes here Um , someone left a message and I can't remember . I should probably pull it up before I like talk bad about her , cause I'm not talking bad about her , but she left a message or whatever . I think it was when we were saying like Southern words or something . I can't remember and if it's you , I'm not calling you out on anything but she did follow up by saying do you notice ? Do y'all notice how many times y'all say like in your podcast ? And she was like now it's going to come up the whole time . She was saying how she didn't understand that and it wasn't just us . But is that a generational thing ? Blah , blah , blah , blah , blah , blah , and I was like duh .

Speaker 1 10:46

It is a problem ? Yeah , it is .

The Impact of Saying 'Like

Speaker 2 10:50

Saying like , like , like , like . We do say like a lot .

Speaker 1 10:52

Yes , it is . That is a huge thing . Even when I was in Clemson in 1956 , I remember taking public speaking Right and that was one of the big things is not saying like or uh , or um .

Speaker 2 11:12

So if you want to get drunk on this summer afternoon , have a drink every time we say like , and you'll start noticing how many times we say it .

Speaker 1 11:21

Okay , so now we have to pay attention .

Speaker 2 11:23

No , because we'll stumble through the whole podcast , but I was thinking about it and it's kind of like it's kind of like I think you say it more than I do referencing something . I guess to me it it's more casual than if you were to say I . I don't know how to say it , I don't even know how to speak without using the word . But drawing it out more it kind of shortens what you're referencing .

Speaker 1 11:55

Yes , is what I'm saying .

Speaker 2 11:57

Because you could .

Speaker 1 11:58

Which is you know , we're Southern , we're good , we're great at that .

Speaker 2 12:01

It is a problem , but I don't think it's one that I have the ability to correct . I have corrected for the most part , and everyone does it , but when I first got on Instagram and started doing stories , there was a lot of um , um and I tried to filter those out .

Speaker 1 12:21

Yeah , I've tried to get rid of um .

Speaker 2 12:22

Right , but I don't think I can get rid of the L word . It's just not possible for me .

Speaker 1 12:28

So let's just pay attention as we go along and see how many times and if you're an English teacher or English professor and or you teach public speaking , what can we use besides like yeah . I want to know Seriously .

Speaker 2 12:45

How do you , uh , I'm trying to talk around that yeah , how do you talk around that ?

Speaker 2 12:50

because to me it's like referencing someone . Uh , if this lady said like she was doing something , like like she was , yeah , if she was doing something , instead of saying oh , this lady was doing this , I would just say , oh , she was doing something . Instead of saying , oh , this lady was doing this , I would just say , oh , she was like blah , blah , blah , to cut off the whole first part of it . I don't know . Anyway , it's going to throw me off .

Speaker 1 13:15

It is wrong . I know it's wrong . I do know it's wrong . I don't know that much , but I don't know how to correct it . So if you're out there , our hotline number is 864-982-5029 .

Speaker 2 13:29

Can we just talk about A that is the first time you've read off our hotline number and B ? It's because neither one of us know the hotline number . We have it on a sticky note which is across the room and you can never see that note before . Right , I know , are you so proud ?

Speaker 1 13:43

of yourself and you can never see that note before right . Are you so proud of yourself that you can read that ?

Speaker 2 13:46

so steven went to the eye doctor a couple of days ago and he walked into the warehouse and he was like I can see what that box says like four aisles over I've been struggling like you could have never sat right there and turned around and looked at that sticky note with that number on there and read it off . It's my fault .

Speaker 1 14:09

Okay , so I'm 51 now , and the last time I'd been to the eye doctor was in 21 , which is still bad , but I thought you went because you weren't seeing good at night and you went since then You've just been talking for like five years that you can't see good at night and you went .

Speaker 2 14:24

Since then , you've just been talking for like five years that you can't see good Three years .

Speaker 1 14:26

Night . So what had happened ? I went in 2021 . So that was three years ago . I would have been 48 and my eyesight had changed . Yeah , and I said to the doctor it doesn't seem significant to me and I already have a lot of these contacts .

Speaker 2 14:46

Oh , cheap ass .

Speaker 1 14:47

You didn't tell me this far so let's leave it as it is , Cause I think I'm fine , I think I'm good and my eyeglasses were that prescription . I said , so let's just leave it . You know cause .

Speaker 2 15:01

I thought what's the point in going ?

Speaker 1 15:03

And so I went to get my license renewed .

Speaker 2 15:07

Oh yeah , this is when you had to cheat on your driver's license yes , last year .

Speaker 1 15:11

So I get up there and out of my left eye I could not read the numbers . It was 6 , 8 , 9 , 1 . That was what I could not read . I tried and the lady was really sweet because they're only supposed to let you try like four times . I tried , like 18 . So then I said you know , I think I need my glasses . Can I go home and get my glasses ?

Speaker 2 15:33

She said yeah , I'll let you do that .

Speaker 1 15:35

Yeah , well , I got home and put my glasses on and I was like I can't see any better . This is not going to work . So I get there and there was a lady literally in front of me and she was somewhere and I'm not exaggerating between 85 and 95 . I don't know how old . She was very elderly , very sweet little lady . She was right in front of me and she went up before me and she said six , eight , nine , one , and then went to her right eye . Well , I had the right eye . Yeah , the right eye was good . So I'm like , and the lady said I could hear her , you did perfect . And I was like six , eight , nine one , six eight , nine , so I get up there and I can't see jack squat out of out of now .

Speaker 1 16:22

Are you going back to the same same lady ? I get up there , I say six , eight , nine , one and read the other . She said all perfect I got my license , but my eyes and you know , I've read this and the doctor said this when you're right at 50 is when there's a significant change . Change and I knew that I had had to start using reading glasses some , not all the time , and I , you know , I think it was just a vain thing .

Speaker 1 16:54

Yeah , it was a cheap ass thing , you just didn't want to change your prescription , so I went to the doctor and , oh my gosh , I got updated contact Mm-hmm and I'm just like a new person .

Speaker 2 17:10

I know , I'm just so proud you could read that .

Speaker 1 17:12

Now , but so far away , you know , across the room and beyond , I see 2020 , great Mm-hmm . The problem is the problem . I can't . I've got to use my reading glasses now Well , but you know it's problem . I can't . I've got to use my reading glasses now Well , but you know , it's fine Give and take it's fine . At least you're not going to run us off .

Speaker 2 17:31

He would be driving and just pass road signs . He's like , oh , I couldn't read it . Well , why didn't you say , hey , can you read the road sign ?

Speaker 1 17:42

for me . Well , I have a hard time at night . I do have an astigmatism , and at night I have a lot more difficulty . But , I will say this we would be driving somewhere .

Speaker 2 17:56

And I would say what does that sign say ? And then if it started raining , I was just like just say a prayer .

Speaker 1 18:08

Say a prayer that he keeps us going in the lines , and I've always been a very good driver . I will say that You're a very good bad driver .

Speaker 2 18:13

No , you're a very good . You somehow manage to keep it .

Speaker 1 18:18

But now , driving home now at night , dylan was like thank God you went to the eye doctor , I'll feel safe again . But all jokes aside , it happens so gradually you don't realize how bad it is .

Speaker 2 18:38

I was worried . I haven't been to the eye doctor since college or something . I mean , I just don't have problems and I don't have problems seeing , like that I feel like . And so I was worried because I went and took my , I had to get my medical license for to be a pilot , which I have totally dropped . Someone asked oh , have you gotten your private pilot's license ? No , I haven't . I haven't flown since December .

Speaker 2 19:05

So eventually we'll get back on it Every day . It's so nice . I'm like I want to be flying , but I'll get there .

Speaker 1 19:10

I'm still going to do it , and I'm going to do it too . I feel better now that I can see .

Speaker 2 19:15

But I was very kind of nervous about going to get this medical exam because , a , I didn't know what to expect and then B , part of it was because I don't do well with like , going to you know doctors and stuff like that especially . I just didn't know what to expect , but it was not anything crazy . But part of it was an eye you know test . But it was on a wall , like , but I had to stand all the way back and he was like can you read this line ? And I was like , oh , I can actually read the one below it which was smaller print . He was like , oh , he was impressed . He's like that's good , you got perfect vision then because I could . I mean , they weren't blurry or anything , I could just read it and then up close .

Speaker 2 19:53

Oh , I can now too , I am , and then I got all the like colorblind . There's a whole like I don't know , probably like 15 like colorblind chart things that I had to do . Yeah , I know I'm not colorful , no mine was all good , so'm like .

Speaker 1 20:06

I guess I'm good to go . Yeah , and they did the one thing that I really like . I don't know what it's called . It's like scans of your optic nerve and you can see inside your eye and everything looked really good Because I've been wearing . Here's what people don't know .

Speaker 2 20:23

See , I need to go to get exams like that .

Speaker 1 20:26

I need to go get just a good exam and I have been wearing contacts for 38 years 38 years and you know you don't do it right .

Speaker 2 20:38

I just know you don't .

Speaker 1 20:39

No , and my doctor was like okay , I'm going to get rid of light . My doctor said it is amazing how good my eyes are . Have held up . Have held up because I will get contacts , you know , for I wear them about three or four times longer than I'm supposed to yeah , that's not good , trapping crap in there . And it's honestly , do they ?

Speaker 2 21:05

not get worn out too and stop being . You know Does it feel good when you put in a fresh , brand new paint , no different .

Speaker 1 21:11

No different . I'm truly , truly blessed with just very good eyes , yeah , I have bad eyesight , but I have very . They're not dry or anything . I have very healthy eyes .

Speaker 2 21:22

Hmm .

Speaker 1 21:23

So thank god and thank my parents for passing that along , because I didn't get . I didn't get the good teeth that I didn't get the um , you know , yeah , I got deformed feet and deformed teeth and all kind , but I got the eyes right yeah I have a riddle for you .

Speaker 2 21:41

Okay , I've got one for you too oh , look at you coming back with the riddle .

Speaker 1 21:45

Yes , I love you watching you sit like a deer in the headlight .

Speaker 2 21:49

He said after the last one he was like God , I love the look you give me of confusion when I read off the riddle . Okay , I fly without wings and cry without eyes . What am I ?

Speaker 1 22:01

I fly without wings and I cry without eyes .

Speaker 2 22:05

What am I ? I fly without wings and cry without eyes . What am I Do ? Do do do I fly without wings , cry without eyes ? Who's got it out there listening ? All right .

Speaker 1 22:20

Fly without wings . I cry , I don't know . A cloud Cloud .

Speaker 2 22:26

Oh .

Speaker 1 22:26

They don't have wings , but they're not really crying .

Speaker 2 22:32

That's what the riddle said . That was weak .

Speaker 1 22:36

That was a bank one . Oh , uh-huh . Okay , this one's good . Okay , y'all , we're going to have to start recording this , because I want people to see your faith .

Speaker 2 22:45

We're going to start video recording our podcast . That's going to have to start recording this because I want people to see your faith . We're going to start video recording our podcast . That's going to be a new addition .

Speaker 1 22:50

We just need to set it up right here .

Speaker 2 22:52

I know , but it's not just the recording , it's the processing and hosting and everything . But we're going to work on that because it'd be funny to see some of our expressions . I know it would be . It would just be an added bonus .

Speaker 1 23:05

Okay , here it is . Okay , the person who makes it has no need of it . The person who buys it has no use for it . The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it . What is it , oh my gosh . I'll read it again Okay , the person who makes it has no need of it . The person who buys it has no need of it . The person who buys it has no use for it . The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it . What is it , oh gosh , I have no idea . A coffin . Okay , that makes sense A coffin .

Speaker 1 23:49

Okay , that makes sense .

Speaker 2 23:50

That does make sense . So read it again , now that I can know what it is , the person who makes it .

Speaker 1 23:56

The person who makes it has no need of it . The person who buys it has no use for it . The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it . Okay , wow .

Speaker 2 24:09

That was a hard . You can't have mine has to have one part or less . That was a three part .

Speaker 1 24:18

No , that was three hints .

Speaker 2 24:21

Hints . I asked no , absolutely .

Speaker 1 24:25

That was a good one ?

Speaker 2 24:26

Absolutely not , for sure not .

Speaker 1 24:30

So I have a new thing on Instagram that's driving me nuts . Oh , a new ick . No , I'm calling it an idiocracy .

Speaker 2 24:40

Oh , we got a new segment .

Speaker 1 24:41

Yes , a new idiocracy .

Speaker 2 24:43

Idiocracy , that's a good thing , because it doesn't necessarily gross you out .

Speaker 1 24:48

It doesn't gross me out necessarily .

Speaker 2 24:51

You're just saying it's dumb yeah . It's like wasted energy . Is that an idiocracy ?

Speaker 1 24:57

It's an idiocracy .

Speaker 2 24:58

Someone messaged me , by the way , on our hotline , or maybe they voicemail . Either way voicemail or text message , I can't remember now . But they want us to do a whole episode of our Mythbusters .

Speaker 1 25:13

On what's not false .

Speaker 2 25:14

You know how we've said , like , don't use scotch tape to tape off a vase , you actually use a floral tape . They want us to do a whole . They said they love that . Want us to do a whole episode . So we're going to round those up because we got they're out . There's plenty out there , for sure .

Speaker 1 25:29

There they are out there okay , I love that .

Speaker 2 25:33

This is a idiocracy . I might have a .

Store-Bought Cake Decorating Trends

Speaker 2 25:36

I have to tell you the gram was giving this week on x and I guess we'll call them idiocracies , because I actually have a couple , but anyway , so my new one , and it's trending .

Speaker 1 25:49

It's trending on social media now and it's where people are taking store-bought cakes oh my god .

Speaker 2 25:57

And scraping the icing off , icing off , icing icing , scraping that , icing off her yeah that Is that what you're going to ?

Speaker 1 26:08

say yes . So they take all this icing off and they're remaking this cake , whether it's a wedding cake or a birthday cake , whatever . And I'm like but I'm like , why are you doing that ? Listen , I get everybody's not a baker , but you can make a Dunkin' Hunts . Yeah , you know , you can do a box cake .

Speaker 2 26:37

I guess they're saying , oh , here's the convenience , but you scrape it off . And then they're trying to scrape the different color icings into different bowls and then re-pipe it or they'll take a white icing cake and then they put dye in there and they're trying to redecorate it .

Speaker 1 26:50

I mean , why do all that ?

Speaker 2 26:52

Like I don't understand , like it's just stupid to me and I think you can go to the bakery and ask for a plain cake , an ice , if you don't want to bake your cake , but you can also go and say— that's going to be my version . Here's how you do it . Hey , can I get a plain , undecorated cake ?

Speaker 1 27:08

If you want to decorate it yourself , but why not just go there and let them do it for you ?

Speaker 2 27:14

I know , because yours don't look good , you who have been posting that it don't look good , so that's my I am unimpressed .

Speaker 1 27:22

Yeah , and your guests are going to know like I mean I can .

Speaker 2 27:27

Because then it kind of looks like were you too cheap to who did you go to get this cake ? Because you know it's a store-bought cake ? Oh , absolutely , you can tell by the shape , the look of it , the taste , that it's a store-bought cake from a bakery . So then they're like God , what bakery did you get this thing from ? Because , you done tried to doctor it up Like God . What bakery did you get this ?

Speaker 1 27:46

thing from , because you done tried to doctor it up and it's just kind of gross , like you've scraped that thing around , you've tossed it around , you've handled it . I mean my goodness .

Speaker 2 27:57

Oddly enough , that part doesn't gross me out . Like some of the things that I've talked about .

Speaker 1 28:02

It just irritates me . Every time I mean could you picture me doing that ?

Speaker 2 28:09

Let's do it I'm gonna bring you a cake we should have a cake decorating contest between the two of us with , but we have to use store-bought cake and we have to strip it down and redecorate it we .

Speaker 1 28:21

We could send dylan to go buy cakes that they have to be identical cakes , identical cakes , and we just take the cake and just deconstruct and reconstruct and I've never done that , have you .

Speaker 2 28:36

What .

Speaker 1 28:37

I've never decorated a cake .

Speaker 2 28:38

I mean no , not like that . No , I'm not piping . My mother made wedding cakes and stuff , but so I watched , you know I try to ice a cake in the past and then the crumbs get up in it and you're supposed to do all these tricks and just I mean I used to watch as much as I like baking things . You would think that would be right up my alley . It is , it is not . That comes with the oc part .

Speaker 1 29:04

And it has to be because the icing I just remember from my mom making cakes the icing has to be a certain temperature , the cake has to be a certain temperature . You have to use a certain . You can't just use a butter knife .

Speaker 2 29:18

I know , that's what I try to use Butter knife , it don't work . And that tub icing , that just it's like concrete , yeah , which I think you're supposed to melt it down a little bit . I don't know , it's just a hot damn mess we should do it .

Speaker 1 29:33

That will be fun .

Speaker 2 29:33

That's funny that you picked that out , because that too gets on my nerves , because I'm like , what are you doing ? I would love it if they were like hey , did you know ? Like I said , you can buy an undecorated cake . They'll even give you . You can buy the icing . They'll weigh it out and then show you a technique on how to decorate . That would be fun , I'm not going and buying one that's already decorated undecorating to redecorate and it look like shit anyway . Because , I don't know how to decorate a cake ?

Speaker 1 30:01

You're not doing it .

Speaker 2 30:01

I ain't doing that . Well , speaking of that , I have an idiocracy what , and maybe an it . Well , the first one's an idiocracy . Similar thing that trends every holiday season , I feel like , is these people , and we have people , we have friends that do the same thing and I'm sure listen , I know we sit here and we call people out . So I'm just going to go ahead and admit I'm sure I do things that people are like that's dumb as hell .

Speaker 2 30:28

Like , like , like , like exactly I'm sure they're looking at me thinking that's dumb as hell . I try to not post like . I feel like some of these things are filler content where they didn't have an idea but they're like let me think of something . Oh , I can just , you know , whatever , and we've all been there , we've all do it . But mine , getting to the point with food , is they try to take store-bought can cinnamon rolls and unwind those poor cinnamon rolls and make them into some shape A heart , bunny ears .

Speaker 1 31:04

I've watched that too . Stars , stop , stop and they rise and don't look like anything .

Speaker 2 31:09

They don't look . They look like a damn blob , A misshapen cinnamon ball , it would be one thing . If again , if you took , if it worked , it just doesn't work . I have never seen a good one that I'm like , oh look , how cute , no , and they still post it like they did something . I'm like it looks like a cinnamon blob .

Speaker 1 31:29

And you know it's dry from being , yes , like a cinnamon blob and you know it's dry from being .

Speaker 2 31:32

Yes , they've made these thin little curly pieces on a heart or the bunny ears . You know those cinnamon rolls are dried out . Those little ears trying to stick up are crispy . See , that's the other thing . I guess that's what gets me , is I only like a cinnamon roll . I don't want any dry edges , it better be gooey .

Speaker 1 31:51

Gooey . Now the ones that they show on I don't want any dry edges on a cinnamon roll . It better be ooey gooey Now , like the ones that they show on Instagram where they take the sweet and condensed milk . Okay , that's a different thing . That makes sense to me .

Speaker 2 32:00

I'm like ooh , I'm down with that . That's a good hack . You're taking your store-bought cinnamon rolls and you know it's going to taste good because you done poured all that milk , sweet and condensed milk , milk and it absorbs it and you know they're going to be moist and delicious . I can get down with that , but when you look like you got a crunchy-ass heart bunny rabbit star blob .

Speaker 1 32:24

And then it bakes and it doesn't look like anything . It doesn't look like anything . A blob yeah , it looks like an ugly cinnamon roll yeah , I'm likeformed don't , you were not go .

Speaker 2 32:35

If you want to make a shape , go get you a mold and make you some pancakes in a mold . You know you can make those into anything and it'll look fine . Yeah , you can get little molds for pancakes trying too hard trying too hard , but that is mine . And then I have a kind of along the same lines . I have an ick , a new ick I've only seen this one time Is it an ick or an idiocracy .

Speaker 2 32:59

It's a good blend of both , but it's . This one is actually a blend of both , because I kind of threw up a little , so that's an ick , yeah , and then I thought you dumb as hell .

Speaker 1 33:14

It's an icky idiocracy . We have three categories now .

Speaker 2 33:21

I had both thoughts go through my mind . This person on Instagram I'm not going to give out any details , but she went out , she pour it , shows like it's real . She puts strawberries in a bowl and then she takes a chocolate candy bar and she goes outside and sits in the sun with her bowl of strawberries and she lets the candy bar melt in the package . Not like she broke the candy bar , you know , unwrapped it and broke it up and put it in like a little small bowl or something . No , she lets the candy bar melt in the sun and then she opens it up and you know we've all left that candy bar that we really wanted in our car and you're like , well , I still get a little piece because it feels kind of like , oh , it's intact .

Speaker 2 34:13

And it's a damn mess and it's just like just all over you by the time . You just try to Phase yeah Ever .

Speaker 1 34:22

Or you got it or your mama got it when you were grocery shopping and you went to another store and came back out and it was just melted .

Speaker 2 34:30

Yeah , so that's how it was when she opened it up . And then she's dipping her strawberries in the chocolate ball like she did something . Like she did something . Hot damn mess is what it was . People were like oh , why didn't I think of that ? That looks so good . No , it don't . And what did she do ?

Speaker 1 34:47

let a candy bar melt .

Speaker 2 34:49

I mean , what was so wow about having chocolate dipped strawberries , but by letting the candy bar melt just outside , I guess , on on this chair handle . But then when she opened it it was like just a package of melted shit , basically , and it even had it looked like it was one that had like nuts in it too , so it just looked like a turd it just looked like and I was like do you know that chocolate was all over you , it was everywhere .

Speaker 2 35:18

What put it in a bowl ? I'm gonna pull it up and show it to you . I have to pull this did you keep it ?

Speaker 2 35:23

well , I didn't , but I know who it is . Um , um , but you just have to . This is when we also also need the video version of our podcast , so I can pop this up here . Here it is playing . Look , she's sitting in like an Adirondack chair . Look , just scraping the strawberry through the melted chocolate bar . That just I'm looking at who it is . You probably don't know them , but anyway , just wrong , wrong , wrong . Steven's watching . You should see his face . He's over here watching this , real , like what is going on . So , anyway , that was , um , mine there . You can come back now . I was just looking . Give me my phone back . That was dumb .

Speaker 2 36:14

Mm-hmm .

Speaker 1 36:15

That was dumb . I have a question for you .

Speaker 2 36:19

Mm-hmm .

Speaker 1 36:20

And this is important , for you know , summer's just summer's here .

Speaker 2 36:25

Okay .

Speaker 1 36:26

So it's going to be melon season .

Speaker 2 36:29

So you know , since oh , I love a good watermelon , since you're going to , you know , since , oh , I love a good watermelon .

Speaker 1 36:33

Since you're going to , you know you're Mr Horticulture I want to go ahead and pick your brain , because I saw something on Instagram .

Speaker 2 36:42

Mm-hmm .

Speaker 1 36:43

So as a horticulturist .

Speaker 2 36:46

I feel like you're setting me up .

Speaker 1 36:48

No , I'm legitimately asking a question .

Speaker 2 36:50

Okay , we'll get to the damn question . It's been 10 minutes .

Speaker 1 36:55

I just kicked him . How do you know when a watermelon is right , or how do you know the sweet one , like how do you pick out the best watermelon ?

Speaker 2 37:06

Okay , this is a multi-part answer here . A that has nothing to do with horticulture , that does not have . That is not . They don't teach you , oh , and this is how you pick the right watermelon , you should know .

Speaker 1 37:22

I don't think they taught you anything , because you never can answer a question .

Speaker 2 37:26

That is not true . That has nothing to do with how to pick a good watermelon .

Speaker 1 37:32

You should know . See , this is okay , folks . This is what aggravates me about him when I call him . If I find a plant that I cannot identify , I take a picture , I send it . What is this ?

Speaker 2 37:45

That is different . That is not how to pick a watermelon .

Speaker 1 37:51

Or can we eat this fruit ? Explain that I don't know .

Speaker 2 37:56

I don't know Google it . Yeah , exactly , google it , google it , but anyway . Okay , that's the first part . So this has nothing to do with the horticulture degree or not .

Watermelon Selection Tips and Horticulture Insights

Speaker 2 38:08

Second of all , I did this on Instagram a couple of years ago , where I was on the Midwest to find the best watermelon and people would send me the chart , the this , the that , and I went by it and I tried to follow it and pick out the watermelons in these categories and we opened them up to see .

Speaker 2 38:29

I really think it came down to luck of the draw , However . However , have you seen the hot , hot watermelon guy on social media ?

Speaker 1 38:39

He's on .

Speaker 2 38:39

TikTok a lot . Well , he told me how to pick the perfect watermelon and it worked two times in a row . His name . If you want some eye candy or if you want to learn how to make a watermelon . I found him on TikTok . He may be on Instagram too . It is Will Owens here . Here's a little look at Mr Will . He goes out to the watermelon fields and he tells you how to pick your watermelons here . His tip which I do think is the best two tips , but one of them I had never really heard , but one of them that I've heard over and over to pick the best watermelon is you want the belly of the watermelon to be a deep yellow ? Is you want the belly of the watermelon to be a deep yellow ? Now , here is where the chart kind of confused me until I really got it , because I looked through a bunch . It doesn't mean like a light yellow or that pale white color , like you want the belly of the watermelon to be like the biggest yellow spot , but like dark yellow , like orangey yellow .

Speaker 1 39:54

Orangey yellow , not like white yellow okay orangey yellow that means the chart says orange field spot oh , there you go .

Speaker 2 40:05

oh , you have a chart okay , full of flavor , okay .

Speaker 1 40:10

So yes , white filled spot , little to no taste , exactly .

Speaker 2 40:15

So it's got to be that orangey yellow on the belly . I have figured out that work . The Mr Will Hottie over here told me that you want the more stripe break the color variation , the more like it goes from dark green to light green , dark green , light green . The more of those in there the better . And you want them on the blossom in side to be at least two fingers thick . That is not on the chart . Okay , and that's what I've been looking for is like thick but a lot of break . Hmm .

Speaker 1 40:49

So , if you want to , the chart says uniform size and heavy means it's going to be really sweet , okay . Elongated is really watery , okay .

Speaker 2 41:02

You don't want it .

Speaker 1 41:03

We talked about the spots , Smaller webbing , so not as many . Color variation is bland . Yeah , that's why I guess he was saying you want more of the large webbing is sweet , dark and dull on the skin . Yeah means it's ripe .

Speaker 2 41:25

Okay , shiny means not ripe and well , I've bought three watermelons since Mr Wheel told me how to look it up . All three have been good , but I've just been doing it on the dark , orangey , yellow and looking at the how many stripes it has down it and if they're big on the blossom end and it's worked . I love watermelon , I love watermelon and I get so disappointed when I get a bad watermelon , like I love watermelon , and I get so disappointed when I get a bad one . So when I go to the grocery store I buy two at a time Because we have the goats and the donkeys They'll eat them and the emus .

Speaker 1 42:03

It's not going to waste .

Speaker 2 42:03

They love watermelon .

Speaker 1 42:05

Who doesn't love watermelon .

Speaker 2 42:07

Some people don't because they can't get a good one . So I always get two and usually , like at our local grocery store , I'll get a seedless and a regular seeded one . So seedless , I'll get both kind because I'm like two different types of crops . Maybe one of the two will be good , but last time two for two are good .

Speaker 1 42:28

Well , my grandfather , my dad's dad , grew watermelons . And he was the watermelon person , yeah , and he passed away when I was 12 . And I just can't remember . I can't remember his methods of telling what .

Speaker 2 42:46

I just feel like everyone makes up their own something , something .

Speaker 1 42:52

But you don't know anything scientific from a horticulture standpoint no , no , because I don't . You didn't study vegetables and fruits , Everything I ask he didn't . He didn't study that specifically . He doesn't know anything about grass . He doesn't know , you know .

Speaker 2 43:12

He doesn't know anything about grass ? He doesn't know , you know . Okay , first of all my degree was in ornamental horticulture and floriculture , so my focus and then I had a minor in retail florist management my focus was shrubs , like for landscape and flowers . I had like one or two turf management classes . Who cares about damn grass ? No one , no one . Look at ours outside . People care .

Speaker 1 43:39

It is weeds on a farm . You should do better .

Speaker 2 43:44

And so there's different , and I had to take one vegetable class , vegetable management program class , and that class was a class with a lab . In every lab we would either cook vegetables or we would go to like a vegetable growing farm or something like that .

Speaker 1 44:02

I am taking a field trip . I'm going to Mississippi State . I want to meet with the dean of horticulture . I need answers to this with the dean of horticulture . I need answers to this .

Speaker 2 44:15

No , horticulture is . I'm just giving you that basis .

Speaker 1 44:18

Horticulture . It's like medicine .

Speaker 2 44:20

Yeah , you have to do and we've talked about it . You have to do what's also in your area and what area of expertise you go into , because you can have a horticulture degree and go into vegetable farming , flower farming , landscaping . You can take it more scientific and work in a lab and do crossing . There's so many different areas of it and I got the knowledge from it and I really like the design part of it , like the florist side of it more and I like plants . My version of horticulture is I like plants for prettiness , I like plants because they add something to your environment , either your home , they make your house look pretty , your garden , whatever . I don't give a damn about how it got from that seed to that plant . That phase , like Daniel loves growing , he's like from the scientific and seeing it grow and he's crossing dahlias to see what happens and I'm like that is does not interest me at all .

Speaker 1 45:24

I don't care it's just like medicine .

Speaker 2 45:26

I don't know how it worked , yeah , because of the degree and that sort of thing , but that's not what interests me . So there's so much you can do with it Well you liked grafting

Doctors' Expectations and Watermelon Controversy

Speaker 2 45:35

. Yeah , I did when you were doing cacti , yeah we grafted things and we did , you know , like growing from just a sail in a petri dish and growing a plant , cloning and stuff like that . I liked that , but I wouldn't want to do it as a job . It was interesting for that moment . It was interesting , yeah , and it's that way with medicine .

Speaker 1 45:58

But you know , we had a situation one time in one of our retail stores . You were not there . Be glad , we had a medical emergency .

Speaker 2 46:14

Oh , was it an event ? Yes , and I was not there .

Speaker 1 46:17

You were not there . I was there , unfortunately . We had a medical emergency and we had a doctor in the house and we had a nurse .

Speaker 2 46:31

Yeah .

Speaker 1 46:33

And I got very frustrated at you know , first of all , you know your stepdad's a physician . I have several friends that are physicians . I'm not stupid . I know when . You know , if I were at your parents' house and broke my arm , hugh's not going to do a lot of good for me because he's not an orthopedist Right , but he would know how to splint it or put a sling on it to get you to the hospital . He would know some basics . But if you cut your finger or your arm and you're bleeding out , he's going to know how to put a tourniquet on there to keep you from dying .

Speaker 2 47:17

Yeah .

Speaker 1 47:18

I have confidence in him that he could do that . So we had a medical emergency with a customer . A physician was in there and she basically said no , I'm an OBGYN and I'm thinking you're still a doctor . But see people put that on them and you said that at that time , but I'm like and have these expectations that doctors do everything you know I don't think that .

Speaker 1 47:48

I think in a basic medical emergency they have enough training because they have gone through just about every resident or not residency . But they've gone through all the cycles right of working the hospital . So you know basic . If someone's choking , you know what to do . All I'm saying is there's some contribution you can make .

Speaker 2 48:13

Yes , I do agree there is some type of contribution , but people put these labels on other people and think they know how to do all of it . It's kind of like . I think the best way to relate it two ways . One and I know this is on different levels , but in our mind is , say , everyday commoners , people , how we think everyone , like all the actors and actresses , know each other . And then you'll see them and they'll be like oh , I've never , I don't know so and so I've never met them . Or even on a more personal level , they non-gay people think all gay people know each other oh yeah , my cousin's aunt on our other side of the family .

Speaker 1 49:00

She's a lesbian . She lives in greenville .

Speaker 2 49:02

You probably know her , yeah and I'm like no , I don't , I don't . Yeah , it's my cousin's gay . I thought you would know him too , even on like I'm sure you follow so and so they're gay , they're and I'm like no , I don't , like no , I don't . So it's kind of the same thing with that . I don't think people think doctors can do like no with that . I don't think People think doctors can do everything no .

Speaker 1 49:27

I don't think that . I think , like I said , if Hugh was here and I said , hugh , I just broke my arm do I think Hugh could do a whole lot about it ? No , he's an internist but he's not an orthopedist , right , but I think he would be smart enough to say , hey , let's tie this around .

Speaker 2 49:50

He's not going to say tie this . He's going to say take your arm , get in the car and I'll drive you to the emergency room . But something there's not going to be any more to it ?

Speaker 1 49:59

No , but I think if I fail and cut myself , I think he would know how to handle it .

Speaker 2 50:07

He's going to say take this towel , wrap it up and I'll drive you to the emergency room Exactly .

Speaker 1 50:11

But he's not going to say well , I'm an internist , I don't work in the ER , I don't yeah .

Speaker 2 50:18

Okay , the other flip side of that , in defense of this person , I think it probably also depends on the severity of the situation and although it was a medical emergency , it wasn't necessarily life or death sort of situation Could have been Ambulance had been called or whatever . There's also , I would think , on their side this like oh , if I get involved in this and something happens , then they're in the middle of this legal situation . I understand that more than anything , because everything in the country is so litigious .

Speaker 2 50:55

Yes , I agree it was probably like she's probably like that person's .

Speaker 1 51:00

Fine , I'm getting out of here because she left , she left and I honestly can appreciate that here , because she left , she left and I honestly can appreciate that more from a liability standpoint . Yeah , because it happens .

Speaker 2 51:11

It's real . The other thing is , the nurses are the ones who jump in and do all the action the nurse .

Speaker 1 51:16

Let me just tell you they're the ones that jump in . Let me just tell you she's a regular customer of ours .

Speaker 2 51:24

Okay .

Speaker 1 51:25

She was amazing . If I ever have a medical emergency , I hope she's around .

Speaker 2 51:32

Yeah .

Speaker 1 51:33

Because she was really amazing .

Speaker 2 51:36

Yeah .

Speaker 1 51:36

And she was really good and I know nurses deal with .

Speaker 2 51:41

yeah , they deal with the shit literally .

Speaker 1 51:44

Mm-hmm .

Speaker 2 51:44

They are in there , they deal with the shit literally .

Speaker 1 51:45

Mm-hmm , they , you know they're in the trenches . Yeah , because the doctors are so spread thin Right .

Speaker 2 51:50

So , yeah , yeah , it was it was how did we get on that ? How did we get on medical emergence from horticulture ?

Speaker 1 51:58

Well , I was talking about doctors being , oh , not knowing everything . And how I don't know anything .

Speaker 2 52:03

Yeah , I know they don't it's true . Well , I think we need to go test the watermelon theory . We should pick out you should pick out from reading your chart , a watermelon .

Speaker 1 52:14

And then we test it .

Speaker 2 52:15

Yes , that would be good . You can say I went off this chart and I can say I went by . Hottie Will over here .

Speaker 1 52:22

But it kind of says the same thing what he says .

Speaker 2 52:25

But then you have to apply it . You do , you have to go find it Because I had gone off of that . I was looking at your phone , that same chart that you had a couple of years ago and it wasn't registering the color yellow . Has to be until you come across one that you're like oh , this is the dark yellow they're talking about .

Speaker 1 52:45

Not this yellow over here . We should do that . We should do that on our on a real . Yeah , we need to compare that'd be a good . Oh , I have a question about watermelons . This is very controversial . Oh , so in this maybe a southern thing again you know because we're , we're in the country um . Do you , do you like salt on your ?

Speaker 2 53:07

oh yes I do .

Speaker 1 53:09

I don't always , I don't . I don't always , I rarely do it , but it's so good yeah , I will eat .

Speaker 2 53:14

like I have watermelon , like I said , I just got them . Uh , when I'm cutting up a watermelon , I eat half of the watermelon as I'm cutting it up . Like I will tear that watermelon up , I'll get out the salt for like one piece .

Speaker 2 53:26

It's so good I think it pulls the flavoring out and then it gives a little salt and sweet . So let us know , do you okay ? First of all , have you ever eaten salt on your watermelon ? Or is that just a Southern thing and do you like salt on your watermelon ? So let us know . On our hotline it's 864-982-5029 . 864-982-5029 . Let us know about the watermelon . You can text or call and leave us a voicemail and let us know what you think , because that is something I don't do , that every time . But , like the other night , I was cutting that one and I'd eaten almost half of it and I was like , oh , I need a little salt in these .

Speaker 1 54:08

If I didn't have high blood pressure I would do it all the time .

Speaker 2 54:12

Did your blood pressure not come down ?

Speaker 1 54:14

No , it's normal now .

Speaker 2 54:15

Okay .

Speaker 1 54:16

It is normal now , are you ?

Speaker 2 54:17

off of blood pressure medicine . No , no , no , no you , you still have to take a little slump , yeah , but no , it's good now . But it's regulated with the medicine .

Speaker 1 54:24

Yeah , it's good now , and that's one thing . I was happy with my eye exam because it was showing that there was no issues .

Speaker 2 54:32

Well , that's good , because you were going through a phase trying to rule out things . It just I wasn't having coffee . It was a hot damn mess .

Speaker 1 54:41

Well , you know you have to react , I know .

Speaker 2 54:44

And I still take very .

Speaker 1 54:45

I take a very mild blood pressure medication . Okay , I've had high blood pressure since I was 28 . Oh dang yeah . It kind of is a personality thing too . I think it goes along with anxiety too .

Speaker 2 54:59

Yeah , you're high , strong and anxious and just revved up .

Speaker 1 55:03

It's definitely an anxiety thing .

Speaker 2 55:06

Well , I think , speaking of anxiety , it's time to get out of here . I'm a little anxious sitting here with you . No , I'm just kidding , but it is time to wrap this episode up . Remember to listen , listen . Remember to you're listening , but remember to listen each week and share us with your friends , by the way , but remember to leave us a review . Wherever you're listening to your podcast , you can leave a star rating or a little written review . We greatly appreciate it , wherever you're listening to it .

Speaker 1 55:35

And I want to know . I want to know about the salted watermelon , yeah , and remember to read the show notes below .

Speaker 2 55:43

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Speaker 1 55:58

You will be here .

Speaker 2 55:59

Bye .