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Welcome to Sunset Conversations, a BullfrogEntertainment
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.com production. I am your host, Papa Mark Lichterman,
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along with my partner, production coordinator,
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Mark Florkowski. On the 15th and 30th of each
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month, we will present you with an interesting
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and entertaining topic. One exception, that pesky
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February will be the 28th. Our podcast is a mixed
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bag of our daily life experiences as they relate
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to us and all of you. We look at personal observations.
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These may include such topics as fruits, coffee,
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teenage relationships with grandparents, traffic,
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vacations, daily frustrations, and joys. Our
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goal is to show the audience how ridiculous,
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silly, and of course joyful our lives can be.
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Each episode will end with a big smile like when
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eating ice cream. Please enjoy our sunset conversations
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as we take you through the journey of life. Send
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your questions, comments, and suggestions to
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info at bullfrogentertainment .com Flashback,
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whoosh. Hell no, we won't go. Hell no, we won't
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go. It's the year 1970. I, along with other students,
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are sitting crisscross on the floor of our high
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school administration office. We want a dress
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code change. Blue jeans are a new trend and not
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allowed at my public high school. Wow, you sound
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like Edward Murrow reporting to war. Catholic
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high schools, yeah, wear uniforms, but it was
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like uniforms for us. You had to wear, you know,
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fancy clothing to go to public high school. The
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chant, well, that's from the anti -Vietnam war
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marchers. Hell no, we won't go. Hell no, we won't
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go. Ah, yes. In the end... Blue jeans were allowed.
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Great, they got the green light. Oh, yes, they
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did. And, hey, so were paisley and polka dot
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shirts. Well, I have to say, though, those two
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trends did come to an end. Blue jeans, though,
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became a new accepted style. Interesting how
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certain trends become a fixture in our lives
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and others disappear. Still, others may reappear.
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to trend again. Oh, let's ride the waves. Here
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we go. Hey, put on your low rise jeans, grab
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an LP, take a picture with your Polaroid. Isn't
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that crazy? They're all returning trends. Yep.
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Hey, podcasts are one of the trends that are
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going strong. Yep. Interesting. After 50 years,
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I once again and Mark, I'm sure you have the
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same trends. You wore the same clothes I wore
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back in those days. Hey, count me in. Right?
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We're involved in a big trend. Guess where you
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are. Hey, enjoy this week's podcast on flashbacks
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and trends. All right, come ride the waves. Flashbacks,
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those sudden memories of past experiences can
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be a rich source of joy and laughter. Recalling
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funny or heartwarming moments from the past.
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such as family gatherings, inside jokes, or even
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personal mishaps. It allows us to relive the
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positive emotions associated with those times.
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These memories can serve as reminders of resilience
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and, as we like to talk about, the lighter side
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of life. Those are the snapshots. of life absolutely
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a hundred percent especially during challenging
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times in our lives and we've had those as we
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all have everybody does don't we my available
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flashbacks are an abundant are as abundant as
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the beautiful flowers in my backyard well flowers
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are beautiful and mine are abundant so start
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flashing back and here i go flashback pig roasts
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Si you to the police Let's not bring them. Oh
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We didn't and they weren't invited and the last
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big roast I had I will always flash back upon
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Because it's the only pig roast of all the pig
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roasts. I ever did was a police Showed up. Well,
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sorry about that Let's move on and they missed
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eating any pig. Oh, well flashback Sailing the
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open sea. Well, Lake Michigan and the beautiful
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city view you get from the other side when you're
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on the water. Oh, yeah. Seen that, done that.
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Absolutely. It's awesome. Calm water because
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I'm not a sailor. I was in a sailor boat, but
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it was westerly breezes. It's all good. Just
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beautiful. It makes a beautiful flashback. Flashback.
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Meeting Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins? Hey, Julie
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Andrews. Well, I could never look at her as Julie
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Andrews. It has to be Mary, the Mary, the make
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up make believe and Elsa and Anna. Those were
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both invited by me to my wife's 70th birthday
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party that we held in Florida. I will always
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flashback. You're going to be in trouble for
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letting out that detail. Well, we all age a flashback.
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challenging time. I get a beautiful get well
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note from a very dear friend of mine and that
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helped. I will always flashback to that note
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that came in the mail at amazingly just the right
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time. That's a heartfelt flashback. I mean, my
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goodness. Vacations. Flashback to that. The biting
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horse. Here we are. We're on a horse and carriage
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ride and we're going to go walk in front of the
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horses and say hello and pet him and the carriage
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rider goes uh excuse me those horses bite well
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at their discretion yes so we backed off ah here
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flashback cloth diapers uh -oh going from cloth
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diapers to papa mark so why i go back and forth
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cloth diapers i never put on my children because
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If I flash back to that memory, my wife and mother
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-in -law would crack up because I never pinned
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them tight enough and they would fall right down
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to the ankles of the babies and that was it.
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I was out of the cloth diaper business. But as
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Papa Mark, bouncing to the tunes was this first
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grandchild of ours of the Black Eyed Peas and
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I Must admit, I became the best butt -paste...
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How am I going to say this? Bust -butt -paster
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in the entire town. Wow. You were right. When
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we review this, that is a difficult... I wonder
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if this work of yours is ever going to be hanging
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somewhere in a museum. Well, it's a fond flashback
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memory. Hey, laughter is not only a response
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to joy. but also a tool for resilience. Boy,
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do we need resilience nowadays. How about it?
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During difficult times, humor can help reframe
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challenges, lighten the emotional load, and foster
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creative problem solving. It allows us to experience
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multiple emotions simultaneously, validating
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both our struggles and our capacity for happiness.
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That kind of sums up the purpose of these podcasts.
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We want to help people with looking at life from
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the lighter side. Yes, smile, right? Finding
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joy and laughter and flashbacks and trends. It's
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about embracing the humor, the warmth in both
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our memories and the world around us. What a
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world sometimes. No kidding. Whether by reminiscing
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about the past. engaging with current trends,
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or simply noticing the comedic moments in daily
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life, laughter enriches our relationships. It
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boosts our well -being and helps us navigate
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life's ups and downs with grace. Mark, I'm glad
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you used that word, grace. So few people really
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grasp its meaning. This is true. Trending well,
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let's talk about trending here. Some people get
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upset with trends long hair rock music Universal
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tipping New trend that fairly new trend that
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we are all dealing with at this point Social
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media allows many potential trends to be offered
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to large groups at one time Amazing that social
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media the media masses will eventually accept
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or deny the potential trend Right, right. These
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are days are like it or don't and then social
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media will stop Trending the trend that's just
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it's always been that way. Yes. That's you know,
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right Buying products in line was a trend and
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today it's actually my belief a fact of life
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personalization is now a new trend about that.
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People as always want to feel connected. Living
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in a techno world can create loneliness and a
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sense of not belonging. So the techno world is
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helping to repair what actually it had a part
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in creating. We now have personalized marketing
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and product offers. Techno world knows you as
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you or as a group of views that like and want
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a certain thing About augmented reality which
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helps us to live with the digital world That's
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a big trend today blockchain continues to evolve
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Bitcoin has become a more Commonplace when it
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was a trend all other forms of blockchain make
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all the way of the beta tapes Yes VHS trend won
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out and Then even it faded away. Yeah Hey news
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bulletin trending today new balance shoes Wow,
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New Balance shoes were always known for the old
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people wore the New Balance shoes. Not anymore,
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not anymore. Now New Balance, they don't even
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advertise the old people anymore. Okay, it's
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the young generation that are wearing the all
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new New Balance shoes. They love it. Hey, regular
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boy's haircut. When I was a kid, you'd walk into
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your barber, As they were just called then, they
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weren't stylists. And they'd say, regular boy's
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haircut. And I'd go, yeah. And that's what you
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would get. OK? Short sides, a little longer on
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the top. Well, today it's the same thing. Short
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sides, a little longer on the top with some other
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modifications. It's a regular boy's haircut.
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Fashion fads. Here are some things that went
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out of trend. Seggy pants from the 2000s. Parachute
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pants. Popularized in hip -hop culture, yes.
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These pants were worn well below the waist, often
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revealing, what? Underwear. If they were wearing
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any. Oh my goodness, revealing underwear. You
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save money on not buying a belt. Some other out
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of trend. Shoulder pads well again 1980s exaggerated
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boxy shoulders became a symbol of power dressing
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But they would look rather comically today and
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oversized I do believe Hey, how about big hair
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1980s 1960s even Right and sprayed to towering
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heights the hairstyle defined a decade Wow I
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have some embarrassing pictures that cannot be
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shown. Now here's bucket hats. Bucket hats, I
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guess, come from the 1990s. Oh my gosh, it's
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Gilligan's Island. Right? They were once considered
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practical. These hats became a quirky fashion
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statement. Who wants to look like Gilligan? And
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I don't know, you know, I actually have a bucket
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hat that I don't wear that often, but I do have
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one of those. I think I've seen you wearing it.
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Yes. I mean, it keeps the sun off you. Or is
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it more like a safari hat? I have that too, yes.
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OK. Florida hats in the 1950s. Florida hats.
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Are you talking about Fedora? Like the Fedora
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with a bigger brim, I think, yes. Hank Sinatra.
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Hey, leg warmers, I guess, again, in the 1980s
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had all kinds of trends, like all these decades
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did. That was a trendy year, yeah. The 80s, flashing.
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Leg warmers, I think they're coming back. Yeah,
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the original for dancers, you're right. It became
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a mainstream accessory. Often worn with... That
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was a great movie to take dates to. Wasn't it?
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I mean dates. And mini skirts. I have to look
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what year they came out. Mini skirts. Oh. That
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was something... Are you a believer in the stock
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market follows the length of the skirts so when
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they go up the stock market goes up? Interesting.
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That could... Yeah, that could very well, yeah.
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Could be. It's, you know, cracks. The 2000s.
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Oh boy. Cracks are still in. I know and I don't
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understand why. They're clunky but originally
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they were clunky foam clogs and they mocked the
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appearance and yet became a comfort staple. That's
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what I heard but I've always tried them on and
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never found them comfortable. I do not wear cracks.
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I think the medical industry began wearing them
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all the time. Yeah, we sent some to our we have
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a doctor niece in Belize or in Guatemala and
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yes, we sent her some crocs and so surprisingly
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they're coming back or our back already Internet
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and social media trends Out of trend is I got
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stupid things planking. I didn't even know what
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planking was Can I did this research thought
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that was something that whales hate? That's the
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other walk the plank right now 2011 I guess people
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photographed themselves lying stiff on a board
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in odd places and then shared the results online.
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Oh my gosh. Done. That's gone, right? That's
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gone. Okay. That's gone. Here's one though that
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came, went, and is coming back again trending
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back in ice bucket challenge. Well, you know,
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this, I find it very interesting because, you
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know, you ever take a cold shower? Uh, no, I
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am actually a very hot shower person. Yeah, you
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know, and I heard that those are really good,
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too. That this extreme water treatment, whether
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it's like really hot, like, you know, steam baths,
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or, you know, like dunking yourself in ice water.
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Going the other way, yeah, the ice bucket. I
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heard a lot of athletes do this after a game
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because it's got something to do with your body's,
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I don't know, metabolism? Yeah. Maybe. But, trend
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it made trend be. You know, all the way it started
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in 2014. So it's like 10 years ago when this
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thing started. 10 years and it's still around.
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It's not a trend. It's not a trend anymore. That
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must be science. There's something there. Yeah.
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I mean, it's the awareness of, in this case,
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ALS. They may do it for other purposes as well.
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Other diseases and things. But it's inspired
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countless messy, funny videos. Hey, some trends
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are challenges. can be dangerous. Oh my gosh.
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Yes. Those who start these types of challenges
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could be, and hey, you know, sometimes should
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be, future Darwin Award winners. Well, I think
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you're going to be announcing the runner -ups.
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Yes. Here we go. A couple of dangerous trends
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or a dangerous trend. The cinnamon challenge,
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for example. Cinnamon challenge? Yeah. Attempting
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to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon without water.
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Usually resulting in coughing fits. Well, that
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was both dangerous and What you see what I mean?
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It's ridiculous, right? I wouldn't want to be
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caught on the podium. It was the Tide pod challenge
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Now this one was during 2017 into 2018 Teens
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were biting into laundry pods. Oh, right. Can
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you hear a head slap? For internet fame I trend
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both hazardous and absurd, absolutely absurd.
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Well, you see my point. There's a mental health
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challenge in the United States. Darwin award
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people. There you go. This one. I don't even
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know about this one. These other two I did hear
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about the milk crate challenge. This is so stupid.
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Stacking and climbing milk and then climbing
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on milk, milk crates often often ending in, of
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course. spectacular falls. What the heck? This
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doesn't qualify as being part of the lighter
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side of life. That just makes zero sense to me.
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All right, move on from the crazy stuff to the
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toys. Yeah, some other, you know, out of trend
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type things, toys. This was a short trend really.
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My grandkids had these, but I don't see them
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asking for these any longer. The fidget spinners.
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Isn't that fun? Right? I even had a little fidget
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thing that I would get because I was part of
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the fidget trend. Originally for anxiety relief,
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these toys became a playground obsession before
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fading into obscurity. Here's one I do remember
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though, Pet Rocks. Oh great. 1970s, right? Of
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course, I know that's when they had the mood
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rings, the pet rocks. People bought ordinary
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rocks as pets, complete with a packaging and
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care instructions. You know, I improved on it
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and chose to graffiti them. All I know is we
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did it. I dare you to turn over this rock and
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see what it says. Our podcast on sourdough starter
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as a pet. If you had a pet rock. It'd be even
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easier to take care of. Okay, you don't need
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a hotel You don't need nothing. You don't have
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to feed it. You can abandon it You can abandon
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it and it's put a smile on and it's happy every
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day. Yeah, here's one I remember these guys Tamagotchi's
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if I said it right, I'm glad you tried digital
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pets from the 1990s and they demanded this was
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the thing I bought these for my kids. We bought
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them for our kids. They demanded constant attention.
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They'd squeak Come on. They were a quirky fad.
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It is very quirky that people would want something
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that demanded constant. I don't think anybody
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knew it when we bought it. And after you got
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it, it was like, oh, my gosh, this thing doesn't
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stop. You've got to carry it. This is insane.
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It is. Cabbage Patch Kids. That was that was
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one that was a big trend for quite a while. Furbies,
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crazy furbies, toys that sparked shopping frenzies.
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Christmas time. Oh my gosh, they're out of these
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toys. What are we gonna do? Yeah, I'm trying
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to remember where with the guys with the little
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pointy heads. Oh the Gnomes gnomes. Yes, Teletubbies
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were in for a bit Not as a new toy like a Teletubbie
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if I stuffed animal la boo -boo the baba. Let
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me know It's something like that every time I
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see a gnome. It's kind of like seeing a clown.
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Yes There's more recent squish mellows That was
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a big trend for quite a while here. My grandkids
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have lots and lots and lots of Squishmallows.
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You know, I can remember, back in the 1990s,
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Beanie Babies. Wasn't that a craze? That's here.
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Flashback? Yeah. Fourth of July, at the fireworks,
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during the era of Beanie Babies, a helicopter
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flew over the crowd and started throwing hundreds,
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thousands of beanie babies out of the helicopter.
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All of us absolutely lunatic type parents ran
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like crazies trying to grab up as many beanie
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babies as we could for our kids. I understand.
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Saving them in closets and drawers for years
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thinking, wow, we're going to get money for these
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things, right? Everybody's going to want a beanie
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baby one day when they stop. Oh, yeah, for sure.
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Yeah. Now, trivia, Mark. Was that company somewhere
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based around Chicago? You know, I think it was
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Oakbrook of all places. It could have been, you
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know. Tie toys? Tie toys, yes, tie toys, yeah.
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Oh yeah, I remember that. It definitely left
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a scar in my memory. And I think if I remember,
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if I understand or know correctly, that the Beanie
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Babies did never go up in value, and I know basically
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our drawers are now empty, and they're gone.
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But who knows? One day, oh, they could be worth
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hundreds of thousands of dollars. Well, if you
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want to make Beanie Babies your guide, there's
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plenty of opportunities to pick one up. Let's
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start a trend. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
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Well, again, what do we call it? What was our
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last part? Quirks. We're working on quirks. One
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of my quirks, yes, is to always have a conclusion
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to our podcast and here we go. Let's face it.
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Flashbacks and trends are like always showing
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up. One minute you're minding your own business
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and the next you're knee deep in a new trend
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you swore you'd never try. Or you had a sudden
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flashback to your glory days in high school.
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Trends are the world's way of reminding us that
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nothing is ever truly out of style. Well, while
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working on this conclusion, I have learned that
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paisley dresses, polka dot shirts, peep toe heels
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for the women, leopard and tiger prints are all
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coming back with a fresh new look. Here we go
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again, right? The trend is returning. I've that's
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what my grandma always said. Yeah, nothing's
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new. Nothing's new right full circle. I For one
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yes still wear cargo pants Hey, they hold my
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phone nicely. Okay without that extra pocket.
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Where do you put your phone? I can't live with
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the phone in my back pocket or front pocket No,
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and I'm not wearing it around my neck Hey, give
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it five years. They'll be back Cargo pants, I
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say flashbacks are the universe's highlight reel
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to well Hey, just when you think you have moved
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on an embarrassing or funny moment will return
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like a highlight reel Hey, I remember when yeah,
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yeah, they definitely remind us of who we were
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that they do we are I mean, hey and meanwhile
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Trends sweep through our lives like a tornado
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picking up everything from fidget spinners to
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mullets and depositing them only to vanish as
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quickly as they arrived. Yeah, and there's so
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much fun to laugh at when you have the memories.
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But here's the punchline. We love it. We actually
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do love it. We love cringing at our past selves,
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laughing at yesterday's obsessions and secretly
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hoping that the next trend will finally be the
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one where we shine. Yeah, it's a hilarious cycle.
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Flashbacks give us stories to tell at parties
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and therapy sessions, while trends give us something
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to bond over, if only to agree that, yes, we
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all look ridiculous from time to time. Yeah,
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all those stuff. We do. those invading thoughts
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of memories that just come out of nowhere oh
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my gosh I'm so embarrassed no it's a flashback
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it's you know it's a trend oh mark don't be embarrassed
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don't be embarrassed it's just a little disappointment
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that you and you can do better next time you
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know I never wore a mullet I can tell you that
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okay that was I was not part of that I was in
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that era but it wasn't part of me or my age group
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I don't believe Finally, flashbacks and trends
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are the comedic duo of our memories and culture,
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forever keeping us humble, nostalgic, and just
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a little bit ridiculous. So next time you find
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yourself reliving your most awkward moment or
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tempted by the latest viral craze, just remember,
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it's all part of the grand hilarious cycle. And
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who knows? Maybe one day your flashbacks will
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be someone else's trend. Now, if you'll excuse
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me, I have to go practice my moonwalk just in
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case it comes back. Yeah, stick that left foot
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a little harder. You're doing just great. Hey,
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thanks for joining us on this nostalgic ride.
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If you enjoyed today's episode, share it with
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someone else who still owns a pair of cracks.
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Or maybe they'll remember that crazy toy name
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that Mark just said. a few moments ago until
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next time keep laughing keep reminiscing and
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keep riding the trend wave hey mark and i really
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appreciate and thank you for tuning into our
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podcast sunset conversations we hope you enjoyed
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this week's eclectic journey through another
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Welcome to Sunset Conversations, a BullfrogEntertainment
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These may include such topics as fruits, coffee,
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goal is to show the audience how ridiculous,
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silly, and of course joyful our lives can be.
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Each episode will end with a big smile like when
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info at bullfrogentertainment .com Flashback,
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whoosh. Hell no, we won't go. Hell no, we won't
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go. It's the year 1970. I, along with other students,
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are sitting crisscross on the floor of our high
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school administration office. We want a dress
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code change. Blue jeans are a new trend and not
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allowed at my public high school. Wow, you sound
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like Edward Murrow reporting to war. Catholic
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high schools, yeah, wear uniforms, but it was
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like uniforms for us. You had to wear, you know,
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fancy clothing to go to public high school. The
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chant, well, that's from the anti -Vietnam war
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marchers. Hell no, we won't go. Hell no, we won't
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go. Ah, yes. In the end... Blue jeans were allowed.
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Great, they got the green light. Oh, yes, they
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did. And, hey, so were paisley and polka dot
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shirts. Well, I have to say, though, those two
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trends did come to an end. Blue jeans, though,
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became a new accepted style. Interesting how
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certain trends become a fixture in our lives
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and others disappear. Still, others may reappear.
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to trend again. Oh, let's ride the waves. Here
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we go. Hey, put on your low rise jeans, grab
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an LP, take a picture with your Polaroid. Isn't
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that crazy? They're all returning trends. Yep.
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Hey, podcasts are one of the trends that are
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going strong. Yep. Interesting. After 50 years,
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I once again and Mark, I'm sure you have the
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same trends. You wore the same clothes I wore
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back in those days. Hey, count me in. Right?
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We're involved in a big trend. Guess where you
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are. Hey, enjoy this week's podcast on flashbacks
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and trends. All right, come ride the waves. Flashbacks,
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those sudden memories of past experiences can
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be a rich source of joy and laughter. Recalling
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funny or heartwarming moments from the past.
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such as family gatherings, inside jokes, or even
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personal mishaps. It allows us to relive the
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positive emotions associated with those times.
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These memories can serve as reminders of resilience
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and, as we like to talk about, the lighter side
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of life. Those are the snapshots. of life absolutely
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a hundred percent especially during challenging
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times in our lives and we've had those as we
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all have everybody does don't we my available
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flashbacks are an abundant are as abundant as
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the beautiful flowers in my backyard well flowers
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are beautiful and mine are abundant so start
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flashing back and here i go flashback pig roasts
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Si you to the police Let's not bring them. Oh
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We didn't and they weren't invited and the last
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big roast I had I will always flash back upon
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Because it's the only pig roast of all the pig
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roasts. I ever did was a police Showed up. Well,
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sorry about that Let's move on and they missed
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eating any pig. Oh, well flashback Sailing the
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open sea. Well, Lake Michigan and the beautiful
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city view you get from the other side when you're
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on the water. Oh, yeah. Seen that, done that.
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Absolutely. It's awesome. Calm water because
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I'm not a sailor. I was in a sailor boat, but
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it was westerly breezes. It's all good. Just
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beautiful. It makes a beautiful flashback. Flashback.
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Meeting Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins? Hey, Julie
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Andrews. Well, I could never look at her as Julie
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Andrews. It has to be Mary, the Mary, the make
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up make believe and Elsa and Anna. Those were
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both invited by me to my wife's 70th birthday
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party that we held in Florida. I will always
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flashback. You're going to be in trouble for
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letting out that detail. Well, we all age a flashback.
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challenging time. I get a beautiful get well
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note from a very dear friend of mine and that
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helped. I will always flashback to that note
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that came in the mail at amazingly just the right
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time. That's a heartfelt flashback. I mean, my
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goodness. Vacations. Flashback to that. The biting
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horse. Here we are. We're on a horse and carriage
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ride and we're going to go walk in front of the
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horses and say hello and pet him and the carriage
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rider goes uh excuse me those horses bite well
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at their discretion yes so we backed off ah here
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flashback cloth diapers uh -oh going from cloth
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diapers to papa mark so why i go back and forth
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cloth diapers i never put on my children because
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If I flash back to that memory, my wife and mother
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-in -law would crack up because I never pinned
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them tight enough and they would fall right down
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to the ankles of the babies and that was it.
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I was out of the cloth diaper business. But as
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Papa Mark, bouncing to the tunes was this first
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grandchild of ours of the Black Eyed Peas and
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I Must admit, I became the best butt -paste...
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How am I going to say this? Bust -butt -paster
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in the entire town. Wow. You were right. When
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we review this, that is a difficult... I wonder
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if this work of yours is ever going to be hanging
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somewhere in a museum. Well, it's a fond flashback
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memory. Hey, laughter is not only a response
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to joy. but also a tool for resilience. Boy,
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do we need resilience nowadays. How about it?
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During difficult times, humor can help reframe
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challenges, lighten the emotional load, and foster
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creative problem solving. It allows us to experience
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multiple emotions simultaneously, validating
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both our struggles and our capacity for happiness.
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That kind of sums up the purpose of these podcasts.
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We want to help people with looking at life from
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the lighter side. Yes, smile, right? Finding
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joy and laughter and flashbacks and trends. It's
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about embracing the humor, the warmth in both
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our memories and the world around us. What a
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world sometimes. No kidding. Whether by reminiscing
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about the past. engaging with current trends,
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or simply noticing the comedic moments in daily
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life, laughter enriches our relationships. It
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boosts our well -being and helps us navigate
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life's ups and downs with grace. Mark, I'm glad
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you used that word, grace. So few people really
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grasp its meaning. This is true. Trending well,
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let's talk about trending here. Some people get
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upset with trends long hair rock music Universal
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tipping New trend that fairly new trend that
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we are all dealing with at this point Social
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media allows many potential trends to be offered
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to large groups at one time Amazing that social
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media the media masses will eventually accept
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or deny the potential trend Right, right. These
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are days are like it or don't and then social
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media will stop Trending the trend that's just
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it's always been that way. Yes. That's you know,
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right Buying products in line was a trend and
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today it's actually my belief a fact of life
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personalization is now a new trend about that.
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People as always want to feel connected. Living
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in a techno world can create loneliness and a
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sense of not belonging. So the techno world is
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helping to repair what actually it had a part
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in creating. We now have personalized marketing
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and product offers. Techno world knows you as
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you or as a group of views that like and want
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a certain thing About augmented reality which
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helps us to live with the digital world That's
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a big trend today blockchain continues to evolve
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Bitcoin has become a more Commonplace when it
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was a trend all other forms of blockchain make
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all the way of the beta tapes Yes VHS trend won
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out and Then even it faded away. Yeah Hey news
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bulletin trending today new balance shoes Wow,
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New Balance shoes were always known for the old
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people wore the New Balance shoes. Not anymore,
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not anymore. Now New Balance, they don't even
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advertise the old people anymore. Okay, it's
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the young generation that are wearing the all
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new New Balance shoes. They love it. Hey, regular
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boy's haircut. When I was a kid, you'd walk into
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your barber, As they were just called then, they
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weren't stylists. And they'd say, regular boy's
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haircut. And I'd go, yeah. And that's what you
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would get. OK? Short sides, a little longer on
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the top. Well, today it's the same thing. Short
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sides, a little longer on the top with some other
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modifications. It's a regular boy's haircut.
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Fashion fads. Here are some things that went
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out of trend. Seggy pants from the 2000s. Parachute
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pants. Popularized in hip -hop culture, yes.
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These pants were worn well below the waist, often
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revealing, what? Underwear. If they were wearing
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any. Oh my goodness, revealing underwear. You
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save money on not buying a belt. Some other out
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of trend. Shoulder pads well again 1980s exaggerated
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boxy shoulders became a symbol of power dressing
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But they would look rather comically today and
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oversized I do believe Hey, how about big hair
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1980s 1960s even Right and sprayed to towering
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heights the hairstyle defined a decade Wow I
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have some embarrassing pictures that cannot be
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shown. Now here's bucket hats. Bucket hats, I
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guess, come from the 1990s. Oh my gosh, it's
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Gilligan's Island. Right? They were once considered
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practical. These hats became a quirky fashion
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statement. Who wants to look like Gilligan? And
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I don't know, you know, I actually have a bucket
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hat that I don't wear that often, but I do have
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one of those. I think I've seen you wearing it.
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Yes. I mean, it keeps the sun off you. Or is
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it more like a safari hat? I have that too, yes.
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OK. Florida hats in the 1950s. Florida hats.
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Are you talking about Fedora? Like the Fedora
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with a bigger brim, I think, yes. Hank Sinatra.
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Hey, leg warmers, I guess, again, in the 1980s
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had all kinds of trends, like all these decades
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did. That was a trendy year, yeah. The 80s, flashing.
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Leg warmers, I think they're coming back. Yeah,
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the original for dancers, you're right. It became
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a mainstream accessory. Often worn with... That
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was a great movie to take dates to. Wasn't it?
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I mean dates. And mini skirts. I have to look
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what year they came out. Mini skirts. Oh. That
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was something... Are you a believer in the stock
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market follows the length of the skirts so when
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they go up the stock market goes up? Interesting.
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That could... Yeah, that could very well, yeah.
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Could be. It's, you know, cracks. The 2000s.
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Oh boy. Cracks are still in. I know and I don't
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understand why. They're clunky but originally
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they were clunky foam clogs and they mocked the
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appearance and yet became a comfort staple. That's
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what I heard but I've always tried them on and
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never found them comfortable. I do not wear cracks.
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I think the medical industry began wearing them
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all the time. Yeah, we sent some to our we have
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a doctor niece in Belize or in Guatemala and
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yes, we sent her some crocs and so surprisingly
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they're coming back or our back already Internet
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and social media trends Out of trend is I got
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stupid things planking. I didn't even know what
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planking was Can I did this research thought
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that was something that whales hate? That's the
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other walk the plank right now 2011 I guess people
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photographed themselves lying stiff on a board
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in odd places and then shared the results online.
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Oh my gosh. Done. That's gone, right? That's
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gone. Okay. That's gone. Here's one though that
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came, went, and is coming back again trending
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back in ice bucket challenge. Well, you know,
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this, I find it very interesting because, you
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know, you ever take a cold shower? Uh, no, I
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am actually a very hot shower person. Yeah, you
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know, and I heard that those are really good,
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too. That this extreme water treatment, whether
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it's like really hot, like, you know, steam baths,
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or, you know, like dunking yourself in ice water.
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Going the other way, yeah, the ice bucket. I
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heard a lot of athletes do this after a game
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because it's got something to do with your body's,
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I don't know, metabolism? Yeah. Maybe. But, trend
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it made trend be. You know, all the way it started
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in 2014. So it's like 10 years ago when this
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thing started. 10 years and it's still around.
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It's not a trend. It's not a trend anymore. That
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must be science. There's something there. Yeah.
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I mean, it's the awareness of, in this case,
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ALS. They may do it for other purposes as well.
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Other diseases and things. But it's inspired
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countless messy, funny videos. Hey, some trends
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are challenges. can be dangerous. Oh my gosh.
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Yes. Those who start these types of challenges
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could be, and hey, you know, sometimes should
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be, future Darwin Award winners. Well, I think
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you're going to be announcing the runner -ups.
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Yes. Here we go. A couple of dangerous trends
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or a dangerous trend. The cinnamon challenge,
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for example. Cinnamon challenge? Yeah. Attempting
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to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon without water.
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Usually resulting in coughing fits. Well, that
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was both dangerous and What you see what I mean?
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It's ridiculous, right? I wouldn't want to be
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caught on the podium. It was the Tide pod challenge
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Now this one was during 2017 into 2018 Teens
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were biting into laundry pods. Oh, right. Can
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you hear a head slap? For internet fame I trend
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both hazardous and absurd, absolutely absurd.
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Well, you see my point. There's a mental health
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challenge in the United States. Darwin award
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people. There you go. This one. I don't even
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know about this one. These other two I did hear
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about the milk crate challenge. This is so stupid.
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Stacking and climbing milk and then climbing
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on milk, milk crates often often ending in, of
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course. spectacular falls. What the heck? This
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doesn't qualify as being part of the lighter
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side of life. That just makes zero sense to me.
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All right, move on from the crazy stuff to the
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toys. Yeah, some other, you know, out of trend
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type things, toys. This was a short trend really.
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My grandkids had these, but I don't see them
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asking for these any longer. The fidget spinners.
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Isn't that fun? Right? I even had a little fidget
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thing that I would get because I was part of
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the fidget trend. Originally for anxiety relief,
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these toys became a playground obsession before
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fading into obscurity. Here's one I do remember
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though, Pet Rocks. Oh great. 1970s, right? Of
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course, I know that's when they had the mood
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rings, the pet rocks. People bought ordinary
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rocks as pets, complete with a packaging and
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care instructions. You know, I improved on it
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and chose to graffiti them. All I know is we
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did it. I dare you to turn over this rock and
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see what it says. Our podcast on sourdough starter
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as a pet. If you had a pet rock. It'd be even
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easier to take care of. Okay, you don't need
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a hotel You don't need nothing. You don't have
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to feed it. You can abandon it You can abandon
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it and it's put a smile on and it's happy every
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day. Yeah, here's one I remember these guys Tamagotchi's
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if I said it right, I'm glad you tried digital
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pets from the 1990s and they demanded this was
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the thing I bought these for my kids. We bought
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them for our kids. They demanded constant attention.
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They'd squeak Come on. They were a quirky fad.
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It is very quirky that people would want something
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that demanded constant. I don't think anybody
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knew it when we bought it. And after you got
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it, it was like, oh, my gosh, this thing doesn't
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stop. You've got to carry it. This is insane.
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It is. Cabbage Patch Kids. That was that was
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one that was a big trend for quite a while. Furbies,
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crazy furbies, toys that sparked shopping frenzies.
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Christmas time. Oh my gosh, they're out of these
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toys. What are we gonna do? Yeah, I'm trying
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to remember where with the guys with the little
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pointy heads. Oh the Gnomes gnomes. Yes, Teletubbies
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were in for a bit Not as a new toy like a Teletubbie
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if I stuffed animal la boo -boo the baba. Let
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me know It's something like that every time I
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see a gnome. It's kind of like seeing a clown.
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Yes There's more recent squish mellows That was
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a big trend for quite a while here. My grandkids
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have lots and lots and lots of Squishmallows.
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You know, I can remember, back in the 1990s,
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Beanie Babies. Wasn't that a craze? That's here.
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Flashback? Yeah. Fourth of July, at the fireworks,
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during the era of Beanie Babies, a helicopter
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flew over the crowd and started throwing hundreds,
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thousands of beanie babies out of the helicopter.
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All of us absolutely lunatic type parents ran
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like crazies trying to grab up as many beanie
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babies as we could for our kids. I understand.
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Saving them in closets and drawers for years
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thinking, wow, we're going to get money for these
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things, right? Everybody's going to want a beanie
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baby one day when they stop. Oh, yeah, for sure.
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Yeah. Now, trivia, Mark. Was that company somewhere
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based around Chicago? You know, I think it was
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Oakbrook of all places. It could have been, you
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know. Tie toys? Tie toys, yes, tie toys, yeah.
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Oh yeah, I remember that. It definitely left
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a scar in my memory. And I think if I remember,
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if I understand or know correctly, that the Beanie
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Babies did never go up in value, and I know basically
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our drawers are now empty, and they're gone.
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But who knows? One day, oh, they could be worth
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hundreds of thousands of dollars. Well, if you
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want to make Beanie Babies your guide, there's
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plenty of opportunities to pick one up. Let's
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start a trend. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
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Well, again, what do we call it? What was our
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last part? Quirks. We're working on quirks. One
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of my quirks, yes, is to always have a conclusion
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to our podcast and here we go. Let's face it.
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Flashbacks and trends are like always showing
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up. One minute you're minding your own business
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and the next you're knee deep in a new trend
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you swore you'd never try. Or you had a sudden
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flashback to your glory days in high school.
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Trends are the world's way of reminding us that
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nothing is ever truly out of style. Well, while
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working on this conclusion, I have learned that
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paisley dresses, polka dot shirts, peep toe heels
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for the women, leopard and tiger prints are all
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coming back with a fresh new look. Here we go
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again, right? The trend is returning. I've that's
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what my grandma always said. Yeah, nothing's
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new. Nothing's new right full circle. I For one
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yes still wear cargo pants Hey, they hold my
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phone nicely. Okay without that extra pocket.
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Where do you put your phone? I can't live with
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the phone in my back pocket or front pocket No,
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and I'm not wearing it around my neck Hey, give
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it five years. They'll be back Cargo pants, I
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say flashbacks are the universe's highlight reel
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to well Hey, just when you think you have moved
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on an embarrassing or funny moment will return
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like a highlight reel Hey, I remember when yeah,
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yeah, they definitely remind us of who we were
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that they do we are I mean, hey and meanwhile
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Trends sweep through our lives like a tornado
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picking up everything from fidget spinners to
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mullets and depositing them only to vanish as
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quickly as they arrived. Yeah, and there's so
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much fun to laugh at when you have the memories.
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But here's the punchline. We love it. We actually
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do love it. We love cringing at our past selves,
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laughing at yesterday's obsessions and secretly
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hoping that the next trend will finally be the
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one where we shine. Yeah, it's a hilarious cycle.
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Flashbacks give us stories to tell at parties
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and therapy sessions, while trends give us something
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to bond over, if only to agree that, yes, we
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all look ridiculous from time to time. Yeah,
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all those stuff. We do. those invading thoughts
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of memories that just come out of nowhere oh
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my gosh I'm so embarrassed no it's a flashback
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it's you know it's a trend oh mark don't be embarrassed
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don't be embarrassed it's just a little disappointment
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that you and you can do better next time you
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know I never wore a mullet I can tell you that
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okay that was I was not part of that I was in
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that era but it wasn't part of me or my age group
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I don't believe Finally, flashbacks and trends
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are the comedic duo of our memories and culture,
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forever keeping us humble, nostalgic, and just
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a little bit ridiculous. So next time you find
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yourself reliving your most awkward moment or
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tempted by the latest viral craze, just remember,
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it's all part of the grand hilarious cycle. And
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who knows? Maybe one day your flashbacks will
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be someone else's trend. Now, if you'll excuse
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me, I have to go practice my moonwalk just in
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case it comes back. Yeah, stick that left foot
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a little harder. You're doing just great. Hey,
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thanks for joining us on this nostalgic ride.
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If you enjoyed today's episode, share it with
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someone else who still owns a pair of cracks.
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Or maybe they'll remember that crazy toy name
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that Mark just said. a few moments ago until
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next time keep laughing keep reminiscing and
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keep riding the trend wave hey mark and i really
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appreciate and thank you for tuning into our
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