Alayna subjectively asked to speak about sexuality Immediately uncomfortable. Alayna asked objectively to speak about sexuality through her ''therapist lens'" providing some distance, IMMEDIATLEY comfortable and in her element. lol...the contrast and immediate switch up is so funny to me and incredibly relatable! I get it I do...being the observer is easier than being the observed, even around the same subject. Objectivity allows us to view things that we find interesting in our lives with out the heaviness of subjective viewership and all that may come with it. It makes sense but so funny and loveable to watch happen in real time. Love you !
Lol. I low-key feel like there's this Freudian thing going on there. Like it'd be hilarious if she was actually a dominatrix in her private life or something. Probably handcuffs her girlfriend, tickle tortures and refers to her in explicits. Without going too into detail. NOT TRYNA BE DISRESPECTFUL I'M JUST SUSPICIOUS AND LAUGHING AT THE IDEA OF ALAYNA BEING SOME SECRET TICKLE MONSTER.
It appears to be an American tradition that became popular mostly in the Midwest part of the country (the middle portion) and the only German connection seems to be that the original ornaments were made in Germany. The Midwest is very high in people with German heritage, so they likely picked it up, associated the "made in Germany" with "the German's do this" & it became a thing. It makes as much sense as the "Italian Dominic the Donkey" thing.
As a German, I can't believe that the pickle thing is real. It's an urban legend that Americans believe we do this and we absolutely don't and I didn't think anyone actually does. Not to shit on Ashley's family tradition, if you enjoy it, it's awesome! I am also team real Christmas tree, but that is because I sell them, so I kind of have to. I see it more as planting a tree for X amount of years (more than you think) that otherwise wouldn't have been there instead of as cutting down a tree unnecessarily that would otherwise have stayed. That's how it is here at least.
One of my most treasured memories is getting a cheistmas tree from our forest with my father and decorating it for christmas. Usually because the tree probably wouldnt make it into the new year ( because it was next to a bigger tree that would kill it ir just couldn't handle the freeze) traditions make a massive difference
I've seen pickle ornaments being sold at christmas markets here in Germany but I don't know any family that actually has that tradition 😅 Sounds fun though!
Mindlessly scrolling on sm, sees notification that there's a new chosen family ep, starts watching and immediately feels better and has the motivation to get out of bed and actually do sonethibg productive 🥰 thank you and all the love from Australia ❤️
@makingemi hey mak I have a shark fun fact for you, I learned in college during a seminar about sharks that the color of the teeth help to identify how old they are. If it's black it's technically fossilized and it could be millions of years old. So a grey color would be younger and brown/tan even younger. I love collecting shark teeth in Florida so your segment made my day 😊 also a great beach to go to in Florida for shark teeth is Blindpass Beach in Englewood Florida. It's smaller and usually never too crowded.
Lmao aw Mak. As someone on the spectrum, sometimes it can be just "I don't like loud noises and want shark teeth." It is a spectrum, after all! ❤ But also, no pressure. If you don't think you're on the spectrum, that's okay, too.
As a german I can say that the pickle thing is not a general german tradition, it may be a regional thing, but the only time I ever hear about it is from americans 🤷♂
I have to say, you guys have become such a normal part of my week that I have developed a huge parasocial relationship with all of you 😂 It really feels like I'm hanging out with the homies
As an east german i never heard this pickle thing before, but there are regions in Bavaria and Thuringia where this is still partly the case. It is called Weihnachtsgurke (Christmas pickle).
The first girl I had a crush on collected shark teeth, especially from Venice, Florida. She was so into it, I think she’d collected over 15,000. Thanks for the reminder Mak, those are happy memories!
16:34 literally my first thought when I saw the thumbnail was “this is so autistic” (I’m autistic I’m just playin) Also self diagnosis is valid. Getting professionally diagnosed is super expensive and not everyone has the ability or privilege to receive a diagnosis. Not saying this to push anything on Mak either but if people do a shit ton of research on their own about autism and themselves and decide to self diagnose, that doesn’t invalidate people who are professionally diagnosed, nor take away from people’s “real” struggles (by that I mean all struggles are real, one person’s struggles aren’t more real than others just because a doctor said so)
Petition to get the 'bean grinder' bit as a short! Please, that would make ALL of my days significantly better -and all the days of the people i'm sending this short to- 😇😂
as an autistic person who has been following Mak for years I've always thought she was autistic lol. and that both her and Mattea are neurodivergent in some way bc they have that unique and creative way of thinking and communicating to each other :)
I'm new to the fam so I've been watching older eps and i have to say this is by far the best ep in every way possible. The flirting btwn mum and dad, Mattea's appearance, Maks adorable enthusiasm for the most random things, the humour. WE NEED MORE AT THIS LEVEL 💛🧡💛🧡
Lived in Germany for most of my life childhood and never heard of the pickle tradition, but your tangerine tradition is probably also German. On Saint Nicholas day (6th December) kids get a tangerine in their shoe
I am so glad I waited until after work to watch this, rather than just listen. This was so much chaos, but I loved it. This is the highlight I need to get through the mid week slump. Mattea climbing on the counter had me in stitches, and Ashley sliding down the chair was so cute. The more I watch you all the more I love you all and feel like I should be like that crazy great aunt every family has and adopt you all. I am English and we used to put stockings up and always had a tangerine (or clementine), a few chocolate coins and some nuts placed in our stockings. Me and my younger brother would save some foil from chocolates and wrap random suprises for my Dad and put them in his stocking, things like pickled oions or brussell sprouts, even when we were older, he died when I was 20 (I am now 46) but if he was still alive we would still do it as I am sure he would still play along with it.
Yeah because it's something that German immigrants to America came up with in like 19th century and somehow that developed into a myth that it originates from Germany
"The Christmas pickle is a German-American Christmas tradition. A decoration in the shape of a pickle is hidden on a Christmas tree, with the finder receiving either a reward or good fortune for the next year."
I have watched every single episode and I think I laughed at least once in each of them, but I don't know why, today I laughed so much. Thank you for this episode, it was so funny and it made my crappy day a lot better ❤
At your next Patreon or listener milestone, can you guys do a video of helping Mak get her passport? Please? I love this podcast so much and I love the passport bit.
Online tests for spectrum stuff isn't enough to give you a diagnosis, but it's good to indicate if it's worth pursuing a diagnosis from a more legitimate provider.
I am guessing, but "Tangerines in the stockings" probably comes from "tangerines in the shoes" for Saint Nicolas (Sinterklaas) day, who Santa Claus was based on. It's a holiday from Flanders and the Catholic parts of the Netherlands and Germany. The day before Saint Nicolas day kids put out their shoes in front of the fireplace and add artworks they made and treats for Saint Nic and his trusty horse who walks on rooftops so they can deliver treats and gifts through the chimney. Tangerines (seasonal in late fall) and baked goods (kruidnoten, pepernoten, speculaas, ... idk the English names for these if any exist, but you can look them up on Wikipedia) are the traditional things children would get.
i was about to go back and watch the old podcasts i’ve missed but realized that matt rife was cancelled recently and wanted to find the episode that you guys would address it… bc i knew y’all would
Loved this episode! We have a glass pickle decoration, for no other reason than it seemed cooky. Bought it from an artist from London. Never knew it was a thing in the US!
Aw Mak I live in Venice and look for shark teeth while watching the sunset. Casperson is already pretty known so you are not blowing up the spot 😂 I’m sorry they didn’t care about your interests. However I’m very glad you found some while you were here. Also st Pete to Venice is a hell of a drive for shark teeth
As a german i can confirm i wouldn't have known what the fuck you were talking about until a week ago when i read sth from an english person talking about the same thing and i found a song on youtube called pickle in the tannenbaum which is glorious and i implore everyone to go watch
So I am from southern germany and I've only heard of the pickle about 2 years ago from social media, so I am not so sure about it being a german tradition, but maybe it is a tradition in some region.
I had to pause this for a second to recover 😂 I was listening on Spotify and Ashley mentioned maks 'altoid tin' and I was literally looking at those on Pinterest and making one at that time
As someone who is not on the spectrum but also shares an interest in sharks I found Mak’s segment interesting. I recently found my first shark teeth and it is an exciting thing for sure.
When I was about 9 my family took a trip to Florida and we went to the shark tooth beach and after around 3 hours of looking hadn’t found anything and right before we left I found a hugeee shark tooth about the size of half the palm of my hand it was awesome
I am not neurospicy, but my GF is. But Mak talking shark teeth is just so cute. I love when people get excited about sth random. It shows the little kid in us❤
the well well well thing was very funny I think you can worry less about what's funny and what's not, since you are in fact not a bunch of bros telling us the news the banter is kinda what we're here for (in between other stuff but yk)
@@ashgavs Yes!! My mom's family was Jewish but not very religious and she and her brother really wanted a Christmas tree, so her mother relented under the condition that they call it a "Hannukah bush" and hide it in the corner so the rabbi wouldn't see it when he drove by their house. At some point, my grandmother learned about the pickle tradition and decided to participate. My grandmother hid that tree in the corner and that pickle in the tree until her death, upon which my mother inherited the pickle ornament and the family tradition continued.
Not German, none of my family is, but on my dad’s side, my grandma was always into hiding the pickle ornaments in the tree when we used to go to her house. There was a set number of pickles and we had to find all of them and count how many without removing them, whoever found them all first started the gift giving, picking one to give to someone
Same! It was a cool shark tooth fossil too. Loved it so much I wore it in highschool even though I wasn't allowed. Should have known I was gay back then but I didn't. I was just going through the 'I kissed a girl' wave of '08 like the rest of the girls my age, but also having those homoerotic friendships on the side and feeling so confused/betrayed when they got boyfriends. Lol like yay happy for you but hey wait no you're mine? *glares from a distance in lesbian* Edit - we should go out and get ourselves another shark tooth necklace. We deserve it. 🦈
@28:27 RELATABLE. icebreaker question at work was "what are you least excited about for the holidays?" and I was trying to think of the Socially Acceptable answer that was also true and just kept coming up with more and more depressing Not Socially Acceptable answers. somehow they let me get by without answering or even asking me my answer 🙏
i know some people use larger/normal sized pickle ornaments but my familly uses a teeny tiny pickle and we always fight to see who can find it first on christmas morning
Alayna I wanted to *gently * say that it appeared that you picked up Buggs partly with the scruff and partly supported with the other hand. In the veterinary field, fear free has shown that using scruff for restraint can increase a cats stress. I don’t even know that Buggs was stressed by it, it certainly wasn’t rough in any way. But I wanted to gently inform you in case you didn’t know and so that the “beep boops” don’t beep boop. Love ALL of you SO MUCH. Also, the grinding beans bit was hilarious
I'm a vet. I got taught this too. Basically avoid taking the scruff in your hand (even gently) unless it's part of how she likes being fussed. Cats are great at hiding their feelings. Hopefully having a therapist for a mom helps with that last part 😊 Also died laughing with this episode. And shark teeth are awesome. How often are you walking along & you just find someone else's tooth? It's so cool & weird!
@@mariannetfinches fellow vet (currently locum doing post doc spec in avian health research) here, I respectfully concur. Love the cats on here. It's so delightfully gay. Love the girls too (ofc).
loved mattea’s contributions to this episode 😭 (counter crawling, ponytail moment (non-ponytail moment), hamilton singing, lil wave at the end)
Ash, Alayna, and Mak pointing out each others Neurodivergent traits at this point is like the Spiderman pointing meme, I swear!
Lmao, truly
Alayna getting things shipped to Ashley’s address and Ashley’s reaction is the most mom and dad conversation ever 😂
Alayna subjectively asked to speak about sexuality Immediately uncomfortable. Alayna asked objectively to speak about sexuality through her ''therapist lens'" providing some distance, IMMEDIATLEY comfortable and in her element. lol...the contrast and immediate switch up is so funny to me and incredibly relatable! I get it I do...being the observer is easier than being the observed, even around the same subject. Objectivity allows us to view things that we find interesting in our lives with out the heaviness of subjective viewership and all that may come with it. It makes sense but so funny and loveable to watch happen in real time. Love you !
You might be having a stroke
I love that Mak is just a boy from the 40s with her long johns and pocket knife 😂 24:39
I laughed way too much when Ashley moaned for Alayna and I also had a moment I was thankful I watch this alone. 😂
I LOVE Alayna’s reaction to anything remotely naughty😂
Lol. I low-key feel like there's this Freudian thing going on there. Like it'd be hilarious if she was actually a dominatrix in her private life or something. Probably handcuffs her girlfriend, tickle tortures and refers to her in explicits. Without going too into detail. NOT TRYNA BE DISRESPECTFUL I'M JUST SUSPICIOUS AND LAUGHING AT THE IDEA OF ALAYNA BEING SOME SECRET TICKLE MONSTER.
Ashley: the Germans will know
The Germans: We don’t know 👀😅
true 😂
Sad but true.
I'm not German but my family has always done this tradition lol
It appears to be an American tradition that became popular mostly in the Midwest part of the country (the middle portion) and the only German connection seems to be that the original ornaments were made in Germany. The Midwest is very high in people with German heritage, so they likely picked it up, associated the "made in Germany" with "the German's do this" & it became a thing. It makes as much sense as the "Italian Dominic the Donkey" thing.
As a german, i dont know anybody who hides a pickle in the tree
As a German...I have never in my life heard about this pickle thing 😂
i was always wondering if other germans are listening to the podcast. hallo 😊
It was a Woolworths marketing gimmick. 😢
Same. And me neither ;) @mero8374 Habt ihr das Special von Ashley vor ein paar Monaten live gesehen? Da waren super viele Deutsche im Chat ;)
Ich war so verwirrt als die das gesagt hat
When I got a pickle from an American friend I was so confused. It's not a tradition at all 😂
"Is it matt rife's D.V joke?"
"They don't deliver those here"
THE WAY I CACKLED 😂
Ashley's sliding down chair exit is the way to exit. cute!
Mattea’s chaos and climbing on the counters added so much fun to the episode 😂 I’m short so I’ve always climbed on counters to reach.
Florida Park ranger here, it's super adorable seeing mak nerd out about the shark teeth!
As a German, I can't believe that the pickle thing is real. It's an urban legend that Americans believe we do this and we absolutely don't and I didn't think anyone actually does. Not to shit on Ashley's family tradition, if you enjoy it, it's awesome! I am also team real Christmas tree, but that is because I sell them, so I kind of have to. I see it more as planting a tree for X amount of years (more than you think) that otherwise wouldn't have been there instead of as cutting down a tree unnecessarily that would otherwise have stayed. That's how it is here at least.
It might be a German-american thing. I've heard of the tradition, it's fairly common here. (I'm in California)
@@CarissaWyles Interesting!
One of my most treasured memories is getting a cheistmas tree from our forest with my father and decorating it for christmas. Usually because the tree probably wouldnt make it into the new year ( because it was next to a bigger tree that would kill it ir just couldn't handle the freeze) traditions make a massive difference
@CarissaWyles I'm in CA too & we were gifted one a few years ago! It's just my wife & I usually, though, so we put it up but thats about it lol.
I've seen pickle ornaments being sold at christmas markets here in Germany but I don't know any family that actually has that tradition 😅 Sounds fun though!
the flirting between Alayna and Ashley was intense this episode 🤣
Lmao Ashley “I CAN’T today with Missouri” 😂😂
The more I watch these podcasts, the more I’m just dying laughing at all the little jokes and idiosyncrasies 😂😂 SO entertaining!!!
Mindlessly scrolling on sm, sees notification that there's a new chosen family ep, starts watching and immediately feels better and has the motivation to get out of bed and actually do sonethibg productive 🥰 thank you and all the love from Australia ❤️
Yes omg also watching from australia 😅 best part of the week for reals
@makingemi hey mak I have a shark fun fact for you, I learned in college during a seminar about sharks that the color of the teeth help to identify how old they are. If it's black it's technically fossilized and it could be millions of years old. So a grey color would be younger and brown/tan even younger. I love collecting shark teeth in Florida so your segment made my day 😊 also a great beach to go to in Florida for shark teeth is Blindpass Beach in Englewood Florida. It's smaller and usually never too crowded.
Lmao aw Mak. As someone on the spectrum, sometimes it can be just "I don't like loud noises and want shark teeth." It is a spectrum, after all! ❤ But also, no pressure. If you don't think you're on the spectrum, that's okay, too.
As a german I can say that the pickle thing is not a general german tradition, it may be a regional thing, but the only time I ever hear about it is from americans 🤷♂
I have to say, you guys have become such a normal part of my week that I have developed a huge parasocial relationship with all of you 😂 It really feels like I'm hanging out with the homies
It is Wednesday my dudes 😎 good morning!! It's another grey and drizzly day here in Cornwall, but this pod makes it feel like the sun is shining 🌞
Same in the Midlands. Horrible flooding and grey Sky's. They bring a light into the dark.
And I thought this couldn’t get any more chaotic 💀 (best part of my week ❤)
As an east german i never heard this pickle thing before, but there are regions in Bavaria and Thuringia where this is still partly the case. It is called Weihnachtsgurke (Christmas pickle).
That would make sense because that is where my family is from. Ironically the JEWISH side of my family. Some weird shit happening on my mom's side.
Really? I am from Thuringia and I've never heard of this :D
The first girl I had a crush on collected shark teeth, especially from Venice, Florida. She was so into it, I think she’d collected over 15,000. Thanks for the reminder Mak, those are happy memories!
16:34 literally my first thought when I saw the thumbnail was “this is so autistic” (I’m autistic I’m just playin)
Also self diagnosis is valid. Getting professionally diagnosed is super expensive and not everyone has the ability or privilege to receive a diagnosis. Not saying this to push anything on Mak either but if people do a shit ton of research on their own about autism and themselves and decide to self diagnose, that doesn’t invalidate people who are professionally diagnosed, nor take away from people’s “real” struggles (by that I mean all struggles are real, one person’s struggles aren’t more real than others just because a doctor said so)
Audio listeners are missing out, and I'm ok with that.
Petition to get the 'bean grinder' bit as a short! Please, that would make ALL of my days significantly better -and all the days of the people i'm sending this short to- 😇😂
as an autistic person who has been following Mak for years I've always thought she was autistic lol. and that both her and Mattea are neurodivergent in some way bc they have that unique and creative way of thinking and communicating to each other :)
I'm new to the fam so I've been watching older eps and i have to say this is by far the best ep in every way possible. The flirting btwn mum and dad, Mattea's appearance, Maks adorable enthusiasm for the most random things, the humour. WE NEED MORE AT THIS LEVEL 💛🧡💛🧡
Alayna's "well well" movie bully attempt is just too funny
Alayna's special interested joke was so good. I'm autistic, it landed very nicely
Lived in Germany for most of my life childhood and never heard of the pickle tradition, but your tangerine tradition is probably also German. On Saint Nicholas day (6th December) kids get a tangerine in their shoe
Of all places why in a damn shoe 🤢 lol
I am so glad I waited until after work to watch this, rather than just listen. This was so much chaos, but I loved it. This is the highlight I need to get through the mid week slump. Mattea climbing on the counter had me in stitches, and Ashley sliding down the chair was so cute. The more I watch you all the more I love you all and feel like I should be like that crazy great aunt every family has and adopt you all.
I am English and we used to put stockings up and always had a tangerine (or clementine), a few chocolate coins and some nuts placed in our stockings. Me and my younger brother would save some foil from chocolates and wrap random suprises for my Dad and put them in his stocking, things like pickled oions or brussell sprouts, even when we were older, he died when I was 20 (I am now 46) but if he was still alive we would still do it as I am sure he would still play along with it.
“Come, come to Kansas City” is the sweetest I’ve ever heard Ashley talk and it melted my heart
I'm imagining Mak's shark teeth mining was essentially panning for gold - as someone who's from the west
i love the flirting between alayna and ashley it is so funny
Your shark teeth were very cool, Mak!
can we have a whole ep of mak talking through the shark teeth collection please, it was so great ❤
The Christmas pickle is a myth apparently. Lots of germans don't know it and it seems to be an americanised tradition.
I feel like all the cats fit each if their personalities the best
Fulton staring at the camera
Shark teeth are cool. Show us a new one each episode, Mak! ❤
Thank you Mak for your teeth. I really enjoy stuff like that and I thought it was interesting ☺️
23:56 Reverse! Reverse! Went too far! 😂😂😂
I am from Germany and I have never heard of the pickle ornament tradition😅
Same
I've only heard it from Americans and they somehow think we do this in Germany. it's so weird
Yeah because it's something that German immigrants to America came up with in like 19th century and somehow that developed into a myth that it originates from Germany
"The Christmas pickle is a German-American Christmas tradition. A decoration in the shape of a pickle is hidden on a Christmas tree, with the finder receiving either a reward or good fortune for the next year."
I have watched every single episode and I think I laughed at least once in each of them, but I don't know why, today I laughed so much. Thank you for this episode, it was so funny and it made my crappy day a lot better ❤
29:03 anybody else hearing TJ Mack's song "pickle in the fridge" when ashley says pickle in the tree??
At your next Patreon or listener milestone, can you guys do a video of helping Mak get her passport? Please? I love this podcast so much and I love the passport bit.
Online tests for spectrum stuff isn't enough to give you a diagnosis, but it's good to indicate if it's worth pursuing a diagnosis from a more legitimate provider.
yess I just found out about the pickle the other day at a Christmas Market in Berlin
Mattea in the background🤣🤣🤣💜💜
I love your dead dad jokes Ashley!
I am guessing, but "Tangerines in the stockings" probably comes from "tangerines in the shoes" for Saint Nicolas (Sinterklaas) day, who Santa Claus was based on. It's a holiday from Flanders and the Catholic parts of the Netherlands and Germany. The day before Saint Nicolas day kids put out their shoes in front of the fireplace and add artworks they made and treats for Saint Nic and his trusty horse who walks on rooftops so they can deliver treats and gifts through the chimney. Tangerines (seasonal in late fall) and baked goods (kruidnoten, pepernoten, speculaas, ... idk the English names for these if any exist, but you can look them up on Wikipedia) are the traditional things children would get.
i was about to go back and watch the old podcasts i’ve missed but realized that matt rife was cancelled recently and wanted to find the episode that you guys would address it… bc i knew y’all would
... catching this video at 3:00 AM ... Who posts videos at 3:00 AM? Whoever you are, thank you. I needed something to watch.
Love that Mak talks about how she doesn’t know about Mercury Retrograde as Mercury just went Retrograde.
Love this pod. I know you guys are super busy and have your own lives but plz make these longer if you want 🙈
I got a call yesterday to come in to work today during our holidays shut down... sooooo here iam "working" while i watch a CFP marathon. ❤❤❤
I didn't find the "well well well" funny but I did enjoy seeing how much the well well well bit made Ashley and Alayna laugh :)
This episode needed more of everything... more moaning... more giggling... more shark teeth... more indoor parkour
Loved this episode!
We have a glass pickle decoration, for no other reason than it seemed cooky. Bought it from an artist from London. Never knew it was a thing in the US!
Oh my God my family is not the only one doing the pickle thing!!! Finally! My pickle-hiding people!
Aw Mak I live in Venice and look for shark teeth while watching the sunset. Casperson is already pretty known so you are not blowing up the spot 😂 I’m sorry they didn’t care about your interests. However I’m very glad you found some while you were here. Also st Pete to Venice is a hell of a drive for shark teeth
Well well well. Did we have beans for dinner and Nerds for dessert? 😂
I can't believe all three cats appeared before the intros.
Your interactions are just priceless!! Love watching you, your banter, humour and seriousness are just freaking awesome 💜
can confirm im a german i love the pickle tradition my family has a pickle ornament we reuse every year
Pickle tradition is the bomb don’t worry Ashley I know what it is
As a german i can confirm i wouldn't have known what the fuck you were talking about until a week ago when i read sth from an english person talking about the same thing and i found a song on youtube called pickle in the tannenbaum which is glorious and i implore everyone to go watch
Thank you I am going to look it up immediately after this
So I am from southern germany and I've only heard of the pickle about 2 years ago from social media, so I am not so sure about it being a german tradition, but maybe it is a tradition in some region.
I had to pause this for a second to recover 😂 I was listening on Spotify and Ashley mentioned maks 'altoid tin' and I was literally looking at those on Pinterest and making one at that time
This came out after the KC show. We had so much fun seeing Ashley in person.
Love from Kansas City ❤
As someone who is not on the spectrum but also shares an interest in sharks I found Mak’s segment interesting. I recently found my first shark teeth and it is an exciting thing for sure.
When I was about 9 my family took a trip to Florida and we went to the shark tooth beach and after around 3 hours of looking hadn’t found anything and right before we left I found a hugeee shark tooth about the size of half the palm of my hand it was awesome
My fam used to do the pickle in the tree! And now my home is super broken too!
I am not neurospicy, but my GF is. But Mak talking shark teeth is just so cute. I love when people get excited about sth random. It shows the little kid in us❤
the well well well thing was very funny I think you can worry less about what's funny and what's not, since you are in fact not a bunch of bros telling us the news the banter is kinda what we're here for (in between other stuff but yk)
I’m part German and just heard about this pickle thing too😂 it’s a pretty weird tradition but I honestly love it
I for one thought "WELL WELL WELL..." was hilarious!
I thought the WELL, WELL, WELL! was hilarious and even joined in. Hahahah!!! 😂
My family also gets its pickle in the tree tradition from the Jewish side of the family somehow!
REALLY???
@@ashgavs Yes!! My mom's family was Jewish but not very religious and she and her brother really wanted a Christmas tree, so her mother relented under the condition that they call it a "Hannukah bush" and hide it in the corner so the rabbi wouldn't see it when he drove by their house. At some point, my grandmother learned about the pickle tradition and decided to participate. My grandmother hid that tree in the corner and that pickle in the tree until her death, upon which my mother inherited the pickle ornament and the family tradition continued.
I was gonna listen on spotify but as soon as I heard Mattea was climbing a cabinet in the background I was like, time to go back to youtube
I am coiling up and dying (for other reasons 😈) at the thought of Alayna’s dirty talk. Teeeheeeheeee
Not German, none of my family is, but on my dad’s side, my grandma was always into hiding the pickle ornaments in the tree when we used to go to her house. There was a set number of pickles and we had to find all of them and count how many without removing them, whoever found them all first started the gift giving, picking one to give to someone
I loved this episode! One of my favorites for sure! Mak, sharks are cool! I used to have a shark tooth necklace and I lost it! 😢
Same! It was a cool shark tooth fossil too. Loved it so much I wore it in highschool even though I wasn't allowed. Should have known I was gay back then but I didn't. I was just going through the 'I kissed a girl' wave of '08 like the rest of the girls my age, but also having those homoerotic friendships on the side and feeling so confused/betrayed when they got boyfriends. Lol like yay happy for you but hey wait no you're mine? *glares from a distance in lesbian*
Edit - we should go out and get ourselves another shark tooth necklace. We deserve it. 🦈
I'm not German, but I am from NYC, and every year my family does hide a pickle ornament on the tree hahha Maybe it's just a New York thing now
Def know about the pickle ornament 😂😳my older siblings always pushed me out the way for the one in the tree
This is probably one of your most bizarrely funny episodes yet. Hard not to laugh.
This is one of the shortest episodes in a while but it's also one of the funniest so idc 😂
Like a little worm in the sun 🤣🤣
@28:27 RELATABLE. icebreaker question at work was "what are you least excited about for the holidays?" and I was trying to think of the Socially Acceptable answer that was also true and just kept coming up with more and more depressing Not Socially Acceptable answers. somehow they let me get by without answering or even asking me my answer 🙏
Loved this episode. So, so funny. You technically actually answered a question. We found out what was dinner. 😂😂😂
alayna looks so good omg (yes this is completely unrelated to the episode)
dude- I swear I've seen someone do a hamilton song near Minneapolis once - I had no idea what was happening
THE PICKEL ORNAMENT!!!!
i know some people use larger/normal sized pickle ornaments but my familly uses a teeny tiny pickle and we always fight to see who can find it first on christmas morning
Alayna I wanted to *gently * say that it appeared that you picked up Buggs partly with the scruff and partly supported with the other hand. In the veterinary field, fear free has shown that using scruff for restraint can increase a cats stress. I don’t even know that Buggs was stressed by it, it certainly wasn’t rough in any way. But I wanted to gently inform you in case you didn’t know and so that the “beep boops” don’t beep boop. Love ALL of you SO MUCH. Also, the grinding beans bit was hilarious
I'm a vet. I got taught this too. Basically avoid taking the scruff in your hand (even gently) unless it's part of how she likes being fussed. Cats are great at hiding their feelings. Hopefully having a therapist for a mom helps with that last part 😊
Also died laughing with this episode. And shark teeth are awesome. How often are you walking along & you just find someone else's tooth? It's so cool & weird!
@@mariannetfinches fellow vet (currently locum doing post doc spec in avian health research) here, I respectfully concur. Love the cats on here. It's so delightfully gay. Love the girls too (ofc).
Did the entire podcast have a stroke?! 😂😂😂 4:57
How does mak feel about eye contact with strangers?😂😂