Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata - Nicole’s Love Story: “Panties to My Heart: Under Where?”

Episode Date: February 14, 2024

Nicole has a laughing fit in the best way possible. Sasheer tries to understand why. Nicole thinks there is a pun involved in a drug store name. Sasheer doesn’t think so. Nicole had an interesting interaction with a man in an alley way. Sasheer thinks it might be an underwear fairy. Nicole theorizes that if she did take the underwear, it may have led her to true love. This reminds Sasheer of a YouTube video, “The Bread.” Nicole talks about how Sesame Street character Elmo checked up on people on social media and people are not ok. Sasheer’s favorite Sesame Street character is Mr. Snuffleupagus and Nicole’s favorite is Cookie Monster. Also, Happy Black History Month. Plus, they help someone try to encourage a friend to leave the baby at home.  Sources: The Bread-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olYYtprqZck Elmo Checks In on X-https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/31/health/elmo-checking-in-x-wellness-cec/index.html Lily, Sesame Street's first homeless Puppethttps://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46551197 Megan Piphus Peace – Sesame Street’s first black woman puppeteer.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-sesame-streets-first-black-woman-puppeteer-180980889/ Here is the quiz we took:https://www.buzzfeed.com/samantamendoza/galentines-love-life-status-quiz Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:[e-mail] Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link https://siriusxm.com/friends and code FRIENDS.

just just start just like this laughing laughing okay okay I was in Glendale wait hi Sashir hi hi Nicole okay so I was in Glendale Judith, Jordan I called Sashir at 11pm to tell her

about this yesterday because it made me laugh so hard okay so there's a drugstore and it's R-A M- a drugs so i saw it yeah do you get it jordan judith do you let them yeah let them say what they think you are they should get okay a drama i think it's a rama rama drug okay okay i i thought it was where are my drugs like where are my drugs like where are my drugs and like it's like a cool way to say it like wow where are my drugs there's no w

it's r-a-m-a yep yeah because it's a cool way of saying like like okay oh okay so last night i said to sashir i was like pretend you are shaft and that didn't work and then i said be pam greer but now i get it you gotta be night she goes are you on drugs and i was like uh-oh i'm sober right now she was also explaining it to me and i was like i just i don't think that's what they are going for and i don't i don't know if other people see that too because it really is just r-a-m-a drugs i don't know where the where is coming from and and and then at one point nicole goes well they can't like make it too obvious they can't be like r a m y drugs it can't be like my drugs because they're going to think you're thinking about your drugs and i was like you

think the problem i have with this correlation is the my. And now the fact that R-A is no way even remotely close to where. Yeah, but it's the cool way. Yeah. You know how a few episodes ago you were like, I want to have a chain of, was it Chili's, Applebee's, Burger King's. I think you should have a chain of drugstores now called Where Am I? And it's going to make a lot of money. They're going to be like, she's copying us. She took our genius name.

I really don't think so. Also. Wait, Judith, you have the page up for Rama drugs. Can you see if it explains? Is there an about section that says the name? Oh my God, that never occurred to me. I hope there is. Well, it looks like the R-A and the M-A are from the periodic table.

But it doesn't make sense. Like, it's like Radion and then like something else yeah they're just trying to they don't explain the name no no yeah established in 2020 you know things were dark and they said let's life's too short not to make jokes on your on your side i i also passed it and then was like screaming with laughter and then i had to circle back to to get my my instagram video and for me to just see it again and And I pulled into the parking lot across the street and then I realized I couldn't get a good picture because a tree was covering it and there was a man staring at me

and I was like, oh, he probably thinks that I'm trying to get a good picture or like look at the sign. And then I was like, oh no, he actually thinks I'm lost because I don't think anyone cares about this sign. Anyway, it doesn't make sense with a periodic table. It's not like a common drug. It's a pun.

They did it to have fun. Yeah, R-A is radium, and then we can't find M-A. Yeah, M-A seems to not be a part of the periodic table anymore. Oh, it's... Oh, boy. Madellungium? Madellungium. I think it's madellungium. this might be a fan made site lol imagine being such a fan of the periodic table that you make up your own you just love the periodic table

boy i love those squares and a couple letters and a long name that's funny i i like chuckled before bed i've like had a great time with this i mean we had a great laugh last night but i think i was just laughing at your retelling of this and like trying to really convince me that this was a pun of some sort convince you you're not convinced oh my god i thought you were on my side oh um wow i can't believe i mean after all our practice you even said it correctly oh my god we trained i mean i guess i can see your view of it but it doesn't mean that i am convinced that that is what the name is supposed to be saying or that's how it's supposed to be read okay here's the thing i would really like to know so i

can like prove you wrong and stick it to you but i but i don't want to like go in to my drugs and ask them about the name and then have them be like oh it's just our last name i would be crushed i would be so sad i don't want you to know either i don't think we need to investigate any further okay good yeah i boy i can't wait to see it again it brought me so much joy to the point where I was like, am I okay? Do I need to like seek more joy or something? Oh boy. Oh boy.

I mean, you said you saw someone on the street where they were having a laughing fit like in front of you. And I think that you caught the laughing fit. It was infectious. Maybe. Yeah. You just started laughing all day. I was walking Clyde and it was a nice person who may or may not have a house. I don't know, but he was wearing lime green zebra pants. And I was like, ooh-wee, baby.

That's right up my fucking alley. So I was like, I love your pants. And he's like, ah, I got two pairs. I was like, okay. I like him. He's like, got two pairs I was like okay I like him he's yeah and then uh he was carrying a box a backpack in a bag and then I was like oh should I help him and then I was like actually I don't know where his next location is and he didn't say thank you so I don't know if he's like in the frame of mind to make a coherent sentence which is you know fine

live how you want and then he dropped something out of his bag and it was underwear and I was like oh no you dropped something he was like you can have it and I was like oh I don't I don't need underwear then he was like you don't need underwear and then he just really started laughing and then I started laughing and then we had a really great time in that alley um I really liked him and i was like oh i don't know if he's spoken to anyone in a while so i hope i hope that was nice for him because it was really nice for me i'm sure it was he's probably telling people right now i talked to this lady who didn't need underwear can you believe it it was really funny though because

they were like big they were big big black panties and they fell out and then he was just like you can have them and i was like oh that's am i like you know your brain works fast but i was like oh that's really funny because like those probably would be my size but i don't need them like he's being really kind and i was like oh maybe okay i'm like really piecing this together right now but i'm like maybe he was like you can have them because he's like oh she's fat maybe she doesn't have underwear or maybe he was like some kind of underwear fairy who just like pops up in front of people and just happens to have their size and just drops it on the ground is like,

if you want it, you can have it. Don't be embarrassed. That was going to lead me to true love. And I didn't do it. Can you walk me through how this would lead you to true love? Cause that was quite a leap. I,

I once called you and I was like, I think I like you so much. Cause you accept me for me. That was a really kind and I was like, I think I like you so much because you accept me for me. That was a really kind way of being like, what the fuck are you talking about? It was so compassionate. Sometimes I'm like, am I a mental patient? And like, is this an experiment where they've let me out? Anyway.

Well, no, because your brain works really fast. And I'm like, okay, so she herself has gotten to a place from the underwear fairy to true love. I have missed all those steps. So I would like you to help walk me through your process. So had I taken the underwear and put them on, it would have like magically done something through my pussy to my heart. And then like I start like radiating something. And then it would like make me more attractive to people thus bringing me my true love and then like the first time we have sex

they'd be like oh my god this underwear i'd be like i got him from the streets and then my true love will go that's you babe i accept it do you think you have to keep your underwear on the whole time for it to work i think in this scenario i do. This is a horrible Hallmark movie. It just sounds like it would be named like the panties to my heart. But I see the franchise, though. I'm in. Or maybe like underwear? Like question mark?

Wait, should I pitch this somewhere? Where? Who would take it? wait should i pitch this somewhere do you think a hulu would be interesting maybe to be too oh my god maybe i get to star and direct my first movie it'll be for to be it'll be called under where wait what did you say jordan what the panties to my oh yes underwear the panties to my heart part one oh there's multiple parts well yeah you gotta you they want i don't know everything they want wow yeah this kind of um wild storyline reminds me of that bread video i love the bread it's the bread it's the bread it's my turn it's my turn if you haven't seen the bread have we talked about the bread video i do think we've talked about it but i think it's been like a long time god it's so if you haven't seen it

i don't know what you're doing just youtube the bread it should have more views it should have millions of views it's perfect it's perfect acting it's perfect acting. It's a perfect storyline. I don't think we could watch it, though, because it's it's a it's like, yeah, a five minute video. But these women, some of them are actresses who have been in things. Oh, I never looked them up. Is this bread fresh? Because I don't want no salmonella. You think I'm a liar? I've been selling this bread my whole life. I'm not calling you a liar. I just don't usually buy bread off the streets.

I eat the best food. Well, you've never had any bread like this. What's so special about your bread? Whenever you eat it, whatever you think about, you'll get it. Look, I don't need no magic seed bread. Just give me the bread. How much does it cost? Ten dollars.

Ten dollars for a loaf of bread? You're ripping me off. You're actually getting a very, very, very good deal. Just give me the bread. Man. And here's how I know racism is alive. If it was four white women who made that, it would be viral. I mean, straight to hollywood this would

have been already they would have gotten a movie deal yes it's so funny it's the bread it's the bread it's a cautionary tale don't be selfish don't listen to the rules selfish yes listen to an old white lady selling you bread on the street. And oh my God, I should have listened to that nice man wearing green zebra pants and put on those panties. He was probably an underwear witch. Oh my God. You were going to get your greatest wish if you just put the underwear on. This is devastating that I missed out on this.

I'm devastated. My goodness. I'm devastated. My goodness. I'm so sorry. It's okay. It's the bread. It's the panties. It's the panties. It's the panties.

It's the panties. You can't wear the panties the next day. Oh my gosh. That really got me. That was nice. I haven't seen that video in so long and i'm glad we watched it in its entirety because it's hard to describe it's very hard to describe and i do like it every time it's so funny I was up until very late last night just like lost on Instagram I had taken a little sleeping pill because I've been having trouble sleeping and uh for whatever reason the rain hits a certain

place outside and it's loud and it's like amplified and i like couldn't concentrate and i just got lost in a hole of like very you know like those cringy like accounts where they just post a bunch of weirdos yeah i got lost just like scrolling through that and i was like wait why is this cringy they're just having a really nice time is this cringy they're just having a really nice time they're just having fun like what kind of fun well um a lot of people dancing pretty poorly okay um i there was one group that was on there a lot and i think they're a wolf pack and their name is their names are alpha beta hunter and like q or something but then i got confused because then one of them two of them were like really huggy huggy and then she kept calling him her broski so then i was like

wait is this cringe because she's dating her brother and then i like was in the comments but everyone seems to know who they are and they're just like commenting on like oh i didn't know that they added somebody new and i was like wait what is this how is this like a a saga of like aggregated content but it's not all in a row but people all know and then i was like maybe it's just a bunch of people staying up late getting lost in this like cringe hole maybe i have like a weird algorithm on my twitter right now where it just keeps showing me videos of like bad accidents like oh no and i think most of them people are okay but it'll be like unbelievable this plane crashed into a farm but everyone's okay or like uh like look at this crazy like four car pile up on this highway and then a boulder from a mountain oh no but everyone's okay but everyone's okay nobody died um did you see elmo on twitter was like how is everyone and everyone was like not good

that was very funny yeah elmo opened up a can of worms he really did and then all of the sesame street characters were tweeting they were like yeah check up on your friends and someone was like this is like the avengers of mental health These puppets are like worried about these human adults being like, God, Elmo. Someone wrote, they were like, every morning I wake up hoping I can go back to sleep. Every Monday I hope it's Friday. And this is every single day. I was like, damn, that's dark. Yeah.

Damn. Elmo's tweeting Jackie on his friends. I mean, receives a flood of distress responses. Life is hard. Oh, boy. I mean, life is hard. And there's truly very few mental health services

that are accessible. It's wild. People are drowning. Yeah. In like debt and stuff. Not like literally. People are drowning. Yeah. In like. Debt and stuff. Not like literally. You got it?

Yeah. Do you think that they knew. This was happening? I don't think so. I simply. I don't. I don't. I don't think the social team.

At Sesame Street. Was like. Wow. People aren't okay. Yeah. But. I mean. but i guess maybe that's like nice because because they're also just like well we're glad we're asked and we asked and this is like a good example of how you need to check it out on your friends and maybe they'll do more stuff about mental health or something on the show or like in their publicity stuff i that would be that would be good because you know kids still see sesame street and i think it would be good to instill in kids it's like

oh if you're not doing okay you should reach out to people and also you should check in on people um because i always love it when a friend is like hey how are you and if even if I don't want to like get into it, it's like nice to know that they asked. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I've never once been like, get out of my business. Oh, let me be sad alone. Oh, let me be sad alone.

Let me go to my bed and cry alone. Maybe I'll do that. But the text is nice or a call is nice. Yeah, I agree. And also, or a call is nice. Yeah, I agree. And also, it's raining here in LA. I say, check on your friends. Some of us don't do well in this weather. I simply

don't. I need the sun. I do not get it. Yeah. It's not nice waking up to the rain. No. It's like, I don't know how people in Seattle do it. Exactly. Why do I have to get up? What's the point? up to the rain. No. It's like, I don't know how people in Seattle do it. Why do I have to get up? What's the point?

What's the point? Oh, no. Elmo's got to go check on me. Who's your favorite Muppet? Or not Muppet. I'm sorry. Who's your favorite Sesame Street character growing up? Hmm.

Snuffleupagus. I did love Snuffleupagus, but I loved Cookie Monster. Oh, yeah. Cookie Monster was so funny to me because I was like, he's simply not getting nutrients. He isn't consuming.

He's just eating for the sake of eating and i really identified with that yeah it's funny how the cookies just fall right out of his mouth yes he's wasting and maybe that's why they call him a monster because no other children can have cookies because he's eating them all and wasting them that's funny you know he's eating vegetables now what the fuck i i don't know i don't know if he's given up on cookies but i think he's added vegetables to his diet nobody asked for that what that's his whole fucking thing he's not the vegetable monster i what i'm beyond I'm beyond upset. I don't like that. Not my cookie monster.

Not my, not my cookie monster, truly. What, some fucking crunchy mom was like, that's not healthy for my kids to see a monster eat cookies. He's a monster. Monsters eat cookies, children eat vegetables. That's all you have to say to your kid. That's pretty funny. You're not your kid. That's pretty funny. You're not a monster.

You're a child. Yeah, you're a child. You're a human child. That's funny. Well, what? I mean, I'm really upset about this. I love Cookie Monster. Wait, who are the rest of them?

Big Bird? Ooh, I did like Oscar the Grouch. I love that he lived in a trash can. I said, that is it. That's funny. That is very funny. I do like Oscar. Elmo.

Elmo. Zoe. Bert and Ernie. Oh, yeah. I love Bert and Ernie. The Swedish chef. Oh, yeah, Grover. Oh, yes. The Swedish chef. Oh, yeah, Grover. Oh, yes.

Count Von Count. Wait, Kermit? Kermit's not a Sesame Street character. Maybe he stopped by? Oh, Mr. Snuffleupagus. I didn't realize that he was fancy. Oh, so proper. Wow. snuffleupagus i didn't realize that he was oh so proper wow baby bear prairie dawn hoots the owl

now i don't know who that's oh yeah two-headed monster i remember two-headed monster irving baby natasha gonger stinky grungetta i don't know virginia virginia who are these people who's gone again gone again looks wild oh mr noodle i don't know i don't know i don't know them at all. Wait, who's Abby Cadabby? Looks like a little fairy? Yeah. I'm not into her, I don't think. Hmm. She looks a little bit wild. Yeah, she looks a little too wild.

She looks like a kid who would bite you. You know what I mean? Like little teeth. You're like, get off of me. Isn't there a homeless puppet? Oscar. No, Oscar has a home. The trash can is his home.

I feel like they made like a, yeah, Lily. She's the first homeless puppet. Poor Lily. Seven years old. Oh. God, that's so sad. Oh. Lily is a seven-year-old girl whose family comes to stay with friends when they lose their apartment.

She tells fellow Muppet Elmo about her situation while the pair paint a rainbow mural saying, sadly, I'm not sure I want to paint anymore. Okay. They're using the color purple, the same shade as her old bedroom. And she has to leave her room behind. We don't have our own apartment anymore. We've been staying in all different kinds of places wow that's sad that was in 2018 oh i like that further down they're defending oscar the grouch because he chooses to live in a trash can oh on social media

some fans joke that the lovable grumpyumpy, bin-dwelling character Oscar the Grouch, who debuted in 1969, has been homeless since the Vietnam War. However, since he chooses to live in a dustbin and sings a song called I Love Trash, this is likely to be his own choice. I love the clarification. I mean, I love Oscar. Look how dirty he is. He's so dirty. loves trash he loves trash he loves being angry boy sesame street was such a good idea i'm glad it's still going me too yeah it's a perfect show i would like to be. Have you been on Sesame Street? No, I'd love to. I would like to, too.

There is also a black female puppeteer who joined a few years ago. I don't know her name, but she also voices and puppets a black female puppet. Oh, I love that. Yeah. But I also, I didn't know the puppets had a race i thought i thought honestly i thought everybody on sesame street was black oh interesting just like arthur is black megan fifus or pythos megan pythos peace she joined as a full podcast member she has a puppet name

yeah it does sound like a puppet name Megan Piefus Peace self trained ventriloquist and puppeteer grew up watching the sock puppets on lamb chops play along did you watch lamb chops play along. Did you watch Lambchops play along?

I don't think I did. What? Lambchops play along where kids come to sing along and da-da-ba with you. There's like a couple theme songs that are just in my brain forever. That's one of them. I don't know all the words. And then the other one is Arthur. You didn't watch Arthur,

did you? I didn't. See, you had cable. You had cable. I had other options. I did not have cable. So I grew up watching Arthur,

Wishbone, Ghostwriter, all those fun PBS shows that are very wholesome. They're very fun. Yeah, this is Lamb Chop. Oh, I do remember the sock puppet. With that curly-haired lady and that insane-looking puppet.

It looks really insane now. It looks dead. What? Clyde has a Lamb Chop toy. It also looks like they took one of your eyelashes and put it right on the sock. LOL. That's very funny to me.

I'm like, I'll help you make this puppet. Here, stick this on there. Here you go. I picked up a sock and here's the eyelash. I guess the Wiggles are like the modern day adults who talk to children. But I don't like those Wiggles. I don't know anything about the Wiggles. They're like people who dress in primary colors and I think sing to your children.

I think that's all they are. So, Shira, happy Black History Month. I know it's deep in it, but we're recording on the first day of it. And I just want to say, happy Black History Month, my black friend. Happy Black History Month, my black friend. Judith, happy Black History Month, my black friend. Happy Black History Month, my black friend. Jordan, thank you for being here.

Happy Black History Month, Jordan, an ally. Happy Black History Month to all of you beautiful women. Jordan, I think you need to say, Happy Black History Month, you beautiful blackies. I'm just kidding. Don't say that. Don't set Jordan up like that. Don't say that to Jordan.

I know, I know. But it would make me laugh. And probably offends a lot of people. But it would be like, tee-hee-hee, right on to Jordan. I know, I know. But it would make me laugh and probably offense a lot of people, but it would be like, teehee, right on to me. Right on to me. now do you want to do a quiz based on the theme of today which is valentine's day or galentine's day depending on how you celebrate yes i'm down for either okay um we know the state of your love life and what's to come for the next year based on your Galentine's Day. The first letter of your true love's name. Pick some hits from the 2010s.

Okay, I would like to know what's going to come for the next year. Yeah, let's do that. Oh my God. What? I'm just excited to figure out what's coming for the next year via BuzzFeed. You thought something was wrong? Yeah, because you're kind of like grabbing your head. A lot was happening over there.

Okay, something's been happening lately where I don't realize what I'm doing and I'm just doing things. I was driving home once and I didn't turn on the street I needed to turn on to go home. And then all of a sudden when I realized where I was, I was like, I'm on the other side need to turn on to go home and then all of a sudden when i like realized where i was i was like i'm on the other side of my house i just took i took the long way home because i just like zoned out but i was looking at the road it was like i magically was where i was and then where i wasn't supposed to be it was Yeah. Maybe we should do some grounding exercises when I come over. What? You think I need to ground myself? I mean, that's probably a good assessment.

I would be interested to know what a grounding exercise is. Is it just standing? I think there's different ones, but we can look them up and see what you like. Okay. Okay. I have candles that I need to light, but I don't, I like the last few nights.

I was like, I don't feel like I'm in. Oh, I guess grounded is a good word for it. I was like, I don't feel grounded enough to like, uh, manifest what I'm wanting.

So I keep putting it off. So maybe I need to grab myself a little bit in life before I can light my candles. Okay. We know the state of your love life. And what's to come for the next year based on your Galentine's Day? How many friends? Sorry.

Did Bad Bunny. Is that a picture of Bad Bunny? Did he make this quiz? That is a picture of Bad Bunny. But the name next to it is Samantha. Oh, alright, Samantha. Sorry, I just got

distracted. I was like, does Bad Bunny know what's coming? Yeah. How many friends are attending? Two to three. Four to eight. Nine to twelve. It's 8. 9 to 12. It's just me, LOL. I mean, I don't have Valentine's Day or Galentine's Day plans,

so I think it's going to be just me, LOL. I would say, well, we're planning a Galentine's Day, right? I'm not doing that. Whoa. Oh, okay. Why? a galentine's day right i'm not doing that whoa okay um why oh i was doing like real life and i thought that was like a choice everyone had made no no i just i uh we can just pretend to make a galentine's day like a theoretical galentine's day this is funny i was doing this for real i and i don't know why because i do all of these quizzes like it's for real

all right you don't you're making up scenarios in your head because sometimes they're like make an italian meal for breakfast and and then i'm really trying to make an italian meal that i would eat for breakfast this is really I'm really trying to make an Italian meal that I would eat for breakfast. This is really interesting. We really do attack life wildly different. I mean, I guess I do think about like, yes, like how would I answer this or like how would I do it? But I'm not actually. I guess, yes, if I was really planning a Galentine's Day, I would have two to three people there.

Or four to eight. Okay, okay. But I'm not saying what, I'm not judging this on the realistic Galentine's Day we could potentially be having. Because nothing's been planned. I am doing this wrong. Okay, now that I understand the rules of BuzzFeed quizzes two years in, this feels like when I asked who has the phone number or who has the phone and everyone just paused and they were like, what are you talking about?

Okay, so I still can't believe there isn't a phone. Okay, so I'm going to say four to eight. Okay, I'm also going to say four to eight. Oh, God. Am I dumb? Are you hosting? Yes, of course. No, it's at my friend's house.

Choose the color scheme for the part. What? Oh, those are the only options I see. Yes. Oh, okay. In this theoretical Galentine's Day that's not real and doesn't have to happen uh yes of course i'm hosting i gotta say no it's at my friend's house

okay love going to someone else's house and leaving yeah choose the party no choose the color scheme for the party. This is like a lilac scheme. It's like, it starts with like a really pale purple and goes to like a mauve. And this is different. It's pink and it starts with a dark pink and fades to a light pink.

This is red. It starts with like a kind of basic red and then goes to like a burgundy color. This is like a millennial pink situation where it's like light pink, a darker pink, and then it like fades to like taupe or gray. It's nasty. This is kind of like a sherbert-y pink where it's like a pinky pink that goes to another pink.

I don't know how to describe it. It's okay. This one is also pink, but mauves and plums. I'm definitely picking purple. It's at my house. I love purple. You love purple. I think I'm going to pick...

I'm going to, you love everyone. I think I'm going to pick. I think I like that first lilac-y situation. That's what I like. Yeah. I have a quick question. I was trying to describe to someone what my like uh design interior design aesthetic is and if someone like 20 30 40 years from now came into my spot and then like was like oh they she made choices what kind of what do you think they would label my design choices as definitely maximalist and

i don't really know terms for design but like fun young uh bright uh patterned textured yeah because i was worried about i was like oh i wonder if like all the choices i've made will be like dated and then my friend we were watching this show called restored and she was like for your house to be dated it would have to be something that people were doing at the time your house is so fucking weird and no one else is doing what you're doing. So there's no way it can ever be dated. And I was like, oh my God. So it's just like weird forever.

Oh, Jordan said eclectic. I like that. Yeah, I like that too. Yeah, I like that. It's just, yeah, it's unique to itself. Yeah, and I was like, oh my God, that's so fun. I have a timeless house. A timeless weird.

A timeless weird house. Okay. Choose some decor. Balloons. Flowers. Candles. Sparkle backdrop. Heart confetti.

Banners. Hmm. sparkle backdrop heart confetti banners hmm well i'm gonna do a sparkle backdrop that's nice and probably keep it up for too long um i like a banner that's fun oh that is. So in case anyone forgets where they are, they can look up and go, oh, I'm at a Galentine's Day party. Exactly. I like labeling things. Choose a plate setting. Okay. This one's like traditional.

It's like white and gold. This one is cutesy. And it's got like a pink tablecloth pink plates little flowers surrounding the plates and the glasses this one is a choice it's like green but there is a heart so you know it's about love and friendship and stuff and then a glass of water. This one is very like Valentine's on the nose where it has like a heart table spread,

a big heart in the middle, roses on everyone's plates, and crystal glass. I'm going to go with that last one, with the heart runner. I'm going to do the green last one with the heart runner. I'm going to do the green plate, even though you described it with such disdain. Well, I'm just like, why did you even try?

But it's like minimalist and I think it's cute. And I like the green because it's not like red just feels like it's an emphasis on like romantic love for some reason. But green just kind of feels like anything. Well have to remember this is all theoretical so that could be in purple because you chose purple as the theme sure and purple hearts that's not love that's courage is it oh did you just repeat this up what no i didn't make it up they give you purple hearts for like wars and stuff and being courageous oh yes okay yes yes yes yes i'm not crazy i just didn't know if the color purple was dedicated to courage i guess the purple is dedicated to courage the movie and the award. What drinks are you having? Pink gin lemonades.

Grapefruit limeades. Pink lemonade. Wow, what is lemonade, big lemonade sponsor in this quiz? Sangria. Butterfly tea. Prickly pear martini. I'm picking that prickly pear martini. I'm picking that prickly pear martini.

That seems like fun. I think I would do the grapefruit limeades. They sound tasty. Oh, okay. What music are you listening to? Pop, chill, classical, country. what music are you listening to pop chill classical country i feel like you're gonna say chill i was actually gonna say pop

because like fun it's like girls day you know yeah you're right i mean i'm going with pop too imagine you went to someone's galentine's day and they were playing mozart i'd be like i got it i got a head on out yeah like why is this what's the sleepy vibe going on i would want starters are you cheetah girls music yes cheetah girls what starters are you having french fries at what at a party who has if someone ever put down a plate of french fries for what at a party who has if someone ever put down a plate of french fries for me at a party i would say get a fucking grip they're not good either you got them delivered and they're cold and rubbery or you made them in the oven and they're dumb and weird or you made them an air fryer and they're simply not enough because they don't have enough room in air fryers and you're

going back and forth air frying fries. Nachos. Charcuterie. Veggies and hummus. Spicy olives. Street corn. These are the weirdest starters. Yeah, I feel like charcuterie is the only the only acceptable one yeah yeah i'm gonna say veggies and hummus as much as i would love someone to bring me nachos

like i just can't fathom eating nachos in my house and not at like Guy Fieri's restaurant. That's not true. You love nachos. You ask John to make you nachos all the time. And he doesn't do it. So that's why I'm having a hard time fathoming it. You're right. You're like, this is not realistic. No one will bring me nachos.

For my birthday, I asked for nachos and he didn't make them. Or no, for Halloween, I asked for nachos and he didn't make them. I'm excited for Halloween this year year it's coming around the corner remember last year when i said june was around the corner i was like not at all my lease is up it's around the corner in june gotta figure out what kind of car I'm going to get. Not even close. Can I tell you something really quick?

Boy, I'm bouncing all over the place. Did I take my medicine? I don't know. Anyway, I was driving my Mitsubishi 3000 GT, my 94, and this man on the highway raced me. And I was so excited i was like this man saw a cool fucking car and was like let's see if it can zoom zoom so i threw her in power mode and i fucking flew it was so fun it was exhilarating and i won for a little bit but then i was like oh we're getting kind of close to cars so and mine is a 94 and this is a new lexus and i was like their brakes are better than mine and i just know it

and they're factory tires and they're older um but i was like okay i'll just i'll let you win but i did win for most of it but then i remember what ben diesel said he does it he's like it doesn't matter what happens during the race. It just matters who wins. And I was like, fuck, I didn't win. But I did win for a little bit. And then I was like, I'm not in Fast and the Furious. I don't know why that came up, but I needed to tell you that. I'm glad you did.

How do you know when a race is starting? Did you guys make eye contact? No. Because he was behind me and then got close to me and then on the side of me and then shot off. And I was like, oh, we're definitely in a race. So then I sped up and then inched forward ahead of him. And then he inched forward and then I inched forward. And then we got too close to the cars. And then he like flew away and then swerved a little and then like was on his way.

Because when you go too fast, sometimes you like a little control and then you're like oh shit i gotta stop racing this car is nowhere near me anymore that's scary nicole it's so fucking fun i used to do to my dad's car all the time because he had a v8 engine and would go so fucking fast and this is like the mid-2000s and cars just didn't have as much power as they do now they weren't as heavy and uh didn't have as big engines uh so like i would just floor it on the on the highway it's so fun i'll take you worse but they have less visual but there's less people on the road so you can fly i don't know even if there's less people on the road you can get an accident. Okay.

That makes sense. I mean, like, I'm glad it was a thrill, but it doesn't make me feel good to hear this. Wow. Okay. So I guess I won't tell you any more of my Vin Diesel dreams. Okay. Just be safe on the road, please. I was safe.

I guess I could. Just do it on a track as opposed to on the road, please. I was safe. I could take you to a track. Oh, yeah. I guess I could. Just do it on a track as opposed to on the actual road. With your old car with old brakes. I love her so much. She's so cool. I mean, it was like the first time I've driven her where someone acknowledged how cool she was. Also, like, I'm not convinced that's what happened. This person might

just been going fast and then you were like we're in a race and they had no idea oh they knew because they got further ahead and slowed down that's what always happens when you're in a race you've just never been in a race to traffic no i haven't either okay so if you're like really going going going you'll like slow down when you get closer to traffic, but then you'll hop lane, hop, and then figure out a spot to go fast again. And they didn't do that. They just slowed down because we were in a race. Listen, you're not taking this away from me with logic or like other people think differently

than you. Nope. I was in a race and i almost won it okay you're in a race thank you um because that just makes me question everything i've ever thought while driving um and i simply don't want that no you were you were in a race you're nice thank you and you almost won thank you you haven't you've never been in a race like at okay so you've never like tricked someone into a race where you're like both at a red light and you keep inching up to be like i'm gonna really take off

and then you like take off hard but then like slow down and then they take off real hard and shoot fast and then they go so fast and they have to slow down no you've never tricked someone into a race someone out there knows what i'm talking about judith and jordan apparently don't no one's like yeah i know i guess i don't like play with my car like that i just kind of want to get to where i'm going safely that's so wild that you're not having fun in your car. I'm having fun at all times. Yeah. I had a curb yesterday and I squealed.

I was so excited. Okay. Main course meal. Because I was off-roading, but I didn't have to go anywhere. It was a curb. There are places we can go where you can get your kicks, where you can get this thrill in a different car

or even in your own car, but not on an actual road where there are actual obstacles and danger. Yesterday, I parked half on the curb, half not on because I got too far and I was like on the curb and then I just got tired.

I was like, oh, and then I just got tired I was like oh it's a jeep whatever are you are you what is should you be driving right now what is happening I think so I think I'm fine I just it was okay so I was parallel parking and it was really hard for me to get in the space and then I like was up on the curb and I was just like, I give up. You've never just given up? You've never just given up while parking and been like, well, at least I'm on the curb. So I'm not in the road. Wait, are you saying your tire was on top of the curb or just like really close touching it? No, my back tire was on the curb.

I certainly have never. That's one not even happened to me. And if it did, I wouldn't give up. I wouldn't be like, well, I guess it just stays on this curb. Have you guys ever done that and given up? It's a Jeep.

It's whatever. Jeep. It's meant for off-roading. I've never done that. I'm also very proud of my parallel parking but i've never done that i've given up but i just would ask somebody else to do it so if a partner or friend i'm like you do it thanks they do it i've done it like three times like in my jeep and then like once in my civic it was like on top of the curb yeah and i scratched the bottom of it in my Jeep and then like once in my Civic.

It was like on top of the curb? Yeah, and I scratched the bottom of it. Of course you did. It's not that high off the ground. Nope. That Civic went through a lot. How fast were you reversing in order for that to even happen? Pretty fast.

Okay. I get pretty confident and sometimes will whip into a spot and then run over the curb. I just want to get it done. Parallel parking is so hard. I feel like everyone's judging me. Main course meal, I'll never say how I feel about driving again.

I'll never talk about how I drive again. Because everyone's like, you're such a bad driver. And I'm like, I'm not. I'm good enough. I'm having fun at all times. I don't think it's that you're a bad driver I think your enthusiasm for fun is making you reckless oh no wow oh my god I mean everything you just described it sounds really reckless

but i've i've never been in like a real accident i mean it only takes one time for it to be real and bad like it doesn't be like oh i had a history of accidents that's why i got an accident anyone get an accident at any point i backed into a dumpster because i don't look behind me when i back up okay i don't know why you think i don't know why you're surprised at the looks on our faces now i do now i look behind me i use my mirrors i don't turn all the way around like a weirdo you could what's the point i have mirrors why am i twisting my whole fucking body to see behind me my sister likes the mirrors can't reach i can't see it better if i turn my whole body around my sister literally twists her whole body at the waist around and she is like backwards i'm always

like you don't have to do all that you can just use your mirrors has she ran into anything? Not that I know of. I was once driving in a scene for television and they were like, okay, now pretend you're backing up. And I just looked at the rear view mirror and they're like, pretend you're backing up. And so I just like kept adjusting my hands on the wheel

and they're like, look behind you. And I was like, what? Why? I don't do that. And I didn't realize people, like everyone does that. Do you do that this year? Judith and Jordan, do you guys do that and i didn't realize people like everyone does that do you do that

this year judith and jordan do you guys do that yeah twist yeah well i mean but here's the thing i i now own a newer car and so it has a great backup camera so i don't have to do the twisty i see it on the camera and that works but that's exactly what i was taught driving school you twist your body all the way back because you don't know who's behind you you can't always see everything in the mirrors so yeah i agree with uh jordan i definitely twist it around i don't have a newer car with the camera behind it so i'm gonna be twisting until the end of time because this car is paid off so god that's so wild to me just use the mirrors guys main course meal sushi pizza greens and grain bowls steak hamburgers pesto pasta pasta. I'm just really

confused about this. I'm not making burgers for people who come to my house. I'm also not making a steak. Oh, okay. Catered? Oh, okay. We could order this. You're right. All of this is orderable. Oh my god. Yeah, you don't have to

make it. Maybe I do need a grounding exercise. I'm just losing my mind. Okay. I'm going to say sushi. I think that's good food. That is good food. Time for dessert. Time for dessert. Time for dessert.

Macaroons. Chocolate covered strawberries. Red velvet cupcakes. Conversation hearts. For dessert? Sugar cookies. Chocolate lava cake. If anyone just gave me little candies and said eat up i would be livid

that is really rude i would be so mad i'd be like i'm never coming here again um duh chocolate covered strawberries what is this quiz what are we doing the galentine's day thing but what's the end of it what's it gonna tell us what our love life looks like the next year oh yeah yeah yeah okay What's to come next year. I've just gone on so many tangents. I'm really sorry. I would pick the red velvet cupcakes. I love red velvet.

That's a good choice. Yeah. I like red velvet too. Mm-hmm. What movies are you watching? 10 Things I Hate About You. Notting Hill. Mamma Mia. 13 Going on 30. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Clueless. Clueless. I love Clueless. I love 10 Things I Hate About You. That's what I would watch. I don't know if I've ever seen it.

I love it. Thanks. Perfect. What's another favorite movie of yours? I recently made you watch Houseguest, which is my favorite movie. Yeah. A goofy movie. Kill Bill 1 and 2.

Oh, yeah. I knew these ones. Oh, my best friend's wedding. Ooh, that is a good one. You're chasing him. Who's chasing you, Jules? I like that scene. And last question. Is this a sleepover?

Obviously. Only with some of them. That would be so rude. I would be livid if people were lingering as i was leaving and i'm like are you sleeping here i don't know no way no way go home yeah also no way we all have yeah i can't yeah we have beds i love my bed um i also can't imagine like living in the same town as someone and then being like, I'm just going to sleep at your house. Unless it was like, I'm going to sleep at your house to help you like clean up in the morning. But also it's like, no, I can't be trusted. I'd have to sleep over if I said I was going to help someone clean in the morning. This is Nicole's results. results a dream whether you're already in a relationship getting in one or are single and ready to mingle this is your year to succeed in maintaining a happy and healthy relationship okay buzzfeed i'll sue you if that doesn't come true i also have a dream wow whether you're already in a relationship or getting one or single and ready to mingle, this is your year to succeed and maintaining a happy and healthy relationship.

Everyone probably gets this. Imagine you get to the bottom and it's like, you're not going to get anything this year. I can't imagine BuzzFeed doing that. It'll be a bad year. It'll be a bad year. It's not good. We should answer one singular question. Let's do it. Hi, Nicole and Sasheer. I just listened to the episode when you guys came back from Africa. And I listened to the caller ask about one of his friends in his friend's circle was the first one to be pregnant.

friends uh in his friend circle was the first one to be pregnant um i have kind of similar questions but i guess it's kind of also very different um one of my friends in my friend circle first friend to get pregnant um had the baby super cute um she just, and, uh, her husband, they bring the baby kind of everywhere. Uh, for example, we went out to a friend's birthday party, went out to a brewery and, uh, they brought the baby. Uh, we have a couple of wine nights, uh, with some girlfriends and it's not implied that the baby can't come, but she kind of brings them anyway. And I don't know if there is a nice way to go about saying, can we just hang out with you?

Is it possible for you guys to get a babysitter? Can somebody watch them for a couple of hours? I just wanted to pick your brain a little bit to see what the best kind of avenue is to bring that up in discussion. Because like you guys said, I don't want to cut her out of plans. I don't want to cut her out of any sort of thing that we're doing. But if the baby keeps tagging along, then we kind of have to consider that in the plan making

and i i don't really think we should kind of revolve the plans around if they or if they won't bring the baby and like not let us know um sorry if this got kind of long thanks so much is this baby like a bad hang or something does it like kill the vibe like what's going on this baby has really wild political views um this baby stands on ukraine and palestine is wild everyone's really uncomfortable uh no i absolutely get it it is wild to be like uh-oh uh we planned you know a drinking night and baby's here um i would just ask i would be like hey because i mean i stopped asking like who all gonna be there but like sometimes i'm like who all going to be there? But like sometimes I'm like, who all going to be there? And you could just be like,

Hey, we're doing this. If you're the one inviting and then be like, just like, uh, can you give me a heads up if the baby's coming? Um, cause either we can start like an hour earlier or whatever. So we get like maximum friend time.

Um, or if you find out your friend is going, it's like, is the baby coming? Um, and you can always just be like, Oh, I'm going to bring the baby something to find, you know.

Yeah, I'm guessing that when parents do that with a newborn, it's because they don't want to feel like they can't hang anymore or feel like they can't be part of the group of course i'm still young and fun i can still be a part of the group i just happen to have a baby nothing's changed guys i just happen to have a whole little human and that's a short little guy i have to carry him around he's like drunk already he's basically a puppy yeah yeah

and I think I guess I don't know how old this baby is but it may be too young to get like trust a sitter

I actually have no idea when people start you can only have a baby at any age with a sitter yeah yeah I have babysat babies that are like two weeks old three weeks

yeah they're just itty bitty and they're funny and you're so cute is our caller does our caller want this baby to stay home or they just want heads up that the baby is coming out they want the baby to stay home It sounded like they want to hang with just the parents. Okay. You can offer a babysitter. Maybe it's a financial thing where it's like, I do want to hang, but like we can't afford a babysitter right now. You know, this baby is really expensive. So maybe just be like, hey, guys, I this night. Um, babysitter, my treat. Uh, yeah, that might be a nice thing, right?

Yeah, I think so. Um, yeah. My one thing in my head is saying like, what if you like presented an option or a couple options with the assumption that they do want to leave the kid home so like hey we're planning to like hang out on saturday is there a time for you that works where he won't have the kid or like is there like uh i don't think you say it like that i know i know is there any like, uh... I don't think you can say it like that. I know, I know. Is there any time of the day that your fucking kid will be doing something fucking else?

Or you could just say how you feel. Like, I was hoping to hang out with you guys. Like, I'm so happy to be around this kid. Love being a part of its growth. I miss you guys as, like, my friends, not as parents. Is there a way that we can hang out that works for you where it can be just

like the adults. And then we'll figure out some other hangs where the kids can come at some point. Yeah. I think that's nice. It's like oh I just miss you. You guys. And I love your baby but can we just do a hangout? Just the three of us.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, I think either talking about it or, yeah, just being like, I'll pay for a sitter. I really like that idea. That's like a nice treat. But then sometimes people are like, oh, you want to hang out with just me? You going to pay for my sitter again? Some people don't understand treats treats and they think treats are forever

that is a good point um yeah maybe don't make that don't make the offer first but i think opening up the conversation will hopefully give you more insight to what is even happening with them because maybe they'll be like oh the reason we don't get a sitter is because of X, Y, and Z. Or maybe they just actually don't think there is an issue bringing the baby at all. And maybe if you just bring it up, they're like, oh my God, my friend misses me. I didn't even know. I didn't know they wanted to have hang time without the baby. I didn't realize that bringing the baby would make it different. Okay. Let me figure out a different thing so that i can have at least a couple hours just as adults or whatever because maybe they'll they can provide a solution

of like well the baby goes down at this time you can come over after and it'll just be us etc you know they'll figure it out but yeah yeah yeah i think communication is key communication is key to a lot of things this is true and which is interesting but also interesting you have to learn how to communicate because you can't just be blabbing what you're thinking you gotta have some tact you all have to mitigate feelings isn't that crazy that's so crazy wow i went from unhinged to existential you really did in a matter of seconds now call us this year at gmail.com 424-645-7003 if you've got a question we also have merch at pod swag.com slash best friends we also have transcripts of our new episodes check them out on our show page at Earwolf.com.

Lastly, don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe. That is the easiest way to support this show. Well, Sashir, happy Black History Month. Happy Black History Month, Nicole. Did you know black people invented hockey?

Bye! Wait, is that true? Yes, bitch. Right up in Canada. Black people. They created modern hockey as we know it. Whoa. I had no idea.

The more you know. The more you know. Bye. Bye. Wait, was that on key? It was a key. I don't know. I don't know I don't know sounded good

yeah I enjoyed it that was pretty good