Second Helpings: Picking the Correct Utensil for Mac and Cheese, Spelling Like an Australian, Lingering Past Closing Time, and More

Were You Raised By Wolves?

Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Etiquette, manners, and beyond! This week, Nick and Leah are enjoying a well-deserved break, but they'll be back soon with an all-new episode. In the meantime, here's one of their favorite episodes from the archives in which they answer listener questions about picking the correct utensil for mac and cheese, spelling like an Australian, lingering in stores after they're closed, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)

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QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS:

What is the correct utensil for eating macaroni and cheese?
Should we let our best friends know in advance that we plan on giving them a Christmas gift?
I'm an American living in Australia...should I use Australian spelling rules?
When driving down a busy street, is it proper to slow down to allow cars to exit parking spaces?
Is it rude for customers to stay in a small store past closing time?

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Nick.
0:00.9	And it's Leah.
0:01.9	Real quick thing before we get going.
0:03.7	Did you know that we have a new benefit on Patreon?
0:07.1	I did know.
0:08.1	Yes.
0:08.5	So if you want an ad-free version of our show, you of course can continue signing up for Wolf's Plus exclusively on Apple Podcasts.
0:15.7	But you can now get the same benefit when you join us on Patreon as a moon howler or higher.
0:41.7	A moon howler. I just want to be a moon howler. I am a moon howler. You are a moonhaller. Yes. Yes. You are the very definition. You're the model moonhauler. Boy, do I moon howl. Also, you're not only getting the ad-free version. You're also getting all of our Patreon content. Oh yeah. I mean, there's tons of bonus content, which you've never seen if you haven't joined us on Patreon. So please either join us on Wolves Plus through Apple Podcasts or join us on Patreon. Come moon howl. Hey there,
0:48.7	it's Nick. And it's Leah. Real quick thing before we get going, we are on a break this week.
0:53.5	But as Nick says, we would never leave you empty-handed.
0:56.7	Of course not. Would we do that? That would be so rude.
0:59.5	So rude.
1:00.4	So we found the perfect episode from the archives just for you.
1:03.6	And let me just say the opening question on this.
1:06.1	Yeah.
1:06.4	I could not think of a question of bigger magnitude.
1:10.2	Yeah. We have gotten so much feedback on this.
1:13.7	And by feedback, I mean, I mean, I mean feedback. Yeah, people have very strong thoughts.
1:23.1	Very strong thoughts. Yeah. I mean, I cannot tell you, I think my DMs still have responses to this episode.
1:29.5	What's funny is that we're opening ourselves up again, but it's kind of really fun.
1:32.8	Bring it.
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