Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show fellow ridiculous historians.

Thank you, as always so much for tuning in.

Let's hear it for the man, the myth, the legend, our super producer, Max Fabio Williams.

Who I?

Hello, fellow.

I actually have my hair down right now.

Oh, man.

Don't tell HR.

It sounds like I'm as the Sopranos referring to a sex worker.

I mean, I got to rock the 24 inches of hair that I'm calming right now.

And for a good cause, maybe, because if you get tired of it, we know you well, you are the kind of person to donate to something like Locks of Love. That's the plan. That's been the plan for about three years now. Yeah. But you said you found another organization that you prefer. Uh, yeah. It's, um, what is the name? It's like, it it's like wigs for kids, I think, is the name. If that's not the name, then I, you know, I don't know what. Same thing. The plan has always been to donate the hair because it was like, COVID was coming around and it was like 10 inches long. I was like, oh, I'll just keep growing it and then donate it out of COVID. It's a commodity. It looks good. You grew it yourself. And also like, you know,

it's been like what? I was like, oh, I'll just keep growing it and then donate it out of the covet. It's a commodity. It looks good.

You grew it yourself. Then also like, you know, it's been like, what, four or five years since that point. So, yeah, yeah. It's been about four or five hundred degrees here in Atlanta, only just now starting to turn to the proper fall. Fall hath fallen, y'all, and I'm here for it. Yes, we are autumnal, and I've been bullen.

That is Noel Brown.

And here at the end of summer, we are heading into autumn in our fair metropolis of Atlanta metro area.

We thought we'd celebrate with a pretty weird idea, Noel, something kind of meta that's been on our minds because, you know, over the years, you and I have explored all sorts of

bizarre people, places, and events throughout history.

And I think it's fair to say that our North Star has always been. What makes this specifically ridiculous?

Sure. Yeah, for better or worse, sometimes more than others, but we do try to not, you know,

do a story that's just purely a bummer. They try to have some sort of ridiculous lift in there

somewhere, but it's true. And, you know,

I never, you know that both of us are fans of etymology and are always wondering where words

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