Hello internet. I'm your husband host to Travis McRoy and boy. Oh boy. Are you in for a special treat today?

Oh my goodness. So this is the maximum fun dot org block party special episode of Schminners.

What does that mean? You're asking, well, the maximum fun block party is a new thing.

We've started where it's your chance to check out shows that you've never checked out before a maximum fun

and maybe share a show with a friend that you think they would like, but they've never known where to start.

So if this is your first time listening to Schminners, let me give you a little explanation of what the show is.

So my wife Teresa and I talk about things related to etiquette and culture. Now wait, wait,

wait, please don't leave. No, wait. I know what you're thinking. Why would I want to listen to a show

where I'm just going to get judged for not knowing my manners, right? Well, that's not what our show is about at all.

And in fact, what we've discovered over the years of making this show is a lot of etiquette is about

giving yourself a roadmap to navigate social situations easier. So for example, in our small talk

episode, you know, it was all about like when you're at a party, these are the subjects you should

talk about. These are the subjects you should not talk about. If someone says this, you can say this.

And once you've done this, you can leave. And I don't know about you, but having those kind of

concrete guideposts to follow, make those situations a lot easier for yours truly. Not only that,

we also do biographies of really amazing people that I'm betting you probably don't know about or

at the very least you don't know the entire story. We talk about the history of specific things like,

you know, why are handkerchiefs the way they are? How did wristwatches evolve? That kind of thing.

We also have done a special series about idioms. And idiom is like, let the cat out of the bag, right?

These phrases that we say all the time that have an implied meaning. We talk about the origins of them,

what they actually mean, what they used to mean. And now they mean all that stuff is one of my favorite

parts of it. It's a really, really fun show. And the basic structure is Teresa knows what she's

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