When is it too soon to ask if you're going to eat your pickle? This, and other questions for the ages come up in today's episode. Ashley & Lauren gossip about some wild busybody-supplied 23 & Me gossip, and Lauren introduces us to some truly verbose, loquacious, pleonastic, well....WORDY local copywriting. Ashley nearly weeps over the Chinese spy balloon, we discuss aerial phenomena and "spy shit", and we issue our FIRST (but likely not the last) public apology. Oh, and we squee over Alan Alda and his meet-cute with his beloved wife. Tangents include Ashley forgetting Justin Trudeau's name, the nature of language and existence, and whether your bare foot is squee-geeing around inside Vibram toe shoes. *shudder* As always, visual aids, supporting documents, & Top Secret files are on our IG feed. Tell us your small gossips or dating woes at [email protected], follow us on Instagram & TikTok @babepatrolpod, and on Patreon at patreon.com/babepatrolpod.