The Norah and Dad Show

Prom Queen

• Norah Hyman and Jon Hyman • Season 1 • Episode 20

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It's Norah's prom. Tune in to hear Norah talk all about her prom weekend — her gorgeous dress, her date, the lack of any prom king or queen, and why we both strongly believe in dishwashing at home and at work.

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Dad:

Hey, Nora,

Norah:

Hello dad.

Dad:

what are we going to talk about this week?

Norah:

And this week we are going to check prep prom.

Dad:

Welcome back to the Nora and nacho, I'm dad and I am and I'm here. Oh, and I'm here with Nora. Hey Nora,

Norah:

Hello dad.

Dad:

me off. You're stealing my thunder. How are you?

Norah:

I'm pretty good. Tired.

Dad:

You have had quite the busy week. Why, why don't you fill us all in with the busy-ness and craziness of what a 15 year olds, mid may weekend looks like,

Norah:

I had prom and then I had to work and I had to do homework.

Dad:

You had to, you, you had, you had to work first. You worked you worked Thursday right? You worked Thursday. Yeah. And then,

Norah:

hours though.

Dad:

and then you prompt on Friday and then you. I Worked

Norah:

Saturday a lot.

Dad:

and then you homework all day today, Sunday, we usually record not to, not to destroy the mystery of our little show here, but we usually record on Sunday evenings.

Norah:

Or Monday's

Dad:

yeah, Maleah Sundays or Mondays, they

Norah:

how many hours did I work yesterday? I got there at 3 55 and I left at 9 55. I worked for six hours yesterday.

Dad:

worked for six hours. That's, that's some serious at some serious, like your mom. And I stopped up last night for a glass of wine at the old wine cellar in Olmstead falls, Ohio nudge, nudge, wink, wink, people should

Norah:

Come visit me

Dad:

and it was jamming lasts.

Norah:

and we were short a dishwasher, so I was doing dishes too

Dad:

you're really good at it at home. So I imagine you're really good at, at work when someone's

Norah:

well, and it's kind of easy at work too. It's much easier than it is.

Dad:

What makes, what makes it easier at work?

Norah:

We have, well, cause you don't have to like scrub.'em like, like you didn't have to get all the stuff off of them because it, but then there's a sanitizing fluid and you dip it in the sanitizing fluid.

Dad:

I was going to say it. You make it sound like you don't clean the dishes. When you

Norah:

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's not, not. We, we rinse all the food off of them first and then we scrubbed them with soap and then we determined the sanitizer. Uh, I kinda just let them dry on the drying rack until we got really busy. And then I had to kind of dry them in between so I could wash stuff. And at the end of the

Dad:

your boss, your boss, not going to be real happy if you make it sound like you're serving people on dishes that you did not clean all the

Norah:

No, we clean all the food off of them. I would eat off the dishes. It's just easier than I, I guess. No, I guess that's probably the same as at home because it's like, we, cause we use the dishwasher, so we scrub it clean. We don't use soap at home, but we soap it there.

Dad:

we don't use soap. We clean up dishes with soap, throwing.

Norah:

now when they go to the dishwasher,

Dad:

Oh, yeah, but if they're not going to go in the dishwasher, we certainly clean our dishes with soap. That's

Norah:

yeah, I know I do the dishes.

Dad:

I know, but all of our listeners, now we're going to think those, those they're nasty. They don't use soap to clean their dishes. We absolutely use soap to clean our

Norah:

No, we don't.

Dad:

Stop,

Norah:

We don't, we never, we actually never clean our dishes. Anyways. We just have piles and piles of dirty things. There's bugs, crawling all over them.

Dad:

I guess to be fair, like who's coming here for dinner. So if they all want to think that who cares, right.

Norah:

I guess

Dad:

it's not like people are coming here to eat dinner, so you okay there, you had a hair on your tongue,

Norah:

it's really short hair. I don't know. I don't know whose hair that was. It was really short.

Dad:

Uh, it was probably Dante. Cause you had him up swinging him

Norah:

No, it was black. It was like Zoe hair.

Dad:

You'd have black hair

Norah:

It looked like a Zoe hair.

Dad:

Okay.

Norah:

It was like a really thin dog hair type

Dad:

Okay. It wasn't mine. I don't have any hair to give

Norah:

Nobody has black hair in our house.

Dad:

No, not, not me. So prom on Friday, you. looked gorgeous. Number one. Um, if people want to catch a look of Nora in her prom dress, go to Nora and dad's show on Instagram. There is a lovely picture that one of Nora's friends took and then sent the Nora who

Norah:

No right. Ryan sent the check that

Dad:

or whatever. I think you said, I thought you said

Norah:

no, Ava took them on a run at night together.

Dad:

Ah, okay. So Ryan, uh, the boyfriend took the picture of you, which is a gorgeous picture. And so that's up on the Instagram. People can go to Nora and dad show on Instagram, and, uh, check out, what you look like in your very, very, very pink, prom dress, which was interesting choice because you're not,

Norah:

I like pink.

Dad:

you haven't been a pink person for a long time.

Norah:

Not until like last year I was, I was like, pink is too. I'm too cool to like pink, but I really

Dad:

I mean, you were, you were a pink. when you were like a toddler and like a little child, you were really into

Norah:

yeah, my

Dad:

You, you had like a bubblegum, hot pink. bubblegum bedroom. Your favorite Disney princess was the pink. one, Aurora

Norah:

I felt like a roar on Friday.

Dad:

you look fantastic. You had flowers in your hair, you had, a very gorgeous pink dress. you. look fantastic. So, so what do high school kids do nowadays at prom?

Norah:

I don't really know. I don't. I feel like I am not one of the normal high school kids. I don't really like dances. so I mean, we, we ate food and then me and Ryan kinda just like went outside and talked.

Dad:

Do they have, do they still do, did they start? So It was

Norah:

It was really,

Dad:

other, any other day for the two of you, is it for dressed? Really fancy and it. cost me a lot of money.

Norah:

Yeah. Like I probably wouldn't have gone to prom, but I wanted a fancy dress.

Dad:

Would you have gone even without the. Like, would you have gone just if it were just like you and your friends,

Norah:

Probably not.

Dad:

because most of your friends didn't have

Norah:

No. They went with each other. Um,

Dad:

Which is, which is, which is a new thing. Like when I was or newish, I think like when I was in high school, we only had senior prom your high school, cause you're only in 10th grade, but nine through 12, the whole upper school goes to PR or gets to go to prom.

Norah:

Yes,

Dad:

Yeah. So my high school only seniors. went to prom. Um, And yeah, only seniors. Well, my, my high

Norah:

normally juniors and seniors.

Dad:

but my high school had 4,000 kids.

Norah:

Oh, well, Lakeridge has a hundred kids in

Dad:

Yeah. My high school, had a lot of kids. Um, but yeah, but it was, we, they had a junior prom that I didn't go to. They had a senior prom that I did go to, but like I needed a date because people just didn't go in groups. Like you went with it. If you didn't have a date, you didn't go to prom.

Norah:

Yeah, I wouldn't, I don't know,

Dad:

I couldn't even tell you now the name of my, like I don't remember the name of my prom date. I couldn't, I know she had red, hair, but I

Norah:

like red, like ginger hair or like dyed red hair.

Dad:

oh, no, no. Like red, like ginger red hair.

Norah:

I love ginger hair. It's a.

Dad:

could not for the life of me tell you what her name was. Um, she was a friend of a friend. We went, we had a. I would say a mediocre time problem. Cause it was like a, it was like a first date for both of us. Um,

Norah:

mean, I think I would prefer as Ryan and I both, like, we both just prefer to like, stay at home, but it's like, it's like fun to go for like a little bit.

Dad:

do they still do, like prom king and prom queen? Is that still a thing?

Norah:

that happens at like every school except for Lakeridge. I think, I don't know. It doesn't happen at Lakeridge.

Dad:

one D do you know why?

Norah:

No, we're different. I don't know.

Dad:

Well, you've definitely different. Yeah.

Norah:

Um, we do gift cards instead. He put your name in a raffle and you get gift cards. Oh no, maybe that was just something this year. I didn't get a gift card, so,

Dad:

Oh,

Norah:

but. I'm trying to think if other, I mean, like I've seen other schools do prom king and prom queen, just because like on social media,

Dad:

and you don't do it. You don't have like homecoming homecoming, king and queen.

Norah:

court. I know a lot of schools do homecoming court though.

Dad:

Yeah,

Norah:

We

Dad:

maybe Lakeridge doesn't want to, maybe there don't. want to promote popularity. I think the whole thing stupid anyway, like a giant popularity contest to make the most popular kid in school feel good about being the most popular kid in school to me is really

Norah:

I don't really care. It

Dad:

would have voted for you. I would've voted for you for prom queen.

Norah:

Well, thank you. I wouldn't have voted for myself.

Dad:

No. Who would you have voted for?

Norah:

Not me.

Dad:

No, why not? I would have voted for

Norah:

just don't wanna vote for myself.

Dad:

I think you deserved. I think you deserve to be prom queen.

Norah:

know who I are. Everyone had really pretty dresses. Oh, the listeners don't know who Kashi is, but Kashi had a beautiful dress. It was very pretty

Dad:

I saw a picture, that is on your Instagram, which to listeners can't see. Cause it's pride that, um,

Norah:

is pro should I make it public

Dad:

Uh, it's up to you. I don't care.

Norah:

that you.

Dad:

well I know, but now you're 15. I don't really

Norah:

Oh, I'm going to make

Dad:

mean, let me, let, let me re let me rephrase that. I care. Like, I don't want like, creepers, like all up in your

Norah:

Well, I'll tell you if there's keepers, I've told you if there's creepers

Dad:

I know, I know you will.

Norah:

I'm going to make it public. Now everyone can go follow me. Now

Dad:

You wrote, you wrote a whole song about creepers up on your business on Instagram. Yeah. So like I

Norah:

follow normal amount,

Dad:

No, not guys girls.

Norah:

the guys as a gender neutral.

Dad:

Oh, okay. People

Norah:

Yeah, I wasn't saying like men follow me, you know, it was just like listeners follow me.

Dad:

men, men stay away from the, from the daughter please? Yes. She's she's 15.

Norah:

I don't like men very

Dad:

Yes. You don't like men very

Norah:

No.

Dad:

You're um, I'm a man you're dating a man.

Norah:

Well, you're my dad's whole different.

Dad:

Your brother's a man,

Norah:

No. It's just like, like,

Dad:

your uncles are

Norah:

not like

Dad:

Oh, well, yeah,

Norah:

I trust stranger woman.

Dad:

like really?

Norah:

Well, not a lot, but I trust them more than I trust stranger man. Like if I was like in a dangerous situation and like, if I had just been like kidnapped and I ran away, I would go to a woman's car before we go to a man's car.

Dad:

I think that probably makes sense. I'm not sure it's any safer, but I

Norah:

it isn't because I'll tell like this one serial killer couple Lord pupil in Myra Henley. She did all the capturing and Ian Brady did all the killing because people trusted her, even though she was really scary Looking, let me show you what you

Dad:

heard about my Myra,

Norah:

Myra

Dad:

my, my Iranian.

Norah:

Myra and Ian brown. Yeah. They're the ones who the Smith's song is about.

Dad:

Yeah. Right.

Norah:

She's scary looking.

Dad:

No I'm down. I'm down with Myra

Norah:

No, you shouldn't be there. They killed five children.

Dad:

Yeah. They probably had a co they, they She's

Norah:

really scary looking.

Dad:

she's, she don't know. I just see your that's rock and

Norah:

Isn't she scary looking?

Dad:

Yeah. So people should, what, what's her name, Myra? What

Norah:

No, don't look her up. She's weird. Meyer

Dad:

Alright, Myra Henley. Myra Henley, and her creepy hairdo for the

Norah:

doesn't look as creepy, but he still looks creepy.

Dad:

so prom was problem was okay. You're glad you went.

Norah:

yeah,

Dad:

Okay.

Norah:

I was really tired afterwards.

Dad:

you know, No decent food, no dancing for

Norah:

No, dancing for me.

Dad:

Not even like one dance went, Ryan, like not one, like a slow dance, like a nice little like huggy, like slow dance with

Norah:

if they played any slow dance.

Dad:

Um,

Norah:

I don't know, it was really loud in there. No one was wearing their masks and it was also really hot out. So I just wanted to take my mask off.

Dad:

And then no, no. After parties,

Norah:

I would have fallen asleep. I fell asleep on the way to Ryan's house and then we were awake for like 30 minutes and then I fell asleep.

Dad:

But there were, I'm assuming there were like your school doesn't do school. Doesn't do after. prom either. So there's just people have house parties. I right. I think,

Norah:

Yeah. I, I mean, I heard of, um, I wasn't invited to any,

Dad:

oh, I'm sorry. I know you wouldn't have gone but I'm sorry. You should've been invited.

Norah:

That was okay.

Dad:

Okay.

Norah:

They're juniors and seniors, and really hang

Dad:

Oh, okay. So next year, when your friends, when you're a junior, there'll be after parties and then you'll come get invited to not go. Right? Fair enough. Fair enough. Um, and then schoolwork all day. Uh,

Norah:

Saraj go to,

Dad:

she didn't,

Norah:

I thought she did. Oh, that was the, the, the musical party.

Dad:

that was the musical party. They went to like two in the morning and I had Saraj was our exchange student who lived with us when you were in

Norah:

an adult now, which is a

Dad:

she was in touch. She is an adult she's, she's a 23 or 23 year old adult. Um,

Norah:

my age. That's so weird.

Dad:

I know. Um, but yeah, but after the musical close, they had their cast party that went way later than she thought it was going to. And, uh, I got really mad because she blew her curfew by like two and a half, three hours.

Norah:

she didn't have a ride. Right.

Dad:

didn't have a ride or cell phone died and I had to call, um, some strangers home, uh, who I did not know to say I was looking for my exchange student, who I knew was there. can you please find her and put her on the phone? This wasn't like two o'clock in the morning. Yeah, it was a very uncomfortable, it was uncomfortable for everybody. She thought we were shipping her back to Germany because of how mad I was. And I just didn't want to have to call her parents and tell her parents that we had lost. there. We lost their Docker

Norah:

This is, that's why we, um, have, those at school now.

Dad:

The cast parties.'cause I got mad because I got mad that one time

Norah:

No it's because Ms. Rodriguez, well, I thought it was like, those was of COVID, but we kept doing them at school afterwards because Ms. Rodriguez who's the theater director at Lakeridge. she didn't want to stay up that late or didn't want people staying at that lake. So if anything happened, she'd be responsible for it. like someone like fell asleep at the wheel or if after she left at people, Took things out that aren't illegal or that aren't legal. Um, so they're at school now and they go to like 11 or 12 and then it's more organized

Dad:

much bigger fan of that than the coming home at two o'clock in the morning from someone's house. Yeah. So you're down, you're in the homestretch kiddo. You got what? Like, uh, not even, I mean, you're almost, you're pretty much done with classes. three days. of classes left a couple of

Norah:

Well, I have my four day final thing for history, which all this week I have my paper for English the next Monday, which I haven't started yet because I haven't finished the book yet. Um, and then my math final and my I'm, I'm a certified chemist, but actually not almost out of my chemistry thing. I still have the whole other box to make, but I have one box done.

Dad:

yeah, they, they, they can't see it

Norah:

I know. I'm very proud of it.

Dad:

but you're doing like a crime, like crime scene diorama, which is really cool for your, forensics case and chemistry class, which is super cool. Um, and then you have,

Norah:

over

Dad:

yeah. And then you have one, one exam. Next week and that's it. And then you're a junior.

Norah:

yours. And then I'm 16.

Dad:

Then you're 16. I know a big birthday coming up.

Norah:

What are you doing for my sweet 16 throwing the biggest banger in Berea.

Dad:

There will not, there will be no, there will be no,

Norah:

Who big bang.

Dad:

there will be. There will be no bangers.

Norah:

That was such good alliteration.

Dad:

It was fantastic alliteration. but there will be no bangers. no, you said you wanted to go to Barrio also starts with a B, we're going to have a,

Norah:

big bang or at Barrio

Dad:

we're going to have a big banger Barrio for the five of us.

Norah:

yes.

Dad:

Yeah. It'll be a big, yeah, it'll be, uh, it'll,

Norah:

more than a junior scoop.

Dad:

it'll be a, it'll be a bitch and banger at Barrio.

Norah:

Am I allowed to swear,

Dad:

I have, I don't know why

Norah:

birthday bang or at Barrio?

Dad:

bitch and birthday. I don't think that's swearing.

Norah:

Well, I don't know.

Dad:

I think you were okay.

Norah:

podcast?

Dad:

thought you were going to drop the F word. Don't

Norah:

not going to pull a Donovan home in here.

Dad:

Yeah. Don't don't don't drop the F word. We appreciate that. Um, yeah. All right. So all in all good weekends,

Norah:

Yes.

Dad:

you're ready for the homestretch. Ready for summertime.

Norah:

Yes.

Dad:

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. All right. Any parting words on the old Prama Ru,

Norah:

Um, it was fun. It was more fun than last year.

Dad:

do you know that you know that every week when I say any parting words on you always pause for a second and you go, and it was fun.

Norah:

Not every week. I'm sure. I didn't say like getting rid of abortion was fun.

Dad:

No, that wasn't probably. And maybe when you talked about your time in the mental,

Norah:

Yeah. That was fun.

Dad:

That that, um, that I don't think you said that was fun. but usually when we're talking about something like not heavy, and I say any parting words, you go, it was fun. It's my normal impersonation. How did I do

Norah:

My voice is not high. Is it?

Dad:

it? Was it, was it? Yeah.

Norah:

No,

Dad:

Yeah.

Norah:

no.

Dad:

It is sorry. My voice isn't that deep either, but yeah. Sorry. right. Well, we will see everyone next week. if there are topics you would like to hear us talk about on a future episode hit us up at Nora and dad's show at g-mail dot com. while you're over on the old Instagram, checking out the picture of Nora from prom, uh,

Norah:

look up my things on

Dad:

At Nora and dad show, give us a follow while you're over there as well. Um, and then I'm sorry, what your, your Instagram. is? What now?

Norah:

Normal Mao or Nora Marine music, or just fall both

Dad:

Yeah, you got, you got two we'll we'll add them to the, well, there everything's in the show notes. So I'm not going to tell

Norah:

now

Dad:

to the show notes.

Norah:

public account. This is

Dad:

Go to the sh go to the show notes. They are all there and we will see everyone next week. Love you kiddo.

Norah:

lovey to.

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