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- 0:30Speaker 1: exploration those old scenes. You know, the things that your
- 0:34Speaker 1: family and friends would always come up with, and they
- 0:36Speaker 1: usually came from out of nowhere. Sometimes they actually make sense. Well,
- 0:41Speaker 1: they had to start somewhere. They don't just come out
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- 0:46Speaker 1: And how? Some of those old sayns are not only ancient,
- 0:49Speaker 1: but they still carry a powerful punch even today. In fact,
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- 1:02Speaker 1: but lessons in life. My name is Arrow. Lost your marbles?
- 1:09Speaker 1: What you mean? My father wasn't the only person who
- 1:12Speaker 1: always asked me, dude, have you lost your marbles? Historians
- 1:15Speaker 1: say such a phrase sounds silly, but it also carries
- 1:19Speaker 1: a pretty sharp punch. It actually has two main origins.
- 1:23Speaker 1: I mean, let's break it down. Marbles have always been
- 1:25Speaker 1: associated with the mind. No wonder the eighteen hundreds were
- 1:29Speaker 1: on fire with things to say about marbles. It was
- 1:32Speaker 1: the essence of something valuable or essential. Losing your marbles
- 1:37Speaker 1: miant without control. Other sharp phrases it's been attached to
- 1:40Speaker 1: includes losing your bearings or he's not all there. Lost
- 1:46Speaker 1: your marbles is said to have normalized a sense of
- 1:49Speaker 1: lost control. It's actually given us a safe way to
- 1:52Speaker 1: admit strain. Plus, it reinforces the idea of sanity is
- 1:57Speaker 1: something you can drop. Sow has lost your marbles? Even
- 2:01Speaker 1: been around for two hundred and twenty five plus years, Visually,
- 2:05Speaker 1: we can see what we're hearing. We can see someone
- 2:09Speaker 1: losing their marbles. It's non technical, ever so slightly playful,
- 2:14Speaker 1: and it's not a threat. I mean we're used to saying, Ooh,
- 2:18Speaker 1: they must be having a mental breakdown. Nah, they've lost
- 2:21Speaker 1: their marbles, opening the door to talking about emotional limits.
- 2:26Speaker 1: It's something our parents would say have you lost your marbles?
- 2:30Speaker 1: I'm Arrow,