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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2018
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  • @ThoseTwoBrits1
    @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety +65

    Hey Guys! Thanks so much to everyone who has donated to our KoFi page. It's enabled us to take this channel further and keep producing 3 videos a week for you. In the autumn we'd love to start going to 4 videos a week (I know!) so you're support would really help us get there quicker! You guys are amazing and we really appreciate the support even if that's just watching and sharing our videos! www.ko-fi.com/joelandlia

    • @isabeldelgado3331
      @isabeldelgado3331 Před 6 lety +2

      Being British: Joel & Lia They're for your school pride and you can buy your own, and I don't think about a mom when I wear a mum. Also they can be smaller but the people who want to show that they have more pride where the bigger ones I guess 😐 ( I also didn't know that it was just a Texas thing so thanks for that)

    • @mckenziehovda3932
      @mckenziehovda3932 Před 6 lety

      Being British: Joel & Lia you should react to weird things people in Portland Oregon do. Trust me I dont live in the weird part, but the Portland modo is literally "keep Portland weird"

    • @Hammster69official
      @Hammster69official Před 6 lety +2

      It's okay - I've lived in Texas my whole life, and I find this s*** scary.

    • @rubencanas4230
      @rubencanas4230 Před 6 lety +3

      Lol, cheerleaders outfits,the girls in you country don't use bows,do you not have school there either, a senior is someone that is about to finish high school,ok freshman first year of high school, softmore or wise moron 2nd year jr 3rd year senior last year,no you pay some one if you can't, you get it for your girlfriend,yes,school pride,no I bought it for my girlfriend,cause boys wear garters, no it's not,not funny, and,yes,lol it is, 85 for my girlfriend, I still have my garters, someone spent 400 on one,in Texas football is king, not offended just explaining,I don't get the either they are children,I don't know why I wrote this you don't read it any way, don't worry I'm a fan for life I ain't going nowhere

    • @jackielanes7179
      @jackielanes7179 Před 6 lety +4

      I think what needs to be made clear about Americans is that we will find any reason to celebrate... even if it’s making silly crafts to wear at a homecoming football game that most former students don’t actually go too.

  • @genesisfranco9577
    @genesisfranco9577 Před 6 lety +321

    Joel doesnt know what a senior is in high school but it made me laugh that he's wearing a shirt with the word "freshman" on it😂

    • @kkobejohnsonj
      @kkobejohnsonj Před 6 lety +12

      Genesis Franco I was thinking the exact same thing😂

    • @ThoseTwoBrits1
      @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety +38

      Literally no idea what a freshman is either!!!

    • @genesisfranco9577
      @genesisfranco9577 Před 6 lety +16

      @@ThoseTwoBrits1 you replied ahhh!!💞 so basically Freshman is 9th grade, sophomore is 10th junior ,is 11th ,and 12 is senior in high school

    • @kathryntaylor83
      @kathryntaylor83 Před 6 lety +5

      like they said High School is 4 years long which are ages from typically ages 13/14-17/18

    • @valeries2037
      @valeries2037 Před 6 lety

      I can see that, especially since the only thing I thought of when I saw his top was the song "The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe from the 90s lol. (Then, again, this is always what I think about when I see Freshmen/Freshman lol)

  • @smj112
    @smj112 Před 6 lety +298

    Texas is big on homecoming. It's a down-right competition on who can have the biggest, best mum. I haven't got a clue where pictures are of me with my mum, but I can tell you it was BIG and extremely gaudy. 😂 #ProudTexan

    • @AkizaStone
      @AkizaStone Před 5 lety +1

      I love mum's tho they do drown my money 😂 when it's Homecoming week.

    • @noya7775
      @noya7775 Před 4 lety

      Well here in the north (VT)we didn’t get to make these I feel robbed. But they do say everything is bigger in Texas 😁

    • @laurenhills239
      @laurenhills239 Před 4 lety

      Terri Ellis dont feel left out... they are annoying to wear bc they are heavy af and loud bc people put bells all over them. Oh and they can be itchy too... most people only wear them bc the peer pressure is so real to have one

    • @mamabear1458
      @mamabear1458 Před 2 lety

      For real!! I love homecoming season!!! Texas, go BIG OR GO HOME

  • @nataliahernandez6778
    @nataliahernandez6778 Před 5 lety +310

    It's just, pure, Texas fun. You don't have to understand it. You don't have to like it. It's just high school kids enjoying being teenagers. It's, downright, gaudy, and super, super tacky.... But hey, it's fun. #ProudTexan 🤗

    • @Aah_3
      @Aah_3 Před 5 lety +4

      Natalia Hernandez yeessssss

    • @benkenobi834
      @benkenobi834 Před 5 lety +3

      Exactly

    • @invizz0ninja
      @invizz0ninja Před 5 lety +1

      Hahaha oh gosh, I know what you mean. Ive seen really big mum's. They're crazy haha

    • @kimberlys8422
      @kimberlys8422 Před 5 lety +1

      Vote for Beto O'Rourke

    • @invizz0ninja
      @invizz0ninja Před 5 lety +8

      @@kimberlys8422 I'm not voting for that fool.

  • @olivia6302
    @olivia6302 Před 5 lety +152

    am i the only one who’s getting lowkey mad abt how they’re bashing homecoming mums? it’s so fun how can they do this😂

    • @xxnishallxx4352
      @xxnishallxx4352 Před 4 lety +13

      OMG I was pissed watching this! #ProudTexan

    • @myriamivonne_
      @myriamivonne_ Před 4 lety +5

      Olivia Sharpe ME TOO,i find it “baffling”

    • @spd8997
      @spd8997 Před 4 lety +9

      Me too they’re being so disrespectful lowkey

    • @tarynmoore5821
      @tarynmoore5821 Před 4 lety

      Anima Simmer lmao

    • @andyangulo7260
      @andyangulo7260 Před 3 lety +1

      Come on guys, take it in stride, it is too funny, we guys wear one flower and girls get a full garden!

  • @hdrd333
    @hdrd333 Před 6 lety +160

    This isn't offensive at all! I'm from Texas & grew up doing mums and this is hilarious. It IS super ridiculous and we can laugh at ourselves that we still do this tradition 🙈

    • @ThoseTwoBrits1
      @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety +4

      haha Heather you're amazing! Love ya

    • @kevinraney2935
      @kevinraney2935 Před 6 lety +9

      We sort of did the same thing in Tennessee except everything is bigger in Texas soooooo YA'LL WIN! Those things were huge!

    • @hdrd333
      @hdrd333 Před 6 lety

      Kevin Raney 🤣🤣

    • @mandamandamandayeah
      @mandamandamandayeah Před 6 lety +4

      I love that Texas has it’s own bizarre culture. I didn’t realize until I was an adult that other people didn’t have mums. Lol

    • @hdrd333
      @hdrd333 Před 6 lety +1

      mandamandamandayeah I didn't either!! I thought everyone did it!

  • @laceydean8426
    @laceydean8426 Před 6 lety +90

    As a Texan, we cant even explain it. It's just something we do!
    Also its called a mum because they were originally made with real chrysanthemums (the flowers)

    • @laceydean8426
      @laceydean8426 Před 6 lety +1

      Also, I had a giant one my senior year. I was also in the homecoming court. (I was just a duchess I didnt make princess and didnt win queen. But I was announced at the homecoming football game good times) maybe I'll find a picture of my mum lol

    • @qwiglydee
      @qwiglydee Před 6 lety

      duchess/princess/queen?
      what on earth happens there at the homecomings!?
      p.s.
      do mums of the ranks differ?

    • @laceydean8426
      @laceydean8426 Před 6 lety +3

      @@qwiglydee Maxim Vasiliev all of the organizations in the school (NHS, drama club, band, sports teams.... ect) all nominate a duchess. Then the students vote for 6 of them to be the princesses. And then we vote again for homecoming queen.
      Mums are not based on that. Usually the boyfriend will buy a mum for the girl. The bigger the better. Lol

    • @bibospice2001
      @bibospice2001 Před 6 lety +2

      As a Texan I have never done this ever

    • @bacchusendo9032
      @bacchusendo9032 Před 6 lety +4

      not every teenager in texas does it or feels compelled to. speaking for myself, I wasn't involved in a lot of extra-curricular activities in highschool and just hanged out with the rag-tag, mish-mash, of peeps that didn't do anything other than go to school everyday. I do remember this though as being something that usually only the people who were cheerleaders and involved in other shit at school would do. too much damn work if you ask me.

  • @tcphll
    @tcphll Před 6 lety +47

    I grew up in Texas. The pressure to ask a girl to homecoming and giving her a nice mum was a big deal. I really never realized this wasn't a nationwide thing, even after living out of state for many years. It wasn't until watching this that it occurred to me that it really isn't a thing where I live now.
    I love your channel for how you give an outside perspective of things I just take for granted.

    • @smileychess
      @smileychess Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah I grew up in Idaho and have never heard of these mums. We had homecoming, but to this day I still don't totally understand what that is (I was one of those anti-social nerdy kids, we all just got together and played video games while everyone else did dances and social stuff).

    • @hollyharvey1986
      @hollyharvey1986 Před 2 lety

      It is a thing in Louisiana, Alabama, Oklahoma and some of the Southern States

  • @sugarbaby547
    @sugarbaby547 Před 5 lety +62

    lived in Texas all my life and I was unaware that we are the only state that does this. and yes this is a big deal...
    head on over to Louisiana and your brain will explode...talk about culture shock...it's a whole other world..

    • @johnsontb1
      @johnsontb1 Před 5 lety +3

      sugar baby We do this in Oklahoma too.

    • @RobertoVelazquez-nb6qg
      @RobertoVelazquez-nb6qg Před 5 lety

      sugar baby and on Louisiana you give her like a flower for her hand and yall both dress up VERY elegantly EVERYBODY ties and shoes and jackets and in my school in Texas nobody does they wear like a normal day’s clothing

    • @amyhodge7977
      @amyhodge7977 Před 4 lety +2

      It's done in Arkansas too.

    • @hollyharvey1986
      @hollyharvey1986 Před 2 lety

      @@RobertoVelazquez-nb6qg no, they have the “Homecoming Court” in Texas where everyone who was selected for Homecoming Court is dressed in ball room attire. We save the dressing up for the actual announcement of our Queen and King and right before the Homecoming game. During the week of Homecoming, schools usually have a “theme” in which they dress to everyday to make it fun. But just wanted to clarify us Texans that are selected for Homecoming court and those that plan on attending the dance, as well, do dress up in formal attire.

    • @jessicatovar2641
      @jessicatovar2641 Před rokem

      Actually, they do it in Southeastern New Mexico because we're more Texan than New Mexican

  • @jackhanson508
    @jackhanson508 Před 6 lety +317

    Hi, American here.
    I have no idea what's going on.

    • @tpinkstaff402
      @tpinkstaff402 Před 6 lety +16

      I'm with you I have no clue

    • @tpinkstaff402
      @tpinkstaff402 Před 6 lety

      I'm with you I have no clue

    • @firefly24601
      @firefly24601 Před 6 lety +11

      Same. Totally baffled.

    • @joshuahuffman4851
      @joshuahuffman4851 Před 6 lety +10

      Grew up in Ohio and lived in Texas for 7 years. Texas mums are ridiculously huge. First time I saw it I was shocked

    • @beckymoran321
      @beckymoran321 Před 6 lety +7

      Never heard of it!

  • @jwb52z9
    @jwb52z9 Před 6 lety +185

    Mum comes from Chrysanthemum, the flower.

    • @mz40oz
      @mz40oz Před 6 lety +1

      Oahhhhhhhh

    • @maryhynes9061
      @maryhynes9061 Před 6 lety +3

      Jwb52z In our High School in the Us we just had the mums (the flower) nothing else attached to the flowers.

    • @patriciabautista114
      @patriciabautista114 Před 6 lety +8

      When I went to high school, a boyfriend gave you a chrysanthemum flower (like a corsage) with a few ribbons attached for the homecoming dance. You wore it to the game and then wore it to the dance.

    • @kawazu874
      @kawazu874 Před 5 lety

      Culture shock for the frog (french ^^) I am. Chrysanthemums are burial flowers here. We put them on tombs...

    • @carmenwheatley7316
      @carmenwheatley7316 Před 5 lety +3

      Seniors in high school are in the 12th grade or last year of school. They also have them in Oklahoma. I’ve lived in Texas all my life and I think they are a big waste of money.

  • @alanroot7720
    @alanroot7720 Před 6 lety +24

    High school students in Texas have developed a tradition of wearing elaborate, ever-larger floral pins to their homecoming dances. These pins - many bigger than a dinner plate and covered in artificial flowers, ribbons, and even stuffed animals - are known as mums.
    Most Texans received their introduction to the chrysanthemum through homecoming when they buy their girlfriend or mother a homecoming mum. While the origins of a “homecoming” celebration go back just over a century in Missouri, the first chrysanthemums were grown about three and a half millennia ago in the Far East.
    Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back former students and members and celebrating an organization's existence. It is a tradition in many high schools, colleges, and churches in the United States and Canada.

  • @lynzivanbelle6662
    @lynzivanbelle6662 Před 5 lety +37

    You know, I am from TX and I literally never knew that homecoming mums were only in Texas! I thought every high school did this! You taught me so much! Lol

    • @johnsontb1
      @johnsontb1 Před 5 lety

      Lindsey Vanbelle They do them in Oklahoma too. I had no idea we were the only ones...😂

    • @hillcountrymomma8079
      @hillcountrymomma8079 Před 4 lety

      Same!

    • @candysmith8724
      @candysmith8724 Před 3 lety

      I didn't know either, I thought Homecoming and the mums were nationwide.

    • @hollyharvey1986
      @hollyharvey1986 Před 2 lety

      They do them in Louisiana and all across the South

  • @bclesley01
    @bclesley01 Před 6 lety +32

    Seniors are 12th grade 17-18 years old
    Juniors are 11th grade 16-17 years old
    Sophomores are 10th grade 15-16 years old
    Freshman are 9th grade 14-15 years old
    Girls wear mums and boys wear garters. Boys buy mums for their girlfriends and girls buy garters for their boyfriends. They wear them for the Homecoming football game. Homecoming games are usually high school rivalry games played in the preseason before regular season games. It’s a Texas thing. Our football games are not a past time it’s a religion! If you want to understand Texas high school football you should watch “Friday Night Lights.”

  • @ShawnMHowell
    @ShawnMHowell Před 6 lety +110

    I am “just as baffled” as you two are. Never heard of this but I’m not in Texas. Fascinating!

    • @turtledove6172
      @turtledove6172 Před 5 lety +3

      It's totally just a Texas thing.

    • @ericarivera1839
      @ericarivera1839 Před 5 lety +3

      Omg I though everyone did this I never knew it was just Texas

    • @squidneythesquid2487
      @squidneythesquid2487 Před 5 lety +1

      Erica Rivera I first heard of them in middle school (I moved here in 4th grade) and I was so confused about why everyone just suddenly started saying “mums.” Before Texas that was just how English people said Mom.
      Turns out they weren’t parents

  • @tristinsalazar9082
    @tristinsalazar9082 Před 5 lety +40

    I felt attacked watching this because I make mums for my whole cheer team 😂

    • @tearedeyefreak3307
      @tearedeyefreak3307 Před 4 lety +1

      Lol i im in middle school but still getting a mum from my boy best friend 😂 and i was in cheer last year in 5th grade so ig is not only for highschool

    • @hollyharvey1986
      @hollyharvey1986 Před 2 lety

      I’m from Texas and my blood is boiling. Would love to have a talk with these two in person and see if they come with the same attitude. Don’t they know you don’t mess with Texas?!

  • @cover-to-cover5134
    @cover-to-cover5134 Před 6 lety +26

    From Texas here! You pronounce it mum like chrysanthe-mum. It’s just a fun thing you do for the homecoming football game. Also I think why it is such a big deal in Texas is because football is such a big deal in Texas. Boys wear smaller ones around their arm! You don’t have to have a date to wear one either. Also, where I went to school people would also decorate overalls because the mums would be so heavy they would pull your shirt down! Soooo ya. Texas man. Texas 😂

  • @mattairriess5740
    @mattairriess5740 Před 6 lety +130

    You guys should react to spirit week in American schools. It’s like a contest between freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The school picks different themes for each day of the week and whichever class dresses up for each theme the most gets points, and on Friday all of the classes go to the gym and play games to get more points for their class. The class with the most points wins, and the class doesn’t really get anything for winning, just bragging rights. Its a really great way to get the classes together to have fun.

    • @squidneythesquid2487
      @squidneythesquid2487 Před 5 lety +3

      Matt Airriess we don’t have a point system, we just have spirit days.

    • @mattairriess5740
      @mattairriess5740 Před 5 lety +1

      Squidneythe Squid oh really!? We count how many kids are dressed for each day for each grade. The grade who was dressed up the most gets more points than those who didn’t and then on spirit day we’d play games in the gym for more points

    • @geoffdearth8575
      @geoffdearth8575 Před 5 lety

      between means 2 contestants, among means more than 2

    • @mattairriess5740
      @mattairriess5740 Před 5 lety +2

      Geoff Dearth I could care less, a lot of people use the word like that.

    • @jasmineterrell4067
      @jasmineterrell4067 Před 5 lety +1

      Really? Where I live if your class gets the most points you'd get a pizza party lol

  • @ProjectHousewife
    @ProjectHousewife Před 6 lety +47

    Its a Texas thing that other states don't understand. We are ok with that. The mums get bigger with every generation. If you can craft you just go to the craft store to the mum section and they have everything you need. I made a garter for my boyfriend at the time.
    We are absolutely aware of the gawdiness of it and we only wear it to school the homecoming parade and the football game and the dance and then we hang them on our bedroom wall. Nothing necessary about it. Its just a time honored fun tradition.
    Nothing like a Friday homecoming game with all the clinks and clanks and bells.

    • @wyldcardsam
      @wyldcardsam Před 6 lety +2

      We had whistles too every year

    • @heatherpayne1995
      @heatherpayne1995 Před 6 lety +2

      I have no idea what they're talking about. ☝️
      But I'm glad they're having fun doing it.

    • @rbeck3200tb40
      @rbeck3200tb40 Před 6 lety

      it looks like just another way for rich over confident over achieving kids to show off and make other normal kids feel bad. Kind of like showing off on facebook taking pictures of yourself every minute pretending youre better than everyone

  • @kathyburkett652
    @kathyburkett652 Před 5 lety +18

    "MUM" is short for Chrysanthimums ( the flower) .

  • @isabella_elizabeth8238
    @isabella_elizabeth8238 Před 5 lety +33

    "Why are they wearing bows on their heads?" They just said they were cheerleaders😂
    Also..
    "What's a senior" um.....idk how I feel about that question (I love both y'all this ain't hate)

  • @wbmstr24
    @wbmstr24 Před 6 lety +65

    Joel and Lia, you need to understand, high school football is big all over the u.s.a. but in texas, this is bigger than anything....you need to do one on texas football, or just american highschool football...itz a whole different world....

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Před 6 lety +6

      frank tomasic Exactly-many of the things that really seem to baffle them stem from either college or high school football rituals.

    • @justjen5975
      @justjen5975 Před 6 lety +9

      I think to understand it (though those mums are showing the over the top versions - they can be beautiful and not tacky), they should attend a Texas Homecoming day at High School, go to the game and dance. Then do a vid on it...have them watch Friday Night Lights in prep for it.

    • @wbmstr24
      @wbmstr24 Před 6 lety +5

      yeah, they do seem baffled quite often. It is odd because joel even says in this vid about how he loves the diversity of the u.s. etc....compared to the relatively bland schooling they have in GB, we celebrate life here....highschool especially....

    • @wbmstr24
      @wbmstr24 Před 6 lety +5

      that is a great idea, Friday Night Lights, the tv series i prefer to the movie, is as real as it gets for texas HS football and all the traditions that go along with it....

    • @justjen5975
      @justjen5975 Před 6 lety +5

      @@wbmstr24 think they'd lose their minds to do this and attend pep rally in Texas. Doesn't even have to be a big city school and prob better if it isn't.
      I grew up in TX, but haven't lived there for a little over 20 years. It was news how unique this is to Texas (the whole HS is bigger than life and college and even professional sports).
      My mom did b/g mums and decorated my hospital door when I had my twins; all my non TX friends felt the same way J&L do in this video 💖

  • @djehrenreich
    @djehrenreich Před 6 lety +86

    I have lived in the US my whole life and I have never heard of this “mum” thing. But I think it’s a Texan thing.

    • @jfig120
      @jfig120 Před 5 lety +2

      Yup.... Texas, Eastern Louisiana and Oklahoma

  • @pghrpg4065
    @pghrpg4065 Před 6 lety +11

    I'm from Pennsylvania; this is completely new to me. Texas can be like its own world, but most states/regions have their own unique customs.
    I feel like you need to see a video about how American schools are organized since I've seen you question the grades more than once. Freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior correspond to grades 9 through 12, collectively called high school. Generally, a person would start as a freshman at age 14 and graduate at age 17 or 18 (depending on where a person's birthday falls in the year). The same terms apply for the four years of college (which could be a college or university).

  • @Hikarihoratio
    @Hikarihoratio Před 5 lety +13

    We Texans love you!! We don't get triggered too easily. We're thick skin down south. I find y'all hilarious XD

  • @abbysylvia2816
    @abbysylvia2816 Před 6 lety +59

    My American mind is just as baffled.

    • @lucycaldwell700
      @lucycaldwell700 Před 6 lety

      Abby Sylvia me too

    • @SonyaLCH
      @SonyaLCH Před 6 lety +1

      Me too. Is it a southern thing? I've never seen this before in my life.

    • @evybethm5538
      @evybethm5538 Před 6 lety

      Completely agree lol, I've never heard of this until seeing this video.

    • @jesuszamora6949
      @jesuszamora6949 Před 6 lety +1

      @@SonyaLCH I think it's strictly Texas.

    • @socalrockergal3727
      @socalrockergal3727 Před 6 lety

      Abby Sylvia LOL! Same here! 😂

  • @abigguitar
    @abigguitar Před 6 lety +157

    A Mum is a type of flower. Homecoming is the second biggest thing that happens to high school students outside of the Prom. Those were cheerleaders who are part of the Homecoming event... which is related to, of course, football. We don't call our mother 'Mum'. We call her 'Mom'. There is no confusion between the flower Mum and our mothers.

    • @beccadallas
      @beccadallas Před 6 lety +20

      yes, short for chrysantheMUM, a type of flower. I am in Texas also and my mum was just as big when I was in school. they really are treated like a status symbol.

    • @shawnwinkelman8575
      @shawnwinkelman8575 Před 6 lety +2

      I wouldn’t take it too seriously- it’s quite satirical

    • @benstubbs566
      @benstubbs566 Před 6 lety +3

      Please just call it a flower.

    • @MrWhoevr
      @MrWhoevr Před 6 lety +5

      Some people call their mothers Mum in the U.S.

    • @songbird4262
      @songbird4262 Před 6 lety +7

      I live in TX along with a large part of my family... I didn’t do the whole homecoming thing, not my scene, but yes a homecoming mum is a BIG DEAL, I personally think it’s insane and super tacky and sometimes down right ugly but it is what it is. My cousins here have all done it, it’s just part of the “homecoming experience” I have never in my life seen a guy wear one though so that is interesting. But I really feel, could be totally wrong, like your homecoming mum is almost like your prom dress... like who has the best one kind of thing if that makes any sense...yeah Idk, guess it just fall in with everything is bigger in Texas 😂

  • @taryngilland3159
    @taryngilland3159 Před 6 lety +14

    Hahaha this is hilarious! I’m from Texas (and Homecoming Queen!) and I will be honest, when I graduated high school in 2007 (so really only years ago) mums were so much smaller and quaint. They had an actual mum (a type of flower) in the center with a few strands of ribbons showing off what activity you were into. It seems in the past ten years people have just gone overboard and gotten out of control, probably because of social media I guess. Although, it makes me sad that the actual mums are being replaced entirely by stuffed animals and things. Gotta admit..I still have all my mums from growing up boxed up in storage!! I’ll never get rid of them!!

    • @hollyharvey1986
      @hollyharvey1986 Před 2 lety

      Same here..would hand them on my bedroom walls with all of my trophies and crowns.

  • @meghanholstine4945
    @meghanholstine4945 Před 6 lety +55

    Hey! I'm Texan and you didn't lose me as a subscriber! My family used to own a mum business. We would make mums for stores like Kroger(grocery store) and we would get orders starting in March and the "mum" season in my house didn't end until around October. It was actually my very first job!

  • @navasgames277
    @navasgames277 Před 6 lety +14

    ‘’Turns out the mum isn’t the mum’’ - Joel quote of the day

  • @mangofuzzy13
    @mangofuzzy13 Před 6 lety +27

    I'm laughing my butt off at your reaction to mums! So yes there is a difference between MOM and MUM. Most people outside of texas will not think of the texas mum when you say the word "mum." The reason for the mum has all to do with homecoming, which is connected to Football. American football. In high school, the biggest game during the start of the foot ball season (usually around end of september and through october) each school has a homecoming foot ball game. after the game, usually the next night is the home coming dance. like in texas, there is more hype about the homecoming dance than prom. so during the whole week leading up to the game, the days Mon-thurs has a different dress up theme ex: twin day, decade day (usually 80's), nerd day, and something else. Friday is Spirit Day. So when you buy your homecoming tickets you get a homecoming shirt that the student council has chosen. you wear that shirt and your mum, and show your school spirit. The mum pretty much replaces the corsage or boutonniere. At my school there was also a school carnival during lunch, so each school organization had games and food you could buy, ex: my orchestra class did bowling. if you got a strike you got a free soda, but you also had to pay $1 to play.
    I got my dates garter mum from the flower section of the grocery store and I really made it simple. it costs $20. Mine was not as ridiculous as having lights and moving teddy bears (yes, moving). But is wasn't like really small. It was actually heart shaped, in my school colors and had some bells. The COW BELL is an important factor in the Mum (at least at my school it was). The bells are the most annoying thing to hear when you don't have a date. So when i finally got a mum, it was fun to just kick them while i walked. I admit, it is a strange tradition, but when you actually have a date and are participating in the homecoming fun, it's actually really fun. I never knew how much my date spent on my mum, but i actually still have mine (8 years later) because i figured it was round... $50-70. I tried asking once, he "forgot."
    Oh, and you don't actually wear the mums to the dance. Just during school and maybe at the football game. The homecoming dance is also themed. You can go dressed in costume or you can dress in formal. Usually the dance is held in the school gym or cafeteria. There is a homecoming court with a king and queen and others that the study body get to vote on.
    High school grade names: 9th grade (freshman), 10th grade (sophomore), 11th grade (junior), 12th grade (senior). These names start over again once you enter university. if you go past 4 years as an undergraduate at uni, you are a SUPER senior.
    Honestly, you probably didn't offend many texans. We're all just probably laughing at your reaction. LOL!

    • @luzalvarez2960
      @luzalvarez2960 Před 6 lety +2

      A Bullock well said. I’m from Texas. I didn’t realize nobody else did them lol

    • @JEdwardBanasikJr
      @JEdwardBanasikJr Před 6 lety +4

      Graduated in 1985 in Houston and they were a big deal back then but not as over the top as some of these shown. Our homecoming football game was against a rival high school in the area so there was always big school spirit that week as a tradition. It was always about the cowbells on the Mums!!! :) It's a Texas Football Thing.

    • @CaseyinTexas
      @CaseyinTexas Před 6 lety +2

      The girls in the first part were cheerleaders and the school days before the football game, the cheerleaders were their uniforms and the boys wear their football jerseys.

    • @ABLmama
      @ABLmama Před 6 lety +1

      You summed it up well.
      Not offended as a Texan at all.. Of course, when I was in high school they were NOT this monstrous! We actually wore them pinned to us!

  • @atribecalledgemini7074
    @atribecalledgemini7074 Před 6 lety +11

    Homecoming is an old tradition where alumni "come home" to celebrate their former schools. Events are usually scheduled to mark the occasion. There's typically a homecoming luncheon/dinner and a dance. The culminating event is the naming of the Homecoming King and Queen during the Homecoming dance or halftime of a football game.
    Like the olde saying goes "everything is always bigger in Texas!" Mums are no exception I guess. I remember homecoming mums very well, although it was more of a tradition to make your own at my high school. Moms and daughters created the mums together. The flower was still given by the boy to his best girl to act as a centerpiece for the mum creation. Buying mums and spending a ridiculous amount of money on them is all new to me.

  • @sienna7136
    @sienna7136 Před 5 lety +11

    HEY
    Don’t mess with Texas.

  • @teddyhowell5962
    @teddyhowell5962 Před 6 lety +44

    High school has 4 years and you
    are a:
    Freshman (first year)
    Sophomore (second year)
    Junior (third year)
    Senior (forth year)
    This is school from age 15-18

    • @keriezy
      @keriezy Před 6 lety +5

      There's the younger crowd too 14-17.... my brother had a late birthday and was only 17.

    • @1stAmbientGrl
      @1stAmbientGrl Před 6 lety +4

      14 to 18, actually. It depends on which month you were born. I was 14 when I started high school and 18 when I graduated because my birthday is in January. So in January of my first year of high school, I turned 15.

    • @megancoe5
      @megancoe5 Před 6 lety

      so before high school - what is your school called. im so confused.
      we brits go from primary school: 4-11 to high school: 11-16 to collage: 16-18 then onto university 18+
      this is just brand new infomation

    • @1stAmbientGrl
      @1stAmbientGrl Před 6 lety +2

      Megan Coe We have elementary school from 1st to 5th grade, middle school (a.k.a junior high school) from 6th to 8th grade, high school from 9th to 12th grade, then college/university. Although this may depend on the local school district or state requirements. I'm speaking for Jefferson County, Kentucky. Other states or districts may have a different scale. Some districts don't have a middle school scale and include grades 6 and 7 in elementary school and grade 8 to high school.

    • @megancoe5
      @megancoe5 Před 6 lety

      woah - thats crazy that it can be different in different states. but thank you for your help :) xx

  • @katiehahn6536
    @katiehahn6536 Před 6 lety +50

    Oh boy... I wish I had an explanation for this... 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ I had 4 of them for my senior year. Senior=last year of high school (Our high school is four years, year 1 is called a Freshman, year 2 is called a Sophomore, Year three is called a Junior, year 4 is called a Senior). These seemed normal when I was actually in high school. Seeing them from your perspective, I can understand your confusion. 😂😂😂 Also, other states, specifically in the south, do also create mums. We just happen to go way over the top. 😬 And don’t you worry about losing your Texas subscribers, we know they’re ridiculous! Love you guys! Thanks for another Texas inspired video. I’m honored. Lol

    • @1stAmbientGrl
      @1stAmbientGrl Před 6 lety +4

      In the other states, it's a corsage, which is a small flower arrangement with ribbon worn on the wrist like a bracelete. Guys wear boutonnieres.

    • @deanlewis9599
      @deanlewis9599 Před 6 lety +3

      I'm in Louisiana and I had never heard of these things until this video lol. I've heard of a corsage but those were typically just flowers and nowhere near as huge as these things are lol.

    • @katiehahn6536
      @katiehahn6536 Před 6 lety +2

      Dean Lewis, my apologies, I stand corrected. I thought we were all in this madness together. Lol Once again, Texas is on an island by themselves in our crazy. 😂

    • @d.m.173
      @d.m.173 Před 6 lety

      no corsage os all over the country. That is true. But we usually just buy the corsage/boutonnière . I don't know anyone who made theirs.

  • @todosassd1855
    @todosassd1855 Před 6 lety +5

    I graduated in Oklahoma in the 70's, and homecoming corsages were NEVER homemade! They had to be ordered in advance from a florist and were worn to your high school's homecoming football game (and to school on game day). They were always REAL flowers, crysanthemums, decorated with long ribbons in your school colors, sparkles, tiny bells, footballs, and other tokens representing your extracurricular activities, like twirling, cheerleading, music, etc. And back then, the more boys you received these corsages from, the more popular you were, some got two or more. But girls in all grades (9th-12th) were eligible to receive them, not just seniors (12th grade). HOWEVER, if you were a SENIOR girl in your very last year of high school and weren't going to be receiving at least one mum from a boy, then parents would step up and get you one so you wouldn't be the only senior girl without one. There was no stigma to being without one if you were in the lower grades, some girls got one or two, some didn't. But parents didn't step in until a girl's senior year because socially THAT was the year that mattered! 🏈

  • @nicolepinkerton1631
    @nicolepinkerton1631 Před 5 lety +3

    I love my mums!!! After homecoming I hung the up in my bedroom as decoration. I love how they can show a person’s personality and involvement during high school. For me it was particularly special because I was with my boyfriend for three out of the four homecomings and he always made them himself to make sure that they were special for me.

  • @meganhuffmanwrites
    @meganhuffmanwrites Před 6 lety +24

    Hi Joel and Lia! I just found your channel a few weeks ago and I have just fallen in love with you two. Despite being British by birth, I grew up in East Texas (a very, erm, special and unique subsection of Texas. If you ever visit, you'll know what I mean) and I went to a public high school (grades 9-12) where we celebrated homecoming by "pulling out all the stops." Homecoming occurs once per year, in the autumn as a formal event to invite alumni back to their alma mater for a party. There is always a grand buffet of homemade food called a "pot luck," the school's marching band will perform a show, and the (American) football team will play a match against a rival school. Everyone dresses up for Homecoming, men in suits and women in evening gowns. A "mum" is called so because it is the shortening of the flower chrysanthemum (probably because it is less complicated to say) and is a very elaborate decoration worn like a broach by a young woman attending homecoming. It is usually created for her as a gift, by her date to the homecoming match. She in turn (if her date is a young man) will create a smaller, less elaborate mum display attached to a stretchy garter for him to wear on his arm.
    And now, a quick lesson on the American school system: 9th grade is "Freshman year," 10th is "Sophomore year," 11th is "Junior year," and 12th grade is called "Senior year." There is a deeply entrenched status/caste system attitude with these designations, among students. Seniors carry the most prestige. Senior mums are then, expected to be the grandest and most impressive. Mums are designed to incorporate a synthetic chrysanthemum in the center with ribbons and other decorations and embellishments around the singular bloom. When the festivities are over and thus the "homecoming" is over, these grand arts and crafts projects are sentimental keepsakes from high school that young ladies usually hang and display on their bedroom walls. The design often incorporates the school's colors and aspects of the young woman's personality, academic interests, hobbies, and any after school activities or clubs, such as cheer or band or choir, etc. that they participated in that year. Lastly, in the same way that prom is a popularity contest, Homecoming has students vote for who should be homecoming king and queen of the student body. The candidates are usually football players or cheerleaders, but they are decided by the staff. The winners of this election are announced and paraded down the football field during halftime. Hopefully this helps to demystify Homecoming in Texas and the illusive "Texas homecoming mum." Cheers from Idaho!

    • @frances9074
      @frances9074 Před 5 lety +6

      You explained everything perfectly.

    • @annar.4296
      @annar.4296 Před 5 lety +3

      That was great! Hope people will get it now. I live in South Texas and it's just as crazy wild as any other area in Texas. It's so much of a high school tradition that we don't think twice about it. I make my daughter's mums and it's a pretty fun thing to try to make a bigger nicer more creative mum every year. Thank God I only have one daughter lol

    • @natashadavis2959
      @natashadavis2959 Před 5 lety

      Paraded down the field in a sports car.

    • @joeydrummer7929
      @joeydrummer7929 Před 5 lety

      And it’s a waste of time and stupid LOL

    • @hollyharvey1986
      @hollyharvey1986 Před 2 lety

      And for smaller schools that don’t have football teams in Texas, we do this during half time at our Homecoming basketball game!

  • @jonithompson8541
    @jonithompson8541 Před 6 lety +53

    Originally homecoming mums were actual live flowers called mums given to your homecoming date as a corsage. Now it's done with a plastic mum base and decorated with ribbon in your school colors. It's not done in school, but at home for your HOCO date. Or your Mom makes you one if you don't have a date. Yes bigger is better, it's Texas, as well as loud by hanging bells. It shows how much you care, by how much work you put in. You add plastic garlands in the theme of the activities your involved in like, band or football or cheer. And your year in school, freshman is 9th, sophomore is 10th, junior is 11th, and senior is 12th the year we graduate from high school in the U.S.. It's all about school pride. Homecoming is the first football game at your high school after an away game. Girls use to pin them to their top, but their so big now that they have a soft ribbon that goes around the neck and is hangs in from of your top. Guys wear garters on their bicep. I'm from Oregon but fell in love with a Texan and made my life in Texas. Mums were a wierd and foreign concept. But after living here this long it's become normal and an exciting time for our kids. My oldest is now a sophomore and it's our second high school homecoming. And for me it's exciting to do something special for him and spoil him with a nice mum for him or his date. Our oldest daughter got her first big mum last year when she started kindergarten. Not like the teenage girls but big for her. Every year as a Mom we get to add to them and make them bigger and better, and special. Not all American cheerleaders wear their hair bows like a bow on a dog. But they do usually wear a bow in school colors in high school, it's part of their uniform. So if ya think the mum is odd look up homecoming proposal or promposal!

    • @gabbyvasquez2356
      @gabbyvasquez2356 Před 5 lety +1

      Joni Thompson most schools like mine in Texas don’t allow the bells anymore

    • @squidneythesquid2487
      @squidneythesquid2487 Před 5 lety

      Gabrielle Vasquez mine doesn’t care, oof it makes me wish I could turn off my hearing

    • @thewordshifter
      @thewordshifter Před 5 lety

      When I graduated in 04, mine was a normal size & pinned to my shirt & bra with at least 3 pins. My ribbons and bells went down to my knee. I only saw 1 girl with the neck one--that was JUST becoming a thing. So fun. Cant believe people pay so much money; maybe I'll learn to make them for a side hustle!

    • @StepfordWifeRebel1
      @StepfordWifeRebel1 Před 5 lety

      Ah they took the bells away? Those were the best part lol.

  • @briannaaguilar5406
    @briannaaguilar5406 Před 4 lety +3

    Texas Baby! So I’m a senior (12th grade) and I’m on my 4th year of making a Homecoming Mum. I make my own and my boyfriends. I usually spend about $150 on mine and $95 on his. I can’t explain why I love it but I do!

  • @billiedewey9897
    @billiedewey9897 Před 6 lety +5

    They are also not just for Texas. New Mexico also wears them. Boys wear garters on their arms.
    Mom=mother
    Mum=the flowe
    It's 50 states.

  • @cynthiaromero7753
    @cynthiaromero7753 Před 6 lety +17

    I’m baffled over here!!! I’m from Texas and I thought homecoming mums were common all across America?! Wow. (Btw I always thought it was kinda dumb, but I did it because it was kinda fun 🤗)
    Also..... I’m dying over here at you roasting us 😂

    • @yolanda393
      @yolanda393 Před 6 lety

      Same here!!

    • @patslough7950
      @patslough7950 Před 6 lety

      They are, most high schools do it to a smaller degree than Texas.

  • @chiconian49
    @chiconian49 Před 6 lety +89

    I am a native of California. I have given up trying to understand people from Texas and Florida. They are from another planet.

    • @brandyroberts4127
      @brandyroberts4127 Před 6 lety +11

      Lance Boil - this made me laugh - I grew up in Florida and moved to Texas at age 21 - guess I'm truly alien thru and thru 😅

    • @sukie584
      @sukie584 Před 6 lety +1

      ha ha ha!! but you have a great sense of humor!

    • @richardwalker5202
      @richardwalker5202 Před 6 lety +6

      Everyone in Florida came from another state.

    • @sabrinapetersen6032
      @sabrinapetersen6032 Před 6 lety

      So true!

    • @stevelanjam
      @stevelanjam Před 6 lety +17

      Which is exactly what we say about you 🤔

  • @kaylamontgomery5463
    @kaylamontgomery5463 Před 6 lety +2

    I am Texan and I am not triggered. I love watching y'all and you are just being honest about how they make you feel. Everyone is allowed to their own opinion and I don't have to agree to enjoy watching something. You two are awesome!! Keep up the great work!

    • @dvalero87
      @dvalero87 Před 5 lety

      Exactly, we're from Texas, we get it. We do our own thing. #itsatexasthing

  • @Ivilinpl
    @Ivilinpl Před 6 lety +3

    1.Ok we are all learning a lot, here. A homecoming mum... weird.
    2. It’s funny that They don’t know what a senior is but Joel is wearing a shirt that says Freshman.

  • @andreagarza2833
    @andreagarza2833 Před 6 lety +31

    Girls in my high school would have speakers attached to them and play music from their mums in between classes, so extra

    • @ThoseTwoBrits1
      @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety +8

      omg thats sooo extra! 😂

    • @savannah4439
      @savannah4439 Před 6 lety +2

      Omg they’re doing THE MOST and I’m low-key here for it lol 😂

    • @MonStarGuy
      @MonStarGuy Před 6 lety +1

      Omg that's so extra! Back in 2003 ours had all sorts of bells and whistles. I mean that literally. Jinglebells on mums were all the rage.

    • @michellehornback5458
      @michellehornback5458 Před 6 lety +2

      We had to tape our bells if we wore them during school, so that they wouldn't make noise. I'm sure you remember the sound of hundreds of those things jingling in the halls between classes!

  • @juant7050
    @juant7050 Před 5 lety +2

    Homecoming/homecoming mums are a Texas thing just like drill team but it’s honestly the best

  • @catherinearmy7271
    @catherinearmy7271 Před 5 lety +1

    I paid 50 dollars for my mum. And normally after the homecoming football game you hang the mum on your wall for decor. 😂 And if your a freshman or ninth grade you have to wear one flower. Sophomore which is tenth it’s two flowers. Junior is 11th grade it’s three flowers and than if your a senior you can wear the sash with the four flowers, which is a symbol for your fourth and final year of high school. 😂❤️

  • @pggysu
    @pggysu Před 6 lety +31

    Hi Lia and Joel! I'm from Wisconsin in the US and I've never heard of this until now! Texas is its own world, isn't it?!

    • @JoseGonzalez-fc6tl
      @JoseGonzalez-fc6tl Před 6 lety +1

      pggysu
      No more than Wisconsin is it's own world, Montana is it's own world, Vermont is it's own world, Virginia is it's own world...there's actually, 50 state worlds out there. Aside from Puerto Rico, Guam and asst territories.
      What? Just bcz Texas is different than Wisconsin makes Wisconsin some kind of gold standard for what other states should be like. If you believe that, you are very naive. I suggest you keep yourself and your little Shetland Pony in Wisconsin. Never vacation in Europe, or any other part of the world. Your single mindedness will cause your brain to explode

    • @kelleyhughes969
      @kelleyhughes969 Před 6 lety +7

      Wearing a mum is tacky. They should do something more tasteful like wearing cheese on their head. ;)

    • @wyldcardsam
      @wyldcardsam Před 5 lety +2

      As a wisconsinite who has been adopted by the great state of texas my ex gf made me a green and gold mum with a big chunk of cheese and gave me a cheese head to wear to the game yea we are weird but so is Wisconsin

    • @johncollins8234
      @johncollins8234 Před 5 lety +2

      Jose Gonzalez Texas is like its own little country so what I love it it's my home there's no place on earth like it

    • @JoseGonzalez-fc6tl
      @JoseGonzalez-fc6tl Před 5 lety +1

      John Collins
      You darn right.
      I've lived up north, Minnesota, Michigan. Down south in Virginia, Florida, Mississippi. Out west in Arizona and New Mexico and ppl always ask me why Texas is so friendly. My best answer is always, "I thought everybody else, everywhere was like that."
      (They're not.)
      Minnesota is a lot like Texas, except that, where we use an ice chest to keep our beer cold, up there, they use an ice chest to keep their beer from turning into popsicles. True fact. We both love our beer. Haha!

  • @oakpkdude
    @oakpkdude Před 6 lety +25

    I am an adult American and I swear to god I have never heard of these in my life. As I typed this I heard Joel say "Texas". That explains it because I have never even been to Texas.

  • @addison57wolf80
    @addison57wolf80 Před 5 lety +5

    Senior-17 to 18
    Junior- 16 to 17
    Sophmore- 15 to16
    Freshman-14 to 15

    • @sheilasmith1972
      @sheilasmith1972 Před 5 lety +1

      Close, but it's Not age, it's grade.
      School year grade 12- Senior
      School year grade 11 - Junior
      School year grade 10- Sophomore
      School year grade 9 - Freshman

  • @jenniferporras8100
    @jenniferporras8100 Před 5 lety +1

    I'm from Texas and I have been making homecoming mums and garters for 8 years for my kids and their dates. To a Texan girl, receiving a homecoming mum is very special. Yes they are big and loud, but here in Texas, we go big or go home!

  • @michaelevans6669
    @michaelevans6669 Před 6 lety +17

    Don't feel bad, most of the rest of us here, don't understand Texans any better than you do! Lol😄

    • @HiTechRedneck
      @HiTechRedneck Před 6 lety +3

      Michael Evans Some of us Texans don’t even understand Texans 😂

    • @tcphll
      @tcphll Před 6 lety

      As a native Texan expat, I don't blame you. We have some weird traditions I never knew were weird until I left. I still love Texas, though, and embrace its weirdness.

  • @shelbakayr1132
    @shelbakayr1132 Před 6 lety +55

    React to Toddlars and Tiaras

    • @Arreis_004
      @Arreis_004 Před 6 lety +3

      Shelbakay R oohh loorrdd 😂

    • @HiImKen-re8pu
      @HiImKen-re8pu Před 6 lety +1

      That’s a terrible idea, but I so want to see it!!!
      😂😂😂

    • @BeccatheBargainer
      @BeccatheBargainer Před 6 lety +1

      Shelbakay R yes I’d love to see that

    • @WyattRyeSway
      @WyattRyeSway Před 6 lety +1

      Oh yes, please react to that. Some sort of Honey Boo Boo thing.

  • @violetxoxox
    @violetxoxox Před 6 lety +13

    The thing about most traditions, regardless of location or culture, is that they grew out of something that was done for some specific valid reason in the past, but over time they morphed into pure entertainment and the original intent is either not known to most people or no longer has much of any relation to the purpose it originally served. They continue to be done just because people find them fun. The UK has plenty of traditions that could seem just as "pointless" or over-the-top, things like Morris dancing, mummers, and pantos. And bog snorkling ... WHY??? But even though we don't really have those things in the US and don't fully understand why they're a thing, we do understand that some things are done because they're just fun or silly and people enjoy them. I'd never heard of or seen these mum things before, because I'm not in Texas, so it seems wacky to me, too, but I get that it's just a bit of frivolity and something to keep people entertained.

    • @knightblossom8407
      @knightblossom8407 Před 5 lety +3

      Very thoughtful comment : ) I'm from Texas and we do have a lot of strange customs, but, like everywhere else, they're fun and a part of who we are. I was very warmed by your comment.

  • @Jay-lr3me
    @Jay-lr3me Před 2 lety +2

    To anyone getting mad you just need to know that in the UK taking the piss is second nature and it’s never meant as malicious, we all give it and take it.

  • @americogalindez9129
    @americogalindez9129 Před 6 lety +39

    There's no age limit to arts and craft .. smh

    • @ThoseTwoBrits1
      @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety +1

      Very true! I do a lot of arts and crafts myself - just meant it's weird they're sort of forced to make these things at school!

    • @americogalindez9129
      @americogalindez9129 Před 6 lety +3

      I don't know know anything about mum .. this is the first I've heard of it but it seems to me they're not forced but look forward to it as a form of self expression and that of their boy or girlfriend.

    • @chumcicle-8182
      @chumcicle-8182 Před 6 lety +4

      Being British: Joel & Lia I don’t think they’re forced

    • @Kimberandhannah
      @Kimberandhannah Před 6 lety +3

      Being British: Joel & Lia you don’t make these at school. You wear them at school.

    • @sugarbaby547
      @sugarbaby547 Před 5 lety

      amen..sis...don't get me started with quilting, knitting/crochet, and using a cricket. That's a whole other world.

  • @seanhouston4757
    @seanhouston4757 Před 6 lety +37

    Omg, do a video where Lia makes a mum and where Joel makes a garder and then wear them in public 😆

    • @JEdwardBanasikJr
      @JEdwardBanasikJr Před 6 lety +1

      Perfect timing. It's fall and that's when the Homecoming Football Game/Dance takes place. Get out the hot glue guns. It's big business here for flower shops during this time too.

    • @debbiespringsted1979
      @debbiespringsted1979 Před 6 lety +1

      Lia would make the garter for Joel and Joel would make the mum.

    • @dvalero87
      @dvalero87 Před 5 lety

      Garter

  • @fluffybunny9008
    @fluffybunny9008 Před 4 lety +1

    We make them for our dates, wear them at school, and the homecoming football game, it’s a BIG thing in Texas, I’ve always loved making them with my mom and showing it off at school. I keep mine hanging on my wall, I also have my best friends mum that my mom made for her, I got it after she passed away. I did have lights on mine. Where I went it wasn’t a class thing or showing off or a competition, it was just a fun way to show school spirit, like spirit week, or pep rally’s. I cherished my time there, very passionate community that loved doing fun things for the kids

  • @deborahgodley6980
    @deborahgodley6980 Před 5 lety +2

    Homecoming is a football game in Nov.This is a cheerleader thing.The mum is not a mother.Its a flower.Everything is EXTRA in Texas, I guess! This country is so large and there are SO MANY different traditions and cultures.Texas has it's own way of doing things.
    Yes, I think school uniforms are great but only worn here in private schools.

  • @ThoseTwoBrits1
    @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety +73

    *Just to be clear, I love being arty and making crafts etc, I just meant it seemed strange that this happens in schools. In the UK arts/crafts stops at age 6! But yes, NEVER too old to enjoy a bit of crafts!*

    • @VickiMeldrumWiggingKnitting
      @VickiMeldrumWiggingKnitting Před 6 lety +13

      It doesn't actually happen IN school. These are made at home or bought from a professional and given the night before or brought into school on Homecoming day and presented to the recipient.

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Před 6 lety +4

      Being British: Joel & Lia Nope, you said it, so now we’re going to hound the shit out of you in the comments, even though you printed a disclaimer! 😜

    • @SwimminWitDaFishies
      @SwimminWitDaFishies Před 6 lety +3

      Joel is so funny - maybe it's for modesty!! LOL!! I agree it's a very childish tradition. And it's certainly NOT a "green" hobby (except for those who are selling them!). Think of all the landfills that are filled up with this stuff.

    • @katherinelarson4406
      @katherinelarson4406 Před 6 lety +9

      These are often made by the local florist. In the small town I grew up in here in Texas, moms would often make them for their daughters or throw mum-making parties where the daughter(s) and her friends would have a slumber party and make their own or a garter for their boyfriends (or both). Mums aren't quite so massive here at the high school I teach at in East Texas, though (I'm sure that's due to the high poverty rate). Our Homecoming is in a couple of weeks and I am not looking forward to all the jingling bells and whistles attached! (And I need to buy some extra safety pins because the girls will ask for some to help pin those things on!)
      If you would like to continue the Texas high school theme, we have strange mascots (Hutto Hippos), very competitive drill team dancing (Dripping Springs Hi Steppers)(honestly, we're just competitive in everything we touch!), and some will have costume theme weeks for various reasons (like Homecoming). ^_^

    • @ThoseTwoBrits1
      @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety

      haha, have only seen one!

  • @LilStampBug
    @LilStampBug Před 6 lety +13

    Californian here and this is the 1st I've heard of this .. the accents are definitely southern. Must be a Texas thing.

    • @zacheryanderson7363
      @zacheryanderson7363 Před 6 lety +1

      The accents are Texan ... Grew up in Orange county and Washington State and went to Texas when I was older... Went through culture shock, and got told by everyone that a "Texas accent" is just that, and not southern... And they don't sugar coat it when they tell you lol. It's amazing how you have such culture shock from State to state even in the US... And as the years go by and society in general gets more easily offended and, in my opinion, overly politically correct, people actually get offended over saying their accent is sounding like a state or two over... As if you should know if you've ever lived there somehow? This comment is more for Joel and Lia and as I have somewhat of a Texas accent from living there so long I laugh when people say I sound southern or talk funny but it is worth mentioning 😊

  • @elizabethhastings9121
    @elizabethhastings9121 Před 5 lety +3

    Texas is such a large place and everything's bigger in Texas.

  • @earlymommy
    @earlymommy Před 6 lety +1

    I moved from Idaho to Texas 2 years ago. I had no idea what this was until now. Texans love to celebrate anything they can but in particular, anything that involves football.

  • @JoyMarie9
    @JoyMarie9 Před 6 lety +38

    Joel:”Oh, so some people electrify their mums.”
    All of a sudden I pictured totally fried mothers!! 😳LOLOLLLOLOLLL🤣😂🤣😂

    • @peggypenguin4268
      @peggypenguin4268 Před 6 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 💀💀

    • @EmilyPie99
      @EmilyPie99 Před 6 lety

      Yeah I had a friend who once put a string of battery operated fairy lights on her mum lol 😂

    • @Suzibird307
      @Suzibird307 Před 5 lety

      Pretty sure that's illegal, even in TX.

  • @hershmank
    @hershmank Před 6 lety +61

    I’m from America and have never heard of this. It must be specific to Texas. Thank goodness they don’t do this in my area - I just don’t get it. They look hideous....way too over the top. Love your reactions though (arts and crafts for 6 year olds lol).

    • @shelbakayr1132
      @shelbakayr1132 Před 6 lety +3

      Well u know everything's bigger in Texas. Lol

    • @marshmallow1488
      @marshmallow1488 Před 6 lety +2

      I am from Indiana and I have never heard of this either. To each their own but this is hilarious. 😂

    • @melissajanewashburn
      @melissajanewashburn Před 6 lety +3

      I live in Washington state and grew up in Southern California. Never heard of these, glad we didn’t have them.

    • @bibospice2001
      @bibospice2001 Před 6 lety +1

      I'm from Texas and never heard of this

    • @Kimberandhannah
      @Kimberandhannah Před 6 lety +1

      Shut up kim

  • @aprilmatthews5763
    @aprilmatthews5763 Před 6 lety

    Fluffy overalls... Bahahahaha. Fantastic!

  • @nikkiboyd2055
    @nikkiboyd2055 Před 5 lety +1

    0:58 They're cheerleaders and ln gamedays cheerleaders wear their cheerleading outfits and football players wear their jerseys and jeans (unlike on TV they don't wear their cheerleading uniform every single day).
    1:22 A normal Texas high school consists of grades freshman (9th grade), sophomore (10th grade), junior (11th grade), and senior (12th grade). Freshman - senior are used again for each year of college.
    2:39 Homecoming queen candidates (just like a prom queen candidate but for the homecoming peprally instead of prom) usually have bigger mums.
    6:34 Our local flowershops would make these for us and each individual item costs $0.50-$5 depending on the size so if you think about each ribbon, bell, letters, and other trinkets you put on there it'll add up fast. Plus they have a starting price of about $50 for a medium sized mum in the middle that goes up by size and adding a bear raises the price.

  • @kokoluwell5823
    @kokoluwell5823 Před 6 lety +12

    Bahahahaha! It’s just decoration! So much fun! I grew up in El Paso,Tx and there were little Mexican grandmas who would make a killing during homecoming season charging $50-$300 a mum. When my family moved to Dallas, Tx we made a garter for my homecoming date and apparently the bigger the better was only applicable to El Paso because his garter was bigger than the mum he gave me. I’ll never forget how pissed my mom was when he showed up to our house to pick me up and he had cut the garter down to be smaller. He was so embarrassed. Lol!!!

    • @Ephem13
      @Ephem13 Před 6 lety

      The cheerleaders at the start are from Frisco, so perhaps just your part of Dallas?

    • @kokoluwell5823
      @kokoluwell5823 Před 6 lety

      Yeah, Frisco is 35 min from where I went to highschool.

  • @dcpsdrivers
    @dcpsdrivers Před 6 lety +9

    HISTORY OF MUMS
    Fall in Texas means football, and for any high school or college team, football season includes homecoming. Homecoming means a celebration, and that means a gigantic homecoming mum featuring a chrysanthemum.
    Most Texans received their introduction to the chrysanthemum through homecoming when they buy their girlfriend or mother a homecoming mum. While the origins of a “homecoming” celebration go back just over a century in Missouri, the first chrysanthemums were grown about three and a half millennia ago in the Far East.
    The origin of the chrysanthemum
    The first recorded information about chrysanthemums can be traced to China about 3,500 years ago. Chinese scribes in China first wrote that chrysanthemums were first used as flowering herbs - their roots were boiled and used as a headache remedy. The sprouts and petals were used in salads by ancient Chinese culinarians. Ancient Chinese people called the flower the “chu” named after the city of Chu-Hsien (chrysanthemum city).
    The Japanese were introduced to the chrysanthemum about 2,800 years ago. The crest and seal of the emperor and many prominent Japanese families of nobility included a Kikumon, meaning chrysanthemum (kiku) and crest (mon). To this day, the Japanese remain enamored with the mum - they have a mum festival known as the Festival of Happiness.
    In 1753, Swedish botanist Karl Linnaeus gave the flower the name of chrysanthemum after the Greek words “chrysos” (gold) and “anthemon” (flower). Within about 20 years, the chrysanthemum found its way to the colonies which later became the United States, where its popularity grew over the decades until it became the “Queen of the Fall Flowers.”
    Evolution of the mum
    The NCAA recognizes the University of Missouri as the official place of birth of homecoming. In 1911, Mizzou athletic director Chester Brewer encouraged alumni to attend the game, and he gave them incentive to attend by having a huge celebration around the game that included parades and rallies.
    At some point not too long after this first homecoming celebration in Missouri, the tradition of a boy giving a chrysanthemum to his homecoming date as a corsage was born in Texas. For decades, mums were simple, comprised of just a small flower with perhaps a few ribbons.
    In the 1970s, homecoming mums became more elaborate and have continued to grow to the mammoth size they are today. Now they include a huge flower (albeit a silk flower has replaced the real chrysanthemum as the centerpiece), tons of large ribbons, charms, bows, bells, cowbells, stuffed animals, perhaps the high school mascot, and even LED lights in some cases! Even guys have their own version of the mum, called the garter - an elastic band worn around the upper arm that has the same features as the mum only on a much smaller scale.
    Not just in Texas anymore
    For the longest time, homecoming mums were a Texas-only tradition, but in the last few years it has expanded into neighboring states such as Oklahoma and Louisiana. A huge mum can be a source of pride for a girl in both her school and her homecoming date.
    Even though homecoming mums have cropped up in other states, like most things, they are still bigger in Texas. The Mum Shop has been a leading designer for custom mums and garters in North Texas for 34 years. Call us and let us make your homecoming mum or garter something you will always treasure.

    • @JoyMarie9
      @JoyMarie9 Před 6 lety

      Thomas Ullrich Thank you for enlightening so many of us who had no idea!!! I love learning new things every day!!!

    • @HBC423
      @HBC423 Před 6 lety

      Thomas Ullrich well it's utterly ridiculous

    • @dcpsdrivers
      @dcpsdrivers Před 6 lety

      I found on google.

    • @ReginaDailey
      @ReginaDailey Před 6 lety

      Those mum's weren't tiny ones. They were football mum's.

  • @briannaboone8802
    @briannaboone8802 Před 2 lety +1

    My mum probably cost about $350-$400 for it to be a senior one. Usually the bigger the mum, the bigger your status and the more your s/o loves and cares about you.

  • @kaylainman1533
    @kaylainman1533 Před 6 lety +11

    I'm American and I've never heard of a mum before. Hahaha this is weird!

    • @melissacole7412
      @melissacole7412 Před 4 lety +1

      Kayla Inman I moved to Texas and had a child in school I didn’t know anything about mums till she told me about it.

    • @JJ-xs7cv
      @JJ-xs7cv Před 4 lety

      Kayla Inman I live in El Paso, Tx. its a HUGE thing during such week specially if you’re in sports. middle school and high school.

  • @Bawdy420
    @Bawdy420 Před 6 lety +15

    WOW there’s a lot to unpack here lol
    -They’re a fun tradition to show school spirit during the biggest high school football game of the year
    -We are fULLY aware of how ridiculous they are, but it’s fun to participate
    -They usually go hand-in-hand with a full week of dress up days, it’s kind of like a big party celebrating your school
    -There’s too much to explain ahaha, just accept that the U.S. is insane ;)

  • @cynthiaromero7753
    @cynthiaromero7753 Před 6 lety +3

    “Fluffy overalls” 💀💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 new trend. I shall take this to twitter and make this the new name. Lol man I love you guys

  • @ashleyoxford3121
    @ashleyoxford3121 Před 5 lety

    Drive around any town in Texas during the homecoming season and you’ll see a stand in a random parking lot with a Texas mom selling mums 😂

  • @LadyDi_ATX
    @LadyDi_ATX Před 5 lety +1

    Hi! I'm Diana. I'm from Texas. And I'm a recovering mum-maker. :-) I found your confusion and genuine bewilderment about mums totally hilarious. To clarify the Senior question. In the U.S. public education system, schools are generally grouped by grade: Beginning with Kindergarten (5-6 yr olds) and ending with 12th grade (17-18 yr olds). We have elementary (aka primary) schools (grades K-5), middle (aka intermediate or jr high) schools (grades 6-8) and high schools (grades 9-12). In high schools, students at each grade level are more normally referred to as follows: 9th grade = Freshman, 10th grade = Sophomore, 11th grade = Juniors, 12th grade = Seniors. Seniors graduate and are off to (hopefully) some sort of postsecondary education: 2yr college (community or jr college), 4 yr university, some sort of career/tech school, or straight into the workforce, if they're able to find a job. Of course, these are all broad generalizations and I can't speak for the entire U.S., but for the most part, this is how the U.S. public education system works.

  • @j.w.griggsiii8698
    @j.w.griggsiii8698 Před 6 lety +11

    A lot of cheerleaders wear bows on their head.
    Seniors this age are people who are in 12th grade. Other than that, senior citizens are those who are 65 years or older.

    • @cloudsofsunset7323
      @cloudsofsunset7323 Před 6 lety +1

      I can't handle the bows

    • @BKMcl
      @BKMcl Před 6 lety

      J.W.Griggs, I used to think that too, but in actuality you are considered a senior at 50 yrs. old.

    • @bobbiesuedavis5406
      @bobbiesuedavis5406 Před 6 lety +1

      In my hometown they've lost their collective minds. They've renamed the "senior center" to "active adult center ". Completely nuts 😆

  • @ReaganMcKinley
    @ReaganMcKinley Před 6 lety +10

    This is specific to Texas. A lot of other Americans are confused by this. I wore them in high school for homecoming and looking back it is really dumb to me 😂 but it’s a tradition for some reason. It’s weird, (and tacky) but high school football if HUGE here. I think it’s another way to show school spirit. Oh and people really do make A LOT of money making them for high school students. At my school people bragged about how much they spent on them. Crazy.

  • @AllanaFrischenmeyer
    @AllanaFrischenmeyer Před 5 lety

    Hahaha! I was dying watching this as I sat and made my daughter's mum for homecoming. It's ridiculous and has gotten out of control for sure, but it makes for good comedy with y'all! The sorority one had me rolling as well...and yes...I was in a sorority. Found it hysterical !

  • @karengarcia106
    @karengarcia106 Před 5 lety +2

    Freshman are the 9th grade in high school then sophomore are 10th and junior are 11th and the senior are the 12 th in high school.
    And yes mums are super expensive in Texas

  • @Sofiamakesstuff
    @Sofiamakesstuff Před 6 lety +18

    Whoa.... lmfao I've NEVER seen anything like this 🤣🤣

    • @ThoseTwoBrits1
      @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety

      SAME!

    • @leahhornkohl3667
      @leahhornkohl3667 Před 6 lety

      Never seen this before. Only in Texas!!!

    • @poit57
      @poit57 Před 6 lety

      I'm from Oklahoma and have never heard of this. From the comments here, it sounds like it is very specific to Texas high school culture.

    • @Sofiamakesstuff
      @Sofiamakesstuff Před 6 lety

      @@poit57 it must be... I'm with Joel and Lia, I don't understand why they do it... seems silly

  • @isthatwhatemptymeans8222
    @isthatwhatemptymeans8222 Před 6 lety +7

    Texas is weird ya'll. Remember there are more tigers in private collections in Texas than in all the wilds of the world.

  • @jmoore4661
    @jmoore4661 Před 5 lety +1

    They used to be made out of actual mum flowers with ribbon like a corsage.

  • @nicoletribble6005
    @nicoletribble6005 Před 6 lety +2

    Fluffy overalls! I've never heard of this tradition. Ima start bringing my pen and paper when I watch you two. I learn something new about my own country every time! 😂

  • @carlyrichards636
    @carlyrichards636 Před 6 lety +24

    Brits react to Mardi Gras

    • @ThoseTwoBrits1
      @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety +5

      Noted

    • @ThoseTwoBrits1
      @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety +3

      Noted

    • @andreasmith3018
      @andreasmith3018 Před 6 lety +1

      Oh yes. Good idea. I would love to see that.

    • @dwhetsel695
      @dwhetsel695 Před 6 lety +2

      I thought of Mardi Gras when I saw these. I’ve never seen this tradition before, sort of strange, but to each his own!😁
      College campuses are no different with their strange traditions at football games, lol!

    • @christinedorman3383
      @christinedorman3383 Před 6 lety

      +Carly Richards +Being British: Joel & Lia But only the REAL Mardi Gras, not the tourist / French Quarter / Bourbon Street Mardi Gras. They are two different things. Joel and Lia, PLEASE get a native New Orleanian to discuss Mardi Gras with you: the history, the reason / meaning, the REAL traditions, being a resident and having to deal with trying to get to work with streets that are closed for parades, and having to step over people who've passed out on the sidewalk (pavement), the parades where wide-eyed children catch beads and doubloons as opposed to the the debauchery that takes place from the influx of tourists who come to New Orleans at Mardi Gras just to get wasted.

  • @ruths3594
    @ruths3594 Před 6 lety +10

    Mum is a flower. But when I was a senior , my homecoming corsage had two beautiful golden chrysanthemums with long black and gold ribbons down to my knee . Our school colors were black and gold . The ribbons also have sayings on them usually the year you graduate or the year of the homecoming that you're going to. And for some reason a small miniature cow bell on the bottom was in when I was in high school. I'm surprised you didn't realize that the flower in the middle was a chrysanthemum? Now I realize why because there is no Chrysanthemum flower in the middle of those corsages . If you can call them corsages . I have never seen anything that look like that in your video. When I grew up our corsages were really really big but the ribbons were around one or two real chrysanthemum flowers. I have no idea why these corsages don't have flowers in them. That is the weirdest thing I've ever seen.

    • @TheGoldensmom2
      @TheGoldensmom2 Před 6 lety

      There is a flower--it's the base that everything else is attached to. The flower just gets covered up.

    • @kevinbaker6168
      @kevinbaker6168 Před 5 lety

      The miniature cow bell is to symbolize the cow bells often rang by the fans whenever the team makes a good play or a touchdown.

    • @ruths3594
      @ruths3594 Před 5 lety

      Kevin Baker I've never heard of that or seen it done at any high school. Is that done at Texas Longhorn games?

  • @billyalexander7210
    @billyalexander7210 Před 6 lety +1

    I suggested this!!! Y all are awesome!! They do get bigger with each generation!! Last homecoming game I went to was in the 90s. The ones in the vid were twice the size as the ones the girls had when I was growing up. The ones in the vid are just gaudy!!! Its just a fun goofy tradition and its a way to show school pride because they are in the schools colors. Small town Texas is surreal at times. Ok sooooo y'all call jelly what we call gelatin or more commonly jello. Jelly, jam, preserves are all different. They each have a different texture.

  • @selrad4194
    @selrad4194 Před 6 lety +4

    I was raised in Texas and for a long time I thought it was normal in the states but only to later find out it’s strictly a Texas thing how weird 😂

  • @kathleenl4387
    @kathleenl4387 Před 6 lety +7

    Here I am, aging myself again...Born and Bred, Texan❣️. Conceived during Ike admin, born during JFK admin. Graduated from a Central Texas High School in ‘79. The chrysanthemums (mums) were huge, usually about 6 inches in diameter and pure white. Sometimes there would be double or triples and maybe with glitter ✨ gently glued onto the petals. Lots of ribbon, and again tokens of different organizations that we were members of, band, choir, cheer, etc. I actually made ones for my girls when they were in high school, but I used artificial blossoms in one of their school colors. Maybe a tiny stuffed animal...Basically the same, but less than what these girls have. I totally understand the concept, but most of theirs, IMO, are just too much. I love American Football and small town Texas on Friday nights. Oh and btw, it is also a tradition for some, to make one for the boyfriends that are much smaller and is attached to their arm with a garter.

  • @ShawnMHowell
    @ShawnMHowell Před 6 lety +15

    Yes! “Giant fluff balls with a teddy on it”. Classic Joel and Lia. Lol

  • @ChanTheMan972
    @ChanTheMan972 Před 5 lety +3

    Interesting, never realized this was specifically a Texas thing (crew up in Texas)

  • @vanessapayne7677
    @vanessapayne7677 Před 5 lety

    High School football teams travel to different schools to play. Homecoming is a high school event when your school team plays your home field for the first time in the season. So they celebrate it by holding a dance. The mum is a type of flower that started off as something boys would by for their dates to wear. Of course you know Texans love their football so they started to design the mums to show off school spirit and they started to add ribbons showing off the school colors. Then they would add things to personalize them. They're not made with real flowers anymore so now they can withstand time and you can save them for memorabilia.

  • @deefernand3189
    @deefernand3189 Před 6 lety +8

    I’m slightly triggered. 😂 I loved making my mums! Especially my senior year when it could be silver and white.

    • @ThoseTwoBrits1
      @ThoseTwoBrits1  Před 6 lety +4

      Aww Dee 💛

    • @christinedorman3383
      @christinedorman3383 Před 6 lety +2

      +Dee Fernand Although I'm not from Texas, Dee, I understand. I'm sure making the mum was important to you as a tradition and that you put a lot of time, effort, and thought into your mum. It's upsetting when people who don't take the time or empathy to understand mock a culture tradition or right of passage. It looked to me like making mums was an act of artistry, symbolism, and love, and that it was a playful, fun thing as well. And there's certainly nothing wrong with having a bit of fun!

    • @christinedorman3383
      @christinedorman3383 Před 6 lety

      +Dee Fernand Although I'm not from Texas, Dee, I understand. I'm sure making the mum was important to you as a tradition and that you put a lot of time, effort, and thought into your mum. It's upsetting when people who don't take the time or empathy to understand mock a culture tradition or right of passage. It looked to me like making mums was an act of artistry, symbolism, and love, and that it was a playful, fun thing as well. And there's certainly nothing wrong with having a bit of fun!

    • @marcieeby9434
      @marcieeby9434 Před 6 lety

      This is so freaking weird

  • @jennifercress5520
    @jennifercress5520 Před 6 lety +8

    Seniors-last year in high school.
    Freshman 9
    Sophomore 10
    Junior 11
    Senior 12
    From southern California, never heard of Texas mum’s.

  • @Ke11yyy
    @Ke11yyy Před 5 lety

    Yes you guys should definitely do more of these reacting to American things videos!

  • @Elong.
    @Elong. Před 5 lety

    I’m from Chicago and moved to Texas. In Chicago chrysanthemum (mums) were delicate flowers that fell apart with one hug. In TX the schools biggest fundraiser ($50k yr) is selling mums and garters. Volunteer moms make them and there’s an Exchange Party where couple stand back to back then turn and present their mums and garters. After Homecoming girls hang them on their wall. The bigger the better and they’re glorious under football stadium lights!😂

  • @c.michellesparks2925
    @c.michellesparks2925 Před 6 lety +30

    American and have NO idea what this is about. Lol

    • @lovespuzzlestoomuch
      @lovespuzzlestoomuch Před 6 lety +1

      I was thinking the same thing. lol

    • @c.michellesparks2925
      @c.michellesparks2925 Před 6 lety

      True but I spent all my summers in Texas! Lol I'm half Texas(Dad) and half Louisiana(Mom)
      .

    • @darkangel79413
      @darkangel79413 Před 6 lety +1

      I'm from Texas and assumed this happened everywhere else! I'm just as confused as you are...

    • @c.michellesparks2925
      @c.michellesparks2925 Před 6 lety +1

      Do you know if it was one of those give a girl a flower at a dance things that just got out of control? Lol That's the only thing that makes sense in my mind at the moment.

    • @lindawitherspoon446
      @lindawitherspoon446 Před 6 lety +1

      C. Michelle Sparks, yes that’s exactly what it is.

  • @johnpusztay
    @johnpusztay Před 6 lety +8

    Couple of things. Mum never means Mom in America.
    Second, this Homecoming Mum us a regional thing.
    Third, America has 12 grades plus kindergarten for school. Your last four years are typically high school. Your last year of school (12th grade) is refered to as your senior year. And in descending order is junior year (11th grade), sophomore (10th grade) and freshman (9th grade).
    This is repeated in college. First year of college is Freshman, second year is Sophomore, third year is Junior, and fourth year is Senior.

    • @cynhwon
      @cynhwon Před 6 lety

      JohnAndrew thats interesting and a bit complicated to me. In Australia, we just count from Year 1 (primary school) all the way through high school year 12. So what if your uni degree is more than 4 years? Are you still senior?

    • @janlabij7302
      @janlabij7302 Před 6 lety

      cynhwon No. My four year degree is in English lit and History. The next 2 year degree is a Masters. The next 2 or 4 years is a Doctorite. Most people with a Doctorite (think doctor-it) are varying degrees of smug, so if they have a phd after their names, the smug ones are often reffered to as "piled high and deep".

  • @Tricia.C.Flores
    @Tricia.C.Flores Před 5 lety

    mum (pronounced just as you are saying it): short for chrysanthemum.. the traditional flower (fall November flower) used to make these huge corsages. the mums are customized to the person's interests and or hobbies and decorated with bells and trinkets. this tradition began in early 40's as a simple corsage using the ''mum'' with ribbons in colors of their school american football team and decorated with team mascot etc. the mum is a gift from parents , a football buddy, date, or friend. They are also made into garters for girls to wear on leg or on the arm of the football player. Mums are definitely something that is ''Bigger in Texas'' lol .. it's just fun and a nice memory as the flowers used now are silk flowers. Everyone has their thing.. in Texas.. this is ours :)

  • @jordanbushee2188
    @jordanbushee2188 Před 5 lety

    the mum is what the flowers called. the white fluff is on the top. but a senior is the last year of school before college