We're Back!

After 35+ years wrangling kids in the classroom, Lisa and Sue have finally retired—but don’t expect them to act their age. In this laugh-out-loud episode, the dynamic duo returns from a “short” break (who’s counting months, anyway?) to launch the next chapter of their podcast: “We Didn’t Know What We Didn’t Know: Life Laughed.”

They’re swapping lesson plans for life lessons, tackling the wild ride of aging with the same humor and honesty that made them legends in the teachers’ lounge. From milestone birthdays and summer “vacations” that last until December, to the real talk about surgeries, Spanx, and the eternal mystery of Barbie and Ken anatomy, nothing is off-limits.

You’ll hear about their favorite doctor (who’s as blunt as she is brilliant), the joys of going bra-free, and why “nipping the nips” is a legit life lesson. Whether you’re a seasoned “oldie” or a curious whippersnapper, Lisa and Sue promise plenty of laughs, a few surprises, and maybe even some wisdom you didn’t know you needed.

Tune in, catch your breath, and get ready to laugh at the madness of growing older—but never growing up.

Please contact us with comments or ideas for our new podcast. Here's our email: podcastwedidntknow@gmail.com.

You can also find us here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SueandLisa
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Thanks for listening! -Sue and Lisa

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Transcript

 We’re Back!

Hi, I'm Lisa. And I'm Sue. After more than 35 years in the classroom, we've retired from teaching, but not from telling stories. We've shared our favorite school day tales and now it's time to turn the spotlight on us. Yes, us. These days we're focused on growing older, but definitely not growing up. We still don't know what we didn't know.

But you might pick up a life lesson or two between the laughs. Hopefully you oldies out there will laugh with us and you young whippersnappers will be prepared for what's to come. We didn't know what we didn't know. Life laughed.

Hey Sue. It's been a minute,

Lisa.

It's been a while.

We missed a little bit.

Yeah. We said we'd see you back after summer. Yeah. Which is, four months. But, . It's only been eight double.

We're slackers,

we slacked off,

but we have seen each other. We know what's been going on in each other's lives. But yeah, let me just say happy 4th of July. Yes and oh, and Happy sixtieth!!

I'm 60

Lisa is 

sixty, 

so now we can podcast about it, Uhhuh

happy Summer solstice. Happy autumn solstice. Happy Halloween.

Oh. Mildred Fish Hark Day. That was back September. We missed that one. That's a call back to episode 60 in case you know you're an elementary teacher. And now it's a Christmas season, but we're back.

We are back.

We're back. Did you miss. Are you ready for  📍 this? Mm-hmm. are you ready for this? No.

Are you ready for this?

Oh, that's Taylor Swift. Boom. Boom. Are you ready for it?

I'm gonna say something

that's not correct. .

I don't, I don't know any modern music.

What, you know, I don't. I love Taylor Swift.

No, none. I don't listen to music. Wow. Lisa. I listen to podcasts and if some of our friends would fricking listen to podcasts too, we had a lot of listens over the summer. So thanks for sticking with us but the definition of summer now is April through December because that's what we said. Well, we'll be back after the summer.

You know, that would've been the perfect summer vacation for when we were teaching. If we would've had six months

come back and whatever. I think they need to. Year round school.

Oh, year round is awesome. As long as you got three weeks between each semester

Lisa, I was looking at all the things we were saying our podcast was gonna be okay.

Yes. We said we need to catch your breath. Is your breath caught? Yes. Yes. I feel you. Um, you wanted to turn 60? And you did. I did. I made it. We successfully made it. Also, we,

despite everything

we wanted to change and tweak our podcast and we changed the title

emphasis a little bit off of teaching. We can still bring some of our teaching stuff Yes.

In as stories into it, but Right. We kind of wanted focus and have a bigger umbrella over just Yes, aging 

focus on growing, older, but not up.

There you go.

So we wanna still call it. We didn't know. We didn't know. But this time we will call it

Life laughed.

Life laughed.

Laughing at all. Left laughed. Funny things that happen after retirement

because it's been some stressful times as of late. And we won't say why. Fill in the blank. Let's make it What's that? Mad Libs. Let's just put in a blank there. I am stressed because of, give me an adjective. Now give me a noun and let's just say it's been a little stressful. So we wanna just bring life laughter or back to everybody.

Yes. And the social media.

Mm-hmm.

They were talking about not going downwards. They call that when you're scrolling and doomsday scrolling. Doomsday Scrolling We want this to be fun and lighthearted and

yes, but we aren't gonna sugarcoat about aging, and I think we'll just have a little episode here to catch everybody up on Lisa's. Boobies.

We have, to revisit the boobies. Okay.

It has to be because, yeah. Yeah. We left you, uh, ,

We left off with, I had a surgery back in, I think it was like February or March, or, I don't even, anymore,

we don't even know which year.

I lose track of days now you know, those, tests that they have now for if you have dementia. One of the questions, one of the first questions is , what day of the week is it? I'm like, I don't know what, what's the date? I don't know. I don't know. Anyway, yeah, I had the implants replaced.

Okay. Yep. And the next surgery was just a little bit ago. where they actually took off the nipples because we talked about the fact that do not keep nipples. Yes. 'cause then you have the tissue and you still have then a chance of cancer. Those kind things. That's a  📍 lesson. So we

lesson for life, that was a lesson for

Nip the nips.

Nips the nips.

So I got. The nip snipped. I went in, I, I found a, a new best friend, I think,

dude.

Yes. I had a lady surgeon. And then you have to have your plastic surgeon. Oh yeah. She is the coolest person. In the world. She came in and she's like, ah, I'm so sorry this happened to you. I'm so sorry that you were given bad advice.

And she goes, we're gonna take care of this. And oh, she was amazing. , Got rid of the nipples. And then I said, can you do anything about this little flab under the, you know, armpit. She's pointing to her under armpit. Under armpit. You know, you get that little, because when they put in implants, that always puffs out a little bit.

Okay.

So now they shaved that down.

So she had an armpit shaving,

not an armpit. It's that flab under like right where your bra is.

Under bra overhang. Yeah, that's what they call it. Bra over offering. Yeah. We put this,

do you want to see my boobies?

Now those of you, um, okay. We've known each other a long time. Alright I'm gonna just sit back and have my. So I'm having some coffee.

They're quite lovely. I I still they're you? They're amazing. So I have a, a

What are you doing that not

I have a Spanx on just a minute.

Oh, I was gonna say, that's not where you're boobs are

'cause after surgery you gotta strap those suckers in. And I was tired of my sports bra, so I got this really tight little, Spanx

okay, I'm ready.

Here we go. Ready? Okay. The unveiling,

they don't even look.

That's nice.

Yeah, look, see, and they took all that little stuff.

It's a lot of, oh, look at that. There's a lot of men with bigger boobs than that. You know, man, boobs.

They're perfect. They're good. You got a little smoosh? Yeah. See? Oh, very good.

Alright, so that's not scary at all. People,

they don't even look weird without nipples, do they?

Not really.

So what did you think of my, breasts?

Don't say breasts.

My boobies. 

Um, well, you know how any breast, I don't know, it's,

my sister hates breasts too.

I don't know,

because I'll say, oh, I have to send a picture of my breast. She goes, don't say breast let's my boobies. Okay. I thought it's. No tits are on dogs.

No, no.

I'm gonna have to edit that out.

No, keep it It., My, my udders.

No. Okay. Anyway, lemme take it back to

Cha chas?.

Oh cha chas. I like that. Your cha chas look. What'd you think? Cha Chas look like a Barbie doll. Where they don't have a nipple. But you remember

Barbies have nipples?

No, they don't.

Yes they do. They have little bumps there.

No, they don't. Lisa, you are incorrect. I'm gonna Google this. There is no nipple on a Barbie doll.

Oh, that's right. They are smooth. I'm a Barbie do. I'm a Barbie doll.

You're a Barbie do. Although, what we would do is we would take usually the red push pins, the little stick pins, and we'd give them nipples.

Yes. Covered like little, because you could push pins, and then we'd break 'em off and put earrings in.

Could you stick through the barbie plastic though?

Yeah. Not the hard plastic. They were softer back then. You could bend their arms and their hands and wrists.

We give them nipples.

Now they've got like fake little joints. Like, mm. They only go one way or they just don't bend at all. But then, yeah, we had stick pins all over it. We did make boobies, but Ken dolls. So I have the body of a Ken Doll, not a Barbie.

No, because you don't have that little flat, weird penis. What was that about?

They had a bump there too.

They had a bump there too. I think that's good.

Oh my gosh. So just, just, just to, just to recap,

recap it.

I have boobs like a Ken doll?

No, you have boobs like a Barbie doll. Okay.

Not that I stick about stick, push pins in my boobies.

Not at all.

You'd rupture my implants.

It would be bigger. I still wanna stick like a A dot A dot candy.

I wish I had the body of a Barbie. No, that's impractical.

No, that's stupid. We, we don't want Barbie doll bodies.

I've heard that , you could get, , tattoos.

You can, you can get 3D tattoos.

I want you to swear to me now. You're not gonna do that?

I'm not gonna do that. Good. I'm okay being odd.

It's too pricey.

I don't need a 3D tatoo!.

Okay. What about a Juli fruit or a jujubee? If you want a nipple., Do you miss having like, because I would never miss having the puppy noses sticking out.

You know, the only problem is I would like to, I can't tell if it's really cold out. 'cause I can't say, I can't say it's nippy out. There's no nipples. I can actually go bra free like today. You know,

she really is. They could be jumping because see, I miss the whole idea of jumping, I would like to jump again.

They're awesome. Three surgeries later? Got the perfect, cancer free. boobies.

Our listeners, can you send us your ideas for the best replacement for a nipple if you wanna have them back,

that reminds me of the story. Picture this two years. Picture this picture. Two years ago I was riding my bike on the beach with some friends and we're going and we see this woman,

oh, you told the story.

Did I tell the story?

She's gonna retell it. Oh, retell

about the woman in the jeans. That's right. I, with no shirt on, I'm here. With pasties, With just pasties

I said pastes, pastes, pastes. It's not a pasty is a food. We have had this conversation. don't want her slept. She had like shelves pasted to her chest.

Oh God. Know the shelves would've been better. . Anyway, they were just these pasties pasted to cover up her nipples. Now I could be that woman she doesn't even need. I can be walking down the beach with just my jeans on.

, You would look like, you would look like a, a guy that,

not quite a guy.

No, of course not, but I'm just saying there are men out there with bigger boobs than you now and know what I'm saying? I know men have nipples, right? I guess I just don't notice. 

Men have nipples. Yeah. Oh my God. Aren't you married?

Yeah, but the areola, that's interesting. I'm, I'm taking that word out.

I love the word areola.

I hate it. I hate it. It's like, it's kind of like moist 

One time I wore this low- cutting dress and this woman came up and she goes, she came out. She goes. Your areolas are showing God,

do you know how I can find out which podcast you talked about? Pasties is , we have he capacity with AI now. Pasties. Pasties. I can just type in pasties and find out which episode if you're listening and you know, which episode we use the word pasties, which we know is a delicious treat from the upper peninsula of Michigan.

I'm all good. I'm done with surgeries next year, the year of 2026. Yeah, no surgeries. Besides, I can't afford it with insurance so much. I gave, oh man, I don't even, my deductible. I'm like, no, just I'm not going to the doctor.

I have my last, pap smear, like in your...

I haven't had a pap smear since I was 40.

Well, you're supposed to have one every five years.

I know.

Remember we did another podcast about that where you're, I'm feeling a little like left out. I'm feeling like a puff of dust will.... like come out. Poof. We talked about that before too. I love podcasting with Lisa.

We've kind of forgotten.

All my old jokes are so new. I like it. Poof. I know, What I was saying before is we talked about cobwebs and all the empty shell that is your Yeah. Abdomen I mean.

Yeah. They haven't, and I'm like, do I need it? No, you're fine. , You're fine. You're fine. No,

fine. I just saw our doctor. 'cause Lisa and I share a doctor.

We do.

She's a wonderful female doctors. Come on. Yeah. Come on. Yeah. ,

And she's so blunt, she's from Russia.

She's Ukrainian.

Ukrainian! 

She's fantastic,

she goes, you get on treadmill, get going.

She goes, listen. She said, what you do? You just put this cream on and it takes away all the wrinkles. And I will write down, you have terrible acne, and then you can have it for free. Okay? So don't be offended. She's a lovely, awesome person. Important.

She's the best doctor ever!, and then she's on top of everything.

And you go to the drug store and you get the castor oil, it's very sticky. Kind of smelly. You put it all over. That's all you do. Yeah. And it's working. Look at me. Yeah. Do I look sixty?

She's like, yeah. She's like, you stay under 1200 calories, you'll be fine. Oh, you'll be fine. But she used used to say to me, she used to say, you are boring. You are boring patient. And then the last couple years she's like, you are not boring anymore. You're not boring. And I'm  📍 like, yeah, I'm not.

Hey Sue, since it's been such a long break, I think we need to start off slow. May this be a short, quick one?

Yeah, so this is our new podcast. It's still called, we didn't Know, we didn't Know. Life Laughed and it's gonna be Lessons for Life by Sue and Lisa.

Episode 63. Hey, isn't that your age? Oh, I know you're older than me, but I'm not sure.

Listen, listen . I'm 61.

Oh, sorry. Yeah. Okay, sorry.

This is real life education. Laugh at the madness. That's right. maybe we'll try to get some guests on here soon.

Hey, don't forget, aging might not be glamorous, but it sure does give us some great material.

That's right. And a wise person once said, when you're older, you know how it feels to be 25. But sorry, 25 year olds, you have no idea what it feels like to be older.

We can prepare you for what's to come. Laugh along with us as we share our wisdom for life.

Thanks for sticking with us, and next time be ready for, some funny stories about annoying older people like us.

Bye. Bye bye. bye. Bye.

Thanks for listening to our podcast. We didn't know what we didn't know. Life laughed. We'll see you next time. Bye bye.