Welcome to “Good Mythical More.” You call your grandparents something interesting, something that’s affectionate, you call them that from such a young age that you don’t even think about how weird it is until we talk about it on this “Good Mythical More.” Wow, we’re breaking ground today. Of course, they could just be made up. But first, we’re giving $1,000 to Stand Up To Cancer to aid in their mission to raise funds to accelerate the pace of groundbreaking research that can get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now. Please join us in giving at StandUpToCancer.org/RhettandLink, we got our own url, yeah, yeah. Stand Up To Cancer. StandUpToCancer.org/RhettandLink. That’s you and me. Nice. All right, thanks for being your Mythical best. Okay, Stevie, let’s hear the first one. Well, I can’t keep track of who’s dead and who’s not between us. I mean, I know we’re all alive. All mine have been gone. All mine. We’re all alive. Long dead. All my grandparents are long dead. All my grandparents are also. I have one surviving grandma, my Nana, my dad’s mom, Nana is still… She’s doing pretty good. She’s got a walker now. But she’s like 90 something, right? Yeah, I think she’s 90. She’s got like a cracked hip, so it’s like, she’s in some pain. But you know what, I talked to her the other day and she says things like, “Yeah, I’m in some pain, “we’re trying something else to help with that, “and I’m just gonna keep a positive attitude.” So she’s mentally sound? Oh yeah. And she’s always had a great attitude, and that’s why she’s outlived everybody. She’s tenacious. She is tenacious. But is that the weirdest name, which is Nana, which is not very- Yeah, name our grandparent names real quick. Nana, Nanny. What about the granddads? Oh, Papaw, Papaw. I would call both of my Papaws Papaw. But you said it slightly differently though. Papaw. And the other one. It’s Papaw. You called them both the same thing? Yep. I always thought there was a slight difference. No, there’s not, they just look different. Not followed by their name, just Papa? Not Papa, Papaw. Papaw. Equal emphasis on the Papaw. But no like name afterwards? No. So in order to differentiate them I would always say, “We’re gonna go see Nanny and Papaw,” or “We’re gonna go see Nana and Papaw.” So only with adding the partner. The qualifier. And did you have any cousins who would- Yeah, my cousin call Papaw, Papa. See I knew there was something! They say Papa. Right, ’cause they’re huge fans of “Stranger Things,” right? I’m not. Papa, that’s what she calls the guy with white hair. Oh. Papa. What about you, Rhett? So my mom’s dad died before I was born, so I call him just my mother’s father. Her mom we called Granny, and then my dad’s mom we called Mama Nell. Her name was Nell. Interestingly, the one of yours that’s still alive is Nell. We have two Nells. Yep, Nana. Her husband, who was not my grandfather, but my step-grandfather we called Pop. Pop. Pop and Mama Nell. And then my actual grandfather, my dad’s dad we called Grandpa McLaughlin. Yeah, but you never lived close to any of them, you never had a real strong connection to- Well, Grandpa McLaughlin, I saw a couple times maybe. Mama Nell, when she moved up here to North Carolina. Well, the first three years of my life, we were in Georgia, so I would see them all the time, of course, I don’t remember it. Yeah, you don’t remember that. ‘Cause everybody was down in that same area. And then Mama Nell lived in North Carolina. You remember she came up and we went to the retirement home. So she was in North Carolina with us for like, I don’t know how many years, five to 10 years, I’ve lost track of time. Of course, my parents are now grandparents, so are yours. Yep. My mom wanted to be called Granny, and Lewis, they called him… I think they said Papa, not Papaw. Why are you using past tense? Well, because Lewis died. Lewis passed away. Oh, I thought you meant like, the older that your kids got, they were just kind of like- Yeah, they still refer to Papa- This is stupid, we’re just gonna use real names. Papa Lewis. And your dad. My dad is Granddaddy, and his wife is Nanna. So there’s a Nanny… Well, there’s not a Nanny anymore. There’s a Nana and then there’s a Nanna. I think that my parents have the most interesting names and they did pick them for themselves, and it is Mama Di and Daddy Mack. Daddy Mack is cool. Daddy Mack. Yeah, yeah. Daddy Mack is a good one. He picked that not knowing that it was a Kris Kross reference for the ’90s? I’m sure he did not know, and I don’t know exactly how it came about, but they were ready, ’cause my mom is Diane, and of course, McLaughlin, so Mama Di and Daddy Mack. They were ready. And then my in-laws, my mother-in-law’s name is Phyllis, and they called her Dittus. Like, the first grandchild called her Dittus, trying to say Phyllis, and so she’s Dittus. Which I think is pretty cool. And then my father-in-law is just Grandpa. He got just Grandpa, so you got Grandpa and Dittus, which there’s not a lot of symmetry there. It is interesting to ask for the name Granny. Like, what was that background? I think she had a Granny that she really loved, so she had a bond association with that even though… Yeah, it kind of implies more of an elderly grandma versus like a younger, vibrant grandma. Which I think my mom’s more on that side, Mama Sue, which I call her Mama. I call her Mom now, I don’t call her Mama, but growing up I called her Mama. Yeah, me too. Now have you picked out your and Jessie’s names for when you have grandkids? ‘Cause I have. Well, I think there are two types of people, there are people who tell you what they want you to call them, and then there are people who just let things happen. So you’re judging me and you’re putting me in the camp with your own parents. Yeah, right. Hey, listen- You have a problem with that? No. When we were talking about your parents it was like a cool thing. Yeah. And when you said I was gonna do it- Yeah, but you’re- Inconsistent. What’s your chosen name? They weren’t thinking about it at age 44, I’m just gonna go ahead and tell you that. Well, you know, my kids, two of them are childbearing age. Right, yeah. Gotta be ready, man. What’s your name? Christy wants to be called- You wanna be called Christy? So that’s interesting. Yeah, let’s do it vice-versa. Just start calling me her name. Christy and I were on vacation one weekend, and we started talking about what we would be called as grandparents, just kind of on a whim. And she was like, “Well, my sister when she was little, “she couldn’t say Christy, “so she called me Kiki, “so I think my grandkids, who won’t be able to say Christy “to call me Kiki.” And I’m like, “I like that.” I’m like, “Well, I think I wanna be called Papaw.” But there’s too many, I don’t know, maybe. So then I’m like, “Well, when I was growing up, “I couldn’t say the L in Link, “so I would say Ink, so I wanna be called Papa Ink.” Papa Ink. You know what, that should be your DJ name. Really, I think it’s the only thing that we figured out. Papa Ink. Papa Ink in the house. Papa Ink and Kiki, Kiki and Ink. That’s cute, right? I have a similar one to that, we were supposed to call my grandfather Pop-Pop, but I couldn’t say it, so I said Babop. So for his entire life until he passed, he was Babop. Babop. B-A-B-O-P. Right. So yes, I was kind of doing a bit a second ago, here’s what I’ll say about picking your name, I think that if an interesting circumstance leads to a cool name, you can go with it, but I think it’s good to have something that like if the question arises, “Do you wanna be called something,” you should have an answer. I think having being prepared, because you don’t wanna get called something dumb and then that’s what you’re stuck with. So I do think having a plan… And then if something starts to kind of percolate and they start calling you something weird, be like, can we stop that? Can we correct course right now and call me this? Yeah, but somebody has to decide, because the kid is too young to decide. Right. So it’s either the parents decide, or the- I guess what I’m saying is that if you bring a new into the equation, then things like Babop and Dittus can’t happen. There’s no organic process. If the organic process leads to some awesome new name, that’s great, but if it doesn’t, be prepared with a cool name. I think the opportunity is there for your kids to make up names for you that you don’t know about and then start talking about you with those names. That is the opportunity here. And they can be really unfortunate names you get stuck with. So you’re trying to get us to actually play this game now? No, I’m not. We’re out of time. The reason I asked about cousins is because on my dad’s side, I was the oldest cousin, and so I just called them Grandma and Grandpa, and then everyone who’s younger than me, for some reason started calling my grandma Marnie which doesn’t make any sense, her name was Dina. Okay. And called my grandfather Papa Lew, Lewis. And so that was an interesting dynamic, because- And you didn’t adopt that? And I didn’t adopt that, ’cause- That’s weird when they don’t and no one- Exactly. Yeah, that’s bad, family reunions just completely break down. Well, and it also just felt weird to call someone by two different names. It felt like I was missing out on something, but I was like, that’s not what I call them, so yeah. And then my grandmother that just passed away I called her G-Ma, because she was such a proper woman, I just liked to mess with her, so I’d say, “What up, G-Ma,” every time I saw her. Did she drive a G-Wagon? Yes, actu… No. That’d be cool. Okay, now we can play the game. So we got these from fans. Yeah, Mythical Beasts submitted some names that they called their grandparents. But we also made up some names that you could’ve called your parents. That’s an Ances-Turd. Exactly. Not an ancestors. So you’re gonna guess if I’m giving you a Mythical Beast answer or a fake answer. So the first one- Oh, speaking of which, I just looked at myself here. If you wanna show your allegiance to not tomatoes, then buy this shirt and join forces with me in hating tomatoes. No tomatoes allowed. What about people who like tomatoes, can they still buy that shirt? Yes. Ironically. Mythical.com, wear it ironically, wear it sincerely. It’s a conversation starter. Post your pictures and tag me, ’cause that’ll make me feel like I’m not alone. I call my grandfather Pichon, which means pigeon in Spanish, and he got that name due to him flying from woman to woman. Real or fake? I like that, I’ma say real. I’m saying it’s not real, because I don’t think pichon is pigeon in Spanish, because Shepherd did that whole project about pigeons a couple years ago. Oh, you have a special pigeon knowledge. And I think it’s paloma or something like that. Oh. I think that is grapefruit. No, dove. That’s dove. But I also thought pichon sounded like a bad word that you call someone. But it is real. Yes! Submitted by Mythical Beast @kerp1unked with a one. Miky, kerp1unked. All right, let’s hit another one. I call my mom’s dad Uggo. My parents have no idea where I got the name from as a kid, but by the time I was old enough to know what it meant, it had already stuck. Uggo? Uggo like ugly? U-G-G-O. I know, but- U-G-G-O. To know what it meant- Yeah, I think the slang is like an ugly person. This sounds real. I’m gonna go with Ances-Turds. I like Uggo. It’s fake. Oh. It did sound real though, didn’t it? Okay, it did sound real. Yeah, it wasn’t too farfetched. Not really interesting. I called my grandpa Papa Florida because he lived in Florida and we wanted to differentiate him from my grandpa who lived in New York who was not nicknamed Papa New York. ‘Cause it doesn’t sound as good. Papa Florida sounds great. Papa New York. Papa Florida. Papa Florida. Papa Florida. My sister’s friend told her when she was little that she was going to Miami and my sister said, “I’m gonna see My Ami tomorrow.” Like she didn’t know Miami was a place. She thought Miami was, you know. Well, you know what, there’s a great Keith Whitley song where he takes that to an extreme, he talks about Amy in Miami. “Miami, My Amy.” That’s a stretch. No, listen to that song. This is real. Yes! And it comes from Megan, one of our writers. Megan, Papa Florida. Hey. Oh! Do you pronounce it Flaw-da? What was that? Florida. Yeah, he lived in Florida. What part of Florida? Like the part that is the south- What do you say though? Or the part that’s not the south? To be honest, I’m not sure. I know he was near Butterfly World. I’m not familiar with that. ‘Cause I remember that was like the one big thing that we did. Papa Butterfly World Florida. Yeah. Ironically, the further north you go in Florida, the more southern it gets. Coconut Creek. Oh, that sounds familiar, actually. Coconut Creek. Florida. That’s down there. Coconut Creek, Florida. That’s down there in the southern part. That’s in the southern part of Florida where they don’t talk like this. In fact, no one actually talks like this except people doing southern accents in movies. South of Boca Raton. You gotta get there on a fan boat. Yep, that’s it, that’s exactly how he sounded. Papa Florida lived on a fan boat. That’s like a Louisiana accent that you’re doing. Welcome to Papa Florida’s abode. Every summer I lose on average one finger in my fan boat. Yep, but I was born with three extra, so it’s okay. I’m down to four. Papa Florida got four fingers left. That’s approximately four summers that I can still steer my fan boat. Pull my non-existent finger and I’ll give you- This is a very good transition into the next round. And I’ll give you a very existent fart. ‘Cause this says, I call my Grandpa Grandpa One Foot, ’cause he had one foot, now he has- The diabetes took it. Now he has none. Now he has none. This has gotta be real. Grandpa One Foot. Yeah. Grandpa None Foot. This comes from Mythical Beast @Hahahha_why. Grandpa One Foot. I had a great aunt who only had one foot. Did you call her Aunt One Foot? No, I called her… What was her name? What was her name? Hazel. Her name was Hazel. Aunt Hazel. Aunt Hazel, yep. Aunts don’t get as good of names. Aunts and uncles are usually just uncle first name, aunt first name. My Aunt Teesy. You know, her name was Teresa, I couldn’t say Teresa, so I said Teesy. A slight alteration. Okay, I like this, give me another one. Grandpa One Foot. Oh, you know what- Stevie One Foot. This is a cool aunt name, my wife’s sister is called Sha-Sha, because her name is Ashley, and somebody was trying to say Ashley, I guess Locke, and now she’s Sha-Sha. Which that’s a good- Chase just said that he is called Uncle Ca-Ca. Uncle Ca-Ca? Because Sarah tried to tell his nephew, niece? Niece that his name was Cha-Cha, and she says Ca-Ca. Uncle Ca-Ca. Uncle Ca-Ca I think is pretty good. Yeah, what does that mean in Spanish? Is it the parallel universe Chase though? I call my grandma Baby, because when I was barely over three years old- Baby? Baby. I thought she was my actual child, because kid logic. They thought their sibling was the- No, their grandparent. Grandma. The three year old thought- She was watching “Benjamin Button.” She thought her grandma was her child? There’s a baby. Just like the movie. This is real because of that. No, this is strange. Yeah, it’s fake. Okay, good. I was hoping it was real. I call my grandpa Mega Pop as in Megatron. I was addicted to “Transformers” as a kid and I refused to call him anything else. That’s great, it’s gotta be true. Mega Pop. It needs to be true. Megatron was the bad guy though. Yeah, it’s fake. Oh. It’s sad when it’s fake, right? Yeah, I know, I wanted it to be so real. Mega Pop, yeah. Okay, my grandma I called Gang Gang. You tricked me. And my granddad I called Ginggore. Ginggore. Ginggore? Because as a baby I couldn’t pronounce either grandma or granddad. Well, you didn’t even get close. Gang Gang and Ginggore. Is there a N in it, Ginggore? Huh? Is it Gegor or Ginggore. G-I-N-G-G-O-R-E. Ginggore. Ginggore. I like that as a name for an ugly dog, Ginggore. Listen, I think my backup grandpa name might be Ginggore, is what I’m thinking. Ginggore. It’s probably not in heavy rotation. It’s got a very sci-fi fantasy element. Ginggore is here. I’m going to the park with Ginggore. I think it’s real. Yeah, I hope it’s real. It’s real. Yes! From Mythical Beast @AlishaCharlie99. Alisha. That’s great. Gang Gang and Ginggore. Gang Gang, Ginggore, yes! Write those down if you need any of them. Just leave it to Papa Ink. Tomatoes, out, tees rejecting tomatoes, very in. Get my No Tomatoes Tee now at Mythical.com.