and the things on our shoulders were epaulettes

Nick: “Why do people say ‘throw down the gauntlet’ when you duel? If I want to duel, do I have to run out and get a gauntlet?”

Becca: “No, you can just say ‘let’s duel.'”

Nick: “Where did that phrase come from?”

Becca: “Well, I think it’s a throw-back from a time when people wore gaunlets.”

Nick: “You wear them? Wait, what’s a gauntlet?”

Becca: “It’s a glove.”

Sarah: “Yeah, and the part that goes on your forearm. We had fake ones to wear with our marching band uniforms in high school.”

Nick: “What?? I thought it was, like, a glass.”

Sarah & Becca: “No, that a goblet.”