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Episode Date: December 17, 2025

This podcast description was blatantly written by AI... In this entertaining episode of the Clint, Meg, and Dan, with Ash London, the hosts kick off with Christmas cheer, discussing Santa's hectic schedule and debating who belongs on his Naughty List. They dive into relatable scenarios inspired by the Friends series, exploring real-life confessions of love at airports. Special guest appearances include Santa himself and an 82-year-old marathon runner, making for a heartwarming and hilarious listen. Tune in for scandalous dating stats, romance author critiques, and a heart-tugging confession that rivals any holiday movie plot! 00:00 Welcome to the Clint, Megan, Dan Podcast02:19 Throwback Songs and Christmas Music Debate05:21 Santa's Call-In Requests19:14 Retail Theft and Holiday Struggles23:48 Dating in New Zealand: Best and Worst Places29:06 Erotic Fiction Challenge: Ash vs. Clint and Dan40:01 Elle Fanning's Jack Black Obsession44:23 Interview with Marathon Runner Don51:17 Naughty or Nice List Confessions01:02:12 Year in Review: New Zealand Dating Scene01:05:00 Friends Phoner: Airport Love Confessions

This is a podcast from Rover. Ever wanted to eavesdrop on a group chat that should never see the light of day? Congrats. You've found it. This is the Clint Megandandand podcast. Be it freaky. Clint Megan Dan with Ash London. Hitts harder in Auckland.

One to six, good morning Thursday. Good news. This time next week, Christmas. Yeah, I know. Yeah. In fact, yeah, it is a week. My goodness me, that's crept up. Santa will be here here.

He's stressing God. Oh, yeah. No, at this point of the year, I think he's done all his due diligence. The elves are picking up the slack. He's ready to go. The sleigh's all prepared. Oh, right. So you think he's just coasting?

It's just the calm before the storm. All the toys are made. Most kids have got in their requests. Is there still time for some of the kids on the naughty list to get on the nice list? Oh, God, yes. Oh, so he's refreshing that. Oh, yes. Straight up, right up to Christmas Eve, you can get off that naughty list.

I don't know why I know all this stuff. It's like I've got a direct line to Santa. If you're up nice and early, let us know. We should do this on the show where people tell us the thing that they've done that's a bit naughty and we'll decide if we think, well, actually, you seem to know a lot, Dan. Whether it's naughty enough to be on the naughty list or if you would have just scraped by...

Well, as a guy that's been on the good list and the naughty list over the years, I know how to get on and off it, the naughty list. Yeah, I know. That's what I thought you mean. Okay, good. All right, maybe after 8 o'clock, we'll do that. You let us know what you've done this year. that might have gotten you on the naughty list. No, Ash, today.

She's on the naughty list because she didn't turn up to work. No, I'm here, guys, did you redo? Yeah, boomerang, I'm all right. Do you want to play your bed that you always want us to play? Yeah, yeah, you want to see her. There we go.

How about those Tasmanian devils, am I right? Yeah, all right. You've got to make us coffees for the next four hours. There's something different about you. Yeah, I don't like it. You'll get used to it, boys. What are the time to get so okay. Your throat must be really sore

Oh, yeah, I mean, not the darts He sounded a bit like producer gal almost All right Clint, Meg and Dan Oh, oh my gosh No Ash London, no Meg today Mick's going to be on the show tomorrow though Yeah

Was gonna just do 8 till 9 But if Ash is sick then maybe Meg might end up Jumping on the whole show tomorrow Wouldn't that be exciting? Mm-hmm, yes Yeah This time in the morning We usually do a little bit of a throwback

This is the playlist T.I. and Timberlake is what the playlist is serving up at the moment. I mean, that's a good song. Is it worthy, is there other options that are stronger? You know, today in 2005, there was a huge list done by, I think it was Rolling Stone magazine, of the best Christmas songs of all time. Sorry, it was a VH1 poll. And the one that took it out was Fairytale, New York by the Pogues.

Now, a bit of an older song. but in my opinion one of the greatest in fact it was voted the best Christmas song of all time very south of New York yeah I do have it I'll go through some of the songs that are being suggested because we did ask

and then you can just see if any of them tickle your fancy No he's a Trump supporter making love I'm by the lake to our favorite Isn't Taylor Swift as well? No How come he's always playing her songs at his rallies

I don't think he's got permission for that Right, um, A good cutty Was Khalifa Don't hate it Real mixed bag from people setting in suggestions These all these suggestions

Always came back to back Vanga boys And then ASAP It's a real shuffle Oh, yeah, that one must have so many, you know, things through it where it's changed the lyrics. This is a good song. Admiral Levine, she went out in the semi-finals of now that's what I call Knockout. Not with this song.

One of her better B-sides. Otherwise, Dan, there is your original suggestion. I do think we'd probably get in trouble if we played this. Really? Because I reckon it's between the Pogues or... I mean, it's Christmas time. People are saying Pogs on the text machine. Do I fall on my sword and just if I get fired, I get fired?

I mean, Clint, you've got the fingers that do the pressing. It's up to you, my friend. You know, I'm easily influenced. It was all over my report card growing up. Oh, man. You're going to get influenced by me? What a loser. Yeah, mate.

Dan, 20 at checkout I just punch it in every time I'd ask for a coupon You never know Yeah, you're right, man It's always Christmas What I've got a warm feeling The Clint Meg and Dan podcast

The Poges fairy tale of New York Oh, now it feels like Christmas Six a M throwback Oh ho ho! Oh Oh, Santa's here Merry Christmas, Santa Yeah Merry Christmas, everybody

Morning, Carlene. Love the song? I absolutely love it, Dan. Not as much as yours, though. Oh, a Christmas song that we released yesterday. That's actually we're going to give that another spin this morning, later on, about 7.30, is it? Yeah, just poor 7.30. Did you want to talk to Santa, Carleine? Tell them what you want for Christmas? Yeah, I'd love to talk to Santa.

Come and sit on my knee, Carlane. What would you like, darling? Oh, hello. Hello, Santa. How are you? No need to put on a voice. I'll do that for you. for you, okay? Anyway, just your number one present you'd like, Carleine. Go on. What do you want? Tell Sandra what you want for Christmas.

I would really, really, just like a new car, if that's okay? A new car, Jesus. What type of a car? Why don't you send his here? Just a toy car or a full-size one, darling? She's gone. She hung up. She won her car, she's busy, mate. Okay, yeah, yeah.

What does somebody who wants a car get if they want a full-size car? Santa? Well, that's the thing with my sleigh, Clinton. I can put anything in there. It's magic. I could put a whole train in there if you wanted one. Wow. She really should have been specific, man. Yeah. Morning, Pam. Morning, how's it again? Very good. What would you like for Christmas? I don't know why we've just

started doing this, but here we are. You're a talk to Santa. I really wouldn't have a clue this year. No, because the kids really, they hog Santa, if I'm being honest. They do, are they? They hog the photos. They hog the requests for presents. So what does Pam want for Christmas? anything you want

oh no I don't know oh piss off then Pam it must be a stressful yeah stressful time it's actually really rough sorry about that Pam is it a stressful time of year if you used hand to it

because I imagine you're running around like a heedless chicken no of course not no it's a very calm time of year for me really because obviously everything's done the sleigh's packed

Mrs Claus is making all the food for the journey on Christmas Eve oh does she go with you No, no, she just packs the sleigh full of food for me. Ah, right. She stays at home and does F all, to be honest. Right. But anyway, anyway.

How's the relationship with you and Mrs. Claus going? It's tested at times. Especially around December. Yes, it gets very stressful. We picker, like any couple. Yeah. But, you know, I think love gets us through. Do you guys do counseling?

Oh, yes. I always suggest if you're going through troubles, always talk to someone, Clinton. It's the best thing you can do. Who do you? Who do you talk to them at the North Pole? I wouldn't imagine to be like a plethora. Isn't that a private thing I should give myself?

You should always hunt around for psychologists. You don't always find the perfect one the first time. How many have you had? Four or five. It's very hard to find them in the North Pole. Yeah, right. Yes. All right, well, hopefully you and Mrs. Claus have a lovely break.

Yes, we will. Oh, she's lovely. Yeah, yeah. You guys do all this stuff? Yes Oh yes Anyway Let's wrap this one up

Santa's had enough I've got to get back to the pole The North Pole No Mrs Claus's pole No Gordon Yes quickly Okay

So we do your first call of the day next Let's do it And I'll leave Oh are you gonna Thank goodness Santa Thank you all Good to see you Santa Oh

Oh he's off It's a shame Good to see him Oh well All right We're going to do that break tomorrow, but apparently it's been done. We'll get Santa back on. When's Ash back?

She may not be. Oh, there he goes. Could just be me, you and Santa for the next couple of days. God forbid. All right. Clint, Meg and Dan. Lesh go. Without Ash London and without Meg, can I just say it's Clinton Dan?

I guess so. You'd be lying if you said it was anyone else, Clint is just you and I in the studio. Because I have to say, it's Clint McGinn, with Ash London, but then it's no Ash London because she's sick, and it's also not with So it's just Clinton Dan on the edge. First call of the day! First call of the day! I always take my hat off to the first person through because, you know, they're an early riser usually,

and you're one of those people, Ella, from Mocceuca. Good morning. Hello, good morning. Good to have you on the show. Now, is this the first time you've called, or have you called before? I've called before, but I've never got on. Oh, here we are.

Wait, see, we've never actually got on the ear, on the edge before. No. Oh, you get the song. This time in forever Hello stranger For the first time Caller And we've been quite a few of you this year

Which we love That people have gone You know what bugger it Is it as scary as you think it's going to be? Oh no No It's a little bit nerve-wracking no Oh there's nothing scary about us

Tell you what I was working in radio And I one time called a radio station I think it was news talk ZB And they're talking about Mike Olskine Serena Williams or something And how she bowed out

In like the first round and people were saying she just did it to take the appearance fee. And it was like, excuse me, she's with millions of dollars. She wouldn't throw a game to make 50 grand. So anyway, it racked me up. And I called the radio station to give my opinion. Clinton, about five other 17-year-olds. It was like some long weekend because I remember like sitting bumper-to-bumber in traffic.

And I was like, bugger at. So I called and I sat on half for ages. And then when I finally got on, I was like shaking. I was like so nervous. I was going to be on the radio. That's what they want you to do. That's the reaction they want. That's what Hoskin wants to do

It feels like this isn't rail radio Now Ella it says here that you've once fell off a horse So you're a horse person Yeah Good on you my wife is as well She's a horse person She's a self-confessed She'll say that horse people are the craziest people

On the planet Would you agree? Oh no Sometimes There's some of them are right There's some that are a little bit You're like oh God Stee Claire of old

Gladys up the hill She's always a gladys on every horse What is the dead? damage when you came off the horse because you can sometimes have some pretty gnarly injuries. Oh, yeah, I fractured my spine and pulled all the ligaments in my shoulder and stuff. Yeah, that's probably my worst. God. What were you doing at the time?

Were you competing or were you just going for a hack? Oh, I was actually in the Walmart ring to go out and show jumping. That's usually the dangerous part of it because the horse is a bit cold. So sometimes they don't want to do what you're getting them to do. And so they can... No, a kid ran out in front of me. That'll happen. As, yeah, yeah.

A young kid, yeah, yeah. For an animal that's, like, so big and powerful, man, that's skitt of shade. They're just little wusses. It's like, just calm down, man. Just a breeze that comes a little too fast will, like, freak a horse out and free off. I think you'll agree, Ella. Horses, you know, we throw a lot of shade at them,

but they are the most given creatures. Like, what other animal lets you sit on their back? Oh, after you break it in and crush it spirit? And let them, like, you just walk around with them, ride them, canter, trot, they're incredible. Oh, they're amazing. Dan's pretty much ride them, but then he's described all the different ways. Like fast, slow, medium.

All the things. It's amazing, really. Oh, you and I both tourists? Oh, I didn't know that about you. Yeah, they say that we're stubborn, but I prefer determined. Yes, yep, yeah. My son is also a tourist and he's a mini-meet. Yeah.

Oh, and you've got a two, six, and eight-year-old. Geez, it's going to be a fun, busy, um, Christmas morning at your place? Yes. What's their main request for, before we let you go? What's their main request from Santa this year? Nothing too major, just a motorbike and a pony and a digger. A digger, my God.

Whoa, whoa. What were you going to say? A nightmare. You'd be able to say, nightmare and digger. Oh, well, then that would have been a nightmare. That would have been. You would have finished right now today. I didn't hear that

I think you're hearing things I don't know I don't even want to I mean I don't even want to get the replay to prove it Well thanks for calling Ella Let's let smoke screen this Yeah people can get the podcast later on If they want to check it Yeah you have a great Christmas

Say hi to your kids And say bye to your horse I will I've got a pony Yeah all right Well you hold there and we'll get a voucher out to you can go spend in store at Zed and you can taste the refreshing Feiger and lime iced tea That they rock at the moment

I'm going to stop talking because apparently I'm saying really bad stuff. Thanks, Ella. Jesus. Okay, should we do a scandal next? Yeah, you know what? McCauley Colkin's done another interview. He's doing it too. Look at you.

I know he's no idea what's going on. Look at you. One day in the saddle. Yeah. Doing scandal. Just professionalism, isn't it really? True, I guess. Yeah, he's, he comes out every time of year, this time of year, McCauley Colkin.

And he's spreading some home truths about what does kids think of him in home. Malone. The Clint Meg and Dan podcast. Gossip and entertainment. Clint Megan Dan with Ash London. Scandal. Actually, no Ash London.

She's way sick today. So Dan's looking after it. And it's all thanks to Hydrofacial, the ultimate glow treatment for Christmas and summer. And moist skin is where great technology meets beautiful ritual and real results. You get 50 bucks off a deluxe

hydrofacial just by using the code The Edge for the next seven days at checkout. The quintessential Christmas movie, Home Alone. Home Alone 1, Home Alone 2 lost in New York, two of the greatest films just in general of all time starring McCauley Colkin as a child I think he was when he filmed the first one he was like 10

and then the second one I think he's 12 or 13 and he got 100 grand for the first movie and then he got like 3 million or was it 4 million for the second one? Yeah it went up exponentially for the second one because of the success. I got stuck in a bit of a rabbit hole on this then he moved to Richie Rich if you remember that

after Home Alone and he got 9 million for that he was basically playing himself in that movie because he was loaded out playing a rich kid. Remember, and I remember watching that And he had a roller coaster at a McDonald's in his house Crazy, yeah. And I was like, oh my God, that's when you know you've made it.

So he's just done an interview on a podcast over in the States Talking about his family now Because he hasn't done any big movies in 20, 30 years Since like he was in Home Alone. Actually, his younger brother, who's always drinking the Pepsi in Home Alone Who, like, wets the bed and stuff. He's doing more stuff. Karen Colkin, yeah, yeah, he was in, um, what's the show?

Producer Neps? Producer Nepe's nose Hold on, I'll find it for you Succession, was it? Yeah, it's amazing show. In fact, he won a Golden Globe last year for his role in that, so he's a great actor. And McCauley Colkin

now married to Brenda Song who was in Sweet Life on deck. She played one of the Tipton the EAST, the Tipton throne, London Tipton. But he got talking about what does kids think of their fame. My kids don't understand yet.

You know, they'll watch some Sweet Life because I'll put it on, Brenda hates it. I'll put it on. I said, oh, London Tipton. And they're like, yeah, that's mama. So they get that. But when they see Kevin, they always call him Kevin. You know, because the illusion's still there. This was two nights ago.

My son was asking questions. He wanted to see a family photo of, like, all my siblings. So I ran downstairs, I got it and stuff. And he immediately, his eyes darted to me. And he goes, hey, that kid looks like Kevin. And I go, he sure does, doesn't he? I can do, yeah. It's crazy because his kids have not sort of clicked yet

that he was home alone. Crazy, eh? Yeah, you think you'd tell him. Like, I guess it depends if they're old enough to understand. But I guess he kind of worried when I was a kid. I think he goes on, which we've cut out of there, but he goes on to say that he likes sitting there watching them watch it and see the joy that it brings them without knowing that it's him.

And one day the penny will drop and when it does. Yeah, maybe that's what he's waiting for. He doesn't want to have to tell them, he wants them to notice. Yeah, and he says for the first time he doesn't now look at that movie as work. He looks at it as it just bringing joy. I think he's tweeted about what a home alone sequel would look like with Kivim Kellel because there is like a Home Alone 3 and 4, but it's different kid actors, doesn't have McCauley Colkin in it. And here's a show talking about a reading, I guess, the script or the premise of what

McCauley would like to see in Home Alone 3. Well, McCauley pitching this idea to fans, I'm either a widower or divorcee. I'm raising a kid and all that stuff. I'm working really hard and I'm not really paying enough attention. And the kid is kind of getting miffed at me and then I get locked out. That's the plot I guess that's the plot And then he went on to say The movie would be about

Trying to reconnect with the kid Because he's not home alone He's locked out Right It's locked out alone Yeah exactly Locked out alone You worked on the name

Don't know if the premise is as good Yeah so he's trying Instead of trying to keep the bad guys out He's trying to get in And his kids effectively turn the tables on him Yeah Like father like son or whatever Tickets would sell like hotcakes for that movie

Oh you'd watch it You'd definitely were just to see But it might be like when they did Dumb and Dumber 2 with Jim Carrey and what's his name? Harry, Jeff Daniel. Yeah, he went back and did a second one

and then you realised it was a cash grab. He's a perfect example of how someone's turned their life around after being a child actor for many years and I think he went off the rails for a while there met his wife Brenda Song and they've got a beautiful family together they're an amazing couple by the sounds of it

it's awesome. Good to see him thriving now. Yeah, all right, we get to a naughty 640 and also New Zealand's year Review, dating edition, before we hit 7 o'clock. If you don't want to be single for 2026, where do you have to move to? I'll let you know. Clint Megan Dan. I was talking about New Zealand's Year in Review, dating edition.

Someone texts saying, did you say urine review? Geez, we haven't checked out that much. Maybe tomorrow. Not reviewing each other's piss. It's time to go home. There's no point still being on here. If that's what you're doing. It sounds like something we would do.

No, it doesn't. It's time to get naughty at 640. A bit of a different vibe for this one today. I'm just speaking from an experience I had yesterday. And it's a difficult time of year for a lot of people around this time of year. Obviously bills come up. You've obviously got presents to buy, Christmas lunch, Christmas dinner to pay for it. It gets expensive, doesn't it?

Even though I'm like, man, how much money have we spent? But there are some people like thinking outside of themselves, even companies. My Genesis, I got an email from my power company saying, hey, you've got free power shout hours. You can use them or you can donate them. people who were going through hardship. Yeah, which is awesome. And I was like, oh, that's cool. Yeah.

Yesterday I was at a shoe shop, I won't say what it was, but I was in there with my son, who's nearly two years old. We were down the back of the store. And there was just this kerfuffle at the front of the store. And I was kind of like, oh, what's going on there? This lady had come into the shop. Casual as. Casual as anything.

Like she was just doing a shop, picked up. I think it looked like she had maybe six boxes of shoes, like shoe boxes stacked on top of each other in her arms and didn't pay for them, just walked out, just casual. There was a car waiting right outside next to a road to the shop and there was a car there waiting with someone driving. She just opens the back door, throws the shoes boxes into the car

and gets in the front and the person from the shop is yelling. They're going, you need to pay for this stuff, you need to pay for this stuff. And people are coming from all that, and she just drives off. And it's getting more and more common that kind of stuff now. I've seen people filming in like bottle stores and people just grabbing like, boxes of booze and just walking out

and the person's obviously not being paid enough to try and like... If I was there I would not be... I need to be a hero for a 12 box of beers but are the cops just too busy around this time of year to do anything about it so they know they'll get away with it or what? Well I guess as well there's no...

It was so quick. Like I was in the shop and didn't know it was happening until she left you know? So I think they do it so often that it was... They'd become professionals at it, you know? Produce car. I was at a supermarket the other day just doing like our weekly shop and a woman just walks through

with a basket full of food and bits and pieces just sort of casually walked through, walk through and then got to the end and then just started sprinting and out through the car park and kind of gone. There's no way I'm going to be stopping like somebody I don't know their story and how hard up there are for food right to stop them.

But I guess we all have to play by the same rules as well because otherwise it just becomes like but it's easy. I don't know like some sort of apocalyptic like thing where everyone just grabs what they want and I don't know. Well, I was thinking about it on the way home because after I was kind of shaking

because I was in there with my two-year-old. But I kind of was thinking, I'm like, where do you get to that point where you go, I'm going to have to, I'm guessing she was getting them for Christmas presents. So you'd like to think that they were that hard up that maybe she had to, you know, like, and you're quick to judge

and you go, what's scum, you know, but at the same time you go, what's going on in their life where they're going, I've got no other option but to go into a store and get my kids some shoes, and I'm not going to pay for them. Someone text saying they do it all.

year round, police would live at our store if they were to catch them all, or attend all the incidents that we report. And the lady that was there, I had a brief chat to her because I ended up purchasing some shoes. Did it the old-fashioned way. And she said that it is happening all the time. And she was like, she was shaken by it

because she said it, every time it happens, it's hard not to be shaken. Because there's confrontation that you think you're going to have and you're like, oh, bugger that. And like, 10, 15 years ago, you know, you probably could work in a retail store and not have to worry so much about that sort of stuff but it seems like it's now almost a daily occurrence for these people so we really do

thoughts go out to you if you're working in retail this time of year because not only are people grumpy and snappy with you you guys do an amazing job and yeah have we still got the bounceback set up for the Christmas toy store yeah we do yeah that still give to

3343 yeah and you can also go into the kindness collective website if you wanted to register for next year or yeah have you never heard of the kindness collective they're an amazing organisation that basically is like a shop for people that are hard done by this year this time of year and you can go on pick gifts for your kids, food to put on the table

and it's just no judgment and they're allowed to walk out without paying because people like yourself have donated to allow people who are doing it tough at Christmas time to be able to put food on the table and it's their last day tomorrow so you could probably just get in some donations last minute because they're open.

They see something like 240 parents or families a day and have been doing that like every day for the last like three or four weeks or something. It's crazy. Yeah. Really cool charity that we're able to partner with this year. All right, where is the best place to move to next year if you want to find the love of your life?

Clint Megan Dan. Where do you need to move to next year? If you want to find the one, you're sick of being single. The best place to find a partner per capita. Come in, number three is Wellington. Oh, yeah. Yeah. High education, high singles, late marriages, strong partner turnover.

And you know what, the nightlife in? stuff in Wellington's really good still. You know, like lots of good bars and it's easy to kind of go out, I guess. Coming to number two, for the best place to find a partner in 2026 is Dunedin. A massive 18th 30 population.

Obviously because of the university there maybe. Dating apps constantly refreshed. They're just saying that Dunners is the spot, but the best place to find a partner. If you had enough with the dating, seeing wherever you're living, you're like, it's time to move. Let's know if you disagree.

Hamilton, one of New Zealand's highest single-to-population ratios in the country. University, young singles, not Auckland prices. Yeah, I reckon there's a huge dating app activity there as well. A lot of people on the app swiping away like crazy. Hamilton gets a lot of crap, doesn't it? But I think at the end of the day, it is a real melting pot of... It's kind of like the workhorse of New Zealand, Hamilton. Yeah, city of the future, they reckon.

Here are the places that are the hardest to find a boyfriend or girlfriend in. Queensland looks romantic This says isn't Everyone is just here for the season Yeah they're not there to stay So you're not finding a long time partner Cruising in cruising out Auckland Central loads of people

Low commitment And the whole dating at fatigue And I think it's like the capital of New Zealand Auckland, the dating at fatigue We're hearing that a lot aren't we Like because we were obviously in Auckland And it's slim pickings Mulbra they reckon no good as well

If you're looking for the one High marriage rates So there's not a lot of singles kicking around And I thought this was a fun stat to finish with. The fastest place that will get you into a relationship, fastest from like meeting to marrying. Bridges and EPS doing his stag symbol, he thinks it's Invers.

You've got to be in the cargle. You're not far off. It's Selwyn, which is central Canterbury and South Canterbury. Maxxent. Canterbury. So that's the worst place for dating? No, that's the fastest to meeting someone to marriage. Oh, of course, because when you find someone good in Selwyn, you keep him.

You're hanging on to them, right? You're like, you've found one. Yeah. You said that Hamilton was the number one place to find someone. Michaela said, absolutely not. I'm there and it's BS. You're obviously struggling, Michaela. You'll find someone.

You know, I saw a story the other day that said if you want to find a partner, travel to the States. Because apparently there's so many people there that are looking for partners, but they're wanting to leave. Oh, they want a green card. Yeah. Oh, so if you're like a six out of ten, you can get like an eight out of ten. You can punch above your weight class.

You're all my ticket out of here. $1,700 return to L.A. at the moment. I might book my flights for New Year's. Yeah. There you go. Yeah, you come back. I mean, if you can end up batting two points above your average, you could come back with a six. That's pretty good ROI on a $1,700 trip,

yeah, it is. Yeah. Ah, you're not a four. You're definitely not a four, neat. You're a strong five. Yeah. On a good day. Yeah. Clint, Megan, Dan. The Edge. 1K.E. Z. Practice makes perfect. And now you can play any time

online. Two by seven. Grand in a And if you can give us 10 answers, starting with the letter Dan gives you inside 30 seconds. Oh, thanks, our mates, Novice. Novice, glass, helping plant native trees. So far, they've donated over 20,000 of them. Incredible. Good buggers. Morning, Bree.

Good morning. Thank you, guys. Yeah, good. It's your lucky day. It's my first time ever doing easy money, but I reckon we're going to nail it. We're going to get you $1,000. Happy days. Yeah, Dan, same.

I've been trying for months and months and months. Never ever had the opportunity. So hopefully a beginner's luck for both of us. Okay, well now's your moment. No pressure at all. Your letter today is Jay. Jay for Jumping for Joy is what you'll be doing when you win $1,000. Are you ready?

I am. Okay, Bree, remember you can pass and if we've got time, we'll come back. Yep. With the letter J, name for me, Bree, a month. January. A celebrity. Jennifer Lopez. Something you can drink.

Deuce. A type of dance. Jazz. A cartoon character. Jerry, Tom and Jerry. A song title. Um, jumping for joy. A car brand.

Segler. An emotion. Joy. A plant. Oh, girl, you're so good. Wow, I mean, that was a good start for the both of us. We would have to take Jumping for Joy as a song, but it probably is out there.

there somewhere, which means you would have got eight from eight, and you just needed a touch more pace. We were so, we were a team Brie. I felt like we were feeding off each other. Oh my goodness. Jumping for Joy, I've just checked it. It is a kid's song. So you got eight from eight. Oh, did I? I was going to say joy to the world

here. No, you got it. You got eight. We just needed more pace. Wasn't quite there, Bree, but it was one of the best ones we've seen in a long time, so you can hold your head high. Thanks for calling. Thanks, Maddie. Okay, see you. Have a great day, guys. Merry Christmas. Clint Meg and Dan

She's not here today She's unwell So as we look back at our 12 days Of Christmas faves We thought we'd pick Maybe it was our first week With Ash filling in for Meg's Maternity cover

Yeah definitely very early doors We hardly knew each other And if you have been listening to our show For a wee while You'll know that Meg was saying that guys are awful When it comes to writing erotic fiction for women And so for a time

Dan and I used to try her hand once a week At seeing if we could do any better She's right though You never see an erotic novel or like a smutty novel written by a guy. It's usually a girl. We're not good at it. We just sort of, I don't know, we race to the finish line too quickly.

And so, allegedly. It's just one chapter. So we decided to see if Dan and I could combine our powers and do any better than Ash, who was a published romance author. She has a book that you can get in Wick calls, Love on the Air, and we let her go first to set what she thought would be the high water mark. So what you'll hear is Ash reading the prompt,

And then when the ding starts, that's when her writing takes over. We get the same prompt, but we obviously finish the story differently. And here's how Ash's version went. It was in my honeymoon, but I decided for my birthday to treat myself to a night alone in the Hilton honeymoon suite. I unpacked my bag and threw on a robe when there was a knock at the door. I tightened the robe around my waist and looked through the peephole. I opened the door slightly, taking a peek into the hallway to see who was there. standing on the other side of the door

was a tall man in a perfectly tailored suit his crisp white shirt had been unbuttoned and he was loosening his tie as he waited my eyes trailed up from his chest to his eyes big and blue he brought one hand up to brush a rogue curl of his face raking his hands through his locks

I was instantly struck by his scent woody and masculine intoxicating our eyes locked his were an intense impossible blue the kind you feel not just see for a heartbeat we stare Oh, damn, I'm sorry, he said, glanced at the room number. I think I've got the wrong door.

He's still got clothes on. It's been a while. We would have taken them off by now. They're still fully in the suit, but carry on. I opened the door a little wider, still somewhat dazed by the sheer presence of him. Oh, right, I murmured. Unable to summon more than that as his voice reverberated through me. I'm looking for 235, he said.

Oh, this is 237? I replied my voice softer than I expected. You're close. When's her dress full of? Okay, well, that's not... I thought to me, Fee, I thought she was going to be staying in 269. Same.

I thought you would incorporate that, so I wanted to. A slow smile curled on his lips and something darkly, darkly playful flickered in his eyes. I don't usually knock on a beautiful woman's door unless she asks me to. His voice was velvet, low and intimate. Promise. I'm not a beautiful woman, I whispered,

suddenly shy, crossing my arms as if to shield myself. Oh. He took one deliberate step closer, eyes raking slowly over every inch of me in that robe. The way he looked at me was almost reverent. Heat bloomed in my chest. How big was it? What?

His finger? No, the blooming in the chest. That's a feeling. It's the emotion in her chest. It's just heat blooming. No, not everything has to be physical. It's not a physical thing. I'm nearly done.

He reached down and he'd be the only one. I'm kidding. He reached. out and with an exquisite gentleness placed the pad of his finger on my lips. Oh, and a robe fell off. No, no, no, no, no, just wait. My breath caught, I closed my eyes savoring the electric spark of his touch. Every part of me leaned forward, instinctively, helplessly craving the weight of him,

the warmth of him, the press of his body into mine. He hadn't moved another inch, but my whole world had tilted toward him. He brought his finger down from my lips to my chest, before gently pulling my robe off my shoulder, exposing a tiny parcel of bare skin. I closed my eyes, a soft moan escaping my lips as I felt his soft lips on my collarbone, gently scraping across my bare shoulder.

I leaned back against the door, opening it wider, coaxing him inside. To the bed. Right. Not enough nudity for me. Yeah, but it's all about bringing the emotion and the want. Right, the desire. to like their clothes fell off

because they opened the window and the wind came through and they've closed them. Hey, hey, hey, don't steal, don't steal. That's what you always do. We did two sentences. They closed them magically off. Oh, okay. All right, so that's how a romance author does it.

How did two guys who actually only do erotic fiction in their spare time? It's just a hobby, isn't it? Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You'd never know. I tell you what, she's much faster pace next. Yeah.

No mucking around. The laughs per minute are definitely further up. Be careful if you're driving right now. I don't want anyone driving off the road just before Christmas because things get a little too hot and heavy up in here. If I was you, I'd pull over. Pull over. Twelve days of Christmas faves.

Hopefully you just heard Ash's version of writing erotic fiction for the female gaze. She is a romance author. And when she first started covering Meg for her mat leave, she gave it a crack. And then Dan and I combined our powers together. We stayed late after work. and we wrote this dozy. It just slipped out of us five minutes.

Yeah. On to the paper. Yeah. You wouldn't believe it. You'll hear the prompt and then the ding when the music starts that's when Dan and I have taken over. Ash is reading it.

Enjoy. It wasn't my honeymoon, but I decided for my birthday to treat myself to a night alone in the Hilton honeymoon suite. I unpacked my bag and threw on a robe when there was a knock at the door.

There stood a mountain of a man as if chiseled from stone, a hard exterior with triceps the size of buses that budged, budged, bulged maybe, from beneath his cotton shirt. The stitching. Hey, don't love. Not big triceps. I think buses was too big to be fair, Dan. Don't laugh.

The dam was like, come on, they've got to be big. It's describing. The stitching under stress from his muscular physique. Yeah. Alongside he was a woman, I wouldn't have noticed at first. It's not for the huge, voluptuous diamond ring on her finger. Gotcha. She was tiny but big in all the right.

God, this is, that's like so misogy. She spoke in her thick Swedish accent. It seems we might have double booked the honeymoon suite. To Russia. Yeah. Yeah, it doesn't do it. I can't do it. Why don't you come in and we can sort this out?

I said in my saltriest of tones. Before I could warn them, Both their... Because at this point, remember, they're all still closed. As read it culturally, please. Sorry, okay. Before I could warn them, both their robes simultaneously caught on the sharp door handles, ripping them clean off.

You've done that, you know, with a robe we've walked in and it gets caught on the door handle. Yeah, but sometimes it just pulls it a little bit. I've never been in a situation where... Sharp, these are quite sharp. It's so that it pulls the whole robe off. They were quite silky and slippery, so they just pulled off. Okay, it's pulled way off. Yeah.

I rushed to grab them only. to catch my own robe on the corner of the same sharp coffee table, instantly revealing my skimpy red corset underneath. Why are you wearing a red corset underneath a robe when you buy yourself in a hotel room? Don't question it.

Still flustered, I quickly turned to cover my small but perky breasts. Why do they have to be perky? Just normal. Can't they just be small normal breasts? They were. In a series of unbelievably unfortunate, I guess this would happen. events a gust blew through an open window blowing my corset up. It was bloody windy that night.

Leaving me as naked as them. It was a hurricane. We should have mentioned that. Yeah. It was really bad weather there weekend. They're in Wellington, actually. Windy, wellie. Okay.

We stood in silence for a few seconds. I think this is the bit that Dan wrote on his own. In an attempt to break the tension, I blurted out, So room service, they both smirked knowingly and I could tell the muscular man was into the idea. Naked bodies... Oh, I'm not reading that. No, you have to now, come on.

Naked bodies don't lie. His mini bar had just turned into a full continental breakfast. I'm not reading that. You can read that last line. No, no, no. And I was ready for him to check in. I feel like you didn't have a lot of gusto at the end there. Because what if someone tunes in and thinks that I, like,

and they miss the start of it. And they're like, oh, that actually is very good, Nash. If you want to hear more of that, Love on the Air is her book. And it's available in all good bookstores and some bad ones as well. Just a short little extract from her book. Also, when I see we write erotic fiction for the female gays, that's G-A-Z-E, not what Shannon thought.

And she was like, why is it only for gay females? No, no. It's like the gays, isn't it? The eyesight. The eyesight. Yeah, yeah. Straight woman, gay women. You guys can all enjoy it.

In fact, some guys have text series saying they were loving it. Yeah, and we see your text, Aidan. Very talented is our ash. Yeah, God, she's good. Good writer. Did you miss, well, real hard pivot off the back of that to something really wholesome? The Christmas song that was whipped together over the last week, Santa's Christmas. Did you miss that at 8 o'clock?

We were sort of teasing it yesterday around this time while we were still waiting for it to be finished and have the production elements finalised, but we've got it for you now. Yeah, and maybe if you're driving to work now, you're not feeling very Christmassy. You're like, oh God, I don't want Christmas this year. This will get you in the mood, I promise you. A different kind of mood to what? The Christmas.

Clint? The bit just did before. Honestly, just. Everybody knew what I was talking about. Play a song? Yep. We're actually going into ads. Clint, Meg and Dan. Scandal with Meg.

No, she's still on Matleaf and Ash is sick, so it's just us boys. She is still listening, though. She's text through saying she's got an idea for scandal. Oh, Melania of Trump. A little too late. Thanks, Meg. We've already got something.

Actually, we did think about calling her, but like, can we just be like, yo Meg, come off the skin with three minutes for us. And she did. She didn't even need a call. It's all thanks to hydrofacial. Moy's skin. If you use the code, the edge at checkout, you get 50 bucks off a deluxe hydrofacial, which the guys from Moy Skin actually came in and gave to us as a team.

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So thanks, team. Appreciate the love. Scandals about Al Fanning, sister of Dakota Fanning, who was in the Twilight movies. She's done a lot of stuff. But Clint, you found a clip online of her fan-girling,

not just fan-girling, swooning over Jack Black. Actually, she's being interviewed, and obviously the person interviewing her is a good friend of hers, because they have a group chat dedicated to just obsessing over Jack Black. You and I are both in a group chat dedicated to how hot this man is.

And you once... Hottest man I've ever seen in my life. You want sex on legs, baby. I can't know what. I don't know. I can't even look at this life. Oh, hall. Would you leave your boyfriend if Jack Black declared his love for you?

Oh, that is here. No, no. Jesus. She's hooked up to a lie detector, hence her, um, her paws, where she's probably trying to calm down her breathing and stuff, so it doesn't go, no, you're lying, you definitely would. I mean, Meg and I, in fact, Meg's on the line right now. Megan, you and I interviewed Jack Black once.

He was a lovely man. He was, he was exactly who you thought and wanted Jack Black to be. I don't know if that was him putting it on, though. Yeah. I mean, you, I did at one point I've seen to remember showing him my ass for some reason. Oh, because we were trying to get you to become a, like a butt double for celebrities because you've got such a good rear. Yeah, yeah.

But anyway, he was lovely. Well, Jack Blake actually responded because he's doing press for the Anaconda movie, which is out in Cinema's Boxing Day. And Paul Rudd shows him this video, and this is Jack Black's reaction. That's a real notion. I think, have you ever heard of Body dysmorphia? where when you look at yourself, you're like, oh, I'm so ugly, but really you're like this gorgeous creature. I think she's got like the opposite of that, where she looks at me, which objectively is a goblin gremlin,

and she sees this gorgeous creature apparent. She's got that weird, like, goblin dysmorphia. Thank you. I appreciate the compliment, but I have to close my eyes because I can't quite process what I'm hearing there. But thank you, Elle. I will say, on behalf of El Fannie Ling, I guess. Now, you don't, you son of a biscuit. I really do.

I think that, I enjoy you. And they go on and on. Yeah, if you do want to do, pass that movie, actually, give us call, 0-800 the edge with, it's our must-see movie, Anaconda, and it's our unboxing, on Boxing Day. Meg, why are you not here? You need to be in your seat? What do you mean? Nobody called me? I was just, I woke up.

It was last minute. I woke up, and I was, yeah, it was very last minute. She's got a sore day, poor thing. Ash. I think I'm coming in tomorrow. Good. Yeah, you were going to be in 8 to 9, but if Ash is sick, then you may as well just come in from. from six.

Yeah. Oh, no. How did that happen? Yeah. What do you mean? We want you from 5.30 a.m. you can do all the prep. Clutch and I'll leave today.

Tell you what, you can miss the show meeting and you can start at six. 30. Do you know, I was just thinking if somebody said to Clint, hey, this girl has a crush in you, how different would his reaction be to Jack Black? Oh, he would be so like, of course she does. She's only human. That's what he'd say.

She's only human. Join the cue. Actually, Meg, you can come at 8 tomorrow, you'll be. See you then. See you then. Bye, Ben. Go back to bed. She's hung up.

She's gone. Yeah, good. I think she's sleep still about 10.30 a.m. most mornings. Oh, well. Good to hear her voice anyway. Oh, that's the best part. I'll go go. I'm going to say it now.

Nation's D Tribute. Great song for a hit the spot in the new year. Oh, yes. You angels? And we said, nay, we are but mad. Come and then rock. Do you, da-na-na-na-na-na-o-na-na-na-o. It's a sitter.

A lot of the other shows phoning it in, not us. Our producer Carl has managed to track down Gaga for the show. Gaga, good morning. Hello. Hello. Oh, no. I thought our producer Carl gone to great lengths to get us Lady Gaga on the show. This is the better one.

That's Don. Well, I'm not quite related to her at the moment, no. No, no good. Hey, she's been doing an incredible thing, performing shows around Australia. But meanwhile, you've been doing incredible things as well, your granddaughter tells us. Oh, you know, we just stupidly ran the marathon again for the third time. A marathon? So, Don, you're 80 years old.

I've done two half marathons before, and they nearly killed me. What's wrong with you? So how they hell are you 80 years old and doing a full marathon? I'm in another two weeks, I'm 82. Get it right. So when did you run your first one, Don? Well, my daughter, four years ago, she said, Dad, I want to do the Honolulu Marathon.

It's the 50th running of the Honolulu Marathon. Would you like to come and do it with me? I've never been a runner in my life. My God. I said, oh, well, what I've got to do? She said, well, you've got to get a pair of shoes. I went down and got a pair of shoes. And I walked the lamppost, and then I showed.

shuffled one and then I ran and then I walked one. I shuffled two and then I walked one and shuffled three. And after about three weeks I could actually run. Wow. And I just carried on and four years ago I did my first one. That's incredible. And so are you running the whole thing? You'd be forgiven if you weren't.

Well, most of the marathons are shuffle, but I get to the end, yeah. What's the quickest marathon you've run? Five and a half hours. That's a bloody good time. So from buying your first pair of running shoes, to running a marathon and how much time was there between those two things?

We had about eight months. Do you think it's the secret to youth and longevity? Well, I think it's got to help, surely. Surely. It can't be a good luck every morning taking a handful of pills and then lining up

to take another handful at night, can it? No, it can't be. You're an inspiration. Wouldn't it be better shuffling between two power poles than taking a handful of pills? Totally. And do your friends,

Friends of your similar age, are they doing the same sort of stuff or do they think you're crazy? No, well, a lot of them have died because I just sit in the chair and look out the window and die. My wife passed away with dementia two years ago and I live on my own, I don't drink. I have a layer up every now and again on a good whiskey, but I'll have a beer when friends come,

but I don't drink on a daily basis. Jeez, you must have all the single ladies chasing after you. They're probably just not fast enough on. I wish I wish I'm walking frame so they probably can't go there on their scooters

come here Dom yeah the number one thing is get out of bed three days a week I go swimming I do three days a week in the pool you're making me tired even talking to you

Yeah I feel like I could do some press-ups now or something Yeah Yeah Enjoy every day That's what I say Enjoy every day

Yeah you too Have a great Chris Miss Don. Okay, thanks very much. You too. See you, Don. Bye-bye. Yeah, what a legend.

Danny's been messaging us about how incredible her granddad is and keeping us up to date with all his marathon running and stuff. And I was like, we need to get this dude on and find out he's legit. What a joy to not only have your grandparents

still with you, but them being such amazing, inspirational people that time. I just who grandparent was fitter than you. We need to like some, on the show tomorrow be talking about like old people that are showing us up

with some of the stuff they're up to because they're trying harder. Yeah. Yeah, if you've actually got a story Flick it through to us. 3343, message us. If you've got like an old person in your life that's just like killing it

and embarrassing everybody else around them. They're going on. Tickies still or something. Oh, you're not allowed. I think what's your... Was it 30? Here's the old person one. Oh, is that?

They're all cruisers. I like those, thank you very much. They're not just for old people. Maybe Clint's kids can call through. Shut up. All right, maybe we don't do it. You've wrecked that now. Clint, Meg and Dan.

Oh, my gosh. The Edge. One K, E, Z. Practice makes perfect. and now you can play anytime online. Three past eight just Dan and I this morning. We played easy money an hour ago and we've got eight from eight.

Just need a little more pace. So maybe Erica from Methven might be able to do it this morning. Oh, a beautiful part of the country, Methven. Morning, Erica. Good morning. And contrary to, I mean, what the name may suggest,

the capital, the Meth capital was named Northland this year. No, Methven, lovely place. Well, I'm from Northland originally. Okay. Yeah, right. Okay, so less meth and methvin? Yeah, a lot less. Okay, well, that's good.

Let's see if we can get some... Not that I'm into that stuff. No, no, of course. You wouldn't know, Eric. This is not what we were suggesting. Let's get some more money pumped into the Methven economy. Let's get you $1,000. Wait, what to go, what?

Who's... Get him behind. Are you on the farm? Yes, I am. Sorry, I'm just shifting a mother sheep. I wasn't actually expecting to get through. Oh, are you a shepherd? Yes, I am.

Oh, mate. How much? How often are you playing this song? in the cow shed or the sheep shed I haven't heard that one for a long time it's by sheppard I just thought that might be a bit of a banger

and never mine Okay Clint's loose this morning Erica Let's just get into it okay Your letter is P P for parsnip P Okay All right you've got

30 seconds on the clock The letter P name for me please A vegetable Parsnip A dessert A dessert Havelova

Something you'd see in the cinema A Pixar movie A dog breed A Pyrenees A flower Um Poppy

Something you'd see on a plane Um Um Oh Pass An animal Um Oh, we could have gone on a plane, pilot, propeller, passengers.

Yeah. Oh, God, what an idiot. You were on a good role there. I think you got six in a row pretty well. But, yeah, then you just, the wheels fell off after that. Yep, no, I'm fortunate. But thank you for letting me have a go. No worry.

So no money. The sheep are running amuck. They're everywhere at the moment. Have you got a dog, though? I mean, that sorts it all out? Yeah, it was kind of awkward trying to work the dog and focus on the question. Okay. get back to your sheep? How many have you got

by the way? In this mob there's about 900. Chelly! What? You're calling a radio station, you're managing 900 sheep. That is incredible. No departure lounge for Erica. Wow. Good on you.

Well, hopefully... Awesome. Well, thanks guys. Yeah, hopefully the dog does most of the work. My dog doesn't. He just sits there just trying to be funny. You don't have a dog? No, I was meaning you. Okay, brilliant stuff. Megan Dan Podcast Santa has a nice list

and he has a naughty list and I think he's still got time to finalise his lists Oh yeah I mean if you're on the naughty list up to Christmas Eve there's still a chance to get off Oh right until the day before

Santa knows He knows Okay And he was on the show earlier this morning Who knows he might make an appearance In the next 10 minutes No I doubt I think he went right Oh really?

You doubt it Dan We'd love to know What did you do this year That was a little bit naughty And then Will way in as to whether or not we think it was bad enough to put you on Santa's naughty list this year or either you might have got away with it

because you might be nervous you might have done it in January and gone oh my god I stole that magazine from the shop enough time may have passed or it may not have been bad enough to be on the naughty list I mean you're definitely not getting on the good list so what we've done we wouldn't ask you to do something we haven't done so we've written down anonymously we can keep you anonymous as well if you call through 0800 the edge on some pieces of paper the producers have done it Clinton and I have done it as well and I'm just going to to read them out anonymously. No judgment

and we can decide whether that person is going to remain on the naughty list will be taken off. Here's the first one. Okay, so it was me, you produce an EPM producer Carl? Yeah, so far and I think... Webgirl Bella? Webgirls on there as well. Here's the first one. Anonymous.

I stole a scooter helmet overseas because I didn't have one. Now stealing is bad. I think at any type of situation, big or small, stealing. But for safety? But it's for them. Selfish.

I would say, it depends how long ago it was. But I would say that you'd still be on the naughty list for stealing. Yeah, stealing's a bad one, actually. And that's just blatantly stealing. You know, it's not like you've been sneaky, you know. You're literally just stolen something. Yeah, I think stealing will get you on the naughty list. Here's the next one.

We're keeping this anonymous. Smash my grandma's window in her house. I'm glad you said window, because I was otherwise straight to naughty list. I think that's fine. And her grandma would always go, it's alright, darling. It's all right. As long as you told her. You know, I'm just finding out it's broken. There's no idea who did it.

She's got insurance. I think if you've done good stuff throughout the year, you're on the good list. You're fine. Here's the next one. I accidentally kissed my nanny on the lips when I was saying goodbye to her last week. Pursile. I don't have a nanny.

Is that an accidental, like, you know, how you go in for the cheek kiss? God knows. Do any of you guys have nannies? No nanny in this family? You have a nanny, don't you, Dan? I do have a nanny, yes, but I've never kissed her on the lips. So someone's either trying to stitch me up there and put some straight on the naughty list. Piss off, next one.

Told a co-worker, they did a great job. Instant good list. Well done. How is that even? Unless they were lying. They said they did a good job when they did that. Oh, I saw if it was a person that was doing. I don't think they get you on the naughty list because I think you're trying to pick someone up

and make them perform better. Some people are confidence, place. Yeah, good list. Send a family something from the prize cupboard. Oh. Oh, so maybe they're meaning that there's their family, and they've done a secret to someone when it really is their family.

Yeah, going, oh, geez, I need a secret send a gift. What's in the edge prize cupboard? I think that's fine. The perks of this job are getting less and less, so you've got to give something. Sounds like you did that. Although you also kissed the nannies. How many did you put in you?

I've done one, and I've done one. I'm not going to tell you which one. This is the final one, and I can guess who this would have been. I often ring through the almonds at the self-service checkout as cashews because they're a dollar cheaper. I've been going to lie, though. Ring him through his peanuts. I reckon that's...

I mean, the supermarkets... Oh, you're not getting on the naughty list for that. No, you're not. The supermarkets make a big one hell of a profit. I mean, you shouldn't do it, but I think going on Santa's official naughty list is quite a big deal. I think you scrape through on the good list, but you need to stop. Oh, no, I don't think you don't think you've got a good list. I think sometimes you can make...

out on both lists? Or do you think everyone needs to be on one or the other? You have to be on one or the other. Ah. So I think you scrape through on the good list but you need to buck your ideas up, son. Well, very, very exciting. I've just been told that Santa is coming in for this next book. No, he's not. And if you confess, what you

did was a little bit bad, Santa himself is going to tell you whether or not you're on the naughty list or not. Oh, look forward to that. Why don't you want Santa to come? I do, but I just heard he was going back to the North Pole and he's got absolutely no time for this sort of stuff, Chris. Does he? So, I mean, it's five days, six days before Christmas.

He's need to be heading out on that sleigh soon. All right, well, you let us know what you did. There was a bit naughty this year, and we'll find out if it was naughty enough to end you up on the official naughty list. Oh, 800 The Edge, 3343 on the text. So excited to see Santa. More excited than Dan, it seems.

No, I like the guy. I just think, you know what, we need to stop distracting him. Obviously, Santa is compiling his naughty list and his nice list. There is still time to switch from, one list to the other, but we'd love to know what is the thing that you're worried about that might have ended you up on the naughty list this year? You know what? And there'll be people

out there that are worried, you know? Maybe I am on the naughty list. Maybe I am on the good list. This will let you know for sure, really. Well, there's some people who've done some naughty things. This one says, oh, and we've got Santa's going to join us too, by the way. Shall we let Santa in now? Come in, mate. It'd be good for you to officially let people know

if they're on the naughty list or not. Oh, ho! Ho! Merry Christmas, everybody! Hey, Santa. Good to be here. I'll say this. I don't really have time this time of year to be here. But let's make this snappy, Clinton. And Dan? And Dan. Yeah, he's here too.

Thanks for mentioning me, Santa. I'm seeing two guys, Santa. This one, this text says. Not me. One's 19 years younger than me. Jesus. The other 17 years younger. Okay.

Well, I've always said, you know, love is a very important thing in life. But be careful. Don't love too much. Right. Yes. Yes. And make sure you tell your part. You're a one-woman man, aren't you?

I've been with Mrs. Clause for 150 years. Wow. I love that woman, like my left hand. She's a fantastic lady. Right. Wow. You guys are getting along, no dramas? Love her a bit.

We can have a fight. I heard you guys were doing counselling last year. We do, yes, we've done a bit of counselling every year. But you know you've got to have a bit of counseling sometimes. Keep the relationship fresh. Yeah, you have a stressful job. Okay, we're going to go to Jade, which I think is a fake name, which already suggests that.

She's been up to no good. Morning, Jade. Good morning. Morning. What are you being doing? Sandor let you know if you're on his naughty list or not. Well, I texted through saying I was looking for other jobs using the work laptop while I was at work. I think that's fine.

Oh, yeah, I know, but what a Santa thing? What does Santa think? Oh! Well, I say this. You know what? I think if you're looking for jobs on the work laptop, it's fine. You obviously don't like your job. Go get another one

and shove it to the job you've got now. Oh, Santa's real lex. He must have some e-knock or something this morning. No, I'm just stressed, Clinton. Very stressful. Oh, you're good, Jade. You're in the clear, babe. Yay, thank you.

You're top of my goodness, Jade. You're fine. Okay, Amy wants a voice discursor, which is not a great sign, Santa. Morning, Amy. Good morning. Morning, Amy. Now, you tell me what you've been doing

and I'll decide if you're on the good list or the naughty list. Okay. I'm a bit nervous about this one, but I just found out that I'm the other woman in a relationship. So I've been seeing someone for a while now and they've just told me I'm actually the other woman. Oh, you didn't know when you first met them that they had another partner?

No, no, no, I didn't. Are you the other one from that other lady we just spoke to? Wait, so once you've found out, though, that this guy you're saying has a partner, now what? Is it all off or is it still on? Well, Heron told me about three weeks ago, so we've kind of just kept going at the moment. We're going to re-evaluate it in the new year once holidays and everything is done because, yeah, it's a lot at the moment. I mean, you don't know what you don't know, but I guess you have known for the last three weeks. I don't know if Santa thinks that that's naughtyless worthy.

This reminds me of in the North Pole a few years ago, Rudolph was. seeing both prance around Blitzen. Things got very complicated and they had to choose between both of them and said he just went with Blitzen. So I'd say he needs to make a decision or you leave him. I agree. I agree. Yes, you know, there's plenty more fishing. We'll see how it goes.

And Amy. I think you should work out what they get their panda for Christmas and what they get you and that'll be quite telling us to who's his favourite. Yeah, that's true. It's a good point. Thanks for your call, Amy. Thanks, Santa. That was great advice.

and let's do we have time for one more. Yeah, we have another voices, guys, and a fake name, Rebecca. Morning, Max. Good morning, everybody. How are we today? Good. Clint's good.

You good, Santa. Bloody marvelous. Yeah. That's good, Santa. So, my story, my kid's not far off turn five, and I wanted to spend more time with him. So I faked a injury and went on ACC. Oh, I hate people that bludge off the gun.

government nautilist. It's my first time, Santa, it's my only time. Oh, you've had a small spot with Sander. He let infidelity go, and he's like, ACC with a fake injury, you're in the naughtiness. There's nothing I hate more than ACC fraud, anonymous. Anyway, it was for good reason. Yeah, you sound like, yeah, you're quite apologetic about the whole thing.

Oh, totally, really sorry. It's cold for you, darling. Next. Okay. Goodbye. Okay, I think it's time you left, Santa. I think you're being very controversial. Someone lost their kid's toothbrush and kept forgetting to get another one at the shops,

so they've just been using their husbands without them knowing. That's all good. That's okay? Yes, better than fraud. Um, what else? Someone... Clint, you need to wrap this thing up. Do I?

I've got to go. I've got to go back to the North Pole. Oh. Okay. Well, can you, um, at least before you go, send us out with your famous send-off line that you're, always do when you're on radio? The whole one?

Yeah. Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas, New Zealand! I'll see you in a few days. Be good. Thanks, Andrew. That's got to hurt your voice, I reckon. No, that's just how I talk. Oh, right.

Okay. Clint, Meg and Dan. Meg's still on Matt Lee. But joining us tomorrow and Ash Linden's sick. What a time to get crooked. I know. She almost made it through the whole time of cover. Yeah. Just the last hurdle.

Oh, well. All right, a year in review, New Zealand and the dating scene. You get a lot of these, like, studies and stats at the end of 2025, sort of looking back at the year that has been. Did you know the highest divorce rate in New Zealand this year has been Gisbon, followed by Northland and then the West Coast? Really? Yeah. I heard divorce is up just in general, which is really sad, to be honest. My parents divorced, and it's never good.

Do you want to know the highest rates of people still living with their ex in New Zealand? Why would you, first of all But I guess that people do it Wellington comes in at number three Queenstown at number two And Auckland Still living with your ex That's probably because of the rent

They just can't afford to split So they're just like coexisting I think you need to When you break up with someone You need to think about Where your next move is Before you do the breakup Because I think it's less awkward

To stay with the person Just a little bit longer Until you've sorted out accommodation You know? True The best place to find a partner Per capita if you're sick of being single

and you want to move somewhere to make it easier for your next year. Wellington comes in at number three. Dunedin at number two with the biggest 18 to 30 population. Makes sense. And Hamilton has New Zealand's highest single population ratio in the country.

Good on you. So if you're struggling on the apps, if your New Year's resolution next year is to find a partner, Hamilton. That's where you're going to go. Meanwhile, if you're living in Queenstown, Auckland or Moulbara, that might be while you're still single.

That's the hardest place to find a boyfriend or girlfriend and getting someone to commit. Queensland makes sense because people are only there like seasonally. So if you finally meet someone and then they're like, I don't actually live here, I'm out. It's transient, right? Yeah, people go in there either for a holiday or they're just working for six months.

And if you're not looking for a relationship, you need to stay away from Canterbury. South Canterbury, Central Canterbury, because that is the fastest way to get yourself in a relationship. Supposedly they find someone go on a date, and by date two, you guys are already moving in together. Come down. That part of the country, like I found a good one.

Keep them. Yeah, right. It's like, I mean, when you know, you know. And if you don't know, don't move to Canterbury. I love those stats. It means you can go into next year, 2026 new slate, you know where you stand. Yeah? Yeah.

So, Hamilton's where it's at. Although Michaela did message us being like, bugger off. I don't know which part of Hamilton you're talking about. Yeah, I mean, there is people in Hamilton that are going, that I've never seen. It's worse than it's ever been. She's had some bad experiences. Yeah. That's going to happen.

There's exceptions to every role in every study. I mean, there's some eligible farmers there, I'd imagine. It's a very big farming community And the white castle Yeah Oh and also just an honourable mention If you are done with cheaters You don't want to be in Auckland

Hamilton or Toirond It's a bit of a mixed bag in Hamilton Yeah Todong and Hamilton in Auckland The most cheaters And that is your year in review Dating Edition The Clint Meg and Dan podcast

Friends phone up for the very last time My daughter who's 10 her and I Well I'm re-watching She watched for the first time friends Start to finish and I realize in watching it it's so relatable that you could almost pull

any episode or scene from an episode and someone listening to our show would go oh my God that actually did happen to me in real life it's almost taking you as long to watch it as replays as it did to watch it when it was coming out as episodes 10 years focusing on the right of the end

the very last season when Rachel was leaving and obviously they were on again off again for most of the series, but there's a bit where she calls Ross and leaves a message, and there's all this commotion because she's trying to get off the plane and the person

won't let her get off the plane. Yeah, so the story goes, she gets a job in Paris. That's right. Ross is like, I need to confess my love for her. So he chases her to the airport. Left it long enough didn't they? Yeah, chases her to the airport, runs through the airport, then discovers he's at the wrong airport. So he calls her on the phone. She's like, stress. She's like, I can't do

this now, Ross, gets on the plane. Then he gets home and there's a message on his answer phone. This is that message. Oh, come on, miss, isn't there any way that you can just let me off the... No! No! Oh, my God. Did she get off the plane? Did she get off the plane? I got off the plane. I got off the plane.

I do love you. I love you too And I am never letting you go again Okay, because this is where I want to be Okay, no more, I don't want to mess this stuff again I mean one of the best moments In television history that moment And do you know the best thing is I'm watching it

Like through my daughter's eyes Almost through the first time again Because I'm seeing her light up Not knowing what's going to happen You know what you need? Have you watched Have you watched this episode yet with your daughter? No You need to film her reaction

Like put a camera secretly somewhere And film her reaction To see that scene for the first time Yeah. It's such a great. Because she was not happy earlier when Joey and Rachel started hooking up, which no one wanted. Yeah. And I was like, yeah, I know, babe.

That's weird. I don't know why they did that. Anyway. Now, is there anyone listening right now? This is the tough ask, because I don't know how relatable this is. That's chased someone through an airport to confess something. Maybe it was love. It's the ending of a lot of Christmas movies around this time.

Yeah. Like you've gone, oh my God, they're at the airport now. I'm going to run and confess. Maybe they'd, maybe it wasn't love. Maybe you wanted to let them know that they. They forgot their phone or something. We'll take it. We'll take what we can get.

Or maybe even you were supposed to go overseas. And then you realize, once you actually start moving your whole life and all the rest of it, the reality hits you like, oh my God, what am I doing? I'm actually in love with this person. I need to stay. And you got off the plane. Or at least turned around on the way to the airport and went back home again.

And then you were like, I'm in love with you. It's definitely not a common thing. As you said, Clint, it's a common occurrence in movies and TV shows. Yeah, how often is that happening in real life? I don't think very often, if at all. I'd love to know if you chase him to the airport. And you're like, I just need to tell you. And maybe you even confess to your love.

And then they were like, sorry, it's Paris. It's a real amazing opportunity for my career. And you were like, well, that was a waste of a $40 Uber. Yeah, there'll be someone listening. I'm sure there is that's got a story. I don't want to end the friend's phone a segment with no one, on a fail, yeah. We don't want to do that. Please stop that from happening.

Clint won't be able to go into his holidays. that he's failed a segment. Yeah, come on. He's such a perfectionist. Let's finish strong. Clint, Megan Dan. Lesh, go! We are doing the Friends phoneer.

I'm trying to find out how relatable that final scene is where Rachel gets off the plane and confesses her love and Ross confesses his for Rachel and they end up together. I hope my daughter's not listening actually because she hasn't seen it. Oh, yeah, you've ruined it.

But does this happen in real life? I'm dubious, to be honest. I don't think that people, like, you're confessing it before they go to the airport. What about this one? I didn't chase her to the airport, but I sent her a very long text an hour after she'd left the flat. She still left, but we kept in touch and we ended up doing long distance before she ended up cheating on me with some Italian dude. Yeah, it turns out probably the long distance thing about her. Yeah, not a happy ending there. Let's go to Jackie, Jackie and Canterbury morning.

Hi, Jeff. Hi, guys. How are you? Oh, hold on. We've got you on the voices guys in the accident. Hold on. Yeah, there we go. That's my fault. Okay. So, Jackie, you have a confession. your love story, but it didn't happen at the airport. Where did it happen? No, no. It was, oh, about 33 years ago, 34 years ago. I was dating my husband, and at the time, he's my husband now, we were dating and for about two, three years, he'd never told me he'd loved me. About a week before Christmas, I crashed my car, rode it off. I went to Auckland. He had to helped the pickup truck guy

put the car on the back of the track and it was I think at that moment on Christmas Day he was at his parents' place and he decided that he loved me and he wants me in his life so he then drove to the airport to the airport yeah

and confess to me declared his love to me okay well this is a good one because you can see this playing out at the end of a movie it's not an airport situation but it's a... Oh, we could easily take Jackie's story and put an airport in that.

Put it in an airport, okay? Thanks for that, Jackie. Let's go to Philippa, because Philippa, this involves your cousin and a 10-week holiday. Yeah, so my cousin was going away on a 10-week holiday with her mom and her nana,

and she, like, overseas, and they were going to, like, three or four different countries. Okay. And she'd had a boyfriend for a few months and like probably closer to a year and they'd already said goodbye at the house and they got dropped off at the airport by someone else

and then all of a sudden her boyfriend showed up he'd stopped off at the $2 shop and got like one of those real ugly plastic big sisters rings they were like all the rage but he grabbed one of those a bright orange one and proposed to her at the airport before she got on the plane

she was like it was within half an hour of her boarding that he did this as well and so what happened? He was petrified well he was petrified she was gonna disappear and go and find a guy somewhere else? So wait did she say yes yes she did yep and they got married

did she still get on the plane she did get on the plane yeah she's like I still want to go on this holiday but let's talk about this when we get back I won't sleep with anyone she wore the ring the whole holiday as well so her whole holiday is photos of this bright orange ring on her finger That's actually quite cute.

I mean, it would have been even cuter if she'd stayed, you know. She's like non-refundable flights and stuff, though. Yeah. Yeah, there's like thousands of dollars of flights and accommodation paid for. Wow. That's a great story. Hey, Philip, hold there. We're going to give you a double pass for a must-see movie, Anaconda.

It's out in cinemas on Boxing Day. I don't think we're going to beat that, Philippa, to be honest. I mean, we could go to another person, but... Someone else... Well, I think the other person who's sitting on hold... did the whole confessing love thing and it didn't go the way that you think it would. Oh, Ange, was it you that confessed your love

and then they got on the plane? Ange. No, it was an X that came to the airport as I was leaving to get engaged to someone else overseas. Oh my God, and they were like, no, I got to shoot my shot before you go and say, what, they'd get down on one knee?

and they say how much you mean to them? Everything. In front of everyone? Yes. And then you just say no and get on the plane anyway, which is fair enough. I just ran. What an incredible story. Oh, savage.

And are you actually now engaged and married to the other person? Oh, that didn't last. Oh, so now he's the one that got away. Lucky and love. My biggest regret in my life. Running away from the airport guy? Yes. Oh my God.

Do we still know how he is? Well, I came back 10 years later. Yeah. Oh, no, he's already. And he'd been married. Oh, my goodness. And he'd told his wife if I ever came back, he'd have to leave her because I was the one.

And I came back. And two months later, he died in an accident. Oh, my God. This is one of the most gut-wrenching stories I've ever heard in my life. My God. It is. And I'm so sorry to hear about this. This is incredible.

That's a movie. Wow. It is. Oh, man. How long ago was this? 20 years. Wow, and you're still thinking about it. So it's obviously had like that big of an impact in your life.

found love since or are you still single? I have now. Okay. Well, that's, I guess, a solace. But man, what a story. Wow. I didn't think we'd be getting this sort of story today. Yeah, what a way to finish the Friends phone. Thank you, Ange, for being so honest with us on the radio this morning.

When we first started towards you, I thought this is going to be shaky at best. But, man, you've carried this story. Wow. Wow. Okay. Thank you, Angie. Have a Merry Christmas. Thank you. Yeah.

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