The Edge Breakfast - FULL SHOW Dan's riding (with) Big Willy!

Episode Date: August 31, 2025

This podcast description was blatantly written by AI...  In this episode, Clint, Meg, and Dan with Ash London dive into the fun game of guessing hidden celebrities in a $45,000 spa pool. The team takes calls from listeners trying to identify the stars saying the phrase, ‘It’s getting hot in here’. The crew also addresses the topic of long engagement waiting rooms and hears from both men and women about the reasons and pressures behind delayed proposals. The show is filled with light-hearted banter, hilarious impressions, movie reviews, and much more. Tune in for laughs, insights, and heartfelt stories! 00:00 Podcast Introduction and Banter05:37 Father's Day and Family Stories10:07 Train Driver Interview14:59 F1 Drama and Oscar Piastri19:12 Misheard Song Lyrics21:46 Spa Stars Contest28:57 Successful Side Hustles38:43 Promoting Your Business39:42 Keli Holiday heading to NZ!44:31 Does Mrs. Doubtfire Hold Up?53:27 Living Comfortably in New Zealand01:00:08 Win a $45,000 Spa01:03:42 Hit the Spot Challenge01:11:05 The Engagement Waiting Room

This is a podcast from Rover. If this podcast was a person, it would be banned from family gatherings. Oh, piss off, Uncle John. This is the Clint Meg and Dan podcast. Being one to six on your Monday. Welcome to the show. Have you had a great weekend. Good to see you all.

What was that accent that Beho was doing? I think he was trying to do the other island guy. But I think it's a cheap AI version. Oh, but God bless him. Oh, I always thought we'd paid the guy. Paid the actual man. No. Not the case.

I don't even know if they even pay. pay the actual man anymore because they could probably just use AI as well. That'd be the first job I'd be worried about if I was working in that industry. Nah, he's definitely still there. He still does it. I can't remember his name. But if I was him, I'd be contract negotiations. Like, that show was nothing without him.

I'd be like 10-year deal. Nah, but then AI will come along and just be able to replicate a voice that sounds kind of like him. He's not a celebrity, so it's not like replicating Morgan Freeman. But I feel like he can't replicate his comic timing. And I think he writes all the stuff as well. He does it all himself. I've never seen a single episode of any Love Island franchise internationally

or history, nothing ever. Wow, he's awesome. Spar Full of Stars is happening at 7 o'clock this morning. If you want to win a $45,000, I cannot get over the fact that it costs $45,000. I know. I thought a spa would maybe be 10K for a really boozy way. Yeah.

But then... That's what I have like internal speakers and like little waterfalls and all the different coloured lights you want. Probably like 600 jets. Right in the bumhole I'm unsure about that as an option but maybe an ad on as

Yeah, but sometimes Yeah, exactly, as your bum holes Well you don't want the but one Oh it's only 26,000 then I think that's what they call an edema Clint, Meg and Dan Oh my gosh Have you had a great weekend better than the Warriors at least

Oh, don't get us started How bad Still top four though I No, six now Yeah We dropped Oh no Yeah the two teams that we needed to lose behind us

after we choked both won. So we're on the exact same points but our points differential is unfortunately not great and so yeah we're sixth and you need to be in the top four so that you get a life going to playoffs if you lose. And it doesn't feel good.

You're not in the highest of hopes going to a harder route to the grand final and you've just lost to... Let's look into some statistics Clint about if anyone's come from sixth on the table and won the whole league. I'm sure it's happened before. Yeah, okay.

Let's take a look and see when the last time six won the grand final. I think it's possible. Well, the most disappointing thing was right at the end. The Warriors actually had a try with two minutes to go. And the referee was like six more, play on, try. And then they sent it upstairs and they watched it about a thousand times. Then they overturned the try decision on the field. And that would have been the difference.

So, anyway, I guess there's one more game this weekend. has won the grand final finishing outside the top two since the Sharks in 2016. It's not very well. That's the top two. Wow. The grand final winners have always finished

top two for the last nine years. But imagine if we did come from six, that is going to be one for the books. There you go. You know, and if anyone can do it, the was. Can they? Speaking of winning. Well, they didn't beat the heels

and they were 15th on the table last weekend. Speaking of winning, a huge new prize that we've given away this week. I'd say this would be up there with one of the best prizes we've ever given away. Yeah, best being like, this is why this prize is so good. It's not something you would spend the money on yourself. No, no, no, no. So to have something so insanely fancy in your home, means every time you enjoy it, you never have to be like, but it costs so much.

You can just be like, this is sick. Yeah, it's a horrible. That's why it's so good. Now, Clint, you own a spa pool. How much did yours cost? Mine was an in-ground one. So you kind of like take it with you to your new house. More or less than $45,000.

Less. Yeah, I think it was 27 or 28. Yeah, also? So you could win this week. Embarrassing? Yeah. I imagine not spending $45,000 in your spa. Must be nice.

A $45,000 spa pool. Dream, like I would be in it every night if I won it. Try and stop me. Yeah. Adrian would be like, it's 10 o'clock. come to bed and I'm like all wrinkly prunes skin. What you don't want it's a person that wins it to have a partner who's like no, look at

the power bill. Look at the power. It's like what is the point then? What is the point? It's going to be a little bit more, um, it's going to your power's going to be a little bit higher to run it but that's because you're sitting in a spa every night when you're home from work or whatever. Just don't have a bath, have a spa pool. You know we're bringing it into the

office so that we can have a look at it. I don't know if they're putting it in the office. I don't know if they're going to fill it with water though. No, I've requested that we do a show from the Sparpool one day. So we're getting one in the office, like, outside. You just want to see me in a bikini perv. Oh, okay. Well, then we won't do it.

The Clint Megandandandam podcast. There's 18 holes in a goal course. You get a 16. That means that two holes you didn't have any hits on. We're trying to explain golf off air to Clint and he's not quite getting it. They were telling me the best school you get is zero. And I'm like, well, actually, on a 16 hole you get would be 16. It's 18 holes.

There's no 16 whole golf course in the world. You're just talking number. now, I don't know what you're talking about. And also, the score for, like, if you've got 18 hole in ones, your score wouldn't be 18, it would be whatever, like, oh, it would be 18, yeah, there'd be your score. Okay, well, I accept your apologies. Yeah.

Guys, it's Father's Day coming up this weekend. Sunday. Yeah, Father's Day on Sunday. Thanks for bringing it out. My dad is dead, and I've got no one. Oh, God, I've got a husband. He's a lot. I'll celebrate him.

I'll come full circle. Good one, dad. I was about to start crying, but I'm happy. Stop bringing down the vines. Okay. And this week and just been, my wife had paid for me to get a Father's Day shoot with my son, like a photo shoot. And it's one of these pop-up. Yeah.

No, so just me and him. Cute. And this photo. And it was like for Father's Day. It's one of these, have you ever been to these pop-up photo shoots where they'll just, it's in like a church, like or a community center? And you go in and they just fire out as many photos as they can. Yeah, basically. And so there was a whole load of dads there with their kids because it was a Father's Day thing shoot.

And what's the background? Is it just like a... Just a white backdrop. And I think they can put in whatever, like green screens. Like if you wanted the bleeding therapies are behind you. Which is what you chose, obviously. And so anyway, it was quite rushed. And there's a line of dad so that you, like, go in, they take photos and then spit you out.

How long do you get in front of the camera? Like two minutes, three minutes. How much did she charge for that? I don't know. I don't know. Hannah didn't tell me. But I think it's, they do it every weekend, so it's a well-oiled machine. And so they have all these little bits of paraphernalia to, like, make the kids smile,

like, a little feather duster they, like, tickle him with and stuff. So anyway, we go in, and George is not having a bar of it. He's, like, crying. He's, like, trying to wriggle out of my arms. And this poor lady is doing everything she can to, like, make George smile and look at the camera. And so I'm like, George, look at the camera, look at the camera. We've only got two minutes where I'm. She's like, tickling in with this thing.

He's got nothing. Nightmare. Stuff of nightmares. And you're wasting our time slot, George. Go on. And then, it was getting to the point where she's like, I don't know if we're going to get one. I'm going to try one more thing. And remember that there's a cue of dads, like I'm saying maybe 15, 20,

dad's like sitting there watching us going come on guys we're all got to go and she just starts going Daddy did a fart Daddy farted like this loud all the dads are sitting there watching she's going daddy did a stinky oh poo

Daddy did a stick I'm going I'm looking at George is cracking up in head and meanwhile George starts laughing I'm looking at the dad's going I'm probably sure I didn't

she should still get to make George laugh She's going stinky, Daddy. Ew, Daddy. And then she goes, Daddy's got stinky balls. It's like, you were there. And I had to be like, and then I had to be like, I swear on my life, I didn't fart. Like, she was just trying to make Hannah's cracking up over the other side watching. Classic Hannah.

Most embarrassing moment in my life. Those photos better be good. They better be. Yeah, did she get him? She got him because he started laughing when Daddy farted, which he didn't. And when do you get to see them? Did you get to see them on her screen or whatever? She's like, well, email you.

No, you have to wait. like a week. So I think I'll get them on Father's Day. So I'll be sure to put them up on my Instagram to see how much my son's laughing at Daddy. Daddy, doing a fart. Yeah, they don't sound like the type of place that allows you to come around and check the photos for three of four months after my day. But you get what

you get, don't you with kids? It was so, like, of all the things to say. What a legend. Adrian didn't get me a birthday present or wished me a happy birthday. So Father's days coming up and usually I go all out, I'm getting nothing. Nothing. But imagine

if you did that, he did that for your Mother's Day. Oh, God. Imagine the... Yeah, but a birthday's a bigger deal of Mother's Day and he didn't do anything. Oh, you're one of these people that thinks that Father's Day and Mother's Day is like a construct. No, I like it. Yeah. But I also like it being even.

Yeah. And he didn't even get me any. My birthday was a month and a half ago. I haven't got influenza anymore. He can get me a present now. Yeah. Oh, he owes you big time then. Big time.

Yeah, my mum used to teach me that. Was it two wrongs? Two wrongs make a right. Was it? Don't make it? I'd be... That's different, smart ass. If my wife, though, if my wife forgot my birthday,

ho, ho, ho. Can you imagine? Or if you were so sick that you couldn't get out of bed, some would say you should get double the presents. Yeah, not less. It's almost like a present tax. Yep. Like, the interest.

And he came home with a huge bunch of flowers. And I was like, and I've been bed in it all day. Oh, thank you, darling. He looks at me. Oh, they're not from me. Yeah. They're from one of your employers. Oh, he's not even for your birthday.

I would have paid it. Thanks. And that's what I told him. I said, I would have preferred you take the credit. I would have been happy if you'd done that. The amount of bouquets of flowers my wife has got from me and then I've just ripped the tag off because it was like a promo thing.

Oh my God, okay. I appreciate you, love. Clint Megadan. Lesh goal! First call of the day! First call on the day! That person is William. This morning, he's a train driver in Auckland.

His nickname is Big Willie. Big Willister! Just finished the night shift. He's heading home. He drives a Holden Commodore. He's a Sagittarius, and he's got a partner with a one-year-old. Good morning, William. Morning, guys.

How are we? Good, Willie. First of all, how tall are you? Six, two. Oh, he's been Willie. Big Willie. Big Willie. I was going to fear, but if he was only 5.6, you go, how'd he get the nickname?

Maybe he's got a big personality. You know? So, Big Willie Stiles, how long does it take to train to become a train driver? Yeah, ask him for a friend. If you're off the street, you have to do classroom work and then a thousand and fifty hours driving? Wow. So if you've already got a train driving background, you only have to do 500 hours. Theoretically speaking, say you don't have a train driving background, you've got a background in radio, and then you wanted to pivot and do some train driving. How long do you think

it would take before I'm in charge of a rig? How many years? Oh, with you dad, we can make anything happen. Okay. See, I've got William on the inside. He can pull some strings. Big Willie, how quickly, or how long does it take for you to stop from, oh my God, I need to stop something's on the tracks. I'm going to hit the brakes. How many seconds? What's the distance before you can actually like, if you're just cruising around at a normal

speed during the day? Well, it could be a couple of hundred metres. Oh, okay. Yeah, that's a long way. Yeah, that's a long way. Does it piss you off? If you've got a freight three night with a few thousand ton on it, yeah, takes

a few hundred meters. Do you do passengers or freight? Nah. But got to be drive a real train, got to have the freight stuff. Oh, real train. All right, big wheelie, throw and shame in those passenger trains. So you've got a diesel, big diesel machine? Big, that's the one, damn.

Big diesel. Nice. And where do you drive to? Between Auckland and Fungare and then Auckland to Tarapa. Okay, and what percentage of your driving is hands-free? 90% of it. Yeah, right. It makes me one hour long.

So I wonder what most of the training's for. Well, there's no steering wheel, I guess. Oh, yeah, there is no steering wheel, isn't it? It's just like go and stop, so I'm wondering where all the training comes in. Yeah, I think you'd imagine, correct me if I'm wrong, William. I've done a bit of research, but you need to, when you're thrashing, which is when the engine's going, and you're going up a hill or whatever. You need to monitor all the engine levels and stuff.

See, Dan, you'd probably be able to drive one tomorrow. Yeah, I reckon I could. That's his dream, Big Willie. I'd love to come along for a ride. What would we call you? We can't call you Big Danny. What would your train drive at it? Small Willie.

Yeah. I mean, it's got nothing to do with his hive. Yeah. Also, my name's not William. Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. Small Willie. Yeah, hey, so does your name William? No, it's Dan.

Yeah. Oh, right. Oh, we could do it. Let's make it happen, William. Maybe I could come along with Big Willie. And then... Oh, would you have him along with you? For sure.

I'd love to. Yeah, for sure. We could make that happen. Oh, my God. Seriously. Dreams do come true, people. People are half listening just heard you say you want to ride a big Willie. Anyway, you know people getting ready in the mornings?

That's what they heard. No one is as immature as you, Clint, all right? No one else thought that. Stuff.com. Hey, Dan. Dan Wobie wants to ride a Big Willie. It's the front headline. God must be a slow news day.

Sorry, William, yeah? Hey, Dan. Yeah. I hear Dan's a bit of a race car fan. Yeah, I am. I drive a dirt track car. Would you like to come for a ride one day? Oh, my God.

There's two rides with Big Willie. My goodness, MacGoole. Dan's dream best friends. We could honestly be best friends. Trains, racing cars. Sign me up. Sign me up. Starts in November if you want to come.

Okay, I'll be there. All right, you hold there, mate. We'll get a voucher out to you and maybe Dan's phone number. Gooden the Hood is now on a Zed little token, big impact. Yeah, thanks, William. Nice catching up with you, bro. What a cool guy. What would be your dream person to call in with your dream job, Clint?

Oh, they'd own a ranch. Owning a ranch. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And, yeah, they just have a lot of horses. Obviously Would you do the hard work though

Or would you just like take photos Ofpless on the horses When I When I had like a year off radio I actually emailed like three different ranches Just looking for like Work in exchange for shelter and food For my whole family

Yeah the weird thing is he turned up in assless chaps And they were like That kind of ranch Genuine pony playing From a boombox on his shoulder Put a lot of chaper when he was riding the horses Come on How did you have that ready to go

He's this people have to look at the button Fasters in the West This is the Clint Migg and Dan podcast Scandal A scandal Quite a scandal With Ash London If you've seen drive to survive

You might all of a sudden Give a crap about F1 Which is what happened to me A couple years ago When I started watching it But the drama It just keeps getting better and better And today we want to talk about

Oscar Piastri A young lad from Australia In his third season at F1 are playing, are playing for, driving for McLaren. A bit of drama last night in the Dutch Grand Prix, Dan Webbie. Well, it's such an incredible season this year because on face value, when you look at it, there's one strong team, McLaren, they're the only team, they're right, way out in front.

It hasn't always been like that. No. For a while it was like Mercedes dominated and then just Red Bull dominated. Now, McLaren definitely dominated. Yeah, and it's an incredible time. Last time I think McLaren won a world championship was Lewis Hamilton way back when So it's exciting times. But the two drivers that drive for Maclair

and Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, the inter-team fight is starting to really heat up. Because they couldn't be more different. So Oscar Piastri, from all accounts, seems like just a solid Aussie guy, head screwed on straight, doesn't get involved in the drama. Lando Norris is a spoiled brat.

Yeah. Very talented driver. And I think that is the risk you take with F1 is that to, for 90% of the drivers, I would say, you have to have money growing up to be involved in the sport. So often they are rich kids. I know that for someone like Lewis Hamilton, his experience certainly was quite different.

Yeah, I think Lano Norris is very loved as well. Like he's probably one of the most popular Formula One drivers on the grid at the moment. But Oscar Piersry, there's something about him. He just seems very down to earth. Nothing seems to phase him. Like it could be easily sort of your feet lifted off the ground when you're in Formula One. He just gets it done. He's clinical.

He doesn't seem to get phased him. by anything, I reckon he's going to take out the championship this year. Well, looks like he will. He's doing very well. I was just looking at his annual salary. Obviously, this is outside of your endorsements. But last year, he was getting $6 million. US dollars. This year, 26 million US dollars.

And if he wins a championship, that will just be exponentially. That's a hell of a pay rise when they've gone and, like, quadrupled your income. And the thing about Formula One drivers as well, they don't get any time to spend it, because they're constantly on the road. So the team pays for all their flights

and all that kind of stuff. I'd find a way. So they're all just like on their private despotting. We've got some audio actually. If you haven't seen the race, if you want to get a vibe for the moment that Oscar took it out. Oscar Piastri, who's back after the summer break and back ups off. He wins the Dutch Crawl Prix in his victory for Oscar, the championship leader.

Good job, Oscar. Great job. He won. Nicely done, everybody. Nicely, nicely done. Yeah, good weekend. It's in the end. I see us doing a lot of the heavy lifting there as well to keep the vibe high.

The good thing for Oscar as well is his teammate Lando Norris, who is neck and neck in the championship, didn't finish the race. So he's just got a 25-point extension in his league. Because that means he gets no, obviously, he gets no points. Yeah. Because it looks, McLaren will win the, what's the called? Constructors. I think they've already got that sewn up.

It's just a matter of time before it's official. So it is so exciting. As an Australian, it is really exciting. This young kid, really, he is a young kid. He is a young kid. Could take the whole bloody thing at this year. The last time that a Formula One driver, now maybe don't quote me on this, but you could fact check me here.

Okay. Last Formula One driver Australian that won the championship was Alan Jones, and I'm going to say 1980. It was the last time a Formula One driver from Australia. Alan Jones, 1980. Come on! With which team, which team? Oh, I think it was Williams.

Come on, he's very good. Yeah. Unless he's done that thing where he's Googled it off and then gone, Hold on, don't quote me on this. But if you do want to check it. Give him the win. Get in the wind. Can we check the cameras before this break and see what he was looking at?

I'm just going to close all my tabs. Clint Megan Jan. StinkyB. All right. It's time for a little naughty, 640. It's actually cold in here. It is a cold, isn't it? Yeah, that's why my nipples are going hard, not because I'm getting excited about your 46.

Oh, damn it. I thought it was me. I love a. misheard song lyric and most of them you've heard before you know you'll be like yeah I've heard that one and we all know the famous ones Clint loves like you say you love them but he loves miss it's like he'd just discovered misheard song lyrics okay I sent this to our Bridges

the Nipia to load the audio for you and then I gave him about 30 seconds and I just saw him cracking up in his chair so this one's decent hey you didn't know this one before but it's an old song never heard it and I had to Google the original song lyrics just to make sure I was hearing the right thing. Yeah, because you were like, oh my God, she is singing that. It couldn't possibly be anything else

in my mind. Okay, are you, are you not about to hear No, I can't forget the semen No, I can't forget the semen. Yeah, on your face. It's one of the greatest songs of all the time. I've never heard of this unheard lyric. Okay, really? Can't forget the semen on your faces you were leaving.

No, I can't That is exactly what is. That is Mariah Carey, you dirty, dirty girl. Like it does, she's not even trying to sing anything else. Like she's got, this would be funny. We'll say it something else if you Google the lyrics, but I'll sing it as semen and that's what everyone wears. Is it supposed to be, I can't forget this evening?

Can't forget this feeling. I thought it was like, oh, I can't forget this evening. All your faces you were leaving. It doesn't matter, it sounds like C-Man. Okay, because I did Google it to try and find out what the name of the song was for the hook. No, I can't forget this evening on your faces you were leaving. All your faces you were leaving. All your face.

Sometimes I wonder whether they've done it purposefully. Yes, definitely. You know, so people go, what is that? And then they listen more. Can you play it again, Chris Clinton? Because I'm hearing I can't forget the semen. No, I can't forget the semen. Yeah.

She doesn't do the vit in evening. You've got to do the vah. If you don't do the vah, it's semen. That's why she looks so young. She's been doing those semen facials since the 80s. But she's saying that she's seeing another woman leaving with it on her face. So it's not her. That's true.

Or it's a threesome thing. Yeah. They put, they did the semen facials together. True. And then her friend left because she was like, okay, I'm going to go home. That'll be it. And I'll wash it off when I get home. Yeah.

Because you always should, the long you leave it on them. A bit more than you do. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Now it's too naughty, 6.40. That's what I was told me. Clint Meg and Dan.

Free edges, Spa. Good Stars. Hi. Yo. Pete. Let's have. Spar full of stars. Your chance to score yourself a $45,000 spa pool this week.

And the crazy thing about this is, which very rarely happens in Radio Land, when the people that are hosting the show, i.e. us, we don't even know who's in the spa. I know. Like, usually they let us know, right? They won't even let us know. I've got no idea. They don't trust us, Ash. Well, yeah, they don't trust you at Ash.

Clint knows. Clint knows because he has to press the burdens. Do you know, though, this is probably the first time in 10 years that I've been entrusted. Normally it's like, well, let's go to the producer, and the producer will know. This is the first time I've been trusted with the information. Did you already know? Yeah, so I now know. So what are you going to hear coming up just after.

is if you can correctly guess all five stars in the correct order you win the spa so there will be a phrase being said and each celebrity is saying one word each of a five word sentence I see what's happened here because we've got a new boss and he hasn't discovered yet that Clint can't be trusted I'm the most trustworthy on this show

oh what a joke Dan just shared a secret with me off here 20 minutes ago that he told me I can't tell anybody and I told you not to tell anyone Clint and I haven't yet And then I accidentally heard it because he thought my headphones were on but they were off and I didn't have to put my head

so I know the secret too now. Okay, but that's the only people I'll ever tell. Yeah. Good secret keeper. And you've just said that Clint can't keep a secret. So you've told the one person you know, it's all just a mess back here, guys. But hey, someone's winning a $45,000 far.

Yeah. And now I'm worried, I don't even want to guess in case I guess them all right first day and they get fired. That's why you don't get told because you can't be trusted. No, but the good thing about not knowing is you can legitimately.

take a stab. I'm scared to now. Because if I get it right, accidentally, because I'm that good, and then I get in trouble. So the whole thing is there's five celebrities in a spa pool and each of them are saying one word.

You have to guess all the celebrities. The phrase which we'll play for you just on 7 o'clock is it's getting hot in here. So let's try. We'll go around the circle anti-clockwise. All right, ready? It's getting hot. Oh my God.

You're so bad. Dan, you only had to do one of the. The five words, Ash and I were doing most of the hip-lifting by doing two each. You're right, I can't trust us. Confused and flustered. Oh, Lordy. Well, if you want to win a $45,000 spa, when do they get the first hear of the, it's getting hot in here. Okay, let's do it right off the back of hit line.

So, and... What does that mean? 60 seconds? 90 seconds? Okay, a minute and a half. Yeah. Your chance to have a cracketer. I can do that.

Oh, 800 of the edge. It's getting hot in here. No, just one word. That's not it. We have to get some spa Hi Hey Let's it

All right Here we go Your chance to Call yourself A $45,000 Spar All you have to do is guess The 5 stars

In the correct order To win If you can correctly guess One of the stars In the correct order You still live with 100 bucks cash I already know

This is going to drive me insane I'm already annoyed by Because I can't guess any of them Yeah So we didn't Ash and I don't know

Clint does Because he has to push the buttons So it's got a mad Because he can be trusted or they're any better than us. Good morning, Matt. You're the first person to ever have a guess. Are you ready?

Yeah, look, I think I've made a mistake calling first. I'm going to make a real call on my... Someone has to do it. Yeah, you could... I mean, guessing all five right now would be... I think there'd be questions that Matt might be a friend of mine and I told them over the weekend. But if you guess one, you still leave with 100 bucks, Matt.

So here we go, May, if you can identify at least one of them, it'll be $100 rich. Here we go. God, that's hard. The hair is so familiar to me, but I don't know what it is. I'm going to give it to you again, Matt, before you have a guess, because it is day one. So you've got a harder job than everyone else.

Okay, it happens quick. Okay, so all you need to do is just throw a name out there. Well, hopefully five names. Here's how you could do it. Five different names. Or you throw out one celebrity name five times. That's what I'd probably do. Initially, I'm thinking there got to be new.

So can you explain to me, are these celebrities coming in the spa? Like, what's to go? Oh, no, they're not going to physically really be in this bar. We're not like flying, you know. Hey, have you heard of a bit of smoke and mirrors, maybe? Pretending. Figuratively speaking. I was thinking we're all got New Zealand celebrity.

That's why I was having my issues here. Well, they could be New Zealand celebrity. There could be one in there. Who knows? I don't know. We wouldn't know. Oh, man. Honestly, this is ridiculous.

Oh, sorry. Gosh, oh Yeah, look I'm instantly regretting Calling after But someone needs Throw me some names From the team

Like you said you were going to help With some guesses You can't We can't really help Unfortunately Matt What I would do if I was you I'd throw out one name Pull a celebrity out of your mind now

That you think it could have been And then we'll just see if it's in there Yeah Okay, I was going to go to some New Zealand celebrities So, but then, oh, no, I'm totally blanking. Okay. All right. Well, what about Haley?

Then, Haley, Matt's lost is your gain. Here it is one more time for you. Watch your hail, Mary. So just one person. It's five different people in the spa so you can have five guesses, my love. I'm just going to do some super random ones. So Britney Spears, Alex Warren, Chris Warner from Shortland Street. Oh, yeah.

Ooh, he's got an American accent, lots of people. Let's go. Chris Evans from Kippenemir. Doing great, Hayley. And Kylie Minogue. Wow, okay. Five great guesses, babe. Pulling five names out of your butt like that.

It's very impressive, Haley. You're a champion. You have identified no stars in the spa in the correct spots. Okay. Oh, good. Got to give it a go, don't you? But at least you threw some names out there, you know? That's what we're going to have to.

do, I think, for a while. Process of elimination. Yeah. It's going to take us a while, maybe. Yeah. Unless someone's got photographic audio memory. Will you bribe, Clint? The important thing, though, is to be turning in at 7 and 8. We're also going to be playing at 10, 12 and 2.

Because every time you listen, you're going to have information that maybe other people don't because you don't want to waste your opportunity as we get further down the track. Well, done, Haley. Thank you, Hayley. Back again at 8 o'clock, spa full of stars. If you can correctly guess all five stars in the correct spot, you'll in a $45,000 spart pole. Up next, what is your side hustle that you're trying to get up off the ground?

You think one day it's going to make you a lot of money? And can we help? Is there a way in which we can help get the word out? We've got you, Voo. Yeah. Clint, Megan Dan. A new story going around the moment, there's a 24-year-old Aussie dude who is trying to buy 100 vending machines.

This is his new business he, I guess, decided to get into about four years ago. And over the last four years, he's almost brought in a middle of the middle of the $1,000 in cash flow. Is he the one doing it in our office? Because if so, most of that money is from myself and Dan, we'll be having Doritos. I know. I've spent, you know I tailied up once that I'm spending like nearly $30 a week at that

vending machine. Oh my goodness. My wife was looking through my thing. She was like, you're going to have to curb it. That's half your daily allowance. I know. Your weekly allowance. I know.

It's really, really bad because it's just $2, $3 at a time, so you don't see it adding up. I sometimes, when I have long days, I'll get the me goring. That's when you know, if you see me smashing a me ring from that vending machine. You know I'm hung dog. Yeah. I've had a long-ass day.

Yeah. Now, Clint, you sent this through yesterday and it's five best businesses and the highest success rate. Now, this really surprised me because vending machines is in there. It's the fourth most successful business. 86% of people that start a vending machine business,

86% of them succeed. It is succeeding. Because they reckon in the first five years, a new business, there's something like 80-something percent of businesses in the first five years will, fail, yeah, yeah. So then it's like, well, what business do you get into?

And these ones had the highest rate of success. Number five was transportation. So I'm imagining if you drive like a taxi, maybe you hire out cars. Or ownership in company. Yeah, that's probably successful. 76% of those businesses work out. Four was vending machines. Number three was real estate.

Apparently, if you get into real estate. As in like selling and buying real estate or working as a real estate agent. I think his real estate agent. Oh, yeah. I guess people are always going to be buying and selling and also with interest rates the way they are. Self-storage was number two, and that makes sense because those self-storage places are popping up everywhere. Can I tell you about our self-storage place,

new dogs, and it's back in Australia. They, I signed up, put all my stuff in there, and then three months later, they email me, oh, our prices are going up due to, like, you know, market, whatever. So I took it all. So I was still in town at the time, so I was like, cool, I'll go to a smaller unit, change unit, start a new thing. And they're like, okay.

So I went on to a new one. Same company, small, unit to pay less three months on the dot I get an automated email where you're putting the fees up due to mark dogs they wait till all your stuff's

in there and you've moved countries and they know you can't move it out there and then say it's going up a hundred dollars a month they put it up wow I mean you've got to store your stuff I guess and the number one most successful business to start and the success rate of it continuing is

this is confusing laundromat oh yeah yeah so if you start a laundromat more than likely you will be successful. Well, that's one of those things. AI is not replacing laundry. Everyone wears clothes and has dirty clothes.

A lot of people in sharehouses, like apartments are getting smaller to make them cheaper. That makes perfect sense. Yeah, and then I guess it's all just kind of, you buy it and leave it. And they take care themselves. You don't need to have a person even there because it's all automated. Guys, let's go third zies in a laundromat. And you don't even need to man it.

There's no stuff, yeah, so it's just no overheads. Great. And we could play our radio. show in the laundromat to entertain people. People will watch radio being made, the most entertaining thing ever. We have like a glass panel. Let's set one up in the office. We'll put some washing machines out between Nijps and Carlos.

And people could just come in, wash their clothes while they watch us do the radio show. Think of all the money we could wash at the laundromat as well. That's right. Illegal Breaking Bad styles. Hey, Clint, you cook the meth. Yes. I don't do it, wash it. It's a win-win. We've all got that one friend who's just always trying stuff.

Throwing it in a wall, seeing what it'll stick. Their hairbrain schemes. Every time you catch up and then we go, I would have got to these days. And they're like, oh, I actually started like a... And you're like, oh my God, they're just finding a way to make money on the side. But my mate was like this, always had a hairbrain scheme, always asking us to invest. We're like, nah, bro, nah, bro, no, bro.

He recently sold his for a million bucks. Yes, see, you should have invested. I should have invested. I should have invested. You know how we all love snacker-changy chips? I remember Lee Hart, these guys started it, when he came in and we were talking to him years ago.

He was like, he just went to the chip place and they were like, well, what do you want? And he was like, what do you do? They said, what do you want? Crinkle cut? Do you want thick cut? Do you want kettle fry? And he's like, well, can we just do all that

and just put it in like one chip? And they were like, okay. Is that why they're so crunchy and delicious? It's just like they're the best. And I guess if you have one of those like minds where you're just like, I'm just going to keep trying stuff, eventually something will land. Well, we want to reward entrepreneurial spirits that may be listening.

Maybe you have got a side hustle and you really believe in it. You just need a bit of help, marketing it or just getting the word out there. We want to help you because that's the kind of people we are. It's kind of like a shark tank of sorts. We're not going to give you money though, but what we will give you. I'll give you some money. Yeah, he will. He's got some spare.

But it'll be the power of our radio show. Yes. One of us can be the face of your business. Yes. That person will make an ad for you. And it will play on national radio. That's right. Okay.

What's the sign hustle that you're hoping one day will make you rich? You'd like love the idea. You're all in on it. You just got to convince us that it's a good idea. As long as it's legal. Don't throw us into any legal, you know, courtroom battles. That's going to be awkward. We've already got the issue with Clint Cook and the meth.

I mean, that's all right. Oh, 800, the edge. Well, you want to know what your side hustle is. What are you doing to try and make yourself some extra cash? And if we can put our power and wait behind it, we'll help endorse the product. and get the word out there for you. Sometimes I don't even think people have a choice these days. Stuff's so expensive.

You almost need. You have to be hustling. I think I am going to start selling the feet picks because life is getting too expensive. Adrian popped to the supermarket yesterday to get a couple, just a couple of things for dinner. $150. Yeah.

What? We've got to be hustling. If you're not hustling, you're struggling. Meg one time. That's what they say. That's what they say. Meg saw that they were offering like a meaty rub spice. like a pretty decent-sized jar

and they were like seven cents so Meg went and bought like 40 jar like whatever was left she bought all of them and then she was going to give them away on here but everyone was like why do I want that so we had to kind of jazz it up which is kind of what we're going to do hopefully for you Dan came up with a really great jingle

because he's a very talented guy was to a Sam Smith song Meggie Meggie Maggie Maggie Maggie Meggie Maggie Maggie Maggie Maggie Maggie Maggie Mackey Meggie Maggie Maggie Maggie's meaty rub me te rub yeah it's yummy He really got into us a long jingle, but...

In your mouth. So you can call up and tell us about your side hustle and you can choose one of us to be the face, the voice, whatever. I feel like no one in their right mind is going to choose me given that Clint's got a very famous face. And Dan, you're so good at jingles and I'm just a foreigner that no one knows. So I might set this one out.

Well, here's no, I reckon they have the choice of you, Ash, because here's the thing about you. You've got a squeaky, clean image. You know, if you've got a company that, you know, needs someone that's got a lot of, you know. And also if you want to expand into the Australian market, I can offer international expansion. And you're a woman, which Clinton and I can't offer.

That is true. Okay, thank you so much. Yeah. So let's go to Katie. Katie's called through. First of all, Katie, what is your side hustle? I'm a fairy for children. A fairy for children.

Oh, children's parties. Oh, parties, okay. Mm-hmm. Okay. I do parties and I also work for the, I've done some work with the hospitals and children with disability discos and all sorts of really fun things. Fantastic. So you're a saint, basically, what you're saying.

What's your very name? Katie Bell. Katie Bell. Lovely name. So here's your choice. What you need to do now, Katie, is you need to allocate who you want to be the face of your business. Do you want Ash, London, beautiful? Do you want Clint Randall, Tand, or Dan Webbie?

Talented. Talented. Dan? Down. You should stand with me. Okay, now you're sure because I know nothing about theories. People heard the postcode playlists, babe. They know where their bread is butter.

You're going to nail this. Okay, but I don't necessarily need to make a jingle. I could make an ad. I could make anything just to promote your business. What would you like from MK? Did you want a jingle? Do you want an ad? Do you want an interpretive dance?

Um, I think an ad would be amazing. Yeah. I really want to help little children. I've done a lot of kids parties and it surprised me. I've been doing it for about three or four years and how many children come to me with, you know, things like bullying at school because they feel like I'm a safe space.

Oh, this is fantastic. And that's actually, I know, and that's actually what a fairy was for me growing up. I had quite a rough childhood, and we were in a woman's refuge. And there was a fairy there in the little school area they've got there. And I just remember her being so beautiful to mankind, and it stuck with me.

And so, you know, I made it my reality. And that's who I am for children. now, and that's a part of why I want to do this kickboxing fight on Money FC. And on the 27th of September, I step out dressed as a ferry, and I'm jumping in the ring. It's going to be on Maldi TV. And it's going to be like my big debut to get on a platform where I can help teach children to be kind to each other. And, you know, that friendship is important and support is important. And, you know, especially these days, you know, we need to look after each other.

I feel like you've done the ad for me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, baby. You can't write a jingle out of that. mate. Okay, we've got all the information we need. What about you located, Katie? I'm on the North Shore. Okay, North Shore of Auckland.

Okay, so what we're going to do is I'm going to go away, 24 hours. I'm going to write an ad, a jingle for you. We're going to play it out tomorrow on the show and promote your business. Hey, Katie, can you be honest, you know, when we did the, I don't know how long you've been listening for, when we did the meaty rub jingle, did you hear the one that I did? I did. Yeah, no, I think that's why you've pivoted and gone. Dan, you probably didn't hear mine, Ash.

Unfortunately, I didn't want to do mine after I heard Dan do his and I was like, let's just leave it to that and then they forced me and I knew it wasn't going to be good and it kind of fell apart. Everyone wants to... This is the worst thing you've ever heard

in my whole life. Yeah, that was it. That's as far as I got. Was that a dying hyena in this studio? You know what, Ash? I think that's the most I've laughed ever in my life. A little bit of wee came out and a little bit of poop.

Most I've laughed ever. You're in safe hands, Katie, with Dan. It was a good choice, babe, it's good choice. I almost died that day. Clint, Megan, Dan. Two of our favourite Aussies. Oh, me and my husband. That's nice.

Two of our second favourite. Second favourite. Inside our top ten, favourite Aussies of all time. Adam and Rubin from Peking Duck. And Adam has gone out on his own. and he is performing under the stage name Kelly Holiday and joins us on the show, Morty, bro. Hello, hello, hello, hello.

What does Ruben think about you doing music on your own and taking off without him? He's doing it too, so he can't be angry. He did it first, didn't he, darling? Yeah, you know what's funny? I sent him an email and they called him. This was years ago and I was like, hey, I've got these ideas for these songs.

It doesn't feel right for me to do them with Peking Duck. I want to talk to you before I actually start executing some of these ideas. And he's like, oh man, that makes me so happy, you're all right? And then a week later, he already had a song like fully mixed and mastered and ready to go. And he just released it. Oh, right. All right. I see how it is.

I mean, you know, we've been, it's like a marriage, me and Rubin. We've been together for years. We met when we were 14 at the skate park. We're still doing Peking Duck. We're still kicking. But yeah, I mean, what's happened lately with Kelly Holiday, like, you know, I really intentionally set out to write this cohesive body of work, which is the next album. I would say it's the first Kelly Holiday album

and then the first taste off of it has really, it's really connected in a beautiful way with people which is really exciting to see. Now last time you were here in town you spent at least a little bit of time checking out the pie situation and how do you, how do you think

Auckland went? I think Rollers. I think Rollers is my spot. I'm pretty convinced that's the best pie I've had. Did you get a seafood pie? Because every time I go the seafood pies are already sold out and I end up with some boring ass bolognese. No, I didn't get the seafood.

I'm yet to eat a seafood pie in Alta Rua. We'll have one ready for you in the studio. I'm there in a couple weeks. Yeah, let's do it. Well, funny you say that because we, I don't know if you know this, but our producer Neeps he's in a band and he's opening for you guys

and one of your... Do we know what show it is? I think it's just the Auckland show I imagine. It's just one of them. He hasn't put in for leave, so I'm hoping it's just the Auckland one. And he's an incredible, like... His band is incredible. I've actually got a little hook here if you want to hear the band that's opening for you. Yeah, I'm kidding here.

All right. This is the Sam Cullen band, which features the bass player and backing vocals of our producer Nipia. He's bopping away. Yes, very nice. What do you reckon? I really like that. I really like that.

That made me feel like Bruce Springsteen and Cindy Lauper made sweet love and had a little baby. That's a great call to. That's a great. You need to, producer NEPIA is off work today, but he's sitting quietly on hold. You need to get that on a t-shirt and quotes Nipia and wear that on the gig that you open for Kelly Holiday, bro. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's true. I've got actually the audio software open right now.

I'm just clipping it and sending it to Sam. So that's brilliant. at him. Of course. Last time we spoke to Abby, your partner as well, we were talking about honeymoon period.

She was saying you guys are still in the honeymoon period. That was about a month ago. Still in it now? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's quite bizarre. It feels like, I think we're just both infatuated

with each other, and that infatuation remains strong. There's different phases of relationships, for sure. That's human nature, but, I mean, we can't keep our hands off each other.

Every time I'm, she's all I'm thinking about. time, which is, and that's, it's awesome. It's so, it's life-giving. Yeah, I'm a grateful man, you know. Yeah, Abby Chapfield, incredible broadcast. She's got a very successful podcast and then you're off being very successful on stage as well. It's, uh, it's awesome that she's coming over here and supporting you as well, which has got a lot going on.

The his and hers tour is for me. I mean, that is very, yeah. Come on, work the co-lamp, bro. If I was going to be a rock star, I'd want a his and hers to us, and we never had to be a part. Way better. Because you just miss your partner. We're just no good apart. And I always see, whenever I travel for work, I'm like, babe, I just wish you were here.

Like, it just sucks without you. So what, you know, grateful that you're grateful, because that's just wonderful that you get to do it on your own terms. And I'm do it together. We can't wait to see you here in like a couple of weeks. LiveNation.com.com. NZ to grab your tickets. Do not miss out. Hitting all the major markets, crush rich, Wellington and Auckland.

And don't be a stranger. Doors always open to you and Abby, bro. Yeah. Pop him whenever. Thank you. I love you. I love the lot of you. Adam from Kelly Holiday.

Next on the show, does it hold up movie from 1993? Probably I'd say 19 out of the 20 films that would have shaped your life, your childhood growing up. Our Webb Gilbella has not seen. When I play this song, what movie do you think of?

Classic. If you guessed Mrs. Dalfire, she has not seen it, but watched it over the weekend. Does it hold up in 2025? Hello! You forgot the dear. Hello dear!

There you go. Clint, Meg and Dan. Imagine being able to go back and watch your favourite movie, one of your top ten favourite movies of your childhood, again from the beginning, with no memory of that film ever. It'd be the only good thing about getting amnesia. Yes. We're getting to watch, like, Home Alone again.

All those classics. Webgill Bella has found herself in that situation, and having never watched a lot of what people would say are some of the greatest films of all time. And we're talking about one from 1993. Here's a clue. I just want to know one thing. Are your kids well behaved?

Or do they need like a few light slams every now and there? Yeah, my name is Ilsa Imelman, and I want to know how many children do you have? I have two girls and a boy. Oh, a boy. I don't work with the males because I used to be one. Leila, get back in your cell. Don't make me get the holes.

Mrs. Doubtfire. And you know, most of Robin Williams's comedic moments improvised. I know. He was one of the greatest actors of all time, RIP. Yes. I feel like I got into the media industry from being influenced by him. Totally.

I was so cool. I did get to meet him once. I interviewed him for a movie as part of a junket. And I was so nervous. And I was like, don't tell him you nervous. Don't tell him you nervous. And I was like, I'm so sorry, Robin. I am so nervous.

I just love you so much. And he was like, you're going to be great. Don't worry about it. So I did the interview. Then afterwards, he's like, he stood up, I don't cry. He had this big, hairy hands, and he took both of my hands in his hands. And he looked at me, he's like, see, you did absolutely great. Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my God. I walked out of there, like, on, walking on sunshine. He made my whole life. You never hear a bad story about Robin Williams. Absolutely not. Oh, so careful now with your Bella. Yeah. Yeah, be very careful.

This movie means a lot to us. So you choose your words carefully, bips. Okay, so it was, like, it was good. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Get out. It was good. It made me chuckle a lot.

Yeah. I think I, from these guys, I possibly was reading into it too much. But there was just so many scenes where I was like, he would have been, like, caught out by now. Like, there's no way that people haven't realized that this is their literal dad. And that this is a man dressed as an old lady. But you don't watch it going with him with the guys of, like, like reality.

Eventually the sun picks it his dad because Wizardafo standing up to pee. And he's like, yes, she, she, she's like, she, she's like, she's a she. Yeah, but how he didn't get it earlier, I don't know. It's magic, the magic of cinema. Yeah. Yeah, but I was also like, maybe it's because I'm not a kid watching it. Like if I was a child, then you're a bit more like, oh, I don't know how old you guys were when you first watched that.

Very, very young. What, you did it come out in? 193. Okay, so I was seven. Oh, okay. Yeah. It was 27. Right.

That series started getting Botox. Producer Carl. I was going to say, like, if that's your criteria for, like, a movie and enjoying it, you're going to struggle with Star Wars. Yeah, yeah, really well. I also don't think they could make this film in 2025, given, you know, like the changes in kind of attitudes towards gender and sex. So it really is of its time.

I thought his brother did an incredible job of making them look like an old woman. Yes. Incredible, yeah. Okay. Until they're wearing, like, a synthetic mask. Okay. You know, anyway. Okay.

So you couldn't look past the obviousness. Yes, and then the other part was I wasn't really, I was on his side from the beginning. I was, oh yeah, I want him to be, you know, have custody of his kids and stuff. And then as it went on, it was kind of similar to the notebook when like the new guys like really handsome and really nice, you kind of feel like... Torn, Pierre Brosnan. You're like, oh, right, Sally Field, I'd be banging Pierce Brosnan over properly. Yeah, and then Miranda was talking to Daniel at one point

and this just sealed the deal and I was like, I don't care if he's got custody or not. Wow. I didn't like who I was when I was with him I would turn into this horrible person I didn't want my kids growing up with a mother like that when I'm not with Daniel I'm better and I'm sure he's better when he's not with me that's fair but even when I was a kid watching it

I didn't necessarily want the parents to get back together I just wanted him to have custody of his kids in the same way that his mom did share custody That whole kind of thing through line though makes the move even better because there's this air of realness around it as well And Clint made a good point

He was saying when he was a kid He was desperate for them to get back together But I think it's good for kids to see That sometimes parents break up And they can still, your parents both love you And you can still see them and love them Message at the end by Miss Doubtfire being like Sometimes families have two mummies

And some have two daddies and some have what You know and he goes through all the Yeah actually true Maybe I do love it Maybe I do love it. Maybe it's actually really good. Okay. Out of ten, what are you giving Mrs. Dalfoy?

Well, no, does it hold up in 2025? This made me realize that I gave cool running too high of a score. Okay. Oh, shut up. You don't take backs. Nah, because I'm realizing the scale now, like, now that I'm actually having more movies to compare, that was far too high. I'll give them both a six.

That's out of ten! My God! Six out of ten for Mrs. Dalfire! Ten out of ten is like, wow, I'm flawed. This is incredible. Okay, so we need to get her a ten. What's the ten? Jurassic Park

No I don't think that's going to get the 10 for us Cast away I think home alone but we were going to save it for Christmas Yeah Maybe we don't have time Maybe we need to throw it out on 3343 Send us a text Yeah

With the kind of 90s film that you think Could get us closer to that 10 For Bella Dumber, no That sucks Oh shut up She doesn't suck Okay Dan do you want to send us out

With your Mr Dauphai impression We've run out of the scenes That Dan can do three impressions He's so hard on himself. He thinks it's bad. It's not even a good do-er. It's an 80% on Robin Williams. Come on.

I'm a hip-hop old granny who can hip-hop, beat-bop, dance till you drop make a yo-yo and a wicked cup of cocoa. He's stuffed it up a little bit in the means. Hello, dear! Okay, guys, the Perrin Trap. Habi Gilmore, the Goonies castaway. So many texts coming through on 3-3-4-3.

So keep them coming. We will fund a perfect film. For Bella to rewatch from our childhood. There's something about Mary. That's a classic. Fern Gully? Back to the future. Clint, Meg and Dan.

Still seeing your suggestions come through on Ticks for the next movie. You'd like to see our Web Gour Bella have a go at to see whether it holds up in 2025. Dennis the Menace. Do you remember Dennis the Menace? I haven't thought about that movie in like 15 years, the suggestions that Bella needs to watch next. Yes, honey, I shrunk the kids.

Legends of the Fall. Imagine watching Back to the Future for the first time. Surely she's seen that already. She hasn't. I can't believe it. Sixth century's seen. Unbelievable. The amount of movies she missed just growing up.

All the best ones. Do you remember Hook, Robin Williams again, where he's Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffman is hook? Dirty dancing. Oh my gosh, that was a sexual awakening for me. Dirty dancing. Yeah, Patrick Swayze. Re-lifts it. You know, I tried doing, who did I try doing that with?

I think it was Sharon. We tried doing the dirty dancing lift where I was like trying to lift her. I almost nearly killed Sharon. Yeah, what a way to go. though. Yeah. Trying to do the dirty dancing. Little Rascals just come through a couple of times.

Micha, Michael and Emma, thank you. Although we have seen quite a few times on Ticks, a movie that we've just checked and Bella hasn't seen. Forest Gum. One of the greatest movies of all time.

It's like a box of chocolates. You never know which one you're going to get. Journey, journey. Everywhere I was going, I was running. Oh, I want to watch it with her because I want to look at her while she cries here. It's always like five movies and one.

If that can't get close to a 10 out of 10, I don't know what movie will. Well, close your ears for a second. Make sure she's not listening. When he sees his child for the first time. Oh, my goodness me. This is Forrest. Oh, my. He's so smart, Jenny.

Oh, he's so smart, Jenny. You'd be so proud of him. And now one on the Oscar. Jenny, go to that. All right, we'll lock it in Forrest Gump. It will be the next movie. Does it hold up in 2025? We'll make Webgill Bella watch it for the big.

first time. How crazy is that? I'm crying, thinking about watching it for the first time. Clint, Meg and Dan. Oh my gosh. How much money do you need to comfortably be living in New Zealand in 2025? Obviously this is a figure that take everything out of account of the account inflation and all that stuff and cost of living. It goes up anyway because time goes on. That's life. Yes, that's life. The average income in New Zealand, I did some calculations, is apparently, like if you take everywhere into account, 134,500. 99 household income. So that's with two people.

I was going to say per person. No, sorry, I should have said household income. So that's like if you're a family of like two parents and maybe some kids, nearly 135K household income is the average. According to a story I saw on the weekend, there's been a study done. And the income that you need, and this is another household income, two people earning,

to be comfortable in New Zealand, being able to pay bills, you know, buy food for your family, Is that what they mean by comfortable? So if you just go to the supermarket, put what you need in the trolley, and you're not going, oh, can we, can we not afford, and you can just pay it? You're still having to be careful at the supermarket, but you're not having to choose between food for your kids and paying the electricity. Yeah, this is basically getting by, yeah.

It's $125,000 annually. Yeah, look, I think that's a lot of money, especially given that a lot of one parent will stop working for a couple of years when kids come, which means, you need the other person to be earning $125,000 a year, which is far, I think, above what most people would be earning. And when I said before that the average income in New Zealand is 135, that's the middle. So you can imagine there is hundreds of thousands, if not millions of New Zealanders, that are well below that,

that would be struggling to make ends meet. So they're saying that 125K per year, household income, two people, is to live comfortable. That's also in the major markets, though, eh? That's not taken into account like rural stats, isn't it, just Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch? Yeah, so in Auckland, if you're a family, it says here, I did some calculations on chat GPT,

and it said that if you want to live comfortably, monthly income before tax is $7,894. That's monthly income. In Wellington, 7,300 for a family of four, Christchurch, 6,200. So considerably almost a grand, if not more cheaper. Oh, that'll be after-tack, I think. Yeah, than Auckland to live in Christchurch.

And you can always, we would love to hear from you guys. We're all in different situations in this country. Three, three, four, three, on the text. Hearing those numbers, how does that make you feel? Like, are you, are you there? Are you way off that number? Do you think it's an accurate representation? Yeah, and maybe you're earning that comfortable figure,

household income of 125K. Would you consider yourself comfortable? Yeah, yeah. Also, there's another state, I've never forgot, and I imagine maybe it moves, but they say that the perfect number for people to be happy is $200,000 a year, Anything above that doesn't increase your happiness at all.

I don't believe that. The more, I just believe the more money, the more happy you can be. People say, money does make you happy. Well, it makes things easier, I'm sure. And I think this idea of comfortability, it's funny. I think we were all raised to believe that you should be able to save. Like, you should be able to pay your bills and then put money in savings. And personally, I don't believe we're living in an economy at the moment

where many people are feeding their kids, paying their bills, and then having money left over to save, unfortunately. Yeah, I agree. I think it's a struggle for many, many people out there, even people with quite good salaries. Yes, absolutely. What do you think of the stats? 0,800 the edge talking about how much money you need to comfortably be living in New Zealand.

That number sat around roughly $125,000. And that's household incomes, so two incomes. And a lot of people are, there's a couple of texts actually, which surprises me that have texts through saying they earn in and around that figure and are comfortable. but then others, like this person, Anonymous, good morning. Morning, how are you guys? So how much are you earning per year?

Over 200, K. And that's just you yourself? Yes. You know, a lot of people hear that number... I am in a household with my partner and my young son. Right. A lot of people hear that number and think that is so much money, but how do you feel like you're running, you know, your life?

Does that number work for you? Is it enough? it does it means we can buy food we can pay our bills but I wouldn't say we're living comfortable I mean a lot of that money gets sucked up in our rentals too yeah we're running them at a loss yeah all right so you the fact that you said rentals makes me think that you obviously you've got rental properties but I mean you have to be fairly successful to be able to do that you know like there'd be people are listening but I would imagine that those rentals are purchased when interest rates were very very dim not that I'm saying like you know but I'm saying

there'll be a financial burden now but they'll pay off hopefully later I guess that's yeah but you're losing money Why, you'd hope so, right? Yeah. Thanks for calling through. If you're earning good money, you want to be making sure you're investing into the right places. I mean, not many people are earning that much money. So imagine if he's struggling or, you know, just comfortable.

Imagine people that are earning far less than that. We're getting so many texts from people who, if one person says, as a couple, we earn around that comfortable level that Dan said, still feel like we are treading water, but absolutely aware we are better off than so many others. I totally agree. I think that figure is almost a bit too. I'm a 57-year-old single mum with adult kids. I own 120 grand, not a big spender.

I still watch what I buy at the supermarket. I do save money each payday, but after all the mortgage and bills are paid, I'm down to the last few dollars at the end of a fortnight. So I have no idea how low-income people with kids are managing this. I think comfortable, looking at these texts, and you guys might disagree with me, but comfortable, I think means that you've got enough money to save. Because a lot of people are making ends meet week to week, paycheck to paycheck and not having any leftover.

I would say 90% of the people texting through are saying, I'm getting my bills paid, but I'm down to the last couple of dollars by the time the next paycheck comes through. And that is such a common thing at the moment. Just the cost of living, cost of petrol, groceries. People are savaget. Not a lot of love for our mate before who's unable,

who's paying his rental, topping up his rentals. Well, when you were in 50,000. There's not a lot of grace for him going, oh, you haven't got any spending money. To be fair, some people would have seen that as their business, right? And I don't think you should. be making money off people's, like, living, but, you know, like, you think you're doing a good thing, you save up your money, you buy an investment property, and then interest rates

double, and all of a sudden, you're offering to pay for that thing, so. Yeah, honestly, there's so much, like, struggling out there at the moment. Every time we talk about money, it's just, um, it's just, um, it's really feel for everybody out there. Should we get Christopher Luxem on and yell at him again? Yeah, let's do that. Is that going to make us feel better? That did make me feel better. We all just got to yell at him. The Clint McGinn-Dand-Dan podcast. We've got a brand new game for you to win a 45,000, $45,000 sparr pool. Free a jazz, spa.

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Okay, so you're just going to stick to one? That's fine. She's a team player. She's helping someone else when it. That is incorrect. We've identified no stars in the spa in the correct spot. I'm sorry, Jill. I think she's onto the right track, Julie, because I think this is a crack.

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I can see that this is going to get really, really intense. So Courtney Kardashian is not the fourth spot, and Russell Crow is not the second spot in the spa. That's what we've learned this morning. And so if you're wanting to win the spa, I'd be playing along at home, listening every time this happens, writing it down, marking them off. Yes, we won't be repeating these guesses.

Yeah. We're not going to be coming back in an hour going, well, this person's out of the third of a quiet map. Okay, Julie, Harmony, thank you, your team players. You've helped us a little bit there. All right, your next chance to have a listen. Next chance to have a listen and find out who may or may not be in the spa. Is that 10, then also midday and 2 o'clock?

That audio is really making me want to get into a warm, bubbly spa. It's making me want to go weeks. Okay, all right. Clint Megadden. Let's go. Hit it. Hit it, Fogie. Hit it.

He hurt this spot. Whoa. Plidger said he's feeling anxious. I know why, because we're about to do hit the spot. Because you make us anxious. When it's time to do hit the spot, you transform into this other person. Usually you're such a chiller. And when it's hit the spot day, he's stressed, he's anxious, he's yelling at producers.

He just slammed a door in Carlos' face and told him to get F. Gave him a black eye as well. Yeah, he's crying in the bathroom now. I think it's because I know the feeling when I don't hit the spot. And it's not a good feeling. Oh, yeah. Remember the when Guy Sebastian was here and you attempted one of his. songs?

It's hard to listen to you. But then, when it hits it's something else. He now to the ground and pulled out a ring and said, Marry me, Charlie and Maria Carlin. That's a no better feeling. I guarantee if you try this and you hit the spot and everybody can do it at home.

Yeah. It's a good feeling. It's a wonderful feeling. Today, the talk of the moment, Sabrina Carpenter released a new album. I think it was Friday, wasn't it? Yes. And bang, I was listening to it on the weekend,

the new album, very, very good. Very sexual. Yeah, but even if you take the sexual nature out of it, God, she writes a catchy song. Very catchy. The album's called Man's Best Friend, if you want to get around it. But today we're going to do a classic from Sabrina Carpenter, probably her latest song before this album, Man Child.

Now, there's a lot of parts of the song you could do, but I'm going to choose, I think we've chosen to do the bit at the start where she's sort of talking. That's hard because there's no, like, timing behind. you because it's just talking. It's very hard to keep your time. And I don't think we've ever done a talking one because you're right.

It is hard to keep a beat when you're just talking. Okay, so you're doing the old chatty bit and then when she sings Man Child, I'm going to come up on Char Heil. Yeah. Man child. So I'm coming in on the high bit.

So if you're in time with her then, you've nailed it. Okay. Danielle's texting saying, great, I'm going to cry in the car again. I don't know if you will this time. Hopefully. We do love your text, so we love. Like, Dan needs some encouragement. 3343.

Send through the love. Let him know that the whole of El Tiro is behind him. Danielle, come with me right now. Pull over the car, sing along with me. Clint, Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter. I'm too stressed. Hit the spot. Okay, find your rhythm during the verse.

Come on. It looks like she's just in a bra. Now I'm getting it. Try to distract me. Here we go. It's all just so familiar, baby. What are you calling? Stupid.

Or is it Slow Maybe it's useless But there's a cuter word for it I know Mansion Do I get it

Now here's the thing Ash gave me a look of maybe I didn't But then I looked at Clinton And he gave me a little nod like yeah Come on do we need a replay to really hear it back I don't know, because I can't quite hear it in my ears 100% because I'm singing. And I won't accept to hit the spot if it's not 100%.

I think, actually, the reason why I looked at him and went, yeah, like, yeah, he was in time. But maybe what I've done is I've given him, like, a level easy by bringing it in on a note that Sabrina could have already been mid-hold. Whereas if I came in on, man, you also know if he's nailed or not. Carl? I am on the fence about that one. I've seen you hit the spot many a time, and I don't know.

Nipia, you can get a replay A and see if the matches. I'm loading it right now. Give me one minute. That's our audio wizard. We almost need to like put the track under it so we can hear her say the word man. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah, but that's what I mean.

If I come in on man, we know if he's off. But maybe I was a little bit of a gimmie coming in on the note. He deserves the proper glory or not. We can't be just willy-nilly. The text are coming through thick and fast. Please let me know if I hit it or not. Someone said go damn boom, got it. got it. Someone said hit the spot.

Another person said Suck a D. I don't know why they said that. It's a real mixed bag. There's always one person saying Sucker D down. He's the same guy. He's in the same guy. He's infuscing me. I was just going to say, give us a song and we'll come out with the evidence. Okay. Okay, great, great, great.

Why do I do this to myself? I'm going to take more clothes off. I'm so straight. It doesn't even matter if I didn't hit it anyway. It does, but it matters to us. But a controversy this morning. Hit it. Hit it. Hit it's fuck. Whoa.

If anyone else had made that effort and done the hit the spot that you did, we'd call it a win. Straight away, we'd say, yeah, yeah. But our standards for you and the standards you put on yourself, Daniel, you're so high. And this is somebody the nation has gotten behind. We can't just be giving it out, willy-nil. You're too good for that. I agree. And I don't want to be just taking a hit the spot win when it wasn't.

No way. Okay, well, Danielle, what did you think? Before we go to the action replay, did you think, Dan, hit it or no? Hi, guys, how are you? Yeah, good, good. I think I do agree with Ash and Clint on, or it could, but I heard it. I heard it come in, and I heard it really, yeah, get the child part. So she could have been mid-song, but I do think you might have just scraped in there, but it was still great.

I hope she's right. She's going to give me the win, but I don't want to be just being given the win. She wants to hear, yeah, Nick. What are your thoughts? Yeah, I reckon Dan got it. It felt good. Bless you, bless you. And sometimes you're right, Nick, it is a feeling.

It's in the gut, in the soul. Yeah, exactly. But the fact that you looked at me, Ashton, just cheer straight away, says to me you didn't have that feeling. And I'll never fake it. I will never fake it for you, Dan. Yeah, she never has once. No way, not once.

You're in all the times we've done it. So producer Nipia has done us of a solid here. And what he's done is he's taken the original song. I usually we would cut it off. He has kept the song playing. So we can hear the original song and we can hear Dan's ad-libbing to silence. I have a feeling I didn't hit it, but let's hear it.

Come on. I call it, stupid. Or is it slow? Maybe it's, bang on so far. Useless. But there's a cute word for it. I know. Man chat.

Why did we doubt them? Oh, she's kiss, elite. Oh, yes. Sorry, Dan. Sorry to even doubt you. And you doubted me. Oh, no. Although Nick didn't, Danny R.

Did it? You know, my wife, Hannah, text me. My wife texted me before, and she was like, nah, didn't hit it. You'll never doubt me again, Hannah? Your wife's just got PTSD from all the times you've missed the spot. I imagine? Wow.

Eight or six joke. Yeah, all right. 26 bars eight. At least I hit the spot at work. That's the main thing. I don't think it is. Not new, but. The Clint Migg and Dan podcast.

All righty, let's get into it. Oh, you're tossed in your ghost. There's love that you're lost. In and you're latched in your owls. It's wiped and rejected. We like you've collected. We try. It's the hopeless hotline.

And we've run out of time for the segment. Yeah, anyway. That's very high vocals from you, Mipia. Did you have to like tuck something in to Yeah, yeah, I had to tape everything up. That was no good. Longest intro ever. So we are talking about the engagement waiting room today.

It's something we spoke about last week and a lot of women were calling up saying, I've been waiting, up and waiting. Here are some examples. So we've been together for 10 years, so I've probably been waiting a few years. And, yeah, we've got a 15-month-old child together and 12 years, guys.

Adrian in Taranaki, mate. Shane! It's been over a decade. Yeah, we shamed a lot of the guys. I think anything over, especially if they had proposed, and then it had been more than four years and they still hadn't arranged the wedding? No, that's on both parties.

Once the engagements happen, you can't be blaming the guy. Here's a question for you, Ash, because sometimes it's a good excuse. Sometimes, you know, it's to do with money or whatever. What would be speaking as a woman? What would be the ideal time between getting engaged to having the ceremony and getting married? I can't answer that question because it's financial for so many people.

But if I said to you five years, is that too long? I'd say too long. But if you have a kid, in the meantime, kids are expensive. Not many people can afford a kid and a wedding. So I think when we're talking about the waiting room, I think we have to be talking about waiting for the ring, ring on the thing thing. Okay, so stereotypically are we saying it's the guy's responsibility to propose and then is it the woman's responsibility to organise the wedding? The couple together have to make the decision for them.

So what I want to do today on Hopeless Romantics is I want to do. to hear from the men because it is so easy for us to be like how dare he wait that long put a ring on it put a ring on it i want to hear from the men that are maybe uh they are the receptionist at the waiting room they are deciding how long the wait is going to be what is the hold up because so many times it's not just i don't know if i want to marry it maybe it is i'm not sure if she's the one we can't do that we definitely can if that's going to be the reason but there are other reasons and maybe it did take you a long time to propose maybe be married for years, but it took you five, six, seven, eight years.

We'd love to know why. What if you're like, my friend, who is in a loving relationship, they've got a kid now, they love each other to bits. She wants to get married, but he doesn't believe in marriage. What would you do then? Because you've got a sort of stalemate there, don't you? Yeah. I think it's up to the two people to sit down and have a really honest talk about what is important

to them, what their values are, and marriage is a compromise. That's literally what we do every day is we find some middle ground. And honestly, if you can't find the middle ground on that, you're not going to be finding middle ground on a lot of things in life. She's good. She's good, eh? She should be a relationship counsellors. I should, shouldn't I?

You should. So we want to hear from, I think, guys, at this point. Or maybe you're in a gay relationship and one person has decided that they're the person that has to do with proposing. What has taken you so long or what took you so long? Why was the waiting room such a long wait? Was there a legitimate reason? Without kids, how long is too long?

When are we like, all right, mate, come on? If one person is waiting for a ring and they've actively said I want to get engaged, I think maybe two years. There's a lot of guys that angry at that. It's been made clear. If it's been made clear that they're waiting for a ring. I needed three to say for the ring.

And I think we've shortened up the intro. I like it, keep weighing it. It's the hopeless hotline. Okay, I think he's... I don't remember a time before that started playing. You shut up! Stop doing intro, just stop. Just don't give them anything.

Fine, I'm putting my feet up for the rest of the week. I'm doing nothing. We want to know, guys, why are you making your partner wait so long for the proposal after? Friday we're talking about a woman in the proposal waiting room. and we were shaming their partners on here and we thought maybe there's a valid reason we're about to find out if there are. Of course there's valid reasons.

We don't want to just decide that men are lazy. It's a lot of pressure. Was it longer there than that intro? Let us know. I waited at the edge. We are expecting mostly women to reach out about this even though we did say, guys, what do you reckon? We'll go to Rach first.

Can you get her up? I still, I've only been on the show two months. Morning, Rachel. Good morning, how are you? Yeah, good, Rach. Now, your husband of five years, You're defending the reason why he took so long? Yeah, yeah, well, we started dating when I was 18 and he was 23.

Right. So he waited about seven years just so I was old enough to not change my mind. That's good of him, I think. Fair enough. That's a good excuse. Did you want to get married pretty early on in that, or did it take you a while to be sure? Oh, no, it was basically instant. I was a teenage girl living her dream.

You know, I wanted a wedding then and there, but I'm glad he's waited for men and mature. Yeah. Nice. And you're still, how old are you now if you don't mind me asking? I'm 32 and we're still married. And no regrets. You love each other just as the day you met him?

Yeah, yeah, I would say so. Nice. Well, Carl's texted through a man. He said, I've been engaged for roughly five years now, getting married in Jan, but we were pregnant when we got engaged. And it's hard with me on, you know, he's like earning 28 bucks. An hour and his partner's on minimum wage, lots and lots of saving. Even for like a small ring, you know, they're pretty expensive.

They put such a markup on them and you do want to give your partner, you know, something they want. It was maybe two or three years between me getting engaged with Hannah and, yeah. I must say the saving of the ring is takes a long time. Yeah. Especially because you're not telling them about it. So that person doesn't know, like they organise a holiday or something and then it pushes it back because you're like, oh God. Sounds like that happened to you, Dad. But you were saving for a ring.

I was saving for a ring. And Hannah obviously didn't know I was saving for a ring. And so then we decided to go on holiday. Well, she decided. And so that's like two grand, three grand out of that time. So it pushed it back a year. Well, the text Ashes read from Carl. I imagine it's hard to get out and do date night.

So if you're listening, Carl, Flickety Details, mate. We'll send you a double pass for our must-see movie. Discover why this case ended at all the conjuring. Last Rites, Big Screen, Supernatural, Must Seeds and Cinemas on Thursday. Can I just give one? This is a really good text I want to read out. took me 11 years, love it a bit, but my parents' marriage didn't last. Plus, a few friends didn't either, so that played on my mind.

Never thought I would marry it, and I think my partner gave up on the idea. Then my mate started giving me a hard time, and I realized how important it was for my partner. So I proposed it was the right time, no regrets, and they're still happy together. Wow. So I think that's so true. A lot of people, like, you're so lucky, clean, your parents still married, you know, you've grown up with this idea that a relationship can work. when you don't grow up with that, marriage can be a scary thing.

And my wife's got the same as well. In fact, coincidentally, her parents and my parents got married on the exact same day of the exact same year and are both still together. That's so weird. It's weird that they're all still together because everyone just gets divorced now. Yeah, well, I was just reading into the stats about divorce in New Zealand. And this is really high. It surprised me, 41% of marriages these days end in divorce.

That's crazy. Nearly half. Yeah. So of course a lot of people, you look at the stats, if there was anything else in the world, that you had to commit to, and there was a 41% chance of failure. You'd be thinking twice. Beavie, you've been waiting a couple of years in the proposal waiting room, and just recently you've got a little, in your words,

playfully passive-aggressive about it. Yes, playfully passive-aggressive, making comments like, oh, well, I can't cut my hair because I want long hair for the wedding. Are you doing? Good from you. Is it working, Bevy? Do you think they're catching on? And actually, I'm quite outgoing, my partner is quite anxious and he's quite subdued.

So one night, the 3 o'clock in the morning, he says to me, I have to tell you, I've really been wanting to ask you to get married. But I'm just saving for the ring, and I'm really struggling because we've got so many expenses at the moment. And I felt absolutely terrible. I'm like, darling, whatever you give me, it could be those little lids off a Coca-Cola can, and I wouldn't care. It makes me want to cry, the 3 a.m. moment of that. vulnerability.

And at least now you know, baby. Now you know that it's going to be a good one if he's saving up for it. That's going to be a good one. And she said they're saving together now and I think that's really romantic that it can be something you're working towards. And now I'm kind of part of the ring conversation as well. So it's worked out in the end. Don't you cut your hair.

Don't you cut your hair. It'll be me day. Long lashes up to you. We're on it down to your knees by the wedding. Good luck, baby. You can't wait to hear about the engagement. When it happens, make sure you call. us, okay?

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