ZM's Bree & Clint - Bree & Clint's After Party - 18th September 2023

Episode Date: September 18, 2023

How often do you think about the Roman Empire? And don't ever get Bree STARTED on the cost of food right now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ZM Podcast Network. Ready. After party. Duh. How often do you guys think about the Roman Empire? Thought about it a few times because I was in Rome recently. That would really spark memories of the Roman Empire. It would.

But other than that. Being amongst the ruins of the Roman Empire. Makes you think about it, eh? Yeah, conjures the ruins of the Roman Empire. Makes you think about it, eh? Yeah, conjures up thoughts of the Roman Empire. Being in Spain, obviously, you know, where the Romans had a lot of battles, made me think about it a bit. Yeah, also easy to get a lot of that stuff confused, eh? The Spanish stuff, the Greek stuff, the Roman stuff.

Trust me, the Romans fought everyone. That is confusing. Oh, they did. You know how much, like, do you know how much was owned by the Romans? It was everything. They had millions of people at one point. They were thriving. Oh, they were huge.

It was an empire. It was massive. That's what an empire is. It wasn't built in a day, though. No. But all roads lead there. No. And they had sewage.

Have you guys played the game Age of Empires? Yeah, I've heard of it. Such a game. Loved it. One of my all-time favourite computer games. Did I game Age of Empires? Yeah, I've heard of it. Loved it. One of my all-time favorite computer games. Did I play Age of Empires? I think Ryan plays it. Shit, it was fun.

I know the game. I know the game. Yeah, where you build. It was like the original one of those. Not all those shitty mobile ones you can get now. I didn't really play computer games. Did you? No.

I also played. Mainly because I sucked at SimCity and I'm like, man, computer games suck. SimCity was fun. I sucked at computerCity And I'm like Man Computer games suck SimCity was fun I sucked at computer games So I didn't play computer games You're a more real life Like Building stuff in real life

No I was more of like a I don't picture Clint Doing that stuff either I was more Co-curricular activities Like Like scouts

And swimming And drama And theatre sports And debating I so want to play Theatre sports with you And Soc. And drama. And drama. And theatre sports. I so want to play theatre sports with you. And debating. Yeah, boy. Soccer.

Scucks. And just play guitar lessons. Oh my god, fun! Whatever. Whatever there was. Anything. You sound like me. Anything to keep me away from the girls, because I was terrified.

Oh, Clinton. Scouts, that's just for boys, eh? Cool, I'm keen. What was the girl? Girl. Girl guides. I went to girl? Girl Guides. I went to Girl Guides. Were you a Pippin?

I was a Gum Nut. Pippin, Brownie. Oh, they're different names over there. Gum Nuts. Gum Nuts. They're called Brownies in New Zealand. Gum Nuts. Oh, yeah. I think ours was called Gum Nuts.

That was like the level one. It sounds like an insult. I nearly got expelled because I set something on fire outside the... Oh, such a Gum Nut. You were just trying to get your fire badge. I was got expelled because I set something on fire outside the... Oh, such a gum nut. But you were just trying to get your fire badge. I was. That's what I told them. And they were like, we didn't ask you to do that.

Like, bro, this is a rubbish bin. I was such a fire bug when I was a kid. What's that? Just someone who's obsessed with fire. Ah, yeah, yeah. I loved it. I set the wood heap on fire. Me and my brother one time set the...

You set the wood heap on fire. Set our bloody garden shed on fire. Not great for a kid living in rural Australia. And then my dad would come down and be like, what are you kids doing? We'd be like, oh, just making fires in the wood heap. He goes, that's not how you make a fire. I'll get you some petrol. And then you put the petrol on and it really takes off. Wonder where you got it from. I don't know. Probably from your mum's side. Can I just say this was before

nah actually let's be real. I lived in a drought my entire life. Wait. A drought's when there's not much water. Yeah I know what a drought is. For my whole upbringing we were in a drought. We barely did it at some times. Oh no. Yeah. My dad would have

to buy water for the farm. My dad still had to do that even up until a couple of years ago. What, and then it finally rained? No. My dad had to buy water for years at certain points. Remember that classic McCain ad where they've been in drought for ages? The rains are out. And then they think they hear the rain on the tin roof of the rusty old shack.

Yeah. Classic ad from McCain. And it's actually kids eating corn on the cob. And it's so juicy. And it's so juicy that the water's squirting out and ding, ding, ding, ding, chocolates on the roof. How pissed off would you be if you were a farmer and you thought it was raining, but it was just dumb kids eating corn on the cob?

Yeah, I don't think my dad would be very impressed. How good's corn on the cob, though? Shit, it's underrated, can I say? So good. Not that good for you, because your body can't break it down that well. Just chew it, you animal. Not you, but like people who don't swallow that. I love corn, a good piece of corn.

Just chew. I'm here for it. Chew, man. Just chew. Just chew on it. It's a bit of a... Can I just say, speaking of food, the cost of groceries in this country is fucked. Don't give me stuff. Like, I'm not even gonna sugarcoat it it is

fucked it's insane like my partner and i which we don't have any kids like we're going to the supermarket the the whole time all i could think about we got a few bits and pieces like maybe stuff for one dinner and then stuff for a few snacks because we had a few people over. $110. Oh, my God. And I looked at my partner and I said, how do people survive if they've got kids? How do people survive if they're a one-parent household?

It makes me so angry. This country is absolutely fucked. How did it even start to be bad like that? Oh, it's getting worse and worse, though. Like Russia. And I think when you go away, like when you go overseas, or like when I went to Australia, and you kind of forget, and then it hits you in the face even more when you come back,

like when you've been somewhere else where it's not as bad. Yeah. It's so bad. I reckon New Zealand is one of the worst countries in the world right now for cost of food. It's always been really expensive to get things here. Always. Because we are so far away.

We're at the bottom of the world. But never this bad. Yeah. Like, even, like, we're shopping. We were buying all the cheap stuff. Like, we're buying, we were trying to buy all the, you know, the hot. The supermarket brand stuff. The supermarket branded stuff.

It's a good hack. And it still costs that much. We were so shocked. I was like. Who's buying the bougie stuff at It's a good hack. And it still costs that much. We were so shocked. I was like. Who's buying the bougie stuff at the moment? Not us. Is anyone? Yeah.

One of the worst is fruit and veg, I think, in this country. I've noticed that, yeah. It's so rough. And I love it. Yeah. And like if you're trying to eat healthy or if you want to feed like your kids like healthy good meals, it's too expensive. You just can't.

It's so bad. I know cucumbers are out of season, but even out of season. Oh, it makes me feel sick. Every time I go to the supermarket, I just like think of other people. You should light the fire. Are people eating literally just pasta and like, you know, rice? I feel like that's pretty much all that you could afford. My efforts to start my own veggie patch are not going well.

Oh, no. Why? Honestly, we're so- I can't get my seeds to sprout. Neither. Have you looked up the timings of what you're planting? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because we-

Put them outside, yeah. Put them in a little pot. They are. They're in little egg cartons. Inside? Yeah. Oh, no. Just put them- You've got to buy seedlings little pot. They are. They're in little egg cartons. Inside? Yeah. Oh, no. Just put them...

You've got to buy seedlings. Don't buy seeds. Yeah, we bought seeds. Seeds are too hard, man. I'll get some seedlings at home and I'll bring them in for you guys. Yes, please. Buy the seedlings. We've grown so much in our veggie garden.

We've got, at the moment, broccolini, bok choy, parsley, chives, Michelin lettuce. What the heck? I can't grow shit, okayives, mechelin lettuce. What the heck? I can't grow shit. Okay, you're rubbing it in. That's because we start everything from a seedling, not a seed. Okay, maybe I do that. That is the key. Get a seedling.

The seeds are so much cheaper though. They're actually not that much because if they don't work, then you've just got to buy more. Anyway, that's a hot tip. Start a bloody veggie garden and put all your herbs in there because herbs are fucking ridiculously expensive. That's what I did. Cor a bloody veggie garden and put all your herbs in there because herbs are fucking ridiculously expensive. That's what I did. Coriander and I've got onions.

Coriander, parsley, chives, all those. Eggplant. Got eggplant. Yep. Do it all. Anyway. I've got to go. We've got to go.

See you later. Have a good podcast. Bye, guys. Bye, everybody. Bye, everybody. Duh