ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 10th December 2024

Episode Date: December 10, 2024

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or wherever you get your podcasts The ZM Podcast Network ZM's Brian Clint, all thanks to KFC Grab a free KFC bucket hat with purchase of a regular or large summer bucket And now, coming to you live from the ZM Studios in Auckland, New Zealand, it's Bree and Clint. Nine shows to go. Hell yeah. Happy Tuesday.

Nine shows to go. Eight for me. I'm going to take Thursday off. Another one? Maybe. I told you I'm going to DJ my daughter's school disco. Do you not know? I'm hanging on by a thread.

Yeah. Yeah, I need a holiday. I want to go on the Disney cruise next. Oh, better than that. You should come to my daughter's primary school disco. It's going to go off. No, I think I'd rather be here. Everyone's getting on the raros.

I'd be so awkward. I'd be like, ugh. You think you're going to be awkward? I'm the DJ. What are you going to play? Dunno, because they split it into juniors and seniors. So I reckon the seniors, and by seniors, that means like kids eight and above.

Are they too cool by that stage? Are they like, ooh, wiggles? Yeah. Eight-year-olds don't they like, ooh, wiggles? Yeah. Yeah. Eight-year-olds don't want to listen to the wiggles. Yeah, yeah. So I've got to do two bespoke playlists. Yep.

God. See, it's not really a day off, is it? Are they paying you? No. No, they're not. I'm going to invoice my daughter's school. Why not? I would.

Yeah, right. Well, I'm going to wear a ZM t-shirt, though, so it's tax deductible. Oh God, this is getting more and more uncool by the second. Today on the show, another fun one coming up for you, but the main thing that we need to deal with is tradie versus lady, because the game is on.

The tradies have left it to the very last minute, but they may be staging a late comeback. We had a tradie win yesterday. Claudia has done the math. In the nine games that we've got left, the tradies can afford to drop one if they want to win for the year. Yes.

They can afford to drop two if they want to tie for the year, but that's it. But it's not going to matter because I feel like the ladies are going to really storm the end of this year with some wins. I feel like, I mean... Powerhouse performance? It's going to be it's going to be neck and neck. I feel like you need to put your best foot forward if you really think you can win for the

tradies and if you really think you can win for the ladies, we want solid head to head matches. Yeah, tradies in your tradie WhatsApp group, put your best tradie forward. Okay? And ladies you do the same. And that's not you, Sausage Boy. No. Or any of his friends.

Or any of the friends. Because I feel like you did most of the losing for the tradies this year. Oh, $800 at the end. We want one tradie, one lady to call right now. And we'll play the ninth to last tradie versus lady of 2024 next. Bree and Clint. It's tradie versus Lady. Three, two, one.

Here we go. The Tradies versus the Ladies. We're getting down to the wire now. The Tradies on 101 wins for the year. The Ladies on 108. I met a lady on the Disney cruise who came over to me and said her and her daughter listen to Tradie versus Lady every single day. Have they played?

No, they play in the car. They've never called through to play. I invite you to call through if you're listening. Her and her daughter were both on the cruise. Huge Tradiverse Lady fans. Both of you could call through. Let's go to our tradie first in the chair. They are 36 years old and they have two tradies under their belt.

Oh, they're collecting tradies. Welcome to the show, Jed. G'day. It's usually two trades under my belt. I was going to say, where'd you meet the tradies, Jed? What do you like to know? My new glasses arrive next week. No worries.

You're taking on our lady. Wait, wait, wait. I need to know what trades. It's important. Good question. I'm Sparky and also a canvas technician. That's a fancy word for I use a sewing machine. Ah.

Wait, what do you sew? Oh, canvas stuff. Like boat covers and... Like outdoor furniture and stuff. Yeah, kind of. God, that's a good skill to have. Yeah, you get into dressmaking as well. Oh, because you're a sparky too, you could make a light that's a good skill to have. Yeah, you get into dressmaking as well.

Oh, because you're a sparky too, you could make a light-up dress. That's cool. That's weatherproof. Oh, you could make drag queens outfits. Perfect. We've found you, Trade Jed. There you go. You're taking on Brooke from Inver Giggles.

She's 18 and she's allergic to kiwi fruit skin. Welcome to the show, Brooke. Hi. Hi. Sorry for laughing, Brooke. Is that the only thing you're allergic to? I can't have dairy as well. You and me both, but I still do.

Do you? Yeah, I know it's a hard life. Yeah, it is. Do you stay away from kiwi fruit altogether or do you get someone to scoop the innards out for you? I love kiwi fruit. I still eat it. I just take the skin off. It definitely gives me some allergy vibes as well.

I know I'm getting old because I've started eating the skin. Yeah, see, I couldn't do that. Yeah, yeah, good roughage. I need an EpiPen. But sometimes, who knows, a bit of fun. Hey, next year, is it illegal to get an EpiPen and just see what it's like? Yeah, ooh. Okay.

I shouldn't have said that out loud. I don't think it's illegal. Right, that was an inside thought. That shouldn't have been said out loud don't think it's illegal Right that was an inside thought That shouldn't have been Said out loud I think frowned upon But Jed

Your tradie Brooke Your lady The first one of you guys To give us three correct answers Gets the win And need I impress More upon you Jed

The need for a tradie victory today No pressure Here we Oh the nerves are going I know You're representing all tradies In the country right now. You'll be right, mate.

You've got two trades to fall back on. Question number one. Name the two countries in which you could shop at a Bunnings warehouse. Ready? Jed. Just. Yeah, is it me? Is it me?

Yeah, Jed. Yeah, it is. Wicked. Do you want the answer? Yeah, we'd love the answer. New Zealand and Aussie. Correct. One to the tradies.

Question number two. Which pop star famously had a mental breakdown and shaved her head in 2007? Lady. Yes, Brooke. Brooke. Britney Spears. She's on the money, on the board as well. We're one apiece.

Question number three. Buzz in when you can tell me who sings this. Lady. Brooke's in. Justin Bieber. It is the Biebs. She's taken the lead. Two for the ladies, one to the tradies.

Question number four. How many months of the year have 31 days? Lady. Yes, Brooke, for the win. Six. Six. Jed. We need an answer. Five.

It's a real hard question. It's seven. Seven, yeah. Seven have 31 days. We move on. Still two to the ladies, one to the tradies. Question number five. Starting with A, who is the Greek goddess of love? Brooke for the win.

Athena? No. No. Jet? Aphrodite? Well done. It is Aphrodite. Question number six. We're all tied up here. Name a common flavour of two-minute noodles. Lady.

Brooke just got in there. Chicken. Chicken is the wedding answer. She's a lady. Oh, she's a lady. Oh, it was a tight old game, wasn't it? Jetty came back and then he just couldn't quite seal it. And, Brooke, you did fantastically well. And you've won $50 and a much-needed win for the ladies.

Well done. Congratulations. Thank you. No worries. Very well done. Very knowledgeable 18-year-old. The tradies are not out of this. They're not out yet.

They're not out. No one panic. No one panic. But if they win every game from here, we end up at a tie-break situation on Friday. We will have to break the deadlock. So there's, yeah, no one's out of it yet. 109 ladies, 101 tradies in Tradie vs. Lady for 2024. Bree and Clint.

Do you guys want to hear the cutest story you'll hear today? Yes. Just a little bit of feel-good stories for the end of the year. This one is at the tippity top. A guy named Bernie Littman and his new wife Marjorie Fitterman have just set

a new Guinness World Record as the oldest newlywed couple ever. Ever? Ever. Judging by their names? Bernie Littman. I reckon they're definitely boomer or older.

And Marjorie Fitterman. The ripe old ages. Bernie's 100. Marjorie's 102. Oh. So cute. She's a cougar. She's a cougar.

She's a cougar. Isn't that the cutest thing ever? 100 and 102. Yeah. Wow. Apparently, Bernie was married before. He was married to his first wife, Bernice, for 65 years. Bernie and Bernice?

Yeah. Adorable. Yeah. And she passed away. And Marjorie, she was married to her husband for a similar time. His name was Morris. Marjorie and Morris? Marjorie and Morris.

Stop. And so they began their love story like a decade ago when they went to the same assisted living facility in Philadelphia in the US and they met, get this, at a costume party held at the home and they apparently love at first sight hit it off from the moment they met each other. Love at first sight. But bloody Bernie's strung her along for 10 years. Yeah, I mean.

She's like, I'm 92, Bernie. It's because Bernie's got cataracts in both eyes. No, that was a joke. It was love at first sight but he wasn't sure. No, love is blind. Yeah, love is blind. Is that not the cutest thing ever? Apparently they took

over the world record previous to them, which was a combined age of 202 years and 271 days. And now, oh, no, sorry, the record previous was 194 years and Bernie and Marjorie are 202. 202 years. That's their combined age.

So they blew the old record out of the water. Do you reckon you need a prenup at that age? Yeah, it's always good to be safe. Always good to be safe. You never know what Marjorie's motives are. She could just be... Hey, what about Marjorie could have been a property tycoon.

It could be bloody Bernie. It could have been Bernie after Marjorie's money. How sexist of me. That is very sweet. Very cute. That is very sweet and very cute. I want to say lots of things, but out of respect, I won't. No, just leave it. It's a nice feel good.

Do you think they... No, take the high road. We know Bernie would. On the wedding night, do you think they... They would have had a first dance, yes. No, but another thing that you do... They would have cut the cake, yep. And do you think they... They would have probably a first dance, yes. No, but another thing that you do. They would have cut the cake, yep. And do you think they?

They would have probably been asleep before midnight. No, I know they would have been asleep before midnight. That's a wonderful story. It's such a cute story. Bree and Clint. Last night, the Eris Tour, the most profitable concert of all time. The Taylor Swift Tour came to an end. It ended in Canada and we had

two big Swifties on this team who sat in tears and watched the whole thing last night. That's Claudia and Ella. Hi. Hello. I thought you were talking about yourself. No, not me. You. Have you recovered? I have. I think Ella's a different person today than she was yesterday. I'm not good with change.

All three of you went to the Eris Tour. You're very lucky you got to go to the Eris Tour in Australia. Yes, we all got to. I went in Sydney. The girls went in Melbourne. Fantastic experience. It was huge. Huge.

Massive. I'm not going to be sad that it's over because I got to see it. True. I'm happy that it happened. Yeah, I'm happy that I got to go. And everything needs to go away for a bit, otherwise you get sick of it, eh? Yeah, I mean...

I don't think people are ready for... To be honest, I have no idea, after watching the full show, I have no idea how Taylor Swift actually toured that concert for that long. Yeah. It's insane. She must be the fittest she's ever been in her life actually toured that concert for that long. It's insane.

She must be the fittest she's ever been in her life to sing and dance and do all of that three hours a night for that long. She's like a professional athlete. I can understand how if you were fit enough like an athlete you could do that back to back to back to back but I don't understand how you could also release an album write, record,

release an album in that time, attend umpteen football games as well and continue to have a life as well. But even some of the greatest professional athletes aren't doing that much. Yeah. You know, like three hours of physical. True. How did she not pull a hemi?

You know? How did she not roll an ankle? One show she couldn't do. Is that it? Did she miss one show? And that was because of safety reasons and they had to cancel it. Oh, that's right. And that was nothing to do with her.

No. Like, how did she not get sick? It was the heat one, wasn't it? Was it the heat or was it the, oh, it was the pion pion. Yeah, okay. Um, what's the goss from last night's show? What happened? What was special about the final airs to her show? What were the special songs? Oh, she played Long Live.

Yeah. She played Live. And changed the lyrics two ways. Yeah, and one of the songs she said it was the end of an era rather than what the original one was.

The end of a decade. Oh my gosh, she's a genius. But no, we were clowned. We definitely thought maybe Reputation, Taylor's version, would come out or maybe a new album

because she loves all her Easter eggs. A new album? A new album. I know it's insane. The other one isn't even winding down yet. Yeah, but she hints to like TS12, which would be the next album. What are you expecting her to do?

Just fart out albums from you? No, I'm not expecting it. Fart out an album. She puts those Easter eggs out. She could do a fart album. It would sell very well. She actually did. She accidentally released like a White Noise album and it started to album. It would sell very well. She actually did. She accidentally released a white noise album

and it started to chart. Yeah, of course it did. I think that's true. That's brilliant. Is Reputation the last Taylor's version? We got two. Two more left. What's the other one?

The debut album. It's just called Taylor Swift. Oh, really? The original, the first one. Which she gave nothing to in the Errors Tour. The only debut songs that she did were in that acoustic set. There wasn't an actual set for it. So you guys aren't listening to any Reputation songs?

No. In solidarity for Taylor? Yeah, definitely. Unless it's on the Errors Tour Disney movie. Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm a purist. I like to listen to the originals, but that's just me. How dare you?

I mean, for each of their own. Better sound quality. I'm judging you. But no, not even a documentary mention yet. Do you know any songs from the original album? Yeah, Fearless. Oh, we just said it. That's from the Fearless album.

Oh, shit. I thought you were making a joke. Yeah, I do, I do, I do, I do. Mean. Oh, saved it. You can tell I've got two daughters. How does it go? That's mean.

What you just asked me. That was painful. You went to do it and then you backed out. That was painful. You went to do it. Do you want to stick with that or maybe take it back? You could have picked Tim McGraw, Teardrops on My Guitar. R.I.P. the year is to her.

Also, mean is from Speak Now. Oh, shit. It's hot in here. Sabrina Carpenter and espresso. Time to go to Los Angeles for the latest. Whoa, that is loud. Third time lucky. The Golden Globe nominations are out today, Dean,

and everyone's talking about Wicked and how one area of the Wicked movie has been snubbed. Sure has. So they're up for four awards, which includes, obviously, Cynthia Areva and Ariana Grande also are nominated, and of course, Best Picture. But one very

important key piece of this, the director, John M2, did not get nominated for a Golden Globe. Now, this is a big thing. Everyone is talking about this. Everyone is talking about this. Like, I mean, like, how do I explain it?

It's very rare. It's very shocking. And, of course, I'm expecting Ariana and Cynthia to kind of, like, subtly make a little note about it. You know what I mean? Like, I can't say too much because I don't want to get on the wrong side of the HFPA who put on the Golden Globes because you never want to cross them. You don't want to cross them.

But yeah, so we're just really surprised about this. You know, the Bear obviously nominated. Some other Only Writers in the Building nominated. You know, Selena Gomez, she's killing it. She's obviously in two different categories for two different productions of hers. So it's going to be a good Golden Globes, but very surprised that Wicked's director did not get nominated. What directors did get nominated? For what?

What is up there? The big ones are... Where's my little list? Sorry, the big ones are Amelia Perez. Ten nominations. Amelia Perez is the one that led the most, obviously, which everyone's talking about that one as well. The Brutalist is nominated.

Concave has released six nominations. And, of course, Nicole Kidman has been recognised for Best Drama in Baby Girl because, I mean, she's Nicole Kidman. She is the winner of all categories. She could win Best Cinematography, if you ask me. Yeah, she'll win Best Ginger as well. Yeah.

I didn't know any of those that you just said, apart from Wicked and Only Murders in the Building. And that often happens. Like, the critics are like, you know that you just said, apart from wicked and only murders in the building. And that often happens. Like the critics are like, you know, let's choose something so cool that no one's heard of it. And I don't like those years. I liked last year when it was like Barbie versus Oppenheimer versus. Mainstream films that we've all seen.

Movie that all us dum-dums have seen. You know? Because that's what happened last year as well, Dean, remember, is that Margot Robbie didn't get nominated for Best Director. Yeah, Barbie, that's right. Oh, sorry, I'm thinking of, yeah, what was the woman's name that directed Barbie? Greta. Greta Gerwig.

And we would have remembered if they had nominated her. Yeah, they didn't nominate her, so she's been forgotten. That's the goss on the Globes from Dean McCarthy. If you haven't seen Wicked yet, even though the director, according to the Globes, is not very good, the film is fantastic. So make sure you go and see it. Absolutely.

And if Cynthia Erivo wins the Golden Globe, I believe that means she's got an EGOT. EGOT. Which is Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar. Tony. Tony for the musical awards. Yeah. Very exciting. 14 people have ever had that. Yeah, Oscar. Tony. Tony for the musical awards. Yeah. Very exciting.

Only 14 people have ever had that. Yeah, that's amazing. Brian Clint, that's the latest with Dean McCarthy. He's our Hollywood correspondent, and we're back after this on ZM. Brian Clint. ZM brings you Nelly and his We're The Party At Tour. Oh, hell yeah. This is a good concert announcement that went out this morning.

Nelly with his old group, St Lunatics. He's bringing Chingy and Jermaine Dupri to New Zealand. They're going to play Spark Arena on March 21st next year. Yeah, there's going to be epic tickets on sale this Friday, December the 13th at 10am. Or listen out to Friday Jams this Friday and we'll have double passes. How good.

That'll be a great show. That'll be a fantastic show. Everybody loves a show where you know every song. I hope Nelly brings his wife. Ashanti? Yeah. Yes. Bring her out on stage.

That'd be huge. Be massive. But she's not on the bill, so she'd be like, am I getting paid? CBF. Yeah. She's just had a baby too.

She's just had a baby. You're busy. Oh, bring the baby out on stage. Yeah. Yeah. I've never seen a baby rap. Neither. But I'd love to.

It's on my bucket list. So take off all your onesies. Checking my reflection and telling your best friend, like, girl, I think I poo myself. I panicked. I was wondering what you were going to do. Yeah. I regret it. I regret it so much.

Can we isolate just that bit? I don't know. Just grab that bit. It didn't even rhyme. And zoom in on her face as she's trying to think of what the end of the joke is going to be. That's freestyling, guys. That's freestyling. It's a rap thing.

You guys wouldn't get it. It wasn't even close to rhyming. No. It's a baby, though. It's a baby. Don't put too much expectations on a baby. Exactly. Can't spell, let alone rhyme. Baby doesn't know. Don't put too much expectations on a baby. Exactly. Can't spell, let alone rhyme. Baby doesn't know how to rhyme.

I think I pooed myself. Oh, Jesus. Is that the endorsement that the Nelly concert wanted? That would have been funny in 2006. Yeah. That would have been funny then. Yeah, rude to 2006. Bree and Clint.

Anyone whose own pets will know that there's times throughout your life and their life where gross things will happen. Totally. It's just a part of being a pet owner. They're animals. They're animals. You're their custodian. You clean up after them.

You care for them. Gross things happen. Gross things happen. I saw this video of this girl who happened to capture one of these exact moments on camera. Mm-hmm. And I want to play you the audio because I feel like it's quite relatable and it's very funny. So let me set the scene. She's filming a TikTok of herself curling her hair.

Okay. With a curling iron. Mm-hmm. Okay? Pick it up from there. Do we know what the animal is? Do we need to know? Don't need to know. Don't need curling iron. Okay? Pick it up from there. Do we know what the animal is? Do we need to know? Don't need to know.

Don't need to know. Okay. This is not a cheap curling iron. It is smoking so bad. I'm going to keep going. It also smells horrible. I wonder if something got on it. Wait a minute.

No. You're telling me that I just washed my hair and I'm curling my hair with a curling iron That has cat piss on it In the video the curling iron Is just smoking And she's like

You can tell that it obviously smells bad What temperature did the curling irons get up to? Can you figure that out for us Claudia? Can you get that for us? They get up to 200 something What we've established for us, Claudia? Can you get that for us? They get up like to 200 something. What we've established, which I don't think anybody's done any research into, is what the smoke point for cat piss is.

You know? I mean, I've always wondered. You always try and use like a rice bran oil over an olive oil on the barbecue because it's got a higher smoke point. Yeah. But where does cat piss come in, Claudia? It says an average is like 200 Fahrenheit,

which is like, Fahrenheit, which is... Yeah. It's around 100 degrees Celsius. Oh, okay. That's still a lot. I thought it would be more than that for a curling iron, but... How hot do you think your hair can handle? Well, I know straightening irons can go up higher than that.

Can they? Yeah. Right. Especially if you've got the ones where you can pick the temperature so it shows you. Right. We're going to get some cat piss on a straightening iron then. See how that goes. I just, cat piss has such a distinct smell, doesn't it?

It does. It does. And it's awful. And if you've got a cat that's peeing places, it's awful. There's nothing worse, like in terms of like dog wheeze, not as bad. I can think of worse. No, but dog wheeze is not as bad as cat wheeze. No. Cat poos are also pretty grim. Dog wee's not as bad. I can think of worse. No, but dog wee's not as bad as cat wee.

No. Cat poos are also pretty grim. That era where my cat decided it was going to poo inside my gym bag and not in its litter box is one of my worst eras of pet ownership. And it was pooing in my gym bag, but I sort of had my gym bag always ready to go. It sort of had my gym clothes in it. So I would grab my gym bag and head to the gym just zip it up. Didn't you wear

a shitty top to the gym for a whole session and then you sweated in it and then you could start to smell yourself? Yeah, because as it got hotter it got stinkier. Why do I smell like crap? Yeah, and old gym clothes can smell like cat pee, but this smelled like cat poo. Wait, what? Yeah. Old gym clothes I smell like crap? Yeah. And old gym clothes can smell like cat pee, but this smelled like cat poo.

Wait, what? Yeah. Old gym clothes can smell like cat wee? Yeah, old sweaty ones where you can't get the sweat smell out. I don't know what your gym clothes smell like. Mine smelled fresher than that. Oh, what an angel. All right, calm down.

What a perfect princess. You don't smell like cat piss, and you've never had to work out with cat shit on you. Okay? Some people are perfect. Some of us. Some of us. Smell like cat piss and you've never had to work out with cat shit on you. Okay? Some people are perfect. Some of us. Some of us. Smell like cat piss apparently.

Raw and real. Okay? Your PO smells like cat wee. Is that the grossest thing your pets, like is it the grossest pet story you've got? I think so, yeah. Grossest one I've got without a doubt. My dog Meryl, when we first got her, she was obviously anxious. And she'd go around and she'd eat.

My other dog Whitney's poo and she'd go around and she'd eat my other dog, Whitney's poo, and she'd go around the yard, she'd eat. No, that's not the gross part. I mean, it's gross, but it gets worse. She'd go around and she'd eat the poo and there's one day she went around, ate my other dog's poo and then she came inside, threw it up onto the carpet. Poo vomit. And then ate it again and then threw it up once more

and then I grabbed her and was like, all right, that's enough. Cute that in your mind you've gone, oh, it's because she's anxious. She could just be a freak, you know? Yeah, she could be. Could just be like, you know what I'm into. You know what I'm into. She doesn't do it anymore or she does it in secret. Because you disciplined her.

You shamed her. You kink shamed her. You know what, I don't feel bad about it. Because you disciplined her. You shamed her. You kink shamed her. You know what? I don't feel bad about it. Yeah. Could make her sick. Now she's doing it in dark alleys. She's not doing it in the safety of her own home.

She goes and meets strange dogs in strange alleys to eat their poo and then vomit it up and then eat it again and then throw it up again. What was that video? She's making videos. Two dogs. One dog bowl. Two dogs. One, yeah.

One chew toy. We want to know. What do we want yeah one chew toy uh we want to know what do we want to know what do we want to know i want to know people's grossest story involving a pet yeah like it can be anything but what is the grossest pet story you have something get in your mouth yeah did something get i don't know did you did your dog push over the rubbish bin and drag rubbish through the entire house? What about when I, like, I've heard stories and I looked after my auntie's dogs and the robo-vac dragged her dog's dog poo across carpet, across tile. It dragged it to every corner of the house. You stupid robot.

You're meant to be cleaning my house And you're doing the opposite It was so bad I wish I'd got the one that mopped as well To mop up after itself I'm going to give a warning If you ask Quamish These next stories will make you feel sick

They're yuck but funny They're yuck, but funny. They're yuck. They're very yuck. We asked the question, what's the grossest thing your pet has done? What's your grossest pet story? And people have answered the question like this text. I'm eight months pregnant and my husband farted in the car coming up our driveway. So I opened my door and power chucked into the garden.

A couple of hours later, I wondered what was on my dog's face. It was my vomit. Delicious. Dogs are so gross. Dogs and husbands. Oh, both. What about this text? My old flatmate's dog was a large puppy. She

had her time of the month and they had to put her in a nappy with a hole at the back for her tail. One night we were relaxing in the lounge watching TV and she started shaking her whole body. Poo started flying out all around the lounge. It hit the TV, the walls, everything. She had done a poo in the nappy and the rest is history. She had the shitty, shitty shakes.

Can you imagine? Just like little poo grenades just go everywhere. Like a poo sprinkler. Amelia's here on 0800 dials at him. Hi, Amelia. Hi, Amelia. Hey, guys. How you going?

We're good. Give us your gross cat story, Amelia. So the night before my birthday, I decided to wash the very special outfit I wanted to wear for my birthday. My boyfriend goes to pull it out of the washing machine to find that our cat had

pooed in the washing machine. Pooed in the washing machine. This was late at night as well. So while I was in bed crying over my outfit, he was hand washing my clothes. Did it come out?

Yeah, it did. The washing machine didn't. I need to check. Did the cat poo pre or post wash? Pre. And I didn't notice. So dress goes in, poo goes in, powder goes in, load goes on.

Yes. Wait, so the poo went through a full cycle? Yes. Oh, that's so yuck. You need to throw that washing machine out. It's broken. More important question, did you wear the outfit the next day? I did because he hand washed it.

Oh. He's a keeper. He is a keeper. What a sweetheart. Not the cat. That's definitely a re-home. Thanks, Amelia. Let's go to Lee on 0800.

Hi, Lee. Hi, Lee. Hi. Hi, guys. How are you? Good, thanks, Lee. Tell us your grossest pet story, Lee. Well, this is actually about my brother's cat who used to live with me.

Her name was Precious. Okay. She wasn't so bloody precious, I can tell you. What did she do, Lee? She used to pee with me. Her name was Precious. Okay. She wasn't so bloody precious, I can tell you. What did she do, Lee? She used to pee on my oven element. Oh. Oh, yuck. Wait, were you running the gas, electric?

Like, what were you running? Just electric. Okay. She'd get up there and she'd take her whiz. That's disgusting. Obviously, we'd turn on the bloody oven and holy wreck. All you could smell is burnt urine. That's rancid.

Anytime an animal decides to do it around an eating area, like a food preparation area. Yeah, like that's a hate crime, Lee. What did you do to it? So she apparently was suffering. Cats suffer when they eat a lot of biscuits, what they call a crystal thing. It's in their urinary tract.

Oh, yeah. So apparently the vet said, hey, it's actually totally normal. It's her letting you know that she needs help. And I'm like, mate. Send me an email. Get away. So she's actually super smart. Babe, just text me.

Yeah, yeah. She's actually very smart. She's no longer with us. We didn't do anything to her. One time she got up on the element and it was on. The vet said, you need these special biscuits to clear the crystals. And surprisingly, the cat is no longer with us. Oh, yeah.

But, yeah, that was it. That's pretty good. Thank you so much. Someone texted her and said, my puppy ran away one day, found her about six kilometres from home. A couple of days later, she was trying to poop and everything she pushed out was getting stuck until I noticed a balloon-looking thing coming out of her bottom.

I was stressing hard, but she had just apparently gotten into someone's rubbish and eaten a certain something. It starts with the letter C. An adult balloon. An adult balloon. An adult balloon on one of her adventures. Most disgusting thing I ever had to do was pull that from her bottom. That's so gross. That is so.

My Doberman shat in the air conditioning floor unit. Yep, full-blown runs in the air con. Up the wall, dripping into floor unit. Yep, full-blown runs in the air con. Up the wall, dripping into the unit. Needless to say, we never switched that air conditioner on again. We would rather put up with the sweltering heat in Australia than smell that again. It still haunts me 25 years later. That would be horrendous, wouldn't it?

It would be so yuck. Last call is Rock. G'day, Rock. Hi, Rock. G'day, g'day. I've got a story for you. Tell us, mate. G'day, Rock. Hi, Rock. G'day, g'day. I've got a story for you. Tell us, mate. Your grossest pet story.

Rock, hit us. Oh, okay. I'll keep it short and sharp because I don't have much time, but yeah. So essentially what happened was a new cat moved into the neighbourhood. My cat, a male cat, of course, was sticking around my room. I go to bed early, suddenly wake up realizing I can't breathe, open my mouth to gasp, and a bunch of cat urine falls into my mouth. So that's fun.

And, yeah, you mentioned before, oh, you can always recognize the smell of it. Now I can recognize the taste myself. You got a golden shower from a cat. Yeah, very unfortunate, yeah. I'm really sorry. I got a key a bit short and sweet, but I got to get moving. But, yeah, thank you very much. Rock, Rock, it's a great story, mate.

Nice, short, sweet. We love a short one. You're our warehouse caller of the day. Congratulations. We're going to hook you up with what? Claudia, what's our prize today? $50. $50 cash money.

Enjoy that. $50 voucher. Even better than cash, a warehouse voucher. Well done, Rob. Thank you, Rob. Thank you very much. See you. Maybe he could go buy some mouthwash.

The warehouse would sell that. Yeah, or like... I don't think there's... Oh, God. Cat, wait. Be a few rinses, you're right. I mean, the cat must have been a good shot. Bree and Clint.

Cool. It's time to play our classical music game where Claudia reimagines popular songs as classical bangers. And then plays all the instruments herself. She does. She's big on the oboe. Yeah. She's great on the sitar.

I'm not very good on the triangle, though. Oh, is that your Achilles heel? Not much rhythm. I've seen you play the harp though. Yeah. Something about you and fingertips. You're just good at those fingertips. Magic fingers. What? It's like such a delicate touch. Delicate.

Good with the... You have to keep all your nails short. He's good on the mouth organ. Bree! What? Clint said his last words. What did he say? It's me and Bree versus Ella in this game and Claudia, why don't you just kick us off? Let's get straight into it. Clint, you missed? It's me and Brie versus Ella in this game and Claudia, why don't you just kick us off?

Let's get straight into it. Clint, you missed it last week. I put the hard word in, okay? What I say goes here so you all have to listen to me. I'm glad you told Ella and Brie the ones who needed to hear it. Okay, Clint.

You give me such a headache. I'm the most quiet one in this game. Oh, it hurts. So I'm going to start a song. If you buzz in and you get it wrong, the next person gets a free guess but I'm not going to start a song. If you buzz in and you get it wrong, the next person gets a free guess, but I'm not going to keep playing it. Thank you. If we keep playing it, you're

both back in. That's fine. Anyway, you guys know the rules. We're ready. We don't need it. Buzz in with your name. I need the artist and the name of the song. God, someone sucked all the fun out of the game. Shut up. That's because you cheat, mate. Don't give him what he wants. I'm not. I need more money. Why are you even playing now? This is boring. Everyone, let's go. This is the first one.

Oh, what is it? Free. It's Beyonce, Halo. It is. It is. It is. It is. I was right there for like five seconds. I was like, I've got it, I've got it, I've got it. Well done, Brie. That sounded familiar.

It was quite a hard one, though. Yeah, it was good. Okay. One point. One point, yeah. One point. Here's another one. Ella!

Ella? Take a point away for shouting. No, just a dollar in the screaming jar. Romance, Lady Gaga. No. You guys want a guess? Do we use our free guess on the proper name of the song or do we use it on something else?

Lady Gaga, Bad Romance. No. Okay. It was worth a shot because I had no idea. What is it? Brie. Brie. That is Telephone, Beyonce and Lady Gaga.

Single-handedly, she's won the game. Yay, go Brie. she's won the game. Yay! Go free! It's just my week. Ella had her week last week. And I'm not mad about it because I did know I just got the song title wrong.

You were close. You were close. Can we give Mike... Was it a Beyonce theme? No. Actually, it wasn't. But you can play the third one if you want to guess the theme.

It runs back in. This is a free one. Ella. Ella? Two points in the screaming jar. I know it again. Three, two, one. I'm your biggest fan.

I'm your biggest fan. What's that song? Paparazzi. Lady'm your biggest fan. I'm your biggest fan. What's that song? Paparazzi. Lady Gaga. That one. So what's the theme? Can we team up? We'd be unstoppable.

Beyonce and Gaga. And Lady Gaga. And Gaga. Not a theme, a pattern. Yeah. I like it. I like it. Because we couldn't get a Bree and Clint caller on,

can we get Aaron, who voted for me, to get some KFC? He was nice. Aaron, renounce your allegiance to Ella. Come over to the Breein Clint site and you can have 50 KFC chicken dollars. What say you? Abandon her. Just this time. Thank you, Aaron.

Ellie. She's in the bin. You're a Breein Clint man now. 50 KFC chicken dollars coming your way. He really, Aaron. Ellie. She's in the bin. You're a Brian Clint man now. Thank you so much. He really didn't want to. He took very little convincing. Yeah, well, that was free KFC.

I would jump ship for that as well. Good game, guys. Fair enough. Good game, everyone. Love you guys. Brian Clint. Just to let everyone in

on a radio DJ's life, this time of year is great. This is the life cycle of radio DJs. Oh, yeah. This is the sweet spot for radio DJs because all the lists get released for the end of year. You've got Spotify wrapped. You've got Word of the Year.

You've got et cetera. Yeah, there's so many lists that comes out. Everybody puts out a list to get headlines, and we lap that shit up. We love it. It's like ready-made content for us. Yeah. In fact, Claudia, we need to be more honest about it, and can we get a sting made up that sounds something like,

it's another end-of-year listicle. List, I do love a list. Yeah. Hold on to your testicles, it's another listicle. I've even asked Claudia to make a list, our own list for the Bree and Clint show next week. Okay, what is it? Oh, it's good. Can you also make another list,

a list of the top Bree and Clint lists? Oh, yeah, that's good. The list of the best lists that we've done. Anything else you want to add to the list? We'll put that on the list. Okay, good. And do a list of Claudia's sassiest responses. Ooh, I want to see that list.

Okay. Bree, please reveal what today's end of year list is. End of year list for today is Google has released its 2024 year in search data for New Zealand, showing everything that Kiwis looked up for the year. The list of the most searched things by New Zealanders. Exactly right. This year for the Kiwis, sport and news events from the US election to the Olympics and the Cricket T20 World Cup were top of mind for the Kiwis. The American election was the top trending search overall, according to Google's data,

following the UEFA Euro and the New York Times connections with the top of the list. UEFA. Is that UEFA? UEFA. UEFA. That's soccer football. Yeah. Really?

Nothing New Zealand based? Well, let's get down. Not America's Cup. Let's get down into the other data that they released. So former One Directioner Liam Payne was the fifth top trending search in New Zealand following his tragic death in Argentina in October. I always find it rough to refer to him as a former One Directioner. Like he didn't leave the band.

No, but the band broke up. Oh, so they were all former One Directioners. Former One Directioners, yeah. Right, okay, sure. Yeah, because the band had broken up and it hadn't gotten back together. Right. Because I was going to say, Zayn's the only former member. Yeah.

Yeah. But the band... They all broke up. Yeah. Fair, okay. Next on the list was the T20 World Cup, Teemu. Women's or men's T20? It doesn't say.

Because the women won. Yeah, it doesn't say on here, actually. Must have been the women. The Australian Open, the All Blacks versus England. All Blacks versus England? Yep, that was top trending. Oh, because of Joe Marla's comments about the hucker. And then they had the big hucker off.

Of course, there was a lot of news around that. And they did the walk-up to the hucker. That was a lot of news around that. And they did the walk up to the hucker. That was the most exciting part of the year. That was big. Apart from Rico going in on the Irish too. That was good. Yeah. And apparently this year they saw a spike in searches for flat whites.

Many Kiwis, coffee order of choice. Flat whites? But it's not clear Google have said why they were Googling it. If anybody should know, it's Google. They've got all your other information. I wonder why people would have been Googling flat whites. Would it have been to... Prices gone up? Yeah, maybe. Or to figure out how to make one at home because the price

has gone up. Oh, yeah. Maybe. I don't know. Okay. In terms of people, the most searched people on Google for Kiwis were, of course, Liam Payne people on Google for Kiwis were of course Liam Payne, Kate Middleton. Oh my god, that's right. This was the year where we had the Kate Middleton

conspiracy and everyone was like, she's dead. She's dead, he's killed her. And then she revealed her cancer diagnosis. And everyone was like, oh my god, I feel so bad. We feel horrible. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were also top of the list. Kiwi sports icon Lisa Carrington was also one of the most Googled people in New Zealand. Did Liam Lawson get in there in the Formula One?

No. Wow, okay. No, no. Meanwhile, the top trending how-tos in New Zealand this year, how-to searches included the Olympics, how to watch the Olympics, sorry. Oh, yeah. How to watch the Euro, how to watch America's Cup.

Oh, yeah. How to watch All Blacks versus England. And we also apparently looked up how to lock our Facebook profiles, how to make butter and how to mew. How to mew? Yeah, the technique that like apparently makes your jawline more chiseled. Oh, okay. Mewing.

Yeah. I can't do it. Right. Google it. Yeah, I might Google it now. Anyway, they were the most Googled things from Kiwis in 2024. Another fantastic list, Bree. That was expertly delivered.

You're welcome. Fantastic radio content. I did all the research into that and, you know, happy we came out on top. Departure Lounge, Brie and Clint. Bing bong, boarding, time to go zit in. Brie and Clint. It's a Tuesday, which means it's time to try and create radio brilliance. Say it with me, Brie and Clint show, it's time for... Jewel...

Name in a Haystack. Sorry, I was saying the name of the music instead of the name of the game. Did you do it on purpose? No. No. So the idea is, it's a very, very long odds, but that just adds to the celebration that we'll have when this comes off. Random name, random business.

If the person with that name answers the phone, we have found a name in a haystack. And they win money. What are we up to? $200? $200. $200. $200. Macaroons. On the line we need to go to Claudia for the name or place? Name.

I'd like to do the name, I think. Okay. What name would you like to pick randomly out of the haystack? I feel like all the names that we've chosen have been really standard, and it hasn't worked. We've had people like Heidi, and I never would have chosen a Heidi. So I'm going to choose, I want a floral name. Yeah. Daisy.

Rose. Rose. Okay, I like it. Ella, where are we calling to find our rose? This just popped into my brain. Can we call the Titanic? Yeah. Perhaps.

I think it's not working. Call the Rose and Thorn. Oh, yeah. No, I want to go with my local King's Plant Barn. Why don't... Oh, you're a shit man. We're going to call King's Plant Barn. We're going to call the Garden Centre to try and find a rose.

That's my local. Imagine if it worked. I go there all the time. I'm pretty sure there's no rose. Claudia, please connect the call to our local King's Plant Barn and if the person who answers the phone is named Rose, we win.

To a Garden Centre team member, please press 1. To contact the cafe, please email at daveyred.co.nz Thank you. No. Claude, press 1. To contact the cafe, please email... Claude, press 1. Thank you. No. Okay, we're calling a different King's Plant Barn.

Claude, please connect us to another King's Plant Barn. This is chaos. Beep, beep, beep, beep. Sounded like a heart machine. King's Plant Barn Takapuna needs a new voicemail system. Call mine. Call my local. Things are open from 8.30 to 5, 10 days a week.

That's okay. No, that's good info. If you'd like to speak to a garden centre customer service, press 1. If you'd like to speak to a cafe, press 2. Okay, we'll go to the cafe. Thank you. Okay, we're going to try another one, Claude, and if this doesn't work,

I'm making the executive call, we're calling Palmer's. Okay. Oh, God. But we'll give King's one more chance. Come on. God, is it so hard to find someone who will just answer the phone these days?

Just answer the phone. All these automated messages. I know. I feel like they're trying to save time where they want to send you straight to the place you want to... Don't make excuses for them. I love them. Same. Okay.

Our current opening hours are 8.30am until 5pm. I have a feeling something similar is going to happen. She could be a rose. One. Okay, here we go. Here we go. Okay, I forgot the name for a sec. One. One. Oh, okay. Here we go. Here we go.

Okay, I forgot the name for a sec. Rose. Rose. Okay, everyone quiet. I feel like it's been such a journey. I know. Come on. Come on.

This would be the best Christmas present. I did say they close at five, so we might have called after hours. Oh, no. Come on. Someone will be there. Someone will be there. Someone will be there. Hey, it's Bob on Botany. You're speaking with Finn.

No! Hi, Finn. It's Brian Clint from ZM. How are you? Yeah, good. How are you today? Good, thank you. We play a game on the show every Tuesday

called Name in a Haystack. If your name had been Rose, you would have won 200 bucks. Oh, okay. Is there a Rose that works at King's Plant Barn Botany? Not at the botany store, but there is one that works at the head office. Oh, head office. Oh, God, I was going to say, if we had a call like St. Luke's or Takapuna,

we could have had it. Is there a Daisy that works there? No, not a Daisy. Okay, well, I don't feel so bad then. Finn, Merry Christmas. Thank you so much and sorry for wasting your time. Thanks, Finn. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas. Bye. There we go. We should have called head office to start with. Dang it. We would have had her. They don't have a cafe, though, at head office, so. Should we come back?

Should we play a song? Come back and we'll call head office. Yeah. Bree and Clint. This is the silly season. It is party time. It's work Christmas party time. You'll be partying with family.

If you're going home for Christmas, you'll be catching up with friends. So I thought this could be helpful. I've found seven hangover cures according to science. Why would we need that? Because we're over 30 and we can't handle hangovers anymore. I don't have too many. I know how to handle my alcohol now. I drink responsibly.

Do you? Well, I don't. Dr. Sally Adams from the University of Birmingham is one of the few academics involved in hangover research. We've got to get more. Whoever we had working on the COVID vaccine, get them on hangover vaccines.

It's all BS. You reckon? You reckon hangover cure is a BS? Name a hangover cure that you have tried that you believe and you can wholeheartedly put your name behind and say, this works. Starting drinking again. Hair of the dog is what you're saying. Ella reckons she's got one.

Okay, Ella, I temper my expectations when the Hangover Cure comes from a 24-year-old. You have to be 100% behind this product saying it 100% works. 100%. Okay, Ella, what is your 100% bulletproof Hangover Cure? You might not feel like it when you get home and plop into bed, but eat a piece of bread. It helps every time. Don't look at me like that.

It helps every time. No, but that's before a hangover. Yeah, that's prevention, not the cure. Also, you're 24. It's not a criticism. It's just saying that will work for a 24-year-old. You feel bad for like 20 minutes. We feel bad for three days.

It's fine, what have you been? But thank you. Yes, I agree. That does work and you should always eat before you go to sleep. A piece of bread. I get the theory though. Bread is good. Pizza, bread.

Here are the seven hangover cures according to Dr. Sally Adams from the University of Birmingham. Number one, water with electrolytes. She said water is garbage. Water on its own, stupid. You need water with electrolytes. She said water's garbage. Water on its own, stupid. You need water with electrolytes in it. Okay. So go and get a Mizone.

That's how people punish the Powerades. Yeah. But they're full of sugar. Not the no sugar ones. Oh, yeah, there's no sugar in the no sugar ones. Yeah. Number two. Who would have thought?

We're all pounding Panadol. She said you need to be on the anti-inflammatories. You should be on the ibuprofen. You should be on the Nurofen. Oh. Someone told me that Mexiegesic is like the God tear pain relief for a hangover. Back off our Mexiegesics. We need that for our women's troubles.

Oh, do you? That's what all the women take for their women's troubles. Have you guys been bloody bogarting all the maxogesic? Women? Who's told bloody Clint about the maxogesics? Now he's on the air telling everyone about it. You're only having a period once a month. I'm hungover every weekend.

You back off our little blue pills. I am not. Number three, a stomach stent layer. You should get on the antacids like a Mylanta. A Mylanta or a Quickies. A Mylanta, eh? Yeah. You know you're getting old if you get a sore tummy from your hangover.

God, Mynan. God, that reminds me of Mynan. Quickies? No. Mylanta. Mylanta. She would have a Mylanta in her handbag wherever we went. Yeah, Mylanta and a hip flask.

She would just whip it out. Mylanta and Metamucil. These are the seven. It's a good combo. And a spare pair of Bundys. Sorry, Nan. And a tissue down her bra. Yeah.

Yeah, 100%. That was my Nan. These are the seven hangover cures according to science. Okay. Number four is B vitamins and zinc. Apparently that will help. Yep. I thought of a hack and I googled what alcoholic

drinks contain B vitamins. Ooh, any? Prevention and the cure. Yeah, according to Google there's B vitamins in beer and wine. The two most deadly ones. Zinc in wine and whiskey. Okay. So, but my powers

of deduction, you should be drinking wine. What do you... No hangover if you stay on the wine. Personally, but my powers of deduction, you should be drinking wine. What do you... No hangover if you stay on the wine. Me personally, I think a wine hangover is one of the worst. Is it? In my opinion, one of the worst hangovers you can get. I've never been white wine drunk. Oh, haven't you?

No. Terrible hangovers. Terrible. Well, maybe you need to mix in some beer. Yeah. That'll do the trick. Number five, this seems obvious, sleep. Oh, yeah. Well, maybe you need to mix in some beer. Yeah, that'll do the trick. Number five, this seems obvious, sleep. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, okay. Number six, food, but the type of food. So what do you eat when you're hungover to try and cure yourself? Me, I eat everything. Everything? Everything in front of me. And none of it helps. Lots of carbs.

Yeah, okay, that's good. Love carbs. So the foods you want, there's certain things in them, I won't get into it, but she said pork, eggs, cheese. Is what you should eat. Yes. Okay. So bacon and eggs with some cheese.

And some cheese on toast. Also broth is really good for you on a hangover. I can't stomach an egg when I'm hungover, though. Really? Oh, there's just something about it. I need them. I can't go near it, eh? Especially if it's got that weird runny white bit on top.

She said white toast for your carbs is good because it'll boost your blood sugar. And flat Coke is good as well. Flat Coke? Yeah. That's good because I always order like a takeout and then I have like a leftover soft drink. Yeah, it's still there, eh? On my living room floor. The last cure I quite like.

Does it work? I don't know, but I like this one. Okay, these are the seven hangovers according to science. And the seventh cure she's put down is positivity. Positivity. She said low mood and anxiety are overlooked symptoms and can have a profound long-lasting effect on your physical state. Claudia, can we please just isolate that piece of audio

because I know there will be a time, maybe in the near future, maybe in the next couple of weeks, where Clinton Roberts comes in here hungover as sin. And I am going to say a bit of positivity will clear that right up. You've just got to be positive mate. And we need to play him that audio to remind him. And we'll see if it works. Yeah.

You need to play me that while simultaneously handing me a Mylanta, a Mexie GZik, some pork, some flat Coca-Cola, a glass of wine, a glass of beer and a Mizone. God, that sounds like a bloody good wine, a glass of beer and a Mizon. God, that sounds like a bloody good time, eh? Sounds like a hangover cure to me, yeah.

Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger. God, today has flown. Hasn't it? It's really gone quick. How are we banging already? That's what happens when you drink a couple of shardies before the show.

And then they just fly straight past. I joke. I joke. That's been the secret this whole time. Yeah. That's been my secret. And a coffee mug, eh? So no one knows.

Exactly right. Birthday banger time where you give us the birthdays. We tell you what was the number one song when you turned 16. Josh is going to go first. Kia ora, Josh. Merry Christmas. G'day, Josh. Merry Christmas. G'day, Josh. Hey, how you getting on? Yeah, good, mate. How's your day been? Oh, yeah,

not too bad. Oh, good to hear, mate. What is your date of birth? 27th of May 1997. Alright, that means you were 16 in 2013. And back on your 16th, this was a top. Banger!

Oh, that's a solid banger from Macklemore. 11 years old, still sounds fresh, this song. Yeah. Do you like it, Josh? Yeah, no, I'm happy enough with that one. Yeah, it's good vibes. Definitely got the vibes. Macklemore was never the same after he broke up with Ryan Lewis.

They should get back together. Yeah, they should. Let's go to Grace. G'day, Grace. Hi, Grace. Hi. Hi. What is the thing you really, really want for Christmas this year, Grace?

Um, a sleep in. No, sorry, we can't do a sleep-in. Is someone organising that for you? Would you settle for a box of favourites instead? I'd happily have a box of favourites instead. You're bloody easily pleased, Grace. I'll tell you that. You should ask for more.

Hey, what is your date of birth, mate? 4th of March, 91. Right, that means you were 16 in 2007. We've done the calculations. Here's your birthday banner. Oh, another millennial banger. What do you reckon, Grace? You a fan of the Gwen Stefani?

Oh, not bad. The boys, the kids look pretty happy with the sign. Oh, yeah. Good, good, good. Good to get their cello approval. It's not about them, though, Grace. This is about you, okay? You and you alone.

Grace is like, I forget what that's like. One more for James. Hi, James. Hi, James. G'day. What do you really want for Christmas this year, James? Oh, f***. James, James.

I want heaps of beer. You want heaps of beer. Heaps of beer. Well, you're going to get a bloody soap bar in your mouth with a language like that. That's my bad, everybody. Nah, you're all right. It's part of his vernacular. He's not used to it.

Hey, James. Rough day. Rough day. Well, let's try and bring up the mood a little bit, James. What is your date of birth? 19th of January, 2001. There he is. You were 16 in 2017.

We couldn't just get to the end of the year, could we? I think it's two days in a row as well. Is it? Yeah. Oh, bugger. Hey, James. Here's your birthday banger, mate. Oh, I feel like it suits him.

James, you bad boy. You get The Weeknd and Daft Punk. Daft Punk goes alright. Doesn't it? Yeah, Daft Punk slaps. Okay, wait there. I love all three of those songs. Yeah, I love them all too.

Star Boy. Yeah, go on. Star Boy? Yeah, go on. Starboy? Yeah, go on. Are we really rewarding that kind of behaviour? Let's talk to F-Boy. I mean James. He's an F-Boy.

He's an F-Boy. James, you won birthday bear. Congratulations. Oh, what? Yeah, nice one, James. Brian Clint, you're on ZM. Brian Clint, you're on ZM. Brian Clint. The Weeknd.

For James, it's the winner of Birthday Banger today. That came out in the year 2017, which means it's seven years old. That's when The Weeknd was releasing Bops. Yeah. Yeah. He had some real bangers. Yeah, he had The Hells in that same era as well.

Banger. Yeah. And then when did he release that song that went super viral? It was the most streamed song in the world for that year. Was it Blinding Lights? Blinding Lights. Sounds like around the same time, doesn't it? Yeah.

Starboy era weekend. Bangers. Bree and Clint. At this time of year, every year they release the word of the year. I find it mildly interesting. It's been a long time since they've done a word of the year where I'm like, oh, nailed it. You guys really read the mood of the world.

Because it's a global thing. It's not just for New Zealand. Yeah, I mean, I liked, we talked about one last week. I think it was Collins. Was it the Collins Dictionary? What was the word? The word was bed rot. No, it wasn't bed rot.

Brain rot. Brain rot. Brain rot. Brain rot is Oxford University's Oxford Dictionary's word of the year Collins was brat Brat from Charlie XCX Yeah, which I quite like that one

God, imagine Charlie XCX She's had such a great year And then to cap it off She becomes the fricking word of the year The biggest thing to happen to her this year Is she gets awarded word of the year She made up with Lorde. She had a global movement with the Brat Movement.

And now she's the Word of the Year. She collabed with Billie Eilish. She's killing it. And somehow we managed to get her to come to Laneway. I can't. The biggest coup in music in years. Honestly, do you reckon she's going to get here and be like, I can't believe I'm here.

What am I doing? What am I doing here? Am I playing Eden Park? And we're like, no, no, no. A couple of months ago, I was on a billboard in New York Times Square. Yeah. And now I'm here. And now I'm here at Western Springs.

Outer Fields. No shade. Previous word of the year is just quickly 2023 Riz. Oh, cringe. 2022 Goblin Mode. Which we decided off air. None of us even used that. No, that was a stupid year.

Yeah. But we all had COVID brain. 2021, Vax. 2020, Pandemic. 2019, Allyship. God, that was some grim years. Those are all shitters. In the middle of the year, eh?

Those are all terrible words of the year. When's there going to be a real crisp word of the year? So I've got a few more for you. Okay. So brain rot is Oxford's for 2024. Brat is Collins. Yep. Cambridge is a well-respected dictionary.

What have they chosen? I haven't read the dictionary recently, but I think it's a good one. The word of the year according to Collins' dictionary... Manifest refers to a wellness trend of imagining achieving a goal to make it more likely to happen. Oh Cambridge. Manifest. I will manifest my 20

million dollar lotto win this weekend. Yeah like I have heard that word but I mean It's not the word of the year. It's not the word of the year The only dictionary left is dictionary.com. Okay. What have they chosen? They're the world's fourth biggest dictionary. God, how gutted would you be?

You're not even in the medals for dictionaries. Actually, I don't know if they're the fourth. They're top four. Okay. Those are the big four. Is there only four? Yeah. So you've got to be in the top four.

But we don't know where in the four is what I mean. Yeah, true, okay. Dictionary.com's word of the year, demure. Yeah, okay. Mindful. I like it more than brain rot. Okay, okay. Out of the four, no, wait.

Out of the four, so give us the four again, and then we all have to pick our favourite word of the year. These are the four words of the year, according to the big four in the dictionary word. Demure, manifest, brat, brain rot. Brat's my favourite. Brat's your favourite? Yep.

Lock it in. I'll agree. I agree. Because it was a movement. It's reappropriated a term. It's got a feeling to it. Yeah, it's got a vibe. Brain rot. Yeah, brain rot just sounds

sad. Yeah. Surely, even things like Trumpification could have been a more interesting word or... I think Brat wins. I think Brat wins. And we're just about to have our Brat summer. Totally, and we're so Brat. Yeah. I'm back for this. Brie and Clint. And that is the end

of the Brie and Clint show for another day. Only eight shows to go, Brie. Only eight shows to go. Eight sleeps and we will be home free. Do you reckon most people are finishing on the 20th?

Yeah. I think so. Yeah, yeah, yeah. If you get to finish, then yeah. The real unlucky ones that have not very nice bosses will be working up to the 24th.

Some people do. Oh, and some people don't get off at all. Yeah. Well, everyone has to have Christmas. Healthcare workers and the hospital's got to keep running. Yeah, the hospital, of course. They just hear us talking about our holidays and they're like, Oh, la-dee-da, hope you don't have an accident.

Question. Yeah. Retail. Like, are shops open on Christmas Day? No. They're not. Boxing Day's the day. But you can get KFC on Christmas Day.

So some places are open. Service stations are open. Yeah, right. But not clothing stores or like shopping centres. No, you can't go to JB Hi-Fi and get a Yui Boom for the cousin you forgot about for Christmas. So what you're saying, yeah, if you didn't get presents, you can't run out on Christmas morning. And a lot of malls do midnight shopping right up to Christmas,

but not on Christmas Eve. Ah, that's a good tip. I think they'll close at like nine on Christmas Eve. Right, so don't leave it to the very, very last minute. I've done it before. It's pandemonium. I bet. I did my Christmas shopping on the 23rd one year,

which was the last day of midnight shopping, the day before Christmas Eve. Chaos. Chaos. And then when I came out with the presents, my car had been stolen. Yeah. There you go.

Worst Christmas ever. Probably stay away from the shops in the lead up to Christmas. Get it all done early. Get it organised. Have a great night. We'll catch you guys tomorrow on the Brian Clint Show. Bye-bye.