ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 11th July 2023

Episode Date: July 10, 2023

Bree's onion cutting obsession. Animals in the bridal party. Dead cat mystery. Bieber's NFT fail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ZM Podcast Network. ZM's Brian Clint. But in the morning. Don't you know, pump it up. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Brian Clint Show. We're filling in for Fletch, Vaughan and Hallie for the next uno, dos, tres days. Yeah, not too long and you'll have the guys back.

Thanks for keeping us company the last couple of weeks. What about that story in the news just there about the people that are doing fake Google reviews on the big restaurants around Auckland? Did you hear that? No. So they've gone and posted a five-star review on these really fancy, really nice restaurants, and then they contact them and they say,

Hey, that's my review. You're welcome. If you don't pay me money, we'll bombard you with bad reviews. What? Like one-star reviews. And they will go into a hundred one-star reviews to tank the restaurant's Google rating. That's so wrong.

What a scam. That's such a scam. Do you use Google ratings when you're looking at things? I do. Yeah, I do too. Yeah, I always have a look. Yeah. Same on Uber Eats. I always have a look. Yeah. Same on Uber Eats.

I always have a look. I know I'm becoming older because I've started posting Google reviews. Oh, see, I'm not in that era. I'm not in that era of my life. I'm still able to get out of bed without aid. Yeah, yeah, no, I'm not. So what I do is I post my Google reviews.

And if you go in the Google app, at the end of the month, it'll give you a list of places that you've been. You go, oh, quite enjoyed that. Write a little review. Oh, quite enjoyed that. Write a little review. And then the most exciting bit. Who has the time?

Is at the end of next month, you get an email from Google and it gives you information about how many people have read your Google reviews. Like how influential your Google review has been. It's quite a trip. It's quite a trip. This is such narcissistic behaviour. I posted a photo of this bagel restaurant one time. It's been viewed like 300,000

times. Oh my god. You've got children. You don't have time for this. You don't have time for this stuff. Bree, I'm part of the Google review community. Thank you very much. I'm providing a service I'm fine not being a part of it But I like to use it The small pleasures

Okay, this morning we've got your chance to Get in the draw to be expense free for 2023 We'll do that after 7 o'clock We're going to pay someone's bills For the rest of the year Plus big concert announcement Coming at 8am thism. this morning. Yeah, that's all exciting stuff.

Up next on the show, did you lose money on NFTs? Oh, this story's wild. Have you seen this? I have seen it. A very famous person has lost a lot of money. Justin Bieber. The amount of money this guy lost on his NFT is wild. Yeah, but it doesn't matter to him.

No, it doesn't matter to him. But to other people who fell into the NFT trap, it would. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Man, we were wild about NFTs for a bit. Mate, I never was on the NFT trade. I've got to get this polar bear and a Hawaiian shirt. Mainly.

It's my key to financial stability. I just couldn't understand it, which has boded well for me. It's Tradie versus Lady. Three, two, one. Let's go. Yeah, good morning, everyone. Tradie versus Lady. We've been having some cracking games in the mornings over the last couple of weeks.

The Tradies have picked up a few wins. They're on 56 for the year. The tradies have picked up a few wins. They're on 56 for the year. The ladies still out in front on 61. Let's cross live to our lady first. She's 39 years old. She's calling in from Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland, and her party trick is that she can touch her tongue to her nose. Welcome to the show, Jane.

G'day, Jane. How did you learn you could do that? You know, it's just one of those random party tricks that you just like to throw out every now and then. What does your nose taste like? Depends what I'm saying. Yeah. Depends what time of day it is, you know.

You could have stuck a Q-tip on the end of your tongue and done your covered tits back in 2020, Jane. Oh, my God, gross. Now, that is a video that would go viral, Jane. You're taking on our training today. They're calling in for Christchurch. Their age is undisclosed, but they are one year older than their teeth.

Welcome to the show, Mike. Hello, hello. G'day, Mike. That took me so long to understand. No, I love it. Are we one when we get our teeth, are we? Roundabout. Yeah, nice. G'day, Mike. That took me so long to understand. No, I love it. Are we one when we get our teeth, are we? Roundabout. Yeah, nice.

Roundabout. Nice, Mike. I love it. You don't even have those teeth anymore, Mike. Those ones all fell out. No, Mike. No, they're still there going strong. All right.

Technically, you have all your teeth when you're born. Technically. Technically. Mike, you buzzers. Trady, Jane, you're born? Technically. Technically. Mike, your buzz is tradie. Jane, your buzz is lady. First of three correct answers is going home with $50 cash this morning. Good luck to both of you. Here we go, guys.

This is your moment. Question number one. Which Disney princess talks to the most animals? Is it Snow White, Rapunzel, or Ariel? Lady. Yes, Jane? It's got to be Ariel. That's incorrect.

Mike, you want to guess? It'd have to be Snow White. It is Snow White. She talks to all of her woodland animal friends. Ariel was mainly fish, wasn't she? Yeah. She talks to the crab as well. And the seagull.

And the seagull. Yeah. All right, but then she lost her voice, so. Oh, very good point. Question number two, one to the tradies in the hit TV series Friends, who does Monica get married to? Lady. Yes, Jane.

Chela. Nice work. You're on the board, Jane. We are one apiece. Question number three, which major tennis grand slam is currently taking place? Is it the French Open? Trudy. Yes, Mike.

It's in America. No. That's incorrect. I'll finish the question and then, Jane, you get a free guess. The French Open, the Aussie Open or Wimbledon? Lady. Yes, Jane. Open or Wimbledon? Lady. Yes, Jane. Is it Wimbledon?

It is Wimbledon. Currently, Mike knew his mistake. He was like, I knew it was that one. All right, two to the ladies, one to the tradies. Question number four. Buzz in, guys, when you can tell me who sings this song. Let's have a look. Lady. Jane, for the win.

It's Adele. She's got it. She's a win. Well done, Jane. Good sportsmanship from Mike. We like to hear it, Mike. Thanks, guys. That was a good game.

No worries. Great game. Nice work, Jane. $50 cash. We'll send that out. How much money did Justin Bieber lose on NFTs? Great game. Nice work, Jane. $50 cash. We'll send that out. All right. Bree and Clint. How much money did Justin Bieber lose on NFTs? How much did the world lose on NFTs?

The biggest scam of, what, 2021? And two. And two. Some people made a lot of money. The people who got in really early, bought their NFTs and then sold them again as soon as they started blowing up. Those people are laughing all the way to the crypto bank. To the make-believe bank. With their piggy coin and their whatever they bought.

We're not laughing at someone's misfortune here, but it's Justin Bieber, so I think he's fine. He'll be fine. In January 2022, Justin Bieber bought an NFT for 500 Ethereum, which was at the time, $1.3 million. Wow. It was a monkey. I remember this. It was a monkey

wearing a hat. It was news. Yeah. He bought Bored Ape number 3001. What? There's three? How many Bored Apes are there? At this stage, 3001, which makes them not that rare. Doesn't make it that rare, does it? No, but he was advised by his financial advisors.

Oh, that person's fired. Buying a cartoon monkey in a hat for $1.3 million. Good idea. And to be honest, if someone told me that too, I'd find it hard to argue with. Monkey in a hat, $1.3 million. It's got to be worth that. I do worry about your finances sometimes.

If other people are willing to pay $1.3 million for this, it's got to be real. It's got to be real. Yeah, because that's the way the world works. Today, that $1.3 million NFT that Justin Bieber bought, monkey in a hat, $59,000. He lost. But is that real money or Ethereum?

The equivalent of $59,000. So if he sold it for Ethereum and then converted that Ethereum to cash, because eventually you have to convert it back to cash. You have to leave the digital world that you're pretending you live in. $59,000. He lost $1,240,000 on a monkey in a hat. Wow.

NFT people will hate me calling it a monkey in a hat. They'll be like, it's not a monkey in a hat. It's a digital asset. It's a monkey in a hat. It's a monkey in a hat. It's it a monkey in a hat. They'll be like, it's not a monkey in a hat. It's a digital asset. It's a monkey in a hat. It's a monkey in a hat. It's a cartoon monkey in a hat. Madonna bought one as well. What, a monkey in a hat as well?

Yeah, she bought a board ape. What number did she buy? She bought, good question. I'm so interested. Did she buy one that was rarer or did she buy a later version? No, she bought a little bit later. Okay, so $3,000 or $4,000 or whatever later version? No, she bought a little bit later. Okay, so $3,000 or $4,000 or whatever

it was. Yeah, she was down the chain. I can't find the number of hers. Hers was more like $13,000. I think producer Claude has an answer. Claude Ape number $3,756. There you go. Not too far down the track from Justin Bieber. Only $756 more monkeys and hats were produced

before Madonna was like, shit, I've got to get one of those. Who are all these people? There's over three, like, there's nearly 4,000 people that bought into this. She paid half a million dollars for her monkey in a hat. Got a better deal. Much better deal. Way better deal. It's now worth $53,000.

Which is like, so Justin lost 1.2 million. I only lost 450 million I mean she did way better than him Yeah if losing money Is a thing to win at Yeah

The cheapest monkey in a hat that you can buy Right now if you're hearing this And you're like because some people do They go well the market has crashed This is when I'll get in It's like housing. Yeah. Now's the time to get in at the basement. Because if I know the history of monkey in a hat, those things.

They have to go back up. It's got to swing at some stage. Yeah. I've watched the big short. And sure, that was property. But it's monkey in a hat, same thing. Cheapest one you can buy right now is 30 Ethereum, which will cost you $57,000. That's not cheap.

Yeah, well, that's how much Justin Bieber's one's worth. It's a cheap one. You can get a Bieber one for $57,000. The most expensive monkey in a hat, Bored Ape NFT that you can buy right now is 6,969 Ethereum, $13 million. Who's falling for that now? Who has that on the market? Someone who has those Apple goggles coming, the Vision Pro goggles, and they're like,

soon I'll be able to hang out with my monkey in a hat in my lounge. It's weeks away, guys. It's bound to happen. You watch. I'm just going to hang on to this NFT for a little bit longer. It's bound to bounce back. Anyway, if anyone's got a monkey in a hat they want to sell to Bree and Clint. We'll pay around 12 bucks.

Bree and Clint. I had a realisation yesterday after the show. And it was a realisation about what I think is the key factor in any relationship working out. Oh, okay. This is what I think is the key factor in any relationship working out. Oh, okay. This is what I think is the key. Love languages. No. Compatible star signs.

No. No. Anything else? Financial compatibility. Nope. It is literally the simplest thing. Okay. literally the simplest thing okay whether or not you and your partner share food at a restaurant oh you mean like like shared plates i mean like if you go out for a meal if you discuss like if

it's a place where you know yeah it's meant meant for sharing and you're able to deliberate over the menu and you both come to a unanimous decision and then you're able to share everything. I feel like it's a key detail. Yesterday, I had this realisation because my partner and I went to this restaurant and it was a place where you share stuff. You know, you can't really just get one main meal. Which is very trendy at the moment. It is.

Super trendy. A lot of places do that. It's very rare you go to a restaurant, like a nice new restaurant now and get your own plate of food. Unless you go to a pub maybe. Oh, yeah. You know, pub, you get a pub meal. Yeah.

But a lot of places are share plates and And I had this realization where I was like, every time my partner and I, we go to a restaurant, we are literally able to go, this is what I want. This is what I want. This is what I want. And then we both are totally happy. You build something together and you enjoy it. Yeah.

It's the best way to eat because then you get to have- Everything. Everything, multiple things. Exactly. Flip side of that, imagine if your partner had some crazy, not crazy, some strict dietary requirements. Well, I used to date someone that did. Oh, yeah, you dated a vegan.

Yeah, I dated a vegan. And I feel like, look, not saying it was the reason we broke up, but it definitely was the cause of... Friction. Friction in our relationship. Can we bring our resident vegan on here? Ella, you and your partner are both vegan, aren't you? Which makes things really easy.

See, that's fine. See, and you can share everything. Yeah. Could you date someone who wasn't vegan? No, because then I have to kiss their breath. Oh. And that's not nice, is it? I was thinking more

nah, because then, you know, when we cook at night time, I have to cook two meals. And I was thinking that dating a vegan would be annoying on the food front. I forgot that that's their attitude. I forgot that that's the real... Attitude? Attitude! Attitude.

Don't do this to me. Don't do this to me. I love how Ella's out there and literally just before off air, she was like, oh, my God, I've just had a realisation. She's like, the reason I'm so gassy is because I eat so many onions. Brilliant. It's fine. It was off air.

Normal bodily function. But if you were... Onions will get you though. But your boyfriend probably also eats a lot of onions, which means you're both gassy. I had an onion bhaji the other day. I had to sleep in the spare room. Yeah, onion bhaji. Onion booyah.

Look out. Anyway. Onion Booyah. Look out. Anyway. This is massive because it's one of the biggest lotto prizes ever won in this country. $33 million was won last week. Whole country's captivated. Everyone, like, normally if you didn't buy a ticket, you were buying a ticket.

Yeah. Like, I bought a ticket. Normally you didn't buy a ticket, you were buying a ticket. Yeah. Like, I bought a ticket. Normally I don't buy into that stuff, but I was like, $33 million, may as well give it a go, along with everyone else in this country. Yeah, I managed to successfully quit Lotto this year and went cold turkey. $33 million sucked me right back in.

Yeah, you get back involved for $33 million. I bought three tickets since then too. God, I'm not even going to comment on that. I'm back on the wagon, baby. But everyone was also talking about the fact that it hadn't been claimed for over a week. Yeah, where are these people? A week. Someone had won $33 million.

Did they know about it? Did they realise they'd won? Why weren't they coming forward? The bit that terrified me, Did they know about it? Did they realise they'd won? Why weren't they coming forward? The bit that terrified me, have they lost the ticket? I know. Yeah. Well, I've got all the answers you need right now,

apart from who the people are. But we do know they're a couple from Christchurch. Yep. And they purchased the ticket at a store in Christchurch. Yeah, in Merivale. In Merivale, the rich suburb of Merivale. Anyway, apparently they have commented because they were asked, why didn't you come forward? Yeah, where you been?

For a whole week. Did you realise that you'd won? So this is what they said. Apparently the woman said, we were very overwhelmed by the magnitude of the wind and we needed some time to process it before coming forward. And then they also asked her, when did you realise? Like, did you realise on the night of the draw?

And she said that it was a busy Wednesday night and that she was doing chores around the house. So it wasn't until later that evening that she decided to check her ticket. She went on to the, I think she did have a physical ticket, so she was checking the numbers manually. You can scan a physical ticket on the app. But she didn't. She checked it manually.

Old school. Yeah. She'd drawn it. Yeah. Okay. So she began looking up the numbers and checking each line of her ticket. The winning line was right at the bottom and the numbers just sort of jumped out at her, all of them all at once.

Oh, God. I just got full body chills. She said, I couldn't breathe at first. I was almost hyperventilating. She then second guessed herself and her husband was already asleep in bed. And she goes, I need to go wake him up. I need someone to look at this as well to make sure. Jump on the bed.

So she went in, she's woken him up and she said, hey, can you please check this for me? Yeah. He would have gone, oh, really? He woke up and he was like, no, this is real, and confirmed what she had thought, that they had won $33 million. She said it was hard to get back to sleep after that, but they wanted to keep things normal while they figured out their next steps, hence why they didn't come forward for a week. So they were in no rush to claim the prize

and they kept the ticket in their sock drawer. Nah. For over a week. Nah. If you're going to take a week, barricade the house, put the ticket in a safe. Oh, my God. For a week, she said that they were quite nervous

about keeping something that was worth that amount of money in their sock drawer. And she said a couple of times she would actually race back to the house to double check that the iron was off just in case. Go hand it in. Yeah. Go hand it in. Then you don't have to worry about it. I hope they took so many photos of it, you know.

Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, she said now that they've claimed the prize, they're looking forward to their future. They said that it'll set their family up for generations to come. It is also enough for us to help community causes we care about over the long term and make a lasting difference. That is what they're focused on.

Yeah. Yeah. Well done. Amazing. Can you imagine? Why do good things happen to people that aren't me? Imagine waking up your partner with that news. Oh, my God.

$33 million. Wake up. You're going to want to wake up for this. No, trust me. I'm not waiting a week. Oh, not again. Didn't we do it last week? Not tonight.

Oh, my God. Can you imagine the celebration you would have? Oh,'m not waiting. Oh, not again. Didn't we do it last week? Not tonight. Oh, my God. Can you imagine the celebration you would have? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. That would have been fun for everyone that night. Well, congratulations to the $33 million Lotto winners of Christchurch. We're very happy for you.

I am happy for them. I am too. And can we have some money? Okay. Bree and Clint. Yesterday morning when we were doing the show, about 8 8.30 I got a call from Lucy, my wife And she said, oh the car's making a funny noise Yeah, she video called me

She said the kid's in the car, she's taking them off to daycare She said the car's making a funny noise It's going And there's smoke coming out of the back of it And I was like, oh shit, that's not good That's not what you want at all No, definitely not Especially when you've got a busy morning and the car's already full of kids.

So she found a way around it and I said, don't drive that car. Because, you know, if something's wrong with it, you drive it, it'll probably make it worse. Babe, you wait till I get home and I will open the bonnet, pretend like I know what I'm looking at, and then I will take it straight to the mechanic and get it sorted. That's exactly what I planned to do. I expected to swoop in there. No, babe, don't worry. Some kind of conquering hero.

I'll tap on some stuff and pretend like I know what I'm doing and then employ a professional. And that's what I was going to do. And then I decided to guess. I said, no, no. My wife has told me there's an issue with the car. I'll take her at face value and believe her. You know what?

I choose to believe women. That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to believe women. Oh, thank you so much. So I called the tow truck and I organized it to get towed to the mechanic. And I even called the dealership where we were taking it and I said, I've got my car coming in. Can I have a courtesy car?

Organized a courtesy car. Some heroes don't wear capes, producers. Take note of this. Went in, picked up the courtesy car, borrowed a car. They capes, producers. Take note of this. Went in, picked up the courtesy car, borrowed a car. They were like, yeah, we'll sort you out, put the car seats in the new car, bought the new car back to the house. No, I'm giving, let's give him a standing O.

That's amazing. It's a standing O for Clint. Yep. Our hero. And then I thought. Can we get Celine Dion, my hero, lined up, please? And then I thought, hey, before the tow truck gets here, maybe I will have a look at the car.

So I grabbed the keys. Why? Why? Because I was like, well, I wonder if I can diagnose what's wrong with it. You have no idea. Yeah. Like you're the last person I would call. No offence to you.

If I needed a tyre change, I would have faith in you. Yes. In terms of a car engine, I'm not calling my mate Clint up to come have a look. Well, that's very short-sighted of you because I know stuff. Anyway. And did you fix it? I started the car. Fine.

It was running fine. Okay. Checked the oil. Fine. Drove it backwards and forwards. Fine. Nothing wrong with that. Just all the tests that you need to do yeah, let it run for a bit, fine and I was like, oh well we've gone this far now, might as well still get it towed

tow truck driver showed up to our house he goes, oh it's a bit tricky for me to get up your driveway with the tow truck can you drive it down? what's the chances of us putting it in neutral and just rolling it down the driveway safely, just into a better position and we were like

oh you can just drive it down if you want and he's like why am I towing this car? I don't know. We're not mechanics. It made a funny noise once so we just decided to get a tow truck. So what happened? It's gone to the mechanic to get looked at but they're probably going to start it up and they'll be like this is fine

there's nothing wrong with this car. That's what you're hoping. Yeah, on one hand It's gone to the mechanic to get looked at. But they're probably going to start it up and they'll be like, this is fine. There's nothing wrong with this car. That's what you're hoping. Yeah. On one hand, it's what I'm hoping. But on the other hand, I'm hoping that there is an issue so that it doesn't feel like a waste of everybody's time. Because otherwise I'm going to look stupid for organising the tow truck and the courtesy car and they'll be like, it was cold. Yes.

You will look stupid. Is it a diesel? No. I was going to say, because diesel can freeze. Yeah, not in Auckland. Oh, I don't know. No, not in Auckland. Could do. No, it's only, it sounds like eight degrees in Auckland.

Yeah. It's been pretty cold lately. Anyway, I don't know what I, you're right, I don't know what I would rather. I don't know if I want the call to say, hey, there's nothing wrong with your car, mate. Sweet as. Or I want a call to go. We're idiots. Yeah. But I want a call to go. We're idiots.

But I checked the oil. The main thing to realise here is that I checked the oil. I pulled that little dipstick out and I wiped it off. She's good to go. Yeah. Alright, pray for me. Brian Clint's in him. Brian Clint. This research probably won't come to a surprise to most people

but it's revealed, new research has revealed that 90%, 90% of Gen Zers are anxious about speaking on the phone or answering a phone call. Really? 90% of them. Is it because they were raised with those iPod touches, which could do everything except make phone calls? Yeah, maybe.

Is that why it is? Maybe. So that means that like one in 10 Gen Zers would prefer to text friends and family members than pick up the phone and call them. Yeah. I love picking up the phone. I love making a phone call. It's so much faster.

Do you? It's more efficient. Yeah. Yeah. So talking on the phone is personal. Like it's nice. I have, I think I have my moods where I love talking on the phone and then most of the time

I'm in my non-speaking on the phone era. You're non-verbal. Yeah. I don't like picking up phone calls sometimes. Maybe I'm weird, but I think it's, maybe it's my boomer tendencies. I think maybe your boomer tendencies are coming out. For a young person, I have a few boomer tendencies.

Clint gets a text message, he goes, oh, I'm just going to call that person back. It'd be way easier to just chat to them. It's a power move to call someone back when they text you. I hate people like that. It is an absolute power move. I can't stand people. Like, I can read. Just send me a text message back. Apparently, Gen Zers said in this new research, they would go as far to say that an awkward phone call is one of the top three things

they want to avoid most in life. In life? That's what this research says. So we're talking they hate answering a phone call as much as a fear of heights, crocodiles, same level. Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy. I thought to test this theory this morning, we could play a bit of a game that I'm calling Gen Z phone a friend. And it's this simple.

You and I are going to go head to head calling a friend of ours that is Generation Z. Yep. And see if they answer. So if they answer. That's a point. That's a point. That's a point. So you're going to go first.

You don't even have to tell us who it is, but they're a Gen Z. I'm calling my Gen Z friend, Joel, to see if he will pick up the phone. I know he's on holiday at the moment, so. Yo. Yo! Gen Z! Joel, you're on the radio right now. I just needed to call a Gen Z to see if they would answer the phone,

so thank you. You've helped me out with that. Solid, Joel. Oh, no worries. That's all good. And also, sorry for waking you up. We know you work in Breakfast Radio, and this is your one week you've had off.

To be honest, he was just about to have a coffee, so I'm glad to call you. Thanks, guys. He's good to go. Solid from Joel. Thanks, Joel. See you, man. That's a point to me. Solid from Joel. I knew he was a good Gen Z. Now the pressure is on me. Who are you calling?

I'm going to keep my person a secret because I don't know if they want their name broadcast on the radio. But I guarantee you, I promise you, they're a Gen Z. Okay. Okay? So if they don't answer, you win. Got it. All right. Putting in the call.

I hope they don't answer because I don't have any more Gen Zs to call. Same. Same. Okay, calling them now. Will they answer? Hello? Hello, who's this? Margaret? That's the least Gen Z name.

I've just called producer Ella who's in the producer's boat. She was going to be my Gen Z and you told me I wasn't allowed to use Ella. That's because I'd already shotgunned her. Damn, do I know more Gen Zs than you? I know Joel. What's his phone number? It's a good question. Well, there it is at the time.

If you want to scare the shit out of a Gen Z today, all you've got to do is call them. It's as easy as that. If you really want to get under their skin, just pick up the phone and call them. It's so easy. It's simple. Do it today. Bree and Clint.

Nothing worse than seeing an animal that's been hit and it's dead on the road, right? Yeah. Like someone's pet. You drive past it. A friend of mine hit Jacinda Ardern's cat paddles. No way. Yeah. Like someone's pet? You drove past it? A friend of mine hit Jacinda Ardern's cat paddles. No way. Yeah.

Killed her? I think so. No. I think, I think. Oh. This was a long time ago. How do you deal with that? Well, she had to take it to Jacinda's house, didn't she?

In Mount Albert. Yeah. Well, they have the secret Service there, wouldn't they? Do you have to give us the Secret Service with a dead cat? I think it was just before she was Prime Minister. Really? Well, I'd come out. I feel like Paddles was there at the inauguration.

I can't remember the exact details. Paddles, the cat that had opposable thumbs. Yeah, that cat. I can't remember the exact details, but she definitely. The polydactyl cat. Definitely hit that cat. Well, look... That's an awkward chat at the front door, isn't it?

Excuse me, Prime Minister. Sorry to do this. Congratulations on the election. I know you've got a lot on, but I've just hit your cat. Bad news, I've hit your cat. Good news, I've got a lead on where Clark is. So, the win-win. A woman in New Zealand has tried to do the right thing

She didn't hit this cat She drove past a cat So she says That has been Well yeah true We don't know So she says She says she drove past a cat

That wasn't hers That had been run over And was clearly dead Whether she hit it or not She's done the right thing She's scooped up the cat She's taken it to the local vet. So they could microchip it?

And she said, can you microchip it? She said, I was wondering if you had the ability to scan this cat and just let the owner know that their pet has passed away. Because that's often the worst bit, right? That's so nice of her. The not knowing is the worst. I'd rather know. Yeah.

And then you could bury it, you could crematemate it or you could at least have some closure um the vet were like yeah okay yep we'll do that that's fine that's normal we'll do that she contacted the vet the next day and said hey i was wondering if you had any luck locating that microchip and she shared the email that the vet has replied with and they said thank you so much for bringing the animal into us. We tried to scan the pet and that's when our nurse realised it was actually a possum.

Oh no. It was very hard to tell due to the severe face trauma but we checked the paws and it's definitely a possum. There's big possums in New Zealand. It's an easy mistake to make. This poor woman.

And wait. This poor woman's been traumatised from scooping this thing off the road that's been squished so much you can't even tell whether it's a cat or not. She's packaged it up. She's taken it to the vet. It's a goddamn possum. So just checking, the possum wasn't microchipped. The possum was not microchipped.

Okay, right. So no one owns the possum. Well, we don't know. It could have been a beloved pet possum. We don't know. But I don't know that our sympathy extends to possums. I don't know if our sympathy extends to pests that are destroying the native flora and fauna. But a pet possum that's kept under control that someone has loved.

Can't keep a possum under control. Yeah. Well, let's just tell her. They should have just told her, we found the microchip. The owners are fine. We've informed the owners. They're very grateful. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sometimes you lie to be kind. And then the woman's like. You did the right thing. You are a hero. You are a hero. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sometimes you lie to be kind. And then the woman's like... You did the right thing. You are a hero. You are a hero. Just leave it at that. And the woman's like, can I please... The family left you a gift basket.

Come and collect it. Can I please talk to the family? Nope. Nope. They've gone overseas forever. The trauma was too much of losing their cat. They've gone overseas. You can't get in touch with them.

They've gone into witness protection. Check the paws, New Zealand. That's the official advice this morning. Bree and Clint. No, we were just talking about the lady who took the dead cat to the vet after she found it run over on the road and they're like, this is a possum, babes. You've bought us a possum.

Remember a similar story happened. I can't remember where it was from, but these people thought their cat had been hit by a car and they found it and they were like, oh, that's horrible, our cat's dead. And then it turned up two days later and they realised what they were looking at was a possum. There's a text here that says,

we found our cat dead in the backyard, so we dug a hole and put it in. And then three days later, our cat was sitting on the doorstep. The dead cat was our neighbour's cat so dad had to dig it back up and take it over to the neighbours. Oh. Emotional

damage. I mean great for those people because their cat was still alive. Bad news for the neighbours. Yeah it's a real yeah. Someone else said you guys joke but my mate went on a date with a girl who had a pet possum. See, I told you. They're out there. They're out there.

They're out there. You just have to look. What's worse, possum girls or horse girls? You leave the possum and horse community alone. Who's more crazy, possum girls or horse girls? Well, I haven't met many possum girls. Look, we need to talk about this because this is massive news in the produce world.

And when I say massive news, I'm going to say on the same level, if not better, than when they bought out the seedless watermelon, when they made seedless grapes. This news in the produce world is just as big. Bigger than an Easy Peel Mandarin? Yep. Oh, okay. Yep.

I'd say bigger. I'd say bigger than all those things. What about those Flat-O Peaches? They were pretty good too. Yeah, they were pretty average. Can you still get a Flat-O Peach? I hope not. They were pretty average.

I mean, just why change the shape of a peach? Yeah. The shape of a peach, pretty easy to eat. I agree. I agree. You're making it harder, really. Golden Kiwi Fruit, however, what a revelation.. I agree. I agree. You're making it harder, really. Golden kiwi fruit, however. What a revelation.

Great revelation. Just as big. From tomorrow, in certain supermarkets in Australia, they will be selling a very unique variety of onions. Oh, okay. And I'm hoping that it's coming here across the ditch next, that we are next to get it. We've been talking a bit about onions today.

Producer Ella was saying how she's got a bit of gas at the moment from having an onion-heavy diet. Yes. I don't know if this will change, but the onions named Happy Chop, the variety of onions, have been in development since the 1980s. Wow. In Australia. Okay.

And they're a result of cross-breeding different onions together to make them less likely to make you cry. Oh, thank God. This is genius. This is. I'm so glad someone has finally done this. As someone who wears swimming goggles to cut onions. This is brilliant.

This is huge. This is massive. This is massive. This is huge. Apparently, the happy chop onions contain fewer of the compounds that cause us to cry. These compounds are usually released when the onion is cut as a defence mechanism. It just gets you. This is genius.

Whoever developed these are going to be millionaires. Yeah. Anyway, to celebrate the Happy Chop Cry Less Onions, I thought you and I could go head-to-head in a competition this morning. Producers, please enter the studio. Oh, no. They are now bringing in some normal onions, some chopping boards. Thank you, Producer Claude.

If we can please have our onions. Some chopping boards. Thank you, Producer Claude. If we can please have our onions. Oh, nice, big, juicy onions, Ella. Great work. So just for the record, these are not happy chop onions. These are not happy chop onions. They're not available in New Zealand yet. Those are normal onions. But we deserve them here.

Okay. Okay. This is the game. Producer Claude, if you, or is it going to be you, Producer Ella? All right, Ella, you will be the adjudicator. I want you swanning around the studio. You need to keep a close eye on Clint and I because the first person to shed a tear cutting these onions wins this morning.

Why have you got such a small knife? Yeah, I'll swap you. No, you've got a big one there. That's a bread knife. There weren't many knives. Okay, all right. All right, let's chop some onions. So it's pretty simple.

First one to cry loses. First one to cry wins. Three, two, one, let's chop. He's not listening to me, so it's his own fault. Oh, first one to cry wins. Yeah. Oh, shit. What's wrong?

Man, this is a blunt knife. Have you cut an onion before? I try to avoid it. Oh, come on. Onion. See, I get to a certain point. Do we need to get the skin off them? Is that the key?

I just am holding it. Oh, God, I'm going to stink later. God, how am I doing this? I'm normally crying like a baby at this point. Studio's going to smell like a budding sausage sizzle. It's going to absolutely reek. I've got nothing yet. I'm not feeling anything at all. Are the onions too cold? Is that

where the issue is? Too cold? Oh yeah, put my face over the onions. God, I hope we're having a sausage sizzle later because we are prepping. Have you got anything yet? No, nothing. What? Wait, have you bought the happy chop onions? Have you got anything yet? No, nothing. What? Wait, have you bought the happy chop onions? Have you?

Are they available here? Hi-ya! Okay, well, that was a bit excessive. I need to take the skin off. God. I don't understand. This is going way... Oh, I'm starting to feel something. I'm starting to feel something. I'm starting to feel something.

Oh, no, that's just my emotions. It's not from the onion. Oh, hello there. Oh, I'm getting something now. Oh, here we go. Oh, I'm just thinking about something sad. You want me to cry. Oh, come on.

I'm trying to... Oh, my God, it hurts. Something is... Something we've done this morning has prevented us from crying. I'm just going to think about the Lewis Capaldi music video. Should we go to the ads? We'll come back. Yeah, okay.

And we'll get an update. All right, I'll chop another onion. Yep. We're going to continue chopping onions, and we will come back with the result of who shed a tear first. Bree and Clint. ZM's Bree and Clint. Covering breakfast.

Please give up on the onions. I'm never giving up. Please give up on the onions. I'm never giving up. Please give up. I'm never giving up. I start something, I finish it. Brie has cut six onions and she still hasn't cried. Not one tear. There's not a single tear in this whole room.

I have no soul. You've got to give up, man. You've got to give up. There's something wrong with me. There's something wrong with the onions. It's not you, babe. It's the onions. I've got a runny nose from them.

Okay. But I'm not going to give up. I'm going to milk a tear out of my tear ducts if it's the last thing I do. Bree and Clint. Please stop cutting onions. Please. I will never give up. I'm never going to let this go.

Until a tear comes from this tear duct, I will be here cutting these onions. There was a tear come right to the edge of Bree's eye and then her body swallowed it. Maybe you're dehydrated. I think I am. Bring me some water, stat. Bring and cleanse.

Bring and cleanse. All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger. I will continue to cut onions, but we will also do birthday banger at the same time because we like to multitask. This is where we take your birthdays, figure out what was the song that was number one when you turned 16, and we're going to play one of those songs in full.

We'll start with Andy. Morning, Andy. G'day, Andy. Good morning. Do you believe I can get a tear out of my eye this morning, Andy? I think you've got some dud onions. I reckon these are fake onions. I think Andy's right.

Yeah. I think that's the problem. These can't be good quality pukekohe onions. Nah, no way. They're not strong enough. Half an onion would have me in tears. Except me too, Andy. Andy, what's wrong with me?

What is wrong? Hey, what's your date of birth, Andy? Let's do your birthday banger. 18th of September, 1985. Alright, Andy, you were 16 in 2001. And on your 16th birthday, this would have been number one.

Oh, Christ. Oh, Christ. It was a great one, Andy. Blowing all rise. Are you great one, Andy. Blue and all rise. Are you into it, Andy? Maybe. It's okay. You don't have to be.

It's so hard to please everybody. Yeah, it is. Glenda's here. Kia ora, Glenda. Hi, Glenda. Hi. Good morning, guys. Long-time listener and first-time caller.

Welcome to the show, Glenda. It's good to have you here. Oh, man. Do you know how many times I've freaking called to try and get to Lady and Tradie? Oh, really? So many, but no. Well, you're here now. But anyway, I'm so glad to be on here.

Well, we're so glad to have you on board, Glenda. Let's do your birthday banger. What's your date of birth? 20th of April, 1990. All right. That means you were 16 in 2006 and you've waited long enough. Here's your birthday banger.

Ooh. Ooh. Yeah, that's a good one. Pussycat Dolls. And Will.i.am, you get beef. You into it, Glenda? Yeah, yeah, definitely. I'd love them. That's you when you were 16, this song. Yeah, yeah, definitely. I'd love them.

That's you when you were 16, this song. Yeah, yeah. Okay, wait there. We're going to do one more birthday banger for Connor. Kia ora, Connor. G'day, Connor. How are you getting on? Yeah, not bad, Connor, not bad.

I'm struggling with cutting these onions and getting tears out this morning. But how's your morning started? Oh, yeah, not too bad, not too bad. Bree's rubbed multiple onions on her face, and there's still nothing coming down. Horrible job. Horrible. Horrible job. Does anyone need onions for a sausage sizzle?

Let me know. All right, Connor, let's do your birthday banger, mate. What's your date of birth? 14th of July, 2004. Okay, Connor, you were 16 in the year 2020, and on your 16th birthday, this had a number one hit. Yeah, what a banger. Oh, Connor. What a banger.

Cardi B. What do you think, Connor? Oh, that's awesome. That's made my day. Yeah. Macaroni in a pot. I need a bit of that moistness this morning right now. Wait there, Connor.

We're going to deliberate over this. We've never had that one before on birthday day. We've never had that one before, no. It's blue, though, for me. It's blue. I mean, I love Cardi B. I'm not playing that song. Not at this time of the morning, no.

We're going to make an adult decision. We're going to go blue? We're going blue. Hey, Andy, congratulations. You've just won birthday banger. Ah, thanks. Andy's like, I didn't want my song to win. She's like, what's your plan?

Actually, mine was better out of all three. Yeah, there she is. She's on board now. Brian Clint, coming straight out of the year 2001. Here's your birthday banger. You're on ZM. Yo. Bree and Clint.

ZM, Bree and Clint, that's Blue and All Rise, the winner of birthday banger today from the year 2001. You're an absolute wreck. Oh, don't put it in the oven. Oh, no. Bree's hands are so covered in chopped onions, she can't put her own headphones on. I'm so sweaty.

I feel like my body's taking on all the onion fumes, but it's just not coming out in the right places. This studio is a very small, unventilated space, and it absolutely reeks of uncooked onion. But who doesn't like onion? Not like this. Yeah. Not like this.

You hate onion, Claude. Oh, okay. Yeah, it's so gross. And it's wafting out here now. Yeah, sorry about that. But do you want me to give up now? Poor PJ. Poor PJ's going to get in here this afternoon and go,

what have they been doing in this studio? If you make me give up now, all of this will be for nothing. Should we put you outside and you can finish out there? I don't want to be put outside again. Get her a wireless mic. Stop putting me outside. Tie her up outside. I'm never giving up.

I don't have, say, die in me. You said if you stop now, it'll all be for nothing. Yes. It is for nothing. No, it's not. It's the principle. It's the showing people, kids, listening to this show right now, that

if you give up halfway through, then, I mean, it's just it'll stay with you for the rest of your life. If you're trying to figure out what the goal is here, she's trying to make herself cry. It's not going to happen. All I want is one tear. One. I'm not being greedy. Just's not going to happen. All I want is one tear. One. I'm not being greedy.

Just one tear. Anyway, look, I'm going to multitask. I'm going to continue. And before the end of the show, that is the goal. I've got 40 minutes. 40 minutes left. Do you want me to start like stomping on your toes or something like that? I'm going to watch the Lewis Capaldi music video.

I feel like that'll be a done deal. Okay. done deal. Okay. Done deal. Guys, let's talk about this story that's going viral around the world at the moment. It's from over in the States. Someone has posted a photo on a Facebook page of

an animal that stepped in to be a groomsman at a wedding. Right. Because obviously we've probably all been to a wedding where dogs walk down the aisle. Very cute. Maybe a cat from time to time.

But I don't think you have ever seen this animal step in as a part of the bridal party. Okay, what are we talking? We're talking... ..a llama groomsman. A llama groomsman? That's right, a llama. Oh, my God, that's incredible.

Oh, my God, that's incredible. Isn't it amazing? Oh, he looks phenomenal. He's wearing a tuxedo. So essentially they've put a tuxedo on the front part of his body. So when photographed from the front, it looks like he's a human llama. They've given him fake hands, arms inside the sleeves of the tuxedo and folded them in front of the llama.

It's so good. He looks like a llama centaur. It's amazing. Oh, that is genius. I believe his name is Jay and he's from a company called Llama Adventures. And apparently they were just like, can we borrow one of these llamas to have in our wedding? Wait, wait, wait.

The llama doesn't even belong to the couple who are getting married? I don't think so. I don't believe so. The poster's gone viral. He's a llama for hire. Yeah, pretty much. And the poster's since gone viral and everyone is talking about it around the world

and you can see why. It is adorable. It is, yeah. Can we get a picture of Jay the Llama groomsman up on our Instagram story, please, Ella? If you can have a Llama groomsman, you can have a Llama DJ. You can get the Llama to do anything at your wedding if this Llama's well enough trained. Well, he looks pretty trained, doesn't he? He looks pretty chill.

He looks like he has an expression on his face that says he's happy to be there. I'm sure he's not. He's like, get this tuxedo off me. But, yeah. Apparently, though, he did get kicked out later on in the evening for trying to hump one of the bridesmaids, who was also a lover. You joke. I was at my friend's wedding in Perth earlier this year,

and the dog was humping the groom while he was standing at the front of the aisle. Why isn't that dog being controlled by someone? They tried, but all he wanted to do was hump the groom. All she wanted to do was hump the groom. That was a female dog. Yeah, get it, girl. Yeah.

Get it, girl. Real humpy too. Real humpy labradoodle. I thought we could ask people this morning on 0800DIALZM, what animal was a part of the bridal party? And I mean... Or just a feature of the wedding. Or a feature of the wedding, yeah.

Did they walk down the aisle? Did they carry the rings? What type of animal, and it might have been your wedding, might have been a wedding you went to, what type of animal did they have as a part of the wedding? Did a kepichun monkey cut the cake for you? I mean, that would be wild. I don't know, swing for the fences?

Why not? You never know. Give us a call now. You can text us on 9696. What animal was a part of the wedding? Bree and Clint. Is it in Bree and Clint? There's a Vici in yellow black.

It's wake me up. Sorry, Clinton Onion Girl. Sorry, just an onion update for everyone. If you're following along with the journey, appreciate the text messages coming through. I don't wear contacts. That's not the reason. That's not the issue.

But no tears yet. And Ella, the vegan producer, has asked that all onions be saved for her so she can take them home. It's actually very eco, Ella. It should be applauded. I'll cut them up real good for you, real nice. Thank you. Pre-cut would be great.

There'll be no tears in them. We've asked you what animal was a part of your bridal party after someone's gone viral because they had an alpaca as a groomsman. Yeah, the photo's so cute. There's no groom in the photo, to be honest. It looks like the lady is marrying the alpaca. Which she could have been. We don't know. We don't know for sure. There's some groom in the photo, to be honest. It looks like the lady is marrying the alpaca. Which she could have been. We don't know.

We don't know for sure. There's some amazing texts that have come through on this. Someone texts through and said, I was a bridesmaid and we didn't have flowers. We carried the pit turtles down the aisle. Adorable. We had a King Charles Cavalier, Spaniel Cavalier, King Charles Cross Spaniel.

Man, that dog's got a complicated name. He was a ring bearer. He was the goodest boy. Aw. We miss him. Aw, cute. I'm sure you got some very nice photos. Let's talk to Leah.

Hi, Leah. Hi, Leah. Good morning. Good morning. What animal was part of the wedding? It was at our good friend's wedding, and they had their beloved bearded dragon as their ring bearer Cute A bearded dragon as a ring bearer

I love it Can a bearded dragon be trained to walk down an aisle? Yeah No, he was The last one to come down the aisle was the groomsman On a beautiful white pillow Oh, they carried him down Listen to Brie

Yeah, you can do that, you can train him Yeah, you can You've got no idea I've seen a goanna Beautiful white pillow. Oh, they carried him down. Listen to Brie. Yeah, you can do that. You can train him. Yeah, you can. You've got no idea. I've seen a goanna do rollover and play dead. I've seen someone train a goanna to do that. But, Leah, that's awesome. A bearded dragon, I love it.

I can't get behind a bearded dragon. Why not? I just find them the strangest creature. They're cute. You know what I mean, Leah? They're very like. Yeah. No, I've never been a fan.

I didn't want to pet them. No. No. Oh, I'm a fan. I think they're adorable. Their eyes, they're big. Pet snake. Beady eyes.

That's where I draw the line, I think. Thanks, Leah. Someone said, my sister walked down the aisle with her 70 kg Rottweiler. Yeah, she did. Yeah. Someone else said, Hi, Paige here. My mum and dad's wedding had cows and they got married in a cow shed. Yeah, that

makes sense. Yep. That's pretty cute. Pretty stinky guests to have at your wedding. Hopefully they didn't drop one like in the ceremony. On the aisle? You know, just like a poor big cow pat. Speaking of alpacas, Sarah, you were at a wedding with alpacas. Yes, my lovely bestie Simone, she got married at an alpaca farm

just out in Hamilton. It's a great place for a wedding. Love that. How many alpacas were in the ceremony, you reckon, Sarah? There were a few in the background. We all went to feed them. There were about 30 or 40 of them. They're all taller than me, so I'm a bit in the background and we all went to feed them. There were about 30 or 40 of them. They're all taller than me.

Actually. I'm a bit in spitting range. I was going to say, alpacas spit. There were donkeys at my wedding. I just remembered that. There were donkeys at my wedding. That is not a nice way to describe your wedding guests. Two donkeys and one massive ass.

Me, by the way. Yeah, you. You with the ass. Me. That was a dangerous joke to make. I was talking about myself. Thanks, Sarah, by the way. Yeah, you. You with the ass. Me. That was a dangerous joke to make. I was talking about myself. Thanks, Sarah. That's great.

Thanks, Sarah. We had an animal at the wedding. It was me on the dance floor. Okay. Yeah. Rawr. All right, Dad. Rawr.

Rawr. Rawr. Rawr. Rawr. All right, Dad. Thanks for the tips. Drop a low. Drop a low.

Drop a drop a drop a low. Bree and Clint. Just an update for you on Tier Watch. Still nothing. Still Watch. Still nothing. Still nothing. Cool. Welcome to our old classical music game that we play on the Brian Clint Show. We take big songs from the ZM playlist.

We then hire a professional orchestra to perform those in classical style. Yep. And you and I have to guess what they are. Yeah, it's quite a fun game. Sometimes we have good weeks, sometimes we have bad weeks. Claudia has been in charge of gathering the classical music. How are we, Claude? Good.

We're bringing some class to Breakfast Radio. Yeah. About time. Yeah, exactly right. Very unusual for us. So I've lined up three songs. Says, agrees the woman sitting in front of a pile of chopped onions. So many onions.

Who's to say that this isn't classy? It stinks in there. It's wafting through the office now. It does reek. Our air conditioning systems are linked. I'm so sorry. I can smell it around the building. Ross Moss came in and he's like,

you can smell it in the ZM office. Actually, we shouldn't incriminate ourselves. It was someone else. It was PJ. I heard other people were having onions for breakfast. Same, same, same. Anyway, I've lined up three songs, which are usually pop songs, but in a classical style.

These are all songs that would have at some point been on the ZM playlist. You just need to tell me what they are. Easy as that. All right. So buzzing with your name, here's your first song. Three. Three. Wake Me Up Avicii.

Exactly right. Trying to sound similar to the original. We just played this this morning. Like 15 minutes ago, yeah. That's probably why it was in my mind. It does sound similar, doesn't it? Yeah. Just needs a bass.

It's a guy blowing on a jug going Yes I'll add that for next week Okay, one to Brie Yeah, one to Brie But there's always a chance for you Clint Here's another one Oh, Clint, Clint. Clint. The Killers and Mr. Brightside.

Oh, you took a long time on that, yes. I just can't look. It's killing me. That's a big crime. I just can't look. It's killing me. And taking control. I got it when the violin started to go, jealousy, turning sex into the sea. It was speaking to you. Yeah, okay.

Okay, well, we're all tied up, so this one's for the win. Good luck. Brie What have you got? Is it Imagine Dragons Oh yeah yeah yeah Which one? It's the one where it goes

Breathe it in The chemical No I Which one? It's the one where it goes, breathe it in, the chemical. No, I don't think it is that one. It is that one. Oh, it is that one. So what's it called? What is that called? Imagine Dragons. I'm just trying to think of any Imagine Dragons song at this point.

Imagine Dragons. Welcome to the new age. To the new age. My enemy. Is that new age. My enemy. Is that it? No. Oh. Now you're getting in my head.

Turns out all the Imagine Dragons songs sound kind of similar. It's quite similar. You guys can work together. Do you want to just throw some names out there? What is the name of it? Breathing in the chemical. To the new age. Welcome to the new age.

To the new age. Damn it. Radioactive! Of course! I feel it in my bones Don't make my system grow Welcome to the new age I think it's a tie.

Yeah, I think it was a tie. All's fair. I'll take a tie. Have fun with your onions, bye. I needed something at this point. because I'm failing miserably. Do you reckon people who listen to Concert FM, that's what they're doing the whole time? They're like, um, um, um, um, um.

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