ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 12th November 2024

Episode Date: November 13, 2024

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Or wherever you get your podcasts The ZM Podcast Network ZM's Brie and Clint, new deals weekly with KFC Supercharged Savings And now, coming to you live from the ZM Studios In Auckland, New Zealand, it's Bree and Clint. Good day, everybody. Bree and Clint. Guys, I've got bad news.

What's that? I've fallen into a trap. That time of year. You're not in a multi-level marketing scheme, are you? Again? Let me tell you about this amazing thing that I learned. No, I've fallen into the gym trap. It's that time of year.

Oh, which one this time? What do you mean? I've only ever been to one. Is it F45? Yes. You can't go back there after you emailed them last month to quit. No, well, I emailed them just saying I'm so time poor and it didn't work in with my schedule,

but I have had to join a gym that's literally down the road from me where I can go anytime. F45 again? No. Oh, so it's not F45 now? No. Oh, okay. Because it just is anytime.

Because I was going to say, if the F45 company are listening, it's unfair to keep taking Bree's money. She's not going to come, okay? And if she does come, she'll come for three weeks, and then she won't come again. And you know that. You know that. It's like an abusive relationship where you still take them back,

even though you know they're not going to come. You take their money, but you know she's not going to come. I went for at least nine months, and they were lovely, had a great relationship. And to be honest, I already miss it. Do you? Yeah. New gym sucks?

It just, I feel like a normal gym, which because, I mean, F45. Did you join one of those 24-hour gyms? Well, it is a 24-hour gym. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But as soon as I walked in, I just felt this wave of like high school awkwardness come over me again where I just feel super awkward in those situations where everyone, it's just a free for all and I'd be... You know no one's looking at you though, eh?

We talked about this recently where everybody has like gym anxiety but literally everybody feels the same and nobody is looking at you. No, I know that but then I'm just, I just feel so awkward where I'm like, oh, what if I'm using this machine wrong and then someone makes fun of me? Why don't you come around and use that home gym that I set up last year? No one else is using it. Yeah, but then you would make fun of me. No, I'm not down there.

I'm not using it either. Oh. How many times did you use it? Same as you with F45. Came in hot a couple of times a week. Dropped down to once a week. Stop putting me into the same category as you. I went more than you.

And I'd still be going. If it wasn't for... The class times just don't fit with my schedule. Classic, yeah, yeah. I was either six in the morning or in the afternoon when we're doing the show. And as much as people like to speculate, we are live. Yeah, we are here. Yeah, we are here. We are live right now. It is 3.05 in the afternoon and we are

live on ZM. Let's get into a live round of Tradie vs Lady. If you're keen to play with us, 0800 dial ZM. We need a lady and a tradie. 0800 dial ZM. We need one tradie. It's Tradie vs Lady.

3, 2, 1, let's go. That's right. The tradies picked up a good win yesterday, bringing them to 92 for the year. The lady's still out in front on 98. Who's going to crack the hundy first? It's a great question. It's a great question. Our lady is calling from the Garden City in Christchurch.

She's 32 and she sleeps with her eyes half open. Welcome to the show, Sharma. Hi, Sharma. Hi. When did someone first tell you that you sleep with your eyes half open? It's my parents. Yeah. My brother does that.

Sorry? My brother does that too. It's real creepy. Yeah, yeah. And I also talk in my sleep. With your eyes half open. Yeah, so just imagine. Shuka not sleeping next to you ever.

That is so scary. Also, odds on, Sharma, you're the only sober person left in Christchurch today on Cup Day. You know? Yeah, how come you're not out at the races? Because she's hair playing tradie versus lady. True. She's dedicated to the cause. Okay, Sharma, you're taking on our tradie today.

They're calling from Auckland, the 37, and they're a last-minute ring-in. Welcome to the show. It's Jordan. G'day, Jordan. Hello, how's it going? Very well, thank you, Jordan. Ever played tradie versus lady on the air with us before?

Not officially, just in the car playing against the computer. Nice. How do you normally go? Oh, I usually do all right. I usually do all right. Yeah, good. All right, well, welcome to the big time. Time to put your money where your mouth is.

Your buzzer is tradie. Sharma, your lady, the first of three correct answers, wins the game. Good luck, guys. Here we go. Question number one. Name the computer company founded by Steve Jobs. Crady. Yes, Jordan.

Microsoft. Oh, no. Incorrect. Sharma. Sharma. Apple. Apple. I feel like the pressure got to you on that one, Jordan.

You, of course, knew it was Apple. Well done, Sharma, with the steal. It was so obvious that your brain just went, oh, duh, and went into autopilot. Yeah, yeah. Okay, one point to the ladies. Question number two. Which sports footwear brand has a large N emblem

on the side of their shoes? Maybe. Yes, Sharma? New Balance. New Balance. Nice. Well done. Two to the ladies.

And you need this one, Jordan, to stay in it. Question number three. Name this one hit wonder. I'll give you some options. Karen, Carmen or Kevin. Brady. Yes, Jordan. Carmen. Carmen or Kevin? Tradie. Yes, Jordan. Carmen.

Carmen is correct. Well done. You stay in the fights. Was Carmen. Two to the ladies, one of the tradies. Question number four. Which of these animals' poo is cube-shaped? Is it kangaroo, wombat or koala?

Lady. Sharma for the win. Koala. Oh, it's a great guess. Jordan? Wombat? Wombat is correct. Wombat's poo is cube-shaped, apparently.

All right, this is the tie-break question for the win. Which celebrity cook became famous under the moniker The Naked Chef? Brady? Yes, Jordan. Is it Jamie Oliver? It's Jamie Oliver. It was Jamie Oliver. And that is a drastic come-from-behind victory for the tradies.

Well done. Shakey start. Turned into points. Well done, Jordan. You get $50 cash and a tradie victory. Awesome, thank you. Sweetass. Tight game, unlucky for Sharma.

She played well. I saw on the Kelly Clarkson show, that's where I get all my news and media. Are you watching the Kelly Clarkson show? I'm not at home at the time that it's on, but I feel like I would watch it. Yeah. But I feel like it's...

When is it on? I don't know. I think it's on in the afternoons's on, but I feel like I would watch it. Yeah. But I feel like it's... When is it on? I don't know. I think it's on in the afternoons. Oh, yeah. Wait, hold on. Kelly Clarkson... Surely you want it on at lunchtime in the Ellen DeGeneres slot, don't you? So that people who are at home with kids or kids who are home from school can watch it.

I feel like the Ellen DeGeneres show used to be on from like 10 till 11. Yeah. Like that was... Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Kelly Clarkson. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Kelly Clarkson show, New Zealand TV. Because when's the Drew Barrymore show on? It's another great question.

I think it's on in the afternoons. Oh, here we go. And when's Ricky Lake on? I don't think Ricky Lake's. When's Rachel Ray on? Oh, Rachel Ray. I miss that show. Yeah.

When's The View on? It says the Kelly Clarkson show is available to watch in Australia. That's not what I want to know. No. Can we get, Claudia, can we get a representative from TVNZ on the phone, please? Yes. We're looking for information about screen times for the Kelly Clarkson show, New Zealand. Maybe it's not aired here.

Oh, missed opportunity. I feel like... Missed opportunity. They should have slotted it right back into the Ellen time slot. Yeah, that's how they turn terrestrial TV around. Yeah. Anyway. Kelly Clarkson on there.

Anyway, we will find out the info. Maybe someone on the text machine knows. Can you text us on 9696 if you know when the Kelly Clarkson show was on? Can you do our job for us? And the Drew Barrymore show? Yeah. Yeah, that'd be good. Okay, we'll come back to that.

Anyway, on the Kelly Clarkson show, she has been chatting with someone. Her name's Robin Wright. I'm not too sure exactly who she is, but they started talking. Are you joking? Who's Robin Wright? We talked about her literally yesterday. Did we? Yeah. She was in Forrest Gump.

She's in the new Tom Hanks movie that we talked about. Oh my god. And you said in the break, you said in the break, she hasn't done much since Forrest Gump. She was literally the lead character in House of Cards. When they killed off Kevin Spacey, she became president.

Yep. Oh my god. Why are you trying to cancel Robin Wright? I actually love her. What's with the Robin Wright erasure coming from you? I actually love her. I don't know what's wrong with me. I think I've lost all my brain cells. Two days in a row. Yes, of course, Robin Wright.

Anyway, they start talking about how much they are obsessed with Christmas. Yeah. And I feel like it's that time of year, especially when Christmas crazed people start putting all their decorations up. Like November 1st is the day. It's the day after Halloween. Yeah. Yeah.

They click over. Yeah. They change over. Cobwebs come down and tinsel goes up. Absolutely. And Kelly Clarkson says to Robin Wright, who I absolutely know who that is, love her, said that she has a room in her house that is just dedicated to Christmas. It's Christmas themed, decorated, and the decorations don't come down. That's how you know you're rich, eh?

When you've got a room that's just dedicated. When you can dedicate a whole room to Christmas. 100%. Do you go in it year round? She says that her and the kids go in there often, play Christmas music and dance around like it's Christmas. I feel like that's too much of a good thing. Like the impact of Christmas would wear off because you can have Christmas all the time, you know?

I wouldn't mind if there was Christmas food all the time. It's like on Macaulay Culkin's Richie Rich. Do you remember that movie? Yeah. And he had a McDonald's in his house. You've got your own McDonald's? I was like, when I was a kid, I was like, that'd be great. And he had a McDonald's in his house. You've got your own McDonald's? I was like, when I was a kid, I was like, that'd be great.

The novelty would wear off. The novelty would wear off. It's because it's special. Exactly right. And I feel the same about Christmas. Do I believe that it should be confined only to December? No. I'm fine with a mid to late November Christmas treat. Oh, crazy. Yeah, I know. Watch me go.

But I couldn't do it year round. Yeah. But I mean you could if you're Kelly Clarkson because you're that rich. Yeah, and if it's in its own room you can just shut the door. That's what I mean. It's not going to impact the rest of the house because the house would be enormous. Have you been watching any of the W League?

You're a big soccer guy, aren't you? What's W League? The Women's W League. Is're a big soccer guy, aren't you? What's W League? The Women's W League. Is it the Women's A League? Yeah, the W League. Oh, yeah, no. No. They're...

They're Aussie, right? Well, yeah, but they're about to... We're about to get all kinds of teams here too. Are we? Yeah. Why do they call it the W League but they don't call the men's one the M League? I don't know.

It's a good question. Thank you. I was being facetious. Anyway, there was this funny clip that came from last weekend, one of the games where a dog got onto the field and it wasn't just any dog. It was one of the players' dogs

and for like three just any dog. It was one of the players' dogs. And for like three minutes, this dog just ran havoc on the field because it was looking for its owner and the commentating was so good. If you missed it, this is what it sounded like. Well, while we're watching that, there's a dog on the pitch. You don't often see that. Well, certainly not at this level. I think that might be N.i Longo's own dog. Maybe he needs to go and get her or him.

Yellow fever in a rendition of Who Let the Dogs Out. And now there are all sorts of players trying to tempt the canine. Oh, what the fuck? They've got me in the seat. And Natalie Longo reunited with her pooch. Sounds like a lot of fun. Sounds like it might have been the most exciting part of the game. Oh, she plays for the Wellington Phoenix.

Yeah, talking about yellow fever, that's the women's Phoenix team. Yeah, the Phoenix. And then we're about to get an Auckland women's team as well. Are we getting an AFC women's? I'm pretty sure. Hell yeah. Yeah, which would be awesome. I'm pretty sure.

And then we can deal with those evil Phoenix players. Oh, leave them alone. The way the men's team did. Yeah, how bloody good. Finally they caught it. There's great footage of a cat getting onto the field in a British Premier League game. Yeah, the black one. It's very hard to catch.

You think it's hard to catch a dog. Impossible to catch a cat. It's impossible to catch a cat. And you can't just carry on with the game. Didn't that cat win MVP of that game? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Got the golden boot. No one could touch it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got the palm d'or, that cat. Anyway, good dog. Anyway. Good dogs. Good ratings boost. You know, if your competition's not doing well, let some animals loose on the field.

I mean, it keeps it interesting. Keeps it very interesting. And then the TAB could offer odds on the type of animal that's going to be let loose. Let some swooping magpies in there. Go full gladiator. Let some lions loose on the field. I don't know where you'd pick up some cheap lions in New Zealand.

The zoo. You reckon? They'd be getting rid of some lions? No, no, get them back. Oh, what? Okay, yeah, yeah. Get them back, yeah. Yeah, they would definitely win.

They could go back. It's a lion on loan. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that's a great business model. Lion on loan. Lion on loan. Lion on loan. Kids' that's a great business model. Lion on loan. Lion on loan. Kids' birthday parties, Women's W League matches and...

Hippo for hire. Hippo for hire. Yeah. Yeah. Get a giraffe. Rent a rhinoceros. These are all great ideas. If someone takes these ideas we've had, we will come for you.

Ship me a she-horse. Ship me a sheep. Ship a sheep. Ship a sheep. All right, we've got work to do. We've got website domains to secure. Can you get in touch with Shark Tank, please? Bree and Clint.

Bree and Clint. This is a story about a man in the USA who has taken his former fiancée to court to get the engagement ring back. Ah, love. And won. Okay. Bruce Johnson. Bruce Johnson.

Yeah, that's his real name. Sounds like a name for a... Alias. Sounds like a... You know? What? No, don't worry. What did you point at?

Bruce Johnson Why are you pointing at your male parts? Excuse me, excuse me That was for you only Okay He bought Caroline Citino A $117,000 diamond engagement ring from Tiffany & Co That seems very excessive Yes

I agree Like $117,000? Why? $117,000 It's like he's compensating for a small Bruce Johnson That seems very excessive. Yes. I agree. Like 117. Why? 117. It's like he's compensating for a small Bruce Johnson. Anyway, he did. She said yes, they got engaged. There are no details as to why they didn't get married.

But what we do know is that Bruce broke up with Caroline. He proposed to her with a $117,000 ring. And then he also broke up with her, but we don't know why. It's hard to weigh in on this if we don't know the reasons why. It is. In Massachusetts, where this happened, there's a law that says someone can retrieve the engagement ring that they gave their partner only if they weren't at fault for the breakup. That makes sense.

Yeah. The judge has said that it's very hard to work out who is at fault in a relationship. It's too complex. Unless someone cheats. Yeah, unless someone, but then again, but then you could argue. That's not very complex. What if the other person cheated and they haven't been caught? Or what's the reason that the person cheated?

Were they being neglected? Were they being emotionally... It doesn't matter if there's a reason. Take it for granted. Listen to you. I can make a good lawyer. I thought I would be a lawyer. There's no reason.

Anyway, the judge has said that it's too hard to work out who's at fault and she just has to give the ring back. So she does. The judge also said that engagement rings are, quote, is at fault and she just has to give the ring back. So she does. The judge also said that engagement rings are, quote, gifts inherently conditioned on a subsequent marriage, meaning you get the ring as part of the marriage and if there's no marriage, you don't get to keep the ring. So if they got married, what happens then?

She doesn't have to give it back. Yeah, I'd argue that that's hers. If you go through with the marriage, I'd argue that the ring is yours. Well, according to this judge. According to the judge, yeah. Then she doesn't have to give it back. Yeah, I'd argue that that's hers. If you go through with the marriage, I'd argue that the ring is yours. Well, according to this judge. According to the judge, yeah. Then she wouldn't have to give it back. Would you agree? If you got married, you get to keep it, right? I mean, again. What happens after that?

It's still your marriage, isn't it? I think depends on there's so many different factors that come into this. Yeah. If you and your partner got engaged, say you proposed to your partner and then for whatever reason it broke down. What was the reason though? That matters.

Does it? Yeah, absolutely. I think so. You guys fall out of love. Do you want the ring back? No, because it's not mine. They cheat on you. Do you want the ring back?

Yes. What are you going to do with it? Probably sell it. Oh, yeah, true. Head up on you. Do you want the ring back? Yes. What are you going to do with it? Probably sell it. Oh yeah, true. Head out cashies. Maybe. Yeah, head out the casino gold house. You know, like if we just fall out of love or, you know, there's other different ways where I'd be like, no, that's not my ring. I bought that for you, so I don't want

the ring back. But if you've cheated on me, then I want the ring back. You propose to them. They say yes. Between the proposal and the wedding, they get really into CrossFit and they change as a person. All they talk about is CrossFit. They go paleo.

Their friend group changes to just be CrossFit people. They're constantly doing 12-week challenges. So you decide that you don't want to marry that person. Do you get the ring back? That's so specific. I know. Did this happen to you? No, no, no.

Sounds like it happened to you. No. Were you engaged before you're now a wife? And then you asked for the ring back, didn't you? We want to know on 0800DIALZM, were you engaged and it didn't go through but you got to keep the ring? Or did they ask for the ring back? but you got to keep the ring? Or

did they ask for the ring back? Or did they ask for the ring back? Yeah. It was a real awkward. The marriage, that's the question, the marriage never went ahead. What happened to the ring?

What happened to it? Where is it now? Where did the ring end up? 0800 dial ZM or you can text to 9696. You can remain anonymous. You can totally remain anonymous on this if you want. That's completely fine. If you need to. Yeah where you can text to 9696. You can remain anonymous. You can totally remain anonymous on this if you want.

That's completely fine. If you need to. Yeah. If you want to. But I mean, if you want to be honest, then that's great too. We're asking, the wedding didn't go ahead, but what happened to the ring? The engagement ring. Did you keep it?

Did you give it back? Did they demand it back? Did they make you keep it? Did they take you to court? Did you sell it and split the cash? I don't know. What was the outcome? So many texts coming in on this. So many different experiences.

Someone said, what happens if the engagement ring happens to be a family heirloom passed down through the family? Niggly! Nah, it always goes back to the family. It goes back. Yeah. If he's given it to you from his side of the family If it's a family heirloom

You don't join the family You'd just give it back wouldn't you You give it back Because it's not just his you know No it's grandma's Imagine or if it was the great grandma's Yeah yeah Yeah

Yeah they'll be really twisting the knife to keep that one That'd be pretty rough if you didn't Oh sorry they just followed up They said but he cheated on you with your boss. Okay. Maybe take the diamond out of it and give the rest back. That's such a good follow-up text. Anonymous is here.

Hi, Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. Hello. So the wedding never went ahead. What happened to the engagement ring? I kept the engagement ring, and I got it resized and used it as a pretty dress ring. Interesting. So what

happened that the engagement broke up in the first place to Anonymous? Seven years with that relationship and it was seven years of lies that I basically laid down. Yeah, you deserve that ring. So what do you say to this text Anonymous? You're still wearing it but other people

have texted and said when things through, the ring is cursed. You need to let it go. Well, I suppose everyone's got their different opinions. She changed the ring, though. Oh, true. Yeah, like I've resized it and moved forward past the experience. It's not the ring's fault. No, not the ring's fault.

Yeah, it wasn't the ring that cheated. You could have pawned it and bought yourself a new ring with new memories. Did you think about that? No, because I like the ring, I like the design, I like the diamonds and with the years that I dedicated to that and the loss of them,

it all came back to it was worth keeping. Isn't it a good reminder as well and not a miss? Yes, it is actually of never to make those same mistakes. Yeah, totally. And if you ever see him, you can put that ring on your middle finger and then you can say, I've still got the ring, and you show it to him. Oh, he'll get more than a ring.

Thanks, Anonymous. Good on you, Anonymous. Someone texted her and they said, dirty scumbag cheated on me. Then they had the audacity to slither around to my house a couple of weeks later and ask for the ring back as he was still paying it off. I said no. He got angry and threatened to stop payments and send the repossessors to my place.

I slammed the door in his face and never heard from him again. Slither is such a good descriptive word in that situation, isn't it? Slithered around like a slippery snake. This person wants to be anonymous as well. Kia ora, anonymous. Hi. You got the engagement ring. The wedding never went ahead.

What happened to the ring? I'm trying to sell it to get the money. Okay. So what was the deal? Like how did it all come about? So he cheated. Yeah, he cheated, yeah. So paid for the ring out of joint

savings that I was the only one contributing money into. Wait a second, wait a second. So he decided he wants to get engaged with you, but he's going to use your money to buy the ring out of the joint savings account that you're the only one that contributes.

Yeah, yeah. While cheating. While cheating. Literally proposed during the affair. contributes. Yeah. Wild cheating. Wild cheating on you. Wild cheating. You're literally proposed during the affair. What the hell? It's a joint account so you can see the statements. How much did he spend on the ring, Anonymous? Just over 4k.

And how much do you want for it? Oh, I'd love my money bag, but fuck, I don't think I'll get it. You know what? No, after the situation she's been in, you're allowed at least one F-bomb on the radio, okay? Anonymous, no more, though.

No, you're all good. God, you really may have been with the worst bloke in New Zealand. Literally, the smallest man who ever lived. I think that's what my friends are calling him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Well, you're better off. All right.

Yeah. Absolutely. If anyone's looking to buy a cursed, I mean, a secondhand engagement ring, get in touch. We'll pass you on to Anonymous. We've got their details. I can't believe you bloody paid for the ring and then he didn't ask for it back, did he? No, he didn't.

Thank goodness. Imagine if he did. Would you take did he? No, he didn't. Thank goodness. Imagine if he did. Would you take three grand? Yeah, absolutely I'd take three grand. Would you take two grand? Oh, yeah, go on. I just want some money back for it. She's been through enough.

Oh, I'm just trying to broker the deal. I'm trying to broker the deal. She has been through enough. She deserves four grand. Well, two grand's better than no grand. And we will get you four grand. Take the two grand out of his half that you 4k anonymous if anyone gets in touch with us. Take the 2 grand out of his half that you paid for.

Yeah, far out. Thanks anonymous. Bless you. I got engaged, found out he was cheating as well, tried to give the ring back and he wouldn't take it so I hocked that thing and got 6 grand for it. Best feeling ever. That's awesome. How good is that?

6k. My 2 year old daughter flushed the engagement and wedding ring down the toilet. We got insurance for it and less than a year later we separated. I am so glad that I hadn't decided on the replacement ring set yet. That's what happened to Aussie cricket captain. Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle. And Lara Bingle and she flushed I think the ring was like a million dollar ring

or something it was in the hundreds of thousands it was super expensive and she flushed it down the toilet he was on tour in New Zealand at the time

would you put it back on your finger pooey ring well she didn't want it so it was an accident it was an accident. It was an accident. If I dropped my ring in the toilet and it got poo on it,

would I put it back on? Yeah. I don't wear it anyway. So that's even more reason to not wear it. I'll be putting it back on. Yeah? Yeah. Stick your finger in that poo-y ring.

And then just for a bit of fun, I'll be like, oh, come and have a look at this ring. Oh, it's got a distinct diamond smell. Sniff it. It's got a brown sapphire. You're like, ha-ha, jokes, it was in the toilet. Brie and Clint. Let's get classical.

Let's get classical. It's us, as in Brie and I, working together for a change to take down producer Ella. Our common enemy number one. Our nemesis. Ella? Hi, I'm wearing earrings for the first time in forever. I'm just uncomfortable with headphones.

Good, relevant information. Thank you very much. Oh my gosh, you talk about useless stuff all the time. Don't even. I'll pay that burn. Nice one, Ella. Claudia, what's the deal, mate? Pretty simple.

I really tickled my pickle, that one. Do not cross the line. I was just so effortless for her, too. I have more up my sleeve. I'm just going to cut you guys off. Okay, go. We need to be friends after this, all right?

Yes, true. So this game is Let's Get Classical. I don't need more friends. I'm good actually. I don't need any more. Fair call too. Pop songs turned classical and we're guessing what they are.

Okay. Let's just jump straight in. Let's jump straight in. Let's do it. No more talking please. Ella. Ella. Pony, Pink, please. Ella. Ella. Pony, Pink Pony Club, Chapel Run.

How did that feel? Are you going to give that? Of course. You're lucky because I was right up your date on that one. It's funny because I'm not familiar with Pony, Pink Pony Club. No, I said Pony, Pink Pony Club. Should we let her have it? The people close to chapel just call it pony.

Yeah. Take the high road, mate. Take the high road. One point for Ella. We are Michelle Obama. She is Trump. Okay. That is so rude.

Let's go again. Let's go again. Okay, here we go. Brie. Ella. Yes, Brie, yes. That is Sabrina Carpenter, Please, Please, Please. Yes.

Please, please, please, don't prove I'm right. Please, please, please Don't bring me down I love when it goes tie-break. All right. Okay. Composure. Deep breaths, everyone.

I need you all to be focused and calm. Absolutely. Get in the zen. Okay, you ready? Yeah, I'm in the zen. Here we go. Good luck. Clint.

Billie Eilish, bad guy. Yeah. Oh, my God. That Eilish, Bad Guy. Yeah. Oh, my God. That's it. That's pretty impressive. Well done. That was one of the best I've seen from you. One of the best.

Felt good too. Can we hear just the instrumental, how much you got that off? Yeah, sure. I can hear it now. I can hear it now. I can hear it now. It's about pattern recognition, and obviously Claudia has chosen a Grammys theme, so I knew it would be Billie Eilish.

She's gone for the big three. She went Chapel, then she went Sabrina, so I knew Billie Eilish was coming next. All I had to do was figure out which Billie Eilish it was going to be. You're in my head. And great job, everyone. You got one each. Oh, yeah.

Hooray. Somebody who texted in Bree and Clint to win, which is very few people, to be honest. It's mostly texts for Ella. They'll be receiving 50 KFC chicken dollars. Now, turn my mic off because you don't like listening to anyone else. Turn it off. Quickly.

I'm talking too much. Brie and Clint. We're going to have a little family meeting and we'll be back next on ZM. Brie and Clint. The Brie and Clint show is a safe space. We don't bully on this show. We build people up. In saying that, our producer Claudia is going to a musical by herself tonight.

You're saying that with a positive conviction, right? Oh, yeah. It's empowering. Wow, she's doing that all by herself. Our producer Claudia tonight is going to a three hour musical rendition of Lord of the Rings by herself. Is it because you couldn't find anyone

else to go with you? Partly. Be honest. Yeah, maybe. I've asked a lot of people and for some reason everyone said no. Which is quite the contrast because I know you're very excited about this. Yeah. I was so excited as soon as they announced this.

I was like, well, obviously I'm going to that. Good on you, can I say. Yeah, good on you. It's very brave. I want to say to you, and this is genuine, like genuinely, good on you for still going even though you couldn't find anyone else. Thank you. I love doing things by myself.

Takes courage. Good on you for persisting even though it's weird. No, I'm joking. Are you nervous about going to a, because I've been to a movie by myself. I feel like it's different for some reason. I've been to a concert by myself. I've been to a few actually. Yeah, I've been to a concert by myself.

Have you? Yeah. What concert was it? Oh, don't make me tell the story. It's really sad. Oh. When I... Was it a tribute?

It can't be sadder than my solo movie story. Oh, no, I think it's sadder. Okay, hit me. When I was... It was either 18 or 19, so fresh out of high school. Christina Aguilera decided that she, well, she was touring. And when she did the strip tour, I was too young

and my parents wouldn't get me a ticket. So when she came back for the Back to Basics tour, I was so deeply obsessed that I had a group of good friends going to the concert. And one of them said, we're going to get the best tickets we can at the front. We're going to get the best tickets we can at the front. We're going to get the best tickets we can. And at the last minute,

I decided that I would pull out of buying tickets with those friends because I wanted the best, best tickets. Of the VIPs. No, there wasn't any VIP. Right. But I thought if I bought a singular ticket sitting on my own... They'd put you in a better spot. That I would get closer, right?

I'd get closer. Anyway, I bought the ticket and get to the concert. Guess who? And I had great seats. I reckon I was about seven rows back. No, you had great seat. I had great seat and I was about seven rows back guess who was three rows in front of me

oh no my entire group of friends no like anyone want to switch and they turn around I'll never forget it you would have looked like such a weirdo and they go

Bree where are you sitting and I was like oh I'm just sitting here and they're like who are you here with You would have looked like such a weirdo. And they go, Bree! Where are you sitting? And I was like, oh, I'm just sitting here. And they're like, who are you here with? And I turned to look at this woman who was in her 60s, obviously with her daughter. And I was like, oh, I'm with this woman.

They didn't believe me. That's way sadder than what I'm doing. Yeah, that's way sadder than Claudia going to the Lord of the Rings musical by herself. Oh, I was young. Oh, I've never ever lived that down either. Every time I see those friends of mine, they're always like, remember that time you decided not to come to the Christina concert with us and go by yourself? The weirder bit about Claudia going to this Lord of the Rings musical by herself tonight is she actually has two tickets.

She has two seats. Oh, yeah. So she will be there in the theatre. See, I had no choice. She'll be there with an empty seat beside her. So people will know that you had two tickets and they'll think you got stood up at the... Not that it matters.

I might be on the end of the row as well, based on the numbers. So I don't know if I sit next to a stranger. Oh, babe, spread out. Or do I sit on the end and leave a gap? Straddle. Straddle the two. Do you want us to ask people now listening, if you're keen to go to Lord of the Rings with our producer Claudia?

Yeah. Do we need to find a Sam Wise to your Frodo? Thank you for making me Frodo. No, I want to find a Mary to my Pippin. Aw. Cute. Do we need to find a Samwise to your Frodo? Thank you for making me Frodo. No, I want to find a Mary to my Pippin. Aw. Cute, whatever that means. I don't know that one. Shall we find a Saruman to your Gandalf?

Should we find, oh, I've got one. Should we find a Harry to your Ron? No, wrong universe. A ring to my Gollum. Yeah, yeah. A ring to your Gollum. No, a Smeagol to your Gollum. Should we find Orlando to your Ron. No, wrong universe. A ring to my Gollum. Yeah, yeah. A ring to your Gollum. No, a Smeagol to your Gollum. Should we find Orlando

to your Katy Perry? Oh, yes, please. Should we find... Anyone. Just anyone to go with Claudia. Should we find an Aragon? I'm sure it's going to be a fantastic show.

And there'll be no one to distract me. And you'll have zero regrets and you'll love every second of it. And I'll buy two glasses of wine and I'll put one on each chair. All three hours of The Lord of the Rings musical. There you go. Someone text through and they said, I'll sit with Claudia. Oh, that's nice. That's sweet.

Claudia, you should really stop texting the text machine. Bree and Clint. This afternoon, we're asking a question that we've never asked before. Did someone think you'd passed away? But you actually hadn't. Or did someone that was in your life, did you think they were dead?

But they weren't. But they weren't. And then you found out later. And so they came back from the dead. I wasn't sure we were going to get anything. The opposite is true. We have got the craziest stories coming in for this. There's so many stories coming through on this.

Someone said, I bumped into someone I went to primary school with and they were very surprised to see me because apparently I had been dead for a few years. Turns out many people thought the same thing, so we all got together to celebrate me being alive. A reverse funeral. How good. Someone said, I always thought Michael Jackson was dead and then I found out that it actually died.

And I was like, wait, what? What? What's happening? What? Anna's here. Hi, Anna. Hi, Anna. Hi.

Was it you that people thought had died, Anna? It was. What happened? How? A person with the same name as me fell and passed away in America on a climbing trip. My mum fielded multiple calls checking that I was A-OK. Here in New Zealand? She got calls here in New Zealand because someone with your name in America died?

The person here was from New Zealand with the exact same name. A Kiwi died in America that had your name. No wonder your mum was getting so many calls. God, that's horrible for your mum. And for context, we are both from the climbing community. Oh, you're a climber as well. Oh, my God. That's so horrible.

How long did that go on for where people thought that you were actually dead? About, like, most people knew I wasn't on a lovely American holiday as well. There will still be people who think you're dead now. They would have just read the article and gone, oh, I'm bloody, and I hadn't thought about her in ages. Devastated. R.I.P. Well, glad you're alive, Anna.

We're glad that you're still here. Someone said, slightly different vibe, but a friend of mine was mistakenly marked as deceased by the IRD and a letter was sent to his family who hadn't heard from him in a while that he had an outstanding estates to allocate. That's such a boo-boo from them. That is the worst. Imagine the parents getting this letter.

They haven't heard from their son and, you know. He's dead. Do you want his stuff? And then you start divvying it up. And then he comes back and he's like, hey. I think what's only fair is that the IRD waive all further tax payments. You are tax free for the rest of your life. Jamie, you see her?

Hi, Jamie. Hi, Jamie. Hi, guys. Long time no see. Oh, no. Wait a second. There you are. Here I no. There you are. Here I am.

Here she is. Finally, we have you call in. Back from the dead. So. That's probably why you haven't called till now. I had a phone call from my mum in London telling me that my dad had had a heart attack. Okay. And I thought that meant my dad had dropped dead and was dead.

And so I collapsed on the floor and was in an absolute state only to kind of listen back on the phone call that he had had a heart attack, but he was in fact being treated in hospital. Oh my God. And he wasn't dead. Oh, you just jumped to the worst case scenario. Yeah, I thought he was dead. Oh my God. Oh.

And now you know what that feels like, Jamie. That's awful. It's terrible. It was dead. Oh my god. Oh. And now you know what that feels like, Jamie. That's awful. It was terrible because honestly for that moment, I truly believed I'd lost my dad. Yeah. Oh, you poor thing. I was like, mum, you could have raised it a bit better. You've got to come in with everything's fine, but dad's had an accident.

Everything's fine, but dad has had a heart attack. He's being treated in the hospital He's in hospital alive Just wanted to call to let you know Dad's had a heart attack That's the only message Let's go to Sarah because Sarah's story

Is a good one Hi Sarah Who apparently died Sarah I died. Apparently you died. Who thought that you had died? So my daughter, when she was about 15, particularly hated maths, her worst subject,

and so she told her maths teacher that I had died so she didn't have to do any maths work or the maths test. What? Yeah, she said she was grieving and wouldn't be able to do any maths. How old maths test. What? Yeah, she said she was grieving and wouldn't be able to do any maths. How old was your daughter at the time? She was about 15. She faked her own mother's death

so she didn't have to do her maths homework. Sarah, have you not taught your daughter anything? You never say it's your mum or your dad. You use a grandparent to get out stuff. You pick off the grandparent. You've got four of them. You soak it through them first. Not the parents.

I arrived at the parent-teacher interview, and the teacher said, oh, so who are you? And I said, her mother. And she's like, oh, she told me you were dead. Her mother's dead. Do you mean foster mother? No, no. The real mother.

Oh, my God. Well, that'll teach you, Sarah, for saying over my dead body. That would have been. What do you do in that situation, Sarah? Do you punish your daughter for that? Or do you just sort of go, oh, hats off, girl? Because I imagine she got away with it for a while. She did.

And I just thought it was the funniest thing ever, and I've told the story ever since. I love her. She didn't get punished. Nah, you can't. I mean, that's so funny. What are you going to punish her for? Coming up with a good backstory?

Yeah, exactly. Very good. Some people were texting in saying they thought Steve from Blue's Clues was dead. Remember that rumour? We they thought Steve from Blue's Clues was dead. Remember that rumour? We all thought Steve from Blue's Clues was dead. Yeah, but he's been doing the rounds on social media lately. Yeah, he's still kicking around. Someone else said a workmate saw a death notice in the newspaper for an old friend

and there was funeral details of just a wake at the family home. So he turned up to the friend's house for the wake and they were just standing in the garage like, what are you doing here? Turns out it was the same name, different person. Oh no. Imagine, and then by the time you figure it out, you're like, I'm already here.

Yeah. I guess you take some asparagus rolls and you... You just have a good time. You book it out of there. You just get pissed anyway, like a regular wake. Do you want a feel good one to finish on? Yeah, go on. We asked the question, who did

you think was dead? And they weren't. Someone said, a friend was diagnosed with cancer at the age of nine. Years of chemo and treatments. After one of the surgeries for bone marrow donation, the doctors came out to the waiting room to inform the mother that they had

passed on the operating table. 20 years later, they are actually still alive and well. They even just had successful IVF to have a baby. Is that the person texting? No, it's their friend. Their friend. Oh, that's awesome. I mean, horrible for the mum who was told their child had died.

Why would they come out? Make sure. Make sure first. How does it go? I'm so sorry to say this, but... Your child had died. Why would they come out? Make sure. Make sure first. Like, how does it go? I'm so sorry to say this, but... Your child has died. Your child has died. And then what, five minutes later?

So we made a mistake? Like, how? What? The doctor just does that thing on Facebook Messenger where they unsend the message. So remember what I said before? Let's backtrack. I've got good news and bad news.

We're joking because it's like if you don't laugh. The bad news is I told you the worst thing anybody could ever hear. Like it doesn't get much worse than that. And the good news is I was wrong. Hey. I'd be fuming. Bree and Clint. Time for a birthday banger.

Bree and Clint. All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger. Just before we were talking about people who thought... You were dead. You were dead or you thought someone else was dead. Turns out they weren't. Just one last text on that. They said a great uncle fell off the Cook Strait ferry and was never found, so presumed dead.

Of course. Years later, it was found to so presumed dead. Of course. Years later, it was found to not be the case. He purposefully jumped and swam to shore to start a new life with his pregnant mistress. Wow!

The scandal of it all. God, the things you could do before the internet, eh? I know, there'd be no cameras. Nah. You know, he would have planned that I know. There'd be no cameras. Nah. You know, he would have planned that whole thing. He would have had a great life. Went off to have a, you know, did whatever he wanted to do. Let's do Jason's birthday banger.

G'day, Jase. Hi, Jason. Hello. How are you, Jase? Oh, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. How are you guys today? Yeah, good. Thank you, mate.

Hey, all we need is your date of birth. 10-10-10-1980. All right. 10-10-10 need is your date of birth. 10-10-10-1980. All right. 10-10-10. 10-10-10. 10-10-10. No, no, no. No, no. 1-7-1-0-1980.

Love it. Oh, got it right. All right, good man. You were 16, Jason, in 1996. And here's your birthday banger. Oh, let's go, Jason. Can you do the dance, Jase? Oh, yeah.

All those teenage rages. Yeah, man. Who can't do the dance? I like it. It's an icon. I think so, too. We're going to do Olivia's birthday banger. Kia ora, Liv.

Hello, Liv. Kia ora. What have you been up to today, Liv? Just working. Just working. Just slogging it out. All right, mate, what is your date of birth? 26-07-97.

All right, that means you were 16 in 2013. We've done our calculations, and on that day, this was at the top. Oh, banger. Absolute banger from Avicii. Might be the biggest Avicii song. I'd say so. What about Hey Brother? Oh, Hey Brother, yeah. Hey Brother.

What do you reckon, Liv? I think it's pretty good. Yeah, me too. I did like Jason's though too. Tough call. Yeah, Jason's song was great. What are we going to get for song three? Anthony's going to give it away. Give it a go.

Hi, Anne. Hi, Tony. Hi there. What have you been doing today? Working really hard, supposedly. Yeah, sounds like it. Love it. Real convincing, Anthony. I, sounds like it. Real convincing, Anthony. I like it, Tony. All right, mate, what is your date of birth? 20th of the 7th, 1985. And that's why, mate, we go. What was that, Anthony? I was just going to say, first long-time listener. Oh, you only just got it in there.

Just got it. But we can't move on until we celebrate you, Anthony. Thanks for finally calling through. We've done the calculations. You were 16 in 2001. And here's your birthday bag. Girl, you're my angel. You're my darling angel. Hold up. And here's your birthday bag.

Shut up. Shug it. Shug it. What do you think, Anthony? Classic was one of my all-time favourites. Got to watch it live as well at the old Ragamuffin. Oh, how good. Oh, there you go. I was there in Rotorua.

Suits Anthony down to a T. Okay, wait there. I'm voting for the Macarena.uffin. Oh, how good. There you go. Suits Anthony down to a T. Okay, wait there. I'm voting for the Macarena. Me too. Jason, you just won birthday banger. Congratulations. Let's go, Jason.

Jason, make us a deal. You're going to get up and you're going to do the dance moves. All my kids will be laughing at you. And I want you to rub your nipples during it. Just for fun.

Cut it out. You rub yours, we'll rub ours. It's all in good fun. I don't remember that move in the Macarena. Oh, you didn't see the R-rated Macarena? No, yeah, yeah, yeah. Brian Clinton, here's Jason's birthday banger. Zit him. Didn't see the R-rated Macarena. Nah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Bree and Clint, here's Jason's birthday banger. ZM.

ZM, Bree and Clint, the winner of birthday banger today for Jason from the year 1996. That's Lost Del Rio and the Macarena. People are loving it. Shout out to Chris from Hamilton. He said, you bloody legends. Thanks, Bree and Clint. It's a good vibe, eh? Macarena. People are loving it. Shout out to Chris from Hamilton. He said, you bloody legends. Thanks, Brian Clint. It's a good vibe, eh? Macarena.

It never fails. No. The Macarena. Yeah, yeah. It's got the special sauce, eh? Like you are forced to get into it. Like there's no turning back. I mean, what other songs fit in that kind of category like the Macarena?

You've got the Ketchup song. Which also, ironically, has the special sauce. Literally, Ketchup. And I would say Gangnam Style. Gangnam Style's there. In more recent years, I mean, if you're going back further, the YMCA. YMCA absolutely has it. And in more very recent times, H-O-T-T-O-G-O, Hot To Go, Chapel Rhone.

Yeah, that'll be a future classic for sure. You know, like it just has something, a little bit of flavour on it. Did this have the special sauce, this one here? This is crazy. I think we're in the moment, but I... Bang, bang! Yeah, see, it got you in the end. But it doesn't have that dance.

Yeah, no, true, yeah, yeah. You know, that little bit extra. Oh, you're going to talk about songs that have got dance moves. Well, not, I mean, not just dance moves, but... Genuine pony? Yeah, I mean, that's never a disappointment, is it? Look, we love, I would call them radio miracles on this show. Hail Marys.

Hail Marys. If you don't know what we're talking about, it's where, you know, you throw up something that has a very low probability, like super low, and then you just hammer it home until you get the result that you want. And I think I've come up with a game which might just allow one of those radio miracles to happen. It's so unlikely that if it does come off, it really intensifies the celebration, doesn't it?

It might be the greatest moment of the year. I'm going to call this a little game, Name in a Haystack. Pretty easy concept. Each week, once a week, we will throw up a random name. It doesn't have to be to do with anything. We can just throw a random name in the air, then we will call a random number. If the person who answers that phone call has that name,

then we win. It's not going to come off. And if it does, we will absolutely hit the roof. This is going to be a long burn, this one. A very long burn. Okay, where do we get our name from first? It's got to be random, so I reckon we get Claudia just to say the first name that comes to our mind.

Producer Claudia? Joshua. Joshua? Joshua. Joshua. No one is called Joshua anymore. Will we accept Josh? Absolutely. Josh or Joshua is the name. Just before we do any other variations of Joshua, I don't think there is. Josiah? No.

No. Josh. Joshua. Mirakwai. Jaquan. Jaquan. Imagine if Jaquan answers. Okay, where are we getting our phone number from? Where should we call? Ella.

It needs to be random. Ella, pick a random business for us to call. Hang on. Rebel. Rebel Sport. Yeah. I feel like a Joshua would work at Rebel Sport. Yeah, I reckon they'd work anywhere.

Claudia, can you please lock in a Rebel Sport phone number for us right now? I'm so nervous. What if we get this? And put the call through. If we get this. If we get this in the first one. That will be a radio miracle for real. What are we playing for?

We haven't even asked for a prize for this yet. We'll put up $50 of our own money this week. $50 of our own money. Each, that's $100. Okay. Okay, Claudia's got one. There's $100 on the line. If we can get Joshua to answer the phone.

Mount Roskill, to be put through to the sales floor, press 1. To be put through to the storeroom, press 2. To be put through to the office, press 3. Where does Joshua work? Sales 1. Claudia says 1. Please hold on. We will connect you with your contact person.

Joshua. I'm so nervous. If this happens, I'm going to lose it. Hi, is this Joshua? No. What was your name? Leah. Leah.

No good. That's Brian Clint calling from ZM. It's a fail on our part, not on your part. You did nothing wrong, Leah. You've. That's Brian Clint calling from ZM. Oh, yeah. It's a fail on our part, not on your part. You did nothing wrong, Leah. You've done everything right. Can we just ask? I mean, see, this doesn't count, but can we ask, is there anybody there at Rebel Sport in Mount Roskill called Joshua?

Where is he? No. No, no one works there called Joshua. So we weren't even close. Call Morningside. They've got a Joshua there. Okay, let's call Morningside. Thank you, Leah.

Thanks, Leah. You've been a great help. We appreciate it. Thank you for your help. All right. See you. Bye. Ah, well, wasn't meant to be.

Should we try? Oh, but it doesn't count. No, it doesn't count. But just to see. Oh, but if he answers the phone. It will still be good. Claudia, connect us to Rebel Sport Morningside ASAP. He has to answer it, though.

He has to answer the phone. Yeah, he has to answer it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Just as a last ditch attempt. Yeah, yeah. But it still doesn't count. No, it doesn't count. Okay.

Although, I'd still put up 50 bucks for it. Yeah, me too. Yeah, okay. Oh, we're back to $100. Oh, God. Will he answer? Could Joshua answer the phone? Please hold on.

We will connect you with your contact person. Okay, is it Joshua? Well, this is quite intense music. If he answers, I'm going to shit the bed. Thank you for choosing Rivers for me. Hayden speaking. Oh! Is it Hayden? Hayden.

Is that Hayden? Yes, it's Hayden. Sorry, Hayden. It's Bree and Clint from ZM. We're playing a new game called Name in a Haystack. We're after Joshua. You're after Joshua? Yeah.

Does Joshua work there at Ribble Sport Morningside? Oh, he's down at Briscoe's right now. Oh! We were so close. Oh, Hayden, you seem lovely. You've done nothing wrong, Hayden. We're not disappointed in you. We're disappointed in ourselves.

But thank you very much. We appreciate you. That's so good. Appreciate it. See you. God, we could all. Should we call Briscoes? Yeah, let's give it a go.

We'll do that in our own time. Hey, not a bad first go, guys. Not a bad first go. Not a bad first go. We knew it wasn't going to come off. No, of course. We knew it wasn't going to come off. And it's not the point of the game. Lower the expectations. You need this to build. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a slow burn. Absolutely a bad first go. We knew it wasn't going to come off. No, of course. We knew it wasn't going to come off. And it's not the point of the game.

Lower the expectations. You need this to build. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Slow burn. Absolutely, yeah, yeah. Okay. Anyway, good first try. Name in a haystack.

Name in a haystack. Back next week. Leah has got an intimate knowledge of the Rebel Sport staff across the Auckland market, doesn't she? That was quite impressive from her. Can I say employee of the month? I reckon we do Leah, the name, and we call Mount Roskill Rebel Sport next week.

Bree and Clint. Remember in lockdown when everyone went crazy for standing desks? Everyone's like, oh, I've got to get a standing desk. Oh, it's good for my health. Good for my health. Sitting is the new smoking. I've got to get a standing desk. It definitely was a trendy thing.

Yeah. I almost got to get a standing desk. It definitely was a trendy thing. Yeah. I almost got one. I'll put my hand up and say I nearly fell victim to that. I never did. I was going to get one from my home office. Wasn't even close for me.

I was going to get one from the motorised one where the whole desk goes up and down. Hated it. Hated it from the start. I'm glad I didn't because there's an article out

today on stuff. Oh, I'm going to bask in this. About whether or not standing desks are actually good for you or not. Please be bad, please be bad, please be bad. A large study of more than 83,000 adults found that standing for more than two hours a day did not protect you against cardiovascular risks. Yes!

Come on! It's a good day for the sitters! Supposed by too much sitting, yeah. Woo! Flash go, baby! Further to that, a study said the hours of standing also turned out to have their own downsides. Bad for you, eh?

They increased people's likelihood of developing serious circulatory problems, including varicose veins. You can get abnormally low blood pressure and blood clots. This is the best day I've had in a long time. This is the best news. Compared to people who really stand. I have heard all year.

Like, I'm not even exaggerating. Like, this is such good news. Like, I mean, not for people who have been standing, but at least you've got the information now. It goes on to say that standing doesn't do jackal. It said if you want to get healthy, it's that quick fix thing again. They said to improve your health, you have to move. You have to do exercise.

You have to actually move. Get a walking pad. Sit or stand. It doesn't make any difference, but yes, you're right, Bree. Turns out you probably need to get standing desk plus walking pad plus one of those punishing yoga balls to sit on when you do want to sit.

Yeah. Remember when everyone used to sit on those? Yeah, that looked fun. That I was on board with. I was in a workplace once and a guy had one and he'd been sitting on it most of the year, but I think he'd bought a cheap-ish one and it burst on him. In the middle of the day, it just out of nowhere burst. And if it pops and you have no warning,

he just went crashing down onto the floor and his tailbone just hit the hard office floor. It was vicious. Vicious. Imagine. And I was like, oh, I should have engaged your core. Imagine writing that in the A&E report. Yeah, my butt ball popped.

Anyway, standing des discs, cancelled. I honestly, honestly, like when I say that is the best news I've got all year, God, it's a good day to be alive. Bree and Clint. Ella, come clean. What have you done now? You're just speaking. You're so Gen Z now that off air you said you're now just speaking only in abbreviations.

I'm not proud of this one. And I wanted to bring it to the table because there's some abbreviations you can say in a conversation. And some I feel like you can't. Out loud. We're not talking about in a text conversation. Out loud. Out of your mouth. Yes.

Yeah, I feel like there's not many you can say in speech form. Lol is one. Lol's great. Lol is definitely one that's made its way over to the verbal vocab. The what? The verbal vocab. Is that all of it? Close enough.

Yeah, yeah, sure, yeah. OMG. What was it meant to be? Verbal vocab. I guess it's just vocab. Verbal vocab? Verbal. Nah, because wouldn't. Yeah, sure, yeah, I. What was it meant to be? Verbal vocab. I guess it's just vocab. Verbal vocab? Verbal. Nah, because wouldn't...

Yeah, sure. Yeah, I know what you mean. Yeah, okay. Like the verbal vocabulary, whereas like text vocabulary... Okay, S-R-Y. What? What's that? Sorry.

Oh. Yeah, see, that doesn't work. Ella, what is the abbreviation that you used in public today? Actually, first, what was the setting? Where were you? At a cafe. At a cafe. At a cafe. Were you ordering?

Oh, so this was a stranger. Yeah. A stranger. Oh, so you didn't know this person? No. Okay. Okay. And what was the abbreviation you used?

IRL. After she took my order, I said, TY. As in TY for thank you. And I don't know why it came out of my mouth. And I know it might not be a big deal, but it felt really yuck in the moment. Everyone knows the abbreviation for thank you. It's ta. Ta.

I know. I don't know what happened. Or dunker. Dunker? Yeah. Weird. Just a bit odd. Also, it's weird because you haven't saved any time.

Thank you. I know. T-Y. It's the same. I don't get it. You know what it means. It's just a bit odd. You know what it means because you haven't saved any time. Thank you, T-Y. I don't get it. You know what it means. It's just a bit odd. You know what it means, and you're not the only one who's guilty of this.

We are spending too much time on our goddamn phones. Yeah, I agree. We are living online, and we're not living... In real life. In IRL. We're not living IRL. IRL. You know I am that girl.

I'm just trying to think of all the other abbreviations that people use these days. Do you guys use like XOXO? Because I feel like because of Gossip Girl, that's become a thing. Yeah, I'll ironically say goodbye to people with XOXO. Yeah, TTYL. I'll only ever like use an X. Spoken though. Yeah, we're speaking this.

Wait, you'll say XOXO? Okay, see you later, XOXO. Yeah. Every now and then if I'm being ironic. Do you actually? Yeah, only in a silly way, when I'm being a silly goose. Weird. I would never do that.

What else you got for us? TTYL. I feel like sometimes that can slip in. I have heard certain people, if you're cool enough, can pull that one off. But again, it needs to be deeply rooted in irony. Yeah, it is. Yeah. Yeah, okay. But acceptable. rooted in irony. Yeah. It is. Yeah. Yeah, okay.

But acceptable. Another one, BRB. BRB, I think it's made its way over. It's fine. Nearly anyone can say that. It's cutesy, though, because again, it doesn't save any time. BRB. Be right back.

It is cute. BRB. What about OMG? Yeah, that's made its way over. And Ellie. OMG. OMG, definitely. OMG, I think, is probably one of the originals. Yeah, that's made its way over. And Ellie. OMG, definitely. OMG, I think, is probably one of the originals.

Yeah, yeah. WTF was also one of the originals. Why the face? Why the face, yeah. Why the long face. WTLF. Oh, FFS. FFS.

Oh, FFS. No one's saying that. Because you want the impact of the full. FML. Oh, FML. FML, for sure. That you want the impact of the full. FML. FML. FML for sure. That was huge.

Rufflecopter. What? Pardon you? Rufflecopter. No. What's this copter bit? We did a rufflecopter, didn't we? No, I wasn't there. What is ruffle?

Rolling. Roll on floor laughing. But what's copter? Don't worry. What about GGs? Good game? Good girl? Good game.

GGs. Good girl. We say that, me and my PlayStation mates, we say that. Yeah, GG. GG, all right. GGs. Well, TY Ella, that was informative. That was just embarrassing.

Yeah. Yeah. I don't know, I had to bring it to the table too. Well, you know, problem shared is a problem halved. Thank you. Honestly, the person that was serving you was probably like, WTF? Literally. Let me BRB.

And that's the end of the show. We've got to get out of here. Nobody more so than our producer, Claudia, who needs to get downtown for the premiere of the new Lord of the Rings musical, which is three hours long that she's attending by herself. Is it the premiere? Yeah.

They've done a couple of screenings, so people have seen it. Are you going to walk. Is it the premiere? Yeah. They've done a couple of screenings so people have seen it. Are you going to walk the red carpet by yourself? Yeah. I'm actually going to literally put my back to the wall and just shuffle around. That'd be less awkward. I don't want to ruin anyone's pictures. Can we just clarify, it's the musical so people are singing live.

Yes. But Lord of the Rings isn't a musical so somebody has reworked Tolkien to be a musical Yeah? Yeah Buzzy I think it would be good I think the words that he writes

It wouldn't be on a stage like this It's at the bloody Civic, isn't it? It wouldn't be out there if it wasn't good But I just think it's such a strange concept Nah, it's going to be awesome I mean, they've turned other things into musicals, haven't they? Yeah. Name something they turned into a musical

that was good. The Lion King? No, that was always a musical. Mean Girls? Oh, that wasn't good. Cats? Cats? No, Cats was always a musical. Cats can't actually sing. What are you talking about?

You guys are naming musicals. Hairspray. No, Cats was always a musical. Cats was written as a... Cats can't actually sing. What are you talking about? Yeah. Yeah, what else? You guys are naming musicals. Hairspray. No, that's a... Oh, wicked. Rent. Shut up. Rent was fantastic.

Enjoy the show, Claudia. Enjoy your night, everybody. See you guys. I want to be popular. Tomorrow on the Brantley Show. Play. Zed Ames Brantclint. On Insta. Facebook. TikTok. And live weekdays from 3. Tomorrow on the Brand Clint Show.