ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 14th August 2023

Episode Date: August 14, 2023

Bree's best weekend EVER. Smart People Only Quiz. Guy takes off banana peels to save money. Wife's dying wish... to sleep with her ex. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ZM Podcast Network. ZM Free and Clean. Even our newsreaders got Taylor Swift fever. Did you hear that just then? Yeah, happy Taylor Swift ticket giveaway day, guys. First one. It's all going down in an hour's time. I feel like people are on edge. Everyone is on edge. I feel like people are on edge. Everyone is on edge. I feel like people are on edge.

Oh, mate, the text machine has been blowing up all day. Some very funny texts and we appreciate those. But if you've been listening 8am, 12pm and at 4pm, you collected the songs and you're the first one through, you will be getting tickets, a reserve reserve to see Taylor Swift live in Sydney. People are already ringing. Hello, ZM, are you calling for the Taylor Swift tickets? Hello, who's that?

Oh, they knew. They knew. Okay, 4 o'clock. It's all going down. There will be a double pass to Taylor Swift giving away today. We will do it. So stick with us. We're going to get through it together.

And if you don't win today, you could win tomorrow or the next day or the day after. Okay? So cool heads are acquired this afternoon. Yes. For the Taylor Swift competition. Heaps of opportunities on the way right here at ZM. We're going to kick off the show, though, with Tradie versus Lady. $50 cash up for grabs thanks to kfc if you want to

play call now 0800 dials at him free and clint time for tradie verse lady it's tradie versus lady let's go indeed the start of the week let's see who can get the upper hand. The tradies on 67 wins for the year. The ladies still out in front on 73. Good week for the ladies last week. Let's see if they can carry it on. We're going live to Wellington. Our lady is 24 and she is named after her parents' middle names. Welcome to the show, Gemma.

G'day, Gemma. Hello. Can you explain, is it a combination of your parents' names or how does that work? So it's my two middle names. They're named after my parents. Oh, you've got your mum's name and your dad's name as your middle names. Yes. What names are those?

So my dad's name's Chris and my mum's name's Angela. And so my middle names are Christina and Angelica. Oh, that's beautiful. I thought you were going to say my middle name is Gary. Yeah. No. I'm named after my dad, too, because he's Stephen, I'm Stephanie. Oh, yeah.

And sometimes I'm like, oh, you know, beat up yourself, Dad. No, give him your bloody name is my middle name. You're taking on our tradie from Christchurch today. They're 19, and they just qualified as a landscaper. Welcome to the show, Hamish. G'day, Hamish. How we going? You're going to have those nice toned guns after working as a landscaper, Hamish.

Oh, I hope so. You're going to have a permanent singlet burnt into your body. That's the dream. That's the goal. The landscaper tan. Okay, Hamish, your buzzer is tradie. Gemma, yours is lady. First to three correct answers gets 50 bucks from KFC.

Good luck. All right, guys, here we go. Question number one. Who did the Australian women's football team beat on Saturday night in a penalty shootout for the ages? Tradie. Yes, Hamish. England.

I mean, it's a good guess. They actually play them in the sem-final on Wednesday night. Gemma, you want to have a guess? It's very close to England, just across the channel. They love a croissant. The French team. Whoa, how'd you get that? It is the French team.

An absolute nail-biter of a game. One to the ladies. Question number two. What year will the next Olympic Games take place in? Ladies. Yes, Gemma, you're just in first. China? No, we're looking for...

What year? We're looking for a year. Oh, what year? Yeah, Hamish. Yes, Hamish. Next year? It is next year, 2024. That came around quick.

We are one apiece here. Question number three. The government has said if you vote for them again, they will take GST off fresh fruit and vegetables. How much is GST in New Zealand? Is it 10? Yes, Gemma. 15%.

Well done. Nice work, Gemma. Well done. It is 15%. Didn't need the multi-choice questions. Two for the ladies, one to the tradies. Question number four. What type of factory did Willy Wonka run?

Tradies. Hamish, Justin first. Chocolate factory. It is, of course, a chocolate factory. We are all tied up here this afternoon, guys. This is for the win. Question number five. Buzz in when you can tell me who sings this song.

Brady. Yeah, Hamish. One Direction. Well done. He's gone. A qualified landscaper and a One Direction expert. Congratulations, Hamish. You've won 50 bucks from KFC.

Thank you very much. Nice work, Hamish. Good game. Good game. Very good game. I want to talk about hens parties and stag do's and how much they cost. Not for the hen or the stag,

but for, you know, if you've got a group of friends coming, like how much it costs. Because you were saying off air earlier that you couldn't go to a certain stag do because it was going to cost too much. Yeah, I have had that experience before. Yeah, because it's quite elaborate. Sometimes they're quite elaborate

and, you know, sometimes they'll be like, let's go to Australia and go to the Gold Coast and we'll go for a four-day weekend. Or guys guys even in their mid 30s when everyone's got kids and the guy who doesn't have kids yet and isn't married is like, boys the stag's in Vegas. And you're like, really?

You're like, can we go to Hamilton? Can we just go to town for the night and not get an Uber home? Is that alright? When did the stag night turn into a stag fortnight? It's like a honeymoon just for the boys. Yeah, exactly. There's this woman who is over it.

She said in the past year she's had to fork out for five different hen's nights. Yeah. And she said some of them have been reasonable and that's fine, but she's had to say no to this hen's night that she's been invited to because it's going to cost around $1,200 for the weekend. Oh, well, what do you get for $1,200 on a hen's party? She doesn't cover everything, but it's a weekend away at some elaborate Airbnb that I think is able to sleep like 15 of them.

Okay. And it's got a pool and all that kind of stuff. And then apparently there's like, you know, a party bus that's been organised and all these other different things for the weekend. Boys' stag do's don't cost that much. Like the blueprint is Airbnb, but try and get a rough one so that like you can't damage it too much.

You don't have to pay the damages. Yeah, correct. Beer and maybe an activity or two. Scrumpy for the hands. Yeah, something like that. For scrumpy hands. I think that's excessive. Correct.

That's a lot of money. $1,200 for a weekend. Yeah. I'd be to really like you if I'm going to spend $1,200 to party with you. It would want to be like one of your best mates. Yeah. That's the hen or the stag. Awkward if you're in the bridal party,

but you're not the one who's organising the hen's day. You're not like the head hen in charge because you have to go. If you're in the bridal party, you have to go. So you have to pay it. I thought we could ask people because I'm quite interested in it. Like, have you been to a hen's night or a stag do where you had to fork out quite a lot of money? Yeah.

Like, and how much are we talking? And what did you get? What did you get for that money? Yeah. Was it worth it? Was it worth the money? Like, was it a real fun weekend and you do it again? What's your upper limit for you?

For me? Yeah. Oh, it depends on how close I am with the person. For your sister. For my sister? Oh, well sky's the limit. I can't really say no, can I? But for like one of my good

mates, oh, I don't know. It's hard. You want to know what you're getting, eh? I want to know what I get. I want to know what's coming within that money Okay let's get some stories in Let's find where the prices vary to 0800 dials at M or text to 9696

We want to know about your pricey Hens or stag do experiences Not the wedding No and not your own hens or stag do Like one you just attended I hope you have no idea how much your hen or stag do cost You shouldn't be involved in that. I hope your friends

hid that information from you completely. Yeah. Yeah. Unless it was a real stinker and you're like, hey guys, how much did you spend on this?

They're like, we spent $3.50 a head. Someone's texting, they said, I went on a stag do, I paid $250. Went clay bird shooting, pub crawl along the viaduct,

went out on a party boat with exotic dancers on board. It was well worth it. Is that Jaden? I feel like we might have him on the phone. Jaden, was that you? Yeah, yep, that was me. 250 sounds like a good deal.

That's a good deal, Jaden. Yeah, well, it was worth it. I thought it was a bit much at the start, but then when we found out what we were doing, it ended up being pretty good. Oh, mate, I think you lucked out. I think that's a great day. By exotic dancers, you obviously mean like a kapa haka group

or something like that. Was that on the boat? Yeah, something along those lines. Yeah, like a Tongan cultural group or something? Yep. Oh, what a nice experience, Jaden, on the boat. That's so lovely. You know, just immerse yourself in culture.

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. I love this text that's come through. This is wild. I'm having to spend over $1,500 on a friend's hen's night, $400 on two nights accommodation to share a bed, and $500 on flights. Blows my mind that people expect this and it's becoming the norm.

$400 and you have to share a bed with somebody? I'd be ropeable. $400, I don't want to share a room with somebody. Yeah, yeah. Someone else said, I'm a bridesmaid for my sister's wedding and her maid of honour is so bad. All plans had to be next level downgraded because she doesn't want to pay for anything awesome,

even though hers was really expensive. So that's the other way around. Yeah. That's you having to go super cheap to get the maid of honour. I hope her friend, like this person's sister, doesn't find out and hears that her maid of honour is trying to like cheap out on everything. It's not for the maid of honour. The hens do.

It's not for the maid of honour. So you've got to be careful how much you tailor it to her, right? What do you mean? Like the hens party. But what if she's organising it? Normally the maid of honour you tailor it to her, right? What do you mean? Like the hen's party. But what if she's organising it? Normally the maid of honour organises it. Oh, good point. You know?

Someone said we went to Tomorrowland for the stag do. What? Whoa. That's amazing. On the same level as Anonymous. Anonymous, where was the stag do? Yeah, a few of us went over to Vegas a few months ago. You're kidding.

Anonymous? Like The Hangover. Yeah, like The Hangover. It was just like the movie. How many of you guys went to Vegas for the stag do? Seven of us, yeah. No one was sort of pressured to spend the money. It was sort of jacked up, and if you were keen, you were keen.

And how much do you reckon you spent all up? Everyone probably averaged about seven grand each. What? You're kidding. Yeah, and I got up to about ten grand, told my mate out of jail. So it really was

like the Hangover Anonymous. Yeah, it was like the movie. The morning the flight. Do we dare? The morning the flight went, we got him out of jail. Do we dare ask why the friend went to jail? No, we don't ask. Oh, he's still got caught because it was only a few months ago. So he's probably still in the night.

We'll just leave it then. Do you want to get called up onto the stand for some random court case? I don't. No, I'm not going back. We're one and case? I don't. No, I don't. Yeah, no, I'm not going back. We're one and done. I don't think we're allowed back, to be honest. Anonymous just starts describing.

Yeah, no, it's good, though. We all put, like, 20 bucks in a week for, like, a year, so we're, like, seven grand and a bit of a kitty. Oh, mate, you'll never forget it. I'm surprised any of your guys' partners actually allowed it, to be honest. Oh, no, I think a couple of us were single when we came there. It wasn't the stag who got arrested, was it?

Nah. No, no, no. I was the stag. I was about a happy day. Oh, it was your stag, dude. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, anonymous. What a bloody week. Ah, wedding, guys. Still a year and a bit away. So I had to go early, get out of the way, you know?

You're a loose goose. You didn't to go early, get out of the way, you know? Yeah. Sounds like because you're a loose goose. You didn't know if any of you would still be in jail. Well, that's right. Yeah, fair enough, fair enough. Thanks, Anonymous. We appreciate it. What about this text?

I chipped in $400 to go to my friend's hen's night. I was a bridesmaid. COVID stopped me from going. She still never gave me the money back. Ripped off. Because they all still went. That's so, that's not cool. That is, no, that one's not okay.

That's not all right. It's time for the latest. New Lord music. I don't want to get anybody too worked up, but there is new Lorde Music out there in the ether. Didn't we talk about last week that she was hinting that she was thinking about

new music? Yeah, last week she did a post on her Instagram story where she said, just want to let you know there's a light on inside me. Show it to you soon. A green light? Do you know it's two years this month since Solar Power came out. Wow.

That's wild, eh? That is wild. Two years. So she's headlining Boardmasters Festival in the UK over the weekend and fans picked two songs from that set that they had never heard before. So brand new music. She just played it live. She just played it, yeah.

They managed to work out what the songs are called. One of them was called Silver Moon, and we've got some of it here. I'm back and I still have wisdom teeth in my head. Just a girl, not even in bed, I'm still famous green. It's got melodrama vibes, baby. I think you'll like the other one even more. The other song is called Invisible Ink. It's got the beat. The beat's back.

I'm into it. That's the bit, eh? The beat is back. Oh, that's going to be a straight-fly banger, that one. She is too smart an operator and too clever with the way that she markets herself to just randomly do two songs at a festival. It's not going to be just at random. No, this is her launching the new music. This is her launching the new project.

I can't wait. It has to be. She wouldn't do these two songs and then do nothing. No. No. It's not how this stuff works. Oh my god, I hope she releases a statement or something really soon. She'll just drop an album. You reckon she'll just release the whole thing? I reckon when it comes time, she will just drop the album.

I hope so. And I hope she times it for our summer this time. Yes. Not the Northern Hemisphere. She owes us. That's the latest. Bree and Clint. All right, here we go, guys.

I've got a quiz here, and it says, this will pretty much tell you if you're a smart person or not. Perfect. 15 general knowledge questions. Are you ready to go? Yeah. All right, let's rip into the first one. William the Conqueror was a native of A, France, or B, England?

England. What are you guys saying, producers? England. France. I'll say France to be different from you guys. The answer is France. Ella and I are on the board. Question number two.

Keep your own score. Who lays the biggest eggs? A, a whale shark or B, an ostrich? An ostrich. Whale shark. Surely a whale shark. Yeah, definitely a whale shark. But do they lay eggs?

Yes. I'm going to say an ostrich because I don't think they lay eggs. The answer. A whale shark. Bugger. Damn it. Okay, question number three. Ella can not be the smartest one on this show.

Is she winning? She's winning. I will not stand for it. Okay, the gunpowder conspiracy was against the king. A, James I or B, Charles I? Charles I. James I. James I.

James. The answer? James I. We got one. Am I the dumbest one on the show? Wait. Ella's winning. Ella's winning.

She's three from three. She hasn't got one wrong. Question number four. I'm starting to freak out now. Who was the first president of Cuba? Is it A, Tomas Estrada Palmer or B, Jose Miguel Gomez? Jose. It's got to be Gomez.

I'm going to say Tomas. The first one. I'm going to say the one that Ella said. No, Jose. Jose. Okay, I'm going to say Tomas. It's Tomas. Yeah.

She's gone down in a blaze of glory. How many more should we do to deliberate? Let's do... Two more. Two more. Two more. Question number five. Vulcan Island belongs to A, Italy or B, Portugal?

Who makes Volkswagen? I'm going to say Portugal. Italy. Italy. Italy. Who makes Volkswagen? I'm going to say Portugal. Italy. Italy. Italy! Who makes Volkswagen? Definitely not Italy.

No, that's Germany. That's Germany. I was trying to make a connection. Volkswagen. Portugal. I'm going to say Portugal too. The answer is Italy. Oh my God! I'm taking it!

Okay, we're going to keep going. We're going to... I bet this one will stump Ella. Question number six. William Wallace was A, a Scottish monarch, or B, a Scottish knight? Knight. Oh.

Go the first one. I'll say a knight. A Scottish monarch? Okay. Go on. The answer. A knight. I knew it!

No! It's okay. Okay, there's one more for Ella. One more for Ella. This is to decide if it was actually true or you were guessing. Are you ready? The largest coral reef is located in A, Australia, B, Venezuela, or C, the Maldives. I'll go B It's Australia

even though I know that one It's the Great Barrier Reef Okay Okay it's all luck It was a fluke It was a fluke It was nice while it lasted

I found this really interesting today It's information that's been released by an HR company They are like an HR company for hire Like if your workplace is's been released by an HR company. They are like an HR company for hire. Like if your workplace is too small

to have an HR department. They're like freelance HR. Yeah, yeah. So your boss would call and go, hi, I've got an issue. How do we deal with this? How do I solve this? And they have HR experts that will sort it out. Because I mean, not everybody can have an HR department.

If your business is really small. If it's like five people that work at your work, they can't have it. So they have released a list of the weirdest calls that they've received from Kiwi bosses. These are the questions that bosses are asking about their staff. Right, okay. And some of these

questions are so bad that it's scary. And this is here in New Zealand. You don't have to have any kind of qualification to be a boss. You just have to be the boss. Right? And then you can have people working for you. Sometimes it's not what you know, it's who you know. Here's some of the worst questions.

This is from a boss, a New Zealand boss. Can I pay my workers half in cash and half in food? If I can prove that the value of the food is of equal value, I can attach food pricing to their payslip if they ask for it. That does not sound like the place

that I want to work for. No. To any bosses listening, no you cannot. You cannot do that. So where'd you get that food from? Yeah. Where'd you get the food from? Because you must have got it cheap if it's cheaper for you to give them food, their money, you must have got the food. Yeah, you're buying food on the cheap. If it's cheaper for you to give them food, their money, you must have got the food cheap from somewhere.

What an idiot. We fundraised for our employees' cancer treatment. However, we found Facebook photos of her holidaying in Thailand when she was on sick leave to receive treatment. Can I fire her? What? What? What? They said that the employee said she was off having

cancer treatment and they went through her Facebook page and found photos of her in Thailand. That doesn't mean she wasn't on treatment. Yeah. You want to be sure? You definitely can't fire her. No. Can you ask her about the photos?

I don't know. Can you even ask? I don't work in HR and this is the reason why. This is why you need a phone line like this. My employee called in sick because his cat is sick and the vet has given him a medical certificate for the cat. Is this okay? That's an interesting one. Technically, it's not okay. i read the response to this they

said there is no allocation of sick leave or bereavement leave for animals but it's not any bereavement leave for animals either no but it comes down to the employer's discretion right because pets are so important to a lot of people it's up to you as a boss to go, I understand the importance of this animal to you. They're your family member. Like if you've had a dog for 17 years and that dog passes away, maybe you need one day off. But if the dog's got a cold and you have to take it to the vet. Not the same.

Not the same. This is another question. These are the worst questions HR have been asked by Kiwi bosses. Can I issue my staff with a warning letter for wearing the same perfume? What? Why? No, you cannot. No, that's not.

The same perfume as them? It just says the same perfume. They're like, she stole my signature scent. I'm going to issue her a warning letter. Or is the whole office wearing Britney Spears Fantasy and now your scents are whole office wearing Britney Spears fantasy and now your scents are overloaded by Britney Spears fantasy? That perfume is cheap and delicious.

No, you cannot issue a warning letter for perfume reasons. No. I thought this afternoon on 0800DARLS.NM we could open the bad boss hotline. Do you have a boss that has done something unreasonable that you want to call out this afternoon, live on air? Like trying to pay you in something other than money.

Maybe you don't work there anymore. Yeah. But you want to tell a story about your boss as to why you don't work there anymore. 0800DARLSATM or you can text these stories to 9696 as well. We want to know on 0800DARLSATM this afternoon. No, the Bad Boss Hotline.

What did I say? Oh, yeah. 0800DARLS.M. The Bad Boss Hotline is open. Yes. But you need to call 0800DARLS.M. That is the Bad Boss Hotline number. Yeah.

Yeah. It's very confusing. It is confusing. Just don't type 0800BADBOSS. No. Okay? Bree and Clint. It's time to open the first ever Bad Boss Hotline.

Oh, my God. You call in and tell us exactly what your boss did, which was quite questionable. It can make you feel better. Yeah. To have a bit of a vent. You know, it might be on national radio. Also to know that you're not wrong.

Exactly. Right? There's some texts that are coming through. Okay. I cannot even fathom. Okay. I'll open the Bad Boss Hotline for you. And you can read us some of them. Exactly. Right? There's some texts that are coming through I cannot even fathom. Okay, I'll open the Bad Boss Hotline for you and you can read us some of them. Okay. Someone said...

Hello, the Bad Boss Hotline. How can I help you? I had a boss tell me you won't need the whole day off for a funeral when my friend died. I'm 22 and my friends don't just die all the time. Oh. Can you imagine a friend of yours passing away and you saying, hi, I need the day off because my friend has passed away.

Yeah. And your boss going, well, you don't need the whole day off. You can have three hours. Oh. Not the place for you to work. No, not the place for you to work. No. Okay, let's open the bad boss hotline this afternoon

for Poppy, who's called through on. Oh, $800. Hello, not the place for you to work. No. Okay, let's open the Bad Boss Hotline this afternoon for Poppy, who's called through on $800. Hello, the Bad Boss Hotline, Poppy. What would you like to report? Hi. I once worked in hospitality and I had a boss set up a table and asked me to put all of the dishes on it. Yeah.

So I did that and then the table broke and he tried to charge me for the dishes. Excuse me? What? The table broke. Yeah, the table broke and for the dishes. Excuse me? What? The table broke. Yeah, the table broke and all the dishes smashed everywhere. And he tried to charge me for them. But no one else to put the dishes on the table, just me.

Just you, of course. Oh, Poppy, please tell me you're not working there anymore. Oh, God, no, absolutely not. Are you really responsible as someone who works in hospitality for broken dishes, whether you caused it or not? Yeah, no, I don't think so. Definitely not if you were the one that set up the table in the first place.

I'm not paying for your shitty second-hand dishes. No, thank you. Okay, Poppy, you have indicated your complaint is valid. Thank you for calling the Bad Boss Hotline. We appreciate it. Thank you, Poppy. Thanks, guys. We appreciate your input. Let's get another one. Hello, welcome to the Bad Boss Hotline.

What would you like to report? Hi there. I work in HR for a large Kiwi-owned company. I was asked to terminate an employee because she kept eating tuna sandwiches in the lunchroom and the boss hated the smell. I said I can absolutely, under no circumstances, terminate someone for that well there you go

you've got the right people in HR yes thank god I wonder if the HR person is then required to launch an investigation into the person who asked the person to be fired you know oh it's an interesting question in good conscience do you then have to go no I can't do that yeah and also you're now up for review okay so let's talk about that. Here's another one. Someone said, my boss declines bereavement leave unless you can prove that someone has passed away. I work in healthcare. That's. How do they want you to prove it?

Selfie? What do they want you to do? They're like, call the person's phone. They won't answer anymore. They did. Do you want me to show you the obituaries in the paper or something? Yeah. You have to bring that in the next day.

Like if you've got an employee who once a month is saying they've got a funeral to go to, that's a bit different. But I feel like people don't really lie about bereavement. No. No. I feel like that's like jinxing the whole thing. Someone else said, bad boss hotline. I was offered a bribe

of $20,000 to stay after resigning. Ooh. That's a sticky situation. That doesn't I mean it depends why you're resigning I guess. Yeah. 20 grand that sounds like a

Is it a pay rise or is it a bribe? I'm going to really have to call into question how bad the job is when someone offers me twenty thousand dollars obviously there'd be reasons i think that's why they're texting through yeah it's not just a situation of oh i'm i'm resigning and someone going oh we want to offer you 20k to stay like i think there's probably more to it um someone else said, husband and I had the same manager. My husband had to call in sick one day for my elective cesarean. He wasn't allowed the day off.

What? He wasn't allowed the day off for? The day of her elective cesarean. You weren't allowed a day off for the birth of your child. What? Yeah, right. Now, you've planned this. You've planned it. You did this let a day off for the birth of your child. What? Yeah, right. Now, you've planned this. You've planned it.

You did this on purpose. So it doesn't count. You've planned it. If it's elective, tell her to have the baby on the weekend. Yeah, tell her to have it on a Saturday then. Bree and Clint. I took a very spontaneous trip back home to Australia on Saturday morning. Didn't that pay off?

God, it paid off, which I will talk about more later in the show. I went home because I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Matildas, the Australian women's football team, play in the quarterfinal. Yeah. And I just had this gut feeling. Yeah. I had this gut feeling that I had to go and damn, it paid off.

What a great decision that was. You were so lucky to be there. I was, I felt so lucky. Like I can't even explain to you what it felt like to be there. But anyway, so I had, I booked these last minute flights and it was Saturday morning. It was early and I haven't flown on a plane in ages. Okay. Like a long time.

Yeah. Like a flight back home or. Did you forget how they worked? Well, I just haven't flown for ages and I was a bit anxious, you know, because it's last minute. Okay. I'd kind of packed, you know, bits and pieces and I get on the flight and I'm sitting there, I'm on the flight and I'm sitting in the window seat and then there's someone sitting

next to me and then some there was a three it was three seats full row anyway so we're waiting for the flight to take off and i'm trying to organize myself and and um lucky enough that the flight had wi-fi oh yeah so i was like sweet uh this is going to be great so i've managed to find my airpod somewhere deep in my bag which i haven't used in ages. But I was like, I'll use my AirPods, I'll be able to listen to music or do whatever I need to do on my phone. Anyway, so at one point in the flight, we're up in the air

and I was like, pulled my AirPods out and started, you know, listening to music and looking at stuff and whatever. At one point, I'm so entranced by the Australian women's soccer team that I'd read this article about what their team songs were for this World Cup. And I started, one of the songs that they have been listening to was a song from a woman named Nikki Webster. You might remember Nikki Webster as the little girl who was the star of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games opening. She was on the jandelay.

She was the one flying through the air and doing all that stuff. A big deal back home in Australia. And she released a song after that called Strawberry Kisses. I remember. We were talking about Nagi Wibster. Massive song. Yeah. Massive song.

Huge hit. And that's one of the team songs. And I was like, oh, God, I haven't listened to that song in ages. And I went into Spotify and I turned on Strawberry Kisses and I was jamming out. Yeah, vibe. And it was, I reckon, about halfway through the song that I get this elbow from the person next to me, like a little, like a soft elbow, soft elbow,

and I kind of was like, took my AirPod out. She goes, I just want to let you know that your AirPods, I don't think, have connected to your phone. And we can hear everything that you've been watching, including the song that you're now listening to. But we love it. Please, can you turn it up? No, she was quite alarmed.

Yeah, she was like, never heard that song. Can you please turn it off? How bad are your ears that you thought that sound was coming through your ear pods? Well, on a plane, it's quite, you know how you got that murmuring sound? And I think I was just like, my head was a bit all over the place. And I was like, oh, yeah, they're working. Nah, not connected at all. Everything, all the TikToks I'd watch for about, I reckon, about 10 minutes.

Oh, you're watching TikTok on it as well? Oh, that'd be annoying to sit next to. About 10 minutes, my phone was blaring. That person waited 10 minutes. How long would you wait to elbow the person beside you? Probably like a minute. A banger. What a tune. What a banger.

Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger. What a tune. What a banger. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger. Right now, though, your birthday bangers for a Monday. The number one songs on your 16th birthdays. Who are we kicking it off with? Megan. Hi, Megan.

G'day, Megan. Hey, guys. How are you? Good, mate. How are you going? Yeah, not too bad, thanks. Have you been trying to win these Taylor Swift tickets that we've got, Megan? Yes, definitely.

You've been on it? And then I tried to ring before for the countdown as well. Oh, well, we're glad to have you here now and we wish you luck for all the other tickets we're going to be giving away, okay? Thank you. Alright, Megan, we need your birthday.

27th of the 3rd, 1996. All right, that means you were 16 in 2012. And back on your 16th birthday, Megan, this was number one. Yes, Megan. Huge. Massive. What a banger. I love this song.

It holds up so well. It doesn't sound like a song that is 11 years old. No way. Sia and Flo Rida nailed it. What do you think, Megan? Oh, yeah, it's all right. You were hoping for some Taylor Swift. Yeah, just a little bit.

She's like, geez, calm down, guys. It's just Flo Rida. Wait there, Megan. We're going to do a birthday banger for Amy. Kia ora, Amy. Hi, Amy. Hey, guys. How's it going?

Good. How's your day been, Amy? Oh, a little bit weird, a little bit cold. But, you know, it can't be plain. Are you just as over this weather as me, Amy? Yeah. Yeah. A little bit over it, yeah. I've had enough.

I've had enough. Well, let's see if we can bright... We do winter Australia for the weekend, so... Yeah, well, you do have a point. You've been in sunny Queensland for the weekend. And can I say yesterday in Brisbane, 27 and sunny. Yeah, we know. They've been trying to get our police officers over there. And to be honest, I wouldn't blame anyone

for moving there right now. God, it was nice. I did have a little bit of humidity, though. Yeah. You had some sweaty boobage. Yeah, I wouldn't blame anyone for moving there right now. God, it was nice. I did have a little bit of humidity though. Yeah. You had some sweaty boobage. Yeah, I wasn't used to it. I've acclimatised. Those polyester football tops will do it to you. Just not good. Anyway, Amy, enough about our cleavage. More about your birthday banger.

What's your date of birth? 20th of June, 1980. Right. That means you were 16 in 1996. And, Amy, this is your birthday banger. Oh, Amy. Tracy Chapman. She's been the name on everyone's lips at the moment

because of Luke Combs' Fast Car. She's back. Oh, yeah? Yeah. You know, this was her biggest hit. Is this the... I'm pretty sure this was a bigger hit. Bigger than Fast Car. She's back. Hello. You know, this was her biggest hit. I'm pretty sure this was a bigger hit. Amy, do you love it? I love it.

I love it. You love it. Thank you very much. We're going to go to Bear. Kia ora Bear. Hi Bear. Kia ora. How are you? Pardon? How are you going? I'm alright. I just visited my mum in hospital. I'm sorry to hear that. How are you going? I'm alright. I just visited my mum in hospital. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

How's she doing? She's doing a lot better, thankful to the nurses and everyone at the Hastings Hospital. Oh, that's good to hear. So glad to hear some good news. Well, let's pick you up with your birthday banger. What's your date of birth?

30th of June, 2001. Alright, that means you were 16 in 2017. And let me take you back with this one. Louis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber. You get despacito. Are you into it, beer? I honestly am. I really am.

Me too, Bear. I reckon that was an absolute bop. It was so different to hear a song like this on the radio. I really liked it. Okay, way there, Bear. Tough decision. Oh, I like them all. Yeah.

What are you going to go for? I want to know what you're going for. I want to know what you're going for. I want to know what you're going for. I want to know what you're going for. Because I really love the Despacito. I feel like Wild Ones might be at the bottom for me, only because I've heard it the most. Sure.

I'll agree with you. I'm not going to vote for Wild Ones. Okay. Okay. Three, two, one. Tracy Chapman. Okay, we're going to the producers Claudia what is it going to be this afternoon I think you're right about Despacito

Like it hits That song still slaps Is it Despacito I'm with Bear on this one Bear you've won birthday banger Oh my god yes I've been crying for weeks There you go

Oh nice work Enjoy mate See you babe Brian Clint You're on ZM ZM ZM Brian Clint

Despacito That's Despacito The winner of Birthday Banger Today from the year 2017. That's going out to beer. Whenever I hear that song, it makes everyone in the room appear that much hotter. I don't know what it is. Like, it's just the, you know, the vibe or something.

I do know what you're saying. It's just a hot song. Very hot song from Daddy Yankee. You could be my daddy. Anyway, let's move on. I saw this post online where people are up in arms about this. Yeah. Where a guy is copying it online for being so frugal that he peels his bananas before weighing them at the checkout to save money.

Oh, nah, man. That's too far. And rumours are. That's way too far. Rumours are he also peels the oranges. No. That's unhygienic. That's what it says.

Well, he puts them in a plastic bag, which, I mean, you know, shouldn't be doing that anyway, but. They come in their own plastic bag. It's called the skin. What are the, bananas literally go brown within like 10 minutes. That's the issue. Like an orange might stay okay if you put it in a fridge. Unless he's taking them home to put them immediately in the freezer

for smoothies or whatever or baking. They're pointless bananas. I mean, how much do you reckon he would be saving? Well, there's an argument that bananas are 50% skin as far as weight goes. You reckon they're 50%? I don't know if they're 50%. Banana skins are a bit. Of all the fruits, banana skins really pay the most.

I reckon 30. But I've never thought that I'm being ripped off. Maybe not even 30. Maybe 25. I reckon they're 25%. Because you do pay per kg for bananas, eh? Yeah. Yeah, okay.

I'm pretty sure you do. I mean, there would be some instances where you pay by the bunch. Those fair trade ones are by the bunch, I think. Yeah. With the plastic wrap around them. What about the ones that are dipped in the wax? I know the ones you're talking about. Are they just an Australian thing?

Oh, are they? I know what you're talking about. They dip the red end in the wax. Why do they do that? I don't know. Does it make them stay fresh longer? Does it keep it fresher? I'm not sure. I've never bought them. That guy would be really pissed off. He'd be peeling the red wax in the wax. Why do they do that? I don't know. I think maybe... Does it make them stay fresh longer? Does it keep it fresher? I'm not sure.

I've never bought them... That guy'd be really pissed off. He'd be peeling the red wax off the end. Well, he goes, this is even more weight on my banana. That's true. I've never even thought about that. Maybe they dip them in the wax

because they say, oh, it keeps them fresher, but it makes them way more. Conspiracy theories abound. Where do you stop, though, if you're peeling bananas? Are you pulling the little stick out the top of the apple

to save yourself a few cents? Pulling the sticker off? Take the sticker or those stickers. Look, I will put my hand up and say I do participate in something similar to this. What is it? But I think it's fine. Do you de-leave your lettuce?

I de-leave my cabbages. Don't you pay by a head for cabbage? You don't pay by weight for cabbage? Certain cabbages, I think. Really? Like you can get them like if you buy it in a quarter or a half. Are you talking those purple cabbages? Yeah. Like I usually, like

same with cauliflower, I'll pull the green leaves off. Are we not paying by the head for cauliflower? Not everywhere. Not everywhere. Okay. And I will always take at least a couple of leaves off the cabbage. With the lettuce, I don't want to take those manky ass outside leaves home.

That's true. I will leave those for the supermarket to deal with. Why are you leaving it so you can get a better deal? No, lettuce is by the head. I know that. Okay. I know it is. Okay.

I think. I don't know. I think everywhere could be different. Either way, it's cheap. You are. That is cheap. You're being cheap. You're being cheap. You can call it frugal. You can call it. Bananas is next level though.

Fiscally responsible. But you are being cheap. No, it's cheap. If you peel your bananas to take them to the checkout, you're cheap. I don't want to be a cashier who has to process your pre-peeled bananas. Yeah, I don't want to touch your pre-peeled bananas. I don't want to touch

your slippery bag of bananas. Get your slippery bag of bananas away from me. Where is he putting the skins too? That's amazing. There's not a bin there for the skins. Sometimes there's a bin

in the fruit section. Not for banana skins. No. We do this every now and then and it's a chance to dob somebody in and quite often we will get people dobbing their partner in. It happens a lot. People dobbing their partner

in because you get to see the real side of your partner. Usually without fail it's people dobbing their male partner in too for being cheap. Let's not discriminate. I think anyone can be cheap and we want to hear about

those people. 0800 dials at M. We want you to call up and dob in someone for being cheap and we want an example of why they're so cheap. Yeah, where are the teabag recyclers at? What's that? Where are the teabag recyclers at? Yeah, those people. The double dunkers.

Yeah. 0800 dials at M. You can text 9696. We'll put the list together next. Bree and Clint. Man, we've had a lot of produce texts come in. Someone said, lettuce is definitely sold by the head. That's what we were trying to guess before.

So you pay for the individual lettuce. My partner will weigh 10 heads of lettuce to find the one that weighs the most. I do things like that. So he's getting the most value for money. Yeah, when they have like avocados and it's like two for $7 or like whatever they are because avocados are always changing, I will always try and find the biggest ones.

Yeah, I feel like that's human nature. Yeah. Right? Yeah. Oh, you need a variety of big and also varying in ripeness. I want the big ones. Okay, you want the big ones. I, I forget you want the big ones. I just want the big whoas.

Okay, let's go to Bernie. Hi, Bernie. Hi, Bernie. Hi, how's it going? Good, thanks. This is you. You're dobbing in yourself for being cheap, Bernie. I am.

I sound so horrible about doing this, but when you go and grab grapes, I like put them in, take them off the sticks, put you in the bag before paying for them. Bernie, you don't do that, do you? Yes. You will pick the grapes off the vine just to save some money. Have you ever worked out how much you save by taking the sticks off?

It's only like a dollar or a dollar fifty. Hey, that's a lot! I thought you were going to say like 20, 30 cents. A dollar fifty's good. Yeah. I don't know because I'll get like a big bunch of grapes at a time. Oh, okay. Oh, you're going to, now supermarkets are going to hate you for saying this on the radio

Bernie, honestly. Do the grapes go I mean, let's be real, the supermarkets will survive. Do the grapes go off quicker? Like, do they go riper quicker when they're off the vine? I wonder. I don't know. I just put them in a container as soon as I get home.

And put them in the fridge. Yeah. Thanks, Bernie the grape stripper. We appreciate your call this afternoon. Thanks, Bernie. Someone texted her and said, my husband booked a shared accommodation for our honeymoon. No, he did not.

No, he did not. He did. Shared with who? That's so bad. Like hostel accommodation. Yeah, I'm assuming. Oh, if you're not going to splash out for the special room. Honeymoon, when are you going to splash out?

When are you? You don't want to be sharing a room with people on the honeymoon. My husband straightens bent nails and then bangs them into his projects. Is that cheap or is that just good practice? Good practice. This one is 100% no doubt cheap as back in the day when video rentals were still a thing, my friends and I would meet most Sunday nights to watch a weekly rental. The older ones were only $1 for the hire. One friend used to insist that we split this four

or five ways depending on how many people turned up. So having to part with 20 cents wasn't unusual. The worst part was if you turned up late, she insisted on redoing the maths and that you weren't allowed to watch unless you gave everyone else in the group five cents. This was in 1999 and it still gives me the ick. I don't know if I could hang out with that person. I don't know if I could be friends with that person. I don't think I could. I definitely would put the whole dollar in

and just go, babe, it's on me. You keep it. Let me get this one. Yeah. Someone said, my partner takes the stem off the mushrooms so that they weigh less. You can eat that bit. I don't mind the stem and the mushrooms. That's edible, that bit. Yeah.

I 100% eat that. Someone else said, my ex gave me the gift of not spending any money for Valentine's Day. That's it. It's a creative way of saying I'm getting you nothing. Babe, this Valentine's Day, I'm going to treat you to some savings. Yeah, I'm going to let us save some money. I flew back into the country this morning at about 1.30

after I booked last-minute spontaneous flights to Australia on Thursday night, flew out on Saturday morning because I went to the Matildas game, which if you don't know who the Matildas are, they're the Australian women's football team who are currently still in the running to win this World Cup. They're in the top four. They're in the top four. They're in the top four. They made the semifinal on Saturday night in one of the most thrilling

and nail-biting games of soccer football I have ever seen, and I can't believe I got to be a part of it. I was there. It was one of the most incredible memories, I think, I will ever have of a sporting match. Like you can't explain what it was like, the feeling inside that stadium. Like you could feel the entire country. And I know that obviously, you know, we're in New Zealand,

but I'm Australian and I love sport. I love it so much. And I was so behind the football ferns and obviously when they didn't make it, you know, it was all focused on the Matildas for me because I've followed this team for 10, 15 years. I've got friends who are in that team.

So to be there on Saturday night. It's just a moment that won't be repeated. I know exactly what you're talking about and to do it on home soil I had the exact same feeling when I saw the Black Caps get into the Cricket World Cup final at Eden Park when they beat South Africa. It's that moment you go, oh my god, I can't believe

I was actually here. It's something that I don't think I ever thought I would see in my lifetime and I can't explain the feeling of these past three weeks for me have, I've just been engulfed by the FIFA Women's World Cup. I played soccer since I was five, like it was one of my favourite sports. I love that game. And when I wanted to play when I was

five, my mum said, there's no girls teams, you can't play. And I said, well, I'll play in the boys team. And I played, I was the only girl player in my team till I think I was 13. Really? Till I was 13. They didn't have girls soccer teams where you come from? No girls were really playing soccer. And I was from the country.

No girls were playing. They were all playing netball. Like it wasn't a thing. And I, just to sit there and watch this team inspire the next generation, young boys, young girls,

a whole country is engulfed with this team right now. I saw a stat that came out from the weekend about television viewership numbers in Australia and that game has, there were more people watching that game in Australia than any NRL grand final, any AFL grand final.

The only thing that has a higher viewership than that game currently is when Cathy Freeman won her medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000. 7.1 million people tuned in. That's insane. It's one of the highest watched things on TV for like a decade. Yeah.

Can I give you some of the stats from this Women's World Cup that are just amazing to me and inspires me? Like this FIFA Women's World Cup is poised to become one of the most attended women's sporting events in history. Yeah. to become one of the most attended women's sporting events in history. Stadium Australia has sold out every time they've played, like a game at Stadium Australia, which is over 75,000 people. New Zealand's crowds have broken records. The attendance at the New Zealand games have broken records every time

for being the biggest crowds to watch a football game, men's or women's in the country's history. And yeah, I just can't even explain to you, like as a woman, like to see this happening, it's just so amazing. They've already won regardless of what the Matildas do. Like for me personally, as an Aussie, that team has won. What I find really cool about it, and I know that New Zealand and Australia have the same attitude, we love doing things that people say that we can't do.

Yeah. And there was a bit of chat, I say the bit, there was a lot of chat around New Zealanders not showing up to these games before the Football World Cup started. I was at Eden Park on Friday night to watch Sweden play Japan. New Zealand were not playing. And that was a full stadium for a game of soccer that New Zealand wasn't even playing in. And these records that are being set, they're being set in New Zealand and Australia.

That's what I mean. This is bigger than overseas countries, much bigger countries with much stronger football followings and much larger populations were able to do. Both of our countries have been involved in breaking world records here. It's been bigger than any other FIFA Women's World Cup. Like Australia and New Zealand should be so proud with this event. Like it will go down in history. Like this is the start of something and I'm just so so excited that

young girls watching this now have someone to look up to and go I want to be just like them when I grow up it's so cool Courtney Vine at her first World Cup can write the Matildas into history

cue the party Can write the Matildas into history. Key the party. Oh, mate. I cried. I screamed. I just had every emotion. And, I mean, Wednesday night, get on board the Matildas. They're playing England. Let's go, the Tillys.

We need to talk about this very bizarre story about this man who, the thread on Reddit, it's come from Reddit, but the thread on Reddit has since been deleted. Okay. And I don't know if it's because of how viral this story has gone. Right. But let me give you the details right. So the story's about this guy who posted on Reddit

and he was asking if he was the a-hole because he said pretty much here's the situation. My wife got the news. He's been married to this woman for over a decade and his wife got the news that she will only live for another nine months. Oh, my God. Okay. Yeah.

Some pretty devastating, obviously horrible news. Yeah, life-changing news. Life-changing news. I think it's been a month or so since they've gotten that news that she is terminally ill. Yeah. And only has nine months to live. And she has opened up to her husband asking for her dying wish. Okay.

So she's still, you know, up and about and kind of, you know, getting around. So now's the time to do it. Now's the time to be like, this is what I want. It's not going to get any better. In the last months of my life, this is kind of, you know, this is what I want. It's not going to get any better. In the last months of my life, this is kind of, you know, this is what I want. She has said to him that she would like to meet up with one of her ex-partners. Yeah. And indoor garden with him.

Excuse me? One last time. Excuse me? You heard right. Indoor garden meaning, obviously what it means, it's our special code word, but you can get the gist. She's still married to this guy? Yeah.

But she said. And she said her dying wish is to sleep with her ex. Exactly. Okay. I'm trying to be open-minded about this. I'm trying to be like. It's interesting. I'm trying to see it from her perspective because she. She's explained herself.

Okay. Yeah, please. And he goes into that. He was very shocked. Yeah. Hurt and didn't know how to feel about it. And she explained her reasoning behind the whole thing. She said that she believes her most physically compatible

and satisfying lover was her ex. And said that her now husband, it's a different kind of thing. It's not bad. It's more of an emotional connection, but in terms of physical, her ex was the best she ever had pretty much. Good for her. That's what she said.

Yep. Okay. And she's had him. What's that? She had him. Yeah. It's not like she never got to do it with him. She got it.

She did it. And now she's not like she never got to do it with him. She got it. She did it. And now she's... And now she's... And now she made a commitment to somebody else. This is so weird. This is so weird. And I don't want to be judgmental, but let's take the fact that she's dying out of it.

Like if she was... Well, you can't really take that out of it. But if she wasn't dying... Yeah. If this is her most physical, should she... Should he be fine with her wanting to sleep with her ex-boyfriend one more time? You know? I think, I mean, it's a hard one.

It's a really hard one. Can you imagine if you were the husband? I wouldn't know what to say. What do you say to that? I mean, the poor woman's dying. Because her comeback is, oh, thanks, I'm dying. The poor woman's dying. To be honest, like, if I was her, let's be real,

I would have probably just went and did it and not told him about it. Weirdly, that seems like the kind thing to do. You know what I mean? That's way kinder than being like, you know, I love you, and it's not bad with you, and I emotionally connect with you the most, but he was the best physically. Like that seems quite harsh to me. Without thinking about it too much, that does seem like the right way to do it.

Because it's not about him. No. This has nothing to do with him. Exactly. You're doing this thing has nothing to do with him. Well, it does, but so just go and do it. Just go and do it and don't tell him. You're not going to have to live with it forever.

If he's not going to find out, you know, and he's not going to get hurt, and you get what you want before you pass away, then I feel, I don't know. I feel so uncomfortable even thinking about this situation. I have no idea what I'd say to that. Can you text us really quick? 9696.

Is it unreasonable to not want her to sleep with her ex before she dies? She shouldn't have told him. She shouldn't have told him. What's the right way to deal with this? You know, there's no right way. And has the ex even been asked? What a weird thing to have brought to her. What if the ex isn't on board?

Not keen. What if he's like, I don't want to get involved. She's like, please, I'm dying. It's my dying wish. Please. That's the end of the show, everyone. Thanks. Done and dusted.

Everyone okay after the Taylor Swift competition today? Everyone recovered from day one? I don't know. It's going to be a wild, wild few weeks while we give these tickets away. It is. We're getting a lot of passion come through on the text machine. Which is great. But also just keep in mind, it's not our fault. It's not personal that you specifically did not win Taylor Swift tickets today.

And also keep in mind, you can try again tomorrow. You can. And the next day. And you can. And the day after that. And you can. And the day after that. Yeah.

Yeah. So there's heaps more chances. So just cool your jets. We're going to try and get everyone tickets. Claudia, who's been answering our phones today, how are you feeling, Claudia? Are you okay? I'm exhausted. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of emotions. A lot of emotions. And those emotions get transferred onto you, don't they? Oh, absolutely. Very passionate fans.

We get it. Yeah. Okay, we get it. and we want you to win. So tomorrow morning, 8am, Fletchbourne and Hayley will play the first of three Taylor Swift songs. Good luck. Good luck. And we'll see you then. Brian Clint.

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