ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 14th December 2022

Episode Date: December 14, 2022

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The ZM Podcast Network. Hi everyone, welcome to the third to last Brianne Clint podcast of 2022. Well, radio podcast. Claude's got a lot of podcasts ready to come for you. So many. I was going to say, there'll be a few more in there. We done enough of those summer mini things? We need one more.

One more. I knew we were going to leave it to the last minute. I reckon we should leave it for the last day. We leave it for the last day? Yeah. Okay, kick that can down the road. There will be podcasts in your feed from the Bree and Clint team. Just Claudia's doing them all. So we'll keep you occupied over

our summer, maybe your winter. It'll be people's winters, yeah. You might not be on holiday. How long do people around the other parts of the world where it is winter, how long do they get? A week? Don't they do two weeks over Christmas? And the big break is like September?

The big break is in our winter, so like June, July. They have a summer holiday. Well, that's in America. Spring break, baby. How much time do people take off in America for Christmas? Yeah, that's what I was asking. Like a week or two, right? Two weeks?

No. No? No, here you're lucky to get two I was asking. Like a week or two, right? Two weeks? No. No? No, here you're lucky to get two weeks. It might be a week, I think. So like obviously Christmas through past New Year's. But then some people work in between. Yeah, yeah. It might be a week.

Everything's munted these days because shops are open 24-7 and they've got to do their Boxing Day sales and you've got to buy petrol and there is no real shutdown time. So if you get a holiday, jeez, just count yourself lucky, I reckon. I was talking to someone the other day about Europe and holidays over there and yeah, when it happens, Christmas, yadda yadda yadda,

yeah, it's little, but people in the workplace are more relaxed and chill when people take leave in the year because it's so normal because people are just people take leave in the year. Because it's so normal. Because people are just travelling in Europe all the time. Because their country doesn't shut down over Christmas and New Year. Yeah.

Yeah, right. But also when we take leave in the middle of the year, there's that tendency where you do feel bad. Because it's like, oh, it's not the time where everyone takes leave. But over in Europe, everyone's doing it whenever. Before COVID, it was way more normal to have a holiday in the middle of winter, like a week or two, to go somewhere warm. Remember that?

Yeah. Remember back when we used to travel and stuff? And you'd just take a break from, if you could afford it, from shitty New Zealand winter and go somewhere warm? Even just like the Gold Coast or something for a couple of weeks. Those were the days, weren't they? They're coming back, aren't they? Kind of.

Yeah, if you've got thousands of dollars to pay for flights. Fuck, flights are expensive now. Oh, really? Oh, my God. Yeah, that's great. Yeah. Yeah, it's hectic. What's something positive to talk about. Thank you to Mama Di who sent me a plant-based gout remedy

after listening to yesterday's podcast. She called me just to say, hey, can you ask if Clint got my remedy for gout? I messaged him to tell him what I got told by a naturopath would work. If you take dark cherry juice from a healthy food shop, even supermarkets, very good anti-inflammatory, no grout. No grout. Yeah.

Congratulations on your podcast award. Thank you, Mama Day. Cute. We all love you and appreciate you a lot. Also, my mum keeps asking if, because my mum every year will send the team, us as a team, will send us craft beers, and she asks me if we've drunk them. We got them. We haven't drunk them.

You've drunk a couple of them. Where's that how I got the gout? Oh, look, Claudia's trying to say that we've drunk all of them. Not all of them. Are they on my desk? Yeah, they're under your desk. They're under the desk. I don't know that we've drunk any of them. Not all of them. Are they on my desk? Yeah, they're under your desk. They're under the desk. I don't know that we've drunk any of them.

Yeah, you have. And then we put them in the fridge. No, no. I feel like we've drunk one. Yeah, we have. Have we? Okay, we'll have it on Friday. Friday, that's a good time, good opportunity.

We'll have all of them. The whole box. We could even have one on Thursday, like tomorrow before we go to our dinner. Yeah, we're going to our team break up tomorrow. Are you guys dressing up? Because I'll wear my nice dress. We'll wear something nice to go to a restaurant.

Oh, gosh. Probably not. Bree, come on. No, I can't be bothered. But please, just sometimes. Nah, it's been a long fucking year, Ella. I'm not putting a dress on. Fine, I will put a dress on and look skarks.

Well, you put a dress on. I'll skarks up with you. And I will wear jeans and a T-shirt. You're all right. That's fine. I'll see how I feel on the day. Come on, Corby. I'll bring some options.

I mean, I look good in everything, though. That's true. That's fine. Wear pigtails. You look cute. Oh, no, not pigtails. Plats. Plats.

You suit plats. Yeah, some CTI plats. Some CTI plats. Yeah, they're cute. And the boots. I can't plait my own hair to save myself. Oh, can I plait your hair? Yeah, I'd love you to plaits. Yeah, they're cute. And the boots. I can't plait my own hair to save myself. Oh, can I plait your hair? Yeah, I'd love you to plait my hair.

I've got an emergency dad hair tie on my wrist if you want me to take care of it for you. Oh, are you cutie? Can you braid? No. It's hard. Oh, you should need to learn. My specialty is space buns, but I need two. I can do space buns.

I need two. I can do space buns. Where are we going for dinner? We're going to a restaurant called Mekong, baby. Baby. Baby. Shout out to Marchin. We love you at Mekong Baby. And I'm bringing the whole team.

If you're ever in Auckland, you have to go to Mekong Baby on Ponsonby Road. It's our favourite restaurant. Let's get the hell out of here, everybody. Well, howdy, pilgrims. What time is it? Three, two, one. It is free and clean. Well, howdy Pilgrim. Good morning everybody. Welcome to the Brie and Clint show. I've just been listening to Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley's podcast.

You'll find this very boring, but I found it very interesting. That's so rude of you to say about their podcast. You didn't let me finish. The Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley podcast. The special edition podcast they've done with Brad Olsen, the economist that you see on One News sometimes. It's quite interesting. What's it about? Just money and like money from like people our age's perspective

and how like the economy and the recession is going to affect us in the next 12 months. It's very interesting, but it's also very scary. They talk about things like, because the houses are cheaper. Is it actually a good time to go and buy a house now? I mean, interesting probably isn't a word that I'd use. No, I said that.

No, but you said it's very interesting. I said, I find it very interesting. You'll find it boring. Yeah, I don't, I don't, I like to live in, you know,

in bliss. Blissful ignorance? Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, but I mean, I'm going to sound quite smart here. Yes, the house prices

are coming down, but the interest rates are going up. So, I mean, it's all relevant, isn't it, Clint? It's all relative. Oh, I should have been on that podcast. I should have been on it. Yeah, it could be a good podcast for you. Brad, are going up. So, I mean, it's all relevant, isn't it, Clint? It's all relative. Oh, I should have been on that podcast.

I should have been on it. Yeah, it could be a good podcast for you. Brad, get me on. Anyway, worth a listen if you are money-minded. It's a special edition of Fletch Gordon and Hayley's podcast which is out now with Brad Olsen, The Economist. Alright, back to

I'm more an alchemist fan myself. Are you? Yeah. Yeah, yeah,? Yeah You're more of a mixologist Yeah Let's get into the show, shall we? We'll play Tradie vs Lady We've got 50 bucks cash up for grabs Thanks to KFC That'll get you through the recession

Absolutely Every little bit counts If you want to play You've got to call Bree and Clint Bree and Clint Tradie vs Lady You've got to call. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. Tradies versus ladies.

Right, it's triple points for the last week of the year and the tradies are sitting on 114 points. The ladies on 98. Let's meet our lady in tradie versus lady today. She's phoning us from Whanganui. She's 28 years old and she ran her first half marathon in the weekend. Welcome to the show, Susan. G'day, Susan. Hi, guys. Level with me. How many

times did you walk? Twice. Yeah, that's pretty good. Maybe three times. I've never run a marathon. I love how you're like, wait, maybe they know someone that knows something. I'll be honest, three. It was three. I've never run a marathon before. Do you have that issue this week where you have to carefully lower yourself down onto the toilet?

Like, do your legs hurt that much? I had that yesterday, but I'm okay today. Yeah, good. I have to do that if I go for a half an hour run. So, feel pretty good about yourself, Susan. You're taking on our tradie today. He's playing from Auckland. He's 24, and he has got a pet frog. Welcome to about yourself, Susan. You're taking on our tradie today. He's playing from Auckland. He's 24, and he has got a pet frog.

Welcome to the show, Drew. That's interesting. Drew, what type of frog, Drew? Green and golden bell frog. Oh, cute. Is that one of the ones where you lick the back of it and you go on a buzzy trip? I haven't done that, but you could come around and give it a go.

What's the name of the frog? Bert, short you could come around and give it a go. Okay, I will. What's the name of the frog? Bert, short for Ribbit. I mean, it's a classic frog name. Makes sense. Ribbit. Okay, Susan, your buzzer is Lady. Drew, your buzzer is Tradie.

First to three correct answers gets 50 bucks cash from KFC. Good luck. Question number one, guys. Here we go. According to Google, what percentage of the body is made up of water? 30. Yes, Drew? 70. I'll finish the question.

50, 60 or 80? 80. Yes, Susan? 80. According to Google, it's 60%. According to Google, it's 60%. According to Google, it's 60. So more than half of our body. Yeah.

And then on a Saturday night, apparently it goes up to 80. But that includes alcohol, doesn't it? That's just me, though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's just me. Question number two. All right, no points there. What is the name of the Australian zoo started by Steve and the Irwin family? Pretty much nearly said it in the question.

Brady. Later. Australia Zoo. It is Australia Zoo. Have you been? I've never been, no. Anyone been? No.

I have. I've been. Did you like it, Susan? Susan, you've been. You should have got the answer. I thought it was a trick question. No, that was cool. Papa Koalas and all that. Pretty good, Sue.

Pretty good. Alright, one to the tradies. Question number three. Buzz in if you can tell me who sings this song. Lady. Yes, Susan. Is it Elvis? It is Elvis. She's on the money.

Mama Di will be proud of you, Susan. All right, that's one apace. Question number four. In the human body, what is the strongest bone? Trudy. Keep it clean. Keep it clean, Drew. Femur.

It is the femur. Nice work, which is, of course, in your leg, the femur bone. No other bones were being thought of. No, no other bones accepted. No, it's school time. Question number five. That's two to the tradies, one to the ladies. Streets and tip-top are both manufacturers.

Yes, Drew. Ice cream? Well done, Drew. Nice job. Nice work, Drew. $50 coming your done, Drew. Nice work, Drew. $50 coming your way, mate. Oh, thank you. Say hi to Bert for us.

It's time for the latest. From iHeartRadio, this is the latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Dean, rumours are swirling about who Dua Lipa is dating and apparently he has written a song about her as well. I know, that's when you know that the crush is real. Jack Harlow is apparently dating Dua Lipa. Talk about a good-looking couple. Now, the rumours first started because he actually did write a song about her.

He named the song after her, as they described in the press. He decided to shoot his shot by naming a song about her. He named the song after her, as they described in the press. He decided to shoot his shot by naming a track after her. It says, Dua Lipa, I'm trying to do more with her than do a feature. Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah. Now, you may have recalled, Dua Lipa used to date Anwar Hadid, which is the little brother of Gigi and Bella Hadid.

Very good looking dude, Anwar Hadid. And now she appears to be dating Jack Harlow, which appears to prove the point that you should just shoot your shot like he did. And voila, you get yourself a gorgeous supermodel. You say good looking couple, Dean. I say, love the guy, but Jack Harlow is definitely punching in that relationship. Punching Dua Lipa is stunning. She is top tier.

She is. He's a go-getter stunning. She is top tier. She is. And he's a go-getter as well, Jack Harlow, for sure. And, I mean, Dean's right. You should shoot your shot. There couldn't be anything more brazen than this. Dua Lipa. I'm trying to more. We're hurting Dua Feet.

I check the web. They aren't showing me up. We played it on ZM, and I remember when we were playing it, and I was like, do you reckon he's hitting on her? Imagine if they ended up together. And then, I mean, a year later, boom. Well, she was definitely going to hear it at least. 100% she was. So it's an icebreaker, right?

Yeah. Yeah. Because she was rumoured to be dating Trevor Noah, the comedian. Trevor Noah? Yeah. From The Daily Show? There was rumours that she was dating him at one point. Now, they is a good-looking couple.

Yeah. He is a good looking man He is I've got a photo with him I look like a little rat He's so gorgeous He's tall And beautiful I look like that ugly cousin

That like I don't know how to explain it But he made me look like A little rat And he's so gorgeous And so funny And so dreamy And can I tell you

He smells so good He looks like he would He's leaving The Daily Show as well Is he? Yeah he's hanging it up and so funny and so dreamy. And can I tell you, he smells so good. He looks like he would. He's leaving The Daily Show as well. Is he? Yeah, he's hanging it up. He's like my new Idris Elba. Hey, do you guys think that Jack Harlow is the new Pete Davidson?

I saw an article suggesting that he might be. Oh, really? He needs more than just Dua Lipa. Yeah. You know, he needs to... Well, it's too late. They're in love, so it's forever. Actually, that's right, Dean. Dua Lipa and Jack Harlow are forever he needs to... Well, it's too late. They're in love, so it's forever. Yeah, true. Actually, that's right, Dean.

Dua Lipa and Jack Harlow are forever, right? That's how these Hollywood couples work. That's how it works. Yeah, for sure. That's how it works. And you see, like, if he dates her, it's a one-hit wonder, for lack of a better expression,

but he needs to date, like, a few of them like he has. Yeah, yeah. To be peace about it. He needs a Kardashian. Depends how funny he is. I think he's quite funny to be fair. From what I've seen, it looks like he's got good banter. That's the latest live out of LA with our Hollywood correspondent,

Dean McCarthy. We've been talking about this woman whose job it is, you hire her to find out if your partner would cheat on you. She gets in the DMs, she tries to seduce them, and if they take the bait, she gives you the receipts, and you go, oh, okay, so you're a cheater. And even though they haven't cheated, you know you're dating someone that would cheat on you.

Yeah, well, if the emotional cheating is cheating. Yeah, totally. Yeah, definitely. We've asked you, without using a professional, how did you find out that your partner was cheating? Someone texts us and they said, I started a new job. And someone who reported to me was talking about her new boyfriend. Anyway, I asked some questions like, what does he do? Oh, mine does that too.

Turns out they were the same person. And I had been with him for eight years. Whoa. That's so horrible. That person who was dating both of you, once they found out that the second girlfriend was starting work at the workplace of their eight-year girlfriend, can you imagine the sweat bullets running down that person's forehead?

Can you imagine the panic, the pure panic? And it's so deserved. Someone else texted her and they said, my ex gaslit me into thinking I was crazy because I thought he was cheating. So I paid a girl a box of vodka cruisers to catch him cheating. Even though I had already planned to break up with him, I just wanted to be sure that I actually wasn't as crazy as he said that I was. Justification was great.

Box of vodka cruisers, well spent. Oh, that is well spent. That's cheap. It's a cheap price. Didn't even splash out for the long whites, just straight up cruises. Anonymous is here. Hi, Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous.

Hi. Tell us. We're asking you how you caught the cheater cheating. How did it go down? Okay, so we've been married for nine years, just had our third child. And it was last year at Christmas and I had seen a teddy in the boot of his car and I was trying to be quiet about it. And then on Christmas morning... A what, sorry?

A teddy. A teddy. A teddy bear. Thinking it's from the kids. Yeah. And then on Christmas morning, we were opening presents and we were all down and I was like, there's no teddy bear. Oh, my God.

This is like love actually. This is like the same plot line. He literally love actuallyed me. That's horrible. No, no, no. And I was like, where's the teddy bear? And he's like, I don't know what you're talking about. And I was like, yes, there was one in your car.

And he was like, no, I was on meds for postnatal depression. He's like, oh, maybe like your meds are playing up a bit. Oh, no. Get out. Get out. Okay, anonymous. Oh, that makes me so angry, anonymous. Finish the story.

What happened? And I was like, no, this isn't right. I'm not going crazy. And I went through his emails and found the receipt. Yeah. And was like, so do you want went through his emails and found the receipt. Yeah. And was like, so do you want to explain? And then everything kind of came out.

Not that it makes it any better, but please tell me the teddy bear was for a woman that he was seeing and not for a child that he had on the side. No, no. It was for a woman that he had got a bit friendly with at work, but that also been having secret drinks and phone calls.

What a dumbass. You're better off anonymous. What kind of grown woman wants a teddy bear for Christmas? Exactly. Like, yeah. Was he dating a child? Yeah. Good on you, anonymous, for backing yourself and being like,

nah, I know something's wrong here. You trusted your gut, didn't you? Sure did. Is he around? It sounds like it's going to be your first Christmas since that all went down. Is he in the picture? Is he going to be around at all for Christmas?

Oh, he still thinks we should get back together. Oh, no. Oh, bless. Oh, no. But we've got three kids together, so it's still going to be kind of nice, but no. Yeah, totally. I mean, he's got to be in your life, because he's got to be

in your kid's life, but not in that way. Anything else, no. Yeah, not in that way. No, mate, you love Actually. For me, we're done. Yeah, good on you. God, I can't believe how similar to Love Actually that is. At Christmas time, too. Makes me feel sick. Sorry if that's

brought up some suspicious thoughts for people out there. I'm sure it's not happening to you. Trust your gut, people. You know when you know you know. We've been talking about this week Christmas keep or cancel, things that may have been a tradition for Christmas for years and years and years, but should they still be?

We're holding a mirror up to Christmas and going, do we do this thing because we like it or do we do this thing because we think we should do it? That is the question. That is the real question. You guys tried to cancel Christmas cake on Monday and I said no. I'm not having it. Christmas cake

can go. I love that fruity brick. Give me a panettone any day over a Christmas cake. Christmas cake is so dense. It's not one or the other, though. There's room for both. You can have both. What's a panettone?

Just keep the parameters of this argument in the realms of food we understand. They sell panettone's at New World, at Countdown. People know. People get them. Claude, do you know what that is? I thought it was the same thing as a fruitcake. Is it a fruitcake? No. Is it a custard? Is it a cake with fruit in it? Yeah. So it's a fruitcake.

It's kind of more like a bread with bits of fruit. So it's a fruitbread. It's a fruitbread. It's a fruitbread. Christmas fruitbread. Yeah, it's like a bread with bits of fruit. So it's a fruit bread. Kind of. Christmas fruit bread. Yeah, it's like a nice lighter version of a fruit cake. Right, okay. Well, we're not here to debate the merits of Panatornay or Christmas cake today.

There's a new item on the chopping block for Christmas. Keep or cancel? Oh, this one's going to rile some people up, but I think we need to have a conversation about the Christmas ham. Does it need to go? Do you really need it at Christmas time? This, I believe, comes from Bree's campaign to replace the Christmas ham. No, the entire Christmas table with lasagna.

No, not the whole table, but the main heart of the Christmas meal. I think yes, a lasagna trumps the Christmas ham. Do you want the centrepiece of Christmas dinner to be a lasagna? 100%. I think it's way, way easier

and it's a better all-round main meal. I don't think it's easier than a ham. A ham, you just put some glaze on it and put it in the oven. Have you ever made a ham? No. Yeah. Trust me, I think they're about on par.

They're both in the oven for a while. One has layering in the ham. You have to baste multiple times. You have to also know what you're doing with the baste. They both take a while. A ham, you could just eat it as it comes. A lasagna, couldn't just eat that packet of mints.

How's that part of the argument? Just saying, if you wanted to. For ease of use. My belief that the ham is central to Christmas is its longevity and the amount of ham-based meals you can have for up to two weeks after Christmas. I'll have a ham sandwich on New Year's Day, absolutely.

Look, I'm not saying that I don't like the Christmas ham, but I'm just saying sometimes you need to re-evaluate. Like, the Christmas ham, but I'm just saying sometimes you need to re-evaluate. Like the Christmas ham is okay, but there's other things that you could be making that I think are more delicious. And are we just doing it because it's tradition, because we've been told to do it? It's a good question to ask. It's an honourable question. My vote is keep it. Obviously your vote is get rid of it.

No, I didn't say my vote's get rid of it. I just wanted to open the conversation. Oh, my God. You're like a Christmas terrorist with this. You can't put it out there and say, I don't believe what I'm saying. Yeah, I can. That's the point of the conversation. Are we going to vote on it?

Yeah, we can vote on it. Okay. I don't think we can include Ella's vote. No, we can include all of their votes. Hey. You're going to say get rid of it because you're vegan. No, you don't know that. Okay. I don't think we can include Ella's vote. No, we can include all of their votes. Hey. You're going to say get rid of it because you're vegan. No, you don't know that. Okay. Christmas ham, yes or no?

No. I'm vegan. Claude, Christmas ham, yes or no? I started this conversation as a no, but I think I'm a yes. Claudia. Keep it. Yeah. It takes a long time to cook, but that's kind of the point of Christmas, right?

You have all the things that take a long time and they're special. You know what else takes a long time? But like lasagna, you can have like... Tofu. ...every week if you want, you know? Ella. Tofu. You're pushing something uphill.

Sorry. The Christmas tofu is ready. Wait, why's everyone going home? Someone on the text machine said, where did the Christmas ham tradition even come from? It's a no from me. Court's got a really good point. You could serve a lasagna tonight.

You couldn't serve a whole leg of ham tonight. If you want to do, you could. But you wouldn't, right? You wouldn't. But you could. Well, I can't serve a lasagna in my household because we only have two people in my house. So we don't have lasagna throughout the year because it's too...

What? Why don't you make a little lasagna? Or have a big one with leftovers. And then a meal prep. Takes a long time. There's a lot of prep. There's a lot of energy. If you're doing a lasagna right, it is a lot of work. I've never done one right then. OK, so we've got two votes for yes, keep the Christmas ham. One vote for no, get rid of the Christmas ham.

Bree? I can take it or leave it. So, like if I had to vote, lasagna or ham, I'm going the lasagna every time. Well, we're split. We're split 50-50. Someone said, I love you, Bree, but how very dare you. You knew you were riling people up.

You knew you were getting into dangerous waters with this conversation. I know, but I like to start tough conversations, and there will be someone who is listening to this that this year goes, you know what? Bree might be right. Stuff the ham. They are expensive. Stuff the ham.

It's expensive. I might make something else this year. I might do a lasagna. Yeah, shock your family this Christmas. Make them do a lasagna. Yeah, shock your family this Christmas. Make them a Christmas lasagna. Hey, you know what? I don't reckon anyone will complain. And if they do, send them to my DMs. The last time this year, it's time to play Google Down.

What the hell? I think Google's actually... It's where we endeavour to find out who is the fastest Googler, and I'm saying winner takes all for the last game of the year. So whoever wins this game is the Google Down champion of the year. Dev's on that. Yep, that's what I'm saying. Your odds on favourite, Claude?

You are, I mean, on the TAB, you are the clear favourite. Haven't done well in the last couple of's on that. Yep. That's what I'm saying. Your odds on favourite, Claude? You are, I mean, on the TAB, you are the clear favourite. Haven't done well in the last couple of weeks, though. She's paying $1.01. You won last week, didn't you? But you did. No, not last week. I didn't. You did. You did a big come from behind. Oh, I won. Oh, never mind. Sorry. I've won so many times.

I just don't remember. I got zero. Last week, I got zero. I went from champion to zero. That's right. From hero to zero. What will be the outcome here this afternoon? Emma, you are going to be involved in this. G'day. Hello, how are we? Good, thanks.

Have you heard Google down before? No, I haven't actually. Okay, perfect. So here's the rules, Emma. So I am going to be asking a question that I've put into Google. Now I'm going to be asking a question that I've put into Google. Now I'm going to be asking the exact question that I put into Google and I'm looking for the first and most common answer that comes up for that exact question.

Once you have the answer, if you're the first person to yell out the correct answer, you receive a point. So just yell it out. Don't even wait. Just yell out the answer, what you think it is. First to three points wins the game. All right.

Emma, are you ready? What are you Googling on? On iPhone. Okay, perfect. That means everyone here will be also Googling on phones. Are we all ready? Are we all set? Good to go.

Let's do this. Question number one. How long do guinea pigs live for? Are we all set? Good to go. Let's do this. Question number one. How long do guinea pigs live for? I would say eight years. Depends if they belong. Four to eight years. Look, I'm going to have to take Ella's answer.

It is four to eight. Yes, I know something. Which is in the answer, so I will take that. Unless they belong to Ella, in which case they often only live for eight days. Too soon, Clint. Too soon. That was traumatic. I literally took a day off work. Be quiet, Clint.

Too soon. One to produce Ella. She's on the board. Oh, man. Question number two. Emma, you were quite quick, but just not quick enough, so you're in this game. Here we go. Question number two.

Where is the largest Ferris wheel in the world? Where is it? Dubai. Dubai. Yeah. Claude, you got in there. It is Dubai. It's so big that it takes about 30 minutes for a full rotation.

That's how big it is. Yep. It's big. All right. One to Claude, one to Ella. Question number three. In the cartoon Biker Mice, where were the biker mice from? It's a niche question. Mars.

Mars. Damn it. I knew it was Mars. Why did I wait for the answer? Oh, Lord. The name of the show is Bike and Mice from Mars. I remember that show. It's correct.

One of my all-time favourite cartoons from my childhood. Claude, she's got two. Ella's got one. I'm going free-balling. No more typing. I'm going off the top of my head. Wow. Big call.

Alrighty. Okay. All right. Come on, Emma. Emma, you're in this, mate. Here we go. Try. Question we go. Try. Question number four.

What date is Jacinda Ardern's birthday? 14th of August. Clint is out. 26th of July. 19, 82. When he said, oh, my shit. Wait, what was said? 26th of July, 1980.

And what did you say, Ella? Oh, never mind. June. Claude, quick game's a good game. She's taken it out and is the ultimate champion of Google Down for the year. I did call dibs, so. I picked the wrong question to go free-balling on. That's why I had a little giggle because I was like, this is going to be very impressive.

1 in 365 chance. Hey, Emma, you and I both got no points, but I don't think that matters. I think Bree's got something for you anyway. Absolutely Emma, we're not going to let you go away empty handed. 50 KFC chicken dollars is for you, my friend. Awesome, thanks guys. That was a tough one.

Appreciate you playing. It was a tough one. Claude is our Google Down champion for 2022. Have you got a 10 second acceptance speech for us? I just want to 10-second acceptance speech for us? I just want to say thank you to Google for my fast internet. And, you know, thanks for everyone who's played this year. It's been fun. She's humble in victory.

You can't really knock her. And also, I'm amazing. Yep, okay. Hey, a story out of Australia today that's got people talking. And it's about Australia's richest person, a woman named Gina Reinhart. Now, you might not know who that is, but she is the richest person in Australia and she owns a bunch of different companies and she owns a lot of mines. Ah, okay.

Right? That's where she, I believe, makes most of her money. Yeah. The story about her today is that apparently she has randomly, at random, selected 10 staff members from this particular mine in Western Australia called Roy Hill. So she's picked 10 staff members who work at that mine to each receive $100,000 Christmas bonus. Hey. receive a $100,000 Christmas bonus. Hey. Yep.

$100,000. You heard correct. So that is crazy. Wow. I've got so many questions. So that's a million dollars. So a million dollars. She's giving away a million dollars to 10 of her staff.

Yes. I imagine there are a couple of thousand staff members there. Oh, there'd be a lot. There'd be so many people go, do you reckon they'll be going, why can't we all split the million dollars and all get a little bit of it? Oh, boring though. It is boring. Boring.

It is fair, but it is boring. So apparently there was rumours going around about this, like in Australia last week. Yeah. And then a particular radio station was talking about it and one of the workers called through to confirm or deny. That is amazing. Right?

So this is what happened. So apparently the person called through to the radio station and said, yes, I can confirm that last week we got an email from Gina Reinhart and she told the staff to stand by for an important announcement. You would think they were doing layoffs when you got that email. Oh, no. You'd be like, uh-oh, redundancy, recession. And it was true.

It was true. And they announced the winners. Yeah. And this person who called through to the radio station wasn't one of the winners and they said that they were a bit miffed and so were other employees because apparently one of the people in that 10 chosen had only been working there for three months oh you that would shit you so much. I say good on her. She can clearly afford it.

So what a fun thing to do in your business. I think she's a billionaire. So yeah. I hope that every person in the business is eligible. And I hope that one of the people who won the $100,000 is like a cleaner or someone who doesn't get paid bugger all. Because the worst thing that could happen is everybody's name goes in and then you see like the CEO wins the $100,000.

But this is the thing. This is why I think clearly it was completely fair and everyone was in it because a person who'd been working there for three months won. True, true, true. Because I thought the same thing. I want to talk to people. We should suggest that to Ross Boss. I know.

$100,000 for 10 people that work at ZM. He seems to be able to find $100,000 for the secret sound when he needs it. Yeah, I mean, let's do it. I want to ask people, is this a thing at your workplace or has it been a thing in the past? Like have you received a Christmas bonus? We will take anything. Maybe it's a physical thing.

Maybe it's money. Andrea's already called up. Hi, Andrea. Hi, Andrea. Hello. Are you lucky enough to receive a Christmas bonus where you work? Yes, I have been. No way.

What do you do? Where do you work? I am an electrical apprentice. Okay. So, you know. I work for ECHO. Right. And how long have you been working for them for?

Just 18 months, I think it is. Okay. And what does your Christmas bonus look like? $800. Not bad. That's pretty good, Andrea. Were you stoked? Yeah, yeah.

It was a bit of an incentive as well for us to be up to date with all of our work. Oh, they'll get your work done and we'll give you a Christmas bonus. I like that. $800 is nothing to turn your nose up at. That's pretty decent. I love the ones that are coming through on the text machine, and I'm always keen to hear these where they give out a real crappy Christmas bonus. Oh, yeah.

You just think to yourself. Why'd you bother? Why'd you bother? Someone texted through and they said, we get hand cream as a Christmas bonus. Oh, yeah. You just think to yourself. Why'd you bother? Why'd you bother? Someone texts through and they said, we get hand cream as a Christmas bonus. I'm a nurse. You should be getting hand cream for free. You have to hand sanitise every room you go into.

Your hands would be drier than the Sahara Desert. How about this one? Someone said, my mum works for J.A. Russell. She got a $150 Prezi card, $500 supermarket voucher and a Christmas ham. That's not bad. And then they finish that text with lucky tart.

God, that's good because I think it's all those things can be around Christmas. So it's like, you know, taking some of that pressure off. Let's see if we can find New Zealand's best and worst Christmas bonus. Yep. I can feel the passive aggressiveness Find New Zealand's best and worst Christmas bonus. Yep. Bree and Clint.

I can feel the passive aggressiveness on the text machine, and rightfully so, I say. We're talking Christmas bonuses or lack thereof. It's a real situation of the haves versus the have-nots. The gets and the get-nots when it comes to Christmas bonuses, eh? Yeah, it really is. I feel like, you know know it doesn't have to be crazy amounts of money i think it's like you can really tell when it's kind of like okay that's worth it or you shouldn't have bothered what what i'm noticing from it is it kind of seems the bigger the company the less likely you are to get a bonus.

The people we're hearing from are the people who are employed by like small businesses, maybe like a private operation, like that electrician that we spoke to before. That's not a huge business. No, that's a small business really like showing that they appreciate the work that they do. That's one boss who's probably face-to-face with their staff every week and they go, oh, I've got to support you. Yeah.

I appreciate you guys. Someone on the text machine said, for our Christmas bonus, I get four fully paid trips to Aussie with my old work where I used to work. So you can take your family to Australia? Yeah. Wow. Someone else said, we get a $1,000 bonus and a Christmas ham or countdown voucher.

Not bad at all. A lot of hams. Yeah, a lot of hams. Wow. Someone else said, we get a $1,000 bonus and a Christmas ham or countdown voucher. Not bad at all. A lot of hams. Yeah, a lot of hams. We should start a business, Brie. Christmas hams. Selling corporate hams. Corporate hams.

We need to come up with a good name. Business ham. Ham on the bone. Ham. Business ham. Ham for your hogs, nut. Ham. Ham. H-H-H-H-H- Business. Ham for your hogs. Ham. Ham. Ham. H-H-H-H-H-R.

H-R-A-M. Human resources. Ham resources. No. Maybe it's not for us. We'll workshop this. Yeah. What I am keen to do is get like a branding iron and say you work at Kmart.

We come in there and we see the Kmart logo into the ham and then you can give it to your staff. See, that's good time. Yeah. Claudia's laughing. You don't think that's a good idea? You don't think that's a million dollar business? Oh, you know, you can get that off the ground.

It's weird that no one's done that yet. Yeah, Brie and I will. It's crazy. We're going to do it. We're just going to get a good name. Julie's here. Hi, Julie. Hi, Julie.

Hi. Tell us, Julie, Christmas bonus at your work, yes or no? Yes. Well, I like our bonuses. Okay, what do you get, Julie? We get a ham and one year we always get a ham every year, but sometimes it's a gift card and then sometimes it's like alcohol. Oh, not bad.

That's pretty good for the festive season. That'd be good for team morale. Genius names for our ham business have just come in too. First one, Only Hams. Only Hams. Only Hams is very good. I like it. And these are corporate hams.

We bring them to your work and you get to give them out to your staff. Ham Jobs. No, I don't know about that one. Don't know about that. You don't want to work for the ham job company? Nah, I think I like Only Hams better. You don't want a ham job? Yeah.

Okay. Matt's here. Hi, Matt. Hi, Matt. Hey, mate. How you going don't want a ham job? Yeah. Okay. Matt's here. Hi, Matt. Hi, Matt. Hey, mate. How you going? You want a ham job, don't you? Oh, always.

Yeah, yeah. Okay. See? Matt. Who doesn't love a good ham job? Matt, come on now. Come on now, Matt. Tell us, Matt, what was the Christmas bonus you got?

So we get our average Christmas bonus that we get every year from our boss, which is just like our beers and barbecues, a $250 Prezi card, and everyone's happy. Oosh, that's good. Tax-free. Yeah, that's good. But recently I got a promotion, so I'm in charge of procurement. So all of our suppliers have been sending in little gifts, little cakes here and there.

They just so happen to be addressed to me. So you've found out the person that used to do your job every Christmas has been reaping heaps of gifts from all of the clients that work with your business and you never knew? For years and years, and now it's my turn. You're joking. Oh, my God. Do you feel the pressure to dish that out to any of the people under you at your work?

You mean to the people in my family? Oh. Oh, this is getting... No, at the work, we all get a slice of cake. Some people are getting a bigger slice apparently, Matt. Yeah. Jeez. Thanks, Matt.

Someone just texted and said we get 12 bottles of wine. That's good. Not too bad. Someone said every year I get nothing from my big bosses, but as a manager for a department, I make sure to get my team a gift hamper or grocery voucher worth $100 from my own personal savings.

There's five in my team. That's so nice. Someone's texting. They said, I work for a big bank. We get six Christmas mince tarts. See, don't bother. Don't bother.

Don't bother. Someone else said, I got $20,000 last year. Where do they work? Where do you work? 20 grand. Far out. They're like, I work for a gang. This person wants to remain anonymous.

Hi, anonymous. Hi, anonymous. Hello, guys. Tell us, anonymous. I'm very fortunate. I work for a smaller finance company and actually can attest that I work to the bigger bank and the bonuses are way better at my smaller finance company.

Yeah, that's what we're figuring out. So at your smaller finance company, what does your Christmas bonus look like? This year, we get a Christmas ham every year. I got three and a half grand. Cash? Cash, and it's gross as as well so they take the tax. Stop that anonymous. And it feels like there's something else as well. Yeah and I have clients as well so we get a lot of wine. God that sounds like a good

deal. It's fantastic. Can I say, Anonymous, because you've worked at, like, the big company and now you're working for, like, a smaller one. Yeah. Like, getting stuff like that, does it make you want to work harder and feel appreciated so it just drives you more? Oh, absolutely. And, like, everyone at work gets something. I know the bonuses differ a little bit, like, depending on your position,

but everybody, including the cleaners, get a bonus every year. That's good. They've bought your loyalty. Oh, that's nice. They've literally bought your loyalty. Absolutely, and I'm not ashamed. Good on you, Anonymous. Thanks for sharing.

Hey, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, mate. Someone's texted and said, my boss gives us nothing. She hates us. That's rough. Corporate pigs. That's the name for our ham business.

Corporate pigs. It's the name for our ham business, corporate pigs. Bree and Clint. It's time for a birthday banger. It's my birthday, it's my birthday. Bree and Clint's birthday banger. Three people, number one songs on their 16th birthday. We'll play our favourite one. Love this part of the day.

Let's get to our first caller, Maxine's here. Hi, Maxine. Maxine. Hi, guys. How are you going? Good, mate.ine's here. Hi, Maxine. Maxine. Hi, guys. How are you going? Good, mate. How are you? Good, thank you.

When do you knock off from work for the year, Maxine? Not till the 23rd. Oh, you're one of those poor people, you poor bugger. Yeah. Yeah, unfortunately. Well, we're glad to have you here now, Maxine, and we can do your birthday banger. What's your birthday? 28th of October, unfortunately. Well, we're glad to have you here now, Maxine, and we can do your birthday banger. What's your birthday?

28th of October, 1991. All right, Maxine, that means you were 16 in 2007. And let me take you back, because this would have been number one. Into it, Maxine. whammy, crank that Soulja Boy, that Superman, that whammy. You. Crank that Soulja Boy, whammy, you. Crank that Soulja Boy. Into it, Maxine. Soulja Boy, crank that. Whammy, you.

Crank that Soulja Boy. Oh, yeah, that brings back the memories. Doesn't it for everyone, Maxine? What about those stupid sunglasses that he wore? Whammy, you. With Soulja Boy written on them. People have started doing that again. Yeah, I know.

Crank that Soulja Boy, whammy, you. Maxine, definitely what are birthday bangers all about with that one? I think so. Jade, I know. Maxine, definitely what Birthday Bang is all about with that one. I think so. Jade's here. Hi, Jade. G'day, Jade. Hi there. What about you, Jade?

When do you knock off for the year? It's Grace that I knock off next Friday. Oh, sorry, Grace. We've got you written down as Jade. That's all right. How did we get that so wrong? Maybe the producers, our producers have knocked off already. Yeah. That's all right. How did we get that so wrong? Maybe the producers, our producers have knocked off already. That's all right.

Hey, sorry, Grace. What's your birthday, mate? The 25th of August, 1998. All right. That means she was 16 in 2014. And on the 25th of August, 2014, this would have been number one. Don't be so hard on yourself, though. Learn to forgive, learn to let one. Banger.

Jess Glynn. Grace, you remember that one? Yeah. I'll Never Understand by Jess Glynn isn't a bigger star. I love Jess Glynn and she's got such a good voice. Her songs are like

euphoric. Yeah. They're so uplifting. A lot of them, yeah. Bring back Jessica Lynn. You love this, right, Grace? Yeah, it's pretty good. Cool.

Okay, wait there. We're going to do one more birthday banger for Olivia. Kia ora, Olivia. Hey, Liv. Hey. I'm going to ask you as well, when do you knock off for the year, Liv? I am working through. Oh.

Christmas Day? It's... No, I've got the 23rd, 24th and 21st, but I'm switching it through before study next year. Yeah, right, smash it out. Olivia, what do you do for work? I work at a dog facility for boarding. Oh, you're one of the really, really good people, Liv.

Which one? It's not in Auckland, is it? You might have my dogs. No, it's in Wellington. It's a pretty cool job. I mean, I wouldn't say no to the job. Has your dog boarding facility got a good pun in its name? They usually do.

Yeah, it does, yeah. You don't want to say what it is? I don't. Okay, no worries. Okay, no worries. Thank you. Let's move right along. Liv, what's your birthday?

The 3rd of December, 1996. Happy birthday for a few weeks ago, Liv. You were 16 in 2012, though. And here is your birthday bang. What happened to Olly Murs? He's a judge on something. X Factor. Yeah, maybe.

You like that, Olivia? I mean, it's not too shabby. What would you pick out of the three? I'd definitely go with Grace. Grace. Yeah, Jess Glynn. Jess Glynn. Nobody wore a tighter pair of pants than Olly Murs.

Yeah. Do you remember how tight they were? Yeah. And quite often they were plaid as well. You could see everything. As Olly andid as well. You could see everything. As Olly Anders moves. You could see what he was tackling. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay. Wait there, Olivia. I agree. I'm going to vote Jess Glynn. Yeah, I like that song. I think that song deserves a play. Grace, you have won, my friend. Oh, my God.

That's awesome. Thank you so much. Get into it. Merry Christmas, Grace. Here's your birthday bang from 2014. Brianne Clint. I came here with a broken heart that no one else could see. I drew a smile

on my face, the paper over me. The wounds heal when tears dry and cracks they don't show. So don't be so hard on yourself, no. Brian Clint. There's a survey that's been done on 2,000 adults

asking them about calling in sick. Okay. And what their habits are, how often, do they feel bad, all that kind of junk. It's an interesting time to do that survey because now more than ever, we are encouraged to call in sick if we are sick. They're like, keep the goddamn covid virus at home please yeah so the poll uh revealed that 41 percent of people are likely to call in sick at work the moment they feel themselves getting sick yeah 41 that's quite high if you ask me only a small portion of people

said they don't feel bad uh calling in sick that was 32 i'd say that's not a small portion of people said they don't feel bad calling in sick. That was 32%. I'd say that's not a small percentage. A third. Yeah, that's not that small. I'd say like 10% small. Yeah. And are likely to call in sick the moment they're getting sick.

Yeah. But the part that captured me was it talked about the different generations and who's more likely to call in sick within those generations. Yeah. Like boomers just keep working until they die. Well, there's, yeah. I feel like that's going to be the case. I mean, these are the generations we're probably talking about. Boomers.

Yeah. Then there's obviously Gen X. Yeah. Then there's us, the millennials, and then Gen Z. Yeah. They're the workers. That's the core of the workforce at the moment. Yeah, at the moment, that's the core of the workforce.

Who do you think were the least likely to call in sick for work. Boomers. I reckon boomers. Boomers? Yeah. You're going to say the boomers were the least likely? No, it was Gen X. Gen X?

We always forget about Gen X. Yeah, Gen X were the least likely. They're just up there watching Seinfeld reruns on DVD, by the way. Not bothering anybody. Good old Gen X. Good old Gen X. Good old Gen X. And then it was the Baby Boobers. It was quite close.

And then it was a tight race between the Millennials and the Gen Zers. Producers, any ideas of who you think were the most likely to call in sick? Out of Millennials and Gen Zers? Yeah. I feel like Gen Z are pretty good at being aware of stuff. So when they get sick, they're pretty in tune with themselves, eh? Yeah. They care a lot.

Whereas Millennials have got a bunch more repressed stuff still dealing with. It was a tie race, but Gen Z takes it out for most likely to call in sick. Congratulations, Ella. Thank you. Congratulations, Ella. I thought I would do my own research on this and test these results within our work team here at work. Yeah. So I went to our boss, Ross Boss, asked him for some details. Oh, no.

On the team just here, the Breeinclin team, about how many sick days everyone's taken this year. Because, I mean, it's a good time to do it because it's right at the end of the year. I think we get 10 days? Yeah, 10 a year. 10 sick days a year. I'll start from the person who took the least amount of sick days.

It was me. I took one. Wow. One sick day. One sick day this year. Yeah. Because I worked through COVID, if you remember. Because I had COVID this year, but I worked every day.

You're so brave. From home. When you got COVID. From home. Yeah, what a hero. Well done. Thank you, guys. Ella, you took eight sick days this year.

That's a lot. Eight sick days. But the winners at the top, Clint and Claudia, took all 10 sick days this year. Apparently, according to the data. I need to put one more in, actually. Well done us. Well done us.

Ross also said that it wasn't fully updated, so he's not too sure. I should be at 11. Yeah, he could be right. I mean, I had two surgeries. I had two COVIDs. And you had two COVIDs, so yeah, sounds about right. I mean, I had two surgeries. I had two COVIDs. And you had two COVIDs, so yeah. Sounds about right. I'm like, and he died, so.

I really skewed the results there. And Kenny Pink died. Play. ZM's Brand Clint. On Insta. Facebook. TikTok. And live weekdays from 3 on ZM.

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