ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 15th December 2021

Episode Date: December 15, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network Hello everybody and welcome to the Bree and Clint podcast, the third to last podcast of the year. Oh, getting real now, isn't it? Getting really real. People are probably ready for a break from our rambling. From you. Oh, that's not nice. I thought you were going to say from me, so I was trying to get in and hurt you first. I put my defence walls up too fast I wasn't saying

Us, us, us You and me But mostly Anastasia Don't be mean to Anastasia That's a fair point No it's not I have good self awareness of how annoying I can be sometimes You are not annoying at all

Oh no, you've got to give it back, otherwise it's awkward No, I'm accepting Look, now it's strengths and weaknesses, mate This is the way you beat a bully Is when they say something mean to you, you go You're right, and I know that about myself Yeah, there's a really good difference If someone at school comes up to you and goes

You suck, you smell like cheese, if you go, I know, it's one of my major flaws and it really upsets me too. It's a big insecurity of mine. I'm a big gouda lover. Stop over-pronouncing gouda. I wouldn't mind smelling like cheese. I don't feel like that's a bad thing.

No, it's a bad thing. It's a bad thing if it's a guy. No, see, Anastasia? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. It's a bad thing if it's a guy. No. See, Anastasia? Ain't that the truth? Cancelled for Christmas. You're cancelled for Christmas. You don't want to smell like cheese.

Cheese is like armpits. Cheese is like off. No, but that's depending on what cheese. Tell me a cheese that smells good. Cheddar? Yeah. Nah, it smells cheesy. Yeah, cheese that smells good. Cheddar? Yeah. Nah, it smells cheesy. Yeah, cheddar cheese smells good. Yeah, I agree.

On your body, once it warms up. Well, it's not warm. I'm saying cheese smell. Cheese smell. Cheese smell. Not blue cheese. Okay, okay, okay. Not blue cheese.

Should we develop a signature scent next year? Yeah, cheese. That could be fun. We've done candle. Should we do a scent? I'd love we develop a signature scent next year? Yeah, cheese. That could be fun. We've done candle. Should we do a scent? I'd love to develop a cheese scent. I don't know how much you'd sell. Yeah.

Well, we wouldn't be allowed to sell any of it. They'd make us give it away, so... Oh, I don't want to do it then. No profit margin. No profits on that. Yeah, right. Cheese. What if you could make your own perfume, your own scent, what

would you want it to smell like? Cigarettes, but not stale cigarettes, like a freshly lit cigarette. Not that I'm smoking, just that I'm in the area of. You know when you go to a party and the smokers are outside, and it's like a sunny evening and you're outdoors, so you're not choked by the smell, but it's in the

air. See, Clint is a Chandler Bing. I hate the smell of cigarettes. Like, hate it. Do you not enjoy it at a party? Nah, I like despise it. Really? Yeah, I like trying to avoid it at all costs. Wow.

To me, it smells like good times. Really? It smells like freedom. It smells like... Not to bring down the room. To me, it reminds me of my nan who suffered with bad... Emphysema. Emphysema.

Yeah, yeah. Well, no, it smoke and kill both of my grandfathers. Which, to be honest, I mean, it's also a nice thing because it reminds me of her. So, there you go. Heart strings. But not in the best way. So here's the best part of my fragrance. It won't kill you.

It doesn't give you cancer. All the enjoyment of the smell of cigarettes with none of the health risks. I don't know if it'll fly off the shelves, but hey, that's what being an entrepreneur is about. Well, I've got ciggies. You've got cheese. Ben, what's your signature scent? No, I didn't say that. Your cheese.

No, I'm not cheese. Okay, well. You've got to give me an opportunity. Making a scent is different. Okay, well, you've got some time to think about it. Ben, what's your signature scent? Does that have to be something that I would like or something that I think would sell? No, it needs to be signature.

Well, good question. No, it can be whatever you decide, whatever angle you want to take. Well, I would go the angle of it selling. Okay, good. The smell of petrol at a petrol station. Oh, yeah. See, there you go. That's nice. The smell of petrol at a petrol station. Oh, yeah. See? There you go.

That's nice. That's worse than mine. Yeah, that's like huffing smell. Nah, I'd rather put that on. Nah, because that smells like you haven't washed. I agree with the cigarette one. Oh, what did you spill on yourself? My one.

My one. My one, they're like, oh, where's your motorbike, bad boy? No, that's Ben's. That's Ben's. Ben's smells like motorbike. Right, okay. Okay, that's Ben's. That's Ben's. Ben's smells like motorbike. Right, okay. Okay, then I want to add to your scent, petrol and freshly cut grass.

Because you know how you can combine the scents? So, like, you've just filled up the lawnmower. So, your lawnmower. I'd say more rain on bitumen, on hot bitumen. I'll do a variety of pitules. What does hot bitumen mean? Oh, do you guys not have bitumen? It's literally what our roads are made out of.

Yeah, tar. Yeah, bitumen, when it's really hot and then there's rain and it hits the bitumen. It's the word for the stuff road is made out of. What do you guys call it? Asphalt is the American word. Yeah, I know it is asphalt. Asphalt?

Isn't it asphalt? No. It's asphalt. Yeah, don't say asphalt. you're making me sound like an ass asphalt asphalt rain on my hot asphalt it's bitumen that's cool um cool okay ben's is petrol anastasia what's your signature scent uh mine is like baking but um anything just you know baking fresh out of the oven, vanilla based. So like either chocolate chip cookies or like a vanilla cake, like that nice. Okay, that's the first wearable scent that we've received so far.

Good work. That's pretty good. Like if someone's pulling out a batch of cookies, they've got to have vanilla in there and brown sugar. That smell. We've got a brown sugar shortage in New Zealand at the moment, by the way. Oh, because it's all contaminated, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hold on. I'm just checking something. Are you Googling your scent to see if it exists? Hold on. Asphalt. I'm right. Asphalt. Oh, I didn't say you were wrong.

No, I know you didn't, but then Clint goes, it's not asphalt. I don't think it is. Asphalt. Asphalt. I don't believe that, robot. It's asphalt. Really? It's not ash.

Asphalt. Asphalt. It's asphalt. Bitumen. Let's go with bitumen. I'm just saying. I'm pretty sure it's asphalt. Okay, stop stalling.

You've got, before, you either lock it or scent. I already picked mine. I said. Cheese. No. Rain on hot bitumen. Oh, I thought you were adding to Ben's one. Yeah, I thought we were adding picked mine. I said. Cheese. No. Rain on hot. Oh, I thought you were adding to Ben's one. Yeah, I thought we were adding to mine.

Or the smell when you open a new iPhone product. Yeah, that works. E-dust. That is a good smell. E-dust. That's the metaverse. Especially a MacBook Pro when you open one of those up and you take the cover off. Smells like money.

Oh, it smells so good. It's kind of like new car smell. The smell of new gumboots. Nah, too rubbery. No, that's the rubber I want. The smell of a Para rubber store. Oh, really? Plug it to my veins.

New car smell is always very, very good. All right, well, there you go. Our Signature Scents will launch early 2022. Ben, can you get onto this, please? Maybe we want to launch these when we get back. You didn't ask, but... What? What?

No, we're like, there you go. They're our scents to the podcast listeners. And they're like... That's how product testing works. No, but they didn't ask. Anastasia, this is how podcasts work. You know what else I'd make a scent out of? I'd make a really, really good-looking man

and then make him work out for 15 minutes so he's a little bit sweaty and then I'd bottle that up. You know who'd be perfect for it? Me. Art Green. Oh, yeah. Art Green. Art Green looks like he smells delicious even though he's sweating.

It would take him an hour and a half to work up a sweat. Yeah, it would. I'd do it in five minutes. I've smelt him. I'm sweaty right now. I'm sweaty talking. I smelt him when he was out in the jungle for, what, ten days and he smelt

delightful. I imagine he smells like bone broth. No. Really? No, he smells like fresh man smells. If you don't know who Art Green is, look him up on Instagram, but do it in private. He just smells like masculinity. Non-toxic masculinity. he just smells like masculinity. He's a very hot man.

Non-toxic masculinity. Non-toxic masculinity. Alright, Ben, take us out. See you guys. Catch ya. Oh, I'm sad.

Ben. Hey Google, what's the time? It's 3pm, give or take a minute. Alexa, play ZM on iHeartRadio. Playing ZM on iHeartRadio. Hey Siri, when are Brie and Clint on? Brie and Clint are on air in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Kia ora everybody and welcome to the show. It's Brie and Clint on the show today. Yes, that is correct. It's also a hump day. Who have you become? Bloody love hump day. Who have you become? Hump day.

Lockdown changed you. Now, you know what changed me is that song, that remix of songs during the week, and I just embraced it. Thirsty Thursday, happy hump day. Fright, no. We should play the Friday song on our last Friday of the year, by the way.

Not the Rebecca Black one. Not the other one. Our one, your one. No, wait, was it the original The Friday Song? Yeah, but you did that one too. I redid that day as well. Yeah, absolutely. Actually, life's for living. We could get hit by a bus today. Why don't we start the show with the Wednesday song?

Okay. Great idea. Let's do it. Okay. Today on the show we're going to give away 200 litres of Zed fuel at 4 o'clock with share or steal. We're going to give away some cash with long white if you text us free and what you want to do to live your free to 9696. Still time to do that. And right now we've got 50 bucks

all thanks to our mates at KFC with Trading vs Lady. Here's Friday, the Wednesday edition to start the show. By us. You're welcome. Is it still relevant? I hope yes. Wednesday again. Thursday, Friday, what?

It's Wednesday again. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. Trading vs Lady. Alright, here we go. Tradies versus the ladies. The ladies sitting at 96 wins for the year. The tradies, 113.

Let's meet our lady. She's 30 years old. She's from Upper Hutt, and she started two businesses this year. Jeez, how's the timing? Welcome to the show, Justine. Well, Justine, I was just happy to put on different clothes other than my pyjamas this year. What businesses did you start? Oh, so I've got a small home fragrance, candles, jewellery business,

and I've also just gone into real estate. Oh, my God. You're doing it all. Give your candle business a plug. What's your Instagram handle? So it's Homeland Creations NZ. Homeland Creations NZ. Good. Okay, we hope that it goes gangbusters. Awesome.

You will meet your opposition. He's 18 years old, so you've got him on age but will that mean wisdom? He is from Wellington and he played the One Second Song Challenge on Friday. Welcome back to the show, Hunter. G'day, Hunter. How's the gathering? Pretty good, pretty good.

Nice, nice. I love it. Hunter, did we win the One Second Song Challenge? No, we lost. You can redeem yourself here, Hunter. You don't have Clint weighing you down. Okay, Hunter, your buzzer is tradie. Justine, your buzzer is lady. First to three points gets $50 cash from KFC. Good luck.

Here we go. Question number one. Aucklanders are finally free. That's right. The border is currently open for business. Where did more Aucklanders fly to today than any other? Yes, Hunter. Christchurch.

It is Christchurch. Nice work. Didn't even need the multiple choice. One to the tradies. Question number two. Avril Lavigne is rumoured to be creating a Sk8er Boi movie. Name the Nickelback frontman she was once married to. Lady?

Yes, Justine. What's his name? Nick Kroger? Oh, so close. So close. You want a free guess there, Hunter? No, that's all good. Hunter,

what about some Nickelback? You don't like some Nickelback? No, I know Nickelback, just don't know who's in it. Yeah, that's fair enough. Chad Kroger. Chad Kroger. So close, Justine. Question number three. It's Christmas in ten days. Name three of Santa's reindeer. Three. I'm going to say Justine.

Justine. Just. Justine was Justin. I keep forgetting my handle. Three reindeer. We want three reindeer. Three reindeer. We have got Cupid, Donna, Vixen.

They'll do it. Yep. Nice work. Very well done. That is three. One to the ladies. It'll do it, yep. Nice work. Very well done. That is three. One to the ladies. It's one apiece here. Question number four.

How many hundreds in 10,000? Trady. Yes, Hunter. A hundred. It is a hundred. Nice work. Quick maths from our Trady. Good stuff, Hunter.

I would have had no idea. Hunter, you're on two. Justine, you're on one. Question number five. If you were going to see a cobbler, what item would you be getting repaired? Yes, Hunter, for the win. Shoes? Shoes is correct.

Done it! There you go. You just had to do it on your own, Hunter. Nah, I helped. I helped you. I gave you positive energy. There you go. You just had to do it on your own, Hunter. Yeah, Clint was just holding back. No, I helped. I helped you. I gave you positive energy. It was moral support.

You killed it, mate. $50 coming your way. Cheers. Bree and Clint. Look, this time yesterday, if you were here with us, Clint, you played a new Justin Bieber Christmas song. We played it. No, I want to distance Justin Bieber Christmas song We played it No, I want to distance myself from it

We played it Producer Ben gave it to us to play Yeah, yeah, yeah It was awful It sounded like this It was a remake of Drummer Boy And Ben's done a disservice there because he's loaded the good bit. Yeah, that is the good bit.

Why don't you load the bit where Justin starts going, I can load that bit if you want as well. Text me so good I say blah, blah, blah. Worth it. I'm so good you should find me in the Bible. And Busta Rhymes comes on. And you guys on the text machine tore it to shreds, hated it, which, I mean, we're open to the feedback.

We want to know what you guys think. I thought today I could pitch a Christmas song that we could potentially play. Yeah, we need some good new Christmas songs. I feel like we could do this for the last couple of days of the show. Yeah. We just pitched some. There are enough people releasing new Christmas songs, though.

That's the thing. It's very rare that you get a Christmas That's why they get attention Because you go, oh you're going to give this a go, are you? So this is my suggestion It doesn't have to be new It just can't be something that's super well known and popular Right, okay

But I think I've found a winner Is it Mariah Carey, All I Want for Christmas? No No, I was watching a new Christmas movie the other day. Yeah. And they had a Christmas song on there and I was like, this is a bit of a bop. And I was like, God, this sounds like Britney Spears.

So I looked into it. I've found it. It is by Britney Spears. Right. And it is a Christmas song. Do you want to hear it? Yeah, I didn't know she did a Christmas song. Well, see, that's the thing.

When is it from? I think it's from 2014-ish. Okay. Maybe. Yeah. That's what, oh, maybe 2013. It's from a while ago. Yeah. I thought we could play it and we'll do the same we did yesterday. Oh, take a courtesy break in the middle just in case. And you can text us your feedback to 9696 if we should continue to play the whole song. Okay, yeah. Alright. so this is Britney Spears Christmas song and it's called

My Only Wish This Year. Christmas-y. Very Christmas-y. Get it, Britney! Is it an original or it's an original? I don't know. Last night I took a walk in the snow Couples holding hands, places to go

Seems like everyone but me is in love Santa, can you hear me? I signed my letter that I sent with a kiss I sent it off and just sent this I know exactly what I want this year Santa, can you hear me? I want my baby, baby I want someone to love me, someone to hold

Maybe, maybe He'll be all my home in a big red boat Santa, can you hear me? I have been so good this year. And all I want is one thing. Tell me my true love is here. He's all I want, just for me. Underneath my Christmas tree.

I'll be waiting here. Santa, that's my only wish this year. I don't think we need to take a break. I think it passes the Christmas vibe check. It makes the test, doesn't it? Right? It passes the test. Also, you're hardly going to cancel Britney Spears at the moment, are you? Yeah, you need to.

Give her a go. She deserves it, all right? This is a nice Christmas song. I'm happy to play the whole thing. Should we play it? Let's go. All right, here a go. She deserves it, all right? This is a nice Christmas song. I'm happy to play the whole thing. Should we play it? Let's go. All right, here you go. Everybody is talking about the metaverse.

Mark Zuckerberg is talking about the metaverse. Well, I feel like they are. I feel like everyone's like, got to get some NFTs, bro. Got to get ready for the metaverse. I feel like there's a small group. You reckon? That shout very loud. If I asked you to explain what the metaverse is though,

could you do it? Yeah, it's like a virtual world where they're kind of in the hope you could go in there and you can kind of make purchases or kind of live in this different metaverse world. Yeah, right. Everyone's saying that that's where the internet is going, right? That that's the future of the internet. Well, Fortnite is like, they kind of compare it to that. Yeah, right.

Where it's like a kind of world, but like it'll be where people can all like go in there and do a bunch of different things. And you can own your own avatar and stuff within that, right? Like you can have your own identity within there. So I guess it's comparable. Well, today Nike have joined the metaverse, purchasing a company that will allow them to sell virtual Nikes as NFTs. But why do you need to have a virtual pair of shoes?

And why is it more valuable than a real pair of shoes? Rather than make it up, I thought we would get an expert on the show. Please welcome to the show from Fluff World, Brooke Howard-Smith. G'day, Brooke. G'day, Brooke. Hey, team. How are you guys? Good, thank you.

Now, why do we need a pair of virtual Nikes in the metaverse? Break it down for us in layman's terms. Personally, if anyone's not paying attention, do pay attention because if there's one conversation at a barbecue this summer that's going to replicate the boring conversations of CrossFit four years ago and then cryptocurrency three years ago, this year's barbecue conversation is probably going to be metaverse.

Yeah, right. So you'll be able to kind of bore people away from the barbecue as well with your amazing insight. Yeah. It's really interesting. For a while, we've been getting towards there, with your amazing insight. Yeah. It's really interesting. For a while, we've been getting towards there, but now that everyone from Facebook and Microsoft and now Nike are jumping towards this,

people are like, wait a second, am I missing something? If you've seen Ready Player One, and I know you haven't, Clint, you haven't done your research for this, but you'll know that we're heading towards this place where instead of just watching a movie, you can be involved and be in the movie. So instead of going and watching the new District 9, you'll probably be in District 9 actually experiencing it as it's happening. Or instead of shopping online on a kind of static website, you'll be able to see the clothes on you. You'll be able to walk around the clothes.

It's quite incredible what they're building, and it's not far away. But the metaverse is a completely portable, immersive experience. So where you were talking about Fortnite, if you've got a favorite character you want to play, instead of renting Fortnite's characters, you'll walk in and you'll be your character. And it might be that you're LeBron James or you might be yourself or a sloth, the bunnies that we have.

So you'll be able to take them from games to games and kind of build your own world. Right. It sounds very, what's the name, Player One, that movie. Yeah, Ready Player One. Ready Player One. Ready Player One. So is the future that when you buy a pair of shoes from this Nike store

that you'll get a real pair sent to you to wear and then you might get a virtual pair to put on your virtual person who lives in the metaverse? Is that how it works? Yeah, exactly. So if you're in Fortnite and Nike has got some kind of a really cool pair of shoes that are a reward that maybe make you faster and you're playing and you

win those, that's great. But they might be connected to the real world and that's called the omniverse when you connect the real world and the metaverse. And it might be that winning those shoes on Fortnite gets you a 20% discount off those shoes in the real world. So you're incentivized to engage with Nike and the metaverse as well. Brooke, we see it in Fortnite and have been for a long, long time. They do collaborations.

I think one of the recent ones was with Balenciaga and where you can buy certain skins that are Balenciaga skins and you use your V-Bucks, which are Fortnite bucks, to buy these Balenciaga skins and you see it. I think Nike are doing a big thing with Fortnite at the moment and then you see other big artists like Ariana Grande and obviously all spending money and getting their characters and avatars put into the game.

So it's got similarities. Yeah, it is. The core component of the metaverse is that you're not just buying them for Fortnite. If you own those Nikes, you'll be able to walk them into your meeting rooms for your Zoom in the morning. So, you know, Microsoft has said that the

future of all, you know, this is Bill Gates the other day saying that within less than three years, everyone will be in these meta spaces for their Zoom meeting and minority reporting their PowerPoints instead of like a lame PowerPoint you'll be able to bring in the images and the videos and these kind of things.

So COVID has definitely accelerated all of this. Yeah. And now there's a convergence of 5G technology, which we all recently got vaccinated with. And you've got better technology, better connectivity, and a lot of people who are ready to not leave their houses ever again. There you go.

That is your scoop on how the metaverse works and why maybe you need to look at getting a virtual pair of shoes for Christmas. It's still very confusing. And if you bust that out at this barbecue, no one's going to understand what you're talking about. No clue. But I think the key takeaway is go and watch Ready Player One if you want to understand the metaverse. Yeah, that's

a good start. Yeah, that's where I'll start. Bree and Clint, thank you very much. Brooke Howard-Smith from Fluff. Bree and Clint. Time for the latest. From iHeartRadio, this is the latest. Live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Dean, there's an old Diane Sawyer interview with

Britney Spears from 2003 that is getting a lot of attention at the moment. Yes, it's been trending. So here's what happened, right? Britney Spears, you know, now that she's a free woman, she is going on Instagram and really sharing the truth of her life. And she went to count on Diane. So it was a little bit surprising.

None of us really saw it coming. It was a little bit from left field, but she basically said this. She said, and what was that interview I had to do with Diane Sawyer. It was a little bit surprising. None of us really saw it coming. It was a little bit from left field, but she basically said this. She said, and what was that interview I had to do with Diane Sawyer all those years ago? You know, Britney Spears was 22 at the time. She'd just broken up with Justin Timberlake. And Diane Sawyer,

ooh, that interview did not age well. It wasn't good then, and it's hideous now. Basically, Diane said so many mean things to Britney. She said things like, you know, you're a bad role model for children. You're upsetting the women of America. Have a listen to this.

Here's some of the hideous things that now Britney Spears has called out Diane Sawyer publicly. Check it out. Have you ever gone further than you wish you had? Gone further? Yeah. No, I don't think so.

No. Okay. Now, those are a little much. At the end of the shoot, I was like, all right, let's go ahead and do it, and then let's jet. And I didn't have approval over the thing. So that's one picture, I must say, that I felt kind of weird about.

But you hadn't done it? A little bit, to be honest. But hey, it's done, and I'll learn from it, and I'll never be put in that position again. Getting burned by the fire she lit herself. It's so easy in her business. It's a shocking interview. It's 47 minutes long, and the whole time she's just basically shaming britney spears for her lifestyle and in it bro you should definitely watch it she she says

like um how come you don't criticize j-lo for wearing like revealing clothing why don't you criticize christina for that guitar cover on the rolling stone magazine why is it any different when i do it and diane's kind of just like, hmm, okay. Yeah, the sad part is I feel like all those women got criticised at some point in the early 2000s and continue to get criticised. Yeah, that's true too. It's just so crazy to hear

how in your face it was in the early 2000s. I feel like it still happens now, but it's just not literally directly in your face. You know what I mean? Not as brazen. Yeah, it's just wild. It's really sad, to be honest. Fascinating. It's definitely worth a watch.

That is the Diane Sawyer interview with Britney Spears from 2003. And that's the latest from our Hollywood correspondent, Dee McCarthy. Thanks to Swish. You can say it with Swish this Christmas. Go to HeySwish.com and get 10% off with the code ZM10. A Queensland real estate agency is cobbling some backlash after it emailed its tenants with a list of presents they could buy their landlords for Christmas.

Oh, my God. Read the room. The gifts included, so they had suggestions on what you could buy your landlord Yeah, what did they suggest? So they suggested a white wine grazing box Or festive sweet sets for $55 for Christmas For your landlord A self-care hamper for $70

Or a $99 food hamper Or the luxury gift hamper which contained sparkling wine, a satin robe, an eye mask, aroma diffuser, bath salts and a range of foods and sweets for $115. And I thought when I read this newsflash,

you already give your landlord a gift every week. It's called rent. You give them cash as a gift. Cold hard cash. Every single week. And yes, you're getting it in exchange for accommodation, but it's definitely cash their way, you know? Like you're putting money in their account.

You're paying their mortgage. I don't think it's appropriate that you should be told by your property manager that you should buy the landlord a gift. I don't think that's the right way to do it. Would you agree? Yeah. If you love your landlord, if your landlord does awesome things for you over the year,

then sure, you can get them a Christmas present if you want to. My old landlord from my last place, I actually had a friendship with them. Yes. And I really loved them as people. They were lovely human beings. Yeah. And I'd definitely get them a gift. But it's not

expected, right? No, it shouldn't be expected. I've got a list of other, I guess they're relationships, situations, people who you pay money to in the same situation. You're the customer in this situation. You're paying for the place.

Do you think you're expected to give these people a Christmas present as well? First one, you're a mechanic. Are you going to get your mechanic a Christmas present? You pay for their service, but to say thank you for fixing my car, are you going to get them a Christmas present? Oh, it depends. Like if they helped you out or if they went above and beyond the payment that you gave them.

You crashed your car, they fixed your car, you paid them for the services. Well, to be honest, yeah, to keep them happy, maybe a box of favourites. Okay, oh, generous. Get the mechanic a Christmas present. Your dentist, are you going to get your dentist a Christmas present? Oh, yeah, you want to keep your dentist happy.

You do actually want to keep your dentist happy. Yeah, get them a bottle of wine maybe. Right, okay. What about the person who does your wax coming into summer? Are you going to get them a Christmas present? Yeah, my laser lady, I owe her. She's been through some things, eh? Yeah, I owe her a few presents.

Yeah, true. Actually, bad example again. Definitely get them a Christmas present. They're underpaid, eh, for the shit they have to deal with. The IRD. So you pay them. You, for the shit they have to deal with. The IRD. So you pay them. You give them money. It's money their way.

Nah, I already pay those bastards. You're not going to give them a Christmas present? Absolutely not. No? What about VTNZ, the people who tell you whether your car is roadworthy? You pay them for that service. I just got an email from them, actually. No Merry Christmas.

How are you? How was your year? Was your red joe's due? Pay us this money. Bree and Clint. ZM Share or Steal with Z Energy. 200 litres of fuel up for grabs thanks to Z's Share Tank. You can find the lowest fuel price and choose

when you want to use it this summer with Share Tank. That's right we've been playing this over the last couple of weeks. It's been a lot of fun. Sometimes it's ruthless. Sometimes it's lovely. Let's meet today's people that are playing with us. Holly's here.

Hi, Holly. Hi, Holly. Hi. And Gordon's here as well. G'day, Gordon. G'day, Gordon. G'day. Now, just to reiterate, yesterday,

both people wanted to steal all 200 litres, and in the event of that happening, neither of you win anything. We give it away to the next person on the phone for free. So just keep that in mind. We don't want to sway your decision. No. It is a game of chance, really. Yeah, just go with your gut.

Go with your gut. Who are we going to play with first? I'm going to pop Holly into the cone of silence first. So, Holly, we'll be back with you very shortly, okay? Don't go anywhere. That means Gordon, it's just us. Gordon, just between us squirrel friends, what do you want to do? Do you want to share the 200 litres of fuel with Holly? Do you want to steal it from Holly?

I'm a sharing guy, so I will share it. You bloody legend, Gordon. I love that. She can't hear you right now. And we will lock and share. That's fine. Does part of you want to steal it, though? Why are you trying to make him steal? No. Gordon, if you knew, if you could guarantee that Holly was going to say share, would you say steal right now? No, no, I'm a sharing guy Oh Gordon, I like your energy

Even though Clint's trying to sway you No, I just want to see his internal, you know, I want to see the real Gordon You can tell he just wants to do the right thing Well, let's hopefully, let's hope that Holly does as well Gordon, stay quiet for us Don't say anything. Holly's back. Hi, Holly.

Hi, Holly. Hey. We've got Gordon's answer. What would you like to do, share or steal? Oh, well, I have to choose share because if he's stolen it, I'm going to get zero. So I have to try for share at least. So you're going to hope that he has said share

so that you can both get 100? Yeah. Well, we can confirm. I feel like he said still. Go with your gut. If your gut says Cher, go with your gut, but we don't want to sway you. No, I'll go with Cher.

Well, guess what? Yay! Both of you shared. 100 litres each. Oh, my God. You're a beauty. You're a beauty. Thank you so much. You're a beauty. You're a beauty. Thank you so much.

You're such a great player. Aw. It's a Christmas miracle, everybody. Well done, guys. 100 litres of Zed share tank fuel coming out to each of you for Christmas. You can lock in Zed's lowest fuel price in a 30k radius and save it for now and save it for later, or you can share it right now with Share Tank Fuel. Just like Holly and Gordon did.

Shared it with each other and everyone wins. Yay, enjoy that fuel, guys. Warm fuzzies, guys. Cool, we'll play two more times this week, Thursday and Friday. You can play at four o'clock each day with us, share or steal. Kia ora, I'm Jane Yee. I'm Alex Casey. And I'm Duncan

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Brought to you by the Spinoff Podcast Network and available wherever you get your pods. Bree and Clint. Christmas is coming. Ten days, which means nine shopping days left. I feel like I've done all mine. Have you? I hope I've done. I've got one left. Done it? Who?

Just one. Your wife's. Nah, I got her. Oh, you got her? Who? She's easy. My wife's so easy. What did you get her? She tells me what she wants. And you go buy it. I just go and buy it. What did you get her? Well, no, I still want it to be a little bit of a surprise, even though she literally told me. But she doesn't listen to our show.

Oh, I won't say it directly. Okay, say in the realm. I'll say what it rhymes with. Okay. Schmur to our show. Oh, I won't say it directly. Okay, say in the realm. I'll say what it rhymes with. Okay. Schmurken stocks. Oh, so mysterious. I know, it literally could be anything. I'll never guess what that is.

I thought you and I could invent a service this afternoon for people who are struggling with that last gift, with that niggly person who's just so hard to buy for, you know? For me, that's my sister. I don't know what to get her. She's 10 years younger than me and I need a little bit of help. Oh, I know what you should get your sister.

So what I thought we could do, I know what I thought we could do is I could send you off to Santa's Grotto, to the workshop, and by the time you get back, you hit me with a gift idea. Does that make sense? So you have to think very quickly. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's quite a quick trip to the grotto. And I don't want you to think too much about it. The best gifts will just come to you. It already came to me. And you're a woman. She's a woman. You know what women want. Yeah, I already know what you should get your sister.

Are you ready to go off to Santa's workshop? Yep. Okay, here we go. A Spotify subscription. Oh, that's not bad. Good idea, eh? I thought you were going to say something stupid like a butt plug. Because, no, I'm really actually good at buying gifts. There's quite a good...

Because at that age, you can't afford it. How much does a Spotify subscription cost? It won't cost you all that much, but she will think it's the best thing. So you get a discount if you buy 12 months? Oh, my God, that's actually quite a good idea. And you could just add it onto your plan and then add her onto your account, so it's just a little bit extra. See, I knew you'd be good at this.

Can you do, just for an example, I'm going to get you to do bin. Oh, no. Okay, so I'm going to send you back to the grotto. Oh, I thought you and I were working together on this. Oh, okay, I'll do bin then. Okay, you do, just for an example, I'm going to get you to do Ben. Oh, no. Okay, so I'm going to send you back to the grotto. Oh, I thought you and I were working together on this. Okay, I'll do Ben then. Okay, you do Ben. Send me off to send a workshop. Okay, off you go.

Down to the workshop. Moustache comb. Great. Good idea. A comb for his moustache. I'll get rid of the one I have for that one. Oh, no, it's not good. I thought this afternoon,

why don't you give us a call on 0800DIALZM, tell us who the person is that you're struggling to buy for, and then pick which one of us you want to send off to Santa's workshop to come back with a gift idea. This is going to be tough. You've got to think on your feet. You really have to think on your feet. Without knowing anything about the person really. No, you get to ask a question. So you get to ask one question about that person.

Oh, so you'll know them back to front. Yeah, you'll know them inside out. Just put your faith in us, okay? Let us sort your Christmas gifts out. 0800 dial ZM. We're going to head down to Santa's workshop next. Oh, my God. I just realised we're Santa's elves.

We are the elves, yeah. We are the elves. We're making presents. Show me your ears. That's not your ears. Brie and I are here to save Christmas. I'm really nervous. I don't want to let people down.

We are going to help you find the perfect gift for that hard to gift person. You nailed it before with my sister. I know, but sometimes I'm good, sometimes it takes me a little bit longer. Don't you be nervous, because you're definitely better at this than me, and if you're not going to be good... Yeah, but it's good to be the underdog.

What we will do is we'll ask you who the gift's for, and then you'll pick one of the elves, Elf Bree or Elf Clint, to head off to the workshop and come back with the perfect gift idea. Okay? Okay. Geordie's here. G'day, Geordie.

Hi, Geordie. Hi, how's it going, guys? Good, thank you, Geordie. Now, who is the gift that you're stuck on buying for? My mother. Oh, yeah. Oh, yes, yes. See, some mums are easy, some mums are hard.

Sounds like yours is hard. That's why you need our help. Which elf would you like to come up with the perfect gift? I'll go Brie. Oh, no. Good idea, good idea, Geordie. I'll go Brie, yeah. Okay, hold on, wait.

I get to ask him a question. You get to ask one question about his mum, yeah. Geordie, can you describe your mum for me in one word? Ooh, outgoing. Outgoing. Okay, we're going to send Bree off to Santa's workshop. When she comes back, she'll have a gift. I've got it.

I've got it. Geordie, you buy your mum a night where a personal chef comes to her house and cooks a meal for her. Oh, God, that'd be pretty full on. She'd love that. Exactly. You know why? How much does that cost?

I mean. What's your budget, Geordie? That sounds pricey. Yeah, what's your budget? It's your mother. Can you put a price on your mum? No, actually, Bree's right. Bree's right.

No budget. Get your siblings to go in. If you've got siblings, get them to pitch in. Yeah, no budget for mum. And she will love that, and it's a night where she doesn't have to think about anything. There you go, Jordy. Four siblings, yeah.

Not easy, guys. Four siblings. Lock it in, Jordy. Personal chef. Merry Christmas. There you go. One done. There's companies that do that,

and it's not super, super expensive. You can do it yourself if you don't have the money too. You can cook for mum. Well, that too. Yeah, that'd be nice. Hey, Ella is here. Hi, Ella. Hi, Ella.

Hi. Hi. Who do you need a gift idea for? My granddad. Oh, granddad. Granddad, yes. And which elf would you like to come up with the idea? Would you like Elf Clint or Elf Brie?

Brie, please. Okay. All right. I don't want to let you down, Ella. Your granddad. Does he smoke? Oh, God. No, he does not.

Okay, good. Good granddad. Does he like to get on the beers? Sorry, they're your questions. I'm just helping. He does like to get on the beers. Okay, you work with that. He does like some beers.

Ella, how would you describe how Grandad dresses? What does he dress in? Do you know? Well, if it's like a home day, he'd normally dress casual. But if it's like an out day, he'd normally dress in a really, really nice suit. Oh, fancy Grandad. I was getting that vibe. Okay, we're going to send Brie off to the workshop.

Ella, I think you should get your dad, your granddad, sorry, a personalised pocket square for his suit. He'd love that. You can pick out a really bright colour that reminds him of you and you say every time you look at your pocket square in your suit, it reminds you of me, Ella, your granddaughter.

What do you think, Ella? That's actually a really good idea. Thank you. It is really good. Yeah. Oh, God, I'm so glad, Ella. This is going so much better than I expected. Sarah's here.

Hi, Sarah. Hi, Sarah. Hi, Sarah. Hi. Hi. Who do you need a gift idea for this Christmas? My sister. I think we have a stink phone line for Sarah. Sarah, are you there?

Yes, I am. Yeah, okay. Who do you need a gift for? My brother. Your brother. Okay. No one's picked Elf Clint yet, but... You should pick Elf Clint.

No. Well, she's doing so well. Which elf do you want? I'll pick Elf Clint. Elf Clint. Yeah. Okay, cool. Okay, your brother, does he smoke?

No. No, okay. Does he drink beers? Does he drink beers? Yes. He likes beers. Okay, I'll head off to the workshop. Come on, you got this

You got it You got it Usually your brother A craft beer box Oh yeah Yeah One of those ones That's got 12 different beers in it

I see Ben buy them all the time Guys love that Hey Ben Guys love that Yeah I love that Yeah yeah Yeah it's a good It's a good brother gift. Perfect gift, eh, Sarah?

Yeah, that's a pretty good idea. Yeah, cool. Thank you very much. We'll be in contact. Got out of that one. Kate's here. Hi, Kate. Hi, Kate.

Hey, guys. One more gift and then Christmas is done. Bree and I can take a rest for the year after this. We'll hang up our shoes. Yeah. Who do you need a gift for? My dad. Oh, dad again. We'll hang up our shoes. Yeah. Who do you need a gift for? My dad. Oh, dad again.

Dad is quite difficult. Dad is the worst. Dads are nigh on impossible. Remember we did earlier this year, what the hell are we going to get dad for Christmas as a segment? Because he's so hard. Okay.

Which elf do you want to go into the workshop? Oh, you, Clint. You sure? Yeah. I've got all my faith in you. All right. How old's dad? How old's dad?

Late 50s. Does he smoke? No. I'm still asking people if they... Well, I had a great idea for smokers. What was the smoke one? Zippo. The Zippo lighters you flick open.

Does your dad like lighting fires? Not really. Okay. I think you're going to have to go a different route. Yeah. Alright, we'll head off to the grotto. One of those old shavers that you put the razor blades in, like a steel shaver, and then you have to brush on the shaving cream with a brush

and a pot of the shaving cream, like a vintage shaving set. I'm going to laugh if this guy has a full nice beard that he shaved. No, he doesn't. That's very eco-friendly, actually. It is. You won't have to replace very eco-friendly actually. It is. You won't have to replace plastic blades all the time.

So did I nail dad? Not bad. Not bad. I've never thought of that. So that's something. There you go. Merry Christmas,

Kate. Very good from both of us. We killed it. One of us is definitely getting promoted next year. I think so.

To Santa. To Santa. Now I just need to figure out what to do with all these lighters. Bree and Clint. I want to do a bit of an experiment right now using everyone listening, including all of you guys in here, because I saw this tweet that's going viral at the moment. And technically the tweet was about how they think mathematics equations go with each day of the moment. And technically the tweet was about how they think mathematics equations

go with each day of the week, kind of similar to synesthesia. Right. And then someone else commented what colours they think each day of the week are. Right. Now, if this sounds really bizarre to you and you have no idea what I'm talking about, then you probably don't have it. No.

Synesthesia. Synesthesia, yeah. If I had to choose between seeing words and days of the week as colours or maths equations, I'd choose colours every day of the week. You know? I'd have that synesthesia. Is there a name for the maths one? Well, I looked into it.

Is it a version of synesthesia? I think, yeah. Experts have said they believe it's just another form of that. But people like Lorde, she has it. She sees different, her songs in colours. Same with Kanye. Same with Taylor Swift. Yeah. I thought we could give it a go because I've got the tweet here about,

and people don't all agree, but from what I've seen in the tweets, this is what people are generally saying about days of the week and what colours they think they are. Okay, cool, yeah. So let's start off with Monday. What do we think? And you can text in your answer to 9696. What colour do you think Monday is?

Red. Monday's red. I was going to say blue because of the Monday blues. Oh, yeah. Well, I was saying red because of tension. Like, oh, I don't like Monday. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Most people are saying yellow.

Monday is yellow. True. Apparently. Like a mellow yellow. Yeah, maybe. Right, okay. Maybe like, yeah. What about Tuesday?

Tuesday's red. Tuesday's pink. Tuesday, okay. Maybe like, yeah. What about Tuesday? Ah. Tuesday is red. Tuesday is pink. Tuesday is pink. I'll go green. Go green. Tuesday is blue, apparently. Oh, good one. You should have used the one you said for Monday.

Tuesday is blue. Are they all going to be different colours? I'm just going to keep saying blue. Yeah, they're all different. They're all different. Yeah, right. Wednesday. Wednesday.

No, actually think about this. Yeah, I am. Don't just take the piss out of it. Actually're all different. Wednesday. Wednesday. No, actually think about this. Yeah, I am. Don't just take the piss out of it. Actually think about it and feel. I'm trying to say what comes to me. That's what I'm trying to do. To try and see if I have repressed synesthesia. Okay, let's go orange for Wednesday.

Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, green. It's green. I'm yellow for Wednesday. Wednesday is green. Yes. I have synesthesia. I feel like that was a guess. No, I have it now. I'm going to just feel it. I'm yellow for Wednesday. Wednesday is green. Yes. I have synesthesia. I feel like that was a guess. No, I have it now.

I'm going to just feel it. I'm going to feel it. Let's check Thursday then. What is Thursday, guys? I'm going to give it blue. Blue's been done already, Anastasia. No, wait. Does it have to be a different colour?

Yeah, they're all different colours. Say it again. Say Thursday to me. Thursday. Orange. Yeah, orange came to me too. I keep getting yellow, but yellow's been done. So let's go close to yellow. Orange. Orange. Yeah, orange came to me too. I keep getting yellow, but yellow's been done. So let's go close to yellow. Orange.

We've all gone orange. Thursday's brown. Is that close to yellow? Yeah, Thursday's brown. Alright, come on. Last one. Friday. What colour's left? Red. Party day. Party day. Red. Wait, hang on. I need to tap into my feels.

Orange again. It's bright and colourful Say it to me again Say the day of the week Friday Ben's put red in my head already Why did you talk You should have relied on me What

Say it one more time Red Friday Stop saying red Say it again Brie Don't talk Ben Friday Red

Out Red It's red Friday's red It's orange Friday is red Yes I felt it I knew it No you said it Because I said it So what have we learnt Red, it's red. Friday's red. It's orange. Friday is red. Yes! I felt it.

I knew it. No, you said it because I said it. So what have we learnt? None of you have it. Bree and Clint. Google, are you down, down, down, down, down, down, down? What the hell? I think Google's actually...

That's right, Google down. It's been a massive year for Google down. It's gone down once a week for the last however many weeks. Yeah, Google actually has been so popular, Google are taking us to court. They're saying, you're telling people Google's down too often and we're saying, no, it's down. It's actually down.

You don't get it. Yeah, it's down. You could just Google it. And then they Google it and they go, it's not down. And we go, oh, it must be fixed. Back up. Yeah. You don't get it. Yeah, down. You just Google it. And then they Google it and they go, it's not down. And we go, oh, it must be fixed. Back up. Yeah. You're welcome. This is where you guys go head to head with someone on the phones to see who is the

fastest Googler. And the last Google downer of the year is Dylan. G'day, mate. Hey, how's it going? Good, thanks. Have you heard the game before? Yeah. Okay, perfect. So all you need is something to Google on. What will you be Googling on this afternoon? My phone.

Okay, that's good. Everyone on here will Google on a phone then too to keep it fair. Got it. These are the rules. I have put a question into Google. You need to put that question in. I'm looking for the most common answer that comes up for that particular question. If you're the first person to yell it out,

don't need to buzz in with your name. If you yell out the correct answer, you will receive a point. First with three points wins and takes home the KFC chicken dollars. Got it. All right. Everyone ready to play? Ready. I've got a theme again this week.

It's Christmas music theme. Christmas music. Okay. Okay. Okay, here we go, guys. Question number one. Who has the biggest selling Christmas album of all time? Elvis is correct. I forgot to mention you can yell out a guess.

If you yell out the wrong thing, you're out of that question. Elvis does have the best selling Christmas album of all time by far. Nice try, Ben. Question number two. What's the biggest-selling Christmas song of all time? Mariah Carey. Oh, this is huge. Mariah Carey.

Anastasia and Clint are out. Can you finish the question, please? White Christmas. That's right, Dylan. Nice work. White Christmas by Bing Crosby is the biggest selling Christmas song of all time. Nice work, Dylan. You killed it.

Question number three. How much money has Mariah Carey made from All I Want for Christmas in 2021? As in how much has she made completely? $600,000 to a million. What did you say, Dylan? £60 million. £60 million is correct. £45 million.

£60 million. Dylan is on the board with another point. He's in the lead. Good stuff, Dylan. Here we go, Dylan. I don't mind that you're in the lead, Dylan. You know my motto, ABA, anyone but Anastasia. That's so rude.

He thought of that so quick. All right, here we go. I used to think about that all week. Yeah, it's every game. Nice burn, Clint. Question number four. When did Wham release Last Christmas? 1984.

That is correct, 1984. Shit. Whoa. I wasn't alive. I don't remember it specifically. I just looked that song up this week out of coincidence. All right. That means two to Clint, two to Dylan, and none to anyone else.

That's all right. Here we go. Question number five. What year did Michael Bublé release his Christmas album? 2011. That's right. God, everyone is just guessing. It is easy to guess. Slash getting them right. Not everyone is just guessing. It is easy to guess.

Slash getting them right. Did you guess that? Isn't it? Haven't you said like 100 times it's the 10-year anniversary? No, Justin Bieber's 10-year anniversary. Oh. Well done. You really did bluff that.

Nice work. That means Staged is on one, Clint's on two, Dylan is on two. This is one hell of a game to finish out Google down for the year. Come on, guys. Who's going to take it out? Question number six. Who wrote the song Santa Claus is Coming to Town? Who wrote that song?

Haven Gillespie. That's correct. Jayfrey Coote and Haven Gillespie. Haven Gillespie is what came up when I put that question in, which means Clint takes it out the last time. A-B-A. A-B-A. A-B-A.

A-B-A. A-B-A. I'm retiring from this game. I'd like to donate the KFC to Dylan if that's possible. Please Google down Master. You're going home with the KFC, Dylan. Nice work, mate. That was a pantsing.

Thank you so much. Very good. Enjoy. Jeez, that was a great way to end the Google Down year, wasn't it? That's right. The one for Christmas was a Google Down one and you took that from me. And it's Asia. There's always next year, mate.

You come back bigger and better. I think on the balance of the year, you're up. You're totally fine. Don't worry about that. I think she's way up. Bree and Clint. Look, let's get down to business. Let's talk Christmas lunch, Christmas dinner.

The most important things about Christmas. The kai. Exactly. That's, in my opinion, that is the thing that brings everyone together. Gives everyone around the table. You sit around, you eat. Too much. And then you nap and then you eat again and then you nap and then you eat again.

Yep, absolutely. It's what we're looking forward to. Look, there's a conversation happening in my household at the moment where I have voiced that I will be spending Christmas with my partner's family and I said, look, I want to do the Christmas main. I want to make the food and I want to do what we normally do in our family and it's tradition.

In our family, we have lasagna on Christmas. Yes, I'm desensitised to it now. But I'm remembering the first Christmas that you and I sort of went into together. I was shocked. Lasagna for Christmas? And then I said, lasagna for Christmas? What's so shocking? Why not?

Lasagna is awesome. It feeds a lot of people and it's delicious. And it's good for leftovers. Yes, look, it's just the initial shock. But when you go into these things with an open mind, why not have a Christmas lasagna? I'm open to it now, but I can see, and it sounds like you've been rebuffed,

I can see why your partner's family, for their first lasagna-based Christmas, are like, um, no thanks. No, I think it's not even that it's lasagna. I think they've already kind of organized the food, but I was like, I'm happy to make the lasagna extra. Yeah. Like in my family, the more food, the merrier the people.

Yeah. I'm sure no one's going to say no to a bonus lasagna. Yeah. It's probably just a bit hard for them to replace the ham off the bat. At the end of the day, a lasagna better than a ham. No, I know, but it's about the tradition

that you're used to, right? Yeah, I know, but this is what I'm saying is think outside the Christmas box for a minute. I know I'm saying once you do, it's good. But you're talking to people who have never had to have a Christmas lasagna and you're coming in hot. Because from my family, we're Italian,

to have no lasagna on Christmas, very weird. To have no lasagna any time for you guys, very weird. I wanted to talk to people because that's a tradition in our family. It's a non-traditional Christmas lunch slash dinner though. Yeah, yeah. For everyone else. Not in our family. Very traditional.

Yeah. But I want to know from people, is your family like this too? Do you have some non-traditional Christmas food? Yeah, and I guess by traditional, we're talking ham, turkey, roast, a roast, a roast lunch dinner kind of situation. Yeah, see, I think we need to up the Christmas lunch game. Yeah? I think we need to start bringing in all types of things.

Well, I want to talk to the families too who go, that is way too hard. My family has fish and chips for Christmas. I love that idea. Like, are the fish and chip stores open on Christmas Day? I know KFC open on Christmas because it's chicken, it's Christmas. Why not have KFC as your main on Christmas Day? That would be very easy.

Maybe you're a KFC Christmas family. I'd love to hear from people. I'm so interested. 0800 dial ZM or you can text it through on 9696. What is the non-traditional Christmas food that you always have at Christmas? I wonder if any of these foods we'll find unacceptable. We have an open mind, you know, but. And I'm recommending do a lasagna.

It is the best thing. You won't regret it. Give us a call. 0800 DIAL ZM. Bree and Clint. We're talking non-traditional Christmas lunch dinner foods. I never realised until I got here when I started talking about how we have lasagna every Christmas and the look on Clint's face was like, what?

Is it any different to a regular lasagna? You've called it a Christmas lasagna. It's just a lasagna. Does it have cranberries in it? No, it's just a regular lasagna. Do you do a lasagna. Does it have cranberries in it? No. It's just a regular lasagna. Do you do a potato salad to go with it? But it's a Christmas lasagna because we have it on Christmas. Because it's on Christmas. Right.

And it's awesome. It's the best Christmas food I reckon in my opinion. It feeds heaps of people. Great for leftovers the next day. And it's delicious. What we're realising is once you get your head around the fact that Christmas doesn't just have to be turkey, the world is your oyster.

I mean, you can have oysters if you want. Oh, that'd be a lavish Christmas. Hi, Holly. Hi, Holly. Hi. What's your guys' non-traditional Christmas food, Holly? Oh, it's probably quite traditional over here, but scallops and crayfish.

Oh! Oh, yeah. I can pass on the scallops and crayfish. Oh! I can pass on the scallops no worries, but crayfish has got to be there. Where do you live that you have access to delicious scallops and crayfish? In Northland. We actually live in Waipu. Yeah, I was going to say Bay of Islands kind of area. Yeah.

Yeah, good spot. Just south of Whangarei. Yeah, great spot. It doesn't matter if weangarei. Oh. Yeah. Great spot. It doesn't matter if we don't have a ham or, you know, pavlova or anything like that. The only thing that people have kicked up a fuss about is the scallops and crayfish. Seafood quite traditional in a lot of Kiwi and Aussie families, I feel like. Especially prawns. That's lush, though.

Scallops and crayfish. We always have prawns, yeah. Oh, yeah. Always. On the barbie? Nah, just usually, I think, most of the time raw. Oh, you don't chuck your prawns on the barbie? Well, you know how they come pre-cooked or something?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know what you mean. Yeah. Nicole's here. G'day, Nicole. I just got what you were getting at. I was setting you up, mate. Nicole's here.

Merry Christmas, Nicole. Hi, Nicole. Hello. Merry Christmas. We're coming to your house for Christmas lunch, and bam, that's a surprise. I didn't know you eat this on Christmas Day. What are you serving? Yeah, so I get a cooked chicken from the supermarket with some buns and coleslaw and just make it together. How good is coleslaw chicken on a fresh bun?

I think that is one of our unofficial national dishes. And really, really, you've ticked all the Christmas boxes there. You've got a roast poultry. You've got a veggie to go with it. Do you sometimes throw chips on it? Oh, yeah, like some chicken crisps would be real good. Or some mayonnaise sometimes. Like potato chips?

Either or. Yeah, like the bluebird one. Oh, yeah. Really? That's a good time. Yeah. So good. Fantastic idea. Oh, yeah. Really? That's a good time. Yeah. Yeah, true. That's a fantastic idea.

Oh, pretty easy. I love that. Pretty easy prep and clean up at Christmas Day on yours, Nicole. Thank you. Someone said, my husband's Christmas food tradition is Chinese from their childhood local spot. Every year for 30 years, they've been ordering from the same guy. I'd love a Christmas chicken chow mein.

His name is David, and since my husband reached age 18, they'd slipped him a free beer when he came to pick it up. That's so cute. I love that. We're getting texts about Christmas hangis as well, but Vicky's here. Hi, Vicky. Hi, Vicky.

Hi. Tell us, what's the non-traditional Christmas food you guys have in your family? So non-traditional Christmas food you guys have in your family? It's so non-traditional it doesn't have a name. I don't know anyone else who makes it. It's a dessert that we do, and it is Griffin's chocolate chip biscuits dipped in ginger ale and then stacked with cream in between and cream on top. That is the most random thing I've ever heard.

You guys must have given it a name. What do you call it? Yeah. Biscuit pudding. Biscuit pudding. A little original. It does what it says on the box. Mushy pudding.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's so interesting. Can you tell us one more time in case people want to give this gun home? I feel like I could tell you. Okay, you tell us. The official recipe, Griffin's chocolate chip biscuits, very specifically. Dipped in ginger ale. Dipped in ginger ale and then layered with cream and then a layer of cream on top and you're good to go.

Are you talking like just whipped cream? Yes, whipped cream. The biscuits go soggy, so it's like a sweet and then mixes in with the cream really nicely. And is it like a sandwich? Is it two biscuits that makes one of them? No, you stack it, so you make like a layer. Like a tiramisu.

And then you put cream on top and then another layer of biscuit and then cream. Vicky, let me just say, people probably are like, that's so weird. Someone one day would have floated the idea of a tiramisu to someone now hear me out you put this alcohol and you put coffee and then you roll these biscuits in it and then you put cream and then biscuits and then cream it's the same thing right now i'm gonna trademark it um quick quick trademark it can i suggest you need a better name for it before you trademark it biscuit Biscuit Desserts

No, no, we're copywriting Biscuit Pudding for the name Biscuit Pudding is the name Vicky's Biscuit Pudding, if you want to make it This summer, head to her website And pay $39.99 to receive the recipe Merry Christmas Vicky See you Vicky

She's off to get a patent. She's busy. Here we go, Birthday Banger for a Wednesday. Three people, what was the number one song that was at the top of the charts on their 16th? We're about to find out. Hi, Sam. G'day, Sam. How's it going?

Good, mate. How are you? Oh, bloody glad the day's over. Oh, that sounds about right, Sam. Are you ready for Christmas, Sam? Absolutely. Yeah, good. I thought you were going to say, absolutely not. No, no.

Great time of year for me. Yeah, good stuff. Okay, what's your plans for Christmas? Sleep. Nice. Most of year for me. Yeah, good stuff. Okay, what's your plans for Christmas? Sleep. Nice. Most of it. Yeah. Nah, catch up with friends and family, you know.

Yeah, good man. Same old. Okay, let's do your birthday banger. What's your birthday? 4th of July, 91. All right, Sam, you were 16 in 2007. And on the 4th of July, 2007, I've got a funny feeling. It's this song.

This song was number one for an insane amount of weeks. It was massive. It was. Yeah. And you were 16 at the time. Sam, do you like your birthday banger? Yeah, it's not bad. Yeah, it's not bad. Yeah, it's not bad.

Pretty iconic, Sam. I mean... It is. It is. I think I maybe get Sam's hesitation a bit. It's so iconic. You've just heard it a lot, right? I have heard it a lot.

Yeah, definitely. You don't go, oh my God, that song. But that's okay. It's still a good one. Let's go to Steph. Hi, Steph. Hi, Steph. Hi, guys.

How are you? Good, Steph. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. That's good to hear. What's your plans for Christmas Day? I'm going up to Taronga to be with my family.

Oh, jealous. What a spot. Yes, I've just bought a new house 10 minutes from the beach. Oh, stop it. I reckon you're settling for the summer. That sounds good, Steph. Yeah, let me know. Let me know if you need any extra people to come and just, you know, hang out.

I could bring a plate. Nothing on it, but just a plate. Yeah, just a plate. Steph, what's your birthday, mate? 22nd of September, 91. Right, you were 16 in 2007. And on the 22nd of September, your 16th birthday, this was number one. I hope you know, I hope you know

That there's nothing to do with you Now we're talking. That's a good birthday banger, Steph. Yeah? That's a good song. Yeah. Pretty big from Fergie, Big Girls Don't Cry. I love that song.

What year did you say it was? 2009? 2007. 2007. Wow, okay. One more for Lily. Hi, Lily. Hi, Lily did you say it was? 2009? 2007. 2007. Wow, okay. One more for Lily. Hi, Lily. Hi, Lily.

How's it going? Good. How are you? I'm all right. Tell us, Lily, what are you doing for Christmas Day? It's my first Christmas with, I just got married, so. Whoa. Spending it with my husband.

Oh, cute. Are you guys getting each other any Christmas presents Or do you spend it all in the wedding? Well we ended up having a small wedding because of COVID So making up for it with presents I was going to say so you're expecting a big present How good Well I'm sorry to hear that you had to make the wedding smaller

But I mean, how good. Big presents this year. Let's give you our gift. It's a birthday banger. What's your birthday? The 20th of May, 1989. All right, Lily, you were 16 in 2005, and on the 20th of May in 2005, this was number one.

I love this song. Signs. Snoop and Justin Timberlake. This is big. Do you like it, Lily? Yeah, it's a bit of a banger. It's a bit of a banger, right? Yeah.

Okay, wait there. We've got a big decision to make. Rihanna, Fergie or Snoop and JT? A huge line-up of artists. Yeah, all big artists. The nostalgia factor came in for me with Snoop Dogg and Signs, so that's my vote. Yeah, I'm voting Signs because I haven't heard that much in Birthday Banger.

Nah, you're right. Lily, you just won Birthday Banger. Congratulations. Woo-hoo. And happy first Christmas as a married woman, Lily. Thank you. May your husband shower you with lavish gifts. Yeah.

Brian Clint, this is Birthday Banger on ZM. Brian Clint. A list has been released of the worst movies of 2021. Oh, you don't want to be on this list, do you? It's not definitive. It's just an opinion. But, I mean, it's out there. And I thought we could go through them and see how many of these movies you've seen, Brie.

Because if it's out, Brie will watch it. I watch a lot of average, mediocre stuff because I just love anything. Yeah. It's not a criticism. It's just I don't know how you can sit through half the stuff you sit through. Well, once I start something, I feel like you need to finish it. It's very rare that I will walk out or not finish something that I've started watching. So I haven't seen any of these.

But if you have, you can tell me if they are as bad as the review suggests. Are these really the worst movies of 2021? First one on the list is currently on Amazon Prime. It's Coming to America. The sequel to Eddie Murphy's Coming to America, but it's got a two in it. I know the film. Haven't watched it because I love the first one so much

and I didn't want to ruin it. Apparently it's just a rehash of the same thing. So if that's what you want. Then great. Yeah. No, I haven't seen it. Okay. All Alright, we can't confirm that one. What about the Bruce Willis space movie? No, not Armageddon. Have you seen Cosmic

Sin on Netflix? Cosmic Sin? I'm just looking it up. I don't believe so. No, I haven't seen that. Okay, well you've saved yourself that one. I'm dodging and weaving them so far. And this is advice for you if you're listening too. You can avoid cosmic sin.

What about, this is also a Netflix Christmas movie, which I know you've been deep diving at the moment. Have you watched Father Christmas Is Back on Netflix? Father Christmas Is Back. I'm just looking it up. Huge cast. It's got Kelsey Grammer, John Cleese, Liz Hurley in the movie. Oh, my God.

I started watching this. Yeah. I started watching this one. And why did you stop? I lost interest or I fell asleep. Yeah, one of the two. Yeah, one of the two. So Father Christmas is back.

Not great. Could be one of the worst movies of the year. Liz Hurley looks amazing in it, though. When doesn't she? Yeah, I know. She doesn't age. What about this one? I wouldn't see this one just because it sounds so bad. It was in the movies.

It was a full release this one. One of the worst movies of the year apparently is Godzilla vs King Kong. I haven't seen it. Real movie. Godzilla has to fight King Kong. I've seen the one the King Kong one before that.

Skull Island. That was pretty good. Yeah, it's nothing like that. But I feel like, you know, when they start, as I always say, meshing two things together. Like Batman versus Superman. Just give us one of them. Yeah. The super fans are like, that's part of the book. I'm like, yeah, but. I don't care. Not all books are good. I know you've seen this one. One of the worst movies of the year is Home Sweet Home Alone or Home Alone 5. One of the worst Christmas movies I've seen. It's a new remake of Home Alone. It's horrendous.

They got a British kid. Like, Home Alone 3 is better. Right. Wow, that's saying something. Yeah. Yeah. And the only other one on there is that M. Night Shyamalan one that we watched the trailer for earlier this year

where they go on the beach and they all start aging really fast. Yeah, it's called Olds. Yeah, that looked terrifying. Apparently it's awful. Really? Yeah. I'm not surprised. You haven't seen it?

I haven't seen it. Too scary for me. Well, don't bother because... I've done pretty well then. I've managed to avoid quite a lot. Yeah, you've seen two out of six. Not too bad.

Not bad. Not too bad. There's still time though. There's still time to watch. Yeah, Ben will send you a copy of Godzilla vs King Kong for tonight. I've been dying to see that film. I mean, who would win? Godzilla or a giant monkey? Who's going to win? Look, study out today. I mean, who would win, Godzilla or a giant monkey? Who's going to win? Bree and Clint.

Look, study out today. This is quite interesting where they've done tests about who and which region have been buying the most adult toys this year. Yeah, baby. Who's the randiest region? Conducted by the adult megastore, they've revealed the top ten. Have you been to the adult megastore? No, I heard it's mega, though.

I'm imagining, because I've never been there either, you know when you go into the warehouse? Yeah. I'm imagining that, but for sex toys. Look, I don't think it's that big. Like floor-to-ceiling sex toys. Surely not. Well, it says megastore.

I'd like to go see how mega it is. Same. For research purposes. Let's go through the list. They revealed also the study, what were the number one toys to buy in 2021? I'll just give you a few. Coming in at number five, the Satisfyer Men Wand. Men Wand?

It's called the Men Wand. What do the men do with the wand? Don't know. Wow, okay. But hey. Pop that on the Chrissy list if mum's listening. There's also stuff I can't say. Let's just go with number one, which I can say.

The Satisfyer Pro 2. Oh, that's the go-to, eh? Next generation. Yeah, that's the hot ticket item. If you're looking for what was most popular. That's the Suzuki Swift of sex toys. I mean, adult fun toys. Yeah.

Let's get down to the nitty gritty. What regions in New Zealand have been purchasing the most toys this year? Yeah. Let's start at number 10. Napier. Napier. The Napes. Okay, good for you, Napes.

You're not up there, though. You're number 10. Whangarei is number 10. Napier is number 9. Okay Napes. Okay, good for you, Napes. You're not up there, though. You're number 10. Oh, no, sorry. Whangarei is number 10. Napier is number 9. Okay, cool. Number 8 is Lower Hutt. Yeah.

Number 7, Tauranga. Oh, yeah, I would have thought they were a bit sexier in Tauranga, but yeah. Number 6, Palmy North. Yeah, I expected them to be in the top 5, to be honest. But let's go top 5. Yeah. This is where we really get down to business. This is the business end of business time.

Which regions are buying the most adult toys in 2021? Number five was Dunedin. Gets cold down there. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of young people in Dunedin. A lot of young people, yep. Number four.

Although, surely you're young and you're flatting and you just get your flatmate to do it. Anyway, sorry, I don't know how these things work. Yeah, number four. Number four, no surprises here. Hamilton's made the list. Number three, Wellington. Yep.

Which leaves number one and number two. Coming in at number two, Christchurch. Yeah. But, of course, taking the top spot in lockdown for 119 days. Please welcome the horniest region in New Zealand. It's Auckland. Well done, Aucklanders. You had to get through it somehow, right?

And you decided to take your frustrations out on yourself. We were bored. Let me tell you. Yeah, right? So bored you bought an entire mega store worth of adult toys. Why not? There was nothing else to do. Had to do myself.

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