ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM’s Bree & Clint Podcast - 20th September 2023

Episode Date: September 20, 2023

Weird perfume being sold. Did you pet you were looking after die? How much gas costs around the world. Words you said wrong. Family recipes and Nan's Plum Duff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ZM Podcast Network. ZM's Brie and Clint. G'day everybody, welcome to the Brie and Clint show on a Wednesday. Happy Wednesday, y'all. Yeah, happy Wednesday, y'all. I lived in the South for a bit. Did you? Yeah.

Was Florida in the South? Yeah. Which coast, East or west? North. East. East. Sorry, I have to always do the compass. South, west, south, east. South, east.

Yes. South, east. Yeah. No, south. South. It's right at the bottom. Last state at the bottom. On the east coast. Speaking of Florida. Oh, what a segue that was. We're just lining up

a big interview with Flo Rida from Florida. If you didn't realise that's why he's called Flo Rida because he's from Florida and he rides that Flo.

We're lining up a big interview with him for our Friday show this week. I can't wait for that. If you have any questions, like good questions, burning questions, you've always wanted to ask Flo Ryder, text them through on 9696. Questions you've

been sitting on since 2007 when his hit song Low came out. Banger. Then get them in to us, 9696. Up first on the show. Up first on the show, we're going to kick it off with Tradie versus Lady. We're going to ask you questions and you have to give us answers.

And if you can get three right before your opponent, we'll give you $50 cash. Thanks to KFC. The number to call is 0800-DIAL-ZM. Jeez, this was a banger. Still good? Still good. I put my back out to this song once. Did you?

Did you get too low? Yeah, you know where... No, it was on the part before that where he goes, boots with the fur and I'd always lean down and then wipe my shoes. You can get ACC for that. Bree and Clint. Time for get ACC for that. Time for Tradie vs. Lady. It's Tradie vs. Lady.

Hot and crispy boneless is back at KFC. That's here for a good time, not a long time. That's what I was meant to say. Sorry, I just wanted to give a little shout out to someone in fielding named Toby. He's seven and he always listens to Tradie vs. Lady. a little shout out to someone in Fielding named Toby. He's seven and he always listens to Tradie vs. Lady. Oh, shout out to Toby. Yeah, so just shout out to Toby.

Thanks for listening. You had a good idea to do a kids version of Tradie vs. Lady sometime soon. Yeah, I thought there's a lot of kids that would be listening to Tradie vs. Lady. So we're throwing around the idea of potentially doing a couple of, maybe a week of where the kids can jump on and play. Tradie vs. Lady, kids edition. Yeah. Love it, but the kids have to be in a trade. Exactly.

Yeah. They have to be a plumber or an electrician. Let's go to our tradie first today. They're calling from Auckland. They're 20 years old. And her popper was Merv Smith, a legendary New Zealand broadcaster. Welcome to the show, Olivia. G'day, Liv.

Hello. You didn't want to get into the family business and come and be on the radio too? Maybe. Maybe. You never know. True. You're still young. What do you do at the moment, Olivia?

I'm a dispatcher. A dispatcher. Okay, you're taking on our lady today. She's from Parmy. She's 30 years old and she was born with a tooth inside a tooth. Welcome to the show, Double Tooth D. G'day, Double D. I mean Double Tooth D.

That's a buzzy fact. Is that kind of like shark teeth? I've seen people where they're born with more than two sets of teeth. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Yeah, it was kind of, you couldn't see it until I had it pulled out. Did you get twice as much money from the tooth fairy? No. Oh, stink.

I've actually still got the tooth. Yeah, cash it in. It's a cost of living crisis. You need to cash that thing in. I really need it. Yeah. Okay, Dee, your buzzer is tradie. Olivia, yours. No, Dee, you're tradie. Olivia, you're the lady.

Olivia, you're the tradie. First three correct answers gets 50 bucks cash from KFC. Good luck. Need you to be really clear on those buzzers, ladies. Question number one. Which of the following items would you not find on the KFC menu? Coleslaw, a bread roll, chicken parmigiana or fries? Trady.

Trady. Olivia. The chicken parmigiana. Correct. It is the chicken parmy, but hey. Not yet, anyway. KFC, if you're listening, not a bad idea. Not a bad idea.

One to the tradies. Question number two. In the TV show Friends, what hangs on the back of the purple door of Monica's apartment? It's around the peephole. Tradie. Tradie, Olivia. Is it a picture frame?

It is a picture frame. It is a picture frame. Well done. It's a yellow picture frame. Nice work. Two to the Tradies. You need this one here, Dee, to stay in it. Question number three.

Buzz in when you can tell me who sings this song. Tradie. Tradie, Olivia. Flo Rida. It is Flo Rida. She's got it. Number three Buzz in when you can tell me Who sings this song Trady Trady Olivia Flo Rida It is Flo Rida She's got it And that's a

Trady victory Guys it's quick on those dispatches Yeah End on the buzzer You picked up $50 Thanks to KFC Olivia Oh my god

She shocked herself Franklin Young City $50 thanks to KFC, Olivia. Oh, my God. She shocked herself. Brie and Clint, you're on city. Brie and Clint. Family recipes, the ones that have been passed down through generation to generation, or maybe it's just one generation. Right. But that still counts. Still counts.

I read this story, this fascinating story about this family. They call them the oldest family. Okay. And the reason why they call them that is because at one point, I believe this was back in 2012, they were named the world's oldest siblings, two of the brothers that were in the family. And they were named the oldest siblings in terms of their combined age at the time.

Right. What did they add up to? Well, so let me just break it down for you. So in this family, it's called, their last name is Mellis. I believe they're Italiano. And the nine siblings at one point in time had a total of 818 years between them. Between nine of them? Between nine of them.

Yeah, right. So some quick math. They're all about 90. Yeah, or up there. Some were over 100. And there was one, I think maybe one of them was in their 70s. But a lot of them made it. I want to know what those people eat.

I just watched that. Have you watched that Live to 100 doco on Netflix? No. What are they eating? He goes around these places called blue zones where people live to 100 and beyond and he studies what they do and what they eat. It's mostly Mediterranean diet.

Most of it, Mediterranean diet. It's funny you ask because that's the exact information I'm going to bring you. Yeah. Exactly what this family. Eats. Put down to the fact that they all lived to nearly over 100. Yeah.

So they reckon it's all due to this one stew that has been passed down in their family. Okay. A minestrone. Yeah. Which is an Italian soup. It's a vegetable soup essentially. How jazzy can a minestrone get though? It Italian soup. It's a vegetable soup, essentially. How jazzy can a minestrone get, though? It can get pretty jazzy.

Can it? A minestrone is just essentially, you know where the dish actually came from? In Italy when- It's all the offcuts, eh? It's just all the offcuts at the end of a week because so many people and so many families were so poor, they would just use all the offcuts of pasta or vegetables or anything, throw it in a pot, put some water in it. Give it a fancy name.

And that's it. Yeah. That's minestrone. I love it. And anyway, this family puts it all on this soup. They reckon it's all because of this minestrone soup. Wow. I want to try it.

A minestrone? No, their minestrone. Well, I don't have their recipe because it's obviously... Have they not shared it? They're like, this is the key to living for a long time. We'll never tell you what it is. It will die with us. That seems like they're gatekeeping the secret to life.

They essentially just say that it's a standard minestrone. Oh, they're just saying eat minestrone. Yeah. Does it count if I eat it from a can? No. You know, you get those Campbell's ones and you just tip them out of the can into the microwave. No offence, Campbell's.

I mean, I love you guys, but you could not pay me to eat that minestrone out of a can. Okay. What if I tip it out of a can into a pot and heat it on the stove? Absolutely not. That's more wholesome, isn't it? Absolutely not. No? No way.

Okay. No. You need to make it homemade and you need to know exactly what you're putting in it. Yeah, I'd rather an early death. Too much work. Too much work. I thought we could ask people this afternoon to share with us what is the recipe that has been passed down in your family?

Yeah. What is the recipe? You don't have to tell us the recipe. You don't have to give away the secrets. You don't have to explain that. No? You don't have to tell us the recipe. You don't have to give away the secrets. You don't have to explain that. You just have to tell us what it's for. Just what the meal is. What is the dish that your grandma got from her great-grandmother

and she got from her great-great-grandmother? And is it still good? Because some of them might have been passed down. Your family recipe might be like a real wartime meatloaf. Or is it a real average bread and butter pudding? Yeah, something like that. But you have to make it at Christmas because it makes mum happy. And you've got to keep the family tradition alive.

It's like my Nan's trifle. Like, bless her soul, RIP Nan, I love you, but damn, your trifle sucked. Or my grandma's boiled mints. 0800 dials in it or you can text us on 9696. What is the recipe that's been passed down in your family? Bree and Clint. Is there a recipe that has been passed down in your family? We made your Luna's tiramisu during COVID, didn't we?

That's right. We did a zoom tiramisu. A tiramisu. A tiramisu. That was such a good idea. And we gave it to the select few that tuned in. I think it was probably about 50 people on there. Yeah. On the tiramisu. So now they have that recipe.

Whether they want to pass it down or not is another question. That's good tiramisu. It was a good tiramisu. Remember we got Eat Lit Food to eat it. Yeah, he gave it a good review. Yeah. Yeah. And he's savage. And he is savage, yeah.

I took that and ran with it. He's a salty little bee, isn't he? We want to know what's your family recipe that's been passed down and is it any good? Holly is here. Hi, Holly. Hi, Holly. Hi.

What is the recipe that's been passed down in your family, Holly? Not so much a recipe just to slap together, but every morning, school holidays, I'd go to my grandparents and every morning she decided to put a couple of slices of white bread into a bowl. Yeah. Boil the jug. Yeah.

Pour some of that hot water over it and then sprinkle some sugar on. What? Disgusting, isn't it? That is, it sounds horrendous. Was it any good, Holly? I can't tell you because I never tried it. Oh, you never ate it? I don't blame you.

I feel like as a kid you'd go bread, yum, sugar, yum, into it. I'm fussy on a good day. Yeah, right. Did she try and pass it off as a bread and butter pudding or something? Well, no. She never actually gave it a name. Is that something you're going to pass down to your kids? Sounds like she was making a poultice.

Hell no. Where you put hot water on bread and you put it on something to draw out like a splinter? What does it sound like? Yeah, that sounds a bit more likely, hey? Yeah. All right, well, what a lovely memory you've got of your Nan, Holly. We appreciate the call. Beautiful.

Beautiful. Nan, she was quite the Michelin star chef. I love this text that's come through. Someone said, Nana's R.I.P. Herbed Mayonnaise Recipe. Unfortunately, my ex has it now and I have no idea how to make it. Oh, my God. You'd be gutted. How did you not learn it?

Obviously, maybe they used to make it together and they used a recipe and then maybe they lost it and the ex took the recipe. Oh, what if the ex took the recipe? That's what I mean. How did you not? Yeah. So just get it back. It's your nana.

Oh, unless you were dating your cousin. And it was both of your nanas. And nana left it to that cousin but not you. That makes sense. That makes a lot of sense. Someone else said, my Omar's potato salad is the favourite and requested for every family gathering. Yeah, love that.

Oh, that's nice. This story's quite interesting too. They said, not old, but it is passed down. Years ago, my mum used to work as a chef and asked another chef for their apple pie pastry recipe. They agreed as long as she didn't share it with anyone else. Fast forward a few years and my mum wanted a family recipe that a friend had, but she wouldn't give it to her. Later, she asked my mum for her pastry recipe. My mum agreed, but only if she got the recipe that she wanted.

So they traded. I love that. Now I have it. It was worth fighting for. I hope the recipe you got was good enough. I guess you tasted the food first, like I want this. I wonder what the recipe was that she traded for. The person who lost the herbed mayonnaise recipe to their

ex has texted and they said it wasn't my cousin. Lol. Lol. Prove it. Prove it. Prove it. Someone else said on the text last one, granny's plum duff. What's a plum duff? Hey, hands off granny's plum duff.

Hands off granny's duff They said who passed it down too Along with the cloth wrap It was made in which looks so manky But my god, it tastes so good My mum has made it on every single Christmas Since I can remember So now I make it too

They used to have coins in them back in the day Yeah, family loves chowing down on Granny's duff every special occasion. It's Granny's plum duff. They take the cotton covering off, whatever it was called, reveal Nanny's duff and then... And they just, you know...

Granny's duff actually keeps for a long time too. If you wrap it in a nice tight cloth. Yeah, yeah. It keeps well. You just got to keep tipping sherry on it. Exactly. Just put it in the pantry. When it dries out.

Yeah. You just put some sherry on it. And it moistens it up. Granny, why are there coins in your Duff? Bree and Clint. First though, let's get to Los Angeles. From iHeartRadio, this is the latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Dean's here. We've been gagging to talk to you for the last couple of days

Dean because of the whole Russell Brand situation and we were going to talk about the Katy Perry implication around that but then now today news that she is also selling her music back catalogue. So let's start with the music first. What's the deal with your friend Katy Perry? My girl Katy has

sold her entire catalogue of music that she wrote herself for $225 million. Now, here's the difference. I know she is so pumped, and it is just so cool. So you're probably thinking, wait, this sounds like the Taylor Swift situation. Well, Taylor never owned her back catalogue, whereas Katy did, and she sold it for $225 million.

Great time to sell it to. So all those hits like California Girl, Teenage Dream, everything, she wrote them, she owned them, and she has sold them for $250 million. I've got a little fun fact for you, though. It's in the press. It's not like it's a secret, but, you know, every time we shoot American Idol, she gets $1 million. What?

We do 25, about 25, 26 shoots, and she gets paid $25 million. She gets a million dollars per episode. Every shoot, yeah. So we do Nashville auditions, Hawaii and Vegas auditions. Oh my God. That is crazy. And very different to what I get. It's time to let me die.

Yeah. She's cracked it, because on that show, she just shows up, they do her hair and makeup, and she says some great Katy Perry things. And then she totals off to Las Vegas, and she does her Las Vegas residency, which is a great and energetic show. But it's the same show every night.

She doesn't have to relearn it. And then she hops on the private jet back to California. She's good to go. It's quite interesting to me, Dean, that she actually owned her entire back catalogue because a lot of musicians don't. Smart, eh? Never got the chance.

And, yeah, just the foresight for her to be able to own her entire. To say, I want to do that. Dean, I know this is a touchy subject at the moment, but yesterday we were reporting on people saying that Katy Perry needs to speak out about her experience with Russell Brand. What is the mood about that whole situation in Hollywood like at the moment?

Yeah, no, absolutely. And I thought it as well when I heard that all come out about Russell Brand. I'm like, what is Katy going to say about this? So, you know, their relationship didn't end well. They're not besties or anything like that. They're not tight. I don't think they even speak

at all. And she hasn't said anything. I actually don't think that she will. It was a very traumatic relationship for her. And she thought that in her movie. I think it was called I can't remember the name of the movie now. Part of me. Part of me, of course.

She hasn't spoken out. There has been kind of pressure, but she won't. There's no way. I don't think she will. Nor should she have to. It's not her responsibility. She hasn't done anything wrong. And you have to take her at her word. And people are coming

for her saying, if you knew about this, if you had information, you should have spoken out to save other women. Of course she would have. Well, of course she would have, but it's also not her fault if she did it. If she was scared or if she didn't feel comfortable, you can't put all of that on her. She's a victim in all of this, you know? Yeah, absolutely. No lie. That is the latest. No lie.

Live out of Los Angeles with our Hollywood correspondent, Dean McCarthy. Bree and Clint. That's Daniel's sister, Natasha. These words are going to give away some cash. Oh, it is. It's Daniel's sister. That's Daniel's sister, Natasha.

Yeah. I saw there's a comedy group here in New Zealand that made a video to one of her songs. Have you seen it? No. Oh, it's so funny. I think they're called the Oos Gang. Oh, yeah. And they're hilarious.

Oh, no, I have seen it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, she did a video response to that video. She stitched it, eh? Where she was loving it. It's so good. It's so good if Where she was loving it. It's so good. It's so good if you haven't seen it. It's like gangsters, but they're listening to Natasha Bedingfield.

Yeah, and they're like, turn that up, turn that up. And they love it. So good. I want to talk about this interesting scent, this perfume that's about to come out from this brand called Yell. It's a British brand. So I don't know if we're going to be able to get it in New Zealand, but I hope so.

Okay. So essentially what they've done is they're releasing what they're calling a timeless and familiar scent. Right. As a fragrance that you can spray on yourself. As a fragrance, yes. As a perfume that you can spray on yourself. When I say

timeless and familiar, what do you think of? Food. Food smells come into my mind. Like Christmas tree. Like pine Christmas tree. Like a Christmas tree. You know how smells trigger memories? Yes.

That's what I think of. Like a gingerbread smell or something. Yeah. New boots? Like new footy boots? Not bad. It's neither of those. It's actually a book. An iconic book that you might remember

called The Yellow Pages. Oh my god. It was printed for 53 years. Yeah. And then at the end, everybody got really angry at it for still arriving because they were like, none of us have landlines,

all of us have the internet and you are killing the environment. I mean, there was a lot of paper used to print those yellow pages I think most of it was recycled paper but still yeah but I believe they don't make them anymore and this brand wanted to bring back the nostalgic scent of what the yellow pages smelled like oh my god because it was such a specific smell it wasn't quite fish and chip paper. It was more Oh, it had something about it. And you know when you flip through it, you could just smell this iconic smell

and it would always smell the same. So this is what's in the fragrance, right? Musty printer ink. So it has top notes of bergamot, a hint of lemon which are then followed by a rich woody scent of cedar and musk

with base notes of sweet vanilla. They reckon when all these scents interact with one another, it awakens a fond memory of going through the Yellow Pages. Okay, I don't know what the Yellow Pages smelled like in Britain, but that is not what my Yellow Pages smelled like. Well, mate, you never know. When you mix things together, it might bring something else. I don't know how it works.

I'm not a – what is the name of someone who makes perfumes? Perfumer? Perfumist? There'll be a fancy name for it. There will be. Like someone who – because what is that? They're called your olifixes or the – Oliplexes.

Oliplexes. Oliplexes. Orifices. Orifices. Yeah, you're an orificer. You're officer of the orifice. I feel like I'd buy it. I feel like I'd be on board with it. I also came up with some other scents

that I reckon would go all right if they decided to make them. What about like a new technology smell scent? Like the smell of opening a new phone? Like a new laptop or a new phone. Yeah. That's pretty nice. What about the petrol station four quart engine puffer? That's a smell

that I'm into. See, I'm keen. And I worked in a petrol station. You can smell like that if you just work at one. Because it's not full petrol. It's like a mix of a bunch of stuff. Yeah. You know? Yeah. So it's like got these undertones of diesel.

That would be an expensive fragrance at the moment. Yeah. Yeah. The other one I came up with, different scents that they should turn into a perfume. What about truffle butter? Cane. Truffle butter?

Just even a truffle scent. Oh, okay. I just sometimes put a bit of truffle oil around my neck just to, you know, just to be fancy. And the last one I came up with, different scents that they should turn into a perfume. You don't smell it enough these days.

Cigarette smoke. That's going to trigger a memory. Exactly. That's going to take you back. It'd be triggering. Yep. It's got to be better for you than vaping. Bree and Clint. Zed and Bree and Clint, that's Doja Cat and Paid the Town Red. Are we singing that for Friday Okie this week? Maybe.

Banger. I said what I said. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Such a tune. Stay tuned for that on Friday. I want to talk about this woman that I saw on TikTok that was very vulnerable and talked about this situation she went through where she thought that she was pronouncing this word right. Okay.

And she found out she wasn't in a group setting. Okay. So take a listen to the word that she was saying wrong and what happened um i was in a high school history class so way too old for this to be happening and i was reading out of a textbook um so everybody's following along and this word pops up. I pronounced it stalamate. I thought it was a Spanish word. Stalemate. Stalemate.

Stalemate. Stalemate. Sounds so much better the way she says it. She's really finessed today. Stalemate. Stalemate. How embarrassing when you're reading that out in front of a classroom. Oh, that gives me anxiety.

I had a similar experience at the supermarket when I had to ask the person where to find the, you know, the yellow like spice or herb that you can get. Turmeric. Turmeric. Yeah, turmeric. What do you say? Turmeric. Do you? Yeah, turmeric. What do you say? Turmeric. Do you guys have any turmeric?

Well, I don't know. Do you have any cummin'? I'm just cummin' to get some cummin'. And I might grab some turmeric while I'm here. Turmeric. I love it. Have you guys got any thyme? Have you guys got...

I think it's pronounced thyme. Yeah. Have you guys got thyme? Thyme think it's pronounced thyme. Yeah. You guys got thyme? Thyme. It's very embarrassing. Thyme, baby. It's very embarrassing when you realise and someone is like, it like stops them in their track.

Yeah. Like the time that I called the Palace of Versace. Versailles. Versailles. Oh, God. See, still can't get it right. What did I say originally? You called it the Palace of Versailles,

which we corrected you to the Palace of Versailles, and you turned around to us and said, what a stupid way to say it. My way is better. It does sound better, the Palace of Versailles. Do you know the restaurant in America, Chipotle? Chipotle. Yeah.

I asked a security guard in New York City where the Chipotle was. He would have been like bloody Kiwi. He was like, what do you see? The Chipotle. Chipotle. Let's do it. I love hearing these from people. Come on, be vulnerable.

Yeah, safe space. Yeah, 0800DIALZM, what was the word that you were pronouncing wrong? Bree and Clint. Helen is here. Hi, Helen. Hi, Helen. Hi. What was the word, Helen, that you were pronouncing wrong?

So it was hors d'oeuvres. Oh, it's a hard one. That's how you pronounce it properly. Hors d'oeuvres. Hors d'oeuvres. Oh, that's a hard one. That's how you pronounce it properly. Hors d'oeuvres. The tiny little snacks that go around. And what were you saying, Helen? So I was reading it out to my friends and I said, Hors d'oeuvres.

Damn, Helen. Oh, when you fell, you fell hard you fell hard Yeah, I fell right over And love never let me live it down either I thought it was just going to be whoredoobs But no, whores do this Sounds kind of fancy It does sound fancy, I agree It's like a, you know

An upper class escort at least You know Whores do this Thank you Helen, that upper-class escort at least. Oh. You know? Yeah. A horse do this. For sure, for sure. Thank you, Helen. That was very brave of you.

We appreciate you coming forward. Rachel's on 0800-DARLS-AT-M. G'day, Rach. Hi, Rach. Kia ora, team. You actually wrote a word wrong instead of saying it. Yes, that's correct. What happened?

Back in my 20s when I was bright-eyed and full of enthusiasm, I was job hunting, and I worked really hard on my CV, and I had all my skills. They're like marketing, public relations, events, blah, blah, blah. And I'd sent it out, but I hadn't got any responses back. So I asked a friend to look over my CV. She's like, yeah, it's really great, but you've said you have pubic relations instead of public relations. Oh.

Oh, no. Oh, Rachel. That's not appropriate for the workplace. It's a very different type of relations. Yeah, yeah. Your prospective employees, they're like, I mean, good for you, Rachel, but not exactly what we're looking for. Not what we're looking for in an employee.

Rachel! I know. No, Rachel! Pubic relations. What do whores do there? I don't know. Each to their own. Each to their own, yeah.

Thanks, Rach. That's a great one. I need to read out. We don't want to yuck your yum, Rachel, but we cannot hire you. Yeah. You do you, but I don't think you're a good fit. I need to read out some of these texts because they're so good. Someone said, my friend is really shy and in science class,

once she read out orgasm instead of organism. Yeah, you're not going to live that one down for a while. Oh, bless her. That's the worst. Yeah. Someone else text through. Especially if it was a micro organism. Yeah, you're not going to live that one down for a while. Oh, bless her. That's the worst. Yeah. Someone else ticks through. Especially if it was a micro-organism. Yeah.

You don't want the micro-organisms. This one's so good. Someone said, I pronounced the tame in Jack Tame's name like it was Toreo Moldy for years. Jack Tame. Jack Tome. Jack Tome. People do that to Blair Tuke as well, who sails for Team New Zealand.

They go Blair Tuke. It's not. Well, I mean, you take a stab. Because you don't want to be the guy who butches the real pronunciation. I'd rather go that way than the other way, you know. Kelsey's here as well. Hi, Kelsey. Hi, Kelsey.

Hi, how are you? Good, thanks. Kelsey, tell us what was the word you were pronouncing wrong. So we went out for dinner at a Mexican restaurant and I very confidently asked for extra guacamole instead of guacamole. You did not. What did you call it?

You did not. Guacamole. How had you never learned how to say guacamole correctly? Well, I know how to say the word, but when it's written down in front of you and you're stressing because you've forgotten what you're going to order, it just kind of fell out. I like your way better, if I'm honest, Kelsey.

And how do we really know that guacamole is the correct pronunciation? That's a very good point. Also, guacamole is the perfect accompaniment for your quesadillas as well. Exactly. Yeah. Love a quesadilla. And your fajitas. Yeah.

Fajitas, quesadillas, burritos. Beautiful. Beautiful pronunciation. Oh, Kelsey, I think you're good to go, babeizos, burritos. Beautiful. Beautiful. Oh, Kelsey, I think you're good to go, babe. No worries about that. See you in Mexico City. We're good to go. One last text that's come through.

Someone said, my partner thought a degustation menu was a devastation menu. Even asked for the devastation menu at the restaurant. Love it. It was devastating. It would be devastating. And a good degustation menu should devastate. Love it. It was devastating. It would be devastating. And a good degustation menu should devastate you. Yeah, trust me. It's been a few times.

Yesterday I shared a link on my personal Instagram account. It was a post from the New Zealand Herald and I don't usually share news stories to Instagram. No, I've seen you commenting a lot more on Herald posts on Facebook. It's not what I would usually do, but this post shocked me so much. I just had to be like, what the, what the F? It was the news that came out of the AA that the prediction is that here in New Zealand by Christmas gas will be $3.50 a litre

and that's for 91, the cheap stuff. The cheap one. $3.50 a litre. And that's for 91, the cheap stuff. The cheap one. $3.50 a litre by Christmas. Seems like a big jump, doesn't it? It's just insane. All of these jumps are big jumps. When it hit $2.50, people were like, we can't do this. And then it hit $3 and people were like,

there's no way we can do this. And the government was like, yeah, you can't do this. We're going to take 25 cents off. And then they put it back on. And now it's going to $3.50 a litre. It's just that on top of everything else. And then the cost of gas drives the price of everything up because the people that deliver your food to the supermarket

have to pay more for gas. It's this vicious cycle that we're in at the moment. And it just doesn't seem like it's ever going to end. I, when I was over in Europe, I was taking notice of how much petrol costs. Kiwis love to do that. Yeah, because I mean. Because it's so expensive here. I feel like New Zealand is one of the most expensive countries in the world,

but I feel like when I was in Italy, I feel like they were on par, if not a bit more expensive. So I've been doing some digging around because I just want to get a handle on, is this a problem that the whole world is experiencing at the moment? Not just petrol, but the cost of living. Or is New Zealand particularly screwed? Because how much is it in Australia at the moment? Okay, so let's go through it.

Because that's our closest, you know. I started with Australia as well. Starting point. At the moment, if you want to buy gas, wages are similar in Australia, maybe slightly better. Cost of living, it's relatively similar society over there.

In Australia, you pay $1.83 a litre. Really? And we're at $3.10. $1.83? $1.83 a litre for 91. And we're paying how much? $3.10. That seems like very drastically different. In the UK, it's $1.49 a litre for 91. And we're paying how much? $3.10. That seems like very drastically different. In the UK, it's $1.49 a litre. But UK is a little bit different.

Is that $1.49 New Zealand or is that a pound 49? I don't know, but it's all relative. Right. It is. It is because if you're living there, you're earning pounds. So you're paying, you know. Pounds. Yeah.

Yeah. It's all relative. In Italy, you're right. There's something bad going on in Italy. Was I right? Because all the Uber drivers were talking about it. Yeah, it's two euros a litre, which is $3.60.

That's bad. That's pretty bad. That's real bad, eh? Yeah. But we're not a society like Italy. That's very different. They have to drive on cobblestone roads and stuff. Mate, let's just say it for what it is Germany's bad

Germany's bad What is it? $3.60 Far out But we're heading there We're heading there We're well on our way They're saying by Christmas time

And then I went to America And I had a look At how much does gas cost in America They charge by the gallon So it's a bit different What's a gallon compared to a litre? A gallon's four and a half litres. Oh, jeez, is it?

Yeah, but I've worked it out. Okay. If you break it down into litres in America, their gas is $1.09 per litre. A litre? Per litre. They pay a third of what we pay in New Zealand. That is so cheap, but I guess they have to

because their cars, the size of them, they use about a litre every 10 minutes. Even if you want to convert that to New Zealand dollars, that $1.09, it's still only $1.80 for their gas. Right. And we're going to pay $3.50. So the bad news is Christmas at home, because you're not going to be able to afford to drive anywhere.

And the good news is... Yeah, go on. What's the good news? There's an election coming up. So you can vote on the person you think is going to sort this shit show out. That is actually, while we joke, that is why it's important to vote. Because everything is crazy at the moment. And you have to look at all of the parties and pick the one that you think is going to try and sort this out. And you have to use your vote.

Otherwise, same thing's going to keep happening. Yeah, exactly. It's time to play Google Down. Do you feel lucky? Well, do you? It's time for Bree and Clint's Google Down. If you want to win yourself 50 KFC chicken dollars, then all you have to do is text the name right now

to 9696. Text the name of the person you think is going to take it out this afternoon. Your choices are Clint, Claudia, or Ella. Exactly right. You've got to text those names through right now to 9696. Here's how it works. I have put these exact questions into Google, and I'm looking for the first person that correctly yells out the right answer. If it's you, I'll award you a point.

First person to three points takes out the game. We're all Googling on our little black mirrors, aren't we? Everyone's got their phones. Perfect. Everyone ready to go? Good to go. Excellent. Here comes question number one.

What country made the first known alcohol? China. Correct, Claudia. Nice work. Apparently yeah, the first known alcohol was said to have come from China. I was having a fat

fingers moment so I was just going to yell out Greece. That's what I was thinking before it came up. Worth a guess. Worth a guess. But Claudia, that is the right answer. One point to you to start the game. Question number two. How much did they sell the game

Wordle for? Four billion dollars. One million dollars. Damn it. That was literally a dead heat. One point each. I remember that. They sold it to the New York Times. It never came out exactly how much, but they said it was around $1 million.

I feel like they could have got him more. The guy who invented the game made it for his girlfriend just to enjoy, and then it blew up and it went crazy, and he felt way too much pressure to keep it going so he just had to get rid of it. You'd be stoked with a million though. You'd be stoked with a million. That's a lot.

You could have gotten more. You could have gotten more. That was a moment in time, wasn't it? Everyone was wordling. People still wordle, yeah. Yeah. I was never good at it. I don't think I ever got one.

Nah. So there's a whole game, Lingo. I watch it in the morning sometimes when I'm prepping for the show. Yeah, it's called Lingo. And it's essentially what it is, is Wordle. Could have got more. Okay, that's two to Claude, one to Ella.

Question number three. Who is the highest paid player in the NRL in 2023? Nathan Cleary. Kaelin Ponga. Oh, Kaelan Ponga. That is right, Ella. I'll give it to you. Struggled on the last name, but that's okay.

Caelan Ponga from the Knights, reportedly paid $1.4 million this season. And he got deutzed by the Warriors on the weekend. Yeah, didn't help him on the weekend. I'm out. That's two to each of the girls. I'm out. Okay, this is for the on the weekend. I'm out. That's two to each of the girls. I'm out. Okay, this is for the win, ladies.

Here we go. Question number four. Where does the spice turmeric come from? Southeast Asia. Damn. Claudia's done it again. Takes out Google down for another week. Would you have accepted New World?

No, unfortunately, I couldn't have accepted New World. Countdown. Someone who text in Claudia is going to score themselves that 50 KFC chicken dollars. That's correct. We're going to pick one of those people out and call you back. Might be some turmeric on that chicken. One of the secret herbs and spices. You never know.

Hey, we don't know because they're secret. Yeah. Claudia, stop trying to of the secret herbs and spices you never know. Hey, we don't know because they're secret. Yeah. Claudia, stop trying to give away the herbs and spices. Yeah, Claudia. Bree and Clint.

Time for a birthday banger. Bree and Clint. All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger. Here we go. Same time every day on our show. You can call us up

and we'll figure out for you what was the song that was number one when you turned the iconic age of 16. You know, I worked out today that we've done over 3,000 people's birthday bangers. Wow. In the history of this feature. That's pretty cool.

Yeah. 3,300 and something, if my math is correct. Only 4,997,000 to go. No, don't count the under 16-year-olds. Oh, true. Although they'll be over 16 by then. Yeah, they can't play yet. Yeah, let's start with Darren.

G'day, Daz. G'day, Dazza. Darren. Darren, we'll come back to Darren. We'll fucking back to the producers and see if we can get hold of him. We'll go to Taylor. Hi, Taylor. Hi, Taylor.

Hi, how are you guys? Good, mate. How's your day going? This weather is so nice and open at the moment. Oh, my God. It has just cured everybody, hasn't it? How bloody nice is it? It's like perfect, too.

It makes you feel so much better. It makes you feel better. It makes the world feel less like it's caving in and everything is rooted. It's so good. It's actually just the perfect temp too. Anyway, we will move on. Taylor, what is your birthday? 6th of September, 91.

All right. That means, Taylor, you were 16 in 2007. And back on your 16th birthday, this was number one. I hope you know. I hope you know. It's one of those songs, you know, every word. your 16th birthday, this was number one. Is one of those songs you know every word to? That you're really embarrassed and you know all the words? We were talking about the history of Birthday Banger.

We did one Birthday Banger live once in Christchurch and this is the song that won. It took out the best Birthday Banger of the night. Yeah, yeah. Just imagine a pub in Christchurch and everyone was just screaming this song. It was good. So good. Wait there, Taylor. We're going back to Darren, who should be with us now.

G'day, Darren. Hi, Daz. G'day. How are you doing? Good, mate. How's your day been? Bloody mean. Nice to hear, Daz.

Nice to hear. Good attitude. What's your birthday, mate? 10th of November, 1992. All right, that means you were 16 in 2008. And on the 10th of November, 2008, this was number one. King of the South. T.I.

What a banger. Absolute juggernaut from T-I. Whatever you like. Daz likes it. We like it. It's got huge 2008 vibes too. Really does. Yeah, good.

Okay, wait there, Daz. One more birthday banger for Rebecca. Kia ora, Bec. Hi, Bec. Hi, how are you guys? Good, thanks. Whereabouts in the country are you calling from? Hamilton.

Oh, what's the weather like in Hamilton today? Absolutely beautiful. Beautiful. Oh, we love it. We love to see it, Rebecca. Tell us your birthday. 14th of September, 1991. Right. You were 16, Rebecca.

Also in 2007, but on your 16th birthday, this was number one. Huge banger from Justin Timberlake in 50 Cents. I'm tired of using technology. Why don't you sit down on top of me? Huge banger from Justin Timberlake in 50 Cent. This was huge. Are you a fan, Rebecca? Eh, semi.

Semi? It's more like a 25 cent for Rebecca. Very specific window of songs. We're only covering 2007 and 8 today. It's all the same kind of vibe, eh? I know she wasn't into it, but I am, so I'm voting AO Technology. Me too. Are you? That's the vibe I want too. Yeah. Hey, Rebecca, could you be a bit more excited about

the song? Because it's going to win. Okay. Ready? Ready for 10. Beck, you've won! Woohoo! Woohoo! Oh, she absolutely sold that. Here you go, everybody. Straight out of 2007. She put that banger on ZM. ZM.

ZM, Brie and Clint. ZM, Brie and Clint. 50 Cent, Timberland and Justin Timberlake. AO Technology. Two out of three of them on a big comeback at the moment. Timberland, Justin Timberlake. AO Technology. Two out of three of them on a big comeback at the moment. Timberland, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado working together. Justin Timberlake back together with NSYNC. Good to see.

Bring them all back. 50 Cent. Come on, man. Pick up the slack. Where's Fitty? He's been on that TV show. Which one? What is it?

Celebrity Treasure Island? No, it's like an actual not reality TV. Law and Order SVU? No. Shark Tank? What is it? Guys, does anyone know? Bridgerton.

It's not Billions. Oh. It's some like that type of vibe. Right. Anyway, we could be here all day. Let's move on to this next story. Have you ever, like in your friendship group, did you get asked to house sit or pet sit for people a lot?

Yep. Yep, before we had pets and people of our own. What type of pets did you pet sit? I've looked after a French bulldog with a lot of medical needs. I've looked after a smush-faced cat with a lot of medical needs. Who smushed their face? You know, that breed. A Persian.

Their face is real smushy. A Persian? But their nose is almost like turned up. A Persian? I don't know. I didn't ask. I feel like if you're looking after it. The one, I don't need to know the breed.

I just need to know what medication to give it and which cotton bud to use to clean out the sides of its nose bulbs. Was that that cat that you had to give it daily enemas? No. Oh, that was the dog. Yes. Right. Yeah.

Well, you just had to watch the gland at the back. Oh, the anal gland. I was trying not to say that word, but yeah. No, well, that's what it medically is called. I know what it's medically called, Bree, but I don't know. Have you ever smelt one when one goes off? No. It's a bad time. No. It, that's what it medically is called. I know what it's medically called, Bree, but I don't know. Have you ever smelt one when one goes off? No. It's a bad time.

No. It's a bad time. As a dog owner, it's happened to me. No. And it was horrible. One of the reasons I don't want a dog. Anyway. Oh, mate, it doesn't go off all the time.

It's like very rare. But you have to milk it. No, you don't. Yes, you do. You don't. Yes, you do. Who has dogs? You.

Who's never owned a dog? Me. Yeah. Okay. Some dogs't. Yes, you do. Who has dogs? You. Who's never owned a dog? Me. Yeah. Okay. Some dogs in like rare cases, yes. Anyway, let's move on. I say you do. No.

It's like, anyway. I want to tell you this story. 9696, do you have to milk your dog's anal gland? That's our five o'clock topic this afternoon. We're not doing that. We're talking about this woman who is annoyed at her friend after she was left looking after her dog and the dog has had to go to the vets and it's a very expensive vet bill. While she was pet sitting?

Yes. Well, here's the situation. I'll give you the details and then we can discuss. So the woman who owns the dog owns the house. Yep. The friend lives at the house. Flatmate. Flatmate. Rents a room from this woman. They've lived together for a couple of years. The dog that she has is a beagle and people who have owned a beagle, they literally eat everything. They will eat themselves to death. Like they just love food so much.

And this particular Beagle was so bad that they had to put a gate up to the kitchen. They had to put locks on the bins, stuff like that. Anyway, the flatmate knew all this. Eager Beagle. Yeah, just very keen for the food. And anyway, so the woman who owns the house was going away and said, can you look after my beagle for a couple of days? And the flatmate would do this from time to time.

She was like, yep, absolutely, no worries. Anyway, the flatmate came home from Burning Man and she was pretty dusty and she's left a bunch of her bags and a bunch of her stuff out on the lawn because it was muddy or wet. In those bags was a lot of food. Right. The beagle obviously has gone outside.

Sniffed it out. They've got great noses. Sniffed it out and has eaten everything and then has wound up at the emergency vet with pancreatitis. Yeah. And it's cost the owner of the animal $1,400. Oh! Yeah.

Big vet bill. Mm-hmm. The woman who owns the dog is now asking the question, should my flatmate pay for this bill? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. No. No.

She was doing you a favour by looking after your special needs dog. It's not her dog. She didn't want the dog. She's a flatmate. She pays her rent and she kept this stupid dog gate that you have to run closed. Yeah, but she left food out on the lawn. Yeah, but that's no way to live. That's no way to live.

Oh, I feel like it's grey area. I think she did the right thing. I think she did the right thing. She took the dog to the vet. She didn't have to do that. She could have just been like, oh, whoops, YOLO. Mate, of course you're going to take someone's pet to the vet if you've made a mistake.

Yeah, I'm not charging. You're not going to just let the dog die. I'm not charging. No, I'm not. I was being facetious. But I'm not charging my flatmate to fix my dog. I'd be pretty annoyed. Would you?

Yeah, because if the flatmate, yeah, of course, like I'd be appreciative. But if the flatmate knew and then has left a bunch of food out on the lawn, like it's not like it was in her room and the dogs managed to get in there. It was out on the lawn. 50-50. Would you be happy with 50-50? I'd take 50-50.

I'd be happy with 50-50. I'd move out. I'd be like. And that's probably what would happen. Yeah. It's going to ruin the dynamic. Yeah. I feel like it would. But then you brought up this question off air and you were like, I wonder if anyone has had to pet sit before and then the animal died.

Yeah, it fascinates me. That's my worst nightmare. I'm positive that it's happened. I know it's happened. It is my worst nightmare. You were brought in to look after the animal and due to no fault of your own or maybe because of your fault, the animal has passed away and you've had to tell the owner the bad news.

Oh, no. And maybe you waited until they got home, let them enjoy their holiday. Maybe you called them mid-holiday. I don't know. You reckon it's happened to people? What did you do? What did you do? Did you chuck it in the freezer?

Did you? Chuck it in the freezer? Well, I don't know how long their holiday is. I mean, here's my question. If that was you and let's, you know, whatever happened, you don't tell them until they come back. You don't tell them until they come back. I think that's the right decision.

The animal is going to be no less dead when they get home. It's the same outcome. Yeah. And at least they get. I agree. You know? I agree. I feel like.

Just don't cremate the animal before they get home. No, wait. Let them have some input on that. Let them make the decision. 0800 dials at M or text to 9696. We know it's a sensitive topic, but I'm so fascinated by it. Did an animal die that you were looking after while you were pet sitting? This is such needle in the haystack.

Or house sitting. Bree and Clint. Have you had the unfortunate circumstance where you've been pet sitting someone else's animal and they've passed away. The animal died. It can't happen. I said I'm guaranteeing this has happened. And boy, we have had a lot of messages about it. This is going to be such a depressing four minutes of radio.

And I do apologize because reading the text has made me real sad. Someone said, I was house sitting two dogs, two cats and an axolotl. The cat scooped up the axolotl and was playing with it on the ground. I managed to save it and put it back and close off the room. However, I didn't realise that the door was loose and it didn't latch properly and the cat got back in and killed the axolotl. I didn't know what to do with it, so I panicked, and I threw it in a bin at a local park.

Oh, my God, you got rid of the body. I didn't tell the owners that part, but luckily they weren't too upset. Lol. I mean, technically it was their pet that killed their pet. Yeah, you had nothing to do with it. You tried to intervene. You tried. Some people would say that axolotl was asking for it.

James is here. Hi, James. Hi, James. G'day, how's it going? Good, thanks. Has this happened to you, James, where you've been looking after a pet and they've passed away? Yeah, no, that wasn't a good one, eh?

Okay. It happened to me, I was pretty bad. What happened? It's all right. I was babysitting my auntie's cat. They're on a holiday in China for about three and a half weeks, I'd say, something like that. Yeah.

And about a week and a half into it, the cat named Hagatha. Hagatha? Hagatha, a bit of an odd name. Great name. Yeah. Great name. You know, I went upstairs to jump in bed, and I seen the cat lying there.

I was like, oh, hey. So I tried to give the cat a wee bit of a pat. Yeah. I didn't wake up. I was like, oh, no, that's nothing to give the cat a wee bit of a pat. I was like, oh, no, that's nothing good. Chunked the cat in the freezer. Gave them a call when they got back from China. And I was like, oh, no, yeah.

James, James, are you sure the cat was dead? I'm pretty sure the cat was dead. You're pretty sure or you're very sure? Give me a break. It was like lying there for like a solid day and a half maybe. Maybe not, yeah. That was stiff. It was stiff.

Yeah, none of the food was touched. I had to have a little go on the food myself. Okay. James. We're going to just pop James on hold and say thank you for your contribution. We appreciate it. I think James is – Oh, time.

I need to read out this text because someone said, my brother left his dog with his girlfriend when he went on a holiday. She left the gate open and the dog got out and was hit by a car and died. I'd break up with her. Whose fault was it? The girlfriend was looking after the dog. I'd break up with her. Whose fault was it? The girlfriend was looking after the dog. I'd break up with her. Why?

Because the dog ran outside. She left the gate open. Yeah. If I'm dating someone, they would know how much I love my dogs. Yeah. And they'd be like, do you love me as well? Accidents happen. Well, if I let the gate open and you get out, off you go.

I hope your girlfriend knows where she stands. Tess is here. Hi, Tess. Hi, Tess. Hey, how are you guys doing? Good, thanks. Tess, has this happened to you? So, the animal getting sick thing has happened to me. They didn't die, but in response

to the previous part of the chat where you guys were like, who should foot the bill? Yeah. I was responsible for a dog getting sick and I had to pay the vet bill and I'm okay with that. It was my fault. I paid over a grand. It was me. It's my fault.

Why was it your fault? What did you do? Tell us the situation, Tess, and we'll decide if it was your fault. My boyfriend at the time, who is now my husband, we were house-sitting for my in-laws. So, oh, my God. Oh, my God. I'm not a dog person.

I'm not a dog person. I don't know anything about dogs, but they had this beagle. It was Easter time. I bought, like, some chocolate. Oh, no. Because that's what you do. Yeah. The stupid animal got into the chocolate. Yeah. Because that's what you do. Yeah. The stupid animal got into the chocolate.

Yeah. Because that's what it does. Yeah. Bastard dog. And then, like, I found all this tin foil. Bastard dog. I'm like, just bastard dog. I ate all the tin foil, all the eggs.

I ate it. We took it to the vet. Yeah. It needed to get this magic shot. And we had to sit there for 45 minutes while it reached. You're so angry. You're so angry still, Tess, aren't you? How long ago did this happen?

It was quite a few years ago, probably like six years ago. Can I just say, can I just say, even if it wasn't your fault, because it's your in-laws, you're paying. You had to do it, yeah. You're paying no matter what. Absolutely. Yeah. It was too, I was mortified.

The thing vomited everywhere. It was over $1,000. And the kicker is that at our wedding, at the reception when they were giving the speech about how wonderful Tim and I were, that's my husband, they now refer to me as dog killer and even did it in their speech at my wedding. You saved the dog. Yeah.

You saved the dog. If anything, you're the dog's saviour. She's a dog killer. Apparently that doesn't matter. Like, dog killer. The good thing is, Tess, you're clearly over it. Tess. Yeah, I know.

Like, it's clearly not caused me any trouble. No, you're not holding on to it whatsoever. My favourite part about what you said, Tess, was bastard dog. Bastard dog. One more from Jen. Jen, did the pet you were looking after die? Jen? Jen, are you there? I think Jen died.

Okay. Well, that was fun. Thank you, everybody. Oh, my... I can't even read out some of these texts. They're so traumatising. Someone said they were looking after someone's horse and it passed away. I wanted to talk to a horse one.

What do you do with that? There's quite a few people that have messaged saying that they looked after a horse and it passed away. These people said that they actually ended up contacting the people. Yeah, with a horse, I think you have to. Well, it's quite a big. You're like, where do you want us to put it? We need to make arrangements for this.

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