ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 22nd January 2024

Episode Date: January 22, 2024

Is your name in a song? Really unfortunate initials. Best and worst email sign-offs.  Are you good mates with your ex? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ZM Podcast Network. ZM, Brie and Clint. Hello everybody, happy Monday and welcome to the Brie and Clint show. G'day guys, happy Monday. Good weekend. Good weekend, yeah. Great weekend. In Toedonga for the Black Clash.

All went down at Bay Oval, it was a great time. It was so good, eh? Good weekend, yeah. Great weekend. In Toudonga for the Black Clash. All went down at Bay Oval. It was a great time. It was so good, eh? It's always just the best atmosphere you can possibly get at a sporting match. Every single time I go to Mount Maunganui or Papamoa or anywhere in the Bay of Plenty, I'm just like, I want to live here. I want to live here.

I just love the people. Like, everyone's just, like, relaxed and nice and just out for a good time. It was so good. Team Cricket took the win. So now the series is 4-2 to Team Cricket. Yeah, right. Definitely a not engineered result in that game whatsoever. Well, right at the end. It's a bit of fun, eh? It is a bit of fun.

Trust me, I saw Jonathan Thurston, who was the wild card for Team Cricket the night before, and I was like, how are you going to play tomorrow? Half of the players' helmets didn't even fit. Yeah, I know. It's loosey-goosey. Brian Lara from the West Indies, he faced one ball and then was like,

I'm going to need a helmet. Please can I have a helmet? It's such a good day, though. If you went, you will agree that it was a fantastic evening out. Did you know yesterday was the hottest day in Auckland in four years? I believe it. Yeah. Yeah, Mount Maunganui was boiling on Saturday.

It was so muggy. Great summer. Great summer. Long may it continue. Let's crack into it. We've got another $300 New World voucher up for grabs just after 3.30 this afternoon. So if you're looking to get a bit of a hand with your groceries,

you can win that off us closer to 3.30. But first, let's play Tradiverse Lady. $50 on the table. Who wants it? You've got to come and get it. 0800 dial ZM right now if you want to play. Bree and Clint. It's tradie versus lady.

Three, two, one, let's go. Pretty even week for the first week all round. The ladies took out three and the tradies took out two. Let's see where we get to this week. Our lady's calling from Imukagal. She's 23 and she is a mum to two. She's got a nine-month-old and a four-year-old. Welcome to the show, Shania.

Shania. Shania. Yeah, that's right. Shania Twain. You're joking. I don't believe it's you. Let's do a test. We need to do a test. Hold on. Are you ready. Shania Twain. You're joking. I don't believe it's you. Let's do a test. We need you to... We need to do a test. Hold on.

Are you ready, Shania? Let's go, girls. That's her! Yes, sir! I thought you lived in Wanaka. Oh, yeah, I've just come down. Yeah. She's got good bed, Shania.

I like it. Okay, Shania, you're taking on our tradie today. They're calling from Dargaville. They are 28 years old, and they've got a French bulldog. Please welcome to the show, it's Joe. G'day, Joe. G'day. What's your bulldog's name?

Molly. Molly. Molly, the French bulldog. I like it. Very cute. All right, Joe, your buzzer is tradie. Shania, your buzzer is lady. First one of you two to three correct answers gets $50 cash from KFC.

All right, here we go, guys. Question number one. A new Mean Girls movie came out in cinemas last week. Who played the main character, Katie Herron, in the original film? Oh, God. She's Ginger. She was in The Parent Trap. She was in Herbie.

Katie? Yeah, Joe. Herbie? Lindsay Lohan? Lindsay Lohan. See, Herbie was the clue that Joe needed. Joe, have you seen the movie Herbie? Yes, I have.

There you go. Herbie Full Throttle. It was Lindsay Lohan's last big movie. Was it? Yeah. Well, have you not seen? She did that Christmas movie last year. Oh, yeah, that was pretty good too.

Yeah, that was pretty good. All right, cool. One to the tradies. Question number two. Based on the best-selling book, one of the biggest Netflix shows at the moment is Boy Swallows What? Keep it clean.

Boy Swallows Universe. If you haven't seen it, highly recommend. It's a little bit gruesome, but it's unreal. No points there. Question number three. Buzz in when you can tell me who sings this song. Joe. Nicki Minaj.

Oh, he's on to it. It is, of course, Nicki Minaj. Two to the tradies. You need this one, Shania, to stay in it. Question number four. What are male bees called? It's a harder one. I have to buzz you out.

They're called drones. Drones. Yeah, did you know all the bees in a beehive are female? Are they? Yeah. Where's all the boys? I think they kill them all.

Do they really? Or they kick them out of the hive after they use them for their... Jeez. No, jeez. All right, keep it clean. All right, moving swiftly along. Two to the tradies still. Question number five.

How many herbs and spices are in KFC's original recipe? Ready. I live on. Already. Joe. Joe for the win. That's the win. Well done.

There it is. There's nowhere to go after you use the J word so early in the show. Hey, Joe, congrats. You've got $50 cash thanks to KFC and a tradie win for tradie versus lady. Cheers, guys. No worries. Nice work, Joe. Is your name the title of a song? Or in a song that's like super recognisable,

that's catchy, that was popular, and then everyone just sings it back to you all the time and it's super annoying. Do you reckon Barbra Streisand gets that song from Duck Sauce all the time? 100%. Barbra Streisand gets that song from Duck Sauce all the time? 100%. Barbra Streisand. Because to our generation, Barbra Streisand's more famous for this song than any of her songs. Have you not seen Lentil?

Lentil? Yentil. Oh, Yentil. Yentil? I don't know. Like I said, this is how I know Barbra Streisand. She was one of the first people in the world to clone her dog. Yes, she was too.

Did you know that? After the dog died, eh? Yeah. Yeah. Weird. She paid like 200 grand or something to have the same dog. Which is weird because all dogs look the same. And now people can do it.

Yeah. In America. I think it's like a service you can actually. You can get the Barbara Streisand treatment. Yeah. It's weird. So we want to know, is your name in the song and are you sick of people singing that song to you?

Rhiannon's here. Hi, Rhiannon. Hi, Rhiannon. Hi, how's it going? Seems like a silly question, but what's the song, Rhiannon? Fleetwood Mac, Rhiannon. Rhiannon. Rhiannon, I must say, at least you've got a great song.

Or would you disagree? Thank you. No, I definitely agree. It's an absolute banger. Yeah. Were you named after the song? I reckon you would have been. Yeah, 100%.

Really? My mum is like a next level Fleetwood Mac fan. Yeah, love that. Oh, that's cool. Maybe you were conceived while that song was on. No, don't. Don't say that. Now just picture that every time someone sings it to you.

Yeah, you've ruined it now. Thanks Rhiannon, we appreciate it. Let's go to Alice on our $800. Oh no, we lost her. I know what song it would have been. What was it? You know, Alice. Alice. Who the? know, Alice. Alice. Who the?

Hell is Alice. I'll never get used to not living next door. To Alice. Let's go to Lee. I know $800 at him. Hi, Lee. Hi, Lee. Hi, how you doing?

We're good, Lee. How are you? Yes, fantastic, thanks. Good to hear. What's the song with your name in it? So it was what you've basically just said. It's actually my sister. Yeah.

Alice. Oh, she's the Alice as well. Yeah, she's Alice, and it was exactly that song. Lead to people sometimes scream abuse at her because we know the explicit version. Let's just say that back in our time, she used to get hell for it. Like they would always say it at parties and go through. People hated it.

And everybody would think that they just came up with that joke. She didn't get the camel one that often? Alice, your sister? What's that, sorry? She didn't get the camel song? No. What's the camel song? Alice the Camel?

No. What's the camel song? Alice the Camel? Alice the Camel Oh, I love this song. Arguably just as bad, to be honest. Oh, Lee, bless your sister's heart. She's been copping it for years, hasn't she? Thanks, Lee. We appreciate it. A lot of text from Benny's coming in as well

with the Elton John song. I wouldn't mind about this because it's such a good song. Yeah, exactly right. This text is such a good one. Someone said, I was named after Mumbo No. 5 as the main girl's name is Jessica.

Because he rattles off a bunch of names. Sandra. Sandra and Rita. Rita. Monica. Bunch of girls. He was busy, wasn't he? Kiwi girls in the 90s would have got punished with this. From The Exponents.

Yep. Someone texted her and said, Jenny from the block. I didn't mind it, but I hate being called Jenny because of Forrest Gump. Oh, so the Jennys have copped it from every angle. Every time you said it, people would just go, Jenny.

Jenny. At least it would have... Your whole life. Jenny from the block would have taken some hate off of Jenny from Forrest Gump Are you still friends With most of your exes No why who you been talking to

Well now makes me think you are It's a question I feel like Would come up at the start of a new Relationship Well it should because you don't want to find that out later. Like, you should be up front with that. You don't want to find out what?

That one of the people that your partner is friends with used to be their partner. Exactly. Right, okay. You don't want to be like, hey, this is my friend, and then, like, a year later, she's like, wait, did you also... Live with this person for four years. And date them?

Were you married to them? A bit concerning. There's experts that are saying now they've done some studies on being friends with your ex and what it does to your mental health. And they're saying that they believe it is best to cut all communication off with your exes. Right. Interesting. They said if you're struggling to move on,

the science overwhelmingly points to no contact at all for the first month. And then they say what defines no contact? So this means no engagement for at least a month, no late night lurking online or sharing the occasional lighthearted meme. They even recommend blocking or removing them from your social media altogether. They say it's because staying in contact with your ex can actually prevent you from gaining any form of closure. I 100% agree with that. I think at least in the short term when you break up with someone,

you have to give yourself a chance to get over it. Yeah. They actually call it the, and I don't know if I'm pronouncing this right, but the Zeigarnik effect. Okay. Which means that you have a tendency to remember an unfinished task more easily than a complete one. This is how the human brain works. Right.

So when you perceive something as incomplete, it makes it difficult to focus on anything else or anyone else. Also, feelings of comparison are natural and they're awful. Like, if you stay following them or checking in on them, the minute you think that they're doing better than you or you think that they've moved on and you haven't or why are they so happy when I feel miserable, it's just going to make you feel like dog's balls. I will go on the other side

of the coin here and say I think it's okay to be friends with your ex in certain circumstances. I'm still friends with some of my exes, not all of them, and I'm not super close with them, but I'm still friends with them. I agree with you. That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is it's directly after breaking up with them.

Oh, yeah, you can't talk to them. You've got to give yourself a gap. No contact. You've got to give yourself a break. Yeah, you've got to go cold turkey. Yeah, it's actually a little bit of a red flag if the person you're seeing, like, hates all of their exes. Yeah, that's weird to me.

That's a weird red flag too. Yeah, I agree. That's not a good... They should be at peace with their, you know, just like... Yeah, you shouldn't hate someone, especially if your date is... Unless they really dicked you over. Well, I mean, that's different again. I mean, it depends on circumstances.

God, breakups are complex, eh? Very complex. Like so many different things that go into it. And then you bring like kids into it or pets or property and money. Oh, God. Friend groups. All of those things. Who gets what friends?

Yeah. Awkward. I thought we could put it out there this afternoon on 0800DIALZM. Give us a call if you're someone where you'll put your hand up and be like, yeah, I'm still friends with the majority of my exes. Yeah.

Yeah. Are you the sort of person who will, I don't know, you'll be at a social gathering and there might be two or three people that you used to seriously date there at the same time. Or you know what else I find really interesting? People who are like

best friends with one of their exes. Like serious exes too. Yeah, like you dated for four years but now you're best friends and you're both dating other people but you're best friends and you used to date for ages. If that's you as well, give us a call 0800 dials at M or text us on 9696.

Bree and Clint. I thought he was meant to be taking a break from music to get better. Hmm. He might have done that before. He might have, yeah. That might have been in the catalogue. I hope someone's not like working him to the bone. They're like, you better put out some new music, Lewis Capaldi.

Hope he's doing well. Brianne Clint, you're on ZM. That is new Lewis Capaldi. It's called Strangers. We're talking about being friends with your exes. Are you dating someone that's still really good friends with an ex of theirs? Or do you know someone who is still good friends with pretty much all of their exes? Breed just shared research

that says the best thing you can do after a breakup is cut them off. At least for the first month. Cut them off altogether. No communication, no social media, no hangouts, no nothing. For at least a month. The way the human brain works is you need that closure and you need like a clean break. But not

for you. Maybe you're still besties with your ex. Let's talk to our first anonymous caller. Hi, Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. Hi, how are you? Good, thanks. Is it you, Anonymous, that's still friends with an ex? I am very good friends with an ex.

We were together for 17 years. Wow. We have broken up about almost four years ago. And we're still really best of mates. 17 years. Wow. We have broken up about almost four years ago. Yeah. And we're still really best of mates. We help each other still and, yeah. Why did you break up after 17 years? What caused the breakup?

I think it was basically the age difference. There's a big age difference between us, like 18 years. But it worked for 17 years. Okay. Yeah. Interesting. Do you have any kids together? No. has a big age difference between us, like 18 years, but it worked for 17 years. Okay. Yeah. Interesting. Do you have any kids together? No.

No, we don't. No, not at all. That makes it a bit simpler. It does make it simpler, but, you know, we just don't seem to... No, you wouldn't know how to live without each other after 17 years of being together. A hundred percent. Yeah.

That's why we're still friends on Facebook and everything. That's nice that the relationship ended and you can still be friends. Yeah, totally. Someone's texting and they said, no way, but my long-term relationship, we did go cold turkey afterwards. I've helped him out with relationship advice, but now that I'm getting married, I've taken him off my socials because it's time that I let go of things that I need to stay in the past.

Isn't that interesting that you know yourself well enough to go, I just need to remove this part of me so I can move on to the next thing. But I wonder if there's a conversation that happens around that or do you just block them and take them off your socials and then they're like what what's what have i done they would be wondering what they did you're right yeah

well how did i upset this person and even having a conversation about is awkward as well hey i'm deleting you of everything because i just need to move past all of that let's go to another anonymous caller hi anonymous hi anonymous hi how are you, thanks. Who's the person that's still super good friends with an ex? So, it's not me, but it's my ex-husband. So, his new wife is still, like, best, best friends with her

ex-fiancé. Okay. Like, how good of friends are we talking? Like, he was her, I guess you'd call it her best man at their wedding. No! Yeah, so he walked her I guess you call it her best man at their wedding so he walked her down the aisle really

her ex-fiance walked her down the aisle to marry her new husband which is the new husband is your ex correct have you talked to your or you're not friends with your ex so you don't know how he feels about it?

He seems to be fine with it. Like, they get on really well. The ex-fiancé still lives in the house that they, like, bought together. Yeah. Buzzy. Were you a bit miffed that your ex didn't ask you to be in his bridal party to be his best man? No.

You're like, that's completely okay with me. I wouldn't be miffed either. I can't think of anything weirder. Absolutely fine with that. Imagine the speech. Imagine the speech that you'd give at the wedding. Oh, yeah. Don't either.

You'd be like, that was meant to be me. No one knows Michelle better than me. Oh, we dated for five years. What? I always knew you'd make it. I found it really weird, but at the same time, it's kind of cool, I guess, because like, she always said that they were just so much better as friends, and

they both decided that they were just so much better as friends. Well, that's why it works. It's very mature if you can do it properly. Yeah. It's just there's quite often a lot of strings attached. Thank you, Anonymous. We appreciate it. Let's go to one more Anonymous caller. Hi it properly. Yeah. It's just there's quite often a lot of strings attached. Thank you, Anonymous. We appreciate it. Let's go to one more Anonymous caller. Hi. Hi.

Hi. Is it you, Anonymous, that's still besties with an ex? Not besties, but we're still good friends, yeah. Okay. And how long did you guys date for and why did you break up? We were together from the age of 16 to 21, so it was like four and a half years. High school sweethearts We broke up because he was just

A typical 21 year old male Yeah And We didn't talk for about two, two and a half years Okay In which time he also had a child Right But then we

Just got talking as friends again, and we're still good friends after, like, 10 years. It's been, like, 12 years since we broke up. But he's now single. And, like, sometimes we indoor garden, and it's entirely platonic. Oh, interesting. Wow.

So there's lots of different layers to your guys' friendship. Yeah, and it's weird because, like, sometimes we indoor garden, but it's weird because sometimes we indoor garden but it's 100% platonic. Is there such thing as platonic indoor gardening? I believe there is. I believe there is when people have needs

but they both know that that's the situation and both agree. I'll respectfully disagree with both of you. I've just googled the definition of platonic. It says intimate and affectionate, but not sexual. Well, that's not the right word then. Something else.

Something else. Yeah. Either way, I have absolutely no wish to date him again, and the same thing goes for him with me. There you go. Well, then good for you guys. It's completely friends with benefits. Entirely friends with benefits.

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, well, good for you, Anonymous. I friends with benefits. Entirely friends with benefits. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, well, good for you, Anonymous. I love the twist of the story. And sometimes we undog out of it.

Anonymous, you'll keep him on the roster. Sometimes, maybe. Treat him mean, keep him keen. Only on days that end in a wife.

Good shout, Anonymous. Hey, thank you for the call. We appreciate it. All good. See ya. You know it's a juicy topic when every single caller wants to remain anonymous. Oh, yeah.

Saucy. Let's play Guess the Noise. Noises and guessing. It used to be called Guess the Voice, but we ran out of famous voices, so. We found something that rhymed with it. That's how it works. Guess the Voice, but we ran out of famous voices, so... We found something that rhymed with it. That's how it works. Guess the Noise.

A lot of fun. 50 KFC chicken dollars up for grabs, and we do it with a partner in crime. Jenna, you're going to be on my team. Yeah, let's go. All right, let's do it, Jenna. Me and Simon are going to take on Bree and Jenna. G'day, Simon. Hello, Simon.

G'day, guys. How's it going? Good, thank you. Claudia's going to run the game. Hello, Claudia. Hi, Simon. Hello, Simon. G'day, guys. How's it going? Good, thank you. Claudia's going to run the game. Hello, Claudia. Hi, Claude. Hello. Pretty self-explanatory, this game.

It's called Guess the Noise. I'll play a noise, and you need to guess it. Got it. So the theme this week is animals. Oh, animal noises. Yeah. I'm still trying to experiment, like, you know, what is a noise? Is it just the ding of a phone?

It's all right. You're at the age where you can experiment. Experiment a little bit. So, yeah, Brie and Clint, you guys are going first. These are all animal sounds. Buzz in with your name if you can tell me what it is. Here's your first one. Brie.

Brie. Elephant. Got it. Oh, come on, Claudia. Do you want to hear my elephant? Yes. My impression? Yes.

It's actually really good. It hurts my cheeks. Planned time starting off simple. I thought these were going to be like exotic animals that we may have never heard of. I did love a buffalo. What is this, Old MacDonald's Farm? When has an elephant been on Old MacDonald's Farm? An elephant is an exotic animal.

I'm just easing you guys into it. We'll build up. We're off to a flyer, Jenna. Okay, so there's one point for Team 3. Simon, go early and just say something like dog. Sounds good. Okay, Jenna, Simon, buzz in with your names if you can tell me

what this is. I know it. Jenna. Jenna. Penguin? All good guess, but not quite. Oh, I know what it is. Simon?

Pigeon. Yeah, pigeon. Rats of the sky. Skyrats. Was that more satisfactory? Yeah, it was a bit better. It was a bit more cryptic. Thank you.

Appreciate that. Okay, that is one point per team. Bree and Clint, this one is for you guys. Far out. Jesus Christ. I'm on this week. Come on, Clint. You've got to keep up. Frog. They're not on the farm either.

It's not an animal either, but that's fine. Yes, it is. It's an animal. It's an amphibian, but it's an animal. It's like insects and all that. They're all animals. Oh, yeah, I learned that last year. Don't worry. Ignore me.

2-1. 2-1. Come on, Jenna. Close it out. Here you go, Jenna and Simon. This one's for you guys. I know that one. I know that one.

Play it again. Tiny little rodent things. Some people have them as pets. Simon. Mouse? No. Good guess, not quite. Come on, Jenna, swoop in there. They've got no tails.

Only like tiny little tails. Like a, not a weasel. No, not a weasel. No, it's inasel. No. Jenna's having a good time. That's all I care about. You're both in. It's a type of peg.

Yeah, I'll take it. He didn't buzz in, but I'll take it. That's Simon. All right, two all. Yeah, we're all tied up. Do you want to be all in on this one? Yeah. Everyone's all in. It's too easy. Okay, this're all tied up. Do you want to be all in on this one? Yeah, everyone's all in.

Apparently it's too easy. Okay, this is for everyone. Everyone can buzz in. Here is your last animal. Break. Snake. Specifically? Rattlesnake.

Yeah! Well done, Jenna. You've scored 50 KFC chicken dollars. Jenna. Jenna, you owe me a massage because my back hurts from carrying us. I don't do that.

All right, there we go. Jeez, week two of the year, Claudia, and we're already doing animal noises. Yeah,

what's the out of five, five stars for that one? I love that one. Do that one again? Well, you won. I'll do harder ones next week.

Bree and Clint. I was reading this article today that the spin-off website published. They do a lot of lists that website. They love a list. This is a list again. They did like the best ice blocks. Best chips. Best chips. Best biscuits they do.

They do them all. A lot of lists. Should be called the list off. Not bad. Not a bad idea. Anyway, they've published a list of the best and worst ways to sign off your email, which is good, jumping back into a new year and clearing your email inbox. Yes.

Maybe it's time to look at what you're doing and go, huh, that's stupid. Why do I do it that way? Because I also think times are changing. Times be a changing. No jokes. How do you end your emails when you're emailing someone? Most of the time, the most normal sign-off for me is Cheers and my name.

Cheers, Brie. Yeah. Mine's Thanks, Clint. Yeah. And that's it. A little bit pass-ag. Is it? Thanks.

What did you say yours is? Cheers. Cheers. Okay. I was trying to make yours passag, but I couldn't. But like in real life, when you go, thanks, cool. Thanks. But on email.

This is what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to put less exclamation marks in my email. Me too. I'm trying to be less like forcibly friendly. Hey! Exclamation mark. So good to talk to like forcibly friendly. Hey! Exclamation mark. So good to talk to you! Exclamation mark.

See, I put too many smiley faces. Let's have a quick look at some of them that the spin-offs say are good and bad. The worst ones. I'd love to know what is the number one. They reckon the worst way to end your email. The worst, yep. Warmest. Yeah, how old school.

Warmest, comma, re. Can you imagine, can you imagine if I saw you in real life and you were like, alright, see ya, and I was like, warmest. Warmest. Also, warmest what? Warmest feet? It's weird. Warmest regards, I think it's Is that what it's short for? Hate it,

yuck, no good. They said best is also a bad one. People would just end with best. Best is one of the worst ways to end your email. Yeah, don't like best is also a bad one. People just end with best. Best is one of the worst ways to end your email. Yeah, don't like it. I agree with that. Spin off. I agree with that. Best what?

And then regards is also in the. Yeah, see, I was someone. Regards, Brie. I was someone who did from time to time write that. Not for a long time, but I have used it. When I read regards, I'm like, are you mad at me? Like it feels like you're mad at me. Regards.

Regards. We'll pick this up later. Regards. Maybe they're just fancy. Brie. Regards. Anyway, what's the best way to end your email? According to the spinoff.co.nz, it says here,

the best way that you can end your email, just your initial, just B. Oh, nah. I agree. That's the weirdest one to me. I don't like that at all. I'm like, how busy are you that you can only write one letter of your name? Or how arrogant are you that you think you're the only person I know starting with that letter?

It's true. I don't like that. You're not the only B that I know. Just B. B. C. Oh, we're both just B. B. C. Oh, we're both swear words. B and C.

Put us together. It's a bit of fun. That's BS, BC. I don't love that. So I've come up with some other options. Okay. With ways that you could end your emails in 24. I've got a couple too if you want to hear my thoughts.

Okay. Claudia, maybe you could pick the best out of these for us. So my first idea of ways that we could end our email in 2024, see you in hell. Just in capital letters. See you in hell. I like it. I like it too.

I think it's straight to the point. It's honest. Some ideas for email sign-offs. Full of self-doubt, Brie Thomasel. Yeah. Yeah. It's honest. Some ideas for email sign-offs. Full of self-doubt, Brie Thomasel. Yeah, perfect. Yeah. Does what it says on the box.

Yeah. Like depending on what the email is. If we can get away with just letters, I thought we could end with, anyway, looking forward to hearing from you soon. FML Clint. I like it.

Yeah. Because everyone knows what that means. I thought to end email you could go clearly up shit creek. Perfect. You can just make these automatic and it just happens every time.

Because we don't know, it's the beginning of the year, we could be pleasure doing business with you. What day is it? Pressure mark. Clint. Good end with a question. I quite like this one because it's kind of a play on words. At your

cervix, Bree. Is it a typo? Is it? Is it a typo or does she want to? She meant at your cervix. Because I know she, does she want to? You know how people have got like sent from my iPhone or get Twitter for Android or whatever it ends with. I thought you could really confuse people with sent from my Nokia 3310, comma, quote. I really like that one.

Yeah. That's good. I feel like people would get a laugh out of it if they got it. Yeah. I thought this one's always, I think, comes to my mind sometimes when I'm replying to certain people. From the trenches, Brie. Yeah. Please kill me, Clint.

All panic, no disco, Brie. Claudia, what are we ending our emails with in 2023? 2024, damn it what's the best one what year is it honourable mention for the Nokia yeah I like that one

but I do like Brie's last one all panic no disco all panic no disco it's good I picked you for an at your cervix girl to be honest

nah me too Brie and Clint time for a birthday banger Brie and Clint all I want for my birthday is a birthday banger. This is where we figure out what songs were number one on your 16th birthdays and then we'll play our favourite song out in full. Let's talk to Jade first.

Hi, Jade. G'day, Jade. Hi. Hi. How was your weekend, Jade? It was good, thank you. How was yours? Yeah, good.

Clint and I were both in Todonga at the Black Clash. Oh, nice. Yeah, what did you get up to? I spent the weekend at my sister's house swimming at Diamond Harbour. Oh, wow, good. Love that too. Fancy.

Okay, let's do your birthday banger, Jade. What's your date of birth? 21st of March, 2005. All right, Jade, that means you were 16 in 2021. So not all that long ago, but on your 16th, this was number one. Probably the most played song on New Zealand radio of the last three years. And continues to be played. Yeah.

Do you like it, Jade? Yeah, I do. I don to be played. Yeah. Do you like it, Jade? Yeah, I do. I don't mind it. Yeah. Heat waves, glass animals. Won the Triple J Hottest 100 and just has been unstoppable ever since. Massive song. Okay, wait there, Jade.

We're going to do a birthday banger for Liam. Kia ora, Liam. Hi, Liam. Hello. How was your weekend? What did you get up to? Yeah, it wasn't too bad. We went to a hot rod show.

A hot rod show? Yeah. Do you have your own hot rod? If you want to call it that, I guess. What is it? A Corolla. A Toyota Corolla? I love a Toyota Corolla.

No, but are we talking like an old school one? No. Oh, right. It's like an old school one? Well, no. Oh, right. It's a cold ride. It doesn't lie. Not a hot ride. All right, Liam, give us your date of birth, man. 23rd of January, 1995.

Oh, well, happy birthday for tomorrow, Liam. You were 16, though, in 2011. And this is your birthday banger. It's a bit of Britney Spears. Hold It Against Me. How would that go down at the Hot Rod Show, Liam? Oh, fantastic. Yeah, I reckon too.

Liam. All the fellas at the Hot Rod Show. You're a fantastic fella. This is their favourite Britney song. I like that song from Britney I reckon too. All the fellas at the Hot Rod show. You're a fantastic fella. This is their favourite Britney song. I like that song from Britney. Me too. Let's do one more birthday banger for Craig. Kia ora, Craig.

Hi, Craig. G'day, team. How you going? Good, mate. I heard from a little birdie it's your birthday today. That it is. Oh, happy birthday, Craig. Cheers. What have you done so far for your birthday? You got any gifts?

No work And a copy of Top Gun Maverick Oh nice Yeah not bad that's such a good movie Well guess what Craig Clint and I have got you a birthday present We're going to give you your birthday banger alright Let's go.

So what year are we talking, Craig? 22nd January 1973. All right. That means you were 16 in 1989. And, Craig, happy birthday. Here's your birthday banger. But I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more. Craig, it's a great one.

That's a cragger. That's a cragger. The proclamers. Such a good pub sing-along song. Everybody when they're drinking knows the words to this song. Bang them. Brilliant. All right, wait there, wait there, wait there. Easy decision, I feel words to this song. Bang him. Brilliant. All right, wait there, wait there, wait there.

Easy decision, I feel. Craig's birthday, great tune. Proclaimers, right? It's got to be Craig. It's got to be Craig. Craig, happy birthday, mate. You just won birthday banger. Awesome.

Good work. Enjoy the rest of your birthday, Craig. Brian Clinton on ZM. I'm going to be, I'm going to be the man who makes up next to you. Brian Clint, you're on Zit Im. Zit Im, Brian Clint, the winner of Birthday Banger for Craig. It's the Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be. It's his birthday today. Happy birthday, Craig.

Have a ripper. I've got to talk about this story I saw where a woman is having a bit of anxiety about starting a new job. Okay. Which is pretty normal. I think so. But she's not having anxiety for the reasons probably most of us do. Like won't make friends, won't. Learning new jobs, new skills.

Yeah, won't be good at her job. Finding it harder. Come out of the bathroom with some toilet paper stuck to the bottom of her shoe. She's got anxiety over the email address that she's going to have to get at her new job. Oh, okay. So here's the situation. Her name is Samantha Hart, right? Mm-hmm.

Samantha Hart, and she said that it's happened at two other jobs and that's why she's anxious about it happening at this new job. Mm-hmm. Now, the last two jobs that she's had, obviously, when she gets there, they create an email address for her. That's just something that happens when you work in an office. And she said the last two places that she's worked have an email, what would you say, configuration where it's first initial, last name. At whatever the business is.

Yes. Yeah, gotcha. That's very normal. Yeah, so pretty normal. So first first initial, last name. Her name is Samantha Hart. Oh. Hart, spelt H-A-R-T. That's the one. We've got some audio,

don't we, Claudia, of Samantha Hart or S Hart talking about the situation. I am filled with dread over one aspect of moving to a different job that I always face when I do this, which is having to have the tough conversation about how my name fits into a company email structure. My name is Samantha Hart and most companies use the email designation of first initial last name, meaning that my email would be short.

It's funny. It's funny. Can you imagine? You open up your inbox and you're like, someone named Shart has emailed me. You'd want her to be working at like a plumbing store or like a bathroom hardware store or something like that. Toilet paper company. Shart.

Shart. You'd pray that it was like initial dot last name. At least that would break it up a little bit. Oh, nah, still bad. You're still Shart? She said, she said, you can't go with S.Hart. Shart. S.Hart.

It still looks like Shart. She said that the last two companies that she worked for, like when they've gone to create the email, she got called into HR. Yeah. And they said, hey, I don't know if you've realised this. And she said, oh, no, I've realised. Oh, no, only my whole life I've realised this. And they said, we're going to change the email structure for you.

Just for you. Not for everyone. We'll just do yours differently. You get full name. You get a full... You get Samantha Hart. Yeah, because we don't want to be, you know, sending out those emails.

Because when I realised what your initial spout, man, I laughed so hard I sharted. So good. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, Samantha Hart. Sorry. Is that insensitive to you? She obviously sees the funny side of it, which is good. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, Samantha Hart. Sorry. Is that insensitive to you? She obviously sees the funny side of it, which is good. You'd have to.

And I thought we could put it out there because we love these. Do you know someone with an unfortunate name? My poor sister has had this her whole life. What's your sister's? My sister's name is Lana. Yep. Which is fine, right? It's fine.

It's a beautiful name. Lovely name. It's a great name. From time to time, things like this happen. Like, for example, my four-year-old daughter was making a birthday card for my sister, Lana, and she's still learning how to write and spell. And she said, Daddy, how do you spell Lana? And I said, oh, L-A-N-A.

But because she's only four, she wrote it backwards. Oh, no. Yeah, not ideal. What's Lana's name backwards? Actually, it would be quite interesting if this woman and your sister sat together because, I mean, it kind of goes hand in hand. Right.

Oh, you mean Samantha Hart? Yeah. And your sister. Exactly right. I like it. 0800 dials at M. You can text them to 9696. Do you, for whatever reason, have an unfortunate name

or an unfortunate set of initials? Yes, we'd love to hear from you. We can keep you anonymous, but it's going to be hard because you're going to have to tell us your name. Yeah, true. We're asking for the unfortunate names. It might be you, it might be someone you know. It might just be an unfortunate first name, last name, initial combo.

Some people stumble into these with marriage too. You don't know because you haven't been bullied about it your whole life and then you take someone else's last name and you go, oh my God. You need to think about these things. I am now something I never wanted to be. Yeah, a woman shared her debacle

when she's starting a new job and her name's Samantha Hart and the email set up is the first initial of your first name and then your last name so her work email would have ended up being shart. Not great. How about this?

My mother-in-law is Tina Watt. When her mail arrives I always giggle because it's addressed to T Watt. No, I get it. because it's addressed to T-What. No, I get it. Yep. If you know, you know. I'm not so bad.

I'm Samantha What. I'm Swat. Oh, yeah. Swat? Swat's better than Twat, isn't it? Yeah, I think so. Someone said, I have a family member with the name Richard Blow. You do not.

His parents chose that name. I believe it. Richard Blow. You do not. His parents chose that name. I believe it. Richard Blow. And obviously everyone knows that Richard can be shortened to Dick. That's amazing, that one. Alex is here on 0800 dials at him. Hi, Alex. Hi, Alex.

Hey, guys. How are you? Good, thanks. Who's the person with the unfortunate name? Yeah, so I went to Auckland Uni and our email addresses were Hey, guys, how are you? Good, thanks. Who's the person with the unfortunate name? Yeah, so I went to Auckland Uni, and our email addresses were your first initial followed by the first three letters of your surname. Okay.

Oh, no. Yeah, well, I knew a bloke called Christopher Little. So it's the first letter of your first name and the first three letters of your last name. It's like Clint if we take out the N of your name. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. C-Lit.

Yeah, lucky him, hey. Alex. At Auckland Uni. That's so bad because no one would have ever been able to find him at uni either. Very good, Alex. Chris is like, why can't anyone find me these days? That's exactly what we were looking for. Someone said, I dealt with an Auckland company with an employee whose name was Swallow Wang.

Oh, no. You did not. I'm just going to say it one more time. Did you pre-read it? That one was Swallow Wang. Oh, no. You did not. I'm just going to say it one more time. Did you pre-read it? Did you? That one was definitely not real. Surely not. Someone said.

It might be a cultural thing. Yeah, it could be. I went to school with a girl called Iona, and her husband's last name is Willie. Surely he takes her last name. Do the right thing. Let's go to Rhi on our 800 dial ZM. Rhi, your sister has an unfortunate name.

Is that right? Well, she had an unfortunate name at one point. Right. Tell us. My last name was Taylor, and she took my dad's last name when she was younger. Okay. For many, many years there. Yeah.

Her first name's Jenna. So it's Jenna Taylor. Jenna Taylor. And the worst part about it. Sounds very similar. The worst part about it is my dad called the radio, Good Old Classic Hits, for his 16th birthday, wishing her happy birthday there to Jenna Taylor.

And the radio host cracked up laughing because it came across like Jenna Taylor. Oh, yeah, we got it. Don't worry, we got it. Oh, your poor sister. Yeah. Well, immediately she dropped his surname. I bet she did. In the classic hits birthday book and everything.

Dropped it like a sack of potatoes. Jenna Taylor. Thanks, Rhi, that's very good. We appreciate it. Someone else said, oh, I can't read that one out. That's too rude. And I don't believe it either. Someone else said, my sons at primary school

was half their last name and half their first name. Yeah. And so it ended up being Panacea. Panacea? Panacea. Oh, that would have been bad at primary school. First initial and the last name. A.

My name is Alex Ness. Oh, yeah. Okay. I'll hear you. Could have been worse. My dad's name is Peter. Philippa's here. Hi, Philippa.

Hi, Philippa. Hey, how's it going? Good, thanks. Tell us, Philippa, who's the person with the unfortunate name? Well, it's me, but you wouldn't think so, but at work, our user ID and

what we kind of go as is our first initial and then the first four letters of our surname. Okay. And my surname's Haka, so it's P-H-U-C-K. Oh, P-H-U-C-K. P-H-U-C-K. Oh, no. No, Philippa.

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, no, you poor thing. And they went ahead and made that email for you. Yeah, like my username. Even if they'd used your whole last name, it wouldn't have been any better. You would have been P-Hucker. Yeah, I've got a few friends who call me that.

That's so good. Obviously, you see the funny side in it, Philippa. Oh, I think it's great. I think it's great too. By name, by nature. Maiden name or married name? Oh, maiden. Maiden name.

Very maiden, yes. Philippa, very maiden. Very maiden. There you go. P. Hucker by name, P.. Maiden name. Yeah. Very Maiden. Yeah. Philippa, very Maiden. Very Maiden. There you go. Peahucka by name, Peahucka by nature. Thanks, Philippa. We appreciate it. Thanks, Philippa.

No problem. Brilliant. Thanks, guys. Oh, man, that's very good. Bree and Clint. I was on a plane on the weekend going to the Black Clash in the Mount. God, that was a good day in the Mount. Yeah, great day in the Mount.

Treated myself to some flights. I was like, I'm going to be hungover. I don't want to drive home. So I got some flights down there and I did my flight admin. I checked in online. I made sure that I had a good seat on the plane. I got myself the prime, well, almost the prime seat. I booked 2A.

So I knew I'd be- You're close to the front. I could get on the plane last and I knew I could be straight off at the end, and I could be straight out and on my way home easy as, right? Yeah, good seat. Good seat. I was waiting to board the flight, and I hear over the PA, if Clinton Roberts is in the lounge, could he please come to the chicken desk, please?

Oh, were you thinking, I've got an upgrade here? Nah I thought I was going to get bounced. Really? I thought I'd left something in the airport or something like that and I went over to the counter and I was like hey you guys just paged me what's the issue and they said oh sorry sir but we've had to move your seat

we've had to move you to a different seat on the flight because we've got an unaccompanied minor on the plane. Okay. And I'm not going to kick up at that, am I? No, I would have kicked off. I would have went, and how was that my problem? Inside a little bit gutted. How was that my issue? But I thought, hey,

here's my chance to be the big man. Sounds like a... Absolutely no problem. Sounds like the kid problem and not my problem. Sounds like the parents problem. Right. Okay, so you had to move seats. Took it, no worries. Didn't even move me that far back. I went from 2A to 4B, I think, on the plane.

It was only a small plane anyway, so not really that big a deal. Yeah. Anyway, I'm sitting on the plane and I thought, oh, I wonder where the unaccompanied minor is who got my seat. And I had luck and the seat's empty. And they're just about to close the doors. Who strolls onto the plane but rugby league superstar Jonathan Thurston. What?

And sits down in 2A, the seat that I had on the plane. And I thought, hang on a second. Have they bumped me out of my seat to give my seat to Jonathan Thurston? Have they given it to the more famous person so that he can have the better seat? That's so buzzy. Which I also wouldn't really have a problem with because I respect Jonathan Thurston.

I think he's a great man and I want him to leave the country with the best impressions of New Zealand possible. Why would they lie though? Why would you lie? Especially when I'm going to see, I'm going to see who's sitting in that seat. You've put you two seats behind. You're going to see, I'm going to see who's sitting in that seat. You've put you two seats behind.

You're going to see who's coming on. Exactly right. And Jonathan Thurston, I mean, he looked great for his age, but he doesn't look like a minor. He's got a full beard. And I know for a fact that he wouldn't have asked that. You just know as a person, he wouldn't have gone, hey. Nah, he's not that type.

Give me a better seat. So I think someone's gone, oh, we have to, we have to give him the best seat possible. Yeah, right. We'll just get rid of Clint. We'll bump him back up the plane and give Jonathan Thurston the seat. You got bumped for Jonathan Thurston. Which again, I'm not super mad

about, but just tell me the truth. Jonathan Thurston, I'd be fine to be bumped for him. Yeah. I did want to go afterwards though, like, hey, just so you know you got my seat. What's the chances of you sending me like a signed Cowboys jersey? Please tell me you did not do that

or go up to him in any way and mention the seats wall. No, I dropped my nuts completely. Nowhere near him. Don't worry. Thank God. There's so much of a psycho I don't want to name them. I want to know who it is. Is it me? Nah, I'm just kidding. I don't want to name them. I want to know who it is. Is it me? I'm just kidding. He's talking about you, Claude.

I don't think either of you is particularly psychotic. Why? Well, we're about to find out, okay? Yeah. We're about to find out because I saw this online and Canadian researchers have analysed a particular physical feature that we all, like all humans possess. Yeah.

And they think they've found a correlation between this one physical feature. Okay. That makes people maybe have more psychopathic tendencies. Right. Okay. So it says here they've analysed the finger lengths of volunteers with clinically diagnosed psychiatric issues in order to determine whether it is biologically rooted. Long fingers?

No, no, no, no. Not long fingers. This particular feature about your fingers. Oh, okay. So it says that they made a surprising discovery finding that those whose index fingers. Oh, I've seen this. So your pointer fingers.

Yeah. Those whose index fingers are shorter than their ring fingers are more likely to have psychopathic tendencies. Okay. Okay. So your ring finger. So your ring finger. Yeah. And your pointer finger.

Okay. Okay. Everyone hold them finger. So your ring finger. Yeah. And your pointer finger. Okay. Okay. Everyone hold them up. You ready? So index finger is the one that is going to be shorter if you're a psycho. If you're a psycho. Yeah. Three, two, one.

Oh. Uh-oh. Really? Show me yours. Oh, yours is a lot shorter. Oh, yeah. Yours is heaps shorter. Mine are exactly the same. Oh, no. My other finger's broken. Oh, yeah, yours is heaps shorter. And show me your other hand.

Oh, no, my other finger's broken. Oh, yeah, that one's no good. Oh, it's longer on that hand. Mainly because that finger's busted. That one's got a lot more length in it. Let's just go up this hand. Isn't this weird? Because me and my partner, when we were talking about this at home.

Oh, yours is longer. Your index finger is longer than your ring finger. Just. But not on this hand. Oh. And you know what? Same with my partner. This is something we realise.

So I'm right-handed. Yeah, me too. And so is she. So our index finger was longer on our dominant hand. Oh, your index finger is longer on our dominant hand. Oh, your index finger is longer on the dominant hand. Yes. Because my index finger is shorter on my dominant hand. And I wonder if it's because that's the finger that I use

to like push buttons and stuff. If it's made the finger stubbier from like pushing so many buttons. No, it's because you're a psycho. I thought we went over that. Well, what about finger length makes somebody a psycho? That's just the correlation they found with this study that they did. What about you, Claude? Mine are pretty even.

Pretty bang on. Yours are the exact same length. Yeah. Yeah. So I could go either way. Nobody knows with you. There's no indicators. Keep them guessing.

There will be no signs. Anyway, if you want to test out people you know and love, just to be safe. The index finger being shorter than the ring finger. Yes. Bonafide psychopath. Red flag. I'm not going to say lock it in.

Do not date them. Lock it in. First question on Tinder, send me a picture of your hand. Bree and Clint. Today, according to the stats, is the day that more Kiwis look for a job, a new job than any other. This whole week, actually.

And I think you're right where you said that people are back after the New Year's break. They kind of got through the year in a job that they didn't love. But they're like, I just got to get to the holiday and everything will be better. And then you come back and you're like, oh, no, it's the same. It's the same. I want to get the hell out of here. Except I've got a whole lot of backlog from stuff that I didn't do over summer. And I've got a whole lot of stuff in stuff that I didn't do over summer. Yeah.

And I've got a whole lot of stuff in the pile that I said, I'll deal with that next year. And now it is next year. And you're like, I hate this. New Year's resolution, find new job. Trade Me said that this week last year, so the last week of January. Yes. Last year, Trade Me jobs had 1.6 million page views in one week. Wow.

On one day, they got half a million people looking for new jobs on their website. That's wild considering the population. If you are in the market for a new job, if you're sort of flirting with the idea, our friends at KFC have actually got an interesting job listing at the moment. What's the job they're listing?

They're looking for a wicked wing taste tester. Oh, that's me. That is a bit of me. You know a job you don't even need to advertise? Like, I'm glad they did so everybody hears about it. Yeah. Do you want to hear the job description? Yes.

Actually, I don't need to. I don't need to know how much it pays. I don't need to know holidays. Sign me up. Okay. Well, fine. Give them my resume. Now, if you are in the market, this is what it says.

It says, is your mouth watering for a wicked new role? Yes. KFC is looking for a crispy chicken connoisseur to travel around KFC stores, tasting the Colonel's finest wicked wings to ensure they are always fresh, crispy, and delicious because at KFC, quality matters. So if you're keen to try something new and passionate about finger licking good chicken this might just be the job for you. What a great job. You get to

travel and eat wicked wings. And you get paid for it. And you get paid for it. They are going to get completely slammed. Like they are going to have so many applications for this. You're going to have to. You can do something to stand out right? Yeah you're going to have to have a Harvard degree to get that job.

It doesn't say how much the job pays. Doesn't matter. And it's only a one week contract. Okay. But I mean, if you do a good job, who says they won't take you on full time? Yeah. There's other products that need to be tested and tested. There's new products that come out from time to time. You need to try those.

I'd like to be a KFC chip quality controller. Yeah. I'd like to be the double down, like double down tester. Oh, yeah. Like when they bring back the double down. And I can always test them before. Yeah. You know how some people have initials at the end of their name if they're qualified?

You could be Bree Thomas L. Dee Dee. Oh, it sounds good. Sounds good. If you're keen, the listing to be the KFC Wicked Wing Tester is up on Trade Me at the moment. Bree and Clint. And that's us, folks.

For another day, we out. What's everyone watching? There's a lot of good stuff floating about. Oh, my God, I've got so many TV shows on the go. It's actually hard to keep up. Yeah, I've got quite a few on the go at the moment, too. The Tourist on TVNZ, season two with Jamie Dornan. Yes.

True Detective, the new season of True Detective, which was great when it started, then got a bit shit for a bit, but now it's back with the Jodie Foster season of True Detective. That's on Neon. That's been gone for a while, hasn't it? Yeah, this is season 4. Oh, season 4. Yeah. Who was on season 3?

I completely skipped season 3. Right. Because the season 2, the Vince Vaughn season two was so bad. I heard it wasn't very good. Yeah. But this one so far, one episode, very good. Okay. Very creepy, but very good. Where's that?

Neon. Okay. And Boy Swallows Universe on Netflix. I've watched Boy Swallows Universe, one of the best shows I've watched in years, I reckon. Yeah, 100%. In terms of for a TV drama, it's very, very well made. Queensland in the 80s, the cars in the show are so good. I love it.

Everything, the set, the people in it, so good. I'm watching Love Island All Stars. No, you're not. Yeah, I am on TVNZ+. You're too old. I'm just going to tell you now, you're too old. I'm not. I can watch and vicariously live through the Islanders.

And I'm not too old because I've watched all the seasons and I know all the people. They're my friends now. So they're all older. Can I just say they're all older? Okay, all right. So they're all like late 20s, early 30s. There's so much good.

I mean, I shouldn't bag on it if it's what you like. I shouldn't yuck your yum. I've watched two episodes. I'll let you know. I'm going to give it a few more. Okay. So it if it's what you like. I shouldn't yuck your yum. I've watched two episodes. I'll let you know. I'm going to give it a few more. So far, it's been all right. Claudia, you got any hot TV tips for us at the moment? Well, I'm finishing Boy Swallows Universe tonight.

I've got one episode to go. Oh, and you've got that Rubik's Cube to do. Yeah, I'm working on it right now. Can I just say the last episode is wild. Well, the whole season's wild. No, no. I can't imagine. No, no. It takes it up like four notches, I reckon. Wow. Okay. Well, the whole season's wild. No, no. I can't imagine. No, no.

It takes it up like four notches, I reckon. Wow. Okay. Yeah. Well, there you go. There's plenty of good stuff out there to watch. So get amongst. We'll catch you guys back tomorrow on the Brian Clint Show.

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