ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 22nd May 2025

Episode Date: May 22, 2025

What even is a peanuckle?!  Do you go home from your holiday in the morning or extend it as long as possible?  Crazy expensive purchases that were totally worth it.  Josh Thomson tries to get a HOYEAH.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What, every week? No, all this week. Okay. Oh yeah, we're ahead of time. Yeah, right. Thursday. Thursday. Thursday, how bloody good.

Basically Friday. God, there's a big weekend of sport happening this weekend. What are you looking forward to? I'm looking forward to the AFC, the semi-final. The soccer. Yes, the AFC, the soccer. I'm looking forward to the WAHs, of course. Yes.

And mainly, I'm looking forward to the women's rugby that's happening in Auckland. The Black Ferns. Yeah. Yeah, I'm taking my daughters to the game. Oh, that'll be good. Taking on Team USA. Yeah,'s gonna be great. At North Harbour Stadium too. Yeah. It's gonna be a good time. I went to North Harbour Stadium. Shout out to our North Shore listeners. I take back every mean thing I ever said about that stadium. It's fantastic. I don't think I've been. No, no one had been until recently. I went when I first moved to the country I went out to the baseball diamond. Oh that was there. Oh is that there? Yeah that's there yeah. But the

baseball section? I think they've got rid of the baseball section. Oh is that gone now? Yes for the tuatara. Yeah but that's no longer unfortunately. I think so anyway. Yeah right. Okay so I have been there. We're gonna open the International ATM at 4 o'clock if you want to win some free money off us. We're also gonna play what's ATM at 4 o'clock if you want to win some free money off us. We're also going to play Watch the Plot later in the show. Josh Thompson from Seven Days is coming in. We're going to find out if Josh Thompson can get a whole year on the show today.

It's going to be so good. But first, tradie versus lady where the scores officially are 34 tradies, 41 ladies. Yes, we have checked those scores. That is updated. And if you want to be a part of those scores, you can call now 0800 DIALS at M. 50 bucks up for grabs. We'll play next. Play Zedines, Bree and Clint. Time for Traity versus Lady.

It's Traity versus Lady! Three, two, one, let's go! Alrighty, score update for the year. The Traity's on 34. The Lady's still out in front though. They're on 41. Our lady is calling from Auckland. She's 20 years old and she makes carbon fibre masks. Welcome to the show, Lily.

Hi Lily. Hey. What are the masks used for, Lily? Um, mainly yachts. Oh yachts? Yachts. Masks? Oh masks! We thought you said masks, like what we all wore during COVID. Mainly yachts. Oh yachts? Masks?

Oh masks! We thought you said masks, like what we all wore during COVID. God, we were so confused. But that makes way more sense. You're taking on our tradie from Napeyother41 and her and her daughter play Tradie vs Lady on the school run. Her daughter's name's Amina. Welcome to the show, Renee. Hi Renee! Hi Amina! Hi! Her daughter's name's Amina, welcome to the show, Renee. Hi Renee, hi Amina. Hi.

Amina's actually, yesterday was the last day that we were able to play together, like ever. Well gutted, you can play this back to her later. Why ever? Because I've had a new job next week, so it was like, literally I was like so sad. I was just like, well try to get in. But, so it was all meant to be today.

That was like, I'm gonna record it and get to play it to her and she'll be super proud. Nice. Huge. Okay, let's go with names as our buzzers today to keep it nice and clear. Lily and Renee in the first of three correct answers is gonna win 50 bucks cash this afternoon.

Good luck, guys. Here we go, question number one. What is the traditional Scottish pattern often seen in kilts and other clothing? Renee, did you buzz in? I did, yep. What is it? I'd like to say the proper term, it's like the check is,

shoot, what's the proper name for it? Yeah, what's the name for it? There is two different names for it. Lily, do you want to have a go? Is it like a gingham pattern? No, it's not gingham no. We were looking for either tartan or plaid. Yeah. Renee's kicking herself she's like of course it is. Okay no points there guys no worries here we go question number two

which bird is the universal symbol of peace? Renee. Yes Renee. The dove. It is a dove. It sure is a dove nice, you're on the board. The ladies on one, question number three. Buzz in when you can tell me who sings this. ["Wuma Wuma"] Let me be your wuma, wuma wuma. Renee's in. Is it Doja Cat?

It is Doja Cat. I mean. What is it? No, yeah, there we go. It is Doja Cat. It sure is, well done. Two to the ladies, you need this one, Lily, to stay in it.

Question number four. What is the most common gas used to fill balloons to make them float? Renee. Oh, I wanna say Renee just got in there. It's helium. It is helium. It is helium, and that is the win.

Oh, here's to a happy happy ending. Amina is gonna be so stoked when she hears this news Renee. Congratulations. Well done. Thank you so much. I'm so glad that I'm going to miss you guys so I'm going to have to sneakily listen to it. Get the podcast girl. Yeah get the podcast. And hey Renee take Amina out and go get brunch together with that 50 bucks. We'll get it out to you. I will, thank you so much. Appreciate it.

Trady's gonna win 35 to 41 now. ZM's Brie and Clint podcast. Found out an alarming thing about my partner this morning, that we're very different people when it comes to the end of a holiday. Uh-oh, but you already own a house together. I know, so it is too late to back out now. But the thing that I found out is essentially

we're booking this holiday that's happening in August. Where are you going? We're going to Queenstown, which will be amazing. Ski a little bit, snowboard a little bit. How good? Well, I'll attempt to. And essentially I was discussing with her, because we're trying to organize

because my brother's coming over and then some of our friends are coming, it's gonna be great. And I said, what's the go with the day we're all leaving? That essentially the last day of the holiday. Yeah. I said, do we want to fly out of Queenstown at essentially 10.30 in the morning

or 5.30 in the afternoon? They were the two options. And I said, I would prefer to fly out at 10.30 in the morning, which means we get home, we can unpack, we can organize, get ready to go back to work, Yeah, yada yada yada. Uh-huh. I Found out this morning that she was the opposite. No and she wants to enjoy All of the last day and fly out at the latest possible hour

There really are two types of people when it comes to a holiday and you guys have one of each in your relationship which sucks that you're not aligned because most of your holidays are going to be together from now on. For me personally, I'm out, 10.30 is the perfect time to leave. You can wake up at 7.30, have breakfast, shower, pack up your stuff, head to the airport, have a coffee, get on a flight, go home. Get your life back in order. Do your laundry, get ready for the week ahead, that kind of thing.

Wait, are we aligned on this? We're aligned. Amazing. 5.30, not only do you not get to have your holiday to the full, you can't go up the snow that day, because you've got to go to the airport afterwards. You don't even have a home base. Not pre-chewed sister.

You don't have a hotel room that you can go back to if you get tired. Oh, it's my worst nightmare. You don't have, somewhere base. You don't have a hotel room that you can go back to if you get tired. You don't have, somewhere you can have your stuff. You gotta put your bags in that weird room at the hotel. You've just gotta fart around all day, finding things to fill the day. And you're like, oh, I guess we could go and look around the shops.

You don't wanna look around the shops. You've seen the shops. We've been there. We're gonna have a week there. I'm like, I wanna get home. I know it's nice to be away. I know it's nice to be away. But if you cap it, if you go, we're leaving at 10.30 tomorrow, that means the day before you do all your things. That's your last day.

You do all the things that you might do. Oh, I'm so glad we're aligned on this. What about, let's go to the producers. Claudia, where do you sit on this? Listen, I see your points, but you guys are so wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. And why? Maximise your holiday. Cause you're away. You can do home stuff whenever.

So what if you're a little bit tired? You're not- Make the most of while you're away. Do some stuff. You're not maximising the holiday. You're milking the drinks. Just go out and about. You're milking the drinks.

You're not getting out on a high note. So I'm going to the Gold Coast in a couple of weeks. It's for King's birthday. I'm leaving early Saturday morning and I am flying home late Monday night. That's how I'm doing it. And coming to work on Tuesday. Yeah Yeah I'm coming into work on Tuesday. Oh you're gonna get home at like one in the morning? I've got three full days away.

So we're gonna get the worst version of Cordia on Tuesday. You're welcome. I feel like a long weekend is a little bit different. I was gonna say it depends on the length of the holiday. That's a great point Pixie. If it's a couple of days you've got to maximize but if it's a week long yeah you've seen everything. You've hit the pinnacle. Exactly. Okay, okay, yeah, yeah. Then you have to wake up early.

Just chill, you're on holiday. What time is your flight out of the Gold Coast? 6pm? Oh, you've got to do a three hour time difference too. You're not getting back until midnight. Yeah, all good. No, but it's only three days, so it makes sense. Yeah, that one I can let go through to the keeper,

but I think Claudia's saying it doesn't matter how long, if it's a week, if it's three days, if it's two weeks, she's milking every last bit of that holiday. If I'm away I am away okay I don't want to come back any earlier than I have to. Text us on 9696. I will not be moved. Are you type A which is Clinton and I where we're getting out of there early, we're getting home, getting on with our life, where we're getting out of there early, we're getting home. What a waste. Getting on with our life.

Getting on with our life. Who's the washing later? You can sleep when you're dead. Or are you this person over here, type B. Reckless. Type B. Suck all the life out of the holiday. All the juice that you possibly can. You can't look at me and say that you're ever going to go, oh, what was the best part of

your holiday? Oh, those last a many hours. Those three hours when I'm dragging my bag around. Yeah, I'm sure I'll pull up at the other main street. We've stumbled upon one of those things where it's, could be a cultural divide, could be an upbringing difference. Could be a generational thing. Could be a genera- not between me and you I hope. We had one

simil-l-l-l-l-ly on this show when we found out that we have different ways of singing heads shoulders knees and toes knees and toes. Heads and shoulders knees and toes knees and toes knees and toes. Yuck. And we found another one. Can I just say the heads and shoulders thing apparently Apparently, both are right. Hmm. That's what the internet says. Both exist. I don't know if both are right. OK, well both exist.

Um, I want you guys to say this out loud to yourselves right now. What's the name of the game, actually, and we'll all say it in here. What's the name of the game where we grip our fingers together and then our thumbs go back and forth and it's a fight to see who can pin the other person's thumb down with their thumb and there's like a chant that goes before it. That game is called three, two, one... Thumbwars!

Penucle? Thumbwars. I've never heard of Penucle in my life. Yeah what's a Penucle? Penucle! Can you say that on the radio? Is that a nickname for something you have on your body? We should be bleeping this.

No, Penucle! Pardon you! Excuse me. Don't say it loud. Look at it taking off the air. We get our thumbs and we go we go Pee-nuckle, Pee-nuckle, Thumb war. Thumb war. Pee-nuckle. Thumb war. Why are you the odd one out?

Should we call one more person? Yeah, why am I the odd one out? It's called... It's someone your age. Um, okay, who do we call? Who could we call to have an opinion on this? Let's call Mehdi. Who's got a thumb?

Call Ross. Ross is an answerist phone. So we'll call Mehdi who's busy doing his own radio show. I dialled slowly because I was doing it with my thumb. Your pinnacle. Why don't you have a thumb? He's all pinnacles. I was using my pinnacle to dial the phone.

Exactly, it makes no sense. Hello, Mattie speaking. Mattie, it's Bre and Clint. Hi Mattie. Quick question. You know the game where we link fingers and then our thumbs go backwards and forwards and we try and pin each other's thumb down? Yeah.

What's that game called? Pinnacle. Yes! You rigged that. I'm calling someone else. Matty, guess what the girls call it? What? A thumb war.

It's a thumb war. No, I declare a Pinnacle War. Thank you. You sound crazy. Maddie McLean, you're crazy. No, I think we've figured it out. We were trying to figure out if it was like a cultural divide or a generational divide. I think it's a generational thing. It could be gender.

It's boomers. Yeah, do boys call it a Pinnacle? Do boys call it Pinnacle?? Boys call it pina col. Okay, we need to call one more person. Thanks Matty, appreciate it. We're going to call Vaughan. Vaughan will be one of us girls. You can ask him so there's no allegations of cheating.

Okay. Hello? Vaughan E, it's Brian Clint. G'day mate. G'day Matt! G'day mate. G'day mate. Hey, quick one for you. We wanted you to take part in this. We're just having a bit of a discussion.

You know the game you play when you link fingers together and then your thumbs go at it, you know, have a bit of a face off. What do you call that game? Pinnacle war. What the hell? Absolutely not. Vaughn, we've discovered something. Girls call it a thumb war and boys call it a PENUCCLE WAR.

What the hell? PENUCCLE, PENUCCLE, PENUCCLE WAR! 1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a PENUCCLE WAR! 1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a thumb war! No, you've got the syllables wrong! You, me, Maddie McLean, thumb war. All the girls here, thumb war. What the hell?

What the hell? They're a thumb war. No, even the syllables are all wrong. You, me, Maddie, Maclean, thumb war. All the girls, oh, a pinnacle war. All the girls here, thumb war. What the hell? What is a pinnacle? I've never even thought about what a pinnacle war is. It's a pinnacle war. Are you sure that's not a game

that you play with something else? Yeah, the word is a bit penis adjacent, isn't it? Yeah, it is. Yeah. Okay, hey, you've been very helpful. Thank you very much. Thank you, Vaughn. Thanks, it is. Yeah. OK, hey, you've been very helpful. Thank you very much. Thank you, Vaughn. Thanks, guys.

See you later. Well, there you go. Oh, OK. Well, case closed. Case closed. That's definitive. It's fun being an investigative journalist. We're like Christopher Columbus, discovering new lands.

Yeah, the exact same. ZN's Brian Clint. There's a news story out today, which, I mean, take all these things with a pinch of salt, but they are suggesting that a number of teenagers are choosing not to get a smartphone and instead go for an old school brick phone. Yeah, I've seen this more and more. I was at a, I went to see a high school musical last week. Is that one of your interests, is it?

No, a family friend, their daughter was in it, so I went along to support. It was amazing. It was the best school production I've ever seen. But I noticed, because obviously there was a heap of school kids from the school there watching the production, and this kid's literally sitting in front of me, brick phone, playing snake. Oh yes! What the hell? You love to see it. I was like, oh my god I haven't seen one of those phones in 15 years. According to this story some of them intentionally want to avoid social media, social media is cringe, and some of them want to focus more on the stuff that they enjoy like skating, surfing,

being outside. Being outside. Oh, that's awesome. I love that. Rather than being distracted by social media. Some of them even want to do well in school. Love that. What the hell is going on with this generation?

You know how the trends always are changing? Yeah. This might be changing for the better. I say what the hell in the best way possible How did these kids get so wise? Smart there people are saying potentially the superior generation Yeah, yeah, are they gene alphas gene alphas are they still genes Ed's who are teenagers at the moment genes Ed's or gene alphas? Gen the others they they are alphas. What do you think pixie? Let me have a look Gen alphas. They're alphas, hey, they are alphas.

What do you think, Pixie? Let me have a look. If you're in school now, if you're in like year 12, are you a Gen alpha? Gen alpha would be like 14, I think. Okay. Gen Zs are between 13 and 28 years old at the moment. Oh yeah, so Gen alpha starts at 12.

Yep. Right, okay, so it's not quite as a tally as the Gen Zs. So it's Gen Zs. So Brickphone, they do what phones used to do. They call, they text, and if you're lucky, you've got Snake. Can they take a photo? Some of them can.

I've actually got a brick at home. I've got a Nokia brick that I don't use. But it came out like- Was that your old burner phone? Yeah, it came out like five years ago. Okay. And it does have a camera in it, but you would never use the photo for anything. Yeah. Like it's crap but I mean in an emergency you can take a

photo of something. If you needed to. My biggest thing and I think is internet banking and maps. Those are the things that you'd miss. They're the things that I would really miss the most. And Uber Eats. And Uber. But you can Uber Eats on your laptop. Yeah. These kids that are skateboarding and stuff, they want to film their tracks, they're getting a camera. Oh like the real deal. Like people used to do, they would just go and get a camera. Like a cyber shot. We want to know, have you done this and is it a bit of a life hack? Are you listening to the Brian Clint show right now and you don't have a smartphone? You've got a brick or a flip phone? Something that doesn't have the apps on it? Something that can't connect to the internet? It just does phone calls and texting. Your basic stuff.

And you only have to charge it once every three days. Oh, that's so nice. Yeah. 0800 DIAL ZM. Or you can text us on those phones, can't you? 9696. Have you got a brick phone? And what's it like? I love you.

Oh, yeah, you can text on those phones, can't you? You can't dig your mouse, but you can text us. Where are the brick users at this afternoon? ZM's Bree and Clint podcast. Where are the brick users at this afternoon? Where are the brick users at? The people who have said, nah, not keen on a smartphone, don't want social media, don't want emails on my phone, don't want constant notifications, I'm going old school. Because according to some news stories that's the trend at the moment with teenagers specifically. Someone did text in and said teens don't have a

choice their parents buy them a brick but that's not what this is suggesting it's saying they don't want they don't want the smartphone. Or maybe they're trying to change the narrative because they can't get an iPhone. Oh yeah so they just say, no this is what we want. How's this for Heavy Text that says well we watched our parents decay with alcohol and I guess the new one is watching their parents brain rot with social media. I love this trend. That's deep.

That is deep. That's hectic. That is hectic AF. Tobin is caught up. Hi Tobin. Hi Tobin. Hello. Who's got a brick?

I do. You do. How old are you? I am 11. Okay and do you want a smartphone or did you want to have a brick phone? I mean I would prefer a smartphone but my parents made me. Yeah okay. Do you reckon it still does the trick, does the job, the brick phone? Yes, yes. What do you want to do on a smartphone that your brick can't do? Nothing really.

Yeah nice. How often do you have to charge that thing Tobin? Maybe once every like five days. What? That's outrageous. Has it got a camera in it? Yes, it does. It does have a basic camera in it, okay. How pixelated on a scale of one to 10 would the photos be, Tobin?

20. 20? 20, yeah, yeah. Okay, thanks Tobin, we appreciate it. Thanks Tobin. Have a good afternoon. Bye. See ya.

Text here, hey guys, I'm rocking a 15 year old Sony Ericsson still with the original battery and it lasts three to four days. How is that possible? A 15 year old phone? Well it doesn't do anything. So if, just text calls. Unless people ring you or you have like an hour long phone call on it I guess it's just sitting there isn't it? Yeah like you're not. It doesn't have a big screen to power up. You're not reaching for it. Looking for an internet connection. Do you reckon you could do it?

I would love to try. How long do you think you could do? Like I said to you, if I could find a way around, well, to be honest, internet banking I could do on my laptop. I could. The thing that I would only need to find a way around is maps. We could get you a Wizers. A map book? A Garmin.

Yeah. Oh, you could get me a Garmin. Yeah, yeah. Get me a Garmin. Bring back the old Garmin. Can you get one of those big fold out paper maps? I could do it for a week, I reckon. You reckon?

Let's sort it out. Let's both try it. Has anyone got a couple of Garmins we can borrow? Anybody got $35 so we can buy a brick? Anyone got a garb? I'm gonna put on the dash. The ZM Podcast Network. Once upon a time, there was a girl.

She was smart, debatable, talented, athletic. Not really. But picking a movie title based on just the plot line, that she can do. Bree and Clint's What's the Plot? Sorry about that noise, I clicked the wrong button. Eugh. Eugh.

Eugh. Eugh. It's What's the Plot time where if you can guess two movies correctly before Bree does today, Eric, you will win $100 cash. Good afternoon. Good day, mate. How you doing?

We're good. We're good, thanks. How's your confidence going into this round of what's the plot, Eric? I don't know, I listen to you guys every day and Bree's pretty solid, so here we go. She's formidable. I want your best effort,

and if you win, then I will bow down on my sword. No what is it? Alright sounds good. Just bow down. I will bow down. I will, what is it? Fall on my sword. I will fall on my sword.

I hope there's no movies about medieval times. Eric I'll just state the rules so everyone's clear. I read movie plot lines, you buzz in with your name as soon as you want to have a guess at that movie. You don't wait for me to finish. And the first person to guess two movies correctly will win. You ready for this? Beauty, let's do it.

Today, the theme, because the government just announced the budget for 2025, we're doing movies about money. Movie number one. Following the defeat of his team to the New York Yankees in the playoffs, Brie. Moneyball. Brad Pitt, one of my favorite movies of all time, Jonah Hill.

Based on a true story about a guy named Billy Beane. Fantastic film. You seen it, Eric? I have seen it, it's a good movie. It's a great movie. Okay, okay, okay. Movie number two, about money. Our hero is happy to accompany his long time boyfriend

to his best friend's overseas wedding. But she's surprised to learn that his family is extremely wealthy and he's considered one of the country's most eligible bachelors. Brie. Crazy rich Asians. Boom! Let's go baby. Sorry Eric I think it was just my day today mate but we've got 50kfc chicken dollars as a consolation. Perfect, thanks guys. It's a brie week. Sometimes you're just on.

You're on more than you're not in this game, that's the thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Evil take. Thanks for playing, Erik, we appreciate it. Thanks, Erik. Thanks, guys. Next on the show, speaking of money,

question, well, yeah, question, for people who still pay for things in cash. You're a big cash guy. I'm an advocate for cash. You are. I don't mind a bit of cash. Got all this talk of burner phones and cash this afternoon. I really am starting to sound like I'm into some dodgy deals.

And it's in the 420 hour. Yeah. It's ZM's Bree and Clint podcast. I saw this TikTok today, which will only really make sense if you still pay in cash, if you pay for things in cash. Okay. I know you're not using a lot of cash. Not much, no.

Whereas Claudia, our producer, she's like a magpie for coins. I love it. Yeah. Why do you love coins so much? It's half because I just like the feel of them. Yeah, she likes handling them. And half because it's money. Money, money, money.

Yum, yum, yum. Claudia's favourite it's money. Money, money, money. Yum, yum, yum. Claudia's favourite thing. Cash is king, in my opinion. You should always have some cash in your wallet. You do say that. Not everyone accepts it anymore, though. No.

It's annoying. And if I see a sign that says, I don't accept cash, I turn around and I take my business elsewhere. I'm always like, this will be great for parking. Do you actually? If the new metres don't have it. Yeah, do you actually?

No, but I'd like to. Yeah, right. Yeah. Well, the coffee shop that I like has gone cashless. You're like, it sounds good. Anyway, this apparently is the right way for your cashier to give you your change in cash. Okay.

You know what? Nothing f**ks me off more than when people go to give you your change and they put the cash in their hand and they put the coins on top. The coins slip off! Put the coins in my hand and they put the coins on top, the coins slip off, put the coins in my hand and let me just pinch the notes. That'd be great.

Oh my God, it happens all the time. Put the coins in your palm first and then hand you the notes so you can pinch it with your fingers. Look, grip the coins, pinch. She's so right. I've never thought about it and she is so right because your other hand is busy holding the goods

which you have just purchased, your coffee, your sandwich, your whatever it is that you just paid for, and then they put a slippery note in your hand and then they drop some loose coins on top of it. They set you up for disaster. And when you scrunch that note, you're basically creating a shoot for the coins to slide through. It's like a funnel, you know? And I feel like maybe this is a known thing, in retail, hospitality, where it's a known thing, you know, in retail hospitality, where it's a known joke, where they wanna make us all look like idiots.

If only we had some contactless, cashless solution that would prevent the need for us to even receive change in the first place. You should get a patent for that, that's a good idea. Yeah. It's ZM's Brinklin podcast. Have you purchased an item for a lot of money and was it worth the hype? Did it live up to the price tag? I saw today that Dyson have released a new hair dryer.

Okay. Because they have released hair dryers in the past. They got that circle one eh? Yes exactly. You've seen that? The hole in the middle of it. Yeah exactly so this is the brand new one it's called the supersonic. Okay. Have you seen what it looks like? No. So it looks like kind of like a piece of pipe that's bent at the top. It looks like the pipe that connects to your sink. Yeah it's kind of what it looks like. Look, I'm gonna make a bold call. It is ugly. It's quite an ugly hair dryer. It's a right angle bend on it. Yeah, literally looks like a piece of PVC pipe. Like a plumbing pipe. Yeah. The price tag on this thing is New Zealand dollars, $849. No, for a hairdryer. For a hairdryer, so just

so we're clear, I went and did some research as to what other hairdryers in the market are going for. So GHD has a hairdryer on the market for around $296. Then you've got... GHD for $296. $296? Yeah. And then you've got? My wife had that GHD one. What'd she think? Great. Great hairdryer. Great hairdryer.

Then there was one from Shark, which is $349. Then there's one from Cloud. My wife has that hairdryer now. And good? Very good. Okay. I used it to dry the dog the other day. You have too many hairdryers.

No, no, she doesn't have the GHD anymore. Oh, she's got the shark. She does have the shark now. Has she got the Cloud9 Airshot? No. OK. The Cloud9 Airshot, apparently on sale right now for $199. This is not sponsored.

We're just doing research in the area. Cloud9 Airshot. Oh, yeah. Also, the Dyson Supersonic old model, like the one, the circle one that you were talking about, you can buy for around 400-ish bucks. It's still a lot of money to spend on a hairdryer. But this one, the new one that they've just released, 849 on, and this is on the Dyson New Zealand website.

And it's ugly as. It's pretty ugly. That's a key component of it. I don't know if it matters what your hairdryer looks like. Nobody's ever gonna see you use a hairdryer. Hairdryer's a funny one because there's no kind of like clout involved. Like if you buy, I don't know, even like your iPhone,

there's a little bit of, whether you want to admit it or not, there's a little bit of people will you want to admit it or not, there's a little bit of people will see me with the new iPhone. No one ever sees you, unless you're doing Get Ready With Me content, no one ever sees your hairdryer. Yeah. I don't even know where I got my hairdryer from. Like I can't remember buying it.

When I had- That's the trick. When I had- It dries my hair. More of a Zac Efron style haircut. Oh yeah? I did own a hairdryer. Okay what hairdryer did you own? It was a collapsible travel hairdryer from Kmart.

I folded in half after you used it. The white one? No it was black. Oh I had a white one. But it was about that big when it was folded up. Did the trick. I mean I had terrible hair and my hair looked like it had been through a microwave but I don't know if that was the hairdryers fault. Yeah probably wasn't great for your hair. People talk about hairdryers and they're like it's got ceramic plates or something in it. I'm like all hairdryers. They took about a hairdryer being better or worse for your hair. How can one machine, one hairdryer blow better air than the other machine? Aren't they all just blowing hot air? Well they can though. I lent you... But how? I don't know. Are we all just suckers? I lent you my wife's push present the other day which was the...

But that's different. God, my wife has a lot of hairdryers. I lent you her... She's got the Dyson Airwrap. Dyson Airwrap, that's right. Yeah, she got everything. That's why I asked to borrow it. I was like, oh, I'm just going to see if I like it. She's a hairfluencer. She is. She is a hairfluencer. That's different though, because that's curling.

Sorry to go deep on hairdryers. Did you see Georgia? Yeah. Has got- From the ZM Day Show? Yeah, she's got a Dyson dupe, which is- The shark? No. It's a different one again. So it's that Dyson, the previous Dyson one that has the hole in the middle of it. Okay, yeah.

She's got a- Like a dupe of that. Yeah. But I don't know what it is. You'd have to go to her Instagram to see what it is. But she said it was good. Oh, interesting. Here's my thought process though, right?

I'm not saying that the new Dyson hair dryer isn't worth money because I haven't tried it. But I want to know from people, whenever you spent a lot of money on something and did you get it and were you like worth every penny? Like I'm happy, like it is a lot of money. No regrets. I can justify for how good the product is or did it go the other way where you're like, this is not worth the money. Not worth the money. And that could be any product that you've purchased.

What was the thing you paid a ton of money for? Either you think it's worth the money or not worth the hype. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And we'd love to know how much you spent as well. Came across this new hair dryer from Dyson worth $849. No no price at $839. Price? We don't know if it's worth $849. We don't know anyone that's used it. Can you text us if you have it and you've used it? And is it worth $849?

Someone texted and said, I'd buy that hairdryer, Bree, if it had wifi and could offer therapy. Oh, now you're talking my language. I'd buy it. That's what it's gonna take. I'd buy it as well. So we've asked you guys, what's the thing that you shelled out on?

You went, no, I know it's a lot of money, but I'm gonna do it because I think it is worth it and then we want to know was it worth it yeah was it worth every cent Emma's here hi Emma hi Emma hey guys how are you good thank you mate what did you shell out for and was it worth the price tag I can't tell you if it's worth the price because still don't know how to do that. Um. Um. But I've been out, I spend $950 on a smeg coffee machine to match my jug and toaster. Um. Right.

Do you drink coffee Emma? I don't drink coffee. I don't drink coffee. $950 on a smeg coffee machine just so it could match your other appliances. Oh no. Yeah. Wow.

What are you doing? I mean, people when they come over can make themselves a nice coffee. Has anybody ever made a coffee on it? No. Wow. Could we, whereabouts are you, could we come over and take it for the first run? You guys are most welcome to come over. Can we take your coffee machine's virginity?

Yeah. Oh, that would be amazing. Okay. Okay. You guys are most welcome to speak out. Can we take your coffee machine's virginity? Yeah. That would be amazing. Okay. And we'll make you a hot chocolate. Sounds so good. Yeah, good. Thanks Emma.

That's exactly what we're talking about. Someone said I got the LED face mask for $600. Not worth it. Okay, that's disappointing. There is a lot of different LED face marks on the market. Yeah, there's cheap ones, there's expensive ones. Someone said I got some RM Williams boots for approximately 650 bucks. They are awesome but I don't wear them all the time because I treasure them for that price and that's the

problem. That's a trap. You have to use them. You have to go just enjoy them. You should just enjoy them and you should wear them out. Yeah, and you should and you can get them repaired and things like that. That's what happens when you buy things like that. You have to enjoy them. Otherwise, they're an expensive ornament. I agree. Speaking of expensive ornaments, that's exactly what you have in your house. Don't you anonymous? Ah, yes. Yeah. My wife decided she wanted a new colander. A colander, yeah, okay. Yep, a colander, normal colander. So like, wait, a colander that you drain

like spaghetti or vegetables or? Wash lettuce. Yep, yep, that's a colander. Okay. It's a very pretty colander. It costs $1200. What? You sent us the name of this colander and we've Googled it and we've had a look at it.

Did you say $12 or $1200? $1200. $1200? How can a colander cost $1200 anonymous? It's a designer colander. Of course it's worth $1,200. Anonymous? Because it's worth $1,200 we've never used it as a colander. I bet you haven't. Who did you marry that thinks a $1,200 colander is a good decision?

That would be Mrs. Anonymous and I love her clearly and it was the best purchase she's ever made. Did it make her happy anonymous? Yes. Then it was worth every penny. Was it her birthday, Christmas and anniversary present all wrapped up in one? Five years. Yeah, five years. Hey, worth every penny.

I'm looking at the colander here, it says, the Max Leschoise colander is a very ironic object that takes its place in the rituals of cooking. That sounds very fancy-schmancy. Someone else texted her and they said, Thermomix, 2,700 plus accessories of $1,000 worth every cent. Yeah. My cooking is now amazing again. They are expensive. I've never met anybody who regrets their Thermomix though.

To be honest I haven't either. I'd feel like I'd use the crap out of it. You would. You should look for a secondhand one. Yeah I should. Someone said I bought an electric dirt bike for $11,000 and it exploded on the first ride. That was you, wasn't it Kevin? Yeah mate, oh, it was terrible. An electric dirt bike, how many of those are kicking around the market? Oh, yeah, no, they're out there, you know, they're quite popular these days.

Okay. Because they're fast, hey, they accelerate like instantly. Yeah, they're 90 horsepower, man, it's up there with all the petrol ones and that. Wow. And when you say exploded, were you on it? And do you still have testicles? Oh, man. I gave it a good fang down the road,

come back to me, my rate box jumped off and all this smoke was coming out from under the seat. Oh my God. Thank God you were off it. I'm not going to lie Kevin, you sound like someone who would give it a hell of a fang. Oh straight up. Did they give you your $11,000 back Kev? No, they were trying to knock you and I said oh look I don't really want another one.

I want to save my testicles. Yeah you saved your testicles. I think that's a good decision from you, Kevin. It's a great decision. That's a PSA that we needed, thank you. Someone said, I got the Braun hair removal laser for $1,299.99. It was worth every penny.

I wasn't sure if it was gonna work, but it actually does work and I have no regrets. It's the best investment I've ever made. Is that like an epilator? No laser hair removal. It's home laser hair removal. Technology in that area has come a long way. $1300. What about this one? Buying a genuine Louis Vuitton bag after having a lifetime of fake ones. What a letdown. Really? Mm-hmm. Okay. I got more compliments on my fake bags than in the genuine, probably cost the same to manufacture. Oh, that's allegedly.

Allegedly. Allegedly. I bought a PS5 brand new for 650 bucks just to play GTA 6 when it comes out. But now GTA 6 has been delayed by another year. So I have a PS5 just sitting dormant and I've just started using it for streaming services. Yeah at that stage I know PS5s are incredible but for you it's just an expensive Chromecast. I feel that person's pain because I've been waiting for that GTA

game to come out as well and can I say do what Clint used to do with his old PlayStation and play Blu-rays on it. That's why I got the PS3. Yeah. Go get the Blu-rays pop them in there it can be your new Blu-ray player. You can't stream that level of clarity. You just can't. We don't have the bandwidth. Yeah. You can't. Like you just can't match it. By the way just to go back to the $1,200 colander for a second, someone's just texted in to say it's on special at the moment for $750. What a steal! That's nearly half price.

What a steal! Get Anonymous back on the line, his wife will probably want three. Get two, yeah, minimum. You'd be stupid not to. That was literally, he was the poster child for happy wife, happy life. Yeah, absolutely. And if it made her happy, he was willing to come to the party. But can I speak as a married man, there will be stupid things that you want to spend stupid

amounts of money on in your life too. So don't ever be too heavy handed on these things. It's true. Just because you don't see the value in a $1200 colander doesn't mean there isn't value in a $1,200 colander. It's great advice. I hope that kind of colander never finds me. Oh it's coming for you. It's coming. Eventually. It stays like this, I'm glad my wife doesn't listen to ZM. ZM's Bree and Clint podcast. Time for a birthday banger.

Bree and Clint's birthday banger. All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger. Let's do it. Number one songs when you turn 16. That's what we do here at Birthday Banger. And we'll do three and play one. Brooke is going first. Hi Brooke. Hi Brooke. Hello. What's been the best thing to happen to you today Brooke? I just picked up some burgers from the fish and chip shop and I'm heading home.

Yes. I'm heading home. Yes! I'm so jealous, Brooke. Fish burger, chicken burger, beef burger. A chicken supreme burger and a crumbed fish burger. And how much chips? No tibbies, we've got broccoli chips at home. Oh, very responsible, Brooke. Got on you, Brooke.

Very responsible. And then you can eat guilt free. Yeah totally. Well done. Hey what is your birthday mate? The 4th of January 1996. Alright that means you were 16 in 2012 Brooke. And we've done the calculations.

Here's your birthday bag. That's what Brooke's having tonight. Coldplay Paradise. What do you reckon Brooke? That song used to make me cry. Yeah. Good, good reason, bad reason. A bit of both.

Memories or just an emotional song? Just an emotional song I reckon. Yeah, right, okay. It is. I quite like it as an option, it's not the usual thing we'd play for birthday banger. I quite like it too. Let's do Max's birthday banger. G'day Max. G'day Max. Hey guys, how you going? Good thanks, what's the best thing that's happened to you today Max? Oh I went out to a primary school and hung out with some kids, that was pretty good. In an official capacity?

Yeah, do you want to clarify? Do we need to call the police? All above board, definitely official capacity. Okay good, so you didn't just... It's just as men max, we need to give some qualifying criteria anytime we are around a primary school, you know? Not gonna lie when you said it, Absolutely. And alarm bells will go over me. But I'm glad you're in there at an official capacity, Max. That's good to hear.

Hey, what is your birthday, mate? At 9th of October, 1995. All right, that means you were 16 in 2011. And back in 2011, this was number one. ["We're Fallin' In Love All The Time"] Not at a primary school. 2011 this was number one. Not at a primary school. Just kidding Max. Um, it's a banger. It's a, actually it's a ripper of a birthday banger.

It is a good one. Max, what do you think? Yeah, it goes good guys. Not gonna lie. Goes good, goes good. Okay, wait there Max. Max also rhymes with, or is very similar to what he will be going to. Max security.

Maximum. Yeah. Stop it, he was there in it for superpessity. No, he's a sweetheart, he's a sweetheart. Hayley is gonna do her husband Liam's birthday banger. Hayley, what has Liam done to deserve you doing his birthday banger and not your own? I've already done mine.

It was a bit average and he won't ring in himself. Do you remember what you got, Hayley? It was Cascada, but not her Good Song of Things star. It was another one. Oh. What? You got off-brand Cascada? Yeah.

You didn't get Every Time We Touch? No, it was another one. Wait, their other one is also a banger. But not as much, not as much. Not as much, but still an absolute banger. I'm going to say it was Evacuate the Dance Floor. Yes, that was it. What? Oh wait, oh.

What are you talking about, Haley? You don't like Evacuate the Dance Floor? Not at all. We don't judge on this show, but I'm starting to. I'm judging. This is a stone cold banger in our eyes. We know that. Yeah.

Okay, well let's see if you like your hubby's birthday banger instead. What's his date of birth? It's the 26th this was number one. We don't want our taste to overshadow yours. Yeah I want to hear Hayley's opinion. What's your opinion of Britney give me more Hayley? Don't mind a bit of Britney. Okay thank God. Thank God. But that song specifically because you didn't mind a bit of Cascada but you didn't like Evacuate the Dance Floor. Yeah it's very true I like that Britney song. Okay good. See.

It's very Liam as well isn't it. She came back around. It's very Liam. If I know Liam, he's always like, give me more! And Hayley's like, not tonight. Not tonight, I've had enough. I've got my flannelette jammies on. Hayley laughing, being like, how do they know? Right. Oh, good round.

Kelvin Harris, Coldplay, Brittany. Yeah, three bangers. I want Brooke to cry because you know emotion I like raw emotion on this show so I'm gonna vote for Coldplay I can't go past Britney Spears give me more okay Claudia Claudia winner oh no split vote you have to decide this one's hard You have to decide. This one's hard. Give me, give me.

I think I want Coldplay. I'm gonna choose my Barra. From the start I was like, it has to be. Brooke. No way. Did they give you paper towels with your burgers? No. Oh no.

Gutted. It's not all coming up Brooke today then. Nah, it'll be a happy cry. You've just won birthday bagger. Congratulations. Thanks guys. You have a ripper night Brooke thank you guys from the year 2012 here's a Coldplay birthday banger on ZM

ZM's Brinklin birthday banger for Brooke today Coldplay Paradise 2012 a mixed response on the text machine however one of my favorite texts in a long time is this it says guys this takes me back to year nine in high school making a video about littering I feel that I feel that guys don't litter so we can live in para Para This is where you're meant to pay a snippet of the one I'm on Oh yeah sorry Um It's Britney bitch

Oh let's go I see you What could have been What could have been What a bangin from Britney Spears, what a comeback. Next on the show, Kiwi comedy icon Josh Thompson from The Project in 7 Days joins us in studio. Can Josh Thompson get a high year this afternoon? No one as far as comedians, no one has got one yet. Can he be the first?

So far the only person in history of this game to get a high year is you is that I think so I've never succeeded David Koryos couldn't succeed Tony Lyle couldn't do it can Josh Thompson get a high year we'll find out next their names Brian Clint our next guest is performing in the New Zealand International international you'll nearly performing in the New Zealand International, International, Leel? Is it the Comedy Festival? Yes.

You'll know him from Seven Days and the Project. Please welcome to the show Josh Thompson. Hey, it's me, hello, hello. There he is. Thank you. Thank you, crowded people. You're welcome. Wow.

Thanks for taking this interview. We know that you're a big, big star now. You're doing TV shows in Australia Big big deal. You're premium comedian. I'll allow this interview. I'll allow it. Thank you. The show is called old mates Yes, are you now in the? Realm of old mate. I feel like I'm in how old are you deep in there? I'm 43 or 44 Yeah, you know you're not sure I haven't thought about that before god god Three or four. He's at the age where you forget. You know, you're not sure.

I haven't thought about that before. God, God. I like to gauge it, Josh. I like to gauge people's age on whether or not they've had their first fall. Not that they've fallen over, because we all fall over from time to time. But it's that pinnacle point where you have your first fall. Yeah. I've fallen over so much, so, so much during various states of soberness and not soberness. But I think probably the most jarring fall I've had was one that wasn't much of a fall.

I kind of stepped backwards slightly awkwardly and I made a big sort of, whoo, that was when I was like, ooh. If it takes time to recover, it's a fall. Yeah. You haven't to recover it's a fall yeah I haven't fallen it's a fall I had to sit down for a bit yeah it sounds like a fall yeah it was a bit of a fall being an old mate as relative though it's all about who you associate with I mean here at ZM we have producer on the show who's 23 and Bri and I are probably the oldest people she's ever met apart from her own. She only read about us in books until she started working here.

In books? Yeah. Geez. Encyclopedias. Yeah, my kids the other day found an old phone and picked it up and went, look at us, ha ha ha ha. And we're like holding it the wrong way around.

They were like, ha ha, look how funny we look. We're from the past. Yeah, yeah, it was really hit me quite hard. We've got a challenge for you, Josh Thompson. Are you up for this? Are you, please? Okay. It's a phone, it's a phone.

It's calling someone. Can I get a hoia? Can I get a hoia? Ah! Josh, welcome to Can I Get a Hoia? Hoia! We're gonna call a random phone number and all you'll be able to say is can I get a

Nothing else. I can't say anything else You can say can I get a multiple times? They are the rules but nothing else and you're looking for a higher off the back of it from them I'm right. I'm trying to evoke a high so okay cool. So okay, it's all about how you say it Do you want some examples of how other comedians have gone? Oh god, please please. Here's David Correos calling Burger King for a high year. David Correos calling Burger King customer care, speaking with the pressure.

Can I get a... Another fail. And here's Tony Lyle calling News Talk ZB for a high year. Libby, hi, did you want to speak to Matt and Tyler? Can I get a... Sorry? Can I get a... Public?

Yeah, not for the yelling at it. I was... And he's gone. Oh no! Oh my god, that was so physically ill-inducing. Hearing him panting and then gasping. He was real nervous. Really gave it a lot.

He was panicked. So today, because you, Josh Thompson, are a self-confessed old mate, you will be calling Edmund Hillary Retirement Village for a high year. I reckon they're up for it. Good luck, good luck. Sorry, Sir Edmund Hillary and his family.

Hehehe. Edmund Hillary Retirement Village, Dakota speaking. I'm probably quite busy. Can I get a? Hello? Can I get a? Can I get a? Can I get a? Oh my god! He can't fault the commitment.

I mean I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that.

I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that. I was probably going to say that. Oh my god! He can't fault the commitment! I mean that was a pretty straightforward question. Pretty rude from the Edmund and Hillary retirement village to be honest. Sir Edmund, Hillary and his family, I'm so sorry. Gutted for you mate, gutted. I'm really trying to knock the bastard off there, I'm so sorry. Even though he couldn't get a high year, you can still see him at the Q Theatre tonight,

all the way through to Saturday. He's performing in the International Comedy Festival. Josh Thompson. Shit. Mate, thanks so much. The commitment, so good. Where was Tenzing? Yeah.

Ha ha ha. That Ames, Bri and Clint podcast. A study has revealed how much it would take as a percentage of a pay rise for people to stick their current job and switch. I don't know how loyal people are to their jobs, especially these days. I don't think you should be particularly loyal to your job. Depends how well they treat you, I think. Yeah, definitely.

Yeah. It's not always down to money, is it? No, I don't think so. I think a big part of it is down to money, but I think also it just as big a part is down to how happy you are. How happy you are, how accommodating your boss is. How appreciated you feel.

Yeah, totally. Well, according to this new survey, 61% of Kiwis would leave their current job for more money. They definitely would. Yeah. Times are tough. The most common pay rise amount that would make people leave. I swung for the fences, didn't I?

Nah, not really. Well, kind of. I said 20. You said 20 grand. 20 grand. Yeah. The most common pay rise that would either make people leave or make them happy to stay is 20%.

Okay. So, if you earn, that's 20 grand if you earn $100,000. $100,000. But if you earn $50,000, it's 10 grand. That's a good pay rise. It's a really good pay rise. That's an amazing pay rise. If you earn 65 grand, it's $13,000.

Very good as well. So yeah the other thing that influences people's decision according to this is not things like work perks and things like that it's job security at the moment. Yeah. Because shit is so wild out there. If you, I guess to change jobs you're taking a risk. So if you go yeah I only make 65 at this job and I could make 78 at that job. But I know that I'm safe here and I have the job security. Yeah but I've had this job for five years and I know that I'll keep this job whereas the other one is- I can do the job, people like me here. Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense.

But 20%? 20%? If you were going in to talk to your boss anytime soon and he's like, what's it going to take? 20%. If you are going in to talk to your boss anytime soon, and he's like, what's it going to take? 20%. 20%. It doesn't hurt to start with that, you know, because what are they going to go? They're going to go, we can't do that. Well, in... And you go, OK, 19%.

But if you are a good negotiator, if you want 20%, you should go in at 30%. That's what I've learnt along the way. Yeah, no, no, you're right. I don't know what kind of workplace at the moment could offer anybody a 20% pay rise, no matter what they were earning, but... Yeah, you're right. Swing for the fences. Yes. I mean, what are they going to say?

Hey, all we can offer you is 20 and you go, done! Or they might go, yeah, look, it's not working out. You can just go actually yeah we're good actually we're good we're good. Are you sure? We don't hire crazy people you're good. Okay. Play ZM's Brian Clint on Insta Facebook TikTok and live weekdays from 3 on ZM.