ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 22nd November 2021

Episode Date: November 22, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network Hello everybody, welcome to the Brie and Clint podcast. We're in our part of the world today. We found out when we're coming out of lockdown. Yeah, well kind of. Yeah, well, yeah, yeah we did. We're coming out of lockdown next Thursday. Yeah, but we're going into the traffic light system,

so it's not really. Yeah, but you know the traffic light system is forever, eh? Like, the traffic light system is forever. There's no more lockdowns, but we will live in a traffic light system. Yeah, but it can't be forever. Green light, the lowest of the levels, is basically normal, is what you would class as normal. Yeah, but it won't be forever. Like, eventually it'll move into, green light the lowest of the levels is basically normal is what you would class as normal yeah but

it won't be forever like eventually oh i see what you mean it'll move into yeah away from all of this all together yeah eventually we'll forget we're in a like a traffic light yeah when it's just been green forever i just want to be orange you want orange yeah what happens at orange no one understands how this works rnv oh you're, you're going to have a festival at Orange. Well, Gisborne needs to be in Orange, and it's not going to be in Orange by R&V. Yeah. What colour do they open the international border?

Oh, I think that's separate. Yeah, that's a separate thing. Is that a different thing? That's a separate thing because you've got the bubbles. And then you also have, like, the rules of where you're going as well. Yeah. And there's also the difference in passports for that too so it's a whole different that's a whole different can of fish mate kettle of fish we talk

about this on the show today actually it's kettle of fish it should be can it's can of worms yeah ah that's cool so we talk about this too No one likes the guy who corrects people No one likes that guy Nah no one likes that person But then But you would have kept saying Can of fish for ages So

No but it's endearing Yeah Can of fish No different kettle of chips No those are kettle chips You're doing it again She's just Well she's doing it just to piss me off

Well okay A whole different bag of chips Well we don't know what's going on with lockdown, but we found out that Ben and I can go get a haircut, which is... That's good. See, my thing is my normal barber doesn't take bookings, but I'm assuming they will now.

They have to, yeah. You have to have your passport. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I'll text him. Is there anything good they can do with all of this hair that we've grown over the last three months? Like, it's not long enough that they can No no no not what we can do

No that the barbers can do with it Like all this resource that's getting shaved off our heads Do you know how long it has to be For them to be able to do anything for us No I know that's what I mean It has to be like literally down I think it's 15 centimetres minimum I think even scraping through

Can't they make like a man's wig out of my hair Like a netter sock No not like that Or some kind of Eco home insulation Does anyone want their house insulated with human hair That makes me feel sick There's going to be just buckets of this stuff

Shaper jackets Hair down Human down That's a great idea of the stuff shape up jackets hair down human down great idea actually we could be onto something yeah I don't know that's cool man you know what the big news is

orange sorry red on was it what date was it the 3rd was it oh yeah well technically it's the 3rd, right? Big day on the 4th. Why? Cindy's, it's crate day. Oh.

Do you reckon she's done that on purpose? Has crate day made it to Australia yet? No. Do you have crates in Australia? No. You can't buy crates of beer. We've got cartons. Just boxes.

Oh, yeah. No, like, your boxes are real small compared to ours How big's your box? Way bigger Way bigger than your guys So you reckon they're moving it Just in time for Crack Day I reckon Clark was like Jacinda, love you heaps, can't wait to get married

But I reckon that'd be a reason for them not to do it Keep people locked down To after crate day That's what I genuinely thought You know what I'm going to On the 4th But you can still wear Bubbles of the tree

A traffic light party Are you For crate day No well Yeah It'll be after crate day And it'll be like A traffic light party

What colour are you wearing Orange What does that mean In a traffic light party It means you're Complicated It's complicated But you're complicated. It's complicated.

But you're open to seeing things. Seeing someone but not. Are you? Oh, you don't have to tell us. No, I just. Anastasia's just wearing orange because she's complicated in general. Yeah. Not because she's in a relationship. And also I'm not very good in green.

Oh, right. It's more of a fashion-based choice. Yeah. There's the truth about it. You don't like the color green? I love wearing the color green. Oh, right. It's more of a fashion-based choice. Yeah. There's the truth about it. You don't like the color green? I love wearing the color green. No, I just don't have any cool green tops. You think you look better in orange than green.

Yeah, that's actually a pretty fair point. I feel like you'd be one of the only people to say that. Yeah, I might just go red just for the lols. Yeah. Go red because then everybody loves a challenge. Yeah. So play hard to get. And wear a wedding ring

that's so true clint and also it's a good conversation starter if they're like yeah yeah you'll get to know what that sort of guy they are too worst conversation starter it is literally a roadblock conversation starter for anyone single to come and talk well maybe another read my nah i get it now make it work for anastasia. You're worth it. Don't give it up for anybody, okay? Thanks, guys. Red. I won't. Red, red, red.

All right. Who wants to take us out today? Brie, why don't you take us out? Catch a... Oh. Hey, Google. What's the time? It's 3pm, give or take a minute. Alexa, play ZM on iHeartRadio.

Playing ZM on iHeartRadio. Hey Siri, when are Brie and Clint on? Brie and Clint are on air in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Tala wa lava everybody and welcome to the show. It's Brie and Clint on a Monday. Is it four weeks to Christmas? Wait, so what are we now? What day?

November 22nd. Yeah, about four weeks. About four weeks, aye. In a couple of days. Yee-haw. I've pretty much nearly done all my Christmas shopping. Have you? Well, I'm not going to be able to see my family this Christmas again

for the second time in a row. Yeah. So I, and this is the, I mean, glass half full, I've just sent the presents straight to my family's house and then gotten certain people to wrap the presents that aren't for them. Oh, right. So you've addressed mums to dads, dads to mum.

Yeah, because then if I get them sent here to New Zealand and then I have to send them back to Australia, they'd get them in like 2028. I should get into that. I hate wrapping presents. No, but, no, you can't. What if I send, like, what if I send mum her Christmas present,

and I also go on like witcalls.co.nz and ship her some wrapping paper, and then she can wrap her present. No, but you'll be seeing her. Because she does better wrapping than me. You'll be seeing her. Yeah, so I'll send it to her early, and I'll say wrap her and bring it to Christmas.

No wonder you're not going to be invited to Christmas this year. Well, there is a Christmas tree in the corner, actually, that says the 12 days of Fletchmas, which currently has two presents under it. Is that a life hack? Do we just get into those presents? Oh, my God. I dare you to open one of them.

I dare you to open one of Fletch's presents. You want me to? Oh, he's quite scary when he's angry. Hold on, wait. Let me just go look. Give it a shake. Go on, give it a shake. Give it a shake. No one knock on us, by the way. No one. No one. Oh, yeah,

you got the big one. That one says number two on it. There's a real little one, though. Yeah. Look. Oh, that's so a gift card. That is a gift card. That's gift card size. Or it's cash. Nah, it's a gift card. Gift card? Yeah. Or a face mask. Yeah, don't open that one. You hate gift card. That is a gift card. That's gift card size. Nah, it's a gift card. Gift card? Yeah. Or a face mask. Yeah, don't open that one. You hate gift cards.

I'll open this one. What if I can just peek in there? You're giving Ben conniptions right now. He's not happy about this. Are you scared, Ben? Are you scared of producer Anya? Oh, I thought there was going to be a picture on there so I could just see what it was and not have to.

Oh, you can definitely tell I've tried to open it. I'm just going to put this back. We're all family here, though. No one tell anybody. No one tell anybody. And guys, that was complete acting from us. Yeah, that was fake. That was completely fake.

Definitely didn't try. We would never open the 12 Days of Fletchmas. No, no, no, no, no. Let's start the show with 50 bucks. Thanks to KFC. If you'd like to play, 0800 DIAL ZM right now. Sure, the tradies have crack-cracked the hundy mark before the ladies, but there's still time for the ladies to take out the whole year.

So give us a call now if you want to play. Come on, guys. Let's do it. Kick it off for a Monday. Here's Taylor Swift in All Too Well. Not the really long one. The normal length one. Oh, yeah.

So we've, wait, how long's the normal length? Eight minutes? Nah, five. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. Tradie versus Lady. I mean, if you listen to it after a divorce over the weekend, God, I'd love to hear from you this afternoon.

I would love to hear from people who did that. Yeah, have you used the Adele album as divorce therapy yet? It'd be quite good therapy. Yeah. Have you used the Adele album as divorce therapy yet? It'd be quite good therapy, yeah. Yeah. Because you could relate. Let's talk about that later in the show. I think that's quite a good topic.

Right now, though, let's do tradie versus lady. The tradie's sitting on 101. The lady's sitting at 93. She's got a good ring to it, 101, doesn't it? Dalmatians. Oh, yeah, there it is. Let's meet our lady first. She's from Taihapere.

She's 26, and she's a bloody great cake baker. Welcome to the show, Nicole. G'day, Nicole. What's the weirdest cake you've ever made? I don't know if I'm allowed to say it on air. Was it a big donger cake? Make it so it's like, you know, in code. I really want to know what it is now.

Was it a body part cake? Yes, it was a very rude body part. Male or female? Yeah, male or female? A male. Ah, the nipples. Absolutely free. Yeah, that's it.

Yeah, got it. Okay, Nicole, you're going head to head with our tradie today from the dirty south in your mouth. He's 27. He enjoys. Yeah, got it. Okay, Nicole, you're going head to head with our tradie today from the Dirty South. In your mouth. He's 27. He enjoys a beer after a long day at work. Oh, he doesn't. Don't we all? Welcome to the show.

Who doesn't? Khan. G'day, Khan. How we going, guys? Good, mate. What's your beer of choice at the moment after a long, hard day's work? Pride of the South, mate. It'll be a spades, doesn't it?

Yeah, get that into you. Does Invercargill not have its own beer? Does it have to piggyback Otago's beer? Honestly, mate, I wouldn't know as long as it's fizzy and cold, mate. It's good. Yeah, good to go. Yeah, absolutely.

As long as it's not mid-strength, I'm keen. Okay, guys, Khan, your buzzer is tradie. Nicole, yours is lady. First of three correct answers is going to win $50 cash. Thanks to our mates at KFC. Good luck, guys. All buzzer is tradie. Nicole, yours is lady. First to three correct answers is going to win $50 cash. Thanks to our mates at KFC. Good luck, guys. All right, here we go.

Question number one. What does the WWW stand for in a website browser? Tradie. Lady. World Wide Web. World Wide Web is correct. One to the tradies. Question number two.

What is the common name for dried plums? Tradie. Yes, Khan. Prunes. Prunes is correct. Two to the tradies. None to the ladies. You need this one, Nicole, to stop him, okay? Yeah. Just buzz in and give it a crack. Question number three. In metres, how long is an Olympic swimming pool? Lady. Yes, Nicole?

100 metres. It's not. Is that how long the Taihape Olympic pool is, Nicole? Yeah, I'll swim that in no trouble. Yeah, right, right, right. Nicole. Do you want to give Khan a guess or do we move on to that one? I feel like it's getting too, we can't have it decided on that one.

It's 50 metres. Yeah. Question number four. Aunty Cindy is giving the big lockdown update at 4pm today. What alert level is Auckland currently in? Pretty. Yes, Khan. Three.

We'll take three. You have to take three No one knows the decimal point Technically 3.2 3.2 Get out of it Nicole And to be honest Who bloody knows

Who knows at this stage eh Hey you guys are both great But can you walk away with the 50 bucks Congratulations Cheers mate That'll be a big bottle tonight Go buy yourself a cart Hey, you guys are both great, but Khan, you walk away with the 50 bucks. Congratulations. Cheers, mate. That'll be a big bottle tonight. Go buy yourself a carton of good old spates, eh? It's Monday.

Now to the home. Bree and Clint. I wanted to, you know how we cover all the big, you know, hot topic, big debates on this show? I found this one and it's probably the biggest one of the year, I'd say. And it's blown up online. People are furiously in the debate about the correct way to say a certain phrase. Oh, I like these. Now, you've probably heard of the saying,

and you're going to know which way I say it from the way I say it right now. Yes. Play it by ear. Yeah, that's the saying. You've heard the saying? And you're saying it correctly. Play it by ear. E-A-R is what you're saying?

E-A-R. Yeah, that is undeniably the correct way to say play it by ear. So the debate has blown up because people, a certain group of people are saying that's not the saying. Some people are saying, do you want to hear the different ones people think it is? A-I-R, surely. Yeah, play it by ear. Yeah, play it by ear.

Yeah. Play it by ear. Which is wrong. I think that's wrong. And some other people are saying it's play it by year. Okay. As in taking life one year at a time. No.

Sorry, you get the double one on that one. Play it by year. Play it by year. Play it by year. What are people doing? There's a problem with accents and it goes through culture and it dips and changes.

I can understand why you might think it's play it by ear. Yeah. Because play it by ear, it's up in the air, but it's not. It's play it by ear as if you're making up the music

as you go along. Yeah. Do you know- And that's where it comes from. Yeah. So I looked into where it comes from to double check and it's play it by ear which has roots in the 16th century.

That's where the phrase comes from, about people, yeah, who could listen to the music and then kind of play along with it. And then obviously, you know, that kind of translates into, we'll just see what happens. We'll just kind of go with it. Yeah. Play it by ear. Once you know, you know.

Once you know, you know. I, look, I'm going to put my hand up and say, I have said something wrong for a long, long time, probably about only five years ago. I learnt the correct term for, what's the stuff that's in your eyes? Sleep. Yeah, for about 25 years, I called that sleep.

And I will say. Like what happens on the roads. I can understand why you would say sleet. You know, like sleet falls, it's kind of like snow. Crusty stuff that forms on the roads. I can understand that. My mum told me it was sleet and I went around saying sleet for years. Yeah, right.

Do you have any that you've been like, oh, my God, I was this many years old? I'm in the process of deprogramming myself from saying Yeah, right. Do you have any that you've been like, oh my God, I was this many years old? I'm in the process of deprogramming myself from saying potato, potato. Because, and I know everybody says potato, potato. No one says potato. It's tomato, tomato. Not potato, potato.

True. Some people say tomato. Some people say tomato. Everybody says potato. Nobody says potato. Who is saying potato? Yeah. And if you know someone like that,

dob them in right now on the text machine. But I think everybody does it. I think you are potato, potato. But there's no such thing as a potato. No. No. Well, I've never seen one. What about the producers?

You guys had been saying anything wrong? Just like you, Bree, my mum was to blame. I only found out a year ago that it's common sense, not my mum called it commas and senses. So I used to always just say like, oh, commas and senses. Yeah, I need to use my commas and senses. Like my senses and my commas. I really wish you'd never had used your common sense

and found that out. Yeah. I only just found out about that ear thing too. I thought it was leaving it up in the air. Oh, so you thought it was played by ear? Yeah. That would have been... That would have been... I only just found out about that ear thing too. I thought it was leaving it up in the air, like... Oh, so you thought it was played by ear. AIR. Yeah, AIR. There you go.

Anastasia asked me to cut her a slither of cake the other day, as in what a snake does. She goes, oh, yeah, I'll have a slither. Wait, is that not right? No, it's slither. Slither. Slither, not slither. Slither is what a snake does.

Oh, potato, potato. Let's get them in. Let's get everybody to dog themselves in. 0800 dials at M. What have you been saying wrong forever? Yeah, what did you find out? And you were like, oh, my God, that's blown my mind. 0800 dials at M.

Or you can text us on 9696. What did you think was something, but it's totally something different? Bree and Clint. Right now it's a safe space. We're all admitting to things that we thought were said a certain way, but turns out we'd been saying them wrong for a long, long time. And thanks to all the people who didn't correct

us, by the way, and just let us look like big dum-dums. Like idiots. You're not a good friend. Although no one wants to be the grammar police, do they? Yeah, it's very unattractive quality when someone's like it's pronounced um actually darling i think you'll find you're saying it's wrong oh my god shut up i had a conversation with one of my friends um from adelaide in australia and i think it might be an adelaide thing um or a south australian thing and they say so how do you say like first, second, third, fourth, fifth?

Sixth. Sixth. Yeah. They say sixth. Sixth. Sixth. Sixth. Yeah.

Like S-I-T-H. Sixth. S-I-C-H. Not sixth, which is correct. Sixth. Suckth. Suckth. That hurts to say.

Yeah. Interesting. I was like, what are you saying interesting I was like What are you saying? I was like Are you sneezing? Or what? She's just Suckth

This gives a rebel Only one who would admit What they didn't know Jack's here G'day Jack G'day Jack Hey guys Long time listener

First time caller Welcome aboard Lovely to have you On the show Jack Good to have you Jack And you're being Very vulnerable with us So tell us

What were you saying Like a big dummy? I used to think It was the ghost is clear. I love that. So I'm 25 and when I was about 23, I found that out and that was pretty embarrassing. It took you until 23 to find out.

That's amazing. Wow. Do you remember the moment you finally found out? I think it was watching some movie and I had subtitles on and then I'm like, oh, are you kidding me? The subtitles, of course. If it makes you feel better, Jack, you were 23.

My dad was 55 when he found out it was Darth Vader and not Garth Vader, so... Yeah, not good. And technically, for Jack, technically that could be a saying as well. The ghost is clear. Yeah, if you. And technically, for Jack, technically that could be a saying as well. The ghost is clear. Yeah. If you're in a haunted house.

No, it's a different thing. Yeah, yeah. The ghost is clear. Yeah, right. Haunted house or something. Actually, yeah, whatever it takes. Yeah, yeah, Jack, you're fine. That was totally fine.

This person wants to be anonymous. Hi, anonymous. Hi, anonymous. Hi. Tell us, who's the person? Was it you or someone else that was saying something wrong? It was my husband. So he was telling me that he was feeling sick,

so he didn't want to go to work, and he had a mind grain. And I was like, what the hell's a mind grain? And he goes, I realise he means a migraine, and he's been telling his bosses for years that he has a mind grain. Yeah, his bosses were probably like, oh, that migraine must be real bad. He's forgotten the name of what it's even called. He split it into two words. Mind grain. Yeah, his bosses were probably like, oh, that migraine must be real bad. He's forgotten the name of what it's even called. He split it into two words. Mind grain.

Yeah, right. Oh, God. Do you take great pleasure in correcting him, Anonymous? Yeah, for sure. Yeah, good. Oh, no. Put that on top of your mind grain. That'll make you feel better.

Dom's here. Hey, Dom. G'day, Dom. Hey, guys. How are you? Good, thank you. Was it you, mate, that was saying something wrong this whole time? It wasn't me.

It was my friend taught their kid to say something the wrong way, like the whole time they were growing up, and then now he's 13 or 14, and all his friends are like, hey, that's not how you say it. Wait, did he intentionally teach him the wrong thing? Yeah. Okay, what's the thing? So he thought you say guacamole

instead of guacamole. I knew that was going to be... I've seen parents doing this. Yeah, I've seen this. And I'm a thousand percent going to do it to my children. Yeah. That poor kid.

The other kids will be going, what are you saying? You're like, what? Yeah. It's just amazing. It's just the right amount of bullying, eh? Yeah, just, it's funny.

You know? Thanks, Dom. That's good, man. We'll do one more from Mel. G'day, Mel. Hi, Mel. Hello. Hello.

Tell us, was it you that was saying something wrong the whole time? It was, sadly. It's so embarrassing. Oh, no. What is it, Mel? Safe space here. I thought it was making Ian's meat. Like, the guy called Ian, and he needed to make meat.

Ian as in the man, I-A-N. Yeah. I'm trying hard to make Ian's meat. Now, people really struggle to make Ian's meat, and I was thinking, who is this guy Ian? And then I read it written down, and I went, what's this? Did you imagine everyone close to you would have been like, who's this guy Ian?

She's been dating for so long. To be fair to you though, Mel, to make Ian's meat doesn't make any more sense than making Ian's meat. You know, it's still a stupid saying. I don't think so either. No, yeah, yeah. I'm going to stick with Ian's meat. Yeah, me too.

I'm going to stick with Ian's meat as well. Yeah, you know what, Mel? I'm on board too. We're at Ian's Meat's show. For Ian Clint. Time for the to stick with Ian's meat as well. Yeah, you know what, Mel? I'm on board too. We're at Ian's meat show. Brianne Clint. Time for the latest. From iHeartRadio, this is the latest live from LA with Zee McCarthy. Big story out about Adele today.

Obviously, everything Adele. Tell us more, Dean. Guys, huge story. It's making international headlines, actually. An Australian journalist for Channel 7 actually was flown over to London, right, to interview Adele. Now, this is a really big deal.

For everyone, if you're driving home, let me tell you, this is a really big deal to get one of those spots where you sit down with Adele in the launch of her album week. Like, major. Anyway, so he flew over there, cost a fortune. Probably the record label probably paid for him to go over.

I'm not sure. Probably. Anyway, towards the end of the interview, she must have had a feeling or a suspicion that he actually hadn't listened to the album because she asked him what did he think of the album, which is very unusual for the artist to actually turn around and ask that. And he said, oh, I haven't actually listened to it.

Now, there's two versions of how this played out. Apparently, one version is that she said, okay, that's enough and cancelled the rest of the interview. The second version is that that was actually at the end of the interview. But what I know is this. Channel 7 Australia spent about a billion bucks for the partnership, so they're doing this big Adele – I think they're airing the Adele-Oprah interview, and this was part of the deal was that they got one of the very rare spots this big Adele I think they're airing the Adele Oprah interview and this was part of the deal was that they got one of the very

rare spots to interview Adele, right? A million bucks. A million bucks it cost them and he forgot to listen to the album. And now they're not allowed to run the interview. Oh, it's too awkward. He said no. You would feel

funny. I am as well. It's offensive to Adele. It's so offensive to her to Yeah, I wouldn't know this. Yeah. Oh. You would feel funny. You guys wouldn't know this. I am as well. Yeah. It's offensive to Adele. It's so offensive to her to not have been prepared. The poor guy, Dean, because I did read this story and I was like, what an idiot. And I read the story about what happened and apparently it was like a 14-hour flight to obviously go over there.

Yeah. And the album hadn't been released yet. So people there. Yeah. And the album hadn't been released yet. So people are thinking, oh, the album, like, so the album hadn't been released. It was a couple of days before or whenever it was. So he'd been sent a link to his email that looked like something else and he said he must have just missed it in his email. Yeah.

But surely you would search it out. You'd go, I'm going into this interview. Like, Dean, you're a professional. You do this for a job. Would you sit down with Ryan Reynolds if you hadn't seen his new movie? Not in a million bloody years, especially an album. I actually have a wave of anxiety as I think about sitting down with Adele. What you would do is you would listen to her previous albums.

You'd know the whole track list. You'd actually, honestly, you'd have notes on each of the songs. Or you lie. Or you lie. It was fantastic. I just, there were so many great songs to pick from. I mean, they'll be able to tell that you're lying. It is your best work yet.

Honestly, this is triumphant. I receive Grammys in your future. That's all you've got to do. It's incredible. And you know what? This gives me such anxiety because I'm that person that misses emails in my email. And now I'm going to go back and check through every single email. There you know what? This gives me such anxiety because I'm that person that misses emails in my email, and now I'm going to go back and check

through every single email. There you go. That is the latest. Thanks to Liquid Self-Service Laundromats, you can wash and dry duvets for $8 and under an hour with our Hollywood correspondent, Dean McAfee, who always, always does the research before his interviews. Always. Prepared.

Thank you. Bree and Clint. Sorry, I've been told quite some shocking news in the break. I'm just trying to wrap my head around it. During the song, Clint, because we're about to talk about Mario Kart here, and Clint just drops the bombshell, I've never played Mario Kart. Nah. What?

I haven't. How have you never played Mario Kart, one of, if not the best Nintendo game of all time? Well, Brie, quite simply, we didn't have a Nintendo. We didn't have a Nintendo Wii. Yeah, but you're an adult. You could have bought one. I played, I had Crash Team Racing.

Isn't that just the PlayStation version? Get out of here with Crash Team Racing. I feel like I didn't need it. We had Crash Team Racing. Isn't that just the PlayStation version? Get out of here with Crash Team Racing. I feel like I didn't need it. We had Crash Team Racing for PlayStation. I can't even believe I'm going to talk to you about these statistics next. You're not even a worthy person to chat to. Well, you're passionate about it, and people are, so go on. People love Mario Kart.

It's one of the greatest games ever created, in my opinion. I'll take your word for it. Oh, my. I can't believe. I can't deal with you. It's up there with Crash Team Racing. It's like the time you said you hadn't watched what movie, was it? Oh, you hadn't seen Top Gun before.

Top what? Top Gun. You'd seen the other version, that version, but you hadn't watched the original. Top what? Anyway, there's a study that's been released by scientists where they've collated data about each Mario Kart character to finally figure it out and put it to bed. Who is the best Mario Kart character? Oh, can I guess?

You've never played. Yeah, but can I guess? Imagine if I get it. You won't, but go. Is it Mario? No. Can I have a second guess? Okay, one more guess. Is it Mario? No. Can I have a second guess? Okay, one more guess.

Is it the dinosaur? You don't even know the dinosaur's name. But is it the dinosaur? If you can tell me the dinosaur's name. Yoshi. No, it's not Yoshi. Damn it. Anyway, I don't know how many people spent all their time on this,

but it's a lot of data that they've collated to come up with who are the best Mario Kart characters to use if you want to win. Right. So for all the Mario Kart players out there, according to this study, it says the best chance of winning, you need to pick one of two players. Wario or Bowser? Bowser being the dinosaur. I'm just going to ignore you.

Help us out, mate. Help us out. Help us entry level, guys. Is Bowser the dinosaur? Is Yoshi a dinosaur? I think he is. Bowser's the big, angry, evil one. Got the shell on his back.

Anyway, apparently heavier characters may have poor acceleration, but they can reach a higher top speed, which is part of the data as to why they're the best. So really what they're saying is if you want to be a pro-level Mario Kart player, you should choose a player other than those two and show how good you really are, right? Well, I mean, if you really want to test your skills. You should pick an underdog.

You should get the mushroom. So they're saying, in theory, the heavier you are, the faster your car goes. But when I raced my dad at the Highlands go-karting track down near Wanaka, he kept saying his weight was the thing that made him lose against me. Good point, though. Who was heavier, though? You or your dad? You're lucky I can't swear on the radio. Was that a fat joke?

No, I was just asking the question. Just some stats. There you go. The results are Mushroom and Donkey Kong? Never again. Kia ora, this is Toby Mann. I'm the host of Gone By Lunchtime, a podcast for the spin-off podcast network all about politics and politicians. With me, Annabel Lee-Mather and Ben Thomas, careering wildly from the very serious to the very ridiculous.

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if you've got a vaccine passport. Yeah. And your barber asked to see your vaccine passport or your hairdresser. I just downloaded my vaccine passport. Very easy. Just go to the website. It is easy, eh? Yeah, you just gotta put in your driver's licence details and they send it

straight to you. You're a bit daunted by the idea of it. Like, oh, I don't know how to work the bloody thing and where does it go? But it's actually very easy. Very easy. Just Google vaccine passport. Okay, Christmas is coming, and what the hell are we getting our dads? Why are you stuck on

dad? What about mum? I don't know what I'm getting mum, but I know that I'll be able to get her something nice that I will enjoy giving her. Dad, and I feel like this is true for a lot of dads, dad gifting feels quite, not

transactional, but like, hey dad, here's your gift. And he's like, thank you, this is what I like. And it's very cut and dried. Yeah, so it should be easy, because you're like, there's dad, know what he likes. Gift card to Bunnings. Well, yeah, absolutely. But I've been in that rut for a long time

now, and I feel like this is the year to spice things up because my dad is not a gift card to Bunnings. He's just a little wallet of scratchies. That's what he likes. Boom. No. Give him that. I now have fallen into a system where I buy him

a little wallet of scratchies for Christmas, for his birthday and for Father's Day. Just change it up this year and buy him a pair of Calvin Klein's. He would hate it. He would love it. Can you imagine? He would hate it. His testicles will thank you. They'll be like, oh my god, this is like sleeping in a silk

hammock. I feel like men of that age, they know what they like and they like what they know. They don't want to change their underpants at that later life. Yeah, but that's because they've never had a pair of Calvin's. He don't know what he's missing. Well, that's good because I'm actually looking for suggestions on what to get Dad, my Dad, and by default, everybody's Dad.

What do we get Dad for Christmas? So what are you getting your Dad for Christmas? I'm getting my Dad a vintage vinyl record player. Oh, that's a good gift. To be honest, it's my mum and dad's gift because it ain't cheap. I was going to say, that's quite expensive. All of us kids are putting in for it because it's like, you know, something they'll have for a long time.

Do you know what's really good about that gift? Is all of his Christmases after this are sorted too because you can just get him records. Just get him vinyls, yeah. Oh, that is a great gift. Yeah. That is the Pandora bracelet of gifts for dads. But they need to like vinyls and they need to not already

have one. Yeah. Well, now if he's got one, buy him records. Yeah, true. Yeah. Okay, that's a good gift. Ben, what are you getting? Ben is notoriously a very good gifter. So I'm excited to know what you're getting Craig for Christmas. Yeah, my tricky thing is he could be listening. Yeah.

Well, tell him not to listen. Okay, dad, don't listen. Please don't listen. You've got five seconds. Stop listening. He's 100% still listening. Nah, he won't. He's good. I trust him.

I think I might get him a little golf multi-tool, a little gadget that has a bunch of things on it so he can mark his ball, he can do his divot. He loves golf. He can clean the club.

Nice and small. You can put it in your pocket. Dads who have got a hobby, much easier to buy for at Christmas. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Anastasia, what are you getting Marty for Christmas?

I'm so sorry. I just do the same thing every year. I might attend voucher. Yeah, see? He loves that. Do you want to spice it up though? Do you want to get him something a bit more exciting? No, because he doesn't like anything else.

Except like his hobby is fixing up stuff around the house. Buy him a water, what's it? A water pressure cleaner. Oh, he's already got all of that stuff. That's way too expensive. Whoa. Or go in with your siblings. He's already got an industrial.

Yeah, right. And then you buy, like me, my brother and my sister years ago decided that it was too hard for all of us to come up with something, so we pool our money together and get them something really awesome. Yeah. And they love it more instead of some crappy gift that they might not use. Oh, that's actually such a good idea. I reckon that's what you do. You say, alright siblings,

like Captain Planet, where you know where they all unite. By our powers combined. We will get the right present. Let's take some suggestions. Do you have your dad sorted for Christmas? What are we getting dads? What are good gift ideas to give dads this Christmas?

Motorised chilli bin. Yeah, that's good, but... And then you give him the remote and he can just drive it to wherever he is. But how much does a motorised chilli bin cost? Oh no, you improvise. And where do you get one from? Buy a remote control car from, you know,

Kmart and then whack a small chilli bin on top. Sounds sturdy. Christmas is coming and what the hell are we getting, Dad? Speaking of smoking, what about a vape? Dad might want to sit down and... Have a big old suck on the vape. You know.

Would your dad enjoy a vape? Absolutely not. What do you like? But, you know, it's interesting. My dad was a smoker. I was going to say, would he like the analogue vape? Back in the day, and he said to my mum, the day we find out you're pregnant, I give away cigarettes.

And he's never smoked one since. He did it. Did it straight away. Yeah, right. Yeah. Well, now it's a good... And I'm so glad that he did. Yeah.

Well, now you're all grown up. Now's a great time to get back into it. Maybe you buy him some darts for Christmas. Yeah, maybe the game darts and not actual darts. Let's get some inspo from the people. Bray's here. Merry Christmas, Bray. G'day, Bray.

G'day. What are we getting Dad this Christmas? Have you got any really good ideas? I'll be getting him a disc golf starter set. Frisbee golf disc golf starter pack. A disc golf starter pack? Yeah. Is that like frisbee golf?

Yeah. Yeah, right. Yeah, I've seen these things around. Is this a sport that your dad has expressed interest in or is it something you're going to try and get him to like? It's a sport that I dad has expressed interest in or is it something you're going to try and get him to like? It's a sport that I'm interested in and he is interested to give it

a go. Yeah, right. Okay. I see. So a little bit of a you present as well, Bray. Yeah, definitely. I see what you're doing. I see what you're doing. And if dad's not into it, oh, what if the set just ends up at Bray's house? That'd be okay too. If Dad's not into it, oh, what if the set just ends up at Brace House? That'd be okay too.

If Dad's not into that, maybe you could get your Dad an orienteering kit. What's an orienteering kit? You've never been orienteering? Is that the compass and the... Yeah. It's a great sport. Well, make sure your Dad is good with directions.

You don't want to get Dad lost in the bush for Christmas. You know what will help if you're not good with directions? Compass. Some orienteering. Brittany's here. Hi, Brittany. Hi, Brittany. What are we getting Dad for Christmas? I do experiences like a Ferrari experience or a jet plane experience. What? This is what my mum always gets for my dad and my brother. Brittany, have you heard of the Formula One one? No.

Yeah, you should look into that. So you go to like a warehouse and it's a replica Formula One car and it's like a video game but you sit in like a replica car and it's like really hard to drive. Like you're driving, well, it's not like you're driving a Formula One but kind of. Yeah. Wow.

I have to get off to Aussie, so I don't have to do Christmas this year. Is that what happens, Brittany? That means I don't have to get my family anything. Yeah, they buggered off, abandoned me, so. Fair enough. Tell him your gift's here in New Zealand if he wants it, he can come and get it. Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, right. Buy him a bottle of scotch, and then when he gets it, he'll say, not too late. It evaporated. Daryl's here. Hi, Daryl. Hi, Daryl. Hello, right. Buy him a bottle of scotch and then when he gets here, say, not too late. It evaporated. Daryl's here. Hi, Daryl. Hi, Daryl.

Hello, hello. Hello. You've got a really good idea on what we can get dads for Christmas. What is it? Yeah, every year I get my dad a player's replica top from one of his favorite sports teams. Every year. What do you mean by like a replica, like with their name on the back of it? No, I don't go that far.

He'll be a bit embarrassed by that. But I get him like his favourite NRL team is the Manly Sea Eagles. So I get him a Manly Sea Eagles top every year. How many Manly Sea Eagles tops have you given this man? About five or six. Hey, but they're changing all the time, right, Daryl? So you need to get the updated version. Okay, what is this year's jersey?

It's just the 2021 players' top. Yeah. I tell you what, great year to get him a Black Ferns 7s jersey. They won the gold medal at the Olympics. Maybe he wants to support the girls. Great year. Yeah, great year. I agree, I agree.

There you go. And also, next year, I've heard it is the Warriors' year. Apparently, it's always the Warriors' year. Well, that. I agree. I agree. There you go. And also, next year, I've heard it is the Warriors year. Apparently, it's always the Warriors year. Well, that's the thing. You never know. So you've got to buy the top just in case. I tell you what, it's pretty cheap to get the 2021 Warriors jersey too if you're looking to save some money this Christmas, Del.

I bet it is. I bet it is. There you go. There's some good ideas for Dad. Someone else just said, just get him a Barker's dress shirt. That's all he wants. Yeah. I feel like Dad's the easiest.

Are we overthinking it? Am I overthinking Dad for Christmas? You're overthinking it. It's easy. Dad's an easily pleased. Let's get him some scratches and a block of chocolate there. Buy him some tools. Oh, toolbox.

I love a toolbox. Let's play Guess That Voice. Right. Guess That Voice. Essentially a game where producer Anastasia plays us a celebrity secret voice and we have to guess it before the other one. Mm-hmm. And we're playing for people at home. Who have we got?

Mitch is here. G'day, Mitch. G'day, Mitch. G'day. Whose team would you like to be on, mine or Clint's? I'll be on yours, Bree. Excellent, Mitch, because we're going to bring home the W this afternoon That means Rial

You're on my team okay Amazing Amazing If I win it you get that KFC Perfect Perfect Anastasia's here Hi Anastasia

Hey guys This week's theme We'll give you a bit of it We haven't done this before We'll be doing male musicians and singers Alright That so that gives a pretty big clue if anyone guesses adele it's you are banned from this game okay okay cool and that's not one of them insurance not one of them i knew that that would be too obvious yeah good all right there you go let's hear celebrity number one could be affecting this ship a little bit. That's Eminem.

100% Eminem. How did you get that? You know what I'm saying? Because you don't owe me nothing. I've never got an interview. Well done. He's got a twang in his voice. I got it eventually. I would not have got it off that tiny little...

Could be affecting this ship a little bit. You know what I'm saying? That to me doesn't even sound like Eminem at the start. Sounds like him to me. I was trying to throw you off there but well done, Brie. Alright, guys, let's hear voice number two. I decided that I wanted to be fully tattooed

from my arms down. Brie! Clint! Clint! Justin Bieber! You're on fire! Well, he's talking about his tattoos as well. That's the bit where I got it and then I forgot what my buzzer was. I decided that I wanted to be fully tattooed from my arms down to my torso. I just really like expressing myself.

Where he says, I just, it sounds like Justin Bieber. Clint, you didn't forget your buzzer, you forgot your name. Yeah, that's embarrassing. Hey, that's all right. It happens to the best of us. All right, Breeze up with two points. Clint, you really need to get one here. Let's hear voice number three.

I can affect change and... Clint! All right, Bree's up with two points. Clint, you really need to get one here. Let's hear voice number three. I can affect change. Clint. You're crazy for this one. That's Jay-Z. Yes. It took a while, but yes, that's a point. Whomever in office, because this many people, we're all on the same page.

Hold. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Let's leave the voices to the celebrities. You're crazy for this one. Tell them, B. That is one of the worst impressions we've had on this show for a while. You got a point. Congrats, mate.

You got the point. Let's hear voice number four. Just open up. Free Harry Styles. She's done it. Yes. Kind of straight away. Doing that has definitely caused me to become much closer with, like, just people.

Mitch, I told you. He's a slow speaker, eh? I love his voice. Mitch, we got the W, mate. You got the KFC. Oh, cheers. Never doubted you. I know, mate.

We're going to the winner's circle. Sweet. Not my weight. I literally just got Jay-Z. Clint, can you give us some Jay-Z to end the game? Because he's right. Nah. This is a trap. Quick.

Let's leave before we get cancelled. Look, in life, there's just certain things you don't talk to your parents about. You don't want them to see. And it's just the way it is. Like, you know, you can have a very close relationship with your parents, but there's certain things you don't talk about,

you don't show them. It's just how it is. I think a lot of that is unspoken. Yeah, it's very unspoken. Everyone knows the rule. And I think they'd admit it too. They'd go, look, love you, want to know everything about you, but not everything.

But not that. Not that. A woman has fallen into the trap that is Google Photos. Google Photos is the new cloud, by the way. I'm on Google Photos. Yeah, well, you might need to listen up. Because this woman

was using Google Photos. She thought she was doing the right thing. We've actually got a clip of her talking about how Google Photos. She thought she was doing the right thing. We've actually got a clip of her talking about how Google Photos ended with her mum seeing a video of her and someone else that you wouldn't want your mum to see. This is a PSA for anybody who uses Google Photos or any photo app that has facial recognition. So Google Photos has this incredible thing where it recognises people's faces

and if you type in their name, it'll pull up every picture and video with their face in it. And then you can make an album of that person and share it with your friends and family. So Google made me a delightful little album of my son, and I shared it with my mom. So every time I upload a picture of him, it will notify my mother. So a little while back, I made a rated R video. And Google Photos picked up a very small picture of my son in the background on my friend and said, hey, that's a picture of Josh.

Let's send this video to Tara's mom. Oh my God. Who knew? I know the exact feature she's talking about. So facial recognitions obviously picked up a picture of her son from a photo.

Yeah, that's in the house somewhere. That's in the house somewhere. It's got both of them in it. Nana needs to see this. Oh my god. That facial recognition thing is so good by the way. Like it's picked up pictures of both of my daughters from the birthing

suite and it still recognises them now like Tui's two and a half. Yeah, it's creepy. It's crazy how accurate it is. So it's grabbed this. It hasn't been intelligent enough to go, hey, there's a naked man in this video as well. Let's not show this one to Nana.

Oh, that's... Yeah, and can you imagine Nana's like, oh, there's a new video of my grandson. I might just go pop in and watch this on Google Photos. Yep. Bow and chicka bow. That is not my grandson. That's how he was made.

That is definitely not my grandson. But he's a strapping young lad, isn't he? Yeah, the cloud is, the issue is it sucks everything out of your phone. Even if you do an accidental screenshot, it gets put into your cloud for the rest of eternity. So that's, yeah, they need to work on that. That's really unfortunate.

And that is something that I believe both of them will avoid over Christmas dinner this Christmas. Well, what do you do? Do you say something? As the mum or the daughter? Both. Like, what do you do at that point? You know she would have seen it.

Do you know she's seen it? And then she knows that you know that she knows that she's seen it. Yeah. So what do you do? If you know that she knows and she knows that you know, then you have to acknowledge it. Do you? If you both know that you both know. If it was me and my mum, we would just breeze over

and not talk about it. Really? Yeah. Really? Yeah, why not? You wouldn't just go, hey, about the video. Yeah, but what's there to say? About the video, what would you rate me? You know, what are you going to talk about? There's nothing to talk about. You just breeze over it and you keep going. Yeah, good point.

I guess you're right. I just want to go, I just want in that situation to go, hey, mum, about the video, and then her to go, don't worry, it's fine, don't worry about it we'll never mention it. And then it's acknowledged and then it's done and the air is clear. Why do you need to do that? You can just live in peace

where you just don't have to ever talk about it ever have that interaction with your mum I thought we could ask people this afternoon because you know not just the cloud but there's certain circumstances where things just happen and your parents end up seeing something or they find out something and I want to know from people.

Or they walk in on something. What did your parents find out or what did they see that you really wish they hadn't of? You can remain anonymous this afternoon. Give us a call, 0800DIALZ at M or you can text us on 9696. Maybe you were the parent as well. Yeah, maybe you found out or saw something. Bree and Clint.

I feel like anxious and just cringy reading some of these because I feel so bad for people because we're asking, what did your parents say that you really wish they hadn't of? This is a great topic because there's some stuff i wasn't expecting in here a nightmare like it just takes me back to that you know that just that real feeling of dread once you've realized yeah and you're like there's no way around i think especially if you haven't been like completely honest with your parents about who you are yet as well like there's some like oh i don't want you to find out like this.

I'll start it off with this text because this text, someone said, you know, my missus and I one time decided we would take pictures of her when she was naked with her fancy camera. She played up to it a bit and we had a laugh and then we forgot all about it. Anyway, we went to the zoo with our daughter a little bit after this, took lots of photos and I showed the mother-in-law when we got back. She scrolled through the photos from the start and got one too many photos in.

She promptly passed the camera back and said, I think you need to delete some photos from here. Yeah, see, that should be a separate memory card. If you're going to do that, that should be under lock and key. Yeah, but did the mother-in-law have to mention it? I wouldn't have. I wouldn't have. Wouldn't you?

Nah. Wouldn't you? Nah. I just pretend like I didn't see it. Don't you want them to be able to clear the memory card so it doesn't happen again though? I know, but I don't want to put myself in the position where they know that I've seen that. You don't want to be bad news beer.

Monique's here. Hi, Monique. Hi, Monique. Hi. What happened, Monique? What did your parents say that you really wish they hadn't of? Well, it was my mother-in-law, actually. So when me and my husband used to first date, I stayed over.

They weren't sure that they didn't know that I was there. Right. Oh, sneaky, sneaky. And she used to bring him in his morning coffee. Right. So I was face down, like asleep, but I was naked. Right. And the covers were like down to my lower back.

Okay. So she just walks on in, hands him his morning coffee. They must have had an exchange. I don't know what happened. And then she walked out. And then when I woke up, he was like, oh, mum just brought in my coffee. And I was like, oh, crap. I was like, did she see?

And he was like, yeah. The mum's like, it's an espresso. Yeah. Yeah. So when I got up, I had put my clothes back on. Yeah, obviously I had clothes on. And he was like, oh, it's good to see you've got clothes on today. But Monique, did you check to see how your bum looked?

Was it like in top form? Yeah. Yeah, they're not being all good. What's up with your boyfriend not going, oh, mum, please don't come in. I've got a naked stranger in here that you haven't met. He was too keen for his coffee. Yeah, right. Okay.

Let's talk to Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. Hi. Tell us, what did the parents say that you really wish they didn't? Let's just say mum and dad had installed security system, security cameras in the house. Oh, no.

While I was flatting, I was living away. And, yeah, they went on holiday. And obviously, you know what happened. Wait, so you went back to your parents' place. You didn't realise they'd installed the security cameras and you brought a friend home, did you? Yeah. Oh, anonymous of us.

What room of the house were you in when this happened? We were in the living room. Oh, no. Did your parents see it live? Like, did they see it while it was happening or did they get sent like a video of it the next day? They saw it live so much so that I declined five calls from her to my cell phone.

And I found out that they had the security system when she yelled over the answer phone of their landline, we can see you on the iPad. Dad and I are watching. Well, you know, if there's anything that will ruin the mood, I believe it will be that. That is a top-notch security system though. Yeah, I wonder how pixelated it was. Hopefully for anonymous' sake, it was quite pixelated. Finally, Amy, what did the parents say that you wish they didn't? Hi guys. Well, Amy, what did the parents say that you wish they didn't? Hi, guys.

Well, I had my boyfriend of about two weeks staying over, and I was still living at home. And anyway, he got up in the middle of the night, went to go to the toilet, and ended up in my parents' room completely naked and woke them up fighting with the curtains, trying to find out where the toilet was. Yeah, so anyway, he had to go to work early, so he got up, left for work, and my parents were like,

look, we're not going to say anything. We're just not going to mention this at all. See? Because my boyfriend and my dad worked together and actually also worked with my brother. Oh, no, it's even worse. Yeah, and so anyway, the next weekend, he got really, really drunk and told everyone at work.

Your dad did? No, no, my boyfriend. And we're still happily married after 21 years. Yeah, right. While he was naked fumbling around looking for the toilet, was he intoxicated at that stage? Yeah, he was. Yeah, right, okay.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was pretty embarrassing. That is the worst room ever to walk into when you're intoxicated and you're naked. And naked, yeah. Like, there's not much worse than that. No. You know? Well, hey, look, it was a bonding experience

for everyone concerned, it sounds like, Amy. Absolutely. Not too bad. And they still really like him, so, you know, it wasn't that bad. Yeah, right. Oh, God, your poor parents. It gives me anxiety.

Can you imagine they wake up and they're like, there's an intruder in here and he's got his pee-pee out. Bree and Clint. It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Bree and Clint's birthday banger. Right, if you're new here, this is where we take your guys' birthdays. You call through and then we figure out through our system

what was the number one song top in the charts on your 16th birthday and then we play our favourite one out of three. There's no system. Bree's memorised all the number one songs from the last 70 years. Yeah, I mean, look, I didn't want to big note myself. Yeah, I think you should. I think it's time to claim... People think it's a computer, but I am...

We just use that computer sound effect to keep Brie humble. The jig is up. Peter's here. G'day, Peter. G'day, Peter. How you going? Do you have a birthday that can stump Brie? That's what we need to find out.

I suspect not, but I'm going to give it a try. Go on, Pete. Give it a crack. What's your birthday? 4th of August, 1959. Oh, piece of cake, Peter. You were 16 in 1975. And on the 4th of August, your 16th birthday, Pete.

Do you remember this one? Oh, a bit of Bee Gees, Peter. Yeah. Oh, Pete, I'm obsessed with the Bee Gees. How do you feel about them? They're all right. They've got a few good songs. Is this, was this song on a Bluebird Chips ad?

I don't know. Was this song with the penguin, Peter? Does that ring a bell to you? The song with the penguin? Yeah, was it on a Bluebird's ad? Oh, I believe so. Yeah, right. Okay, Peter gets the Bee Gees.

Let's go to Brooke. G'day, Brooke. G'day, Brooke. Hey. Hey, how you going? Good, mate. How are you? How was your weekend? Not too bad.

I was pretty good, actually. Yeah, not too bad. I know. That'say, Brooke. Hey. Hey, how you going? Good, mate. How are you? How was your weekend? Not too bad. I was pretty good, actually. Yeah? Not too bad? No. That's good to hear. What's your birthday? Oh, well, actually, I heard that it is your birthday today. Is that right?

It is, yeah. I'm not going to miss this one, Brooke. So your birthday's today. Happy birthday, Brooke. Happy birthday. Thank you. What's the best gift you've got so far? I had lunch with my sister and my niece who turned one yesterday.

So that was quite nice. That's lovely. I love doing things like that. Like they're the birthday things that you can do. Did they buy you lunch at least? They did. It was quite nice actually. Oh, yeah.

Good from them. Good from them. All right. So what year, Brooke? 1991. All right. So you were 16 in 2007. So on this day in 2007, this had a number one hit.

Is this song from 2007? Yes. Whoa. I mean, not to make you feel old on your birthday or anything, Brooke, but 2007 was ages ago. It feels like a long time ago. Yeah. Do you like that? Timberland and One Republic, apologise.

It's okay, you know. I think I prefer the Bee Gees, to be honest. Yes, Brookey! That's what I like to hear, Brooke. You're all right with me, girl. All right, wait there, birthday girl. We'll do one more from Michelle. Hi, Michelle. Hi, Michelle.

Hiya, how are you? Good, mate. How are you? I'm great, girl. All right, wait there, birthday girl. We'll do one more from Michelle. Hi, Michelle. Hi, Michelle. Hiya, how are you? Good, mate. How are you? I'm great, thanks. That's good to hear, Michelle. Let's do your birthday banger. What's your birthday? 28th of October, 1982. All right, you were 16 in 1998, and on the 28th of October in the late 90s, this reached the top of the charts. Well, Michelle, you get prize Michelle in Ghetto Superstar. I'm glad it's not a boy band. Yeah, right, okay. It was a big time for boy bands in 98, wasn't it? 1998, yeah. It's either that or Craig David.

There's a strong chance you'd get a bit of that too. Okay, wait there, Michelle. We've got some deliberating to do. I really like that Ghetto Superstar song. So I'm going to vote Ghetto Superstar as the winner. BG's jive talking all day.

That BG song? Are you reckon that BG song? That song is a fantastic song. You reckon? Yep. Okay. Solid BG's fan. We'll never go. Okay. Solid Bee Gees fan.

We'll never go against him. Pick your judge, producer Ben or producer Anastasia. It's a split vote today. Well, I know Ben appreciates older music. Just pick one.

Don't be so tactical. But then Anastasia is not looking at me. So I'll go Ben. Ben, what's the winner of birthday banger today? You can choose One Republic, Ghetto Superstar,

or the Bee Gees Jive Talking. Well, Bree's right. I do love old music, just not that one. So I'm going to go Ghetto Superstar. There it is. Man, man. It's a travesty. I mean, Brooke wanted it.

It's her birthday today. Hey, Michelle, you just won Birthday Banger. Well done. Woo-hoo! See you, Michelle. It's her birthday today. Hey, Michelle, you just won birthday banger. Well done. Woo-hoo! See you, Michelle. She's happy. Speaking of big deal female artists, Adele. Sorry, excuse me.

Big deal artists. She's one of the biggest artists ever. Well, she's the biggest artist in the world right now. Adele, her big concert is on TV2 tonight. I can't wait to watch this. Obviously, it dropped last week and we've been waiting. Yeah. I'm super pumped to see it.

It's on TV2. Her album went on all streaming services last week. And she said to Spotify, which is the biggest streaming service, she said, if you want to host my album, you have to change something for me. And she has made Spotify remove the ability for you to shuffle an album. She wants her album played from start to finish in order. And so for them to host it, she said, we don't create albums with so much care and thought in our track listing for no reason.

Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended. So thank you Spotify for listening and removing the shuffle button. Spotify replied with, anything for you. Please just keep making more music

so we can make more money. You are literally the biggest thing on Spotify right now. Yeah. Whatever you want, we will do it. Well, I listened to the album Back to Front twice over the weekend, so I was giving a lot of streams. Back to Front?

Back to Front? Front to Back. Oh, right. Front to Back. Back to Front, she would have started divorced and then got remarried by the end of it. Yeah, it was a bit of a weird... Front to Back. Yeah. Top to Bottom. Top to Bottom? Start to Finish. Front to back. Yeah. Top to bottom. Top to bottom. Start to finish. Start to finish.

And it's fantastic. One of the best albums. I think nearly one of her best albums ever. Here's a fun bonus Adele fact for you. Her last album, 25, which came out in 2015, it was released on November 2015, but it didn't go on Spotify or any of the streaming platforms until June in 2016.

So back in 2015, cause she wanted you to buy the actual CD. As recently as 2015, we were still buying CDs. Well, if you wanted to listen to the album, you had to buy the CD. I mean,

either that or do it like an illegal download. Oh no, we were buying them off. We were buying them off iTunes back then, weren't we? Yeah, or downloading them on LimeWire. Was that still a thing in 2015? Nah, it was iTunes, right?

Oh, I think I was using LimeWire. Were you? And then I was getting my own blank CDs and then I'd write on the CD, you know. You were not. In 2015 you were not. For one of my friends. 2015? Oh, I'd be on the cd you know you would not in 2015 you were not 2015 oh i'd be on the cast 2015 your music was on your iphone that was that was what it was yeah maybe surely i don't it all those years mesh into one to me anyway either way uh she's had shuffle removed from albums you can't shuffle it

you can still shuffle it it's just not at the top when you open the album thing anymore. Scientists have established, Brie, how to give the perfect hug. Do you think you're a good hugger? I think I'm a real good hugger. Do you? Yeah, I think I'm pretty solid. What makes you think you're so good at hugging? Because I... Is it feedback?

Have people said, oh, you're a good hugger? A few people. Yeah? Yeah. Right, okay. A few people have said that to me. I feel like I learnt from my auntie, Cheryl. Is she a good hugger?

She is one of the best huggers. Yeah, so I feel like I've taken her lead. Well, you can tell me if you agree with the research. The study suggests that the most pleasing hug is one that lasts for between five and ten seconds, while one-second hugs were rated the worst kind of hugs. Yeah, one second way not long enough. It's not enough for anybody, right? They found the duration of the embrace is the most important part.

It's more important than the gender of the people involved, the height difference of the people involved, the emotional closeness of the people involved. It doesn't matter how close you guys are. It's more about the length than anything. And it's more important than how you position your arms, as in one goes around the neck, the other goes around the waist, or the crisscross methodology.

What are you? Are you crisscross or top and bottom? No, because I'm taller than most people that I hug. So you're top. I'm a top. Yeah, naturally. In that area of your life anyway. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm a top. I'm a top. So what is the perfect hug? Like they distill all that information down. According to this. I love how scientists have done this though. I know. They've really taken the romance out of it, eh?

Yeah. And I feel like do we trust scientists on what's the best hug? Who's had a good hug from a scientist? Yeah. I'm not going to say I have. So based on the findings, scientists advise using a – this is like you're getting COVID updates here. Scientists advise for the perfect hug,

use a five-second crisscross arm method. Really? A crisscross? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what they're saying is – Oh, I feel like that's awkward. Well, we're going to try it out. So I'm going to set the mood.

Let's get us nice and relaxed. Oh, the crisscross. I'm not a crisscrosser. Well, you have to be for this one because we're going to try it out. So I'm going to set the mood. Let's get us nice and relaxed. Oh, the crisscross. I'm not a crisscrosser. Well, you have to be for this one because we're trying to experience the best hug. We'll test it. Ben, can you give us a five to ten second count, please? You can just do it in your brain cave and just let us know. Your brain cave?

Don't let us hug too long and don't let us hug too short. So you want about five or so seconds? Yeah. Okay. I'd say five or six. We'd aim for five or six. Oh, and consent is a big part of a good hug too. Oh, yeah.

May I hug you? Oh, see, that's weird. I know, but consent is important. I feel like you should. Oh, this is a consent day when I just go like this. Yeah, and if the other person goes like that. But I feel like we need to act it out like it's a normal, not this awkward radio situation. Yeah, okay, cool.

So should we take our headphones off or we'll get tangled Okay So, okay, ready? Get in your acting I'm going to walk in like I've just seen you Oh man, it's so good Bree's not here Oh, g'day mate Oh hi, I was just talking about you

Ben, start the time Okay, the time has started Four, five Yep That's it Okay, the time has started. This is quite long. Four, five. Yep. Is it a cat? Yep. That's done. That's it.

All right. How was that for... Never thought I'd say this to a man, but a bit long. Also, the crisscross thing's weird. It doesn't work, eh? All right. Well, I'll do with the information what you want. Because I feel like it's real comical, you know?

I'm a from-the-behind hugger anyway. Yeah, I love it from behind too. Play ZM's Brand Clint. On Insta, Facebook, TikTok and live weekdays from 3 on ZM. Feed by KFC. Get the full menu delivered to your door with the KFC app. Play ZM.