ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 23rd November 2021

Episode Date: November 23, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network G'day everybody, welcome to the Brie and Clint Podcast where I found out some shocking news today that I shared with you Brie And I mean my condolences go out to all of our Australian podcasters I did not know you guys were doing it so tough over there at the moment You know it's just about the alcohol thing $55 for a case of 12 RTDs in Australia. I've been doing some research, so I get confused because I've lived in New Zealand for quite a long time now.

I know for a fact when I was in my 20s, they put a massive tax on pre-mixed drinks in Australia to try and stop the drinking culture. Yeah, because that works. Yeah, that worked. It just made everyone buy party drugs because they were cheaper. Well, that's what, in my opinion, I reckon it would have done. I looked.

How much for a thing of Coronas here? Let's just use beers. Coronas are so expensive. 23. Can we use a real? How many? For a dozen. For a dozen, a dozen how much?

23ish? No I reckon 27 Coronas are expensive They'll be like 30 bucks On Liquorland it says This is New Zealand $31.99

Yeah In Australia So you know what's interesting Is you guys have I've always found this really interesting You have a 12 pack Yeah Or you can buy an 18 pack

Yeah Whereas in Australia You can buy a 12-pack or you can buy an 18-pack. Whereas in Australia you can buy a 12-pack or a 24-pack. You can get 24-packs here too. Yeah, you can get that. Like the big spades boxes. You get spades and Lion Red and all those, you can get them in 24 boxes.

But Coronas? Coronas, no. We do any beer in only 24s. Did anybody here expect Coronas to go on fire sale after coronavirus? I did. I was like, man, it's going to be cheap to get Coronas after this. I was hoping they would, but no.

Anyway, on Dan Murphy's, for a case of 12, it's $28.99. For 12 beers? For 12. Yeah, right. So it's around the same. So wait, let me look up pals on Dan Murphy's and let's see how much they are. So I actually haven't heard this news story.

Are you saying that that's a thing that... I'm just looking at some pals for sale in Australia, which is like a seltzer, if you're listening in another country. $55 for a case of 12 pink pals. So the beers aren't massively taxed. It's all pre-mixed drinks. So even on Dan Murphy's for, what is it, a case of 12? Yeah.

Or we get 10 here. Yeah, we get 10. We get 10. Do they do 12 boxes? Yeah. Yeah, per case of 12. Even on Dan Murphy's, they're 55. We're getting bogged down in the details.

$55 for 12. Brie. Not worth it. That's so much money. A 12 box of Smirnoffs. We're talking canned, double, like cruisers. Cruisers? Double black. Let's go cruisers.

God, I love a vodka cruiser. One of those-ish square boxes. Wait, so are you talking a pack of four? No. So they come in packs of... 12. They don't come in 12s in Australia. They come in 24, and you'll pay $105 for a case of 24.

$100 on cruisers. What? So this is the reason I bring it up, is living in New Zealand is really expensive. A lot of things are very expensive. The houses are stupidly expensive. The cheese we find out on the show today, stupidly expensive. But our alcohol turns out pretty good.

Illegal. Because I've lived in both countries for a long time now. The only thing that's cheaper in New Zealand is the alcohol. Like groceries and stuff, a lot more expensive here. Stupidly expensive. You know how you just talked about the whole effect on baking your day? Sorry, not baking your day.

Oh my god. Oh my god. When she was still It still is my day. That's respectful. That's not good. Nah, that's okay. It means I'm wise. Fuck. That's disrespectful. That's not good. Nah, that's okay. It means I'm wise.

Yes, Anastasia? Yeah. She's going to hit you with, was everything in black and white? No. No, she's got a real question. So, for example, you're talking about RTDs here, but isn't it a bad thing if it's cheaper to mix yourself, like buy a bottle of vodka and some cranberry juice

or fizzy juice or whatever, fizzy drink? Isn't that worse? Because you can't get the whole ratio. So the government are dumb-dumbs, right? And they think they know how to stop the drinking culture in Australia, but they're so dumb. And it's totally right. The worst nights you've had

are when you mix them yourself. Absolutely. Because you get more and more generous as the night goes on. There's a douche in the kitchen that's like, oh, is that all you're putting in? And then you're like,

oh, don't be a sissy. Okay, cool hot guy. Whereas if you have pre-mixed drinks, you can portion. It would actually be a lot better to moderate your alcohol. If I take six, I'm going to be on a good bitch level. If I take ten, I'm

going to be punished central. You don't want to take ten. I'll be a wounder. Six is good. Yeah, and then the vape hits. Yeah, that stays your eye. Back in your day, did you have to brew the vodka from the potatoes yourself? Did you have to... Did you get the potatoes yourself? Did you have to?

Was there like, did you get your alcohol in a jug from a cow? Wait, alcohol comes from cows? Where did you grow up? Home brew. I probably would have done that. When? Back in the day? Okay, what about a bottle of scrumpy?

They don't do scrumpy. What about a bottle of cider, like a one litre cider, like your shittiest range? Are you asking me to look that up? No, leave it and look it up yourself. She's getting too deep down in the details. Actually, I had something that I wanted to say to you guys. Go on. You know how we have a work party coming up soon in the park?

Yes. Not a function or whatever. Yes. We should all rock up with random bottles of alcohol just to flex that we're different Or Ben came up with a good suggestion That we all have to buy each other's alcohol Like for each other

As a surprise It's in a park You know it's in a park, eh? Yeah, that would make it even more funny Clint Roberts from the radio drinking Passion Fruit Cruises I'm going to get Clint a bottle of nitro Yeah, well we could We have to have it in a park because

of lockdown and no, I don't want any nitro. Thank you. Are we even allowed to drink in the park? That's what my first question was. Aren't you not meant to drink in public? Ross is so desperate for a party, he's just going to have it in a park. It's quite a public park.

It's one of the most public parks ever. Yeah. Down there would have been, you know. We could have done the courtyard. Ross, what are you up to? Did you get like a special Contra deal on that park? Actually, one last question, Brie. Heineken Zeros.

Oh, shut up. Why am I looking that up? You've been listening to the Brie and Clint podcast. I'm Anastasia Lufin. I'm Clint podcast. I'm Anastasia Lufin. I'm Clint Roberts. I'm Brie Thomasel. And I'm Ben McDowell. Perfect!

Stage, Heineken Zeros are free because no one wants them. 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 Quentin? Brie and Clinton are on air in five, four, three, two, one.

Oh, hello. G'day, guys. Oh, g'day, guys. Guess what I watched last night? What? I watched, which I didn't realise at the time, but the season finale of The Morning Show. Oh, yeah.

I watched it because I didn't get around to it last week, last weekend. And you know when you finish something and I was like, wait a minute. That can't be the end. Was that the season finale? Yeah, you need to watch the finale knowing it's the finale. And then pure devastation

and to be honest, I was a little bit disappointed because I wasn't prepared. Yeah. But God, that's a good show. It's such a good show and the Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are just phenomenal. Full circle. Today, I was watching an episode of Friends, the one where Jennifer

Aniston, obviously she's in Friends And Reese Witherspoon plays her sister in Friends And I was like this is so weird That is weird timing yeah Did you watch the Adele thing last night? Yep Geez big night of TV for you That Adele thing was like an hour and a half

I know it went quite late didn't it? Yeah yeah yeah I loved it It's just an unbelievable way I thought it was so good I was watching it going Imagine being her And you're standing on this round stage. It's just you and a microphone and all of the cameras and all of the lights are on you.

And that orchestra over there, they're playing for you to sing on. And that choir over there, they're just there to back you up. And all of those celebrities in the crowd, they're only watching you. I mean, how do you think of the pressure? Yeah, I mean, star-studded audience. Yeah, Drake was there, Ellen was there, Melissa McCarthy was there. Lizzo in the front row. Lizzo, yeah, she called Lizzo out a little bit.

Lizzo tried to steal the spotlight with the outfit. She was like, what, are you trying to upstage me? I love that poncho. Like Lizzo wearing a wedding dress to a wedding, it's not hers. You could tell that Lizzo was fangirling hard. Oh yeah. And I love that. I was like, it's so cute. Today on the show, we're going to give away $50 cash straight away

with Tradie vs Lady. If you want to play with us, we need a tradie and a lady to call us right now on 0800 dials at M. The scores, the tradies have had a few wins. So ladies, where you at today? See if we can even some scores up before the end of the year. Not looking likely, though.

There's going to come a day when it's out of reach, so it has to happen soon. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. Tradies versus ladies. All right, a score update. The tradies sitting on 102 wins for the year. The ladies on 93.

Let's meet our lady first. She's all the way from the mouth, grey mouth. She's 26 years old and she has a cousin born on the very same day. Welcome to the show, Nicky. G'day, Nicky. Hi. Same year. Yeah, same date and so she's a little older.

Wow, okay. Special day for you guys. Okay, we'll meet your opposition today. Our tradie is 20 years old and he's a classic car fan. Welcome to the show, Zach. G'day, Zach. Hey, guys. How you going?

Good, mate. What's your favourite classic car? I'm currently working on a 1977 Land Rover Series 3. Ooh. I've got a few at home, so yeah. Vaughan would love that. I was going to say, you should compare notes with Vaughan Smith. He is a Landy fan and has an old dunger in the garage as well. Yeah.

Oh, yeah, definitely. Yeah, he'll hate me calling it a dunger, but it's old. Okay, Zach, your buzzer is tradie. Nicky, your buzzer is lady. First to three points gets 50 bucks cash thanks to KFC. Good luck, guys. Here comes question number one. Last night, the special Adele One Night Only was on TV too.

Does Adele have a daughter or a son? Lady. Nikki just got in. Daughter. Not a daughter. It's obviously a son, so we have to move on. Question number two. No points for anyone.

Where would you find the Burj Khalifa? Not the Burj Khalifa. I have no idea. It's a big building. It's the tallest building in the world. It might have seen it on Fast and the Furious. Zach, you want to have a go? Dubai.

It is Dubai. Pulled that go? Dubai? It is Dubai. Oh, you pulled that out of nowhere. It is Dubai. Question number three, one to the tradies. Which Kardashian sister is rumoured to be dating SNL comedian Pete Davidson? Freddie. Yes, Zach. Kim Kardashian?

It is Kim Kardashian. Two to the tradies. Question number four. Aucklanders can get their first haircuts in three months this Thursday. What is hair made of? Kerosene, keratin or ketamine? Tradies.

Zach. Keratin? It is keratin. Wait, is that? That's three. That's three. Scratchy old victory, Zach, but you got it. Well done. You get 50 bucks cash thanks to KFC. Cheers.

Thank you. Thank you. No worries. Put it towards a new floor mat for the Land Rover. For 50 bucks? Yeah. Tell them he's dreaming. Look, we're coming up to Christmas time, and a lot of people would have been hoping that the lockdown continued so they wouldn't have had to go through the disaster that is Christmas.

Call it off. Call it off. Everyone just stay home, relax. Have a Zoom with the whanau early in the day and then just get drunk by yourself. It is amazing, but can also be super stressful depending on, you know, if you're having Christmas at your house and all the rallies are coming to your place, so much work. So much work. So much work goes into it. A magical occasion, but that's not going to be any amount of work. But so much work.

Usually for mum too. Usually for mum, yeah. There's a story that's out today, which I found quite interesting, where a woman has argued that her in-laws are ruining Christmas this year. Okay. So apparently her in-laws, it's their turn to host Christmas at their house. And turns out quite a lot of family are coming to the Christmas dinner. Okay. So they have said, and they've sent out messages to everyone saying,

we're planning on charging a fee for Christmas dinner this year. Oh, controversial. So everyone... Like you're paying for a meal. Right, okay. Look, there's not too much detail. It doesn't say how much per person. Maybe it's per item. Maybe there's someone, there's not too much detail. It doesn't say how much per person. Maybe it's per item.

Maybe there's someone as a designated waiter who's watching how many servings of what you get and telling up your bill at the end. Yeah. You had nine craft beers. It's quite... Apparently, they also said that they will be buying multiple bottles of champagne,

which they will be splitting the cost with everyone on top of the dinner as well. She said she doesn't want to go to Christmas anymore. She thinks it's too far. You've made it weird. When we had you guys at our house for Christmas a couple of years ago, we didn't charge anyone. Right.

And just so I'm clear, this is her in-laws. It's not her immediate family. It's her partner's family. Her partner's family. The husband says he is on their side as. It's not her immediate family. It's her partner's family. Her partner's family. The husband says he is on their side as they're doing all the hard work. But he

did say, granted, we've never charged them and would never dream of charging them. Yeah. Surely just get him to pay for you. Go, that's your family. That's the weird tradition they want to do. You're paying for us. Yeah, you pay for us. You want to go, you pay. I think that's a fair way to look at it. Right.

I think they've got a son as well, so then obviously they need to pay, you know, is there kids prices? Yeah, do you pay less to sit at the kids table? Yeah. Or do you pay more? Because technically the kids eat less. Look, there's lots of costs to cover on Christmas Day and this is obviously the cleanest way they've found to do it, rather

than have a hodgepodge like... Everyone bring a plate. Yeah, which is lovely. I love the whole potluck side of things. But if you have an idea of how you want to do it, but in that case, if you have an idea of how you want to do it, then you should just pay for it. No, but the thing is, is that if you are doing this

where you charge everyone, that means you need to make the entire meal. Yeah, you have to do it. You can't get people to bring stuff here and there. Like, you need to keep it so if everyone's paying. Yeah, if you tell me to bring a trifle, does that come off my bill? That's what I mean. Yeah. So you need to do so much extra

work. You also open yourself up to a Google review after Christmas dinner. You know, people can share their thoughts on the meal because they'll pay for that. Was it worth the price? Yeah, yeah. How was the service? Was the turkey a bit dry? Did you get a bad review on TripAdvisor? It feels icky to me. It feels like I get it.

You've got to cover costs and everybody needs to chip in, but that system feels a little bit icky to me. It does and it doesn't for me. I feel like if that's something that all the family has agreed on and that's how they do it every year, then that's totally fine. Yeah. But then it also comes down to if you do that and then one family might spend more and do more food

and then another family not as – You never want to be going, hey, there's not enough food here. Did you pocket some of the cash? You've skimped us and you've charged us more. But, you know, you and I, we don't do this in our families, but I'd like to hear from people that do do this in their families and how it works. Yeah.

Do you charge an admission price for Christmas lunch or Christmas dinner? And is it a good system? Who came up with it? Is there, what do you serve? Or do you have a better system than that? Because there's a whole other way of doing this. And how much is Christmas dinner? That's how much I really want to know.

Depends on per person. Yeah. Per That's how much I really want to know. Depends on per person. Yeah. Per person. No, per person. That's what I want to know. Yeah, but is it a three course meal? Is it a two course? Yeah, right. 0800 dial ZM or you can text us on 9696. Do you charge for Christmas dinner in your family?

Free in Clint. How much are you charging for a delicious Christmas lunch or dinner? And can I come? And is it five star? And do you do delivery? Anyway, family, we're talking about this family. This woman has said she's not impressed because her mother-in-law's family,

so her husband's family, are hosting Christmas this year. And they've said because how many people are coming, they've decided to charge per person. Right. If you want to eat. Do you think it'd be less uncomfortable

if they just said oh just something towards dinner? Yeah that's less uncomfortable. Is it? Or is it better just to go hey guys we don't even know

how much it is. What if they've just said oh it's just 20 bucks just to help out. Come on. It's 20 bucks. Yeah. It doesn't mention how much but imagine if it's it's just $20 just to help out. Come on, it's $20. Yeah, it doesn't mention how much,

but imagine if it's like, oh, just $62.50 per person. Yeah, yeah, we've just worked it out. We've put the mowie on the bill as well. Bodle each, I hope. Rach is here. Hi, Rach. Hi, Rach. Hi.

How do you do it in your family, Rach? We're doing something a bit different this year because we've all got little kids and we're a bit hard after the Auckland lockdown, so we've ordered an online kind of food delivery service and they just bring a big box of everything and we've just split the cost. Oh my God. Oh yeah.

Great idea. But then Rach, who makes it? I think we'll probably all chip in. My sister-in-law's organised it and she messaged around and no one complained. Everyone thought that was genius and we all like to eat so we'll probably bring a few extra goodies. But, yeah, nice and easy. So it's a box of ingredients that shows up and then it gets cooked.

Is that it? Or do you get a hot turkey delivered to you on Christmas Day? I think it's the ingredients and then you cook it. Yeah, right. I think it's like, you know, My Food Bag or Hello Fresh. For Christmas. They're doing those things for Christmas now, yeah. Yeah, that's a good idea.

And then you know exactly how much it's going to be. Renzo's here. Hi, Renzo. Hi, Renzo. Kia ora. How's it going? Good, mate. What do you do in your family?

So we kind of come together and set up a menu and then we kind of just split the cost between there. But this year is like, I think it's like $50 per person. And that's including the lunch the dinner and Boxing Day breakfast because everyone's going to be a bit

hungover the next day $50 is pretty good for three meals like big meals I'd imagine sounds like it includes a night's accommodation as well

if you're there for Boxing Day breakfast that's a pretty good deal for $50 yeah yeah and that's for just the adults the adults pay

kids are no charge of course who of course. Obviously. Who does all the cooking, though, Renzo? So it's at my house this year, so I'm going to be doing all the cooking and mum and my partner as well. Yeah.

Is it BYO beersies? 50 bucks plus BYO drinks? Oh, yeah, bring your drinks. Yeah, right, right, right. I'm a waiter. Jeez, they're not made of money. Oh, right. That one cousin who just pays his 50 bucks and then drinks all the beers.

But where's my drink? It used to be, but we had to stop it. So Matt, bring it over. Yeah, right, right. Fair enough. Okay, like your sister, Renzo. Someone on the text machine said, we pay every year for Christmas. And then apparently everyone kind of chips in, but the single men do all the dishes.

Oh, that's a good tradition. Well, I mean, not if you're a single man. I say that as a non-single man. Why do the married men get a free ride at Christmas? They've got to do husband duties. Like what? Sit on the couch and have a nap? Yeah, that's a big one.

That's a big part of being a husband. That's my favourite thing to do on Christmas. We do a lot of foot rubs on Christmas, us husbands. That's what we do. Stacey, finally, how does Christmas work with you guys? Do you guys pay? Do you charge? We don't charge.

My dad charged us $50 each a head. And then he didn't even give the kids proper Christmas dinner. They got sausages and chips, so I refused to pay for them. Wait a minute. Was he saying, was he charging you for the kids as well? Yeah. And we don't drink. And you don't drink.

He was making a profit off you, Stacey. Oh, I know, right? But, well, that got back in. My husband was loading up his plate, and my granddad went, you enjoying your meal? And my husband went, got to get me bloody money's worth. Your dad's having a laugh, Stacey. Oh, no, and it was about 15 years ago, too.

So it was, yeah. And you haven't let it go. Yeah, right. Stacey, next time that happens, all you have to do is get some, you know, Tupperware, take it with you, and just start boxing up heaps of food for the next day and the day after. Oh, it might, but he didn't even bloody cook it. Yeah, right. How many sausages and chips do you think Stacey can eat, you know?

Yeah, true. There you go. Everyone's doing a different process this summer. The main thing is... That everyone is together on Christmas Day. That is the main thing. Yes, and that you eat so much that it hurts a bit when you sit down. Yes.

That's the real... That's the spirit. That's the spirit of Christmas Yes. And that you eat so much that it hurts a bit when you sit down. That's the real... That's the spirit. That's the spirit of Christmas, yeah. Bree and Clint. Time for the latest. From iHeartRadio, this is The Latest. Live from LA with Zee McCarthy. Dean, the SNL people have commented, sorry, friends of Pete Davidson, should I say,

have commented on Pete and Kim's relationship. They have, yes. They are the hilarious friends of Pete Davidson, should I say, have commented on Pete and Kim's relationship. They have, yes. They are the hilarious friends of him. Some of them have come out. They're all kind of pretending to be a little bit surprised, but I feel like they probably have a bit more of an insight than the rest of us. But Kim and Thompson came out saying, like, I love him.

So happy that he's, what do you say? You've got to be happy for love, I guess, if it's love. Then, of course, what's his name? Chris Redd came out going, damn, Pete, damn. That is so good. You know, he didn't go on like that, but he was like, that's some good. You've done very well there. I think we can all agree he's done very well there.

They've both done very well. So they've been spotted out again here in LA. They've been on dates, dinner dates. They were photographed in the new Lamborghini. I don't know if it's hers or his. Probably hers. Would he have a Lamborghini? He could.

No. He could. He could have a Lamborghini? He could. He could have one. She might have bought him one, you know? Could be a sugar mama, sugar baby situation going on. Dean, didn't they share their first kiss on SNL? There was a scene where he was playing Aladdin, she was playing Jasmine, and they had their first kiss on

screen. They did. I invited millions of people the night that she hosted SNL, which, by the way, she did such a phenomenal job that night. Go online and check it out, guys, and you can see, yeah, that he's sitting on, I think, the magic carpet rug or something from the film. And she's, yeah, I don't know, who's she? What's she?

He's Aladdin. She's Jasmine. Jasmine. How do you not know the main characters of Aladdin, Dean? God's sake. I was watching The Little Mermaid. I was too busy rewinding The Little Mermaid. Fair enough.

Also, I've just Googled pictures of Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson in Lamborghinis, and all that comes up is pictures of Kim and Kanye in Lamborghinis, which is awkward. Maybe they're in Kanye's old Lamborghini. Maybe he left one behind. Just looking at Pete Davidson's net worth, what do you guys think? $12 million?

I give him $20 million for Pete Davidson. Give him $20 million. Four days ago this story was written and it says around $8 million. So that'd be what, 16 New Zealand. And for Kim that's about 4 of her handbags. Okay, cool.

Alright, let's see. There you go. You know in your car, like the glove box you scratch around for money, she would literally have that in her glove box. Like down in the corner of the seat. Just rats of money. Thanks for the latest.

Thanks to Liquid Sub Super Slunge Mets, you can wash and dry duvets from eight bucks in under an hour. Free in Clint. So glad we're finally here, but I want to talk about one of my favourite topics of all time, cheese. So good. I had a cheese disaster at my house overnight. What?

I forgot to tell you. You had too much and you got the fluffs. No. It happens. No. It's all right, mate. It happens with cheese. I got the fluffs as one of the most.

That's a nice way of saying it. Oh, I don't enjoy hearing that. Gives me the heebie-jeebies. Clint got the fluffs and he had to do them in his car on the way home, so his wife didn't know. Shush. I don't do that. I found a whole wheel of brie at the back of the fridge that I forgot about

and had to throw the whole thing out unopened. Was it moldy? Did you check? No, I didn't open it because I could smell it. I could smell it through the foil. You didn't even check. Through the wrapper I could smell it. And I know when I bought it too.

What if it was a wheel of blue cheese and you forgot about it and that's why it just smells a bit whiffy and now you've thrown out a whole wheel of blue cheese. But it wasn't. It was a wheel of brie. You're going to be ropeable when you hear about these prices then. People are up in arms about cheese prices and you're over here throwing out whole blocks of cheese.

I said it was a disaster, okay? I didn't say I'm throwing out cheese willy-nilly. I didn't enjoy doing it. Wheelie-neely? Well, you might be a little bit more careful after I tell you some of the prices because there's a massive global milk price up. What's it called?

Surge. Surge, where apparently people are up in arms about how much a one kilo block of cheese costs in this country at the moment. A one kilo block of cheese has been unrealistic for a long time, but I am interested to know a price update. I feel like the supermarket should, you know how they have a price board outside petrol stations to tell you how much the petrol is?

There should be a cheese one. There should be a cheese and dairy board outside the supermarket as well. I would be so for that. I feel like we should campaign for that. So I looked at some of the history of how much a one kilo block of cheese has cost in New Zealand. So to be honest, before 2020, it hasn't really cost over $10. Right. And we're talking the average price.

Yeah. Still $10 for a block of cheese. Yeah, but it's always been around the $8, $9 mark. Until 2020. Until 2020 when there's just been a massive surge in prices. So I've got the prices. This is from the article and it's talking about, so let's go with the special home brand PAMS at Pack and Save.

Yep. For one kilo, that'll cost you $8.99. Yep. Does it say what type of cheese? Is it like a standard Colby? Because tasty you start getting up there. I think they're saying just standard. Just a standard.

Yeah, right. I'm a tasty mainland girl myself. Which is a pricey cheese. Which is very pricey. So this is the mainland brand, the one kilo block, $15.49. Oof. At New World. That's not cheap.

At Countdown, prices range for the one kilo block, $10.60 for the home brand and $12.50 for the name brands. Do we genuinely, and genuine question, do you really think there's a difference between the cheese inside those wrappers? Absolutely. Do you? Yep, that's one thing. Do you? You're not just paying for the wrapper?

There's something. Because that's how I feel about milk. I'm like, it's all milk. Milk to me is pretty much same, same. Cheese, not so much. Really? Like a block of tasty versus a block of tasty. You can tell the difference between the $8.99 and the $15.99.

Oh. Really? I don't know. I'd block of tasty. You can tell the difference between the $8.99 and the $15.99. Oh. Really? I don't know. I'd have to revisit that. But I feel like. It's an expensive experiment to do. It is. But I feel like you could save yourself some money in the long term.

There's a few things I feel like you should pay the extra for. And that's cheese and toilet paper. Yeah, that's wise words actually. That's quite good. Bree and Clint. Who did you shaft from your wedding invite list? Who were you like, nah, not inviting those brits to the wedding. This is my day and you're off the list.

Shafting has too many meanings for this. But you know what I mean. Shafting your uncle at the wedding does not. It's probably happened before. Never say never. There's a story out today about a bride-to-be who has said she will not be inviting her uncle and her uncle's wife to her wedding. And she reckons for a good reason.

So she believes that her uncle is quite bigoted. Oh, okay. And hateful. And her maid of honour is going to be one of her best friends, who is a trans woman who she's known since childhood. And she said she didn't want to make her friend feel uncomfortable. So she thought best just not to invite the uncle. Totally fair enough. Don't invite anyone to your wedding that you think might be drama. You just don't need it. Yeah. And also your friend, sorry to all the uncles out there, your friend is more important at your wedding than your uncle.

Well, you've known that person since you were kids, you know. She's been a big friend. The uncle? No, her friend. Oh, the friend, yeah. They've known each other since they were kids. It's your party day. It's been a big friend. The uncle? No, her friend. Oh, the friend, yeah. They've known each other since they were kids. It's your party day. It's your party day. Yeah, and probably had a lot more influence

and has been there for you a lot more, dare I say, than the uncle. Not every uncle, but sounds like in this case. Do we know how old uncle We don't, but there's been more drama, so obviously she said, yeah, she doesn't want the wife there either

because she's quite similar and she's heard them speak quite hateful things towards the trans community and other communities, which has caused a backlash where her cousins have said, well, if they're not coming, then if they're not invited, we're not coming. Great. Good news. And then her own dad has also piped up and said, oh, that's a bit, that's not coming. Great. Good news. And then her own dad has also piped up and said,

oh, that's a bit, that's not on. You need to invite my brother. Oh, come on, Dad. Or else I might not come either. What? You're going to choose your brother over your daughter's wedding? I feel like, you know, sometimes to avoid drama, just don't have a wedding.

Well, that's where a lot of people elope. Just elope. And then there's no drama. If there's family drama, a lot of people just go, we don't need it.. Well, that's where a lot of people elope. Just elope and then there's no drama. If there's family drama, a lot of people just go, we don't need it, it's about us. And it sucks that Las Vegas isn't available to people over the last couple of years. Because that is the place to do it. That is the way to do it.

And spend the money you would have spent on a wedding, spend it on a dress and a hotel room and flying a couple of your mates over and... Totally. Yeah. Have you ever not been invited to a wedding where you thought you should have been invited? No. And after having done a wedding guest list

and seeing how hard it is, I will never think that. Like if I don't get invited to a wedding, I'll go, there's good reason for this. Okay, I'm just going to text my partner. Don't need to invite Clint. He gets it. I get it.

You don't invite me, I get it. But if you invite Ben and not me. Oh, then there's drama. Then there'll be drama. What about Anastasia but not the boys? Still drama? I feel like that's drama. You've known her the least.

She's first in, last out. No, last in, first out. Technically, I've known her the longest. No BS. Yeah, because she was here when I first got here and you took bloody ages to come home from the other station. Did she fly over to Australia to meet you? No, she didn't.

That's a good point. No. That is a good point. Okay. Anastasia, you're not, she doesn't even need anything to say in this. You're not taking my place at the wedding. I'm the bride. There isn't even a wedding.

Do you want the fish or the chicken? Oh, we're taking chicken, please. Okay, chicken, I'll pop you down. Clint, you could come as like... Fish or chicken? You could go as Anastasia's plus one. You could drive us to the wedding. Anastasia's plus one.

I'll be taking Ben, mate. Okay, yeah, true. Sorry, Ben is obviously the plus one. Look, I understand. You can see if you can get in with Alan or someone, he might have a plus one. I understand. I don't want to go to the wedding.

Well, there is no wedding, so there's no drama, right might have a plus one. I understand. I don't want to go to the wedding. Well, there is no wedding, so there's no drama, right? There's no drama. I thought we could ask people, why wasn't someone invited to the wedding? Like someone who should have been, but they weren't invited to the wedding, and why?

Yeah, yeah. Did you have to cut someone who was otherwise a shoo-in? Maybe it was at the last minute. Maybe they did something. Like, I can see this happening if you had to cut, like if there was a relationship breakup and you had to pick one person in that relationship

because it was too awkward to invite both of them. Neither of them get to come. No, not fair. Oh, that's so awkward though. If it's your best friend. Oh, then obviously the best friend gets to come. Yeah, but then their partner, they've been with their partner for like three years.

Yeah. And they're in the fold now too. Now loyalty to the best friend. Yeah, definitely, definitely. But do you have to say to the boyfriend, hey, sorry, we're taking your invite away. You just hope they'll do the right thing and not come. Oh, wait, we've already invited them?

Yeah. Oh, awkward. Well, the best friend is probably in the bridal party and I'd say that the ex-boyfriend would probably go, oh, probably not come to that wedding anymore. Not all of them would. Okay, you're right. There's two questions there.

Who wasn't invited to the wedding or who got uninvited to the wedding? Yeah. Yeah, okay. 0800 DIALZM or you can text us on 9696. You can remain anonymous. Who was uninvited to the wedding or who did you not invite altogether? Bree and Clint. Look, awkward situation, but sometimes you need to make a decision

and not invite certain people to your wedding. Because whatever the reason is, I mean, it could be that there's big drama between someone else that's invited and you just want to avoid that. Maybe they slept with someone back in the day or the groom. Tough decisions have to be made. Maybe your partner just doesn't like that person. There's lots of relationships out there where your partner doesn't like one of your friends for whatever reason.

It would have to be a good reason. I don't reckon it has to be that good a reason. Some partners will pull rank and go, this is the wedding. You're not inviting Davo. Davo can get stuffed. What would be a good reason? Because I'd be like, you have to have a good reason if they're one of my good mates. You know what I mean? What's a real

good reason? What if your partner knows that they're a big fat cheater? Yeah. Is there evidence? real good reason. What if your partner knows that they're a big fat cheater? Yeah, is there evidence? Yes, I don't know. Anyway. Let's find out from some people. We've asked you who wasn't invited to the wedding, or even better,

who got uninvited to the wedding. Our first caller wants to be anonymous. Hello, anonymous. Hi, anonymous. Hi. Tell us, did someone get uninvited, or you just didn't invite them all together No they My ex-husband was uninvited to the wedding That we were both invited to

Your ex-husband Oh right So you were a couple who were going Yeah And then between the invite and the wedding You and your husband broke up And he got uninvited Is that it?

Yeah I mean it wasn't like officially like you're not coming or anything like that, it was just, it was something that needed to be spoken about. Can I ask Anonymous, how come you were the one chosen to continue on? Yeah, yeah, why did you survive? Were they your friends first? No, they weren't, to be honest, I actually met them through my ex. Oh, no.

But I made more of an effort, I guess. Oh, you were the favourite. Yeah, I don't know. Did he do something dodgy to cause the breakup and the exclusion from the wedding? No, no, no, absolutely not. Yeah, right. Interesting. Did you go? He got cut. Did you go to the wedding? No, no, no, absolutely not. Yeah, right. Interesting. Did you go?

He got cut. Did you go to the wedding? Absolutely. Good for you. Free drinks and food. As if you're not going to go. Someone on the text machine said, I'm the bride and I'm about to uninvite the best man

after his behaviour at the stag do three weeks ago. See, this is an interesting conversation. Because I really want to know what he did. It would have to be bad because to make it out of the stag do would have to be pretty major too. Most of that stuff is... Took it too far. ...confined to the stag do, doesn't go anywhere else.

Yeah. That one is awkward. That could happen though because it's the best man's job to actually look after the stag. Yeah, they're meant to be the one that makes sure that the stag is okay. So if your fiancé's come home with no eyebrows two weeks before the wedding, then it is the best

mate's head who's on the chopping block. Listen to this text someone said. My husband is friends with Max Key. We sent him a save the date for our wedding but he got the cut off our list because it was too long. He showed up anyway. Or maybe he was the DJ. I love that.

That's classic. Show up anyway and be like, didn't see it. He's like, I know you guys said no but trust me. I got the save the date. The wedding's going to be better with me. I got it and I'm here. Last person wants to be anonymous as well. Hello, anonymous. Hi, anonymous. Hello.

Who got uninvited or didn't you invite them in the first place? No, they got uninvited. It was my husband's auntie. Why? What did she do, anonymous? She wanted to bring her new partner and we hadn't met them, so we just didn't invite them and told her that she didn't need to bother coming.

When you say new, how new? Like two, three weeks. Oh, that's pretty new. That's pretty fresh. Asking for a plus one to any wedding is a bold move. What if, can I ask Anonymous, what if she had said, look, I understand this you know, this is last minute, it's very new. What if I front

up the money that it costs to add this extra person in? Would you have said yes? No. I feel like Anonymous is maybe just looking for a way to cut the auntie. She's like, here's my opportunity. I've seen it and I'm taking it.

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wear your heart on your sleeve, and remember it is what it is. And what it is is the real pod. Brought to you by the Spinoff Podcast Network and available wherever you get your pods. Brie and Clint. Brie, I'm going to ask you an honest question here and I'd like an honest answer.

Have you ever chucked a fake sickie so that you could just have the day off work and have a bit of fun? You know, I haven't even, I don't think I've ever even had a sick day. Since working here. You might be right. Can you name one? I can't remember. Maybe

one. God, they've given out enough of them. They've just got double. You've got to take more sickies, mate. I think I need to start pulling more fake sickies. Yeah. Well, if you're not getting sick enough to take them, then you're entitled to some fakeies. I know. I need to put my foot down.

I don't know if that's good legal advice, but this is a story of a 25-year-old primary school teacher from Wales who asked for two and a half days off to deal with what she said was a serious personal matter at home. You pull that card, there are very few bosses who won't say to you, all good, mate, take the time you need. We'll see you when you get back. A serious personal matter.

You've given it gravitas. You've given it importance. It seems quite, you know. Does it? Like there's a lot of holes in that. She's done it urgently. She said, I need two and a half days. It's a very specific amount of time. It is, isn't it?

But she said, I need it tomorrow. Benefit of the doubt, maybe someone's passed away in the family. Yeah. Or what else? You might have a dodgy cousin who likes going to jail a bit. Yes. You've got violent gastro.

Yeah, something like that. And you know. And it's gone around the family. Because you've had it before that you need at least two and a half days. Well, when she got back, she was summoned to the Education Workforce Council to explain why she was on holiday in Italy instead of teaching her primary school class. Oh, I know. Her partner had uploaded photos of them in Rome. Oh, what an idiot. To his Instagram, which is only a four and a half hour flight from Wales, by the way.

Pop over there. Quick trip. Having the time of their life. They were at a day spa. They were dining at nice restaurants. She had a selfie in front of the Trevi Fountain. And I think she thought she was safe because she didn't upload any photos he did, but someone

who knows her, that works with her and knows him somehow because everyone's got crossover. Why would he do that? They saw it and they narked on her. Do you reckon she told him, now look I'm chucked as sicky don't upload any photos. Obviously not. Surely she would have

said that. Well, yeah, she didn't think it was an issue. Or she was like, oh, none of the management follow us and my friends wouldn't knock on me. Well, someone did. They went, how dare you go for a trip to Italy? I'm jealous. I'm going to knock. I'm picking up your classes.

I'm knocking on you. She said to go to the teaching tribunal and she might lose her job over this. That's how serious it is. Really? Which I feel is a bit over the top. It is a bit over the top. She just wanted to go see the Treffy Fountain.

It sucks you trained for three years to do this job. She wanted to go to Napoli and get her a pizza. She wanted to go see the Coliseum. If my boss is going to fire... Well, actually, I'll be careful what I say. There's way worse things that you can do. If you saw someone you knew... Yeah.

...that you worked with... Yeah. ...and you knew that they had taken a sick day and you saw they were doing something fun on the gram... Okay, can I ask... Maybe you're one of their close friends, the green circle on the gram. Right.

Would you narc on them? Well, if they're one of my really close friends, then absolutely not. No. But if, say, let they're one of my really close friends, then absolutely not. But if, say, let's say I wasn't super close with them, had they done this many times before or is this a one-off? Oh, okay, good point. Because that will... Well, I guess it comes down to has it impacted you directly?

Have you had to do more work because of this person? I feel like if they were a serial fake sicky taker, then I'd definitely probably maybe say something to the boss. Nah, nah. I reckon you're playing it wrong there too. Why? That's blackmail time. Oh.

That's where you go, Oi, I've got the screenshots and the receipts. Bring me back something from Rome. I want six dinners at Mekong Baby in Ponsonby. And you have to do three of my shifts. Yeah. How good. Otherwise the email gets sent.

It's in my outbox. I'm hovering over the send button. I'm ready to go. And they go, wow, you're a fun workmate. Let's play the name game. Name games, easy game. All you've got to do is say some names. Famous names, I give you one name.

You tell me a famous person who has that name as part of their name. Got it. Like, for example, I might say Kelly, and you would say... Roland. Yeah, easy. That would get you a point in the game. But it hasn't, because we haven't started. Here to take you on and win 50 KFC chicken dollars is Rachel.

Hello, Rachel. Hello. Hello, Rachel. Hello. Hello, guys. G'day, Rachel. Anyway, Rachel, you're probably getting it out. Should we play? Yes. Okay, don't buzz in, okay?

Just yell out an answer. I'll know who did it first and I'll know who's correct. And if we have to go to our adjudicator, that's producer Anastasia. She'll deal with that when we come to it. Okay. Perfect. First to three, everybody. First person I would like, I would like a famous James.

Bond. Arthur. Oh. I have to give that to Bree. But that's a character. I know. I know. Do characters count? I'm on the fence.

You're the adjudicator. Oh, I have to go to the adjudicator. Adjudicator, does James Bond count? He's my favourite character, but characters don't count. Yes. Okay. Needs to be celebrities. I'm sorry, Bree.

Then we go with Blunt, and the point goes to Rachel. Well done. Did you say Blunt? I think she said Arthur. No, I said Arthur. James Arthur, right. This singer, the otherie. Then we go with Blunt, and the point goes to Rachel. Well done. Did you say Blunt? I think she said Arthur. No, I said Arthur. James Arthur, right. This singer. The other singer.

Yeah, the other James. Okay, one to Rach. Somebody give me a famous Jeff. Simpson. Oh, no. Oh, Jeff or Jess. Jeff. J-E.

Gold Blue. Whoa. All I could think was Epstein. Well, you should have said it. No, I was like, oh, can't say that. He's infamous, but you didn't want the point that bad. No, I didn't want the point that bad. No, fair enough.

Didn't want it. Rachel, Jeff Goldblum was the only Jeff that I had down as well. Nice work, Rachel. You're two up. We could be on the verge of the first defeat. We could be. In the name game here. If Brie can't be the first person to give me a famous Catherine.

Hepburn. Hepburn. Oh! Well done. I had Heigl, but yeah, Catherine Hepburn. Yep. Perfect. 2-1.

I said it at the same time Well you said it slightly after Okay I'm just happy to be here It's 2-1 I'm just happy to be here You guys figure it out Someone give me a famous Simon

Garfield Garfield? You said Garf I said Cal And you said Cal Before you came back with Garfield. Garfield? You said Garf. I said Cal. And you said Cal before you came back with Garfield. Is Simon Garfield? No, that's Simon. I said Cal.

Yeah, you've got the point. Breezing of Simon and Garfield. Hey, Rach, well done. 50 KFC chicken dollars. Nice work, Rach. She was a woman on a mission. She was here to win this week. I know.

She was ready to rip my throat out if she had to. I'm coming for you, Bree. Very nice work, Rachel. The 50 KFC chicken dollars is your mate. Well, thanks, guys. My partner will be happy with me. No worries. You can hit up KFC right now.

They're supporting Surf Life Saving NZ through every Surfsafe bucket that they sell. Bree and Clint. Their stats out today on how much online shopping we're doing and how crazy it's gone recently. But like Bree said, duh. Well, duh. We can't go anywhere. I feel like I could have broken the record just with my purchases alone.

That's the stat I wanted them to release. The average number of online purchases made and then broken it down into age group and gender as well. Like what's a 30 something female, how many packages a week is she expecting to arrive on the doorstep? Oh I do love package day. Such a good day.

The issue is you don't know what package day is a lot of the time and that's because there's so much going around. There's so much online shopping. No one can keep up. I'm in a real dangerous area because I've forgotten now what I've purchased. You and my wife. And that stresses her out. She's like,

what if I forget about a package that I've ordered and then it doesn't come and then I never follow it up. And I said to her, that means you have too many packages coming. Yes. That means you have too much stuff coming. Yes, but... That means you have too much stuff ordered. Or we just write them down and then it takes away that stress. Last month was New Zealand's biggest ever month for online shopping,

but duh. Yeah. Duh. Duh. It's literally half the country has been locked down. You don't have to be a scientist to figure that out. We even have to buy our food online these days. You have to go onto, I wonder if that counts,

go onto a website to order your takeaways. Is that online shopping? And then you go and pick it up. I don't know. I don't think so. New Zealand Post has done the numbers on October. New Zealanders spent in the month of October $765 million just online shopping.

That's a lot. That is a lot of money. When you think there's only 5 million New Zealanders, that's quite a lot of millions. Yeah, I haven't even hit purchase on about six tabs that I've got open at the moment either. Do you leave your shopping tabs open? Absolutely I do.

Sometimes I just like to mess with the website. You know, I've got an invention. This is one of my Shark Tank ideas is that you have just a trolley. Like it's your trolley but you can drag in things from all the online stores and they're just in there and then when you have enough money when you get paid or something you can hit buy in

this one place and it pays all of them and it sorts it all out for you. Yeah that's not a bad idea. Is that a good idea or is that PayPal? I think that's kind of PayPal. Right. Well PayPal not a bad idea. Is that a good idea or is that PayPal? I think that's kind of PayPal. Right. Well, PayPal is a good idea, so this is a good idea too. Afterpay, also a great idea. I had that idea too.

A couple more stats. New Zealand shoppers spent on average $25 million every day in October. That doesn't really mean much because that means that New Zealand Post, this is where it gets crazy. So you think it's taken ages for your package to get here. New Zealand Post through October was delivering 2 million parcels a week. A week? A week.

2 million courier deliveries every single week. Bless their hearts, hey? Yeah, and it's going to get crazier. It's rough. It's coming into, there's Black Friday this week, Christmas. You know, we have such lovely courier drivers that come to our house. Like, I just want to give a shout out to the courier drivers. They're always so smiley.

They always tell me, have an amazing day. Yeah. And sometimes that job could be so difficult. Oh, yeah. And you're working your tush off. Yeah. Yeah, I absolutely agree. They do cop a bit of a bad rap sometimes because people get very it. could be so difficult. Oh, yeah. And you're working your tush off. Yep. Yep, I absolutely agree.

And they do cop a bit of a bad rap sometimes because people get very antsy about their packages. It's not the courier driver's fault. No, it's not their fault. It's not the guy with the van's fault. He's at the very end of the chain. They're trying to bring it to you. He's the one who bought it to you. Be nice to them.

The last stat, which is quite good, is that 74% of our crazy amount of online shopping that we're doing, three quarters of it is from New Zealand online businesses. That's awesome. Yeah, it is good. That's so good. And to be honest, I feel like I make a lot of purchases from New Zealand online businesses. And can I just say, the great thing about purchasing from a New Zealand online business,

likely to come way quicker. And way easier to send it back. Yes. If it doesn't fit, surely it's easier to do it that way. We wanted to find out this afternoon, and I wonder how big we can go, what is the biggest thing you've purchased online before? Like what have you put through an order for that is just, you know, a little bit bigger than the average?

I don't know that I've done anything that crazy. I really don't think so. But remember we talked to that lady the other week who bought a house on the internet? Yeah. She hadn't even seen it yet and she was like, yeah, this is the house for us. And she put through the deal over the internet and put in her, well, you wouldn't put in your credit card information,

but she bought a house on the internet. You can buy a car on the internet now. One of my friend's dads bought an old school vintage Porsche off eBay. Yes. I remember I was sitting there and he was bidding on it and I was like, are you buying a car off eBay? And he's like, yep. And he ended up getting it too.

He won the bid. I know you can go on the Honda website now and order a brand new car and they will deliver it to your house. Yeah, I've seen that. Just click and collect a car. Yeah, pretty much. They drive it to you. One of my friends knew her flatmate at the time.

It was really new when you could start doing your groceries online and all that stuff was real new. I sound so old. But anyway, her flatmate was doing her groceries online and accidentally ordered instead of three kilos of chicken breast, she ordered 30 kilos. Did they deliver it? And they delivered it.

That's like 30 chickens. It was boxes and boxes. And she was like, what is this? It was just all raw chicken. That's all good. Chicken lasts for ages, eh? Yeah, it lasts so long. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Just put it in the pantry. It's all good. What lasts for ages, eh? Yeah, it lasts so long. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just put it in the pantry. It's all good. What's the biggest thing you've ever bought on the internet? Blow our minds this afternoon with your purchase. Brianne Clint. Last month was New Zealand's

biggest ever month for online shopping. We bought more things online than we ever have. It's not going to stop either. It's going to get bigger and bigger and bigger. They reckon the metaverse

is the future of online shopping too because you'll be able to go into a literal virtual store. You'll be able to look around the store. I wonder if there'll be changing rooms in there because I like to try things on. Well, if you have an avatar, your avatar can try it on. But then knowing me, I'd make my avatar my dream idea of what I look like. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

No one's making themselves a realistic avatar. So then I'd be buying, you know, clothes for my avatar, then they get sent out to me and they're too small. So we want to know if online shopping is booming so much, what's the biggest thing you've ever purchased on the internet? This person wants to be anonymous. Hi, anonymous. Hi, anonymous.

Hello. Hello. Hello. Is it a secret purchase? Is that why we have to keep you anonymous? Have you not told your partner? No, he knows. He knows. He knows now.

No, he knew too. Right. What did you buy? What did you buy? I spent just over $10,000 on an iMac, an iPad Pro, an iPhone 13, and an Apple Watch. Wow. I mean, spending up big.

Was it because you – is it presents, or you just needed all those things all at once? I needed all those things, and I had a wee windfall, so I spent – Oh, I see. Had a what? Bit of a windfall, bit of cash coming. Oh, fun. That's a lot.

That's a lot. That's basically you've bought the Apple store. Yeah, you've got everything you need. I did. That'd be a nice feeling. If it's nice unboxing one new phone, imagine unboxing $10,000 of new things. Imagine the smell. I just love the new smell of stuff like that.

I'm not sure you should be sniffing it. What? Isn't it like electronic chemicals and stuff? New Apple products. Is that a good sniff to do? Yeah, it's fine. Oh, yeah? Yeah.

Is it? Yeah. I thought it was like e-dust and stuff like that. What? I don't know. Never sniffed one. Kai's here. Hi, Kai.

Hi, Kai. G'day. How you doing? Good, thanks. What did you buy online thatay. How you going? Good, thanks. What did you buy online that was a big purchase? It wasn't me. It was my wife. But I came home from work one day, and I guess at the start of lockdown,

she couldn't go to her Pilates classes, so she bought a Reformer. Oh, my God. Those things cost like $10,000. Yeah, this one wasn't too bad. I think it was about $5,000. But I came home, and it was in a massive a massive crate just like the length of the car. Like a Reformer Pilates machine, those big like... I've got a question for you, Kai.

She bought it. Did you have to put it together? Yeah, so when I got home, she was like, I bought this Reformer. Yeah, the crate was the length of the car. To unpack the crate, put it together, and then, yeah, off she went. Jeez, how much is the shipping on a crate that's bigger than a car? Yeah, she wasn't too bad.

It came from Christchurch to Wellington, and I think it was free. Free shipping? Wow, that's amazing. I think so, yeah. Although, you know, whenever there's free shipping, it's built into the price of the item already. Yeah, exactly. Kai, when you were putting it together, did a little part of you just want to put it together a little bit wrong and it could have been, you know, something else like a swing?

Oh. Yeah, it does have multiple uses. Yay! There he is. Oh, yes, Ty. Finally, Morgan. Say hi, Morgan. G'day, Morgan.

How are you guys? Good, man. How are you? You're bad. Good. What's the biggest thing you've ever bought on the internet, Morgs? We just bought a spa pool over lockdown. Oh,

I'm so jealous. How many jets, Morgan? Oh, I don't know, but it's a three recliner, two seater, so yeah, it's a big one. Oh yeah. That's nice. It's got the lights? Oh yeah, LED lights, flashing lights, and yeah, all the bubbles and bells and whistles.

Yeah, bloody awesome. That would have felt good. What's the wait time on a spa pool at the moment? When are you expecting to get it? Oh, no, we've got it. Oh, you've got it already? Yeah, yeah. Down in the South Island airlock a few hundred stages ago, remember?

Oh, bloody rub it in, Morgan. What do you need the spa pool for then? Send it up here to us. Yeah, we're struggling up here. Morgan, next one. Oh, no, when you get a bit older, it's good to sit in the bubbles. Nah, mate, you enjoy that. You deserve it. Morgan,

you're not calling us nude from the spa right now, are you? Nah, not yet. I'll leave you with that thought, I guess. Nice, Morgan. You go enjoy that spa. Righto. Togs or no togs. Bree and Clint. Hey. It's my birthday.

It's my birthday. Bree and Clint's birthday banger. I heard that they wrote that song for the New Zealand public. Because of that new law that just got brought in here. The no smoking in cars? Yes. Yeah, right. Yeah.

Well, you can't even do that. You can't even smoke out the window. Yeah, well, true. Yeah. Well, this was before that right. Yeah. Well, you can't even do that. You can't even smoke out the window. Yeah, well, true. Yeah. Well, this was before that rule was enforced. Well, you can. You just don't have any kids in there. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You just look cooler when you're smoking out the window, right? That's our birthday banger. For all the people that want it today, we'll start with Georgie. Hi, Georgie. G'day, Georgie. Hi, guys. How are you?

Good, mate. How's your day? Good, thank you. That's good to hear. Georgie, G'day, Georgie. Hi, guys. How are you? Good, mate. How's your day? Good, thank you. That's good to hear. Georgie, what's your birthday? The 18th of December, 1993. Oh, that's not too far away, Georgie. No.

Doing anything special for it? Well, nothing planned at this stage. Saturday birthday this year and the last, like, the first weekend of the summer break for a lot of people, that's going to be a good birthday, Georgie. I know. I know. If you've got a good birthday banger to match, you were 16 in 2009 and on your birthday, your 16th birthday, this was number one.

What a banger. What a banger. I could vote for this. Such a great song. I love it for this. Such a great song. I love it. Alicia Keys and Jay-Z. You like that one, Georgie? I love it.

Yeah, good. Okay, wait there. We'll get another birthday banger on for Shana. Hi, Shana. Hi, Shana. Hi. Hey, guys. How are you, mate?

Pretty good. Still working. Oh, still working. What do you do, Shana? I drive an 18-ton loader and make compost. Oh. No way. That is so cool.

You would be my daughter's hero. She would love to come and see you work. That's amazing. How old are you, Shana? I am 18. What? That's a ton for every year you've been alive. You're such a badass.

How did you get into that? Is your family into it or? My partner's dad, he introduced me into it as a gardener and just worked my way up. Yeah, nice. I've got a few mates back home in Aussie. They do fly in, fly out at the mines and they drive those literally monstrous dump trucks.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like monstrous. Those ones where the person is not even half as tall as the wheel.. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like monsters. Those ones where the person is not even half as tall as the wheel. Yes, those ones. Yeah, yeah. And I'm just like, how do you do it? I just don't get it. Alright, Sharda, what's your birthday? 18th of February 2003. Alright, you were

16 in 2019 and on the 18th of Feb in 2019, not that long ago, but this was number one. You like my hair. Gee, thanks. Just try it. I see it. I like it.

I want it. I got it. Ariana Grande. One of my mums is Ariana Grande. Let it go well in the 18-tonner, wouldn't it, Shana? Oh, heck yes. Hell yeah. That's a tune.

Okay, one more for Troy. G'day, Troy. Hello, Troy. G'day, how you going? Good, mate. How are you? Yeah, good, thanks. You've had a good day?

Yeah, it's been a beautiful day, beautiful day. Where? Where in the country are you? Paiatua. Oh, beautiful. Oh, nice. Jealous, very jealous. Troy, what's your birthday?

22nd of October, 91. All right. You were 16 in 2007. And on the 22nd of October in 2007, this was number one. Yeah, Britney's first comeback song. Say less. Yeah. Do you like it, Troy?

Can you get into a bit of vintage Britney? Yeah, probably rather the first one. Oh, you can play I Say To Mind. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yep. Okay, Troy, wait there. We've got a choose between Ariana Grande, Britney Spears, Jay-Z, and Alicia Keys. Three great songs.

Yeah, I like all of them. Seven Rings is too new for me to vote for. I like this song, it's too new. I'm going with Give Me More just because it's upbeat and I don't think I've seen that song in Birthday Banger before. I'm going to go with Give Me More because Britney, so hot right now. Because you want more? Yeah, because I want more.

Then I'll give you Brittany bitch and that first line as well so good hey Troy well done you just won birthday banger

I hate you oh awesome lash girl Troy Troy's like I won but can you play the other song here you go everybody

this is your birthday banger on ZM Brian Clint. Brian Clint. Look, if you're really into technology and you love motorbikes, then this could be for you. Okay. May I present to you the latest thing from a Japanese startup company, the H hoverbike.

Hoverbike? The hoverbike. Okay, I'm listening. So they like to call it the X-Turismo Limited Edition Hoverbike, which is exactly what it sounds like. Right. A bike, a motorbike, it kind of looks like something Batman would ride. Yeah.

Does it have big fans? Is that what it does? Right. It looks so sick. How high off the ground does the hoverbike get? I'm not, it doesn't say in this article,

but it does say that the hoverbike can fly for 40 minutes at 100 kilometers per hour with a single charge. Right. So it's not very long. That's not too bad. 40 minutes at 100 kilometres per hour with a single charge. Right, so it's not very long. That's not too bad. 40 minutes.

What if you want to drive to Hamilton on the hoverbike? Yeah, but I think it's pretty cool. It kind of looks like a hovercraft mixed with a motorbike. Oh, my God, it's enormous. It's awesome. Right. That is a huge fan. That is.

Well, I mean, it's kind of like a motorbike slash helicopter. Yeah, it looks like a helicopter. Yeah, right. Needs to be able to carry someone's weight. When you said there was new technology for Christmas, I was expecting something a little bit more achievable than this. But no, I'll go with it. I mean, some people could.

It's available for pre-order. If you want to buy the world's first hover bike, I don't even know if it's the world's first one but the new hover bike how much are we looking at how much do you think well i've been looking at those segway scooters that one that you had the other day yeah they're pretty cool yeah they're pretty up there though they're like a couple of grand no you get for 800 bucks can you yeah oh okay then with the one of the lower models and then i think they range to like maybe 1300 right okay well then a hover bike um this thing's gonna be stupid expensive 20 Then with the hover bike. One of the lower models. And then I think they range to like maybe $1,300. Right. Okay.

Well, then a hover bike. This thing's going to be stupid expensive. $20,000 for the hover bike? The hover bike, if you want to pre-order today, will set you back $680,000. Oh, cool. And what did you say? It can go for 40 whole minute? Cool.

40 minutes. But look, just a little bit of bad news. I know that this is all very exciting. A little bit of bad news. They're available to pre-order now, but delivery isn't scheduled until the first half of next year. So you're going to have to wait a little bit. Oh, sweet.

That gives me some time to save up some money. Brie and Clint. I asked you before, Brie, where is the best place you can think of to watch the sunrise i told you leonardo dicaprio's bedroom oh yeah you said that can you imagine wouldn't it be better on his boat oh well that could it could be the bedroom on the boat his boat bedroom yeah after what have you guys been doing why are you in his bedroom oh yeah thanks uh two american tourists Two American tourists have broken into the Colosseum To watch the sunrise while having a beer In the city of Rome

Having a beer at sunrise? Yeah, they're obviously on the end of a bender Right And I think this is up there with one of the greatest sunrises that you could do Imagine watching the sunrise come up You're inside the Colosseum. You're the only ones there. You're in this ancient theatre of battle

and whatever else has gone on down there. And it's just you two at the end of an epic night getting pissed in Rome. And then you watch the sun come up. Would be pretty special. Right? Probably not as special when, you know, the sun has risen and you see the police,

the policia coming over the horizon. That's absolutely right. And that's exactly what happened because some locals saw these two drunk guys in there. Because you can see through the Coliseum. Half of it's missing. You can easily see into the Coliseum. They called the police and the police came and they've been fined 800 euros each for their sunrise beer.

800 euros? So how much is that, do you reckon? About 1,300 bucks New Zealand. Jeez. Yeah, but it's a once in a lifetime experience, you know? You could pay that for a skydive. Yeah, probably worth it. You could pay that for a skydive.

I might be tempted to pay that for it. No. You know, they don't serve beer in the Coliseum. If you really want to have a beer in the Coliseum, that's the way to do it. Haven't they, like, pretty much shut a lot of that down because it's, like, getting so badly damaged? You can't go down into the ground, which is where the floor of the stadium was and all the traps and cages that are beneath it. Yeah, all the animals and stuff. But the rest of it you can go all over. It's pretty incredible how much of the Coliseum you can explore.

8,000 people a day go through the Coliseum. That's a lot of people. You know what? I had this amazing thought and I feel like we should sell this to the block because the block New Zealand have just finished up a season. What if they do next season on the block they renovate

the Coliseum? Can you imagine? They get a bunch of teams together and they all have sections of the Coliseum that they have to renovate. Have you imagine? They get a bunch of teams together and they all have sections of the Coliseum that they have to renovate. Have you seen how much they butcher some of those houses on the block? I'm not sure you want to set them loose on an ancient stadium. Yeah, look, I feel like the people

of Italy would not be stoked. No, they don't take too kindly to who are messing with their heritage. But you would get a lot of free, big, flat-screen TVs in the Coliseum. This is a long way for Mark Richardson to commute after the AM show each day. That's part of the issue. Can you imagine Mark Richardson at the Coliseum?

He goes, oh, yeah, it's not that impressive. I've seen it before. You know who would have built a better Coliseum? The National Party. Yes. And that's another reason why I hate Jacinda so much. She hasn't built us a Coliseum. No, look at this bloody thing.

There you go. Have a think about that next time you go to Rome. If you've got a spare 800 euros, you can illegally have a beer inside the Coliseum. We do not encourage or endorse that at the Brian Clint show. Yeah, sure. What, Brisa? Play ZM's Brian Clint.

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