ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 28th September 2023
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The ZM Podcast Network.
ZM, Brie and Clint.
Good afternoon everybody, welcome to the Brie and Clint show.
God, that entire news update is what life feels like at the moment.
Can this election just happen?
And then these people just shut up and take their billboards down?
Oh, it's just taking over everything, isn't it?
This is not me saying don't vote.
And this is not me saying it's not important.
But shut up.
Nah, just shut up.
Just kind of move on.
Let's just vote now.
Did you know, well, you can vote from Monday.
People overseas have already been voting.
Yeah, they can vote.
Early voting for overseas is open.
And you can cast an early vote in New Zealand on Monday and get it out of the way.
Once you do that, you can switch off.
You can stop paying attention if you haven't already.
I feel like, what did you say?
Oh, see, I already switched off.
In saying that, we are going to play some of the debate.
No, but the fun part.
We're going to play the fun part of last night's debate,
if you missed it,
where Paddy Gower asked both candidates,
have you done MDMA before?
It's pretty good.
Let's get into a round of Tradiverse Lady,
where today there will be no political questions
about the New Zealand elections.
Zero.
Whatsoever.
And if you can win it, you can win 50 KFC win it, you can win $50 thanks to KFC.
Exactly.
Call us now, 0800 DIAL ZM.
We'll get you on to verse someone else next.
Hey, fun fact, this is the most streamed song in the world right now.
Is it?
Yeah.
Wow, that's something like new information for me.
Yeah.
That's a fact that I came up with and you definitely didn't tell me three minutes ago.
Time for Tradie vs Lady.
It's Tradie vs Lady.
Three, two, one, let's go.
Here we are, another game.
The Tradies picking up a win yesterday.
They're sitting on 80, but they're eight wins behind the ladies who are on 88 for the year.
Our lady is calling
from Hamilton.
She is 40 years old
and her kids think
that she's a slow driver.
Welcome to the show, Louise.
Louise, do you tell your kids
better to be slow than sorry?
Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, that works.
That shuts them up, eh?
Yeah, every time
And they're like, God, that's answered all our questions
You're cool now, Mum
Yeah, so cool
You're taking on our trainees today
They're calling from Hastings, they're 36
And his life is run by girls
Welcome to the show, Campbell
G'day, Campbell
G'day
Obviously that song Beyonce released was very
relevant to your life then.
Always.
Who are these girls that are running your life,
Campbell?
Four kids and the wife.
I see.
Do you have four girls, Campbell?
Yep.
Holy smokes. So four girls,
your wife and you.
Yep. Have you got a four girls, your wife and you. Yep.
Have you got a dog?
There's a dog in the background.
Boy or girl?
He's a boy.
There you go.
You've got a comrade.
You guys can wee outside together and do man stuff.
Yeah, that's what we do.
Campbell, your buzzer is shady.
Louise, yours is lady.
First of three gets $50 cash thanks to KFC.
Good luck.
Question number one.
Which car company produces the Grand Cherokee?
Big American SUV.
Grand Cherokee.
Nobody?
Yeah.
Campbell?
Toyota?
No.
Louise, you want to guess? Oh, no. But my 10-year-old in the car could have a guess. Yeah. Youball? Toyota? No. Louise, you want to guess?
Oh, no.
But my 10-year-old in the car could have a guess.
Yeah.
You go on then.
It makes a grand Cherokee.
No, he doesn't know.
He's pulling his face.
We were looking for Jeep.
No points there.
That's all right.
Question number two, we move on.
Who plays the main Ken character in the Barbie movie?
Lady. Yes, Louise.
Ryan Gosling. It is, of course,
Ryan Gosling. Nice work. One point
to the ladies. Question number three.
Buzz in when you can tell me who sings
this song.
He's doing the Superbowl
halftime show.
He wrote an album all about his confessions.
Yes, Campbell?
Usher.
Usher's correct.
It is Usher.
We are one apiece.
Question number four.
What's the name of the company that published the Mario Kart video game?
I'm going to say Louise just got in there.
Nintendo?
It is Nintendo.
Two to the ladies, one to the tradies.
Question number five.
In what city would you find the Golden Gate Bridge?
Lady.
Louise for the win.
San Francisco.
It is San Francisco.
She's a lady.
Oh, oh, oh, she's a lady.
Well done, Louise.
You have the Tradiverse Lady title for the day and $50 cash coming your way.
Awesome.
Thank you.
Good job.
You go spend it on something delicious.
Why did you say it like that?
I don't know.
There's a study that's been done which has analysed data
to figure out what is the most mispronounced names ever.
Okay.
It's quite interesting.
So this study was conducted by a website called Word Finder X
and they analysed data from a website called Forvo
which actually helps people learn how to pronounce words
by providing playable audio clips.
There's a website for that?
I just get Google to do it.
Oh, Google does it too.
But this is a website that does it.
Anyway, so they've taken...
Or you just scroll through interviews with the person
until you find them saying their own name.
Oh, is that how you do it?
Like if there's like a celebrity that we have to interview?
Yeah, that's a hard one. Yeah. Yeah, which usually takes a long name. Oh, is that how you do it? Like if there's like a celebrity that we have to interview.
Yeah, that's a hard one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Which usually takes a long time.
Yeah.
And sometimes there's letters astray.
How much research did we do yesterday to try and figure out how to say Travis Kelsey's name?
Yeah, quite a bit.
Yeah.
Because it's not spelt Kelsey.
Kels.
It's spelt Kels or Kelchi.
Kelchi.
Yeah.
K-E-L-C-E.
And then one website was like both pronunciations are right
and we're like, okay, whatever.
Anyway, so essentially they've taken the data from this website
seeing how many times people have searched certain names
and obviously the most searched they've said would be...
Hardest to pronounce.
Hardest to pronounce.
Quite interesting because I'm going to say that the most mispronounced name
is super common.
Is it?
Super common boy's name.
Is it Juan?
No.
No?
The name.
Is it Jesus?
No.
Is it David? No. Is it David?
Let's hope not.
Is it Clint?
Because every time I ring up to place my fish and chip order,
I always get Quinn.
Oh, Quinn's such a cool name.
Yeah, Quinton.
Never Clint.
Almost exclusively never Clint.
Remember the time that they called you?
Yeah, left the N out.
Oh, and put the U in.
Yeah.
Yeah, there was a big one too.
No, so it's none of those.
Most mispronounced name according to this study, Sean.
Oh.
S-E-A-N.
Seen.
People.
Yeah.
Get that wrong.
I get it.
A lot.
I get it.
It's written seen.
Yep.
It's the most requested name that people want to know how it's pronounced on this website.
The name that came in second place.
Alejandro.
Was Shushu and it's spelled X-U-X-A.
Oh, yeah.
Shusha.
Shushu? See. I need X-U-X-A. Oh, yeah. Xuxa. Xuxu?
See?
You need to go on the website.
I need to go on the website.
Yeah.
Do you want to know what came in third?
Yeah.
Apparently, in third place was the Latin name Victoria.
What's Latin for Victoria?
Victoria.
No.
That's what it says here.
Who can't pronounce Victoria?
That's what it says.
It's pronounced how it's written.
Try and pronounce that incorrectly.
But English is our first language.
Oh, okay.
And then the Spanish name Francisco came in fourth.
Yeah, okay.
There you go.
We want to know this afternoon, do people always get your name wrong?
Like written down, it's not what it seems.
Like, are you a Siobhan?
Oh, God. Siobhan is such a weird, like the spelling of Siobhan.
There's so many letters in Siobhan.
You can't look at it and go, that's Siobhan.
Imagine trying to key in your Gmail account into the Netflix app
if your name is Siobhan.
You'd have to click so many times with your remote.
Every time I see it, I'm like, Siobhan?
Siobhan?
We want you to call us up, 0800-DIAL-ZM,
if your name gets pronounced wrong all the time.
The producers are going to write it down for us.
And we're going to try.
And then we're going to pronounce it as we see it.
And you tell us if we're correct or not.
Yeah.
Is this going to re-traumatise you if you grew up with a hard-to-pronounce name?
Possibly.
But let's give it a go.
This will be a train wreck.
0800-DIAL-ZM, or you can text your hard-to-pronounce name? Possibly. But let's give it a go. This'll be a train wreck. 0800 dials at M or you can text
your hard-to-pronounce name in to
9696. A Victoria
is calling right now.
Get her on. I want to know if anyone's
ever mispronounced Victoria.
Bree and Clint. Turns out the most
mispronounced name in the world
is the very common
name of Sean.
Sean, yeah.
But spelled S-E-A-N.
Yes, S-E-A-N.
Which is not how you spell the name of our favourite Sean,
Sean Johnson.
Yes.
He's S-H-A-U-N, I believe.
Or W.
No, I think he's S-H-A-U-N.
You sure?
Yeah, S-H-A-W-N is what you do to a sheep.
Are you Sean about it?
Yeah, I think I'm pretty sure. You're pretty Sean? I'm pretty Sean about it? Yeah, I think that's... I think I'm pretty sure.
You're pretty sure?
I'm pretty sure about it.
Okay, good.
So we're asking you,
we're asking you,
does your name get mispronounced
when it's written down?
Like if the teacher's reading it
off the roll
or whatever it is?
Has your name just always been
mispronounced by people?
Could be your parents' fault.
So we're going to attempt it
and try not to butcher it.
We're going to do our best.
Our first caller's name is spelt S-H-A-U-N-E.
So very similar to what we've just been talking about.
Shawnee.
Shawnee.
Shawnee.
It's a lady's name.
Shawnee.
I think it's Shawnee.
Shawnee or Shawnee.
Like Shawnee Weaver.
Okay.
S-H-A-U-N-E.
How do you say your name?
Sean.
Oh, just Sean.
Damn it. Well, it was right. The Sean you say your name? Sean. Oh, just Sean. Damn it.
Well, Dream is right.
The Sean thing is correct.
Turns out the study, spot on.
Wait, did you just say Shawnee Weaver?
Yeah.
Very similar to Sigourney Weaver.
Your parents have really finessed the spelling of Sean there, Sean, haven't they?
Yeah.
He makes it feminine, apparently.
Makes it what?
Feminine. Oh. Yeah. Feminine. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. What did I say? Yeah, he makes it feminine, apparently. Makes it what? Feminine.
Oh.
Yeah.
Feminine.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
What did I say?
Yeah, yeah.
Do people always call you Shawnee?
Shawnee, Shawna, Shane.
Shawnee.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Shawnee.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, that must.
Sha-nae-nae.
Sha-nae-nae.
Sha-nae-nae.
Do you ever just, you know, give your parents a piece of your mind, Sean?
Sometimes.
But then sometimes people are like, oh, you're a girl.
I'm like, yep.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Got that one in the bank.
You just say to your parents, you couldn't have just went with the standard spelling,
could you?
Thank you, Sine.
Let's go to our second caller who says their name always gets pronounced wrong.
I'm going to try and get this right.
It's spelt B-E-N.
I'm going to say it's Ben.
I'm going to say it's Bean.
Is it Ben?
Ben?
No.
So I'm sorry.
I'm going to put your countrymen on blast.
It is just Ben.
Just Ben.
And it is very easy when you see it written down,
but I used to live in Australia for a few years on the phones in a contact centre.
Yeah.
And with my drooly, terrible New Zealand accent,
I used to introduce myself as you're speaking with Ben,
and I would commonly get, oh, hi, Ian, hi, Vin.
Ian!
All the time.
Did you get Ben?
Yeah.
Not anything but my name, pretty much.
Our former producer, Ben, has gone to work for a radio station in Australia
and they call him Bin.
Yeah, they call him Bin Chicken.
That's where I kept getting Vin from.
So I kind of adapted and started putting on an accent when I answered the phone.
Go on, give us your Australian version of your name, Bin.
Are you there?
I'm speaking with Ben.
I love you speaking with Ben. That wouldn't get through. I adapted and went, Good evening. You're speaking with Bin. I love you.
You're speaking with Bin.
That wouldn't get through.
Hi, Debson.
Good afternoon.
You're speaking with Ben.
Ben.
Oh, that's good, Ben.
No, that's good.
You've got to talk real slow for the Australians so they can understand.
We're going to do another one.
This one's hard.
It's spelt N-A-T-A R-L-E-Y-A.
I've got this. It's easy.
Go on then.
Natalia.
Natalia.
Natalia.
Natalia. Is it Natalia?
Yes, it is Natalia.
Yeah! Natalia
spelt N-A-T-A-R-L-E-Y-A.
Natalia.
Have you thought about changing it to Natalaya, though?
Honestly, the amount of people that call me Natalaya or...
Natala.
...a very, very rich person.
Yeah, yeah.
I can imagine.
Is it a...
Most people just call me Nat because it'd be weird.
Is it a traditional spelling of your name, Natalia,
or is that one that your parents came up with?
That's my unfortunately dyslexic mother.
Oh, bless her heart.
I thought it was better than...
She put her name Natasha and my auntie's name Liana.
Shout out to them if they're listening.
I know my friends because they know my voice.
And, yeah, they got Natalia out of it.
She just decided that's the right way to spell it
and any other way is wrong.
It's like the pirate way of spelling it.
Natalia.
Yeah, that's how I have to pronounce it.
Yeah, yeah.
God, it's so good when parents get creative.
Isn't it?
Yeah.
Last one.
E-M-I-L-E. It's got to be Emil. creative. Isn't it? Yeah. Isn't it? Last one. E-M-I-L-E.
It's got to be Emil.
You think it's Emil?
Emil.
I think it's just Emily.
It could be Emily.
And I think maybe there's an accent on that last E.
Emil.
What's the correct way of pronouncing your name, E-M-I-L-E?
Yep, it's actually Emil.
Oh, it's Emil.
Yes.
Oh, well done.
And it's a male, not a female.
No, we know.
Emil, I've only ever met male Emils.
Yep.
Where's that name come from, Emil?
It's a French name.
And you get it in a different spelling as well
without the E at the back.
So it's just E-M-I-L and minus E-M-I-L-E.
I see.
I think your spelling is better
because I would just say Emil.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then you don't want to go down the path where someone calls you Amel.
Because that's a bad time.
Email.
Email.
Yeah, email.
Yeah, email's not a good one.
You've got Emil.
I think you're Emil.
We appreciate it.
Appreciate it, Emil.
I apologise for before. The sheep one is S-H-O-, Emile. We appreciate it. Appreciate it, Emile. I apologise for before.
The sheep one is S-H-O-R-N.
That's that Sean.
Oh, as in Sean a sheep?
A sheep has been Sean.
Because I was like, Sean the sheep.
A lot of people were texting in to say that's S-H-O-R-N.
As in, yeah, Sean a sheep.
But Sean the sheep is S-H-A-U, isn't it?
Is it? As in Sean the sheep. The S-H-A-U, isn't it? Is it?
As in Sean the Sheep.
The Sheep.
As in the cartoon.
We're getting way too deep into this.
There's so many people texting through with their names.
Do you want to give any a go?
Or do you think we've butchered it enough?
My name is I-S-O-L-D-E, pronounced Isolde.
Isolde.
Oh, yeah.
My son's name is Kian.
I'm assuming that's how, or Sian.
People, I think it just comes down to the spelling.
The actor's name, Sean Bean, is a tough one to pronounce
because it's spelled S-E-A-N-B-E-A-N.
But the first one is pronounced Sean
and the second one is pronounced Bean.
He should really be called Scene Bean.
Scene Bean.
Let's talk about retirement plans.
Okay.
Because...
You got any?
Not me.
Sorry.
Producer Ella's just giving me the finger
from the producer's booth
and it really distracted me.
Hugely unprofessional, Ella.
Hugely.
We were having words.
Hugely unprofessional.
We were having words through the glass before
and then she's just decided to carry it on.
This is a live radio broadcast.
Do you think the producers of the 6 o'clock news,
do you think Jeremy Wells' producer gives him the finger
behind the seven-shot camera?
So unprofessional.
So unprofessional.
Oh, you can't talk.
You just did it then.
Did I?
She's the talent, okay?
You need to be more mature than her.
You too.
You need to be more responsible.
I'm putting you both in time out.
Don't worry.
It's not hard to be more mature than me, Ella, so you're in the clear.
We need to talk about retirement because at this rate,
none of us will be retiring until we're 80.
Well, then we don't need to talk about it.
Yeah, well, that's true.
We've got a heap of time.
We've got plenty of time.
I don't remember which one of the political parties it is,
but one of them wants to extend the retirement age from 65,
which it is currently, to 67.
When did it even go to 65?
I thought, has it ever been at 55?
No.
Has it ever been at 60?
Have you been targeting 55?
I've been thinking about 55.
Jeez.
And then when I heard it was going to 67, you can imagine my shock.
Well, technically, you can retire anytime you want.
If you've got enough money.
You just won't get any free money until 67.
Right.
Yeah.
So you won't get the pension.
Well, currently 65.
Oh, the government is stiffing us, eh?
Oh, we're getting stiffed left, right and centre.
Oh, they're bloody stiffing us all over the shop.
But they're going to take 15 cents off your fruit and vegetables.
Oh, whoop-dee-doo.
Anyway, let's just not think about that
because I might have a good option for people.
A different retirement plan that I have never heard,
I've never thought about, but apparently it's quite common.
So there's an Aussie couple, retirees.
Their names are Marty and Jess,
and their retirement plan is to live on cruise ships.
That was a good ship. That was a good ship.
That was a good ship, yeah.
Marty and Jess said recently they have done 51 back-to-back cruises.
Wow.
Claiming that the non-stop travel is cheaper than living in a retirement home.
And more fun.
And more fun.
Yeah.
Especially if you can get some mates to come along with you.
And better food.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I put, I mean, I've been to retirement homes
and retirement villages.
I mean, there's different ones.
Why are you hanging out at so many retirement villages?
Because my nonna was there, okay?
Okay.
And I like the biscuits that they give out at three o'clock.
I was about to say the risk of living on a cruise ship
is the constant threat of a gastro outbreak.
That is a threat, yeah.
But to be honest, there's the same level of threat in a retirement home.
Probably worse.
Of a gastro outbreak.
Probably worse.
Yeah.
So far, the retirees have spent 455 days on back-to-back cruises.
That's amazing.
Isn't that incredible?
Yeah.
And they say that it can be an affordable retirement option.
So I've done some research into how much.
Yeah.
Because, I mean, this couple, they know the captain.
Yeah.
They're on this ship more than the captain.
Yeah.
They know the captain. All of the this ship more than the captain. They know the captain.
All of the employees know them by their first names.
They're like royalty.
They're like bloody celebrities on these ships.
They said that they've figured out if you work it the right way
and you get the right deals, it can cost around $140 per day.
That's pretty good.
Not bad. That's pretty good. Not bad.
That's pretty good.
And, I mean, I haven't looked at the retirement plans.
If that includes your food.
That's food.
And booze, probably.
Oh, maybe not, but still.
You can buy the booze packages for the route.
Do you get access to duty-free on a cruise ship?
Can you go and get some bottles of duty-free before you get back on the boat?
I'd say so because one of them said, you know, stuff that's available.
You go to dinner.
Yeah.
You can go to different shows for free.
Yeah.
They've got dancing classes.
Yeah.
They've got all types of different activities on the boat.
There's a pool there you can go swimming in.
There's hula dancing.
Yeah.
And it's all included in the price.
You could have an affair and the person will get off the boat at the end of the week
and then no one ever needs to know about your affair.
It's easy to have an affair.
Bada bing, bada boom.
I mean, where's the downside?
Sounds like a done deal to me.
Yeah, I mean, you never see your family
because you're constantly sailing around the world.
Oh, do you ever really like them anyway?
But that's what you want out of retirement perhaps, isn't it?
Sign me up.
I'm keen. I'm really keen.
So keen.
Are you a big Shrek fan?
Big, huge. Big, huge Shrek fan?
Love it. Oh, this is going to be fun.
We can see him late, swapping manly stories
and in the morning, I'm making waffles.
Oh!
Is that your boulder?
That's a nice boulder.
I like that boulder.
Well, good news.
You can now book a night in Shrek's Swamp on Airbnb.
And it looks really good.
I looked at this because I love Shrek.
And I was like, I wonder how good it is.
Because, you know, obviously there's different types of stays like this around the world.
This one, I'm going to say from the pictures, nine and a half out of ten.
It's like Hobbiton.
It's perfect.
It's spot on.
Yeah.
It looks so good that it looks AI.
Yeah.
But it's not.
The description says it is nestled in the rolling hills of the Scottish Highlands, because
of course Shrek is Scottish.
Shrek's swamp is open to all manner of creatures from near and far, far away
for a fairy tale stay in a secluded, muddy slice of paradise under the stars.
What a genius idea.
The best bit is it's free.
It's free?
It's a promotion for Airbnb and they're giving away the stays for free.
Oh, no wonder it's so good.
Yeah.
They've made it as a way of getting people talking about Airbnb again.
And look at us.
And look at us right here.
Oh, damn it.
We've fallen for it again.
Shrek super fans can request to book a free two-night stay in the swamp
for up to three people.
Not enough, by the way, because you won't have a party in the swamp.
Yeah, that'd be fun.
Three people.
But then you can invite...
Three is such an awkward number.
Yeah, you don't...
It's not three.
It's a couple and one other person.
It's four.
It's four minimum.
Oh, to be honest...
But also, but to be fair...
If there's three of you
and no one brings their partner,
then it's not awkward.
But have you ever booked an Airbnb
and the amount of people that you say are staying at the Airbnb
is actually the amount of people that stay at the Airbnb?
Have you done that?
I'm too nervous.
If you're having a party, like if you're...
A party's different to having people stay there
because I think if there's like extra room,
they don't give you enough towels or sheets.
Ah.
That's how they get you.
I've never been particularly concerned with the towels or sheets
with the Airbnbs.
You're in your 30s.
Like, you should be concerned about having a fresh towel.
Like, are you and your mates, like, sharing towels, are you?
No, we're getting the hell out of there the first thing the next day.
It's usually like a stag do or something.
And we just get the hell out of there as soon as we wake up.
Sounds like you're destroying the Airbnb.
We're like, all right, we paid a $500 cleaning fee.
Just tip the empty bottles out and let's go.
Is that what you do?
You're like, we're not taking the rubbish out.
We're not really cleaning out.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
We'll always pack up the rubbish.
Right.
But if you've paid a $500 cleaning fee.
That's a big cleaning fee.
Yeah.
Are you putting the dishwasher on?
Yep.
No. We didn't use any dishes.
What dishes have we used?
I don't know. I wasn't there.
How many dishes do you use for a sausage sizzle and
15 beers each?
Anyway, if you want to book Shrek's
Swamp, the booking's open at
6am on October
the 14th. That's New Zealand time.
But you have to organise your own travel to and from Scotland.
Let's be real.
Yeah.
If it's free, even if it wasn't free, I've seen...
You have a snowball's chance in hell.
You're never going to get a booking.
Your chance will be worse than getting tickets to the Eris tour.
Oh, it'd be very low.
Yeah.
Super low.
But go and have a look.
You never know.
Yeah.
It's very cool.
Somebody once told me the world... Brian Clint....was a look. You never know. Yeah, it's very cool.
Brie and Clint.
Brie, you look like the type of person who wants to learn how to start your day in the best way possible according to a mental performance coach.
I already know.
Yeah?
It's with a glass of whiskey and some bloody beef jerky.
Not 100% sure what that accent was, but that's not correct, that advice.
I don't know where you got it.
I don't know who this person is, but for me, always starts my day right.
Whiskey and beef jerky.
Yeah, usually a whole glass.
That's how you start the day.
Glass of whiskey.
Oh, and usually, you know, some bittletongue is what I like.
This advice is almost the complete opposite of whiskey. Oh, and usually, you know, some Biddle Tongue. Yeah, right. Is what I like. Right. This advice is almost the complete opposite of that.
Oh.
So, David Neith is a mental performance coach.
He helps people like Lydia Ko, Israel Adesanya, and Kai Kara France
to get out of bed in the morning and perform at their peak.
Ha, ha, ha.
Ha, hee, ha.
You know?
He does that for them.
He's the one who gets them moving.
You guys couldn't see what I just...
I went full UFC.
What I just enjoyed.
You know what it was like?
You know when you pull out some spaghetti from the pot
to see if it's cooked and you throw it at the wall?
That's what Clint does look like.
Yep, she ready.
All right.
She's ready.
Anyway, enough of that.
This is how you start your day.
I'm interested.
This is how you start your day.
Unless it's getting up early.
David Neith.
No, there's no getting up early in this.
What's his name?
David Neith.
Oh, I know his brother, Ben.
Benith.
So what should you do?
First thing you should do when you get up, drink
water. Whiskey
is partly water.
Getting up, your hydration
first thing is the key
to an optimal day. First thing
in the morning before you have breakfast, before you have
coffee, before you do anything,
have a glass of water.
I mean, it makes sense.
People pay this man thousands of dollars for advice like that.
Can you imagine you book this guy and he comes over
and he goes, first step, drink a glass of water.
You're like, okay, okay,
when am I going to get my money back for this?
Thank you, David.
Second thing you should do, minimise stress.
Having really good quiet time with the people that you love
first thing in the morning is really important,
which is rich for anyone who has toddlers.
Because I have not had a morning that doesn't involve violence
since my children were born.
I feel like for people that have kids, they want to do the opposite.
They want to spend a quiet time alone without any people
that they supposedly love.
They just want time to themselves.
The third thing that he says is key to optimising your morning is you should plan your day out.
He says you should spend 10 to 15 minutes at the beginning of the day planning out how your day is going to go.
He said if you do that, you will give yourself an extra hour in your day
by spending 10 or 15 minutes planning out the day.
Kind of makes sense.
Does it?
Then you're not just rolling through the day like,
dum-de-doo, wonder when I'm going to do this.
I always kind of plan my day in my head.
Do you?
I'm like, okay, I'm going to do this till this time
and then I'm going to walk my dogs for this amount of time.
Yeah.
Then I need this amount of time to get ready,
so I'm at work by this time. Well, there
you go. All you need is a glass of water and you're good to go.
There's some things he says you shouldn't do.
Okay.
Does it involve whiskey? No, it's not
whiskey or Biltong. Okay.
You should not scroll your phone when you
wake up. Yeah, I'm so bad for it.
Me too. And you know it's bad.
He put it in words that are
It feels bad.
Yeah.
He said, scrolling is wasting time.
And if you're wasting time first thing in the morning,
then it becomes habitual.
You are generating and creating habitual behaviours that are incongruent with being fulfilled in life.
Oh, see, you lost me, David,
because I don't know what any of these bloody words mean.
He said, if you're unproductive from the second you wake up, you're just training yourself to do that. Oh, but, you know, I'm still waking up, David, because I don't know what any of these bloody words mean. He said if you're unproductive from the second you wake up,
you're just training yourself to do that.
Oh, but, you know, I'm still waking up, though,
so I'm not going to be productive in those 10 minutes anyway.
I need that blue light to wake me up.
I just need a bit of relax before I have to jump out of bed and start doing stuff.
The last thing that this mental skills coach says that you shouldn't do is set an alarm.
He said waking up to an alarm is way too stressful and he's all about minimising stress.
So what does he propose then?
No, he didn't give a solution.
He didn't give a solution.
That sounds pretty bloody stressful, just leaving it up to your body clock.
Yeah, if you didn't set an alarm, when do you reckon you'd wake up?
I have no idea.
No, it's such a lottery, eh?
It's such a lottery. I sometimes wake up at seven.
Yeah.
But some mornings I could probably sleep till 8.30, 9 o'clock.
Just tell the people you were meant to meet.
Sorry, I've got a new mental skills coach.
He's told me to get rid of my alarm.
So this is not my fault.
I just wake up when I wake up.
And they're like, cool.
Why do you smell like whiskey?
Bree and Clint.
Last night the second leaders debate took place on TV3.
And instead of asking the politicians about weed,
which has been the thing to do for the last few elections around the world,
have you ever smoked weed?
Have you ever smoked weed?
Well, I mean, the last time that there was a big vote,
we were voting on the weed referendum as well.
So Paddy Gower said, nah, stuff that.
We're going for the hard stuff.
MDMA.
Paddy Gower straight up asked Chris Hipkins and Chris Luxon,
have you guys ever done pingas?
Have either of you done MDMA?
Chris Hipkins.
No.
No. All right. No. That was Hipkins. No. No.
All right.
No.
That was a no.
They looked very uncomfortable answering the question.
The crowd was laughing.
Then Paddy Gower said, really?
I have.
No, he did not.
He did.
You can't say that stuff.
He did not say that.
I laughed.
I was clearly joking. What he did ask the leaders
was their opinions
on whether people
who use MDMA
should be classified as
criminals. MDMA is
ecstasy. It is
the party drug.
It's the one that people take at festivals. Party pills.
Just so, before I play
a response from it,
currently, it is illegal, obviously,
the maximum penalty for possession of a Class B drug,
which MDMA is a Class B drug.
And is that just any?
Like if you're, let's say...
Yeah, it's just possession.
It's just anything?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So you know what I mean?
Like is it a certain amount or is it like if you have
one pill i think it's like one pill yeah yeah right but then if you have like 20 pills on you
then you have got that's that's like that's something else that's distribution yeah but
currently the maximum penalty for possession of mdma is three months jail or a maximum fine of
five hundred dollars or both right three months jail seems a bit ridiculous to me.
Three months jail or $500?
The judge is like, which one do you want?
You're like, oh, put Ty on cash at the moment.
You can just lock me up.
Do I have to pay rent in jail?
Probably go the three months.
So the question was, should you be classified a criminal
if you do MDMA at a festival this summer?
Chris Luxton's answer was really weird.
It was all over the shop.
It was all over the shop.
Have a listen to this.
People who take MDMA on New Year's at Rhythm and Vines,
are they criminals?
Personally, no, they're not.
They're not criminals?
No, I don't think they are.
So you'll change the MDMA law then?
What I'd say to you is I think there's things that we can do
to actually make sure that at festivals we've got good drug testing
and all that sort of good stuff. Because if they're not
criminals, you're going to have to take it out of the Crimes Act.
Well, no, sorry, what I'd say is they
are criminals. I want to be clear.
MDA is criminal. But what I'd say to you
is you can actually test drugs in festivals.
That's quite possible to do. Alright, that's a pretty
big U-turn in the first break.
Listen to the crowd, eh?
Oh!
Ma, ma, ma, ma! Yeah, he stuffed up that answer, I think. He ballsed it up. He balls it. Because, to the crowd, eh? Oh! Ma, ma, ma, ma.
Yeah, he stuffed up that answer, I think.
He ballsed it up.
He balls it.
Because, to be honest, I don't even know what he thinks about it now
because it was all over the shop.
No, and that's the problem.
Yeah.
And that's the problem.
And it is in the community and it is going to be at festivals.
So it's a very relevant question to be asking.
I think it, yeah.
The drug testing in the festivals makes no sense as well.
He's like, I support drug testing in festivals.
But if you've got it, you're a criminal.
Yeah, like what is he saying?
Does he support the drug testing where you can go and test your drugs
to see if they're safe?
Yeah.
So people don't die?
Yeah.
You know, like if people are going to take drugs and if they have these stations set up,
at least they can try and be safe.
Is that what he's talking about?
I think what he was trying to say was,
yes, they are not criminals, but no, they are criminals.
I think what he was trying to say is it is regarded as criminal,
but I don't think he thinks those people are criminals. Oh, okay. What he was trying to say is it is regarded as criminal. Yeah.
But I don't think he thinks those people are criminals.
Oh, okay.
Is that?
I have no idea.
I think he said what he actually thinks.
He said what he said.
I think he said what he actually thinks,
which is I don't see them in my mind as criminals.
But it is technically a criminal offence. And then he remembered who his core voter base is.
And he was like, oh shit, oh shit,
can't let the boomers think that I'm into MDMA.
No, they're criminals.
I don't think they're criminals,
but damn, we should lock them up.
Just as they did the MDMA section too,
they went to an ad break,
all the flashing lights came on,
they played this music.
Yeah, and the two Chris's
like sat in the middle of the stage and the two Chris's, like, met in the
middle of the stage and were, like, hugging
and being like, no, mate, I love you.
Why are we fighting? No matter what happens
at this election, you and I
are going to be boys. Bro, we're literally
both called Chris. P.S.,
do you have any water?
My mouth's so dry.
Isn't it crazy? I'm
Chris and you're Chris.
Bro, there's Petty Gower.
If we started a band, we'd be Chris Cross.
Bree and Clint.
It's time for a round of What's the Plot?
Once upon a time, there was a girl.
She was smart, debatable, talented, eh, athletic.
Not really.
But picking a movie title based on just the plot line,
that she can do.
Bree and Clint's What's The Plot?
Our movie guessing game where today if you can beat Bree,
you'll score $200.
Linus, hi.
Hi, Linus.
Hi.
You could have called up for that segment we just did before,
L-Y-N-N-I-C-E, Lyness.
Yeah, I'd pronounce that Lyn-eece.
Lyn-eece?
Lyn-ice.
Lyn-ice?
Lyn-ice.
You would have had that a bit in your life, wouldn't you?
Sounds like a character from Game of Thrones.
Well, on the Lyn-ice this afternoon is $200 cash if you can beat Brie.
How this works is I'm going to read out movie plots. The first
one of you to buzz in with your name and tell me the name
of that movie is going to score the
point and whoever gets two points wins
the game. You got it, Linise?
Yes. Alright, good luck,
Linise. Today,
our theme, for no
other reason than
we like them, sharks.
Okay. Is that the reason that we chose sharks. Sharks. Okay.
Is that the reason
that we chose sharks
this week, Claudia?
Yeah, who doesn't like sharks?
Yeah.
Depends.
I like them from afar.
Well, there's a lot of them
in Tauranga Harbour
at the moment.
Is there?
Yeah.
What type?
I think great whites.
They're pupping.
Great whites?
Yeah.
Oh, God.
Yep.
Stay out of the water.
So here we go.
Shark movies.
I'm going to start now.
Don't wait for me to finish.
Just buzz in as soon as you think you know what one of these are.
Movie number one.
This underachiever is a pint-sized fish with grand aspirations.
Bree.
Linise.
Nemo.
Nemo is incorrect.
Linise.
Pint-sized. Shark's tailo. Nemo is incorrect. Laniece? Shark's Tail.
Shark's Tail's correct.
Oh, good one, Laniece.
Nice work.
That's the one with Christina Aguilera, right?
Yeah.
Car wash, car wash.
And Will Smith.
To be honest, I don't know if I've ever watched it.
Phillip and you don't have to pay.
But a great song.
Well done, Lene.
He smiled to the fish, but he's one big dish.
Is that your favourite movie?
Sounds like it is.
Just the song.
The song's got Missy Elliott on it too.
Yeah, I know.
She's got a fish.
And they turn her into a fish.
That's right.
Yeah.
Should have got that one.
One to Lene.
Movie number two about sharks.
Previously thought to be extinct, a massive. Brie. Brie.aniece. Movie number two about sharks. Previously thought to be extinct.
A massive.
Brie.
Brie.
Jaws.
Jaws, incorrect.
Laniece.
Megalodon or Meg.
Wow.
Laniece, you've won.
Was this your specialist category, Laniece?
When you heard sharks, were you like, oh my God, I'm in.
I've just watched a lot of shark movies.
Yeah.
Bloody went to mainstream.
And I love that movie.
The second one is terrible, but the first one I didn't mind.
Is it the Jason Statham one?
Don't bother, Laniece.
Don't bother.
It's with Jason Statham and Ruby Rose and some other people.
But I've watched it like a million times.
Laniece, it's got Ruby Rose in it.
Oh.
Laniece is like. Maybe I, it's got Ruby Rose in it. Oh. Linise is like...
Maybe I should watch it.
She dies in it.
Let's watch the plot.
Well done, Linise.
200 bucks coming your way.
200 bucks cash.
Congratulations.
Thank you so much.
We'll start again next week at $50.
Bree and Clint.
Time for a birthday banger.
Bree and Clint.
All I want for my birthday is a birthday banger Bree and Clint All I want for my birthday
Is a birthday banger
All right, here we go.
Birthday banger, the number one song on your 16th birthdays.
Let's figure out three.
Hi, Shelley.
G'day, Shel.
Hi.
How are you, Shelley?
How's your week been?
Not too bad, thank you.
Yours?
Oh, pretty good, Shelley.
Whereabouts in the country are you?
Waikakaruru. Whereabouts in the country are you? Waitakaruru.
Whereabouts is that?
Thames.
Oh, yeah.
Lovely. Well, thanks for listening
to us, Shelley. I'm keen to find out
what your birthday banger is. What's your birthday?
21st of July.
Do I have to
say the year? Yeah, we're going to need the year.
Otherwise, we won't know when you were 16.
Oh, 1966 I was born.
So don't ask me when I was 16.
No, we'll figure that one out.
I'll do that part for you, Shell.
That means your birthday banger date will be 1982 on the 21st of July.
And here is your birthday banger.
What do you reckon, Shell?
Eye of the Tiger.
Yeah, nice.
That's cool.
Yep.
I think it's a ripper.
I love that song.
Yep.
They go off at the Waitakaruru Cozzy Club, would it?
No, we don't have one of those.
Oh, bugger.
Kiowa Pub we go to.
Kiowa Pub.
Lovely.
Shout out to the pub.
Thanks.
Shall wait there.
We'll see if you're the winner.
We'll go to Vanessa next.
Hi, Vanessa.
G'day, Vanessa.
Hi.
Hi, how are you?
Not too bad.
Whereabouts are you calling from?
I'm in Cambridge.
Cambridge.
Cambridge.
Oh, beautiful country in Cambridge.
Horsetown.
Oh, yeah, Horsetown.
Lovely there in Cambridge.
Hey, Vanessa, what's your birthday?
It's like, no, we've got a velodrome too.
Thank you very much.
We're not just horses.
And a rowing river.
Oh, yes.
You're a rowing river.
And Eric Murray.
He lives there.
And one of the best KFCs in the country too.
I've heard that.
Might I add?
Yeah.
We can't say I've tried it.
Hey, Vanessa.
You should get in there.
You should.
I really recommend their chicken.
Okay. Do they do chicken there? Yeah, they do. Do they? Yeah, yeah. Hey, Vanessa. You should get in there. You should. I really recommend their chicken. Okay.
Do they do chicken there?
Yeah, they do.
Do they?
Yeah, yeah.
Vanessa, what's your date of birth?
9th of November, 1970.
All right.
That means you were 16 in 1986.
And on your 16th birthday, this was at the top.
The love shines over my eyes.
Banger.
Sir Dave Dobbin,
Slice of Heaven.
Fun fact,
Vanessa,
not only has this
just been covered by Coterie,
that's on the ZM playlist.
Brie and I are going to cover
this song tomorrow
in Friday Okie.
We're going to sing this one.
Oh, that's a real banger then.
A real banger.
Oh no, Vanessa. Let's do one more for Charlotte. Kia ora, Charlotte. Oh, it's a real banger then. It's a real banger. Oh no, Vanessa.
Let's do one more for Charlotte.
Kia ora, Charlotte.
Hi, Charlotte.
Hi.
How's your week been, Charlotte?
Not too bad.
It's been school holidays,
so pretty stressful,
but pretty good.
Charlotte,
cough once if you need saving.
Oh my gosh,
can I cough a couple of times?
We're sending our thoughts and prayers your way, Charlotte,
but we'll do your birthday banger for now.
What's your date of birth?
19th of September, 1985.
All right.
That means you were 16 in 2001.
And on that date in 2001, this had a number one hit.
Yes.
J-Lo.
Bit of J-Lo, I'm real.
Can't complain about that one, Charlotte.
No, it was on a few of my mixed CDs.
Yeah, I reckon, yeah. I bet it was, Offline Wire.
It's got Ja Rule on it.
Yeah, definitely.
Yeah.
Downloading them, take a whole day Ja Rule on it. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Downloading them.
Take a whole day to download a song.
Dave Dobbin.
I'm the tiger survivor for me.
Boo.
Boo.
Mate, I've got serious PTSD from recording Friday Oki this week.
So play the good one.
Play out the Dave Dobbin one.
No, but that's the one that's giving me PTSD.
All right, we're going to Claudia.
Claudia's going to vote for it anyway.
She can vote for Ja Rule and J-Lo.
As a patriotic New Zealander.
You can't say no to Dave Dobbin.
You cannot say no to Dave Dobbin.
Especially once you hear Bree's version tomorrow.
Oh, God.
And mine.
Hey, Ness, you just won Birthday Banger.
Congratulations.
Yay! Enjoy this. See you, Ness. Thanks for Oh, God. And mine. Hey, Ness, you just won Birthday Banger. Congratulations. Yay.
Enjoy this.
See you, Ness.
Thanks for calling, mate.
Brian Clint.
This is Sir Dave Dobbin
and Slice of Heaven.
You're on ZM.
Brian Clint. I love that song.
Bree and Clint, you're on ZM.
That's the winner of Birthday Banger from 1986.
Dave Dobbin, Slice of Heaven.
If you enjoyed that version, boy, you're in for a treat tomorrow,
just after five o'clock when Bree and I sing that song for Friday Oaky.
I'm calling in sick.
I've started.
Oh, yeah, I've got the rumbles.
I think I've got gastro.
We've already got the recordings.
I think I've got spitty bum.
We've already got them ready to go.
No, I'm going to delete it from the system.
Are you?
Yeah.
I'm going to hack the mainframe.
It's going to be a bad day for me tomorrow.
I think they're going to deport me. I think I might actually get deported. Mine's that you? Yeah. It's going to be a bad day for me tomorrow. I think they're going to deport me.
I think I might actually get
deported. Mine's that bad.
Like even Sam, the audio guy, was
like, are you sure you want to play this? And I was like, I have no choice.
And he goes, I think
you should maybe call in sick.
Really? Is it unpatriotic, your version?
It's like I gave
it my best shot, but my best
shot was below par at best. Oh, well, I'm even more excited for it now. It's like I gave it my best shot, but my best shot was below par at best.
Oh, well, I'm even more excited for it now.
It's bad.
Five o'clock tomorrow.
That's Friday.
Okay.
I want to talk about this story that's doing the rounds at the moment about a sports presenter
over in Australia.
Her name's Danica Mason.
There's been quite a lot of chat around her wedding that was meant to take place in three weeks.
Yeah.
But she's called it off.
Okay.
We don't really know why.
The details haven't really come out yet.
But the reason why it's making news is because, obviously,
it was so close to the date and she's called it off very abruptly,
three weeks out from the date.
It's very close.
It's very close.
And now the place where she was having the wedding, which is a beautiful venue in the
Hunter Valley in New South Wales, is now offering up that particular weekend and their wedding
date for half price.
Oh, they're reselling the date?
Yeah.
Wow.
Well, you can pick up a great deal from this place if you're looking to get married on the 27th to 29th of October and you can get it organised in three weeks, then you're off.
But there's a lot of chat now around why this relationship has broken up so soon.
Close.
So close to the wedding.
Yeah.
It would be so tough because there is a reason.
There will definitely be a reason.
There has to be a reason.
She's not just blowing up the whole wedding day for no reason.
But she's super famous in Australia.
And so everybody wants to know the details.
They're like, tell us why your marriage failed.
Tell us what's wrong with your relationship.
And obviously she doesn't want to talk about it.
No.
But she's still working.
Yeah.
So she covered the NRL last weekend and she's been seen on TV still working
but not wearing her engagement ring.
Yeah.
Well, good on her for still working.
Like every other job would still have to go to work
if their marriage...
Well, that's true.
If their engagement fell over.
It shouldn't necessarily be any different
for someone who's on the telly.
I mean, it's just harder
when you're in the public eye, obviously.
Because people write stories about why...
And then people will be like,
oh, well, she's obviously not sad
because she's at work.
I saw her smiling at the NRL.
You know?
But damn, that's close to the date.
Why do you think their marriage didn't go ahead?
I think he's probably done the dirty on her.
Oh, you think he's done the dirty?
Yeah.
Yeah, right.
What do you think?
I have absolutely no idea.
Why do you think him?
That's just kind of...
It's your gut feel.
That's my gut feel.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Probably take some time off the TV if you did the cheating, eh?
Yeah, like if she
had done the cheating, she probably wouldn't have been on the telly.
Yeah, yeah. Because if she was like.
She'd be terrified it's going to come out. Yeah.
Yeah, fair. Okay, yeah. Maybe. I don't
know. I don't know. But like, it
obviously has to be something
bad. Yeah. Where you're calling
off the wedding three weeks out. Well, it doesn't
just affect you. I mean, you've got to make the decision. You have to call it. Well, it doesn't just affect you. I mean, you've got to make that decision.
You have to call it off. But
it doesn't just affect you. It affects
everything that you've booked. It affects
everybody who's booked flights and accommodation
and everyone who is travelling to your wedding.
It's huge. It also
sucks because it's quite embarrassing
because then every
single person close to you,
including people not even that close to you that you've invited,
now will know and will hear about what's going on.
Yeah, whereas with a normal breakup, it can kind of trickle out.
Fly under the radar.
Keep it quiet so that people find out as they find out.
And people close to you will know.
This one you legit have to send an email to say it's off.
Just horrible situation.
We want to ask this afternoon,
why was the wedding you were going to called off
and how close to the wedding day was it?
How close did they get?
Yeah.
Like, is there anybody who got a message the morning of the wedding
to say, hey, this thing's not going ahead?
It's plausible.
It's possible.
Oh, of course.
That could have happened.
Yeah.
What about that story that came out last year where the bride walked in on the groom getting
breastfed from the mum and she called off the wedding on the day?
I forgot about that.
That's a true story.
It was doing the rounds on the internet.
We haven't got photo evidence.
He was having a wedding morning suckle from his mum.
Yeah, and she walked in and was like, what?
Yeah.
And called the wedding off.
Yeah, I mean, that's rude of her to call the wedding off.
It's his mum.
I think I would have thought about calling the wedding off.
Was she never breastfed?
What would be the explanation that would make that okay?
Is she too good for breast milk?
Doesn't she know breast is best?
He had a big day ahead.
He had to get his, he needed a full tummy.
I'd be running.
Runaway bride.
As long as she burped him afterwards, there's nothing wrong with that.
We're asking you the question this afternoon.
Were you invited to a wedding or maybe it was your own wedding
that got called off very close to the wedding date.
Very close.
Like this text message here.
My husband's cousin cancelled her wedding four days before the wedding.
All the guests from overseas had arrived.
There was no dramatic reason.
She just decided that she didn't want to marry him.
You're kidding.
She forgot to tell some of the guests that it was cancelled.
Oh no.
And they turned up on the day, dressed up with gifts.
Someone else texted through, two days before the wedding,
I called it off and it was meant to happen in Fiji
and it was because I still had feelings for my ex.
Two days?
That's very close.
That's like movie plot line.
Just go through with the marriage and just see if your feelings fade.
Yeah, that's good advice.
Divorces are cheap.
No, just bottle your feelings up and see if they go away.
Yeah, just push your feelings way down low.
Like your happiness is so important.
Oh, my God.
Who do you think you are?
This person wants to remain anonymous.
You were invited to a wedding that got called off anonymous.
Yes, that's right.
What happened?
We were all meant to go over to Spain.
There was about a group of like 10, 15 of us.
He was marrying a Spanish girl and super excited.
We'd all booked a massive trip around it.
Yeah.
In about a month out, my partner got a call from a random New Zealand number
and it was the groom and he was in Fonglatar.
And we were like, we're meant to see you in Europe.
In Spain.
And what did he say? What was his excuse? Fonglatar is lovely, but we're meant to go you in Europe. In Spain. And what did he say?
What was his excuse?
Fungimata is lovely, but we're meant to go to Spain.
Yeah, and he was like, yeah, it's all off, mate.
It's all done.
And we were like, okay, well, we'll see you soon
because we're still going.
Oh, good for you.
Did he say why it was called off anonymous or you can't say?
I probably shouldn't say, but essentially it was maybe a bit too much partying.
It was what we think?
Was it what we think?
No, I don't think it's that bad, but there's probably more to it that I don't know about.
Yeah, right.
But you used to go on your Spanish trip with your 10 or 15 mates?
Yeah, we all went, but it was pretty sad because then he was left
here alone going through. Yeah, to grieve
his failed marriage. Oh,
God. Drama.
I mean, Spain is a fun
place to have, you know,
a rebound. Isn't it?
Yeah, he should have gone. Very fun
spot. Someone texted, do we believe this one?
I cancelled my own wedding on the day as I was left at the altar
after finding my soon-to-be husband in bed with my twin sister.
Is that real?
Where is Hugh Grant in this text message?
Yeah, I know.
Where is?
Where's Julia Roberts?
Someone else texted through and said,
was meant to go to a wedding last year,
but it got called off because rumours circulated
that the groom had an affair with what was meant to be the mother-in-law.
They got the truth and the weddings were back on next month.
Yeah.
So the rumours were incorrect.
Were they?
Well, the bride has obviously been convinced that they were incorrect.
So she's obviously been happy with the evidence that's been.
So wedding's back on.
Awkward.
Awkward.
That is an awkward one.
That has to come up in the speeches.
Like someone has to go,
just doesn't the mother-in-law look beautiful tonight?
Not too beautiful.
Like not so beautiful that you would cheat on your wife with her or anything.
We didn't know who was going to be walking down the aisle today.
Could have been you, could have been her.
Anonymous, you want to be anonymous?
Your wedding got called off six weeks out, is that right?
Yeah.
Oh, no, Anonymous, what happened?
Six weeks out is so close to the date.
So we'd paid off everything.
We were just counting down the time. All we were doing was just waiting, waiting,
waiting for the actual day to pop up. And yeah, six weeks out
he goes, yeah, we can't get married. And I'm like, excuse me, why not?
And he was like, well, because the ex has given me an ultimatum to
if we get married, I'm not going to see my daughter
again. If we don't get married, I'm not going to see my daughter again.
If we don't get married, I can have 50-50 share.
What a horrible person.
Who does that?
So I said to my fiancé at the time, I'm like,
well, you can tell everybody the reason why.
You can tell everyone that we're not getting married.
I'm not doing it.
You're calling it off.
You can tell everyone. So he wrote this note. He got not doing it. You're calling it off. You can tell everyone. Oh, God.
So he wrote this note. He got it printed out and he photocopied it and
sent it to everybody saying
his name and my name have decided
to call it off.
And you're like, bullshit. Oh, hell no.
Yeah. He should have taken her
to court. You can't do that to someone.
Was there any regard for your feelings in that?
Did he feel bad for you at all? Or did he just expect you to understand? Yeah, just do that to someone. Was there any regard for your feelings in that? Did he feel bad for you at all or did he just
expect you to understand? Yeah,
just expected me to understand, you know,
and I'm like, okay, so I had to ring
family in Australia and say something,
you know. Are you still with this
person, Anonymous?
We did end up getting married six months
after, but
then we didn't actually make it to our
fourth wedding anniversary. Oh, good.
Because we said some horrible things about him. So, if you
were still married to him, that was going to be really awkward for us.
Yeah, no.
Stand by what we said. Sounds like a piece
of work. Yeah, I know. But if they were still married, we'd have to be
like, oh, good. Oh, great.
Happy it all worked out, Anonymous.
Sounds like he just was having a bad patch.
Yes. Thank you, Anonymous.
This text is good as well.
At my cousin's wedding, we asked why did the wedding get called off so close to the wedding.
She said, at my cousin's wedding, just as all the bridesmaids started to walk down the aisle,
my Nana collapsed and they thought that she had had a stroke.
Oh, no.
Almost got cancelled, but it didn't.
An ambulance came and picked up Nan, and they started again,
and Nan was back for kick-ons the next day.
Hell yeah, Nan, back for the kick-ons.
Everybody, Nan's back.
She survived the stroke.
One more time.
Come on, Nan, let's see you.
Put your fists in the air.
Woo.
Bree and Clint.
I just want to tell you about this really rare jar of Vegemite
that's recently been sold for a lot of money.
So the iconic Australian spread Vegemite.
I would say it's Australian and New Zealand.
No, we're Marmite, G.
Okay, so we'll claim it.
Yeah.
It celebrated its 100th birthday recently.
Nice.
They released 1,000 fine silver replicas of the jars
to commemorate the huge milestone.
I reckon a jar of Vegemite from 100 years ago would still be edible.
Probably.
Yeah.
It probably would last a long, long time if stored correctly.
The silver jars came in two sizes, a one and three ounce,
and they sold for around $160 for the one ounce and $320 for the three ounce.
Damn.
So they're just like-
$300 for a jar of Vegemite.
Are you listening to what I'm saying?
What?
It's silver.
Yeah, but it's just a jar of Vegemite.
There's no Vegemite in it.
It's a commemorative jar.
Oh, okay. So it's like a
keepsake. What kind of dipshit would buy that?
300 bucks.
Along with these jars, because they're
collectibles. Along with these though
they release 10 gold
plated silver mini jars
and
you had to purchase one of the other jars
to be in the draw to win a gold one.
Anyway, let's talk about the gold ones because there's only five of them
that they made or ten.
Sorry, ten.
Okay.
Anyway, one of those has been sold on eBay recently,
one of the gold jars for $6,500.
What is wrong with people?
A gold Vegemite mini jar, yeah, sold for $6,500.
This is like NFTs all over again.
They're like, if I get this jar, imagine what it's going to be worth
in another 100 years.
After this sale, a lot more people have been putting their jars
on eBay to try and sell
them. Now's the time to sell it.
It's not going to be worth any more than what it is
right now. I wonder if it's actually gold.
Not for $6,500.
No, like gold plated.
Like probably it's gold plated.
Do you have any commemorative things like
that? For a long time my
prized possession was an All Blacks
Weet-Bix tin. tin oh yeah and i was like
oh this is going to be worth something turns out no you get them for free at the supermarket and
they put them out every year but i didn't know that at the time i thought it was but they'd be
different every year yeah they are different yeah yeah true true a journal on my wheat bix tin might
be worth a bit of money these days it could be worth quite a bit of money i should have kept it
yeah did you get rid of it yeah yeah yep you get rid of it? Yeah, yeah.
Yep.
I get rid of everything now.
I've decided I'm not attaching myself to possessions.
Well, there's a few things you can't get rid of.
My children are not possessions, they're people, okay?
But if anyone wants to take them for a bit.
I just wanted to make sure.
Get in my DMs.
Brian Clint. Joe Biden, President Joe Biden's dog, commander,
has bitten another US Secret Service employee.
How many years has he bit?
The German Shepherd, pure breed, big German Shepherd, has bit or attacked service personnel at least 10 times since October last year.
Well, has the dog been bred to protect Joe Biden?
No, that's what the Secret Service is for.
This is the family dog.
Oh, no.
One of the bites required a hospital visit.
Commander, that's the dog's name,
is such a US President's dog name, by the way. I'll be your commander.
Yeah, that kind of glams it off a bit.
Commander is the second dog of Joe Biden's
to bite Secret Service
personnel. Who was the other one?
They sent their first dog, also a
German Shepherd, this one named Major
to live with friends in Delaware.
Because it was biting people.
What is up with Joe Biden's dogs?
What are they teaching them?
I don't know. What are they? I don't know German Shepherds
What are they not teaching them?
Obviously German Shepherds are a breed that are usually used
You know for like police dogs
Or like you know for stuff like that
But they can be very lovely and friendly dogs
Played a big role in World War II
Did they?
Yep
I don't know
A White House spokesperson said
That the White House
can be a stressful environment for family pets,
and the First Family continues to work on ways to help Commander
handle the often unpredictable nature of the White House grounds.
Maybe it's time to get like a Bichon Frise for the Bidens.
I think it's time that Commander retired from the White House.
He's bitten 10 Secret Service personnel.
Tell you what, Secret Service personnel wouldn't put up with that from anybody else's dog.
Also, they're not doing a very good job because they're not keeping it a secret.
That is an excellent point.
It's the worst kept secret.
It's all over the news.
Joe Biden's also got a cat called Willow.
There's no reports yet on whether Willow is attacking people
But like you said it could be being kept
A secret we just don't know
Under wraps I feel like it's time
To get a yeah a less
It's time to go to the big farm
Commander
The big farm? The Dine in Delaware
I don't mean kill the dog Jesus Christ
Go with your brother
On Insta, Facebook, TikTok I don't mean kill the dog. Jesus Christ. Yeah, go with your brother.