ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 4th August 2021

Episode Date: August 4, 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network. Let's go. People said to me I'd never have a podcast and look at me now. I've got this one. So suck on that haters. Oh shit are we live? Are we recording? Are we doing the podcast now? Just

maybe edit that bit out. You literally said Leshko before. Yeah I just, that was just for you guys. I was just giving a Leshko, it was a friendly Leshko before yeah I just I was just that was for you guys I was just giving a Leshko it was a friendly Leshko for the team but you know what actually no

keep it in there Ben I'm gonna live my real authentic self so if that's good for you that's part of it oh god oh Bree

welcome to my podcast good to have you you're our guest today Bree is a world renowned digestion expert she's written multiple books on

holy fuck this is a boring podcast the digestion process Jesus they're titled Let It Go Why You Shouldn't Hold On A Fart and here

now on the podcast Bree Thomasale Hi Bree oh my god I feel like I'm watching it go why you shouldn't hold on a fart uh and here now on the podcast pretty tomasel hi brie oh my god i feel like i'm watching uh dr phil if you bought dr phil on wish great mustache he does have a good great mustache can you imagine dr phil without a mustache no can you imagine your dad without a mustache i've seen I've seen him. It looks weird. I had to live that reality when my dad got a job in a bakery and had to shave the moustache off. Yeah, no, he should just wear a moustache net. He wouldn't, though. Yeah, but they're a thing.

Beard nets, moustache nets. Yeah, well, he had to shave it off, and it was shocking. Have you guys ever had to wear a hair net to a job? No. Um, no. Food dick. I think the only time I've worn a hair net is when I've gone go-karting. Yeah, that's...

Oh, yeah. For nits. I've worn a hairnet multiple times in jobs. I've had so many different jobs. Weird jobs, too. You know, at McDonald's, you know how in a kid's meal you can get... Well, actually, I don't know if you can still get it. Apples?

But they used to, yeah, but they were cut up pieces of apple. Yeah, not keen. And they were in a plastic piece of Like a plastic Yeah Plastic I used to work in the plant Sorting out the bad pieces of apple

That went into those packets And was that because of your apple background That you got that job? No It wasn't It was a totally different company Different place Yeah

It was quite interesting I found it quite interesting Well, for the first couple of days anyway. So the reason, so you know obviously when you cut an apple and then after like 20 minutes it goes brown. Yeah. But those pieces never go brown. Yeah, why?

They put in gas. Well, there's certain stuff that they spray onto them. What kind of psychopath is cutting up apples and putting them in a plastic bag? Apples already have a bag. It's their skin. Just put an apple in. them what kind of psychopath is cutting up apples and putting them in a plastic bag apples already have a bag it's their skin just put an apple i mean you could say the same thing about cut up pineapple but i don't mind a bit of cut up pineapple and a tin especially with a pen and a tin's good nah because you can't you can't just eat a pineapple it needs to be cut up for you to eat it but you can just eat an apple it's different I feel like an apple is such

A really Like up there fruit Like if you had to rate your fruits What would be in your top three Nah I take apples for granted So I wouldn't put it in the top three Why do you take them for granted They're so handy

Like you said they come with their own wrapping And they last for ages They can get knocked around. A banana, you're flooding. But they're available year round. They're available year round, so we take them for granted. I like a tropical seasonal fruit. Yeah, but you know apples are tropical seasonal fruits.

Whoa, buzzy G. They actually are. When you're eating an apple at a certain time of the year, it's because it's eight months old. It's not actually in season. Like I just said, because they last so long and you can put them in a big cold room. That's what makes

you think that you have apples all the time. Pineapple, strawberry, nectarine or plum. Nectarine or plum. What about them? Unpopular opinion. You guys have bad mangoes here. Do we?

How do you like them mangoes? Not bad. You guys have average mangoes in my opinion. The green ones, not a fan. Well, we're not buying mangoes and maybe that's why. It is why because in Queensland, if you tasted a Kensington mango, you would never go back. Are you being sponsored by the Kensington mango company?

Stay away from the R2D2 mangoes. Go to the Kensington. Kensington is the only mango to go for us. Are you being paid by Big Mango? I wish to not comment if I am being paid. No. Yeah, Kensington mangoes go on top three fruits quick

don't think about it too much I'm a big cherry fan yeah because like you only get them for a really short amount of time mangoes are amazing yeah

and probably apples oh I thought you were going to leave apples off the list that was a trick actually I was like no one tell her apples apples

okay Ben top three fruits go Steak, sausage, bacon Can we? No they're all the same I'm not silly Banana This is my fruit That's why he always chooses banana flavoured things He's like I'm going to banana

Banana boy Mandarins I love mandarins No one is choosing mandarins He's like another banana boy. Yeah, okay, banana boy. Mandarins. Mandarins? Mandarins! I love mandarins. No one is choosing mandarins. No, it's better than eating a mandarin.

Eating a mandarin. Yay! Sorry, carry on, Ben. And maybe apples. Yes, Benny! Just to keep him in there. Do you say that because you know Big Steve listens to this podcast? You know what he's done? He's picked fruits That he can put

In his tramping backpack That's all I was in my head That's all I was thinking of Smart He's picked highly Transportable fruits To be honest Let's be real

They're the best fruits Because they have more More than one Use Use What's the second banana use You know You know

Anastasia Your three top fruits Go Raspberries Apricots Raspberries Ap. Go. Raspberries, apricots. Raspberries. Apricots. Raspberries are not a fucking fruit. It's a berry.

Oh, sorry. Didn't you say berry? No, I said strawberry and that's a fruit. Same thing. A raspberry is a fruit. Really? Yeah. Oh, okay.

What? You're going to put a raspberry in a different category. Well, it's too small to be a fruit. No, it's a fruit. All right. Sorry. Ben said banana. You can say raspberry. The accessible fruit is pear. Raspberry. You're choosing an apricot.

Yeah, I actually forgot about apricots. Apricots are hit and miss. I totally agree with Clint. I came up with the thought process. An apricot is, you know, there for a short time. Summer fruit. Juicy. Delicious. No, not if you're a good time. Summer fruit, juicy, delicious. No, not if you're a good picker.

Raspberries, fun for like coolies, smoothies, freeze them, have them fresh with ice and sugar. We didn't ask for a bloody speech on it. And then pear is the daily one that's always available. Wait, no, what kind of pear? Brown pear, green pear, gnashy pear? Brown, gnashy if I'm rich. I hate gnashy pear. i'll take them or leave them we call them in australia a nashi pet also i have a question when's this lady gonna start talking about the digestive system oh yeah this is uh back to our guest brie thomas

pineapple strawberry and nectarine slash plum. That's right. That's four. No, but I haven't decided. What's the most fibrous fruit, Brie? What do you mean? For my digestive system. Good food to make you shit.

Dried prunes. Kiwi fruit. Yeah. And kiwi fruit. And nectarines, actually. Nectarines will make you taste good. Guys, kiwi fruit, skin on or off? Oh, stop it. Buy me a drink first, Anastasia. actually nectarines will make you take them. Q-fruit, skin on or off?

Stop it. Buy me a drink first, Anastasia. Come up short and take my clothes off. Do you guys eat Q-fruit like an apple? No. What about this arsehole? What's your three favourite fruit? Tomato, avocado

and... Get in the bin. Pumpkin or whatever you get. Have you guys had a mango stain? A what? Avocado. Get in the bin. Pumpkin or whatever you get. Pumpkin. Have you guys had a mango stain? A what? A mango stain. Awesome.

Can you please put that on? Very tropical. You usually get it in Thailand. Is there one word or two words? Mango stain. Is it a nectarine? Is it a Jewish mango? Have you ever had that?

Oh, my God. That shit's so delicious. Have you guys ever tried durian? No, it's so sweet and gross. That looks like a fruit off Pokemon. It's so yum. If people have been to Thailand or Vietnam, you see it in all of the side street shops and stuff.

You know what sucks? Dragon fruit. Yeah, average, eh? Looks amazing. Looks like it should be really good. But average. Ben couldn't take that hiking. Oh, how good are lychees

I love lychees oh yeah my dad loves lychees we make some good lychees lychees are good in cocktails yeah oh yeah

now I remember what a lyche is I don't know that's not a lyche no no because you said cocktail I remember what they are oh yeah

lyche yeah okay who's who included the worst fruit in their top three I can't even remember what mine were now cherry I choose cherries Lychee, yeah. Okay, who included the worst fruit in their top three? I can't even remember what mine were now. Cherry. I choose cherries.

I don't want cherries. Apples. I actually think Clint's is the worst. Mango. Mine's not the worst. I reckon it is. I feel like Anastasia's or Ben's is the worst. Banana is the worst. Banana is real average, Ben.

Nah, it's versatile. Anastasia chose a pear. Yeah, true. Pears rock. Pears are average. I man. Nah, it's versatile. Anastasia chose a pear. Yeah, true. Pears rock. Pears are average. I eat pears every day. They never let me down. Apples let me down.

I've done good market research on this. If your body type was a fruit, what's your body type? What fruit is your body? I think I'm... Wait, I don't... Am I a pear tree? Am I a banana? You're an aubergine.

I'm an aubergine. Tiny little aubergine. Is that a fruit? Is an eggplant a fruit? You're an aubergine. I'm an aubergine. Tiny little aubergine. Is that a fruit? Is an eggplant a fruit? Oh, fuck no. Anyway. Anyway. We digress.

Anyway, back to our guest. So can you please invite us to divulge what the most flatulent fruit is, Bray? Oh, yeah. From my opinion, the most flatulent fruit you can put into your diet is, well, pretty much any fruit will make you fluff. Fantastic. And this is going to be a running series on the Clint podcast, and I will be here next week.

No, that's all we've got time for. No, I've got to talk about the difference of a walnut in a Brazil nut. And Squarespace if you need a website. Enjoy the podcast. Hey, Google, what's the time? It's 3 p.m., give or take a minute. Alexa, play ZM on iHeartRadio. Playing ZM on iHeartRadio.

Hey, Siri, when are Brie and Clint on? Brie and Clint are on air in five, 4, 3, 2, 1. Afternoon everybody, welcome to the show. Hey guys, happy Wednesday. Hello producers, happy Wednesday. Happy Wednesday. How are you guys out there in the producers booth? You good?

Yeah, we're good mate, we're really good. Never been better. Good to hear you got your KFC, you're fuelled. I feel that signal. That was awesome. Yeah. Brie showed up with KFC this afternoon, which is always appreciated. So good.

Just fuelling the show. When do the Olympics end? I believe they end on Sunday. Yeah, I think it is Sunday. Sunday? I'm not ready for them to end. No. I've just started enjoying them.

I don't... Well, you're a bit late. I know. I'm always a bit late. You're late to the party. Yeah, I've just started enjoying them. I don't... Well, you're a bit late. I know. I'm always a bit late. You're late to the party. Yeah, I've just got on board. I'm pretty sure the closing ceremony is on Sunday.

Do they roll straight into Paralympics? I think so. I believe so, yeah. Yeah, cool. Alright, there's plenty left to go around. Plenty of sport left to come. Today on the show, Google Down is back.

Your chance to be crowned New Zealand's greatest Googler before 5 o'clock. And then at 5 o'clock, we're offering you a free ride thanks to Free Guy. We can pay one or two of your bills at 5 o'clock. It's your choice. You just need to be the one who gets through when the activator plays. Yeah, depending if you've got the nerve. If you get your first bill paid, if you want to go for a second.

But who knows how much money is in there? They say you've got to risk it for the biscuit. No, it's money. Yeah, that's the biscuit. It's not biscuits. The biscuit is money. What do you mean? It's street for money. Money's made out of biscuits. No, biscuits are money. So it's a metaphor. Yeah, it's a metaphor.

We're going to start the show with Tradie vs Lady though. 50 biscuits up for grabs. Money. Yeah, 50 biscuit monies. I got it now. If you want it, call us 0800DIALZM and you'll have a chance of winning those 50 biscuits. Get on the bickies, as they say. We'll play with a tradie and a lady after NetSky on ZM.

Bree and Clint. When the... Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. tradie versus lady the tradies so far clawing themselves back into this competition sitting at 56 wins for the year the ladies still ahead on 65 nine i think that's the tightest the gap has been in a long time nine points behind the tradies uh let's meet our lady first today. She's from Tauranga and she works in a mail room.

Welcome to the show, Gina. Hi, Gina. Hi, guys. How are we? How is the sunny bay of plenty today? Sunny? It is a pearler of a day. Always sunny.

Gina, do you ever shake things just to see if you can be like, I wonder what's in here? Absolutely. Yeah, good. Do you get to keep the mail that gets returned? things just to see if you can be like, I wonder what's in here. Absolutely. Yeah, good. Do you get to keep the mail that gets returned? Do you get to take that stuff home? Oh, no. No. No, I wish. I absolutely wish. I just sit there

until someone claims it. Ah, boring. Okay, let's meet the person you're taking on today. Our tradie is 31. He's from the Tron. And get this, you work in a mail room, he's a postie. No way! Welcome to the show, Ben. Hey, James. I was wishing your name was Pat.

Oh my God. Then we would have had the absolute trilogy. Yeah, wow. This is a special game, I can tell already. Someone in the mailroom, someone out there delivering the mail. Gina, your buzzer is lady. Ben, your buzzer is tradie. First to three points. Gets 50 bucks cash thanks to KFC.

God, it's the showdown of NZ Post. Here we go. Question number one. Hot Kiwi sailors Peter Burling and Blair Took won silver yesterday afternoon. Who did they sail for in the America's Cup? Tradie? Ben. Yes, Ben.

Team New Zealand? They did Ben. Team New Zealand? They did sail for Team New Zealand. Oh, my God, that's too easy. One to the tradies. No, it can't be. I meant Gina was like, no, surely they wouldn't make it that easy. Turns out they did. They did.

Question number two. The entire cast for Celebrity Treasure Island Season 2 has been released in the lead-up to the next season, which is filmed right here in New Zealand. Name one of the celebs that is going to appear. Trady. Yes, Ben. Brie?

You? You know what? Well, I have to give you that. Technically not a celebrity. But you will be appearing on the show. But I will be on the show, so we'll accept that, Ben. You're as big a celebrity as the cast, mate. It's all good.

All right. Tradie. The tradies are on too. You need this one here, Gina. Question number three. Popular US reality show where drag queens compete for $100,000 is called RuPaul's blank blank. Tradie.

Yes, Ben. For the win. What did you say? Drag race. Vast knowledge of a bunch of different things, Ben. Nice work. Yeah, very much so. Well done, Ben.

Well done. The age-old debate of who's smarter, the people in the mailroom or the people on the street. Oh, hey, hey, hey. It's Ben. It's the streeties. Delivery rate all day. All day. Listen to Ben. It's Ben, it's the Streeties. Hey. Delivery ladies, all day.

All day. Listen to Ben, he's like, I'll own that, yeah. Yeah. Hope you got one of those cool little motorised carts, Ben. We'll send you out 50 bucks cash thanks to KFC. Bree and Clint. This is one of the first Olympics we've seen some different sports, like skateboarding has been added, surfing got added.

There was a few other things like the mixed relays in athletics and swimming, which I've been loving. So interesting. Only the second Olympics where they've had rugby? Yeah. So quite interesting. They're changing it up a bit, but there's a petition that has been started during this Olympics where a bunch

of people are saying that they believe that this particular thing that they play should be added to the Olympics. Oh, no more sports. No more sports. It's a one-in-one-out policy, eh? Like if something goes in, something has to come out. I think that's how it works.

I think so, yeah. I think they're at capacity. Or else it just ends up costing too much money. Can I nominate something to take out? Yeah, what? Fencing. Fencing? Yeah, I don't get it. No, it just ends up being costing too much money. Can I nominate something to take out? Yeah, what? Fencing. Fencing? Yeah, I don't get it. No, it's quite good. It seems like something from the

past. Show me a practical application for fencing. Show me some Three Musketeers style sword fight that's still happening where you need to hone your fencing skills. What about when they get them on the chest and then their mask lights up? They've brought it into the 21st century, mate. Yeah, look, I appreciate the Daft Punk side of it, but other than that, I'm just putting ideas out there.

Give me this new sport. What are we talking about? The new sport that 4,500 people believe, because they've signed the petition, is the sport of Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! The Yu-Gi-Oh card game, these people believe,

requires dexterity, athleticism and endurance to go 10 rounds in the Yu-Gi-Oh championship series. I know Yu-Gi-Oh, but I'm not that familiar with it. What's physical about it? I thought you just put cards down. It says dexterity when drawing the cards. It's got in brackets. Athleticism when playing the cards.

Okay, yeah. And endurance, they said, because you can go multiple rounds. I can't argue with that. I mean, they've got a lot of good points. And apparently there are so many people that play and they believe, they demand, that it gets put into the next Olympics. Yeah, sure, why not?

Get Yu-Gi-Oh in there. Really? Yeah, no, get it in. Get it in. If they're putting Yu-Gi-Oh in, can I nominate another one to go in? Yeah, go on. Beyblades.

Nah. Beyblades. Nah, I feel like instead of those, I'd rather something that, like, nearly everyone could get involved with. Because Yu-Gi-Oh, I feel like you of those, I'd rather something that, like, nearly everyone could get involved with. Because Yu-Gi-Oh, I feel like you need to have been playing for a long, long time to really understand the game. It's a lot of strategy.

Something like we all do constantly all the time, like, what about if they put in, like, a sport and they called it the best passive-aggressive comment wins? Oh, okay, yeah, right. Yeah, everyone can play along with that. And people go head-to-head firing passive-aggressive comments at each other. Yeah, mate, that's a great idea. Yeah.

See? Perfect. You're a natural. Okay, what about beer pong? Yeah, beer pong can be in there. Because I've seen Olympic athletes, and I know that just from looking at them, it wouldn't take much to get them drunk.

So just get existing Olympic athletes to play beer pong and boom, you've got drunk athletes on TV in prime time. It'd be a great thing to watch. What about classic catches in the pool instead of diving? I mean, the divers could compete in it. But instead of doing all the spins and the technicalities and all that stuff, people just have to run and do their best pose and catch a ball into the water. Marco Polo?

Yeah, Marco Polo would be good. Marco Polo in the Olympics? All the water polo players would be good at that. Yeah. What about best fitted folded sheet competition? No, not possible. Sorry. You want a sport that people can compete at.

No one knows how to fold a fitted sheet. That's what makes it so interesting. Imagine if you saw athletes at the top No one knows how to fold a fitted sheet But that's what makes it so interesting Imagine if you saw athletes at the top of their game Folding a fitted sheet Folding a fitted sheet I'll supply some sheets for them to fold Yeah What about the producers?

Do you guys have any sports you'd like to add to the Olympics? If I'm adding the sport I'm thinking of Can I take one out? Yeah I'd like to controversially take out soccer Soccer football Yeah And put in bubble soccer

Yeah I love bubble soccer Soccer, football, they football, and put in bubble soccer. Yeah. I love bubble soccer. Soccer, football, they've got their own, they've got FIFA. Yeah. That's a good idea. What about you,

producer Anastasia? Oh, that's going to be something horse-based. No. No. There's already enough equine events. Yeah.

I'm perfectly satisfied. Anastasia's like, more horses. Do a horse 100 metres. Cool, that'd be... I mean, it's called the Melbourne Cup. And they race for longer than 100. That'd be a horse 100 metres. Cool, that'd be... I mean, it's called the Melbourne Cuff. And they race for longer than 100.

That'd be a bit of fun. No, if they've got three-person basketball, why don't they have... Can I ask, where did that sport come from? How did three-person basketball get into the Olympics? Well, that's what basketball people are saying about seven-person rugby too. Yeah, but in the Olympics, they, that's what basketball people are saying about seven-person rugby too. Yeah, but in the Olympics,

they've already got normal basketball, which, amazing. So why have you got three-person basketball? That's like having normal rugby and seven-person rugby. So we're taking out three-person basketball. What are we putting in? I agree with that one. Oh, no, no, because they've got that,

surely they could fit in backyard cricket. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? One hand, one catch. You've got to play. Anyone's good at that. Anyone could enter that. But the rules are you have to play with a wheelie bin.

Yeah. And you have to be wearing jandals. Got to be after Christmas Day and you're wearing those hats. Got to be wearing jandals. Let's keep the list open. Should we add some more sports to the next Olympics? Yeah. What suggestions have you guys got?

0800 dial ZM. What should we add to the next Olympics. Yeah, what suggestions have you guys got? 0800 dial ZM. What should we add to the Olympics? 2024 in Paris. You can also text us on 9696 with your suggestions. Apparently they're wanting Yu-Gi-Oh! The Card Game to be put into the next Olympics as an event. And when you say they, you mean the Yu-Gi-Oh! community. The Yu-Gi-Oh! people.

Yeah, it's not like the Olympic Federation who are like, you know what we're missing? Not the Olympic Committee. No, they're okay with Yu-Gi-Oh! not being in the Olympics. Yeah, but I mean, if there's enough ground support, there has to go in. If enough people want Yu-Gi-Oh! in the Olympics. No, it doesn't.

It's got to go in. No, it doesn't. It's got to represent the people, Bree. No, it doesn't. If people said, I mean, there's some good suggestions on the text machine, any of these, if there was enough support, that means they could go into the Olympics. Okay, what are we adding?

Someone said, what about thumb wrestling? Oh, great idea. Yeah. I think that was Anna's suggestion, actually. Hi, Anna. Hi. You think thumb wrestling should go into the Olympics? Well, yes, it's controversial because I am a wrestler

And it would be so much better Because we don't have to cut weight Just to do thumb wrestling See, I like your train of thought, Anna You're thinking smarter, not harder It's better on the athletes, you know, less stress What's the highest level you've competed in wrestling at? I went with the team to 2019 Worlds.

Oh, yeah, okay. So you know what you're doing. Do you reckon there'd be support from the wrestling community for thumb wrestling? I guess I could get a few people on board there. Hey, let's make it happen, Anna. I'm behind that suggestion. Someone on the text machine, I love this one,

this is my favourite, said they should put, as a sport into the Olympics, crack the egg on the trampoline. Yeah. That was a good game. High risk, high reward sport though. I broke a few kids' bones doing that game. And someone generally ends up crying to their mum at the end of it. But that makes good TV. Mel's here. Hi Mel.

G'day Mel. Hi, how you doing? Good thanks. What sport do you think they should add to the Olympics? I think they should add Olympics bubble blowing. Bubble blowing? Bubble blowing. Are we talking in a pool or are we talking with soapy solution? No, with soapy solution.

Right. Are you quite the bubble blower yourself, Mel? Not really, but I've got two little kids, so, you know, they're always into that. Yeah, I know what you're saying. You just want them to see mum at the Olympics, eh? You want them to think that mum's cool. I know what you're talking about. Mel want them to see mum at the Olympics, eh? You want them to think that mum's cool. I know what you're talking about.

Mel's like, what am I into at the moment? That should be in the Olympics. Love that. Love that from you, Mel. Mel's like, I think they should put packed lunches in the Olympics. I've been training and I'm ready. See, I'd watch that. I watch this TikTok where all this woman does is pack lunches.

It's an art form. And then she also organises her fridge. I'm mesmerised by it. Yeah, okay. Maybe it's an option. I'm keen for it. Jess is here. Hi, Jess.

Hi, Jess. Hey, guys. How are you? Paris 2024 is rapidly approaching. What sport do you think should be in the Olympics? Totally competitive eating, 100%. I'm keen for that, Jess. Sign me up.

Well, we've got that Nella Zissa girl, don't we? She's amazing. So we would have a chance at a medal. Yeah me up. Well, we've got that Nella Zissa girl, don't we? She's amazing. So we would have a chance at a medal. Yeah. Isn't Jess a big fan? As a kid, we tried to eat like Weet-Bix competitively. So like imagine how hard that would be for everyone to try and eat dry Weet-Bix. What's your record?

How many Weet-Bix? Oh, I think I managed four, but then I didn't feel so good after. Four? You ate four dry Weet-Bix? I was determined. so good after. Four? You ate four dry Weet-Bix? I was determined. I was determined. Jess, the question probably everyone is thinking, did they come out dry?

Um... She ate... A bit of a paste. She ate four Weet-Bix, but only one giant Weet-Bix came out. Oh, good, Jess. I kicked it down, so I don't know if that counts. That is scratchy, Jess. That is scratchy. Good fibre, out. Oh, good, Jess. Yeah. I'm going to keep it down so I don't know if it counts. That is scratchy, Jess.

That is scratchy. Good fibre, though. Sarah, finally, Olympics. What are we adding in there for next time? Parallel parking. Oh, that's good. And, like, you know how, like,

diving, how they do the increased difficulty? Yeah. So the more people you have waiting behind you, that increases the difficulty level, so it increases your score. Someone in the passenger seat.

What about if they increase the difficulty, it could be reversing a trailer into a parallel park? The impossible feat. Yeah, yeah. That's the diamond medal. That's the reverse parallel parking diamond league. Like you just deserve the world. Time for the latest

with Dean McCarthy. From iHeartRadio. This is the latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Dean, who's the big wig Hollywood celeb who said

uh-uh, nah, sorry if you don't want to get the vaccination we're not being friends anymore. Oh, good set up. Yes, well it was the star of Friends

Jennifer Aniston herself has come out and confessed that she did a friend's cull in her life, her real life, not just the show that made her millions of dollars. In her real life, she has cut people out, everyone from friends to people who worked for her to acquaintances. What do you call them?

Acquaintances. Dean, that is something I would do. I love you so much. Acquaintances? Acquaintances. Dean, that is something I would do. I love you so much. Acquaintances? Acquaintance? All of her acquaintances. She's got them all because anyone not getting the vaccine in her life, she's done with.

She's like, done. You are out. Forget it. Wow. Interesting. I get it. Obviously, there are people who can't get it for health reasons, and surely they don't count.

Surely she's not like, you know what? You've got a pre-existing health condition, but I don't care. You're out of my life, Chandler. It's a blanket rule, everyone. Yeah, there's a lot of awkward conversations having to be had in a lot of family and friend circles around the world soon. I saw today, Dean, that

New York City are going to bring in a law that says you're not allowed to dine inside a restaurant unless you are vaccinated. You're not allowed to attend a gym or dine indoors without a vaccination. I can see that happening. My favourite bar, actually, we all went there.

The Abbey, which is one of the coolest bars in West Hollywood, has a new rule. We love that bar. We had so much fun there, us team. When you go, you have to show your vaccination card or your negative COVID test within 48 hours of entry.

What about showing your boobs? It also works. Does that count? It also works. Right, okay. Well, good to have options. Good options. Hey, there's three different ways you can get in.

Jennifer Anderson said the same thing. You either show me your COVID vaccination card or your boobs. Or we're not friends anymore. I'll take either or the other. That's the latest live out of Los Angeles with our Hollywood correspondent, Dean McCarthy. We've got some real wholesome content for a Wednesday. I feel like it's a good time to do it.

You might need a bit of a pick-me-up at this time. And this story got me. So cute. So the title, the headline reads, A meeting like no other. Friends and pen pals of 36 years meet for the first time in person. Cute.

36 years. So get this story right. Because we know what pen pals are. They were kind of a thing of the past. Well, we know what pen pals are they were kind of a thing at the past well we know what pen pals are well do you reckon kids these days have pen pals i think maybe some there wouldn't be many anywhere near as many because you can connect through so many different you just slide it slide in the dms yeah you can go on facebook you can go on tumblr you can go on uh don't you have enough linked Yeah, there's all kinds.

Bebo. Yeah. Oh, no, I don't think you can go on Bebo anymore. Lots of connecting on Bebo. I don't think you can. Vine. No, you can't go on Vine either. Yeah, people love Vine.

Anyway, that's not how these two met. So it says here, their friendship started in 1985 when Merkel, so Angie Merkel, found a red balloon stuck on something in her grandfather's field while riding a three-wheeler with her uncle. Attached to the balloon was a note from a woman, from a girl named Tara McCarthy, with her name and the address of her elementary school, asking for whoever found it to send a letter back. It was a project McCarthy's kindergarten class was doing and she was the only one to receive a letter back after Merkel decided to write. So they were both obviously very young in primary school.

From then on, the two communicated with each other via letters. They would send pictures of themselves and their families as well. They would write to each other a few times a month, which lasted for many, many years. However, they lost contact in the early 2000s. It was about six years without communication when Facebook was first invented. Merkel joined in 2008,

and the first person she searched was McCarthy. They reconnected and were able to keep up with each other's lives through a different outlet. From 2008 up until present day, they have always spoken and been in each other's lives through divorce, breakups, deaths within the family, their children being born, everything. Right. They feel like they're more like sisters than anything else. And for the first time ever, they met in person last month.

Wow. Have we got pictures of them? Have we seen them? Because are we sure that Angie Merkel isn't the German Chancellor? Yeah, that'd be a bit awkward. Angela Merkel? Yeah, right. She's like, I thought your name rang a bell.

I thought you were going to say it'd be awkward if one of them wasn't who they said they were. Yeah. Is that still catfishing if you're writing letters? If it's in a pinpile situation, yeah. Is it? I never thought I'd be found out. I knew your handwriting didn't look like a woman who was 36.

I don't know about you, but one of my favourite shows, something I put on in the background, I've watched plenty of seasons, is Catfish. It's still going? Still going. It's still going. Run by a guy called Neve who essentially... Is the Prime Minister's daughter. Yes. No, essentially

he helps people who think they're being catfished online by people that they're in relationships with. And catfished... Means that they're pretending to be someone else, using someone else's pictures. Anyway, that's pretty much what the show is. I didn't realise this, but there's now a UK

version of the show, Catfish UK, which is exciting. I'll have to check that out. And there's a story that is doing the rounds at the moment because it's quite crazy. So the story starts with a guy called Mario Mario who is originally from the US but he lives in London now. Got it. Anyway, he met Hannah on a dating app. So he was on the dating apps in London, met this girl called Hannah. Anyway, the pair, you know, started up a conversation

and they pretty much, you know, got into a relationship for eight months. Without meeting each other? Online, yes. I guess they've been in lockdown for like a year over there. Well, that's true, yeah. So all they would do though, this is where it gets weird, they would just text and message, iMessage. They would never-

No FaceTime. Apparently Hannah would never even get on the phone for a phone call. No FaceTime, nothing. Right. That's why Mario applied to be on the Catfish UK show. He's like, oh, well, just have me to have a girlfriend. I'll just have a text message girlfriend. So it gets even weirder because Hannah's claimed that she lived in London

where he lives. Yeah. And he was like, you know, let's meet up. We can do this. We can organise whatever. It's been eight months. Yeah, it's been a long time. So he tried to organise her, you organise to meet up with this girl multiple times

and she ended up pretty much bailing every single time or made excuses and just never turned up. Anyway, so he pretty much rode into MTV's Catfish UK and the team came out and they started to help him. They're like, this is exactly what we need. Anyway, so it gets to the point in the show where the group try and call this girl hannah if that's her real name so they call her and anyway she hangs up before you know they um get anything from her she sends him a text and it says if i meet you do you promise i won't lose you right

so now he is in a position where he's like i don't know who this person is yeah i've already figured out that the pictures she was using weren't her own oh okay they were actually pictures of a woman from here in new zealand okay some psychologist here in new zealand that's the pictures she was using so she's saying i'll meet you but you got a promise that you won't that you'll stay that got to promise that you won't break up with me once you figure out who I really am. Exactly. Anyway, he says, look, let's just meet up and we'll go from there.

So they decide they want to meet up in a car park. Anyway, they're waiting there for her. And then all of a sudden, Hannah walks out from behind the corner. Turns out it's Mario's housemate. His flatmate, business partner and former friend with benefits, Courtney. Oh, they'd already done it. Yeah, so this is I think what happened. So when he first got there, he'd met her and they were living together

as flatmates. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then they got into business and they started up a little business and then they were also friends with benefits. Yeah. And then... And then she catfished them. Yeah, and then anyway, and then they just kind of became just friends

and she's like, I've got feelings for this guy. I'm going to meet him. I'm going to make a fake profile and talk to him. I'm going to pretend to be a psychologist from New Zealand. What a stupid idea. And anyway, so they were dating. She catfished him for eight months and they were living under the same roof. How did he react?

He wasn't so apparently, wasn't all that impressed and said, look, I'm not interested in a relationship like that with you. And that's kind of where they left it. But I'll still be your flatmate. They caught up with them. You joke. They caught up with them. You joke. They caught up with them two months later and they're now back living together

and they're still friends. These people deserve each other. That's crazy behaviour. Isn't that wild? If she knew, so she knew that that was her flatmate and she was pretending the whole time. What's she been doing that whole time?

Has she been sniffing the undies? I don't know. Who knows? Has she been looking through the keyhole into the shower? That's quite a long time, eight months. Yeah. And imagine if you're in lockdown and no wonder she couldn't get on the phone with him. It's from the next room.

Imagine if he's having a go about it. During lockdown, he's like, I'm texting this girl. She's a bit of a dropkick. And she's like, oh, my God, it's actually me. I need to pick up my game here, I think. I wanted to ask the question this afternoon because this story is extreme. But do you think there's people out there that have hooked up with their flatmates? Yes.

And gotten into relationships? Yes. Okay, good. Well, this should be easy. Yes. Oh, 800-DIAL-ZM. Have you hooked up with your flatmate and gotten into a relationship with them? In relationships. Yes. Okay, good. Well, this should be easy. Yes. 0800 dials at M. Have you hooked up with your flatmate and got into a relationship with them? And how'd it turn out?

Yeah, did it go good or bad? Good or bad. Yeah. Call us, 0800 dials at M, or you can text us on 9696. They say, don't do that to the crew, but you did it. And how did it go? Don't poo where you eat. That's what they say.

Literally, in your own flat. Yeah, well, don't poo either in a relationship. Have you hooked up with a flatmate? Did it turn into a relationship or did it turn into a disaster? Are you secretly hooking up with one of your flatmates right now and the other flatmates don't know? I've been in a couple of those flats. Juicy.

What was it, you? No. No? I'm just going to do a quick scan back through. No, not me. Not you? No, I've never hooked up with a flatmate. Because you used to live with Ross Boss at one point, didn't you?

We'll just leave it there, shall we? And Mike Pudu, actually. He's loving Mike Pudu from the hits. Yeah, now that we think about it. But, you know, that's a story for another time. We're asking you guys on 0800DIALZ at M, have you hooked up with a flatmate? Tim's here. Hi, Tim. G'day, Tim. You dirty dog, Tim. What have you done, Tim?

No, it's all good. So I hooked up my flatmate over the UK about probably 2003. Okay. We had a big old flat over there. Okay, and was this person from the UK or were they from... No, she was an Aussie, so we had about half Kiwis, half Aussies in this

flat. I love how Aussies and Kiwis just club together. Yeah, they literally just are drawn to each other. We can understand each other. Let's live together. You can understand my accent. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so you hook up with your Australian flatmate in 2003.

Did that go good or did it go bad? Well, it was good. It was fantastic. But I probably might, after about, we hooked up for about a couple of months, but I had my visa run out, so I had to come back to New Zealand. The drink was over. Well, we kind of put in a hope that we might catch up in the future, and luckily she went back to Australia a couple of months later and then headed over to New Zealand.

Wait, are you guys together right now? Yep, we're still, yep, we're married, we've got two kids. That's the big reveal we were looking for. You really, really kept us on tender hooks there for a bit, Tim. How long, Tim,

have you been together? I've been together probably 17 years. There you go. Have you got the bond back yet? That's why I left, I think. Long gone. Tim's advice is

hook up with your flatmates. It's a great idea. Let's talk to Sophie. Hi, Sophie. Hi, I think. Long gone. Tim's advice is hook up with your flatmates. It's a great idea. Let's talk to Sophie. Hi, Sophie. Hi, Soph. You dirty dog. How'd it go down, Soph? Who made the first move?

It was me in the end, actually. Okay. We've been living together for, oh, that's our baby's name. Okay. Well, we already know the story ends well. Yeah, we've been living together for a couple of months and we've had a night out with some friends and family and I sort of, everyone sort of keeps saying,

oh, you're just like me, eh? And I was like, no, no. Like, he's a couple of years younger than me and I was like, no, no, that's definitely not happening. And then my sister and all of them sort of said to him, oh, you know, what about Sophie sort of thing? And he was like, oh, no, she wouldn't be interested in me. I was like, I think she's great.

Oh, cute. And then she came back and told me and then we got home and, yeah. How was it? One thing or two others. Yeah, yeah. So I want to know this, Sophie, when you started hooking up with the flatmate, was there a period where you guys combined bedrooms

and halved the rent for a bit and got another flatmate in? No, maybe a bit. We've only ever lived together. Oh, it's just the two of you living together. No wonder you guys hooked up. That is close quarters, isn't it? Yeah, I think that might have been inevitable.

Okay, thank you, Sophie. Our final person wants to be anonymous. So both success stories so far. I wonder if there's any, you know, disaster stories. Well, this person wants to be anonymous. Hello, Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. You dirty dog.

Hi. Anonymous, is yours a bit of a disaster story? A little bit, a little bit. What happened? So we found a random girl on Facebook and she moved in but the night that she agreed to take over the room we both got a little bit too tipsy and ended up hooking up. Wait a minute so you were with someone? No no no. You weren't with anyone, but the new girl that moved into your flat, you guys on the first night decided.

Oh, wait, is this a multi-person situation? No, no, no, I think it's just them. But on the very first night that this new girl moved in, anonymous, her and the new girl got drunk and hooked up. Is that fair? Is that how it went down? Yeah, that's literally how it went down. And did it go bad?

Like, what was it like the next day? Like, it was fine the next day. Like, we ended up dating for, like, three months. Yeah. And a couple of weeks ago, I actually broke it off. But you still... So it's been a bit of a ride. Yeah.

Oh, no, anonymous. How much longer do you have to live together now that you're broken up? Well, I... Wait, you're still living together? Yeah, bro. Oh, no. Anonymous. She's on the lease.

She can't get out of it. Oh, no, wait. I need to ask more questions. So when is there a plan for you to move out? No. The whole house is furnished by me. I would not be moving out. So she's moving out.

You're just going to make it so awkward that she moves out. I don't know. I find it a little bit unfair for her to move out because it was the day that she moved in that we... That you pounced. I think, you know, just right the way. Oh, you're very nice, Anonymous. But, I mean, if no one's done any wrong,

I guess you're giving her the leeway of, yeah, maybe finding. You think everyone can be a mature adult about this? But if I was her, if I was the other girl, I wouldn't want to just stay there. No, I'd be out of there. I'd be like, hey, cut me some slack. Imagine bringing a new girl over and then you have to introduce this as my flatmate and also my ex.

Yeah, watch out. If you get into a relationship with her, it's great, but it makes moving out really, really awkward. Brie, who do you think is the richest actress in the world? Not the highest paid right now. Who's the richest actress in the world? Jennifer Aniston would be up there. Oh, you're a pretty good guess, but no.

Not Jennifer Aniston. Angelina Jolie. Angelina Jolie. Angelina Jolie, great guess. No. You have one more guess. I'm going to go with Helen Mirren. Helen Mirren,

great guess. No. Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep, great guess, but you're out of guesses. According to Forbes, released today,

the new richest actress in the world, Reese Witherspoon. Oh, yeah, I have read this before. Legally blonde. Yep. I literally almost forgot the name I was meant to say.

Like, no, close, but not the right answer. How would you know? You forgot the name. The answer is Reese Witherspoon. No, wrong, even though I'm doing the list. No, it is Reese Witherspoon. I was like, hang on, she hasn't done,

she's obviously huge, but what's the big movie she's done recently? And then I figured out, Into the Wild, what? That was a while ago. I mean, you know.

It was like 15 years ago. She's doing the TV show with Nicole Kidman. Big Little Lies? Yes. So that's a part of it. Yeah. The reason that she is

the richest actress in the world and has the highest net wealth according to Forbes is because she started a production company called Hello Sunshine and she now makes all of those big shows that she stars in. Does she? What a boss.

So her company produces Big Little Lies. No wonder she keeps getting cast. And then she keeps getting cast. It's genius, eh? She owns the company. You know how she's in the morning show with Jennifer Aniston, that Apple TV one? Her show.

Yeah, she's in that. They make that show. Her company make that show. Pretty Big Little, what is it? Pretty Little Lies. Big Little Lies. Not Pretty Little Liars. I mean, yeah, it's pretty bloody close.

Quite similar. Apparently, according to Forbes, Reese Witherspoon is worth $400 million. Jeez. She's just sold that production company that she started and cast herself in the productions. How's she going to get any roles now? No, she's staying on the board.

So she's sold it. She gets $120 million out of it and then she stays on at the company. Right, she's like, look, I'll sell it to you but here's the deal. I still get to pick who gets cast in what. It's the same as if you started your own radio station. But I'm like,

I get to do all the picking about who's on the station and what they get paid. More than that, you go, I'm on all the shows. The breakfast show is Brie with friends. Days, that's also me. That's Brie solo. The drive show, me. The night show, drunk me.

Brie and Clint. Google, are you down, down, down, down, down, down, down? What the hell? I think Google's actually... Here's how we play. You take on all three players in the studio. I will ask the questions. The fastest person to give me the most common answer to that question on Google

will take home a point. If you answer the wrong answer, you are out of that question. First to three points wins the game. Drew's here to take us on. G'day, Drew. Hello, Drew. Hiya. How's it going?

Question, Drew. What will you be Googling on this afternoon? Just my phone. Okay, perfect. Still no one called up to play on a Google HomePod. I really want someone to play on a laptop again. Oh, yeah. I feel like that would be quite good for the person playing. Nah, it'd be an unfair

advantage for Anastasia. She's too quick on the keys. Do you remember that time I had to get us all iPads to verse that? That was funny. That's right, yeah. I'm just going to feed you a few drinks before we play this next week. It might hinder you. Alright guys, Drew, do you know how to play? Yeah. Alright, perfect.

Producer Ben, Producer Anastasia, Clint and Drew, here comes question number one. What year did the dodo bird go extinct? What year did the dodo bird go extinct? 1681. 1598. Wait, I feel like, Drew, you said something and then you said another answer.

No, he said 1598. Was that you, Ben? I think it was Ben. I said 1681. I feel like it was Ben then. I thought it was Drew, but Ben, I'm going to give it to you just before Anastasia. Anastasia, can you move just to the side just so I can see Ben? Sorry, girl.

Perfect. Blocking out the competition, some would say. One point to producer Ben. He's off to a flying start. I feel like you won last week, did he? No, I did. Clint did. It's a to a flying start. I feel like you won last week, did he? No, I did. Clint did. It's a clean sweep. Question number two.

What's faster? A leopard or a tiger? Leopard. Tiger. Oh! Why is no one else doing that? It's so stupid! The answer is tiger. Its average top speed is faster than the average top speed of a leopard.

I actually feel like the most stupid person ever. Come on, Drew. I feel like you're in this, Drew. Question number three, one to Clint, one to Ben. What is the population of Taupo in 2021? What is the population? 39,300. Producer Ben is out.

25400. Producer Anastasia is out. What year? 2021. Oh, damn it. I've got 2020. Damn it. Damn it, I've got it now.

The correct answer is... Drew, did you have an answer? You already said yours, didn't you? Yeah. Oh, no, didn't you? Yeah. Oh, I can't find it. 25,400. No one gets it. It's 21291.

Is that what you had, Anastasia? Yeah, that's what I had. No one gets the points in that round. Still a point to producer Ben. Question number four. What year did World War One end? 1918. There you go. 1918 is correct.

Started on the 28th of July 1914. Ended 11th of November 1918. Come on guys, read a history book. Glint's two in front. Here comes question number five. How long do polar bears hibernate for? how long do polar bears hibernate for?

How long do polar bears hibernate for? 15 to 18 years. Six months. Anastasia and Clint are both out. Four months. What did you say, Drew? Four months. That is correct.

Four to five months. Drew's got it. Nice work. Was that a guess, Drew, or did you actually get it? I already knew that. Oh, you already knew it? Oh, right. Big on the polar bear facts. You're in the game, Drew. Nice work. One that a guess, Drew, or did you actually get it? I already knew that. Oh, you already knew it. Oh, right. Big on the polar bear facts.

You're in the game, Drew. Nice work. One to Drew, two to Clint. One to Producer Ben. Producer Anastasia. Don't cut me out. On zero, you can still remain in the game. No, she's out.

She's out. Everyone's got a point except her. If she gets the next three right, she wins. Excuse me, a bunch of men in this room. I'm trying my hardest. Oh, don't pull that card. There's still three questions to go. Here we go.

Question number six. What year did the movie Gone in 60 Seconds come out? What year? 2000. That's right, Producer Ben. Nice work, mate. Anastasia's out now. Anastasia, you're unfortunately definitely out now.

Ask some more polar bear questions, Brie. Come on. I like your train of thought. Here comes question number seven. What is more popular, crunchy or smooth peanut butter? Crunchy. Smooth. I'm going to...

One of us have won the game here, Ben. One of us have won the game. Wait Ben. One of us have won the game. Wait, what did you say, Ben? Crunchy. Come on, please. Surely it's crunchy. No, stuffies. I'm the ruler.

No, no, no. No, I'm the ruler. We've done the loophole. No, the question's wiped. What? What's the answer? I've got a... You're interested in the answer?

I think one of them won. I think... If it's crunchy, it has to be. Smooth had crunchy beat by 1%. Oh, yeah, that's what Drew said. I think he just won. Nah, nah, this is the question. Stuff this.

I'm taking control. Question number eight. What is Brad Pitt's net worth in 2021? That's not a 50-50 question. Winner takes all. $350 million. Clint wins. Nice.

It's all over. It's all over. Google down. Might not be back next week. I've had enough. Hey, Drew, no title, but you get $50 with the KFC. Congratulations. Thank you.

There we go. That's for having good polar bear knowledge. Brian Clint. KFC, congratulations. Thank you. There we go. That's been having good polar bear knowledge. Here's a story that's making the news today about unrealistic flatmate demands. It's a flat in Wellington. Pretty good location. It's at the top of Cuba Street. I'm just going to read it to you, okay?

Okay. What does it say? It says flatmates wanted. There is a double bed, a 1.5 seater sofa, a dining table, a closet, an office desk, and it is for my use only. Prepaid electricity based

on use and charges for extra. I don't know how you calculate who used what electricity, but that's what they want to do. It says under current flatmates, one existing flatmate, I am in my 50s and I have my own business. I act my age and I expect others to do the same. The successful flatmate is not allowed to be home

between the hours of 9am and 3pm daily. I've looked at this even further. It's one of those studio box apartment things. I was going to say, where's the other room? It's one room. There's one kitchen. There's no bedroom. The lounge is the bedroom.

And there's only one bed. Well, no wonder they don't want them there from 9 till 3. There's no room. There's no room. I've dug a little bit deeper. And the situation actually is the person who owns the apartment wants to use it as an office during the day,

during work hours. And then when they've finished work at 3pm and they go home to their house, that's when you're allowed to come back and have it as your flat. Wait.

And how much do they want to charge? The low, low price. I'm glad you're interested, Brie, because... I mean, I'm not. I'm glad you're interested, Brie, because... I mean, I'm not. I'm glad I've tickled your fancy, because this can be yours for the low, low price of $400 a week. $400 a week.

$400 a week they want for this. And you're not allowed to be home during the day, and you're not allowed to use the desk under any circumstances. That's for the 50-year-old. Wait, so everything in there, the bed and the sofa and the pretty much everything, they can't use? Well, you can.

That's yours to use. You don't own it, but you can use it. It says for my use only. No, the desk is for his use only. So you can use the bed, but I'm assuming that he can use the bed between the hours of nine and three while you're not there. I just don't

know how some people think that this sort of thing is okay. And I know there's a housing shortage at the moment, but really? Really? You don't think someone is going to be able to be home between nine and three every day? That's just crazy to me. What if they have a sick day from work?

It's not even that. Because a lot of people, they'd probably be like, yeah, I'm never home between nine and three every day? That's just crazy to me. What if they have a sick day from work? It's not even that. It's not even that because a lot of people, they'd probably be like, yeah, I'm never home between nine and three. Yeah. Like that's not that big of a deal. Yeah. But to charge $400 a week for that,

you're telling me he's dreaming. You should be charging that person to come in and use your apartment between 9 and 3 each day as their office. You should, sure, pay your $400 for a live alone situation and then sublet it back to them as an office space during the day. I can't believe. So did you figure that out on your own that they wanted to use that as an office?

No, that's why it's being reported because someone's contacted and gone. But they haven't written that on the... Not explicitly, no. Right. They're just like, you're not allowed to be here from nine till three. He's not a flatmate. He doesn't live there. He owns the place and he wants to use it during the day as well.

Yeah, so look. Make your car your office if you're that desperate, honestly. Go and work at a cafe like a normal person. This is literally the epitome of having your cake and eating that desperate. Honestly. Go and work at a cafe like a normal person. This is literally the epitome of having your cake and eating it too. Yeah, absolutely. I thought this afternoon seeing as this is in the news

we could talk about unrealistic flatmate demands because we can all agree that's an unrealistic demand. That's so unrealistic. What have you had to deal with in flats you've been in in the past from your flatmates? Like have you had someone deal with in flats you've been in in the past from your flatmates? Like have you had someone say that? Was there like a particular rule about, you know,

how to stack the dishwasher? Yeah. Or like just, we know what we're talking about. Did they have a timer on the wall in the shower and you weren't allowed to go over a certain amount? Did they have those digital meter things that measured exactly how much power you were using? I used to have this flatmate.

I'm not joking. Yeah. And he would always come into my room and he'd be like, how long have you had these lights on for? Slash, close your door when you're not in your bedroom because the heating, it has to heat all the way through. He was such a punish. And I had to live with him for about 16 years.

Is that your- It was my dad. Yeah, right. him for about 16 years is that you it was my dad yeah right oh andrew does it everyone here about your unrealistic flatmate demands this afternoon you can text them to nine six nine six come on call them out you can remain anonymous though free and clint oh we're getting some good stories that's do a liba in love again there's this flat in wellington at the moment that's in the news because the flatmate that's with air quotations, said he's looking for another flatmate to move in.

They're not allowed to be there between the hours of nine and three because those are the hours that he wants to use it as an office. It's only got one bed. It's only one room. Basically, he doesn't live there. And he wants 400 bucks a week for it. And he wants 400 bucks a week for that. Bellamy's dreaming.

So we want to know this afternoon, unrealistic flatmate demands that you've had put on you. There's so many on the text machine, and it makes me wish I still lived alone. Someone said, My flatmate who owns the house won't allow any heating on inside the house in the middle of winter because it costs too much.

Her motto is, Put another jumper on. We can literally see our breath in the mornings. I reckon that's a rule in a lot of flats, but you've got to all be on the same page. Put another jumper on. If you all want to save money that way, you've got to be on the same page.

Let's talk to Liz. Hi, Liz. Hi, Liz. Hi. What was the unrealistic flatmate demand? Okay, so I had two. My flatmate, my head flatmate had two. So my first one was that I had to go to church with them.

There was about four of us. I had to go to church with them on a Sunday. What? Yep. And the second one was I was only allowed to use 10 gigabytes of data on an unlimited internet plan. That doesn't make any sense. Who cares how much data you use?

It's irresponsible. So they didn't want you using too much data for your own good. Yes. Wait, Liz, are you actually talking about your parents? No, I wish. Wow. It sounds like you were living with your parents, like your family. Did you have a curfew?

Did you have to be home by a certain time? No, but I wasn't really allowed to have other people over. And how long did you live there? How long did you stay? I was there for eight months because that was like $120 a week. It was too cheap to leave. Geez. No wonder they had to make it so cheap.

Someone else on the text machine said, I had a flatmate that if she got to the kitchen first and put the jug on to boil and I got there later and would re-boil the jug, she would get mad at me. It got to the point where I would buy coffee on the way to work. How much does it cost to boil a jug? Nothing. Wow.

Like a cent. She better be offering you a cup of tea then. If she doesn't want you to re-boil a jug, she better be offering you a cup of tea every time she boils a jug. Jackie's here. Hi, Jackie. Hi, Jackie. Yours is good. What was the unrealistic flatmate demand put on you?

Crazy. A 21-year-old just out flatting 30 years ago living with a solo mum with a 10-month-old who thought I could help babysit. So I had a dog to wait on. Oh, hang on. Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, is there any chance you can take us off speaker? Yeah, hang on.

Yeah, hang on. Yeah. Are you there? Sorry. Yeah, I am. Okay, so you're 21. You're out flatting. I was 21.

I was out flatting with a solo mum, 10-month-old baby. She seemed to think I would help look after her baby. One day she went to get bread and said, could I look after him? And she didn't come back for three hours. Three hours. Three hours. So that was the end of the babysitting.

Was she paying you for this babysitting? No, because I always had the joy of being her flatmate. Right. Some people are actually deluded. Yep, just a bit. Oh, my God. All right. Thank you. That's a good one, Jackie. That is crazy. Right Some people are actually deluded Oh my god Thank you, that's a good one Jackie That is crazy Someone else said

A colleague of mine lived with a sister and a brother combo Here we go Who said she couldn't cook with any spice No garlic, nothing Because they didn't want any smells to be in the house Do you remember the sister brother flatmate combo from That's who I just thought of, Bridesmaids. Bridesmaids.

Yeah. And it's Rebel Wilson and the guy from Little Britain. Yeah, that's what it makes me think of. Well, I read your diary. This person wants to remain anonymous and that's totally fine, but the story is great. Anonymous, what were the unrealistic flatmate demands put on you? Hi. Hi.

Hi. Oh, I'm interested in this one, Anonymous. So it's actually my partner's flatmate. Okay. So my partner's flatmate believes that it is reasonable to ask us to schedule our indoor gardening activities around her convenience. Now, when you say convenience, do you mean like she doesn't...

She's given us time. She's given you time. Wait, anonymous, I've got so many questions. What are the times? So it has to be like pre-sleep time, but not at a time where she's specifically like within the remote vicinity. How big are the windows? Like,

this is a multi-story house. No, I mean the time windows. I mean, how big are the time windows? How much time does she allow? It's not enough time. Well, for you it's not enough time for me. You said current flatmate.

Your partner still lives there. Yeah, yeah. Tell them to get out. I'm working on the situation. I'm not scheduling gardening at somebody else's convenience. Can you imagine they're like, put a gold star every time so I know when you've planned it. She sets an alarm.

She's like, off you go, guys. If you want to get it in now, you better go. You've got about a 15-minute window. Go, go, go, go. Now's the time. In you go. In you go. Garden's not going to garden itself. Crazy anonymous. Bree and Clint. It's my birthday. It's my birthday.

Bree and Clint's Birthday Banger. Alright, let's pick up the pace a little bit for your Wednesday afternoon with a birthday banger. What was number one on your 16th birthday? We're about to find out. Kia ora, Gina. Welcome to the show.

Hi, Gina. Hey, guys. How's it going? Good. How are you? Fabulous. That's good to hear, Gina. What's your birthday?

19th of the 9th, 76. All right, you were 16. On the 19th of September in 1992, and here's your birthday banger. Miley's dad, except Miley wasn't even born. Or was she? What year is this? 92.

Oh, she might have been born. Do you like achy, breaky hearts? Oh, Oh, she might have been born. Do you like Achy Breaky Heart? Oh my gosh, I hate that song so much. Gina, sometimes the birthday banger just chooses you. Yeah, I've got a strong feeling Brie's going to vote for it too, Gina. It's time to grow out your mullet, Gina. I used to have one too. Yes, I love that. Okay, let's get one for Kate. Hi, Kate your mullet, Gina. I used to have that too. Yes, I love that.

Okay, let's get one for Kate. Hi, Kate. G'day, Kate. Hi. How's your Wednesday been? Not bad. That's good. What's your birthday?

2nd of April, 86. All right, you were 16 in 2002 on the 2nd of April. And, Kate, here's your birthday banger. Yes. Very distinctive voices so far in birthday banger. Totally. Two icons for different reasons. What do you think, Kate?

You don't like it. We like honesty on this show. Would you prefer Billy Ray Cyrus' Achy Breaky Heart? I don't know if I know. Don't know if you'd go that far, right? Well, there's still one more, so we'll see what is our last one. Kia ora, Kimberley. Welcome to the show. Hi, Kim.

Kia ora. What would you be picking out of Shakira and Achy Breaky Heart? It'd have to be Billy Ray, for sure. Absolutely. Yeah, but careful, you could have something even better than Billy Ray Cyrus coming your way. What's your birthday? 9th of December, 1981.

All right, you were 16 in 1997. And on the 9th of December in 1997, this was number one. Come on, Barbie, this was number one. Banger. Aqua. 97, did you say? 97 hit for Aqua. How do you feel about that, Kimberly?

That's pretty lame. I'm so going with Billy Ray. I was hoping for some R&B or something like that. Yeah, 97, maybe some TLC or something like that. Yeah. Yeah, okay. A bit of Waterfalls. Well, no, you get Aqua. Yeah, yeah.

Barbie Girl. Damn it. Never mind. Okay. What is your gut telling you today, Bree Tomasell? I mean, I like them all. What is your gut saying to you? My gut is telling me that Shakira is the vibe today.

Oh, that is the only one that I'm not vibing with. Really? Yep. I haven't heard that Shakira song for a while, but whenever I hear it, it reminds me of former producer Ellie performing it at her year seven school performance. Nah, I'm going achy, breaky heart. Billy Ray Cyrus, I'm a country girl through and through.

Can't go past it. We're going to split vote. That means today the decision falls to producer Anastasia. Anastasia, what is the winner of Birthday Banger? All three songs are back in play. Of Miley Cyrus. It's got to be Achy Breaky Heart. Yes, you queen.

Here we go, everybody. Hey, Kimberly was a fan. Gina, not so much. She didn't mind it. Gina, what do you think? Oh, mate, the radio's going down. ZM Brewing, Clint. The winner of Birthday Banger is the mullet man, Billy Ray Cyrus.

And Iggy Breaky Heart. That song was released the same year that Miley Cyrus was released. Really? 1992. No regrets. Big year Really? 1992 1992 No regrets Big year for Billy Ray No regrets From me

That was the right choice Can you hit that note That he hits in that song? That last one? Yeah You were nearly there Don't pander me Don't patronise me

No Should we do that song Should we do that song for Friday Oaky this week? Don't pander me, all right? Don't patronise me. No. Should we do that song for Friday Oaky this week? Absolutely not. Shall we? I've got to pick the song tomorrow. I mean... You want to punish people. Well, I'll learn the words first.

Mate, that's in the song at some point. Picture this, you're at the Olympic Games, you've just won a gold medal for your country, you're standing atop of the podium and you hear your national anthem play out. That sets the ultimate honour, right? Oh, yeah. It's as good as it gets, that's why you do it.

Wrong! Turns out you do it for a sweet, sweet payday because some countries will pay you to bring home a gold medal for your country. Wait a minute. Why do you say some countries? Because some countries won't. Oh, well this is bullshit then. Depends where you

play for. Depends what country you come from. There are two badminton athletes from Indonesia who have just won the gold medal. I watched this game. It was incredible. They're incredible, right? Grizia and Apriani have won gold for Indonesia

and it's a big deal. Since badminton was introduced to the Olympics in 1992, that's how Indonesia have won all of their gold medals in badminton. So you win a gold medal, you're bloody Jonolomu. You know, you're Dan Kata. Badminton for be all and end all. According to a report out today,

the girls will be returning home to the following spoils and riches. They will receive five cows. Ooh, yeah, five cows. They will receive five cows. Ooh, yeah, five cows. They will receive a house. A house each. Well, it doesn't say. Each?

It doesn't say. They should get one each. I hope it's each. Yeah. Well, maybe they want to keep the team together. Maybe they're like, we're going to give you guys a house. No. It's got a badminton court.

You don't want to live with your team, mate. And they will also receive a meatball restaurant each. That is so random. One of Indonesia's top meatball chain restaurants. Is it kind of like a KFC? I think so. Kind of like a chain. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, yeah, it's definitely a chain. And they'll come out and they'll say, you know what? You are heroes. You get a meatball restaurant each. God. What a win. Do you want a meatball restaurant? I'm Italian. Of course I want a meatball restaurant. Sorry, do you want to run a meatball restaurant each. God, what a win. Do you want a meatball restaurant? I'm Italian. Of course I want a meatball restaurant.

Sorry, do you want to run a meatball restaurant? No, absolutely not. Don't give me the restaurant. Give me free meatballs. Give me a Tesla. Yeah, or give me a Tesla. Anyway, pretty good. I've been doing some research into what countries pay you or reward you for getting a gold. This is what I want to know. Who's paying

up? The most. The most valuable country to win a gold medal for? No, not even top five. Singapore. Singapore pays the most. Oh yeah, rich country. Half a million, oh no, a million dollars for a gold medal. They give you a million? A million dollars if you bring

a gold medal home for Singapore. Wow. Australia? Oh, they'd probably give you nothing. The tight asses. $20,000. Yeah, bloody tight asses. Oh, what? No, $20,000 is not good for you. So does that mean Emma McKeon, that swimmer, she's won, I mean, she won seven

medals. Yeah. She won four gold. Yeah. She gets 80k from just those four medals. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Well, I mean, the Singaporeans are getting a million for one. It seems a bit rough. Yeah, but I mean, it's better. Well, I mean, the Singaporeans are getting a million for one. It seems a bit rough. Yeah, but I mean, it's better than nothing, right?

I mean, McCann should at least get a Tesla. How much do you get if you win a gold medal in New Zealand? What's Lisa Carrington coming home to?

She's got two gold medals. A Tesla. Jack shit. Oh. Absolutely nothing. New Zealand does not have a cash for metal system. We can't afford it, you know?

What do you mean? We can't afford it. They're putting in that bloody bike lane. Just shave a bit of money off the bike lane. Leave the bike lane. No. You can't go to the bike lane every time, okay? I'm going to go to that bike lane every time

because it's a waste of money. You know who should go to the bike lane? The cycling team, you know? Yeah, well, at least shave a bit off of the cycling team, for God's sake. I feel like dating is quite complicated in 2021.

There's too much out there. Too many options, too many ideas. Too many options. There is. There is too many options. Being at one of those really good buffet restaurants, where do you start? Well it literally is Because you can go online You can swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe

Just like a buffet But what if I told you there's a new way Where you could figure out If you're compatible with someone Well I'd say I'm married But I'm interested There's this company that started This bit of a study on people

And how they connect and they set these people up on blind dates yeah and then um before they got to actually meet each other though in person they set each other up on the date and they gave uh each of the people the other person's bank statements from the last month oh and so the person got to look at you know what this person they were about to go on a date with was spending their money so you know if you're about to get into bed with a financial hot mess or not yes yeah okay no well no no not even that it's not even about that it's about no it's about looking at what priorities and where these people are spending their money and what they're into and you can figure out if you've got things in common based on what they're spending their money on yeah but

one of the things you might have in common is that you are a scrooge or you're a splurger you know yeah yeah anyway i thought we could do uh something similar we're obviously not wanting to date each other but we could uh give producer anastasia our bank receipts from the last week and she's going to pull out a few things she's learnt about you and I based off our bank statements. Jeez, you're privy to some private information, Anastasia. Yes. It's a powerful position you're in. I've got all the power on my phone right now.

Yeah, good to know. No, both pretty boring if I'm being honest. I was hoping. Tell us what you really think. I was hoping that one of you had bought a boat For like 20 grand And you're so exciting Are you? What have you been doing?

Nothing Lay it on us, lay us bare We'll start off with Clint So Clint I've just picked out some common themes Of the transactions What have you learnt about Clint From his transactional history So Clint, I've just picked out some common themes of the transactions. What have you learnt about Clint from his transactional history?

So some of the things he's spending his money on, life insurance, petrol, stuff for his house, like furniture and stuff, like paint and stuff. Sounds like adulthood. Urbans, groceries, obviously feeding the family, all that sort of stuff. It's very boring, eh? It's very boring. I looked at it too.

It's very boring. Was there anything interesting? Because all of that is pretty basic. I looked at it too. I think the most interesting thing in there is probably an outdoor table. Yes. That's not interesting. Oh, it's quite a nice outdoor table.

It's green. How much of a dad have you turned into? You've just said the most interesting thing was an outdoor table. All right. And Clint's like, you know why it's interesting? Because it's meant for indoors, but this is an outdoor one. All right, get ready. You better have bought a bloody vibrator or something.

Anastasia, what's in Bree's financial transactions for the last seven days? Bree's had so many double ups. It was bizarre. We had Uber Eats. We had cafes. We had supermarkets. Bruce had so many double ups. It was bizarre. We had Uber Eats. We had cafes. We had supermarkets. We had more Uber Eats.

We had Lime Scooters, Takeaways, more supermarkets, and then heaps more. Did I mention Uber Eats? Like another 10 Uber Eats. It's all food. All food. It's all food. Yeah.

I'm going to cafes. I'm scooting there on Lime scooters. I'm ordering Uber Eats. Who knows what I'm going to do. So many Lime transactions. I couldn't say I hear Ubering because it's winter like a sensible person. I've got a confession. You know what all those Lime scooter transactions are from?

What? Trips to the strip club. I know. When I get real lazy When we were doing breakfast radio It's from walking your dog I'm not joking you I spend about $5 every afternoon

So, um, compatible I think not I don't know if you've seen this guy doing the rounds on TikTok But, uh Kiwis, uh, are kind of Talking about him, uh, because I don't know if you've seen this guy doing the rounds on TikTok. Kiwis are kind of talking about him because a guy on TikTok called The Real Mystic, who claims he's a psychic, is claiming he's predicting when the next lockdown in New Zealand is going to be. Oh, we don't need this shit.

No, no, no, no, no. So... Is he a Kiwi? Does he live here or has he just picked New Zealand to focus his psychic powers on? A great question. I'm not sure if he's actually living here or not. But I've got the audio. It's not Ashley Bloomfield in a funny hat, is it? He's not trying to get his social media cred up.

Because there's a man who has a power to actually invoke our next lockdown. Yeah, and he's like, ooh, I can control this. Now, I'm pretty sure it's not Bloomfield. I've got the audio of the psychic mystic here. Take a listen. On the 10th of August, lockdown will be announced in New Zealand. Why does that sound unbelievable or not credible?

Because the cases will appear shortly before that. We will start seeing the cases. Don't think that I'm wrong before we reach the 10th of August, okay? Believe me until the 10th of August, please. And then I will come up with a story to cover up why I wasn't right. But you know what is interesting? Because obviously you take it or leave it for what it is, like psychics and what they do.

But we could put this to the test on this show, hence why we're talking about it right now. We played the audio. This guy who claims to be a psychic has said that we will go into lockdown. It's not that far away. It's next. It's next week. Next Wednesday, is it?

Hold on. Next Tuesday. Yeah. It's under a week away. So I feel like we should talk about this now. We've played the audio. And then next week we'll come back on the 10th and we will revisit this. Yeah.

To see if this guy is right or if he's full of crap. And if he's full of crap, we send him a strongly worded email for getting us nervous about another lockdown. Because we don't want another lockdown. Yeah. Can't you go predict some other fun things? Leave us

the hell alone, thereal.mysticw. The guy's got 1.3 million followers. Which makes me think... What? He's credible? No. No, don't get sucked into that. We'll see.

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