ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM’s Bree & Clint Podcast - 6th July 2026

Episode Date: July 5, 2026

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You tapped it, so we're playing it. It's ZM's Brian Clint, the podcast. ZM's Brian Clint, thanks to KFC. It's BAC on ZM in the AM. It's Brean Clint in the morning, ZM. I don't mean to be negative, but what a terrible start to the week. That was last week's news. Oh, was it?

That was last week's news. Oh, no. It's because this computer, by the way, the software that we use to run this radio station, I'm not kidding. It's prehistoric. The software's from 2006. Yeah. And that's not an exaggeration.

I was taught how to use this software in 2006 during my internship and we're still using it. And some might say, why? Is there no new available software? Oh, there is. Which actually we're getting pretty soon. Yeah, we are. So we're stop complaining. This is real industry chat.

I want to talk about something. So sorry, so that's why it was early. Yeah. The news was early because of this software. Yeah. And so then the bloody poor Bryn Rudkin hasn't even had time to record today's news yet. So we played last week's news. So if you're in Christ, she's like, oh my God, the All Blacks are coming again?

They're not. That was last week's news. Did the All Blacks win? They did, yeah. Oh. I mean, rhetorical question. They always win. Yeah.

They do. We're at the pub last night for dinner, me and my family. And the Warriors women were on. The first Wahina game of the year. I didn't realize. This is it the first game of the year? Yeah, for them. And we're watching it, and they were pumping the Bulldogs,

and my seven-year-old turns to me and she goes, ah, Dad, you can always trust the Warriors to win. Hey, maybe the next generation of Warriors fan. That's all she knows. She only knows winning Warriors' sides. Exactly. Imagine. What about, I know, obviously, we're broadcasts.

around the country, so this is probably way to end. But the storm that hit Auckland last night, between midnight and 2 a.m., was crazy. There's a lot of rain, wasn't it? It was so loud. I've Googled it. About 25 mil. Is that a lot?

In the space of like an hour, it's a fair bit, yeah. I never understand how mills work, hey, when it comes to rain. It's a fair bit. Yeah. And it depends on, yeah, how, like, within the time, And the humidity. Like that we'll take into account the downpour, the amount of downpour.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the thrust. Yeah, I mean, what's Maddie Buclain talking about this? Weather stuff's so easy. Morning producers, morning Claudia, morning Ella. Hi. How are you? Oh, you guys are a ball of energy this morning. For a breath of fresh air out there.

Give me like, like, maybe half an hour just to warm up. Okay, fair enough. Who's showing us breakfast? That's Ella's main priority when we do this show is who's buying me free breakfast. I just want a hash brown. On the first day, she goes, can we text our boss Marty say he has to give us a free breakfast? I was like, we at least have to do a couple of days before we had learned. You were at the end of the show.

A free breakfast. It's day three. Let's get some hash browns in this. I say, wait till Thursday to ask boss Marty for a free breakfast. With a chat, Bree. Someone texted in and said, yeah, it was intense. It was so intense that our flat roof decided it didn't want to hold. the water out anymore.

No. Big old raining inside problem for us. That sucks. At least it's your flat and not your house that you own. Worse way to wake up though. I'll go to all your stuff sweat. All your stuff would be ruined. Sorry, your landlord will get back to you in two or three business days.

Yeah. In the meantime, put a tarp over it? Yeah. Like, what do you do? I'd tell you who should be shouting you guys free breakfast. Our boss Marty. Our boss Marty, yeah. 100%.

We'll send you his number. And you text him accordingly. Next on the show, Germany's making a big change to the way they do sick leave. I hope this never comes to New Zealand. It's a bad thing, is it? It's bad, yeah, it's bad, yeah. First, though, a song from, I think, the only person who wasn't invited to Taylor Swift's sweating. Play Z-Dem's Bree and Clint.

We're just about to talk about this, Germany story where they've abolished sick leave by phone. You can't phone in for sick leave anymore. What? You have to have a doctor's certificate for one day off work. in Germany now. You cannot ring in sick. You have to present a doctor's certificate. But my doctor takes a month to get into.

Exactly, exactly. And cost me money every time. But I think this conversation that we just started having is way more interesting. Would you rather have only cold food or only hot food? Is it more interesting? I think so. I don't know. I think we've stumbled upon something here.

What's wrong, Claudia? The fire alarm's going off. Oh. Oh, what is going on today? It's a Monday. Is it really? Do we need a sick note to leave the studio right now? Fire alarm's not going off in here.

Oh, it's intermittently. Ours was flashing. Oh, maybe they want them to be saved, but not you and I. When there's a fire alarm, I need to see the smoke. Otherwise, I'm so angry about the fire alarm. Even though it's trying to keep me safe. If it is a real fire alarm, I'm taking my breakfast with me just in case. You know what's going to be interesting if it is a real fire alarm is will the husk come outside?

What we're doing right now? Or is his show so important that he wouldn't even go outside for a fire alarm? I've just realised that what we're doing right now is a horrible example of what you should do in a fire alarm. It has stopped to be fair. There's no stop dropping and rolling. Might have been just a test. Maybe. No, Ella, you stop drop and roll when you're on fire.

Oh, not during a fire alarm. Not when there is a fire. That's why people look at me funny when we do practice ones. Or during some bangers from the 2000s. Stop drop and roll. If there's a fire alley, you get down, get low, get out. No, get down, get low, go, go, go. Really?

It's in the morning, so we stop drop and roll, right? Have we found another New Zealand-Australiarism? Oh, is that not what it was here? Go-go-go-go. Here it's get down, get low, get out. Oh, in Australia it's get down, get low and go-go-go-go. What does go-go-go mean? Like run and don't come back?

How do you not know what go, go, go means? It's pretty self-examatory. Al is busy rolling around on the ground. No, I'm just rage-baiting you at 6'10 in the morning. That's quite fun. All right, well, I think we're fine. We'll let you know. Yeah, we'll let you know about the fire.

No, Clin's choking. Everything's going wrong. That's a bad start to the week. I also slept through my alarm, so... Oh, God, I have horrible sleep when I have to wake up early. Is that like... Is that the same for anyone else? Normally, I'm a good sleeper.

You wake up all the time, worried that you've missed the alarm? Yeah, yeah. Yep. Cold and hot food. There's no great cold foods. I don't think there's not a version that's better than hot. No. Because you said before on sandwiches.

Sandwiches is a great cold food. Then we realized, you know what's better than a sandwich is a toasted sandwich. God, that sandwich from Fed Deli, the chicken sandwich. Oh, that's a restaurant in Auckland next to the Sky Tower. And there's this chicken sandwich that they do. and then you get a pot of gravy that you dip the chicken sandwich in. Oh, my God. Anywhere that has a sandwich or anything on the menu that is so good

that they could stop making everything else that they make. And just serve that. And just make that thing and still be in business. That's when you know you've cracked. It's good. Yeah, yeah. That's the dream scenario. And then if you have multiples of that, oh, you're winning.

Multiple what? Like items that are that good. Oh, I thought you meant if you go and eat multiple sandwiches there. It's like, yeah, that does sound good. Z.m.'s Brie and Clint podcast. This is the main event. Treaty versus ladies. All right.

Here we go. The tradies versus the ladies. I'm pretty sure the score is 55 ladies, 48 tradies. The lady's pulling away again. Yeah, they're doing very well. But it doesn't mean the tradies can't come back. Our lady is in London. She's 33.

She lives in the UK. It's an international trade. versus lady, welcome to the show, Sarah. Morning. Hello. Or should I say, you're right? Good evening. Good evening.

You're right, Sarah. How's the heat wave? How's the heat wave going over there? Yeah, it's really hot. I'm having to lie on my tiles to call myself down. I love that for you, Sarah. All right, Sarah in London. I hope the delay doesn't cost you the win here.

You're taking on our Trady and Christchurch. He's 33 and he's building a whole house. in a month. Welcome to the show, Shannon. Hi Shannon. How are you getting on? Wait, are you going to build the whole house in a month, or are you waiting a month before you start to build a house? A bit of both.

Bit of both. It's coming up, surely, and we're going to have a crack at it down. I mean, it's not a massive house, but we've just got a tight time frame to get it done. Yeah, nice. God. How many people can say that? Not many, eh? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Good on you, Shannon. I'll let you know in a month. Yeah, do. Your buzz is Trady Sarah yours is lady First of three correct answers wins 50 bucks cash Which Sarah in your case will work out to about 19 British pounds I think Oh lovely

Hey money's money Question number one here we go What part of the body is also known as the Patella Trotie Yes Shannon Knee Knee Well tell a 10 men

I'll take it from him It is the knee. Knee Cat, but we'll take knee. Okay. Question number two. Nancy Who is the voice of cartoon character Bart Simpson. Yeah, it's a harder one. We'll buzz you out.

Nancy Cartwright. Nancy Cartwright. She also voices a bunch of different characters on the show. We move on to question three. Buzz in when you can tell me who sings this. Give you a clue, their brothers. My brains are bad. Oh, come on, guys.

Yes, Sarah. It's not the Jonas Brothers, is it? It is the Jonas Brothers. Back yourself, Sarah. We are won a piece in this game. Question number five. Who got married at Madison Square Garden over the weekend? Brady.

Yes, Shannon. Taylor Swift. It was Taylor Swift. Married her boyfriend, Travis Kelsey. We move on to questions. You need this one, Sarah, to stay in it. I know, I know. So hot on those buzzers, guys.

This is for the win for you, Shannon. Name three Lady Gaga songs. Trady. Shannon, give it a go. For the win. Bad romance. Yeah. Yep.

Come on. Come on. The one in the movie. The one in the movie. Oh, geez. I'm going to thumb for you. Two. One.

Steal it. Sarah, go on three Lady Gaga songs. Oh, just on. Yep. Poker face. Yeah. Oh my God. Come on, Sarah.

My braids or blank. What's that huge one from the latest album? Oh, that must be torn. I'll give you three. Two. Is she allowed to use Shannon's song? She was, but it's too late. Guys, what about

Pokerface? What about Pepperazzi? Yeah. Yeah. Apples. Abra cadaver. The one from the movie that Shannon was thinking of was that shallow? Yeah, the Bradley Cooper one.

Rain on me. I mean, the list goes on. We move on to question number seven. What is the other name for Fairy Floss? What? Fairy floss. Yeah, I don't know what it's called in the UK.

Yeah, probably this other name that we're looking for. I guess. Yes, Sarah. Toothpiece. No. Hey, worth a guess. Yes, Shannon. Word of a go.

Dental floss. No. Word to go. Cotton candy. Candy floss is what we were looking for. We move on to question eight. Still two to the tradies, one to the ladies. Buzz in when you can tell me who sings this song.

Shannon. Black-eyed tea He's got it Is that the wind? That's the wind. Sarah, do not despair. You're in the midst of a heat wave, mate, in London. You're not thinking straight.

You're probably dehydrated. That's what it is. That's exactly what it is. We're in the midst of window here. It's too cold to think. I mean, Shannon's got a point. No, Shannon, I was going to give you your kudos in a second. I was just trying to make Sarah feel better, okay?

Oh, sorry. Everything was working against Sarah. She had the delay, the heat wave. And then Shannon, you've gone in bloody. done it in the middle of winter. It's too cold to think. Oh, you beauty. Unbelievable, Shannon. 50 bucks. We'll get it out to your mate.

Well done. Trady's needed a win too, and they got it. That is Brankland. Burger Wellington is coming. That's Wellington's annual burger competition. What are you laughing at? Sorry, I thought it was another burger place. I always find it so...

Oh, another burger restaurant. I always find it so interesting. Like, in New Zealand, I don't know if there's any country in the world that has more burger places. Let's go. Burger restaurants, one for one. Burger King. Burger Burger? Burger. Burger. Burger? Burger. Um, um...

Better burger. Better burger, yeah? Reburger. Is there Betty's burgers? Murder burger. Re? Um, yes, producer Ella? Wise boys. Wise boys vegan burgers. Parade burgers? What'd you say, Clea? Reburger?

What'd you say, Clemere burger? I said rea burger. Um, murder burger? I said murder burger. Ponsonby burger. No, don't you guys just say Ponsonby burger. No, we've run out. A burger that you have in Christchurch Homemade burger No, now you're googling burgers

Fat Puckoo Oh yeah I mean yes Burger time What about all the burgers on menus All the restaurants Oh true Standalone burgers

Yeah What about the cartoon Bob's burgers Oh good show Snicky schnacky So What about crabby paddy yeah What about Krusty burger Fair

Burger Wellington is Wellington's annual burger competition And you don't have to be a burger restaurant to participate So the idea is that all restaurants who want to participate Just put a burger on the menu And they do their signature burger So if you're a seafood restaurant, you might do a... Lobster burger. Lobster burger.

Or if you're a fish and chip place, you might just do a really luxe fish burger kind of thing. Right? There's a guy called Tim Yamat. I hope I'm saying his name right. He loves Burger Wellington. he runs a burger review social media account. Amazing.

And he's made it his goal to eat 50 burgers this time at Burger Wellington. And that's not even his record. Wait, in one day? No. No, no. I was going to say, across the month. He'll die. He will die if he eats 50 in one day.

Across the month. Okay, that's a cheesable. Okay, this is Tim talking about his love for burgers. The most amount of burgers I ate in the day was 10. We felt like death afterwards. and oh I'll never look again. I bet. Ten burgers in one day.

I bet. Can you imagine how backed up he would have been? How'd you break it up? You'd have to have a breakfast burger. Yeah, of course. And tough to get your day underway with more than one burger. So one breakfast burger. Two for, oh no, you have to have three for lunch,

which takes you to four, and it still leaves you with six for dinner. Oh, he did talk about, I haven't got it in these clubs. He talked about... Wait, he could have had sliders. They still count as burgers. I don't know if they do. Mm.

How many sliders make up a normal burger? Three? Three? No. Eight? It's eight. Eight? Eight you've eaten a whole loaf of bread.

Clint? Yeah. Don't ruin this for me when I go to an event and I eat eight sliders. I'm like, it's fine because it's one normal burger. Okay, all right. Okay, good. It's eight. Here's Tim again.

Ooh, the most of my burgers I've eaten in Burger Wellington, I think, was 63 or 64. Pretty much my diet, chickenburger woodland is a long black and burgers. It's all he eats for the month, a long black and burgers. All right. He eats dessert burgers. I don't know what a dessert burger is. I've never heard of it before. A dessert burger?

Never heard of it. It'd be like an ice cream sandwich. Is it? I don't know. That's what I'm picturing. Surely a bryosh bun. I try to save up at least two grand just for one on a plate. Hopefully this year I won't spend that much, but we'll see.

We've got to get him sponsored. Yeah. He's making some. Social media for it. Surely you want him in your restaurant eating your burger. He needs to be the official burger tester. Yeah, he needs to be burger man. My hot take.

Oh, hang on, there's one more. Oh, there's one more, okay. Tim has said that he often self-sabotages himself with burgers. Now I take time off, Joey McWillington. I actually self-sabotage my future because I skipped out an interview for burgers. Like a job interview? Yep.

Skip the job interview for burgers. Yeah, but this is a job interview for burgers. This is where he's meant to be. This is what he's meant to be doing. Totally. And one day when he's at the top, the tippity top of the burger game, he'll say, you know, this is part of my journey. You've got to hit the tipping point. Yeah, I skipped out on an interview.

Okay, we've been building up to this for 10 minutes, Bree's hot take on burgers. Okay, is it the eighth slide is equal one burger? No, is that? No, that's not a hot take. That's just fact. Okay, it's not bad. That is fact. Okay, how do I position this?

A beef burger will always win over a chicken burger. Is it the hot take? Some people will disagree with that. A lot of people will disagree. Clearly you agree with me. Well, I'm a traditionalist. See, so you're on board. I do agree.

But I believe it is quite a hot take where there's a lot of people who will disagree. I don't believe anybody could argue. a grilled chicken burger over a beef burger. I reckon there's possibly grounds to argue a fried chicken burger. Yeah, way, way more behind a fried chicken burger than a grilled chicken burger. I mean, that's... I love the idea of trying to be healthy with a grilled chicken burger. And they're like, cool.

So do you still want the bacon, the mayonnaise, the sauce? The bryosh bun. You're like, yeah, of course. Not an idiot. But my chicken will be grilled. And a diet's cake. I saw this guy post this video and it made me think. If you were in a large crowd and had to find your best friend,

but you could not yell their name, what are you going to yell? What are you yelling? To get their attention. Yeah. It's an interesting question. And I thought we could put it to the test with our best friends here at work. Because we are best friends. Wow. Do you mean that?

Work best friends. Oh. You guys are my best friends here at work. Yeah, definitely my best friends at work. Yeah. That's pretty good. Yeah, I guess. There's some great people that work here.

Can I be in some better people that don't? Can we change the wording and can I be your work best friend? Yeah. Instead of your best friend at work. It's just on the highest end of a low scale. You're my best work friend. Best work. Yeah.

Still not as good. I like the work. way Claudia said it. My work best friend. We can work up to that. Okay. Wow. Okay.

If I'm finding Ella, I know how to find Ella. Okay, we're trying to find our producer Ella in a crowd. Where is she? Vegan! And then I'll go... Vegan. Or on top of that, you could go free vegan Ethiopian food. And she would come running.

That's perfect. Protein free doll. Yummy. I'm hungry. I'm hungry now. You know what? You could just yell at one simple word to get her attention. Quorn! Jorts!

It's all of her favorite things. Free, on sale, jorts! Where? I like it. Contact lenses. We're just picking on all of your physical features now. Contact, yeah. Absolutely. Okay, how are we finding Claudia? Do it. Don't you do it.

I know what you're going to say. People in the morning don't even know that joke. And you're not allowed. They don't know that joke. I know. She gets so grumpy afterwards. We're not allowed to make fun of Claudia for being a passionate vest wearer

because the vest is a moniker for sexuality. That is not the problem. I don't understand why it annoys you so much because it's literally just a vest. So we're not going to do that one. Okay. I breed it before, but I was going to say,

Free food and drink. Yeah, that's a good one. Anything free. Which to be fair, would get any of us. Oh, 100%. Yeah, yeah. Non-conforming aloof, altie bisexual. Aloof.

That's on my business card. I feel like that is Claudia to a team. Everyone would be like, who's that? And Claudia would be like, wait, they're talking about that. That was my nickname in high school. Parabina is for sale. Caravans. Velcro shoes for sale.

Velcro shoes. Where did that come from? We're trying to find our best friends in the crowd. We can't yell their names. We're yelling something else. How are we going to find Bree, you guys? I've got it. I've got it.

Come here, tall girl. Come here, tall girl. Tall girl. That was me walking. A giant woman. But who? Somebody called my name. You rang.

That's huge. You'd get Brie with Queenslander. 100%. We'd call and response. I'd be like, mum? What's my mum here? Or side pardon chokers for sale. I haven't had a...

I haven't worn chokers since 2018. But you want him. I want to bring it back so bad. Oh, no. I miss them. Mega millennial. I miss them. I'm the ultimate millennial.

Bree Thomas Lowe, the final millennial. Okay, find me in a crowd, guys. Can't say my name. Okay. Lanky white man with a mustache. Over here. You get so many dudes. That's risky at the moment.

There's so many of us. True, and I did think about that. I'm like everyone would come running. Z&M's Brie and Clint podcast. All Blacks had a good win on the weekend. Against the frogs down at the new stadium and Christchurch. Those all blacks, they're always winning. Well, no, not actually.

Yeah, they are. That's why we had to replace the entire coaching staff and the captain. Yeah, but now they're winning. Now we're winning, yeah, yeah. Back the boys. They lose one game, they replace the whole coaching staff. That's what we do. We like to panic.

Christchurch would have been going off on Saturday. Oh my God, the whole city is built around that new stadium. They had 30,000 people in there for the game, people partying on the street. Awesome, what a time. What a time. Fihi Finyangan Offa played his first game for the All Blacks, which is very cool. That is very cool. He plays for your beloved Hurricanes.

I know that. Which I don't need to tell you, obviously. Why would you even say that? Because I already know. He's 23. He made the news for a few reasons. One, for making his debut. Two, for being gifted more candy lays than a human being has ever had around their neck before.

Look at that. He looks like a lion. and he's got a lion's mane. Those chocolate barles that you get presented, that particularly Pacific Island people get presented. So he's doing well there. He said he had to give them all away because he's in camp. Oh yeah, he can't eat too much chocolate, which is crazy.

He also made the news because he threw up with nerves. Did he? He was so nervous about making his debut that he actually threw up. Have a listen. Do you think you'd be that nervous? Nah, I didn't think so until I was sitting on the bench I was really morning. So I was like, oh, I'm not even on the field.

You can't imagine when I'm on the field. So, yeah. Did you spew? Yep. At halftime, I was at the 12th spewing, so, yeah. Felt better after him. Oh, bless him. He didn't go on until the second half.

So at half time, he was still nervous about going on. I bet he would be. It's like a huge deal. I really have to go off and have a chunny. You work for your entire life, and then you finally get there. No wonder he was nervous. I never, because I always people, well, hear people say, oh my God, I'm so nervous, I feel sick.

I wasn't sure, I wasn't, I wasn't aware that actually throwing up was a thing. Yeah. Has anyone here ever been so nervous that they threw up? No. But I have definitely seen it happen to people. I am not thankfully blessed with that trait that I get. Are you a nervous we are? Oh, mate.

The worst. Yeah. Or worse, a nervous number twoer? No. But nervous. Wee is definitely a thing. And my memory just goes straight back to when I was in... Do you guys have little athletics here?

Little A's? Nah. What's that? Just school athletics? No, it's like you join and you can be a part of track. It's like a track and field. Okay. But like a club.

There'll be a version of that. And every tournament I ever went to, every athletics meet, doesn't matter how many times I went to the toilet. Just before a race, as soon as I got to the start line, I needed to we. Like every time. Wow. Yeah.

So it's definitely a thing. Good to know that needs to be part of your preparation. Even when I raced the producers last year. Oh, I was busting for a week. You had nothing to be nervous about that day. You guys ever done a nervous chunny before? No, I don't feel nervous on my stomach. I feel nervous on my chest.

So like, yeah, don't get that sense to say. Okay. Ella, you stroke me as a nervous spewer. Not so much a spewer, but a pooher. Oh, right. Yeah. But even like the fainting thing. Oh, I do faint.

You know, like, when people get really, like, anxious? That's me. Is that from nerves? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I totally faint in all kinds of situations. Page's just text us. You said, hey, guys, anxiety girl here. I throw up and feel instantly ill whenever I get anxious.

It's horrible. Oh, that's awful. That's so debilitating. 9-6-9-6. Have you ever done a nervous spew is what I want to know? And why, what were you nervous about? And it doesn't... What was the thing that caused you to have your nervous spew?

And it does not count if you were out on the town. And you'd been having a few drinks. Yeah, no, that does. And you try and pass it off that you were nervous. The bounce, you're like, the bounce that you can't come in here, you're throwing up. You're like, nah. I'm not drunk. I'm just nervous.

I'm just nervous about what songs the DJ's going to play. ZM's, Bree and Clint. Covering for Fletchbourne and Haley. Good morning, guys. Show's brought you by animates. You can get 25% off the Hill's Science Diet Specialty Ranger Animates. T's and C's apply. We're talking about nervous spews.

Feehee Fingianan an nor four. spewed at half time before his All Blacks debut over the weekend. So we asked, are you a nervous spewer? Someone said my husband throws up whenever he gets nervous, but he gets nervous. Oh, doesn't throw up, but he does get nervous farts. Is that a thing? What about this?

I threw up the morning before my wedding. Are they on the phone? Matt, yeah. Was that you, Matt? Good morning. Good morning. How you going? You were that nervous you threw up the morning of your wedding.

Well, 50-50 There was a lot of nerves It was a big day for me But I've got to be honest I did have a few of the groomsmen And a few of my mates around Matt The night before

A bit of first night fever But uh Sounds to me A little up and under the Before the big day was Was a good play Sounds to me like you're a bit hung over Were you sorted by the time

You got to the aisle Matt? Oh I was very much present Yeah Yeah I was present Matt's like, I'm fighting for my life up here. We're going to call off this wedding.

I'm too hungover. Oh my God, Matt. Chrissy's here. Hi, Chrissy. Hi, Chrissy. Hello. Your husband is the one that does the nervous farts, Chrissy. Correct.

I don't know if I'm a really scary wife if he just does it with me, but for years I've been listening to him farts when we're playing games or I'm trying to get nervous. Or he gets nervous with me. I reckon it's an excuse, Chrissy. What do you reckon? Oh, look, 100% I can't. No. It's cute.

You still give him butterflies in his tummy. That's why, Chrissy. It's like me saying I get happy farts. I fart when I'm happy. I fart when I'm happy. I fart when I'm sad. It's a vicious cycle. Thanks, Chrissy.

We appreciate it. Lee said any time I have to fly, I will wake up one hour beforehand to throw up multiple times. anytime you fly. No. Because I'm a nervous flyer, but I don't throw up. That's wild. What if your job made you throw up?

Someone said, I'm a lawyer, and the stress makes me vomit all the time. Loll, what a life. That's awful. And someone else who throws up before they go to the dentist. That's awful for you and awful for the dentist. Someone else said, I nervous spew every second day sometimes. What's making you that nervous? It's definitely a thing then.

The ZDM Podcast Network. So Ben Barrington was on Suzanne Paul's podcast. Ben Barrington, Shorty Street alumni and... Celebrity Treasure Island. Most recent season, yeah. I thought he was going to win it. Did you? I thought Ben Barrington was going to win Treasure Island.

Because he's so strong. But he is the thing. And he's so wise. If you've watched enough seasons of Treasure Island, the strongest person never wins. Yeah, right. Because they're too much of a threat, so people want to get them out early. You know? That's why Portia Woodman went early.

No, what about when James Mustapick won? Oh, he was the exception. Yeah. So Suzanne Paul and Andrew Pappas do the Forks Sake podcast, and it had been Barrington on. Excuse me for being behind in Shorty Street. I didn't realise that he wasn't on it anymore, but he's not. And they asked him about his decision to leave Shortland Street. Well, it wasn't my decision.

I was unceremoniously. Oh, no. I didn't know it was my final day. So I think, yeah, it was a day like any other. They wrapped up shooting last year's season and then they were putting together this year's content and in a way I guess it was a bit like a corporate restructure. They just go, how's our product going to look like for next year?

And right, we're not going to have these people involved and do things around them. 12 years. 12 years on Shorten Street and they cut him without telling him so he didn't even know that he was not going to be on it anymore. That's brutal. It's awful. Look, I get hard decisions need to be made

And, you know, that's how it goes. But there's a way to treat people as well, Like where you can do it in a way that they keep their dignity And you give them the respect that they deserve for 12 years of his life. It's the equivalent of someone coming up to you At the end of this show today at 10 a.m. And going, hey, thanks for you. for a great eight years.

You're finished now. Which has happened. True, it does happen. It happens a lot in radio too. You're right, actually. Which I've never agreed with the way they've gotten rid of people. Like, you know, just, I mean... They do it in radio so that the person doesn't go on the radio the next day and go,

this place is full of A-holes. I hate it here. Yeah. And this, this person did this, and they do all that. Ben Barrington's not going to do that. He's an actor. It's not like the doctor... He can't just have free reign.

No, he can say what he wants on camera. They'll just edit it out. Yeah. You know? Yeah, very rough. I want to hear from people who got brutally fired from their job this morning. Like what was the job and how did they let you go? How long had you been there?

Completely blindsided. You had no idea. You had no idea that it was going down. You'd given everything to that job. You were the Ben Barrington of your workplace. You were the Poonami. Was he Poonami? He was Poonami, eh?

Yeah, he was Poonami. I hope they put together like a highlights reel and they played it in Shulton Street. You'd hope so. Because what happens to his character? People who, you know... Can Shorty Street Watchers? Can you text us?

What happened to Ben Barrington's character? Like, they have to... Did they say he got a done-by aliens and he's never coming back? Do they just not write him into the show and they don't mention it? He was such a big character on the show. Did they say he fell into a volcano

doing the Tongarero Crossing? Like, how do you just eliminate a character that's always been there. Yeah. 966, or you can call us no 800 dials at M, your brutal firings. It's ZM's Brea and Clint Podcast. No one's let us know what happened to Ben Barrington's character

on Shorten Street, which makes me worry that it's a spoiler, and he's still on the show. And we've revealed, but he's talking about it on the Get Forked podcast. So... I'm just Googling. Just talk amongst yourselves. Yeah. Did anybody tell you, Cordia?

Do we know what happened to Ben Barrington's character on Shulton Street? Nah, and so he was saying that he didn't even know, so it's not like he would have been killed off or anything. No, but this is the thing. If he didn't know, they would have had to kill him off in a... Yeah. They would have been a throwaway comment from another character being like, oh, he died in a plane crash.

Tornado. Yeah. Yeah, he got sucked up into a tornado. We don't have the footage. He slipped and fell down the stairs or... Yeah. Anyway, brutal firing for Ben Barrington. Paige, you suffer a brutal firing.

Yes, hello, how are we guys? Good, thank you, Paige. I was the one that also texted him about the anxiety, so this morning about throwing up. Are you nervous about talking on the radio? You're not going to throw up on us, are you? No, never. Oh, good on you, Paige.

Okay. Yeah, no, no, no, you guys are fine. Right, so I used to work at a, you know, just one of your food chain restaurants. Yeah. And I reached there for about five years, and I was the assistant manager. And the manager and I, we didn't really see eye to eye.

I just was a very... I was just very, you know, I knew what I wanted and I did it. Yeah, right. He wasn't like that. And he said that I bullied him. Let's just say that. I bullied him. How did they fire you, Paige?

I went away for surgery. And I came back in, let's say, two weeks. And everyone was real weird to me that day. No one spoke to, like people. weren't speaking to me. No one even asked how the operation went. What? Wait, so everyone knew?

Oh, yeah. And so I, you know, and like, bear in mind, the people I'm working with, some of them I went to school with and I got them the job. So, you know, whatever, that's what it is. I know where I stand now. But I was, you know, working away, working away. And then gets the end of my shift and they hand me a piece of paper. And I called one of my friends who was on maternity leave who I used to work with.

And she said, you need to come home. do not read that by yourself. I know what that's going to be. Oh my God. That's awful. Why didn't they just ring you before the shift? Right. Just talk to, when I was talking to you beforehand.

So pretty much I went around to my friend's house, read it, and I was just like, oh my gosh, talk to dad. Dad goes, they can't do this. They actually tried to make me redundant, but they were going to replace me. I love when Dad gets involved. Yeah, how dare they. Not to my daughter. I love when Dad gets involved with the workplace. And he was so proud of me.

He's like, good on you. And I was like, oh, you love it. me. Oh, she loved me. By the way, we've heard Ben Barrington's character on Shaw and Street. Moved to Amsterdam. Which means that they could bring him back. Moved to Amsterdam.

Dr. Drew McCaskill just out of the blue. Is that in character for Drew to move to Amsterdam? Like, was he... Do you reckon they, like, subtly started putting bits in his character where every now and then he'd go to the bar and he'd go, Heineken, please. Or... Or he was just... real high all the time and he got really into weed.

And so he thought, may as well move to Amsterdam. Dr. Drew McKeskill's content. It's ZM's Breinclin podcast. Last week I shared with you guys that I had a pair of Doc Martin loafers. Loafers. Loved them and they broke. And so I was like, surely they'll replace these. How old were they when they broke? The first time?

Under a year. Yeah. Under a year old. Under six months, I thought. Nah, a bit over, but under a year. Definitely under a year. They're not cheap shoes. And so I was like, surely they'll replace these.

Also, they're leather shoes. They're not like a pair of running shoes. It was a fault. It was a fault in the shoe. Took it back and they said, yep, all good. We'll replace them. Love that movie. And what?

The fault in our shoes. The fault in our shoes. Fantastic film. Shailene Woodley? Yeah. Yeah, so sad. So sad. So sad.

Such a sad film. And they said, yep, sure, we'll replace them, gave me a new pair. I said, great, perfect. I wasn't stoked about having to break in a new pair of docks. That's the hardest per day. But I was stoked to have a new pair because I love the shoe. It's a great shoe. Anyway, you had this new pair for about two or three months, boom, broke again.

Same thing. Exact same thing. You showed it to us the exact same spot. Yeah, the same fault. And I asked you guys last week on the show, I was like, do you reckon they'll give me another replacement if I'd take this? them in again. And the text machine was 50-50. Some people were like, yeah, they'll give you another pair and other people were like, no, they won't. Some people were like, bro, just get a

refund. Don't take another pair of those shoes. They're just going to break again. Which is hard because I really like the shoe. Anyway, I bit the bullet and I went into the shop yesterday. Did they go, oh, you again? No, they did. It was a different guy. And I was like, okay, my best plan of attack here is to play it real casual, be real cool, and just be like, I don't even care. I don't care what happens in this situation. Don't be attached to the outcome. Exactly.

And just easy, breezy, that was my goal. And I feel like I nailed it, went in. I was like, hey, look, no biggie. This is the situation. You know, I understand you've replaced them before. and I was just wondering like they've broken again. Like, I mean, what do you think? What do you think?

Yeah, yeah. Like completely played it off like that. Yeah. And the guy at the counter who was lovely goes, yeah, totally understand what you're saying. Let me call my manager. Let me go out the back and call my manager. And at that point I was like, oh, okay, I don't know what's going to happen here. Because I feel like I had won this guy over.

But I don't get to talk to the manager. Just before you give us the outcome, has it been 12 months? since your original purchase? Yes. Okay, interesting. So the original purchase was made in April last year. Yeah. So it's not like crazy.

But no pair has lasted a full 12 months. No, no. Correct. But you have had shoes for 12 months. Correct. Yeah. So I was like, I don't know what's going to happen here. But call me a boomer.

Shouldn't a pair of leather shoes last more than 12 months? I agree with you. I don't feel like they're an annual purchase. But I also, I'm easy about it. I'm breezy. Oh, yeah, you don't really care. I'm all good. You know, whatever.

I mean, see what your manager says. No, biggie. No, biggie. Call if no. Look, it's not going to ruin my day, but just see what he says. He's gone out the back, called the manager. And I reckon he was out there for a good, like, 10 minutes. Wow.

And I was like, okay, maybe he hasn't been able to get in touch with him or they're having an in-depth conversation, finally comes back out to the front. And he goes, look, here's the situation. we're willing to replace them again this time, but after this time, that is it. No more shoes. And I said, I'm happy with that.

Yeah, you take that. I mean, I'm happy either way, but that sounds good to me. I totally understand. But if two of them have broken for you, surely they've been breaking for other people too. Or have you just found a unique way of wearing these shoes that no other person has...

Are you wearing them backwards? So here's my plan of attack because I'm like, do I just have an incredibly fat foot? Yeah. Which I don't think it is. No, I don't think you're bursting the seams of these loafers. I mean, I'm pretty rough with them like when I'm putting them on. Like I'm not shoehorning my foot in there, but I should be able to. They're leather.

I paid a heap of money for them if I want to. The bit the brok is not the shoehorn, but. But this is what I've done. I've gone up a size. Yeah. To try and counteract. the issue. Okay.

Because I feel like it's when I'm trying to get my foot in that stresses that part of the shoe, which causes it to snap. Was he cool about that, about you changing sizes? Look, it took some convincing, but he was so good. And he was like, look, unfortunately, we don't have that size.

And so now they're getting me the size from a different store. I'm a real problem for them. They never want to serve you ever again. Exactly. But anyway, got another pair. No, I think that's justice for the people. I'd be happy with that.

that's good. It's a win for the people, guys. And then when they break again, I'm going to try and get another pair anyway. Play Zatems, Bree and Clint. You know that trend that's doing the rounds at the moment where people take like a text conversation and they get AI to turn it

into a song? Yes. Some of them are very funny. Some of them are very funny. Did you see the one with the girl where she was in bed with a guy and his girlfriend had just got home? No. Yeah. And she's turned the, her, so She's texting her friend going, what the hell do I do? Should I go and hide in the closet?

Do I jump out the window? Yeah, it's really good. No, I haven't, but I'm going to go look at that. It was like a five-parter. Oh, very good. That's the kind of, I mean, this one is a multiple parter as well. It's from a woman named Kay, who has decided to turn the group text from a hens night group chat into an AI song. Okay.

And I just want to prefer. this by saying, I feel like we've all been in the situation where there's one person that's, how do we, how do we put it, being a bit of a, being a bit of a D-bag and is just not reading the room. Yeah, right. Not reading the room properly. So I feel like she's the main organiser of this Hensnight, which you'll hear in this AI-generated song. But it sounds like an awful event to be a part of. That first night's theme is golden hour.

So absolutely no cool tones allowed in the outfit's silver included in merry girlies. This include your wedding rings. So please make a point of taking those off. The girl has requested everyone wear minimum three inch heels that night to ensure the right aesthetic for all our photos. It will really throw off the look if someone wears flats. You'd be questionably short in the photos from one night compared to the others. Thanks, lady! Hey, Jacqueline, is the silver-condit

inch heels because of my back issues, you know this? Why are we wearing heels and sand, though? That's a broken ankle waiting to happen. And if you can't step it in the first place, I'll refrain from telling her about these issues. Oh, my God. They're so good. That sounds.

That sounds. It's like the worst heads do ever, but that is so good. Everyone has to wear at least three inch heels and take off all of their silver jewellery. It must suck to be someone who thrives on organised fun and know that you need the fun to be so organised for it to be perfect and then have to convey that to the group. Nobody else is enjoying that.

No. Nobody else wants that. And like that is something you can figure out in therapy because it's not okay. It's not fun. It's not fun. You've taken all the fun out of the party. Why does it?

matter if people are in three-inch heels or have a silver bracelet on. It doesn't matter. Some people do that for their wedding too, right? And they tell the guests what to wear to the wedding. Yeah. So that the photos look cohesive. I'm like, come on. Get over yourself. Do you reckon people just get a little bit drunk on power sometimes where they're like, wait a second. I'm the ringleader of this entire group and whatever I say, I'm Geppetto and they are my Pinocchio's. Weird to get drunk on power when you are the maid of honour though. You're not even the bride. You know? You're there to support the bride and then I love how she was using Margot the bride as like a scapego where she was like Margo would be so disappointed. You're not

allowed to wear any silver, not even jewellery. No. No warm tones and you're clothing and there's a minimum three inch heel requirement. I would, if I was a part of that. I don't know if you own three inch heels. Maybe one pair that I never wear. Yeah. Because I never have fun in them.

We wanted to hear from people this morning who have been in this situation. Yeah. Did you attend a hens party or a stag do? Which, and it could be for whatever reason, but it was just awful. Were the requirements? way too over the top.

Yeah. Did they send you a bill for $950 for the hens do? Yeah. Was it like a three-day weekend commitment? That was so expensive. Did you have to book your own over-water chalet in the Maldives? ZDM's Bree and Clint Podcast. Why was the hens or stag do just real down buzz?

Yeah. Over-organized? Under-organized? Under-organized? Too expensive? Alex texted and he said, At my brother-in-law's staggedo, the two strippers started arguing

and then physically fighting mid-routine, very unprofessional. I mean, what a show, though. Where do you post a negative stripper review? Like, do they do Google reviews? Well, I mean, probably on their website. Yeah. I'd say they would be from a website.

True. Are people reading the reviews? Maybe. I read reviews on every. everything. And then I always just question if the review is from a real person. Exactly right. So you never know.

What is the transparency like on a stripper's website? Who knows? Someone texted her and said, The Hens was ruined because one bridesmaid made it all about herself. She announced her pregnancy halfway through dinner and suddenly the whole night became a celebration for her. Oh, read the room. She'd have to get it out of the way because I find the pregnancy and

announcement politics quite interesting. She'd have to get it out of the way before the hens do, wouldn't she? Yes. Because otherwise she would be not drinking and people would be like, why are you not drinking? Yeah. And she'd have to go, oh, I've got an ulcer. Yeah. And she would know that.

I mean, it makes it hard, depending on how many weeks pregnant she was, but it sounded like she wanted to, everyone to celebrate her. At a hens party, the main bridesmaid said she was fining everybody $20 for saying, I'm tired. No, $20. $20 in the pot. Put it in. You can't say it?

I banned it. The hens party I attended had more rules than an international flight. We had a colour palette. We had approved emojis to use in our captions. This one's similar to that. It says the maid of honour on a hens party I went to sent us a 12-page itinerary. and colour-coded spreadsheet. We got told what time to wake up,

what to wear, when we could eat, and even what we were allowed to post on social media. It felt like a boot camp, not a hens party. Where does this pressure for perfection come from? Is it social media? Is it because you want to have the most Instagramable hens party? I don't know. You know, I don't think stagdos happen like that.

I think stagdos are more Here's one about a stagrille. Yeah, I feel like it goes the other way. Yeah. It says, the best man at a stag do I attended thought he was organising the Olympics. We had to compete in ridiculous challenges all day in 35 degree heat.

The groom hated every minute. But I didn't want to upset his mate. That one sounds kind of fun to me. But obviously. I like to have an activity. Fun for some. to have an activity. Yeah, but there's too much activity though.

Yeah, there is. But there's a line where there's not enough activity, particularly on a stag do. And if there's not enough activity, it just descends into bedlam. It's like it a hens. It's like a hens. It's like a hand. It's like Lord of the Flies. Yeah, I agree. But it's a fine line. You need to get the right amount of activity, right? You can't go back to back activities. There's got to be some breathing and cheeseboard time in between each activity. There's got to be some drinking time.

Yeah, there's got to be some drinking time. It's like when they organise the Z& Christmas. party when we were still allowed to have Z-M Christmas parties back in the day. Oh, the scavenger hunt? You know, like, the whole day was so jam-packed. I was like, you've left me no time for my drinking. I think that was intentional. I think that was to keep the bar tab low.

I think that was so, you know, they're like, if we keep them busy, then they can't drink. We bloody ran all over the city on this bloody scavenger, like a bunch of gillars. We complained about that. Now we complained that there is no Christmas party. What would you rather? No Christmas party? or the jam-packed scavenger hunt Christmas party? Probably no Christmas party.

Really? Probably just go to the pub, yeah. Oh. No, okay. Oh, no. I'll read the room wrong. Yeah, I'm 50-50 too, I think. If we did it again, I would intentionally throw the scavenger hunt,

and I'd go, oh, no, and you can do this on a hens to a stag to us up. That's genius, and you just go to the pub. Oh, no, I lost. Okay, I'll meet you guys at the bar. I'll go and get us a table. Or someone fakes an ankle. injury. That's good too. Oh, we have to look after Sandra. She's sprained her ankle outside of this pub. I'm in so much pain and the only thing that will help is Prasico. Please.

Oh, lucky you did it right outside the pub. My fiancé, Sophia, is 38 weeks pregnant today. Oh yeah, wow. Yeah, two weeks to go. So it could be at any time, really. Yeah. I feel like she's going to go late, though. generally first one late. Yeah. Like she's not bursting at the seams. What did you say, producer Ella? I feel like you were talking directly to me.

Have you got a prediction? Oh, I reckon it could come. When do you reckon? What day? I'm going to lock in her Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon, you're doing the show. You get a text or a call and you're like... So you reckon Wednesday next week. That would be dramatic. That would be a great Instagram video, wouldn't it, Ella?

Yeah, and then we can all do a little tunnel as you run out. Yeah. And we strap the going to go. pro to Bree's forehead. Perfect. And she's off. And we live stream the whole thing in the hospital. I'll, um...

Stay up by the head, please. I'll ask Sapphire, but I think it's going to be a no. Wait. So just... No, don't. If you think it's going to be a no, don't ask. 100% ask for forgiveness. Also, I will be there for skin to skin, so let me know.

Okay, good. I was going to arrive at the hospital shirtless. I'll tell the doctors and nurses to let you straight in. Just running down the hospital. She's 38 weeks pregnant and she's out of control. Like she just won't sit down She's a go-getter, my fiancé She always has been

She is like me She's an active relaxer It's a blessing and a curse It really is I got get home the other day She's mowed all the lawns She's painted a bunch of doors in the house She's hanging shells

With a stud finder Does she do that pregnant thing While she's doing all these jobs And she just has to pause Midway through the job And go Oh She wears this belt

And then get back into it She's wearing this belt thing. Oh, okay. That's like, yeah, she said that that's helped a lot. But anyway, so I'm just sitting the scene. That's what, that's how she's been. Yeah, kind of.

Wow. And she said to me last week, she goes, oh, just so you know, on Saturday, I'm not going to be here because I've booked myself in for a six-hour woodworking class. And I went, what? An essential skill for all expected mothers. Me and Stacey, her bestie, we're going to a woodworking class. It's like an introductory. all women's woodworking class.

Well, first of all, fun. Yeah. Second of all, what are you doing, woman? She's into it. She loves it. I feel like she feels like she's going to get really into DIY when the baby comes or something. All right.

But anyway, so she said... Cute that she thinks that. Yeah. I mean, if you know her, she really can do it all. Okay. But anyway, she's... I sent her off on Saturday morning. I said, have a great time, gave her a lunch,

and off she went. Anyway, she gets home, she's knackered. Yeah. When she got home, she's like, I'm so exhausted. And I was like, how was it? She goes, yeah, it was good. She goes, it didn't start very well, though. I said, why?

She goes, I turned up at the place and I'm parking the car, and I'm slowly kind of parking the car. And I reckon I was probably like a meter and a half away from this car because I was maneuvering my car. And at about a meter and a half away from this car, this woman apparently just gets on the horn and just starts like yelling profanities and Sophia could see her in the mirror

where she was giving her the finger telling her to if off like Sophia was about to hit her but she was quite far away from her so this happened right anyway Sophia walks into the class and she's standing there and they put them into groups next minute, guess who walks into the class?

Oh, not Longhorn. Longhorn out in the car park arrives at the class. But of course she does. You're honking at someone in the parking lot of a woodworking class that you're attending. That's just for women. Like you're not going to...

Like, use your brain. Anyway, guess who was in, guess who was in Sufi's group? Oh, Longhorn. Longhorn got put in her group. That's my worst nightmare. To have an outbursts and then have a run in where you have to spend all

with them? She has a temporary trump card back in the parking lot where when she gets longhorned, you just put the car in park, pull the handbrake up, get out of the car and stand in front of the other car with your 38-week pregnant belly side profile to the car and you're like, are you all right? If I can fit through the gap, then the gap was big enough. Right. You know?

Like you're long-horning a heavily pregnant woman who's also not doing anything wrong. She wasn't, and that's why I was like so awkward for that lady. Are they friends now? Nah, still not friends. ZAM's Bree England covering breakfast. Morning, everybody shows. What you about animates? The aquasail is on right now.

You can swim in store or online today. Is that for fish? It'll be for fish, won't it? Is it? They've got a good range of fish. They do have a good range of fish. They've got a great range of fish. I used to take my toddler into animates just to look at fish.

And she was like, Daddy, zoo. I was like, yep. That's a great idea. Yeah, it's the zoo. That's where we are. It's free entertainment. We're at the zoo. Yes, producer Ella.

I just had a thought the other day, isn't it weird that right in the middle of Auckland City is a gorilla and a monkey and a lion? Like, isn't that weird? Was it the time like around 420 on a weekend, was it? No. Okay. There's just like animals, wildlife animals. should be in Africa in the city. The concept of a zoo.

Yeah, yeah. Someone texts me on my Instagram last night and said that they spotted Kirsten Dunst at the zoo yesterday. In the Auckland. At the Auckland Zoo. And then I was like, maybe one of the animals is named after her. No, do you know. Or resembles her. Which one would it be, Clint?

No, I wasn't. No, which one? Whatever the most beautiful animal is. And whatever the least, whatever the least offensive animal is, that's the one I think it would be. Which one would that be, you reckon? Flamingo. I don't know, Bree. We're going to do a birthday banger next. Yes, we are.

If you'd like to know the number one song on your 16th birthday. You wrestled your way out of that one. I love Kirsten Dunst, by the way. How did I end up in this position? That's not what you were saying off here. ZD.N's Bree and Clint. All I want through my birthday to the birthday banger. All right, here we go, your birthday bangers.

Number one songs, when you turn 16, we'll figure them out, and then we'll play our favorite. Annette is going to go first. Morning Annette. Good morning. Good morning. How are you this morning, Annette? I'm very well, thank you. That's good to hear. Well, we're excited to do your birthday, banger. What is your birthday? Yes. 25 to 12, 1960. All right, that means you were 16 in 1976. And on that day, this was top of the charts. Ah, banger, Annette.

What a tune from Abbott. Great start to a short week. Wait there. Birthday binger for Carolyn. Hi, Carolyn. Hi, Carolyn. Good morning, guys. How was your weekend, Carolyn?

Oh, it was beautiful. Great weather in the garden, hanging about. God, you're a breath of fresh air. Has anyone told you that? How many... I'm just out for a walk. It's pretty cold outside. How many coffees this morning, Carolyn?

Oh, just one. Oh, yeah. Hey, just one in the tank. Hey, what is your day to birth? Eight of October. Ninth Sixty-two. All right. Another 60s baby.

That means you were 16, though, in 1978. We've done our calculations. Here's your birthday banger. Go to one that I won't. Yeah. Oh, no. Come on, Carolyn. Banger, Carolyn.

What do you reckon? Oh, of course it is. Hesterly, Olivia. Yeah. Oh, that is such a tune from the movie, Greece. If we chose that one, are we allowed to choose Greece Megamix instead? I think so. Yeah, go on.

That changes the conversation a little bit. That doesn't I? Yeah. Yeah. Okay, wait there. Wait there. One more birthday banger for Maddie. Morning, Maddie.

Hi, Maddie. Morning. I've got Finn here with me who would like you to know he's a long-time listener, first-time caller. Yes, Finn. Morning, Finn. How old are you, Finn? Eight. You're eight.

How's your school holiday's going? Good. Yeah, nice. What do you got playing for today, Finn? Anything fun? I am. My brother's going to football. And then, well, me and my babysitter are going to do some, go for a coffee.

What's your coffee you order, Finn? Yeah, what sort of coffee do you have? I don't know. I think I might just get a fluffy. Fair enough. Fair enough. That's fluffy. Okay, let's do Maddie's birthday banger.

Maddie, what's your date of birth? May the 4th, 2000. Are you the babysitter or the mum? I'm the babysitter. Okay, cool. And may the fourth be with you, Maddie. You were 16. And also with you.

You're in 2016. And here's your birthday banger. Mike Hosner, I took a pill in my beat up. Are you into it, Maddie? Finn's on board, but I don't think it will ever be Abba. Oh, really? Yeah, true, tough competition. Okay, all right, all right, all right, all right.

Wait there, Maddie and Finn. Tough decision. Mike Hosner, Abba, and we're going Greece Megamix, aren't we? If it's the grease mega mix, I can't vote for anything other than that. Have we found it yet, Claudia? Have we located? Do we have it?

Surely. Huge radio company like this. We need to have the grease mega mix somewhere in the system. Should we just sample how it starts? Yeah. Why, this car is... Oh. You got to.

You got who for a Monday. I think the decision's been made. Where's our girl out on her world? Carolyn, you've just won birthday banger. Yay! This one's just for you, Carolyn. Here it is. From 1978.

You're the one that we won. You have a wonderful day. You too, Carolyn. What's Greas Lightning? ZM's Breed and Clint podcast. A birthday banger for Carolyn, that's the Grease Megamix on ZM with Breanclin. Not a single regret. No, not one.

Not one. They had the whole office here up in dancing. Yep. It was so good. Lots of feedback on the text machine. All positive. People say, get it, guys. Love this birthday banger.

Someone else said, can't go into work. I need to sit in the car. This is too good. That's why a birthday banger should do, right? It should be something that you go, oh, wait, wait, I haven't heard this for a while. Why is this on the radio? I love it. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. The ZDM Podcast Network. I thought we could do a simple IQ test. I saw this online where they said. said this riddle, if you can get it in under 30 seconds, means that you would do quite well in an IQ test. Okay. So are we all ready?

We got a 30 second timer. Yeah, we've got a 30 second timer. Start the timer at the end of the question. Here is the riddle. A boy was born in 1950 and he died in 1951. But his age was 20 years old. How is this possible? Born in 1950, died in 1951.

But he was 20. How was this possible? What? Leap years doesn't work. He died. He was born. Is he a time traveler? Oh, he's time traveler.

But he was 21. Smarty. But he was 20. But he was born in 1950, died in 51. 20 or 21? 20. 20? Uh, oh, got it.

1951. It doesn't make any sense. Do you actually have it? I think I've got it. I think I've got it. I don't have anything. He was 20 months. That's what I thought.

He was 20 years of age. But I like your way of thinking. I wonder if anyone on the text machine has got it. Okay, so the riddle one more time. A boy was born in 1950 and he died in 1951, but his age was 20 years old. How is that possible? Oh, I hate this.

Are they two different people? Is it two different people? A boy and one of them's called he. Yes. You're going to, you guys are going to hate the answer. You're going to hate it. Is it really obvious? I'm really dumb.

I got it. I got it. Oh no, but IVF didn't exist then. It's a fertilised embryo. My brain went to IVF and I said that the egg was 20. They didn't have IVF in 1950. Someone might have it on a text machine. They did it.

Someone said 24 hour time. Is that it? No one on the text machine's got it either. 24 hours time. I believe that. Okay, someone said he was born, yeah, someone got it. So the answer is, is he was born in the room 1950 and he died in room 1951. No, I'm serious.

I'm so mad. It's such a crap riddle. Why did you bring this to the show? I'm actually furious. That's such a dumb answer. The IQ test is, doesn't the IQ test? If you thought that was a good riddle, you're stupid. That's the IQ test.

It's ZAM's Bree and Clint podcast. We're still mad about the riddle. Up and arms. Riddles are infuriating, though. Like, I just, my brain just doesn't work that way. It's the brain power that you invest and you trust that the payoff is going to be good. You know, and it's going to be like, oh, or it is something that you can figure out. When it's not, I feel ripped off.

Do you remember the doctor riddle? No. The doctor riddle, there's a boy that's in a car accident. Oh, yes, that's a good one. That is a good riddle. The one that always messed with me was like there's a phone booth and a guy's dead inside, but the glass is outside the phone booth and there's a fish. Yeah, what happened?

What happened? That's not verbatant. But if you can figure it out from that. As the producers heard the doctor riddle. Should we test them? Do you want to get the word incorrect? Yeah, hold on. Do you know the doctor riddle?

Maybe. I might, so if I did, I'll be quiet. This is actually a good one. Okay. I reckon this is one of my favorite riddles. Oh, I love this. Okay, here we go. You guys ready?

Don't look at the text machine, because this is quite a popular one. People will know it. Okay. A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies and the boy is rushed to hospital. The surgeon looks at the boy. and says, I can't operate on this boy because he's my son.

How is this possible? I've heard this so I'll be quiet. Do you know what could? I think I have also heard this. Go on then. I think either the surgeon is his mum or he's got gay dads. Oh, that's a good outcome. In this riddle, the surgeon is his mum.

Oh, I want gay dad. The gay dad is a modern remake of that one. Which I mean, yeah, same vibe. This riddle was, this riddle was, well, trickier in the 2000s before people realized that women could be surgeons. Yeah, people are like, there's no possible answer because the father's dead. I remember being away at a batch and we went over that one for about 45 minutes and then they went the surgeon as his mum and we're all like, oh my god.

I never thought of that. Woman doctor. Olivia Rodriguez in one of the new songs, she mentions a doctor but says she. Love it. Love it. She's breaking ground here. Period. Bloody woke, PC, BS, I'll tell you. Cool fact.

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