ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast - 6th September 2023

Episode Date: September 6, 2023

Does your job match your name? (7:18) Top 10 movies if you want to cry your eyes out (15:29) Matty's bathroom advice (34:54) Your hobby is not the vibe (47:33) AI predicts the world cup winner (58:41...) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The ZM Podcast Network. A few months back, a man caused about 60 Ks worth of damage on the roof. If someone tried to climb it now, they'd be zapped with 240 volts. Nobody has more Taylor Swift tickets than ZM. Listen to win yours today. ZM, Brie and Clint. With guest host, Maddie McLean. Good evening. G'day everybody, welcome to another edition of the Maddie and Friends show with Maddie.
Starting point is 00:00:30 Maddie is the guest on the Maddie and Friends show. What does that make me? The facilitator. Yeah. You're the side piece. Your rule, we established that yesterday. Yeah. That story in the news where Leo Malloy's put a 240 volt electric fence on the roof
Starting point is 00:00:46 of his Auckland Viaduct bar. Is that a lot? 240 volts? It sounds like a lot to me. Because I thought they were going to say 240,000 volts or something like that. Is that a Can someone, I mean I asked you but, can someone
Starting point is 00:01:01 truly rural text us and tell us if 240 volts is a lot? Not that I'm looking to try and get on the roof of Leo Malloy's bar. I'm just curious. A 240 volt shock may not feel any worse than a 120 volt shock, but either voltage can cause injury. Right. So it sounds like it might be double what a standard electric fence is. Is that where we think we're?
Starting point is 00:01:27 Possibly? It's the one we use for bulls, maybe. Someone said it's not a lot. We run fences that are over 10,000 volts. Oh. Yeah, but where do you work? What is that fence for? Is that for animals?
Starting point is 00:01:37 Is that for prisoners? Yeah, hard to know. Should we go on the roof of the overlays bar? Later on this afternoon, Clint's going to test the theory. Text 9696, which one of us do you want to scale the roof of headquarters in the Viaduct this afternoon to test out the electric fence? Text Clint or Matty to 9696. Today on the show, another dimble pass.
Starting point is 00:02:01 Our third to last, Taylor Swift dimble pass. Oh, man. Going at four o'clock. You can score that one. Matty, you said you might be there for the Taylor Swift shows. I'm hoping to be there. You might get sent there for work. I'm working on it. Must be nice. I'm putting I'm doing the hard yards.
Starting point is 00:02:18 Yeah, he's on the graft. Yeah. So that'll happen at four o'clock. Let's kick things off with Tradie vs Lady and give away 50 bucks cash right now. I've got your questions ready to go. The ladies are ahead, but I reckon the tradies could claw their way back. 240 volts is your house voltage.
Starting point is 00:02:35 It would kill you easily. Oh, God. Okay. It's not the volts that kill you, it's the amps. Okay. Okay. All right. Make sure you text Mad's the amps. Okay. Okay. All right. Make sure you text Maddie in to 9696
Starting point is 00:02:49 to go test that electric fence. I'm a lot less keen. Z-Ams for Franklin. With guest host Maddie McLean. It's Trady versus Lady. Three, two, one, let's go. Have you been updating the scoreboard? I have.
Starting point is 00:03:08 You have? Okay, sweet. Because I haven't. It's 72 points to the tradies and 80 points to the ladies. I take this very seriously. Do you? Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:16 Who do you root for? The underdog. So you're a tradie man? At the moment, but I'm fickle. Okay. All right. I'll turn on a dime.
Starting point is 00:03:25 Let's see how we go then. Let's bring our lady on from Kaia Poi. She is 23 years old and she plays bingo every Wednesday. Welcome to the show, Bailey. Bingo is one of those things where I want to play because I think I would enjoy it, but I never do. Well, where would you play bingo in central Auckland? Yeah, where would I play bingo, Bailey?
Starting point is 00:03:47 Is bingo great, Bailey? It is. Yeah. And where do you go? It's underrated. Where do I play? If you're in Auckland, I'd say there'd be heaps. Maybe at the RSA?
Starting point is 00:03:59 Yeah. Yeah. How's your bingo wings? Great. Yeah, nice. I might keep some money doing it. Oh, nice. What are bingo wings? You don't know what bingo wings? Great. Yeah, nice. I might keep some money doing it. Oh, nice. What are bingo wings?
Starting point is 00:04:08 You don't know what bingo wings are? No. I'm not going to explain it. It's rude. Let's meet our tradies today. They're calling from Wellington. They're 59 years old, and they've been trying to win Taylor Swift tickets. Welcome to the show, Angie.
Starting point is 00:04:21 G'day there. Would 50 KFC chicken dollars count instead, Angie? That'd be handy, but, you know, I'm still going to play. Yeah, you can win both today. There's no rule against that. It's 50 real dollars as well, by the way, thanks to KFC. Bailey, your buzzer is lady. Angie, your buzzer is tradie.
Starting point is 00:04:41 First to three correct answers wins. Let's do this thing. Question number one. Actor David Hasselhoff has been spotted over on Stewart Island. Name the 90s beach-based TV show he starred in. Lady? Yeah, Bailey. Oh, what's it called?
Starting point is 00:04:59 Is it... Oh, my God. I just had it on my head. I'll be ready. I'll be ready. I'll be ready. Slow-mo running down the beach. Come on, Angie. You must know this.
Starting point is 00:05:11 Oh, look. I've got Knight Rider in my head, mate. Pamela Anderson. Red Togs. Yes. Seattle. No. Baywatch, guys.
Starting point is 00:05:22 Baywatch. It's so easy. I'm really disappointed in both of you. But we'll continue on. Question number two. All-black Geordie Barrett is on the mend for the Rugby World Cup after a knee injury. Name one of his rugby-playing brothers. Trady.
Starting point is 00:05:38 Angie. Bowden. Bowden. I'll take Bowden. I would have also accepted Scott. Yeah. There's another one too, but I forget his name. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:48 It's like the fourth Hemsworth brother, right? Yeah, exactly right. Or the fourth Jonas brother. Question number three. New Zealand's most expensive house just sold in Queenstown, $40 million. Sheesh. Is Queenstown part of Southland or Otago? Lady.
Starting point is 00:06:04 Bailey. Otago. Well done. It's one apiece. Question number four. Yes or no, is there a public holiday this month? Lady. Bailey.
Starting point is 00:06:18 No. Correct. It's two points to the ladies, one point to the tradies. You can still do this, Angie, but Bailey, you could take it out here. Question number five, name this song. How do you sleep when you lie to me? All that shame and all that danger. I'm hoping that my love will keep you up.
Starting point is 00:06:39 Or just give us the name of the singer. Sam Smith, lady. Bailey, what is it? Sam Smith. Sam Smith. Well done. She's a lady. Well done, Bailey.
Starting point is 00:06:51 She's a lady. Thank you. Tough game, but we got there in the end. We did, we did, we did. It's a lady victory. Congratulations, Bailey. Thank you. And Angie, we'll talk to you at four o'clock
Starting point is 00:07:02 for those Taylor Swift tickets, yeah? Yes, fingers crossed. Yeah, it's written in the stars. You weren't meant to win that one. You're going to win the next one. Okay, thanks, guys. Perfect. Bye.
Starting point is 00:07:11 See ya. Brian Clint with Maddie. Here's Doja. ZM's Brian Clint with guest host Maddie McLean. Just sidebar, Maddie and I are on a quest to get an All Black on the show this Friday. An All Black each, head of the World Cup starting. My All Black is just text and confirmed. Oh, so you're direct to the source.
Starting point is 00:07:29 I'm direct to the source. You've got said All Black's personal number. Yeah. I text them and I said, any chance? I said, kia ora, bro. Oh, very personable. Any chance I could get you on the phone this Friday on ZM? And they just text back and they said, yep, easy, brother.
Starting point is 00:07:45 What time? Easy, brother. What time? Easy, brother. So over to you, Matty. My issue is I have a number of people I could try for and I can't decide which avenue to go down. Yeah. Well, tick tock, okay? You've got till Friday to secure your All Black.
Starting point is 00:08:03 Okay. In the meantime, i was drawn to a sometimes a headline will just lure you into a story right and this one just got me because it has to do with a crazy story but also a really weird coincidence that goes with the story as well. Yeah. The headline reads, a woman named Mrs. Honeycomb attacked by swarm of angry bees. Wait, wait, that's not funny. She's fine. Okay.
Starting point is 00:08:35 So, yeah. She's okay. But it was quite serious. She was stung more than 60 times by a swarm of bees in the Channel Islands. Jeez. So she had to go to hospital and be put in an intravenous drip. But she's fine now.
Starting point is 00:08:53 But then I just thought, how wild. Like of all the people to get stung by a swarm of bees, Mrs. Honeycomb. Yeah, it's almost like she was asking for it. Couldn't happen to... As a nurse in that hospital, you'd pick up the chart at the end of the bed and you'd see the person swollen from head to toe with bee stings and you'd look at the chart and you'd go, no. Yes.
Starting point is 00:09:16 No, someone's having a laugh. But this is true. This really, really happened Wow, yeah The only thing that would make it more perfect Is if Miss Honeycomb kept bees Yes You know?
Starting point is 00:09:35 Yes And she presented to A&E With a jar of her own honey Mrs. Honeycomb's honey From the bees that she was attacked by. Which, ironically, is the perfect balm for the bee stings. Mrs. Honeycomb's covered in honeycomb's honey straight from the comb. We've talked about this before, and it's very funny
Starting point is 00:09:56 because some of the ones you get are too good. Way too good. Way too good. We want to hear about those times where people's name matches their job or their situations. Or what happened to them. Yes. You know, because there are so many, so many. Do you have an electrician called Mr. Sparks or David Wire?
Starting point is 00:10:22 Oh, no. Or was Mrs. English Your English teacher See that's better Mrs. English Did I have Did I Am I making that up
Starting point is 00:10:34 In my head Did I have Mrs. English I can't remember now They'll be out there That's definitely out there Let's get them in 0800 dials at M Or text them to
Starting point is 00:10:43 9696 Much like Mrs. Honeycomb, the bee sting victim. When did the name match the job or the life or the thing that happened to them? ZM's Brian Clint. With Maddie McLean. This is so good. This comes off the back of a story about a woman in the US called Mrs. Honeycomb who went to hospital because she was stung by a swarm of bees.
Starting point is 00:11:06 She's fine, so we can laugh at the story. You're allowed to laugh. We've been asking you for your examples, and my God, are there some good ones. My husband's grandfather, Roy Flight, was a Spitfire pilot in World War II. He was Flight Sergeant Flight.
Starting point is 00:11:22 Flight Sergeant Flight is so good. I used to work in a butchery and my boss's last name was Lamb. His brother was also a butcher. The Lamb Butcher. My daughter's food tech teacher is called Miss Buttery. No way. That's good. The head gardener at Hamilton Gardens' name is Gus Flower.
Starting point is 00:11:45 That's so good. Kylie's here. Hi, Kylie. Hi, guys. When did the name match the job, Kylie? My dad was a milkman when we were little kids, and his boss was Mr. Trim. Mr. Trim.
Starting point is 00:12:03 Well, I thought it was funny. He's made for the job. 100%. Absolutely, okay. Thank you, Kylie. Let's talk to Paris on our $800. G'day, Paris. Oh, hello.
Starting point is 00:12:15 When did the name match the job? So my boss at work is literally called Boss. That's his first name. Wait, the first name is Boss? No, it's his actual first name. Even on his ID, it says Boss. So he was destined to become a manager. Some would say different.
Starting point is 00:12:37 I hope he's not listening. You're saying Boss is not cut out to be the boss, Paris. It's a secret we'll keep between us. Even if they demote the guy, the name tag will still say boss. Yeah, it'll still say boss. Thank you, Paris. Let's talk to Dot. Kia ora, Dot.
Starting point is 00:12:55 Hi, how are you today? Good, how are you? Good. When did the name fit the job, Dot? Well, we had a vet when I was younger, and his name was Dr. Death. Oh. So I guess when it was putting animals down.
Starting point is 00:13:12 I don't want my cat to see Dr. Death. No, that's grim. I don't. I'm sorry. I'll skip that one. That's grim. Well, it was probably pronounced the-ath, but when you read it, it's death.
Starting point is 00:13:22 The-ath. Yeah. Was he good at his job, though? I would presume so. Yeah. You'd have to be, right? Well, what qualifies as good when your name is Dr. Death? But you'd work extra hard.
Starting point is 00:13:35 You'd be like, not on my bloody watch. He's like, I am good. I am really good. Thank you, Dot. We appreciate it. When I joined the army, I joined with a guy whose last name was Eyes, so he was Private Eyes.
Starting point is 00:13:48 Oh, that's good. Ryan, my husband, texted me and said my science teacher was called Miss Gas. No way. Yeah. Jeez. A lot of unfortunate professions that person could have gone. Let's go to Alex on the phone lines. Hi, Alex.
Starting point is 00:14:04 Hi, how are you going? Good. What was the name and how did it fit the job? So back in intermediate, I had two teachers with names like this. Cooking teacher was called Mrs. Ham. Honestly, really? Honestly. Okay.
Starting point is 00:14:20 Honestly, no joke. And an arts teacher called Mrs. Patton. You had an arts teacher called Mrs. Patton? You had an art teacher called Mrs. Patton? Yeah. And they're both at the same school. Did they laugh at the joke? Did they get it? Oh, yeah, they were pretty good.
Starting point is 00:14:39 You've got to lean into it. You've got to lean into it. Everyone else is laughing. You might as well join the conversation. Thank you, Alex. Exactly. We appreciate it. Ronald McDonald was our food the conversation. Thank you, Alex. Exactly. We appreciate it. Ronald McDonald was our food and beverage manager.
Starting point is 00:14:49 No, he was not. He was not. How stupid do you think we are? But I do love this one. We're the Lemons. Their last name is Lemon, and we live on Citrus Avenue. That's cute, that one. Super cute. My sister-in-law is a pharmacist, and one day she came home saying a lady called Fanny
Starting point is 00:15:05 was picking up cream or medication for her Fanny area. That's a different take. Hang on, isn't that doctor-patient confidentiality? Isn't that a breach? You're not allowed to. You're not allowed to tell your sister about Mrs. Fanny's Fanny area. Especially not when you're naming her. Like, you can't put those two together
Starting point is 00:15:25 You know me, Clint We've known each other for a long time I am very much a wear my heart on my sleeve kind of a guy Correct But in saying that It used to be very hard To get me to cry in movies, TV shows I would feel sad, sure But to get me to cry in movies, TV shows. I would feel sad, sure,
Starting point is 00:15:46 but to get me to actually shed tears in them, it didn't happen very often. It was very rare. Really? I feel like you cried during Desperate Housewives. No. When we were at university. Maybe I did.
Starting point is 00:15:58 The gardener is just so hot. He's so hot. No, at university, I was pretending To really be Into Eva Longoria Yeah yeah yeah That's right
Starting point is 00:16:11 We bought it too Okay well maybe Maybe I'm Maybe I'm remembering Things incorrectly But what I do know Is that the older I've got The easier
Starting point is 00:16:21 I'm finding it To cry in things Me too Especially since Having children Like I It only takes a spark I've got, the easier I'm finding it to cry and things. Me too, especially since having children. Like I, it only takes a spark ad about Mother's Day, Father's Day and I'm a blubbering mess.
Starting point is 00:16:33 Well guess what got me the other night? What? Grand Designs. The Kevin MacLeod edition? The Kevin MacLeod edition. That's the good one, so I can see that. It was just a beautiful story about this couple that had been together for so long. And Ryan, who is dead inside, just emotionless, doesn't show emotion at all, looked over to me at one point
Starting point is 00:16:56 and went, you've got to be kidding me. He's like, another television show we can't watch? Yeah. But I maintain that sometimes having a good old cry is really good for the soul. I don't ever look for it, but I know people who will say, I need to have a cry. I need something to have a cry to.
Starting point is 00:17:18 I don't look for it either, but sometimes once it happens, like if I get to the end of the Grand Designs episode, I'm like, oh, that was good. That felt good. So I thought for those of us who do enjoy a good cry from time to time, I thought I wonder what the top movies to make you cry are. That almost guaranteed to make you cry. Almost guaranteed to get you to cry.
Starting point is 00:17:45 Well, I found the definitive list. It's called the top tens. Okay. And it ranks the top tens of so many different things. But this one is specifically the top ten movies to make you cry. Perfect. If you don't want to cry, especially if you're new to dating somebody, you're not ready to cry in front of them.
Starting point is 00:18:00 These are the movies to avoid. Yeah. Don't watch these movies. Perfect. Number ten is Schindler's List. Very sad, very depressing. Okay.
Starting point is 00:18:09 There's a lot going on. And also not a date movie. Hey babe, come on over, we're going to watch Schindler's List. Oh yeah, what's it about?
Starting point is 00:18:22 Yeah, cool. Number nine is a throwback My Girl Oh, no, yes Macaulay Culkin It was Macaulay Culkin, wasn't it?
Starting point is 00:18:33 Klumsky Schlumpf Schlumpfly The Bees The Bees Yeah It's a horrific movie He's not wearing his glasses
Starting point is 00:18:41 He's gotta wear his glasses Blood Brothers? Yeah. Number eight is Old Yeller? That's an old movie. I know about it, but I've never seen it, but it involves dogs. It involves a dog. A dog. And the passing of a dog.
Starting point is 00:18:57 Yeah. Spoiler alert. It's an ancient movie, by the way. Number six, an oldie but a goodie. Ella, this is for you. The Notebook. She hasn't even seen The Notebook. You haven't seen it. Not yet.
Starting point is 00:19:11 But you want to see it. Oh, is it sad? It's sad. It'll make you cry. It's beautiful sad. All I know is that it's a love story. It's a love story. But it will make, you will cry.
Starting point is 00:19:20 It's a love story to the end. Oh, no. Yeah. Number five is Toy Story 3. And I can vouch for this because I watched it recently, and I did cry in it. Really? I haven't seen Toy Story 3. Pixar movies get me every time. Okay.
Starting point is 00:19:35 Inside Out, cried. Coco, cried. Up? Up, definitely cried. Yeah. Toy Story 3, bawled. Shrek? No. No. I don't think Shrek's... Shrek doesn't bald. Shrek? No.
Starting point is 00:19:46 I don't think Shrek's... Shrek doesn't get ya. Not a Pixar movie. Oh, okay. Fair enough. Now, before The Green Mile, starring Tom Hanks back in the day, that is a sad movie. Very sad movie. I can imagine that. And now
Starting point is 00:20:01 we're getting to the top three. This one is just universally known that it will get you good. Marley and Me. Oh, that's the one that everyone talks about. Yeah. I've never seen Marley and Me and I have no inclination to watch that movie. Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Dead Dog. Spoiler alert. Everybody knows. Spoiler alert. And you should know going into that movie Now number two
Starting point is 00:20:28 I haven't seen this movie But I have heard it's very sad But as soon as I told producer Claude That I was doing this list She said I know what movie is going to be on there Number two is Bridge to Terabithia It's devastating I thought it was a lovely child movie
Starting point is 00:20:44 Like a kid movie, and I was like, cool, I'll watch a little lighthearted film, and I bawled my eyes out. One of the kids dies, eh? Yeah. So number two. God, Clint. Sorry, but I feel like you should know going into these movies.
Starting point is 00:20:56 So definitely number two on the list, you'd say? Oh, at least, yeah. Okay. What's going to beat Bridge to Terabithia? I think we all know. Number one. The number one movie to, at least. Yeah. Okay. What's going to beat Bridge to Terabithia? I think we all know. Number one. The number one movie to make you cry.
Starting point is 00:21:09 Titanic. Titanic. Fair. But at least they include that little bit of comic relief where the guy's, he jumps
Starting point is 00:21:24 and the guy's head hits the propeller on the way down and he starts doing a 360 as he goes down to the water. Bring the mood up. No, just me. I'll never let go. She did let go, though. She literally, as she said, I'll never let go. She was in the process of letting go.
Starting point is 00:21:47 It's a metaphor, Clint. ZM's Bree and Clint with guest host Maddie McLean. ZM, banger, Taylor Swift. Let's give away some tickets. Taylor Swift, the Ares Tour, live in Sydney. You ready for this? I love this. I'm going to be sad that we don't get to hear these happy screams every afternoon when this competition is over.
Starting point is 00:22:17 But we're going to have to find something else to give away. And boy, have there been some amazing winners as well. Let's go live to Ashley. Hi. Oh, my gosh. Oh, it started already. Yay. Ashley, was that a double scream?
Starting point is 00:22:37 Are you by yourself or are you with friends? With my friends. You're with your friends. Okay. Where are you right now? What are you doing? I am sitting on the couch in my friends. Yeah, with your friends. Okay. Where are you right now? What are you doing? I am sitting on the couch in my office. Kind of shaking.
Starting point is 00:22:50 Brilliant. Have you recruited your whole office to try and win these tickets over the last few weeks? One of them has definitely been helping me every day. Yeah. Okay. Does that person get to go to Sydney with you if you get these tickets? That would be my husband. Oh, fair enough.
Starting point is 00:23:06 Fair enough. Fair enough. I'm sure they'll understand. So, Ashley, this is the first step, right? You've gotten through on the phone lines, which so many people have been trying to do. You've made it through, but that doesn't mean the tickets are yours.
Starting point is 00:23:21 I know, yeah. You've got to do the job. I know, yeah. Ashley, got to do the job. I know, yeah. Ashley, please give us the three Taylor Swift songs that played on ZM today at 8 o'clock, 12 o'clock and 4 o'clock. I Can See You, Exile and Welcome to New York. Oh. Oh.
Starting point is 00:23:40 Shit, this hasn't happened. Hang on, Ash, this hasn't happened yet. Can you just, what did you say the second one was? Exile? We're just going to, can you just wait there for just a second? We're just going to have to check something just quickly. And we're just going to defer to Ross Boss for just a second. I'm just kidding.
Starting point is 00:24:00 Oh my God. Ashley, you're going to Taylor Swift Oh my god You can It's okay to call him an a-hole Ashley you can do it I was so sweet Did you believe me? Did you believe me?
Starting point is 00:24:25 Did I sell that? Did you believe me? Yes. Did I sell that? I did. I was like, oh my God. Oh, I'm sorry then. But I'm also not sorry. That was funny. Hey, congrats, Ash.
Starting point is 00:24:33 You and a friend are going to the Eros Tour. You and your husband are going to the Eros Tour in Sydney. Oh my God. Oh my God. I want to know, is your husband a true Swifty? Does he deserve to go to the Eros Tour with you? He is. We listen to him every night.
Starting point is 00:24:48 Oh, that's beautiful. Brilliant. Congratulations, Ash. This is so exciting. Oh my God. I hope you win the grab-a-seat flights as well now to make up for that prank. I'm sorry. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, honestly. This is
Starting point is 00:25:03 incredible. Congrats, Ash. Thanks for listening to ZM and we'll see you in Sydney. Thank you so much. Another double pass up for grabs tomorrow on ZM. You need to be listening from 8 o'clock to Fletchford and Hayley when they drop the very first Taylor Swift song. Can you imagine if she turned around and she was just like,
Starting point is 00:25:19 oh, F you, Clint. ZM's Bray and Clint with guest host Maddie McLean. You and I are deep in a challenge this week. You said it. Yep, I did. Because it's the Rugby World Cup this weekend. Oh, I'm so excited. The Rugby World Cup is my World Cup.
Starting point is 00:25:39 Oh. Cool. I love the All Blacks and I love rugby and every four years I get so excited for this so yeah the challenge is who can get an All Black
Starting point is 00:25:52 on the show not just any All Black an All Black who has been to a Rugby World Cup that's our challenge this week you've got someone already I've got mine secured they're locked and loaded
Starting point is 00:26:02 for 5.30 this Friday they'll be on the show with us I'm working on mine. Yep. Working on it. I'll get it. I think I know who you're going to get. I'm not worried about it.
Starting point is 00:26:10 I think they're a good get, the person that I think you're going to get. Okay. I think they're a good get. Okay. I don't think they're better than mine, but I think they're a good get. Oh, you don't? No. I don't think yours has won a Rugby World Cup.
Starting point is 00:26:19 Mine's won a Rugby World Cup. Who do you think I'm getting on? I'm not going to say. Okay. Anyway, I've been talking about it a lot because I've been canvassing friends, family in terms of which path I should
Starting point is 00:26:34 go down to secure the win because you know me. Very competitive. Very competitive. Don't like to lose. Doesn't matter what the challenge is. Matty will take it very seriously. And Ryan, my husband, joked, well if things were different, you could have just got yourself on.
Starting point is 00:26:50 And then I remembered a story that I have told a number of times and I haven't told it to you before but I could have been an All Black. Maddy teased this in our meeting before the show today and I'm so intrigued to know how you could possibly have been an All Black.
Starting point is 00:27:08 So picture this. High school. I get invited to a birthday party with a bunch of guys. We go to the local park as part of the birthday party and we decide to have a bit of a kick around. I say we. They decided and I reluctantly joined in.
Starting point is 00:27:26 Okay. How old? I would have been 14, 15. Okay. Yeah. And one of the dads came to pick up one of the sons and came to the park and saw us running around playing rugby. And he came up to me afterwards and he said,
Starting point is 00:27:45 mate, you are really good. You're quick on your feet and you're good with the ball. He said, I'm the captain of the first 15 rugby team. Would you ever consider... Was he the captain or the coach? The coach, sorry. The coach of the first 15 rugby team at Meister High School. Would you ever consider trying out for the first 15?
Starting point is 00:28:08 Which high school was it? Whakatapu High School in Queenstown. Okay. Yeah. And I said, I don't know. And I said, when is it? And he said, it's this particular day in a few weeks' time. And I said, I can't.
Starting point is 00:28:23 I'm dancing in the smoke free stage challenge in Dunedin yeah now I believe the story and forever I have thought shoulda coulda woulda what would have
Starting point is 00:28:41 happened if I had said yes and gone along and tried out for the first 15? Yeah, if your love of the theatre hadn't taken you away from the rugby pitch, I could be sitting next to, I could be sitting next to Dan Carter's best friend. You could. You could be texting me going, hey, man, can we get you on the show on Friday?
Starting point is 00:29:03 Okay, yeah, wow. Yeah, I believe you. Cool. And I just, it's that quintessential thing of fate intervened and took me down a different path. Is that what the butterfly effect is? Yes, yes. Kind of? Sort of. The ripple effect? Yeah, absolutely. Something like that.
Starting point is 00:29:19 One decision. It's a sliding doors. It's a Gwyneth Paltrow sliding doors moment. I had this moment in time where I could have chosen one way, but instead I turned and went the other way. And my life has been so different ever since. It's a multiverse. There is a reality out there where you are a retired rugby World Cup winning All Black. I could have been New Zealand's first gay All Black.
Starting point is 00:29:50 You could have been. You could have been. Yeah. What could have been? Openly gay. Openly gay, yeah. Got to put that caveat in there. We want to ask the question, much like Matty,
Starting point is 00:30:00 who was almost an All Black, what could have been for you? If something had gone another way, what could have life been like for you? Like the guy who left 660 to pursue his rugby career. Totally. It's the opposite. He decided that he wanted to play rugby for the New Zealand Maori
Starting point is 00:30:19 and he achieved that goal. But to do that, he had to leave 660 just before they blew up. And now look. He could have been in New Zealand's biggest band, but he chose to go in a different direction. And it might have been for the best. Maybe fate intervened in a really great way. I could have had two eyebrow piercings,
Starting point is 00:30:39 but I chose to leave Rotorua at the age of 18. 0800 dial ZM. We want to know for you, what was the fork in the road? What could have been? ZM for Franklin. With guest host Maddy McLean. Maddy said when he used to be young, he had the opportunity to become an
Starting point is 00:30:55 All Black. That's definitely the way I'm choosing to remember it. And you can because nobody can say otherwise. Nobody knows what would have happened. I was asked to audition not audition try out
Starting point is 00:31:10 for our first 15 rugby team at school. Was it try out? Yeah, I don't know. Is it? It's not audition. It's definitely not audition. Alright Matty, show us what you got.
Starting point is 00:31:27 You walk out there with your cassette player. Five, six, seven, eight. And one. And two. There's not a lot of jazz hands in rugby, but we're going to put you on the maybe pile. So we've asked you what could have happened, what might have been.
Starting point is 00:31:39 There's lots of relationship ones. I think about the relationship ones a lot. I know you and Ryan have got a similar story, right? If you didn't come back to New Zealand for the opportunity to work on TVNZ again and end your OE, you and Ryan might never have happened. I don't think we would have met, no. So it was destined.
Starting point is 00:31:57 Is that destiny? Do you believe in destiny? Fate, yeah. Yeah. It's written in the stars. What could have been for you? Stacey's called up. Hi, Stacey.
Starting point is 00:32:05 Hi, how are you guys? Good. How are you doing? Yeah, good. Thank you. All right. Talk to us about the fork in the road moment for you. So when I was about 19 or 20, I decided to apply to a TV show.
Starting point is 00:32:18 It was called Missing Pieces back like 15 years ago now. Yeah. David Lomas. Yes. Yeah. Another one. Yeah, David Lomas. Yes. Yeah, another one. Yeah. And if I hadn't been accepted to that,
Starting point is 00:32:33 I would not have met my husband and had our two kids. Wait, did you go on missing pieces to find your husband? No, but it turned out that that's how it happened. Wow. If you don't mind me asking, who were you trying to find? My dad. Did you find your dad? Yes, but you don't mind me asking, who were you trying to find? My dad. Did you find your dad? Yes, but we've kind of lost touch now.
Starting point is 00:32:51 Right, right. But he was in Australia and I made the decision to move over to get to know him better and things. And that's where I met my husband. And about six months later, he followed me back to New Zealand and we were engaged a few months after that and married the next year. Wow. There you go. Wow. That's, that's, that's meant to happen.
Starting point is 00:33:15 Yeah. That's a beautiful story. I love that. That's what we look like. We've been married almost 13 years now. Oh, Stacey, congratulations. Thank you. As you get David Lomas to do a like a, Stacey, congratulations. Thank you. As you get David Lomas to do a like a where are they now special.
Starting point is 00:33:29 Yeah. Let's go to Nicole on 0800 ZM. Hi, Nicole. Hi there. What was it for you? What could have been? Oh, I had applied for university to get a Bachelor of Oral Health, but I had also applied for the New Zealand Army at the same time.
Starting point is 00:33:46 So I received both acceptance letters, and they were sitting out in front of me, and I had to choose one. That was my fork in the road. Wow. And which way did you go? I went with the Army. Right.
Starting point is 00:33:58 Correct me if I'm wrong. Can't you train to be a dentist or an oral surgeon or something within the Army? That's right. Yes, so I ended up joining the army and within a couple of years, the army actually sent me to university to study exactly what I applied for a couple of years earlier.
Starting point is 00:34:14 Only difference was that I left on graduation with no student loan and I actually bought my first house while I was studying. You got paid. You got paid. You hacked the system. I got paid to study, that's for sure. It was best deal going.
Starting point is 00:34:29 All you had to do was go to war for a couple of years. Fly into battle. War on plaque. Shoot some bad guys. War on plaque. Nicole, that's so good. That's so good. The call of the day.
Starting point is 00:34:45 I appreciate that so good. That's so good. The call of the day. I appreciate that so much. All right. ZM's Brinkland with guest host, Maddie McLean. This is bold from Maddie, but he said he has toilet advice for ladies. Well, it's not ladies specific, but it would tend to benefit women more than men. Okay.
Starting point is 00:35:06 But men, it's timely advice for some men as well, not you or I. No. But some men can listen up to this advice. Bathroom or toilet? Toilet. Okay. Are you listening, ladies? Because a doctor in the US has said you should always, always, this isn't even a you can sometimes, maybe you should.
Starting point is 00:35:36 This is a you definitely should always be doing this. Tie your hair up when going to the loo. Oh. What? Why? Dr. Daria Sadovskaya. Yep. Always hard names to pronounce, aren't they?
Starting point is 00:35:54 Yeah. A kidney expert claims going to the toilet with long hair down can increase the likelihood of pimples due to the bacteria in faeces. What does your hair being down have to do with it? It can cause breakouts and irritation that most commonly appear on the forehead when you poop. All the bacteria spread from the stool to the bathroom and onto your hair first. Your hair is the first place the bacteria latches onto. When your hair is down, it rubs against the skin in your face
Starting point is 00:36:31 and transmits all the germs to your face. Ew, ladies, you've got poo germs in the hair. Yuck, you guys are disgusting. You're so gross. And you're worried about us, like, peeing on the toilet seat. Ew, poopy forehead Claudia. Hey, don't start there. How long do you think I'm sitting on the toilet for poo particles to float and nest in there?
Starting point is 00:36:52 I don't know. How long are you sitting on the toilet? I think we've talked before about the flush and how the flush, it aerates. You're meant to have the lid down, aren't you? You're meant to have the lid down. I don't do, I'm not a lid downer. Oh, really? I don't do that either. But whenever I think about it. I don't do, I'm not a lid downer. Oh, really?
Starting point is 00:37:08 I don't do that either, but whenever I think about it, I go, oh Christ, I should do that. And they say that you shouldn't have your toothbrush too close to the toilet bowl for that reason too, because the poo germs can jump from the bowl onto your toothbrush head. This is a lovely chat for 444. I'm so sorry. Well, women need to hear it. They do. So do you tie your hair up?
Starting point is 00:37:25 Have you ever considered this? I feel like my hair is up most of the time but I've never specifically put my hair up. Would you wear a hair net to go to the toilet? No. Absolutely not. But will you now consciously tie your hair up when you go to the bathroom? No, probably not. I will. Pooey forehead.
Starting point is 00:37:42 Pooey forehead? I think about people who have really long hair, like down their back, and if it comes close to, you know, if it gets close to the butt crack. It's like Incy Bincy Spider, but a little poo particle climbing up. Climbing up the ponytail.
Starting point is 00:37:59 And then the flushes the rain down came the rain. Well, that's from a doctor, okay? Don't come for Maddie. What do doctors know, though? What do doctors know? I'm just passing on. I'm imparting the wisdom onto you. Do with it what you want.
Starting point is 00:38:15 If you want a pooey forehead, all power to you. All the time I hear it from now on, we'll see if my skin is magically clear. What do doctors know? What do doctors know? What do they know? It's like Claudia didn't get the vaccine as well. Clint! I did.
Starting point is 00:38:36 She's only just been allowed back at work. Oh, my God. Be quiet. Mandates are over. ZM's Bree and Clint. With Maddie McLean. In news that they should have seen coming... That's very good. A New Zealand psychic has had to cancel his South Island tour
Starting point is 00:38:57 because he says it has been interfered with by another psychic. Not by spirits. No. But by a rival psychic. A competing medium. And these are not just any psychics, by the way. These are New Zealand's foremost television psychics. Sensing murder.
Starting point is 00:39:18 Sensing murder celebrities. Did they ever... Did they ever have a... I think I saw an article that said, sensing murder have solved zero murders. Great. Can I guess which ones? Please.
Starting point is 00:39:33 Calvin Cruikshank. For sure. You're right. And... Deb Weber? Oh, Deb Weber. She was my favourite. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:39:43 They're the all-stars. Who was the third one? It wasn't Deb Weber? Oh, Deb Weber. She was my favourite. Yeah. They're the all-stars. Who was the third one? It wasn't Deb Weber. It's not Deb Weber. It is the other one. Yeah. Sue Nicholson. Sue Nicholson!
Starting point is 00:39:54 Yeah. So Calvin Cruikshank says he had to cancel his South Island tour because an unnamed rival psychic made a venue block out the six weeks before and after this other psychic's date. Right, okay. And said no other psychics are allowed to perform at this venue. She said if you book me,
Starting point is 00:40:21 I need a window of exclusivity. Yes. Right, okay. For six weeks either side of her show. Right. And Calvin has said that has made him have to cancel his tour. He hasn't named Sue, but Sue has come out on her own Facebook page and said she would like to clear the air of bullying
Starting point is 00:40:43 and discuss the issue with a venue in Greymouth. Posting on her behalf, Nicholson's manager wrote that we feel the truth needs to be said, but that the psychic does not want to get involved in this petty situation, but then gets involved by continuing with the post. They went on to note, only one town was affected with this agreement
Starting point is 00:41:06 the venues have in place. This town being Greymouth and Susho is not sold out there, as stated by the other medium. The other medium only put a shop in this town three days ago. Jeez, they're at war with each other. It's wild.
Starting point is 00:41:20 We took Kelvin Cruikshank to the abandoned prison in Napier. Bree and I did when we first started working together. We had to go and spend a night in the abandoned prison and we took him in to do a spirit reading. And? Oh, he said it was chock-a-block full of spirits. I'm sure he did.
Starting point is 00:41:36 Which is what you want. You don't want to book a psychic medium to come to a haunted prison. There's nothing here. Yeah, because we had to spend the night in there and he's like, sweet as, man, this shit is good to go. We were having dinner and he turned to me and he goes,
Starting point is 00:41:51 you got wooden floorboards in your house? And I said, yeah. He goes, I know. Wow. Okay, man.
Starting point is 00:42:05 That is spooky. People, he would get it all the time, but everybody at dinner was just going, do me, do me, do me, do me, do me. And that's all he would get all the time. And he's probably sick of giving it out for free. So he's got to book these gigs, you know? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:42:21 And Bobby Sue Nicholson has booked it up. I don't want to be cynical about what people do for a crust, but if you're interested in that sort of thing, he told me that if your picture, a picture in your house, is slightly crooked, it's the ghost of one of your relatives visiting you.
Starting point is 00:42:38 Right. And not just an off-centre picture frame. No, not a picture you bumped into. No, no, that's what it is. There's more to it than that. Absolutely. Time for a birthday banger. Sorry, Maddie and I just comparing our step counts for the day on our smartwatches.
Starting point is 00:42:59 How many have you done? A pathetic 5,100. Oh, mate. I know. What have you got? A pathetic 5,100. Oh, mate. I know. What have you got? 11,864. You don't even walk to work anymore. How did you get 11,000 steps?
Starting point is 00:43:13 I'm a very efficient walker. Oh, you've got a dog walker. Yeah, I do. You've got a dog, sorry. I did walk the dog today. Yeah. Remember I saw you mincing down the road with your dog and I texted you.
Starting point is 00:43:23 I do not mince, I walk with purpose. In the middle he said, I don't mince, I walk with purpose dog I do not mince I walk with purpose he said I don't mince I walk with purpose anyway it's not about our steps it's about our birthday bangers
Starting point is 00:43:30 let's get Mia on the phone to do a birthday banger Kia ora Mia yes that's me here yeah hi how are you doing
Starting point is 00:43:37 doing good good to hear you want to hear your birthday banger oh yeah okay give us your birthday so it's 5th of December year 2000 okay Mia you were the Good to hear. You want to hear your birthday banger? Oh, yeah. Okay, give us your birthday.
Starting point is 00:43:48 So it's 5th of December, year 2000. Okay, Mia, you were the 16 on the 5th of December, 2016, and this was your birthday banger. Rag and bone, man. Human. What a great throwback to 2016. You like that, Mia? Oh, I love that.
Starting point is 00:44:10 Yeah. I used to listen to that a lot. He's got an incredible voice. Oh, amazing. I saw him live. Did you really? Yeah, Glastonbury. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:44:19 Humblebrag. Last year, this year? No, years ago. Years ago, years ago. Okay, let's go to Dee for a birthday banger. G'day, Dee. Hi. How's your day going, Dee? Good, thank ago. Years ago. Okay, let's go to Dee for a birthday banger. G'day, Dee. Hi. How's your day going, Dee?
Starting point is 00:44:29 Good, thank you. Hump day. Hump day, I know. Just on my way home from work. Oh, brilliant. Happy hump. What's your date of birth, Dee? 16th of December, 1982.
Starting point is 00:44:41 Dee, you were 16 on the 16th of December, 1998, and this was top of the charts. I can already tell what Maddie is going to vote for. I like it. It's good, Dee. You get Jennifer Page and Crush. My favourite. What movie was it in?
Starting point is 00:45:05 Oh, good question. I was going to say, was it on like the original Now CD, but that might even be too early for that. It's not a Coyote Ugly, is it? That song? Hmm. I'm struggling to remember. Anyway, we'll figure it out. Let's do one more birthday banger for Ayla. Kia ora, Ayla. Hi.
Starting point is 00:45:21 How are you going today? How's your hump day? It's been pretty good. How are you? We're good. Thanks for asking. Thank you for asking, Ayla. Hi. How are you going today? How's your hump day? It's been pretty good. How are you? We're good. Thanks for asking. Thank you for asking, Ayla. We're good. Tell us what your date of birth is and we'll tell you your birthday banger.
Starting point is 00:45:34 It's 17th of September, 2001. Ayla, you were 16 on the 17th of September, 2017, and this was the number one song. The breakout single for Khalid. Produced by Kiwi boy Joel Little as well, this song. Right. It's got a New Zealand tie to it, Young, Dumb and Broke. I loved this song. Such a good song.
Starting point is 00:46:02 Are you into it, Ayla? Yeah, I love a bit of Khalid, actually. Yeah, for sure. Okay, wait there. We're going to have to vote on this thing. I don't even need Maddie's vote. You don't. Maddie's voting for Jennifer Page.
Starting point is 00:46:13 I'm definitely voting Jennifer Page. And I'm not. What? I'm voting for Rag and Bone Man. Wow. Yeah. I can't get it, the Jennifer Page thing, but it's not getting my vote.
Starting point is 00:46:25 Okay. So we're going to a split vote. We're going to producer Claudia, who also has Khalid to vote for. You can choose anyone. Your vote wins. What is it, Claude? I was really hoping you wouldn't come to me.
Starting point is 00:46:35 I think that I love Khalid. I love Jennifer Page. I'm going Rag and Bone Man, though. Oh, my God. I've always said that. Claudia gets it. She just gets it. Hey Mia, you're the winner of Birthday
Starting point is 00:46:51 Banger. Congratulations. Oh my god. Thank you. You're welcome. Maybe I'm foolish. Maybe I'm blind. ZM's Brinkland. With guest host Matty McLean. Do what I can, don't put the blame on me. Don't put your blame on me.
Starting point is 00:47:10 That's the winner of Birthday Banger here on ZM Today. That's Rag and Bone Man and Human. Matty has not talked to me for the last three minutes and 14 seconds because I did not choose Jennifer Page, Crush. I just, no, I'm going to move on because I don't like to hold a grudge but i'm i was mad i know you were part it's partly i don't like to lose you know that about me and partly i just think it was such a banger a little crush every time we touch It's true Oh well, we talked about it earlier.
Starting point is 00:47:46 What could have been? Not like everything I've been through Don't look at Jack Tame. He can't save you in this situation. I guarantee out of all of those songs, Jack Tame would have voted for Jennifer Page. Crush. Jack Tame has just entered the building.
Starting point is 00:48:03 I assume he's been up at Newstalk ZB. Hi, Jack. We needame has just entered the building. I assume he's been up at Newstalk ZB. Got it. Hi, Jack. Jack. We need you to settle something for us. Yes. If you was given the choice between picking between Rag and Bone Man, Human, or Jennifer Page, Crush, which song would you have chosen?
Starting point is 00:48:21 Well, I can guess which of those songs you each are respectively backing. Yeah. But absolutely Jennifer Page. Thank you. Absolutely. Thank you. 100%. It's just a little crush.
Starting point is 00:48:34 Not like I'll be. Every time we touch. It's so good. What does Jack Tame know anyway? No, I mean, it's a classic. You don't mess with the classics. Hey, you can join us for this next conversation actually because I feel like you might have something
Starting point is 00:48:50 to contribute. You wouldn't have meant to be on here, but hi. Hi. It's the threesome now. It's good to see you. Whoa. It's a freeway. The boys. The boys. The boys are back in town. There's a story about a knitting group in Napier who were made to feel so unwelcome at their local bar
Starting point is 00:49:06 that they cancelled their booking. The Knit Nook, that's the name of the knitting circle from Napier, they booked a table for 12 people at... 12? 12, yeah. Okay. It's a large knitting circle. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:49:21 They booked a table for 12 at the Good George Napier Tap House. They were having their social night of eating, drinking and knitting. Sounds like fun. It does. It does. I mean, enough to get 12 people out in Napier. The bar allegedly called
Starting point is 00:49:37 the group to discourage them from attending. The manager of the Good George bar reportedly said, knitting is not the vibe we're going for. The manager of the Good George bar reportedly said, knitting is not the vibe we're going for. The manager also told the group, we don't have much space. You're only going to be able to do it on bar leaners, like bar stools. And the lady goes, we can't. It's fine.
Starting point is 00:50:01 We can knit anywhere. We can knit in rockers. We can knit on couches. We can knit on couches. We can knit on barliners. They didn't feel welcome, so they cancelled the booking. You actually had them on TVNZ Breakfast this week. Here's a little bit from the
Starting point is 00:50:16 Knit Nook. And that was when I was told that it was just not the vibe they were going for. And so we kind of did a little back and forth. I tried to understand and i just and in the end i i cancelled the bookings because i didn't feel comfortable knowing that we were not really welcome to sit there and enjoy our evening so i didn't want it to be um a negative experience what is the vibe that they're going for the bar the bar yeah because knitting is like i think kitschy strange hobbies are kind
Starting point is 00:50:48 of cool i think that's cool again now yeah knitting's gone full circle hasn't it knitting crocheting yeah yeah cross stitching yeah all of that stuff's cool stuff that's not cool is cool because of its uncoolness yeah yeah yeah if that makes sense it's like an ironic thing yeah but all it takes is for one small town bar owner to go, nah, the bar's for cool people. We're getting on the piss, mate. But they would have got on the piss.
Starting point is 00:51:11 There's 12 of them. They're not going to the bar if they don't want to drink while they knit, you know? I think it's a missed opportunity. That story had me in stitches, guys. Oh, stop. That's why they pay you the big bucks.
Starting point is 00:51:25 Teeing up. Teeing that one up there. Do you want me to leave now? That's what 17 years of a media career will give you. Your broadcasting degree coming in handy. Did you get your broadcasting degree? Did you not? Am I the only one of the three of us that didn't get the degree?
Starting point is 00:51:40 I got mine. Did you not get the degree? Am I the least qualified man in the room? That's a low bar. Let's start with you, Jack Tame. Do you have any hobbies that people would consider not the vibe?
Starting point is 00:51:54 I really love atlases. So, yeah. I read atlases and collect atlases. I love maps. I love cartography. That is exactly the answer that we were looking for. I'm so glad you came on the show The thing is that others don't like it though, so it's just
Starting point is 00:52:10 me, so I'd be calling up the good George and being like, can I have a table for one but it's got to be really really big because I've got this Macanta projection that's going to blow your mind I'm navigating the Suez Canal tonight. Matty, do you have any hobbies that are not the vibe? No, because I am navigating the Suez Canal this night Matty do you have any hobbies that are not the vibe?
Starting point is 00:52:27 No because I am always the vibe Your hobbies are the vibe you reckon? I'm the vibe Well I don't even have any hobbies No that's I think that's the worst part
Starting point is 00:52:35 is I don't have hobbies Let's get the list together this afternoon on 0800DIALZM You call in and tell us about it or you can text it to 9696 It doesn't mean it's not cool, this thing that you do.
Starting point is 00:52:47 It's just people would probably consider it a bit uncool. It's a bit left of centre. It's unusual, your hobby. Would this bar in Napier, if you tried to book a table for 12 of you and your friends to do your hobby,
Starting point is 00:53:00 would they consider that thing not the vibe? And sell Matty and me on it. We need a hobby. Desperately. Yeah. So get in touch. 0800 dial ZM.
Starting point is 00:53:09 Is this the Maddie Clinton Jack show? Or you got things to do? I've got to be on ZB, bro. Oh, okay. Hi, Brown. ZM's Brianne Clint. With guest host Maddie McLean. So we're asking, is your hobby considered not the vibe?
Starting point is 00:53:27 But you think it's cool and more people should do it. Totally. You're doing, it's a great hobby. People just don't understand. Also sell us because Clint and I
Starting point is 00:53:35 have come to the realisation that neither of us have a hobby. We don't have hobbies. I also have no desire to look cool anymore. No. So I'd do anything
Starting point is 00:53:42 if you say it's exciting. Rachel's here. Hey, Rach. Hey. What's your hobby Hey, Rach. Hey. What's your hobby that people think is not the vibe? So I paint miniatures. Okay. Like miniature figurines?
Starting point is 00:53:55 Yes. Like army soldiers? So I particularly paint mostly Warhammer minis, which would be kind of what you're thinking of, I imagine, and also D&D minis. Okay. Right. So do you have like, what are they called?
Starting point is 00:54:11 Like a setting where they all stand in the setting, like a field or something like that? Is that the end goal for these guys or do they all go onto a little shelf? So generally the goal is for them to get used in the game. Oh yeah, okay. So it's D&D them to get used in the game. Oh yeah, okay. So it's the end that they get used in someone's campaign.
Starting point is 00:54:28 Yeah. And with Warhammer, I have a bunch of people who play Warhammer with me. And we all get together and have our little Warhammer games following all the rules. And so I guess, I'm guessing that for a certain section of your life, it's not the vibe but for a big section of your life people go, oh this is the vibe. Yeah, within your community
Starting point is 00:54:53 it would be cool AF, right? Yeah, basically. My parents and a bunch of people just don't get it. The people I surround myself, we all absolutely love it. Do you spend a many, the people I surround myself, we all like absolutely love it. Do you spend a lot of money on it? Um,
Starting point is 00:55:09 you can. I think Rach's partner is listening. That's okay. Thanks, Rach. Nathan's here. Hi, Nathan. Hey, how you doing? Good.
Starting point is 00:55:17 How are you doing? Yeah, good. All right. What is your hobby, Nathan? And what's the, is it not the vibe? So it was, it's actually the same as the previous caller, which is quite funny. So I'll leave that there.
Starting point is 00:55:32 But I've actually got a second hobby, which is also not really the vibe. It's called Star Wars X-Wing. You make a list of Star Wars planes. You put it on a three-by-three-foot board. You've got little dials which tells you which way you can fly, and then you roll dice to see if you can shoot them and your objective is to kill the enemy team essentially and it's really not the vibe. My wife has no idea
Starting point is 00:55:52 why it's 500 bucks. Is it like battleships? Yeah, pretty much. But like Star Wars, it's all like so you can fly pretty much anything you want in a Star Wars universe. I've played like Rebels, so I've got like X-Wings and the Millennium Falcon.
Starting point is 00:56:09 My friend, he plays the Scum. And you are married? I am married. Yeah, I know. Crazy, isn't it? I don't understand how that happened either. Yeah, that's cool, man. I love that you've got something that you're passionate about.
Starting point is 00:56:24 It's very cool. Yeah, the other thing you guys should try is Airsoft, which is just running around the massive field with BB guns. Oh, BB guns, yeah, but the soft bullet so it doesn't hurt. Yeah, exactly. No one dies. Yeah, no one dies. That's always a bonus. Thank you very much, Nathan. We appreciate it. We're asking what's your hobby that's not the vibe.
Starting point is 00:56:40 Someone said, I'm a teacher who also pole dances. Wow. Seems very inappropriate as a primary teacher, but it's great fitness and it's super empowering as well. Someone also said, I was organising a World of Warcraft meet in Christchurch, had people coming down from Auckland over from Sydney. I got declined from one bar booking based on my description of the gathering. That's what happens.
Starting point is 00:57:02 They wouldn't let you come in and have your World of Warcraft meet up? Apparently not. Wow. Not the gathering. That's what happens. They wouldn't let you come in and have your World of Warcraft meet up. Apparently not. Wow. Not the vibe. Someone said, for years, I've been ridiculed at work, at home, by my friends and my family for being a diehard supporter of the Warriors. Oh. It was tragic and uncool to be so invested in the Warriors,
Starting point is 00:57:19 but not in 2023. It's our year, baby. Everybody wants a piece of the action. Can I get an up the waz? Up the waz! Up the waz! You're so right about that. You're a day one and now everybody else is on the bandwagon.
Starting point is 00:57:32 We're grateful for you allowing us onto the bandwagon. Absolutely up the waz. It's the vibe. ZM's Brinkland with guest host Maddie McLean. The Rugby World Cup kicks off this Saturday morning at 7.15 in the morning. The All Blacks take on France. That's the opening match of the Rugby World Cup. It's in France, so they're the host nation.
Starting point is 00:57:54 Did you know, fun rugby fact for you, All Blacks versus France is the most played game in Rugby World Cup history. No teams have met each other more in rugby world cups than the All Blacks in France. That is a fun fact. I'll give you that. And twice the French have kicked the All Blacks out. Yeah, famously.
Starting point is 00:58:13 Yeah. And once, once or twice, the All Blacks have beaten the French in the final of the rugby world cup. And look, God, if there was ever a time to lose to the French, it would be on home turf. Home turf. They're also up there as far as favourites go.
Starting point is 00:58:28 France are ranked third in the world. All Blacks are ranked fourth in the world. Someone has used AI to try and predict the outcome of the Rugby World Cup. We're going to give that to you very shortly. But first, Matty and I are in a duel at the moment to get the biggest All Black we can on the show this week to celebrate the Rugby World Cup.
Starting point is 00:58:47 So this is happening Friday at about 5.30 we've decided. Yep. We'll bring our All Blacks to the air. You've got yours ready to go. Mine is locked away. And it's a definite? You're not going to change your mind and try for someone different and drop said All Black?
Starting point is 00:59:04 That would be rude to my All Black. Yeah. So no, I think I back my boy. And I do back my boy. I will tell you, I'm not going to tell you who I've got, but I do have a Rugby World Cup winner. I have someone who has won a Rugby World Cup before. Do you want to have a guess? Yeah, I think I've got a good idea. Who do you think
Starting point is 00:59:19 it is? I reckon you've got Izzy Dagg. Okay, interesting. Yeah. You don't seem impressed by that. No, I'd be very impressed. He's a great guy. It's not up to you anyway. It's up to Ella. She thinks it's impressive. Yeah. She will decide the winner of this competition. I have while we've been on air dropped a few DMs to
Starting point is 00:59:35 get the ball rolling. Yeah. Because I have left my run late, which is just quintessential me. Because my biggest thing was trying to figure out who I was, what path I was going to go down. But now I feel like it's Wednesday. You've just got to get one. I've got to get one. Okay, well good luck
Starting point is 00:59:52 to you. Thank you. Who's going to win the Rugby World Cup? This AI has been fed a bunch of information. It has run 10,000 simulations on the tournament to account for uncertainty around expected outcomes. So it's used all of the data.
Starting point is 01:00:09 It's taken emotion out of this. It's used cold, hard data to try and predict who's going to win the Rugby World Cup. Based on past performances, how they're playing at the moment. World rankings, performances in World Cups before. Right. Scenarios regarding player injuries and things like that. And I think you guys are going to be quite excited. According to this AI,
Starting point is 01:00:31 New Zealand is the favourite to win the Rugby World Cup. Wow! 33.5%. That's the chance the AI is giving us of winning the tournament. It's giving our nearest rival, South Africa, only 26%. It's giving France, the host nation Africa, only 26%. It's giving France, the host nation, only 20% to win the World Cup. It's giving
Starting point is 01:00:50 the world number one team, Ireland, who have never won a Rugby World Cup before, only 11.9% chance of winning the World Cup. It's giving Australia a 2% chance. And it's giving England a 2% chance as well. And then from there it gets smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller.
Starting point is 01:01:08 But we're the favourite. It's our year. According to this computer, we're the favourite. Yeah, it's our year. Up the... Blahs? Play. ZM's Brand Clint.
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