ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 8th February 2023

Episode Date: February 8, 2023

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The ZM Podcast Network. Hi everybody, welcome to the Brie and Clint podcast with Maddie where I need a bit of fashion advice. First of all, thanks for my new hats, by the way. Claudia and Ella, my special birthday present, my special new hats. Looks really good. Yeah, thanks. Yeah, they look great. It's fashion, my special new hats. Looks really good. Yeah, thanks. Yeah, they look great. It's fashion.
Starting point is 00:00:27 I was covering that off. I see. You're not here about the hats, though. No, I'm not here about the hats. I've got a wedding to go to this weekend. Yep. A friend's wedding. And late last year, I bought a new suit that I wore to your wedding.
Starting point is 00:00:45 It was great great suit. Thank you. And it was meant to do, I justified the investment in the new suit because I was going to wear it to three weddings. Right. I was like, I can do this, I'll get wear out of it. I don't really wear suits, but I've got three weddings at the start of the year. Special occasion outfit.
Starting point is 00:00:58 Get it done. Your wedding, friend's wedding, brother's wedding. Then, just on Monday, five days out from the wedding my wife lucy says to me oh by the way the dress code for the wedding is um beach cocktail what what does that mean what does that mean in five days out like you need a year to figure that out beach Beach cocktail. What the heck? So this suit that I bought is not beach cocktail. It's not beach cocktail. No, it's formal.
Starting point is 00:01:30 Do you just trim them into shorts and take the jacket off? Yeah, you could do that. And jandals. Put some shells on them. Or some nice sandals, surely. Maddie's Googling what beach cocktail is. I am.
Starting point is 00:01:39 But without Googling it, what do you guys think? Like when you hear beach cocktail, what do you think that is? If you were to wear a dress, it would be either floral, but like flowy. I feel like short is fine. Long, fine. But like not formal.
Starting point is 00:01:56 It would be lower than formal. I think I know what it means to you. So the dress part doesn't help me. I won't be wearing a dress. Okay, and for a man, I think shorts would be appropriate. No. No, shorts are not appropriate for a woman. Okay, and for a man, I think shorts would be appropriate? No. No, shorts are not appropriate for a woman. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:07 But it's on a beach. Shorts. But like fancy shorts. It's not on a beach. Oh, it's not on a beach. It's just the vibe. Yeah. Then you're going a linen suit.
Starting point is 00:02:17 Linen pants. You're going a linen pant. A linen suit with a button-down crisp white shirt. So where do I find a linen suit with a button down crisp white shirt? In my size. I was going to say, what size pant are you? That's a personal question. Do you have some?
Starting point is 00:02:37 Well, yeah, I've got a bunch of linen suits, but I don't know if they'll fit you. I'm a 32-ish. I'm 32-ish. I'm on the upper side of 32 not the lower side yeah same okay it would be the height thing that would get us yeah i don't mind showing a bit of ankle you could just cover it with socks do you want me to bring in a couple of my linen suits and see if they fit you um yes yeah i can do that okay oh might be the greatest. We might have pulled this one off. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:06 Okay. Are you guys work besties now? Are we twins? There you go. That was an easy fix. But it's not an easy fix. Do you wear a jacket or you just go shirt? You wear a jacket.
Starting point is 00:03:18 Okay. I don't need anything about this fashion. I reckon loafers as well. I've got some. Nice boat shoes. This is what comes up. Yeah, boat shoes. This photo is what comes up. Yeah, boat shoes. This photo is what comes up when I Google beach cocktail menswear.
Starting point is 00:03:31 Okay. Oh, that's nice. And it's pretty much what I described. Yeah. It's like a tan- A creamy colored linen suit. A creamy colored linen suit with a white shirt. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:40 No belt. Okay. Well, I don't- Oh, really? I reckon a brown belt. Nah. Huh. Don't need it See this is where Thanks guys
Starting point is 00:03:48 This is the fashion critique That I needed Do you wear a big hat? No do not wear Those ugly hats You can wear the big one But not this If it's beach fashion
Starting point is 00:03:56 You wear a straw hat right? Don't wear a hat I don't think there's anything wrong With wearing a hat to a wedding Did I tell you about What happened to our mutual friend Who was staying out By the venue on the night of our wedding? And they were running quite late.
Starting point is 00:04:09 Got out there in the afternoon. He went to get changed into his suit and realized that he had forgotten his belt at home. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I talked to this person about that. He drove from the venue into West Auckland about a a 25-minute car ride, one way. Minimum. One way.
Starting point is 00:04:30 Yeah. And bought the belt and then got stuck behind the bus that was driving the other passengers out to our wedding. And he still wasn't changed. Oh, I didn't know that. Because I thought being stuck behind the bus is perfect. You're going to arrive the same time as all the other guests. No, he still needed to get back to the house he was staying at and get changed and then get to the ceremony.
Starting point is 00:04:48 And then we said, belt, just go without. If you're wearing a blazer, can you see the belt anyway? No. He's very slender, this mutual friend of ours. Yes, but he did say that the pants fit him perfectly. Oh, just go beltless. Exactly. Just find a shoelace or something.
Starting point is 00:05:03 Yeah. Or just do that thing where you get a shoelace. Put that between the two at the back. Tie the two of the bits together. Yeah, right. Okay, well, crisis may be averted. Tomorrow I'll do a MediSuit fashion parade. Oh my gosh, love it.
Starting point is 00:05:17 And we can pick an outfit together. Great. Okay, perfect. Beach cocktail. I'm coming in Well howdy pilgrim Zed in's Brie and Clint Welcome to the show everybody, Brie and Clint with Meddy
Starting point is 00:05:38 Hi Meddy Hi What about the cocaine in the ocean? It's wild There's the craziest story to come up this afternoon So many crazy elements to it as well What about the cocaine in the ocean? It's wild. That is the craziest story to come up this afternoon. So many crazy elements to it as well. One, how does it just end up floating in the ocean?
Starting point is 00:05:52 Three and a half tons of cocaine. This is so much. How does three and a half tons float with a lot of boys? Yeah. Okay. They're after the cocaine. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Also, I love the fun fact. Well, yeah, fun for me It would last a year in Australia, that amount of cocaine
Starting point is 00:06:11 It's a year's supply of cocaine for Australia 30 years supply in New Zealand Is that on population or is that on like rates of consumption? It's very narcos, isn't it? Truly I heard that the Navy guys, they took about four or five days to get it back to shore. They found it, but it took a while to get it back to shore. It's a good question.
Starting point is 00:06:32 What do you do with all of that? What do you do? Oh, we laugh. What do you do with it? How do they destroy three tons of cocaine? You can't flush it down the toilet. Just go to a big rake. Can you imagine if a shark got into
Starting point is 00:06:47 it and just ate some of the cocaine? Imagine a grey white shark. Imagine cocaine sharks. On a bender. That's like, what's that movie, Sharknado? It's like that, but... Damn! There's a shark in the ocean and he's listening to Darude.
Starting point is 00:07:07 Alright, let's go, everybody. Let's play Tradie vs. Lady. We'll kick things off. It is 8-all. We are all tied up in Tradie vs. Lady. So where's our tradies? Where's our ladies? We need one apiece, one of each to play,
Starting point is 00:07:18 and we're going to do it next. We're just talking about the three and a half tonnes of cocaine police have found floating around in the ocean off the coast of New Zealand. And we were theorising what happens to it. Like, once they bring it in, how do the police dispose of three and a half tons of cocaine? I said, they can't flush it down the toilet.
Starting point is 00:07:38 They can't. It's too much. Yeah. Well, you could. You just have to do it over a very long period of time. There'll be a lot of flushes. And you know, you've got to wait for the tank to fill back up before you can press flush again. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:49 I know the Auckland water reservoirs are finally full again. Oh, not that full. Someone who knows their stuff has messaged us and they said, regarding the destruction of narcotics, what happens is it's photographed, a small sample is taken, and then paperwork is done. Then, funnily enough, it does go into the sea and get washed away. Oh, cocaine ocean.
Starting point is 00:08:12 Wild. They just wash it out to sea. So does that mean that you could feasibly be ingesting cocaine every time you take a mouthful of salt water? I don't know. I don't know how that stuff works. Like, I've seen the amount of salt they take out of it. I'm sure it would get very, very diluted very quickly, but still.
Starting point is 00:08:33 You think those fish have got big eyes now. Exactly. Just wait. Alright, time for Tradie vs Lady. Free and Cleanse. Tradie vs Lady. Is that Benny? Good question.
Starting point is 00:08:51 It is Benny. Benny just walked into the studio. Weird place to work, a radio station. You just have like award-winning artists just walk through. She looks amazing. Oh yeah, I was down there and seeing her up close. Yes, it's definitely Benny, I can confirm. Why do we second guess ourselves? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:09:07 Okay, let's go to Tradiverse Lady. I can't see the names of the callers and it is my fault. So Claude, can you please introduce our contestants, starting with the top one, the orange one? I absolutely can. So playing for the Tradies, he is from Christchurch, he's 21, and for some reason he doesn't like roasts. Introducing Sam.
Starting point is 00:09:24 What the hell, Sam? Sam, you're a South Islander who doesn't like roasts. Introducing Sam. What the hell, Sam? Sam, you're a South Islander who doesn't like roasts. Yeah. I don't know. That's actually, that's, no, I'm sorry. That is psychopathic behaviour. What about a roast beef? Nah, I'll have more.
Starting point is 00:09:38 Checking if it's like, not dry, but I don't know. Just chuck some leather and gravy, mate. It's so good. I don't think you've had a good roast Let's meet your competition She's a lady She's calling from Tauranga She's 50
Starting point is 00:09:49 I got it now, Claude I can see I wanted to do it Oh, you do it, yeah Okay, she's from Tauranga She is 50 And she is going to Vegas, baby Introducing, playing for the ladies
Starting point is 00:09:59 Sandy Put it all on red, Sandy Hi, Sandy Put it all on red Hi Red Black Red What am I? Black Why black? Black Sandy. Put it all on red, Sandy. Hi, Sandy. Put it all on red. Hi. Red. Black.
Starting point is 00:10:07 Red. What am I? Black. Why black? Black. Once you get black, you never go back. All right, Sandy, you go and put it on one of those two and then let us know who the winner is, all right? Yeah, split it with the person who got it right.
Starting point is 00:10:19 Okay, Sandy, your buzzer is lady. Sam, yours is tradie. First to three correct answers gets 50 bucks cash from KFC. Let's do this thing. Question number one. Police have found 3.2 tonnes of cocaine floating in the ocean. True or false, early bottles of Coca-Cola actually can contain small
Starting point is 00:10:36 amounts of cocaine. Sandy. Lady. Sam. True. It is true. Yeah. Yeah. Really small amounts, but yeah, early, early bottles in like the 1930s had a little bit of coke in it. So when you see one that says original recipe, just beware of what might be in it. Question number two. Rita Ora has talked about when she knew Taika Waititi was the one.
Starting point is 00:11:00 Which Marvel action hero franchise? Yeah, Sam, have a stab. Guardians of the Galaxy? No. I'll finish the question. Which Marvel action hero franchise has the Kiwi filmmaker directed? Any guesses, Sandy? It's the one with the hammer.
Starting point is 00:11:28 Yep. Captain America. No, no. That's a big shield. It was Thor, yeah. Oh, yes, of course. Yeah. Question number three.
Starting point is 00:11:36 Spanish authorities spent $400 million building new trains only to find they didn't fit through the country's tunnels. Name a city in Spain. Sandy. Barcelona. Well done. Nice. We'll take that.
Starting point is 00:11:52 Barcelona. One apiece. Barcelona. Barcelona. Question number four. The Super Bowl was taking place this week. Which sport do they play in the Super Bowl? Sandy.
Starting point is 00:12:01 Ladies. American football. Got it. Two to the ladies. Sandy, you can take it right here, but there's still time, Sam, all right? Yep. Question number five. Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has said the filming schedule of the Blockbuster franchise
Starting point is 00:12:17 was suffocating. Which Harry Potter character did Rupert play? Lady. Sandy for the win. Weasley. God win. Weasley. Oh, God. Which Weasley? Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:12:33 I've just lost it. Sam, you want a free guess? I guess it's Ron. Or Weasley. Nice. All right. This is going to... This is the decider.
Starting point is 00:12:47 This is the decider, yeah. This is for the win, guys. Question number six. What Zodiac sign is represented by the ram? Lady. Sandy for the win. Aries. Well done.
Starting point is 00:13:00 She's a lady. Oh, oh, oh, she's a lady. Well done, Sandy. Congratulations. You've just won $50 cash and 1.5 tonnes of cocaine. Okay. Thanks, dude. Just kidding.
Starting point is 00:13:17 It's some cash. It's thanks to KFC. Congratulations. Thanks, dude. Bree and Clint. Flight attendants have revealed the thing they hate about you the most. It's when you get on a plane and you don't even say hi and you don't make eye contact.
Starting point is 00:13:30 So we've asked you, what industry do you work in and what do you hate about us? We didn't mean us literally, by the way, for the people that are texting in going, um, you play the same songs too many times. No, I meant like the collective ways. Us. Us.
Starting point is 00:13:44 Society. Us. Us, the customers. Okay, I meant like the collective ways. Us. Us. Society. Us the customers. Okay, but thank you for your feedback. We accept it. We take it on board. Maybe I'll take one of the Sam Smith unholies out of our show today, but only one. What do you hate about us? What's your industry? Someone said,
Starting point is 00:14:00 I'm a nurse. I hate people with their runny, snotty nose, sore throats coming in and they say, it's not COVID, it's just a nurse. I hate people with their runny, snotty nose, sore throats coming in and they say, it's not COVID, it's just a virus. I don't want your virus, you numpty. And COVID is a virus. This one's great. When people ask for a long, black, extra hot,
Starting point is 00:14:19 bro, it's a coffee shot in boiling water. Would you like me to nuke it in the microwave afterwards? Working in the beauty industry and someone walks in on their phone and doesn't even greet you. Careful, sissy. We could really mess up those brows of yours. I'm a barman in Wellington. I hate with a passion when someone orders a beer
Starting point is 00:14:37 just by pointing to it on the tap and puts the cash on the bar. Yeah, that's rude. That's rude as well. Let's talk to Alicia, who's called up on 0800-DIAL-ZM. Hi, Alicia. Hi there. What's your industry, first of all?
Starting point is 00:14:51 I'm just retail assistant. All right, and what do we do collectively as a society, not just me and Clint? Besides the rude customers, it's when something isn't scanning and someone goes, oh, it must be free then. It's like we hear that multiple times a day and it's not original.
Starting point is 00:15:10 Yeah, I can see that. And everyone who does it, they think they're being cracker, but they're also kind of being like, oh, you could just slide it my way. Just once in a while, you don't find it funny and you're not going to give it to us for free, right, Alicia? No, definitely not. Cool. Well, it wasn't clear until now, so thank you for finally clearing that up.
Starting point is 00:15:26 Oh, good. Speaking of lame jokes, someone said, I'm a painter, and everyone thinks they're hilarious when they say either, you missed a spot, or look at my paint-covered clothes and say, did you get any on the wall? I used to work at Macca's, and we had this one customer who claimed she was allergic to white marshmallows. Only the white marshmallows drove me mad. Let's talk to Michael on 0800DilesAtM.
Starting point is 00:15:53 Hi, Michael. Hey, mate. How's it going? Very good. What's the industry that you work in? I work in a call centre. Okay. And what do you hate about us?
Starting point is 00:16:03 When people ring up and the first thing they go, no, it's not your fault, but, and continue to just go absolutely nuts. You just agreed it's not my fault, so why are you going nuts with me? You're the face of the company, you're the voice of the company, though. They need someone to vent to, right?
Starting point is 00:16:18 They do, they do. Do you ever mute yourself while people are going off and put them on speaker so your workmates can hear and say what you really think about that person? No, at a previous job I did that once and accidentally didn't push mute, so I decided never to do that again. Do you ever record, because it says at the start,
Starting point is 00:16:37 it says your call may be recorded for training purposes. Do you ever take those recordings and email them to your workmates and go, listen to this piece of work? Or listen to this dumbass who doesn't know how to turn their router on and off again? Cores can be brought up like that sometimes, yep. Yeah, interesting.
Starting point is 00:16:54 Okay, thank you, Michael. Thanks, Michael. We appreciate your honesty. And that's it. We're here, ready to receive your feedback. Yep. Constructive criticism. I'm a female who works in the automotive parts industry
Starting point is 00:17:05 and it doesn't happen so much nowadays but guys would ask to see a male as they were the ones they thought knew about the parts. Oh.
Starting point is 00:17:13 That is just offensive. Let's talk to Dylan. Hi Dylan. How you going team? We're good. Good Dylan. What's the industry that you work in Dylan
Starting point is 00:17:22 and what do you hate about us? I'm a drain layer. And the hate thing I do is when there's a blocked drain that's cruising that, and you say you're going to go up to the customer, you let them know, oh, just please don't use the toilet for a couple of minutes while I just hook this up.
Starting point is 00:17:37 Nine out of ten, you're going to see some stuff coming down that drain, whether you tell them or not. Oh, they go and use the toilet while you're unblocking the pipe? Yeah, you'll do the cut, cut over the pipe, and nine times out of ten, you'll see something coming down it. Oh, that is disgusting. That's disgusting, Dylan.
Starting point is 00:17:57 Dylan, because you're in the industry that deals with this stuff, I just want to read you this text message. Someone said, I work at a motel, and what really pees me off is when people do number twos in the shower and hide it down the shower track. It's my world. Surely no one does that. Surely no one does that.
Starting point is 00:18:16 No, we get all sorts. So, hey, if you've got to go, you've got to go. In the shower. I wouldn't agree with it, but I'm just a dude who unblocks them and lays them. Not lays them, lays the puns, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not like any other stuff.
Starting point is 00:18:33 Thank you for your honesty, Dylan. We really appreciate it. There you go. We cannot even begin to get through all of these. We are the worst. We truly are. Brian Clint from iHeartRadio. This is the latest
Starting point is 00:18:48 live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Never fear, Dean is here and Leonardo DiCaprio has a new girlfriend, Dean. Okay guys, shock. This is going to shock everyone. She's gorgeous and she's 19. I know. I didn't see this coming at all.
Starting point is 00:19:04 Got a leopard can change its spots, Dean. Yeah, he's gone younger. I didn't see this coming at all. Got a lipid can change at spots, D. Yeah, he's gone younger. I just like him. He's trying new things. I love it. You know what I mean? He's trying new things. He's really out of capra.
Starting point is 00:19:13 It's time for him to make a change. So she's 19 years old. She's an Israeli model called Eden Palani. You've never seen anyone so gorgeous. This girl is drop dead gorgeous. They've been photographed together. There are rumours that they are dating. And, of course, as you can imagine, the internet going crazy
Starting point is 00:19:30 because there's this thing, right, as you probably already know, that Leo only dates people up until they're 25. He hasn't dated anyone older than 25. He was linked to Gigi Hadid recently, who's 27. Ooh, whoa. Try a new thing. Look at you. But in this case, this 19-year-old stunner is very much within that age bracket.
Starting point is 00:19:48 A 19-year-old would have been born in 2004. Leonardo DiCaprio was born in 1974. He's 29 years older than her. Wow. Am I passing judgment? I don't know. Possibly. I will come out
Starting point is 00:20:08 and say I think it's too far. I mean, if you weren't born when Titanic was released and you're dating Leonardo DiCaprio, there's something wrong. They say half your age plus seven, but yeah, his cutoff should be, did you see Titanic in the cinemas?
Starting point is 00:20:24 I saw a really good meme the other day because it's the 25th anniversary of Titanic and it said Titanic is now 25 years old, which means Leonardo DiCaprio is no longer interested in it. Okay, well good on Leo.
Starting point is 00:20:43 Good luck to him. Good luck to her. Good luck finding... Good luck to her. She's only got five years and then she's out. Good luck finding something to talk about. I'm looking forward to seeing him in the background of her TikTok dances. Bree and Clint with Maddie. That's the latest.
Starting point is 00:20:59 Thanks to Dean McCarthy. We're back after this. Bree and Clint. Maddie, have you ever ended up in the wrong place? Not that I can think of, but I know people that this has happened to before. By that, I mean you intended to travel to somewhere, and then when you got there, you're like, wait a second. No, but I know a friend of mine who was meant to go to a wedding in Indonesia
Starting point is 00:21:24 and accidentally didn't properly read the invitation and turned up to Thailand. Oh my God. Yeah. That's way off. Way off. Well, that's actually exactly the same as the story right here. This is an American guy who wanted to go on the trip of a lifetime to sydney australia
Starting point is 00:21:47 beautiful he did not end up in sydney australia have a listen to this talk about a vacation nightmare a new york man booked his dream vacation a cruise in sunny sydney australia or at least that's what he thought it turns out he actually booked a flight to sydney montana something he didn't realize until his plane touched down in Billings. Montana didn't have kangaroos, it had carols. And that was good enough for me. What a dumbass. What an absolute moron.
Starting point is 00:22:16 In fairness, when you're booking flights, you know you type in the destination on the app and maybe it just, the pop-down menu didn't quite click on what he wanted to click on. He's 62. His name is Kingsley. And he said, I saw mountaintops covered in white snow. At that point, I knew I was in trouble. It was that point?
Starting point is 00:22:40 It wasn't the fact that your flight only took you an hour? He said he prioritised getting the cheapest flight over, I guess, getting a flight to the right place and flying to Sydney, Montana. It's about S-I-D, by the way. Right. S-I-D-N-E-Y. That's the one that he went for. He said it's the acronyms, that's the one that he went for. He said it's the acronyms that's the issue. It's S-Y-D, you know, every place,
Starting point is 00:23:10 A-K-L for Auckland, S-Y-D for Sydney, Australia, S-D-Y for Sydney, Montana. Easy mistake to make. Easy mistake. Gutted. Gutted. If he was already trying to save money,
Starting point is 00:23:27 and now he's got to book a flight back from... And he's going to forfeit his cruise. He's not going to be there in time to get his cruise. Do you remember the person that we know who was meant to go to a 21st, at a mutual friend's 21st in Palmerston North and called everybody... On the day. On the called everybody on the day on the evening of the 21st saying, hey, where is the bar?
Starting point is 00:23:50 I can't find it anywhere. And we said, where are you? And she said, I'm in New Plymouth. She'd driven from Auckland to New Plymouth instead of driving from Auckland to Palmerston North. But again, acronyms, N-P-P-N.
Starting point is 00:24:10 N-P-P-N. Claude's got a friend who was in a similar situation than this. What happened, Claude? But they really followed through with their mistake, didn't they? Yeah, it was a phone call. She was trying to get a teaching job and had applied for a role and got a call being like, yeah, we want you. Can you come
Starting point is 00:24:25 to Wellington? And she was like, yeah, of course. Didn't realise until after they hadn't said Wellington, they'd said Winton, which is a bit further south. A bit smaller. I think it's like 45 minutes outside of Invercargill. Tiny little town.
Starting point is 00:24:42 Shout out to Southland, but if she was expecting the bright lights of Wellington City, the capital, she got Winton. Although Winton, as you pointed out, Claude,
Starting point is 00:24:51 three pubs. Three pubs. Good pubs too, I've heard. What are they called? One's called Upper Pub, one's called Middle Pub, and then one's called Lower Pub.
Starting point is 00:24:59 Where are you headed? Probably Middle Pub. Middle Pub? Yeah. Upper Pub for me. I'd go Lower. Yeah, I get that vibe from you. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:07 We want to ask the question this afternoon. When did you end up in the wrong place? Where did you think you were going? And where did you end up? This could be a long shot, this one. It could be, there might be nobody who is silly enough to have made this mistake. But between us, we know three people. The three of us all know someone.
Starting point is 00:25:24 Yeah. So this happens. This has got to have made this mistake. But between us, we know three people. The three of us all know someone. Yeah. So this happens. This has got to have happened to other people. You had intentions of going to one place. For one reason or another, you ended up somewhere completely different. If you can relate to that, we'd love to hear from you on 0800DIALZM.
Starting point is 00:25:39 It's reminiscent of that episode of Full House when the daughters, I think it's, is it Michelle? Michelle and Stephanie. And Stephanie think they're flying to Auckland, which is across the bay from San Francisco, and they fly to Auckland, New Zealand.
Starting point is 00:25:55 It was so exciting. It was so exciting to hear. We got a shout out. We got a shout out. We got a shout out. On TV in the 90s. Bree and Clint. When did you intend to go somewhere and end up somewhere completely different?
Starting point is 00:26:06 I thought that was a long shot. No. Turns out this happened to a lot of people, including a friend of Dylan's. G'day, Dylan. Hey. Your mate screwed up the wedding location. Is that right? Yeah, yeah, big time.
Starting point is 00:26:19 He was supposed to be heading to Whangamata, Coromandel, and instead ended up in Whangarei. Where did he start from? Where was he travelling from? Just south of Auckland. They're completely different directions. Completely. They're completely different motorways.
Starting point is 00:26:39 And that's the kind of thing I'm imagining you maybe travel up the day before the wedding, but often you're travelling the morning off. Did he miss the wedding? Completely, yeah. Did he have a nice night in Whangarei though? Did he hit danger danger? Yeah, he ended up staying there the
Starting point is 00:26:55 whole weekend because he pre-booked accommodation Yeah, he's got to commit. Yeah, he's got to go for it. Thanks Dylan, we appreciate it. Someone texted and said my dad flew to Monaco instead of, and said, my dad flew to Monaco instead of... Oh, no. My dad went to Morocco when he was meant to go to Monaco for a boys' trip.
Starting point is 00:27:11 Brilliant. Oh. Brilliant. All your mates are in Monaco, maybe there for the Formula One or something like that, and you're in... I mean, Morocco sounds delightful, but... Totally.
Starting point is 00:27:21 But if you're looking for a lads, lads, lads trip and you end up solo, it's not quite the same. We've had a lot of people correcting us because we talked about Claude's friend who thought she was taking a job in Wellington but actually took a job in Winton outside of Invercargill. Claude, it's not Upper Pub, it's Top Pub. Well, I've never been there.
Starting point is 00:27:41 Top, Middle and Bottom. Those are the names of the three pubs. Bottom pub. Bottom pub. One of them's closed too. Oh no, which one? They didn't say which one. Oh, it's probably middle pub.
Starting point is 00:27:54 They can only close middle pub without having to rename the other two. That's the only one that could go. Because if bottom pub closes, then middle pub becomes bottom pub. True. Oh, that's a logistical nightmare. I have changed my mind, though, because I said I'd choose the lower pub.
Starting point is 00:28:09 But now that I know it's top, middle, and bottom, I'd prefer a top. Oh, okay. Let's talk to Bridget. Hi, Bridget. Hi, how are you? Good, how are you? Good. Did this happen to you or someone that you know
Starting point is 00:28:27 in terms of going to the wrong spot? This happened to me. Oh, no. What happened, Bridge? I was having an argument with my husband at the time because I found out he was basically the tindler swindler. Oh, my God. And I was driving to Timaru to pick up our son
Starting point is 00:28:45 and ended up in Mount Cook. Taranaki? I was looking at the mountain. It was so close. Wait, no, where's Mount Cook? No, I'm thinking of... No, Mount Cook's in the South Island. That's in the South Island.
Starting point is 00:28:59 How did you make that mistake, Bridget? I must have turned left at some point and went about two hours inland. You do not sound like you were in much of a mental space to handle a detour like that. Did that really tip you over the edge? Yeah it did. I had to go and contact my daughter and she talked me out of the area of Mount Cook because I didn't even know where I was.
Starting point is 00:29:26 Brage, that sucks. Sorry to hear that. I hope you made it there eventually. Someone said, my wife tried to get to Westfield Mall. She ended up going to Westfield Meatworks all by train. Yeah, I don't think, I don't think they would have had what she was looking for.
Starting point is 00:29:40 Unless she was shopping for a meat dress. True. Yeah. Lady Gaga stars. Someone said, I booked an overnight train ride to the wrong Barcelona. Who knew there was one in Italy as well as one in Spain? Who did know that?
Starting point is 00:29:52 Luckily, I noticed before falling asleep and I was able to get off two hours into the train ride. There's two Barcelonas? I never knew. Kelly's here. Hi, Kelly. Good afternoon. Did you end up in the wrong place? Yeah, I did.
Starting point is 00:30:06 I was in England for my OE, and I wanted to go to Windsor Castle. And so I'd look up all the directions and stuff to get there. This was a while ago, so before Google Maps. And I had to take the tube and all these train rides and bus stops and everything. I'm like, this is really a hard place to get to. I get off, and I'm looking around. I'm like, this is really a hard place to get to. I get off and I'm looking around. I'm like, how hard is it to spot a castle? Yeah, where's the castle?
Starting point is 00:30:31 But I'm standing outside a pub called the Windsor Castle. No! Was it in Windsor, though? Like, was it close? It did take, like, another hour or two or something to get to the actual place I wanted to go. But, like, I'd seen so many castles, I can't even remember. They would have, honestly, they would get so much business out of it.
Starting point is 00:30:50 But I remember the story, right? Yeah, you wouldn't be the first one to do that. Yeah, for sure. They'd be like, well, you've come all this way, you might as well come and pressure it. Thanks, Kelly, we appreciate it. Getting a lot of correspondence on the Winton pub situation. So we were trying to figure out whether it was top, middle or bottom pub
Starting point is 00:31:04 that is closed. Someone said it's top pub, but I think they're wrong because almost everyone else says definitely bottom. Bottom pub. And apparently a really, really good closing down party. At bottom pub. At bottom pub. Someone said they just drove past bottom pub and it is definitely closed. Closed bottom pub.
Starting point is 00:31:26 All good. You and I were talking yesterday about our partner's spending habit. That's a nice way to put it. Right? Yeah. And you said that Ryan is a, would you say he's an impulse purchaser
Starting point is 00:31:42 or does he just get obsessed with things? He gets obsessed with things. But he does tend to make the odd impulse purchase. The latest one was one of those, the like Bissell vacuum cleaner things that's, you know, they use on couches and stuff. Oh, those things are great. Amazing.
Starting point is 00:31:57 Did you see the video of Vaughan Bisselling the... Yeah, I did. She is disgusting. The dirty, especially if you've got pets, the dirty, shitty water that comes out of your couches. I know. Disgusting. But yeah, when Ryan puts his mind on something,
Starting point is 00:32:13 it's really hard to change it. He is still, still begging for a jet ski. We talked about the jet ski last week. We did. I'm trying to get him an engagement jet ski. Because that's what he said. He got me a ring and he needed me to get him a jet ski. But I know what will happen.
Starting point is 00:32:27 I hope he's not listening because I need to say this. Actually, I hope he is listening. Ryan, you're not a jet ski guy. You're not a jet ski. You're a horse guy, but you're not a jet ski guy. You know? From one non-jet ski guy to another non-jet ski guy. Totally.
Starting point is 00:32:45 There's so many things to unpack about wanting a jet ski. One, we live in an apartment. We're just going to put it. Yes. Two. In a city apartment. He doesn't even have a tow bar on his car. So how is he going to get the jet ski to the water?
Starting point is 00:32:58 Three, I guarantee two uses and then it would just sit there unused. Does he want to fish off it or does he want to just boost around on it? I think he just wants to hoon round the harbour. His latest obsession and I hope he doesn't mind me saying this
Starting point is 00:33:13 you said he wants a pizza oven. Yeah. Yeah. We're moving into a house We're moving into a new house and he wants a pizza oven and I love the idea but I said to you
Starting point is 00:33:22 will it get used? Would you actually get use out of it? They're not cheap pizza ovens too. This information might be helpful for you. Okay. This is a list of what not to buy really by month of the year put together by the website Price Spy.
Starting point is 00:33:39 So they looked at the price of everything, 52,000 items across the year, and they figure out when these things are most expensive, at what time of the year, and that's when you shouldn't buy this particular thing. The worst items to buy by month. I love this. Okay, so let's see if pizza oven is on. Okay.
Starting point is 00:33:57 That might help you dissuade your husband, Brian, from that. So in January, you shouldn't buy a baby stroller. Apparently, according to Pricebuy, that's the most marked up thing in January. You'll pay, on average, $195 more for your baby stroller if you buy it in January than if you do it any other time of the year. And I can't figure that out.
Starting point is 00:34:20 I don't know why that would be. It's not like that's a Christmas purchase or something that you'd buy in the new year to go back to work or anything like that. If you're pregnant, you're pregnant. You need a baby stroller. The babies are conceived at New Year's. That's why everyone's born in November.
Starting point is 00:34:36 So I would have thought it would be then. Totally. October, whatever it is. Great maths. Thanks, man. Not like I've had two kids or anything. February, this month that we're in right now Yeah The worst month to buy a barbecue
Starting point is 00:34:50 Which I wonder if that covers off the pizza Pizza other than things for health You'll pay $136 more for a barbecue Because they're at premium It's meant to be barbecue season Well, but it often is Because summer is not December, January anymore. Summer is February, March.
Starting point is 00:35:08 Same thing. In March, you'll pay more. That's the time of year you'll pay the most for a lawnmower. $277 extra for a lawnmower in March? This list could be very boring, so let's race through them. April, toasters. Don't buy a toaster.
Starting point is 00:35:23 Don't buy a fridge freezer in May. Don't buy a fridge freezer in May. Don't buy a coffee machine in June. Don't buy a DSLR camera in July. Don't buy a TV in August. A tent in September. A smart watch in October. Lego in November. And a
Starting point is 00:35:39 graphics card for your computer in December. If you do want to know the best thing to buy right now, because I've done that too, February is the best time of year that you could buy a fridge freezer. There you go. So maybe talk Ryan into a new fridge freezer instead. I know you want a pizza oven. What are your thoughts on a fridge freezer?
Starting point is 00:36:01 Tell him the dream. It's still, believe it or not, new year, new us. Great. And we're on track with our New Year's resolution.
Starting point is 00:36:11 Sure. Aren't we? Yeah. I know that the girls and I, we all committed to quite rigorous, and Brie actually as well,
Starting point is 00:36:20 quite rigorous fitness goals for 2023, didn't we? I wouldn't say rigorous. What? Well, you two decided to start going to the gym together. Yeah, but like You sent the world's sweatiest selfie through to the group chat. How dare you?
Starting point is 00:36:31 You both looked like you had been on the surface of the sun. It was the worst idea. What's yours? Get ripped, get rich. Great. Get retired? Yeah. Yeah. So that involves exercise as well. Yeah. How's it going? Achievable. Well, I'm not rich. I'm not rich and retirement is not in sight.
Starting point is 00:36:49 But it's a process. It's only February. Yeah. And Maddie, you said that you want to run a half marathon yesterday. No. Oh, Maddie! No. Did anyone film that?
Starting point is 00:36:59 What I said was I wouldn't mind getting back into running. Maybe a half marathon could be on the cards. Okay, can I sign you up? My boyfriend runs half marathons, so he can be your coach. Yeah, you get some cool Oakleys. After last year's news resolution where I swore I was going to learn to play the guitar by the end of the year and the guitar sat in my boot for an entire year,
Starting point is 00:37:21 I've decided I can't do it. I can't make news resolutions anymore. Yeah I can't make New Year's resolutions anymore. Yeah. People say that New Year's resolutions are a bad idea because you are just setting yourself up to fail like really early in the year. You're just giving yourself something to be disappointed in like in the very near future.
Starting point is 00:37:38 Yeah. Because everyone makes a drastic one. And they're like, this is the year that I'm going to do this. This is the year that I'm going to do this. This is the year that I'm going to do this. So it doesn't sound like yours are as on track as we thought. Terrible.
Starting point is 00:37:49 The girls, you guys don't sound like your New Year's resolution fitness goals are as on track as we thought. It's on an upward trend, but it's starting
Starting point is 00:37:57 from the bottom. See, we call them intentions. You know, we just intend. Right. And then if we don't do it, it's okay. Well, I went to the gym
Starting point is 00:38:04 at 5 30 this morning did you all right all right yeah yeah well done everybody likes hearing that from somebody 5 30 i never do that it was packed that's gross turns out the gym is packed at 5 30 in the morning don't don't you don't don't you you're better than me you don't need to be one of those people and the people that are there they look like they know what they're doing too. Like they're real. They have their little areas set up and they're very intentional with the exercises.
Starting point is 00:38:31 You're on an afternoon radio show. Why are you going to the gym at that time of the morning? Change things up. Strike while the iron is hot. Early bird gets the word. No thanks. I thought maybe it might be the key to it. Anyway, I enjoyed it.
Starting point is 00:38:44 I don't know that I'll be able to keep it up but I've googled today what is the best time for your body to exercise? Like is there a time that is better than others for you physically, for I don't know, for metabolism or
Starting point is 00:38:59 gains? Is there a time? This is what I found on the website WebMD. Oh, great. It says exercising at 7am or between 1 and 4pm helps your circadian clock fall back in time, making
Starting point is 00:39:16 it easier to wake up and easier to wake up. Making it easier to wake up. So that's it. 7am or between 1 and 4pm. Any of those tickle you pickle? No, they're terrible times for me.
Starting point is 00:39:30 First of all, I'm on air at 7am, so that doesn't work. And between 1 and 4, I'm on the couch. I'm having a little kip. Yeah, right. So my circadian rhythm is screwed. So that's no good as well? No.
Starting point is 00:39:43 Okay. Producers, any good for you guys? If we go at three o'clock tomorrow for the science, like that's all good, eh? That is when we are working. It's healthy. It's for my health. Giving you that information is not me trying to make you go,
Starting point is 00:39:59 by the way. It's trying to give you more like excuses so you can go, oh, missed my window for today. I guess there's no point in doing it. I can't go now. It'll ruin my circadian rhythm. Oh no, I slipped in. It's not the optimum time.
Starting point is 00:40:10 Why do it? Why bother? Bree and Clint. Time for a birthday banger. It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Bree and Clint's birthday banger. This is the part of the show where we figure out
Starting point is 00:40:21 the number one song on your 16th birthday and we put them all together. We do three of them and we play out the very best song on your 16th birthday and we put them all together. We do three of them and we play out the very best one. And we're going to kick it off with Kate today. Kia ora, Kate. Hey, guys. How are you going?
Starting point is 00:40:31 Great. How are you doing, Kate? Awesome, thank you. Whereabouts in this beautiful country are you calling us from, Kate? Oh, I'm currently in sunny Queenstown. Oh, sunny Queenstown. Dreamy. Maddie's hometown.
Starting point is 00:40:45 That's where I grew up. You'll be getting a Ferg burger on the way home, won't you? Oh, I don't know if I can boggle with the lines. You'll be heading to Winnie's for pizza tonight and they'll open the roof. Is that how it works? Yeah, yeah, sure. On a Wednesday night. Yep.
Starting point is 00:41:00 And you start your morning with a bungee jump. With a bungee jump, yeah. Catch the shot over jet to work. Perfect. Okay, Kate, tell us your birthday. We'll tell you your birthday banger. 3rd of April, 1995. Nice, Kate. You were 16 on the 3rd of April, 2011, and this was the number one song.
Starting point is 00:41:22 Banger, J-Lo. Was this 2011? Yeah. What do you reckon, Kate? Do you, J-Lo. Was this 2011? Yeah. What do you reckon, Kate? Do you like J-Lo? No, I don't mind that. Have you guys seen the videos of her very clearly telling off Ben Affleck at the Oscars, at the Grammys? Yeah, and it's not the first time that there's been videos like that as well.
Starting point is 00:41:40 He's been a bit of a sad sack and you can see it. There's no microphone on them, but she clearly is just she's like up your ideas pull yourself together okay wait there kate we're going to do a birthday banger for hannah kia ora hannah hi there where are you calling us from i'm from pokokoi oh good beautiful potato country yes all right hannah are you keen to find out what your birthday banger is? I am. I'm the 28th of January, 93. Awesome. So you were 16 on the 28th of January, 2009, and this was the number one song. Banger.
Starting point is 00:42:21 That's OG Gaga. That's Fame Monster Gaga, isn't it? It's the first album. Yeah. You like that, Hannah? Yes, I do. Very much a banger. What a time to be 16.
Starting point is 00:42:35 Totally. Yeah. You know? Perfect music. Perfect music. Okay, wait there. We've got to do one more birthday banger for Mark. Kia ora, Mark.
Starting point is 00:42:41 Kia ora. How are you going? Where are you calling us from, Mark? I am in sunny Wellington today. Is it sunny Wellington? Oh, very. Oh, delightful. You know what?
Starting point is 00:42:53 This just came to me, but I don't know if you've ever heard this, Mark, but you cannot beat Wellington on a good day. Oh, never heard that before in my life. They should make that the slogan. They should. They should absolutely, positively make that the slogan They should They should absolutely positively make that the slogan Get us off the radio Mark, what's your birthday?
Starting point is 00:43:15 10th of July 1986 Oh nice You were 16 on the 10th of July 2002 And this is your birthday bang. Elvis Presley. Love it. This is such a tune. This is an Elvis Presley remix that was done for the Football World Cup in 2002,
Starting point is 00:43:41 I think. I think. And Mark, did you know who the remix was by? Did I hear you say that? Yeah, Junkie XL. Oh, you know it. He knows his stuff. You genuinely know it.
Starting point is 00:43:52 I just thought it was JXL, but you know the actual name. Okay, Mark from Wellington. Wait there, we need to deliberate. Lady Gaga, J-Lo or Elvis? Matty, you go first today. Do you know what? I'm an 86 baby myself, so that was my year for turning 16.
Starting point is 00:44:10 I'm going with Mark. I'm going with Elvis. You want Elvis Presley? Jake's out. I quite like that J-Lo song. It's a great song. Trust your gut. I'm going to go with J-Lo.
Starting point is 00:44:23 Mainly because J-Lo's my birthday banger as well. Not that song. A little bit older than that one. It means we go to split vote. We haven't given it
Starting point is 00:44:30 to Ella for a long time. So Ella, what is the winner of birthday banger today? You can choose Lady Gaga as well. I think today I'm
Starting point is 00:44:38 going to go against both of you and go with Lady Gaga. Come on. It's a good song. Do you like it? Yeah. Clint's not happy. Well, you just, you went against both
Starting point is 00:44:48 of us, but that's fine. Can I, I can do that? Yeah, you definitely can. Okay, good. Thank you. Don't expect us to like it. You just have to live with the consequences. Hey Hannah, you've won birthday banger. Congratulations. Thank you, Hannah. This is a banger. It's from 2009. Brian and Clint with Matty ZM.
Starting point is 00:45:19 As we've talked about, I am on Treasure Island once again. Fans versus faves. You're currently team leader. I am on the captain. God, with great power comes great bloody responsibility. And a great amount of tears. So many. Yeah. And more are yet to come.
Starting point is 00:45:34 Lucy and I watched it last night and we both commented and we were like, God, he takes it seriously. Way too seriously, right? Yeah. To the point that it's clearly upsetting you. Like the stuff that went down last night with Josh Cronfeld, I could see that it really upset you. Yeah, so last night, so what happens is if you don't watch,
Starting point is 00:45:51 every episode we go up against the other team in a face-off and the winner of that team face-off, their captain has to put two people up for elimination. They choose one person from their own team and one person from the opposing team i have we have won every single team face off uh since the first since the second episode so i've been responsible for putting everyone up for elimination and last night i had to make a pretty tough decision to put someone up from my own team i'm so sorry to do this to you again, mate, but Joshy, I'm putting you in tonight.
Starting point is 00:46:27 Oh, I'm putting Josh up. I'm stunned. Especially when Matty said I won't be putting you up again. If he was going to put me up, he should have told me beforehand. Joshy, two out of three elimination battles. How are you feeling? Well, I wasn't expecting it.
Starting point is 00:46:45 I looked at him, and he didn't even look at me. He looked down. You know, he looked away. And I am pretty fired up. Josh Cromwell, big baby. Big, all black baby. Nah, in the moment, I get it. And man, it was a hard decision to make
Starting point is 00:47:05 because I'd already put him up once before and I had to put him up for a second time. Yeah, and you told him you wouldn't put him up again. Yeah. So yeah, I do kind of get it. Yeah. But that's the game. It is the game.
Starting point is 00:47:17 That's the game. It is the game. But I'm always curious to hear what people who watch the show think of it. And I messaged you last night after watching it and I said, it's not your fault. He's been a big baby. He's having a big sookie-la-la.
Starting point is 00:47:32 Because, spoiler alert, he goes home and he does not shake your hand on the way out. He does not. No, he does something else with his hand, actually. But here's the thing that has fascinated me is all of these people who I didn't think would be fans of the show are coming out of the woodwork. Like who?
Starting point is 00:47:49 Well, one person came into our studio this morning on breakfast who I never in my wildest dreams would have thought would watch this show. Yeah. National Party leader Christopher Luxon. Is he a Treasure Island fan? He's a massive Treasure Island fan. Really? Well, he's playing a real life version of Treasure Island, isn't he?
Starting point is 00:48:06 With the National Party. Where he's like, please don't eliminate me. You've eliminated six leaders in six years. Please don't eliminate me as well. He's making alliances. He's cutting deals. Judith Collins is like, I'm putting you up for elimination. But he said something to me
Starting point is 00:48:26 which I've been thinking about all day he said to me mate I am loving you on Treasure Island and he said you are brilliant you are so Machiavellian okay and I thought I've heard that word before
Starting point is 00:48:43 I know what it means but the way he said it I thought I've heard that word before I know what it means But the way he said it I thought Well that's Nice It's a flex to use that word In a conversation It is
Starting point is 00:48:51 Yeah Like you're showing Your extensive vocabulary I could not give you A definition for the word Machiavellian Well neither could I So I had to go and
Starting point is 00:48:59 Google it Okay Right And he was saying it to me As a compliment Okay it does sound Complimentary He said I'm loving you on the show.
Starting point is 00:49:06 You are this thing. It sounds suave. It sounds cool. Machiavellian. What does it mean? Cunning and scheming. Oh, okay. So he's...
Starting point is 00:49:19 Yeah, okay. So he's kind of siding with Josh Kronfeld and saying you are being a bit... Machiavellians are sly, deceptive, distrusting and manipulative. Right. They are characterised by cynical beliefs, are striving for money, power and status and the use of cunning influence tactics.
Starting point is 00:49:44 Right, right. So he's saying you're a crafty of cunning influence tactics. Right. Right. So you're saying you're a crafty bugger. Yeah. Yeah. He's saying I'm a... So is it a compliment? Because that's not how I see you as a person. Well, the way he said it made it sound like he was delivering a compliment to me.
Starting point is 00:50:00 I don't know that I want to be... Maybe it's a value that Christopher Luxon, like, maybe that's a characteristic that he values. And so by that, it is a compliment. I guess in the world of politics, maybe that's exactly how you want to be. But I don't know that I... I'm used to being described as like... Lovely.
Starting point is 00:50:17 Lovable. And a ray of sunshine. I don't know that anyone has ever called me sly, deceptive, distrusting or manipulative. Chris Luxon's like, if that doesn't work out, man, there's a place for you in the national public. We've got a big fight ahead of us. We've got to take down that ginger guy.
Starting point is 00:50:33 We thought we were home and hosed when Cindy hung up her boots, but geez, this chippy guy's got a bit of pep in him. We're going to have to sort him out. I will wait for my phone call. I've just seen an article as I Google Machiavellian that says 15 signs you work with a narcissist, psychopath, or a Machiavellian. Yeah, right.
Starting point is 00:50:52 So it's a backhanded compliment. Completely. Yeah. Yeah, okay. No. All right. But I don't believe that he meant it in a backhanded way. No, I don't think he did either.
Starting point is 00:51:01 But now I don't know how to take it. Do I say, great, thank you so much for describing me in that way? Not everybody who delivers a backhanded compliment intends it to be backhanded. They don't necessarily mean the undertones to it. No. So I reckon we'll get some people call through with this, this afternoon, who have received a compliment.
Starting point is 00:51:20 The person giving it to you, maybe they intended it in a nice way, but actually you're like, hang on a second, that's a real backwards compliment. The person giving it to you maybe they intended it in a nice way but actually you're like, hang on a second that's a real backwards compliment. Maddie has been referred to as Machiavellian by the leader of the National Party, Christopher Luxon, which at the time you didn't
Starting point is 00:51:38 know what it meant. I knew I'd heard the word but I definitely had to, I kind of smiled and nodded and then had to Google what it meant after he left the studio this morning. And Machiavellian's a sly, deceptive, distrusting and manipulative. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:53 He was referring to my time on Treasure Island. He wasn't just saying I'm like that in my everyday life. Not as an interviewer on Breakfast TV. Someone said that they would not, because we're like, does he mean it as a compliment someone said it's not nice to call anybody Machiavellian and
Starting point is 00:52:09 they don't think they know that a politician wouldn't think that that was appropriate so maybe he did know what he was saying to him I don't know maybe he
Starting point is 00:52:17 yeah maybe he never meant it as a compliment maybe he doesn't know what it means maybe I took it as as a backwards compliment and actually it was just a criticism.
Starting point is 00:52:25 He had to Google it afterwards too. We've asked you what's the backhanded compliment that you've received from someone. We've got a text here that said, my mother-in-law is Indian. She came to visit and bought me an Indian suit. When I tried it on, she told me it looked beautiful because it hid all my fat.
Starting point is 00:52:51 Mothers and mother-in-laws are so brutal. Someone else has said from my own mother who said to me once, you know, you actually have a pretty face for a fat girl. No, that's no. You can give it to mum straight too. You can go, hey mum. Mum, not okay. Cut it out. Someone did say, I once was... Also mum, I look like you. I once was complimented, I think
Starting point is 00:53:12 someone has texted in. Same situation it was delivered, as mine was to me. The person said, you're such a minx. At the time I didn't really understand it, so I just said, oh thanks. But later discovered the definition of minx is derogatory, an impudent, cunning or boldly flirtatious girl or young woman.
Starting point is 00:53:34 Oh, would you take it as a, in sort of someone, I know that's the literal definition of it, but if someone said, oh, you minx. Yeah, I don't think it's meant as a, I don't think it's meant as a criticism. Yeah. But that's the whole point, right? It's a backwards compliment. As men in 2023, we don't go around calling any woman minx, by the way.
Starting point is 00:53:55 It's not best practice. Jeez, there's a lot of people, there's a lot of weight-based ones here, which they're not even backhanded compliments. It's just someone commenting on your weight, isn't it? Someone said, you look good for having three kids. Don't even. Don't even. Yeah, right.
Starting point is 00:54:17 Well, if you want to see Matty's Machiavellian performance, he'll be back on Celebrity Treasure Island tonight. Fans vs. Faves from 7.30. The pandemic has a lot to answer for, doesn't it? I'll say. A lot. I've missed two Elton John concerts now. Although the second one wasn't really the pandemic's fault.
Starting point is 00:54:36 In the first one, he definitely had COVID. Are we saying that yet? I think so. Are we saying Elton John brought COVID to New Zealand? Well, I mean, you could. It's either him or DJ Dimension. If you put allegedly after anything. Allegedly.
Starting point is 00:54:49 You can say anything. Allegedly. Yeah. You've missed your chance, by the way. Elton. Oh, he's not coming back. He's not coming back. No.
Starting point is 00:54:55 No, it's over. But one of the interesting things that I hadn't even thought about that has been changed because of the pandemic is friendships in the workplace. How so? Well, I guess because so many people are doing online, you know, they're working from home, they're online a lot more, they're not in the office, they're not spending as much time with people. Although this is the year that your boss is going to force you back into the office.
Starting point is 00:55:18 Yeah, although. They're going to go, we're paying for this big ass building. Totally. And I don't know what you're doing at home. You never answer my phone calls, so you can come back. I know, but employees are finding they have more and more power. So if you go to your boss and go,
Starting point is 00:55:32 I don't know, the other workplaces have more flexible working arrangements. But it was really interesting, they've done a study in the US that found only two in ten workers would say that they had a work best friend. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:55:48 Only two. Yeah, I feel like you need someone in the workplace that is your rock, your person that you goss to. Totally. Go for coffees with. Yeah. Someone mainly just to bitch and moan about stuff to. Exactly.
Starting point is 00:56:02 It's a real venting job, isn't it? Yeah, I get that. Yeah, two in ten. That's not many. Surely It's a real venting job Yeah I get that 2 in 10 It's not many Surely it's more in New Zealand Yeah I think so Maybe in America Because they're massive corporations
Starting point is 00:56:14 They're a lot more You know head down Ass up kind of thing Yeah okay There's one way to find your work bestie Common interests Oh you Okay yeah we should talk There's one way to find your work bestie. Common interests. Oh, you.
Starting point is 00:56:27 Okay, yeah, we should talk. But it got me thinking. I think I've seen you on the apps. Yeah, that looks similar to the photo. But it got me thinking, do I have a work bestie? Do you? Well, I don't think I do. I think you do. I think you do.
Starting point is 00:56:43 It's Jack Tame. Yeah, but he's my out-of-work bestie who just happens to work in the same workplace. True, cop-out. Yeah, that's a cop-out. I mean, he is, but I don't know whether that's... I'm thinking of someone who's specifically tasked
Starting point is 00:56:58 with being my best friend at the workplace. Yeah, and it has to be reciprocated, right? Yeah. If they're your work bestie, it has to be... They have to also? Yeah. If they're your work bestie, it has to be, they have to also, you have to be theirs. Exactly. So now I've really got to think about,
Starting point is 00:57:11 A, do I have one? And B, if I don't, who do I want to be that person? You could hold an audition process for her. I really could. Yeah. Do you have a work bestie? Well, I'd probably say Bree. Yeah. But we can't reach her at the moment to confirm that
Starting point is 00:57:26 I have a backup work bestie Okay And it's a bit lame that it's the boss But it's probably Ross Boss And do you think that's reciprocated? I hope it's reciprocated Because he's got a lot of employees And I know how friendly he is
Starting point is 00:57:40 With a lot of the other people in this office Should we call him and find out? Let's do it I've worked with this man on and off for the last 15 years. Hi, Ross Boss. Hello. Hi, it's Clint and Matty. Hello.
Starting point is 00:57:53 Hi, Ross. What are you doing? The radio show that you pay us to do. Working very hard. Duh. Duh. Anyway, what's up? Anyway, we're talking about work besties.
Starting point is 00:58:04 Yeah. Do you have one? Not you. But also, not anymore. It's quite tragic, really. Okay, forget that bit. Why not me? Why so obviously not me?
Starting point is 00:58:20 Do you want me to, where do I start? Well, let me start. We've worked together on 2000 and on and off since like 2006. So do you remember when we worked together and then I left and then I came back a few years later and you had been sitting at my desk that time? Yeah, I got your job. And then I took it back.
Starting point is 00:58:40 But then you went to ZM and I followed you here. We're meant to be together. We're like star-crossed lovers. We're best friends. But when I came back after three years, I opened up my drawer and the same things were still in there from three years prior. You hadn't done anything. Well, you didn't do anything in that job either.
Starting point is 00:58:54 You found the stuff in that drawer as well. That's true. There were some good pins in there. So, Ross, I don't want to make this awkward between the two of you, but when I asked Clint who his work best friend was, he said it's you. Oh, really? Yeah. That's weird, because also, Matty, I was going to ask you if you wanted to be my best friend. Yes!
Starting point is 00:59:11 Yes, I'm looking for one. You only want him because he's the shiny new thing. You're only interested in him because he's new. This is like a classic relationship. You don't dislike me, you're just bored of me. Yeah, but I'm desperate, so I will happily take that. Clint, you need to get a bit of me. Yeah, but I'm desperate, so I will happily take that. Happily take that.
Starting point is 00:59:26 And Clint, you need to get a bit of TV show on. Maybe I'll be interested. You mean get our TV show? All right. Thanks, Ross. Have a good life. Bye. Bye.
Starting point is 00:59:36 That's it. That's the end of the show, everybody. Thank you for joining us. I've just been thinking, you know how we talked earlier about how Leonardo DiCaprio's got a 19-year-old girlfriend? Yeah. Do you reckon he'll need a special exemption to stay over at the uni halls with her? This year when the RA's like, I don't care who you are, rules are rules.
Starting point is 00:59:59 He's like, I'm the goddamn wolf of Wall Street. I don't care if you're The wolf of Wall Street I am Get out Curfew's at 11 No visitors I don't forget What her name is
Starting point is 01:00:13 But It's a 19 year old Supermodel It's very on brand Very But imagine he shows up And they're like Say her name's
Starting point is 01:00:20 Say it's Jess or something Jess Your dad's here No that's not my dad. That's my boyfriend, Leonardo DiCaprio. Imagine if Leonardo DiCaprio showed up at your toga party for O-Week. He would, too. He would.
Starting point is 01:00:42 I can't think of a place that would be more up his alley. Playing flip cup with Leonardo DiCaprio at the frat party. I'm going to O-Week in Dunedin this year for a ZM thing. And I feel uncomfortable. He's like 15 years older than me anyway good on him good on her yeah don't
Starting point is 01:01:11 yuck someone's yum unless they're a 48 year old dating a 19 year old have a great night and we'll catch you guys back tomorrow on the Brian Clint show with Maddie. Bye.

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