ZM's Bree & Clint - ZMs Bree & Clint Podcast – April 20th 2020

Episode Date: April 20, 2020

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Everybody calm down! Okay, calm down, calm down. I know it's been a long time, but we're back. The podcast is back. Just chill the hell out, everybody. Just calm down. Just calm down. Calm down. We're back. Calm down. Don't tell me to calm down! Oh, damn it! I'm sick of it! Alright, you're really loud. I was loud, but you're really loud.

It echoes in my apartment too. Can you hear that? Earlier today, Bree said to us, guys, my flatmates are getting a bit annoyed with me doing the radio show in the apartment every day. It's so loud. I'm such a loud, obnoxious, annoying human being. Imagine you're just trying to quietly enjoy your isolation

and then there's this incredibly... Bitackling Australian in the lounge going, someone make me some soup. Yeah, I'm not everyone's favourite person in this flat at the moment, I'm telling you now. And I don't disagree with them. I don't blame them. Do you reckon there's anyone in isolation, let's be realistic, who's gone, you know what, I could spend another four weeks locked disagree with them. I don't blame them. Do you reckon there's anyone in isolation, let's be realistic, who's gone,

you know what, I could spend another four weeks locked here with you. Like regardless of how strong your relationship is, is anyone going, you know what, this has been so good for us. You know what, I thought if there was any person that was going to love lockdown, I thought it was going to be me, and this is me being quite honest. I am such a homebody. I love to stay home. I love a good movie in bed, bit of Netflix, bit of food. That's all it takes to keep me happy.

Not a big deal. And I was loving it for the first couple of weeks. And to be honest, I had breaking point last week. Let me guess, you've eaten everything and you've watched everything? I've literally made every Italian dish that you can possibly cook. I've started onto the Asian dishes. I've made some lovely Vietnamese food. I've watched every single thing on Netflix.

I've done it all. I've had enough of it, and I never thought I'd say that. Yeah, but what do you want to do? Like if you had free reign right now to go and do whatever you wanted, what would you do? I would love to go stay um at my partner's beach house that's what i'd love to do yep and just be by the beach go for walks on the bit you know what i mean just something like that yep and you know what that's why we're doing

this brie so that one day we can do those we can you know that's the future we're trying to protect i just want to go and sit in the pub for like four or five hours. Oh, that'd be nice too. You know, I read somewhere. I don't even need a friend at this stage. I'll just go and sit there by myself. Yeah, a couple of bowls of chips. Yeah, how good are the hot chips?

God, I miss those. Another jug, please. Oh, have you got some friends coming? So would you like another glass? The one glass is good. I'm good. I'll be right back. you're pretty much you're pretty much describing my time at a pub before lockdown and you know as i'm pretty much describing my

time at home yeah right how many how much um like drinking have you done in the last couple of weeks uh it's been pretty good i uh attended a um zoom wedding on saturday night i saw that which is pretty great and i had quite a few drinks there. We all did. But other than that, one or two a night. One or two a night? Yeah. Okay, that's pretty decent.

Yeah, but there's no more days. You know, like what day is it? No one knows. So true. And there's no more hours in a day. I mean, if you wake up at 1pm, I mean, what time is it really? Yeah, yeah. In the big scheme of things.

Yeah. I just mean, like, normally you'd wait for the weekend, but there is no weekend. So, que sera, sera, you know? That's very true. Actually, I've just thought of something. I've got a suggestion for people if they've watched everything they could possibly watch. I've got a suggestion of a show that I recently just watched, if you want to know it.

Probably not for you, to be honest. This is probably for the gals, if they're interested. It's called Are You The One? Have you ever heard of that show? No. So the concept of the show is that there's 20 people that go into a house and they're all there to find love and matchmakers have literally done all this math and they've gone through all the contestants and they've made it so they've put every person has an actual perfect match within

the house yeah and their job is to figure that out who it is so yeah so every person needs to figure out who their perfect match is and so every week they have like a ceremony and um and they get a certain amount of beams of light if they've got some couples right but if they say they get three beams that means three couples are all sitting with their perfect matches but they don't tell them which couples they are anyway so the aim of the game is by the end of the time that they're in there they have to get every single one in a perfect match and they win a million dollars yeah right okay uh you're right it wasn't a show for me producer ellie would probably like it I could see you being interested in that.

Hey mate, that's what you said about Love Island and then we told you who the winner was and I've never seen a bigger tantrum from an adult before in my life. That's also fair. You piqued my interest with the million dollars. It's a million dollars. I can't watch another

freaking dating show. I just can't. Not at the moment. Because I know how much time it consumes I know how much of your life it consumes All I'm going to say is I was right about Carol fucking Baskin I might be right about this You're right in that she killed her husband No, I called that

Tiger King show weeks before It actually blew up massive I believe Ben called it, but yeah. Bull fucking shit. Carol Baskin, you bloody bitch. It was me. Ben showed us the trailer about two weeks before you started watching it. But I was the one that actually watched it and vouched for it. Yeah, okay.

Yep. Yeah, I'll give you that. Yep. Yep. Oh, mate. I'm telling you, you're riling me up already. Day one, baby. I want to watch Australian MasterChef.

That's what I really want to watch. And I don't know why we're not getting it at the same time as Australia. I've hooked up with a guy that's on there. Who? Manu. No, not Manu. Is he even on MasterChef? No, that's my kitchen rules.

My kitchen rules. Yeah, my kitchen rules. My kitchen rules. Yeah, my kitchen rules. No, I'm not going to say who it is because it got me in trouble last time I said it because he's also got his own cooking show on. I don't know if it's on New Zealand television. You're about to reveal who it is. So if you want me to stop you, I'll stop you. Yeah, I'm not going to say.

Less goal. We've done enough. This is a very long intro. We've done enough. We have done enough. You can clearly hear that we haven't talked to ourselves for a long time, so we're getting it all out now. Can you imagine a tradie on the job site and he goes,

we've done enough. Let's go. Oh, seven minutes. I've done enough. Oh, we've done enough. Here's the podcast, everybody. Enjoy. Hey, Google, what's the time?

It's 3 p.m. Give or take a minute. Alexa, play ZM on iHeartRadio. Playing ZM on iHeartRadio. Hey Siri, when are Bree and Clint on? Bree and Clint are on air in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. What's going on you slippery salamanders? It's good to be back with you.

Hey, how long have we been away for? A couple of weeks? Yeah, two weeks. Two weeks, but we're back. We're here. We've got your back. We may be able to mildly entertain you this afternoon. Yeah, thank you to the five people who messaged us and said,

have you guys been made redundant? And to the rest of you, did you even know that we were gone? Do you even care? Did we impact your life at all? Like, have you got other things going on or something? Is that the truth? Is that what this is all about? Anyway, we're here and we're glad to be.

Just to update you on our situation, I'm here in the radio studio at ZM Towers along with producer Ellie. Bree, you're at your house still? Yes, I'm not wearing any pants still. And producer Ben is also at his house enjoying a nice can of Sprite, what we imagine to be the first non-alcoholic drink that Producer Ben has consumed since lockdown began. I was just saying to you off air,

I think Producer Ben might be the person who has drunk the most beers in isolation in all of New Zealand. I think so too. Give him a round of applause. That's a round of applause. Yeah, nice. We're not encouraging binge drinking but he's really... Best on

ground. I assume there's like a dollar being donated to a charity for every can he's consuming. The amount he's ripping into them, there must be. Seriously, every time I went onto his Instagram, it was like, morning beers, brunch beers, nothing better than a bed beer. If you want

to see someone Rapidly consuming tins of beer Give producer Ben a follow At Ben McDowell You'll also see his girlfriend on Instagram Who he now lives with because of isolation I wonder how that's all going I did message him the other day

And I was like, how are things? Because they weren't too far into their relationship And he said it's been going pretty smoothly Because she's done She has smoothly. Yeah, I think it's been going good too. She has cooked every meal, Clint. Yeah. Every meal. And they've both been intoxicated the entire time.

Hence all the beers. I think it's going really well. We're going to delve into relationships and lockdown later on in the show today. Also, at four o'clock, we will be taking the announcement from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern live to air. This is the announcement that will say when, if at all we are moving from level four to level three. And like I said, four

o'clock when that happens, we're going to put it live to air here on ZM. Yeah, make your bets on TAB right now. What do you think? Look, I have a funny feeling. I think because it's a long weekend this weekend because of Anzac Day, I reckon they might extend it out till Tuesday because they don't trust people and I think that's a good idea.

Oh, yeah, yeah. So they might push it out level four till then and then they'll make a decision from there. What do you think? I think level three on Tuesday is what I think. But I'm not basing that off any kind of science. I'm just going, hmm, what's a day? But because of the long weekend?

Yeah, I didn't know about a long weekend. Yeah, well, every day, every week has meshed into one at the moment, hasn't it? Yeah, we are living one great big long weekend. So yeah, anyway, that will go live to air at four o'clock. Next though, you want to talk about something that has caused a bit of a rift in your household. Yeah, it's caused quite a rift and online as well. There's a lot of different things

that are coming out about what is the right way? How do I say it without giving away what I think it is? Yeah, it's something that everybody does but we're not all doing it the same it turns out. It involves rocks, papers and scissors. Oh involves rocks, papers, and scissors. Oh, perfectly cryptic.

Well done. Nailed that, I think. We'll discuss it together because we're back next. Bree and Clint, ZM. Bree and Clint. Guys, something went down during the last two weeks in my lockdown. I don't know if you saw it, Clint. You probably did because it was all over the internet.

But I ended up giving my flatmate Alan, big gay gorgeous Al, blonde tips. Yeah, this is a shocking thing to do. It was only like week one of the lockdown too and you're already resorting to a home cat of like supermarket bleach on the poor man. I saw him today actually because he works at one of the other radio stations here where Zed Emma's and I saw him walk into the room.

I've never seen him wear a hat before and now he's walking around wearing a hat. Yeah, I had to give him that as a present because I felt bad. It didn't go well. I ended up bleaching it twice and, look, it's still – he looks like the top of his hair caught fire and it kind of singed but it didn't. He looked like he started to go hair caught fire and it kind of singed, but it didn't. He looked like he started to go Super Saiyan, but then halfway through he was like.

He's half Goku. Yeah, he was like, nah, I can't really be bothered. I love that. That's so good. Anyway, that wasn't what caused the controversy. It was I posted a video online and essentially Alan and I made a bet where we would rock off to see who was going to get blonde hips. Can I ask, would you have, because it was on your Instagram.

Yes. If you'd lost, would you have done it? Yeah, I mean, that's the bet. Yeah, but would you have done it or would you have just gone, oh, I won't post that? Well, I mean, that is my option. Because you're in control. It is good being in control. Yeah, right? No, I think it post that. Well, I mean, that is my option. Because you're in control. It is good being in control.

Yeah, right? No, I think it wouldn't have been as bad because then I could just get them cut off. Yeah, right, okay. You know? And I don't know if I trust Alan. I haven't taken your word because I don't know otherwise. I definitely would have went through with it, Clint.

Yeah, right. And we'll never know. But it wasn't – it was something that was on the front of the video. We've got a clip here and it was where we actually did the rock off that caused the controversy online. Okay. All right, are you ready? On three, best out of one, scissors, paper, rock.

Well, f**k. That was the controversy right there as to how I said scissors, paper, rock. Is that what we've resorted to? Questioning people on how they say the order of words? Mate, I think it's quite interesting because what I've found is, is that depending on where you are in the world will dictate which of the scissors, paper, rock or the rock, paper, scissors or the paper, scissors, rock comes first.

Yeah, well, because you said it wrong, by the way. first. Yeah. Well, you, cause you said it wrong by the way. No, I said it right. No, you said it wrong. Like there's nothing, there's nothing logical about the way that you ordered that. Scissors, paper, rock. It's like you've randomized them to throw Alan off his game in the actual battle is how I interpret that. Scissors, paper, rock.

Yeah, because I believe, cause Alan and I are from the same state back home in Aussie, right? And he believes that the way I said it is the right way. Yeah, yeah. So it wasn't throwing him off. I completely disagree. The correct order for it is, and I'll be keen to know if producer Ali, who's from the same state as me, the state of New Zealand, the correct way to say it is rock, paper, scissors. That's the order that it should go in. Am I right?

See, I'm going to come in here and disagree again. Oh, my God. Here we go. And I'm paper, scissors, rock. Paper, scissors, rock. Yeah. Rock, paper, scissors. And I will agree with Ellie.

I differ from both. So I go either scissors, paper, rock or paper, scissors, rock, but never rock, paper, scissors. See, I'll agree that Ellie could be right, but you're wrong. I see how it is. I see how it is. If Ellie is going to be Sweden, then I'm happy to say that Ellie's got it right.

But your one makes me feel uncomfortable, the way you say it. Because you know what else is different? And you and I have had this argument before, and I mean, we're really getting into the nitty gritty. The number of shakes. Yeah so in Queensland where I'm from what I learnt growing up is this is how it was done. Scissors paper rock. You guys shake per syllable whereas I think it should be one two show. Yeah. Scissors paper rock show. You're doing five shakes of it.

Yeah, no. And my dad always told me, he said, if you shake it more than twice, you're playing with yourself. Yeah, well, we love to shake it more than three times in Queensland, so that makes sense. But I think it gives you more time to think about what you're going to play, so that's why we do it that way. Oh. Oh, see, that's swayed you guys a little bit, hasn't it?

Okay, okay. We need to figure out what we're trying to get to the bottom of here. Are we trying to get to the bottom of number of shakes or the order in which rock, paper, scissors is said? I think let's go with the order. The order, okay. Because that's, I mean, slightly more interesting. All right.

Let's ask 0800DIALZM. What is the order scissors, paper, rock should be said? All right. Let's ask 0800DIALZM. What is the order Scissors, Paper, Rock should be sent? Bree and Clint. We may have uncovered the next Da Vinci Code. I've never read the Da Vinci Code, but I'm assuming this is similar. Yeah, neither have I. I just assumed you had the reference correct.

What we've found is another crack in our cultural foundations. We have a shared history, but within that, it splinters off into different directions. There is differences, and this is a really weird one to me, and I found it out because I posted a video of where I coloured my flatmate Big Gay Al's hair, but we had to do a rock-off to see who was going to do it. And in the video, I just did the rock-off like I normally would,

scissors, paper, rock. And it caused a stir because people around the world are telling me that I'm wrong, I'm disgusting, I shouldn't take a look at myself. Yeah, the way you said that just then was like nails running down a chalkboard to me. It was, the order of it sounds so off. And yet that's what you know is normal, you know? I've learnt that.

I haven't chosen to say it that way. That's just what I've grown up with. Yeah, you can't help what you're used to. It's like the wallabies losing a blitter's low cup. It's just what you're used to. It's the norm for me. I mean, it's a memory. It's a childhood memory that I'll always hold with me.

So yours goes scissors, paper, rock. I go rock,'s a memory. It's a childhood memory that I'll always hold with me. So yours goes scissors, paper, rock. I go rock, paper, scissors. And then producer Ellie goes paper, scissors, rock. That's correct, yes. And you're firm on that? I'm firm as on that. Okay, so we have an opinion from Country Queensland. God, that is a hard word to say.

Well, you haven't said it for a bit. You've got someone from East Auckland. Correct, yeah. And then you've got me from Rotorua and the wonderful Bay of Plenty. Okay. Let's go out to the people, shall we, Brie? Yes. And ask where they're from and how they say it, yeah? I'm very keen to find out. Okay, John's here first. Hi, John. Hi, John. Hey, how's it going? Good, thanks, John. First, where are you from? I'm from South Africa. South Africa. Oh, good. Different part.

Different part of the globe. Okay. What is the correct way, in your opinion, to rock off? Rock, paper, scissors. Rock, paper, scissors. Rock, paper, scissors. Thank you very much. We have a different one that we also do.

What is it? Ching Chong Cha. I don't know. That's how we used to do it as well, man. John, is that culturally appropriate in 2020 to do that one? Probably not for the radio. No, I wasn't sure on that. All right, John, good to talk to you.

That's South Africa's opinion. Very interesting. Amanda's here as well. Hi, Amanda. Hi. Hi, guys. Where are you from, Amanda? The Manawatu.

Ah, okay. Excellent. In the mighty Manawatu, home of the turbos, chuck a bucket on your head, what is the correct way to rock off? Paper, scissors, rock. Paper, scissors, rock. Paper, scissors, rock.

There you go. You're on Team East Auckland's Ellie Harwood over there. Okay, cool. Thank you. That's two votes for everybody's category except Breeze so far. Let's go to Robert. Hey, Robert.

Hey, it's Chocolate Man here. Oh, Robert the Chocolate Man. How you going, bro? Not bad. I've been watching Breeze's post, and I think if she'd done it the right way, she would have the blonde tips. Yeah, fair enough. You reckon?

Yeah, fair question. I reckon. Yeah. Yeah, all right. Well, what's the right way then, Rob? Rock, paper, scissors. Rock, paper, scissors. Thank you very much. And where are you from again, Rob? Kumu. Kumu. Kumu. So, well, what's the right way then, Rob? Rock, paper, scissors. Rock, paper, scissors. Thank you very much.

And where are you from again, Rob? Kumi. Kumi. So, well, can we say Auckland? Yeah, go Auckland. You're from Auckland, yeah. Auckland. Okay, well, we've gotten a lot of,

we've got one from South Africa and the rest from here in New Zealand. Do we have anyone else? Let's find out where Hayden's calling from. Hi, Hayden. Hey. Oh, hey, guys. Yeah, hey, look, I'm calling from. Hi, Hayden. Hey. Oh, hey, guys. Yeah, hey, look, I'm calling from Auckland, but in the city there.

Yes. Yeah, and, yeah, no, I do kind of agree to what you're saying, Brie, in terms of the backwards of rock, paper, scissors. But then again, it's like what you were saying, that you were brought up with that. But having said that, I'm sorry, but I've got to agree with Brent. I've been brought up with rock, paper, scissors. That's my way.

That's fair enough. You agree with me? Yeah. Yeah, okay, thank you, Hayden. I appreciate that. So he was from Auckland as well, right? And he's from Auckland, yeah. Okay, cool.

Sarah, where are you from? Bay of Plenty. Okay, down in Bay of Plenty. Bay of Plenty. All right, how did they do it as well, right? And he's from Auckland, yeah. Okay, cool. Sarah, where are you from? Bay of Plenty. Okay, down in Bay of Plenty. Bay of Plenty, all right. All right, how did they do it down there, Sarah? Well, I'm disappointed in both of you. I had to pull over just to put my stay in. But Paper, Scissors, Rock, Shake, Shake, Show.

Shake, Shake, Show. Yeah. Just to add in. So you show, and this is the subcategory. You show on the last one. So you're showing on Rock, is that right? Yeah. So one, two, three, show.

Yeah, okay. Yeah. Papers is rock. It's good to have your voice across. God, I'm really, really getting a hammering this afternoon. Yeah. Do we have no Australians that listen to this show? Kate.

That's why they got rid of me in the first place, mate. Kate, are you there? Hi. Hi, Kate. Where are you from? I'm from Ha-Hei, so the Coromandel. I love Ha-Hei. I miss that place.

We haven't had any input from the Coromandel whatsoever. In fact, we've had no input from the South Island at all either, but let's go to the Coromandel. Kate, what's the correct way to say it? I'm going with Ellie, Paper, Scissors, Rock. And also, I'm a big fan of you guys and Clint, Brie, I both made both of the recipes you guys made and I feel like Clint, the peanut butter cookies were best. Oh, thank you so much.

I really, really appreciate that, Kate. You've got lots of time on your hands, Kate. Yes, I do. Too much. Would you like some results, Brie? Now, this is only mildly international but it does involve two internationals and you and John from South Africa. Would you like to results, Brie? Now, this is only mildly international, but it does involve two internationals and you and John from South Africa.

Would you like to know the results of it? Yes. Okay. Third place, the way that you say it. Yeah, not one person agreed. Not a single person. Second place? There is no second place.

It's a dead tie between Ellie and myself. So what we can confirm out of this is everybody is correct except for you pretty used to that on this show actually brie and clint this is big deal brie um countdown supermarkets have come out with an announcement today stating that and this is this is quite momentous, the great toilet paper shortage of 2020 is officially over. Oh, thank God. We did it. We did it. I was very worried. I was very worried at a certain point.

But I feel like the Kiwis, we did pretty well here in terms of like if you're comparing us to Australia, who just went absolutely bonkers over there. We came out quite well. A man got tased in Australia. Yeah, it's nuts. Those women tried to rip each other's boobies off in Australia. Yeah, I know. We did okay, but we were panic buying.

But Countdown can now say that they believe, going by their stock levels, that's over. That we're through that and that's over. So that's good news. One person I am concerned for, though, is good friend of the show and person who pushed you out of their vagina, your mother, Mama Dai. Because last time we spoke to her before we went on our break,

she was about two and a half weeks into not being able to get any toilet paper. Yeah, look, I was quite concerned for her, especially because she shares a bathroom with my father. And I know Big Steve, and I know that things were not good there. They were going into the supermarket at 6 a.m., trying to push old ladies over to get toilet paper. And she couldn't find any. I think it was up to three or four weeks she couldn't find any.

And your dad too is a one roll per serving man, isn't he? Yeah, he eats a lot of fruit because he's an apple farmer, you know. I mean. Why don't we give her a call? Why don't we put in a call to your mother right now and just find out. Get the update. Yeah, let's check in on her toilet paper status. Call Zed in now to play Brinkland. No, don't we put in a call to your mother right now and just find out. Get the update. Yeah, let's check in on her toilet paper status. Call ZN now to play Bree and Clint.

No, don't do that. We need to call my mum. We're going to put a call in to your mum and check up on her toilet paper. Here she comes. Toilet paper status. Hello. Hello, mum. How are you going, Rana?

Good. Clint's here as well. Hello, Mum. How are you going, Rana? Good. Clint's here as well. Hello, Mum. Hi, Clint. How are you going with that beautiful little girl? Isn't she just adorable? She's crawling now, by the way. Oh, my goodness me. They grow up way too fast,

looking across from you. Oh, time flies. Hey, look, we don't mean to trouble you at the moment. We've got to cut to the chase with something. Bree's got an important question she wants to ask you. Okay, yes. I know it's been a couple of weeks since Clint and I asked you, but you were struggling to get toilet paper.

You hadn't got any for a number of weeks. I think it was four weeks. We just wanted a toilet paper update from the Thomas L household. How's it going? No go. No go? Still? Still no go.

How long have you been without toilet paper now? Oh, it'd be quite a few weeks now, wouldn't it? Five weeks? Holy mackerel. Yeah. Can we ask a hugely invasive question? What are you doing about it? Like, how are you dealing with this?

Well, Clint, I mean, we're very innovative people out here in the country. Yes. So, you know, the eucalyptus leaves. Eucalyptus leaves. You're not a koala. Well, I've got baby wipes here that I was saving for Amber, but I don't think she's going to get them now. Yeah, but you can't flush those.

I know. You've set up a bin, haven't you? Oh, that is so off. Right. Well, we're not just going to call you and chastise you for your toilet habits. We are calling with constructive feedback because we thought this might be the case. So we've got some ideas for things that you could use instead of toilet paper if you run out of eucalyptus leaves and baby wipes.

Look, I am open for suggestions at this stage. How about this? Did Bree leave any clothes there when she was home at Christmas? Yes, she did, actually. Did I? We've got seven big boxes up in the shed that she still hasn't gone through. Yeah. So maybe we could cut them up.

Cut them up. No, no. And you don't have to wash Yeah. So maybe we could cut them up. Yeah, cut them up. No, no. And you don't even have to wash those. Cut them up, use them, bin them. That'll buy you a couple of weeks. That's not a good idea, especially if there's zips on some of those clothes. Okay, if it's not your clothes, give us a better idea. Yeah, what about, I was thinking, you know what's similar to toilet paper

and you can reuse it is tea towels. Oh, Brianna. You imagine doing that and then you wash them and then you wash up your dishes with them. But just, yeah, no, you can't mix the one, you can't mix the tea towels that you use to wipe your bum with. You don't put them back in the kitchen drawer, Mum. If you're off that idea, you might not be too keen on this one either. Can I ask, are you left or right handed? Oh no.

Oh no. You know, needs must. Some cultures dedicate one hand completely to that exercise and then the other hand for interacting and eating. So you just have a special hand. Yeah, so you're right handed Mum, so I'd go with the left, I think. Oh, well left handed then, I suppose, so you're right-handed, Mum, so I'd go with the left, I think. Oh, well, left-handed then, I suppose.

If you're not into that, Bree's got one more idea for you. One more idea, and I said this a couple of weeks ago on our show, Clint, and people were quite on board with it. Mum, I know for a fact you have at the ready quite a lot of cobs of corn. I think it would be good. Oh, Brianna. You know, it's got the grooves that'll pick up any, you know, like leftovers and it'll just be great.

You can wash it. Oh, you'd have to get the extra soft stuff, wouldn't you? It wouldn't be good frozen. I love how mum's actually thinking it through. Look, you do what you need to do, mum and I. We'll check in with you in a couple of weeks, okay? I'm getting to that stage, I can tell you. We'll cross live.

We'll cross back live, Clint, for the next update of the toilet paper instalment at the Thomas L House. See you, mum and I. Love you. Bree and Clint. Okay, this is an interesting stat that has also come directly out of this COVID situation. And it's coming out of Australia where during lockdown, calls to divorce lawyers have doubled.

They're now receiving twice as many phone calls per day from people or couples who are going, I can't do it anymore. I've had enough of this person that I'm locked down with. I'm not surprised one bit. Really? I think I'm going to divorce can't do it anymore. I've had enough of this person that I'm locked down with. I'm not surprised one bit. Really? I think I'm going to divorce all of my flatmates. What about your partner though? You've been living with your partner

throughout this. How's it been? It's been okay, I think. Because you guys are still in the honeymoon phase. Yeah, so it's all good with us. This is a fun exercise for you guys. Yeah, I know, right? This is actually enjoyable.

What about for you? Because you've been married for a little while and you've been with Lucy for a long time. Oh, she's so over it. She is so over it. No, no. She's just happy that I'm going back to work today. At least she gets a three-hour breather, you know?

Do you mean she's so over it or so over you being at home? I am it. I am the it. I am it. I am the it. I am it. I can give you some data here. This is what the law firms are saying the main reasons are. Okay. So it's two things that people are citing as the reason

that they're looking into getting a divorce. Number one is fights about money. All right. Well, it's pretty, you know, full-on times at the moment, so I can understand that. It's really stressful times. All right. Well, it's pretty full-on times at the moment, so I can understand that. It's really stressful times. So stressful. And also just being stuck in the same place as the person has caused too many fights and they've gone, I don't want to do it anymore. You're literally living in each other's pockets. Yeah. They've cited that some couples that are calling

them are doing it really quickly and really quietly too, because there's nowhere to have a private conversation anymore. If you're both stuck in in the house you have to wait for that person to go for a run like if you haven't discussed the divorce with them and you're like okay I need to look into this and talk to my lawyer and see what my options are they're having these they're having these discussions really quickly and really sort of under the radar so the other person doesn't find out about it isn't that weird as well yeah, I can kind of relate to that because I'm stuck at home and I'm taking all my personal calls sitting on the toilet. That's not even a joke.

Why are you – yeah, right. Because it's the furthest away. It's in a separate room. From anybody else. Like there's nowhere to go in here. Do you turn the tap on? Maybe. Yeah, that would help as well.

But then the person on the other end of the phone call usually is like, are you in the bathroom? I wonder if anyone listening now, and it doesn't have to be as serious as a divorce, but is there anyone listening to our show today who has experienced a lockdown breakup? Like, have you broken up with your partner during lockdown? I don't think I can think of anything worse at this point.

Yeah. Like in an isolation bubble. Imagine even if that was going on and you lived with a couple. Yeah. Oh, yeah, if you were the flatmate of the couple breaking up. Look, you might not even be in each other's bubble. You might be in different bubbles and because of that, you've chosen to break up as well.

Yeah, maybe you realised, hey, I could live without them. Yeah, maybe it's proved it. Yeah, maybe. Maybe you've fallen in love with someone else that's inside your bubble. Look, we don't know, but I would be fascinated to hear from anyone this afternoon on 0800DIALZM or on the text machine, which is 9696. Should we call it Have You Had a Bubble Breakup? Have You Had a Bubble Breakup? Have You Had a Bubble Breakup?

Yeah. I like that. We'll just see what we get in. Bree and Clint. Breaking news, we're going to level three of lockdown next Tuesday for two weeks. During level four, you haven't been able to go anywhere. Can't do anything.

And whoever you were with the night that we went into lockdown, that's the person that you are meant to spend the next four weeks with. Divorce lawyers in Australia are seeing a huge spike in calls from people inquiring about a divorce throughout lockdown over there. So all this time together, Bree, is not doing

well for some couples. It doesn't surprise me at all. I personally haven't been having any problems in my relationship. I have had one breakup though. What's that? I broke up with pants altogether. So now I just wear –

I saw when you stood up you're wearing bike shorts today. Oh, yeah. It's all bike shorts from now on, mate. I'm sailing through. You don't even own a bike. Yeah. So we're asking you. We're asking you to let us know if you've had a bubble breakup is what we're calling it, right?

Yeah, bubble breakup. Have you broken up with someone in isolation? And even worse, are you guys still isolated together? No. The first person who's called us wants to remain anonymous. Anonymous, are you there? Yep. Oh, anonymous.

Usually when you're naming yourself that, it's going to be juicy. What's gone down in your bubble? It's more funny than juicy, I think. So me and my partner were living together and throughout lockdown he kind of just got brattier and brattier, really, and then one day I cooked him the wrong kind of sausages for lunch and he got mad at me and I was like,

nope, that's it. That's it. Oh, hell no, Anonymous. You kicked that guy to the curb. Can I say, if someone's cooking you sausages, there is no wrong type? They're all good. If someone's cooking them for you,

that's what I mean. Take what you can get and not the first time a relationship has broken up over a sausage clint. And Bree can vouch for that. Anonymous, can I ask, are you still isolated together now that you're broken up? No, because as it was just him and I, his mum was part of our bubble and so he's just gone to her house. All right.

Yeah. So now it's just you to her house. All right. Yeah. All right. So now it's just you and your sausages? Yeah. And you can pick whatever sausage you want now, Anonymous. Yeah, the world is your sausage sizzle. So, okay, congratulations. Thank you for calling us.

Congratulations. You're congratulating her. What else did you say to someone in that situation? Rebecca, tell us about your bubble breakup. What's happened? Oh, mine's juicy. I have, so me and my two girls, because I'm 32 weeks pregnant, and me and my two girls went from my house and stayed at my partner's house

because I needed to be looked after because I kept passing out with low iron and this and the other thing. Yeah. And we were there, and then after two weeks, him and his fat mate kept coming in and out and putting us at risk and, like, going out. And I was like, oh, that's not cool. So he kicked them out, and then he missed his flatmate,

and he'd rather hang out with his friends. So he decided, after two weeks of me and, like, the two kids staying there, he kicked us out after two weeks and told us to get out. I'm 32 weeks pregnant. With his baby? Wait, wait weeks pregnant. With his baby? Wait, wait, wait. With his baby?

Yes, his baby. I've been with him for three and a half years. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. And then he kicked us out. I had to pack my whole car, do two trips, like, back to my place, which was empty, lucky. You know, I've got, like, no one here with me now,

but my two kids, lucky they're, like, 12 and 7, lucky. You know, I've got like no one here with me now, but my two kids, lucky they're like 12 and 7. Rebecca! Beck, hey Beck, can I ask you one question? You know you're dating a dickhead, don't you? I'm not with him and he's gone. He's long gone and it's never happening again. Did you know when you got

pregnant with his child that he was a dickhead? No, I, well actually... You're like, I found that out afterwards. Is he dickhead? No, I... Well, actually... You're like, I found that out afterwards. Is he the father of... No, I kind of thought he was changing, you know? Is he the father of the other girls? No, he's not.

I was married like six years ago. But I've been with this guy for like three and a half years, yeah. Yeah, that's a long time. Are you okay, by the way? Yeah, are you all right? No, no, no. I'm actually really happy that it happened now than after when we had the baby because if we were together when we had the baby and it happened then,

it would be worse. Do you have support? Like do you have people that you can call on and someone who's going to drive you to the hospital when the time comes and that sort of thing? Yeah, yeah, I'm good. I'm happy now. Oh, that's awesome, Bec. And it sounds –

I had to expose this idiot. Yeah, it sounds like from your voice that you feel like you've definitely made the right decision and judging from that story, you definitely have. Can I just say that you win the phone topic today? I don't know if that means... Yeah, actually, she wins. Yeah, you do. Yeah, we didn't get to give away our mobile fuel voucher earlier

for cliffhangers, so you win it, okay? We're going to send it to you. Yes, it's my 30th tomorrow too, so that's awesome. Oh, happy birthday for tomorrow. You should call back and do birthday bangers. Yeah. Yes. I hope your boyfriend's got you something nice. Oh, shit. Hey, and if Beck's ex-boyfriend is listening

right now, you're a dickhead. Amen! Amen! Okay. Preach it, girl. Alright, there we go. That's Bubble Breakup. What the hell is going on? Bree and Clint. It's my go. That's Bubble Breakup. What the hell is going on? Bree and Clint. Hey.

It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Bree and Clint's Birthday Banger. That's right, Birthday Banger's back to get you through isolation. It's where we take your birthdays and we put them through a computer and we figure out what was the number one track top in the charts on your 16th birthdays. Here to play, first of all, is...

I can't see your name from here. Hello, the brother of Rory. Hello, Titty. Hello, Titty. I can see your name now. How are you? I'm good. How are you?

Not too bad. How's your isolation going? Oh, no, bloody good. We've got my brother and sister in Southland from Canterbury. My brother's been helping me out on the farm lately. Oh, no, bloody good. We've got my brother and sister in Southland from Canterbury. My brother's been helping me out on the farm lately. Oh, nice. What type of farm? Bees and sheep farm.

Oh, true. Blue, love it. Your lock, the breeze got into her farmer voice again. Sorry, it's just the country gal coming at me. Your lockdown sounds wonderful. Check us your birthday so we can figure out what your brother's, sorry, your brother Rory's birthday banger is. Yeah, Rory.

Oh, 9th of January. And what year? 2001. Just double checking that from Rory. I love it. He was 16 in 2017 on the 9th of January. And on Rory's 16th birthday, this was number one. It's a good one.

Starboy from The Weeknd and Daft Punk. I was obsessed with that song. That's a great tune. Yeah, okay. Thank you, Teddy. That's for Rory. Jess is here. Hi, Jess.

Hi, Jess. Hi. How's your lockdown going, Jess? Not really a lockdown. I'm still working. Oh, what abouts do you do? I'm in healthcare. Okay, lovely.

Thank God you didn't say farmer. Otherwise, Brenda would have gone back into her voice again. Let's talk to Rory again. Jess, when's your birthday? 2nd of November, 1990. All right, Jess, you were 16 in 2006 on the 2nd of November, and back in 2006 on that day, this topped the charts. Sandy Thumb.

Not badomb Not bad Not bad Pretty damn catchy Jess Definitely catchy I used to blast this song I will admit It's an earworm isn't it Well it was number one on your 16th birthday

One more for Alina Hi Alina Hi How are you? I'm good, I'm good How are you guys? Doing not too bad Good to be back Alina Let's do your. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. How are you guys? Doing not too bad. Good to be back, Alina.

Let's do your birthday banger. What's your birthday? 13th May, 1986. All right. You were 16 in 2002 on the 13th of May. And back on that day, this had a number one hit. She's just so sweet, so fine, so polite, too. That is so weird.

I haven't thought about the band Good Shirt for probably 10 years. That's so weird too because I've never thought about them. No, but just yesterday for some reason they came back into my head and I looked this song up on Spotify just yesterday and then you called through, Alina, and it's your number one song, Sophie from Good Shirt. Awesome. Yeah, okay. then you call through, Alina, and it's your number one song. Sophie from Good Shirt. Awesome. You like that song, Alina? Yeah, I do. I like the enthusiasm. I think

it's Sandy Tom. I think it's Sandy Tom too. You just get a feel for it when it's playing, don't you? I love that Good Shirt song, but I think that this is the vibes that we need today, right? Are we going to pump the vibes? Absolutely. Jess, working in healthcare, congrats. You've won birthday banger. Nice.

All right, here we go. Thanks so much, Jess. Stay safe, hey? I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair. In 77 and 69, revolution was in the air. I was born too late into a world that doesn't care oh i wish i was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair when the head of state didn't play guitar not everybody drove a car when music really mattered and when radio was king. When accountants didn't have control and the media couldn't buy your soul.

When computers were still scary and we didn't know everything. Oh, I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair. In 77 and 69, revolution was in the air. I was born too late into a world that doesn't care Oh, I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair When pop stars still remained a myth

and ignorance could still be bliss I mean, God save the queen She turned a white, a shade of pale My mom and dad were in their teens and anarchy was still a dream And the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail Oh, I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair In 77 and 69, revolution was in the air

I was born too late into a world that doesn't care Oh, I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair When record shops were still on top and vinyl was all that they stocked and the super info highway was still drifting out in space Kids were wearing hand-me-downs

and playing games Men kick arounds and footballers still had long hair and dirt across their face Oh, I wish I was a punk rocker With flowers in my hair In 77 and 69 Revolution was in the air

I was born too late Into a world that doesn't care Oh, I wish I was a punk rocker With flowers in my hair I was born too late Into a world that doesn't care Oh, I wish I was a punk rocker With flowers in my hair

That's the winner of Birthday Banger today from Sandy Tom. It's I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker. What a hit. Beating The Weeknd's Starboy and Good Shirt Sophie. Which Bree's never heard. Which, to be honest, when you play the song, it does sound familiar.

I think I have heard the song. But it's not something that's like super recognisable to me. I haven't heard from Good Shirt in a long, long time. So it's not like they're still touring this song. Can I just say the band who came first? Good Shirt or Good Charlotte? Because they sound very similar. Shit, that's a good question. They were around at exactly the same time,

but I don't know who was first. Hmm, interesting. Keeping up to date with the news just became a little easier. As at Herald's new podcast, the front page is your short, sharp daily news podcast. Join me, Damien Venuto, every weekday morning as I chat with journalists and newsmakers going behind the headlines to break down what you need to know on the biggest news stories of the day. Listen to The Front Page at nzherald.co.nz slash podcasts

and follow us on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. Brie and Clint. Clint, there's something that's been going on in my family for quite a while. Massive news, actually. And it's been happening for about the last eight months or so. Actually, eight and a half months. Is that it? If it's give or take.

Around nine months, isn't it? Around nine months this has been going on for. And it's big. It's all happening in a couple of weeks. And I need to give my dad a call because I need his opinion and his take on something. Okay, let's put in a call to Big Steve in Country Queensland. Hello?

G'day, Dad. How are you? How are you going? Good. How are you? Yeah,ay, Dad. Hello, Judy. How are you going? Good. How are you? Yeah, good, thanks. Clint's here as well. Yeah, I was waiting for him to be introduced.

G'day, Big Steve. G'day, Clint. How are you, mate? It's a pretty big day in the Thomas L household, is it not? What's the most exciting thing that's happening in our family right now, Dad? Oh, yeah, well, there is a baby on the way somewhere. There you go. How good is that?

There's a baby on the way. There's a baby on the way. It's coming down the slide and very soon it's going to go splash into the world. My sister is due any minute, any day in the next couple of weeks, and it'll be my first niece or nephew and my dad's first grandkid. Grandkid? I'm trying not to get too

excited about it because I am pretty excited, I can tell you. What's the most exciting thing you think being a granddaddy is going to be about your life? I think it'll certainly... I'll tell you exactly why.

Me, my parents were immigrants, obviously, and I never, ever had grandparents to share with my family. So for me, it's super exciting because I missed out on that. Now, I don't want my kids to miss out on that, my grandchildren to miss out on that, so I'm super excited about doing that to miss out on that, my grandchildren to miss out on that. So I'm super excited about doing that one. I mean, that's going to be great for me. You're going to have to stop before we all start crying.

That's a little bit too beautiful for this afternoon. I was too sincere for our show, Dad. Have you ever listened to this show? Yeah, I have. I thought I'd just bring a bit of credibility to it. Yeah, you've definitely done that. Jeez Louise. Dad, I know how excited you are and I know how long you've wanted this for

and I'm so excited for you that the day's finally here. And I thought I would get your input on, because I know for a fact my sister Amber and her husband Simon, the baby's due any minute. They don't know what sex the baby is, which means they haven't picked any names yet, have they? No, no. Oh, well, I mean, I think that's under debate still. Well, I've got a solution. I know there's been debate. I know there's been disagreements, arguments. I've got a solution, Dad. I've got a list of names that I think would be

perfect for either a boy or a girl. All right. Let it rip. Let me hear. I thought I'd run them past you. So because obviously the baby is being born in, you know, a COVID-19 kind of stage, this is, you know, COVID-19 babies, all the babies being born in isolation.

So they're all COVID-19 related. Are you ready? Yep. Let's go. I was thinking, what about for a baby name for my sister, Kvitova? Kvitova the baby. Like the tennis player. Yeah, exactly. Kvitova. I think it's nice. I think more like the virus, but yep. Okay. Put that on the maybe shelf.

Maybe shelf, Dad. The what? Is it a maybe? It's a maybe, I think. Yeah, actually, I like it. Yeah, I think it's nice. It's going in the yes column. This could be for a boy or a girl, Dad.

Run this one past my sister, Amber. What about my corona? Oh, excellent. And you could go Mickey for short. Yeah, and then if I'm cranky with it, I can always call it My Sharona. Yeah, either or, whatever you feel like. I've got one for a boy. I was thinking, you know, maybe something like first name V,

because it's kind of Italian, and middle name Russ. V Russ. Yeah. V Russ. Or virus. Whatever you want to say. However you want to say it, I mean. Yeah, depending whether you're from the north or the south of Italy,

you'd say V Russ or virus. Yeah. We're from the north, so we'd say the V-R-U-S. The V-R-U-S. V-R-U-S. It'd be perfect. It would suit him, I think. I've got a few more.

For a girl, I really like this one, Dad. I think you should really push for this. What about Pandemica? Yeah, that's the best one yet. I thought that was pretty good. Okay, let's go to the top of the list. Top of the list. I've got a couple more.

Another boy one. I thought you could give him the second name, middle name 20, first name Glenn. It's a good clean name, you know. It's a good, honest, clean. I think, yeah, nice and clean. Yeah. Okay, I've got one more for you.

I've got one more for you. I've got one more. Last one. Last possible name for your first ever grandchild, Big Steve. I think this might be the winner. For a girl, how about you call her Germ-Mimer? Oh, come on. Germ-Mimer. I think it's good. I think it's nice. I think it's different. Germ mimer. I think it's good.

I think it's nice. I think it's different. It's unusual. It'll stand out. Put it this way. It's either germ mimer or wash your hands of vitica, okay? Or you could just go with San, middle name Tizer. It's nice as well.

Good luck, Big Steve. Mumma Di, you're on your journey to becoming grandparents for the first time. What Bree said, any moment. It's coming, any moment. Mama Di, on your journey to becoming grandparents for the first time, what Bree said, any moment. It's coming, any moment. It's true. She's going to blow. It's going to happen.

Bree and Clint. Over this period of lockdown, with far too much time on my hands, I've been able to pinpoint exactly what that thing is, Bree. And I think that thing is a good biscuit. Oh, yeah. I think the thing that New Zealanders may value more than anything else is a cup of tea and a really good biscuit. I mean, what kind of monster doesn't love a good quality biscuit and a cup of tea?

I've set out on a quest on my personal Instagram account to find New Zealand's favourite bicky. And we're at the quarterfinal stages. It's been tough. We started with 28 biscuits. We have 8 biscuits left in the competition now. And there's been some really tough decisions made.

Even just last night, Bree, we had to say goodbye to shortbread. Yeah, I mean, you know, it's good, but is it a finalist? Not in my opinion. I hate shortbread. We had to say goodbye to tiny teddies. Yeah, I mean, you know, it's good But is it a finalist? Not in my opinion I hate shortbread We had to say goodbye to tiny teddies Yeah, look, I do love a tiny teddy

Very partial Can't dunk them We had to say goodbye to the chit-chat Or as some people say, the poor man's Tim Tam We've gotten rid of chocolate chippies We've gotten rid of iced animals We've got rid of Afghans We've got rid of Anzac biscuits We've got rid of Anzac biscuits.

We've got rid of Girl Guide biscuits. Pink wafers are gone. And we're left with just eight biscuits remaining. Look, I have been voting throughout the whole process. I'm very invested. I'm an avid voter. And I must say there's a few in the quarterfinals that I've been quite upset at.

Yeah, really? Yeah. Well, let's go through them just quickly and you can tell me what upsets you the most. Okay. So battle one in the quarterfinals, and this is eliminated, there's no coming back from this, Cookie Bear Shoesberries versus Cookie Time?

I believe Cookie Time was the rightful winner and I'm glad that they've come out on top. Well, it's not closed yet, but it's currently in the lead. What about Tim Tams versus Toffee Pops? There is no question to me that Tim Tams should be in the finals. This is the closest battle that we have in the quarterfinals. Tim Tam in the lead by 8%. And it deserves to go through.

Hundreds and thousands versus Oreos. See, this is the one that upset me a little bit. Because you love an Oreo. I think an Oreo is damn good. It's so nice and they're also vegan, which I just think is interesting. That's just helpful, right? Yeah, exactly.

And I think they're very Moorish, as my mum would say. We're closing in on 10,000 votes in that battle alone and Oreo is down 61% to 39% in favour of hundreds of thousands. It's getting hammering, isn't it? And the other battle that's going on in the quarterfinals is Mint Slice versus Squiggles in which the Mint Slice is losing to the Squiggles, which is where I need to bring on high-profile TVNZ reporter,

host, celebrity Treasure Island contestant and biscuit aficionado, Matty McLean. Matty McLean, welcome to the show. Hello, Matty. Thank you. Hello. It's nice to be here under such difficult circumstances. Matty, you sent me a message today in regards to the mint slice when you noticed that it was not beating the biscuit that it was up against.

That's the difficult circumstances I'm talking about. I'm devastated. Mint slices are my absolute favourites and I was as soon as I saw it, I was like okay, this is it. This is their moment to shine. Let me read you a direct message I have from TVNZ weather man,

Manny McLean. No! Mint slice is my absolute favourite. The mint slice would honestly trump every other biscuit, to which I said to him, but it's not trumping every other biscuit. That's where this is very hard to argue with. The process is cruel, but fair. Matty replied, or everybody else is just stupid.

Which is not, which is, no, no, Matty. No, this is a democracy and that's not 100% correct. Matty McLean, let me jump in here for a second. I have to say, I 100% agree with you. I'm on board with this. The mint slice has had a raw deal. I don't know what it is about these squiggle biscuits, but they're overrated.

Mint slice is so... Can I just... I'm almost speechless because I'm so passionate about just how good they are and it makes me so furious to think that it's going to lose out. It's going to lose, not just lose, it's going to lose quite badly, Matty. And that's, I think, what really got me. You both know how competitive I bloody am

and I'm devastated that it's going to lose out by that much. I'm going to ask you a question straight, and I'm only going to ask you once. Did you or did you not attempt to blackmail me into rigging the result of mint slice versus squiggle so mint slice would go through to the semifinals? I can't help how you interpret messages, Clint. Would you like me to read the message?

That journalism degree is paying off, Matty. Matty said to me, in your post, you spelt, it it's wrong rig the results or I will expose you in response to which I have exposed myself so you have no power over me and you are the one in turn who's been exposed Maddie you want to you want to usurp the democratic process and you believe that your tastes and your passion for the mint slice is more important than the will of the people. Is that correct? Yes. Yes. Yes. Because of the aforementioned

competitiveness, I will win at all costs. Matty, it doesn't really matter at the end of the day because the real winner will triumph and that of course will be Tim Tams. Look, this thing, like I said, is becoming incredibly heated, and it has taken over my life.

If you feel strongly... When does it close? It closes tonight. Results will close tonight at 6 o'clock. Voting will close at 6 o'clock. And how much is the mint slice losing by? The mint slice is currently losing by, it's roughly 60-30 in favour of. Plug it on your Instagram, Matty.

We can turn this around, guys. Come on. Get onto Clint's page and start backing the mint slice. Please, please, we can turn it around. We really don't have anything else better to do, do we? No, no, no. You think that. I've been doing this for a week now.

This is my whole goddamn life. Yeah, what's wrong with you? Bree and Clint. We have been off for two weeks, Clint, and obviously everyone is in lockdown and has been for the last four weeks or so. And something that I've found that I've really enjoyed is talking to people, friends of mine that I may have not talked to for a long time and just, you know, catching up with people. Yeah, it really galvanises your friendships as well, right?

Yeah. It's not even like you've made time for these people. You just have time. I know. I really have no excuse. I should catch up with my friends, especially the ones you haven't talked to for ages. Yeah, it's been really nice and obviously I've heard from people

I haven't talked to in years and it was one of my mates actually who I hadn't talked to in a couple of years but we were having a conversation on house party and she started telling this story to the group about this guy that she met and how they met and what happened. Okay. And the story is quite interesting. She said it was about a year and a bit ago and she was at a hotel.

I can't remember where she said she was in the world, but she was at this hotel and she was on holiday and she was down at the pool and it had one of those swim-up bars. Oh, yeah, I love those. They're awesome, hey? So good. How tropical do you feel when you swim over and you're like... So tropical.

One pina colada, Sivu play. No, no. One pina colada, por favor. There's all kinds of ethnicities mixed in there, I think. Anyway, so she was at this pool bar and she met this guy and they were having a couple of drinks and she said she felt an instant connection, a spark, and they really hit it off.

Yeah. And she said it was a bit crap, though, because she only got his first name. So she only got his first name and obviously not enough information about him to find him on instagram or facebook or you know any of that stuff and did they just have a drink they didn't you know do the thing no no so they just had a few drinks but she said he was definitely feeling it she felt anyway okay so anyway she's went back to her hotel room and she was on holiday with a couple of girlfriends

and they were all sitting in the room and she was like, I can't stop thinking about this guy. Like I can't stop thinking about him. And anyway, the girls came up with this plan where she was like, oh, I'm going to go down to the front desk and I'm going to pretend like I'm his wife. Oh, all right. And I was like, okay, this story is interesting. Yeah. So they'd had quite a few pino coladas at this stage

and they've like stumbled down to the front desk. I'd love to know what she put on as wife wear. I know, I know. What do wives wear? Wifed up now. Large hat and sunglasses and the girl's like, maybe just focus on her ring. Hello, it's me, Mrs. Iglesias.

Anyway, so she went up to the front desk and she's tried to play off the fact that she, I think the guy's name was Brad. Anyway, she's tried to play off that her husband was Brad. She needed a key to get into his room. It was all going bad, right? It was all going bad. Anyway, the front desk were like, no.

We can't give out information on guests, especially when you're not married, Tim. They figured it out pretty quick. Well, she didn't know his last name. No, yeah, well, exactly. It kind of gives it away, doesn't it? That had a few drinks. That had a few drinks.

Anyway, this is the part that I don't condone. Hello, I'm Mrs. Bread. You think that's crazy. This next part of the story gets way more crazy. Yeah. And I don't condone this behaviour at all. So they get back to the room and they're all talking and she's like, how am I going to see this guy?

Like we could knock on every hotel room door and just see which one he's in. Yeah, that's too far. And obviously, you know, logic took place and they were like, no, that's ridiculous. So they came up with the plan that she was going to pull the fire alarm in the hallway of this hotel. She's gone loopy.

She's gone full crazy. Yeah. Anyway, so they've pulled the fire alarm. What, they did it? They did it. Yeah. I don't condone this. And she got a massive fine, which I'll get to that.

They pull the fire alarm. Everyone in the hotel has to come out of the hotel because it's a fire alarm. There he is standing in the car park. She goes over to him and I was like, this is amazing. They should write a movie about this. She walks up to him and she starts talking to him and I was like, this is amazing. They should write a movie about this. She walks up to him and she starts talking to him and she says pretty much what has happened. Yeah.

Oh, she owned up to the whole thing? Well, not really. She's just like, oh, I've been looking for you this afternoon. Like I feel like, you know, this was her opportunity. She left the fire alarm detail out, yeah. Yeah, she left that part out and that's when he looks at her and goes, I've got a girlfriend.

And she got a $1,700 fine. It could have been worse. How? He could have been gay. You know, like at least when he's got a girlfriend, she's still got a chance. I'd rather him be gay than to never have a jam. Oh, right.

Oh, well. Free and Clint. Each day at the moment, we are asking you guys for a morale boosting request. You know, what's the song that's going to boost the mood of the nation? It's the end of another long day of lockdown. And what's the song that's going to make you feel better? You know, it was interesting, Clint. Last night, my partner, she was she she was in a bad mood.

Let's be real. Let's say it for what it is. She was in a bad mood and it's rare that she's in a bad mood. And she ended up getting in the car because she needed to go to the supermarket. And she came back and she said, I'm in the best mood now. And I was like, why? And she's like, because I got in the car and I listened to some music and it totally changed my mood.

And it made me think of this segment that we do. It actually does do that for people. Yeah, that's the power that we wield with this segment. Absolutely. We have the ability as a network radio station to change the mood of the nation. And I think with Jacinda's announcement today about Level 3 next week, that people are already

in a good mood. I think they're on the up. So I think it's our job, Bree, to reflect that mood this afternoon. That is our job and hopefully we've gotten the requests in to do so. I have 1% left on my laptop, so if there are any late requests, you need to text them very fricking fast, okay? But this is what we

have so far, okay? These are our options for our mood-boosting requests. Alright, hit me with it. First one, someone thinks it's an appropriate song today, is the Rednecks Cod and I Joe. Banger! How? How is that the right song for today? It's upbeat.

It's catchy. And it just gets into your veins, Clint. Yeah, right. Oh, listen to that solo. The violin solo. Yeah, how good. Okay, someone else thinks that, oh, I'm interested to know if you know this one, actually.

Someone suggested that an appropriate song for today would be Dane Rumble and Cruel. Arguably one of the best looking men New Zealand has ever produced with one of the best pop songs New Zealand's ever produced. He's a good looking fella, I'll give him that. Someone a little bit more on brief has suggested that today the morale boosting

request is from Queen. I want to break free. I want to break free. Oh yeah. Doesn't this make a lot of sense right now? Does make a lot of sense. And I love that song. It's a great track.

Similarly, someone else has suggested that today it should be Ariana Grande and Zedd Break Free. You know how much I love that song and I know how much you hate it. I know. It's weird. It's like the one song that you and I refuse to agree on. Yeah, isn't it? But that's okay.

You have a vote and I have a vote and if we get to a stalemate, then we'll go to producer Ellie. So what's our morale boosting request today? Is it Dane Rumble, Cruel, Cod and I, Joe, I Want to Break Free or Break Free? I think my two tops. I mean, I love that Ariana Grande song, but I mean, it's just something we still play on the station. So that one's out. Okay.

It's gone. Let's get rid of it. Gone. Such a tune. Yeah. I think in my top, what would be in your top two? My top two are Dane Rumble, Cruel, and Queen, I Want to Break Free. My top two are Cotton Eye Joe and I Want to Break Free, Queen.

Okay. But I've been Cotton Eye Joe, I've been married a long time ago. So out of that. I like it. Dane Rumble, Cruel. I want to break free. And Queen, I Want to Break Free Looks like we both agree then. Yeah, true, we've reached a decision, haven't we?

We have, it's Queen. Okay. I'm okay with that. You know what? It's a great song. I think we've done a very good thing there. And to be honest, if we'd gone to stale, mate, that's the song Ellie would have chosen anyway.

Exactly. That's correct. Here you go. This is your morale-boost boosting request this afternoon, New Zealand. You've bloody earned it. I want to break free I want to break free I want to break free from your lies You're so self-satisfied

I don't need you. I've got to break free. God knows. God knows I want to break free. I've fallen in love. I've fallen in love for the first time This time I know it for real I've fallen in love God knows

God knows I'm falling in love It's strange but it's true I can't get over the way you love me like you do But I have to be sure when I walk out that door Oh, I want to be free Oh, I want to be free Outro Music Thank you. We'll be right back. But life still goes on I can't get used to living without Living without, living without you By my side.

I don't want to live alone. Hey, God knows. Got to make it on my own. So baby, can't you see? I've got to break free I've got to break free I want to break free Yeah

I want, I want, I want, I want to race Oh, don't we all, Freddie? Am I right, Bree? Yeah, you're so bright. Don't we all, Freddie? Isn't that just the same old thinking? I mean, how relatable right now, am I right? Oh, pretty, you took the words right out of my mouth, mate.

So relatable. Seriously, I'm bored out of my skull, I really, I can't wait to be able to go outside and do things again. You can still go outside. Yeah, you're right, I can, and you know what, I might. You just do that. Bet you morale boosting request New Zealand. We don't generally play Queen.

Actually that's a lie for this show. We play it quite frequently. Probably too much. Daily we are trying to play a song nominated by you guys to lift the mood of the nation and I think that that song was perfect for today. Clint, I've got breaking medical news. You've got breaking medical

news? Well you've come to the right place. Wait. Oh, the news thing has changed. That's not our breaking news thing. That's the mildly breaking news. Yeah, right. It's going to have to do for now. Hit me with your news.

So this is quite big and not a laughing matter, but there's been doctors who have commented on whether or not you can actually catch coronavirus from people's farts. No, there hasn't. No, I'm being serious. I don't joke about coronavirus stuff. No, you're not being serious. I don't joke about it, mate. This is very serious.

It's actually dead set. And there's a guy named Dr. Norman Swan who's commented on a CoronaCast podcast. A CoronaCast? A CoronaCast, yeah. Right. It's called CoronaCast, the podcast, and he is a real doctor. And he has discussed whether or not you can contract coronavirus through people's farts. Okay. He has said that we should try and avoid, this is quote from a doctor, this is quote from him, Clint.

We should avoid farting near one another to stop the spread of coronavirus. He added that it was in everyone's responsibilities to pass wind with a protective barrier and never to bare bottom it. Yeah, this is advice for life, not advice for coronavirus. Excuse me. I read that and I thought, when is someone dropping one bare bottom? You would. No, I would not. No, you would.

And his earlier advice, remove the protective layer advice. He said that you shouldn't be doing it in the vicinity of others. That's, again, that's just good life advice. That's just common courtesy that you, Patricia Alley lack in everyday life. Ben and I, the bastions of good common decency on this show, we've been practising the techniques of this doctor for decades. It's you who needs this advice. I mean, maybe this is the only time I agree that it's not better out than in,

but normally I'd say, no way, that's bad health. You don't want to be keeping it in. It's like a furnace, Clint, when it starts to boil. You don't want to keep the lid on forever because you know what happens? It explodes. Yeah, it boils over or whatever. It explodes. Can you just get to the bit?

What's the result? Can you catch coronavirus from afar or not? They're not saying that it's 100% confirmed, but they do believe that pieces of the virus can be found in people's farts. Great, great. Thank you very much. So they're just saying as a general rule of thumb, which I hope that you weren't doing, don't bear bottom fart in front of anyone because, you know, we need to be careful.

And this is the last quote I'll end on from the doctor. He said, we wear a mask that covers our farts all the time. Continue doing that. It's called your underpants. Thank you, doctor. Bree and Clint. Been away for a couple of weeks, Clint. And before we left, we were doing something called

Good Feeling News. Oh, yeah, we were doing something called Good Feeling News. Oh yeah, we were too, yeah. Do we still have our thing for that? Do we still have our thing? I think Producer Ben is on the case. I hope so. But essentially it's where we just talk about a few good news stories that are kicking around the world

because I feel like we need those at the moment. Yeah, we definitely do. Yeah, and it's good to reflect on those. I get a good feeling. Sorry, it just came through, so I had to. Perfect. Yeah, it just came through. So this is today's good feeling news.

I get a good feeling. This is so lovely, and this story warmed my heart, and it's about a guy that lives in Brooklyn over in New York, and he's essentially a landlord to about 200 people, 200 tenants. He owns 80 apartments in the area that he's in. Whoa. So obviously he's done very well in his life. He must be a baby boomer.

He does. He's 59 so he's spot on. Yeah, exactly right. Yes. That's who owns all spot on. Yeah, exactly right. Yeah. Yes. That's who owns all the houses. Yeah, pretty much. His name is Mario and he decided that after the last however many weeks where obviously everyone's doing it tough and, you know, things are really looking dire for people,

he has decided to cancel this month's rent for all 200 tenants. And here's a little clip of him talking about it. It's not about being cool. It's about people's health. And I would hope other people could pass this down. I have my roots here, and I'm not really worried about winning or losing anything. I'm just worried about the people's health.

And one of Mario's co-workers shared this card with me. It was sent to Mario today. It says, I'm unable to work my job right now. And this was such a huge help during this unsettling and stressful time. That's enormous. Isn't that crazy? Like, I can't even imagine how much money that would be for a whole month. And no one owns 80 apartments either. He's definitely got debt and mortgages and all that stuff that he has to pay. Most landlords aren't able to do that. Lots of people in New Zealand talk about, they go, the government's got to freeze rent.

But they actually can't if the landlords still have a mortgage to pay. It's got to go up the chain. So for him to do that is mega. That's huge. Huge. And I think that line where he said, you know, I'm not worried about what I'm losing or what's going to happen. I'm just worried about people's health and safety.

I mean, pretty amazing thing to do for 200 people. They're getting slammed in New York by coronavirus, so that's enormous. Also, side note, how cool is the Brooklyn accent? I love the Brooklyn accent. You know? It's not about winning or losing. It's about doing the right thing for people That's not it

What are you talking about? I think I got it closer Coronavirus, get out of here man I'm walking here Look, I think something people might be missing Over the last however many weeks Which I think is going to lift a little bit when Jacinda takes us to stage three this Monday night. I love the vision of Jacinda taking us there.

When you say that, I envision her on the bridge. Yeah. I picture her on a spaceship, like on Star Trek. And she's pulling the lever and the spaceship slows down and we're at level three. She's the captain. Yeah. And she's hopefully, you know, we're going to go into that stage three next Monday, which means online shopping.

People are probably going to do a lot more of online shopping, but maybe not after this story. There's a girl, her name is Jessica Smith. She thought she would do some online shopping. She thought she would go into eBay and just have a look at some of the deals that were going on because she heard from one of her friends that some adult toys were available for cheap on eBay at the time. Oh, isn't eBay secondhand stuff? No!

You really have no idea what eBay is, do you? We don't have eBay. What? We don't have eBay in New Zealand. What? We don't have eBay. Are you sure? We don't have eBay.

You can go on the- I literally used eBay like a month ago. You'll be using the Australian one though. Like you don't, like we got Trade Me. Like who's using, just tell me and it's fine if you're using eBay. But is eBay secondhand stuff like Trade Me or is, who's using... Just tell me, and it's fine if you're using eBay, but is eBay secondhand stuff like Trade Me, or is it new stuff? It can be secondhand, but there's a heap of new stuff.

It's everything. Yeah, right, okay. It's absolutely everything. I disagree. I think people are using eBay. I don't know. But I just... Sorry, I had pictured this Jessica woman going onto eBay

to buy herself some secondhand adult toys off eBay. People set up online shops where they sell all brand new stuff. It's all brand new. She's went on there and she's decided she'd purchase herself a little gift for herself because obviously she's in

isolation. She's lonely. I get it. I understand. And she's went on there. She's one of those inflatable men with the big inflatable donger on it. Okay, you've taken it too far. Slash women don't buy those, I'm telling you. It's not a thing for the ladies. Anyway, she's went on there and do you know when you go onto a website

that you might not have an account with and it takes ages to set up, you can just press buy something as a guest? Yes. You know when you can something as a guest. Yes. You know when you can do that? Yep, yep, yep. So that's what she's thought she's done. She's went on there. She's like, yep, I want to check out as a guest,

and I want to purchase this for however many pounds it was. Anyway, so she's bought it. As many pounds as you like if you own it. Am I right? I shouldn't have said pounds in that situation, should I? Definitely shouldn't have said pounds. Anyway, so she's purchased this thing. The confirmation has been sent,

and that is where she had pure terror and regret go through her body. Why? Because it was at that point she has realised that she did not purchase it on a guest account. She purchased it on her mother's eBay account. Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. And that's when she received a text message from her mother

four minutes later saying, what is this? Did you just buy this on my account? Question mark. Then she also said, the mother continued to text, Are you lonely? Laughing face, laughing face. Then she replied with,

Perhaps you need your own eBay. I think at that point, you have to just say it was a gift for your mum. You've got to go, That doesn't make it any less awkward. No, it definitely does. You go, Oh, I thought you'd be into it. I'd rather her think that I'm buying it for her than buying it for myself.

Maybe that's screwed logic. Maybe you could play it off because it was around Easter time and you could say, here, mum, I bought you a rabbit for one. Over the weekend, Lady Gaga held a worldwide concert, basically via Zoom. She got all these artists to come in and perform live in a live stream, and she broadcast it around the world. It was called the One World Together something.

Super catchy. Basically, it was a tribute to all the health workers and the frontline staff fighting against coronavirus. Yeah, that's awesome. And it's so cool to see how innovative people are and doing great things and just getting on with things and doing what they can, I guess. And the people who are willing to pillage their own contacts list

and go, you know what? This is for a good reason. I am Lady Gaga. You are my friend. This is the right time to do this concert. Yeah. So she was able to call on people like Celine Dion was part of the concert. She had Andrea Bocelli in the concert as well.

Iconic. Yes. She had Michelle Obama speaking in the event. Very cool. She also had George Bush's wife in there as well. Less iconic, but she was still in there. She was in it. She had performances from Stevie Wonder.

Oh, yeah. Awesome. She managed to get Taylor Swift to perform. Here's a little bit of Taylor Swift in the concert. Just her and a piano, I assume, singing into her phone. Amazing. Stream to the world. Lady Gaga herself performed in the concert as well. Smile, though your heart is breaking.

Smile, even though we're thinking. self-performed in the concert as well. How beautiful is that? I love her. Yeah, right? She's just amazing. She got the Rolling Stones to perform. And you've got to remember that all four of the Rolling Stones were performing from their own individual houses slash mansions, and they still sounded as good as this.

That's amazing. And you've got to realise in that too, Charlie Watts, the drummer of the Rolling Stones, didn't even have a drum kit. He's just drumming on a box. Is he? Yeah. Incredible.

And one of the biggest stars that Lady Gaga had part of her One World Something concert to raise awareness for frontline workers was Sir Elton John. And Sir Elton John went out to his backyard on his piano, and we've got a little bit of his performance here as well. This is good too for all the Kiwis who didn't get to see him when he was here in New Zealand. Here's a little bit of Sir Elton John's performance.

You can never know what it's like You're blood like winter freezes just like ice There's a cold and lonely light that shines from you You wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mess you use Pretty good, right? I just think about what her black book or her phone contacts list is like. If these are just the people she's gotten at the last minute or she's called upon yeah yeah totally can you imagine and it was all going so well as well until

Elton John hit the chorus Like a little cat, I'm still standing after all that time. Back on up the piece that's got my life without a child on my mind. I'm still diving, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm still diving, yeah, yeah, yeah. Is he making up the words? Mate, you can't blame him He's in isolation He's clearly had

You know I think he has A couple of bourbons Well actually he's sober He's been sober for 25 years Yeah that was before He was until lockdown right? I was going to say

It's pretty boring in here Yeah Either way What an amazing thing What an amazing effort Incredible That's what you missed out on At the Elton John gig.