ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – December 12th 2019

Episode Date: December 12, 2019

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Hello everybody and welcome to the podcast. Who's still got Christmas shopping left to do? That's the admin that's on everyone's mind this time of year, right? You do? Yeah. Why don't you just do it all online? You buy everything else online. I can't because I have to then cart it all the way back to Australia. Why don't you get it shipped to your parents' house?

I know, but my parents' house is in the middle of nowhere, so it takes forever. Why don't you get it shipped to your brother's house? Oh yeah. He also lives in the middle of nowhere now. He lives in Toowo't you get shipped to your brother's house? Oh yeah. He also lives in the middle of nowhere now. He lives in Toowoomba. Now I feel like you're being difficult.

Or I'm coming to you with the solutions and all you're giving me is problems. Yeah, a little bit. Yeah, okay. But no, but to be honest

there's that thing now where it's like will you get it on time anyway? If you buy stuff online it's too late, right? It's fine. Just wear a bow home and say you're the present.

I'll just get him a gift card. Gift card, yeah. Love a gift card. Everyone who's asked me what I want for Christmas, I've just said gift card. Love it. Bunnings gift card, JB Hi-Fi gift card, King's Plant Barn gift card.

Yes. Ready to go. King's Plant Barn. King's Plant Barn, everything you need. Oh, yeah, I've heard that ad. Yeah, it's a good ad. Yeah, it's's a plant barn Is that the one near St Luke's There is one near St Luke's Okay who's got Christmas shopping left out there

Ellie Me yes plenty of it I don't have that much actually No I've got like all the important people Mum, dad, sister, boyfriend Nah don't you and your sister get your mum and dad a joint one? Yeah, and we haven't even started thinking about that either. Do I have to get my sister a Christmas present

even though she's getting married four days, five days later? No. Yes. This is the rule, and Brie knows the rule. If you have a birthday within 14 days... Fuck you guys, I know where this is going. If you have a birthday Within 14 days Of a special occasion

Fuck off Yeah Combo No Fuck you all Double prison Combo I don't even celebrate

My birthday anymore Because no one remembers Do you celebrate New Year's though? No I don't I'm not a New Year's person I'm a big Christmas person Not a big New Year's person Is that the same for you?

Yeah Unless I'm going to a festival But even then I'm like You and me spent As New Year's person. Is that the same for you? Yeah. Unless I'm going to a festival. But even then, I'm like... You and me spent as New Year's together a few years ago. Past midnight, though. I don't remember seeing you. You know why New Year's... I think I went home because I was...

No, I think I... No, you went home and edited a video. That's right. Oh, Jesus. What a legend. You know why I think New Year's is a bit of a downer? Well, for me personally. New Year's is one of those things where if it's super organised

and you're like, oh, it's going to be a huge night and there's all this expectation, those nights are never good. It's build-ups, G. Yeah, those nights are never very good. Yeah, which is, yeah, you've got to hit the sweet spot of organise enough that something good could happen. Maybe. But then don't put any pressure on it.

Put yourself in the opportunity like opportunities way yeah yeah that's why festivals at new year's is like the headline like oh better not muck up mate you've got a big job mate oh that pressure for new year's yeah like the countdown the one before new year's has a big job the one after midnight not so much because people don't tend to remember too much. And I'm out. Yeah. People generally clock out mentally at the fireworks. Have you guys had like a spontaneous New Year's kiss? You know, like you see in the movies? Like a random?

No, it doesn't have to be random, but something that's not organised. No. Nah. You mean like spring it on someone like non-conceptual? Like, you know, like it's classic that at New Year's, especially if you're in a nightclub, everyone kisses each other. Yeah. That's what I'm asking.

Have you had one? No. A random asked me and I said, no. Really? And then I just didn't kiss anyone. What was his name? His name. Oh, no.

No. Whatever you're doing this holiday season Be safe and remember Jesus is the real reason Jesus is king Christmas is his birthday And New Year's Day is What was New Year's Day? That's his Easter And then Easter is his birthday

We're venturing into dodgy territory here. We'll just click into the podcast. Should we get into the podcast? Let's go into the podcast. Let me just check. Does anyone want to get into the podcast? Yeah. Three, two, one.

Podcast. Kia ora, New Zealand. Happy Thursday afternoon. You're not far from holidays now, people. Not far. Well, most people. Sorry for everyone. I think people are quite far from it.

No, I reckon next week and then people are out of here. Oh, yeah, okay. A week and two days. I thought you were talking about tomorrow. No, I'm saying a week and a bit. Oh, yeah. Not far. Well, we go tomorrow and I forget that not everybody does.

Yeah. Yeah. Sorry, not sorry, by the way. If we finish tomorrow and I am excited to do absolutely nothing. No, you've got a baby to look after. That's what I mean by nothing. I mean change, nappies. Definitely not nothing.

Today on the show, your second to last day to play the nine days of Star Wars with us. We've got nine doors on the board in studio thanks to Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker, which comes out in cinemas December 19. At five o'clock, you can call us and you can open a door. Someone won 500 bucks cash off us yesterday. Yeah, I know. A ton of money up for grabs with that. We've also got your chance to go see Camila Cabello in LA.

We're going to do that just after four o'clock if you want to be seeing her go on a trip. And we're giving away free fuel as well just before five with What's The Plot? But you're going to have to take me down. What a great show today. This show has everything. Also, we also have in like before 3.30, tell them about Christmified. Oh, we're launching our Christmas album today. Yeah, we're launching, pretty much we've created our own Christmas album

with all your favourite hits that you've heard on the radio this year. And we've pretty much just ripped those off but turned them into Christmas songs. Yeah, Chuck Away Your Booble. Mariah Carey. Been. Mariah Carey. Bin Your Mariah Carey. Get Rid of the Frank Sinatra. This album has it all. Like Ariana Grande, Christmified.

Yeah. It's good. It's exciting. It's good for Christmas. Next though, you want to talk about stuff that you've been stealing from hotels? No, I read an article about what rich people steal from five-star hotels. Oh, right, you read an article, did you? Gotcha.

Mate, I'm stealing the shampoos and conditioners. You're allowed those. This thing that they're stealing, not so much. Okay, we'll find out what it is after Miley Cyrus on ZM. ZM, Spree and Clint, the podcast. Look, I mean, we've all done it, been at a hotel and we've thought, oh, I'm going to take those little shampoos and conditioners. Have you not taken them?

No, I have. No, come on. The nice ones. I have. I put them in my toilet bag and I go, oh, those would be good travel ones. And then you never use them. And then I never use them because anywhere that you travel to has more of them. But you feel like you got your money's worth when you take them.

Yeah. But a new study has revealed as to what luxury hotels, so I'm talking the super fancy five-star top-of-the-range hotels. So like a Four Seasons type thing in New York City? Yeah, the best of the best. Hilton hotels and that sort of thing? All that kind of stuff, the suites. This survey has revealed what gets stolen from those hotel rooms.

Okay. Because you'd think, obviously, super rich, wealthy people stay in those kind of hotels. Yeah, they should have a really nice clock radio in those rooms. Probably. They'd have really nice everything. Yeah. I don't think rich people would steal things. But that's it, right?

You wouldn't think that. But a survey has revealed, because there's a lot of hotels who have taken part, and they have all said that there is one thing that gets stolen the most from super luxurious hotels. Okay. What do you think it would be? The robes. Yeah, that's pretty standard, I think. Yeah.

But it's not that. It's not that. It is the mattresses. Eh? A lot of people, apparently from luxury hotels, the mattresses go missing. How do you steal a mattress? Well, that's interesting because they've actually talked about,

yeah, how does a guest manage to steal a mattress out of a hotel room? Yeah. Apparently, according to this, one of the guys who runs one of the hotels, he believes that guests will most likely attempt to take the mattress at night time when the reception desk isn't open. And what? Take it down to their car? Put it into the lift? Yeah. Take what? Take it down to their car? Put it into the lift,

take it all the way down to the car park, and boom. This doesn't seem feasible. Isn't it crazy? It doesn't. And what? Because mattresses don't fit into it. Because if you're stealing,

most hotels, nice hotels, king-size bed. And they'll have really nice mattresses. How do you fit it? What sort of car have you got? I don't know. Did you bring a trailer? Do you have a horse float? Apparently, it's really common.

You know what else goes missing from these really nice hotels? I was going to say like the telephone, but after hearing that, probably like the wiring from inside the walls. TVs go missing often, which I mean that's easier, isn't it? No, no. Some big TVs too. They're saying even like 60-inch TVs go missing. Coffee machines, like full-on espresso machines.

Oh, yeah. I can see someone nicking like an espresso or something. Because that can fit in your suitcase. Yeah. Well, they're talking the big ones. Yeah, but big suitcase. Anything that you can fit in your suitcase, I understand. Yeah, TV I don't think would be fitting in the suitcase.

TV is nothing. And not a mattress. What are you doing? You're checking out and they're going, sir, is that a TV from our room? And you go, no, I bought this one. When I travel, I like to have my own television. And I like to take it out of the box. I like to, yeah.

Yeah. So, yeah, apparently they're the three most common things that go missing from five-star hotels. And then apparently batteries and remotes are the thing that goes missing the most from four-star hotels. Oh, yeah. I can see that. Batteries is a good one. Who's rich enough to be in a four-star hotel and needs to steal batteries?

I have a question for you guys. Yeah. Are batteries free game in a hotel? Oh. Yeah. A batteries-free game in a hotel. Yeah. They're on the cusp. Yeah. What about light bulbs? No.

No? No. I feel like they'd be in the same category. No, anything fixed to the wall is not up for grabs. No. But the light bulb is fixed to the lamp. I'm talking the lamp. Oh, damn.

You've got me on a technicality. So not fixed to the wall? Okay, yeah, you can have a light bulb is fixed to the lamp. I'm talking the lamp. Oh, damn. You've got me on a technicality. So not fixed to the wall. Okay, yeah, you can have a light bulb. Yeah. Light bulb? What about, I mean, toilet paper? I mean, free game. Toilet paper.

Just so you used it all. Yeah, that's a big go. Easier to get away with toilet paper than it is. Pillow cases? No. No, you don't want a pillow case. No, you don't want those. And to be honest, who wants a mattress that a heap of people have slept on

and done other things on? That's what I don't get about people who steal the pillows. I had a friend who used to go into hotels. Oh, they do have nice pillows though. Yeah, so they would go in with their cheap $5 Briscoes pillow. This is what my mum has done. And they'd switch it out for the nice hotel pillow. 150 people have drooled on that pillow.

And you want to take that home as your special pillow. Treat yourself to a nice pillow. You know what? You know what? You know what? Buying yourself a nice pillow is cheaper than a hotel room. So. Well, that's true.

But I mean, it is right there and it's so comfy. Yeah, I mean, but if you're going for the thrill of the steal, then. The thrill of the steal. Well, logic doesn't apply. Not true. You're like, oh, I could get away with this. Have you ever filled up the minibar bottles with water afterwards? No.

Brie and Clint, the podcast. ZM. This is exciting because Christmas, very close, it's coming up and of course the boot blazer will be on and the marae carries, but for a long time there's been no new Christmas music. Nah.

Nah, no good ones. No. We've been waiting for some for a while. Taylor Swift released a song the other day. Is it a Christmas song? It's a Christmas song. The Jonas Brothers put one out? Yeah.

But no one's cutting through with those hot classics, you know? We haven't got a new All I Want for Christmas or a Last Christmas in a long, long time. Which is why I'm excited because there's an album that's about to drop. We've actually got our hands on the exclusive first play of the teaser for the Christmas album. Yeah, I would, I mean, no, this is a big statement. I'd say instant classic. I'd say it's going to go platinum.

Yeah, I'd say at least platinum. Yeah, so we've got the teaser here if you guys want to hear it. A new Christmas album. It's called to go platinum. Yeah, I'd say at least platinum. Yeah. So we've got the teaser here if you guys want to hear it. Our new Christmas album. It's called Christmified. Is your family Christmas missing something? Have you ever thought to yourself, wow, I'd love all the hits of 2019,

Christmified, converted into a cassette, thrown out and reworked onto a disc, thrown like a frisbee, changed into an MP3 and then conveniently played on your favourite radio station? You and me both. Christmified has all your favourites.

Including this tearjerker classic from Lewis Capaldi. Christmified by Sole Mio. Someone you loved is now Christmas lunch you shoved. In your big fat gob. Christmified. Christmas day is into nightfall

And I'm so full Cause I got through it all Should've put the trifle down And the pav and ham I was getting kinda used to Unbuttoned in my bed Christmas Day Mmm, who's hungry?

Me, but wait, there's more Not much, but it still counts Is Ariana Grande your jam? Well, what about this? Classic from Benny Gift cards? Thank you Next One is for Kmart

One is for Bunnings One expires in April, now that's not amazing. See you've paid and I've lost, these gift cards I don't need. So look what I got, and look what you bought me. And for that I say, thank you, next present, thank you, next present, thank you. Next. Present. Thank you. Next. Present. Thank you. Next. I'm so ungrateful. Where is my cash?

Thank you. Next. Present. Thank you. Next. Present. Thank you. Next.

I'm so ungrateful. Where is my cash? Christmified. I agree, Benny. Vouchers for Christmas can get f***ed. Get out of here with that weak s***, am I right? Plus, we've even... Christmified.

A track for people in those families. You know, the festively fighty kind. Mitch James' Bright Blue Skies is now... Big Family Fights. Christmified. All the families here at home. The beers are flowing and now we're in the zone. A family fight breaks out and now it's on.

Just another goddamn Christmas for everyone. Christmas five. Seriously, if I get socks one more time, test me, see what I'm going to absolutely sock someone in the... OK, OK, OK, OK. The album also includes your other favourites. Like Uncle Tony's Drunk Again, Rudolph Has a Rash and the track of the year... Ho, ho, ho.

Santa Hits the Street. My personal favourite. Christmas Five 2019. Not available now on iTunes, Spotify or where any good music is sold. I mean, I'm getting it. I'm buying too. ZM Spree and Clint, the podcast. Let's go to the latest.

From iHeartRadio. This is... The latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Hey, Dean, we've got you on the line. Tell us this news out today in regards to Harvey Weinstein. Yeah, you know, this story's been going on for, oh my goodness, almost

two years now. Here's the update on this one. It appears they've reached a settlement deal with all of the class action victims that obviously reached out to him in a civil court. Here's the thing. They're looking at $25 million that actually his insurance company will pay.

I know that sounds bizarre, but they will. And that's looking at around up to $500,000 per victim. And then on top of that, would you believe, so $25 million, the legal bill is an extra $20 million. So that is how this crazy figure has got to $45 million. And that, of course, excludes his criminal case where he's being accused of sexual assault, which he'll go to court for in January. Right. So I was thinking this $45 million means that he can avoid prison,

but that's not the case. He might still be going to prison for what he's done. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So he still has three sexual assault cases against him, which he will go to court for. But the civil case, all done and dusted, it looks like. $45 million. That's a lot of money. That's really bizarre that the insurance company is going to pay $25 million. Yeah.

So what do you put down on your insurance form? What was he exactly insured for? Yeah, how do you take out sexual assault insurance? No idea. Being a disgusting human being, is that what you wrote? Yeah, it was the Weinstein Company. So essentially, I guess these massive corporations have insurance

for when their key staff members get sued for this type of action. And I guess that's how it rolled out. But yeah, the Weinstein Company is the one and their insurance company will actually pay it. Interesting. Okay, and then he still has to go to court for the criminal charges as well.

Yes. Okay, well, that's one way to end the year for those. At least they're getting something out of it, I guess. At least someone's seeing some sort of... I just think no amount of money is ever going to... Absolutely not. ...be the right amount for those people. And I think they need justice

and he needs to be put in prison. He has to go to prison. He has to. You can't do that sort of thing and not go to prison. It just sets a double standard for the rich as opposed to regular people. What, because you can pay the best lawyers and pay your way out of it? No, thank you. Okay, that's the latest live

out of Hollywood with our Hollywood correspondent, Dean McCarthy, brought to you by Amplify Kombucha. Taste Amplified. Bree and Clint, the podcast. As the year draws to a close, we are reminiscing on what has been a pretty big year for everybody. And there's been heaps of stuff going on in this show.

So much so that you forget about it. So much so that you... There's a lot. You hear our highlights real late, we're about to do, and you go, oh yeah, that's right, we drove the length of the country

in a decrepit half van, half ute. I haven't forgotten that. I can say decrepit now because it's sold. You leave her alone. She's an icon. It's a piece of Kiwiana. Don't talk about the dead like that. Let's take a listen now to another episode of our 2019 scrapbook.

Ah, once upon a time, earlier this year, previous to now, Brie and Clint's 2019 scrapbook. Page 17910. One of our favourite callers this year was a guy called Nathan. Hi, Nathan. Hello. Nathan, what is the thing you do because your partner loves it but you hate it? I go and see my mother-in-law. Oh, come on, Nathan. Hello. Nathan, what is the thing you do because your partner loves it but you hate it?

I go and see my mother-in-law. Oh, come on, Nathan. There must be one good thing about going to see your mother-in-law. Honestly, you look up devil in the dictionary, there is a photo of her. Does your partner know you feel this way about her mother? Yep. And she still makes you go? Yep.

And you still go? Occasionally. God, Nathan, you just made this real dark. After Nathan's bold claim, we received this text. We had a guy call up, and what did he say? He said, what do you do that your partner loves but you absolutely hate? He said, I visit my mother-in-law. He said that he didn't like her very much.

Anyway, we've had this text come through on the text machine. When your partner calls up and proclaims his dislike for his mother-in-law on the radio, turns out that said mother-in-law is in the car with me and recognised his voice. The sheet has heat. Defeat. Defeat. How awkward is that? Oh dear, we thought we'd ruined a family.

But don't worry, at 4.07 on the 7th of August, Nathan called back. The man who said it originally has called back through because he now feels the need to clarify things. Welcome back to the show, Nathan. Hi Nathan. Hello. Is this your girlfriend texting the show or is it not? No, no, no, my wife's at home and my mother-in-law's still at work, so it's not her. So you think it's a different Nathan

who has a very similar voice to you? Well, it might be because I spoke to my mother-in-law and she said she was still at work. Well, you've now caused a family drama in this other family, Nathan. Well, there's multiple Nathans that hate their mother-in-law. I don't hate, it's just a certain dislike. God, how punishing.

Especially her cooking. You're not stopping, are you? How punishing was that phone call that you had to make to her just then to clarify? Oh, it was quite fun because she didn't know I was ringing. And you said, hey, you don't happen to be listening to ZM right now. No, I just asked if she was still at work. All right. Spanky.

All good. Well, thanks for calling up because other mother-in-law who's in the car... Would be feeling bad. Yeah. There's no guarantee that your Nathan hates you. He might still. He might, but like I said, no guarantee. Tune in tomorrow for another page of Brian Clem's 2019 scrapbook.

That was such a journey. And if that certain Nathan that was just on the scrapbook there's mother-in-law's listening right now, sorry. Merry Christmas. Yeah, Merry Christmas. She's knocked off work for the year and she's gone, ah, I'm going to relax and listen to my favourite radio show, Bree and Clint.

Just thought about that and I was like, what if she's listening now? Yeah. Oh well. It's people who want to share that sort of stuff on the radio that make this stuff worth listening to.

It makes the show. We appreciate you every single day. ZM Spree and Clint, the podcast. Welcome to the studio. One of the producers on this show, producer Ellie. Hello, everybody. Now, for the last few days, you've been complaining about a medical issue that you've had. Yes.

Complaining to the wrong people. And today you've got some results that you would like to share with us. Is that right? Yeah. So basically earlier in the week, my right ear was in a bit of pain and I started getting a bit of a headache as well. And I was like, ooh, ear infection. Ellie described it as her dominant ear.

Yes, it was. My dominant ear. I don't believe you've got a dominant ear. She's like, if you're talking, she's like, sorry, what? Like, I'm right-handed. Must mean my right ear is my dominant ear the doctor's like

which ear do you listen with yeah no it's when I have my headset on and stuff you know it's used a lot so I thought I'll

book a doctor's appointment yeah did that $80 later she said I can't see enough because you've got too much

wax in there so paid $80 and she said you need to go and get them suctioned which I actually do get regularly so this morning

it's so gross and you can actually see it coming out. I've had that done before too. Does it feel good though? Is it like the ultimate? It's like satisfying and tickling. But then afterwards you can hear again. You didn't realise how much you couldn't hear.

So then they wanted me to clear it so they could have a better look in there. She's clearing it out. Paid another 60 bucks. And then she said, oh, you know, I can see a little red bit here. It's a pimple. So you had a pimple in your ear? An internal pimple. So your inner ear issues are down to a pimple.

Yes, I paid $140 for a bloody pimple. I'm so annoyed. Yeah, that can happen because pimples can get real sore. They can, yeah. So you've paid all this money and you've seen medical professionals. Do they have some super clear assault that they can put on it or something? No, no. Do they inject it with something that makes the pimple disappear?

You've got to wait until the pimple's gone. You've got to wait, yeah. Because you can't even get in there to squeeze it. No, you actually can't, but it's sore. It's really weird. So I spent all that money for basically nothing. What did you think it was going to be? Because you were quite worried.

Oh, I was freaking out. Because Ellie said to me, she said to me today, I'm going to be late. I need to get this sorted. I need to go to the doctor. Yeah, your ears are a big thing in your day to day, especially if you're in radio. Exactly.

And anything in the head freaks me out a bit. I'm like, why am I sore in my head? You know? But don't worry, guys. Just a pimple. Freaked out for no reason. That's so weird. Literally in the last two days,

I thought my bra was getting too small for me because I was like, God, this strap is driving me insane. And it's actually a pimple right on my bra strap. That's so strange. I thought I was developing a third nipple. Pimple. No, that is a third nipple. Same size as your regular nipples.

Okay, that's funny. We can do something with this because I feel like it's a semi-common situation where you over-diagnose yourself. People who Google a lot are victims of this. You build yourself up to believe that you have something or there's something particular

wrong with you. I hate it. I feel so sorry because I mean, I do this all the time. Don't Google it. Don't Google it. For God's sake. No, that's the one thing you shouldn't use the internet for. So you build yourself.

You think you have something and then when you finally get it checked out, it turns out to be something way less serious. I remember one time I thought I had Lyme's disease. I was convinced.

I was like, I've got it. I've got the Lyme's disease. Turns out it wasn't that at all. Lyme's disease. I was convinced. I was like, I've got it! I've got the Lyme's disease. Turns out it wasn't that at all. Lyme juice. Was it? No, I think it was a real bad hangover. Okay, share with us what ended up being quite a

minor diagnosis in the end. 0800 dial ZM or you can text it to 9696 and hey, because it's nearly Christmas, if you've got a good story, we might be able to find you some free mobile fuel this afternoon. Yes. Brie and Clint, the podcast.

ZM. One of our team, producer Ali, fairly convinced she had some drastic inner ear issue. Been to two doctors, a wax specialist, had her ear suctioned. They couldn't even see in there there was that much wax, to be honest. Too much wax in the ear canal. Turns out it was a what? A pimple.

Yeah, a pimple. Turns out it was a pimple. That's why you don't Google things, kids. Yeah, and I think that's why it pays to go to a doctor straight away. Anything you're concerned about, go to the doctor. Just get it off your plate, you know. We've asked you what did you think you had, which turned out to be a whole lot less serious than it actually was in the end.

Someone texted and said, I had a pretty big lump on my neck, and I'm a chronic Googler, so I diagnosed myself with every cancer under the sun. That's what Google does. Yeah, it just tells you it's cancer. Yeah, you go, I've got a hook nail in that goes, you have cancer. Turned out it was caused by stress. My doctor said, don't stress and it will go away.

Thanks, doc. Nice work, doctor. I like this one. Went to the doctor because I found a lump in my breast. I had just lost 15 kilos and it turned out it was actually a rib that was just below my breast that I couldn't feel before I'd lost the weight. Whoa. That's crazy.

I mean, that's lucky that you went to the doctor, though. Good to go to the doctor anyway. Because lump and weight loss combined. Can you imagine the doctor sitting there going, ah, that's actually a rib. That's your bones. That's a rib. You just have never been able to feel them before.

Hey, Lydia, welcome to the show. Hi. What was it for you, Lydia? What did you think you had first? Oh, I thought, well, I'll tell you the story. So I thought I had the flu. So I went to the doctor and as I was sitting there, it was like a two-hour wait and I was so sick.

And I sat there for two hours and I was reading the measles list when there was like a real measles outbreak. Yeah. And I was like, oh, my gosh, I've got all those symptoms but the rash. I've definitely got measles, like hands down. So I went up to the lady at the checkout and I was like, look, I've got all the symptoms. I think I've got measles.

And she was like, oh my gosh, put a mask on right now. Yeah, get in this chamber. Get in this locked room. Yeah, and put me in this locked room. And then I sat there for five hours and they forgot about me. And it was six o'clock and the nurse came and knocked on the door and went, oops, we forgot about you. We'll just get you in with the doctor now.

And the doctor sat me down and looked me over and said, yeah, you've just got the flu, you'll be fine. You'll be right. You were like, well, can you not leave me out here? Because I started to think I've got everything else. You're too nice. I wouldn't have waited more than 45 minutes before I started going, excuse me, it's me, measles girl.

I've got measles. I'm going to give it to everyone. If you don't come and sort me out, I'll give you measles. There's some really good text. I'm glad you're okay, Lydia. Thank you. Glad it wasn't measles. There's some really good text coming through.

Someone said, I used Dr. Google and ended up thinking I was dying from brain cancer because I had really bad headaches. Turns out, after I got my eyes tested, I just really needed glasses. Oh, wow. Good outcome. Great outcome. These are all great outcomes, by the way. Great outcome.

What about this one? I self-diagnosed myself with dyslexia. Went to the professionals to see what they could do about it. Turns out I'm just dumb, not dyslexic. I knew you were going to say that. That's what they said. If you can spell dyslexic, you're not dumb. And also, if you can write that, at least you're funny.

Yeah, and that means you're not dumb. Yeah, it means you're not dumb. It's a sign of intelligence. Adrian's here. G'day, Adrian. Oh, how you doing? G'day. What did you first think it was and then what did it turn out to be?

Right, it was about 20-plus years ago, and I was going through it with this young lady at the time, and we'd done the deed, and the following day I woke up, and there's all these little spots all over my gentleman's love sausage, like I say, and it's all over, and I'm thinking, oh my God, I've got an STD, what am I going to do? So I go to the doctor, the doctor drops my pants and he has a look at it and he said, what happened to this girl last night? I think I've got an STD and he said, well, it's not an STD, what have you

done? I explained what happened and it turned out that I squeezed the thing too hard to stop myself getting a shot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I, yeah, that was it really and I just squeezed a bit too hard. Sorry, yeah, it was just a pillage. Adrian, Adrian, there's a lot to unpack here.

Well, you know what they did say, Adrian? Your mum said if you play with it too much, it'll fall off. It nearly did. Can we also stop pretending we're okay with the term gentleman's love sausage? Well, it's to try to keep it clean. Adrian! That's the first thing that sprung to mind. No, I appreciated the creativity on that.

Thanks for the call, mate. Merry Christmas. Thanks, Adrian. Give Adrian the fuel. Good luck with that love sausage of yours around, mate. There's a bet running on this show currently, which will result

tomorrow in one of us eating cat food. Yeah, to finish out the year. Live on the radio. The bet is that Friends will or won't make,

no, will announce a comeback before the end of the year. I've bet that they will and you've wagered that they won't.

There is just over 24 hours remaining in this wager for the Friends Corporation to come through with some news. And let's just say it's looking very, very grim for you, mate. Or is it? Something you don't know, but in the background, the producers and I have been working on something. Okay. Because I anticipate there to be an announcement

that there will be a Friends reunion, and I still hold out hope. I mean, they're leaving it extremely late in my opinion, but I hold out hopes that that's going to happen. In the background, we've been working on a big Friends interview for the show to celebrate the launch. Yeah, cool.

And we've been in talks to get one of the cast members on the show. Is it Gunther? Yeah. Is it? Yeah, it was Gunther. Hey! No, cool! Gunther? Gunther's a good get. No, yeah, no, good. Gunther's a good get. I'm excited.

Behind Ross, Rachel, Joey, Monica, Phoebe, Chandler, Gunther's seventh. And some say Gunther is the seventh friend. It has been said beforeler Gunther's seventh and some say Gunther is the seventh friend it has been said before that Gunther's the seventh friend to any true fan I don't think says that

anyway we were this close to getting him on the hook and producer Ben you've received an email from Gunther whose real name is James Michael Tyler

of course yeah from his people yeah we all know his name he's a hugely popular huge star household name massive massive friends cast member couldn't do a reunion without him yeah we couldn't Of course, yeah. From his people. Yeah, we all know his name. He's a hugely popular... Huge star. Household name. Massive.

Massive Friends cast member. Couldn't do a reunion without him. Yeah, we couldn't. So I got an email this morning at 8am from the label, from his manager. Do you want me to read it? Yes, please. Okay, here we go. Thank you for the email, Ben.

James Michael Taylor does not have the details on the Friends reunion and does not feel like he would have enough to say. He respectfully would like to decline. He doesn't have enough to say. He respectfully would like to decline. He doesn't have enough to say because there isn't one. He, or, or, he's been put under lock and key because the reunion is still top secret and they don't want Gunther to break the big news just yet. It's him that is saying there's details on the Friends reunion.

Yeah, yeah. I didn't even say that. And that's a very, very good point. What details? This is good detective work. It says in the email, Bree, and you can see it there, James Michael Taylor does not have enough details on the Friends reunion. So they're referring to the reunion.

That's in this email. He doesn't have the details. Third Hill Entertainment, Michael James Tyler, also known as Gunther's People, have referred to a friend's reunion. Look, I hear panic in your voice and you can... Yeah, because it's excitement. You can scramble all you like, but it doesn't matter because you're going to be eating cat food tomorrow

regardless of what Gunther says. Ben, if you could just email them back again and just let them know the time pressures that we're under. Yeah. Like, I don't know if Gunther's people understand that. Should I still be trying to get them on the show tomorrow? Yes, please. Okay, cool.

Yeah. Yeah, do it when Clint is eating the catfish. Yeah, that'd be good. Bree and Clint, the podcast. ZM. We knew this day was coming. For the last two weeks, maybe you didn't know this day was coming if you're listening. But earlier this year, I made a very stupid, some might say bold purchase of a half van, half ute vehicle, the Venute. The Venute.

And, yeah, look, it's pretty upsetting. It's okay. You can get through this. Put it up for auction two weeks ago on Trade Me. And I'm sad to say that the Venute has officially sold. I've written a little something to send her off. It's only fitting and I appreciate the fact that you have. Thank you everyone for coming today.

The old saying goes, people come and go, but materialistic things are forever. But unfortunately this thing was a someone with a heart and a soul the Venute. I will miss how sore my arms felt driving you or how sweaty we both got driving you down the country. She doesn't have any air conditioning. She's got nothing.

She doesn't even have a heater. No. I will miss the looks that we all used to get when we were rolling down the motorway or how hard it was for all of us to change your gears. I will look back on the memories

of you fondly, my Big Red. Go forth on your next journey we love you here at the Brian Clint Show did you say anything about how the like there's no seal around the doors and when we're driving it's real windy inside even when the windows are up it is very loud in there

but you know what she had a loud personality she did have a loud personality just say the bit about there. But you know what? She had a loud personality. She did have a loud personality, yeah. Just say the bit about I know it's probably best not to say that. No, don't say that. Parting is such sweet sorrow. But for you, sweet Venute, we know that you're going to a better place. God, I'm doing a eulogy

now. And we will rest safe in the knowledge that while you may no longer be in our lives, you will forever be in our hearts. How much is cell phone, by the way? $5,100. Holy shit. Damn, you made a profit. That's a bloody good deal.

No, trust me. I need to put money into it. If you're the owner of the Venute, the new owner, if you could please make sure you collect it before Christmas, that'd be great. We're not allowed to keep it at ZM anymore. It needs to move on. It's being evicted.

So congratulations. It's yours now. Please come and get it. Please come and get it. ZM Spree and Clint, the podcast. Once upon a time, there was a girl. She was smart, debatable, talented, athletic. Not really.

Picking a movie based on just the plot line? That she can do. Brie and Clint's What's the Plot? Every week since 1999, we have played a game of What's the Plot? Where Brie goes head to head with someone, a member of the public, who wants to take her on in her movie-guessing prowess. The scales are heavily weighted in your favour. So the year is a write-off.

It's done. We're saying it's a write-off. Yeah. I'll take any win I can get. But yeah, she's still hungry for more. They call her the movie punisher. Cody, you get the last chance of the decade to take Bree down and watch the plot.

How does that burden feel? I feel like I'll win. I'm feeling pretty confident. I like it. and watch the plot. How does that burden feel? Oh, it's, I feel like I'll win. I'm feeling pretty confident. I like it. I like the attitude. I'm feeling pretty confident. Okay, it is a best of three game, and your buzzer is your name,

and you do not need to wait for me to finish the movie plot. The theme this week, Christmas movies. Of course. Good luck to everybody playing. Here we go. First movie. Divorced Dad Scott has Brie. Santa Claus.

The Santa Claus. You're so lucky you got that in there. The Santa Claus. Yep. The Santa Claus. The Santa Claus. I'm going to accept it. Scott Calvin. I'm going to accept it.

You're going to have to be fast, Cody, okay? Yep. Next one. Wait, have you been to the movies recently, Cody? No, not recently. Okay, all right, sweet. Our main character was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler. Brie.

Brie. Elf. a toddler. Brie. Elf. Cody, damn it. Let's play the last one for fun. It's not fun for Cody. Cody, I need you to get this, okay?

Yeah. A young boy Brie. Home Alone. Home Alone, wrong. It's a born... Brie. Home Alone. Home Alone. Wrong. Dermot. It's a free guess, Cody. Free guess.

Oh, do I not get to hear the rest of it? No, no. This is a free guess and then I will restart the rest of the plot. Have you never... Sorry, yep.

That's passionate. I got as far as a young boy boards that's what I've got looking for a guess quickly you could say I'm after an express guess no good, rest of the plot, here it comes after I gave you that whopping big clue a young boy.

Brie. The Polar Express. Yeah, well done. Do you know that one, Cody? No. What? Yes, I didn't know that. Nah.

He was so confident, Cody. Can I know? What Christmas movies have you seen? Um, you know, the Disney ones. Scrooge McDuck. The Grinch. Oh, yeah. I do want to point out, I have been for the last two weeks,

and you know this, Clint. On a Christmas marathon. I've been on a Christmas movie marathon. Yeah. So I've watched most of those films in the last two weeks. We did our best. Because it's Christmas, you still get mobile fuel, but you don't get the win, Cody.

Thank you so much, guys. You're welcome. Have a good Christmas, Cody still get mobile fuel, but you don't get the win, Cody. Thank you so much, guys. You're welcome. Have a good Christmas, Cody. I'm starting to think we don't care. Cody was just keen for the fuel. I don't think we'll care about winning. This is the system we've created. I think we've created a system of people who don't care about beating Bree.

They just care about getting the fuel. And because we always give them the fuel, we've created a culture of losers. Next year, we need to change things up. Next year, you give us fuel if you lose. I like that. Or we give away something big if you win, like a TV or something. One of those. That's what it's

got to be. We'll brainstorm over Christmas over a couple of eggnogs and be back with that game in 2020. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. The podcast. ZM. When was the last time you did you ever use a dating app? I, just before I got together with Lucy, who would one

day, spoiler alert, become my wife, there was a, Tinder had just hit the market. But you used it? Yeah, I used it, yeah. Yeah, did you meet anyone off of it? Nah. No, you never met up with anyone? I never went on a Tinder date. It was real early. And remember how there used to be quite a stigma around being on Tinder?

People didn't know really what it was. Yeah, and it was like, ooh, you're on Tinder. Gross. I feel like that's all changed. I feel like it's very, very mainstream to be on the dating apps now. I think it's very mainstream to have met your partner off of a dating app. Yeah. Like, you know, when someone says that now, you're like, oh, yeah, that's normal.

We read that data out earlier in the year that said more Kiwis are meeting online these days than are meeting in bars. Yeah. That's the way to meet people these days because it puts it all out on the table. I think people like it because it gives you time. Like, it gives you time to respond correctly, whereas actual interactions are stressful. First dates are hard. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They're very hard. You can lay a bit of groundwork first. Yeah. But it's interesting because I was reading statistics about dating apps, and apparently they did a study a few years ago, and they found that only one-third, or one-third, sorry, never met anyone in person. Like me.

Yeah, so people go on the apps, but one third of people who are using the dating apps don't ever meet up with anyone. They never convert. Yeah. And then apparently three quarters of people using dating apps never forged a relationship. Yeah.

And then other research showed that almost half of the messages on dating apps were never reciprocated just go unread because there's so much choice is that what you think it is? well that's what I think it is because I remember when I was on the dating apps I'd get really distracted and when there was too much

choice and there's too much going on I don't get invested but do you bother responding? because you've got to match, both match, before you can send a message, and then you both match. Do you bother responding if their first message is no good? Like if they send a cringy first message, do you even bother responding?

Again, because you're just on to the next one. Yeah, well, that's what I mean. And also, it's awkward. What are you going to respond? Hi, your message was not well received. You know what one I used to hate? When people just used to send, hey. Hey. I'd be like, well you've put no thought

into that. Yeah, but then also I think there's too much pressure on that first message. There is a lot of pressure. People are like, you've got to hook them. You've got to hook them straight away. But I liked creativity. Or just someone who put like a little bit of effort in, not too much. Don't try too hard. But no, I didn't mind it. But this article was talking about things you can do to up your chances

of meeting someone on a dating app. Oh, yeah. So there's three things that I pulled out. There's a few more which I thought they're standard. Turbo charge your Tinder. Yeah, like be yourself. I was like, well, that's, yeah, pretty self-explanatory. Be anyone but yourself on Tinder. Right. Another one they said was, yeah,. I was like, well, that's, yeah, pretty self-explanatory. Be anyone but yourself on Tinder.

Right. Another one they said was, yeah, right, limit time, limit the time you spend on the dating apps and the number of people you correspond with at any given time. Oh, yeah. Because they said, and this is exactly what I was saying, they said the more conversations you have going with more different people. The less important they are.

Exactly. The less special they feel. Exactly. The less special they feel. Exactly. That makes a lot of sense. Doesn't it? Yeah. Because when you get too crowded with all these different people, you just kind of lose interest in all of them.

Also, you get them confused. One of them tells you a detail about their life and you're like, hey, how was your brother's wedding? She's like, I don't have a brother. You're like, oh, sorry, that was another. Yeah, that's awkward, isn't it? Another thing they said to up your chances of meeting someone on dating apps, if you're not getting enough good matches, relax your criteria

and you should initiate the first contact. Lower your standard. Well, I think when they say relax your criteria, they kind of mean like maybe don't, it's not someone between 25 and 27 who's a lawyer. You know, like just relax it a little bit, so to speak. And the last thing they said. They might not be a lawyer. They may have

had to hire a lawyer recently. Well, that could be. You know, there's still law in their. Relaxing criteria. In their future. And the last thing they said to meet someone on the dating apps is meet online matches in person as soon as possible. I agree with that.

I do too. Don't get bogged down in the chitter-chatter because otherwise – Because then you build it up too much. Then you're pen pals. Yep. Yeah. Because you build it up too much. And you build it up too much, yeah.

And then you're probably going to be disappointed in person. The spark's gone. Yes. The spark's gone. You've got to strike while the iron's hot. And then you will know. This is disappointed in person. The spark's gone. Yes. The spark's gone. You've got to strike all the irons hot. And then you will know. This is coming from a man who has never been on an online date before. This is advice from a man who has never converted a Tinder date in his life.

Because I have, and me personally, as soon as you meet someone in person, I can tell after a first date. If I see them as more or if I'm like, no, and that's fine. But you need to meet them in person. We've got a highly personal question for you this afternoon and we're asking with a view to hopefully help if we can. We want to share some advice. Yeah.

Me especially. I'm dying to give out some Tinder advice. Okay. Great. We want to know how long have you been on the dating apps for? Yeah. And you need to still be on them now? Yes.

So by that we mean it obviously hasn't resulted in a relationship and you still have your fishing line in the Tinder lake. Exactly. Okay. Have you been on Tinder for what's a lot of time? Five. Five years? Yeah.

Yeah. And you may have been on dates. That's okay if you've been on dates. But you've not converted it into anything long term yet. We want to talk to you. We want to hear your story and we can try and figure it out together. Breeinclint's Tinder advice line is open.

0800 dial ZM if you have the courage to call. We'll be nice. ZM Spree in Clint, the podcast. We're talking about dating apps and not your general, I guess, success stories but more so the non-success stories. Yeah, people who have been on there for a while and haven't come away with the grand prize, which would be because this is us assuming that you're on there

to get a relationship. You may not be. You may love dating and that may be why you're on there to get a relationship. You may not be. You may love dating, and that may be why you're on there. Maybe, yeah, there to meet people. Make friends, that sort of thing. But if the end goal is a relationship, and it's been a while, we want to hear from you this afternoon. Birgie has called through.

G'day, Birgie. Hi. Hi, how are you? Good, how are you? Not too bad. That's good. Birgie, tell us, how long have you been using the dating apps for? Probably over 20 years.

20 years? Wait. So you've been on like the RSVPs online and stuff? Yeah, I was on one called NZ Dating. I had a look at Tinder and that, but I'm a bit old for that sort of stuff. You say that. You say that. No, I don't think so at all.

Have you given Tinder a go? No, my kids would kill me. They'd be like, Mum, we're on Tinder, get off. That's okay. Yeah, yeah, pretty much because they're all older now. Yeah, but you're looking for someone obviously, Birgie. Not anymore. I'm too much to handle. People

can't cope. No, I don't agree with that, Birgie. That's what people always say about me. Birgie, have you got a smartphone? Yes. Give Tinder a go. Because and the only reason I push you towards it is because you set your age range. So you don't have to be swiping past 21 and 22 year olds. You can go, because what's the youngest you'd go? What's the youngest I've had offered or what's the youngest I'd go? No, what's the youngest you'd go? What's the youngest I've had offered or what's the youngest I'd go? No, what's the youngest you personally

would go? You're raunchy, Minx. What's your cut-off age? What's the lower end? Oh, okay. Probably 45 and even that's quite a bit younger than me, but everybody my age acts like they're dying and falling off the picket seat.

I love you. What's the ceiling, Birgie? How high will you go? Oh, not as old as me. Okay, I won't ask you how old you are. We're not going to ask your age. I'm 56, but I do have a story about dating sites. Okay.

Oh, no. I know where this is going. Is it family-friendly, Birgie, and can you tell it quickly? It is totally family-friendly, Birgie, and can you tell it quickly? It is totally family-friendly, and it actually makes dating sites look decent instead of like crap. Okay, go on then. When I had my three children at home, I had a house fire, and I'd met this guy,

and we had a raunchy weekend, but it wasn't going to work out, so we decided to be friends, and then I had to message him and say, can't talk to you anymore, so we decided to be friends. And then I had to message him and say, can't talk to you anymore. I've fried my computer. In fact, I've burnt down the whole house. Yeah. Did you go to a cyber cafe to send him that message?

Yeah. No, no, I texted him that because back then you didn't have apps. Oh, yeah, gotcha, yep. It wasn't quite a brick phone, but it wasn't far off it. Okay, Virgie, so you let this fella know you can't talk to him anymore because you burnt your house down, and then what happened? Yeah, and he messaged me through email, I think, the next

day that I had to get on a computer because on that site you could have threads and conversations. Did you get up and did you make yourself a piece of toast that morning? Carry on, girl. You'd giggle. I handled it pretty well. Well, I guess I was in

shock, but there were donations from Whanganui down as far as Invercargill of things to my children and I from everybody on the dating site. They organised events so I could thank people. The boys met people.

Somebody contacted the weather workshop and the weather workshop sent us a whole lot of weather workshop stuff. That's lovely. And this was all organised through the dating site that you were on? And you still didn't give him a second date. And why didn't you marry this guy? You don't want to know. She always say he liked unusual things.

Okay, Birgie. No, we get you loud and clear. Birgie, this has been one of the most insightful calls we've had this year. So thank you very much. Thank you, Birgie, for calling. Yeah, people have just got to remember that they're just dealing with people. Yeah, call the show any time. She was great.

I love her. We have to move on now. Just one more. We've spent the whole time talking. I'll do one quickly. Anonymous, how long have you been on the dating apps for? Oh, we're about two to three years deep on it. Yeah.

And have you met anyone good? Nah, haven't met anyone. And the funny thing is, is like I do a lot of travelling, so I'm up to my 35th flight this year overseas and I spend a lot of time overseas and St. Louis, Missouri and Christchurch, I don't know what it is about those two places,

but I seem to get on, I don't know, on average maybe 10 matches a day. So obviously you could probably pick up that. I just swipe right on everything. And then once you get a match, you just filter through from that. Anonymous, are you interested in us connecting you with Bergie? Is that something you'd be open to? In what way? No, it's all good.

Don't worry. Do you have any advice for him, Bree? That was the idea of this segment. It hasn't really eventuated. Yeah, no. I know what I'd probably say in person. I'd be like, less boasting, more modesty. Oh, I fly everywhere.

Thank you, everybody. We were able to give out zero good advice. None. Bree and Clint, the podcast. ZM. A. It's my birthday. It's my birthday.

Bree and Clint's Birthday Banger. All right, what are we going to get today? What was top of the charts on these people's 16th birthdays? Second to last birthday banger for the decade. G'day, Joanne. Hi, Joanne. Hello. Hi, how are you guys?

Good. I believe you're doing your mum's birthday today. Yes, she's listening at home right now. Oh, perfect. Lovely. Well, I'm glad she's listening. What's your mum's name? Jill.

Jill, perfect. When was Jill born, Joanne? 16th of March, 1963. All right. So she was 16 in 1979 on the 16th of March. And Jill, wherever you're listening, this is your birthday banger. Well, funky mum.

Does this song remind you of your mum, Jill, Joanne? I think so, yeah. I think she'd love it. I love this song. True disco. Very, very high-pitched Australian men, the Bee Gees. Cool. Okay, wait there.

We'll get another one on. G'day, James. Hi, James. G'day. What's your birthday, James? 7th of February, 1989. All right. You were 16 in 2005 on the 7th of Feb,

and back in 2005, this went to number one. He played Friday Jams live this year. Savage. Yeah, he's so good. And his global hit, this went big in America as well, Swing. You happy with that, James? Yeah, it's a banger. It's a banger.

It's a Kiwi classic. Okay, cool. Wait there, we'll get one more. Ashley, hi. Hi, Ash. Hi. What's your birthday, Ashley? 8th of May, 1990.

All right, you were 16 in 2006 on the 8th of May, and on that day, this topped the charts. Does that make me crazy? Does that make me crazy. This was huge. Niles Barkley. Definitely a banger. Definitely a banger. Yeah, I love this song.

They ended up being a bit of a one-hit wonder, Niles Barkley. Yeah, a little bit. They had some good music. I saw them live once. They were very, very good. Yeah.

But they never really got past this. You happy with that, Ash? Yeah, definitely. Okay, wait there. We've got a decision to You happy with that, Ash? Yeah, definitely. Okay, wait there. We've got a decision to make between the Bee Gees, Savage and Niles Barkley. What do you want to play? Savage.

Of course you do. Let's just play Savage. Oh, well, don't be so defeatist. No, well, I had my turn yesterday. I'm happy to play Savage. Do you want... I like Savage. Vote for Savage then.

Yeah, I'm voting for Savage. Vote for Savage. I want to play Savage for James. I want to play Savage for James. James, we did it. Congratulations, James. We did it, mate. Thank you.

Perfect. Here we go. This is a birthday banger. Bree and Clint, see you next time. Outro Music But can't you see that I need a girl that can move, make her hips sweep, and look just like you? But come to think about it, I think this club is crowded. It's kinda hard to do your thing with everyone surrounded. So let me form a circle, let everybody step back. I heard somebody yell, Savage with a coruscant!

Oh, sh-shake it up, I'm moving like a gypsy. Stop, oh, back it up now, let me see your hips sweep. Oh, sh-shake it up, I'm moving like a gypsy. Outro Music Down to the floor, now let me see your hips Uh-oh, let it pop, ladies hop it like it's hot Hell yeah, that's the spot, now bring it back to the top Stop, whoa, now back it up, now back it up Let it rise up, what you done? Shaking the truck, it's a trunk And I like the way you move it smoothly

Now why don't you move that booty to me? I'm trying to come up with some thoughts of attack Until I heard somebody yelling now Savage with a chorus now Oh shit, I'm moving like a gypsy Stop, oh, back it up now, let me see your hips Oh shit, I'm moving like a gypsy Stop, oh, back it up now, let me see your hips

Now drop it low and let me see your hips Now to the flow, now let me see your hips Outro Music Zed and Brian Clint, that's the winner of Birthday Banger. Savage and Swing. I'd like to hear a Christmas song from Savage. I've always heard Savage do a Christmas song. Something about, oh shit Santa. Oh shit. Oh shit Santa, let me see you soak.

Let me see you shake it. Let me see Mrs. Claus shake it on the pot. No. Roo. Uh-oh, Rudolph. ZM Spree and Clint, the podcast. We're about to go on holiday. Hopefully you are too.

Hopefully you get some form of break over the sunny part of Christmas and New Year. People don't tend to go on actual holidays over Christmas so much, though, do they? You can get, did you know you can get really cheap flights if you're willing to fly on Christmas Day? Yeah, because no one would be flying on Christmas Day. No, everyone wants to fly right up to the day before. Yeah. I had some friends who went to Thailand and they all left on Christmas Day.

They said the airport was almost empty. Yeah, it would be. This might influence where you want to go on holiday during the year. Winter's generally when we get out of the country, right? And go on some kind of holiday, if we're lucky enough to. Website Webjet has released some data about what New Zealanders are booking for their holidays in 2020. Because they know. They have all the information.

They know where the hot deals are. So these holidays are obviously already booked. Yeah, and what we have are the top trending destinations for new zealanders to travel to in 2020 barley's got to be on there i'll tell you what barley is not even in the top 15 isn't it no according to webjet barley is not a thing brisbane is the number one travel location for new zealand really i've been telling you for years how good Brisbane is. The Hamilton of Australia is the number one. It is not the Hamilton of Australia.

It is. It mustn't be because how many people from Australia will be travelling to Hamilton this Christmas? I'll get the web data on that, but I think a lot. No. It's the Hamilton of Australia. It is. How many times?

It's a river city. Is it not a river city? Yes. And they've got a very strong rugby team, rugby league team. Yes, they do. Hamilton of Australia. It is. How many times? It's a river city. Is it not a river city? Yes. And they've got a very strong rugby team, rugby league team. Yes, they do. Hamilton of Australia. It definitely is not. The second biggest destination for New Zealanders to travel to in 2020, according to Webjet,

is Melbourne. Oh, yeah. Melbourne's nice. The third is Sydney. The fourth is the Gold Coast. Jesus Christ, New Zealand. Wait. You can go anywhere in the world.

Are you telling me that Kiwis just want to come to visit Aussie? A hundred percent You've been dragging me through the mud for the last two years But then all the Kiwis now want a bit of Australia Yeah, I know Broadening your horizons, New Zealand Nah, it's good Some more exotic locations come after that

Number five, Dim Pasa Ah, yes, in Bali Number... Oh more exotic locations come after that. Number five, Denpasar. Oh, yes, in Bali. Number, oh. That's Bali. Is that Bali? Yes. Okay, well, number five's Bali. How many times have you been to Bali?

None. Well, that makes sense. I was really hoping you wouldn't say, where's Denpasar? No. Because I had no idea. That is the main airport in Bali. Okay, number six is Rarotonga. Yep.

Beautiful. I really want to go there. Raro, they carry the New Zealand currency over there. So you don't is Rarotonga. Yep. Beautiful. I really want to go there. Raro. They carry the New Zealand currency over there. So you don't have to change your money over. And then it's a little bit

closer to home. Napier is the... We've been to Napier. Yeah, we have been to Napier. The eighth most popular destination. I quite like Napier. Then more Australian.

Jesus Christ. Yeah, bring it on. Adelaide. I've never been, but I've heard it's nice. Wine country. Perth. Yeah, bring it on. Adelaide. I've never been, but I've heard it's nice. Wine country. Perth comes after that. Perth's a long way to go. Perth is a very long way to go.

Then Tokyo. Then we start to get a little bit more extravagant. The Rugby World Cup has had an effect. New Zealanders want to fly to Tokyo. Not as much as they want to go to Perth, though. Well, do you think that might be because of the Olympics next year? That's a very good point as well. That's probably why people are flying.

And seeing so much of it on the rugby. Well, maybe, yeah. But I reckon people are headed to the Olympics. Then Singapore. And the only reason I go so far down this list is because at number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, the 12th most popular holiday destination for New Zealanders next year. 12th. Yeah.

And bear in mind, you can visit anywhere in the world you want to go. So 12th is still quite impressive. There's a new addition to the list. Invercargill. Invis. Invercargill at the moment is trending as the 12th most popular holiday destination for New Zealanders in 2020. Not in bloody winter, I'll tell you that.

Jeez. Bree and Clint, the podcast. ZM. I do love when listeners get in touch and they say, oh, this might be interesting for the show. And I got a very interesting inbox by uh from a young man yesterday well not too young he's like in his 20s but younger than me yeah um you're only as young as the man you're feeling exactly and he said to me he's like um i think you should look up why cornflakes were

invented i've seen this going around it's mind-blowing and so i thought okay i'm gonna trust this guy and i looked it up. And I'm glad no adult websites came up. So that was good. No, but he literally just told you, because I got told, you just Google why we're conflict-invented, right? Yeah, it comes up. It comes up. And it's the first thing that comes up.

First thing that comes up, which I thought it was a gag at first. But turns out, did some more research. It's really not. It's real, yeah. And one person in the team who hasn't seen this yet is producer ben yeah i haven't seen it i don't know why don't know what we're talking about no i don't it's not something it's not something you'd think to investigate normally no you just accept that cornflakes exist and you don't really ask why and i can't remember the last time i ever had one

yeah well i love cornflakes okay actually also you don't eat them individually mate you eat a bowl of them i had one i love a lot of sugar on my cornflakes though actually. Also, you don't eat them individually, mate. You eat a bowl of them. I had one. I love a lot of sugar on my cornflakes, though. But what do you think, like when I ask you, why do you think cornflakes were invented, what does your mind tell you? Maybe it was because they were light and easy to make and distribute during the war. Like maybe it was just an easy breakfast for that.

That's very well thought out. Holy shit, that's actually a good answer. Another one. You asked me this earlier today and I thought of that. The other one I thought of maybe was for a while, ages ago, chicken food was, or chicken, what do you call it? What do you feed them? Chook feed.

Yeah, that was hard to get by. So they just made cornflakes. Because isn't the mascot a chicken? Well, because you thought, because the mascot. It's just lighter and they like it. He's a rooster. Yeah, they'd like it. You mean they invented it

to feed to chickens? Yeah. Okay, that's another theory. Well, do you have any more? They ran out of other cereals so they're like, this is the easiest thing to make. It's light and small and fun.

Yeah, easy, simple. What is it? All three of those are wrong, by the way. Well, the second one he said is kind of related. Yeah, kind of related. To the way. Well, the second one he said is kind of related. Yeah, kind of related. To the chickens.

Yeah, to chickens and feeding the chickens, actually, because the guy who invented cornflakes in 1878, that's how long cornflakes have been around. Yeah. And he invented them in the hope that plain food, because they're very plain, would stop people from masturbating. What?

What do you mean? So it kind of is about feeding the chickens. I'm going to give it to you. Are you going to give it to me? Kind of. So I did some... No, this is one of the most bizarre things that we don't talk about. Can you say it again?

So I did some more research. Mr. Kellogg, who obviously Kellogg's is who makes Corn Flakes, that's the guy, the man who created Corn Flakes, produced the cereal in the late 19th century and marketed Corn Flakes to people as a healthy, ready-to-eat, anti-masturbatory morning meal. Really? That is why cornflakes were invented.

He's some religious guy, right? He was like, masturbating is evil. Sorry, we should stop saying that, by the way. Yeah, don't say that word. Feeding the chickens. Doing that thing is evil. And so what I got out of it, he thought if people had a full stomach, they wouldn't turn to Satan.

Well, no, I think it's about the food being plain. That's in the hope that plain food would stop people doing that. In his credit, I've never done that while having a bowl of cornflakes. No comment. Like. ZM's free in Clint The podcast With mobile smiles Register Fill up

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