ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – July 22nd 2020

Episode Date: July 22, 2020

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Sweet, you ready? Sweet, you ready? You ready? Just push record. It's not that hard. Oh no, it's on. Alright, here we go. Hi everybody, welcome to the Bree and Clint podcast. I'm bringing this up on the show because I get bullied for it, but you know what tonight is? What? $20 million lotto draw, baby! $20 million!

If I win tomorrow, I'm not coming. Really? I'm not coming to work. No. If I win tonight, I'm not coming. Really? I'm not coming to work. No. If I win tonight, I'm not coming. For how long? I'll come to Friday, okay? Oh, that's nice.

Because that'll be fun. Would you quit? That'll be your send-off. Would I quit? Yeah. I'd like to think I wouldn't. He would. He absolutely would, Anastasia.

I thought the number one rule is that you've got to come the next day so that people don't know, because everyone knows if you take the day off Lotto. If Clint ever quits this job, we're going to know. What, that I've quit? No, that you've won Lotto. I hope we all get a payout. Nah, no, no, no.

He said he'd buy me a house. No, I was going to offer you that, and then you told me you don't support my Lotto missions whatsoever, so you're out of the will. You don't believe in me. I don't care, because you're not going to win. You don't send me any positive chi. Let's talk about all the tickets you've got recently. Oh, no, my app's not functioning.

And not lotto tickets. Oh, no, it's okay. The work Wi-Fi doesn't allow me to go on the lotto app, because you're not allowed to gamble on the work Wi-Fi. Let's talk about the other tickets that you've got this week. Parking tickets. Clint's really rich and he bought a new car. Excuse me?

He's so rich. Excuse me? Hey, actually, now that I think about it, I got roasted on this podcast intro yesterday for buying new ski boots. Let's talk about your latest purchase no no no because i showed you this in confidence no who messaged you about it huh who you guys roasted me sorry i thought you mean other people were reaching out and i was like good on him no people know how much good ski stuff costs no i know that you overpaid i told

you i did not You shared the skiing information and no one dragged it out of you, okay? You're the one that has gone and made content out of your new purchase by getting all these tickets. I did not make content out of it. I didn't even bring the tickets up. No, it's very interesting.

Two out of three of them were parking tickets, okay? Yeah. It could have happened to anybody. So what's happened is Clint's got a fancy car now, so he just gets heaps of tickets because people think he's rich, which he is, obviously.

But he doesn't have a spoiler. Yeah. Piss off about the spoiler. Who has a spoiler? Brie does. It's on her race car. Oh, the one that she got purposely spelt and stalled. It comes with the car.

A lot of cars have standard spoilers. They're aerodynamic. That is true. The magenta flames on the side, too. I don't have. That was my last car. And the Harlequin. Chrome Rose.

How come I'm getting roasted? Let's talk about Clint's fancy car. No, let's go back to Lotto. And all the tickets you've got. Let's go back to Lotto. No, did you hear this story? I got a frigging ticket today. I got a frigging ticket today from a parking ward

And you're allowed 10 minutes of free parking And the, I'm going to say it That bugger No, you're going to say that prick I was going to call him a bastard, but he's just doing his job But I'm still mad at him You're allowed 10 minutes free parking He gave me a $40 ticket because I'd been there for 12 minutes

And fair enough too Yeah I mean 2 minutes you were over Not fair enough He's just doing his job Yeah well I gave him a piece of my mind You know what I said to him I bet this isn't anything of what you said No I'll tell you exactly what I said to him

I came over to the car and I said Because I saw him standing by my car And I knew I'd been close to 10 minutes and I said, are you chalking me or are you ticketing me? And he goes, ticket. And I said, well, come on, mate. I'm allowed 10 minutes of free parking. And he goes, yep.

And you've been here for 12. And I said, what do you do? Do you stand in the street and wait for people to pull up? And then when they pull up, you start your timer and you just stand here for 10 minutes to give them tickets. And he goes to me, mate, you've got to pay zone you gotta pay i was like i'm entitled to 10 free minutes and he goes and you were here for 12 and i looked him dead in the eye and i said yeah thanks a lot mate you have a wonderful day and then i got in the car and i left you showed him no i tried to come in i tried to be the bigger person. Good on you. Loose lips, bloody Roberts over here.

Anyway, I feel like... I reckon you could have let loose a bit more. Yeah, I feel like you could have went harder. No, because Anastasia's right. He was just doing his job. You know what, Clint? I reckon tonight you'll win Lotto and you won't ever pay for parking ever again.

You'll just get parking tickets and pay them off. Listen to the positive chi coming out of this. What do you want? What do you want if I win? Sorry? What do you want if I win? Another horse? God, what did you call it?

Positive chi. All I heard was, suck up. Stop sucking up, Anastasia. You've been here. You've got the job. No, it's forward planning for the 20 mil. No, we've talked about this. This is a 90-day trial. I have to be nice to everyone for 90 days. Oh, I can't wait for the 20 mil. No, we've talked about this. It's a 90 day trial. I have to be nice

to everyone for 90 days. I can't wait till the real Anastasia comes out. Oh yeah, she would have told that parking warden. No, what would you have said? You can't get a ticket on a horse. I think you can. Can you? Where do they stick it? Underneath the eyelids. I think you can get one. think you might be able to where do they stick it underneath the eyelids

I think you can get one in the mouth the horse's park that you're in the shop and it prints out the ticket puts it in the horse's mouth and he's like no don't you drop it

listen to me don't you drop it and the horse is like mhm anyway we've actively circumnavigated the conversation

about my new car and we can wrap this up. Yeah, Clint's fancy new Audi. So now that we've done that, what tickets did you get, by the way? What tickets? How many? I've got actually an audio of it here. I'll play you.

This is the audio of me. No, what tickets? Tell me who that, who that. They do that, do that. Put that paper over all. I thought you knew that, knew that. I need that B-I-E, put my name in bold Been working on my business with some change to throw

She's so breezy That's a fucking banger. This will make sense when you hear birthday bangers today. And the waves of the radio I could have been Iggy Azalea. Yeah, you still can be if you want. She was from Mullumbimby, I was from Stanthorpe. Have a great night, everybody.

Or day or whenever you listen to this. See you later. She's so fancy. 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. G'day everybody. Good afternoon. Brie and Clint. Hi Brie. G'day guys. Just into the news. How much do people hate a lockdown breacher? Like at the moment,

people who escape quarantine, people who breach lockdown, public enemy number one. Yeah, I've never been a dobber, but during that period, I was like, I'll dob you in. Yeah, right? I was telling everyone. I was like, don't tell me, I'll dob you in. Snitches get stitches, but if you break lockdown, we're dobbing you in.

Because it affects everybody. You saw what we did to that guy who went mountain biking. Let's not talk about that. You saw what we tried. Well, we didn't because he never got named. That guy who went to Countdown, who broke out of his quarantine hotel. That's right near our work. His lovely quarantine hotel that we're paying for,

and he broke out to go to Countdown to get a four-pack of beers. He didn't even get a six-pack. Get a box. Get a carton, God's sake. If you're going to Countdown with coronavirus, make it worth it. Get a box at least. No, nothing's bloody worth it. Jeez Louise.

Hey, today it's Grab One's 10th birthday, and we've got prizes to give away all day. Okay, so GrabOne is turning 10 this year. Happy birthday, GrabOne. I've always wanted to say this on the radio. Even though it's their birthday, you get the presents. How good. That's how generous

they are. Well, you heard the Activator just before and Jackie managed to get through. Hi, Jackie. G'day, Jackie. Oh, hello. We've got a $100 voucher for you to spend on New Zealand's original and still most loved deal site, grabone.co.nz. Oh, that's so cool, because I really needed automotive service, and I've been looking at it on GrabOne.

Oh, Jackie. What do you know? Well, if I ever did see fate, this would be it. What are you driving, Jackie? A Suzuki Swift. A Suzuki Swift. Oh, mate, those things would go forever. I thought you were going to say Skyline with NOS in it, Jackie.

That service would cost a little more than $100. Suzuki Swift, you'll be in and out, ready to go, thanks to GrabOne. Well done, mate. Thanks for that. We'll get that out to you ASAP. There'll be another activator before four o'clock for another $100 Grab One voucher. I saw a story yesterday where a dad has let his 16-year-old son

quit high school to pursue a career in something. Okay. And it's very unusual in my opinion. Right. He's not going to get a career in something. Okay. And it's very unusual in my opinion. Right, he's not going to get a trade. It's usually something your parents would tell you to stop doing. Stop doing, yeah. And he's allowed to go and do it for a job and not finish school. Exactly.

All right, well, you can inspire the next generation to drop out of school next. Is that what we're doing? No. Yeah. No, we're not doing that. Cut it short, baby. Stay in school. Or don't.

Speaking of a controller, let's talk about gaming. She's done it! Yes! Segway! Effective Segway. Well done. That is a Segway. That's how it's done, kids. We get a bonus, cash bonus when we pull off a a successful segue on the radio.

Ross, I'll take my $50 after the show. Thank you very much. So let me ask you this. Would your parents ever let you quit high school to become a professional gamer? No, because they've seen how bad I am at gaming. What if you were good, though? My parents

I feel like it would be actively discouraged. Because this is the thing. You and I didn't really grow up in a generation where professional gaming was a thing. Where it was actually a career path. And it is a real career path right now.

I was watching this TV show where they were talking about this kid. His name is Alex. He's 17. It's not Alex the kid. Yeah. His name is Alex. He's 17.

He was at high school and his dad has let him quit school to become a pro gamer. Take a listen. This is a little bit about him and his dad talking about it. Do we have it? Do we have it? No. Oh, we don't have it. Did you give it to anybody to load up?

Yeah, I did. Anyway, moving on. I can give you the details. He games six to seven hours a day. He's 77th in the world in Fortnite right now. Right. So if you put it into context, I think there's 350 million players. Yeah, 77th sounds fairly impressive.

It's pretty good. Like he's earning enough money, obviously, for his dad to say, look, I can see how this might be a career. And I get it. The dad's probably going, okay, you're 77th. If the dad can see a pathway to him getting good enough, he needs to commit to it full time, right? He can't be

wasting his time doing stupid school. Well, his dad says on this TV show, he's like, I realise that these games, because Fortnite has been one of the biggest games in the world for a year or a couple of years or whatever. He's like, but they have a shelf

life. So he needs to do it now. Gaming has a shelf life too. Like you as a gamer, I've read that you have to, there's some reactive part of your brain that you have to be young to be one of the world's most competitive gamers. The best gamers are under 25. Yeah, because your cognitive function,

let's say driving a Formula One car, it goes down and down. So the best players are young, like this 16-year-old guy. It's called getting old. Yeah, right. Right, yeah, right, down. So the best players are young, like this 16-year-old guy. It's called getting old. Yeah, right. Right, yeah, right, right. Like you and I are now. Because I looked into it. I was like, oh, how much money can you actually win in something like this?

So the makers of Fortnite, they put up $100 million in prize money a year. Whoa. That like people playing Fortnite can win. Yeah. And then they have a World Cup for Fortnite. And the winning prize, like the top person who wins that World Cup. Yeah.

$3 million. Yeah, quit school, man. Yeah, but if you're not at the top. No, but you're not going to get to the top unless you commit. This is the thing. I'm on board now. I'm on board. Yeah.

I'm on board. There's $3 million up for grabs. It's kind of like the tennis. Even if you get a chunk of that, right? It's kind of like the pro tour in tennis. If you're 77th in the world, you're doing pretty well. And I mean, he's 16. He's done all the important stuff at school.

Heaps of successful people leave school at 5th, 6th, even partway through 7th form. I've got lots of friends. School's not for everybody. And I'm not saying that you should quit. It's just that it doesn't work for everybody right through to the end. And if you've got a job opportunity, sometimes you'd be done. Yeah, I think, you know, if my kid said to me,

I want to do a trade or, you know, want to do this, I'd encourage it. But please don't go there to your parents just because you have a casual obsession with Fortnite or something. Yeah, and go, Brianne Clint said that I should drop out of school. I really want to play Mario Kart on the Switch. You need to be like top 50 in the world. You need to be like Alex. Yeah. Yeah, on the Switch. You need to be like top 50 in the world. You need to be like Alex. Yeah.

Yeah, like earning money. He's apparently earned over like $50,000 so far. Yeah, it's good for a 16-year-old. I wonder if anyone out there listening to us has ever made money gaming. I reckon there would be professional gamers listening to the show. Really? Yeah, maybe. Or people that, yeah, have made some money from gaming.

Maybe people who get paid to game on Twitch. Oh, yeah, that's a big thing. You know Sian from Drax Projects on Twitch? Does he get paid for it? I think he does it for fun. You donate some money, you're like, wait, there's a guy from Drax Projects. I think he plays Super Smash Brothers on there actually. Shout out to Sian.

Okay. Well, if you've made money from gaming in any way, we'd like to prize money, live streaming, anything like that. We'd love to hear from you because we're just keen to know a bit more about how this stuff works. How it works, yeah, how you got into it and that kind of thing. 0800DALZM or you can text us on 9696. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Is gamer now, you know, the most popular thing? Professional gamer. Professional. I want to be, you know, you and I. A player. You want to be a player. When we were growing up, I was like PE teacher. What did you want to be?

Firefighter? Yeah, like Morse code technician. It was that long ago. I want to invent a light bulb. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But now horse carriage. I want to be a YouTuber. Horse carriage repairman. Or a professional gamer. Anyway, this is actually. Blacksmith. I want to be a blacksmith. No, they don't. Oh, they do exist still, yeah. A professional gamer is a real career path. There's this kid,

his name is Alex, and his dad has let him quit high school to pursue a career in professional gaming. At the moment, he's 77 in the world. He doesn't just do it for money. He does it because he wants to be the best. So are you hoping to become a millionaire? Hopefully.

Some days we compare how much we've all made on the day and, yeah, sometimes he wins. Oh, there you can hear a bit of embarrassment in the dad's voice. He's like, can I start gaming? 77th in Fortnite, which is, of course, one of the biggest games in the world right now. 350 million players. 77, pretty good. If he was a golfer, he'd be in the PGA.

Oh, yeah. So we've asked you this afternoon, we're interested. You and I have never professionally gamed. No. But we want to know, have you? Have you made any money from gaming? Kelly, hi. Hi.

Hi, how are you? Good, thanks. Are you a professional gamer? Part-time. I wouldn't quite say professional, but part-time hobbyist. So have you made some money, though? Yes, I have made money. How?

So last year I made about money. How? Yeah. How? So last year I made about five grand from mostly donations. Oh, okay. And some of that went to charities as well. Yeah, that's good on you. Is this like live streaming? So you set up a cam, you stream your screen and your commentary? Yeah, yeah.

So on Twitch, yeah. Yeah, right. So that's all through Twitch. Is that where you do most of it? It's where I do all of it these days, yeah. That's cool that that's an outlet. I know. What game? I'm interested to know. So it first of all started off with like Player Unknown's Battlegrounds. Then someone earlier this year bought me the newest Call of Duty game. So I play a bit Cod. Big fan of Cod. Yeah.

But I'm very much like a casual player, so I play a lot of Stardew and real kind of sit-down talk games. Do you find guys love it when you say that you're into the games and stuff? Yeah. When my partner found out that I live stream video games, I couldn't wipe the smile off his face. Yeah, right, right, right. Do you want to give your username a plug?

Yeah, so KellyNeedsGames on Twitch and everywhere, basically. Sweet. Thanks, KellyNeedsGames. We appreciate you calling. Let's talk to Ricky. Hi, Ricky. Hi, Ricky. How you doing?

Good. Have you made money through professional gaming? Yeah, kind of. So I've been playing a game for six, seven years. I quit recently and I ended up selling my things on my game for about $3,000. But yeah, I still know a lot of people all around the world and they still play the game. You're a recovering gamer. I am, yeah.

What's the game? It's actually a phone app on your phone. It's called Battle Camp. Battle Camp, I know that game! You were able to sell your profile on Battle Camp for $3,000? Yep. Really? A lot of people still play it and they know me.

And if they get busy during work hours, they get me to play and they give me a couple hundred kind of thing. God! I wish someone would pay me to play Candy Crush. You're like a high-end assistant. Yeah. Or the Kim Kardashian game. Yeah, I play so much of that. And Corey, finally.

Hi, Corey. Hi, Corey. Hiya. So you play in an actual eSports team, is that right? Correct. Oh, that's cool, Corey. How long have you been doing that for? Three years.

Okay. Wow. So you can make money out of this? Yes, and I've made over $500,000 in one tournament. you been doing that for? Three years. Okay. Wow. So you can make money out of this? Yes. I've made over $500,000 in one tournament. Corey. Corey. Corey, what tournament was that and how can I get in? So it's a

tournament that got held last year that the top two teams went to Spain and competed over there. Wait, so what team were you in? I was in a team called Burrito. Burrito? Yeah. Of course you were.

That's cool. And was everyone from New Zealand or just from everywhere? So I represent the Asia Pacific region. So Corey, excuse me. The Asia Pacific. So it's got people from Australia and like the lower countries of Asia.

Yeah, cool. Excuse our ignorance because we don't, obviously this is why we're talking about this, to learn more about it. Are we kind of talking to like an esports all black right now? You could say that. Are you like a big, like pat yourself on the back, are you a bit of a big deal?

So the players on my team are all in the top 10 players in the Asia-Pacific region. So for those who know, then this would be a big deal. Can you share your username so people know who we're talking to right now? You would see me as Serge. Serge. If you looked it online, you would see me under the burrito team

as Serge. And what particular games, Corey? So it's a particular game called Pelvin. So it's a 5v5 game that you basically, I've ever seen other people online, that you have to catch your point and then also push a thing and do the base to kind of destroy it. Yeah, fascinating.

We're talking to a gaming Sunny Bill. Half a million dollars. Half a million dollars. He's the eSports Sunny Bill Williams. That was one tournament, everyone. At the moment, he's not. Take your kids out of school now. Pack them onto the Nintendo.

I need to get my PS3 out of the cupboard. I need to get back on Red Dead Redemption. Wow, that's incredible. Yeah, right? I'm going to go play Mario Kart when I get home. Bree and Clint from iHeartRadio. This is the latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Dean, you've got Goss on one of Bree's favourite Italians, Vin Diesel, today.

Ooh. Yes, I do have Goss and Vin Diesel today. Now, look, let me just start with saying this. I love Vin Diesel. This is not a hatred call, but he is a diva. Don't you ruin Vin Diesel for me, Dean. No, there is nothing to ruin. Trust me, he's unreal.

He's awesome. Let me just tell you two things about Vin Diesel I want you to all know today. First of all, when he does his press tour, so if you're an actor and you do the movie, you get paid for the movie, you then get a fee for promoting the movie. So all those interviews and all the red carpets that's an extra fee he charges two million dollars to do the press tour now to give you some context the rock charges one million most actors would get like maybe a hundred thousand maybe two hundred thousand he charges two million and then let me tell you this there is a very

strong reputation in hollywood of why he's so difficult to work with. He is so late. The last time I interviewed him, right before Corona, do you want to know how many hours he was late? How late was he? Five hours. Five hours? That's not late. That's not late.

That's almost another. When I interviewed Vin Diesel, yeah, on my Instagram, there's a little video of me and you can see how I look so tired because he got there. It was nine o'clock at night when I interviewed him and I had turned I had turned on a dime I would be so annoyed if you're charging

two million dollars to do interviews you're basically saying you show up you show up on time for one but you're basically just saying you don't want to do them

you're going thanks for casting me thanks for casting me in another Fast and the Furious movie oh my god is this why he didn't get cast in Hobbs and Shaw you know how they did that new Fast and the Furious movie. Oh, my God. Is this why he didn't get cast in Hobbs and Shaw? You know how they did that new Fast and the Furious

and he got all salty on Instagram about how he wasn't part of it and he posted about how the box office results weren't as good? Did they cut him out because he's so hard to work with, Dean? Yeah, he has a lot of – here's the thing. Here's the inside, right? He has a lot of tips with his other co-stars because he's so late. He just – he's on his own time. And I'm not even being a jerk.

He really does just swan in. The first time I interviewed him, he kept leaving for cigarette breaks. We're all waiting there. Like he just does things as he, on his own time. And you can imagine if you're an actor waiting there on set at 6am in the morning, 4am in the morning, and he turns up three hours late, how would you be?

You'd be annoyed. But let's be real. Those media junkets, we've all been to them I've interviewed people at them, no celebrity likes doing those. None of them want to be there. They hate it and I don't blame them. Alright, that's the scoop from our Hollywood correspondent

Dean McCarthy, live out of Los Angeles How stressed are we at the moment everybody? What are our stress levels like? Yeah, being pretty stressed. Like 8 out of 10? Yeah. Up there? Yeah. Always a bit of stress going moment, everybody? What are our stress levels like? Yeah, being pretty stressed. Like eight out of ten? Yeah. Up there? Yeah.

Always a bit of stress going on, right? I think everyone's been feeling quite stressed out for the last however many months. Yeah, so we all need to relax. It's a very stressful time. Ben, can you find me some relaxing music, please? Find me something relaxing that we can talk about this over because I've got a new way. Can you get that song? Relax, don't do it when you wanna

go do it don't get that but get some relaxing music but similar to that yeah but in the mode of that would be good

use that as a inspiration here's what he's landed on oh a bit of Jack Johnson eh it is quite relaxing actually

remember the Jack Johnson phase and everyone was like just chill out listen to some Jack bruh I love this actually. Remember the Jack Johnson phase and everyone was like, just chill out, listen to some Jack. Bruh, I love this Jack Johnson album. You know Jack Johnson was a pro surfer? I love this album. Did you know that?

I've heard it a few too many times. You got any Donovan Frankenreiter? Who was the Australian guy? Pete Murray. Pete Murray, yes. He was the budget version of Jack Johnson. That was a long time ago. Pete Murray's seen better days now.

You know Pete Murray used to be in the NRL. Yeah, just think you might have missed my really good Pete Murray joke. What was it? I said he's a bit old now. He's seen better days. Oh, that's such an old reference, but good. I appreciate it. Did you know he used to be in the NRL?

I just said that! Also an old reference. Anyway, I've got a way for us to relax. I've been investigating a new relaxation technique called primal screaming. Have you heard of this? No. It's where you just let out a big... And it really relaxes you down.

Is that you when... No, that's a goat. Oh, it kind of sounds like you. Does it? We're going to do primal screaming together. But before we do it, you need to be careful. This isn't enjoyable for people in the car. No, it will be because it's a different kind.

Okay. But I need you to be careful. Don't go under that upper register that you have. Okay? He's saying I have a high register. I'm just saying keep it down. Keep it down. So primal screaming.

Does it have to be down low? Well, yeah, it does. I'll describe it to you, and then you'll understand. Primal screaming is a way of letting out stress and tension from your body, which they say you should do whenever you're alone in the house and you're in front of the mirror brushing your teeth, which should be frigging weird for your neighbours. If every morning at 7.45 they just hear...

The cops are called every couple of days. Yeah, and you're brushing your teeth. I'm pouring. So, okay, so what we're going to do today, called every couple of days. Yeah, and you're basically like, I'm porn. So, okay, so what we're going to do today, our particular type of primal scream, you can do this in the car too. Okay?

Let out some stress in the car. Yeah, because that looks normal in the car. In traffic, can you imagine you look over some guy's like just screaming to himself? It's going to be good

if you've got kids in the back too. Yeah, no. Okay, what we're going to do is... Step away from the mic. A little bit, a little bit, yeah. This scream is called the yoga lion. Okay. And there's a technique.

This is going to be really stress relieving and relaxing for us. So pull your shoulders down. Yeah. And spread your fingers. Yeah. And close your eyes. And close your eyes. And then let out what's called a guttural scream.

And I'll let you interpret that how you want. You ready? Three, two, one. No way. Oh, this is a stitch up. Go on. A what? A guttural scream.

But it's called the lion. Yeah, yoga lion. This is primal screaming, stress relief. More guttural from deeper down. This is primal screaming, stress relief. More guttural from deeper down. Don't think of a lion. I want you to do a guttural scream from your gut. Okay, hold on.

Don't go into that high bit. I feel like I'm too close to the mic. Yeah, cool. Not high pitched. Okay, don't hurt people. Yeah, cool. Cool. Did we get a video of that?

We've got all of that. Did you get the facials? We've got it. High def? Yeah, we've got it. It's all nice and crisp. We've got it there nice and close in. Yeah, good.

Are you doing one? No, shit no. We were talking yesterday about Kiwis who haven't bothered to get their driver's licence. Well, haven't bothered to get their full driver's licence. Yeah. 40,000 New Zealanders out there who have been on their learners or restricted who haven't bothered to get their driver's licence. Well, haven't bothered to get their full driver's licence. Yeah. 40,000 New Zealanders out there who have been on their learners or restricted for 10 years or more. That is a long time.

Yeah. Wouldn't you just get it done? Or you'd just give up. Yeah. And go, oh, driving's not for me. I feel like it needs to be one or the other. There could be certain circumstances. Let's just say that.

Some people are probably just... There's always exceptions. You know, yeah, there's exceptions. Yeah. But then it got us talking off here about relationships and deal breakers and whether your partner having a driver's license, if they are capable of driving, like unless there's medical reasons or whatever that mean they can't.

Yeah. So put that out. If you're dating someone who is – Fully capable. More than capable of getting a driver's license but hasn't bothered, I said, is that a deal breaker? And then Bree told me a delightful story about a first date that she went on.

I don't want to tell this story. Tell the story. No, it makes me sound horrible. It doesn't. It just, when I heard it, I was like, yeah, I can see you doing this. So tell the story. So I was going through a patch where I dated a few people

who didn't have their licence. I was quite young at the time, probably like, I think I was about 23 maybe. And I dated, I think, two people back to back who hadn't had a licence. Not intentionally. Not intentionally. I wasn't looking for them.

You're like, what are you looking for? No licence. Anyway, I went out on a date with this guy that one of my friends set me up with and we started talking about deal breakers because I was on this real, you know, whatever. Anyway, he was like, you know, what's a deal breaker

for you? And without even thinking about it, I went, oh, when they don't have a license, it drives me insane. Like, just get off your butt and get your license. I'm not your mum. I don't want to pick you up all the licence. It drives me insane. Like, just get off your butt and get your licence. I'm not your mum. I don't want to pick you up all the time. It's just the biggest hassle.

Went on this huge rant. She's coming hot. Because obviously off the back of dating people that didn't have a licence, I was ramped up. Yeah, it's fresh, yeah. He then followed it up with, I actually don't have my licence. Yeah, fantastic outcome there. We didn't go on a second date.

No, I don't imagine you did go on a second date. But that's fine because you didn't want to. No. You've exclaimed with great passion that you never want to date someone without a licence. I put him in the taxi and off he went. Is that, and I wonder because you said you were 23 and now you're in your 30s. Yeah. Is that

still the deal? Is it still a deal breaker for you that someone doesn't have a licence? I know this sounds horrible, but absolutely. Really? Yeah. What if they're like Brad Pitt hot? Don't care. Right.

I feel like. What if KJ Apa shaved off that beard that he's grown at the moment? I don't mind the beard. Okay, well, he's kept the beard then. And he's still in the DMs. He's like, girl, I know you're in a committed relationship, but I'm KJ Upper. Let's go on a date.

You have to pick me up because I don't have a driver's license. He'd probably have a chauffeur though, let's be real. So that's fine. So for you, no driver's license is a deal breaker. I just feel like it puts you in a position where like you always end up picking them up or driving everywhere. And I'm someone who would get a bit annoyed by that. And I don't want to be anyone's mum.

And the relationship too, you're worried to get to the point where they're like, oh, I've got a meeting in town. Guess I'll just order myself an Uber. Oh, yes. Guess I should just get an Uber. That's happened to me before. And then I'll just wait a second for you to offer. And eventually I got to the point where I was like, see you, babe.

You're like, I'll order it for you. I'll order it. Alexa, order my partner an Uber. Yeah. I want to know this afternoon. It's good that you're honest about it. Would you? Would it be a deal breaker for you?

Oh, don't sit there all righteous up on your high horse. I like to be the driver. Yeah. In acting like... I like to be the driver. Yeah. In a relationship, I like to be the driver. But I know what you mean. It's when I don't need to go anywhere. So, yeah, it'd be annoying for me. Yeah, okay, yeah.

Yeah. Is it a deal breaker? Yeah, you should just take what you can get. Yeah, exactly right. We want to know this afternoon, though, was them not having a driver's licence a deal breaker? Yeah, was it the actual straw that broke the camel's back, maybe? You got into a relationship with someone and you're like,

that's fine, we can make it work. And then afterwards... It's not a big deal. Yeah, it ended up being a major stress point. Or maybe, like Brie, you found out on the first date they don't have a driver's licence and you're like, no second date. I don't want no scrubs.

We want to hear from you. 0800 DIAL ZM was them not having a licence, a deal breaker. You can text us on 9696. We're talking about

having a driver's licence in a relationship or not having a driver's licence in a relationship. Is that a deal breaker? Yep, deal breaker for me.

Yeah, that person that you went on a first date with and you said, no licence, no deal. I put my foot in it massively. They had no licence. What if they were the one?

What if they were the one? They weren't the one. Why? Because they didn't have their licence. There you go. It's a deal breaker for you. I think it's an underlying thing, whereas obviously there's certain circumstances that are different.

But I'm saying if a person just hasn't got their licence because they're like, oh, I can't be bothered, then that to me shows something about their personality. Bree said off-air it speaks to their character. I think it kind of does. I understand what you're saying. So we want to talk to people this afternoon who it became an issue in their relationship

so much so that it may have even ended it. Anonymous, first of all, good afternoon. Hi. Hi. Did this end a relationship for you? Definitely. He had a license but no car. Oh, that's another take on it.

And why didn't he have a car? I actually don't know. It's the same thing as the license. It just didn't didn't get around didn't get around to it and so you obviously had a car

you became the driver right I became the chauffeur and it was very very frustrating yeah right that's exactly what we're talking about I bet it took all the fun out of the relationship

let's talk to Kylie hi Kylie hi this is interesting you text us because you actually gave your husband a deadline

by which time to get his driver's license. Is that right? Yeah, yeah. And it's taken over 10 years for him to get it. 10 years. And he hasn't had a license, Kylie? No. Well, he had one pre-me and then lost it.

We won't disclose why, but we're going to put it together. Yeah. And then, yeah, and then he just never got it again. And because it's been so long, he has to reset the whole thing. So 10 years, 10 years is the deadline. How much longer has he got to get that licence? He got it literally today. Today?

Really? Oh, my God. Let's celebrate for Kylie. Kylie, you know that you have to hang up your driving gloves now. You're never to drive ever again. Kylie, tell us your calling from the passenger seat. No, I'm usually calling from the driver's seat, but he's not in the car.

Oh, he's lucky. He's out doing this. Oh, he's lucky. I know. He is bloody lucky. There's too much Edmund in divorce. He's doing baby. There's too much admin in divorce there's too much admin in divorce

Lauren finally hi was them not having a license a deal breaker in your relationship it almost was what happened when I was 17 I met my boyfriend and he

didn't have a license he lived about 20 minutes away from boyfriend and he didn't have a license. He lived about 20 minutes away from me. And he originally said he didn't need a license. And then after six months, I was pretty sick of driving. Because you'd be doing the back and forth, Lauren. Yeah. So at six months, I said he had until our one-year anniversary to get it. Or we were done. Yeah. Yeah. So at six months, I said he had until our one-year anniversary to get it. He's done.

Yeah. Yeah. So he got it at 10 months, and we've now been together for nine years and married for one. Whoa! So not only was getting a license, well, essentially getting a license was the making of your relationship. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we probably wouldn't have survived it if you hadn't. That should be a cautionary tale.

No, I can tell you, you definitely would not. That should be a cautionary tale to anyone out there right now who is using the line to their partner, I don't need a driver's licence babe, you've got one. Yeah, no, you can just pick me up. But babe, you're such a good driver. I prefer it when you drive. No, you can just pick me up. But, babe, you're such a good driver. I prefer it when you drive.

No, it's so much more relaxing. Bree and Clint. Kiwi Burger's back. We were talking about this on Monday when you were away, Bree. Kiwi's love. Bloody love about a Kiwi Burger. You guys always get a snazzy song. Yeah.

We never get that. You guys in Australia have got the McOz burger, right? Yeah, which I feel like, you know, they always do it to, you know, the Kiwis and the Aussies where they give us the same kind of thing and then they kind of tailor it to us to make us think it's ours. Right, so there you go. You've touched on my shocking discovery earlier in the week. This is the ingredients of the Kiwi burger, which I love, by the way.

A beef patty, beetroot, tomato, lettuce, cheese, onion, mustards, ketchup, and an egg. Yum. Ingredients in the McOz. Beef patty, beetroot, lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, ketchup, mustard. So it's exactly the same. Except for the egg. Except for the egg. Except for the egg. And to be honest, my burger of choice from McDonald's back in the day

was the McOz. I loved it. The beetroot's the best. The beetroot is the best. I thought today, because I've never had a McOz, and you've never had a Kiwi burger. Never had a Kiwi burger. This is like a trans-Tasman,

this is like an exchanging of culture that we're about to do. Oh, it is. Yeah. So we've ordered them. I've ordered you're about to do. Oh, it is. Yeah. So we've ordered them. I've ordered you a Kiwi burger. Oh, thank you so much. Which you can enjoy. And I've ordered you a McOz.

Kind of. We've just ordered a Kiwi burger and said take out the egg. Yeah, taking the egg off. So what we're going to do is pop it open. Oh, hello, old friend. And we'll go in together and we'll eat these together. And you let me know what you think of our culture's staple food, the kiwi burger,

and I'll let you know what I think of your Australian... Okay. ...mickles. Okay, here we go. Here we go. Mm-hmm. Sorry about the eating on the radio bit. Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Hold on. I didn't get a piece of egg. Go again. I'll put this underneath so it's less disgusting, sorry. Hide the eating bit. It's so good. Yeah.

I'm going to come out and say the McOz needs egg. It's alright, but it could do with some egg. Now you, who's currently eating a Kiwi burger, or as you refer to it, a McOz with egg.

It tastes like a McOz. Yeah, right. How are you enjoying that egg bit? It is good. Yeah. To be honest. Tell me the truth. Yeah. To be honest. Tell me the truth.

Yeah. Is the Kiwi Burger, once you add the egg, is the Kiwi Burger an improvement on the McOz? I do like an egg on a burger. Yeah. So I'd say, yeah, probably. Yes! Get in there, New Zealand. Yes! Get in there,

New Zealand. Yes! You're a little beauty. So we win. Just confirming we win. I'm the real winner today. Is there a McOz song? No.

No. We don't even get that. Well, let's just have a little listen to the Kiwi Burger one and see if it would work for Australia as well. Okay. Hang on. So just imagine it says Aussies at the start instead of Kiwis.

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Listen to The Front Page at nzherald.co.nz slash podcasts and follow us on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. Bree and Clint. This is interesting news out of Auckland today. You know that it happens a lot on Instagram, that trend where people go to the top of incredibly high structures, often cranes, they get onto them illegally, that sort of thing, or buildings that are still being built or skyscrapers that already exist

and they do a video of them hanging off the edge of the thing and they film it. I hate. I hate it too. Hate these videos. It makes me, just watching it makes me feel incredibly uncomfortable. No, I can't even watch it. I hate it.

Yeah. Someone has done one in Auckland. Right here in New Zealand. Yeah. Someone has done one in Auckland. Right here in New Zealand. Yeah. So they've posted a video to Instagram, which has made the news of them climbing a skyscraper that's still being built. We actually talked about this skyscraper a few weeks ago,

the Pacifica building. Oh, yeah. With the penthouse on the top. Oh, yeah, that really lush penthouse. Somehow they've got to the top of the building and posted a photo of them hanging off the edge of it with two hands.

Then they remove a hand to one hand. Oh, I don't want to know. Then they swap and the other one has a go. I've brought it up on the screen so you can see it. Nah. It just to me is one of the dumbest things I think you can do

it makes me angry yeah and I know we sound old but you know there's a lot of people out there that would kill for a life you know where they whatever reason

whatever struggle they're going through they might not have for a life, you know, where they, whatever reason, whatever struggle they're going through, they might not have the life that these people have. You mean like, yeah. You know, like. You mean to have the use of all of their limbs and stuff. Yeah, maybe they have a disability or maybe they, you know, and they would kill for that opportunity. If these guys let go of the scaffolding, they wouldn't be disabled.

They would be dead. There would be people scraping these guys off the sidewalk. Anyway, to be honest, the stupidest thing about it is that I've seen the photo. These days, I mean, you can Photoshop that. It's also not a great photo. You know?

Like, you've risked your life for a very pixelated picture that, if I'm being honest with you doesn't actually show how high up you are. No, it doesn't really show much. I'll read you the caption. Should have got a selfie stick.

Should have got the new GoPro. It says, I wish I could describe the complexity and process of becoming fearless. Danger might be real, but fear is a choice. All of the fears we don't face quickly become our limits. Yeah, hanging off the edge of a skyscraper is one of my limits. And I'm keen to...

Yeah, I'm swiping left on that profile. Yeah. We do sound old and we do sound like punishers talking about this. But don't do it. Don't do it. Go do a old and we do sound like punishers talking about this. But don't do it. Don't do it. Go do a handstand in the backyard like we used to do. Don't do it. Skip this TikTok trend, okay?

And while we're at it, don't do the one where you put dishwashing liquid on the floor in the kitchen and then you call someone to come in. And don't do the scare cam one because some of us are very jumpy, okay? Oh, but do that one where you tell your mum that you've been pulled over by the police and that you've told them that she had a fall. The police are following you home. Yeah, and she needs to lie on the floor. That one's quite funny.

Yeah, do that one. That's a victimless crime, that one. No, it's not. The mum is definitely. Bree and Clint. Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick. Nickname Origins. This is the game where you tell us your nickname We try and guess how you got it And the best origin story wins free mobile fuel

Pretty simple First up to the plate is you, Nathan Hello Hello, what's your nickname? Scorchy Scorchy Okay Yeah

Alright, this is easy I think I can get this What's Scorchy? Is this a Kiwi thing? I think it's either going to be he's suffered horrific sunburn in his life. Oh, yeah. Or the man inhales a box of scorched almonds like nobody's business. Or do you reckon it's because maybe in his group of mates,

they're like, oh, he's gotten scorched. By Scorchy. He's had a few too many lemonades. Well, I think we might have lost him, whatever it is. Oh, no. Can we try and get Scorchy back? I need to know. All right, we'll try and get Scorchy back.

In the meantime, we'll talk to Brad. Hi, Brad. G'day, Brad. How are we, guys? Good, thank you. What's your nickname, Brad? Pizza. Pizza.

Oh, he loves a pizza. Or. Oh, no, don't say the, don't, no. Don't say it? Are you going to, no, not the mean one. Well, sometimes that's how nicknames occur. No, I won't say it. I don't care if we don't win.

I won't say it. He loves pizza. He loves pizza. It's his favourite food. I can agree. I'm on board a pizza. All right, pizza. Or.

Or. Or. Or. He was a pizza. All right, pizza. Or. Or. Or. He was a pizza delivery driver for a long time. The smell. We've heard that it infuses in the car. Yeah, infused in his car. And then so everyone just called him pizza because his car smells like pizza. His car stinks like pizza.

Pizza, is that why they call you pizza? No, not even close. What is it, Brad? I may or may not have been experimenting with things that make you a little bit hungry, and then one sitting managed to eat a family-sized and a large all in one night. So they called you Pizza because you inhaled some pizza. Literally inhaled it, yeah. Yeah, right.

I can't think about what you would have been doing that would have made you hungry. Yeah. Must have been a big walk. Big walk. I think I went to the gym or something like that, yeah. Yeah, you went to the gym think about what you would have been doing that would have made you hungry. Yeah. Must have been a big walk. I think I went to the gym or something like that. You said you were experimenting. Were you in the lab? Possibly. The pizza was delivered at 4.21.

Hydroclonical. Okay, wait there. We've got Scorchy back. Scorchy, do they call you Scorchy because... He owns a Yorkie Terrier. No. No. Do they call you Scorchy because... He owns a Yorkie Terrier. No. Oh, help me.

No. Do they call you Scorchy because you got horrific sunburn? Is that it? No. Oh. Because you like to get on the turds, Nathan.

You want to know? You're going to laugh. I guarantee it. Yeah, go on. Go on. I broke half my tooth on a scorched almond. I knew it was

scorched almond related. I knew it had something to do with scorched almonds. Nathan, which tooth?ched almond related. I knew it had something to do with scorched almonds. Nathan, which tooth? My back one. Oh, no, Nathan. Wait there, Scorchy. One more for Louise.

Hi, Louise. Hi, Lou. Hi. What's your nickname? So my nickname is Weasel. Weasel. Weasel. She loves the band Weasel.

She loves the band Weasel. Teenage Dirtbag. I do like her, but no. She's a snake. She's a snake. She's a weasel. Teenage Dirtbag. She's a weasel. She's a snake. She's a weasel. She rats people out. She has a pet weasel. She imported a pet weasel illegally and has it here in New Zealand.

She had one too many Sauvignon Blancs and weaseled her pants. Oh, we're getting close. Oh, oh. She loves to always pop the cork on champagne and they call her Pop Goes the Weasel. No, judging by your reaction, I feel like it's urine related. Weasel. Weasel. Weasel, did you...

Because she's small. No, it's because she... She likes to get into the little crevices. It's definitely to do with urination. My name. It was my name. Wait, Louise. Oh, Louise. Weasel.

Is that it? Yes. Yeah. Wait, your last name's Weasel? No, Lou Weasel. Oh. Yeah. I don't get it.

Do you ever weed yourself? No, don't worry. Don't answer that, actually. Don't answer that. Does she like cheesels? Did you really not get it? Lou Weasel. The end of her name is you really not get it? Lou Weasel. The end of her name is Weasel.

Oh, Lou Weasel. Right, got it. Sorry, guys. I'm here now. Who's our winner? Scorchy, pizza, or Weasel? I quite like pizza. I quite like pizza.

I love Scorchy's story. Scorchy's story is legendary, but 420. Pizza, you've won yourself some free mobile fuel. Congratulations. Thanks, guys. Cheers, lads. No worries. Grab yourself some munchies on the way home.

You've earned it. Yeah, I might go for a gym session first and then, yeah, yeah. Been watching an interesting show on Netflix that's trending at the moment. It's new and it's about Indian matchmaking. And that's the name of the show, actually. new and it's about Indian matchmaking. And that's the name of the show actually. Oh, it's called Indian matchmaking. It's called Indian matchmaking. I've watched the trailer for it.

It's really. It looks fantastic. Yeah. It follows an actual matchmaker. Her name is Seema. Forgive me if I'm pronouncing that wrong. But she has been matchmaking Indian couples since forever. She's been in the business for a long, long time. Not in India though, right? No. So she has clients in the US and also clients

in India. Yeah, right. Okay. So both. She flies all over the world and she matches people from all over. Yeah. It'd be a big money job from what I understand. And this is from an outsider's perspective who doesn't fully understand how Indian culture operates. But what I can see is it's the merging of two families in that marriage. You just heard that on the trailer of the show. No, no, no. No, play the audio.

No. Play the audio. It's the coming together of two families. No, play the audio that we just got from the show. There is no audio. I don't know. Oh, this? Yeah.

This. So fickle-minded and fussy. And I'm here to help them. In India, the marriages, they are between two families. So the parents guide their children. And that is the work of a matchmaker. The clients, they want everything.

Someone charming. Equal to my pay or higher. Adjustment is also important. You have to be attracted to the person and the person has to be good. I don't think that it's a lot to ask for. So like I was saying, the parents guide the children. You have to be attracted to the person and the person has to be good. I don't think that it's a lot to ask for. So like I was saying, the parents guide the children.

You literally just listened to it. I have watched the trailer though. No, it is really interesting. Arranged marriages to us, strange concept. We didn't grow up with that. The idea that my parents would choose my partner. Love my parents.

But no thanks. But no thank you. It's not a custom in our culture, is it? No. Very, very normal in Indian culture as far as I can recognise from watching this show. My dad would choose me a partner back in Rotorua where we're from. He'd go, well, you've got to come back eventually. So I phoned your wife and she lives

in Fairy Springs. I thought it'd be so weird. I wonder who my parents would choose for me. Yeah, interesting, eh? Like, just think about that for a second. Your parents would choose you an up-and-coming player in the Brisbane Broncos

who had state of origin potential. That is so true! He's lovely. Mum, I'm not even attracted to him whatsoever. She goes, listen to me, Brianna. I've had a word. He is going to be...

He said he can get us a signed Maroons jersey. As a dowry. Like we said, this is us talking about it from the outside. I'd love to talk to some people this afternoon who have experience in arranged marriages. Yeah, is this like very customary in your culture? Have you, maybe your mum and dad were in an arranged marriage. Maybe you're currently in an arranged marriage.

Yeah. Maybe you are arranged to be married. Maybe you escaped an arranged marriage because you didn't want one. Maybe you got married because it was arranged and then it didn't work out. Maybe you want us to arrange you a marriage. Maybe we should just get people to call and stop making up things. Maybe. Let's do that now.

Oh, 800 dial ZDM. Have you had or been part of an arranged marriage? Yeah, you can text us on 9696 also. We're talking matchmaking and not any particular type, but arranged marriage matchmaking. Yeah, new show on Netflix, Indian Matchmaking. Looks fantastic. I can't wait to watch this show. Yeah, follows an actual matchmaker. Her name's Seema, and she's got clients in the US and India where she matches people together.

And she talks about how it's not about matching not only the people but the families together, which I feel like most relationships are like that. I wonder if it's getting harder as a matchmaker as people become more demanding. You know, these days. The people on the show have quite a lot of checklists. Seema texts you and she's like, hey, I've got an arrangement for you.

And you're like, send me their Instagram link. Go through the pics. Give me a look. Text back, Seema, no thank you. Next. Yeah, and Seema's like, girl, I'm not Tinder. Yeah. I'm arranging your marriage.

She seems like she's really, I mean, she's been doing it for so long. Yeah. That she's, I mean, she's got a knack for it. Yeah, and she's got a TV show. We want to know, though, is there anyone listening currently in an arranged marriage or has experience in an arranged marriage? Yeah, we're really interested. Stacey, hi.

Hi. Hi. Is this you, Stacey, or do you know someone that's been in an arranged marriage? So I was seeing a guy for two years, and it turns out he was set to be in an arranged marriage, so we had to break up. No way. No, Stacey.

Yeah. When did he tell you that he was betrothed to someone else? Close towards the end. He kept kind of say in comments that was standing out a little bit. He eventually told me officially, but I sort of... That's a bit rough.

Did you try and... Because obviously two years, you're fairly committed to each other. Did you try and talk him out of it? Yeah. Let's be real. When you really think about this story, this is like Did you try and talk him out of it? Yeah, yeah. Stacey. Work. Like, let's be real. When you really think about this story, this is like an Anne Hathaway rom-com. Like, can you imagine at the last minute he turns away from the arranged marriage and he flies back to New Zealand to be with you?

Yeah, but. Oh, yeah. Maybe he didn't. Oh. He didn't. Well, you know, not every movie has a Disney ending. Did he go through with the arranged marriage? Do you know?

Do you still have contact? Oh, God. Yeah, no contact. Just the Facebook still. I was going to say, have you kept this person as a Facebook friend? No. Yeah, right. Don't do it to yourself.

Oh, sorry, Stacey. That sucks. Yeah. Thanks for calling, though. Fascinating. He should have been up front. You've got to be up front. Yeah.

If you're going to be in a relationship with someone for two years and you know that it's going to come to an end. Yeah, and if you know you're going to go off and get, you know, married, then. Anonymous. Oh, good. Okay. Hello, Anonymous. Hi.

Your cousin ran away from an arranged marriage. Yep, she did. No way. So what do you mean? Are we talking Julia Roberts' runaway bride at the last minute or like earlier? No, like more like because in our culture like you go, like it's all arranged through the aunties and stuff and basically went overseas to meet the suitors. Okay. But she was having a secret affair with someone else. So...

Your cousin was? Scandal. Was having a secret affair with someone else that no one knew about. Yeah. So she smuggled from one country

to another to run away with this person. Whoa! Is she still on the run? Uh, no. What is your...

Everyone knows now. So it's not a secret anymore. So it's like the family knows. still on the run? Uh, no. What is your culture? Everyone knows now, so it's not a secret anymore. So it's like the family knows. What is your culture, by the way? Are you Indian?

Yes. You are, yeah. Wow, that's crazy. How common are arranged marriages for young people who live, like, in New Zealand these days

in Indian culture? Well, I've had my own experience as well because there was a guy I was seeing for quite a while. He hinted at getting married. I said

maybe. So our families really liked each other. So it was more along those suited, you know, align the families kind of thing. They were pushing you more. So he was more, he was like, oh, I have to go to India for like family things. I was like, okay.

My cousin messaged while they were there and said, hey, I just ran into so-and-so and his wife. Oh, in India? Yep. Scandal. And I was like, what? Wow. And the audacity was that they came back and were like Oh Because they're new to the country Can you be friends with them?

What? I was like Oh no Yeah right Oh gosh Drama Drama Drama

You're my favourite caller of the week They should make a Netflix TV show Just about you Anonymous Thank you for calling So interesting We'll finish on one more Anonymous call Good afternoon Are you

What's your experience With arranged marriages Anonymous? Hey guys, I'm actually, I actually got an arranged marriage. Are you in it right now? Yes, three years later. Yes, we are.

But the first six months was kind of hell. And I think the divorce did get thrown around a little bit. Wow. But we made it work and then gave it one more last shot. Anonymous, can I ask, because obviously a lot of people don't really know

how it works in arranged marriages. Like we don't know because it's not a part of our culture. Can you explain to us, like, do you guys meet for how long? Do you meet at the wedding? Yeah, do you meet and then date for a bit? It's kind of like that show where the family

kind of gets it like there's a matchmaker kind of meets two families and then the boy and the girl can talk but every scenario is different. So for my scenario

I spoke to her for 20 minutes on the phone while she was in India I was there and next thing you know just like that and a month later scenario. I spoke to her for 20 minutes on the phone. While she was in India I was here. And next thing, we were engaged. Just like that. And a month later, we were married.

Wow! Okay, so first six months were hell. You talked about divorce. Now three years later you're still together. Have you guys said the L word yet? Yes, of course. So you love each other now? Yes, and kids are on the horizon

Congratulations, the kids are in the works My one last question for you, Anonymous For your arranged marriage How strange was it To marry this person But to kiss them for the first time In front of all your friends and family? Indian weddings

Three days long And the kissing thing doesn't happen either. We walk down the aisle and, you know, it's just kind of like a ceremony, I guess. And, yeah, it just kind of happens, but there's no kissing involved. To be honest, that part's quite awkward at weddings

anyway, isn't it? Nah, it's the best bit. What, where you just smack on in front of everyone? I told Lucy we should practice. Oh. I did. Did you? Yeah, a little dress rehearsal.

Like, I've got to give my dad a show. Your birthdays, we figure out what was number one on your 16th and then we'll play the best one out of three. Michaela's first. Hi, Michaela. Hi, Michaela. Hi. I understand it's your birthday tomorrow. Tomorrow, yes. Well, happy birthday for tomorrow.

Are you pumped? Thank you. Yeah, a little bit. Not as exciting as last year's but every birthday is a good birthday. What was last year so exciting? 21st. Oh. It's all downhill from here, Michaela. Oh, I know.

Nah, it should be good. So your birthday's tomorrow. What year? 1998. Okay. You were 16 in 2014 on the 23rd of July. And, Michaela, this is your birthday banger. And I'm so fancy.

You already know. Iggy is. Iggy, Iggy, Iggy to be Don't I'm pretty good at Iggy Azalea Thank you very much Iggy Azalea fancy Are you happy with your birthday banger Michaela? I sure am

Yes Michaela from Mullumbimby she is Iggy Azalea Or Michaela Iggy Azalea? Yeah. Or Michaela? Well, no, Iggy Azalea. Well, that rhymes, doesn't it? Kemi, hi. Hi, Kemi.

Hi there, how are you? Good, thanks. Are you doing your birthday banger for your mum? I sure am. I've done mine and I'd love to do it, Mum. Oh, cool. What's your mum's name? Terry. Terry.

Sweet. What's Terry's birthday? It is the 28th of May, 1968. All right. She was 16 in 1984 on the 28th of May. And, Cammie, this is your mum's birthday banger. Now I've got to cut loose, put loose, kick on the Sunday juice. That's awesome.

That is awesome. What a top birthday banger. Kenny Loggins. Oh, that's a good one, Cammy. What's the movie? The movie's Footloose as well, eh? Yeah. Yeah, right.

Yeah. It's chicken. Let's do one more birthday banger for Chloe. Hi, Chloe. Hi, Chloe. Hey, guys. How are you, mate? Yeah, not too bad.

Yeah, that's good. Halfway through the week. Good time for a birthday banger. What's your birthday? My birthday is the 3rd of November, 1992. Right, you were 16 in 2008 on the 3rd of November. And in 2008, this had a number one hit. That is a tune.

Kings of Leon. That song was like one of the biggest songs of the year, if I can remember. Yeah, absolutely. Huge. Yeah, they were superstars at the time. You love it, Chloe? Good birthday banger?

Yeah, it's a great birthday banger. That's a good one. Oh, they're all good. Yeah, I vote Kings of Leon. I vote Footloose. You vote Footloose? Absolutely. I thought you'd be going Iggy Azalea.

Nah, Footloose all day, any day. All right, we're going to split vote today. Now you better cut loose. It's producer Anastasia's turn to decide the split vote. She can choose them all three. She can choose Iggy, Kenny Loggins, or Sex on Fire. I feel like she's going to go with me on this. I'm really sorry.

I actually really liked Fancy as a kid So I'm going to put that one in there Okay, alright Okay Do we go to producer Ben? No, no, no No, you decide Oh, okay, sweet

You can pick any of them You have the power Yeah, definitely Fancy I like that song Well, good on you for sticking to your guns Well done Thank you It's Michaela's birthday tomorrow

It is Michaela, you've won birthday bagger Congratulations Woohoo Happy birthday What's your birthday present? Thanks for a summer release It's Michaela's birthday tomorrow. It is. Michaela, you've won birthday bagger. Congratulations. Woo-hoo. Happy birthday. What? Bring the hooks in with a bass sack. Champagne spilling, you should taste that. I'm in the best lane From LA to Tokyo I'm so fancy Can't you taste this gold?

Remember my name How to blow I said baby I do this I thought that you knew this Can't stand no haters and non-ins The truth is that my flow That my fetish be dead departed Swag up on super

I can't shop in no department. I get my money on time, it's ain't about money, decline. That's why I'm in there, there's so much to get that line of rewind. So get my money on time, it's ain't about money, decline. I just can't worry about no haters, gotta stay on my grind. Now tell me who that, who that, that do that, do that. Put that paper over all, I thought you knew that, knew that. I be the I, G-G-Y, put my name in ball.

I've been working, I'm up in here with some change to throw. I'm so fancy, I'm up in here with some change to throw I'm so fancy You already know I'm in the best lane From LA to Tokyo I'm so fancy Can't you taste this gold?

Remember my name To blow Crash the hotel Let's get drunk on the minibar Make the phone call Feel so good getting what I want Yeah, keep on turning it up Chandelier swinging, we don't give a fuck

Film it, stop, yeah, I'm deluxe Classic expensive, you don't get to touch. Still stunned how you love that. Got a whole world asking how I does that. Hot girl, hands off, don't touch that. Look at it, I bet you wishing you could clutch that. That's just the way you like it, huh? Ain't so good, he just wishing he could bite it Never turn down nothing

It's late, it's late Go trigger on it, trigger like I'm so fancy You already know I'm in the best lane From LA to Tokyo I'm so fancy Can't you taste this gold?

Remember my name To blow ZM, Brie and Clint The winner of Birthday Banger Inside Scoop I've had to sit here throughout that whole song Listening to Brie rap that song Word for word

In the Aguiazalia voice For the whole track People say that when I rap I sound quite a lot like her You definitely do I just don't know if you should take sound quite a lot like her. You definitely do. Who dat? Who dat? I just don't know if you should take that as a compliment.

Do dat. Do dat. She had a secret baby earlier this year, remember? Yeah, little boy. Yeah. Yeah, no, that's good. Secret baby. All the rage now.

Secret baby. Yeah. Jessica Biel. No, and Nicki Minaj announced that she was pregnant. Oh, yeah, not secret, though. She announced she's pregnant. Jessica Biel just dropped a secret baby. Did she?

Yeah. Just dropped it? Like that Beyonce album. Oh, my God. Did you guys see that video of that woman who literally just dropped a baby in the parking lot? No. Like, not dropped a baby, but she was giving birth or she was in labour. She gets out of the car and her husband's with her and she's like duck walking over to

the door and the midwife comes out and boom, baby comes out as she's walking. Really? Yeah. You guys should look it up. It happened like last week or something. Terrifying. Yeah. The midwife catches it like a footy. Yeah, that's good stuff. Like Aaron Smith style. She can get on the

back of an All Blacks ruck. Yeah. Iggy Zaylia should do another song. This is the best TikTok, this one too, where they make the fake high heels out of things. Bree and Clint.

I've got a smuggler's story for you this afternoon. Remember the last time we talked about smuggling anything, it was when you tried to put those marbles somewhere. No, excuse me. Yeah, you said you had a bit of a run-in at the airport. No. Yep.

No. Yeah, it was a Bucks night or something, wasn't it? No. Excuse me. I remember exactly what it was. You said what? You talked about someone who smuggled 10 marbles up their bottom

and I said if I had to You said the person was you. No, I said I would put them in one by one, not in one big go. You seem to know a lot about it for the person who didn't do it. This is not about me. Talk about your dumb smuggling story. No, this is a good story. Right. This is, I'm

going to say it's smugglers expert level because police in Italy have discovered cocaine, cocaine stuffed inside coffee beans. Whoa. Have you ever seen or heard

of that before? Well, no, but I haven't seen or heard of much smuggling methods. Yeah, I don't read too much up on it. My subscription to Smugglers Weekly lapsed over lockdown. Oh, did it? You need to sign back up. They've got some good stuff. However, coffee bean? How much cocaine can you get in a coffee bean? So this is how they did it. Two kilos, which contained 130 grams of cocaine, was discovered in more than 500 individual coffee beans

that had painstakingly been hollowed out and then filled with cocaine. All that to smuggle 130 grams of cocaine? Yeah. Right. I mean, I don't know how the metrics work, but it seems like a hell of a lot of work. So apparently they nearly got away with it. Yeah.

But it was addressed to a fictional villain, which drew suspicion. Which villain? It didn't say. But who would you reckon? The Joker is what comes to mind. The Joker, yeah. Can you imagine, though? Can you imagine you intercept the package and you're like, oh, coffee beans.

And you make yourself a coffee using the cocaine-filled coffee beans. Can you imagine how buzzing your day would be? You'd be like, I am ready to work. Yeah, I don't think you'd be feeling too good. No, I think you'd be feeling very, like, too good. Yeah. I decided after seeing this story, because I thought that was quite unusual,

to bring you the five most unusual ways drug dealers have smuggled things. Okay. Yeah. A drug dealer's countdown. Yeah, pretty much. Let's kick it off with number five. Clams have been used where they were opened, filled with 10 grams of cocaine and glued shut.

Yeah, right. Like a little cocaine pearl. Yeah, clams. Okay, clams. These are all real, by the way. Yeah. These are all real stories. The next one.

Cocaine was also smuggled in breast implants. Whoa. Buzzy. Inside a person? I guess inside a person. I don't know if they're inside breast implants. Whoa. Buzzy. Inside a person. I guess inside a person. I don't know if they're inside a person. Yeah. They could have been outside a person too.

Either or. Number three in things that have been smuggled in, dead bugs filled with also cocaine. Dead bugs. Weird. Yeah, that seems like a lot of work. Because dead bugs, if you were bringing dead bugs across the border, I'm going to look at you. Yeah, why are you bringing dead bugs?

Nothing's more attention-seeking than dead bugs. Yeah. Yeah, okay, yeah. Number two on the list of the weirdest things that drug dealers have smuggled things in with, Mr Potato Heads. Is this a real list? Yeah, this is a real list. Oh, right, drugs inside Mr Potato Heads. Is this a real list? Yeah, this is a real list. Oh, right.

Drugs inside Mr. Potato Heads. Ecstasy pills were found inside the toy Mr. Potato Head. Have you seen the movie Project X? No. Oh, yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they smashed that thing up. It was full of ecstasy pills.

That's right. Yeah. They maybe got the idea from this. Yeah. That's a true story. And the top thing on the list of the weirdest things that people have smuggled things in. Avocados.

Really? Yeah. Cocaine inside avocados. Cocaine. I don't know which one's more expensive. Cocaine or the avocados. Biggest story in the country today. Well, I'm assuming.

When I read it, I was up in arms about this. about this and as a Kiwi Clint you should be as well. There is a biscuit who is rivaling the Tim Tam. Get out of town. Yep. Is it the Chit Chat, the poor cousin to the Tim Tam? No, no. Apparently this is a biscuit. Because out there there are some devout Chit Chat fans, believe it or not. I don't mind a Chit Chat. Chit Chat fans exist. I love a bit of a Chit Chat. I love saying chit chat uh i enjoy having a chit chat with friends i love it chit chat and a cup of tea and uh no this isn't a chit chat it is actually a biscuit that is over in the uk and it's called a penguin and they're saying that it's exactly like the tim tam very similar

makeup pretty much everything the same but they're saying it's better. We have British listeners to our podcast and we get messages whenever we talk about Tim Tams going what's a Tim Tam? What's a Tim Tam? We need to try a Tim Tam. It's a penguin. And it's a penguin. So if you guys need clarification turns out it could just be a penguin. The biscuit. Not the animal.

Not the animal. Don't grab the animal and put it upside down in a hot cup of tea and try and suck your tea through the penguin's... No, don't do that. You don't want to suck anything through a penguin. No, if you can help it. I've been there, done that. It was a bad time.

For everyone. We thought, look, to finally lay this to rest, I thought I need to find some of these biscuits because people are talking about it because they're actually coming. They're in New Zealand. Are they? Yes. Penguins are invading. New Zealand. Are they? Yes. Penguins are invading.

Well, yes, they've invaded. A few places are stocking them. You can't get them everywhere yet. So only a few supermarkets. We've managed to get our hands on a packet. So what we're going to do, and I think as a true Kiwi, you should be able to tell the difference from the real and the rightful Tim Tam. Yeah, I'm up to this challenge.

To the penguin. Now, they look different, so we're going to blindfold you. They don't look that different, but they look slightly different. Okay, let's do this. Here we go. Okay, so put the blindfold on. Blindfold's the wrong way. I can't see anything, so it should be fine.

All right, producer Anastasia, if you can bring in both biscuits please now can i ask now i'll give you a tip yeah i'll give you a tip it says here that one of the biggest differences is that the penguin is crunchier okay but i've never tasted one also I've heard the penguin is slightly bigger So do you want to Negate that fact And we'll have producer Anastasia feed me Can you please feed Clint So I'll go hands free

I really want you to not have any other Senses involved Can you tell me Tim Tam original Tim Tam double coat Tim Tam original Tim Tam original vs penguin Tam double coat. Tim Tam original. Tim Tam original versus penguin original, I guess. Yes.

Okay, cool. All right, here we go. Can you tell the difference? Here comes biscuit number one. Oh, sorry. Sorry, I have my mouth is open. Anastasia is feeling it. Wait, I'll tell you.

Oh, my God. Do you not know how to eat? I'll give consent, okay? And then you'll do it. There's like 50 shades of. Three, two, one, go. Okay, and Tim Tam. Okay, let's go. Or penguin is in. Mm- go. Okay, and Tim Tam or Penguin is in.

Okay. All right. Can I just say, first of all, delicious. We do love those biscuits. I would accept that as a Tim Tam. Okay, all right. Without tasting the difference, if you just pretend to be biscuits and you go, oh, I've got some Tim Tams.

You wouldn't recognise I wouldn't recognise it Any difference Okay Well that could be Because it is the Tim Tam But Oh I got it right

We don't know yet Oh we don't know No Oh okay right Alright here comes biscuit number two Okay I'll give consent Three Two

One Oh You put quite a lot in there Anastasia Mmm Alright now have a taste Have a think Now Clint is taste testing The Tim Tam

Which here in New Zealand we all know and love And the rival biscuit The Penguin that is doing the rounds In the UK See the first one So convincing to me as a Tim Tam That Very Tim Tam

But I didn't get the same Overwhelming sense of Oh that's a Tim Tam Because they say That it's very similar Very similar I would say that's very similar And I would say

Biscuit number two is Oh It's also a bit dry In the back of my throat I'd say biscuit number two Is a penguin So you're locking in Biscuit number one

Tim Tam Is Tim Tam Yeah Biscuit number two Penguin Tim Tam. Is Tim Tam. Yeah. Biscuit number two. Penguin. Penguin. Okay. Yeah.

I can reveal to you. Oh. Clinton Roberts. Yeah. Both were Tim Tams. Frigging knew you'd do that. You don't even have any penguins. No, we can't.

You don't even have. What a waste of my time. Well, you know what? It's not a waste of my time Well you know what It's not a waste of my time You got a Tim Tam I got four Tim Tams Out of this so Joke's on you

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