ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – March 17th 2020

Episode Date: March 17, 2020

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Hello everybody and welcome to the Bree and Clint podcast. The only podcast that the Ministry of Health recommends for people who are in self-isolation. The only podcast. That's good. Yep, that's legit. That's a legit endorsement. Yep. This is, we'll do one daily for anyone who's in isolation, except for the weekends, you have to listen to another one. But, we joke, but this sort of stuff is going to become valuable

if we all get stuck in our houses. Podcasting. Podcasts, all sorts of free entertainment. Yeah. You know, Netflix might seem infinite, but there's probably only five things on there at any one time that you actually want to watch. Yeah.

And once you've seen them, what are you going to do? Ha-ha, back to radio, you idiots. Ha-ha-ha, got him. We might just be doing breaks from our own room and just sending me the audio And then I just have to put it all together What is the future of this radio show at the moment? You're right

Because at the moment I'm in a glass booth Isolated from you to It's always been like that But I can't get in here without going via you guys So if we have to isolate then What do we do? I don't know Are we broadcasting at separate houses?

Are we all going to Clint's house yeah you said you were listening to some Australian shows this morning and they are

broadcasting from the house by the way Bree's not here if you're wondering why she's been so quiet I was just about to say people are probably thinking she's self isolated

because she hasn't said anything no no no she's away today on a project and she'll be back on the show with us tomorrow every time I say it

it sounds so sinister it's not it's not you'll find out where she was tomorrow um oh yeah you're listening to australian shows yeah i woke up this morning i sort of saw a bunch on social media about how all these radio shows over in australia are all broadcasting from their own homes and these are people that are teams of four maybe five maybe more and they're all in like separate houses with all their mics set up to their computers and it's so fun oh it's definitely fun but it'd be a pain in the ass to organize yeah but mate in australia they've got so much money they just make other people do it yeah

like you imagine you're you're kyle sandylands and they go broadcasting your house and he's like awesome my house is fucking mint you know yeah true's like, I'd like it in a little cabin beside the pool. Yeah, yeah. He goes, you know what, I'll have the builder come over and whip up a studio for me

this afternoon. Yeah. And we'll be good to go by tomorrow. Which is very similar to us. Like, if we have to do it. Well, I saw those and I was like, jeez, that could be us.

Yeah. Any day. Yeah, I'll put a tent in the backyard. Any day, they might be like, cool, you can't come in, that's it. Run an ethernet cable

out the kitchen window and hop in there Just do it in your normal lounge No No mate No But it's nice there though This is the beauty of you

Being a bachelor You don't understand My wife doesn't want to Hear my voice Any more than she already does She doesn't She doesn't So you want your

Do it in your little sleep out You think she wants to hear me Bleating on about Pop culture And music And shit like that? She'll self-isolate. Yeah, true. From me.

Yeah. So, no, that doesn't work. Anyway, it's an overused term, but this is a fluid situation. We don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. We don't know what's going to happen in the next hour. Yeah, isn't it crazy how much has happened since this time yesterday? Yeah. Isn't it buzzy? Yeah. It's buzzy, Jay. It's bu to happen in the next hour. Yeah, isn't it crazy how much has happened since this time yesterday? Yeah. Isn't it buzzy?

Yeah. It's buzzy G. It's buzzy G. Yeah, buzzy G. Buzzy G. Nice. Which, by the way, makes a return to the show today. Buzzy G.

Oh, spoiler. Is in the podcast. Spoiler, yeah. Spoiler. Let's get out of here. Let's not spend any more time infecting each other than we need to. Yeah, sounds good. Enjoy today's podcast

Like we said Tomorrow Brie will be back on the show And everything will be back tomorrow To normal Tomorrow Nice That's when it'll be normal

That was so good Okay goodbye But not normal Because of coronavirus Oh fuck Hey Google What's the time? It's 3pm

Give or take a minute Alexa Play ZM on iHeart Radio Playing ZM on iHeart Radio Hey Playing ZM on iHeart Radio. Hey Siri, when are Brie and Clint on? Brie and Clint are on air in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to the show.

Brie and Clint, we are Brie-less today. She is off doing something today. Actually, she'll be back tomorrow. She's off doing something today. She'll be back tomorrow and everything is fine. That wasn't meant to sound suspicious at all. She's totally doing something today. Actually, she'll be back tomorrow. She's off doing something today. She'll be back tomorrow and everything is fine. That wasn't meant to sound suspicious at all. She's totally doing something normal.

And now I'm talking too much because I'm nervous. It's totally a normal thing. I just didn't check with her whether I was allowed to say the thing. Are we allowed to say the thing? Oh, I think probably not.

Don't say the thing. Yeah, now it sounds really strange. But it's fine. It's not bad. She'll be back tomorrow. Okay, she'll be back tomorrow. That's all you need to know. Whatever you're doing around the country today,

you may be doing it from home. You may be doing it from a workplace that has less people in it. And you may be a bit freaked out about what's going on. That's totally fine and that's totally normal. You would have heard Georgia talking before or with Lauren in the news just then, the $12 billion that the government is about to dump into the economy. Dump, pump, put, pay.

Don't know. Basically, the idea of that is to try and soothe everybody's feelings and go, hey, it's going to be okay. We're going to keep things going. We're just going to keep things as kind of normal as possible. And it's a good thing. It's a good thing. Plus, if you need some inspiration,

if you are working from home today, not only are you fighting COVID-19, you didn't drive to work, so you're also fighting climate change. Did you think about that? That's good. Less cars on the roads, less of whatever it is.

We're looking for the positives here. So that's good stuff. More positives. We've got Secret Sound still on. It's still at $100,000 and it's still available to anybody who can guess that sound. So if you want to play Secret Sound with us this afternoon,

four o'clock and five o'clock, your chance to call up and tell Sanky Bagari what you think that sound is. Next though, one for the parents. Or actually, this might be a story that your parents have told you that you did as a kid. Okay, we're going to talk about kids ruining things after this.

This is Arizona Zervas and Roxanne. Bree and Clint, ZM. Bree and Clint. I went to the supermarket this morning and believe it or not, everything was fine. There was no pandemonium where I was. The shelves were fully stocked. I saw one lady who was doing her grocery shopping in latex gloves.

But that's fine. I think that's fine if you want to do that. She's just taking precautions. They had hand sanitizer at the entrance. Everything I needed was there. But I do know that people have been raiding the shelves and stockpiling. We've been talking about the toilet paper, what are we calling it? Apocalypse.

Oh, yeah. The apocalypse for the last couple of weeks. And this story is about a lady in the UK who did that. Not to a crazy extent. She just did what she thinks she needed to do and she stocked up. She bought three dozen toilet rolls just to see her through type thing.

It's not over the top. I don't think it's over the top. No. It's not like you see those people who are going with the multi, you know you get the 48 packs and then you're buying

like four 48 packs? That's too much. Where do you keep it? In the garage? Where do you keep 150 toilet rolls? Attic? Because it has to be dry.

Wherever you keep it it has to be really dry. Woodshed. Woodshed. Give these toilet rolls a season and they'll be dry as. Ready to go. Chuck them straight on the fire. Anyway, this lady in the UK has done it and she stored her 18 rolls of toilet paper in the bathroom

next to the toilet. Makes sense. Her kids are having a bath and they've grabbed all the toilet rolls while she's out of the room and put them in the bath. Gutted. Not a dry place to put your toilet rolls. She has uploaded a picture to Twitter which just looks like toilet paper soup in her bath. Because all the rolls have disintegrated like they're supposed to do.

When they go into water, they're meant to like melt into nothing so they can go down the toilet. Anyway, there's a bath and it's full of 18 rolls of toilet paper and then bath toys. There's a boat in there and a Barbie and that sort of thing. And I mean, for a kid, it looks like the most fun. But for someone who has stopped piling their toilet paper, she's going to start all over again.

Like unless she drains the bath, like a sieve situation, and then takes it out and makes toilet paper mache. Yeah, right. Yep. Which, if you've made paper mache, it's very stiff. Yes. It's not. But, I mean, desperate times, desperate measures.

It's true. Or you just scoop it all out and what do you do? Do you flush it down the toilet? Like a little bit at a time. Like a cup at a time? Yeah, yeah. Don't do that. That's a waste of water as well.

I don't know what the solution is here. But her kids have ruined her toilet paper stockpile. So we're going to ask you this afternoon, what did you ruin as a kid? What is the thing that your parents never let you live down where they go, hey, when you were a child,

I had a brand new BMW and you thought it'd be fun to go and sit in it with a Vivid or something like that. Yes. You know, I had a very flash, I bought myself a very flash stereo and you thought it'd be a good idea

to tip your juice into the amplifier of that stereo. Yeah. What did you ruin when you were a kid is the question. We talked to your dad last week, Ellie. Yep. He said you ruined his life. Oh, you did.

I did. You can share with us what you ruined as a kid on 0800DARLS.M. Or you can text it into 9696. Or maybe you're a parent and your kid ruined something for you recently. We'd love to hear about it. Share your stories with us this afternoon on 0800DALZM. Bree and Clint.

No Bree today, she's back tomorrow. We're asking you, what did you ruin when you were a kid? A lady in the UK has posted on Twitter that her entire toilet paper stockpile has been tipped into the bath. Her kids who were having a bath took the toilet rolls that were stacked next to the toilet.

She had like three dozen. She stocked up. She's like, okay, I gotta do what I can. I got three dozen. And they put them all in the bath and now it's toilet paper soup. So that's gone.

And because of that, we're asking you, what did you ruin for your parents? Or if you're a parent, what did your kids ruin for you? We're getting some great texts on this. Someone said, when I was four years old, I jumped into my dad's brand new SS V8 Holden and I accidentally knocked it into neutral and took the handbrake off. Wait, how do you accidentally knock it into neutral and take the handbrake

off? Like it seems like you might do it anyway uh it rolled down the driveway and crashed into the neighbor's house across the road yeah he's probably not gonna let you live that one down for a while uh someone said me and my brother had a drunken fight and i went through the christmas tree and to this day my mum and dad remind me of the time that i ruined christmas you didn't technically ruin christ. You ruined the Christmas tree, but I can see why they wouldn't let it go. That's fine. On 0800DARLS.M, Olivia.

Hi, good afternoon. Hi, how are you? Going good. What did you ruin for your parents? When I was a little girl, I got hold of my mum's bright red lipstick and wrote I love mummy up her Brantley white painted hallway. And my sister, when she was being naughty,

she got mustard in her mouth and decided to wipe it all over my mum's Spanish white cheeks. Right. So, right. As someone who has a new kid, they just tell you don't get anything white. They said, don't bother. Like for the next five years,

just forget white as a colour that you have in your wardrobe. At least with the lipstick, you were writing a nice message, right? Did she see the nice side of it? Yes, she did. But she's been for the last trying to get it off. Yeah, right. With a little bit of jiff. All right.

No, that's a good story. Thank you. Casey, hi. Hiya. Hi. What did you ruin for your parents? Okay, so I think I was younger than five, and my dad was down at the neighbor's workshop painting his mom's holden,

just painting the roof. I suppose when it was cool to have, like, a blue car with a white roof or something like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he had the spray gun out. I think he'd just finished this awesome job painting the roof, and then for some reason I come along, grab a handful of gravel, and chuck it up on the roof.

I still don't know today why I did that, but, yeah, Dad never lets me forget it. He'll still remind me of it, and we lived just up the road, and my mum could hear me crying all the way home, and there was a couple of cattle stops on the way, and she can even remember hearing my boots go like you know, dragged across the cattle stop. Dads like to pretend

that they love their kids more than their cars but your dad wasn't doing a custom paint job on your bedroom was he? He was doing it on his car. His pride and joy and you mess with the car. That's good. I like that. Thank you Casey and we'll go to Tiana. Tiana's here. Hi Tiana. Thank you, Casey. And we'll go to Tiana.

Tiana's here. Hi, Tiana. Hello. Hi. What did you ruin for your parents? Well, my mum and dad bought a car two days prior

and I jumped in the car when I was four years old, put it in drive and smashed it into the side of the house. Yeah, that's a good one too. How old were you? I was four.

I read it off. Oh, really? Yeah. My dad worked on the ships and they bought a new car. It was a Honda. I'm 35 now. So 31 years ago, I read off a Honda. I imagine it was their pride and joy too.

Right. Was it like a precursor to anything? Are you like a really good driver now? Are you a stunt driver or a race driver or something like that? Oh, I do get trusted with a lot of nice cars, so I'm a pretty good driver, I guess. Yeah, you learn from it. It's just an early learning.

Write it off to that. Okay. Thanks, Tiana. Really appreciate it. Thank you. Lots and lots and lots of texts about what kids have ruined for their parents and a few from mums saying, my child ruined my thing.

So just so you know, that joke has been communicated and we can't say it at this time. So thank you very much. Brianne Clint. We're going to go to Los Angeles right now for the latest. From iHeartRadio. This is The Latest. Live from LA with Dean McCarthy.

Dean's on the line with us. Dean, some of the biggest stars in the world, well, in music at least, are speaking out about how their friends, not their friends, their fans are handling the COVID-19 news. Yeah, they are. They're certainly talking about some big names,

Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande, two of the most followed people in the whole world on social media. Both of them, both of them went to Instagram last night and they kind of had the same message actually. They were both saying, guys, you know, I watch my fans.

You're not taking this seriously enough. Yes, if you're young and really healthy, you're probably fine, but you've got to think about all of the other people out there who you could be infecting even if you're not showing signs. Both of them came out and urged their fans to take this much more seriously. Taylor's just said she's been seeing fans at gatherings and having parties and stuff like that,

and she's like, you know, that's not okay right now. Just bunker down and let's all do the right thing. So good message there, and they're right. Yeah, really positive message and such a big platform for them to be sharing it on too. I don't know that the platform is quite as big, but did you see Arnold Schwarzenegger's message to people online today?

No, what did it say? So he has basically said to all the people of California that, yeah, he said, we don't go to restaurants. We don't go to bars. We stay home with our family, which is the message, especially in America right now. But the weird thing about the video is he's doing it in his kitchen with his two pet donkeys.

So his donkeys, one's called Whiskey, and I forget what the other one's called. They're just in the kitchen with him having a feed, and he puts them in headlocks and that sort of thing. It's just the strangest thing that Arnold Schwarzenegger, one, has donkeys, and two, they just roam around his kitchen with them. You should have a look at the video if you get the chance. That's so random.

We had a donkey as a kid. Donkeys are so random, but to have two of them in the kitchen, that's next level. Especially when you are the Terminator. Also, he's wearing a Terminator t-shirt, which I thought was a subtle flex. It's quite good. I love Arnold Schwarzenegger. I think he's great.

That's the latest out of Hollywood with Dean McCarthy. Free in Clint. Obviously, people are heightened at the moment with how they're feeling around everything that's going on. It's not just the bugs, right? It's people who are worried about their jobs, people worried about whether they're going to have enough groceries to get. And I think the advice from everyone is just chill.

Just at the moment, just chill, okay? Just take it day by day. We're all in this together and we'll get through it. And that's where I think this is quite good. This is not where we usually look for inspiration, but Producer Ben, you found this on the Vic Deals Facebook page today. Yeah, I did. It's actually only

a group I've only recently became part of. Love it. What happens in Vic Deals? Mainly just people post things that they've seen in and around. It's just a forum. It's a community page. Started at Victoria University, right? Is that the origins of the page? Because it's a Wellington-centric page.

Yeah. It's also that blowing all up of a redder what you're about to talk about. It's very good. Right. Okay. This is a guy called Chris Hetherington who has posted what I'll call a reflective piece. Okay? Because it asks us to take a look at ourselves in here.

And, Ellie, if you could play – there to take a look at ourselves in here. And Ellie, if you could play, there's a character right at the very end. If you could play the character in this dramatic recreation. No worries, got it. I'll be Chris

and you be the person that Chris is talking about. Yeah. So Chris posts in VicDeals today, just been in Countdown Petone, saw a fella

whose trolley was full to the brim with hand sanitizers, baby wipes, soap, everything that people need right now. I called him a selfish prick. Gave him a rundown about the elderly and mums etc who need these type of things. I told him he should be effing ashamed of himself. He said,

That's all good and well mate, but I work here. Can I carry on filling the shelves now? Got him! Oh no! And I think the reflection, because you go, that's well and good Clint, but what is the reflection here? It's that you don't know what's going on all the time, okay? Don't be so easily triggered. Because reading that, I

knew there was going to be a twist in the tale. I thought maybe the guy that he's yelling at worked at like a rest home or something and he's like, hey, bruh, I'm shopping for 50 elderly people who can't get out at the moment and they all need toilet paper

and baby wipes and hand sanitizer. You just don't know. No, you don't. Right. So that's our daily meditation from the Vic Deals Facebook page. Tomorrow, maybe a meme, if that's what's going to share.

Who knows? Bree and Clint. The advice at the moment is we're practicing social distancing, aren't we? We're trying to put space between us and other people to slow the spread of COVID-19. We're trying to stop person- person transmission where possible. And working from home is, I think it's recommended, it's not enforced in New Zealand yet. Not like some places at the moment, like San Francisco has just gone into proper lockdown in the States,

like Italy, they've said, look, no, you're staying home. And I think people are home for three weeks. But people there were already, largely people were already working from home. I'm wondering this afternoon if we can talk to someone who is working from home. Because I've never done it before. I've never had to stay home and work like that. So we don't know whether it's like, there's the potential that it's actually,

that it could actually be fun, right? Like you can do everything that you normally do, but you get to do it from the comfort of your own home. Yeah, true. I don't know. Or maybe that's short-sighted. Maybe it's a huge inconvenience. I don't know.

If that is you, you could give us a call. But we've been brainstorming, guys, about the pros and cons of working from home and what the upsides of that might be. Like, for example, pro, no traffic whatsoever. There's no traffic jam. There's no rush hour. Yes. That is true. Con, no traffic whatsoever. There's no traffic jam, there's no rush hour. Yes.

That is true. Con, no free stationery. Yeah, gussers. If you want to send your trade me purchase out, you've got to use your own courier bag, like I do all the time. Yes, true. No small talk in the kitchen. Like if you see someone, you don't have to be like,

oh, what are you having for lunch? And they're like, tuna and rice, something I have every day. And you're like, oh, yum, how good's rice? No small talk. Yes, you don't even have to remember their names, Clint. I don't remember their names anyway. Yeah, exactly. No pressure. No pressure to not have the fact that I don't know their name revealed.

I say, oh, tuna and rice for lunch. And they go, what's my name? Tuna. You'd be screwed, wouldn't you? So that's a pro. The con, no flirting with your work crush. Nice, yeah. Not applicable to me. I'm not attracted to any of you.

Yeah, please. I'm not. I'm married. So get out of my vicinity. What about you guys? Are there pros and cons That you guys think about Working from home? Say we got sent home

From ZM today Yeah Fingers crossed Yeah What would What would be the pros and cons Of working from home? I mean the pantry's right there

You know Yes I mean that's great I saw a great meme today Where it had A picture of someone's Before and after working

working from home in self-isolation and the only difference was about 25 kilos yes because there's no lunch breaks like you just you take your lunch

whenever you feel like it exactly and as many times as you want to yeah so anyway you've got down there as a pro

what's a negative what's a con about working from home well no social contact you know it is nice to see people and your friends and stuff, isn't it? If you're there too much.

Okay, I'm getting faces pulled at me here, but I mean. You don't believe that. You love. Yeah. You love tucking up and just hiding away for a few days. Okay, I do love that. We've been to your house. Yeah.

There's a whole floor of your flat which is dedicated to you. Yeah, no, it's great. I do love it. And I reckon from 7 o'clock on a Friday until 9 a flat which is dedicated to you. Yeah, no, it's great. I do love it. And I reckon from 7 o'clock on a Friday until 9 a.m. on a Monday. No one sees her. Yeah. No, ask my flatmates. They literally don't see me in the weekend.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, right. But anyway, yeah, sure, no social interaction. Ben, pros and cons of working from home. The positive about working from home would be I could wear all my Crusaders gear without being judged around you. Yeah, you could. Just wear it at home, you know?

Yeah. You should wash it sometime, but yeah. No, I'd never do that. I'd never do that. Got to keep the mana in it. Yeah, true, true. Don't wash out the wairua. Yeah, true.

Negative, I couldn't do my job. Yeah. I literally couldn't do my job. Yeah. Or is that a positive? No Because you're right There's some jobs you can't do from home

It's tricky for me And Ben What do you do? I still don't know So maybe I could do it from home Maybe you could Are you working from home right now? You don't have to call us with a pro and con

But we'd just like to know What's it like? What's it been like for the last couple of days? Is it better or worse? Do you like it? Do you hate it? Can you not wait to get back into work? We'd just love some insight from someone who's working from home and because you're working from home, you have complete control of the workplace radio and you've chosen ZM. Nice. Call us 0800DARLZM or you can text us on 9696 with a bit of an insight if you've got one. Love to hear from you this afternoon.

At the moment, the advice is if you can work from home, you should. If that is something you can do within your job, then it's just going to help the situation. If you just stay away from as many people as possible, really. It's not you, it's the virus, okay? Don't take it personally. If you can. We understand there's lots of jobs where that's not going to be possible.

But we're wondering, for those that it is possible for, is it maybe a bit of a life hack? Like is it more fun than working at your workplace? We just went through some pros and cons that we've imagined, but let's talk to some people who are doing it. Leela, good afternoon. Good afternoon. Well, are we speaking to you from your workplace slash home right now?

Yeah, I'm in my home. I'm looking at Wellington Airport, which is a bit quieter than usual. Looking at what, sorry? Wellington Airport. Oh, I see. So you live near the airport, is that right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So what do you do for a job that means you can work from home?

So, yeah, I work in town usually just in policy work. And I've got my work computer at home. It's really easy to log into the system. But it was a little bit hard because I didn't have my two big screens. I lost a bit of work because I didn't save it correctly, but I caught that up. But I did miss a meeting, which maybe helped me get ahead. Yeah, good, good.

All these meetings are going to turn into emails, which will be productive. Be honest with us. Do you think you're being as productive as you would be if you were in the office and your boss was watching you? I don't know if it's about my boss doesn't really watch me. There's a bit of trust that goes on. But, you know, I think it's balanced out between missing the meeting

and being a bit slower online. I think it's pretty even today. Yeah. Yeah. I have had a bit of practice in the past. I've tried to work at home. It doesn't, like, sometimes it doesn't work and you can get distracted by laundry and dishes.

That's what everyone's saying. It takes real discipline. Like, actually, you have to force yourself to not engage in all the fun stuff and just regular health stuff as well, right? Yeah, but I think having tried in the past and, yeah, having practised a bit, it comes easily.

Yeah, okay. All right, thanks, Leela. Let's talk to Leanne. You're a professional home worker from home. Is that what they say, Leanne? Yes. That's the official term. What do you do?

You've worked at home for the last four years. What's your job? So I'm a business development manager for a local waste solutions provider. Ooh la la. Look at you. Sounds very fancy. What is it in non-fancy terms? What's your job?

I sell rubbish solutions. Okay. There you go. You sell rubbish bins? Yep. I sell rubbish bins. There you go. I'm the rubbish girl. You've worked from home for four years. Yeah, for four years I've worked from home. And is it good? It's fabulous. I love it. Yeah. I absolutely love it. You get so much done. But you have to have a lot of Yeah. I absolutely love it. You get so much done. But you have to have a lot of discipline. I agree with everybody. You have to.

I don't want to lose the privilege. So, and it is a privilege. So I'm pretty strict on myself. Yeah. I'm going to run you through some of the things that people are texting in that they think, these are hypothetical, people who haven't done it yet, that they think would be great about working from home. Yeah.

You can wear active wear all day. Is that true? I'm wearing that now. Perfect. Someone else has said you can wear nothing all day. Well, yeah, you could. I don't know how much you'd focus, though. Speak for yourself, Leanne.

Someone said, what else? Oh, no one can sneak up behind me And see the online shopping that I'm doing At my computer Except that my monitor faces the doorway So yeah Yeah but who's going to sneak up on you Well if the children are home

Then they would You're in charge of them So just tell them you're allowed You're their boss. Yeah, precisely. And one that we're getting through quite a bit is, well, hang on, one more actually before we get to that. You can take toilet breaks as long as you want.

That's true. Yeah. That's true. And then people are saying you can drink while you work. Someone's texted and said, I'm working from home, I'm about to have 3pm wines. Whoop, whoop, whoop. I guess you could, I guess you work. Someone's texted and said, I'm working from home. I'm about to have 3 p.m. wines. Whoop, whoop, whoop. I guess you could.

I guess you could. Yeah. As a waste management solutions woman, is it true that you can drink on the job and no one would know about it? I'm totally boring and I don't drink, but yes, you could. You absolutely could.

If you're having a rough day. Yeah, right. Okay, thanks, Leanne. Back to work, okay? Thanks, Clint. You absolutely could. If you're having a rough day. Yeah, right. Okay, thanks, Leanne. Back to work, okay? Thanks, Clint. Bree and Clint. Bree's away today, which means I need to lean heavily on the people around me

to fill this big old show up with interesting things to talk about. And that's why I'm proud to announce today is the return, not at her suggestion, at my demand, producer Ellie's Buzzy G facts. Buzzy G. I love that sting. If anyone has never heard Buzzy G facts before, basically I said Ali a topic and it's her job to go away

and find us five facts that are pretty Buzzy G. That's exactly what it is. Today, because it's topical and because it's the important thing to do, I've asked you to get me five buzzy hand-washing facts. Yes. Quite a hard task, actually. Yeah, I didn't think it would be that easy. But if it was easy, anybody could do it.

Exactly, exactly right. But you're our buzzy fact hound, so give us our first buzzy hand-washing fact. All right, okay. So, before 1846, hand washing wasn't really a thing, but after some research, a Hungarian doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis imposed a new rule in his

hospital, mandating hand washing with chlorine for doctors, and noticed a huge drop in deaths in the hospital. But the doctors weren't happy with it, because they were like, oh, you're implying that we're killing people so I'm not going to wash my hands and they just didn't wash their hands.

Can you think of a time when hand washing wasn't a thing? Yeah, well, that's the thing. Did you know the first national hand washing guidelines in the US weren't actually released until the 1980s? Wait, is this a fact as well? Well, yeah, it's a half fact, yeah. There were no guidelines around washing your hands until 1980. Like, it wasn't proper practice to do that.

Yeah, and in one of the wars, Florence Nightingale was trying to implement it again, but people just weren't, like, believing the research, so they just didn't do it. That's so weird. I know. You imagine things like the Black Plague and things, how much could have been changed if people were like, oh, I should wash these. Yeah, exactly. I know.

These disgusting things on the end of my arms. Okay, what are we at? We're at two facts? Yeah, that was kind of like one and a half. But all right, do you dry your hands when you wash them? Yes, yeah, I do. Good, okay. On my jeans.

Yeah, see, no, no, no. Drying your hands is super important with like paper towels because damp hands spread a thousand times more bacteria than dry hands. A thousand times? Yes. Buzzy G. This is why I hate those hand drying machines. Yeah.

Because not once have I left that machine and gone, wow, my hands are so dry. I know. Neither. I know, they're awful. Not once. Even the Dyson ones. Yes.

The Airblades. Yep. Great technology and stuff. Yeah, but I just... I just, I never. I know, they're awful. Not once. Even the Dyson ones. Yes. The Airblades. Yep. They're great technology and stuff. Yeah, but I just... I just, I never. I'm the same. You know what I miss? Yeah? I miss those machines that had the rotating towel inside it.

Do you? Yeah. Aren't they like horrifically unhygienic? No, because you pull it down and you get a fresh towel to wipe your hands on. Okay, I hope so. Whereas the paper towel one's bad for the environment. That is true. That is true, yes.

Yeah. Ka-chunk, chunk, ka-chunk, chunk,. That is true, that is true, yes. And you get a fresh bit of towel and you wipe your hands on there. Lovely. Okay, what else do you like? We've got... These are Buzzy G hand washing facts, by the way. Yes. Did you know it's just as effective to wash your hands with

cold water and hot water? So do you wash your hands with hot water or cold? Usually just cold because it takes too long for the tap to warm up. Nice. See, I've always done it with warm water, thinking, oh, this will kill more germs. But our hands can't handle the heat enough for it to actually kill the germs. So cold water is just as effective and better for the environment,

et cetera, et cetera. Buzzy Juki. There you go. Yeah, right. Yeah, warm water is going to do more damage than good, I imagine. Yeah, probably. The germs will be like, ooh, a spa. Yeah. Yeah, warm water's going to do more damage than good, I imagine. Yeah, probably. The germs will be like, ooh, a spa.

Did you know that more germs are transferred by shaking hands than kissing? Really? Yes, hence why. Buzzy G. Got to wash your hands. Really? Yes. Wow.

So I think the new grading should just be a pash. I'm thinking... You know? Just saying ourselves right now, Just hook up with people. It's better than handshaking. I'm thinking about all the people I've shaken hands with in my lifetime. I know. How grim is that? Right.

Yeah, there you go. Have I done five? I don't know. Are you out? No, I think I've done five. Yeah. Oh, no, I've got one more. All right, go on.

Okay, the ancient Babylonians. I've not said that right. Babylonians? Thank you. Yeah, present- day Iraq and Syria They were the ones Who invented soap With evidence dating back

To 2800 BC And it was made with Animal fats and wood ashes But the better one Was to do it with oils But it was too expensive For most people Animal fat and wood ashes

Yeah Wow Yeah buzzy eh So if you are doing Like a Weber BBQ With some coals at your house You get the chicken fat that drips down And the burnt out coals

Yep Bada bing, bada boom, free soap Done Buzzy G And I think that's World Health Organisation approved Advice too Thanks Ellie, that's Buzzy G facts No problem

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At the moment, if you return from overseas, you need to put yourself in 14 days self-isolation. And what's that like? What does that actually entail? What happens? What can you do? What can't you do? Someone that I know, and that you'll know him as well, he's a reporter on the AM show, Aziz El-Safin joins us on the studio, on the phone right now, not in the studio, because he's in isolation. Aziz, good afternoon. Hello, get me out of here. How you doing? Yeah, good, man. How are you doing? I saw on your Instagram story that you're currently in self-isolation. Is that right? Yes, I am.

I think it's day two. It feels like day 50. Why are you isolated? What did you do that means that you have to be isolated for 14 days? Well, basically, I was in South Africa when Jacinda Ardern made the announcement around the travel restrictions. And basically, right from that moment, I had to cut my trip short

and got rushed back into the country. I basically made it before the cut-off, which at that stage was midnight, and then it got changed to 1 a.m. on Monday morning. But that didn't really matter because I was still overseas. I was traveling with people, didn't know, you know, who was in the plane, who was in the airport.

I mean, it was a really big long haul flight. It was about 27 hours. So eventually got back into the country and, yeah, got told to self-isolate. I have to reiterate that I'm not sick or don't have any symptoms or anything, but, you know, everyone's got to play their part. Everyone does have to do their part. What does it mean?

What can you do and what can't you do while you're in self-isolation? Oh, it's so weird. I've sort of had to really redefine my life because I've got flatmates, right? I live with people, and I know a lot of people out there who are in self-isolation probably are in the same position. So I've had to rethink a lot of things around even just, you know, washing my clothing, using the same cutlery and plates and stuff. So I've actually had to set aside things that only I use.

I never go outside of my room if people are, you know, around the house. I've actually, like yesterday, I had to hold in going to the bathroom for about an hour, which was not fun. Wow. Yeah, it's just like really weird things like that that you don't actually think about. Yeah. I had to coordinate with my flatmate upstairs

about washing my clothing because obviously I had so much clothing to wash after South Africa. And so there we are, like, sort of chatting on Messenger, and I'm telling her, can you go in your room so that I can go upstairs and wash my clothing? And she's like, yeah, I'll do that, but better yet, I'll put the powder in the machine for you.

All you need to do is put your clothes in the washing machine and I'll press all the buttons, I'll open the door so you don't have to touch the handle, all this kind of stuff. It's really, really weird. And then I end up going upstairs, and we end up having this weird 10, 15-meter-apart conversation. And we were just basically yelling at each other for about five minutes. What a strange situation to be in.

I saw via your Instagram that you are having to find ways to entertain yourself. I've seen you've done a couple of self-isolation TikTok videos. I think your wardrobe has had a bit of attention paid to it. You must be, on day two of 14, you must be running out of things to do already. Yeah, watch out Marie Kondo. I've just completely changed my wardrobe. I have never, just to put it in perspective for you,

I never clean my wardrobe. It is an absolute mess. And now there are rolls of clothing everywhere. So I've got a lot of space, actually, which is kind of cool. Do you have anybody check on you? Like, do the police come and see that you've stayed in the house? Or is it all on you to do the right thing? No, it's a bit of an honesty box type situation, really. You know, it's that trust.

And I'd like to think that, you know, Kiwis, we've all got that honesty in us and we're all sort of playing our role and doing our bit. I mean, the thing is, you know, it's easy enough to leave the airport and say you're going to self-isolate and then not do it. But what's the point in that? I mean, you know, we're looking down the barrel of what looks like in a post-apocalyptic world

and we don't want to live in something like that, do we? No, and if we can do our bit, then we have to. And just in summary, you are doing your bit, and you would have got some special motivation today when you got a shout-out from a very, very important New Zealander, right? Yes, yeah. The Prime Minister actually did a little comment and said to take care of myself and all that kind of stuff.

So it was quite nice of her, old Cindy. If Jacinda Ardern goes and comments on everybody's Instagram that is self-isolating, then we won't have any issues. They'll stand up and they'll go, yes, ma'am, I will do my bit for my country. Thank you for recognising my sacrifice. That's wonderful. In what world do we live in where a leader of a country

just pops on Instagram and is just like, hey, you're doing okay, good luck. that's wonderful in what world do we live in where a leader of a country just you know pops on Instagram and is just like hey you're doing okay you know good luck just checks out who's in isolation that's Aziz Al-Safin

from the AM show he's currently in self-isolation just to reiterate he's not sick he just went to South Africa so for the next 14 days you can find him

on his Instagram on his TikTok on his Twitter or in his bedroom which you can't go into for two weeks. Aziz, thanks so much, man. Thanks, guys. Stay safe, everyone.

We are going to play a quick run to the Insta fame game, though. Oh, my God. I heard she bought all her followers. She would. She's such a bitch. It's time for Bree and Clint's Insta fame game. Usually the game where Bree and I take each other on, guessing how many followers Instagram celebrities have.

Brie's away today, though, so it's my chance to play against someone listening. That someone's you, Leslie. Welcome to the show. Hi, how are you? Be honest with me. Were you calling to play the Insta Fame Game or were you calling for ZM's secret sound?

We were calling for ZM's Secret Sound? Yeah, that's okay. You win some, you lose some. You won't get your shot at 100 grand this hour, but you do have the chance to win some free mobile fuel off me. How does that sound? Yeah, this is easier than Secret Sound too. Basically, producer Ellie's going to say a celebrity.

You're going to shout out how many followers you think that celebrity has on Instagram. And I'm going to write it down on a piece of paper and show Ali, and whoever gets the closest takes the point, okay? Nice. Roger that. Is that all right, Leslie? Yeah. Yeah, cool. All right.

Awesome. You need to speak nice and clear for us. Let's go. Producer Ali, who's up first? All right. How many followers on Instagram does Tom Hanks have? Oh, that's not the right button. How many Instagram does Tom Hanks have? Oh, that's not the right button. How many followers does Tom Hanks have?

He just outraged the world with his Vegemite spread yesterday. That's not the leading news. The leading news is that he got coronavirus. There's that too, yeah. All right, Leslie, how many followers do you think Tom Hanks has? Oh, shit. Let's go in. Come on, Leslie.

Just chuck a number out there. Come on, babes. This is the first of three. 8.1 million. 8.1 million. All right. And Clint says 1.2 million. I have a feeling Leslie may have Googled that because that is 100% correct.

Leslie. Leslie. No Googling. No Goog Leslie. No Googling. No Googling. No Googling. Okay. No Googling. All right.

I want your answer before the timer runs out this time. Here we go. Who's the second one? All right, your next one. She's leading us through this hard time. It's Jacinda Ardern. How many followers? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Yeah. 6.5 mil. You think 6.5 mil, Les? 6.5 mil. 6.5 mil. All right, you said 6.5 mil. Clint, you said 550,000. Jacinda Ardern has 785,000,

so that's a point to Clint, and we're going to tie break. Lesley, you said more people than live in New Zealand. No, I said 3.5 mil. Oh, 3.5 mil. Yeah. Okay. Hey, we're at tiebreak, though.

This is exciting. We don't often get there. Whoever takes this point takes the mobile fuel. Okay, Leslie? Yeah. All right, here we go. Okay, how many followers does Post Malone have? Post Malone.

All go. All go. What was that, Leslie? We'll go 5 mil. 5 mil. All right, 5 mil for Post Malone. Clint, you put, was it 80 mil? Yeah. All right, Post Malone has 21.1 mil, so Leslie takes the game. Well done, Leslie.

Under dubious circumstances, you've got yourself some free mobile fuel this afternoon. I have. Thank you. There we go. What sort of phone is Leslie on? I don't know. Okay. Bree and Clint.

Producer Ellie's here, and we were having an interesting conversation earlier in the day about what we're thinking is we're going to call relationship insurance policies, right? Yes, yeah. You realised recently on a trip to Queenstown with your boyfriend that he possesses something, which means he's safe in your relationship.

He really is. Basically for good, right? Yeah, yeah. There's very little this man can do that means you'll go, you know what, pack your stuff and get out. Yeah, yeah, and it might seem shallow, but my boyfriend Sam, he's a photographer and a videographer. So I just went to Queenstown for four days,

and I have a great album of photos of me. You know, they're going to go up on Instagram tonight. It's just going to be fire ads, and it's all because he enjoys taking photos. I'm like, be my guest. Take as many photos of me as you like, because my gram's on fire now. You have an Instagram boyfriend who's happy to do the job.

Yeah, like the best. He also has all the gear. Yep. Like he has the stuff that means he takes the right photos. Yep, he edits them all. He puts cool like colour things on it. I don't know how it works. Yeah, it's colour grading or something, right?

Yep. Great. He knows the angles to capture to make sure it's all working. You have, I reckon, a lot of girls dream boyfriend in that sense. I to capture to make sure it's all working. You have, I reckon a lot of girls dream boyfriend in that sense. I think I actually do. It's so great.

Because most boyfriends get handed the camera and they go, babe, can you take a photo of me and my friends? Yes. We're at this thing.

We want to get a memory to save. Yep. And he's like, point, click. Yep. There you go. And she's like,

take a few. Yeah, exactly. Take a few. Nah, but Sam's like basically begging me to be the subject. I'm like, yes, I will. No worries. Because he needs somebody to take photos of. Yeah. So with that. Take a few. Nah, but Sam's like basically begging me to be the subject. I'm like, yes, I will.

No worries. Because he needs somebody to take photos of. Yeah. So with that, he's safe. What's your insurance policy? When you look at their relationship from his point of view, what is it that you bring to the relationship that you go, you know what, he needs this? Ah, my good chat. Can we say that? Probably not that good. Actually,

I don't know. If he thinks it's good? If he thinks it's good, then it's good. No, I don't even think that's good. So, no, I'm not sure. I don't think I'm very safe at all. I gave you all afternoon to think of this. And you came up with good chat. Good chat.

I'm looking at one of the pictures that Sam's taken. And, yeah, there's you in Kadrona. You're crossing the road from the Kadrona Spates Ale House. That's completely candid, by the way. I didn't actually ask him to do that. Get off the grass. No, I was just flicking my hair as I do. And gosh, he just captured the moment perfectly.

You look like you're doing influencing for Spates. I know. Right. I'm so lucky. I've been thinking about this. And I'm trying to think, because your lack of an insurance policy for yourself has got me insecure about my relationship too. Yeah, well, what's yours? And I've gone, what is an insurance policy for yourself has got me insecure about my relationship too.

Yeah, well, what's yours? And I've gone, what is my insurance policy? And I think I've subconsciously set my insurance policy up in the background. Okay. I've created where our TV is and the stereo, which has all the sound for the TV. Yes, nice.

And the input for Sky. Yep. And the Apple TV. Yes. I've made the setup process so complex that if my wife Lucy ever left me, she would not be able to watch anything. No Love Island, no Love is Blind,

no Married at First Sight, no Chase, no nothing. She wouldn't know how to get into the TV. She needs me. She needs me even more than she realises. Yeah, you've trapped her there, haven't you? Yep. And I think that's what love is. Yeah.

I think that's what... That's beautiful, Clint. It's making sure that someone will never leave you, not because they don't want to, but because they can't. And we want to know this afternoon, do you have one of these? What's your relationship insurance policy? What's the thing that you have that makes you secure in your relationship? You know?

You know that your position in the company is guaranteed? Because without you, they wouldn't have what? Okay? What's your relationship insurance policy? Or even better, what do they have, if you want to tell us, if you're willing to share that? 0800-DIAL-ZM, or you can text your relationship insurance policy into 9696.

9696. Bree and Clint. No Bree today. She's going to be back on the show with us tomorrow. We've got talking about relationship insurance policies. The thing that you or your partner has in the relationship that means you're set for life, basically. Ellie self-identified this in her relationship when she realised that her boyfriend, Sam,

is the source of all of her good Instagram photos. Yes, it's great. How much of a millennial are you that you're like, you know what, I love this guy. Not for his personality. I mean, not just for his personality. Yeah, no, everything else kind of sucks, but the photography's great.

The photography's on point. So he's safe. To which you replied, I've got good chat. Yeah, no, everything else kind of sucks, but the photography's great. The photography's on point. So he's safe, to which you replied, I've got good chat. Yeah, nice. I think you could be on shaky ground. If anything, he's in line for a, he's in a strong negotiating position. No, he really is. Next time the contract rolls around. True.

I said in my relationship, obviously her insurance policy is she's a hell of a lot better looking than me. And she's an incredible cook, my wife. And just an all-around good person. You know when you're punching and she knows that she has me by the balls in that situation. But my insurance policy is she doesn't know how to work the TV. If she gets rid of me, then she can't access the Apple TV. Because she doesn't know how to use the complicated remote that I set up.

Yeah, true. We did get the nice text in, though. It says, just putting it out there, they can help Lucy. Sort it if you need. Who? Just some guy. There you go. Just some guy. He's texting just saying just letting you know, putting it out there, I can help Lucy anytime with her TV. Just some

guy asking to help my wife with her Apple TV. There's people that can help, mate. Can we block phone numbers at ZM? I'm going to have a look into this. Let's talk to Joel. Joel's here. Hey, man. Hey, how are you? Good, how are you? Very well, very well.

What's your insurance policy that means you are very safe in your relationship? My wife would starve. Are you the feeder in your situation? I cook. I do all the cooking. It doesn't mean she's not a good cook. She's a great and amazing cook.

It's the fact that she doesn't ever think, hmm, what's for dinner tonight? She will come home and open her fridge and go, there is nothing here.

Close the fridge and go to bed hungry. You're the one who does the planning. That's good, man. I do the planning, go into the supermarket and I do the cooking.

Yeah. And she has pretty much everything else on me. Yeah, right. But that's okay. Know your strengths. Yeah, I know my strengths. And if you know them, you've got to keep playing to them, okay? You need to keep the shopping up, keep the fridge full, that sort of thing.

Yep. For one of my first dates with her, I cooked her a three-course meal, and she was like, yep, sold. I'm going to marry this guy. Oh, damn. I love that. Okay, good, Joel. You're nice and secure. Good to know your insurance policy is up to date and active. Jess is here, yep, sold. I'm going to marry this guy. Oh, damn. I love that. Okay, good, Joel. You're nice and secure.

Good to know your insurance policy is up to date and active. Jess is here. Hi, Jess. Hi, how are you? Going well. What's your relationship insurance policy? What's the thing that means you're safe as houses in your relationship? So several of my partner's cars are in my name.

So he has a weird thing and he owns quite a lot of cars, some are worth quite a bit of money. And obviously they're not all in his name because I think you have to like apply for a license. You have to have a dealer's license if you have too many cars. Yeah, right. So quite a few are in my name. So I'm currently telling him that I'm going to scrap them for cash to pay for our wedding. Wow. You possess his

fortune and everything that he values. It's all in your name. You're more than safe. You're in a power position. Exactly. I can only win from this, right? What's the best car? There's a couple of Ferraris.

There's a Rolls Royce. Are you serious? Yeah. What does your partner do that he has a couple of Ferraris and a Rolls Royce? It was recently on Seven Shots, so he put a rotary in one of them. Oh, the Rotorari. I saw this. Yes.

Oh, that's your partner. Oh, that's so interesting. Right. How much do you like this guy? Well, I come from a car background, so my dad races cars and stuff like that. We have two children. We own a house together.

Yeah, that's all right. I'm just saying, if you needed to make a break for it, you're probably sitting on quite a bit of cash, you know? Yeah, totally. It's always in the back of my mind. Okay, thank you, Jess. That's good. You're safe as well.

And Charlotte, finally, what's your relationship insurance policy? Hi, guys. How are you? Good, mate. How are you? I'm good. My relationship insurance policy

is basically my horse and his dog. Your horse and his dog? Yeah. Yeah, total tender success story. We've only been dating for like three, four weeks. But basically my partner named himself his dad for my horse. He's been coming and learning how to make his dinners and making sure that everything's perfect for him.

It's real funny. So he loves your horse so much that you know he'll never leave you because that's the only access he has to your horse? Well, I'd hope not, but he also cooks really well. So if he cooks well for me and he cooks well for my horse too, then this has got to be a good thing, right? Marry that guy, Charlotte. He sounds like a great man.

He is. Thank you for your call. There you go. Just a chance for you tonight when you get home to look over your documents and check that your relationship insurance is up to date and you're on a good, stable footing. It's just prudent, you know? Free and Clint.

It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Free and Clint's birthday banger. It's where we take your birthday, we put it into a magical machine which tells us what the number one song was On your 16th birthday Today running the machine will be producer Ellie Hello

Hello Let's get Liam on Hey Liam Hey How you going man? Yeah not bad Yeah good to hear it What is your birthday?

9th of August 1997 Okay Liam you were 16 on the 9th of August 2013 And on that day this topped the charts. Avicii R.I.P. What a great birthday banger, Liam. I love this song. Oh, not too bad. Not too bad at all.

This is an anthem. Yeah, it is. I always think it's good to have a birthday banger that you can put on at parties. Yeah. And go, guys, this is my birthday banger. And you've got one of those, so that's good. Bex is here as well. Hi, Bex.

Hi. How you going? Good, thanks. Good to hear it. What's your birthday? 10th of March, 83. All right, Bex, you were 16 on the 10th of March, 1999. And on that day, this was number one.

When I'm at the top, do I lose my mind? of March 1999 and on that day this was number one. Vintage Britney Spears pics. Does that bring back some 16 year old memories for you? Yeah, some pretty tragic ones. Right,

you would have been dressed just like Britney in the music video for this song in your school uniform. Yeah, I think I did that for a Halloween one time. Yeah, you would have been dressed just like Britney in the music video for this song in your school uniform. Yeah, I think I did that for a Halloween one time. Yeah, okay, yeah, good.

Cool, wait there, that's a great birthday banger as well. And Zach, hi. G'day. How you going? Good, good. Good, good, good. What's your birthday?

29th of March, 69. Nice. All right, Zach, you were 16 on the 29th of March, 1985 and on that day, this was number one. The boss. Bruce bloody Springsteen.

And born in the USA. Do you love your birthday banger, Zach? It's good, Zach? Awesome. It's good, eh? Yep. Okay, all right, wait there. We've got a tough decision to make today. There's three really, really good birthday bangers.

Bree will be gutted that she missed this one. I know. I mean, I do have the ultimate power here where I can just choose. Yeah, do you now? Do you? I'm going to gang up on you with Ben, actually. I've decided. This is true, actually.

Yeah, no, no. Let's make it a diplomatic decision. Okay. Let's make it a three-way. Okay. Ellie, what song do you i'm going to gang up on you with ben actually i've decided this is true actually let's make it a diplomatic decision and let's make it a three-way ellie ellie what song do you want do you want uh avicii brittany or bruce springsteen yeah i think brittany it's just so it's so close like comic right yeah exactly yeah yeah producer ben which of those three songs do you want i would have gone born in the usa yeah it's fine it fine. It's massive. It's massive, right? I don't know if it's come up in a long time. I don't know if it's ever come up. Yeah, that's been cool. We've definitely never played it.

Yeah, I don't think we have. Anyway, so that's my part. The Avicii song is great. It is. It's good. It feels like it might be a bit too recent. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. Yeah.

Oh, the pressure. Yeah, I mean, to be honest, I would be happy with either Born in the USA and Baby One More Time. If it makes it easier. Yeah, there we go. Yeah, it did. Yeah, I mean, to be honest, I would be happy with either Born in the USA and Baby One More Time. If that makes it easier. Yeah, there we go. Yeah, it did. It really does.

Zach from 1969, you've won birthday banger, my friend. You beauty. You beauty. Number one in the year 1985 and probably not played on ZM since then. Born down in a dead man's town. The first kicker took us when I hit the ground. him since then. I was born in the USA. I was born in the USA. Born in the USA. Now, got in a little hometown jam.

So they put a rifle in my hands. Send me off to a foreign land. They're gonna kill the yellow man Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Come back home to the refinery We'll be right back. I had a brother

I can't solve Fighting off Family victims But still there He's all gone He had a woman, he looked inside I got a picture of a man Down the shadow of the pen Century up on the gas Thank you. Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. now.

Born in the U.S.A. I'm a long gone daddy. I'm a U.S.A. now. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I'm a true rockin' daddy. I'm a crew I'm a USA Oh, my God. I'm going to die. What an anthem. Brian Clint.

That's the winner of Birthday Banger today. For Zach, he was born in 1969, and his Birthday Banger was number one on the 29th of March, 1985. Bruce Springsteen. And born in the USA. Every day at about this time, about 5.30. We get someone on and we tell them what was number one on their 16th birthday, and we play the very best one.

Just a quick PSA and I think maybe Producer Ellie, our head of social media, should be across this. Just had sent in a page on Facebook which is doing the rounds

which is called ZM's Brie Clint Prizes. Beneath it, it says, real account. Giveaway official. Sharing with my fans is happiness for me. We're just here to say that ZM's Brie Clint prizes

is not real. No, it's not real. Did I betterise it? Yeah, we did. I'm just kidding. Oh, did you really? What prizes have we got? Yeah, not a lot.

No, that's definitely not us. They've stolen everything. They've stolen our definitely not us. They've stolen everything. They've stolen our Facebook profile picture. They've stolen our banner and everything. Oh, my gosh. If they'd just had it proofread and put a capital on my name, I might have believed it, especially the bit where it says, Real Account.

You know, every real account always starts with Real Account. Yeah, no, it does. Definitely not fake. Bree and Clint. This will possibly blow your mind, probably upset you a little bit. Did you know that the movie Mean Girls came out in the year 2004? That movie, that movie is 16 years old. That's how long it's been since Mean Girls came out.

Some people will let it make you feel old. Some people will go, I've never seen that movie. Like producer Ben. You've never seen Mean Girls, have you, Ben? No, not yet, but... Have you not had a girlfriend who's made you watch Mean Girls? No, I just haven't. Yeah, I get that they do that dance at the school play.

Yeah. Oh, yes. Actually, that's a good... I'm glad you bring that up, actually, because what we're about to talk about hinges on that scene. You'll remember if you've seen Mean Girls, Gretchen was trying to get a certain saying to catch on. That is so fetch.

Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It's not going to happen. Now, interestingly, in a case of life imitating art, now Lindsay Lohan, the star of Mean Girls, is trying to make fetch happen. She has joined the site Cameo, and if you don't know what Cameo is, celebrities go

on there, and they say, okay, I'll send you a personal video, and they just shoot it on their phone. It's just shitty quality. Like, it's just like a Snapchat type thing, but you have the file for good. And they name their price. So like, I think you can go on there. I think you can get some All Blacks.

That's cool. Some All Blacks do it and they don't charge heaps. They're like 30 bucks. You can get a message from an All Black. I think I've seen one done by Ice Cube before. Ice Cube does it? Yeah. We got a message from Ice T one time.

Oh, that's cool. That's right. Which was good. A good, good, you know good way to spend our company money. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You basically, as the celebrity, choose your price for what you will do. And Lindsay Lohan has gone, you know what? This is the opportunity for me.

Not many movies on the horizon at the moment. Not many TV shows. Not many business opportunities. And Lindsay Lohan will send you a personalized message where she will tell you that you are fetch. Here's an example. Here's one of them. Hi, Mike and Lisa.

I want to congratulate you guys on booking a really amazing condo right on the beach. You guys are so fetch. I want to congratulate you on booking an amazing condo. Well, it doesn't matter. That's what Mike and Lisa asked for and they paid their money and they got it. The interesting thing

is, you go, okay, cool. I've got a 21st coming up or a special occasion, whatever it is. I've just had a baby. I want Lindsay Lohan to tell me that my baby is fetch. How much does it cost to get Lindsay Lohan to tell you you're fetch? You can have that for the low, low price of $400 US. What? That's like $800 New Zealand.

That couple, whoever that was, Mike and Lisa, paid, yeah, you're right, a hell of a lot of money. $400 US for this. Hi, Mike and Lisa. I want to congratulate you guys on booking a really amazing condo right on the beach. You guys are so fetch. For $400 US,

I want Lindsay Lohan to show up and clean the condo for me It is a crazy, crazy time at the moment I was talking to Ross Boss today And he goes, we were sitting at a cafe And there was no one there And you sort of look around and you go Is this real life?

Like it feels already, even before things Because things are going to get Probably worse before they get better, it already feels like we're living in a movie. And by that, I mean everything that's going on with COVID-19. Events are being cancelled en masse. Yesterday, the government said nothing over 500 people, which basically, it's hard to picture an event

with a large group of people Going ahead at all at the moment Because that's not what is advised It's not like coronavirus goes Shows up to the event and counts the people And goes 498 499 Oh no you guys are sweet

No this event is sweet I won't come in here You're fine now guys So even in the last 24 hours, we've seen things like the Book of Mormon in Auckland has been cancelled, which is an amazing show, and that's such a shame,

but it is what has to happen. We just heard Elton John, who cancelled his New Zealand shows, or postponed them, has indefinitely postponed like 19 more shows. Has he? Yeah. Oh, gutting.

Which, for those people who had their shows postponed in Auckland, that turns out that was a blessing in disguise. Because he's planning on coming back next year and we could be in a whole different situation by next year. We could be out of the woods. Out of the woods, out of the woods, in the words of Taylor Swift.

Something that really hurt people in Otago is the news that the Hyde Street Keg Party's been cancelled. Yeah, it's pretty tough. And I mean, it wasn't real until the Hyde Street Keg Party got cancelled. Yeah. For those who don't know, it's a, what's the best way to describe it? An outdoor party full of kegs.

I was going to say a drunken shit fight on the street. But yeah, your one works too. But it's a lot of fun. But they close off Hyde Street and they've got it down to a fine art now. The police look after it. And you have to have a ticket to go. It's ticketed now, yeah. But people DJ from their front porches and stuff.

It's lit. But it's not happening because it can't happen. It's at Hyde Street. Keg Party is off. So things continue to change. There's a clip that's going viral today of a guy. He's at an airport in the Gold Coast, and him and his girlfriend have just landed from a flight overseas. And Australia has the same rules as us.

Yeah, right. You land now, you go into self-isolation for 14 days. You come from overseas, you're self-isolating. That's just the rules. It's the only way we can contain this thing. And just outside the airport, there's a reporter who just goes up to this guy, which beats the whole purpose of

self-isolation. Anyway, the reporter goes up to him and says, look, how are you feeling about the fact that you're going to have to self-isolate? This is the Gold Coast man who's going viral for his answer today. What do you think about the isolation? Yeah, just going to lock myself in and just punch some cones for a his answer today. What do you think about the isolation? Yeah, just gonna lock myself in and just um, punch some cones for a couple of days.

What? Yeah, no, because then it'll become viral and then you'll have to stay inside for a little bit. I think his girlfriend says, now this is gonna go viral and we're gonna have to stay inside for longer. Yeah, which he's stoked about because his plan is to go home and quote unquote, punch some cones. Which I don't know what that means. Yeah, which he's stoked about because his plan is to go home and quote-unquote punch some cones.

Which I don't know what that means. I don't know what that means, but it sounded funny. Yeah, it sounds hilarious. The other funniest bit is his laugh. This is him. He can't say that. He loves himself. Aussie legend who's off to isolate

and I hope, whatever punching cones means I hope it's cones for one so he's not sharing spits. Nice.