ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – May 25th 2020

Episode Date: May 25, 2020

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My oh my It is a big deal. No, it's not. If I walked into the bathroom and someone had forgot to flush a nugget, it's a fairly big deal. Could have been worse. That's all I'm going to say. How could it have been worse? Could have been a big nugget. Yuck. Anyway, bring up your thing.

We've only got a couple of minutes. Bring up your thing. Okay, cool. So I've been here for how long? Two and a half years? Yes. And when I moved from Australia to New Zealand, my phone number was something that i was like i

can't say goodbye to this you're gonna hold on to your australian phone number yeah because i don't know why i just was like i can't say goodbye you were paying a big bill in australia yeah so i was paying a really big bill and then i changed it to this like smaller bill but for the past two years and what's made me think of it is i've just gotten a bill. It's $35 a month. Fuck me. Just to keep my number. Yeah. And I wanted to ask you guys, should I just get rid of it?

Let me do a little bit of- But I've done all the work now. I don't want to tell you what to do, so I'm going to let you make up your own decision. Okay. At $35 a month, you're paying $420 a year to keep that phone number. You're fucking joking me. So you've been here for two and a half years. Holy hell.

2.5. You've spent over $1,000 keeping that phone number since you've been here. I'm an idiot. Don't even bother inboxing me. I know that everyone will be thinking it. What an idiot. You know what I can do? Because I've gone down to this plan now, I can change it so it's a prepaid SIM card.

Yeah. Where I think I'll pay $30 and then... Just keep some credit on it once a year. Just keep some credit on it. Yeah, so when I go home... Why didn't you do that at the start? I didn't know it was an option. Also, also, everybody assumes that that number is dead, by the way.

That's true. Because you haven't. It's not dead in my mind. But are you whacking the SIM card in once a week and replying to the messages? No. So let it go. In the words of Elsa, baby, let it go. Yeah, but what if I go back and they give me a real shit number?

Why is it such a good number? Because we've talked about my number and we're not going to say what it is, but I have a very good phone number. Why do you have a good phone number? Because it's got a word in it, remember? Oh, that's right. I don't want to say what it is. So you can easily remember it.

Yeah, it was more for myself to remember it. Yes. Because no girl was ever impressed by me saying my word number to them in a bar. It's 021. I would have said, stay away from that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's nothing particularly good about it. I'm just attached to it because I have had it since I was 13.

Because there's some really good Vodafone numbers in New Zealand, old school numbers, that are just nine numbers. So it's 021... That's the whole phone number. I've got a 10. A 10's pretty good. Yeah, I thought 10 was not too bad. Why? How much longer can they get

I don't know some of them are massive Really Yeah but Americans will be like you should try coming to America 555-656-5937 Our numbers don't make any friggin sense Yeah That's what I never understood too Because I listen to a lot of the Hamish Nandy podcast

They always say call us 13 10 60 Yeah How do you have a phone number that's only got six numbers in it In a country like Australia Because every radio number is that Like ours used to be When I worked at Nova it was 13 24 10 And is that specifically for radio stations

You get short numbers Yeah Wow So that people when they're listening Can call it easily and they won't forget That's good Yeah how good is that Yeah

Yeah so all the radio stations are like that We should get that one for ZM When they're listening, can call it easily and they won't forget. That's good. Yeah, how good is that? Yeah. Yeah, so all the radio stations are like that. We should get that one for ZM. We should just get ZM. Call now. One, zero. Nine, six. Is that what it is?

No, it's nine, six. Yeah. Call nine, six. That's why our text machine is nine, six, nine, six. Oh, that makes sense. ZM, ZM. Yeah. Anyway, cancel the phone number.

Jesus. That's an entire, almost an entire new iPhone. I'm an idiot. Yeah. Yeah. You know, we've learnt on this show that I'm a bit of a hoarder and I can't let things go. But, you know, I think it's time. You're one of these people, and I used to be this person too. You attach feelings and emotions and memories and sentiment to inanimate objects.

Like a phone number. Like a phone number. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And so some people are like, i can't get rid of that that's the first takeaway box that me and my wife ever ate out of on our first date it's the date that matters it's not the takeaways yeah okay very true and there is sentimental things you can keep yeah but you need one thing per person or something i say that i've got everything to he's ever done apart from her bowel movements. Yeah, I was going to say,

Jeff, you kept all her dirty nappies. That'd be too far. Here's today's podcast, everybody. Lap it up, okay? Relish it. Savour it.

Hold it close to you and really just get to know it as if it was your own. Are you all right? No, I've got to go. See ya. Hey Google, what's the time?

It's 3pm. Give or take a minute. Alexa, play ZM to go. See you. Hey Google, what's the time? It's 3pm, give or take a minute. Alexa, play ZM on iHeartRadio. Playing ZM on iHeartRadio. Hey Siri, when are Brie and Clint on? Brie and Clint are on air in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Hello everybody, welcome to the show. It's Brie and Clint. Happy Monday.

Yeah, happy Monday. I had a ripping weekend. How was yours? Good. Yeah? Yeah. Did you get anything exciting done? Why don't we... Oh, I went out for dinner.

I went out for dinner. And this is a milestone for us. We literally went out for the dinner for the first time since Tui's been born. Okay, this is a big deal then. Where did you pick? We went to the Malaysian place just up the road from our house. We like it there. It's like, you know, we didn't need anything fancy.

You were too scared to go further, weren't you? 100%. We had the baby monitor on the whole time at dinner and we just needed to know if we could get back

we would be fine. So wait, who looked after Tui then? Shit. No. My mum and dad. Your mum and dad, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, cute. First night with the grandparents. Milestone moment for us. It was fantastic. Yeah mum and dad, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Oh, cute. First night with the grandparents. Milestone moment for us. It was fantastic. Yeah. It was BYO. We took a bottle of bubbles. How good.

How good. Had one glass of bubbles. I was off my face. It was fantastic. How was your weekend? It was delightful. I worked for half of it and then I caught up with producer Ben and his partner. Yes.

With my partner and obviously Alan, my best his partner. Yes. With my partner. And obviously Alan, my best friend, came along. Your other partner. And we went to, yeah, pretty much. And we went to the cocktail bar where the guy comes up to you and he's like, what's your personality like? What are you feeling? Yes.

And then you just say a bunch of stuff. And then he goes, yeah, I think I've got the drink for you. And then he literally does not write anything down yeah he just takes it like all down in his brain yeah and then all of a sudden drinks appear

that you're obsessed with he comes back to you with a milky Kahlua and a gumbo and he goes I think I've summed you up perfectly and I was like you've nailed it

today on the show we're giving away the Daddy Bloomfield extravaganza bonanza again at 4 o'clock today if you have text daddy to 9696,

you're in the running for a weekend away glamping to the value of $500. I was looking at that for this weekend because it's a long weekend. Everything's booked out. Right. But, I mean, if you've got a voucher, book it in for, you know, down the track

and then you forget about it and boom. That's how I made my daughter. I know. I was trying to avoid the one that I thought you and Lucy were at. Oh yeah. Because I was like, that's just weird. Oh, if you want that information, I can give it. No, no, no. If that's what you guys want to do,

if you think that's the key to fertility, I'm happy to share the location. No, I'm happy to go to somewhere else. Anyway, how poignant that you need to text daddy to 9696 if you want to win that. You don't have to get pregnant on this glamping trip. That's not a prerequisite. No, you daddy to 9696 if you want to win that. You don't have to get pregnant on this glamping trip. That's not a prerequisite.

No, you can take a friend if you want. Yeah. And get naked in the outdoor bath. Whatever you want to do. Next, we're going to talk about a tattoo disaster, though. Oh, yeah. So this, obviously, it involves a wedding, the bride and groom, tattoos and an absolute disaster. Wonderful. I love a tattoo disaster.

Only when it's not on my body. We'll get that after Maroon 5 on ZM, Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. Look, it doesn't come to a shock to anyone that a lot of events have been cancelled. People's plans have been ruined, obviously, you know, big ones are funerals and of course weddings that take sometimes years to plan, so much money, all that kind of stuff. My friend Matt's wedding had to get cancelled. Well, not cancelled, that's the wrong word, postponed, but because

they don't know what's going to happen, they can't set up a new date yet. So they just have to wait. It's just on hold, yeah. Yeah. So then people need to make all those type of decisions. But there's a couple who have had their wedding cancelled, but they're also doing it more tough than others. Okay. Because so this couple were over in the States

and they were deciding, you know, they'd been engaged for three years and they decided they were going to get married on October 16th of this year. Anyway, when all this stuff started happening, she was like, oh, it'll be fine because our wedding's so far down the track. October, ages away, yeah. It's not a big deal. Yeah.

Anyway, so they were out one night and they decided, you know, they'd had a few drinks and they were like, oh, maybe we should go get tattoos. Oh, romantic. Real romantic. Anyway, so her and her fiancé walked into a tattoo place and they were like, what should we get? Like, we're going to get something matching.

So they decided they would get Roman numerals tattooed on them. Not 2020, hopefully. What do you mean? The year 2020. No. Oh, well, yes, they did. They got an actual date tattooed on both their bodies. Yeah.

And I was thinking, oh, maybe they got their anniversary. Yeah. Or maybe they got, you know, the day they first met or I don't know, something like that. Oh, no. Before they'd even had their wedding on October 16th of this year, they decided they would get that date tattooed on their bodies.

Yeah, that's just jinxing it. Even I know that. Even the most optimistic person who believes you're completely in love and your wedding's going to go ahead would go, well, you've jinxed it now. The wedding's been cancelled. Yeah, right.

Hey, on the bright side, at least no one can ever read Roman numerals anyway. Yeah, right. Just say it says live, laugh, love or something. Feeling my way through the darkness. Bree and Clint. This is interesting. The world's fastest internet has been found.

Oh, that's cool because I heard that was a sport going to the Olympics this year. No, there is no Olympics this year. I know, so they're doing it early. Yeah, they're doing it early. They're just doing it online like everything else. Yeah, right. So we're all sitting at home using our internet for Zooming and Facebooking and... Absolutely everything.

Remember when we were house partying for a while? That went away quickly, didn't it? Yeah, when they stole everyone's credit card details. Yeah, that was an issue. Yeah. And a lot of us are not finding our internet as good as we possibly need it. When? Lately?

Yeah. Lots of people struggle. Because there's too much demand on it now. Well, there's so many people. If you're in a flat of five people and you're all having a Zoom, you know? And then someone's watching a Netflix. Sometimes you need to, you know, Zoom separately. Yeah.

So we need faster internet. And this is good. So this is good. They've found the university, the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia has done this. They've managed to achieve the fastest internet ever. Seriously impressive. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You're saying to me that the fastest internet, the title has gone to a place in Australia.

Yeah, correct. Monash University. I call absolute BS on this. I obviously am from Australia and anyone who is Australian and has lived there recently will know we have the worst internet ever. Oh, well, this is good for you guys then. It's terrible. The government really stuffed us up on that one, honestly. Worst internet ever. Oh, well, this is good for you guys then. It's terrible. Yeah.

The government really stuffed us up on that one. Honestly. Well, this is good. And before I give you the amount, we'll just get a bit of perspective. I don't know if I believe this, but you tell me the details. We'll cross live to the illegal download desk where Producer Ben is currently. Producer Ben, come in. Are you still on Pirate Bay?

No. Ben, come in. Ben, hello? He's on the dialer bait? No. No. Ben, come in. Ben, hello? He's on the dialer. Hello? Clint! I'm on the phone! Ben, are you there?

Hello, can you hear me? There he is. Hang on a minute. Hang on a minute. Hang on a second. Such a good experience. Yeah, that's it. Are you there now? Yeah, I got it. Yeah, we got him. Cool, we got him. Such a good experience. Are you there now?

Yeah, I got it. Cool, we got him. Can you just do a speed test on what the internet speed is here at ZM? Oh, yep. So we'll get a comparison. What's the speed of the internet here at ZM? I would say that the internet speed here is pretty good. Yeah, I think it's not bad.

Ben, what are we rolling? Here right now, 150 download. Yeah. And then almost 20 upload. So pretty good. Yeah, I think it's not bad. Ben, what are we rolling? Here right now, 150 download and then almost 20 upload. So pretty good. 150 meg download and what did you say? 20. 20 download. Yeah. That's not bad. 20 gigs. Yeah. 20 gig. So wait, so you're saying

we can download 20 gigs? Yeah, per minute. Is that right? Per minute. 20 gigs of data per minute. Is that right? 20 gigs of data per minute. That's pretty good. This is the record-setting internet that's been achieved in Melbourne. Bearing in mind we get 20 gigs a minute, they're getting 44.2 terabytes per second.

Per second. Per second. Yeah, per second. 44.2 terabytes per second. I wonder if there was Spark. I think so, yeah. I think they are because they're pretty good. They went for it because they got the free Netflix.

Got it. So they wanted to roll it up into the package. Yeah, and one of the researchers has got his phone is also with Spark, so he gets free Spotify. Oh, dope. You know how much you can Spotify at 44.2 terabits per second? Probably every album ever made. No Dean McCarthy today, but I've picked up this story about Lady Gaga

because obviously her new song with Ariana Grande, we're playing it at the moment. It's called Rain On Me. We've got a little bit of it here. I've got a stupid question. Yeah. Do you like it? Duh, it's Gaga.

I love it. And Ariana Grande, this is your dream collaboration. I know. I love both of them and I think it's a bit of Ariana, a bit of Lady Gaga. It's great. But I saw this article that was talking about

the ultimate ranking of Lady Gaga's 15 biggest hit singles. Okay. Which, I mean, I'm interested in this. So let's kick it off. They thought

at number 15 was Applause. Great song. I can see why it's not in the top ten, though. It's not like your go-to Gaga track. No, it was the only single from the 2013 album to peak above number four. And then number 14,

they've put this very different track from Lady Gaga. This was from her 2016 album Joanne and also peaked at number four on the charts. Quite like it. Don't mind it. Then at number 11, let's skip a few. They've put this song. This is a not top 10 Gaga song. This is in the top five for sure.

Yeah. Absolutely. But it's not. It's not a top five hit for Gaga, Poker Face. It went to number one. It was one of the most successful tracks, but they've rated it number 11. Let's move on to number 10.

It was this track. Great video. Such a good video clip for this song. And obviously a bit different, quite personal for Gaga. They then put, let's go skip to number five, where they put this track at number five. This is the best song on the Motorbike album. Yes, this is off the 2011 album, Born This Way. Where she put her face on a motorbike is the album art. Yeah, that's right.

Yeah. And I think one of my all-time favourite songs of Gaga is just for the message and for the passion. Yeah. But no, they've rated it number five, which we've all heard this song a million times on the radio, in at number four. I'm on the deep end Watch as I dive in

I never meet the ground This is a great song. Is this like Gaga's bodyguard song? Like Whitney Houston? Yeah, I guess it is. Like where it just kind of skyrocketed her. Because she was the star and she sang the song as well. Yeah. Yeah, okay.

That came in at number four. Let's go to the top three. This in at number four. Let's go to the top three. This in at number three. This is from the time when a new Lady Gaga music video was appointment viewing. You all got around YouTube. You had to do it together. Everyone was like, what's she going to do? Yeah, huge.

This was massive. The second biggest song of Gaga's top hit singles, according to this list, was massive. The second biggest song of Gaga's top hit singles, according to this list, was this. Her first real, you know, massive track where she broke into the scene. Yeah, it's her debut hit. Yeah. Yep. Okay, what's number one?

A lot of people would be thinking, and I was thinking, I was like, okay, well, if that's number two and Poker Face is down the line at number 11 or something, what's number one? Well, this is what they've rated as the number one track from Lady Gaga. Oh, I don't know if I agree with that. It's a great song, but I don't know if I think this is her... So whose is the list one more time? So this list was done by E! Online. Yeah, right.

And they sang, yeah, for certain reasons, they're the top 15 tracks from Lady Gaga. There you go. We're going to play that new Gaga and Ariana Grande track at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Yes. And the latest is brought to you by Pack and Save. Stickman has now got Instagram, New Zealand. That's right.

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There's a new reality dating show on the way. We've had quite a few recently. Oh, Donkey Finds Love. No, not Donkey Finds Love. That's been called off because of COVID, unfortunately. Oh, because remember they threw in that horse in the mix and everyone was like, oh, my God. Yeah, the donkey was a real ass though, so they had to.

They've gone back to the drawing board. No, no, no. So what have we had recently? We've had, what was the one where you, Love is Blind? Love is Blind. That was a new twist. All your standards, your bachelors, your bachelorettes, your bachelors in paradise, all of those are fine.

Love Islands. This one is called Labour of Love. And I have never, ever seen a dating show like this before. Is this where you have to go on a date but you're in labour? Yeah, you date at the delivery room. No, no. Have a listen to the trailer for it. This is it.

Summer. Meet Christy. Fox gives birth to a new kind of dating show because she's not just looking for love. I want to have a baby this year. The clock's ticking. She's looking to start a family. Shoot, you know, I'm ready.

Let's have some kids, you know? Don't miss the romance or the social distancing. I don't see us starting a family together. Labor of Love, Thursdays on Fox. So, it's like... What? Yeah, it's like The Bachelorette, except you don't win her as your girlfriend.

You win... Impregnating her. The chance to impregnate her. That's the show. Wait, so is she looking for a partner or she just wants the baby? She wants the baby. That's it? That's it. She doesn't want them?

Doesn't need them. It's not that she doesn't want them. It's that she doesn't need them. So she exists. Her name is Christy. Okay. She's 40 years old. She's recently divorced she's had a successful career but she's never had children and she desperately wants them so the quote from

her is i've just turned 40 and i've gotten out of a relationship i've been trying to navigate dating knowing that i still want to start a family and that the time is definitely not on my side. So she's 40. Okay, because she's 40. I get that. So all these guys on the show do like bachelor, bachelorette style dating, that sort of thing. And she eliminates them one by one. But then at the end, you're not necessarily in a relationship with her. You just get to father her child.

So that's interesting from the guys that they – Because obviously there's amazing people who donate and do all that stuff, which I think is fantastic. But then these guys have to go through – it's kind of like the Hunger Games of who's going to get – Exactly right. Who's going to get picked. Exactly right.

And she might, like a praying mantis, might get pregnant from you and then discard you. Like just get rid of you afterwards. So you don't know if she will or if she won't. The tagline is for Labour of Love, the new reality dating show where she's trying to find a father for her child, for her future child. The tagline is the labour is mandatory.

The love is optional. Yeah, right. I mean, look, I'm not... And it's all done on TV and it's hosted by Kristen Davis from Sex and the City. Yeah, Charlotte from Sex and the City. I've seen this. So, I mean, forgive

me. I mean, I'm not her and I'm not in her position. I totally understand when women are thinking about going through this process alone and good for them. I think it's awesome. But don't you think she could have just went down the IVF or something?

Yeah, but you can't make a TV show out of that. Yeah, I think they'll be in romantic situations and I think the dream scenario is that she finds a partner as well. I think that's the goal. But I mean like she could get to the end of it and she finds a partner as well. I think that's the goal. But, I mean, like she could get to the end of it

and she'd go, there's no one romantically here for me, but you'd make a great father. Because you are hot. Because you're hot and you're smart and you're rich or whatever it is, whatever you're looking for in a father for your babies. Yeah, no hereditary things. Yeah, that sort of thing.

I mean, which you could ask that person. You can ask that stuff, yeah. And the father will be involved, I assume In the baby's life Well, who knows? It's that modern take that you don't have to be together To raise a child, right? Yeah, no, I like the concept

Yeah I just It's a lot to go through Yeah Isn't it? Yeah, right Anyway, that's Labour of Love Watch out for the New Zealand spin-off of that soon.

Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. I was having a really interesting conversation with one of my really good mates last night and it kind of came out of nowhere. We've known each other for about 10 years, long time, and she messages me out of the blue and she's like, hey, can I ask you a few questions? And I was like, yeah, of course.

What do you want to ask? She was like, oh, how soon is too soon to tell someone you love them? In a relationship? In a relationship. Yeah. And I was like, oh, I think that depends on the people and it depends on, you know, a lot of different things. Yeah, the second date, too soon.

Too soon probably most of the time. The first week, too soon. Yeah. But then, I mean, I think, think you know sometimes you feel it really early and sometimes it takes a little bit longer sometimes you do feel it very early but you should still probably sit on it how long do you think you should you sit on something like that oh to drop the album in a relationship um i mean if you're really feeling it and you can tell that they're feeling it, then that's a really good.

But I mean, you can't always trust your feelings in these situations. No, you cannot. I probably would steer clear of saying it anything before three months. I think about three months is okay. I think that's acceptable. Depending on obviously what you've been, you know, what you've gone through in the relationship and if you've reached, you know, those steps or whatever. Yeah.

But she said to me, she was like, okay, I just, how like would you do it and like all these kind of questions. I'm like, not to be like, you know, prying or anything, but you have told someone that you loved them before, haven't you? And she was like, no. Never. She'd never told a partner she loved them? I've never.

Has she had partners? Yeah, she's had heaps of like, well, not heaps. She's had a couple like long-term relationships. Yeah. One that went for three years. I guess the more important question is, has she been in love? Well, that's what I asked her. And I said, so your last relationship,

do you think you were actually ever in love? And she goes, I think maybe I was at certain points, but because, you know. They hadn't said it. They hadn't said it. I was then stubborn and I was like, I'm not going to say it. And I said to her, I was like, mate, life's too short. Because I said three months, but that's just because I'm a bit scared sometimes. Yeah. Because it's a great tragedy to love someone and never let them know. And that's what, you know, you never know what's going to happen. And to be honest, I'm someone, I don't really think about these things.

I literally am someone where it accidentally slips out. Me too. If I feel it. No, excuse me. It's not if you feel it. It's if you've had a couple of drinks. No, not when I've had a few drinks. Like this can be like randomly and I can't help

it and it literally comes out of me. As you hang up the phone, like, okay, love you, bye. Oh no, what have I done? Oh no. Yeah, and then it's real awkward, but I was like, okay, so you've been in relationships and I mean, she's in her 30s now, like her mid-30s, and I was

like, this is a big moment for you, be excited. How long has she been in a relationship with this person that she's thinking about saying it? I think it's two and a half months. Two and a half months. Okay. So I said, wait a couple of weeks and then go for it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

But it made me think, I wanted to know from people listening to the show, have you been in a relationship like that where you've been in a relationship for years maybe and you never told each other that you loved each other? Or did it take you guys a really long time to say it? Yeah, and then what made you in the end, after all that time say it to each other? And did you wait a long time to say it and then you finally said it

and the other person was like, oh my god, clingy. Five years into it. We've got three kids together, what are you talking about? I would love to hear about that. Because maybe it's just not in you. Maybe it's not in you to say it. It doesn't mean you're not a loving person, but you just don't get into that stuff.

Maybe you do love them, but you just haven't said it. 0800 dial ZM. Have you been in a long-term relationship but never said I love you to each other? We'll take your text on 9696 also. Bree and Clint. Have you never said I love you to each other. We'll take your text on 9696 also. Bree and Clint. Have you never said I love you to someone

or were you in a relationship for a really long time and you guys just never said it to each other? Yeah. That's what we're asking this afternoon. A friend of mine has finally gotten to her mid-30s in life and she's like, oh, I think I love someone. This is great. And I said, this is exciting.

The ice queen has defrosted, and I think I might have feelings bubbling to the surface. So did it take you a long time, or have you never said it? Nathan, good afternoon. Hi, Nathan. How are you doing? Good, thanks. Was it you or someone else?

No, it was me in a way. A wee bit different. I said it, and she didn't say it back. And how soon did you say it? We were together for two and a half years. Yeah. We were living together. Yeah.

And I said that I love you and she said that she didn't. That was the end. Oh, Nathan. The next day I came home from work and she was gone. No! You'd finally mustered up the courage to say it. So your story's going to scare people into never saying it. I'm gutted for you. But wait, so Nathan, let me get this straight.

You waited two and a half years to say it? Yeah. See, I was in love with her after about six months and I wouldn't recommend saying it any less than six months. Do you regret it, though, because you waited a lot longer after that? Do you regret not saying it earlier? I do, yeah. I regret not saying it earlier because I feel like I waited almost two years.

Yeah. It's not all on you, though, mate. She could have said it too. Yeah, exactly right. Sorry that it went that way, and we hope you're okay. Thanks for sharing with us. You're all right, mate. She could have said it too. Yeah, exactly right. Sorry that it went that way and we hope you're okay. Thanks for sharing with us. You're all right, mate. Yeah, cheers.

I'm good now. Yeah, you're good now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's like, that took me back, but I'm okay. Do you want to win a packet of Kleenex tissues as a prize? We don't have any, but we can find you some if you need them. That's right. I'm sleeping with my best friend now, so.

Oh! My God! Okay. And that was Nathan, one of our favourite callers. What? Damn! Nathan's like, I won. Let's go to Sam. Hi, Sam.

Hey, how you doing, guys? Sam, was it you that never said it or someone that you were dating? It was him. He never said it. It was him. What did he do? He was very much a non-communicator, which did not work well for me in the end.

I managed to last out three years before I said it to him. A long time. And then he shut down and didn't talk to me for three days. What? Yep. And I'm like, okay, no, I'm going to give him some space. I'm going to give him some time. I lasted seven years before I'm like, no, I'm out.

He went seven years without saying I love you. Correct. Do you believe that he loved you? In his own way, I think he did. Yeah. But it was actually kind of important because we couldn't even have the, what do we want to do? Do we want to get committed?

Do we want to get married? What do we want to do? And I could never have that conversation with him. Do you think, Sam, that was the kind of the end of the beginning? do we want to get committed? Do we want to get married? What do we want to do? And I could never have that conversation with him. Do you think, Sam, that was the kind of the end of the beginning? That's what kind of did you guys in or no? Very much so. I tried to last out as long as I could.

But you needed that from him. In the end. You've got to move on with your life. Seven years in limbo is no way to live your life, Sam. God, you've got more patience than me, Sam. That's for sure. Thank you for sharing with us. Our last person wants to remain anonymous, and they have a juicy story.

Anonymous, what happened? Hello. Good afternoon, guys. Hi. What went down, Anonymous? Was it you that held off saying I love you or someone else? Well, it was a year and a half in, and I've been feeling it for ages,

so I mustered up the courage to tell him I loved him. Yep. And he didn't say back. Oh, that's gutting. It was a bit awkward, but I was like, you know what? Like, roll with it. It's okay. A couple weeks later, I got home and he was sat at the kitchen table,

a little serious, and was like, told me he was in love with his workmate. Yeah, which was really strange because she was married. And I'm guessing not to him. No. No. Well, there's your reason why he didn't say it back. Now, here's a stupid question.

Was that the end of the relationship? It was the end of my relationship with him, but she also divorced her husband and is now still with my ex. No. Wow. Okay, so it wasn't unrequited love. Wow. I wonder if he said it back to her Yeah did he let her know

God you dodged a bullet there Anonymous in my opinion Dodged an absolute bullet Absolutely Hey Absolutely Thanks for sharing with us Yeah we appreciate it

Congratulations on Not being stuck in that situation For the rest of your life I guess Yay Thanks guys You're very welcome Thanks Meg Huge ethical question for you Thanks, guys. You're very welcome. Thanks, mate. Huge ethical question for you.

If there was a pill that would make you lose weight straight away, would you take it? From a doctor. If a doctor gave you the pill. I'd say... Not from the Kardashians. Not from Instagram, okay? Those jelly pills.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'd probably say, what are the side effects, what are the risks? Good answer. Good answer. And what am I looking to achieve out of this? Exactly. Can I not be happy in the skin I'm in? These are all questions for you that you can answer in the next four years

because scientists in Canada believe they've discovered a gene which is linked to thinness, I guess you would say. Okay. When the gene was removed from mice, they found that they could feed the mice a high-fat diet without the mice gaining any weight whatsoever. Right. So what would that entail for a human then?

So you'd just take the pill to suppress the gene and then you could eat whatever you wanted. Yeah. And I guess any excess food that you were carrying around on you would go away eventually. I feel like this is a too good to be true situation. So do I. And I've seen these pills.

There's been articles about these pills before. And you've got to remember that being skinny doesn't make you happy. That's not the goal out of this. I know heaps of sad skinny people. And we don't know what the pill is going, we don't know what any of the side effects are going to be. To be honest, I more look at it for the fact of people who might really need it.

So, you know, people who are looking into gastric sleeve or lap band, that type of surgery. Like this could be way less- Diabetes. Invasive, yeah. Possibly, yeah. High blood pressure. Like if they could take this pill, then I think great.

And can I take it for a week before summer? You know, that sort of thing. Like I said, we don't know what the side effects are. I've got some hypothetical side effects. Okay. And I'd like to know from you. So you've decided you'd like to take the skinny pill. And then I tell you the side effect.

No, I'm going to decide after you tell me. Okay. All right. Okay. Would you take the pill if the side effect was diarrhea? Yeah, probably. Okay. Good to know.

We all have that at some stage of our lives. So my next one was not as bad, but I guess it's going to be a yes. Would you take the pill if the side effect was flatulence? I mean, I'm already pretty flatulent I'll just ding that on your behalf What if the side effect was bad breath? Oh, I don't know Because flatulence, you can excuse

You can leave the room Bad breath stays with you Yeah, bad breath Oh, bad breath is one of my real fears. Mine too. Probably not. Like, was it constant? Constant, yeah.

No, I don't know. Okay, you're skinny, but your breath reeks. No. Okay, what if the side effect was a bad attitude? So you're fine. Kia ora. I'm Simon Pound and I host Business is Boring,

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Would you still take it? Nah. No? Good answer. What if one of the side effects of the skinny pill was you would blow away in a strong breeze? Please say. This is so not.

No, I'm just saying. What if that was one of the side effects? You'd blow away. No, no, I wouldn't take it. Good answer. What if one of the side effects of the skinny pill was you no longer enjoyed the taste of cheese, chocolate, or any dairy products?

You didn't like it. It's not that you, you could eat as much as you want, but you didn't like the taste of it anymore. Would you still take the pill? Absolutely not. Yeah, fine. Just making my medical notes, by the way. And final side effect,

you take the pill and it makes you skinny, but when you walk, if you walk into the wind, your thigh gap will whistle. Like. Well, that part of me kind of, you know, the back end already whistles. I think that's a yes. Bree and Clint. Game.

Bree and Clint's Population Game. Pretty straightforward. Pretty straightforward. The producers give us a city or a country, depending on what they decide, and we just have to guess how many people live there. Populate it. Yeah. Easy peasy. Seems pretty simple.

We will play until we run out of cities and countries. That's how long we're going to play this game for. Well, yeah, I guess there is a time limit on the game. There's no point to the game. We just play for fun. Producer Ben is going to run the population game. People can play in their car too. See how good you are.

Okay, you guys ready for your first one? Yes. It is a country and the country is Brazil. The population of... The population of Brazil. Of the whole country. Yeah. Of Brazil. Brazil. Brazil. Seems pretty packed to me.

Clint, you have gone with 70 million. And Bree, you have gone with 70 million. And Bree, you've gone with 82 million. The population of Brazil is 212 million, 409,439. He's very specific.

So that's a point to me. Damn, that's a lot of people. That's so many. And we're celebrating getting 5 million in New Zealand. God, we're cute. We are. Okay, the next one is a city and it is the capital of the United States. It is Washington D.C.

How many people in Washington D.C.? There's Trump. There's one. Melania. His wife. His whole family. Trump Jr. I've got no idea. you've gone with 9 million For Washington DC And Brie you've gone with 12 million

The answer for Washington DC Is 721,000 Is that it? That's it for the city yeah Washington DC is smaller than Auckland There you go 721,000 God we really have no idea So I get the point yeah Yeah. Washington, D.C. is smaller than Auckland. There you go. Suck on that, Washington, D.C. 721,000.

Right, okay. God, we really have no idea. So I get the point, yeah? That's one all. Yep, one all. For 8 million. You really shouldn't get the point. You got the point for 82 million.

It was 200 million. Yeah, but, you know. I was closer than, anyway. Next one. The next one is Tasmania. Oh, Tasmania. The island at the arse end of Australia. Like if Australia was doing a poop, that's what would pop out.

Oh, you leave Tassie alone. No, I mean geographically it looks like Australia's poop. Tasmania. How many people, the population. Oh, jeez. Like how Stewart Island is our poop. Oh, we love Stewart Island. But for Tasmania you've gone 300, Tasmania, you've gone 300,000.

And Bree, you've gone 500,000. The answer for Tasmania is 521,000. She's spot on. Pretty good. I've only been there once. Well, you might end up there, yeah. 2-1 to Bree. Okay, here we go.

I could win it on this one. How many people are in Bali? Oh. How long is the population? You've never been to Bali. Yeah, that's how fair Bree's been to Bali. She was probably counting the whole time she was there. I was going to say, yeah, because I counted everyone.

Population of Bali. Oh, wait, that's not enough time. Well, Clint got it in. Clint's gone 14 million for the population of Bali. You're taking too long. Sorry. You've gone 41 million. 41 million? The population, the people that live there

in Bali is 683,000. Damn it, that means we have to play another round. I'm embarrassed. Because I got it. Last one. Here we go. Country. You ready? How many people live in Nigeria? I would have no clue. Nigeria. Nigeria.

Nigeria. Nigeria. The whole country. The whole country. How many people live? Clint, you've gone for Nigeria, 40 million. And Bree, you've gone for 20 million. Are you ready?

205 million. Whoa! So I win the game. You win the game. I've just realised something. We shouldn't play this game anymore. Why? Because it makes us look really dumb.

Stupid, yeah. This is the problem. We played it once and we were like, we're really good at this game. We should do it. So, no, let's do it. Next week. You and I commit to one day of research a week. Oh, yeah.

All right? This is good. We're learning. Who knew? What was the population of Nigeria? 205 million. You've forgotten already. Oh, it's incredible.

I feel smarter already and so should you, New Zealand. Bree and Clint. Oh, it's incredible. I feel smarter already and so should you, New Zealand. A couple of weeks ago, we all saw Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his musician girlfriend Grimes copped it for what they named their newborn son. Yeah. Which was X-A-E-A-hyphen-12. Can I have a go at the pronunciation of that? Because I'm pretty sure it's...

Which is, you know, cute. This is the short version. Yeah. And then they've obviously got his last name. This is the long version, yeah. Which is why... Sorry, it's a kid's name. I've got to get the whole name out.

And that's their kid. Musk. Muzzle tough. With the release, you know, obviously with this story doing the rounds and stuff, there was an article that I came across which was talking about research that's being done into, you know, what people are calling their children, the trends, what's the most popular names and all that kind of stuff. Anyway, there's a list that's been released.

It's the top 100 baby name list for 2020. Are you interested in that? Absolutely. Which, I mean, we always talk about the most popular ones and for the girls, I'll do the top five. Number one is Charlotte and then we've got Olivia, Amelia, Isla and Mia. Whatever the royals name their kid is always on the list. It's up there.

So Princess Charlotte, obvious in the end there. And then for the boys, the top five baby names were Oliver, Noah, Jack and William. Oh, yeah. And Leo. Sorry, that was five. I was going to say. But that's not what interests me because obviously, you know, those trends, they kind of ride the waves.

They're all nice names. They're all nice names. Nothing wrong with those names. Fairly inoffensive names. But what interested me was that there's different trends around, you know, the more unusual baby names that people are starting to kind of catch on to. Like Elon Musk's one?

Not quite like that. Oh, okay. Not quite like that. No hyphens or numbers, but, you know, just a bit more unconventional. Okay, hit me with some slightly different unconventional baby names that people might want to use. Okay, cool. So in the past year, particularly for girls,

there's growing trends towards gender neutral names. Such as two very popular ones were Charlie and Riley. Those are cool names. Which are very cute. And they appeared on both the boy and the girl list. Top 50. Is it a gender neutral thing so the kid can make up its own mind

later or because they think it puts them in a better position for jobs and stuff? I just think if they think it puts them in a better position for jobs and stuff? I just think if they think it suits them. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I don't think I'd be thinking about that. Like I was saying, is there a strategic reason you'd give a kid a gender neutral name? I don't know. I don't know.

Because if you decide that you identify as male later in life, then your name still works is what I mean. Yeah, true. There was also a lot, these are the names that people are kind of calling their kids more and more now. So Luna, which is very popular. It sits at number 49. How do you spell it?

L-U-N-A. Oh, not like L-U-N-A-R, like lunar eclipse. Yeah, but kind of. I mean, it's pronounced the same. Luna. So that's moved up quite a lot. It's a beautiful name. Aaliyah.

Aaliyah. Is quite popular. Like R-I-P Aaliyah. Yeah. Right. Still going in there.'s a beautiful name. Yeah. Aaliyah. Aaliyah. Is quite popular. Like RIP Aaliyah. Yeah. Right. Still going in there. I like that name. I think it's really nice.

Yeah, right. Not that unusual. But then there's other names like Peyton is getting very popular. Peyton? Yeah, for a girl. For a girl? Yeah, Peyton. Oh, right.

This is for the girls list. Yeah. Which, I mean, if you watch. Very American, Peyton. If you watch One Tree Hill, there was a girl called Pey, Peyton. Oh, right. This is for the girls' list. Yeah. Which, I mean, if you watch... Very American, Peyton. If you watch One Tree Hill, there was a girl called Peyton. Oh, I just think of Peyton Manning, the NFL player. Oh, yeah, of course. It can be used for boy or a girl.

Yeah, yeah. And Sadie was also really popular. Yeah, Sadie's a nice name. Yeah. Which there was a few people that came out and they spoke about, you know, one person said they called their daughter Indigo Tiger Joseph Stewart. Yeah, that's a nice name. Yep, and another one said they named their kid,

this is no BS, named their kid Wolfgang Ezra and she also has another son, Zephyr Valentine. Yeah, okay. Which they're even more unusual again. Yeah. But I won't. I'm hesitant to judge any names because I know there'll be someone out there listening with one of these names.

I don't mind Zephyr Valentine. That's fine by me. And I don't mind the Wolfgang one either. The one before that was a bit far, but Wolfgang was cool. Yeah. I think Elon Musk is a bit too far for me, but I can get on board this. And that's why I want people to call up. Either you can have the really unusual name yourself

or maybe you've got a niece or a nephew or you've called your own kid something, you know, quite unusual. Yeah. I just love hearing, you know, when people kind of come up with their own name maybe or you've just taken, you know, really outside the box. Or your dad grew up in Evendale and he called you Woodstock 12%. That's cute.

If that's the case, we'd love to hear about it this afternoon on 0800-DIALS-ZM. Do you know someone or do you have an unusual name? 0800-DIALS-ZM or you can text us on 9696. Bree and Clint. The list for the top baby names being used for 2020 has been released with honourable mention to a lot of more unconventional names making a rise on the list.

So people more often than not saying, I'm going to give my kid a bit different name. Something a bit unique, a bit different. Yeah, a bit nice, a bit different. It's a bit different, it's nice. Epony Ray spelled with E-double-P-double-E-hyphen-double-N. So do you have one of those names? We would love to hear from you this afternoon.

And we'll just call you person number one for now. Person number one, good afternoon. Good afternoon, guys. G'day. So obviously this is your name and you have an unusual name. Yes, my name's... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We've got a game, okay?

We've got a game for you. That's right. So you'll hear when to say your name. Okay. Here we go. Hi, my name when to say your name. Okay. Here we go. Hi, my name is what? My name is what?

My name is what? Sorry, guys. Now, say it now. Anita, I've ruined it. I'm so sorry. Let's give it a go. We didn't hear it. Ready, ready, ready. So it's going to go.

Second time. Hi, my name is what? My name is who? My name is and then you say your name, okay? Come on, I believe in you. No, it's not your fault, by the way. We should have rehearsed. Yeah, this is definitely our fault.

Yeah. Here we go. Let's go again. Hi, my name is what? My name is what? My name is... Shanita. Shanita.

Shanita. Shanita. Shanita. That's a nice name. Have you ever heard someone else with that name? One girl, but she was named after me. Really? So, wait, you had someone named after you?

Yeah. Yeah, so she was my mum's friend and she really liked my name. Does it have like a cultural background? No, so what happened was my mum was going to name me Deja and then when I was born, she was like, I looked like an Indian apparently, so she

was like, you know, not going to work. So yeah, Shanita, she just came out of nowhere. Shanita. Shanita, yeah. Alright, we'll leave that there. Thank you for your call We thoroughly appreciate it Gov is here Hi Gov

Hi Gov Hey Now this is for your cousin Yes So we'll play the game with you as well You've heard the rehearsal We'll say Gov You just act as if you are your cousin

Okay Okay Alright here we go I will do it Let's do it Hi My name is What

My name is What My name is What? My name is What? My name is Nadasha Nadasha Nadasha It's the way it's spelt Okay

How's it spelt? We've always given a grief for this But it's spelt N-A-A So you actually have to say Nadesha The symbol dash Yeah I used to know a girl

That's out the gate That is out the freaking gate I used to know a girl And her name was the gate. That is out the freaking gate. I used to know a girl and her name was La Dasha and they spelled it similar way. So you've got to picture you're this kid and anytime they're in a new classroom and the name's on the roll, it's always going to be pronounced na-ah.

That's what happened every time apparently, yeah. Well, at least it makes it easy for her to choose her email address. Yeah, yeah. Nice and small. Yeah. And no one else will have it. No one's choose her email address. Yeah, yeah. Nice and small. Yeah. And no one else will have it. No one's got it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, Gov, bloody appreciate that. Let's talk to Robin, okay? Robin's going to do it for her son. So, Robin, who picked this name? Was it you or your husband? It was kind of both. I wanted Kiana for a girl and his dad wanted...

Wait, wait, wait. Don't tell us what it is yet, okay? Because we're going to play the game with you. Are you ready? All right, ready, Robin? So pretend you are your son and you're going to give us the name. Here we go. Hi, my name is...

What? My name is... What? My name is... Kian. Kian. It's not that unusual to me. Yeah, I don't mind that. I feel. It's not that unusual to me. Yeah, I don't mind that. I feel

like that's not too bad at all. Do you get told that it's an unusual name? Yeah, and especially because it's spelt K-I-A-N and when people see it written, they say it's Kian or Kian. Yeah, I like it. I think it's a nice name. Well done. You've done a good job there.

Yeah, I quite like that. Finally, we're going to go to Jess. Hi, Jess. Hi, Jess. I think it's a nice name. Well done. You've done a good job there. Yeah, I quite like that. Finally, we're going to go to Jess. Hi, Jess. Hi, Jess. Hey. Now, this is for your nephew. When was he born? Two of my nephews actually have unusual names.

Okay. They were born once five and once four. Okay. I can't do the math. In the last five years or so. You know the deal. Chuck them both in there when the time comes. Here we go. Okay. Hi. My name is what? My name is what? In the last five years or so. You know the deal. Chuck them both in there when the time comes. Here we go. Lucian and Riker.

Lucian and Riker. Yeah. I like it. Would we say that they're made up names? I wouldn't say made up. Maybe derived from other names. Yeah, right. Lucius. Or you mesh them together with other names. Yeah, right. Lucius.

Or you mesh them together with something else. Yeah, nice. Maybe. I'd have to talk to his parents. See, these are largely, apart from Ledesha, no offence to Ledesha, they're largely, they're fairly, I think they're not that outrageous, are they? Yeah, and I think it's getting more and more that way.

But we haven't met a person who said their last name was Book. Yeah, so here it is. Someone texts through and they said, my sister's last name was Book. Yeah, so here it is. Someone texted her and they said, my sister's last name is Book with an E at the end. And she called her son Reed. R-E-I-D. See, that's... No, wait, it gets better.

She then had a daughter and called her Paige. P-A-I-G-E. Reed and Paige Book. Hey, I love that. I think yes. I think no. Why not? Bree and Clint.

We were just taking calls before from people who know someone or has an unusual name because they're on the rise in 2020. People are giving their kids more unconventional names. I just wanted to read out this one text before we get into Birthday Banger. Someone said, I've named my son Samuel Jackson, which is pronounced Sam-E-L. Samuel Jackson. We wanted to name him Lucifer,

not because of what it symbolizes, but because we like the name. But it's actually banned. You can't call a kid Lucifer. You can't call a kid Lucifer. No, you literally can't. Legally, you can't. No, you can't.

You can't call a kid Lucifer. No, you literally can't. Legally, you can't. No, you can't. You can't call a kid Lucifer. Holy, and I know this person is a listener because they've texted us on this segment, but... I don't mind Samuel. Samuel's quite nice. Frigging hell. But were they meaning... Lucifer.

Can I just ask, because they've named him Samuel Jackson, were they meaning it to sound like... I think they'd mean like Samuel Jackson. Like his name? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I think that's what they're going for. Right.

But just a little bit different. It's better than Lucifer. We can't figure out why our kid keeps lighting fires. You know? You set him up for an interesting future. I used to be a firebug when I was a kid. Yeah, I don't doubt that either. Anyway, let's get some birthday bangers on.

Vicky's here. Hi, Vicky. Hi, Vicky. Hi. How are you going, guys? Good. How are you, mate? Good.

Good. That's good. What's your birthday? 13th of December, 1971, baby. Right, you were 16 in 1987 on the 13th of December. And Vicky, this is your birthday banger. Yes, I gotta have. That's good.

Sexy. That's a great birthday banger, Vicky. Well done. I love that one. Okay, cool. Let's get another one on for Sarah. Hi, Sarah. Hi, Sarah.

Hello. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you. Let's get another one on for Sarah. Hi, Sarah. Hi, Sarah. Hello. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you? That's good. Very well, thanks. What's your birthday? 13th of August, 1986.

All right, you were 16 in 2002 on the 13th of August. And back in 2002, this had a number one hit. Drive your piano down the northwestern motorway. I love this song. You get Vanessa Carlton. Vanessa Carlton? Yes, Vanessa Carlton. A Thousand Miles.

What do you think, Sarah? That reminds me of White Chicks. Yeah, White Chicks. It reminds everyone of White Chicks, right? I think it even put it back in the charts. Back in the charts. It gave it a whole other life. That's a fun birthday banger.

Wait there. We'll do Brittany last. Hi, Brittany. Hello. Hey, guys. How are you? Not too bad. How are you?

Oh, you know, can't complain on a Monday afternoon. Yeah, well, yeah, I know the feeling. Let's do your birthday banger and we'll give you a bit of pep for the night. Yep, hopefully. What's your birthday? The 10th of Yep, hopefully. What's your birthday? The 10th of March, 1993. Right, you were 16 in 2009 on the 10th of March.

And in 2009, this reached to number one. Now I hit it right, right, right. Point the door down. Oh, that brings back memories. Some trashy. What year are we talking? 2009. 2009. Were you getting down to that?

I was. It was 16-year-old me, mothers lock up your sons. Yeah, girl. It's not just Flo Rida either. It's Flo Rida and Kesha on the song. I know. Yeah, good.

Thanks, comments, dead man. I was going to vote for Vanessa Carlton until she said that just then. Until Brittany. God, that was so funny. Three great birthday bangers. George Michael, Flo Rida or Vanessa Carlton. What's your vote? I've got to vote for my guy, George Michael.

I just love that song. I like the Vanessa Carlton song. Yeah, I do love that too. Yeah. It's a bit different. We're different, unique as our theme or something, but that's okay. We'll go to our split decision.

Producer Ben, you need to decide out of George Michael, Vanessa Carlton or Flowrider. I think I'm going to go 1,000 miles. I think I'm going to go Vanessa. Okay. Yeah, feels right. 1,000. I wonder what she's up to

These days Vanessa Carlton I'd love to hear from her DM her I reckon you could DM her I'm gonna DM her right now On Instagram And see if she gets back to us

Sarah You've won birthday banger Congratulations Yay Thanks guys No worries Alright see ya I'm walking fast, faces pass and I'm homebound Staring blankly ahead, just making my way, making my way through the crowd And I need you, and I miss you

And now I wonder if I could fall into the sky. Do you think time would pass me by? Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight. There's always times like these when I think of you and I wonder if you ever think of me. Is everything so wrong? We don't belong. Living in your precious memory Cause I need you And I miss you And now I wonder

If I could fall Into the sky Do you think time would pass me by? Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles If I could just see you tonight Tonight Tonight I don't wanna let you know I, I Drown in your memory

I, I Don't wanna let this go I, I don't wanna love this guy, I don't Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass and I'm homebound There I'm like the ant, just making my way, making my way through the crowd I still need you, I still miss you And now I wonder If I could fall into the sky Do you think time would pass us by?

Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles If I could just see you If I could fall into the sky Do you think time won't tell me bye Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles If I could just sleep If I could just hold you Tonight If I can just hold you tonight

ZDM Bree and Clint, that's the winner of Birthday Banger for Sarah. Vanessa Carlton, that's a thousand miles. Just so you know, we've fired off the DM to Vanessa Carlton. I've inboxed her. Now I'm just waiting for a reply for us. Vanessa Carlton has how many followers? She's got 58.8 thousand followers on Instagram She might actually see it

She'll see the message, yeah You know what I'm going to do? What's that? I'll post that video of us dancing And having a good time to her song And I'll tag her because she'll definitely see it Yeah That's a good idea

And then finally we'll have our big Vanessa Carlton interview I know, we've been waiting for so long And then finally we'll get the recognition from our radio peers that we deserve. No one else will have this. No one else will have Vanessa Carlton on their show. No, they won't. And then maybe after that. Suck on that, Hosking.

Maybe after that we could get Mandy Moore. One step at a time. Okay. Okay? Let's get more Vanessa Carlton. Yeah, this is some of Vanessa Carlton's back catalogue. Bree and Clint. As we get further and further, I mean us specifically in New Zealand,

out of the COVID crisis, because we are doing well, we're starting to get more and more relaxed rules around things like gatherings and sports specifically. In Australia, the NRL launches this weekend. Yeah, I saw that. I also saw Jacinda said, is it this Friday that gatherings can move to 100 people? Yeah.

Yeah. So that's moving quite fast, isn't it? It's very exciting. Super Rugby Aotearoa launches in a couple of weeks. There's some advice here. This isn't specific to New Zealand, so take it with a grain of salt. But advice for anyone who

is looking to play ball sports post-COVID-19. What type of ball sport? This person is speaking specifically about tennis. But I think you can translate it, basically, to any ball sport. Take this in. Every player, unless they're from

the same household, has to bring their own tennis balls so that you don't touch other people's tennis balls um with your hands you can kick their balls but you can't touch them i'm gonna blush sorry if you're playing with someone in your household you can't touch those tennis balls uh To avoid confusion between whose balls are whose, you can use a marker, like a Sharpie, to mark out to put an X or put someone's initials on them. That's helpful. I love this so much.

It's really helpful. So just so we're clear one more time, if you're playing with someone, you can kick their balls, but you can't touch them. Actually, I don't endorse that advice. That's horrific advice. Don't handle the balls too much. Well, there goes your...

We have some code words on this show which help us navigate certain topics and stay... PG. Yeah, exactly right. And one of our code words is indoor gardening. It's like gardening, except you do it indoors. Yes. You and your partner. And only adults. It's for adults. Yeah you do it indoors, you and your partner. And only adults.

It's for adults. Yeah, it's for adults. So I've got some stats here on New Zealanders' solo indoor gardening habits during lockdown. No! Okay, are we on the same page? We're all under control? Yeah, I think I am. More than a thousand Kiwis were surveyed by an online...

It's a very invasive question. An online gardening tools. Oh, Better Homes and Gardens. No, more like a Bunnings, the power tools and stuff. Oh, right. For indoor gardening. The power section. Yeah, the website that specifically sells those to adults.

Oh, right. And they asked them how their solo indoor gardening habits were specifically during level three and level four of COVID-19 lockdown. So I actually set the mood a little bit. Just a little bit of gardening music.

88% of people admitted were willing to say yes. During lockdown, I did some solo indoor gardening to get myself through. Got out my potting mix. Yep. And I potted some plants. Popped on some gloves and went for it.

88% of people. Fairly high. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, yeah, I can see that. And 12% lied. I was going to say, and what are the other 12% doing? 38% of people said they were tending their own garden approximately every other day. Pruning and trimming?

Every other day? So every second day? Is that what that means? Yeah, basically every second day. Really? Yeah, I thought that too. Well, I mean... 38% of people said every second day. 38%? That's quite a lot. Or 1 in 5

that translates to. Quite a lot. Or one in five, that translates to. That's quite a lot. 16% of people admitted that they got the hoe out every day during lockdown. 16 people. Every day. Every day. The online retailer also said that gardening tools had been flying out the door. I did read this during lockdown. There'd been a massive increase.

And I don't know if they were an essential service or not. So I don't know if anyone was able to man the warehouse. It's an essential service. Well, it was deemed an essential service, especially for that 16% of people who are doing it every single day. Even if you had the tools to get yourself through that period, I mean, it would be worn out by week three. Sometimes you just need to sharpen your pruners.

Exactly right. You know, you need a new set. Exactly right. So if you fit into any of those statistics, congratulations on making it through lockdown and doing what you had to do, I guess. And also congratulations on telling the truth. ZM's Free and Clint. The podcast with mobile smiles.

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