ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – November 26th 2020

Episode Date: November 26, 2020

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Hello everybody, welcome to the Brie and Clint podcast, where today I'm having my first corona since coronavirus. Really? Yeah, and I'm going to come out and say it. It needs lime. I don't care who you are, there's people that go, oh, you know, you're not even meant to have lime in corona. That's not the point of a corona. It's stupid, doesn't change anything. A corona needs a lime. Nah, I'll take coronas any way they want to give them to me. Oh, don't get me wrong, I will never say no to a free beer, but a corona should have a lime. Nah, I'll take Coronas any way they want to give them to me. Oh, don't get me wrong.

I will never say no to a free beer, but a Corona should have a lime in it. I don't mind a Corona without a lime. Sometimes it's good to just go, you know, raw dog it. Raw dog. Straight down the gullet. I heard that the lime comes from Mexico and it was to keep the flies away. But wouldn't flies love lime? It's full of sugar. Yeah, maybe.

It's quite bitter. Citrusy. Sour. Citrus. I think it's just to stop me getting in. Anyway, we're having a corona and Bree's not because she's still socially distanced from her house. Although you can go to the fridge and get yourself a drink. I can. I've got some drinks in there.

Might rip open an effing vodka. How effing good. Just sit on the porch with an effing vodka and kick back. Don't leave your property though. No. Well, on the porch is still my property. When do you start walking that dog, by the way? Yeah, I know. The poor thing. Can you walk it? If you weren't in quarantine right now, could you walk the dog? Well, she's due for her last vaccination we've been really cautious with her where she's having four vaccinations we have been taking her we were taking her for short walks before we were in lockdown again um like she can't walk for very long because she's so small like if you walk them for too long when they're like really small they can get like hip like problems and knee problems and stuff tiny legs move so it's like ideal for me who

doesn't want to go on long walks so i'm like yeah i'm like oh let's take it for a little short walk yeah right um that dog is gonna poo its little dog pants the first time it gets out into the real world be like holy shit this smells good, this looks good, this is fun, what is this, what the heck is going on? We took her to a cafe the other day, and they're allowed inside. What did she order? Yeah, good question.

We ordered her a doggy Chino. Yeah, it was so cute. The cafe we went to, they could come inside. Dogs are allowed inside. How cool is that? That's real cool, yeah. Shout out to Ozone. That place is awesome. Oh, and Greylist. O. Shout out to Ozone. That place is awesome.

Oh, and Greyland. Ozone and Greyland. Yes, that place is awesome. That place is dope, and the food is awesome, and the dogs are allowed inside. So many weird coffees. Yeah, because they've got a roastery in there, eh? Yeah, yeah. I love the industrial vibes.

They do all different types. Turmeric. Oh, yeah. Turmeric latte. Turmeric latte. Yeah. A matcha. Matcha, yeah. What did you say? latte Yep Or a A matcha Matcha yep

What did you say Matchu Matcha Matcha Matchu Walters Matchu Walters from 660 He's in there Yeah that place is awesome

He's there He's there Oh yum Matchu's there having a matcha Come on Yuck Anastasia Come on What did she say

She said yum She goes oh yum Anastasia I was talking about a matcha latte No you were not Oh yeah she was Yeah. Yeah, she was. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, she was.

I believe it. Okay, any life admin anybody needs to bring to the table? Anastasia needs to have a- I miss Bree. Yeah, we all miss Bree. Honestly. I miss everyone. I miss everyone.

The boys chat. We need to balance it out. What? You know? Anastasia did message me and she goes, I miss them girls chat. Mm-hmm. Smells better. Too much testosterone. Smells better them girls, Chad. Smells too much testosterone. Smells too much testosterone.

As if. I smell delightful. And parts. Not right now. Not right now because I haven't showered recently. But normally. No, to be honest, I'm not a very stinky person other than my butt. Nice, mate.

Yeah, nice. I'm really missing that girl chat. Like my armpits don't really smell. We're going on a road trip next week. And this will be the longest time Anastasia has had to spend with us uninterrupted. I'm excited. Are we rooming, Anastasia? They are, yes.

Single beds, baby. Yeah, boo, boo. Let's go. Let's go. Ben, are we rooming? No, we are in different rooms. Are we? Yeah, we are.

No, you're not. We are. Flint, can you take the program out of my ear, please? Oh, yeah, I can, yeah. Thank you so much. I missed that. Are you and Ben rooming? They're in a double bed, though.

We've got single beds. They're in a double bed. About time. They've got a top and tail. Feel free to push those beds together in top and tail, girls. We'll do a week of top and tail podcasts. I love that. We could do the podcast intro from bed if you guys want.

Yeah, top and tailing. Top and tail podcast. I love it. I like the sound of that. For those international listeners, next week we go on a road trip around the South Island of New Zealand. Beautiful. Which is arguably the most beautiful place in the entire world. It's where me and Ben are from.

Yeah, it's where you guys are from, but we're not going to that. We're not going to Christchurch. It is stunning. I remember the first time I went to Queenstown, I was like, holy shit, this exists this close to Australia and I never knew about it? It's like a postcard. Like New Zealand's Maldives.

It reminds me of Switzerland. It honestly does. I'm like, this is ridiculous. Ridonkulous. Without all the Swedes Oh well to be honest Every time I've gone to Queenstown I think I've met one Kiwi person The rest of the people Guess what mate

This year nothing but Kiwis And German backpackers Who can't get home Because one of my friends She's from the UK, she lives in Queenstown full time now. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

It's a very transient community normally. Yeah. It's going to be interesting, and our shows will sound a bit different because we'll be doing them from the side of the road, but we're adventurous. The trip stops. We're intrepid. You know how we're looking for people that are registering online

to put in what we do on the trip? Yeah. Someone, I think they must have listened to yesterday. They'll put in the salmon fishing. Yes, that was my suggestion. I'm so excited. How are we going on the bungee jump? No, no one suggested that.

We've had a few bungee jump suggestions. Yeah, because there's nothing but good bungee jumps in the South Island. That's what happens when you talk about it. Shouldn't we think outside the box, though? Shouldn't we do something different? Like salmon fishing? We've never done a bungee jump. We've never done a bungee jump.

We've never done it. Yeah, we did it. You weren't there, but we've done it before. Yeah, I saw that video. Ali sent it to me and put it online. Yeah, see, Anastasia saw it. You're lying. Anyway, we'll deal with it on the trip.

You can choose bungee jump or skydive. That is not comforting. They're my two things that I Or you can top and tail with Ben. Top and tail with Ben all day. She's like bungee jump. Bungee jump. I would bungee

jump no rope to avoid that. That's not very nice to Ben who would be the big spoon and little spoon out of Anastasia? Anastasia would definitely be the big spoon I'm a big fan of being the little spoon anyway I'm only little spoon you sleep alone

actually not recently you're You sleep alone Actually Not recently I'm kidding You're um You're a spork Go on What does spork mean? Multi-use instrument, you only need one

It's a spoon and a fork in one No, you guys rate the spork? Yeah, but I don't like single-use plastic You know what is good? I'd like a reusable spork There rate the spork? Yeah, but I don't like single-use plastic. I've spooned very recently. You know what is good? I'd like a reusable spork. I've got one. There's metal sporks. Do you know what the best one is?

Of course there is. Do you know what an issue with a metal spork is? You'd need to come up with another tray in your cutlery drawer. Or you just put it with the forks. Or the spoons. Or the knives No A spork is perfect for fried rice

Yes Really? It's ideal for fried rice How do people eat fried rice with the chopsticks? It's a great question I don't know Yeah that is good You know why?

Because I feel like fried rice Like real good Asian rice is real quite sticky And that's why they can pick it up Because it sticks together And little clumps Yeah Anyway is real quite sticky and that's why they could pick it up because they're like sticks together. Oh, and little clumps. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Hmm. Hmm. Anyway. Wow. Can we get Fergberger? No. Absolutely not. I love Fergberger.

Is this song cancelled? No, I think we figured out it's okay. I think we figured, yeah, I think this one's okay. Sexy kung fu fighting. Oh, that's canceled. Everybody was kung fu fighting. Those kids were fast as...

I guess you remembered because I'm from home, I'm out of time. Yeah, true. Yeah, but you're owning it. This song comes up quite a bit in birthday bang every now and then. I guess you remembered because I'm from home I'm out of time yeah true yeah but you're you're owning it this song comes up quite a bit in birthday bang every now and then does it

yeah okay um anything else worth addressing um um I gotta go take a poo

so can we oh nasty tomorrow's a big day guys yes yeah I've got to go take a poo so I can wean for us. Tomorrow's a big day, guys. Yes. Anastasia's birthday. Anastasia's birthday.

I'm turning 18. She is. Don't you dare complain about your age. Not around here. How dare you. What do you mean? You can't start lying about your age until you're Clint's age. So 39. 30. 39. If you're Clint's age. So 39. 30.

39. If I looked this bad when I was 39. Only 30 years until you're a nice age. God, are you and Anastasia 17 years apart? That's crazy, mate. Shut up. That's wild. 17.

Have a sexy podcast, everybody. Take your pants off And listen to this He could be my dad He could He could be your daddy Stop trying to make me No Kung fu fighting

See you guys for a Friday show And have a podcast Bye Bitches Hi 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. Kia ora, everybody. Welcome to the show. It's Brie and Clint, still socially distanced. Happy Thursday. I'm still at home. You still in your pyjamas?

Today I am. Right. Because I thought, you know, when else am I going to get a chance to just not get out of my pyjamas? Have you showered? I showered yesterday. But you're a night time shower anyway. Yeah, but I showered yesterday morning which was unusual for me. Oh right, so we're at 36 hours no shower? Yes. Have you brushed your teeth? You're a nighttime shower anyway. Yeah, but I showered yesterday morning, which was unusual for me. Oh, right.

So we're at 36 hours, no shower? Yes. Have you brushed your teeth? Yeah, always brush my teeth. Yeah, right. Have you put on deodorant? Nah. Yeah, right.

Oh, you're living your best life. Yeah, you don't want to come over here right now. You're living on that couch as well, right? You're sleeping on the couch? Yeah, this is my home. You're sleeping on the couch, working on the couch, not showering. I don't move from this area. You are, um, oh

what's that movie? Forgetting Sarah Marshall. You're the guy in Forgetting Sarah Marshall after Sarah Marshall breaks up with him. Does he live on the couch? Yeah, remember? He's like, you shall not pass. Jason, Jason Seagal. You're a doppelganger. Do you reckon?

Kind of. You're both tall and funny and, you know. Don't try and make it into a compliment. Today on the show, we are playing What's the Plot for a record amount of money. We have never played What's the Plot for $750. That's too intimidating. Let's not say $750. Let's say we're playing for three quarters of $1,000.

Don't. Can we not talk about it? Because I just get stressed the whole show. All right, let's say we're playing for six months worth of free fuel. Let's talk about something else. What else have we got on the show? If you want to beat Bree in What's the Plot today, you can give it a go if you're listening from quarter to five this afternoon to play What's the Plot, our movie guessing game. Probably

just don't though. It's not a big deal. Probably do. Nah, just do something else. Next in the show though, I've got a list of everyday products and things about them that you never knew were a thing. Like little features about things that you're already using and you go,

oh, is that what that thing's for? What about like the nail, what's the nail, that nail thing where you can rip the pieces off the top? Nail thing? The nail file.

Yeah. It's like a nail kind of smoother, whatever you call it. Yeah. And then people found out like last year you could rip the layers off

and it would start again as a whole new one. Oh, I didn't know that. But yes, that's exactly the sort of thing that we're talking about. I got like 10 things and I'll see if you knew that this is what they were meant to do. After topic and breaking me on ZM, Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint.

I was reading an article today about like products and the things that they do, the features that these products have that you probably don't know about. Is that bad marketing from them? Kind of. Like well-intentioned ideas but nobody ever got the message. Kind of like, and this is the one that everybody knows, how there's an arrow

next to the fuel symbol on your car and the arrow points to what side the fuel tank, the flap is on. Yeah, I've known that for a little while. It'll change your life. It changes your life, big time. Yeah. So I've got some of these here and you tell me if you knew this or not, okay?

Okay. So why do you think there's a long neck on beer bottles? Like when you're having a Heineken or something, why do you think it's got a long neck on it? So that it doesn't get frothy? Mm, close. It's so that the beer doesn't get warm. You hold it by the neck and then your hand's meant to not heat up the beer

because some people can have one beer for long enough that it changes temperature. Yeah, right. Same reason that wine glasses have got stems. Yeah, you hold the stem. What about a juice box? You know the juice box and you can fold those little flaps out at the top? Mm-hmm. What are they for?

Don't know. According to this, it's to make them easier for kids to hold on to. Oh, come on. Don't believe that one? No, I don't believe that. Oh, like you fold them out and you can slide your hand underneath? Yeah, and the kids can hold on to the little wings. Oh, nah, that's made up.

Where's the kid struggling to hold on to a juice box? Good point. Okay, some of these might be fake. That's a good point. The pocket. Okay, this is one I'm not aware of, but I read it, so I need to ask you first. It talks about women's undies and in some pairs

there being a secret pocket on the front of the undies. Oh, that's unusual for women's undies. Right. None of mine have that. You haven't had that on there? No. Right, because I said it was for- I feel like that's a tidy-widy thing, isn't it?

I thought it was a tidy-widy thing too, and it's not a pocket. It's a flap for getting your sausage out. Yeah, you stuff into place. Yeah. Okay, well, then we won't do that one. Why? What does it say, though? It says it was for keeping spare tampons in.

What? Clint, have you been won't do that one. Why? What does it say though? It says it was for keeping spare tampons in. What? Clint, have you been absolutely done with that? I don't know. Are all of these fake? Well, now I'm questioning everything. Okay, here's one. Have you got your iPhone handy? Yes.

Turn it over. Yep. And the camera side, take the cover off it. Okay. The little hole beside the camera on your iPhone. Yes. Can you see that? iPhones have all got them. What's that hole for? Is it a speaker? It's a microphone.

Yeah, like speaker microphone. That was a bit obvious. Okay. I mean, that one makes sense. Okay, okay, okay. You know bobby pins? Yeah. The zigzag side of the bobby pin. Why is there a zigzag side on the bobby pin? It's like to hold the hair in place. Oh, okay.

Maybe it's just me who didn't know these. Well, you don't use bobby pins. Okay, what about, so look at your keyboard at the moment on your computer. Yeah, got it. See how there's a little ridge on the F key and a little ridge on the J key? Yeah, so you can tell like what letters are, they are. Where to put your fingers, it's where you put your index finger. Yeah, it shows you you put your index finger.

Yeah, it shows you the middle of the keyboard. Okay, what about this one? I bet you didn't know this one. You know the polystyrene tray that sausages come in from the supermarket? It's a barbecue protector. You're meant to cook the sausages in that tray so your hot plate doesn't get dirty. What? Yeah. In the poly. What? Yeah.

In the polystyrene? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You just took the whole polystyrene thing on the barbecue. That's not a thing. Yeah, no, I made that one up. No, yeah, you did. Right, okay. Well, some of those blew my mind,

but maybe I need to be more careful of the links I click. Maybe it was a male versus female thing, like because they're female products, you were like, never knew that. Why would there be a secret pocket for tampons? Good point. Clint, it's the age-old question that has been haunting people for a long time now. What would win a croc versus a shark?

Ah, the age-old question. You know, it's the one people ask continuously. Who would take it out? Would it be the croc? Would it be the shark? Arguably a perfect match-up. Both of them bringing different skills. Both prehistoric.

Both apex predators. Both got a lot of teeth. Yeah, both water boys. Badasses. Yeah. Well, both water boys. Badasses. Yeah. Well, there's a video that's been shared online, and it's of a crocodile staring down a shark in Western Australia. A fight between a crocodile and a shark.

It's finally happened. Well, look, the fight didn't happen because one of them backed off first. Oh, one of them chickened out. Yes. Can I say who I think it was? Yeah, who do you think backed out of the showdown between the croc versus shark? I've heard of sharks being scared off by different things, be it sounds or you've heard of surfers punching sharks in the face.

I've never seen a croc back down from anything in its life. It's very true. So I'm going to say that the shark chickened out and by default the crocodile won the fight. You'd be right in the video. The crocodile is quite a lot bigger. So I feel like the shark sized him up and went, I better get out of here. And the shark scooted off and the croc just went about its way

and got to do what it wants because it won. Yeah, it won. I wish they'd gone at it. I know because then we would truly actually know who would win croc versus shark. We need to get the best croc and the best shark. The exact same size to make it fair. Sell tickets and host it at Spark Arena.

I think it'd go off. The Parker versus Far Fight's been delayed. Maybe we could get Shark versus Croc. Yeah, it could be the opener. Yeah, that could be the opener. Stream it live on Spark Sport. Because of this event, I thought we could do a bit of a thing this afternoon

where I'll throw up different battles and we can decide who would win in those battles. So we're both unanimous on the fact that a croc would win. Yeah, we both agree croc wins. Once it gets into that death roll, there's no going back. Yeah. You're gone. It's got a more, I feel like it's got more control over its jaws too.

And it's got a sturdier skin, I reckon. Okay, give me another match-up. Okay. What about beaver versus raccoon? Both similar animals. Yeah. I mean, the beaver's got bigger teeth.

Beaver. But the raccoon has bigger claws. Beaver. Beavers take down trees with their mouth. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Raccoons are pretty scrappy though. I'm going to say beaver as well. Okay, good. We agree.

Beaver. Okay, beaver. Beaver would win. All right. Next battle. What about rabbit versus guinea pig? I've owned guinea pigs. They can be pretty ruthless. Yeah, guinea pig would win. I reckon a guinea pig would win too. Yeah, guinea pigs and I've they can be pretty ruthless

seen rabbit yeah guinea pig would win I reckon a guinea pig would win too yeah guinea pigs are they can be ruthless guinea pigs are ruthless

my guinea pigs their son mated with its own mother they're ruthless oh yeah they don't care you know what about a duck

guinea pigs D G A F yeah do not care they're like why am I even here? Yeah. What about a duck versus a chicken?

Oh. Ducks are lovers, not fighters. Yeah. I feel like a chicken with the beak and the claws has it over the duck. Chickens are incredibly stupid, though. They're incredible. I'm terrified of chickens. I'm not going to lie.

Yeah. I think ducks are smarter, and for that reason, I think duck would win in that situation. I've got to go chicken.'m not going to lie. Yeah, I think ducks are smarter, and for that reason I think duck would win in that situation. I've got to go chicken. I've got to go against you. Oh, split vote. Yeah, split vote. All right.

Split vote. Yeah. What about, let's go monkey. Monkey. I'll give you two more. I'll get two more. Monkey versus toucan. Monkey? Do you reckon?

Yeah. The toucan's got a big beak. I've never seen a toucan. Haven't you? They've got big beaks. Yeah, I don't know. I really don't know. Yeah.

Hmm. Okay, that's all I've got, actually. Oh, there's that? Just as I'm over this. The problem is there's no answer. So you can say whatever you want, but there's literally no point in arguing because there's no answer. I'll Google it in the break and see if anyone's actually tried anything. Just YouTube monkey versus toucan.

Bree and Clint. Time for the latest. From iHeartRadio. This is The Latest. Live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Dean, apparently Miranda Kerr, the ex of Orlando Bloom, has said what she thinks about Katy Perry and Orlando getting together. Yeah, she actually is saying nothing but sweet, nice, loving things

about the new parent. Now, first of all, Katy and Orlando are so gorgeous. It's absolutely ridiculous. And Miranda Kerr is the sweetest, nicest person ever. And she's married to a billionaire, so she's good. She's really good. She's fine. She's fine, yeah.

Yeah, she's living life. She's doing okay. She's good. You're good. But you're married to a billionaire. Who cares what your ex is up to, really? So she's come out on the Drew Barrymore Show, which, by the way, is getting some really big A-list celebrities.

I didn't know that she pulled the name she's pulling. I think a lot of them are off the Ellen train and on the Drew Barrymore train. That's a side story. But yeah, I know. But look, Miranda Kerr, she's just a class act and so she said nothing but sweet things about Orlando. Does Miranda Kerr still follow you on Instagram, Brie?

Yeah, Dean, did you know that? Miranda Kerr follows me on the gram. No, I never knew that. Who's outed that cover out? Trust me, I was just as shocked as what you just were then. Have you guys ever talked? Have you ever slid into Miranda's DMs? I did DMs.

We've spoken once on DM. Oh, yeah, what did you talk about? We actually spoke about being from country Australia. Oh, yeah. Yeah, and she was just like, oh, watching your stuff gives me a nice little piece of home. That's nice. Keep doing what you're doing or something.

Yeah, it was really loving it. You should have opened with, Hey, girl, loved you and Dolly. Up to? Hey, how's being a billionaire going? Yeah, how's Speaks? What's your Snapchat handle? You know, just relate to her.

I'll be like, you know, I just bought a new Mitsubishi Lancer. How you? How you? That's the latest with Dee McCarthy live out of Los Angeles. Thanks to Cookie Time, celebrating 35 years of Christmas cookies. You can book a seller now at christmascookies.co.nz. We've got some aviation news. Because there's nothing cooler than a show that constantly picks up pieces of news

from the aviation industry and retells them on the radio. That's what cool is, Benny, if you're listening. Have you heard of British Airways? Yes. They're like Air New Zealand, but not as good. Yeah. For Britain. Yeah.

I guess it's their... It's like Britain is trying to make a version of Air New Zealand and they're giving it a good go, but it's just not as good. You know what I mean? Gotcha. Yeah, it's them. Like everyone else, British Airways is retiring at 747s.

Every airline around the world is retiring at 747s. Yeah, they're at the age where they want to pick up their KiwiSaver. Yeah, exactly right. Yeah, they're going to cash in their bonus bonds and move to Yeah, exactly right. Yeah, they're going to cash in their bonus bonds and move to Whangamata. Yeah, they're all buying caravans and... Absolutely right. And travelling around.

They're sick of, you know, taking people. They want to be taken around. And good old 747s, you know. They've worked hard. Good for them. And now it's time to enjoy their golden years. So British Airways, like every other airline, is pretty strapped for cash at the moment.

And so they're doing what Qantas did and they're selling the stuff that's on board. Oh, great. They're going further. Qantas sold the drinks trolleys, remember? Yeah, I missed out on that. I should have bought one. Yeah, well, you should have because they came full of drinks.

Qantas did it right. They filled it with drinks and you got delivered it with wine and stuff. One of my friends from back home bought one of those. Yeah. He said it was, he regretted it when it came. I was going to say, do you think it was worth it? But he says they now use it. They're not even an attractive piece of furniture.

They're not. No. But he says he now uses it at work as a drinks trolley. So he's very popular. Oh, that's clever. Using the drinks trolley as a drinks trolley. So British Airways are going further and they're selling everything on these planes. Everything, like the seats?

Well, I'll give you a list of stuff that I've found. There's a website where you can go and buy stuff. And I've got some prices too. So if you want to buy some stuff, here's how you can get in. How about a pasta bowl from First Class on British Airways? A pasta bowl? I mean, I do love pasta bowls in my family, so maybe. Four British Airways pasta bowls, secondhand, 40 Great British Pounds.

So that's $80. $80 for four used bowls. They would have been used like a million times. No, thank you, British Airways. I'm going to pass on that. If it was eight pounds, maybe. Okay, what about some plain slippers? Do you want some plain slippers?

Are they used? Well, it's ten pounds for a five-pack, so I think they're single-use. They're not used, okay. So, 20 bucks, five single-use slippers. Oh, yeah, they might be all right. They're not great on the environment, though, are they? Who's using slippers once and going, that's enough? I say, go a pair of Uggs.

I've had mine for ten years. Yeah for 10 years and they've served me well. Okay, no, we won't buy those either. How about some used hot towels? No, thank you. They must be hard up against it, man. You can get 10 used hot towels that they give out in first class before the plane takes off. Wait, do the towels come hot? No. They're just the ones that they give out in first class before the plane takes off. Wait, do the towels come hot? No.

They're just the ones that they heat up. Mate, how would they come hot? I don't know. Maybe they're a new invention. No, they don't come hot. You can get 12 pounds for 10, and they've wiped thousands of British faces. No. Bar trolley, they're selling their bar trolleys.

Yeah, okay. Now I'm interested. What is it? 200 pounds, no booze included. thousands of British faces. No. Bar trolley, they're selling their bar trolleys. Yeah, okay, now I'm interested. What is it? 200 pounds, no booze included. Well, they're cheaper than the ones that are... The Qantas ones. But there's no booze on them. There's no booze. Where's the stuff we really want from these sales?

Where's the pilot's chair? That's cool. Where's the steering wheel? Where's the plane... One of the engines. Yeah, where's plane wheel? Where's chair? That's cool. Where's the steering wheel? Where's the plane? One of the engines. Yeah, where's plane wheel? Where's wing? I'd love to put the engine in my backyard. Right, strap it to the back of the Mitzi and then you can Beyonce that stuff outside.

Yeah, anyway. Yeah, totally. Oh yeah, you mean like wind? Start it up. I think it might be a little bit powerful. Can you imagine? Your neighbour comes over there like, what are you doing? Can you turn it down? It's a little bit loud. And you're like, nothing, just

Beyonce music video. Brie and Clint. Clint, do we have any Christmas music? Always. This time of year I'm always jingle ready. The best thing about Christmas, you know, it's not getting together with family. It's not seeing loved ones.

It's not the presents. It's not Christmas trees. It's not Santa. It's Christmas parties. Oh, I didn't know that. That your work puts on. Right. Because it's free drinks.

And you finally get to win some back from the company. And sometimes you get to hook up with your workmates. Exactly. It's a win-win. People look forward to it every year. Provided it's consensual. The Christmas party, it doesn't count. You guys can pash and do whatever you want.

I have made the mistake before of hooking up with a co-worker. This was many years ago. And we then had to work together for a long time, which we were cool with each other. We were all good. But the amount of crap we got from everyone else. That's not fair. That's not fair.

It's meant to be a free pass at the Christmas party. I know. He also hooked up with another girl at the same party. Oh, man, he's really taking advantage of the role. He's really cashing in his Christmas chips. But, I mean, we were fine. It was all good. Anyway, moving on.

When do Christmas parties start? Is it Christmas, work Christmas party season yet? It's from now, right? I think it's from now. This weekend they might start kicking off? Yeah, I reckon at least. I reckon some people, well, last weekend in Christchurch, there was a few Christmas parties going on.

Yeah, right. But there's some bad news. Apparently, the hospitality venues are reporting that they've had the lowest number of work parties, festive work parties, in a very long time. Apparently, about a third of venues are experiencing Christmas party cancellations. Oh, that's no good.

This is horrible. I understand businesses are doing it tough at the moment, but so are your employees, and they've had a rough year. Scrounge something up. You've got to do something. There's got to be something done to mark the end of a year like 2020. It doesn't have to be a big, lavish bash, but I'm telling you now, if you cancel it altogether,

it's going to do your business more harm than good. If you do... Even if everyone brings a plate. Yeah, if you do like a bucket of wild buck and some saucies on the Weber, people will still go, all right, you made some effort. Exactly. And that's all people want, I think, you know, especially in a year like this because we all know everyone's doing it tough.

But you've got to come together and, you know, celebrate. Yeah. And move forward. But, I mean, that's not looking good. We're going to miss the work Christmas party. Did you know that? I don't want to talk about it. We're on our South Island road trip next week. And we're going to miss the Christmas party.

So Ross has said, take my credit card, no limit. He said, have your own. No, he hasn't. He has. He said, no limit. No, he has not. He actually sang it. He goes, have your own. No, he hasn't. He has. He said, no limit. No, he has not. He actually sang it.

He goes, no limits, baby. That sounds like something Ross would say. Right? Yeah. If I know Ross, he would definitely say that.

Don't worry. You and I will make sure we have a good Christmas party. We will make sure we do exactly what our boss has told us to do. Yeah.

Yes. Good idea. Go hundy. Good idea. Can Hyundai. Good idea. Can we take some calls this afternoon on stink work Christmas parties?

Yeah. We know it's a tough year. We're acknowledging that and we're acknowledging that employers have done it tough. So maybe it's not this year you want to talk about it.

Maybe it's last year when things were fine. Yeah. What happened at the Christmas party? You turn up, maybe you had to pay for all your own drinks.

Yep. Maybe there was no food and no drink put on. Oh, that's rough. Maybe it was for one hour and then you had to go back to work after that. Oh, see, that's probably the worst. Don't do that. Oh, a Christmas party lunch and then you have to go back to work. Nah.

And you had to pay. That's horrible. 0800 dial ZM. You can text to 9696. What's the stinkest work Christmas party you've ever had? Now, I know what we're going to get. We're going to get a lot of people who work for themselves messaging and going, well, it sucked because I did nothing.

You guys are a special case. Well, you should. If you work for yourself, you deserve to go out and celebrate yourself. If you had a stink Christmas party, that's your fault. You should have thrown yourself a better Christmas party. You take yourself out and you treat yourself. We're also going to get messages from people who work for their parents. Oh, yeah.

They're going to go, they said that family Christmas was the work Christmas party. You can call. You're welcome to do your call. They also told me that they spent the Christmas party money on my rent. 0800 dial ZM or you can text to 9696. Dob your boss in for the stinkest Christmas party of all time. Bree and Clint.

Oh, Clint, we've started something. And this might be a wake-up call to some people listening that a Christmas party is not an occasion you can miss. It's non-negotiable, especially in 2020. It shows your employees that you care, even if it's something small. Just put some thought into it, even if it's a little thing. You know, I don't believe that anyone should not have a Christmas party.

We're asking for the stinkest Christmas party stories that are out there. We set up some examples. We just put some thought starters out there and someone texted and said, all of those things you've just said are things that are applied to all Christmas parties for people who work for government departments.

Oh, no. My brother works for the government. They just couldn't throw a wild Christmas party because, well, I guess it's taxpayer money, isn't it? I mean, it's hard to get around that, but people have their ways. I mean, get creative. Do you reckon Ashley Bloomfield's going to be part of a lit Christmas party? They deserve one. He deserves a good Christmas party. Yeah, see, they deserve one. Right. We've asked you guys on 0800DIALS at M, what was the stink Christmas

party you went to? They're like, bloomers, do a shooey through a face mask. And he's like, I will, I will. It's Christmas. Amber's here. Hi Amber. G'day Amber.

Hi. Tell us about the stinkest Christmas party you ever went to. Well, we haven't had it yet, but this year is the first year in the last four years where we're having the office party in the office. We're not going anywhere catered, not having a bar tab, just a couple of boxes in the office. That's not a place to relax, Amber.

Not when there's like 60 of us, no. It is fairly common, though, I think, to use your workplace as the scene of the party. Your bosses will grow to regret it, though, because the carpet in the office will never be the same. Where do you do the body shots on Susan's desk? You know? Right.

Get Susan's keyboard. Clear the way. Body shots are happening. Whose desk do you table dance on? You know? Amber, bits stink. Let's go to Rachel. Hi, Rachel.

Hi, Rach. Hi. Hi, Rachel. Hi, Rach. Hi. Hello, Rachel. Hey. What was your stink Christmas party, Rach? Yeah, we got an extra 15 minutes on our 30-minute lunch break to have our own shared lunch that we provided. Whoa.

Whoa. 15 minutes. I'll settle down. Santa. Don't go too wild. Santa has arrived. 15 whole minutes. Yeah, settle down. Santa. Don't go too wild. Santa has arrived. 15 whole minutes. Yeah.

That is wild. We don't want to name any workplaces. But you know who you are. But what's the industry that you work in? Healthcare. Healthcare. Okay. Yeah, it's life or death, I guess.

Yeah, but they're the ones that need it the most this year. Yeah, you guys need to blow out. They need to relax and have fun. You should have at least got 30 minutes. Oh, exactly. Yeah, maybe next year, Rach. Maybe next year. Josh is here.

G'day, Josh. Hi, Josh. How you going? How you going? What happened, Josh? What was your stink work Christmas party? Oh, dear. Boss thought it was a good idea to take us out to look at the Christmas lights.

Okay, you're grown adults and he thought you'd take you to look at Christmas lights? Yeah, yeah. I had no idea what was going on. He picked us up in his, I suppose the highlight was picking us up in his old 74 Thunderbird. Yeah. Okay, well that's kind of cool. Took us out to do the Christmas lights. Halfway through, took us to get a McDonald's sundae.

Look out, Josh. Party. What do you do for work, Josh? Mechanic. Mechanic, right. Okay. Can you imagine? All he had to do was fill the boat of that T-Bird or whatever it was with beers,

and you guys would have been happy, right? I would have been happy, yeah. Yeah, that's all you need. You can't... Someone texted and they said, I work for the police. We pay $10 and we get a half hour lunch at Best Sausage and

Roast Meat. No one wanted to go. I bet. That's so rough. They deserve it. What about the person that texted in and they said, I used to work at a pub and we had to put every single one of our tips in a jar all year and that would pay for our Christmas party. That's not fair. Those tips are for you to take home, not to reinvest into your own Christmas party.

Come on, guys. Look, we sound ungrateful and we know it's a tough year, but let this be a warning to employers. If you want happy employees, you have to do something because our text machine is overloaded with stink Christmas party stories already. Get creative. I don't know. Go out and catch something and put it on

the barbecue. Dress up as Santa and have your employees sit. Oh no, don't do that. You can't do that. No, don't do that. That sounds good. I don't want to get anybody too excited. I don't want to stop traffic here excited I don't want to stop traffic here I don't want to cause a scandal But there is new stuff from Lorde

Oh yeah The album, we've been waiting for it For a long time Long time, too long We're meant to get it last year But we thought That's fine, we'll wait It'll be worth the wait Lorde sent out an email yesterday We were meant to get her last year. But we thought, no, that's fine. We'll wait. We'll wait.

It'll be worth the wait. Lorde sent out an email yesterday to her mailing list. She doesn't do social media anymore. So she emailed her people and she said, hey, guys. I love that. Yeah. It's so hipster. Yeah.

Side note, it is hipster. I like it. She's going old school. And she said, hey, I know you've been waiting for new stuff from me. So I'm proud to announce the release of my new book. Wait a minute. She writes books now? So Lorde has announced that she is releasing a 100 page book about her trip to Antarctica.

When did she go to Antarctica? Earlier this year. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. So she her trip to Antarctica. When did she go to Antarctica? Earlier this year, yeah. Oh. Yeah, so she's been to Antarctica. Well, I mean, it's not new music, but I'll take it. Well, you have to take it because that's all. That's on offer. That's all that's on offer.

It's a 100-page book. It's a chock-a-block full of photos from Lorde's trip to Antarctica. Cool. Which is good. She's very smart. She's a chock a block full of photos from Lorde's trip to Antarctica. Cool. Which is good. She's very smart. She's very smart. She stopped putting photos on her Instagram for free like an idiot. So kind of moron. So now she takes her own photos and she puts them

in a book. And this isn't a cash grab from Lorde either because she's not that kind of person. The funds from this book go towards a scholarship fund for Antarctica, New Zealand and for a postgraduate

scholar to study climate science. Okay? I don't know what that means. I don't know what that means. Sounds smart. It's going towards a good cause. Lorde's not going, yeah, buy my book.

I want the money, buy my book. But yeah, it's not what Lorde fans were hoping for. But it's something. I mean, it's something. It's about Lorde's trip to Antarctica. Just as good. Just as good? Just as good. No, Lorde, I'm going to keep it real. I don't think it's just as good. It's just as good. Just as good? Just as good.

No, look, I'm going to keep it real. I don't think it's just as good. It's just as good. It's called I've Never Seen a Penguin in the Flesh. Oh, smart from her. Smart. Yeah, that may or may not be the real name of the book. Anyway, I've actually got an excerpt from the book.

Do you? Yeah, I managed to get my hands on it because I knew that you were going to bring it up. Wow. So I messaged my girl and I said, oh, can you give us a little teaser? Because you know how she is a good friend of the show. Yes. I do have it here. Do you want to hear it?

Have you got a little bit of the book? I've got a little bit of the book. This is a Bree and Clint exclusive. Yeah, I'd love to hear a little bit. This is an exclusive. Yeah, okay, cool. So she just sent me a tiny paragraph. This is what it says.

I was sitting in my room and I came across this new ice sculpting technique that they're doing in Antarctica. Apparently it's the new art form and it's all about just showing how little we care. And I thought, yeah, I need to see this. Pretty soon I'll be on my first plane to Antarctica. I can see the veins of the city like they do in space. And you can watch from your window on the plane. Looking at the landscape, I can say I'm not proud of my address.

It was beautiful. We started driving Cadillacs to the event. And I hear everyone complaining, being like, where's the Cristal in Maybachs? And at that point, I said, it's the ice. That's the Cristal. There it is. Till next time.

Lord. Lord. Damn, that's a brand-club exclusive. There you go. That is not out yet. A passage from Lord's new book, I've There you go. That is not out yet. A passage from Lorde's new book, I've Never Seen a Penguin in the Flesh. Sounded really familiar, don't you reckon?

Didn't it just? Yeah. Well, it should. It's Lorde, right? Stink Christmas on the way for a lot of people around the world, actually, not just in New Zealand, with COVID and the inability to be with the people that you love at Christmas. It's something that you're going to have to go through this Christmas

for the very first time, Bree. Yeah, look, I know that there's so many people in the same boat and it's probably going to be one of the hardest things of this year, I think, because it's that time of year where you do come together with your loved ones and your family and you get to spend that time so I feel like it's going to really hit home for a lot of people, it's not going to be easy it might be good for you

it won't have the same sentimental impact though but if you know a New Zealander who's stuck overseas and they can't get home for Christmas you can now send them a little bit of New Zealand to cheer them up so you could do this, you can go hey this is what we eat where we are, you can now send them a little bit of New Zealand to cheer them up. So you could do this. You can go, hey, this is what we eat where we are.

You shouldn't do this. The goats. Yeah, that'd be nice. The goats at Whittaker's have a chocolate delivery system. It's called the Whittaker's Chocolate Gift Shop. And what you do is you just go on to the website and you pick the chocolate that you want and you put in the address anywhere in the world that you want it to go to. Then you buy the

chocolate and they send it off. You don't have to do a courier bag. You don't have to go to the post shop and figure out how airmail works. Anything like that. You just do it through the website and they'll do a Whittaker's chocolate delivery to somebody around the world that you know needs a bit of Whittaker's chocolate for Christmas. Which is nice. Send them a little gift. Oh, that's cool.

It got me thinking, if you were stuck overseas, and you are, so you can do this. If you were stuck overseas for Christmas, what's the one thing that you would want food-wise from home? And we can all do this. We can all imagine that we're overseas. So you can start. You're here in New Zealand.

What's something you can't get from home that you wish you could have here in New Zealand that you could eat? Sal's. What? Sal you can't get from home that you wish you could have here in New Zealand that you could eat? Sals. What? Sals is pretty good. No, you can get sals here. Oh, you mean from overseas? Yeah. Oh, Chico Roll. You don't have to imagine. You're stuck here already.

That's true. I can already get that. I thought you meant if we were not in New Zealand. No, no, no, no, no, no. So no matter where you are, what's the thing from home? So you're Australian. What's something we don't have here that you wish you could have? Chico roll. Chico roll.

What's a chico roll? It's like this horrible deep fried thing that you get from like a gas station. Is it a spring roll? It's kind of like a spring roll, but it's a little bit different. It's really hard to explain. I don't even know what's in it. I don't think anyone knows what's in it. It's like one of those things.

Okay, Chico roll for you. Producer Ben, if you were stuck overseas, what's one thing from home that you wish you could eat? I was going to say like a perky nana. Oh, you're a weird guy. A perky nana? Yeah, I quite like them. Can you get those overseas? I don't think you can. Can you get them at all anymore? Yeah, definitely. 100%. You can? Okay. I know you can get a perky nana

block, but... You can definitely get the bar. I had one like two nights ago. Of course you did. Anastasia, if you're stuck overseas and you want a taste of home, what's the one thing you wish you could have? A cheese and marmite scroll. Oh, from Baker's

Delight? Yeah, even just a super. Supermarket. Just whatever. I'll take it. I love scrolls. Homemade bymarket. Yeah, they're pretty good. Just whatever. You'll take what you can get. I love scrolls. Homemade by mum, that would be the best. How good are scrolls? But I'll take anything if I'm overseas. Oh, the middle part of a scroll?

When all the cheese is in the middle. Oh, stop. It's where all the cheese is melted down. It's one big bit of cheese. You pull the middle part out of the scroll and you leave the rest. Oh, really? I quite like the crunchy outside bit too. I feel like the middle bit is the MVP.

Well, good thing is you live here so you can still get a scroll. That's true. Yeah, nice. What would you get? I've been thinking a lot about this. One thing from home if I stuck overseas for Christmas, it'd have to be Cody's 7%. No! Or Billy Mavs. No!

No, I'm keen. I'm keen. Let's go. Let's go. Bree and Clint. Here we go, folks. Once upon a time, there was a girl. She was smart, debatable, talented, athletic.

Not really. Picking a movie based on just the plot line? That she can do. Brie and Clint's What's the Plot? 15 weeks undefeated. What's the Plot stands at $750 of mobile fuel. Actually, 14 weeks. We're going for 15 today. I mean, we've had a good run.

Brie desperately wants us to jackpot to $1,000. It's just a psychological number. It doesn't mean anything. It's an arbitrary number. It's your goal. But it gets harder and harder because the law of averages goes against you and today it's $750 or three quarters of $1,000.

All you've got to do is guess the plots, guess the movies from the plot lines before Bree does and today Jess is going to get a go. Hi Jess. Hi Jess. Hey guys. You could never have picked a better time to play this game because we've never had more fuel up for grabs.

I feel like there's so much pressure. Yeah there is. Jess, I feel the pressure too so it's both of us. I want you to lean into that pressure, both of you, okay? I want you to feel it deep in your bones. Definitely do. I will read movie plots. You do not have to wait for me to finish the plot

before you buzz in with your name to guess the movie. If you don't use your name, your guess is invalid and the other person can use what you say. Okay? It's first to two, best of three. Good luck, everybody. Here comes the first film. This fantastical tale...

Bree. Bree. I didn't even give the theme. I'll let you answer it and then I'll give the theme. Is that after you mean after Jess has a guess if I get it wrong? After Jess has a guess if you get it wrong, correct. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them? Is incorrect.

You are nervous. You went way too early on that. I know. Jess, all I've said is this fantastical tale. That's hard to go off. Yeah, there's not much. That's a lot. Not much to go off at all.

Chuck it out there. Anything. Fantastical tale. I'll give you five. No, I don't know. I can't do it. Okay, the theme is food. Food.

The theme for the week is food. Jess, can I do it again? You need to wait until I start, and then you can buzz in. Okay. This fantastic... Brie. Brie. Ratatouille.

Ratatouille is incorrect. Jess, free guess. Lady and the Tramp. Lady and the Tramp, correct. This fantastical tale follows young Mr. Bucket and his great Brie. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Yes. Well done.

Movie number two. Food themed movies. $750. Mobile fuel When hard times Hit swallow falls It's townspeople Can only afford to eat

Jess I know Cladding the chance of meatballs Yeah Cladding the chance of meatballs Is correct Very well done Jess Very well done

And I've watched that movie A million times And I was like I know where that is What's that damn movie? Okay, this is it. This is it. This is it.

One question to decide the game. No pressure. Good luck, Jess. Good luck. Ben is standing by for an instant replay, should we need it. Anastasia is nervously biting her nails, and Brie is sweating from her moustache. Movie number three.

Our hero dreams of becoming a great chef. Brie. Brie. Yes. Ratatouille. He does. It's a rat. He dreams of it, of becoming a chef. It's Ratatouille. It's a rat. He dreams of it, of becoming a chef.

It's Ratatouille. It's got to be. All the pieces are there, right? It makes sense. You only let me get about eight words out. Jess was hot on your heels. I know. She's right there.

I feel like she... Ratatouille. Oh, come on. there I feel like she read it to II is correct game Jess I'm lucky mate yeah you I knew you knew as well, right? Oh, my God. Next week, we will play for a record-breaking $800 of free mobile fuel in What's the Plot? I need to put on more deodorant next time. There are only enough weeks to get to 9.50, so should we get to 9.50, we will play a bonus game

of What's the Plot to finish the year. But we're getting there bloody fast. Let's not think that far ahead. Let's just concentrate one week at a time. Game at a time. Bree and Clint. I want to get a bit juicy this afternoon because a story has come out where an employee has spoken out about how they started dating their boss.

Wasn't Michelle Obama. This is just for harmony boss. But the story doesn't finish there, Clint, because it's what happened afterwards, which I'm quite interested in. Right. This feels a little bit like a Black Mirror episode, what I'm about to say.

Okay. So picture this. They've spoken out. They've said they started dating their boss. They dated for around 18 months, so a fair while. Yeah. And then they broke up. And it was a couple of weeks after they broke up that this person walked into the office and there's someone new in there. There's a new employee that's been hired. They have the same name. They look the same. They're the same age. And guess who they're

dating? Not the boss. The boss. Oh, that's creepy. Isn't it? So the boss has gone out and hired this person. Yeah. And then dated them. He's literally, or I assume he, actually I'm. It doesn't say. It doesn't say, right. So let's not assume. It doesn't say. The boss has literally replaced you. Actually, I'm... It doesn't say. It doesn't say, right. So let's not assume. It doesn't say. Okay, the boss has literally replaced you. Yeah. I wonder with these things if the relationship was public because quite often an inter-office relationship is kept secret.

It's secret. Especially if you're dating the boss because otherwise it leads to allegations of favouritism. It's all the complications that come with it, isn't there? Yeah. And I actually think in a lot of workplaces it's against the rules. Is it? I think so, yeah.

Because it's not so much what you're doing as the employee, it's the fact that the boss is abusing their position of power by dating you in the first place. Yeah, right. Because they're in a position of power, they could... They could hold against, hold over you. Yeah, and also it can be seen as the fact that they're pressuring you into a relationship kind of thing.

It's not always the case, but that's the way it can be seen. You might go, oh, I have to date this person, otherwise I'll lose my job, that sort of thing. Yeah, I can't not... Yeah, it is a messy thing. The whole thing is icky and messy and yeah. It is. You're better to go to your boss as the employee and go, if you really like me, quit.

And give me your job. And then we can date. We'll see how much you like me. Then you can have some of these cookies. Look, I don't want to, I'm going to ask that awkward question. And I know you don't like to get personal. Oh, you're going to ask me? Have you ever dated Ross Boss?

You can tell me. Him and I have known each other for nigh on 15 years. Yeah, there's a lot in the past. There's a lot of water under that bridge, baby. He's a good-looking man. Yeah, we've shared a lot of hotels. We've shared a lot of drunken nights. Yes or no? And I can say quite confidently

that I have never been in an intimate situation with Ross Boss. No, I have not. What about you? Me? Ross Boss. No, I can't say I've dated Ross Boss because he has a very attractive wife

and you just don't want to go there. Oh yeah, the timelines are all off for you actually. Yeah, the timelines are off. I didn't know him when he was single. So, you know, what could have been? We don't know. Have you ever dated a boss? No, no, I've never dated a boss.

Have you ever hooked up with a boss? No, can't say that I have. Have you ever had a crush on a boss? I mean, maybe. Old white guys don't really do it for you? I can't say that I have. I'd have to say no. I'd have to say no.

If any of my employers are listening, I've actually got a crush on all of you. I would just like that put out there right now. But I'm not going to act on it because I'm a professional, but just know that I find you incredibly attractive. But Christmas parties don't count. Just ahead of my next contract negotiation, I just want that known. But Christmas parties don't count. Just ahead of my next contract negotiation, I just want that known.

You're a hot piece of ass. God, we got some good looking people in our office, don't we? Oh, they're so attractive. All the people above me. I want to ask people this afternoon because you and I don't have any stories but people out there will have stories and experiences of their own.

Like have people listening to this show, have they ever dated their boss? Yeah, and did it get messy? Did it get messy? Or maybe it worked out. Maybe you ended up getting married and, you know. How did your workmates, when you were dating your boss, how did your workmates treat you? Yeah, what happened to you?

Because they would stop wanting to do things that were frowned upon around you because in case you were a narc. Yeah. Did you have to keep it a secret? Was it a secret relationship? We've already had a text from someone who has dated two different bosses and married the second one. Wow.

And they've been together for 21 years. There you go. See, it can work out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It can work out. We want to know from you guys. 0800-DIAL-ZM, have you dated a boss or maybe you're currently dating one of your bosses? Yeah, we do want know from you guys. 0800 dial ZM. Have you dated a boss? Or maybe you're currently dating one of your bosses.

Yeah, we do want to hear. Juicy stories. You can also text us on 9696. You can remain anonymous if you'd like. Bree and Clint. Have you dated your boss? It's always one of those, don't you think, Clint, a bit of a taboo kind of topic or just situation.

It's very taboo. Yeah. People don't, you know, tend to do it in secret. But then sometimes it does work out. And there's a lot of people who have texted us this afternoon where it has worked out, which is great. And then a lot of texts where it hasn't. Should we kick it off with one text? Someone said, I was the boss.

So this is from the other side of the coin. They said, I was running a bar and ended up dating slash indoor gardening with numerous co-workers, so much so that the owner cottoned onto my behaviour and started hiring gay men or older women. Needless to say, I left. Yeah, you're doing some naughty things, is what I will say there. Although it's hospo, and hospo is a whole different field. I've worked in hospo a little bit,

and I've seen enough to know that you guys work horrific hours, there's alcohol involved, it's a stressful job, and only you guys know what you go through. So I imagine most people in hospo are just sharing beds. There's a lot of nice, yeah, well, I've worked in hospo for a long time and let me tell you, it's true. Someone else texted through and they said, I started dating someone who worked for me not long after she started.

She had a boyfriend when she first started, and not long after that she broke up with her boyfriend at the time. We have been married now going on 10 years. Well, good on you for getting married. If you didn't get married and you were the boss, that's a dodgy situation. Yeah, 10 years. But, I mean, marry them. That's a great way to shore everything up.

This person wants to remain anonymous. Welcome to the show, Anonymous. Hello. Hello. Hello, that's you. Anonymous. Is it you that's dated your boss? Yeah, I started seeing him at my work through and I ended up pregnant

within probably that time. Whoa. Wow. After doing some indoor gardening. Yeah. Yes. You got pregnant to the boss at, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. You got pregnant to the boss at the work do? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Wow. That's a hell of a bonus that you weren't expecting. Yeah, big bonus that year. Big bonus. And what happened in the end, Anonymous? Are you guys together? What went down? We ended up having another baby afterwards,

and we were together for about six years, but we're not together anymore, unfortunately. Oh, right. Okay. But you got two beautiful kids out of it. Definitely. Yeah. So would you recommend dating the boss?

100%. There wasn't any struggles or, like, you know, stigma that came with dating the boss, 100%. There wasn't any struggles or stigma that came with dating the boss Anonymous? No, not really. Do people treat you different in the workplace? They're like, oh, there's so and so. She's got power now. She's sleeping with the boss. I bet she gets

whatever she wants. Maybe behind my back, but not what I thought. I love that Anonymous is keeping it real. I like that, mate. This text is pretty full on, but someone texted through and they said, I dated a boss and it was honestly the worst thing ever. All the staff kind of bullied me into it and I eventually had to break it off

and quit because it became the worst working environment for me. He would tell me off about work-related issues in bed. Oh, that's not sexy. No, that's not cool. Not cool. Why haven't you filed the post-analysis? Yeah. I love you. Let's turn off the lights. Let's do some more. Where's your CapEx request? Did you get that extra printing paper? Oh yeah yeah. Touch me there. Touch me there. Oh, yeah. Talk about the printing paper again. It says your swipe card's been used to enter the building after hours.

Well, I'm glad they got out of that situation. That sounds horrible. Where have we landed? Have we decided that dating the bosses is a good or a bad idea? I think it depends on the situation. I think it was largely bad, apart from that lady that got two kids. Or someone else that's been married for 10 years. Oh, yeah, all right.

That one's not too bad. We're going to do a birthday banger next. If you want to know what yours is, call us now on 0800-DIAL-ZM. Bree and Clint. This is... Hey. It's my birthday. It's my birthday.

Bree and Clint's birthday banger. All right, here we go. Three people's birthdays. What was number one on their 16th? We're about to figure that out and we'll play the best one in full. Alice. Alice. Who the is Alice?

She's here. Hi, Alice. Hello, Alice. It's you. It's your Alice. Hi, Alice. How are you, mate? Hi, guys.

How are you? Good. How are you? That's good. Where are you calling from, Alice? You are you, mate? Hi, guys. How are you? Good. How are you? That's good. Where are you calling from? Alice, you're full of beans. I am calling from a traffic jam in South Auckland. Oh, how good.

Yeah, party. If I know that's a good club to be in. Alice, what's your birthday? Let's see if we can get you through. It's 23rd of July, 1987. All right, mate. You were 16 in 2003 on the 23rd of July, and here's your birthday banger.

People killing, people dying. Children hurting, hear them crying. When you're practicing. Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake, Where Is The Love? What a good song. What a good song. That is such a great song.

It's one of the great pop songs of that age, actually. Have you heard their new song that they've released recently? Black Eyed Peas? It's called Be Nice. No, is it good? Real funky. I like it. Is it?

I'm hoping they're making a comeback. Okay, wait there, Alice. Let's go to Natalie. Hey, Natalie. Hey, Nat. Hi. Hi. How are you guys? Good, mate. there, Alice. Let's go to Natalie. Hey, Natalie. Hey, Nat. Hi. Hi. How are you guys?

Good, mate. Good, good. I'm doing the West Auckland traffic jam. Oh, right. So we're covering all the bases here. We could actually do a traffic report. Whereabouts are you? I'm on my way through Linfield into Green Bay.

Okay, and would you say the traffic flow is light, heavy, or moderate? It's SHIT. SHIT, very good, yeah, cool. So very heavy. Time-saving traffic, live on ZM. I think there's a job in traffic reporting for you, mate. I felt that, so the young'uns won't know what that means, yeah. Yeah.

Can you imagine that? The time-saving traffic person comes on and goes, the travel time right now from the southwestern the city is S-H-I-T. Don't bother going near Takanini. It's FML. What's your birthday, mate? Embarrassing to say, but it's the 3rd of December, 1983. It's coming up now.

What's embarrassing about that? Nothing. Nothing. You were 16. It's not going to be Madonna. It's embarrassing about that? Nothing. Nothing. You were 16. It's going to be Madonna, so. It's not going to be Madonna. I can guarantee you that. It's not going to be Madonna.

You were 16 in 1999 on the 3rd of December, and the 90s gave us this number one hit. There ain't no party like an S Club party. You're winning, Natalie. That's a great birthday banger. That is a good song. Yeah. Who doesn't love their squad party? Okay, one more.

Let's get Daniel on. Hey, Daniel. G'day, Dan. Hi. Where are you stuck? I'm actually in the Wop Wops. I've pulled into someone's farm just to be a responsible driver. Oh, there you go.

Oh, lovely, Dan. Lovely. We're canvassing the whole country. Did you call it the Wop Wop? The Wop Wops. Yeah. Oh, we call it the Wop Wop. In Australia?

Wop Wops. Wop Wops. Yeah. Oh, Wop, that must be an accent thing. Yeah, that's so interesting. I've never heard that. There you go. Dan, give us your birthday.

I'm another 80s baby. First to the first, 1989. Oh, you're a Capricorn too, Dan, give us your birthday. I'm another 80s baby. First to the first, 1989. Oh, you're a Capricorn too, Dan, like me. You were 16 in 2005. And this was top of the charts. Let's go. Great song. Are you and Bree like three days apart in age?

Yeah. No, he's two days older than me. Yeah, oh, right. Yeah. Doesn't it? Oh, no, his wouldn't be too bad because his is on New Year's Day. So then you'd celebrate. First question, Dan, do you like your birthday banger?

I love my birthday banger. Do you like him? I don't like getting combined presents Christmas. Oh, preach it, Dan. Sucks. All right,

we've got a tough decision to make. We've got Savage Swing, Where Is The Love, Black Eyed Peas, and East Club 7, There Ain't No Party Like An East Club Party.

It is a good line-up today. That Savage song's very good. It is good. I'm biased because I've just watched a documentary that involves that song and I relived the whole thing. It's iconic. So it's heavily impacting my vote. And I'm going to do it.

I'm going to say Savage Swing is my vote today. I do love that S Club Party song. So do I. I think I have to go against you. I've got to go S Club Party. Totally fine. We'll go to a split vote. Two days in a row, we change the person who's making the deciding vote. Producer Ben, please pick the winner of

birthday banger this afternoon. I'm going to go with Brie. I'm going to go S Club Party. No problems at all. That means that Natalie stuck in West Auckland, you've won birthday banger. Ben, is it because there's ain't no party like an S Club party? Uh-huh. Oh, you know it.

Here we go, Brie and Clint, team. Yeah, girl. S-L-I-N-G Gonna take you high Finally Friday night Feeling kinda good, looking alright Gotta get moving, can't be late Gotta get grooving, just can't wait Get the feeling Push the ceiling

Lay your hand there Lay your hand there Get ready everybody Cause here we go S-Class Gonna show you how S-Class Gonna take you high S-Class S-Class S-Class S-Class S-Class Gonna take you high Tina's doing her thing

John's looking for romance Paul's getting down on the floor While Hannah's screaming out for more Wanna see Bradley swing Wanna see Rachel do her thing Then we got Joe, she got the flow Get ready, everybody, cause here we go X-Files

Gonna show you how X-Files Gonna take you high There's a party over there With your hands in the air Let me do something There's a party over there There's a party over there Yeah, the boys make some noise Uchi Mama, shogunata There ain't no one like an eskimo party

Everybody get down tonight There ain't nobody like an Esquire party Everybody get down tonight There ain't nobody like an Esquire party Take you home Take you home. Take you home. There ain't nobody like you, let's go party.

Show you home. We're gonna show you home. ZM, Brian Clint. Yeah. A split vote victory for Natalie from 1999. S Club 7 and S Club Party. It was Natalie, wasn't it? Natalie who won?

Yeah, Nat. Yeah, nice. That's the winner. Taking out Savage and Black Eyed Peas. Oh, Lord, S Club. They had a lot of good songs. You know they made no money out of that song? Didn't they?

No. Why? They were employees of the management company that owned S Club 7. So they didn't write the songs. They were paid to sing and tour the songs, but they weren't paid a percentage of the earnings. Yeah, that's horrible. I used to message Joe from S Club 7 on Instagram. Oh, yeah. Was it the cheese grater thing? Yeah, it was the cheese grater thing. Yeah, that's horrible. I used to message Joe from S Club 7 on Instagram. Oh, yeah.

Was it the cheese grater thing? Yeah, it was the cheese grater thing. Yeah. Did Joe find that funny? I don't know. I don't think we ever heard back from Joe. It was a viral thing, right? And everybody in the world was messaging Joe going,

hey, have you got a cheese grater? Yeah, hey, can I borrow your cheese grater? It was the stupidest thing ever. Poor Joe. We should start a new one. We should message Michelle Branch. Oh, my God. I loved her. And ask her if...

What was one of her songs? No, that's... No, that's Vanessa Carlton. Be careful. They do look quite similar. Michelle Branch. Everywhere. Everywhere.

God, shit, yeah. This is absolutely right in the hit spot right for me. Right? You know it when it comes. Here it is. Why should we message Michelle Branch? Let's ask her if she's got, what's something funny? What's something unique? If we don't have the idea, then we're not off to a good start.

Next on the show, horror story about someone we work with finding out about their flatmates not being the person that they thought they were. This is always the risk of flatting. You never really know who you're sharing a house with. You never know who is sharing a toilet with you. I often, you know, spare a thought for producer Ben's flatmates. Very similar situation.

Our newsreader Lauren has been left high and dry by her flatmate who turns out is not the person she thought it was. We'll talk about that after the break. Bree and Clint and Michelle Branch. See them. Bree and Clint. I was on Twitter this morning, Bree, just to see if Donald Trump had fully lost it yet.

Did you travel back in time? No, you say this every time I tell you Twitter is still a relevant means of communication, okay? Some hot fire comedy happening on Twitter. I bet. And I saw a tweet from our newsreader. Her name's Lauren. You'll hear her every hour at the top of the hour

delivering the hottest news and information. And it said, it turns out, this is quite terrifying for anyone who's flatting, it turns out my most recent roommate is wanted for fraud overseas and is a compulsive liar. Oh no. Which is not

something you want to find out about the person that you're sharing a room with. Yeah, you'd rather not find out. So I I've put her on the wrong microphone. Come around to this one, Laura. I just realised I've put Bree on that one. You've led her astray. She's here with us.

Hang on. Three, two, one. Lauren, hello. Hi. Hi, Lauren. Thanks for having me, guys. So you found out your flatmate is an international fraudster and has been lying to you about everything.

Everything. She is, well, she's 42, which I didn't think I'd be having any issues with a 42-year-old. I thought that'd sort of be, you know. Responsible. You'd think you'd be pretty safe. She'd have her stuff together. I thought that, yes.

So I lived with her for about eight months and things were weird from the beginning. She was lying about things. She was a travel agent, but super busy during lockdown all of a sudden, which. That doesn't make any sense. It made no sense to me. I was like, what are you of a sudden which that doesn't make any sense so i won't give you the really long version but the really short version is she finally moved out very suddenly um and then i googled her which heads up should do that before people move in

right googled her do a background search on your flatmates and uh that's when i just found article after article about her being she'd lived in the States for about 18 years and there are people there who she's dicked out of the tens of thousands of dollars being a fake travel agent and selling tickets and not delivering. She also, when she left, she left everything in her room. Yeah, that's the buzziest part.

Did she? Anything good, Lauren? Oh yeah, I went to Cash Converters. I got a bit of money. Cash Converters is still a thing, by the way. I didn't even know that. Yeah. I got some money.

I took a few of her clothes to Recycle Boutique as well. Because you're on the lease with her, right? So you're trying to get some money back for the rent that hasn't been paid and that sort of thing. Yeah, the lease runs out in a couple of months. So I'm slightly panicking a bit. What was the most interesting thing you found in your international fraudster flatmate's bedroom?

Well, I found a sex whip. Did you? How do you get rid of a sex whip? No, you don't. Cash converters. Recycle it. Yeah, a recycle boutique. There's other items from that shop that you wouldn't recycle,

but that one? I'd disinfect it first. No, whips, okay. There's other items from that shop that you wouldn't recycle, but that one. I'd disinfect it first and then. No, whoops, okay, whoops an external device. Yeah. Is it? Yeah. Wow. I don't know, she was a shady woman.

I've seen 50 shades. Well, sorry for you that you've had to go through that, Lauren, and that you found out that your flatmate was an international fraudster. Man. We wanted to take some calls this afternoon because this has to be incredibly common. You're moving into a house and sharing living accommodation with someone that you're right, you know nothing about.

Unless you've conducted a thorough background search, this person could be up to anything. And you don't know. You just take them on face value. You go, oh, yeah, that 15 minutes we talked in the lounge, they seem like a nice person. Yeah. You can move into my house.

Why do we do that? Why do we do that? Why do we do that? I always do background checks on... Do you really? Yeah. How do you... Just go down to the police and... Oh, you go to the police?

I don't really, but you can actually do that, I'm pretty sure. It should be a rule that you have to grant people access to your private Instagram before you move into a flat with them. She also had...

All her social media have different names. Yeah, nah, major red flag. Big red flag. Was it a red flag, Lauren, when she tried to lock you in for a holiday this year? That actually happened. I can't tell if you're joking that that 100% happened. No way.

And the holiday never went through. She's like, Lauren, I've got a great deal on Bali. Was it Bali, but exactly this time of year. It's beautiful this time of year. Oh, no way. I rounded up five other chicks from work and I had to chase her down for another two months going, have you booked this trip yet?

What's happening with this trip? And to this day. You must be the only person who was dumb enough to book a trip during COVID. Sorry. You kind of deserve that one. Oh, 800 dial ZM. We want to know this afternoon,

what did you find out about your flatmate after you were already living together? Had they been to prison? Were they an international spy? Did they have three children and four wives in five different cities? Whatever it was, 0800 dial ZM. We'd love to hear your stories this afternoon.

Or you can text us on 9696 as well. I hope none of my flatmates call up. Brian Clint. The terrifying reality is if you are flatting with strangers you never truly know who you are living with. We just heard from our newsreader Lauren who found out that her flatmate was an international fraudster

after she left and took none of her stuff with her. And Lauren had to take all of her stuff to cash converters. And apparently all these articles have been written about, you know, people she's done the dirty on back in America. We want to know from you, what did you find out about your flatmate after you started living with them?

Karina has called up. Hi, Karina. Hi, Karina. Hi, how we doing? Good, thank you, Karina. What happened? Yeah. So I was living with someone that I worked with.

And to make a long story short, I bought a camera for my room. So I fixed that things were going missing and then randomly going up. And then my camera caught her going through my wardrobe trying to take a jacket. And then she had to take the camera as soon as she heard it click. Oh my god. No way. So what happened in the end? How do you deal with that?

I was thinking the next day, thinking what kind of story she might come up with. And made up all this stuff, asking her why you guys from my wardrobe took her work jacket when we switched it. It was that we work in the same company together. Yeah.

But I said, why do you need it? You're not working until Sunday, and this thing happened on a Wednesday. Oh, no. So I believe it was something for an event that she was going to. I don't believe it was a work jacket. Oh, man. Very nanny cam of you, by the way, Karina, putting a camera in your room. I love it. Very James Bond, right? You're like, I'm going to get to the bottom of this. Sam's here. Hey, Sam. Hi, Sam. G'day. What did you find

out about a flatmate that you were living with? Yeah, so essentially our good mate flatmate moved out, moved away. We were desperate for someone to fill the spot, so we didn't shop around too much, got this couple in. About a week and a half into flatting with them, he goes on about how he's been done for aggravated robbery in the past. No!

How long in the past, Sam? Yeah. It had only been probably a couple of years since. He just came out with it like it was something to brag about. Yeah, pretty much. He was one of those characters where he thought

it would sound cool if he sort of mentioned it, you know. Yeah, I've been done very great at Broadway. How do you deal with that, because straight away you're a little bit scared

of that person. Yeah, yeah. You know, he wasn't the most intimidating guy, but you essentially just stuck to yourself and let them do their minute.

Did it work out all okay, Sam? Pretty out of it, yeah. We only had to live with them for about three, four months. Because he went back to prison. Yeah, yeah. No, it was all good. Yeah, right. Buzzy.

A bit dodgy, though, yeah. Yeah, totally. Oh, glad it worked out okay for you. Some weird text, too. Someone said, I found out my flatmate was filming for an adult website at our house after he moved out. That's buzzy. How'd you find out?

You have to bring in the other flatmates to cut if you're filming from home. Right. You better be paying your rent on time if you're filming from home. Imagine that. You're just scrolling around the adult websites and you're like, hey, I recognise that headboard. Bree and Clint. Clint, an Aussie retail chain, Big W. Have you ever heard of it?

Big W? Is it Woolworths? No, it's like Kmart. Exactly like Kmart. Oh, okay. Yeah, so... But the K was taken. Yeah, so they had to go with W, unfortunately.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not as catchy. But Big W has been forced to recall a Christmas item on their shelves after people have said it was an X-rated design. Oh, no, X-rated Christmas. Oh, no. The best kind of Christmas. Yeah.

Talk to me about it. What is it? Ho, ho, ho. Come on in. Ho, ho, ho. Good evening to all three of you. Look at Santa's sleigh. Don't make a joke about his sack, okay?

That's too far. That was where my brain was going then. A customer... Don't you dare make a joke about him coming down your chimney. No, I was going to talk about... Do not go there. I was going to talk about him eating my milk and cookies. Do not talk about Santa injuring through the back door.

Okay? That is not appropriate. No, he doesn't. He always uses the chimney. He's the top man. Yeah, right. He's from the top roof. A customer shared a photo of, what do you think the item was that people are up in arms over?

Candy cane? You've seen it, haven't you? No, I haven't seen it, but candy cane is what my mind goes to. Have I? It's a candy cane is what my mind goes to. Have I? It's a candy cane-shaped bath bomb. Right. Oh, so not even a real candy cane? No, no, no.

It's a bath bomb. Someone's uploaded a picture of it to a Facebook page, and they're saying, does anyone else think this candy cane looks like a... You can do the math on that. Right. So it's meant to dissolve in the bath, right? It's not one that you take in the bath and it stays solid?

No, it goes flaccid in the bath. Candy canes are a high risk item at Christmas anyway, because if you deviate even slightly from the traditional candy cane shape, I mean, it's a long item that you stick in your mouth. Yeah, I know. And like when it's a bath item that you stick in your mouth. Yeah, I know. And, like, when it's a bath bomb, you put it in the water and it fizzes. Yeah. So, I mean, they're playing with fire.

It's just you naked alone with this item. I mean, it's got danger written all over it, doesn't it? Damn, Christmas never sounded so sexy. Anyway, if you've got this X-rated bath bomb from Big W, what, take it back? No, I wouldn't. I'd buy more. I'd buy more. Sounds like a good time to me.

I think everyone needs to calm down. Christmas time, we need some, you know. We know what's happening at your house at Christmas. Bit of fun in our life. Merry Christmas. I'm off for a bath. Zedding, Spree and Clint. The podcast with mobile smiles. Register, fill up. Merry Christmas. I'm off for a bath.