ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint with Matty McLean Podcast – 15th March 2022

Episode Date: March 15, 2022

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The ZM Podcast Network Hi everybody, welcome to the podcast. Get this, I got a text from a mate who is moving back to New Zealand from Australia Been living in Australia for six years. Since he's been there he has got married, a founder partner, got married married had a couple of kids yeah and now it's time to come home to new zealand they've been waiting for the border to open so they can come home and not do miq with two young kids because if that is this a moving home or a visiting home moving wow so wife leaves um two weeks ago yeah goes first with the bags and the kids mother-in-law flies over to help with the flight i was like how'din-law flies over to help with the flight i was like how'd you get out of that flight yeah um but no she had help his job stay behind

tie up the loose ends um get the house like finished and cleaned get the vehicle sold do the admin he has had the most exciting last fortnight of bachelor life of just going back to having absolutely no responsibilities except the jobs that he's got to do. Totally. And he has this is one of my best friends. He has lived the life for the last two weeks. What are we talking like pub for dinner every night? Pub crawls on

the weekend. Wow. Stag do's. Wedding. He went to a wedding. There's all things you can do with your partner but he is off the chain At the moment He went everywhere He painted Sydney Red

Back to back to back to back Like following it up as well I just got a message from him He's currently at the airport We're meant to be having dinner together This Friday Like a welcome home dinner Boys we're going to need to push out

Our Friday dinner He has sent through A text message That he has Hi Mr so and so He's at the airport He's about to board the flight Your COVID test

Has returned Positive No So he can't get on the plane No How gutted would you be That'll teach you And how pissed off Would you be if you were

the wife if you're the wife who's back here with the kids yeah waiting for you to come and wait and set up house and you've been doing solo parenting for two weeks and your bloody pub crawl got you covered he's touched every surface in the greater sydney area in the last two weeks. No frigging surprise, he's got COVID. So now he has to stay there and isolate for seven days. And then book a whole new flight. Oh, bugger. Yeah. Part of me thinks it was a ploy.

Like he's like... A bit more bachelor life for him. Yeah, he's like, someone give me COVID. He's like, I'm not done with the takeaways and sitting at home watching TV all night by myself. Yeah, he's like, someone give me COVID. He's like, I'm not done with the takeaways and sitting at home watching TV all night by myself. No, because the houses, like their house that they had in Sydney, gone. He can't go back there.

So he's going to have to go and isolate at a hotel. What have they got at hotels? Room service. Oh, bugger. And what do they bring up in room service? Beers. Bugger. And what's in your hotel room?

TV. Yeah. Sports. I've never been so jealous. And I'm not making light of the disease, the virus, sorry. I've never been more jealous of someone with COVID in my whole life. The wife, though, is sitting here being like, when you get here, I'm going to Sydney for three weeks.

Yeah, exactly. And then I'm going to get COVID. So I'll see you in a month. See you in a month. Yeah, exactly. And then I'm going to get COVID. So I'll see you in a month. See you in a month, yeah. Rough to get it at the airport, because you'd have nowhere to go. You can go to a hotel, he's fine. Totally. And when you get to the airport, you're on

not on holiday mode, obviously, because he's moving here, but you're in travel mode. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've already thought like, oh, I'm going to watch this movie on the plane. Have you ever been bumped off a flight? No Lucy and I, when we were in LA A few years ago, before COVID

Showed up to the airport to fly home And they'd overbooked the flight So there were too many people for the flight Did you know, fun fact, they overbook every flight Every flight that's full They overbook them I was aware Because they expect There's a certain percentage

Won't turn up Yeah But every once in a while Everyone turns up And everyone turned up And so they said to us Look, we are offloading people And at this stage

We're looking for volunteers If we don't get volunteers We'll just start bumping people That's what we have to do But if anyone would like to volunteer We we will pay you $1,100 US each and put you up in a hotel as well. And put you on a new flight. And put you on a new flight, yeah, yeah, and rebook your flight for tomorrow.

Same flight tomorrow. You get 24 hours more in LA. But obviously you have to be in a position Where you can do that Where you don't have to fly home for something And Lucy and I were like Hell yeah We'll do that

That's $2200 US And a night in a hotel And a night in a hotel So we did it And we were like Yeah we'll take one night We'll do that But then we have to rush home

For a Justin Timberlake concert So we only took the one night When we got to the hotel We were having Timberlake so we only took the one night when we got to the hotel we're having breakfast in the morning and we heard these guys these two guys young guys chatting at the table opposite us and they was telling the same story as us and we said oh did you guys get

bumped off the flight too they go yeah bro we've been bumped six times we've made six and a half grand each and I was like that's incredible they said we're gonna bump as many times as we can we don't have any we're not in any rush to go home they're flying back to australia and they're like we're just gonna sit here and it's cash they give it to you every time they give you cash serial bumpers amazing eh because they give you the cash so you can go

it's not like meant to be like a reward it's meant be, here's money so you can live in LA for an extra day. But $1,100 US dollars. Totally. Just watch movies at the hotel and bank the money. Every day, I wish. Oh, the only issue with it is they've already loaded your bags on the plane. So you've got to wait? No.

Oh, so the bag's gone. You don't get your bag back. So you have to stay wherever you are with just your carry-on luggage. Spending money. Well, there you go. Spending money. Oh, my God. I would just say that as a new opportunity.

Shopping spree. It's like guilt-free money. That would be so cool. Amazing, eh? That would be annoying, though, if you'd put your laptop or something like, oh, yeah, no. Yes and no. For a night, though, you'd make do.

I was going to tell my flight bump story, but that just involved an extra three hours in Wellington Airport. Ah, boring. How much money? No money. Boring. Boring. Where'd you stay?

Where's your Justin Timberlake concert? They've got pretty comfortable chairs there. Oh, under that creepy, nah, Peter Jackson's creepy thing that hanged there for ages. Nah, the golem there for ages. Lucy and I turned to each other halfway through the Justin Timberlake concert and said, we should have stayed. We should have stayed.

We should have stayed. Because it wasn't the Fugitive Sex Love Sounds tour. He wasn't bringing sexy back. It was 2020 experience. I thought it was good. Yeah, but was it, like, would you, yeah, was it give up $1,100 in a night in America for good? Nah.

Nah. Anyway, how did we get here? I don't know. It was a journey. Here's the podcast, everybody. Enjoy. Enjoy. What time is it? Three, two, one. Hey, ZM's Brie and Clint with guest host Matty. Hey, oi, can you not interrupt me?

Every single day, for f***'s sake. Seriously, just let me finish for once. Diva talent. ZM's Brie and Clint with guest host Matty McLean Okay I get it That's what you get I get it

That's what you get I've been here for almost a month now and every day That's what I wanted That's what I wanted I wanted that I wanted it to be

more obvious you know I didn't didn't you know So I guess we'd say thanks for for finally sorting it out, Ben. So that's the intro that you get, that you deserve, that you've earned. Yeah. I'm sorry, okay?

I've talked over your name too many times. I get what I deserve. I understand. But you know what? That was actually quite helpful. Thank you, crazy voiceover lady for yelling at me. I feel like I'm in trouble. You are.

All right, I am. Sorry, no, I am. We're not, look, Clint, we're not mad like I'm in trouble. You are. Alright, I am. Sorry, no, I am. We're not, look, Clint, we're not mad. We're just disappointed. You should be disappointed. Okay, well, the Bree and Clint show

with Maddie McLean is back. That's all I ask. By the time you are finished, like, I'll be waiting for that bit of it. Totally. When Bree gets back,

she'll be like, why haven't you started talking yet? She'll be like, why is there dead air? I'm traumatised. I'm waiting for Matty's name. Hey, big show on the way for you today. Two shots at guessing the secret sound

and winning $50,000 today. If you haven't heard it yet, that's cool. We can play it for you right now. That's the secret sound. Easy. Easy. Yeah.

What, you haven't got it yet? We'll give you an activator at four o'clock and you can call us for that. There's one at five o'clock as well. What else is happening on the show today that we need to talk about? Oh, we're giving away $500 at 6 o'clock, thanks to Vodafone, for you to upgrade your tech. You don't have to call through for this.

You just need to go to our website, ZM Online, and tell us what tech you need upgraded before 6 o'clock, and we could call you with that cash to go and upgrade your own and put you in the draw for a brand new Samsung Galaxy S22. But first up this afternoon, we've got tradie versus lady. The tradies are up 19 to 14, so the ladies need a clawback. Let's do it. There's 50 bucks cash on the line. If you want it, you can call us now. 0800DIALZM.

We'll play after Gail and ABC on ZM. F-U. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. Tradie versus lady. Our daily quest to find who is the superior category. Is it the tradies or is it the ladies? Or is it the lady tradies?

Could be both. Or is it the tradie ladies? If a lady tradie wins, do they get to pick which category? No, because they get to pick before they play whether they're playing for the tradies or the ladies. Right, right, so they've made their allegiance. Yeah, they've made their decision. For the record, the tradies are on 19 games

and the ladies are on 14 games. So let's meet our lady first. She's 26, she's from Tamaki Makoto and she jumped out of a helicopter. What the hell? Welcome to the show, Ashley. Hi. And she jumped out of a helicopter. What the hell? Welcome to the show, Ashley. Hiya. You jumped out of a helicopter.

I did. What was it? Like a bungee jump or like a skydive type thing or an emergency? It was just some training for surf lifetiming. So I jumped into the water from the helicopter. Whoa. Was it cool? Yeah, it was pretty cool.

You're like Channing Tatum in that movie where he jumps out of the helicopter. I don't know what the name of the helicopter. Whoa. Was it cool? Yeah, it was pretty cool. You're like Channing Tatum in that movie where he jumps out of the helicopter. I don't know who the movie is. Pretty much. Yeah, that's me. Yeah, cool. Okay, well, you're taking on our lady tradie today. They're 43 years old.

They're from the Tron, and they love Japan. Welcome to the show, Alette. Hi. Hi, Alette. Konnichiwa. What is it that you love about Japan so much? Oh, everything. It was an absolutely amazing experience.

Lived there for a year and it is so cool. I would love to go back in a heartbeat. I'm desperate to go. I'd love to go. I really want to go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I really wanted to go for the Rugby World Cup. Same.

Then I had some bloody kids. We bought a house, so yeah, that was not going. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, hey, Arlette, your buzzer is tradie. Ash, your buzzer is lady. First to three correct answers gets 50 bucks cash, thanks to KFC. Good luck.

All right, question number one. Simon Bridges has resigned from his role as an MP today. What party is he a part of? Lady. I heard Ashley. Ashley, yeah. He was part of National. Correct.

Question number two. Seems like a strange time to retire. So weird, right? Like your party's on the up. Totally. You might finally get into Parliament. Yeah, as a really senior member of the party. Seems weird to me.

And he's going, there's nothing sinister here. Okay. Question number two. Comedian Pete Davidson has been announced as the next celebrity to take a commercial flight into space next week. Who is Pete Davidson dating? Lady. Lady.

Ashley. Is it Kim Kardashian? It is. It is Kim Kardashian. Well done. Ash, you could take it out right here. Oh, dear. Come on, Arlette.

You need this. All right, question number three. You didn't hear me. This might be a tough one, but Prince Harry won't be returning to the UK for his granddad, the Duke of Edinburgh's memorial service. Which county is Harry the Duke of? Lady?

Lady. Ashley. This is just a wild guess, but Edinburgh? It's not. Do you want to have a go at that, Arlette? Essex. So close. Sussex.

Isn't it a trick question? Isn't he technically not the Duke of Anything anymore? Yeah, I think they still give him the title. Has he been de-princed? Yeah, right. Okay, no points there. All right, question number four. A New Zealand golf caddy has earned himself half a million dollars this week

from a successful tournament. Name a famous golfer. Lady. Yes, Ashley, for the win. Tiger Woods. That's it. She's done it. She's a lady.

Oh, oh, oh, she's a lady. I mean, on Team Lady, you really should have said Lydia Coe. It's true. I was knowing who I was. Tiger Woods has been associated with a lot of ladies, so we'll take that one as well. Hey, well done, Ash. We got 50 bucks cash from KFC for you.

Woo-hoo, thank you. I asked you before, do you have any waterbed memories? There is a Twitter thread at the moment where Kiwis are sharing their memories of the waterbed. The waterbed is a weird moment in time. It feels almost like a fever dream or something. Right? Yeah. Did that really happen?

Did we actually fill our beds with water and sleep in them? Yes, we did. Yeah, we did. If you're a kid who was born in the, oh, it feels bad to say, but 80s, like me and Maddie, if you're a child of the 90s, you probably lived through the end of the waterbed era. Mum and dad had one. My mum and dad had one.

Yeah. Me and my brother had single waterbeds. Did you actually? We had matching single waterbeds. We shared a room together and we both had a waterbed and mum and dad had a waterbed. So to me, waterbeds were beds. So when I graduated to a double bed. You were like, what is this weird

spongy mattress? Nah man, I got a waterbed. I got a double waterbed. So I was like, up until the age of 18, I was sleeping in a waterbed. I've been doing some reading on this. The advertising slogan for waterbeds was, two things

are better on a waterbed. One of them is sleeping. What was it? I say as a very late bloomer, I cannot vouch for the second thing. Oh, yeah. If you know what I mean. I think we're picking up what you're putting down.

If you know what I mean. What were they like to sleep on? So I always really enjoyed the waterbed because it was warm in winter and then you turn the temperature down and it was like almost cool-ish in summer. Like a waterbed, it sounded like I work for Big Waterbed.

It was kind of the perfect bed. And people were like, nah, bro, you get seasick. Nah, you get a waveless waterbed. It's got like a bladder inside it that stops it from sloshing around, which I've explained to my wife and she goes, well, what was the point of even having a waterbed It's got like a bladder Inside it That stops it from Sloshing around Which I've explained To my wife

And she goes Well what was the point Of even having a waterbed If it had no waves And I can't answer that I can't answer that But it was trendy Was it though?

Well it was at the time It was in the 80s I remember thinking It was kind of the To me As a kid It was like The height of sophistication

I was like If you've got a waterbed, you're doing all right. Like things are going well for you in life if you have a waterbed. What was your parents one like? My parents had a velvet bed here. Yes. It had a notch cut out in the middle that was for putting your toast on. I want to say it was round.

Round? Oh, no. A round waterbed. Maybe I'm making that up. Maybe I've maybe I've just conflated different memories in my head. I've never heard of a round waterbed. How would you get a duvet to fit a round waterbed? That's a really

good point. Yeah. Here are some of the memories that people have shared about waterbeds. It says we owned two between 1980 and 1987. We had no heating in our flat so we used to stay in the bed as it was like a giant hot water bottle. That's what I'm talking about. I had to sleep out at home, and the water bed used to keep my bedroom warm in winter.

It was like a big heater in the middle of the room. So what happens to a water bed when you get rid of it? Great question. Yeah. Where have all the water beds gone? Where are they all? Where are they? They all burst, that's why.

My parents had a huge waterbed. It had a built-in radio and speakers in the headboard. It was brown velvet. Absolutely gorgeous. Velvet. Not velvet. Someone said, God help you if the heater stopped working in your waterbed.

It was like lying on a slab of ice. That's true. That's true. That's true. Because the water inside it would go cold. And it would sort of suck your body heat. You couldn't sleep on a cold waterbed. Did you need to keep filling it up? Or once you'd filled it up, that was it.

It did its job. You never had to refill it. Wow. You never had to refill it. Someone said, I had one in the mid-80s. Dreadful bloody thing. Gave me mild motion sickness. Again, you needed to get a Waveless.

You wouldn't want to jump on a waterbed though, would you? No, can't jump on a waterbed. No, no, no, no, no. Imagine that thing popping. Yeah, and they did too. I remember we had in the kitchen drawer an emergency waterbed patch kit, kind of like you have for a bike, so that if anything ever happened we could slap a patch on it

and stop the water from getting out. Someone said, my parents owned a finance company in the late 80s that was purely for waterbed finance. That's how popular waterbeds were in New Zealand. There was a company dedicated just to financing them. They were everywhere. Clearly, so many people have memories.

Jen has called up. Good afternoon, Gin. Hi. Your dad still has a waterbed. He loves his waterbed. Wow. So wait, he's just never gotten rid of his waterbed from the 90s? No, probably earlier than the 90s.

Wow. He's even got to the trouble of replacing the bladder several times. Well, Bree and I did some investigating into this years ago and we found one waterbed salesman left in New Zealand and he makes them custom. So he builds the bed and I think he imports the bladder.

So that's an important man to know. I'm going to give you this one last waterbed memory, Jin, and you tell me if you remember this one as a kid because I do. Someone said, I don't know if it's an urban legend, but someone told me about someone having a giant worm

living inside the waterbed. Oh! Had you heard that one? No. Oh, I had. Jim, were you a waterbed family? Like, did you all have waterbeds growing up as well, or is this just Dad hogging them for himself?

No, I don't like waterbeds. They're awful things. Oh, come on. Waterbeds are cool, man. You ought to go home and try and convince your wife to get one. I've been trying to convince her for seven years. No dice. She likes her bed stationary.

I often think about what must happen to people if they work in an industry, like maybe a florist, when they get requests for cards or messages, because I've sent flowers or cakes to friends before for their birthdays, and you always have to type in the message you want to send. And sometimes they're ridiculous messages because they're personal, right? So they make perfect sense to the person you're sending it to,

but not necessarily to the person who's having to fill out the request for you. Totally. And I imagine some of the messages are quite freaky deaky. Totally. Like you've almost got to take like a doctor's Hippocratic oath where you promise not to share any information as a florist, right? Absolutely.

But one on Twitter today took the cake for me. It's a bakery in Oakland. Yes. Not to be confused with Auckland. Oakland. Oakland, California. Yeah. This cake maker has posted the hilarious cake request

that she had to make today. I'm going to show you the cake right now. Okay. That is such a good cake. So it's a cake with the word virgin and then basically a red circle around it. A red circle with a cross. A cross.

A strike through. As in virgin no more. Virgin no more. I like that for so many reasons. I like people who would celebrate things like that. Totally. I'm imagining this person to be a late bloomer. Yeah.

Like someone who, like I don't think you're sending that cake to a 16 year old, are you? No. But here's the thing. Is this someone where you've gone, I've done well because I've finally lost my V plate.

So I'm going to send myself a cake to celebrate. Oh, you think someone might have sent it to themselves? Possibly. Or is this a friend? Or is it the person who took the V-plate? Yeah, possibly that as well. Is it the person who deflowered you going, and you said, you know what?

I've never done that before. And they go, go you. And you know what? You did such a good job. I want to get you a cake. So I've been messaging the woman who had to make the cake and she said we get these kind of special orders all the time. She said occasionally there is an odd request but this takes the cake. Literally.

Literally. But she says annoyingly all they get is an instruction on an online order form but they make it at a separate place to where it gets picked up. Right. So she said she never gets the opportunity to actually ask someone- What the deal is. What's the deal?

Who's the cake for- Exactly. How, yeah, how- Although she says she once got an order for a cake that said, I wish I never met you. Oh, okay. And she was so curious that she- Like a breakup cake.

Yeah. That she messaged her friend who works as a barista in one of the stores to say, please, you need to ask

this person. Find the story. What is the story here? Yeah. And it was someone who had just been broken up with and ordered the cake

for themselves. So the people do do this. Right. They do order the cakes for themselves sometimes. So they did a message to themselves

saying, I wish I'd never met this guy. That's not a great message. You should have been like, plenty more fish in the sea, babes. Exactly. Or, you do you, boo. But you know, sometimes you go through that self-wallowing phase. You just need to eat a whole

cake by yourself. But I do love this one that this person or a friend of this person was like, you know what? Good for you. Because you're not bringing your friends a slice of your virgin cake. Like, you know what? Good for you. At least you're not bringing your friends a slice of your virgin. Bree and Clint from iHeartRadio. This is the latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Dean, the real life Anna Delvey from the Inventing Anna show

has run into a bit more trouble. Oh, she sure has. After a year of being held in custody in America, Anna Delvey, or Anna Sorin, I think is her real name. No shade. She is being deported. She's being deported back to Germany. So she's been in custody in America for a year.

They're now deporting her. I don't know. Don't ask me why they kept her for a year and then they decided to deport her after a year. That's a bit random. But I can confirm this, though. This is pretty wild. And you won't believe this but i'm

just going to tell you the truth she's not actually taking a private jet on a regular boring i don't even know what plane but it certainly will not be one that's fabulous with the ones she gets to just look luft hanser um economy class although if anyone was going to blag their way into business class it would be it would be anna it'd be anna absolutely i'm just going to blag their way into business class it would be it would be Anna it would be Anna absolutely

I'm just going to wire you the money yeah put me in business class daddy bankara daddy will get the money tomorrow wire your paw

she'll be gutted not only because I imagine she doesn't want to go back to Germany but also because this Netflix show has made her a star

a superstar and like whether she's the bad person or not, once she got out, she'd be famous. She would do the talk show circuit. She'd have everything that she ever wanted. But it's going to be a bit harder from Germany, right, Dean? Yes, it is.

And here's the thing, though. She's not going to go away for that long. It's not like she's going to be put away for 30 years or anything wild. I don't know what it is. Is it a couple of years? Five years or something? I don't even know if she really, I don't know. It's not going to be a long time, but just like you said, she's going to come out quite

famous and probably make a ton of money. And ironically, she's actually going to become the person she said she was. Amazing, eh? In the end. Amazing. Yeah, brilliant. If you haven't seen that show, it's worth a watch. That's Inventing Anna, that show. It's on Netflix at the moment. And that's the latest with our Hollywood correspondent,

Dean McCarthy. Tom Brady, for those who don't know, is an NFL player, American football player. He's arguably the greatest quarterback of all time. And this week he un-retired himself. Yeah, he decided

about six weeks ago that this was going to be it. He was finishing up with the game that he's played for a very long time. 23 seasons he's played. And so he said, I'm done. I'm stepping away. I've had enough.

Yeah, and everyone went, fair enough. Time to spend some time with my wife and kids. His very hot wife, by the way. He is married to supermodel Giselle Bundchen, one of the most successful supermodels of all time. The.

The most successful. Correct. Is she really? 100%. He has played, like we said, 23 seasons. He's won seven Super Bowls. So there's nothing left to achieve. He's won more Super Bowls than anybody else.

He was also born in 1977. Wow. So he's 44 years old. In terms of an athletic career, he's done it all. And you're right, he's in the sunset. Totally. But he said, I hate spending time with my wife and kids so much that I would rather go back to being tackled by 140 kilo men

than spend one more day of retirement with them. Six weeks looking after the kids, he was like, I'm done. I'm out of here. I'm out of here. And you know what? I relate to that, Tom Brady. But here's some other stats for you.

In 2021, the Buccaneers, which are his football team, paid him $41 million in one year. Wow. So it would be pretty hard to walk away from that, wouldn't it? But also you don't, if you've made $41 million in a year, it's not like you're like, oh God, the bills are coming and I don't know how I'm going to afford to pay for the groceries this week.

Babe, I don't know where our next $41 million is coming from. Yeah, you're right. We know, like fuel prices are expensive. But Tom Brady, I think you're going to be okay. Like I think you'll You're right. We know, like fuel prices are expensive but Tom Brady, I think you're going to be okay. Like I think you'll be alright.

But so it has to be something greater than money that has made him make this decision to go, I want to go back. It gave me hope that maybe

my favourite rugby player of all time, Dan Carter, might see this and go, 44. I'm only 40. Maybe I'll come out

of retirement, you know, and that would be good for me specifically as someone Maybe I'll come out of retirement. You know? And that would be good for me specifically as someone who wants to see him play again. Who's, I know the answer to this, but I just was hoping you could say it. Who's playing his position at the moment? Well, it's between Richie Mwanga and Bowdoin Barrett.

Right. So throw Dan Carter in the mix. Whoa. That's a spicy threesome, isn't it? Sounds like I want to date the guy. I do. I thought we could talk this afternoon about times where you've changed your mind.

Like Tom Brady has done and like other sports people have done. Michael Jordan, unretired himself. It's a sports thing to do, but it's also a professional thing to do. You did it. In a way I'd been at TVNZ for nine years

I was about to take over ten years And I thought God, I've got to do something else So I quit my job Yeah, I remember You came to my leaving party Yeah, we had a bon voyage for you It was a whole affair

I really, I really I went, made it very dramatic You performed Nicki Minaj, Anaconda? I did at my leaving party. Flew to the UK and I thought, this is it. I'm off. Yeah. I'm going to pray love my way around Europe for the next kind of five years.

I'm going to focus on me, no more TV. Exactly. Yeah. Eight months later, I came home. To work at TVNZ. The exact place that you left. Do you know the annoying thing, though? Because I was about to take over 10 years,

you get long service leave if you make it to a decade at TVNZ. Do you? But because I left, even though I returned eight months later, they started me again at zero. That's cheeky. The clock started again. So you've worked there for over 10 years, but as far as they're concerned,

it's been five. You started again when you came back. You got ripped off, man. I wonder if Tom Brady will get his long service leave reinstated. And the annoying thing is, I have no idea what the long service leave is. They don't tell you until you get it. They don't tell me.

So I don't know what I would have got. I reckon there's like a VIP room that only like Simon Dallow and, God, who else has been there for 10 years? I don't even know. Donna Marie Drever. What? Lever.

Lever. Yeah, she would have been there for a while. Yeah. Let's take some calls this afternoon from people who have changed their mind. And maybe it worked out well for you. Maybe it didn't. Maybe it was for a job. Maybe it was for a relationship.

Yeah. Maybe you were like, I am out of here, I am done with this person and then a week later you were back together with them. You were like hang on. Was it a good idea or was it a bad idea? Maybe it was, maybe you sold something. Like imagine if someone sold a house and then they were like oh my God I've made a bad decision and then

you went back in and you had to rebuy your own house and they're like well it's gone up half a million dollars in the three weeks that you sold it to us and you still had to buy it. We'd love to hear your stories this afternoon. You can call us on 0800 dials at M or you can text 9696. We want to know,

when did you change your mind? And it's okay. You're allowed to. You're allowed to change your mind. Like Brittany said, that's your prerogative. Exactly. Okay.

Bree and Clint. We're talking about changing your mind, which you're welcome to do, okay? You might feel like a bit of an idiot for going back on a big decision. Did you feel silly when you went back on your big decision, Matty? At the time, were you like, is this the right thing to do? Well, I didn't get much time to think about it.

TVNZ, so I moved to London, quit my job, and then about eight months later, TVNZ called and said, would you consider coming home? I said, how long do I have to think about it? They said, 24 hours. Oh. Yeah. That's, oh.

So I really didn't have long to actually consider it. But God, it worked out well. Definitely worked out well. Yeah. Job's gone well. And literally a week after I moved home, I met my now fiance. See, it was meant to happen. Meant to be.

Sometimes you're meant to go back on your big decisions. So we want to know this afternoon, did you do just that? We've got a call from Geordie. Hi, Geordie. Hello. You did this. You changed your mind on a major decision. Talk us through it.

So my entire life I wanted to live in the UK. So then when I was 18, I saved up a whole lot of money to actually buy my visa, which was five grand for two years. Whoa, yeah. And then I got over there when I was 21, 22, and then spent two weeks there, cried the whole time and thought, no, I can't do this, I'm coming home. Oh. Oh.

Geordie. Oh, no. What was it? Was it just really hard being away from home? It was hard being away from like all my family and also I didn't know anyone over there, so that was really difficult. So, yeah. Also, God, London, like I don't know what and also I didn't know anyone over there, so that was really difficult. So, yeah. Also, God, London, like, I don't know what time of year you were there,

but, God, it can be the most miserable city. Well, I left in January, so I went from, like, being hot summer to freezing cold. Well, there's your first mistake, Jordan. Yeah. Yeah, you've got to go summer to summer, right? You've got to leave New Zealand at the end of our summer. Totally.

So you're going for a double summer. Oh, yeah. It didn't help I packed my bag the night before I left. But now... And now, like, do you have any regrets? I mean, not really. I mean, I came home and things sort of started opening up for me, so that was nice.

I got my old job back. It was meant to be, yeah. Do you get any of that $5,000 back for your visa? Like, can you go, I paid for two years, I took two weeks, you owe me one year and 50 weeks? Well, COVID actually started to take over, so that was like an easy out. I could be like, oh, well, COVID, I need to come home,

I've got to come home, so. Yeah, I like that. But no, short answer, no, didn't get anything back. Oh, well. Hey, I'm glad things worked out for you anyway, Jordy. Thanks for calling us. Thanks. Someone texted well. Hey, I'm glad things worked out for you anyway, Jordy. Thanks for calling us. Thanks. Someone texted in and said,

I dumped my now fiance two times in the first four weeks of knowing her. Now we have two beautiful daughters. So someone changed their mind. I reckon you didn't change your mind. I reckon your fiance was just really persistent. Totally. No, you're not breaking up with me. I know someone that did that.

Really? Yeah. They were dating someone and the guy said, this isn't working for me. I don't think we can be together. And she said, no. No, I don't accept that.

And now they're married with kids. I love that. And I reckon he still doesn't have a say in it. Maybe that's the guy. Cute decision, babe, but no, actually, we're not. You don't know what you want. You don't know what you want for dinner.

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Free and Clint. You had a little pep in your step. Didn't you? Did I? Yeah, did I. Mr. TV. Did you see my special car park downstairs? Do you really?

It's the one with the red carpet beside it. Oh, I see. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In the last 24 hours, life has changed. Valet parking for you now. Of course, your big TV debut last night, 60 Seconds. Your show started. Did you like it?

I loved it. It's fun, eh? Yeah. It's just fun. Like, it's just positive. Like, it's nothing too serious is what I like about the show. And that's what we need right now. It's pure escapism and I love it.

Yeah. What was it like watching at home um uh i found it nerve-wracking like i don't necessarily like the idea of watching myself on tv i watched it with my wife lucy whose initial reaction was ugh i was like what that's me on tv and she goes i thought the camera was meant to add 10 pounds. I was like, are you saying I look thin? Because I will take it. Thank you very much. The spray tan glow

was really prominent last night, wasn't it? Yeah, well, it was definitely in there. Well, it was your big TV debut, which is exciting. But the thing about TV, because I've worked in the industry for a long time now, 15 years, much like you have in radio, is people in TV talk. Right, okay.

And so there was quite a lot of chatter around TVNZ this morning. Oh, from the professionals? From the professionals. Okay. About you. Really? Yep. Okay.

And about... Do I want to hear this? These are people who have been doing it their whole life About the presence that you brought To the filming of 60 Seconds Okay And it turns out Radio nice guy

Clint Roberts no more Really? It's TV diva Clint Roberts all the way TV diva? I have some feedback from people involved In the filming of the show. Okay. A cameraman told me Clint was

a nightmare. Wouldn't let us film his left side and insisted we use a filter on our lens to quote make his spray tan sparkle. Can you believe that? No, I can't believe that because I paid that guy a lot of money. Ben? You'd believe it though, wouldn't you? Yeah, I'd believe that. No, excuse me't believe that because I paid that guy a lot of money. Ben? You'd believe it though, wouldn't you? Yeah, I'd believe

that. No, excuse me. Thank you very much. The producer of the series messaged me. It was outrageous. None of the crew were allowed to look him in the eye and he made us call him Mr. Roberts. Well, that's my name. He also demanded makeup retouches

every five minutes. That was to keep the spray tan looking fresh. But the poor intern on set, I think, had it the worst. Really? And we have the intern on the phone right now. Hello, ZM. Hello, interns. Howdy.

Intern Sam. Hello. Now, I know this was a traumatic experience for you, and I don't want you to have to relive it too much. So all I've got is some yes or no questions for you. Is that okay? Oh, that would make it so much easier. Who is this intern?

I didn't even know we had an intern. Well, you wouldn't know their name, would you? Okay, yeah. Because you didn't bother to learn the little people's names. All right, lay it on me. Did Clint make you fan him with a palm frond in his dressing room? Yes.

Did you have, the air con was out. Did you have to pick out the red M&M's because Clint only wanted the red ones? Out of every bag he ate. The other colours

made my teeth whitening go off. And did you have to print off photos of Clint so that he could sign them for fans on the way out of the venue? So many times. Is there anything else that you want to say? Is there anything else that Clint made you do? I guess.

He kept coming in to work with the excuse that he'd forgotten his wallet or he didn't have enough money on his card to pay for his parking. And so I just felt so pressured to start paying for his parking. And he has ignored all of my messages for him to pay me back. So, I mean, like, $30 a day. $30 a day on an intern's wage.

I know. How could he? Joke's on you, intern, because I actually have a free park at Sky City, so I was pocketing that cash the whole time. He's going to wire you the money. Hey, thanks, intern. That's the first and last time you'll ever work in this industry.

Anything you want to say, Clint? 60 Seconds is back on TVNZ2 this coming Monday. Tune in, everybody. it's a hell of a show Sometimes it's the most silly stupid questions that give you pause for thought like the things that you don't necessarily make

any sense or don't matter really are the ones that kind of keep you up at night. It's the inertia of daily life that can be the most interesting, right? Because everybody can latch onto it. Everybody can relate to it. And so I saw this thing on Twitter the other day that just drove me insane.

And I honestly have not stopped thinking about it since. It was a really simple question by a Kiwi guy called Ryan. He said, me and my mates are having a text message conversation about whether there are more wheels or more doors in the world. You and I talked about this last week. Yeah. We tried to debate it. We couldn't come to a decision.

We couldn't. And I think that's what makes it so infuriating is you will never know. Yeah. So people will have the educated guesses, but there's never going to be a definitive answer. No. But this thing has gone crazy. The poll had hundreds

of thousands of votes in a 24 hour period, and it's gone as far as the US talk show circuit. Have a listen to this. Captivating the internet's attention right now. Has everybody heard about this? People are split on a philosophical question posed in a viral Twitter poll.

Are there more doors or wheels in the world? Yeah. It's a carpool karaoke guy. It's James Corden. It's a TikTok trend. It's bloody everywhere. It's talking about a question that was posed by Ryan Nixon, a Kiwi guy.

And so we thought we'd better get Ryan on the phone to have a chat. G'day, Ryan. How's it going, guys? You're a global sensation, man. You've set the world on fire with your Twitter poll. Yeah, and it's something that I never expected would happen. The kind of thing, just throw out there

a couple of beers on a Saturday night, and next thing, hey, I'm talking to ZM. So who started... And the rest, the rest man that was james corden james corden then zed in we're just above james corden yeah um how did this start ryan like who posed the question initially how did you get on to this yeah so my friend adam he uh he'd seen it somewhere and like i admit like i didn't come up with this question. It's kind of existed on

the internet for a while, like in Reddit threads and there's been a couple of tweets and stuff as well beforehand. So he had seen it. He popped it in this group chat. We had a quick debate about it and I just thought, look, this is a perfect kind of question for a Twitter poll.

I only had like a thousand followers at the time. I thought, let's see what they think. And yeah, it just went crazy. Mental crazy. You've captured the imagination of the world. I need to know which you believe. No one would have thought about this more than you. You posed the question.

So according to you, do you think there's more wheels or doors in the world? Well, funnily enough, I started thinking more doors. Why? Why? Why? My mind immediately jumped to like office buildings, apartment buildings.

Me too. You know, there's sky rises with lots of doors in them. But with all the comments that sort of came in and all the discourse around it, I firmly know on the side of wheels I've switched. Because I was on the skyscraper side of things too. It was the Empire State Building, the idea of how many doors were in there for me.

And then someone DMed me and they said, bro, do you not think there are chairs with up to eight wheels per chair inside the Empire State Building? And then I went, whoa, okay, this conversation's too big for me. I can't grasp this. there are chairs with up to eight wheels per chair inside the Empire State Building? And then I went, whoa, okay, this conversation's too big for me. I can't grasp this. That's 100% it.

Like office chairs, drawers, wheels and drawers, toys. I mean, lots of people have mentioned the fact about Lego being the world's biggest tyre producer. Tyres obviously go on wheels. But Lego make doors as well. Yeah, exactly. They do, yeah. What was the point where you went, I cannot believe this is my life right now?

Probably actually when I heard it was on BBC Radio 1. So someone, it was a teacher in Leeds in the UK had tweeted that they were inspired by not only my tweet, but BBC Radio 1. And at that point, I was like, hang on. They're playing, you know, they're talking about my tweet in the UK. Yeah, at that point, I was like, okay, this is big now. Yeah. And it's not stopping yet.

And it's only gaining momentum. The wheels are in motion. I feel it's the pun. And it's not stopping yet, and it's only gaining momentum. The wheels are in motion, Ryan, if you'll excuse the pun. So thanks, man. Thanks for giving us a think about that's not COVID, fuel prices, or war. It's quite refreshing, actually. Yeah, I know. Hey, look, if that's my contribution to society, is to just take people's minds off these pretty heavy-hitting topics,

then I'm glad to have been able to do that. Good stuff. There you go. That's the Kiwi guy who started this whole wheels and doors debate. Ryan Nixon. Thanks, man. No worries.

Thanks, guys. Let's play the name game. Name game where you have to give me a celebrity's name from the name that I give you as quickly as possible. It's easier said than done done is what I've found. Yeah. Because, you know, you think you'll be able to answer it immediately, but then all of a sudden your mind just goes blank.

You can't think of anyone's name. The trick is, I think, having never played the game, I've always run the game, I've never played it, I think the trick is just to let your brain flow. Yes. And say whatever comes to mind. A gut. Because you don't have time to second guess yourself.

Yeah, totally. You might as well just chuck it out there. Taking you on today is Tabitha. Hi, Tabitha. Oh, hi there. Hi. Is this Tabitha from Tabitha's Salon Takeover? Yeah.

How are you going, Tabitha? Have you heard this game before? Do you think you're going to be good at this? Oh, I have no idea, honestly. I'm a bit nervous. Don't be nervous. You'll be absolutely fine. Did you call up're going to be good at this? Oh, I have no idea honestly. I'm a bit nervous. Don't be nervous. You'll be absolutely fine. Did you call up intending to play this game or were you calling for the secret sound?

To be honest, I was just calling because I was like, oh my gosh I've never been through it before. Oh, okay. Welcome to the show. It's easy. You can do this and you can win yourself 50 KFC chicken dollars. I'm going to say a name and then you need to give me a celebrity that uses that name as part of their name. Like, for example, if I said Robbie, you might yell out Williams.

Does that make sense? Yep. And you've got to be as quick as possible. You don't have to buzz in, just yell out an answer. I will make it a little bit tricky this week, though. I've been giving you first names. I'm going to give you exclusively last names this week. Oh, and we've just said the first name. Yeah, you need to give me a celebrity who uses that

last name as part of their name. Okay. Here we go, Tabitha. First to three points wins it. It's you versus Maddie. Somebody kick us off. This will be easy. Somebody give me a famous Morrison. Sam. Sam Morrison? Yep, she's a real famous horse rider. Okay, well, you know what? You could be lucky here. Our test is producer Anastasia. If she knows who they are, we consider them famous. She's a horsey girl.

And she's a big horsey girl. Yes, Sam Morrison is a legend. Well, there you go. You get a point, Tabitha. There you go. Man, you're lucky that horses was her specialty category. Anybody else Okay good You've got a point

On the board I was thinking like Timueta Sir Howard Stacey I was just having A total mind blank Yeah that's okay

We'll go with Sam Morrison Next one I want For the name game Someone give me A famous Richardson Denise Denise Richardson Denise

Oh she's Denise Richards Yeah You want to get in there Tabitha? Oh gosh no I can't think anymore What about No okay What about the crooked guy that's on the block? Mark Richardson

Mark Richardson No okay we'll move on Somebody give me a famous Anderson Pamela Well done That's a great one I've just been watching Pam and Tommy Yeah

One of the most famous Andersons I also had Gillian down Oh yeah From X-Files Good okay one point each God it's very hard doing the last names I'll be really interested to see who you guys say for this one I think it'll say a lot about you

Someone give me a famous McCartney Paul Yeah from the Beatles Oh yeah Yeah guys say for this one. I think it'll say a lot about you. Someone give me a famous McCartney. Paul. Yeah, from the Beatles. Oh, yeah. I kind of had Maddie picked for Jessie McCartney. Beautiful song. Yeah. I thought, Tabitha, you might say Stella McCartney. I was going for Paul.

Paul McCartney. To be fair, he's the most famous McCartney. Okay. Two points to Maddie, one point to Tabitha. You need this one, Tabitha, to stay in the game. Someone give me a famous Stuart. Martha. Martha

Stuart. Yeah, well done. Rod came to me but too late. Yeah, Rod Stuart. Yeah, I had Kristen Stuart. Yeah, that's another good one. Okay, we're all tied tied up This is for the win Someone give me a famous Roberts

What is it? Julia Julia Roberts There you go That's what we're looking for Sorry Tabitha You don't get the title But we can send you some KFC

To celebrate your first time on the radio Well done Thank you Well Tabitha, you don't get the title, but we can send you some KFC to celebrate your first time on the radio. Well done. Thank you. Well, Tabitha. Yeah, I tried. Do you ever do that thing where you sporadically just decide you need to clean out your cupboards? Yes.

Like those cupboards where you just throw things into. And you go, my life will be better if I sort out this cupboard. Totally. Or drawer. Yeah. Or room. Yeah. Or whatever it is. And it's always the kind of stuff And you go, my life will be better if I sort out this cupboard or drawer or room or whatever it is. And it's always the kind of stuff where you go, why have I kept this? But then you'll go into the drawer and you'll go, oh my God, this is why I kept it. Because it's like

you spend an hour just like flicking through photo albums or old scrapbooks or whatever it is. An item of clothing you go, I could still wear this. But I was doing it recently and I came across something that I didn't even realise I'd held on to.

It was from, god, we're talking about 14, 15 years ago now. Okay. I came out when I was 20. Yes. And I was living in Wellington with some good friends of ours at the time. Because when me and you studied together, you were a straight dude. Real straight, mate. You were straight, bro. Real straight, mate. Yeah, because when me and you studied together, you were a straight dude.

Real straight, mate. You were straight, bro. Real straight, mate. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, no, in a surprise to no one, I came out when I was about 20 in Wellington. And our good friend, mine and your good friend, Lucy, her mum's a celebrant, like a marriage celebrant. Yeah. But she's a little quirky

as Lucy's mum and at the time she thought it would be good to diversify, you know, not just do marriages and not just do weddings. So she wanted to start creating bespoke ceremonies for people and she thought, Mandy's just come out, what a perfect

opportunity to create a ceremony. So she created for me a coming out ceremony. Is that, and excuse my ignorance, but is that a thing? No. In the gay community? Is having a coming out ceremony a thing? I don't think so. Right.

She invented the category. She invented it. I've never heard of it before. I've never seen it before. And so my poor friends, I got invited into the living room one night. I had no input into this at all. I came into the living room one night

and my friends said, congratulations on this next step in your life journey and we want to celebrate you tonight. Was it a surprise? I knew that something was happening, but I didn't know exactly what was happening. Right, okay. And I certainly had no input into any of the elements

of this coming out ceremony. So the first thing I had to do was I had to walk down to the front door. We had quite a long hallway. They then unraveled this scroll, really long scroll of paper along the hallway. And it's so ridiculous. This is the thing that I'd kept though. So this is what has sparked my memory.

All the way along, this whole scroll of paper were footprints. And it was footprints. It would have a set of footprints and it would say like Elton John. Then a set of footprints and it would say Liberace. Then a set of footprints and it would say like Neil Patrick Harris. And the idea was... You're following in the footsteps of great gay men before you? Exactly that. So picture this. I'm standing at the footsteps of great gay men before you. Exactly that.

So picture this. I'm standing at the end of the hallway with this long roll of paper and all of a sudden on the boom box that we had in our living room, because mind we're going back a wee while. There were no iPods or anything like that. This song starts

playing. Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you. Only you can let it. And here I am walking down the hallway, standing on the footprints while Natasha Bedingfield's Unwritten starts playing on the boom bar. I mean, great song, though.

So good. And then I make it to the end and they do readings for me. Right. Like poems, a little speech about how proud they are of me. I mean, it was a beautiful thing. Totally. It was very extra, very ridiculous, super dramatic, but kind of perfect for me.

I was going to say, because knowing you, I can imagine certain people I know like melting in that situation and sort of cowering in embarrassment, not from the coming outside of things, just from the spotlight and the way it's been presented. Whereas I was like, oh, you're going to make this all about me? Go for gold.

Whereas you're like, cue the song up again. So I know it was just being invented, but like after a wedding ceremony, Cue the song up again. Feel the rain on your skin. No one else can feel it for you. So I know it was just being invented, but after a wedding ceremony, there's the party. Yeah. What happens after a coming out ceremony? Yeah, we crack the bubbles. Oh, big party.

Absolutely. We got on it. Well, I reckon that should be a thing. I don't know about the footsteps thing, but... That was a little extra. I feel like coming out ceremonies maybe should be a thing. Totally. Celebrate it. And you're a licensed celebrant.

So should I be taking this into the future? You should be hosting coming out ceremonies. Okay, well, if you want to come out, flip me a message. Book me. We'll put some Natasha Bedingfield on and we'll celebrate you babes. It has to be Natasha Bedingfield on and we'll celebrate you babes. It has to be Natasha Bedingfield. Your story, and I have heard this story a couple of times over the years. It's great.

My poor friends though. Like my poor friends having to put this ceremony on for me. Yeah. But how nice to have a fun coming out story. Totally. You know, like to be able to come out to your friends and family in a way that you can all laugh about. And it was fun. It was enjoyable, right? It was so much fun. We had a great night.

I reckon we should take some calls on other fun or funny coming out stories this afternoon. And there'll be plenty. You reckon? I reckon. Yeah? Yeah. I reckon people, there'll be funny moments that you decided to tell someone, funny reactions, whatever it is we want to hear from you.

0800 dials at M. You can text us on 9696 this afternoon. Do you want to share your funny coming out story with us? Brian Clint. Talking about coming out ceremonies. Well, just fun coming out stories, right? Because they're not always, like, you know, it's a big deal when you come out.

Yeah. But my friends made it very easy for me. They threw me a coming out ceremony. So I had a whole hallway where I had footprints of famous gay men. I had to walk along the sheet of paper. Who else was on there? So Elton John, Liberace. Liberace.

Maybe, oh God, Oscar Wilde, I think. Oh yeah, okay, yeah. Because we're talking 2006, 2007. Yeah, right. So visibility is not what it is now. No. Right? There weren't a huge amount of people.

Like, everyone's gay these days. These days it's not even worth of people. Like, everyone's gay these days. These days, it's not even worth the ceremony. Exactly. There were celebrities present at your coming out ceremony, and we have one of them on the phone this afternoon. TVNZ's Jack Tame. Kia ora.

Good afternoon, and welcome to the show. Staring at the blank desk before you open up the dirty window. It was so ridiculous, man, Honestly, it was just, it was the most self-indulgent activity I've ever been involved with in my life. And that's saying something, because I've known Matty for, what, 15 years? And it's so weird of me to make a situation all about me

as well. I remember that the hands, like the famous gay men whose hands you were pausing to consider and then adding your handprint to the end. And I was like, I was like the nerve of this guy, like 17 or 18 years old comparing himself to Oscar Wilde.

Please. Jack, the way the story has been retold to us, and I've known Matty as long as you have, so I do need to fact check this. The way it's been told to us, he says the ceremony was thrust upon him, like he was, almost like he was forced to have a coming out ceremony.

Is that the truth? Has Matty ever been forced to be the centre of attention? That's the question you have to ask yourself there, Cody. Of course it wasn't. He made us book out an entire weekend. I think we had to go to like a special industrial stationery supply so that we could get this massive roll of paper.

Was that your first and only coming out ceremony that you've been present at, Jack Tame? 100% first and only. I mean, to be honest, it was a fun night. Yeah, we had a great party, didn't we? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We were saying there needs to be more of them and Matty needs to start a business

where he's a coming out celebrant. Oh my God. He'd make a million dollars. It was like, because the thing is, you can imagine, like, you know, there are a few things

that we celebrate in life, right? Like weddings, I guess sometimes divorces and then the only other time you get everyone in your life around you is usually when you die. Yeah. I reckon it's a perfect opportunity.

And given, you know, dare I say gays usually have the best taste in music, you're pretty much guaranteeing everyone an amazing party. Exactly. Tell me about it. Feel the rain on your skin. No one else can feel it for you. Yeah, celebrity eyewitness to Maddie's coming out party, Jack Tame. Thanks, Jack.

See you on the TV tonight. Thanks, guys. There you go. We've got a call from Erica. Erica, you've got a fun coming out story waving for you. I do. So my childhood best friend, it's sort of one of those situations where you know that they're gay, but they haven't come out yet.

Yeah. And I was getting married. And of course, you always have your best friend as your maid of honour. Yeah. And I asked him. He said no for obvious reasons. Sort of, I guess he was shy, but it would have been too obvious to everybody

and he hadn't come out yet. Oh, I see. He didn't want people to think he was gay by being your maid of honour. Right. Yeah. We all knew it anyway. And so he said no.

A couple of months went by and I said, well, will you do a reading? And he just drops it into a sentence and goes, oh, I may be gay, but I'm not shy. And I was like, wait, what? Like, what? What? Like, surprised, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Because you have to. You have to go, this is brand new information. We did not see this coming at all. Yes, we did. Shit, you asked. What? Very cool. And so then what?

Like, happy to be the centre of attention, happy to be your maid of honour? He was still quite shy, standing up in front of everyone and doing, so he ended up just doing the reading. He was genuinely quite shy. Yeah. But he did the reading and it was beautiful. Oh, what a lovely outcome.

Thanks for sharing that, Erica. We appreciate it. No worries. Thanks, guys. There you go. If you're looking for your coming out celebrant, you can email maddimcclaine at gmail.com. It's a million dollar idea. Bree and Clint. It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Bree and Clint's birthday

banger. Come on, we needed a good one today, I reckon. We both had that realisation where we got in today, we went, oh, Tuesday? It's only Tuesday. How is it only Tuesday? Yeah, but it is Tuesday. But Tuesday's over, so let's send it out on a high note with a good birthday banger.

The number one song on your 16th birthday. Alan's here to play. Good afternoon, Alan. Hi, Alan. G'day, Clint. G'day, mate. How are you? Good, how are you? Not too bad, Matt. Not too bad. Where are you calling us from this afternoon? Calling you from Invervegas. Invervegas. Yeah, mate. Did you hear about the grandma who went to court for doing burnouts in Invervegas last week?

Yeah, the old boy racer act. Yeah, why not? Shedfoot. Shot in. Exactly, exactly. Hey, Alan, when's your birthday? 27 July 1984. All right, Alan, you were 16 on the 27th of July 2000, and this is your birthday banger. Spice Girl Mel C from her solo career.

What's your feedback? I can hear you muttering there. What do you think about it? Oh, yeah. No, well, why not? I mean, it was sort of getting towards obviously the end of the Spice Girl era and things,

so they're obviously going on their own ways. But yeah, obviously, a bit of a sporty Spice. Why not? Are you a bit of a Southland Spice Girls historian? Oh, yeah. Look, back in the early, yeah, in those days, mate,

they were the hits. Oh, you couldn't escape them? Yeah, even in Southland. Exactly, they were everywhere. Yeah. Great. Okay, all right, good feedback. Wait there, we're going to get another one on for Jen.

Jen, it is your birthday today, is that right? That's right. Happy birthday. Thanks, guys. What have you been doing? Did you get a cake at work? Did you get a boozy lunch? No, no. I work from home

and work from massage so I put it there at lunchtime. Tell you what, you work from home good opportunity for a boozy lunch. Totally. Oh yeah. I've got little people so you know, gotta be responsible. Little people, good opportunity for a boozy lunch, if you know what I mean. But the massage sounds very nice, Jen. Yeah, and I've got sports, so it's been a great day.

All right, Jen, well, let's find out your birthday banger, shall we? Sure, go for it. When's your birthday? Oh, today. 78, yeah. 78, okay. Yeah. You were 16 on the 15th of March 1994,

and this was topping the charts. Jimmy Cliff. And I Can See Clearly Now. How does that resonate with you, Jen, birthday girl? Yeah, yeah, that's quite mellow, isn't it? Yeah, we used to sing this at primary school, this song. Did you? Yeah, it's chill.

It's chill, but it's nice. It's got a good vibe to it. It's got coast vibes to me, and that's not a bad thing. Puts a smile on your face. Wait there, Jen, we'll do one more for Unity. Kia ora, Unity. Kia ora. How are you?

I'm good. How are you guys? Yeah, we're going very well, thank you. We'd love to do your birthday banger. What's your birthday? 23rd of October, 94. All right, Unity. You were 16 on the 23rd of October, 2010,

and this was the number one song. Yes, Unity. That's a banger. You like it? Yeah, that's a banger. That is a banger. Far East Movement and Like a G6. Do you like it, Maddie?

Yeah. Yeah, I do. Did you drop a load of Far East Movement? I definitely would have been dancing to clubs to this. Yeah. Okay, cool. Wait, then we've got to make a decision. I can see clearly, Mel C

or Like A G6, you look pained, Matty. What's your issue? It's hard today. What are you deciding between, do you think? Probably Mel C and Like A G6. I agree, that's what it's between for me. Love that Jimmy Cliff song, but I don't think it's the vibe. No.

I can tell you that that Mel C song has never won birthday banger before. It was the one I was probably leaning more towards. Like a G6 fun banger. Yep. It's won a few times before. So if you want to be different, we should vote for Mel C.

I'm going Mel C. Plus the chairman of the Spice Girls Invercargill fan club, Alan, would love to hear this one. Oh, yeah. Wouldn't you, Alan? Beautiful. Yeah, no, that's great.

Awesome, guys. I think we're in agreeance and congratulations. Oh, thank you very much. You just won birthday banger. Awesome. Cheers, buddy. Dirty South in your mouth. Indeed, mate, indeed.

It is. Brian Clint with Matty. Here's your birthday banger on ZM. Brian Clint. Bill, splitting can be awkward, right? Totally. Especially if Someone pays for the whole meal

And the idea is Everybody pays that person back And then you as the bill payer End up having to chase people For the money Because they don't Transfer it straight away And you have to follow them up

For the money And they always feel like Such a dick for having to do it Like hey I need Where's the Where's the 20 bucks Hey babes

Sorry to bug you have you had a chance to transfer that money yet yeah and then they go all um anna delvey on you and they're like oh bunker i'm going to weigh you the money but i'm i i'm bad because i'm always i'm just really forgetful right so it's not that i'm honest i'm honestly not a cheap so you'd actually quite like to be followed up. Very much so. If you owe someone money. Please. Yeah.

Because I genuinely would want to pay you, but I just forget things like that all the time. The other way people do it is they message the whole group. Even if only one person hasn't paid, you message the whole group from dinner and you go, hey guys, just a reminder if you could please transfer me that money. Totally. And everyone in the group is like, already did.

And then there's a one person, yeah, yeah, yeah, me too. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, I'll get around to that. That money hasn't showed up yet? There's a new Uber Eats feature on its way that might sort out bill splitting, but only if you're doing takeaway. Right.

Which people do. Like if you're having dinner at your house and you go, should we get some Uber Eats? Totally. Especially if you're in a flat, you know, like a flatmate situation where you all go, oh, let's all get in, let's all get Thai takeaways tonight. But it has to go on someone's Uber Eats. Yep.

Because if you only want to pay one delivery fee, it's all got to go on someone's account. You've got to pay them back. Not anymore. Uber Eats has a bill splitting feature, and this is how it works. You open the app, and you select the place that you want to eat from. Like, you might go KFC or whatever it is. And then you click group order.

Ah. And then you can select bill splitting you can invite people as guests for dinner and then the same way you would do a bill splitting if you were sharing an uber home with somebody um and then you select the items that you want to order and then you go to the checkout and once the guests have selected their items and how they want to pay like they've put their credit card on it or whatever, then it checks out and then it places the order. That is so smart. And then it just takes care of it straight away.

So smart. That is going to save so many headaches for people. Unless someone goes, oh, I'm only going to get some chips. And then when the food arrives, they're like, oh. Oh, there's pizza. Oh, that looks yum. I haven't tried that before. Do you think I could have some of that?

Can I have some of your cat's eat? So maybe it's still going to get open. I don't know. But you can try that out. That's Uber Eats Bill Splitting. Elon Musk has weighed into the Russia-Ukraine situation and he thinks he can solve it. Oh, good, because this is the guy

I've been waiting to hear from on this. Right? Not Joe Biden. No. Not Xi Jinping. No. Not Xi Jinping. No. Elon Musk. Yes.

Elon Musk, the Tesla guy, has tweeted, I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat. Stakes are Ukraine. He wants to fight Vladimir Putin for Ukraine. Winner takes Ukraine. So this is like a physical in the ring, you and me, red corner, blue corner. Yeah, doof doof. Maybe in the octagon, maybe he means like full MMA, UFC style fighting.

Not sure. He has tagged the Kremlin in the tweet So it seems like he's serious And this is from Elon Musk's Twitter account There's not a rumour by the way Elon Musk does a lot of dumb shit He does a lot of good He's helping to decarbonise The world's transport

And he's put that link in To Tonga to help them with their communications He also tweeted Stupid stuff Remember the Thai soccer team that was stuck underground Yes he wanted to help them with their communications. Yes. He also tweeted stupid stuff. Remember the Thai soccer team that was stuck underground? Yes, he wanted to help them get them out. Yeah, and he just ended up making things worse. Yes.

I don't know whether the people of Ukraine appreciate this, but it's what he wants to do. He said Vladimir Putin, you and me, one-on-one, winner takes Ukraine. Yeah, I don't know that he's the guy that Ukraine's been calling out for to jump into their corner. No. Yeah. And also, I'm just reading it literally.

Does that mean that Elon Musk gets Ukraine? Yeah, what's he going to do with it? Yeah, what's he going to do with it? Also, Putin is a dick, but he's also a bit of a tank. So I wanted to ask you this. Who do you think, just on face value, who do you think would win on a fight between Putin and Musk?

Putin. Do you want some stats? Please. So Elon Musk is 50 years old. Yeah. Vladimir Putin is 69 years old. Wow. So Elon Musk has got 19 years on him.

Yeah. I can't believe we're entertaining the idea of this fight, but let's keep going. Elon Musk is 184 centimetres tall. Vladimir Putin's only 169 centimetres tall. So he's got 15 centimetres on him. Okay. Which is decent, which means he's got him in reach and height.

Okay, so maybe I'm reading this wrong. Elon Musk weighs 82 kilos. Vladimir Putin only weighs 70 kgs. What? He's quite a small man. Yeah. Isn't that weird? But beefy.

But, yeah, thick. He also just looks like he would kick your ass. Well, that's where it comes down to credentials, I think. Yeah. So let's have a look at the credentials. Vladimir Putin, former KGB agent. Yep. An evil leader of one of the world's most powerful countries.

Yep. Elon Musk, rocket boy who makes electric cars. And he invented PayPal. Look, great credentials. I'd love to see some TAB odds. Not to make light of the situation too much, but if this is going to happen, I'd put some money on it. And who would you put money on? I think based on those stats, I might put money on? I think based on those stats I might put money on

Elon Musk Also because I don't want to Bet on Vladimir Putin No you don't want him to win It's like when the All Blacks Are playing the Springboks You can put money on the Springboks To hedge your bets

But I don't want them to win No no no So yeah there you go Just when you thought 2022 couldn't get any weirder So coming to a pay per view Near you Yeah Musk versus Putin I don't know if weirder. So coming to a pay-per-view near you. Yeah.

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