ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint with Matty McLean Podcast – 2nd March 2022

Episode Date: March 2, 2022

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The ZM Podcast Network Yo what up, welcome to the Breein' Clint Podcast with Matty What was that? Where did that come from? I was trying to do like Boston, kind of like Hey, what up everybody, it's Breein' Clint You want a pizza? It didn't work Can you do any accents?

No, I'm terrible, can't do accents, can't do impressions. Stones and glass houses, huh? Yeah, but I know that I'm bad. You thought you were good. Ben, can you do any accents? Nah, I'm not an accents man. You do a pretty good Christchurch accent, to be honest. Yeah.

Anastasia, can you do Dutch? You can do Dutch. Surely you can do Dutch. Goedemorgen, Clint. No. do Dutch? You can do Dutch. Surely you can do Dutch. Goedemorgen. Hello Clint, how are you? That's good. That's good.

Goedemorgen Tim. No, don't speak in Dutch. That's cheating. Good morning guys. Do your best impression of your dad. Go on. Tell me what specials are going on. Matty, how are you guys today? No. Yeah, I'm good, Anastasia. I just got here from Boston.

He doesn't do Dutch anymore. It's like a mixture of all these weird accents because he can't. Because he's been here for ages. Yeah, he's been here for ages. Anyways. Yeah, right. Okay. Whoa.

All right, well, me and you are the brave ones willing to put ourselves on the line. The good thing about Boston is there's certain words you can say that you can emphasize. I'm walking here. Okay. Whoa! All right, well, man, you are the brave ones willing to put ourselves on the line. The good thing about Boston is there's certain words you can say that you can emphasize. I'm walking here. Talk. Hey, I'm coffee. I'm talking here. I'm walking to get a coffee.

Take him a coffee. I'll have a pizza. Pizza. Have you guys seen that TikTok very quickly? Sorry, have you seen the TikTok of the guy that's like, I'm walking here. And this lady, he's a tourist, like putting on an accent,

and she goes, we don't even talk like that. I don't know what you're talking about. And it's hilarious. She's like, we don't even say that. We don't ever say I'm walking here. That's very good. I also kind of think it's probably staged,

but very funny. Don't you hate that? No, no, I believe. Guys, big question to ask. How was the movies last night? Oh, yeah. I know you guys have got to go and get a call for us in a No, no, I believe. Guys, big question to ask. How was the movies last night? Oh, yeah. I know you guys have got to go and get a call for us in a second. Yeah, we do.

Can you rate Batman for us? The Batman? The movie or the popcorn? Oh, you do the movie. You do the movie. I guess you can do the popcorn. Movie? Phenomenal.

One of the best Batmans there has been ever. Better than The Dark Knight? Yes, I think it is. Whoa! Better than The Dark Knight? I think it was bang on what the comic style of Batman is what they've been trying to get. They've nailed it with him. And was it three hours long? Yeah, just shy. It was

incredible. Not boring though. Wow. Okay, big from Anastasia. How was the popcorn? Popcorn was delicious but Ben has mixed reviews but I had two boxes so He wasn't there to review the popcorn. Did you get a nut choc top? No, I didn't.

Okay, you guys get your cola. You can do that. That's fine. I'm getting us free tickets, by the way, to Batman. Do you want to go on a date to Batman? I'd love to go on a date. Because I want to see it. I want to go and see it.

So do I. Shit, three hours though. Three hours with me. Another three hours with me. You'll have to do three hours with me and then go and do three hours with me. Oh, God. Quick thumbs up, Ben. Did you and Anastasia sit together at the movies?

No. They said they wouldn't. Rude. They drove together to the movies and then sat separately. We weren't even in the same cinema. Oh, really? They split everyone up.

What cinema were you in? Two. Yeah. I love that Anastasia cared so little for you. She didn't even register whether you were in the same cinema as her. They did this thing called a delayed seating where we had to rock up. I didn't know this.

We rocked up 30 minutes earlier and then had to wait in the cinema for 30 minutes for other people to arrive. So everyone got... What time did your movie start then? It started at 6.45, but our time was 6.15. And then it was 6. started at 6.45 but our time was 6.15 and then it was 6.30, 6.45.

You lost me. Anyways, so that people wouldn't be all rocking at the same time for COVID. Should we try and get Brie on the podcast tomorrow? See if we can get her

for the podcast intro? I'm calling her tomorrow before the show so we'll ask. We have to find out what the filming schedule is for Naked Attraction though. Yeah. Well, that doesn't matter if she's naked or she's just a schedule is for Naked Attraction though. Yeah. Well that doesn't matter

if she's naked or she's just a ghost. No she can be naked. Maybe we can guess. Although if she's naked will she have her phone on her because where she's going to put it? Well you don't want to know. I thought it was her maths wedding day. Oh right. Oh yeah that's the show she's on. I thought she was deciding

I thought tomorrow she had to decide whether she's going to love it or lust it. They're doing Naked Attraction maths. I thought she was deciding I thought tomorrow She had to decide Whether she's going to Love it or list it They're doing Naked attraction maps I thought she was Deciding whether to say Yes or no to the dress To the dress Okay

What's the love it or list it one Love it or list it It's a trick called Love it or list it I'm more of a Location location location Love it or list it Is such a good show Ben

It's such a good show A couple A couple will go And say One of the couple will say I want to sell our house, I'm sick of it I hate this house And the other person will say

No, we just need to spruce the place up a bit And we'll be happy here So then they have an interior decorator That sounds like a show full of arguments Interior decorator and a real estate agent The real estate agent tries to sell them on New houses And the interior decorator goes We can just spruce up your house and does the house and does the house but does

the house with the people's own money yeah so you go you go we've got a budget of 60 grand and they go cool i'll spend your 60 grand yeah and do your house totally and then they come back and they go you did a good job but i hate it we're gonna move yeah or we love it we're gonna stay because that if you move you can sell it for more it's just been done up totally sorry I got the words

wrong we love it we're going to lust it yeah we hate it we're going to lust it yeah okay

jeez get Brie on whatever TV show she's on get her on we need her let's podcast have a wicked night

fam see you soon it took me two weeks but i figured out your name's in the show and i shouldn't talk over it and do you know what's gonna happen as soon as brie comes back you're gonna leave a really awkward pause now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because you're going to be waiting for my name and it's not going to be there. Welcome to the show, everybody, on quite an exciting day. Man, I'm so gutted Rhythm and Parliament's over.

I was going to head down this weekend. I heard Dead Sky was playing this weekend. Just as David Guetta was about to touch down in the country to go and rock it out. Did they even get the fireworks? The midnight fireworks at Rhythm in Parliament? They got the start of that video countdown and then it cut off. And then the police were like, nah. Yeah.

Well, hopefully you got your passion on the steps of Parliament in your Instagram photo. Because she all over, baby. We've got a reporter on the scene down there at Parliament today who's been there all day covering the police, shutting everything down. We're going to cross to Nick James in the next 20 minutes and find out exactly what it's like. Is it actually over? Have they moved everybody on yet?

It's going to take a while. There's toilet blocks, there's shower blocks there, there's permanent structures they've got to take down. And can I get a bargain on a slightly used tent? I'm planning on setting up camp this winter somewhere. I've seen some very nice tents down there. Yeah, although I get a bargain on a slightly used tent? I'm planning on setting up camp this winter somewhere. I've seen some very nice tents down there. Yeah, although I get the sense that some of those people

probably didn't use the shower blocks, at least for the first couple of weeks. True. I'll get a really good price on the tent then. Do you want their tent? Yeah, right. Oh, that's live vision there. Man, the place has got a lot of cleaning up to do.

Also today on the show, add to cart, we've got social media sensation Christine Phillip as cart up for grabs today. You might follow her and her cute babies on Instagram. Her last item will be added to cart at four o'clock. And the Honda Jazz, which I'm driving at the moment, drove it into work. Loving it.

Loving it. I mean, it's a beautiful car. Nice leather seats. You can get in the draw to win that at 6 o'clock this evening. But we'll start the show with Tradie vs Lady this afternoon. If you can get three questions correct, you can have 50 bucks cash thanks to KFC. A Tradie

and a Lady is what we need. Call now. We'll play after the Kid Leroy and Justin Bieber on ZM. Let's play Tradie vs. Lady. Bree and Clint. Tradie vs. Lady. Okay, the scores are 12-13 in favour of the ladies.

Our lady today is from Hamilton. She's 30 and she loves playing Dungeons & Dragons. Welcome to the show, Jade. Hey, how you going? Good, how are you? Yeah, good. So tell me about, what is Dungeons & Dragons? Is it like a board game?

Yeah, it's a tabletop game, like, not that you use your imagination. I love it. And roll dice, that has 25, so it's pretty fun. Maddie's big on Settlers of Catan. Is it comparable? I haven't played that one. Okay. No, it's not. Yeah, okay.

Let's meet your opposition today. His name is Mike. He's a tradie from Tauranga. And get this, he also loves playing Dungeons & Dragons. Oh. Welcome to the show, Mike. Hey, how are you? Good.

You guys are not part of the same Dungeons & Dragons club, are you? You're not part of the same community? Same community, but probably not the same club. Yeah, right. Okay. Interesting. Oh, well well good for you guys It's rising in popularity I know Vaughan's right into his D&D

At the moment Is he really? Yeah Yeah big time Wow Jade your buzzer is lady Mike your buzzer is tradie First to three correct answers

Is going to get $50 cash Thanks to our friends at KFC Good luck Alright question number one Manu Vatuvai has been sentenced To three years in prison On meth charges. Which league team did he play for?

Trady. Yes, Mike. The Warriors. That's correct. Got it, Mike. Question number two. Hayley Sproul from The Breakfast Show won Best Entertainment Presenter at the TV Awards last night. What comedy panel show does she host?

Trady. Yes, Mike. Are you... You're close. You're close. Are you... I don't watch TV, but I've seen the ad on...

I'm going to buzz you out. Yeah, buzz you out. Jade, do you want a free guess? Oh, gosh. I listened to this this morning, too, and I wouldn't have a clue. Have you been paying attention? Which clearly neither of you have It was on the tip of your tongue though Mike

I know you were there Alright, question number three Simon Levive is the con man who swindled women around the world out of thousands of dollars and then had a Netflix series made about him. What dating app did he use to swindle the women? Yes Jade Tinder Got it had a Netflix series made about him. What dating app did he use to swindle the women? Yes, Jade.

Tinder. The Tinder swindler. Got it. Well done. That's one apiece. Question number four. There's a video doing the rounds on social media showing the Ukrainian president competing

on an old series of Dancing with the Stars. He's amazing. He's very good as well. Which country is he now at war with? Trady. Yes, Mike? Russia. Got it.

Vladimir. His name is Vladimir, right? Vladimir. He's a hero. Yeah. Okay, question number five. You could win this, Mike, right here, right now. Radio host Heather de Plessis-Allen and her political editor husband Barry Soper have had a baby boy.

What talkback radio station do they both work for? Oh, good question. Yes, Mike. Talkback ZB. Oh, can't give it to you for talkback ZB. Do you want to have a guess, Jade? Oh, pass. Oh, all the pieces are there.

It's so, you're so... News talk. News talk. Yeah, sorry, can't give that to anyone now.'s so, you're so... News Talk. News Talk. Yeah, sorry, can't give that to anyone now. But yes, it is News Talk ZB. We carry on. Okay, question number six. Who sings this song?

Lady? Yes, Jade. Oh, gosh, L-E-V? I don't know. Oh, gosh, L.A.V.? I don't know. No, Mike. 660. That's the one. He did it.

That's the one. The other big New Zealand band, 660. Hey, well done, Mike. That was a tight battle, but you've got 50 bucks cash thanks to KFC. Awesome. Thank you so much. No problem. And that evens it out. We're at 13 apiece.

13 games all. Currently, the police in Wellington are in the process of ending the protest. They're in Wellington and they're in the process of ending the protest, right? Yes. And it is all on. So they have been there since

the early hours of this morning and what they say was a targeted planned removal of the protest. This was not just an on-the-whim decision that the police made. No, it was coordinated, right? It was coordinated. Today was going to be the day and they are making real efforts to remove those protesters right now, pushing them down the road, tearing up the tents that have been left there by the protesters.

But there's still a big job ahead of them. The pitches are quite incredible. So we need to talk to our reporter who's on the ground from Newstalk ZB. Nick James is with us. Hi, Nick. Hi, guys. How are you guys? Good.

How are you doing, though, Nick? Are you all right? Yeah, yeah. Not too bad here. I'm at a? Good. How are you doing, though, Nick? Are you all right? Yeah, yeah, not too bad here. I'm at a fair distance here on Parliament's balcony, but it is pandemonium here. Yeah, police are just ripping tent structures down left, right and centre. It's pretty wild. We've never seen anything like this.

Do the police seem to have a handle on the situation? Are they in control of the situation at the moment, Nick? Yeah, 100%. I mean, obviously protesters are trying to fight back, but the amount of, you know, there's riot police here. There's literally hundreds of police here.

As I'm looking out, they've cleared, I'd say, I don't know, about a fifth of Parliament's front lawn that's been occupied for the past 23 days. So this is crazy. Yeah, they're just moving pretty much down Parliament as they go, really.

We're just looking at the live pictures now, and they're at the front of the grounds there at the moment, just tearing up tents, ripping right through. And the protesters don't really see any chance at the moment, as far as I can see, to kind of push anything back at this point. Is this the final frontier for the protests? The police spent the morning clearing the streets, right? And now the Parliament lawn is the last area of Wellington to be cleared?

There is a little bit to go. Essentially, police are kind of... They also need to essentially clear Molesworth Street as well, which is the street pretty much directly in front of Parliament. But they're essentially going through that process now as they clear Parliament lawn. So it's essentially, they're just going straight along that area. And I'd say once that's done, it's almost pretty much cleared. Cleared inside Parliament.

But of course, there's still all those cars parked out on Molesworth Street outside Parliament, right? So there's still a long way to go before the protesters are actually fully gone from the area. Definitely, yeah. So there's still those cars outside Parliament, which, you know, there's huge, you know, there's camper vans, there's some trucks, you know, cars, all

that stuff. So it's still a massive operation, but this is the craziest we've seen it. It's full on. If you had to hazard a guess, Nick, how many police do you think are involved in this operation today? Oh, it's got to be around 300 or something along those lines. It's definitely hundreds of people. And like I said before, all varieties, you know, you've got riot shields,

police with some pretty big armour on, and just regular police as well. It's crazy. We can see some protesters squirting milk, what looks like milk, into their eyes. The police are using pepper spray, is that right? Yes, yeah. So they used a bit of pepper spray this morning as well, and that's what protesters were doing. They were spraying milk into their eyes. Yeah, so they used a bit of pepper spray this morning as well, and that's what protesters were doing.

They were spraying milk into their eyes. Some actually pretty awful scenes, really. Yeah. You know, I saw some people this morning that were screaming, and, yeah, it's pretty violent, I'd say. Yeah, I don't think anybody wanted it to get to this point, but I listened to the police commissioner this morning say that they believe the protest has changed. Like anyone who was there with good intentions from the start,

it's been overtaken by people who have bad intentions now. And so that's why they've decided it has to go, right? Yeah, well, yeah, exactly. And I mean, like the mood has changed. You know, walking around the sort of outskirts of it today and yesterday, you know, if you're a media person,

you just, you just, it's almost dangerous to go down there. They just, you know, people don't like you and it's really aggressive.

Yeah. I watched a bunch of the live streams this morning, the New Zealand Herald one, and one of the stuff reporters who was doing a live stream was getting threatened and

physically pushed out of it, so it is scary. Is this the most crazy day of your journalistic career so far, Nick? I think so, definitely. It started sort of at 5am this morning and it's been going and going and going, so yeah, definitely full on. Hey, well stay safe out there, Nick, and that goes for all of

your colleagues as well down there. You've been doing such a fantastic job reporting on the situation down there for us. Definitely. Awesome. Thank you so much. There you go. That is Newstalk ZB reporter Nick James live from the protest in Wellington where police are pushing through and it looks like they're going to have this scene cleared

by the end of the day, right? Yeah, but then as you and I were talking about, after this they've got such a big job to kind of fix what the damage that's been done to the actual grounds themselves it's going to be a shit show

down there for a long time yeah so yeah wow quite an incredible day some amazing pictures if you want to see them go and check out

nzherald.co.nz Brie and Clint Maddie's here filling in for Brie we got the big news last week that you're engaged to be married

stop talking about it you've kind of gone quiet about it for now there's more people to tell Mad that you're engaged to be married. Stop talking about it. You've kind of gone quiet about it. For now. There's more people to tell, Matty. You've got to keep the news out there. We should start our breaks with it. I'm engaged to be married.

I found this today, which I think is particularly relevant for you. It's marriage advice from a couple who have been married for 70 years. Fantastic. Can you imagine doing anything for 17 years? Do you know what? Let alone doing the same person. Literally. I love my fiancé, Ryan, obviously.

But? I'm very excited to marry him, but 70 years is a long time. My wife would say the same thing. She'd go, give me a hot 30. And then we'll reassess. Exactly. So this couple is, he's 95 and she's 97.

Ooh, cougar. He's dating an older lady. Totally. Go him. They met on a blind date in 1949. Adorable. She went swimming off a boat and couldn't get back in. So he had to dive in and push her over to the side of the

boat and the rest is history. Fantastic. So here are the tips. It's quite long. There's quite a few of them but I think they're quite good and there's some that I haven't heard before. Okay, perfect. So these are tips for a successful and happy marriage from a couple that have been married for 70 years. Number one, be proud of each other for whatever reason. Being the life

and soul of the party, being a good boss, winning medals, cooking a nice dinner, whatever it is, be proud of your partner. Yeah, I like that. I'm firmly in Ryan's corner. Like I'm a big cheerleader for anything that he does. Yes, you are. And he for you as well.

And definitely him. You share in each other's successes. Same with Lucy and I. Totally. So that's good. Trust each other's successes. Same with Lucy and I. Totally. So that's good. Trust each other's instincts 100%. If the other person says they've got a funny feeling about the place,

say, okay, we're leaving now and go. Right. Trust their instincts. Don't second guess them, okay? Roll with it. Yeah. Well, I guess you've got to be, you've got to make sure

that both parties are comfortable. Comfortable. Yeah, and that's what it comes down to as well, right? Yep. Miss one another when you're apart for any length of time. Okay, see, this is an issue. I struggle with this one. This is an issue. I mean, I miss Ryan,

but I know, Ryan, whenever I get home from a work trip away or whatever, or the weekend away, I say, I really missed you. And he says, yeah. Yeah. I have the same thing. Me too. Did you miss me? And weekend away, I say, I really missed you. And he says, yeah. Yeah, I have the same thing. I say it all the same. Me too.

Did you miss me? And she goes, I had a good sleep without you. So they say, if you want a successful marriage, miss each other a lot. Okay. Controversial. Yeah, Ryan, are you listening? Have reasonable expectations.

It says here that the wife in this marriage, when she got married, she shared a one-size-fits-three wedding dress. So her and three other women, two other women shared the dress. And she was never fussed about things like extending the kitchen. So they're saying just lower your expectations, I think. I don't know if I agree with that one either.

No, I'm not sure that I get that one. Yeah, because you've got to push yourselves, right? You've got to push each other. And push each other, totally. But that's their advice, and they're the ones who have been married for seven years. Okay, do you do this? Say you love each other often

and show your appreciation for each other every day. Again, I do. Ryan, whenever I'm, because I do say I love you quite often and Ryan's like, I know you do. You tell me all the time. I love you. I know. Well, so long as you're saying it, okay?

Totally. If the marriage ever breaks down, it's not on you. No, exactly. And also, I know it. His point is, I don't have to tell you every day for you to know that I love you. So his saying, I know, is him going,

yes, me too, shut up. This one's hard for you because of the hours that you do. Yeah. Okay, so this piece of marriage advice says, go to bed at the same time, even if that means you follow your partner to bed at 8 o'clock. No, see, Ryan is so good. He will always come to bed with me.

Really? Almost always. Because you get up at what, 3.30 in the morning? Yeah, so I go to bed about 8, 8.30, and he will always come to bed with me. Will he stay up and read or something like that? And you'll just go to sleep? Yeah.

Wow, okay, that's really good. Or listen to a podcast or whatever. Yeah. Sometimes he will that and you'll just go to sleep. Wow, okay. That's really good. Or listen to a podcast or whatever. Sometimes he will get up after I've gone to sleep and we'll go out into the lounge and watch TV

but he always comes to bed with me. Wow, okay. So there we go. We're doing pretty well so far. I reckon. Here are some don'ts. Okay.

And I told you this is long but we're going to get through these. Some of these are controversial. Don't go to sleep on an argument. We know that one. Don't let yourself go in the appearance department.

Too late. This is not my advice. This is their advice, okay? They've been married for 70 years. You should keep putting in effort in your appearance. Don't beat them at sports too often. Don't become a serious gardener because serious gardeners

go to bed too early because they're tired and they also won't leave home to go on holiday in case their flowers die which leads to boredom in the relationship.

Right. I thought they meant like in home gardening. Oh. Indoor gardening. Indoor gardening. No, real gardening. Okay, real gardening.

Yeah. Couple more. Go shopping together even if it means following the other person around shops all day and when they find something that they love, buy it for them. Yep.

Stay amused and entertained by all the things that amused and entertained you at the beginning of the relationship. Like if they were a clumsy dit who left their petrol cap on the top of the car when you first got together, and you're like, ha ha, you're so silly. You can't then get annoyed by it later on down the track. Don't get bitter and twisted and hate that later on.

See the funny side of everything. And the final one is be brave. down the track. Don't get bitter and twisted and hate that later on. See the funny side of everything. And the final one is be brave. I love that. Isn't that? Some of that's really nice. That's such good advice. Yeah. I mean, the don't let yourself go one is a bit controversial.

Very. And also, Ryan, just once in a while, just say I love you. Yeah, that's all it takes. Bree and Clint. It's time for the latest. From iHeartRadio. This is the latest live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Dean's here.

This is an amazing story. Someone's suing the Tinder swindler, Dean. Hi, guys. Yeah, you'd think that it would be all the women that he swindled with his Tinder swindling fake lifestyle. It is, in fact, the billionaire family that he pretended to be a part of. They're suing him in the Tel Aviv magistrate. Here's the thing, right?

They are so livid by this because their name has been dragged into this ugly story. It's been published all around the world. They're a very private family. They're a diamond billionaire, darling. But I think this is hilarious that they obviously haven't watched the Tinder swindler. He's not actually rich.

I don't know what they're hoping to get out of this. I don't know. Meanwhile, my friends call me the grinder swindler, he's not actually rich. I don't know what they're hoping to get out of this. I don't know. Meanwhile, my friends call me the Grindr swindler, and I think that is a low blow. Low blow. What are you doing, Dean? What do you swindle? Just trips on private jets?

No, it's on the weekends. Trips out on yachts? Well, my friend has a plane. Yeah, my friend screenshot me on the plane and sent it around and said, look, it's the Grindr swindler. Swindling anything. You should follow Dean McCarthy on Instagram, by the way, because the Grindr swindler has a good ring to it.

Once you see the lifestyle that Dean lives, he is LA fabulous. You and Simon Levive are living a very similar lifestyle right now, Dean. There you go. A lot of people will be quite excited to hear that the Tinder swindler is getting sued But like Dean said, there's not much to take him for No, just take his last name

Yeah, exactly right Take the name off him Yeah, true That's the latest live from Dean McCarthy out of Hollywood So I am engaged Yes Yes And so we've started

God, I tell you what Planning a wedding is exciting It's also incredibly stressful There's a lot of admin A lot of admin And also you just want to make sure Am I picking the right things? Yeah

You've also chosen to get married In the midst of a pandemic Yes So that adds a layer of stress to it as well Absolutely My neighbour's wedding is this weekend And their photographer has just gone down with COVID And the person who weekend and their photographer has just gone down with COVID and the person who does the spray tan has just gone down with COVID.

Not the spray tan. The spray tan is crucial for the bride. You laugh, but the spray tan is pre-organised. Well, it's funny because I actually did, because I'm booked to do a wedding for some friends in a couple of weeks. Yeah. I'm a celebrant as well. And I had to call today to say,

what are the rules if I get COVID maybe a couple of days beforehand? What can be done? Oh, right. So can you get like a sub in? Yeah. And what is the deal? Well, you can.

Can you get an off the rack celebrant? In normal circumstances, you probably wouldn't be able to swap out celebrants so quickly, but in this... They've changed the rules. They've changed the rules. Wow, that's buzzy. So we've been talking about where you're going to get married.

Yes, and yesterday we went and had a look at our first venue. I saw the pictures of this place. It's stunning. And it's so exciting, eh? It's so exciting. Because you start... As someone who has had their big day, you visualise everything

You step in there and you go Oh my god this would go here And we'd do this here And I'd marry you over here And we'd get our photos over here Can I tell you something On the way Look it might not surprise you

To know I'm the emotional one Of the two of us In our relationship No On the way to the venue yesterday An old song by Remember James Morrison remember James Morrison? Yes.

James Morrison. Was it Broken Strings? No, it wasn't Broken Strings. I can't remember what the song was, but this James Morrison song came on and I got quite overwhelmed by the emotion of the whole thing. I started crying in the car.

On the way to the venue. On the way to the venue. On the way to the venue. And Ryan goes, stop it now. This is not happening for the next, like, year. You are going to be an absolute mess on the day. I'll be a wreck.

You're going to be a hot mess. So you've seen a venue that you like. And fell in love with it pretty instantly, actually. I've seen pictures. It's like a hilltop venue out in the country, right, is how you would describe it. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.

Like so many places you know those big sprawling farms are being turned into stunning venues amazing I thought our wonderful listenership this afternoon could offer you some advice on where not to get married I love this

because I honestly do need all the help that I can get I can add it to the excel spreadsheet that Ryan started. Did you ever dream location in mind, but in reality, it was a frigging nightmare? And we're not necessarily, we're not looking to name and shame specific venues. No.

This is just the overall vibe of a venue. Like, did you say, I want to have a beach wedding in Fiji, but in reality, it was way too humid. You couldn't get your makeup to set. You couldn't get your hair in the right place or something like that. Did you think it would be a great idea to have it on your parents' farm,

but for whatever reason, maybe it flooded or something like that? You know, any of those watchouts that Maddie and Ryan should have. I don't see you as farm wedding people, but you know, it could be an option. I'm definitely not. But also you've got to think about,

you've got to think about, there's so many things to think about. We went to a wedding recently and the groomsmen wore lilac shirts. Oh yeah. It was central Otago in the middle of summer. Can you imagine the colour that those lilac shirts turned by the end of the ceremony? It was not

good. 0800DALZM this afternoon or text us on 9696. We want to know wedding venue fails. Do not get married at this type of place, Matty, because you'll regret it. And this is the reason why. Please help me. That's what we want to know this afternoon.

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And what it is, is The Real Pod. Brought to you by the Spinoff Podcast Network and available wherever you get your pods. We're talking weddings. Wedding venues. Wedding venues, because I'm getting married and we've started planning already you just mentioned before that there was a

James James Arthur James Morrison song that brought you to tears on the way to the venue was this it don't do this to me was this it

yeah I'm gonna well up I don't know what it was it was just something you know it's a sign eh it means this is your aisle song. Yeah, might be. This is the song you need to. Ryan was like, we've got 12 more months of this.

Stop it now. Oh, God. He's getting glassy. I actually am. Shall we want to know from you guys, do you have any watchouts, any like, do not get married here stories? Please.

Like, did you get married on the beach and then you just got a face full of sand? Yeah, or you got crabs. There were crabs. There were crabs is what I meant. Choose your words kindly if you get into radio. Please. That's the key.

Chum is here. Save us from this, chum. Good afternoon. I don't know if anyone can save you from that. If anyone can save us, it's a man called Chum. Yeah. So you're a wedding celebrant, Chum. I am a wedding celebrant. Oh, good. You would have done ceremonies all over the place. Yeah, I have. I know the venue that you guys are talking about. Great venue. But I've had heaps of

wedding fails. On the weekend, I was doing a wedding and there was no shelter whatsoever. There was no shade. From the sun? From the sun. And everyone was sweating something chronic. People were like trying not to pass out kind of thing. We had to stop the wedding to make sure the bride was okay

so she could, you know, wipe the sweat away. That is such a good consideration. I've actually been a groomsman at a wedding like that. A best man, actually. And I had to take charge of the situation because the bride was running late. Sit the wedding party down. I was like, okay, everybody, you go over to the shade.

We're going to sit the boys down. They're absolutely melting over here. And, you know, bad enough for women, but guys are usually wearing full suits as well. Yeah. And, God, I sweat at the best of times. Me too. Yeah, well, don't wear a full suit then.

Yeah, okay. Maybe that's a good point. Wait, what's your suggestion? Maybe get married in a sarong? Yeah, that's perfect. You know, I'll be there. Comfort is key, chum. What's the weirdest place you've held a wedding, chum?

Well, I was meant to do a wedding dressed as a pirate. That would have been quite interesting. Why? Why a pirate. That would have been quite interesting. Why? Why a pirate? I don't know. This couple had an idea that that would be a cool thing, and then they're like, oh, you've got a motorbike. Maybe we could do like a Westie.

I love these people. That's cracker. Chums, the pirate slash motorbike wedding celebrant. Google them, everybody. Thanks, Chum. We appreciate it. Google him, everybody. Thanks, chum. We appreciate it. Bex is here. Hi, Bex.

Hi. You've got advice for Matty on where he should absolutely not get married. What is it? On a farm in the middle of winter. Oh. Was this from your own personal experience? No, this is my best friend.

I was her bridesmaid. And she, so they laid out these tiles for her to walk on. Yeah. So, you know, walking down the aisle. And by the time she got to the end of the aisle, her dress had mud all over it. The tiles had pretty much just sunk. Oh, no.

Oh, my God. She didn't even change it. No. It was a beautiful white dress. And then apparently it was color changing and decided, you know, it wanted to be brown. It wanted to be a brown dress now. She still has the dress and has not washed it. So there's just mud caked onto the bottom of the dress now.

She even got divorced, and she was like, she should have taken the muddy dress as a sign on the day. Yeah, definitely. Why a farm? What was the significance of the farm? It was her ex-parent, like, parents-in-law.

They own the farm, so it was cheaper for them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cheaper, not always better when it comes to weddings, I guess.

No, no. Okay. Hey, that's really good advice. We'll give that to Maddie. We do not want your dress going brown on the day, Maddie. Yeah, it needs to stay perfect. That's good advice

everybody. Thank you very much. I'm a really big reality TV fan and I know you like some reality TV shows. You got big into Selling Sunset, right? Oh my god, I love Selling Sunset. My partner, Ryan, and I have recently started

watching The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Yeah. I mean, it's been on for such a long time, and I cannot believe it has taken me this long to start watching it. Well, there's so many. There's OC, Beverly Hills, New York, Atlanta. Auckland. We had Auckland.

Yeah. Yeah. And now, look, Gilda Kirkpatrick's at the bloody protest. That's right. There's a whole other reality TV show they need to make. But one of my favourite parts of the Real Housewives shows, and there's a lot of things to love about it, is the insane fights that they have.

And they have fights over the pettiest things, but they go into full-blown shouting, screaming, throwing things at each other, tossing tables. things, but they go into full blown shouting, screaming, throwing things at each other, tossing tables. But one of the most iconic things that these women do is they seem to always have a glass in

hand and they'll throw a glass of water, a glass of wine, whatever it is, at each other. You don't watch Married at First Sight, eh? No. The last season of Married at First Sight eh? no the last season of Married at First Sight one of the girls threw a full glass

of red wine at one of the other girls at the dinner party and she was wearing a white dress but it is like it's like a bomb going off

in an argument right? could you ever imagine doing that to someone? no no I couldn't no but there's some

this one particular fight I saw on this most recent episode that I watched happen in Amsterdam at this restaurant. Some people were eating dinner there and drinking. Yeah. And all of a sudden this happens. You better watch what you talk about me or everybody will know.

Everybody will know. You will know. You understand that? Everybody will know. Near my husband. Everybody will know. You don't understand that. Everybody will know. Everybody will know. What you don't want. Whoa. I know.

So not only did a glass of wine get thrown in her face, the woman then threw the glass and then smashed the stem of the glass on the table. It was insane. So I thought to myself, when am I ever going to get into a fight like that? When am I ever going to get that riled up with someone that

I'm going to throw a glass of water or wine in their face? Hopefully never. Hopefully never. But I also think what a sad life it would be if I died having never thrown a glass of water in someone's face before. And as your friend, I would

like to help make any dream you have come true. Thank you so much. I really appreciate this. So you are standing right in front of me right now. I have a glass of water in my hand. I've put a safety t-shirt on. I'm in a specially

designated area because there's a lot of technology in the studio. Yes. So I'm going to stand up. So I'm going to give you permission to throw a glass of water in my face. I so appreciate this.

But I need you in character. I need you angry first. Oh, okay. And I need you upset about something and you need to come at me with a line. Okay.

Okay. All right. Okay. What am I going to say? Okay, I think I've got it. All right. All right. Okay. What am I going to say? Okay, I think I've got it. All right. All right. How dare you?

How dare you call me a skank? You are trash, Clint Roberts. You will always be trash. And I hope the garbage man collects you from the pavement right now. Oh, that was a full glass as well. That was chilled as well. That was so satisfying. I tell you what, that is a real circuit breaker in an argument.

I reckon you should fold that into your regular set. Because what do you do? What do you do now? I would have to throw a full plate of food in there. I'd have to take it up one. Bree and Clint. Time to find the greatest Googler in all the land. Google, are you down, down, down, down, down, down, down?

What the hell? I think Google's actually... Our weekly quest to find the fastest thing... No. To find the best Googler. You've just got to rapidly look up answers. You'll be taking on Maddy, Anastasia and myself. And the person with that job today is Jo.

Hey, Jo. Hey. Tell us what we're Googling on this afternoon. We'll Google on the same device as you. I'm on my work computer at the moment. Computer? Oh, okay. Two screens.

Joe, are you sure you don't want to do your phone? We can definitely do laptops. No, no, I know I'm... Whatever, I don't care. Let's do laptops. Let's do laptops. Anastasia, you run and get your laptop. Oh, I think this might work to my advantage

because I've found that I'm not fast on my phone. Are you a touch type? How about you guys do it on your phone and I'll do it on my phone? No, do it. It's not quite how the game works, Joe. I'm going to be on the even playing field. With Bree away, Ben is going to give us the questions. All you've got to do is yell out the answer

as soon as you have it from Google. It's not the correct answer. It's the most common answer on Google that gets the point right. And it's first to three points wins. Everybody ready? I'm ready. Okay, Ben, take it away. Okay, here is your first question. What year

did Avatar come out? 2008. 2009. 2009. Oh, damn it. 2009 is correct and Anastasia was first. Yes! But you're right, though. You can yell an answer out.

You can guess it. Oh, yeah, I guessed. So, good guess. I mean, it was wrong, but good job, Clint. But I see where you're going. I almost had it right. I almost had it right. Okay.

All right. I got it early, so the movie. All right. I got an advance copy. A pirated copy. No, no, Jameseron sent me a screener that didn't happen question number two what is michael jordan's net worth 1.6 billion clint has nailed that i googled what is mj. Five million. That could have come up with Michael Jackson's net worth as well.

Yeah. But it didn't. Oh, not a wrong one. Yeah. So we got one to Clint, one to Anastasia. Correct. Third question. Here we go.

Rihanna last brought out an album in 2016. What was the title of that album? Reputation. I read it R. Her last album. No one's got it yet, so we've got two wrong answers. Ante. No, you don't get a second guess.

You don't get a second guess. What was that, Jo? Good Girl. Good Girl is not right. Ante. Matty's got it by default. Ante, yeah, there's Ante. Ante was her last album.

I still couldn't find it. No. Okay, here we go. Come on, Jo, you can get in the game here. And remember, you can yell out an answer if you just want to find it. No. Okay, here we go. Come on, Joe. You can get in the game here. And remember, you can yell out an answer if you just want to guess it. What is Bindi Irwin's husband's name? John. Chandler.

Chandler Powell. Chandler is great. I think Clint was that first, but I'm going to give it to Anastasia because she did the whole thing. Yes! What are you laughing at? What happened? I said Chandler.

Okay. Two to Anastasia, one to Maddie, one to Clint. Next question. What is the population of Wellington in 2021? 2,170,000. 217,000. 217,000. This is good,000. $217,000. You know what?

I'm going to give a point to Jo. That was pandemonium. God, that was like the protest. Everything was everywhere. I don't even think words actually came out of my mouth. There. I had to give it to Jo. She had the cleanest answer.

Okay, here we go. Your next question. So it's one to Jo, two to Anastasia, and one to Mandy. Is that right? One to Chloe. I don't know what's going on. Everyone's on one, Anastasia's on two. Okay, got it. Here we go. How many kilometres is it from the North Pole to the

South Pole? 396.14 12,436 miles. 20,004 kilometres. Maddie's got it. Yeah. 10,801 nautical miles. Wow, also good.

Maddie's got that one. Okay, so it's either going to be Anastasia or Maddie. And I'll play for Joe. And you play for Joe. Joe, if I get it, you get the point, okay? So we're working together here. Okay, here we go. Your last question on Google Down.

How tall is Hagrid from Harry Potter in metres slash centimetres? Eight foot six inches. 2.59 metres. Maddie's got it. Those are too good. The Harry Potter champion is the Google Down champion. Well done, Maddie. Sorry, Joe, I did my best for you there.

No, no worries. All good. That was fun. Yeah, it was fun. You get the KFC, just not the title. So well done. Oh, sweet. Okay.

We'll send you 50 KFC chicken dollars. Enjoy that, Jo. Well done, Maddie. Thank you so much. You seem so happy for me right now. No, I'm really happy for you. You two are possibly the most competitive people in the room. And these backhanded congratulations are so fun to watch.

Thank you. You really stepped up today. I really appreciate it. Thank you. Bree and Clint. Are. I really appreciate it. Thank you. Bree and Clint. Are you losing your hair at the moment? Or is your partner losing their hair? And is it a sensitive issue?

Yeah. I know for a lot of guys, a lot of my friends going through, it's a real confidence shaker. You know? Yeah. I've got a bit of a widow's peak going on. You've got a slight recede. Yeah. It's not terrible, but it's not great.

There's nothing at the back. Is it in your family? They say it's the jeans on your mother's side for a man, apparently. My granddaughters weren't too bad. They had thin hair, but they didn't fully bald or anything like that. I've got mates who lost their hair in their early 20s. I know. And there's nothing that you can do in that situation.

No. Or is there? Matthew McConaughey has given an interview where he has said what he did to grow his hair back. Because at the turn of the century, in like 1999, 2000, Matthew McConaughey had seriously thinning hair. He says he had like a baseball sized bald spot on the back of his

head. Wow. See, I'm looking at a photo of him now. He has a very good head of hair. Yeah. So what did he do? How did he manage to get his hair to stay there? Like a Rogaine or something like that. It's not Rogaine. He didn't do anything like that. This is what he says. You can go back and look at things like the wedding

planner and those things. You'll see. I was losing it. I got a picture of a party at 2000 in Jamaica and I was looking down laughing. There was a baseball-sized bald spot right there at the top of my head. How did it grow back? That's a great mystery. I'll tell you what. I shaved it off because I'd read that, hey, get a fresh start. I shave it off

and then I get this topical ointment and I rub it into my scalp once a day for 10 minutes. I was fully committed. No propitiation, no nothing. It was just manual labor. And, hey, I don't know. That's all I can tell you is it came back.

I have more hair now than I had in 1999. Annoying thing about that interview is he doesn't say what the topical ointment is. Right. There's some ointment out there that he was given, which he says he massaged into his scalp and his hair came back. You'd find, I bet we could find it. If you Google proper, if you do

the right Google keywords I'm sure you'd find it. You reckon? I reckon. He also though, he's a multi million dollar acting asset. Totally. There would be entire film companies with a vested interest in Matthew McConaughey keeping his hair, you know?

They would have scientists working on it. In the lab? Yeah, yeah, yeah. With beakers and stuff, but you've also got to have the confidence to go bald in the first place. I feel like if I shaved my head, it would not be a good look for me. You say that, and

that's what every guy that I know whose hair has started to go says. But it's like what Matthew McConaughey says. It's that fresh start, right? You've got to reinvent your look. I say this as a man with a full head of hair. Yeah, and a good head of hair as well. I know, and I know that I don't really have a leg to stand on

in this conversation. But at some stage, you've got to do it, right? If that's the way your hair is going, you've got to do it. And I reckon there's people out there who are encouraging their partner to do it at the moment, like ladies who are like, come on, just do it. Just commit. Let's just get it done.

Or are you working with your partner at the moment to fix the problem? And that's what I'd like to talk about this afternoon. What have you or your partner tried to get your hair to grow back? I love this. This is news you can use. It doesn't, well, you might use it, you might steer clear of it altogether.

Like it doesn't have to have worked. You might have been given some old wives tale that said sleep with a banana peel on top of your head. You know, that's what my grandma used to say for arthritis. She's like, you just wrap your hand up in a banana peel. But look, if it works, it works. If it works, it works. Or if it didn't work, it didn't work and you can talk about that too.

And it might be a medical treatment. It might be an old wives tale. It might be some kind of voodoo blessing that you had put on your scalp. I don't know. But do you want to share it with us this afternoon? Yeah, let me know if I need to go and do a rain dance tonight before I go to bed.

Call us on 0800 dials at M or text into 9696 this afternoon. We want to know, what did you try to get you or your partners here to grow back? Bree and Clint. If you or your partner are going bald at the moment and it's an issue, like it's not a problem with going bald obviously

but if it is an issue and you're trying to grow up back at the moment matthew mcconaughey has offered some advice check it out you can go back and look at things like the wedding planner and those things you'll see i was losing i got a picture party at 2000 in jamaica and i was looking down laughing and i mean there was a baseball size bald spot right there at the top of my head how did it grow back that's a great mystery i tell you what i shaved it off because I'd read that, hey, get a fresh start. I shave it off, and then I get this topical ointment, and I rub it into my scalp once a day for 10 minutes. I was fully committed. No, no propitiation, no nothing. It was just manual labor. And I don't know. That's

all I can tell you is it came back. I have more hair now than I had in 1999. Someone's texted in to say that it's not the ointment necessarily that made it grow back. It's the act of actually massaging your scalp, right? Right. They're saying that's what did it. I have a friend who went bald very young and he now offers a shaving ceremony for friends.

He goes, he'll sort of get in the area quietly over a few beers and go, hey bro, it's time. Like it's time. Almost like an intervention. A little bit. Yeah. Look, let's not delay the inevitable. Yeah. He goes, let's keep drinking. And then later tonight, once we've had enough, we'll go back to my place and I'll shave you. And? And he has done it to a number of people. He did it to one friend who got halfway through the process and freaked out and went, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I don't

want to do this anymore. Too late, bro. And he ran home with it heart-shaped but he had the full fryer tuck shaved over so they shaved all the top and left all the sides and the next day at about 11 o'clock in the morning he came back and he goes, yeah, you probably just finished this.

There is nothing worse though than one of those kind of like wispy comb overs and it's some dude is desperately trying to cling on to the last five hairs on his head. Someone's texted in and said there's an unspoken secret among women that every time a man is a dick to a woman, his hairline recedes back further.

So if you're nice to women, you won't go bald. I mean, everyone's going, oh, come on. But I bet you then, all the men listening tonight go home and are like the sweetest to their wives tonight. I reckon there's a bunch of bald guys going, hey, that's not fair. I'm actually quite a nice guy. Someone's texted

in to say that rosemary oil on the scalp once every two nights is the secret. I mean, if it doesn't work, at least your head would smell nice. Totally. And someone else has tweeted, texted to say Regenexx

is the stuff that Matthew McConaughey was using. And I Googled it and it does seem to be the thing. Regenexx. Regenexx. And just massage it into your head. Yeah. To do that,

do you have to shave it off first? Well, that's what he seems to think. Do you have to go in bald to do it? Is that because when you, when you shave, your hair grows back, more hair grows back, right?

That's the, that's the logic. Right. Because it comes back thicker? Yeah. Someone else has texted and said, hey Clint, I bet you a thousand dollars

Matthew McConaughey is full of shit and he's got a hairpiece where it's missing. Well, he is rich. He could afford a pretty good hairpiece where it's missing. Well, he is rich. He could afford a pretty good hairpiece. So you might have me there, to be honest. Brian Clint.

It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Brian Clint's birthday banger. We find the number one song on your 16th birthday. We critique it together and then we play the best one in full. Best as chosen by committee. I mean, they're usually very good.

I mean, there's a reason why they went to number one at that particular point in time, right? Totally. They're good songs. At some point, this was the biggest song in the world. It's just often what we're vibing with on the day. Totally. Let's see if Tash has got the right vibes.

Hey, Tash. Hi, how are you? Good, how are you going? Having all right? Yeah, pretty good, thank you. Nice. What about you, Matty? You having all right? I'm having great. Yeah, Tash. Hi, how are you? Good, how are you going? Having alright? Yeah, pretty good, thank you. Nice. What about you, Matt? Are you having alright? I'm having great. Yeah, good.

Do you want your birthday, Tash? The 1st of the 12th, 1997. Alright, Tash, you were 16 on the 1st of December 2013, and this was your number one song. Oh, that's having alright. Great, I would say. Oh, that's having all right. That's having great, I would say.

That's having awesome. Do you like it, Tash? Yes, I do. Yeah, it was one of my favourite songs back in the day. Yeah, it covers a lot of bases, Eminem and Rihanna. And Rihanna, yeah. I reckon it's one of the best Eminem songs, actually. Okay, wait there, Tash.

We'll do a birthday banger for Darren. Kia ora, Darren. Hey, how are you? Good, Daz. How are you doing? Good, good. Having all right? Yeah, I'm having all right.

How are you? I'm having great. Hey, Darren, when's your birthday? 26th of Feb, 91. Wicked, Darren. You were 16 on the 26th of Feb 2007, and this was topping the charts. It's really good to hear your voice Say my name, it sounds so sweet

Oh, Darren. Let's have an age A soft rock banger from Hinda and Lips of an Angel, Maddie looks perplexed. Do you not know Hinda? I don't know this song at all. What year is it? 2007. Where were you in 2007? I don't know this song at all. What year is it? 2007.

Where were you in 2007? I've clearly not listened to Hinder. Darren, do you know this song? I know this song. I like this song. Yeah. What's up? It's about a guy who's cheating on his missus

and calling his other girlfriend while his partner's asleep in the other room. I clearly had my Christina Aguilera Candyman CD stuck in the CD player at the time. You're right, that was the other side of 2007. Okay, Darren, wait there. We've got one more to do for Lucy. Hi, Lucy. Hi, guys.

How are you going? Good. How are you doing? Good, thank you. Awesome, Lucy. When's your birthday? It's the 4th of March, 1999. 99. All right, you were 16 on the 4th of March, Lucy. When's your birthday? It's the 4th of March, 1999. 99.

All right, you were 16 on the 4th of March, 2015, and this was your birthday banger. Whoa. Big, emotive Ellie Goulding banner. Oh, my goodness. From Fifty Shades of Grey, I think. Are you an Ellie Goulding fan, Lucy? Yeah, I guess so.

Not sure if you'd be watching Fifty Shades when you were 16. And, Lucy, it's your birthday this week. I know it is on Friday. Oh, that counts for something. Okay, wait there. We need to make a decision between Eminem the Monster, Hinder's Lips of an Angel, and Ellie Goulding, Love Me Like You Do. What is your gut saying, Maddie? My gut is going with Eminem and monster, Hinder's lips of an angel, and Ellie Goulding, love me like you do.

What is your gut saying, Matty? My gut is going with Eminem and Rihanna. Oh, yeah. That's it. I have to go with my gut, and I'm thinking Ellie Goulding. Go for it. So we'll go to a split decision, and today we'll go to producer Anastasia with the deciding vote.

You can throw Hinder back in there if you want. What's the winner of birthday banger today? I'd already decided this before you guys had. It's got to be Ali Golding. Yeah, right? I'm feeling somber today. I think it's the last really good Ali Golding song, right? Last really big one.

Yeah. I'm not trying to be insulting. No, no, I can kind of agree with that. Lucy, congratulations. Happy birthday for Friday. You just won birthday banger. Thank you so much. Yeah. Lucy, congratulations. Happy birthday for Friday. You just won birthday banger. Thank you so much. Here we go, everybody.

Here's Illy Goulding in Love Me Like You Do on ZM. You're the light. You're the night. You're the colour. Free and Clint. First, though, I promised you a list of foods that you can eat no matter what the use-by date says. I love this so much.

It could be really helpful, you know? Totally. Because there's often those things, you know, you go into your, you all of a sudden decide, I'm cooking this meal tonight. Yeah. And you go into your pantry and you go, oh shit, can I, can I use this? Yeah. It says it's expired by maybe a couple of days.

Or the other way around, you plan this elaborate meal and you buy these weird ingredients and then you don't use them. And then they sit there forever and you go, can I still eat this? Well, this list is going to tell you that once and for all. Okay. So let's start going through these things. By the way, I take no responsibility for your personal gut health if you choose to use this advice. Okay.

I'm just reading it off the Herald website. Right. The first one where the expiry date doesn't matter. And this really surprised me is milk. The date does't matter, and this really surprised me, is milk. The date does not matter. The smell, the lumpiness, and the texture are what matters when it comes to milk. Yeah.

So don't worry about the date. I think we all knew that one, right? I'll go four days after the date. Yeah, about that. But I always do the smell test. Yeah, smell test. A little shake and a little smell. Yeah.

Bread. Bread, the date does not matter. Right. Obviously. Yeah. It's the mold spores. Totally. If it Bread, the date does not matter. Right. Obviously. Yeah. It's the mold spores. Totally. If it's green, maybe don't eat it.

But I mean, just toast it for an extra minute. Yeah, and scrape. And scrape. Eggs. I found this one interesting. Eggs don't matter. If you keep them in the fridge, it extends their usability by as much as three weeks after the use-by date. To be fair, I three weeks after the use-by date.

To be fair, I never look at the use-by date on my eggs. They don't last that long. No, you're right. But I do look at it and notice that actually the date that it says it expires by is so long after the date that you've bought it. Yeah. Right. They'll last like a month according to the date on the thing,

and then they're saying it's even longer than that. If you keep them in the fridge. Yeah. Hard cheese doesn't'll last like a month according to the date on the thing. And then they're saying it's even longer than that. If you keep them in the fridge. Yeah. Hard cheese doesn't matter. Like a cheddar. Again, it's just the mold that matters. Cheese is old. Totally.

That's the whole point of it. Cheese is mold. Especially if it's blue. Yeah, right? It's like a fine wine. You're just increasing the flavor profile. Okay, this one buzzes me out. The expiry date on yogurt doesn't matter.

Yeah, I still wouldn't. I think that would be one of those things where I just wouldn't feel good about it. Yogurt is, it's a breeding, it's culture. Yeah. Right? It is alive. Totally. Good yogurt is, real yogurt is.

So there's already a lumpiness to yogurt. Yeah. So you can't taste for the lumpiness. Until it's in your mouth. Yeah. Yeah. Especially if it's a fresh and for the lumpiness until it's in your mouth. Yeah. Yeah. Especially if it's a fresh and fruity.

And then it's too late. Is that a blueberry or a raspberry? Or is that a lump of something else? Canned food. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

But how long? You know those stories you see and someone finds like a tin of baked beans, Waddy's baked beans? From like the 50s or something.

Well, I was thinking like 2003, but yeah, sure. Yeah, the 50s. They find like a tin of baked beans Waddy's baked beans. From like the 50s or something. Well I was thinking like 2003 but yeah sure, yeah the 50s. They find like a tin of asparagus at Scott Base or something. Yeah. I always wonder if that's good to go. I think I think with that it depends on what it was like if it's really old some of the tins the metal that they used

was not acceptable but now the tins are all lined with like a safety lining, a plastic lining. Totally. But God, if you're hungry and there's nothing else in the pantry, at least crack it open and see, right? Yeah, give it a go. At least the labels come off. Mystery dinner.

Frozen food. When you leave food in the freezer, the quality deteriorates over time, but it's still safe to use. So, oh, here you go. It's generally recommended to eat most freezer foods Within three to six months Wow Oh I've got stuff in there That's way older than that

Definitely longer Longer Dried pasta is good For three years White rice can last For years If you keep it dry Biscuits

Unopened Well yeah There's nothing natural Inside a biscuit It says They are good For up to six months after the expiry date. Right. On a biscuit.

Yeah, but again, biscuits don't last that long. Honey. I've heard this about honey. Honey doesn't expire. Did you know that? No. So you can what? Eat it for as long as you want?

Pretty much. Honey's a superfood. Wow. It just goes and goes and goes. I do have a lot of honey in there. Because, you know, honey's not an all-the-time spread. Oh, yeah. It depends on what you're into.

I would say marmite and your peanut butter is a year all the time. True, true. And then honey's an occasional. But if you're a porridge person. Oh, that's true. Soy sauce doesn't go off. It's too much salt in it.

Vinegar never goes off. Obviously, you use vinegar to preserve stuff. Sugar lasts indefinitely Wow Until it goes rock hard and you have to scrape it out With the spoon Brown sugar always does that eh And bicarbonate of soda I don't know what that is but if you're having bicarbonate of soda

You're good to go The expiry date does not matter And the good news is McDonald's cheeseburgers last about 40 years Matty do you have a work laptop Sorry, that does not matter. And the good news is McDonald's cheeseburgers last about 40 years. Matty, do you have a work laptop? Yeah, I absolutely do. In your job? Yeah.

So you've got a TVNZ laptop? Got a TVNZ laptop, take it into the studio with us every morning. If I go out and about, you know, if I'm leaving the town to do some live mornings out and about, I'll take the laptop with me then. But it goes home with you? Sometimes. Not every day, but sometimes. I wonder if you use your laptop for this. There's been a study done in the UK.

They've asked 2,000 British people what they really use their work devices for. So this is laptops, iPads, phones, any device that you're given. What are you smirking at? Well, I assume I know what it is. Oh, do you? What are you using yours for?

I'm not saying I do this. Do you have personal experience in this? No. Have you got something are you using yours for? I'm not saying I do this. Do you have personal experience in this? Have you got something you'd like to confess? Ben, can we get the TVNZ IT department on the phone? I think Matty needs to come clean. I'm not saying I do this. I could just imagine if you were someone who takes their laptop home all the time, you might sometimes get confused about what laptop you're using.

Right. And then you might accidentally. Hypothetically laptop you're looking at, you're using. Right. And then you might accidentally. Hypothetically, right? Hypothetically. Use it to search for something that you wouldn't normally search for on your work laptop. I'm not saying I've done this. Would you like the stats or would you like to just keep going?

Yeah, save me from this hole that I am digging. 17% of people use their work laptop to browse social media. Yep. Well, they admit to it. I reckon 100% of people do. work laptop to browse social media Yep Well they admit to it I reckon 100% of people do I do all the time 15% said they use their work phone or laptop To communicate with their friends

Again I reckon that's way higher I reckon that's more like 100% Also it's almost Like they're saying this as if it's A terrible thing they're doing Yeah well they're saying technically you shouldn't, you should keep the two separate but a 5% brave number of people

have come forward to say they use their work laptop for pornos This is what I was getting at 5% of people in the 2000 person survey said that they will look at adult material on the work computer, which is brazen. See, but this was my point. I reckon a lot of those people are at home using the laptop and they just go,

hmm, let's see what's going on on OnlyFans today. Really? Shit, wait, wait, wait, this is my work laptop. Yeah, wow. But there's no going back. Once you've done it, you've done it. The damage is done. I don't have a work laptop, or a work phone, actually.

I chose not to take either. Not for this reason. I think my computer's better. I know Ben's got a work laptop. Ben, are you running a work laptop? Yeah, I am, but Matty's been using that most days this week, actually. Yeah, well, that's very convenient for you. Share the laptop? Yeah, I am, but Maddie's been using that most days this week, actually. Yeah, well, that's very convenient for you. Yeah.

Share the laptop around, share the blame. Do you go blue on the work laptop? No. No? I have a personal laptop. Go blue? Anastasia, what does that mean? You know, look at blue material.

Look at blue stuff. Right. Yeah. Anastasia wouldn't. I just know that she wouldn't. She's too responsible. I have no idea. She doesn't even know where incognito mode is.

Oh, you guys taught me that last year. Not that I've used it. I didn't teach you that. I don't know where it is either. You showed me. Here's the thing, though. If you do that on a work computer, and then your work wants to get rid of you,

for whatever reason, they can use that against you. They can go into your search history also they can see the kind of stuff that you're into totally which is so embarrassing

I've heard we have like an instant messaging service at work and the IT department could go back and see all of the instant messages you've ever

sent to someone absolutely if you run a work phone your work could go back through whatever they could go through your call history whatever it is.

They can see all that stuff on there. I mean, if you've got nothing to hide, then there's no problem, right? But just saying,

might be a good idea to get a burner phone if you are. Or go incognito. Well, it doesn't matter if you go incognito. That's what I'm trying to say.

Oh, they can still see it? They can still see it on a work machine. It's not gone forever. Not that it matters. I've never done it and never would. Those TVNZ laptops

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