ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley Podcast - 22ndJuly 2022

Episode Date: July 21, 2022

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The ZM Podcast Network. Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan, and Hayley podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Download the MyMaccas app and earn rewards on your coffee. Well, you know that I love a money-saving tip. You do. And one of my famous money-saving tips whenever I travel,

and I did this when I was in Australia for two weeks. The two weeks just gone. Steal the... Oh, no, I've got, no, the tissues. I actually brought in one as well. Hayley and I have got our stolen tissue boxes in studio. Yeah. That is a good tip,

taking the tissues and the toilet paper from the hotel room. Nowhere does it say that you can't, unless it's in, like, a pretty box. Yeah, although I think toilet paper from the hotel room. Nowhere does it say that you can't. Unless it's in like a pretty box. Yeah, although I think they have. I've looked at my credit card. They did overcharge me a little bit. So maybe they took umbrage with me stealing the tissue box. Remember, one of my travel saving tips is signing up for the free five day to one week trials at gymnasiums.

Oh, I love doing that. So you can use them. Yeah. Let's do good fucking gymnasiums on holiday. No, you need to enjoy the holiday. Go for a walk or a swim or, you know, move the legs, but don't go to a gym. No, you just go for, you know, an hour or a half an hour.

Just an hour. Just an hour. That's happy hour. You do enough that you can indulge on holiday and not feel bad. I've truly not been to the gym for two or three months because it was like bake off holidays i'm gonna dodging covid dodging covid you didn't get an email because i got an email they tried to fucking call me and i didn't answer and then just say where are you? Yeah, like, why haven't you been here?

But it wasn't one of my two normal gals. It was this new joker on the block who's obviously trying to rustle up a bit of PT-biz. Oh, really? Come back in. Let's get you motivated. Let's get you back at the gym. They sent me a message. Hey, mate.

So-and-so here. Wondering why you've been here. Looking to- Yeah, he doesn't know you're on the tools. You're working out on the tools. No, no, this was before. This was before. I think when I had COVID.

And then I just haven't had the energy to go since. I went back for the first time this week. And they were like, he's back. He's not dead. Don't condescend to me. You can't draw attention to the periods of time where you just don't feel like going to the gym.

No. I go through little phases. Anyway, this money-saving tip has backfired on me because when I first went to this gym, you give them your phone number and then they call you like every day. I don't even live in the country. Are you going to join?

When are you joining? Here's our special offer. It's like I'm fleeing the country soon. Fleeing the country? I was never intending to sign up. And then, of course, I left the country. I just chucked the SIM in the bin. So I'm like, I've got away from them.

But they've got my email. And now they're emailing. They're still emailing. So you basically had a burner phone. I had a burner phone. For the two weeks that you were there. And now I'm going to have to somehow block this email address. Oh, God.

What can I even say to them? There's been a change of plans. Like, I'm not joining the gym. I've actually had to move back to. Because I've got a dying. Cairns to look after my auntie. Dying auntie in Cairns. If karma's on you that day and you say your mum's dying,

then karma will kill your mum. But if it's your auntie, you know, a few more of those on the way. She can go. One of them can always go. Yeah, yeah. How many do you want? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Especially at our age.

Jesus Christ. I'm thinking of mine now. I wouldn't. Are you running one? I wouldn't shed a tear. Oh, no. Now you're forcing me into one. I feel bad about it.

I don't want to do it anymore. Think of yours. Think of the one that's going. She's out. Am I like a great auntie? I've only got one of those. I've only got one of those left. I don't want to bloody run her off.

I want a sibling of one of your parents. I'm not forcing you to choose which one of your aunties. What? great auntie? I've only got one of those left. I want a sibling of one of your parents. I'm not forcing you to choose which one of your aunties. What? Blood auntie? I've only got one blood auntie. Well, she's gone. She's out. Jesus, that's sad. Wait, that's not the one that makes the eclairs.

No, no, no, no, no. She's by marriage. Fuel, because she can't go. Oh, shit, no. You need one of these eclairs. She's from Tamaroon. You have to be able to make it. No, your blood auntie.

She's dead, mate. Sorry. Jesus. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Think about him every day. Good morning. Now, I tell you what, do we have a special treat for the country today? After 7.30 this morning, a man that's given our country great service.

Now, I don't know if I'm going to be able to hold myself together. I'm a huge fan. Yeah. Dr. Ashley Bloomfield joins us. He's got a week left in the job, and he's kindly given us some interview time. Because, I mean, he doesn't have to. He's leaving. He doesn't have to do jack anymore, to be fair.

Oh, well, you know, things are kind of popping off at the moment. He's got a history of going above and beyond, though, doesn't he? He does. So we thought we'd catch up with him in his final off at the moment. He's got a history of going above and beyond, though, doesn't he? He does. So we thought we'd catch up with him in his final week of the job and also see if he's heard the song you wrote because that's really why you want to talk to him, isn't it? I didn't get any feedback and I just want to know if he's heard it. Right, Hayley's version. You did a Hayley's version, Goodbye My Brother.

Goodbye My Brother. When the news was announced that he was leaving. Yeah. And I think we should play this after 7.30 as well just as a refresher oh yeah let's before we chat to him

oh absolutely okay so after 7.30 Dr Ashley Bloomfield joins us the top six is coming up on the show yeah the top six things you should have done by now because it's

the last day of the school holidays and if you're on school holidays and you haven't done any of these things what the bloody hell have you done with the last few weeks of your life like you pro did you ever have any projects during school holidays and if you're on school holidays and you haven't done any of these things what the bloody hell have you done with the last few weeks of your life?

Like you pro did you ever have any projects during school holidays? It was mean eh? Do you know once I gave myself a project during school holidays.

Why? I know. It was like I just thought I'm going to do a native bird study. When I was at primary school. Wow.

I was really into native birds. How old were you? Eight. Oh, okay. Eight or nine. I'm Vaughan Smith and I'm learning about the cururu. And then the teacher's like, why did you do this? I remember the teacher being like puzzled. You took this into school? Yeah.

What a kiss ass. He's a kiss ass. It's always like when you came back from holidays you know there was always that first day of everybody gets the little, um, no. He's a kiss-ass. It's always like when you came back from holidays, you know, there was always that first day of everybody gets the little, what did you do these holidays? Yeah. And I think someone was going to like Dreamworld or something. So I was like, well, I'll show them.

Do you guys know that the moor pork is also called the roo-roo? What a nerd. All right, well, the top, I love native birds, though. I still do. I know you do. So does my cat.

I saw a caca fly over my house. A caca! What's a caca? The brown parrot with the hook beak. The North Island caca. No. I did. I heard it.

And I was like, from when I was eight years old, I recognized the calling sound of the caca. It's returning to West Auckland, guys. I think we should all be very excited about that. You know why they're flying over? Because I keep dropping those pack and save buns in your fields. It's returning to West Auckland, guys. I think we should all be very excited about that. You know why they're flying over? Because I keep dropping those pack and save buns in your fields. That's fine. I always, when I drive past, I lob a couple in.

Half a couple of buns on the field? For the car cars. I wondered why my ducks had got so fat. Next on the show. Well, I've got a hot tip for you for how to make your life longer. Now we have been remarking, Fletch, that recently, boy, you've just been a ray of sunshine. Thank you. You have been

so optimistic about everything and just bringing in such a positive energy to the studio day after day after day. And Vaughan, he rips me a new one every time. Yeah, Vaughan, he rips me a new one every time. Yeah. Vaughan, less of an optimist.

A realist. A realist, said the pessimist. My mother had a T-shirt that said, I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist. And I'll tell you how it is or something. Look, I mean, don't get me wrong. I'm certainly as cynical as the best person can be. Of course. But you strive to look at life in an optimistic way. Yeah, thank you.

In an optimistic way. I do the same, which is why I think. Yeah, maybe you've rubbed off on me, your optimism. And maybe it's just made Vaughan more cynical. Yes. I call it optimism. Aaron calls it, it's not ignorance. What's the thing like? Na not ignorance. Naivety?

Naivety. Or sometimes like overly trustworthy. Right. And I'll be like, yeah, they're going to do that. It's all going to be fine. My life motto is never trust anyone ever. Full stop, ever. That's not very optimistic.

But I'm an optimist. I'm a realist. I'm Googling this. Do you have to trust people to be an optimist because yeah to see the best in a situation you've kind of got to give over trust people the benefit of the doubt and that is trust see but i'll do that for someone until they break it once and then that's it no you're a grudge holder never no i don't hold a grudge but i'm just like that i'm done with that i'm not trusting that person that's No, you're a grudge holder. No second chances. No, I don't hold a grudge, but I'm just like,

I'm done with that. I'm not trusting that person again. That's a grudge. And I'll say to me, optimists seem to be the people who are always posting things on Facebook and Instagram. Oh yeah, I don't do that.

A little bit like, you're enough and I've decided I'm me and I'm the best me I can be. Yeah. Keep striving. Keep striving. Hey, happy to settle there. I reckon there's. Keep striving. Hey, a habit of settle there. Well.

I reckon there's room for improvement. There's been a study about optimism and optimists. And so it's not only to create a cheery work environment. And again, Fletch, I thank you every day. Thank you, yeah. But it's going to give you a longer life. 5.4% longer. I don't want a longer life.

Have you seen KiwiSaver lately? It just keeps going down. Oh my god. It's like a Kiwi Taker. Am I right? Have you seen old people recently? Oh yeah. I did. I did see an old person. I saw a whole bus of them. Oh bless. Have you seen a bus of old people being bussed around?

If you keep up with this optimism, that's going to be you and none of us. If you run a retirement village that takes them out on bus trips, don't put a dribbly one on the window. No, it's a bad lie. They pull up to the traffic lights and you look up and the dribbly one's there. You're like, oh, my God.

It doesn't paint a great picture of what life. It's not a good advert. Put the sprightly one that wants to do the touring bit up the front. Put them on the windows. Yeah, yeah. They're the ones you want promoting your rest time, not old dribbles. I'm happy to be optimistic to a point so researchers assessed optimism using a questionnaire called the life orientation test it's a huge test with um common measures of optimism in research and

practice look at things like education marital status income chronic conditions and account how they look at the world all of of that measured up and found that those that with a more optimistic point of view ended up living 5.4% longer. Oh, okay. Makes you happier, makes you healthier. It's less stress. Less stress, less negativity.

I mean, don't get me wrong, when I get arthritis or I'm stuck in a home, I'll be whinging and the least optimist person you've ever met. Which is good because it'll bring on a quick death. You'll be out of there. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. So this is not relatable to me.

I only dated for a, I kind of, I mean, I met Aaron when I was 21. So to say, I didn't have a rich dating life. Yeah. And I just hanging around for a bit. Went on one date and I'm still on it. Yeah. Nine years later. Yeah. dating life. Yeah. And I just hang it around for a bit. Went on one date and I'm still on it. Yeah. Nine years later.

Yeah. Nearly 10. Yeah. No, 11. 11? Yeah. Oh, but engaged for? Nine.

Nine, yeah. Not that long. Anyway, but definitely on my first date with Aaron, a lot of it was aided by the lubrication of a drink or two. Yeah. Or three or four or five. Bit of Dutch courage. Indeed. Well, apparently now,

according to some stats from the dating app Hinge, do we hinge in New Zealand? I believe people hinge. I don't think it's your most popular. You've got, you know, obviously your Bumble and Tinder would be up there.

Well, apparently, Gen Zers are 50% more likely than millennials to go on a date Without any drinks Is it because they're so expensive now Like a drink at a bar They're more comfortable Actually over half of them

More comfortable when their dates are grog free You can't believe that can you Excuse my ignorance But what do you... You can't believe that, can you? Excuse my ignorance, but what do you do? What do you... With your hands. What do you do with your hands if it doesn't have a drink in it? Fidget.

You've got to fidget with something. Fidget spinners. Yeah. Are they still popular amongst the kids? Rubik's cubes. Yeah. I know we've talked about non-traditional dates are becoming more of a thing. Like a fitness class or something.

Or going for a walk. Look, if I went on a fitness class as a first date, I might forego the vodka and the water bottle. I was going to say forego a second date because that sounds absolutely terrible. Also, you've got to be at your worst in front of them. Sweaty. You're sweaty, not that bendy. You're falling over, getting annoyed.

Can we talk to our Gen Zers? Carween? What are you doing if you're not drinking uh i don't know go play mini golf oh my god you can't play mini golf plastered what's wrong with you yeah that makes you so much better no that's fun too i mean personally i'll have like one drink but maybe it's also about like safety like you want to be true dark times dark days yeah but then also would you not feel like uncoordinated playing mini golf? I would.

Oh, 100%. But maybe that's like endearing, you know? Yeah. Like, oh, this person's so unco. Maybe it's cute. This could be a great, yeah. I suppose that's actually a really good point because when I was hanging around the scene, there weren't dating apps.

So you only met people at occasions, a house party or a free you know through a friend so like that safety thing was maybe not as weird as like meeting a stranger online and then going to their house so then you do have all your senses alert huh you've answered it car we and i asked you a question you bloody well answered it like some sort of oracle my god every one of my life's questions will be going directly to you now. The oracle, ladies and gentlemen. She's wise. Enjoy your boost-free dates.

Yeah, indeed. Who said wisdom can't come from the younger generation? I'll say that. You probably. Yeah, actually it was me. About ten minutes ago. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. From the bustling ZM think tank, this is the top six.

Today's top six, the top six things you should have done by now on the school holidays. It's the last day of the school holidays. Yeah, right. Maybe, you know those flash private schools. Sometimes they'll chuck three weeks in, which is weird because you're paying more for your kids to go there, but you get more time if you're not looking for your kids to go there but you get more time if you're not looking after your kids

is that what happened at your private school you got less you got more holidays I no I don't think we did I did at uni there was one

I think the middle year one was a three weeker instead of a two weeker okay when I say uni I mean drama school drama school but no no

at Queen Margaret's it was worth every dollar, every minute. That's right. It's the last day of those holidays, so these are the top six things you should have done by now. Number six, denied eating all of something. Like, you know, your mum would come home and be like, where the bloody hell's that slice gone? You'd be like, what slice?

For well-known, you didn't eat all the slice. She knew. She always knew. I saw some ants on the bench that could have carried it away. Or don't eat that leftover lamb. I want to make a shepherd's pie. And then you eat it and then there goes dinner plans and mum's angry. Mum's very angry.

Speaking of which, number five on the list of the top six things you should have done by now on your school holidays. Have someone yell at you. Yeah. Whether it be your parents yelling at you, a stranger yelling at you. Just someone's got to have yelled at you by now. Well, you haven't been yelling all week because your kids have been at your parents. Have you been yelling? Oh, I've been yelling, though.

Oh, okay. Just at clouds. Yeah. Get out of here! Get the hell out the way of the sun, you bastard! Like that sort of thing. Yeah, right. I've got so much yelling I have to do every week.

Oh, that's good. Number four on the list of the top six things you should have done by now on your school holidays. Pretended to be asleep. Okay. That's to get out of doing something. Yeah. Or, you know, you pretend to be asleep in your room so they stop checking on you and then sneakily out the window, perhaps. Yes.

Yeah, right. Did you ever sneak out the window? I never sneakily out the window perhaps. Yes. Yeah, right. Did you ever sneak out the window? I never snuck out the window. But all my friends did. I lived rurally so I could sneak out the window but I was still nine kilometres from anybody's house. Someone's huge farmland. It was just pointless to sneak out of a window.

No, I never did sneak out the window. Fletch, did you sneak out the window? Well, I didn't have to sneak out the window. I had French doors. That's right. You had French doors. Yeah. Oh, la, la. Beg your pardon. I snuck out la window? Well, I didn't have to sneak out the window. I had French doors. That's right. You had French doors. Yeah. Oh, la, la.

Beg your pardon. I snuck out la window then. Yeah. La doors. Yeah, la doors. La doors, yeah. Number three on the list of the top six things you should have done by now on the school holidays. You should have nearly but not destroyed the house.

Yeah. Be it you decided to cook yourself a little snack and you forgot about it and then the house was full of smoke. Are these just based off your school holiday? Pretty much. Pretty much. Pretty much. Number two. Now, this isn't specifically for the school holidays,

but I think you could ask more of this on the school holidays. Top six things you should have done by now on the school holidays. Number two. Forgot to get something out of the freezer when you were asked to get it out of the freezer so I defrost it in time for dinner. Oh my God, and then you hear mum pulling up in the driveway and you're like, yeah. Or you hadn't peeled all the potatoes.

Oh yeah. Were you on potatoes as well? You had to peel the potatoes, put them in water? I didn't have to lift a finger in my household. Oh yeah. No, yeah, we were a kumita family. I revolutionised potatoes in our house because rather than peeling them,

as my mother did and her mother before her, and I'm imagining her mother before her, I said, why don't we just scrub them? Yeah, skin's on. Skin's on. Yeah. So much better for you. Yeah, yeah.

All those extra vitamins and also even whatever you're doing with the potato, it's better with the skin on. Even if you're mashing it, it adds a little something to the mash. This is why lazy people always get the easiest way to do things. Yeah. That's why you should hire lazy people. They'll find the quickest and easiest way

to do something. And number one on the list of the top six things you should have done by now in the school holidays, have a serious sit down with your best friend about a proposed million dollar idea that you've had. Yeah. That will mean you could be, you know, you always hear about these kids dropping out of school

you're Bill Gates you're Richard Branson's they never have to get that much of their education because they had this million dollar idea your t-shirt company never worked though

did it? didn't get off the ground? nah so many t-shirts in the late 90s you had your billabong you had your mambo hot tuna

hot tuna town and country yep rip curl roxy yep I mean there was t-shirts for Africa did you say mambo? You had your Mambo Hot Tuna Hot Tuna Town and Country Yep Rip Curl Roxy Yep I mean there was t-shirts for Africa Did you say Mambo?

Yeah I did say Mambo Because I pictured the dog doing the little party Rusty Oh a bit of Rusty A bit of Rusty Coot-a-Lines If your parents had been to Bali And picked up one of those from Coot-a-Beach

Yep That is today's Play ZM's Fletch Vorn and Hayley Play ZM Well, today's silly little poll. Silly Little Paul. Silly Little Paul. Silly Little Paul. Well, today's Silly Little Paul. Hey, you bucko. Are you currently looking for a new job? 27% of people said yes. Oh, I thought it would have been more.

73% said nah. Man, I'd imagine half of 73% aren't looking but also aren't enjoying their current. They just don't want to have to have one. Because for the first time in ages or the last year or two, people have been in the jobs driving seat, haven't they? Yes. Yeah, they get to make the calls. Yeah.

Because workplaces are struggling to even find staff and keep them. A lot of people moving to Aussie. Great place, though. Great summers, great beaches. Yeah, but snakes. Big food to eat, yeah. Snakes, actually. Yeah, I don't know.

And also, do you remember when the pandemic hit and they were like, oh, by the way, all you New Zealanders? Nah, you're not getting any of this funding or this money. Do you remember that? Yes. My brother was over there. They were real, oh, by the way, all you New Zealanders, nah, you're not getting any of this funding, all this money. Do you remember that? Yes. My brother was over there. They were real dicks. Yeah, they were dicks to us.

You guys are being dicks. They were dicks to us. They were dicks. So are you looking for one? Donny Owl says, I quit, went to my new job, quit that six weeks later and went back to my old job. The grass is not always greener. Went back to their old job.

Yeah. Interesting that a boss would be like, yeah. I'd be too embarrassed to do that. Yeah, same. I'd just be like, I'm getting a new job and never going back. Maddie, whose Instagram handle is apilotnamedmaddie, so let's assume his job is in the field of aviation. Always looking.

Good to always know what's out there and if my current job is looking after me by comparing alternate options. If they're a Kiwi, though, they don't really have that many options. Well, unless you move overseas. I think he was a helicopter pilot. Oh, okay. He was wearing like a Top Gun headset. Oh, hot.

You don't wear that when you're in Air New Zealand. Dreamliner pilot. They've got headsets, don't they? No, no, but not like a helmet with a helmet. Oh, a helmet. Oakley sunglasses shield. I've still never been in a helicopter. It's weird.

The first time is weird. So weird. We've been so been in a helicopter. It's weird. The first time is weird. So weird. We've been so lucky to go a few times to work. They don't tell you about the wobble. When your skids first come off the ground, there's a wobble. And then you're away. Yeah.

Catherine said, because my boss is good to me and I'm scared of the unknown. So she's voted no. Been there 12 years. He paid for my study plus a good pay rate. Oh, that's good. A bit of loyalty there. That's good. She's been looked after and now she's looking after. Been there 12 years. He paid for my study plus a good pay rate. Oh, that's good. A bit of loyalty there. That's good. She's been looked after and now she's looking after.

That's how it works. Giveth, getteth. Alana said, just went back to my pre-COVID career in travel industry. So I'm very happy to be back and I'm not looking. Yeah. Are they from Star Travel? Because they still owe me money. I think they, did they go bust, eh?

Yeah, they went bust. And I stupidly booked some flights through them. Well, you're also not a student. I know. Yeah. Well, I've learned my lesson, haven't I? You're dumb, dumb. Jessie said, I'm not looking because no other job will pay me as well.

Lol. Good for some, Jessie. Katie said, I just got one, so the looking has stopped. Hooray me. Hooray you. Indeed, Katie. Hooray you. Congrats.

And Alana said, yes, I'm looking. Higher pay elsewhere. So you'd be silly not to be looking because you've got to look after yourself. Absolutely. I think that's the thing this year, isn't it? Everyone's just like, I want more. I need more. The cost of living is going up.

Pay me more. ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. According to the British International Education Association, British families are arguing three times a week about green issues. They have listed green issues, things like leaving the lights on, not turning the TV off, or putting rubbish in the wrong bin, or taking two longer showers. I think what they're arguing about is money. Because my family had these arguments growing up

and it was never anything to do with the environmental impact of how we were living. It was how much it was costing dad to have a light on in a room that nobody was in. Yeah. Can you even have that argument now as a dad with LED lights that use like one cent a week? The LEDs, dad.

Imagine. Oh my God, if that ever gets thrown in my face. Flip around the ear. You would have got a hiding if you'd said that. I'm going to replace my daughter's bulbs with filament bulbs for this exact argument that will one day happen. The LED, Dad. I just Googled it. It costs 12 cents to run for their entire life.

Oh, yeah, the LEDs are. They put your hand on it. Smash it. It's not a surprise. Smash it. Smash it with your hand. See what happens. Smash it with your hand on it. Smash it. It's not a surprise. Smash it. Smash it with your hand. See what happens. Smash it with your hand.

All of these, even like putting rubbish in the wrong bin means the bin's not going to get taken, which means dad's going to have to, or someone's going to have to empty it, buy a bag because you're going to have too much rubbish for next week. So again, that's financial. They say these are environmental arguments, but I 100% don't believe it. No, they're about the money. Yeah, totally about the money. Do you have classic dad lines when they leave stuff on. No, they're about the money. Yeah, totally about the money. Do you have classic deadlines when they leave stuff on?

Like, you're building a tent. No, I don't think. Nah, because I'm tell Sade off for it more. Yeah, right. Yeah. I'm the teller offerer. Yeah, she likes a heat pump on 24-7. Loves a heat pump.

Loves a heated towel. Loves to come home to a warm house. When we got our bathrooms done, because we booked in this specific month, the special was free underfloor heating. Glorious. And I was like, it's not free though. How much does it cost to run underfloor heating? And don't tell me that thing's going to be turned off.

No, it's not that much. Well, it's more than what not underfloor heating costs. Yeah, right. And don't get me wrong, it's glorious. Cold tiles in the morning, a shock to the system. But I'm always like, what's the most efficient way to run this? Don't worry about it. Just turn it on and off as we need it.

Oh, no, no, no. And again, it's got nothing to do with the environment. It's money. Yeah. It's money. I mean, it comes back to the environment, and we could paint it as being an environmental reason, but it's not. But it's not, no.

No. It's money. It's coins. Yeah, cost of bills. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn, and of bills. Clay, Zed Eames, Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Hey, just asking for a friend. Well, that's our segment, asking for a friend, because you're not asking for yourself.

Absolutely not. No, you're asking for someone else. You have the authority to ask on behalf of someone who is not yourself. I mean, this would never happen to you. A question that you'd be gagging to know. Yeah. So you ask for a friend who's too scared to ask themselves. Of course. We've received a message.

Hey team, a friend of mine So there's no mistake. Oh yeah, of course. A friend of mine is a mother of two beautiful daughters, but she recently found out a big secret about one of them. And she doesn't know what to do. While borrowing her daughter's phone the other day

she saw a flirty message from a man who wasn't her daughter's husband. So her friend, quote, quote, quote, looked at the phone of the daughter and saw a message from a man. So the daughter's old enough to be married. Yes. But her mum still peeps at her phone. Well, she was just having a little flick through. Nosy.

Nosy. Mama Or do you think it was one of those situations where the message preview comes up? No, I think she went flicking through. She said curiosity got the best of her and naturally she read the thread of messages between the daughter

and this mystery man. Yes, so maybe one message dinged up and she was like, who the hell is this? And delved into it. I'm just having a look. I wouldn't be able to hold back. My question to you is, does she get involved? It's your daughter. You have to. Anyway, I'm answering it.

She loves her daughter's husband very much and feels loyalty to do right by him as he's been a part of their family for quite a few years now. But she also doesn't want to overstep and get herself in a situation that doesn't involve her help. I mean, you overstepped when you read the messages.

She is in too deep already. This is your daughter. Like, you do Oh yeah, but it's the daughter who's having the naughty warty. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, she'll get naughty warties if she gets

to naughty warty. It's okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, she'll get naughty-warties if she gets to naughty-warty. It's everywhere. Yeah. Oh, God, I don't know. This is sticky. I mean, you're asking for trouble if you go through someone's phone. Like you say, though, Vaughn, she's old enough to be married, so she's old enough to have an affair.

Yeah, and the mum's just got to not be okay with it, but, yeah, it's not her business. I mean, I think she could... She went looking for trouble, guys, and she found it. She did. If she says anything, it's got to be to her daughter, right? To say, hey, look, I saw this. It popped up.

What are you doing? My mum would be right into it. She would flourish in the drama of it all. She would absolutely say something to me and be like, who the hell is this David fella? And what does Aaron think of it? And I go, oh, let's have a private chat, mum. And then maybe it ends there?

Maybe. Because I don't think you could tell the husband, right? No, no, no, no, no, no. You're out of place there, right? Surely. Well, she's just asking, do I get involved? Definitely you can't just go behind your daughter's back and ask the husband and tell the husband.

But, you know, this does happen a lot when you find out a friend or someone close to you is cheating. And then you're like, you've got this conundrum. A moral conundrum. Yeah, like, what do you do? Do you do the right thing? Because it's hard for some people just to let it go, isn't it? I think it's none of your business. Yeah, see, I'm more on that side of things.

Keep your nose out of it. Because I've known him. Is blackmailing them for stuff an option? That's illegal. That's illegal. Is it though? Is it illegal? Well, only if they're willing to out the fact

that they were cheating on their husband. That's what makes blackmail so great. You've got them there. They can totally take me to the police, but they're going to have to admit their part as well. Yeah, right. Okay. Well, this is where we open it up to you.

What do you think? Should the mum say something to either the husband or her daughter that she knows that she's cheating? She's read these flirty messages. Or should she just stay the hell out of it and just let it run its course? Maybe you've been in this situation and you can, I guess, identify with it, relate to it. Yeah, maybe you did

stick your nose in and it backfired. You don't want anyone backfiring if you stick your nose in. No. So, 0800

DARS at Amazon number. Give us a call now. You can text as well, 9696. Should the mum get involved? Hey, just asking for a friend? Just asking for a friend.

Just asking for a friend. Not yourself. You're asking for a friend. Absolutely. Of course. Yes, and we received an email on behalf of someone who looked through her daughter's phone, her older daughter, married, and found that she's sort of having little flirty messages with another man. So the question

is, does she get involved? I personally say stay away. Definitely don't say anything to the husband. If you can't help yourself, do you just say, have a quiet word with your daughter? It is weird to think of. So say she's married. She's got to be at least 22.

Yeah. The youngest, really. Yeah. And now, yeah, your mum, your older mum is looking through your phone. That's weird. If my mum went searching through my phone, I mean, one, the things she would find. Yeah. And two, it'd be like, Patsy, what are you up to?

But so we want to know from you this morning, yeah, what do you think the mum should do? Should she stay out of it or should she get involved? Maybe you've been in a situation like this where you knew someone was cheating and you got involved and it wasn't worth it. Worked out or didn't work out? Yeah. What do you think? Sinead's called up. Sinead, what do you think? Should the mum get involved? Yes, I think so. I think they just need to be like, hey, look, I came across these messages. Is everything okay? And then they can give their moral kind of moral thoughts on the situation. That's a nice approach actually.

Hey, is everything okay? Coming from a place of caring as opposed to condemning. Yeah, because then you know, maybe, you know, the husband did something. Also, Sinead, do you love drama though? I do. I can hear it. I can hear it in Sinead's voice. She was so casual about destroying her family.

She's like, get in there. She's like, are you okay? Stir the pot, stir the pot. All right, Sinead, thanks. You called some messages in. Someone said the fact that it's mum sticking her nose in is a state of your kid's business. They're adults now.

Yeah. And it's kind of an unspoken thing of being a parent, right? You don't ask too many questions, but you're always there to support the outcome. Is that kind of a fair enough thing to say? Do all mums bite by those roots? No. Heavens no. I almost swore.

Oh, far out no. Far out no. Tell your best friend and get her to deal with it, says another text. If it's come from mum, it'll be embarrassing. And absolutely tell her if the shoe was on the other foot, she'd want to be told. Yeah, that's fair. Fair call.

Katrina, what do you think? Should the mum stick out of it or stick her nose in? Nah, she should absolutely leave it alone. Like, it's not even her secret to tell, and she needs to be able to leave her daughter to sort it out for herself. She's a grown woman. I think I agree.

Exactly, yeah. I think I agree that if she was like a younger, like a teenager or something, you'd be like, no, I'm going to get involved. But she's a grown woman. And could she even be reading her daughter's texts? No. Yeah. That's the bigger issue.

That's the big one. Yeah, absolutely. If she sticks her nose in, she's also revealing that she's been nosy. What kind of boomer is this with phone technology? It must be incredible. I know. To work through a phone. And whose phone doesn't have a passcode?

Yeah. Unless it's a family passcode. Unless they know. Katrina, thank you for your call. More messages in. Should the mum stick her nose in? Someone said, as a mother, yes, you want to raise your children to be the best people they can be,

and it doesn't sound like she's meeting that expectation. They're raised. No, but this mother obviously feels like it would be her failure if she was to raise a cheetah. But she's already raised her. The raising's done. She failed. She wants to reset.

She wants to control her little child. She wants to drag that child to the trash bin and get a new document started. Well, and you can't put a baked cake back in the oven and cake it more. Bake it more. Dude, that is a terrible analogy. But you can't put a baked cake back in the oven and cake it more. Bake it more. Dude, that is a terrible analogy. But you can double cook a chip.

No, but you can't raise a cake anymore when it's baked, can you? No, but you can bake it through. Unless you smash it all up and put that cake into another cake and make it some sort of like cake and cake, Kit Kat cake situation. That's a good idea. Just a thought. If you broke up like a spongy cake and then put jelly in it, would that set? And then have cake in the middle of the jelly?

You're describing a trifle. But the wetness of the jelly pre-set would impact the quality of the sponge. Yum. So, I don't know if it would be for the good or for the worse. You might want to start setting that jelly. Yeah. And then thumb it finger in. Finger in your sponge. So it doesn't absorb too much of the jelly.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. It goes in a little bit but it's all, it's always, it's already on the way to being set. If you put sponge into a boiling jelly mix. It's gonna disintegrate. You're gonna not be left with any sponge. I don't want to thumb a sponge into a semi-set jelly

because I like a perfectly... But it will. No, but you could do it and then don't go all the way to the bottom of the bowl and when you serve it, flip it.

And so you have a smooth surface. So they can't see the thumb holes. They can't see the thumbing. Good idea. I also think if you had it pre-set,

the thumb holes would back over. Oh, yeah, true, maybe. It depends on how set. I'd be watching it as soon as you shook it and it seemed to have some sort of... That's so good. I'm going to write that on my to-do list. Thumb a sponge into a jelly.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Into a bowl of jelly. What else is on this ridiculous list? If you had a thick enough sponge, but I mean sponges, you want them light and fluffy, but if you had a really thick, dense sponge, you could probably set the whole thing in jelly. If you were worried thick But I mean sponges You want them light and fluffy But if you had a really thick Dense sponge You could probably Set the whole thing in jelly No you don't want to do that

If you're worried about The thumb holes showing Whipped cream on top Bit of chocolate flake Absolutely Or more additional jelly Okay And a jug

That's Yeah right You know begun the cooling process Begun the cooling process Pour that in Fill up your thumb holes Yeah but then your jelly Sponge ratio's all out

I think I like that we I'm not to measure a whole new jelly. Thumb it and flip it. I like that we went from mum catching her daughter cheating to thumbing a sponge into a jelly. It's a bigger issue in my life. It's an analogy if you think about it. It is.

Because life is but a trifle. But a thumbed trifle. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. So there's a new baby names trend. But a trifle. A thumbed trifle. Play it. ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. So there's a new baby names trend. They're always trending. It's foods. Game of Thrones was it for a while. Right.

It's not foods. Baby brioche. Little baby turnip. Baby brioche. Brioche. Sproul. Yeah. No, it's not.

It's planetary and astrological baby names. Well, Ed Sheeran called his daughter Jupiter. Jupiter. Oh, No, it's not. It's planetary and astrological baby names. Well, Ed Sheeran called his daughter Jupiter. Jupiter. Oh, okay. That's right. And he's not the only celeb. Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost, their baby's called Cosmo. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have a-

That's a dog's name. Cosmo's a dog's name. From the Jetsons, is it? That was Astro. No, that's Astro. But Cosmo's. Yeah. It's a magazine, a drink, or a dog's name.

Yeah. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have a daughter called Luna. Ashley Tisdale has a little Jupiter as well. They're very popular now. Any celebrities with a Uranus? No Uranuses. Okay. What other plants could be names, though?

Venus? I know a Venus. Venus Williams. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. True, that one too. Yeah, the famous one. They've given some suggestions here because they've said that

even Mars. I've got a friend who's Mar but she's Maria. Yeah, Mars is the Roman god of war? Mars. But also a chocolate bar as well. It's a Mars bar. That's correct. So these are the names on the rise.

Planetary names. We'll do astrological because these are more obvious. Aries. That's correct. That's correct. So these are the names on the rise. Planetary names. We'll do astrological because these are more obvious. Aries. Aries Smith. That's a stupid name. It really feels like we should have the Beastie Boys song, Intergalactic, playing on the background. Yeah, we absolutely should. Intergalactic playing on the background.

Aquarius. Aquarius Fletcher. You're starting to sound like you're naming cars. I know. As well with this. God, imagine Capricorn. No. Terrible name.

Capricorn. Corn. You've got corn in your name. Leo is about the only star sign that can be a name. There's Gemini, Leo. Pisces is on the rise. Scorpio would be a terrible name. No, yeah.

That's a Mortal Kombat character. Taurus. I can kind of see that. But there's a Ford Taurus. Yeah, they are names of cars. Yeah. And Virgo is the other astrological name that's on the rise. There's Virgo Mortensen.

I don't think you're saying that right. I don't think it's Virgo. Yeah. You're close. Close, right. And then planetary baby names on the rise. Eartha. It's like Bertha.

Yeah, Big Eartha. That is a terrible name. That is a terrible name. Eartha. Oh, my God. Big Eartha. Jupiter. Mars. Mercury. After God. Big Eartha. Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, after Freddie, Neptune, Pluto, Saturn, and Venus.

These are the names on the rise. Venus is the only one out of those. Saturn, her pants. She's Saturn, the car. Saturn, yeah, there's been a Ford Saturn as well. Yeah. These are car names. Comet, what. Comet?

What about Comet? Would that be a good first name? Comet Smith? Oh, God, and then you could go more cosmic. Adrastia, Amalthea, Andromeda. These are bad. No, no, absolutely not. Orion. Spelt.

It's a last name, though. I guess I'm kind of Cosmo. Hayley's Comet. Spelled different. That's a L-E. Hayley's Comet. Spell different. That's a L-E. L-E-Y. Yeah. Don't do it.

Don't love me, baby. Play ZM's Fletchford and Hayley. Play ZM. Do we disappoint you Or let you down You told us to stay at home And we all went out to town And now you're leaving We stressed you out

With all the unmasked protests And the rules we'd flout Please tell me This is an empty threat Because some of us are naughty And haven't been boosted yet This can't be the end Because we still need more

Of your cheeky smile And your coyote couture You touched our hearts You touched our souls Made us shove sticks in our nostrils Made us wear masks while we were indoors We have been guided by you To wash our hands

And have a plan To work from home if you can We know you well Though we've lost our smell. Ashley, we're lost without you. Goodbye, brother. Goodbye, friend. COVID's everywhere.

Now you disappear on me. Goodbye, brother. Goodbye, friend. You have been the one. But now your time is done. Goodbye, friend. You have been the one. But now your time is done. You're free. How's my James Blunt sound? It's really good.

I'm trying to make eye contact because I don't want to make you laugh. You came from nowhere onto our screens. And after not much time, you were in my dreams. You were a public servant whose name we actually knew and now it's time that the public sends you you're so much more than the case numbers guy we watched every day and you're the reason why your soft blonde hair and your kind blue eyes. Ashley, there's something about you. If I ever have to get bad news, I hope it can be delivered by you. Your eyebrow flicks, your silly quips.

Ashley, I'm in love with you. Goodbye, our brother. Goodbye, our friend. Have a holiday. Hope your cinder pays. Goodbye, our brother. Goodbye, brother. Goodbye, friend. Thanks for saving our lives.

That was pretty nice of you. I'm trying not to cry. It's hard to get through. And I'll still follow you online in case you post something neat and i will follow you in real life if i see you on the street It's a bit full on Goodbye, brother Goodbye, friend Don't know who gets your job

But I hate them Cause they're not you Goodbye, brother Goodbye, friend You are gone too soon Now you're free to Bloomfield You're so hollow, Ashley We're so hollow

We're so, we're so We're so hollow, Ashley We're so sorry, Ashley We're so sorry We're so, we're so We're so sorry Kia ora, good morning Kia ora

Dr Ashley, we're absolutely distraught that you're leaving We understand why Not envious of the job that you've had over the last few years Not at all We just bloody, we appreciate you Oh that's very kind of you Well it's had its moments, that's for sure. But can I just start by saying how much I appreciated the song from Hayley?

It's no secret in our household that we are huge fans of her. Everyone, including my wife, is in love with her. We just love that you've been paying attention. So when that song got done, my credibility with my kids just went up enormously. Oh, wow. Thank you, Ashley. It was my pleasure, honestly. I'm a huge fan of yours. Should we have coffee?

We'll organise it off here. You're a couple of Eastbornians, right? I know. I don't know if you knew this, but I grew up in your neck of the woods. Oh, well, there you go. That must be something. It's the connection of the souls, the Eastbornians. It must be, yeah. So one more week on the job.

How are you feeling? Oh, look, mixed feelings, of course. You know, a sense that, yeah, the time's right now. But it's the end of 25 years for me on and off with the Ministry of Health and as a public servant. So, of course, and as you would well expect, I'm really going to miss the people around here who have made the job possible. But also excited about the next step, not least because it's a good long break. So I'm looking forward to that.

So is that the plan, just to have a holiday? Yeah, that's the plan for now. Nothing firm on the work front to go to. So spending some of that lost time with my family will be the first priority. I'm looking forward to that too. Oh, pop over to Bali. Honestly, I tell you what, I just came back, Ashley.

It's warm. The rubs are cheap. Cheap beer. He can't bring foot and mouth into the country. No. Oh came back, Ashley. It's warm. The rubs are cheap. Cheap beer. He can't bring foot and mouth into the country. Oh, no. It'd be a scandal. He would undo all the good work, wouldn't he? You were our hero, Ashley.

Now you've destroyed the dairy industry. Are you thinking of leaving the country for a holiday? Because you have become like an all-black level celebrity, haven't you? In your time. Not too sure about that. There's going to be a little bit of sun in the Pacific, but I'm not going to divulge which Pacific I'm in for fear of offending all the others. Of course, of course.

Scotty's good, isn't he? Yeah, he's very good at this. You're looking forward to telling people to like piss off though. Like, cause you've been in in this position where you can't, when someone's like, it's fake, there's not even a virus. And you're like, mm-mm. And you deal with it so professionally, but now that you're off, you can really get something to F off.

Get out of my face. Oh, well, here's the thing to share. I've had thousands of people come up to me over the last two and a half years to have a chat and ask for a selfie, something I never expected. Not one of them has been rude or unpleasant or anything less than grateful about what the team here has done to protect them. So I'm not anticipating that will change. And I just know the majority of New Zealanders from those interactions, from the cards and letters and unusual, sometimes, gifts I receive. They're really appreciative.

I'm genuinely stoked to hear that. Yeah, me too. I'm genuinely stoked to hear that. Now let's talk about the weird gifts. What kind of things did you get that were a little unusual? Well, early on, there was the pair of tie-dyed thunderpants, which raised my eyebrows. Not for the first time,

but at that time it wasn't on national television. I've got more portraits of myself than my wife would. I think she just wants to throw them all out. One's on the back of a placemat. There's a stone that's painted with my visage on it. And of course,

that's just a flavour of the sorts of things. But also some very beautiful things I've been gifted, which I will really treasure. Speaking of gifts, I know that you did have somewhat of a leaving due planned because of COVID, which is almost fitting, isn't it? Because of COVID has had to be downsized, and you've cancelled the karaoke.

Listen, there's a big difference between cancelled and postponed. Good, good, good. We are just waiting for the right moment and if the team will have me back, we will come back. We will wheel out the karaoke machine and have a good old shindig. What's your song? What's your go-to song? Oh, it's Friday I'm in Love by The Cure. That's the start with that.

I'm planning to be out there more than once. Oh my God, I love this. I'm planning to be out there more than once. Oh, my God. I love this. I'll give you a tip. Never do karaoke with Hayley, even though you say, as you and your family love her, because she sits right in your ear telling you you're not in key. Hang on. Okay, so we did karaoke in Wellington when we went down there,

and they were pitchy, Ashley. And I just, as an ex-singing teacher, I had to get them up to pitch. It's very hard to sing Natalie and Brulia Torn when someone is in your ear being like Be up here, be up here It's not Well the trick to karaoke is of course to maybe just have a

drink or two first and then no one notices whether you're out of tune or not Well Dr Ashley Bloomfield thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us this morning again as you have throughout the pandemic and thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us this morning again, as you have throughout the pandemic. And thank you so much for your service as well. Yeah, we appreciate you greatly. Thanks very much.

It's lovely to chat with you. Well, it's a Friday tradition. Yeah, we rank things. Typically food. Yeah, very food heavy. Something everybody can get on board with. Yeah, today. Herbs and spices.

Now, are we counting the collective herb and spice of Tuscan? Moroccan? No, no, no. We'll strip it back. Strip it back to the basics. What's it made up of? Yeah, right., Italian? Strip it back. What's it made up of? Well, salt wins. That's the end of front. What about chicken salt?

That's just salt. I think we need to discount salt and pepper because obviously salt and pepper goes... Salt and pepper! We just know that that's premier. We're talking about your thyme, oregano, I mean, we just know that that's premier. We're talking about your thyme, oregano, rosemary, paprika, turmeric. Is that the one you put with your roast veggies and chicken?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm going to go rosemary. Rosemary and roast chicken. And vegetables. Yeah, it goes well. Yeah, thyme and chicken is good. Yeah, thyme I would have thought. And rosemary and lamb. Yeah, okay.

Rosemary's big on lamb. Okay. But roast veggies, Rosemary's big on lamb. Okay. But roast veggies, God, it's so good. I would argue for it. I mean, chili's in there. Oh, no. Chili powder. Chili flakes.

It's a spice. Yeah, herbs and spices. That's a rant. It's a spice. We're allowed to read that. What are you putting? Chili flakes. Yeah.

Chili is just the same as ginger. It's a ground, dried spice. Yeah. Chili is just the same as ginger. It's a ground dried spice. Okay. I'm going to go rosemary, chili flakes, and then I'm going to go ginger. Far out. You are sick in the head. Ginger is in your top three. I think this is the first time in my entire life I've even thought about

my favourite spices and herbs. It's smoked paprika. Number one. That doesn't taste like anything. What about anise? Anise. Star anise. Star anise.

Now, there's anise. No, I don't want it. I don't want it, but I'm just like, that's a licorice taste. It's good in a mulled wine, but I don't, or some Asian cooking.

How do you think that smoked paprika doesn't taste like anything? It's the strongest of the lot. No. What about allspice? No, but that's allspice. You've got to pull it back. It's nutmeg, cinnamon. Oh, cinnamon.

Cinnamon. Paprika, cinnamon. Is curry powder, or is that made up of... Curry powder. You're allowed. Curry powder is a leaf, right? Or is that made up of... Curry powder. We're over here. Curry powder's a plant. Curry's a leaf, right? Yep.

Yeah, so I could have that. It's a plant. You could totally have it. Okay. With actually, side note, we're overdue for a cinnamon scroll. Yeah, we are. At the cafe next door. Down the road.

I'm just looking at a list there. This is the Encyclopedia Britannica's list of herbs and spices. Right at the bottom, wasabi makes the list. Oh yeah, that's a root. Okay. Yeah, that's a good one. I think we might have bitten off more than we can chew here. Parsley? No. Get out. Get out of here. Parsley sucks. Parsley. Parsley sucks.

Parsley is so versatile. What? What? Coriander. Yeah. I love coriander. Some people think it tastes like soap, though, because they're biologically dumb. I used to think that, and then I evolved into an adult. Yes. You were no longer a baby with terrible taste.

Yeah. I'm going smoked paprika, number one. Number two, cinnamon. Number three, coriander all the time. Coriander. Okay. Final. Horn, go. Hit three, coriander all the time. Coriander. Okay. Final. Corn, go.

Hit us. I'm going. Number one, chilli flakes. Yes. Number two, coriander. Number three. Those two together. Yum.

Yeah, I know, because that's what I'm on now. Cool and hot. I'm on like a, I'm making tacos buzz. Yeah. I can't, I get. Or an Asian fusion. So you've got to go cumin. I get channeled. You've got to go cumin. I get pushed in. Yeah, I can't I get Asian. You gotta go human. I get channeled you gotta go human pushed in. Oh, yeah

Chili flakes coriander and possibly for early either or yeah, I love parsley It's very versatile. What about mint? We've got mint. Oh, shoot. Mint. Okay, mint. Mint and the taties. Mint and your peas. Mint. Okay, I must put mint in my top three now because I forgot about mojitos. Yeah, so you need to get rid of it. And even in a salad, they're great.

Mint in a salad is good. It grows like a bastard. That's got to be kept in a pot. It's a weed. It'll take over your garden. Okay. What am I chucking out? I'm going to go chili flakes, mint, and rosemary.

That's a good mix. Yeah. Chili flakes, coriander. Don't say parsley. And well, mint might take parsley's place. Okay, right. Good. I'm going paprika, cinnamon, mint.

Okay, so mint wins then because mint was the only one in all three. Good, good. Yeah, mint was the only one in all three. Mint is the best herb and or spice. Yeah. Contentious now. I don't feel like I've got the dessert top spot. Neither.

Now I feel like where's coriander in my list? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We should all pick coriander. Let's go with top four. Coriander. Mint. Cinnamon paprika. We could be here all day.

There are a lot of herbs and spices. They're all good except for parsley. Do There are a lot of herbs and spices. They're all good, except for parsley. Do you just stand? Shut your mouth. You stand at this herbs and spices part of the supermarket and you're like, oh, I don't think I've got you. And you just take it because you don't have it. Well, hello there, cloves.

Yeah, I was just going to say, hey there, goddamn cloves. And then you pick it up like three years later and it's dry and solidified. No, but that's always Christmas and you're like, I wonder if I've got cloves to shove in the ham. Yeah. And you find them. Every other recipe only calls for two cloves, but you've got to buy a bag of cloves. Yeah. Too many cloves.

Too many cloves. And then when you go to reuse them, they're eight years past their expiry. Can cloves go off though? They're already dried. They're already dry. As long as you're keeping them dry, I reckon they'll last for ages. Yeah, I think that's just Gregg's and Masterfoods trying to get you to buy more money on clothes. The great clothes gambit.

Well, it's been a while since we've done a bet I can guess your mum's name on a Friday. Has it been I on a Friday? On a Friday. I don't think we've ever done it on a Friday. I don't know if you're... I said it at the start of the show. It's got some weird energy. Do you think your psychic abilities have...

It's definitely strongest in the middle of the week. Oh, do you think? Impacted at all by a late night? Nope. That actually strengthens it. Wow. Does it? Well, I was actually doing some palm readings. Oh, were you by a late night? Nope. That actually strengthens it. Wow. Does it? Yeah, I was actually doing some palm readings.

Oh, were you? Warming up last night. Yeah. Okay, Holly, good morning. Good morning. Welcome to I Bet I Can Guess Your Mum's Name. Vaughn now has five questions to ask you about your mum. Yes, your lovely mother.

Question number one. We don't know if she's lovely yet, but we'll get to the bottom of that. That would actually be a good question. Is she nice? Is your mum nice? She a lovely mum. All right, question one. What's mum up to this weekend?

I don't want to make it awkward, but she actually passed away about five years ago. Oh! Oh, we're so sorry, Holly. This has happened before. I bet I can guess your mum's name. I remember listening to it and I was like, oh, no, I'm going to be that person again. So you were like, God, I remember how awkward that was for them and really made them uncomfortable. Does it connect you deeper to the spiritual realm, a mother that has passed?

It's thrown him. I tell you what, Holly, it's really thrown him. Because the pressure... On top of the diabetes as well. He's given himself diabetes. Holly, I think I've got diabetes. You don't have diabetes. You don't know, you're not a blood test. He went

for a couple of wheeze in an hour and he thinks he's got diabetes. Holly, um... God damn it, Holly. I'm very sorry for your loss. I'm very, very sorry for your loss. What is she up to this weekend, though? Well, could your question be what would

she normally have been doing at the weekends? What was one of mum's weekend activities? She actually would have been entering radio competitions. Oh, she's a prolific competition enterer. She loves a call and gets an Alanis Morissette CD. Yeah, she

used to win a lot of CDs. What else did she, if she was a regular caller, she must have won a bunch of stuff. What else did she win? Um, she, oh, she won, I can't remember if it was her or my dad, but um, she won like I think it was like $1 her or my dad, but, um, she won like, I think it was like a thousand dollars of like health pizza vouchers at one point.

Oh, wow. Okay, so Vaughn's now writing down some popular radio winners' names. We could actually probably ask Anna. We could go into our database, couldn't we? And we could see what the most popular name is of winners. Anna, do you have a, Executive Producer, producer Any of a popular name For people that win prizes Or call Hannah's

And Grace's Yeah Anna Lee Togler Okay Hannah Do you think that's too young For a mum's name though Grace maybe not

But Hannah feels a bit young Grace What's the older version of Hannah Hannah Beth Hannah Beth Beth Susan Susan yep

Susan Beth Okay Okay Yeah good start. Second question. How did she meet Dad? What was the story of their first meeting? I'd love another plot twist. Be like, no, she was a lesbian.

You're like, oh, for God's sake, I don't know what I'm doing. No, no plot twist there. I think they originally knew each other or knew of each other at high school. And then, yeah, I don't really know all the details, but I remember there was one point where my dad was like with this police woman and then he ended up getting rid of her and found my mum. Did the police woman take that well, I would imagine? I'm not sure.

She pressed charges. Spent the rest of her career pulling over mum for speeding. Yeah. Yeah, they were really young. They were like 18, 19 kind of thing. Oh, okay. Was the policewoman an older woman? I'm not saying that young people can't be police officers,

but, you know, she went through all the training. No, when they met, they were young. And then they took some time apart where he was shagging the cop for a bit and then came back to mum. Is he a shagger, your dad dad or is he a love maker don't answer that please so okay so you maybe write down some do you know any high school sweethearts vaughn yep that could that could help there i know a couple okay who else do i know yeah i'm gonna chuck that in there they didn't right have you got a couple of your classics on there, like your Karen?

Yeah, I've got Karen, Karen. Karen and Carol. Yep. Karen, Carol. Christine. I've got a friend. Can you put an Amelia on there? She was a good friend of mine.

A high school sweetheart? Married a childhood sweetheart. Okay. That's nice. What was mum's date of birth? When was mum born? You can give me a year and a month. Just a year?

Yeah, the year. September 1961. Oh, okay, 61 Right Okay, that's good That fits with some of these names Pat, Pam Sandy Wow, classic

Sample those on some classics Some Barbara An Eve An Eve, yep Got what you need So tell me what you need Yeah Massive song there

I might put a Felicity a Felicity Felicity Oh too young I think But anyway put it Oh okay Poo poo I might put an Elizabeth

He's poo pooed Felicity I hope it's not Felicity He spat on that one didn't he I'm crossing it out If it's Felicity Yeah You owe me Yeah you'll never hear the end of it

Got a couple of royal names Might go Sarah Okay good Okay Do you remember what Mum's favourite author or type of book Was she a reader? She did love to read I don't know what her favourite would be But I do remember when I was a kid

With my friends we'd laugh at all the mills and boons She had a real horny streak It's weird how even like growing up The most conservative mums you knew boon. She had a real horny streak when it came to literature. It's weird how even like growing up the most conservative mums you knew were horny readers. They'd be church going ladies. Good Christian women. Yeah, they wouldn't wear anything above the knee because they didn't want to be

marched out of town for being a strumpet. But they were absolutely horny bedtime readers. And then, like your mum, they raced out to buy Fifty Shades, didn't they? And it was a bit much. Oh, was it? It was a bit much. Right.

Yeah, it was a bit much. She saw the movie. It was a bit much too. Okay. Well, that gives you an idea. What about, have you got a Helen there? Horny Helen. Horny Helen.

Yeah. Yeah, I got a horny Helen. Oh, yeah. What about a Millie? Yeah. For Mills. For Mills. For Mills. But what would it be? For Mills I got an Amelia before Didn't I write down a Millie?

I'll do a Melissa Yeah, there could have been a Millie In the 60s in the Melissa's And what was mum's favourite hot drink? Probably coffee She's a coffee girl Yeah, it was definitely A coffee until it was time for a tea,

until it was time for a Chardonnay. Yes, she's on the Chardies. She loves the Chardies. She's on the Chardies. All right, those are your five questions, Vaughan. You've got enough names there. Yeah. All right, well, Holly, Vaughan now has 15 seconds to try and guess your mum's name.

If you hear your mum's name, yell out, stop, that's my mum's name. Your time starts now. Christine, Alison, Hannah. That's my mum's name. If you hear your mum's name, yell out, stop, that's my mum's name. Your time starts now. Christine, Alison, Hannah. That's my mum's name. What? Wait, which one? Christine. That's my mum's name! That's my mum's name! Because the first question was what she up to this weekend

and you said she loved entering competitions and my mum's still, not on the radio, but... Oh my god, you got it in one! If it's a cutout... Was that the first one? It was the first the radio. Oh, my God, you got it in one. If it's a cutout. It was the first one. It was the first, yeah. Christine, Alison, Hannah, Grace, Susan, Beth, Shelley, Karen, Carol, Amelia, Pam didn't need them.

So this whole time, Holly's been like, this is a waste of time. You got it. She'll be playing along so well. Big Friday energy, Vaughan. Big Friday energy. Maybe we don't have Friday now. Do you know what I want to thank?

I want to thank Christine. Your mum. No, no, no, my mum. Holly's mum. Oh, yeah.? I want to thank Christine. Your mum. No, no, no. My mum. Holly's mum. Oh, yeah. For parking up. Parking up the vibes

in the old dome. Bonus round! While you're on the phone, I'll have a go at guessing your dad's name. Well, you have triggered the bonus round. Dad's name.

One guess at dad's name. Is dad still with us, Holly? He is. Okay. We didn't need two bombs. Is dad still with us, Holly? He is. Okay. We didn't need two bombshells in one morning. I couldn't handle that. If you had said no, I was just probably going to cry for a bit. Just like slump onto the floor.

Well, I mean, your mom's name's Christine Vaughan. Could her dad's name also be Ian? He could be. She could be. He could be an Ian. Imagine. Could it be Christine and John, Christine and Sean, Christine and Paul? Paul and Christine.

Paul and Christine I can't put together because that's my uncle's name. Uncle Paul and mum. What about Murray? No, because that's my mum's other brother. Yeah, but it's a name from that time, isn't it? Yeah, it is. It is. Or is it something popular like John, Christine and John?

John. John. It's got to be John. John and Christine gave birth to lovely Holly. Yeah, I'm feeling John too. Was Sam big then? It's a biblical name. You ought to think Sam's been popular throughout.

No, it wasn't, was it? Not for a while. Oh, no, I'm tripped. I'm tripped. I'm caught up here. I'm not yet settled on my letter. Christine needs to talk to you again. Oh, yeah, let me know, Christine.

Just opening up the old. I hope you don't mind, Holly, that we're. Turning into another. Turning into another. I hope you don't mind that Vaughan's opening up a line of connection here. No, I'm going to blame. Hayley and I are feeling John. You're feeling John? I'm not I know. I'm going to blame... Hayley and I are feeling John. You're feeling John?

I'm not feeling John. I don't know what I'm feeling, but it's not John. Well, you've got to decide on one. We better get this done. The baby's had an absolute gutsful. What do you reckon that guy out there's name is? It's the guy outside the studio. Tim.

Mark. Tim! Tim or Mark? Tim. Tim? Tim. Tim and Christine? Tim and Christine. Okay, what are you locking in? Tim. Tim and Christine. Okay, what are you locking in?

Tim. What are you locking in? Tim. I'm locking in Tim. Holly, what's your dad's name? Steve. Oh, cool. Steve.

That was a classic dad's name too. Steve and Christine. Classic dad's name. Steve. Steve and Christine. S-T-E-V-E. Yeah. Steve.

Holly, unfortunately we didn't get dad's name, but. Steve and Christine. S-T-E-V-E. Yeah. Steve. Holly, unfortunately, we didn't get Stadsame, but we did, mums. Congratulations. $100 all yours, Holly. Well done. Oh, amazing. Thank you. Play.

ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. This is news to no one in this room. Hangovers. They get worse as we get older. I've certainly noticed that. I i don't know i went through a period where they got worse and i thought here it is i'm getting older and then now they kind of bounce back this sounds really bad but they're the worst when you don't drink regularly yes if you have a couple of drinks every night and then a blowout of the weekend you're okay but if you don't,

if you're like cold turkey, no drinks, then you have a big-ish night. Not even a huge night, but a big-ish night. Yeah. Ouch.

Do you have any friends that are like, I never get hangovers? I've got a couple of those and I hate them. I've got one friend who doesn't and I was always like,

get a grip. You just are pretending you're better than us. But no, he actually has more oxygen in his blood than everyone else. Is that why? And for some reason. It's awesome that he's not using that to be an athlete. He's using it to not get hangovers.

Oh, he's a famous boozer. Right. He's great. Okay. But yeah, no hangovers. So if he's a big night with him and the next day I'm always like, ugh, far out. I've got to choose

I get to a point where I'm like I need to choose now to have a big night and feel the repercussions of this night you feel it tomorrow or do I just go home

and nine times out of ten I'm like goodnight everybody go home and I slip out you don't say that you don't say goodnight everybody you just disappear backwards

so do I I ghost I ghost and I leave I'll climb into the nearest car and I'll leave. I've seen you do that, yes. Well, so they did a study of people between the ages

of 18 to 65. They were all measuring, you know, a number of things, of markers of bad hangovers. 34 is the age where it really starts to sting, where it gets quite bad.

Right. Probably, like you say, Vaughn, it's also where we start, like, not going out all the time so i've got a couple more years 35 uh is when they said hangovers start to last two days or more you know you wake up on sunday and you're like it's still not gone have you ever massive massive saturday yeah your monday is just horrible yeah especially with our work hours i can feel that get there on a monday and be like, no, that's still there.

37 is the age we finally start knowing our limits. Like you said, the moment we go like, I'm going to call it here. A limit identifier. 38 is when we start to feel too old to go out anyway. That would be about 28. And at 39, people say they started feeling drunk after just two drinks, as opposed to the days where you'd be like hooning a bottle and getting your second one. Wow.

So apparently, so the reason that hangovers get worse when you're older is the key enzymes involved in alcohol breaking down are less efficient with age. So that's genuinely like... It is a getting older thing. So those six-year-old French booze is having a red wine with lunch, they've got the right idea Absolutely

Getting that young gut Onto the end of the lunch With lunch With breakfast In France Thank you very much mummy Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley

Fact of the day Day Day Day Day Ah Do do do do do Do do do do do Do do do do do Do do do do do Do do do do do Day, day, day, day. My boy's getting right up there. Friday, you're getting loose. You're excited for the weekend. Goosey goosey. I had a dream recently that I was playing the bagpipes. Attempting to.

And then when I woke up, I was really sad that I didn't have bagpipes. Actually, I could see you playing them. I've got big bagpipe energy. Big set of lungs on you? Just because he's obnoxiously loud. Huge set of lungs on me. It's the redness in your beard that gives me big Scottish energy.

Yeah, right. Primarily a Celtic lad. Irish and Scottish in the DNA report. That's why the ginge comes through. The ginge tinge. Someone asked me the other day if I put a video up talking and

somebody asked me if I had a filter on And I was like What are you talking about And they said Because your beard's So many different colours Oh like a rainbow filter Like a rainbow

And I wonder Every now and then I'll get a face wash right And it's one of those like Cleansing ones Oh yeah And it just It just

If you use it all the time It just changes your beard hair A little bit And in summer A bit of bleach Yeah yeah You get sun bleached beard. You're not getting too close to the exit mold or the bleach.

Oh, yeah, yeah, your shower cleaner. I climb in the oven and shut the door every time I'm going to clean it. It's the only way you can get the back end of the door. Oh, my God, yeah, you try reaching and you'll hurt yourself. So I had a dream I was playing bagpipes. Okay. And then when I woke up, I didn't have bagpipes. And I was like, man, I wonder if I could get like a secondhand pair of bagpipes. Don't even entertain. I woke up, I didn't have bagpipes. And I was like, man, I wonder if I could get like a second-hand pair of bagpipes. Don't even

entertain. I've tried so many times. They're so hard. It's insane. I remember, do you remember when we buried that thing at that Christchurch rest time? That makes it sound like we buried an old person. Don't call it that thing. We buried a time capsule. We buried a time capsule. Which, should we dig that up soon? We know. It was 2009 that we

buried it. It's not even been 20 years. I buried a time capsule in 2009 as well, and I really want to open it. No, you've got to wait at least 50 years, right? That's the deal. So I tried playing bagpipes that day. Yeah, that's terrible. It was so insanely hard. I think you should stop entertaining this notion.

You're already loud as it is. I know, but that's why it's my type of thing. It's the fingering that's the hard bit so you need to get a recorder I have been which I've no no no no just on a recorder

and then I'll lend you one I've got a little pink one you can borrow and you need to get the fingering Now what's the fact of the day is it about bagpipes?

It's about bagpipes Okay good we're moving along I thought we were just having a chat What country do you think produces the most bagpipes in the world?

This is a trap because you want us to say Scotland, and then you'd be like, no, it's not. It's China. Also, do you know, like, while bagpipes are synonymous with Scotland, it's an ancient sort of musical instrument that happened around the world. Right. Is it Asia that they're more prevalent? It is an ASEAN country.

Okay. I don't know. You were about to say Venezuela. That's South America. I was going to say Vietnam. I was going to say Vatican City. That's not an Asian. Mongolia. Yeah, that's a good guess. Not that high.

Nepal. Kathmandu. No. MacPak. Torpedo 7. Torpedo 7. Bivouac. Bivouac outdoor. Bivouac outdoor. Country of Bivouac outdoor.

Congratulations. Yes. No. Well, this is just getting ridiculous. Pakistan. What? Pakistan. Yeah.

Here's the history of it. Pakistan. Pakistan What? Pakistan Yeah Here's the history of it Pakistan You may or may not be familiar with the fact that India used to be one big country that included Pakistan And the much contested Kashmir province Yes That's the one that the fights are over Now does this have something to do with the way that it was settled

Or who it was settled by? Colonized Yeah By the United Kingdom Right And then when they left They kind of were like Well I can see there's going to be problems here It was settled by. Colonized by the United Kingdom. Right. And then when they left, they kind of were like, well, I can see there's going to be problems here because you guys are different religions. Muslims over here, Sikhs and Hindus over here.

It's unlike religions to get along. Yeah, yeah. To not get along. Oh, yeah, to not get along. Yeah, to not get along. I know. Famously, religions have been so tolerant of each other throughout history, haven't they? Yeah. Yeah, your friend in the sky is not as good as mine, etc.

So anyway, they separated the countries, but the places that the armies had producing there, because you know this, from marching, it's like the army pipe bands, the army bands and everything were massive and a massive part of their military tattoo and training and everything were massive and a massive part of their military huge tattoo and training and everything they had the place that was making the bagpipes was just on the pakistan side okay so they kept making it and they became the specialist in it and and that's how pakistan ended up being the biggest um bagpipe producers they also if um i haven't heard of the pakistani army band but i've heard the indian army band and they have pipes but they have

a different sound yes like a more higher pitched that's also the thing about when i was doing some light reading about pipes from around the world you might think they all sound like bagpipes but they sound totally different yeah you know a bagpipe seems to because it's got so many horns pipes coming out the back. And the drone. Three at the top. And the. It's got all the sounds. Some of them are literally just that one pipe at the bottom that they play like a flute. So it sounds more like a recorder.

Yeah. And some of them have more arms out the back. And yeah, it's a phenomenal, phenomenal situation in the old. And we've just got the recorder division Of the New Zealand Army Yeah Yeah yeah We're not known for our pipe bands

18 recorders in unison Plastic little Plastic little recorders Two little bone white recorders I tell you what it makes for a ferociously Kindergarten sounding army It certainly does So today's fact of the day

Is the country in the world That produces the most bagp So today's fact of the day is the country in the world that produces the most bagpipes is Pakistan. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Yeah. I do. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, You ain't nothing but a dog player, I get it. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughn and Hayley. Maybe I'm overreacting

But this came to me this weekend I was chatting with a friend Who has recently re-entered the dating scene Okay In her 30s, hellish Right, yep I do not envy her But she went on a date

With someone And then she was like It went really well I really like him Really nice We're gonna go on a second date I was like Send me a link

I want a looky I don't know why But it's like The number one thing You're like Let's have a look at him Yeah like Send me his Instagram

Yeah Because you've got to Have a look You've got to Vet them basically Don't you Yeah Then the only thing

I noticed was his name was colin and my friend's dad's name is colin and it was the first thing that popped up and i was like um do you not find it weird that he is your dad's name because i would i i mean i wouldn't i couldn't do it i couldn't i couldn't do a craig you know what i mean you couldn't date i couldn't date a cra. You know what I mean? You couldn't date a Craig? I couldn't date a Craig. Yeah, right. Even if they were a hottie, nothing like my dad at all. Even if they were Jason Momoa but called Craig?

Craig Momoa. There's always exceptions to the rules. I'd struggle. But imagine having a little fun time and accidentally saying their name and it's your dad's name and you've been saying that. No, I couldn't. Oh, Colin. Have you made it worse

for her now? Had she even thought about that as being a problem? No, she was just kind of like, it's so different. Because could you date someone with the same name as your brother? See, that's how my brother's a Samuel. I have not encountered a Samuel.

I'm just thinking through. I'm just flicking through my little book. No, I haven't. What about you? Could you hook up with someone the same name as your sister? I did once. Did you? Was it weird?

I didn't really think about it until now. I have. That's what I've done as a pilot. I need a bleach wash. Yeah, right. I've made it worse for my friends. What about a Christine? Could you make love to a Christine?

Far out. Oh, God. I'm just thinking if I know any Christines. It's not really a. They would be so hot. They would break the Jason, the Craig Marmore rule. Right. You have to call her Christy or something.

Also, like a lot of people are saved by the fact that these names kind of died out. And were names that were more popular when their parents were. Yeah, then that's why. No, because people name their kids after their parents all the time. I know they come back. But, yeah, I couldn't, I mean, I couldn't shag a Craig, let alone a Patsy. I don't know that I could go there. Well, that's all we wanted to ask this morning.

Is there a dating deal-breaker name for you? Maybe it's because you had a bad experience with an ex. Yes. Yep. Or they have the same name as your dad. Which would suck if it was like a Ben or a Chris or a James or something. Because you're ruling out a large portion of the population for future dating. Here's another scenario.

Your same-sex names. So say you're after someone of the same sex, would you date a Hayley? That would be quite fun, the Hayleys. The Hayleys. Are we inviting the Hayleys this weekend? Oh that's fun, that's cute. Or two gay dudes called Ronnie, they could be the two Ronnies.

The two Ronnies. The British comedy royalty. Or the two Vaughns. The Vaughnys. The Vaughnys. Invite the Vaughnys. I've got some of my closest friends, Nicky and Nicko. He's Nicko. She's Nicky.

Which because you could, two Sams, male and female. Alex and Alex's. Yeah, yeah. All right, well, we want to know if there is a name that you just cannot do

when you're dating. You're dating name deal breaker. 0800 dials at Emma's number. Give us a text 9696. So we want to know your dating name deal breakers. The names that you just cannot do while dating. Maybe it was a bad ex sullied that name. Maybe it's the same name as your brother or dad.

Like my friend who's just started casually and enjoyably dating someone and I've pointed out they have the same name as their father and dad. Like my friend who's just started casually and enjoyably dating someone and I've pointed out they have the same name as their father and that's weird. Colin. Yeah, that's an old mate's name too. It's a dad name. It really is. So some messages in. Logan says, if I was dating,

which I'm not. Okay, mate. Bring your flex in here, Logan. No kids names which I've taught in a rat bags. Oh, a teacher. Teachers have this problem, especially naming kids. Yeah, but then dating people. What if you meet someone that's really nice, but they're a Caden? Or a Jaden.

I was going to say it's always Caden or Jaden. They're going to be a real rat bag. A Xavier. A rat bag. Casey says, anyone with the surname Dick? There's no way I would ever accept a life of ridicule with having the last name Dick. Hayley Jane Dick. Because they're just thinking about marrying into this name and having that name.

I had a friend that was about to marry a cox. And I thought, COX. COX. Right. And did they, what, they weren't happy about it or they just did it? Yeah, they were just sort of pushing it to the side, not thinking about it. They split though, so that's good. Just didn't have to deal with it. They split though, so that's good.

Just didn't have to deal with it. Good for her passport. Danielle said, Josh. Every girl has a J name that they won't go near. J names are cursed. Mine is Josh. J names are a little cursed. J and K's. Yeah. You just gotta think about it. Somebody said, Mike's are a big no.

My kids have different dads, both named Mike. And my dad is also Mike. No. Okay, so they've sworn off the mics. Too many mics. They're off the mics. They're off the mics. Turn the mic off.

Good from you. Jamie said, named after a season. I'm taking this one personally. Anyone named after a season or a month. I've never found a sane person named after one. Well, you've got August. I've got an August. She's too good for you anyway.

Jamie, you're a piece of shit. Marshall says Norman. My brother used to tease me when I was being stupid by calling me Norman and saying I would marry a Norman. So now I can't. You just can't do it. It's sad, isn't it? Okay, well, keep them coming.

Yes, call us. 0100 dial ZM or text us 9696. Talking about the names, they're an absolute deal breaker for you when it comes to dating. This came up because my friend is dating a Colin and her dad's mate was Colin and I find it weird and I've highlighted it

and now I can't stop thinking about it. You've probably made it even weirder for her now. I truly, truly have. Let's go to Morgan. Morgan, what's a dating name deal breaker for you? James. Okay. Another James.

That's very common, though. Another J name. What's wrong with a James? My dad's James. My brother-in-law is James. My brother's middle name is James. My nephew's middle name is James. Too many Jameses.

Too many Fano James. Yeah. James is just, it's too incestual for me. It's not sexy. Yeah, you're drowning in James. Too many Jameses. Too many Fano Jameses. Yeah. James is just, it's too incestual for me. It's not sexy. Yeah, you're drowning in James. But what about if you meet this guy and he's an absolute 10 out of 10? And then he's like, hey baby, and you're like, oh my God, I'm in love. Yeah, he's like, my name's James Jamie Jameson. Well, the three Jamers would probably kill it, but I'd probably have to still see

what his middle name was and potentially never tell my family. So if you were seeing what his middle name was and maybe in the hope that you'd be like, why don't you shift to a Kyle? There's people like that all the time, you know. I've met people and go by their middle name. You have to be hot to demand a name change, though. More than you. You've got to be a straight 10 to ask someone to literally change

what they identify themselves by. Their first name. I'm definitely not a 10, and I have a boy's name myself. What's your boy's name? Well, my name's Morgan. Right. Yeah. Nah, I say Morgan's head's more towards female than male.

The most famous Morgan is Morgan Freeman, though, so. Yeah, she's got a point there. She's got a great point there. Morgan, thank you very much for your call. Thank you much, though. Yeah, she's got a point there. She's got a great point there. Morgan, thank you very much for your call. Thank you much, Lee. Cheers, bro. Lucy, what's your dating name deal breaker? So a mate of mine has a rule that if a guy has a name with just one syllable,

then he's probably a douchebag. Pat. Vorn here. Carl. Would you say Carl is one syllable? Carl. Yeah, Carl. Well, I mean, like, it depends if he's got, like, a nickname.

So, like, if his name's Tom, probably a terrible person. But is he Thomas? You know? Yeah, right. Okay. Jesus. Do you still suck Vaughn? Yeah, I do.

Does this really ring true for you, Lucy, though? I mean, like, we've got some examples where it's like, Joseph was a great guy, but then he turned out to be Joe, you know? Yeah, you gotcha. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. Anyway, I see a common denominator in this equation, and it's you and your mate. So stop blaming men with one-syllable names for your problems.

Lucy, thanks. You call some messages in. My brother's names. Kelsey said I just call some messages in. My brother's names. Kelsey said I just couldn't date anybody with my brother's names. It's weird, and I avoid it as much as possible. My brother is married to someone with my name, and I've dated a guy with my brother's name. That's from an Amy.

Oh, wow. It's a popular name. So I can see how that could get problematic. If your brother's name was Ryan Gosling, and then you met the Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling Sproul I don't know if I could do it First and last were the same

I did used to joke though That we had a friend growing up Who had a big crush on my brother Her name was Hayley And then we were like If you marry my brother You'll be Hayley Sproul And we thought that was quite cool

And then she's like