ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley Podcast - 29th November 2022

Episode Date: November 28, 2022

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The ZM Podcast Network. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Hello, welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley podcast. It's thanks to McCafe, great barista made coffee on the go. Guys, now I've just got my phone mirror open because I think I'm going to get a little Botox. Oh, really? Yeah.

I've got lots of friends that get Botox and obviously like when I talk, I talk with my brows up most of the time. Especially if I'm on telly. She's always got the brows up.

So this, this I don't mind, the forehead. It's the frown line because it's not going away anymore. There it is. It's still there. Just this little one there.

Oh, I got one of those too. Yeah. And there's nothing wrong with it but I've just sort of been thinking about it recently that maybe I would just get a little. Because it is, they say it's preventative, don't they? Well, it's too late. Before it gets too bad.

Yeah, right, okay. But I'm like, could you freeze just the mono area but still have the brows move? But then the eyebrows would move as one. Oh, I wouldn't be able to do that anymore. That's my classic photo shoot face. Surprise. Cocked eyebrow.

Right. Just a little bit. You don't want to age gracefully? But I'm not. Because I'm constantly frowning. I'm grumpy and I'm tired. Yeah. I don't know.

All the like crow's feet and stuff, I don't mind. I like this and all this. I've got a little dimple forming here. Just want to do the mono. Just the mono. I've also got somewhat of a dimply chin. Okay. Think like cellulite.

Yeah. It's still there. But isn't that everybody's chin? Because there's no muscle right there, right? It's just like skin and the thing and straight onto the bone. Yeah. George has got a dimply chin. Yeah, you've got it kind of, but yours goes away.

No, stop. Just do one movement and stop. She won't stop contorting her face. How do I do it? Just go like, ooh, on your chin. Like that. Oh, yeah. Yeah, but then my.

You should go along with Hayley. Yeah, you've got one too. I've never seen you make that face naturally, so this isn't a problem. Should we have a girl's trip? Carwin, do you got a. Yeah, you've got one too. All right. Yours looked like a bit of road that they'd just fixed,

and then it rained and the truck's gone over it. You need to shut the fuck – because you've got a beard. We don't even know what's happening under there. This is hiding everything. Grow a beard. Grow a beard, you hide half your face. I had my beard lasered. Oh, no.

Oh, no. I'm just going to read. I remember when I was a a teenager we went to a pharmacist in town and my brother wanted a real strong acne medication accutane yeah one of those ones i was on that roac something like that and the guy said brutal medication when you get old enough just grow a beard and he's like that's what. He's like, I had terrible acne as a teenager, and I've just grown this beard, and it's the best cover you could ever ask for.

And I was like, I might be like, look what this guy's thinking. He's worrying about the face when it's covered with a beard. Do you know what? I missed that trick, didn't I? Or a burka. Or a burka. I could do a burka. You could?

Or I could do a beard. Well, I can't do the beard. Or just go back to masks. Oh, a snorkel set. But is that going to- Wear a snorkel set. But is that going to... Wear a snorkel set. Is that going to cover the... I just want the mono frown line.

The full mask goes right over the brows. Yeah, he's right, actually. Well, podcast listeners, if you see the clips online, see if you can see the week that I get it done. I'm not confirmed yet. Are you going to do it? I don't know. I just think maybe just that one there, this is one line.

But can they do just that? They can isolate it, eh? George's nodding, but it's hard to tell from the expression on her face. George, you get on this microphone, please. I don't know if that's plugged in. I definitely haven't had it, because look at that bad boy. No, it's not moving enough. Go like this, raise your eyebrows.

Oh yeah, that's an absolute wrinkle fest. She hasn't had any. I do, I reckon crow's feet are cute. I think they're cute too. Crow's feet say that you smile a lot, which I think is a nice wrinkle to have. But this one means I'm a grumpy bitch. Do you remember when it was kind of frowned upon

and it was kind of almost embarrassing if you were to get Botox? Whereas now I feel like it's just everyone gets it. I know lots of people that get it. And I said I never would. But now I feel like it's just everyone gets it I know lots of people that get it And I said I never would But now I'm considering it That was when I was young And now I'm getting older

Hey we'll see Watch this mono space I'm excited to guess what expression you have on your face When this happens I'm so happy I'm going to message Vaughn in the group chat I think she's done it I think she's done it.

I think she's done it. You will know. It was like when I bought those t-shirts. Yeah. And then I wore all three in a row and no one said anything. So I was like. But the only thing I noticed, other than your nipples, was that your t-shirt looked a bit cheap.

It was. It was a cheap. It was. It was. It was thin. It was not good. It was thin. I'm not going to get cheap Botox. I'll be the best for that.

Thank you, Lee. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. This is a frosty studio. You got your top button done up. Yeah, I thought I was going to go for a sort of... Very formal. Very formal look today. And a sort of a slick bun. I just want to be a bit more professional than I was yesterday.

I thought it was a turtleneck when I first saw you at Equip Blast. A turtleneck? Yeah. It is sitting rather high. Big turtleneck energy. Thank you.

And you've been on the warpath. You've complained about the lack of rubbish bin in the studio. Every quarter, we get to do a little survey where we respond to our company and tell them what we think. And I'm like, who confiscated our bin? And then I keep going out and finding makeshift bins.

I think it's more like serious things. It's impacting my ability to do my job. Right. Okay, because you know the CEO reads all of these comments. I hope he does. Okay. I reckon he just keyword searches. Do you think?

Yeah. Do you think rubbish bin's one of them? Keyword bin. We're at, we're at at. Because we haven't had a bin in here for like a month. It's annoying. Yeah, it's annoying. That's annoying.

So I spoke on behalf of the group. They've been using cardboard boxes. Yeah, no, but then they take the cardboard boxes. It's like there's a rubbish strike. I'm flipping. Yeah, this is your biggest issue at work. I will fix this by the end of the year. We've got four weeks.

We need a little trash compactor. Oh, that would be cool. Yeah. I've always wanted to use one of those, a little trash compactor. I might start putting my rubbish in the lift And just send it on up Just press level 2

Yeah Get it up there You're like wow I don't have a bin What do you want me to do with it? The top 6 is coming up Yesterday it was announced that Hamilton the Musical Is coming to New Zealand next year That's a goodie

But I've got the top 6 reasons why Hamilton the City Is better than Hamilton the Musical is better than Hamilton the Musical. Have you seen Hamilton the Musical? No. Cannot wait to hear this. Yeah. Have you seen it?

I haven't seen it. Is it good? I haven't seen it live, but they recorded one of the Broadway productions with Lin-Manuel. That's the one on Disney+, right? Yes, yeah.

Yeah. I started watching it, but I was like, oh no, this isn't a... I think we started watching it as watching it, but I was like, oh, no, this isn't it. I think we started watching it as a family, but I was like, nah. Not a family show. Kids aren't going to dig this. Nah, yeah.

But it's a good show. Okay. Award winning. Right, but is it better than Hamilton the City? I guess we'll find out. Doubt it. We'll find out soon in the top six. Next on the show, somebody is suing Mac and Cheese.

What? Is Mac and cheese a brand? Well, Heinz. Heinz Craft in America who make, you know, like a packet mac and cheese? Yeah. That'll be done in three and a half minutes? Yeah. Well, somebody's suing them because they're not happy.

Tell you why next. Play. ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. We go to America now for a story in Florida, where a Florida woman is suing Kraft Heinz Company because she's saying they've

misled the public about the time it takes to prepare a mac and cheese cup. Big issues. Right. So she is saying that when you go to the supermarket you see these mac and cheese cups and it says ready in three and a half minutes. Yeah. And then you

can eat the mac and cheese. But her lawsuit claims that it takes a lot longer than three and a half minutes. That's just the microwaving time. How dare they? She is looking for five million dollars. As she should. As she should. Jesus. So the lawsuit the microwaving time. Wow, how dare they? She is looking for $5 million. As she should.

As she should. Jesus. So the lawsuit states, first consumers must remove the lid and cheese sauce pouch. They then must add water to the line in the cup and stir. Then microwave for three and a half minutes. Do not drain.

And then they should strain the contents. They should rather, they should stir in the sauce and then they've got to stand the sauce to thicken, which they say takes a lot longer than three and a half minutes. So that sounds more like five and a half, six. More like five and a half, six. Yeah, exactly. Far out.

Yeah, I'm so glad she speaks on behalf of everyone who's suffering through this horrible food preparation. Yeah. Well, the lawsuit says the product's a premium price of $10.99. Jebus, how much do you get? I was thinking like a two-minute noodle thing. Yeah, it's like a noodle cup size, I think, by the looks of it. The lawsuit says that the woman, Ramirez, who's seeking the damages,

looks to bold statements of value when quickly selecting groceries. Right. And like many consumers, seek to stretch their money as far as possible when buying groceries. And yeah, just $5 million will cover that. America, right?

Wow. So who's paying for this? For the lawsuit? Well, I don't, do you think she's got someone doing it for free? Or a lawyer friend? A mac and cheese enthusiast. Kraft Heinz.

She's not doing it herself. Yeah, the company said they're aware of this frivolous lawsuit and will strongly defend against the allegations. How embarrassing for their sort of, I guess, marketing or publicity person to have to even write that sentence. Yeah.

Yeah, it's a hard one, because do you, like, as this big global conglomerate, bury this woman? Who's obviously, like... Like, get a private investigator and dig through her trash? Yeah, who's got something going on because you don't make these sorts of complaints

if you're of sound mind. No, but people do this in America. They just want money. I go there, bury the bitch. Let's go. Quick to sue. No, but I'm also like,

it's a big company. They say in three and a half minutes it's ready. It's not. Oh, you're on her side. I'm on her side. Wow. Ramirez v. Hines.

Let's go. Let's go, baby. I'd love to see this true American crime story. Yes, I can't wait. David Schwimmer will play the lawyer. Yes. Wow. Maybe Sean Penn could play her lawyer. Yeah. Sean Penn? We're getting

Sean Penn involved. Wait, this is a big case. Humanitarian dude. Weird guy with a history of domestic violence who's always in a war zone. Sean Penn? Sean Penn. That very Penn. That Penn. Wow. That's a big cast. Catherine Zeta-Jones. Who's playing Ramirez? The plaintiff.

Is that the plaintiff? It is. Ugly Betty. America Ferreira. America Ferreira. Isreira Is she too busy Doing Superstore She's left Superstore Age is not up to that But where she leaves

I've not watched An episode of Superstore But I know she left It's so I think it's so underrated It's such a good show Like it's so funny It's such a good show

It's my play I only ever watch it On the plane That's why I'm only up To like season four Well she can She's gonna play Ramirez. Okay, fantastic.

Great. And her lawyer is Sean Penn. Okay, great. Who created Superstore? Justin Spitzer. Yeah, he's done other stuff. Yeah, not a lot though. Who was Justin?

Was he in The Office? Was he? I think maybe he wrote some of The Office, did he? He edited for The Office. Oh, okay, right. It's, yeah. It's very funny. It's on a Netflix show, Superstore. That's just

a free shout out. Just a free shout out to Superstore. Just an underrated, very funny show. We don't have an interview or anything. No, it's just very funny. Any of the cast. Yeah. Do you know what's great about that show, though, is that the cast, other than America Ferrera, are basically unknowns. Routingly unknown. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And they're all so good. I can't wait to see them in other places. Alright, next on the show. I want to talk about your plate. The plate you're eating off. Famously, Vaughans are quite chipped. I won't stand for it.

Mine are blue. If we replace the plates, we've got to replace the dinner plates, we've got to replace the bowls, we've got to replace the dinner plates, we've got to replace the bowls, we've got to replace the little plates, we've got to replace the mugs that we've got with them. God, you're going all the way back to the ramekins. Jeepers. Mine are just plain white plates.

Yeah. That's embarrassing for you. It's not looking good for you then. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. We all know a picky eater. Are you girls picky eaters at all Vaughan? Yeah, but they're getting better.

Because I only ask because when I was their age I was super picky. I was always like the bowl of fries at the table because I didn't want to try anything new. Oh, your big nuggies.

Yeah, nuggies, tenders. Hot dogs. Yeah. Yeah, every now and then they'll branch out. New foods, I was like I've got my palette of foods. It's hard to make kids eat food when you can't give them a hiding now, isn't it?

Yeah. Sit them at the table and they can't go until they're cold. Yeah. Well, apparently, there's actually, I've heard of this before called neophobia, which is a real phobia, the reluctance to eat or try new food. So not just being like picky, but like, I mean, I've watched a few documentaries on people that are like so freaked out

by the idea of consuming a carrot. Is this why I won't do like squid and octopus? You don't like calamari? No. Is it because you've seen my octopus teacher? I still haven't watched that because I can't bring myself to because I know it will upset me even more. I listened to this podcast with this cephalopod expert

and she talked all about how smart they are. They're like the closest thing to aliens. My octopus teacher will. I know. That's why I can't watch it. And I was like, I really loved the texture of that. No, it's just that I'm not eating it. That guy was a bit weird, eh?

He was a little off. A bit odd. But the octopus was cool. He definitely turned the camera off and put the octopus on his... Vaughn! No, he didn't. Rat to runners. He was learning from the octopus.

Gotcha. Taught him about himself. Yeah, but they're very smart. Yeah, super smart. But they're yum. No, I don't eat octopus. What. Taught him about himself. Yeah, but they're very smart. Yeah, super smart. But they're yum. No, I don't need octopus. What about that video about octopus killing sharks? I'll never get over it.

Oh, yeah, yeah. The aquarium, the sharks were just disappearing and they couldn't work out where. They can strangle. And yeah, this octopus would be like, plop, eye to his tank, into there, kill them, hide the body, and then plop back into his tank. Smart.

Such a smart octopus. We're not talking about octopuses, though. Now, we were unsure if it was octopuses or octopi. It's octopuses. It's octopi. Is it? It's octopuses. Octopi.

Both are acceptable, but like, right. Proper English would be octopuses. Many, many octopuses. I don't eat it, but it's gross. But, yeah, so people who are picky eaters or have neophobia, a reluctance to try new food, they were part of a study recently, and they tried to see if other elements of the eating experience influenced their picky eating or whether it was strictly about the food.

And the major influencer that changed how they were perceiving food was the color of their plate. Oh wow, okay. So they gave them foods that they weren't so into and got them to break them down into like saltiness or sourness or like how much they liked it

and they did it all on different coloured plates and then they found that like the way that they perceived the food was totally different. So a snack was rated higher in saltiness in a red and blue bowl rather than a white bowl. And less desirable

when they were served in a red bowl. Don't get red plates. Who's getting red plates? Simon Barnett had those red plates because he smacked his kids. What red plates? Do you not remember that? What? He was the face of this campaign where he was kind of campaigning

to still be able to smack your children. Don't give me that. Look, it's factual. I'm not going to get done for defamation. And it was like a good behaviour plate. You could get it from the warehouse and you gave it to the child when they were behaving. But otherwise they didn't get the red plate and they got the belt.

Wow. That was a few years ago. Of Wow. That was a few years ago. Of course. That's a long time ago. Of course. Yeah, I don't think a red plate looks good in any kind of modern decor, does it, in any kitchen? Yeah.

I'd eat off a red plate at an Asian restaurant. I think it would go well. Maybe in a diner? Like a red sort of plastic plate or something like that? Oh, what about those red baskets they put your tacos in? Yeah, that's what I mean. Like those little woven red plastic baskets. Nearly swore.

So they said as well, if you eat on blue plates. Now, I've got blue plates. What kind of blue plates? You've got like a duck egg blue? Like a kind of crackled organic ceramic looking thing that looks really bougie and you see them all the time at cafes, but they are Uncle from Kmart. Oh, they're Kmart specials. Okay.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I see them all the time at fancy cafes and I'm like, all right. I like that. It's $3. It makes food taste sweeter. So if you've got a kid that doesn't like soury foods or sort of savoury stuff, put it in a blue plate and they might perceive it as being sweeter. So it all comes down to the plate.

Right, but my plain white plate, that's neutral? Pretty neutral. So if you don't like the food, you're not going to like the food. It's because I've made terrible food. Yeah. That's why. I think you could be a bit more exciting with your plate choices next time. Okay, but blue.

Does it say anything about green plates? No, they just did red, blue, and white. Red, white, and blue. Right. I would like to say this was in America. Those are the only colours they stand for. Very true. They don't do greens or yellows or browns.

Play ZM's Fletchford and Hayley from the yummy ZM think tank. This is the top six. Well, it was announced yesterday that Hamilton the musical is coming to New Zealand. Yeah, next year. But we've already got Hamilton the city. So do we need another Hamilton? Well, it's Alexander Hamilton. The musical is coming to New Zealand. Yeah, next year. But we've already got Hamilton in the city, so do we need another Hamilton? Oh, it's Alexander Hamilton.

Yeah. This is... Alexandra Street in Hamilton. Yeah, right. Now, you've seen it. Where did you see it? I saw it. They recorded the Broadway production on Disney+. I think it was the original cast or maybe the second iteration.

So good. Right. I thought you'd gone to Broadway to see it. Was it Lin-Manuel Miranda? It was Lin-Manuel Miranda. Did he come back for that recording? Yeah, because I thought he'd left the Broadway production long. Yeah, I think he came back for it.

Yeah. God, he's made so much money off of it. He's rich. He's so rich. Dude. Because I remember being in New York and everyone's like, you've got to go to Hamilton. And I was like, okay, well, look at tickets.

And they were like $1,000. I was like, no. It's the hot musical of the last sort of few years. There's always one. Like when Book of Mormon came out, everyone was like, that's the one you have to see. I'm a Les Mis girl myself, you know? I like to go back to the Oh you're in the classics

The OGs The classics Lin-Manuel Miranda Is 42 years old Jesus And worth an estimated 80 million US dollars I think it's gonna be more than that

Because he created it didn't he Yes Yeah He wrote it I've listened to a podcast When he talked about How he came up with it Because they were like

Okay so One of the least Known founding father, how did you do it? And he's like, I got given a book on him. And I was just like, he's quite a fascinating guy. I think someone dared him to write a musical or write a song.

And he's like, I'll do it. I dare you to become filthy rich. I dare you. Okay, I will. I double dare you. Well, I triple dare you. Next year in May, it'll be in New Zealand. Yeah.

People are very excited about this news. As a Waikato lad, I have the top six reasons Hamilton City is better than Hamilton Musical. Okay. Number six on the list, Hamilton the City. Beautiful themed gardens. I love the gardens. I do like the giant door.

The big door. You look so little in front of it. Yep. All sorts of themed gardens. Hamilton the Musical? No themed gardens. Is that right? You've seen it Hayley? He's not wrong. Number five on the list of the top six

reasons Hamilton the City is better than Hamilton the Musical. Number five Hamilton the Musical? Two hours fifty-five including intermission. Hamilton the City? Hour and a half tops. What, is the amount of time you want to spend? Yeah, you can get it all done in that time.

Okay. Pin your ears back, get it done in no time. Number four on the list of the top six reasons Hamilton the City is better than Hamilton the Musical. Hamilton the City, free. Yeah. Hamilton the Musical, famously not free. No.

Hundreds. Not free. Number three on the list, Hamilton the City, famously not free. No. Hundreds. Not free. Number three on the list, Hamilton the City, river. Hamilton the Musical, correct me if I'm wrong, no river. No river, no. No river. Not even a pretend river? No.

Okay. Quite a minimalist set, actually. Yeah, right. Very minimalist. No water involved at all. Number two on the list of the top six reasons Hamilton the City is better than Hamilton the Musical. Hamilton the City you can now bypass thanks to the new road. Yeah.

Hamilton the Musical will be unavoidable. Yeah. Yeah. They've taken away your choice there. Yeah. And number one on the list of the top six reasons Hamilton the City is better than Hamilton the Musical. Hamilton the Musical set in the 1700s. Hamilton the City set in the 1990s.

Never quite left. No, it never left, but significantly more modern. I thought it was the city of the future. It was in the 1980s. Right, okay. Yeah, and then the future was the 1990s. Okay, right. I really like it here.

Right. It held its promise. It's nice. It stayed really like it here. Right. So it held its promise. It's nice. It stayed true to its word. That's today's top six. Play ZM's Fletch Vodden Ailey. Play ZM. We were talking just before off.

Oh, you naughty boy. Now let's not talk about what I was going to talk about. Let's talk about The White Lotus. Are you using this as a little background music? I'm using it as the background theme music. We've been listening to The White Lotus soundtrack. God, it's good. It's good, yeah.

Later season, Ep 5 last night. You need to watch it so we can talk about it. I know, I'm behind. I was going to watch it, but I got tired. You're going to start seeing a lot of Jennifer Coolidge memes today. I've already seen a few. Are there spoilers? No.

Yes. No one spoilers me. I'll avoid a spoiler. I just want to listen to it. Okay. No. I'm going to talk about burnout. Yes.

Now, I'm like, burnout's a word that's very much been in the zeitgeist for the last couple of years. Yes. Especially like millennials and Gen Z for the last couple of years. Yes. Especially like millennials and Gen Zers having a bit of burnout. I definitely get tired and sometimes a little stressed. But I don't think

I've had burnout. And then I was, I just Googled before the definition of burnout. Okay. Just cranked a little bit. And it's just tired and stressed, is it?

No, I'm not tired. I'm not burnt out. Oh, right. I'm pumped. All thanks to this song. Yeah, this is my cure to burnout. Yeah. The White Lotus theme tune.

When the beat drops. Oh, my God. How good is this? It's like they're only opening credits to a show I don't fast forward. This and Game of Thrones. Oh, no, I fast forward House of Dragon. Because there's all stories in there.

Yeah. It changes every week. Yeah. You can't fast forward that one Dragon. Because there's all stories in there. Yeah. It changes every week. Yeah. You can't fast forward that one. Unless I'm using it to go for a wheeze break, I'll just let it run. Right. Yeah. Oh, you're looping it, are you?

Yeah. Fantastic. So the term burnout was coined in 1974 by Dr. Herbert Freudenberger. So it's been around a bit longer than two years. Yeah. And he wrote a book called Burnout, The High Cost of High Achievement. And he's defined burnout as

quote, the extinction of motivation or incentive. Especially where one's devotion to a cause or relationship fails to produce the desired results. The extinction? So the bar for burnout there is a lot lower than I would have thought. You just can't CBF.

CBF, unmotivated. Unmotivated burnout. I think of it as like you're physically, like your body reacts when you're so stressed and your body just kind of crumbles. You get sick. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're tired.

Constantly tired. Aggressive and that kind of stuff. Well, some experts say that the answer to burnout is healthy selfishness. Crank it. Okay. Crank it. And this song.

So good. So they say societal norms dictate that we think of others and put their needs before our own. Like that's the acceptable ways. If you hear the word selfish, even just hearing selfish, you're like, I don't want to be that I want to be selfish yeah

well it's frowned upon isn't it it is frowned upon but experts say that you have to live selfishly if you're experiencing burnout so you can help yourself function at your best by putting your own happiness

and your own needs before everything and anyone else I think that's right like you'd rest you could do that. Do you mean like rest up? You don't go out at the weekend. You just have some me time.

You're not serving others. You're not going like I can do that for you. I can do more for you than you absolutely basically need. I mean obviously you've got to look after kids. But you're putting your own needs first and you have to do it for as long as it takes to get back on form.

At which point you can then crank the music. How are people going to tell their middle-aged, boomer-aged bosses that they're slowly killing them and they need to put themselves first for a little while. That seems like the sort of thing that management will throw in your face next time you have a pay review. I know, but I would go, workplaces are changing, right? Yeah. In terms of mental health and that kind of stuff.

I think you used to get like five sick days and you had to be. Yeah, medical certificate. Yeah, out both ends to take those days off. Whereas now you can take mental health days and I don't know. Yeah, so be a little selfish. Be selfish.

Put your own life first. Tank today off. Watch The White Lotus. It's 6.43. It's not too late to call your boss and say I'm not coming in. Oh, there's a scream.

Yeah, it's a bit full on at the end. Just go outside and scream as well. Yeah, that can relieve some stress. Yeah, it does, doesn't it? Yeah, maybe not if you live in one of those townhouses. No. You don't do that.

It's very close to the neighbours. Yeah. The police will come and be like, we heard a noise. I've got burnout. Silly little Poll. Silly Little Poll. Silly Little Poll today is do you still use Facebook? Yeah. Somebody just messaged in on the text machine saying, is it ironic that your Silly Little Poll was shared to your Facebook story

but you couldn't answer it because it was originally an Instagram story? Oh, no. Who did that? No, that's how it works. You do it on Instagram but you share it to Facebook but then you can't like easily click. Oh, no. Who did that? No, that's how it works. You do it on Instagram, but you share it to Facebook, but then you can't, like, easily click. I think you click on see more, and it takes you to the Instagram story. Oh, right.

But that's pretty funny. Is Carwen getting fired? She's out. She's out. She's leaving the social media desk. Carwen, you've let us down here. Okay, firstly, it auto-shares to Facebook. I didn't set that up.

Right. And it used to work. You used to be able to vote on it but they changed it. So that's Zuckerberg's fault, right? So this is a Zuckerberg issue. Another issue. Add that to the list. You can keep your job then, Carwin, if it's a Zuckerberg issue. But Zuckerberg's fine. He's out.

It does kind of trap you in this world, doesn't it? Because, you know, I'm on groups. I would quite happily not use Facebook. Yeah, I'm over it. I keep using Messenger. I keep using Messenger, though, yeah. I like, because, like, no one even tags me in photos anymore. That's what I used to like.

Because it doesn't recognise you. Because I'm old and ugly. No, but, like, you know, you go out and then we'll do a thing and then there'll be all these photos that tag you on Facebook. But now that doesn't even happen. Unless you're with Vaughn. He's like the only person I know that uploads stuff regularly. Yeah.

But you're using it more of like a scrapbook memories. Yeah, totally. I love putting my memories every day and seeing what I was doing in 2007 to 2010. Heavy posting periods. Yeah. Same. Heavy. You spend about five minutes of your morning deleting old stuff, don't you?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm changing it to only me so I can see it every year, but it's a reminder of the better person I've become. Good stuff. The day will come, though, won't it? Oh, it's coming for us all. Do you still use Facebook? 81% of people said yes, 19% said no.

See, that's quite a large amount of people not using it anymore. 20%, yeah. Shana said, I got so mad at everyone's shitty opinions all the time I had to delete it because it always made me so angry. That's good. She saw something toxic in her life and she had it removed. Yeah, I think a long time ago I had or removed anything I didn't like on Facebook.

Yeah, but now I don't get anything. My Facebook now is ads And algorithm content Mine's marching Like I follow like 10 marching pages Yeah yeah And algorithm Mine's lots of restoration things Where someone finds an old rusty metal thing

And then restores it to shiny And I love those videos I can't get enough Amy said I haven't posted on Facebook in ages But still do the odd mindless scroll Yeah I think TikTok and Instagram Reels has taken over the mindless scroll Joe says

to see the memories that pop up each day but mostly just Facebook Messenger to keep in touch with people Raphael who's taken a small break from being the most rambunctious Ninja Turtle there is said I just use Facebook for Marketplace

Oh that's a Facebook for Marketplace. Oh, that's a trap though. Marketplace sucks. But it does have lots of... It's terrible. It's junk. There's no repercussions for not following through with anything you've promised like TradeBeat, but there's also no fees.

Yeah, that's a good thing. That's why people like it. Yeah. Isaac said, I voted yes, but honestly I check it maybe a couple of times a week, and it's the same auntie answering personality quizzes or parents' friends updating. None of my friends actually post there much. Marketplace is still fun, though.

So these are a couple of lads, big marketplace users. Yeah. Caitlin says yes, but only because my friend's hen's party's been organized on there. As soon as it's over, I'm deleting it again. But that's events. You get invited to's been organised on there. As soon as it's over, I'm deleting it again. But that's events. You get invited to so many events on Facebook. Yeah, but I don't even pay attention to them in the way that I used to.

Yeah, true. You know, like that used to be how I knew what was happening. So some stats from mid this year, July, the end of July, Facebook had 2.934 billion monthly active users, the number one ranking most active social media platform. But in that month, the number of people that used it had decreased by about 2 million. Wow.

In the three months leading up to it. Yeah. So that would mean about 37% of the population of Earth use Facebook today. Okay. So they're still using it, but maybe not as long. Ruby writes in and says, I only use it for groups.

I love the gossip or advice I get. Don't tell me you're not following an After Dark page. I love when Sade shows me those. Oh my god! So good. But you're not supposed to see them. You're not in the group. I know, but she shows me on her phone.

Wow. Sade's breaking the rules. She is. Some people ask some wild questions. I know. And not anonymously. Yeah. Like, well, I shoved something up my butt.

Anybody else done this? How do I get it out? Like, it's just like, what? Go to the White Cross. Maybe go straight to the hospital. I don't know if I go to the White Cross. Yeah, it's just like, what? Go to the White Cross. Maybe go straight to the hospital. I don't know if I'd go to the White Cross. Yeah, but then what did you pay to go to the White Cross when you had a sore throat?

$150. And you didn't even have something stuck up your bum. You might as well have popped something up there. Well, I did a two for one. I got a sore throat. And, well, that's not bad money, actually. See, I'd probably call a friend and offer them $150 before I went to a stranger.

Don't call me. You don't want $150? I'll never be able to look at you in the eye again if I have to. And you know what? I have always said you've got to use a safety strap. I thought you were one of my best friends. I am, but I don't want to stare into the abyss and get an arm up there trying to fish out whatever you've popped up.

You can't unsee it. That's the issue. I'll call Hayley. She's not as prudish. No, I'm not. I'd stare right in its eye. Right in it. That's the issue. I'll call Hayley. She's not as prudish. No, I'm not. I'd stare right in its eye. Right in it. Yeah.

Jesus. Do you have tweezers? Tweezers? Tongs. Barbecue tongs. Hannah says, I hate phone calls, so Facebook makes life easier to update everybody at once. Yeah, group chat.

Group chat. Jason says, I deactivated it since the start of the year and it's still... Group chat. Group chat. Jason says, I deactivated it since the start of the year and it's been a great decision. Yeah. A great decision. So there you go.

Sounds like it's a fading star. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Well, yesterday Mars, not the planet, the confectionery company. Thank you for clarifying. Roman God? It's important to clarify.

No, the confectionery company announced that they will be switching to paper-based wrappers. Nice. In New Zealand next year from June. Nice. It'll be like Willy Wonka. He had like paper in the film. Wrapping open, yeah. It was so nice.

Yeah. But was there foil underneath? Like, I mean, that's most chocolate bars. Yeah, there was foil underneath. Yeah, it's paper. Because otherwise it'll get all greasy. It'll get manky, yeah. Well, more than 7 million Mars plastic wrappers

end up in landfills in New Zealand a year. Because you can't really recycle them. No, you can't. It's 11 tons. Tons? Tons. I say tons. But. It's 11 tons. Tons? Tons. I say tons. But it's an O, isn't it? Tons. It should be 11 tons.

11 tons. Yeah, but some O's are pronounced like U's. Well, 11 tons end up in... Do you say money? Now I can feel I'm going to spend a lot of money today. Money. That's true. 11 tons end up in landfill.

And yeah, they reckon that by switching to paper wrappers for Mars, Snickers and Milky Way chocolate bars, that's going to save all of that plastic. Milky Ways? That's a bizarre choice. Milky Way is just white chocolate, eh? No. Milky Way's like a Fudgy kind of Like a nougat

Moussey, nougaty thing in the middle It's very basic I'm thinking Milky Bar I don't Milky Way I'm into none of Who buys Milky Ways? Maybe a Snickers

I'd have a Snickers But I'm not into Yeah Any of that Carry on Give me a Turkish Delight Same Cherry Ripe Crunchy Yeah Picnic Crunchies Yeah. Any of that. Carry on. Give me a Turkish delight. Same. A cherry ripe.

Crunchy. Yeah. Picnic. Crunchies. Crunchies hurt my teeth now. Do they? Not the crunchy part of them, just how much sugar's in them. Oh, okay.

Because, you know, the inside is just like hunky-punky. Oh, my God. Sugar syrup. Yeah. Sugar syrup. Yeah. Yeah. But it makes me, I just get, ooh.

Get some Sensodyne on and hoover some more. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Are me, I just get, ooh, get some Sensodyne on and hoover some more. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're thinking of a Milky Bar. Yeah, I was thinking of Milky Bar kids. No, Milky Way. Milky Way.

I didn't even think they made Milky Ways anymore. Yeah, I think they do. I've only ever had the little ones. Yeah. You have them like when you're in a...

And like a favorites. Yeah, like a favorites, yeah. I saw in the supermarket a new favoritesites box. What's it got? It's called Party Pack. It's got a Blinky Bill in it. No, what's that little koala chocolate?

Yeah, like the Freddos, but the koalas. Chlamydia koalas. Yeah, it's a chlamydia koala. The clap bars. No, that was like a Blinky Bill. Caramel Freddo. What's it called? I'll look it up. Is it in a...

No, no, no. It's in like the traditional favourites box. The one that's definitely got your name on it under the Christmas tree and you know what it is from about 50 foot away. It's not the Kiwi edition? Caramello Koala? It's like, I'm sure it was called the party one because I thought it might have been a new take on the Kiwi one

But it was It was at New World By the way You're on Countdown I don't know if that's Going to make any difference No I don't know But it was

Also bigger Right The caramel koala Is the koala Right Because that's The thing at Christmas There's never enough

Like if someone Is into the Turkish delights There could only be Two in the box There often is Because they think That people aren't into them. But if we were to spend Christmas together,

there would be arguments. What about how many boost bars you get? See, boost to me is like a Milky Way or a Snickers. Nah, Snickers rules. No thanks. What would you call it? Favorites? Was it a Cadbury thing?

Here it is, party favorites. God, you two are losers. Absolute losers at Googling. It's got a Fredo in it. It's got a Marvelicious creation. It's got a twirl, which you guys don't like twirls, eh? Nah. I know I like a twirl.

Is that the one that's twirly and then it's... It's a flake with a chocolate coating. Yeah, no, I like those. Because it kind of holds its shit together better than a flake. Yeah, it does. You like flake, though. I love flakes. Unless you get a dead luck.

I love flakes, chocolate bars, people, flaky people. Not a fan. But the representation is there. As soon as you take them out of their wrapper, they just fall to pieces. What else is in this party box? Because so far I'm not enjoying this party. A tropical pineapple dairy milk. I'm just going from what's on the cover.

A Fredo, a Twirl, a Caramel Koala. There's got to be more. Don't bother me with this box so far. It's Cadbury Favourites Party Edition. I'm not on big Cadbury money. Because you know I'm a Whittaker's boy. I'm a Whittaker's boy. Oh, the Marvellous Creations.

That's got like nuts and the jelly bits and the... Right. Okay, well, either way... Fritos. Now this looks short. Either way, paper wrappers next year. It's changing up. Great stuff.

No, that is good. We will give them some. Hold on, I've got a full list. Marvelous Creations, pineapple snack, caramel Frito, Frito, caramel koala, Frito milky top, strawberry snack, Cadbury Twirl. Oh, they should rename that Australian Trash. Yeah, Aussie Trash Box.

Because that's what it is, Aussie Trash Box. Don't buy the Aussie Trash Box. Yeah, if my family's listening, I don't want an Aussie Trash Box Christmas thing. No, get me a traditional favourite. Just get me heaps and heaps of Turkish Delight. Yeah, just buy me bags of Turkish Delight. The Kiwi one, Chocolate Fish, Morrow Gold. Excuse, just buy me bags of Turkish Delight. The Kiwi one, chocolate fish, morro gold, excuse me,

excuse me, caramilk, buzz bar, perky nana and a peppermint chew. I love, I love a peppermint chew and I love a perky nana.

Someone will eat the morro gold, dad. Yeah. As a dad, but that could be called I will speak for all dads. A New Zealand trash box.

That could be called the New Zealand trash box. It's Hayley's could be called a New Zealand trash box. That could be called a New Zealand trash box. It's Hayley's name from high school. NZ trash box. It's not far off. I don't know where he gets that. Probably not for the queasy because we are going to talk about vomming a little bit. The tactical vomm.

The tactical vom. The tactical vom. So a tacti-vom is, I guess, if you're out and you've had too much to drink and you, that was a little burp. You force yourself. You force yourself to expel the liquor. Exactly. In order to

quote unquote sober up and feel a bit better. Get some of it out. It's too late. It's in your bloodstream. Exactly. It's too late. It's in your bloodstream. Exactly. Is it too late? It's in your bloodstream. It's in your blood. So what you should do.

When it gets into your bloodstream, it gets to your brain and upsets you, the whole function. You've got it. What you're vomiting is, it's going to stop it getting worse, but it's not going to reverse what you're experiencing. Do you think if you were too drunk

and you were like, oh, I've overdone it, you could get leeches? Get some leeches on. To suck the alcohol out of you. Out of your blood. Yeah, maybe. Because they suck blood out, don't they? Yeah, but they just say all the blood.

So it's not like your alcohol percentage is going down. Transfusion perhaps then would be the only way. Yes, that would be the only way. More blood. So Ask Dr. Zach, which is a weekly column from Australia. People write in with their little questions, and someone wrote in saying, like, I love a bloody tacti-vom. Gross.

When I'm out, is it bad for me? And then basically it came down to, like, it's not necessarily bad for you. I mean, there's all the things that are bad. You get dehydrated, which is the worst when you're drunk. And especially if you're trying to avoid a hangover. That's why you get on the coconut water. Oh, God, it's the best. It's nature's power.

We had that the other night and I woke up and I was like, miracle. I know. Makes you dehydrated, bad for your teeth. It's also traumatic. And this is the thing that Dr. Zach was saying is temporarily you'll be released with endorphins. You'll be flushed with endorphins because apparently your body releases endorphins when you throw up because it is a traumatic experience

and it is. I cry every single time. I very rarely throw up. It's not what I do. I'm the same. Whereas some people drink and that's all they do. They do it all the time when they drink. Yeah, mine stays in for days until, I don't know, it's out of my system.

Right. But it gives you, basically his issue with it is, other than bad for your throat and a lot of that stuff shouldn't be coming up, is that it gives you false hope. It gives you the illusion of feeling better. And then you might go on to drink even more than if you had have just called it a night at that point. If you're doing a tactical,

I mean, I guess if you've like drunk so much that your body literally just throws up, that's one thing, that's your body saying get it out. But if you're doing it purposefully for yourself, it's not going to have the same effect because it's too late. You'll feel better temporarily, but your brain, as you said, Vaughan,

it's already in the brain. It's already in the blood. Yeah. So throwing up is just going to be yuck and gross, make you feel better for 30 minutes, in which point you might go, I feel better, have a couple more drinks, and then ultimately, it's still all in you. So no to the tactical vom.

Bad for your tummy, bad for your teeth, bad for your hydration. And ew. Just weird that a doctor's called Zach. They're normally like old names, aren't they? Yeah, Bruce, Brian. Dr. Brian. Dr. Roger.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, don't do it. Dr. Murray. Also at the end of his little segment, I love this, it's like, don't do it, you know, da-da-da-da-da it And then perhaps you should just drink less On a night out

Prevention is the key here Totally, alright Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Ailey Play ZM Well Well Oh that was three wells Three well paste.

Well pause. Wells. I'm sort of an advocate for the four wells to really throw people off. Well, well, well, well. How do you hit the last well? Because there's a well, well, well down on the well. I go, well, well, well, well. No, no, no, no.

I think that really throws people. No, no, no. Well, well, well, well. Oh, that's nice. I think your feet going down is the unexpected down. Well, well, well, well. Really lets that person know that you're not comfortable with. Four wells for the win, for sure.

Let's do four wells. Okay, let's change well, well, well to well, well, well, well. Well, well, well, well, well, well, well. Well, well, well, well, well, well, well. Well, it was a few months ago that I was alerted to the fact that my likeness was very much being used as part of the Countdown Bricks promotion. You were the farmer in the Countdown. You are the farmer in the Countdown Bricks.

The farmer, the lead farmer. The top dog on the farm looked a lot like me. Hat wearing, bald brother with a beard who liked a green swan dry. Yeah. Except he had a little tractor. Then we found out that he has a racially ambiguous wife.

Guess who has one of those too? Me. You can't tell me she's not Māori a little bit. Tiny bit. Tiny bit. She's got to be somewhere in there. Tiny bit on the ancestry.

Tiny bit on the ancestry. Yeah. Hayley first found out that Sade was Thai. Chinese Thai. Well, actually, Sade is everything. Yeah.

Because she's done the DNA test. She's Nepalese, Indian. She's Portuguese. She's Chinese. She's Chinese. She's Hawaiian, Ireland. Yeah, she's a Gwen Stefani music video. Really?

She truly is. A little bit Harajuku. She really has more of a claim to being a Harajuku girl than Gwen Stefani, although I always argued an undoubtedly 100% Italian woman's claim to being a Harajuku girl. But the whole situation, and I raised the issue on air and on social media that my likeness was being used and I had not been remunerated.

Yeah, no compensation. No compensation. Wow. Yesterday, I finally received the compensation, a big box, and it was the whole set. It was one of everything. Wow. Oh, that's nice.

So you got a little tractor? You got a little tractor? Got the whole set. It was one of everything. Oh, that's nice. So you got a little tractor? You got a little tractor? Got the little tractor. He got a little tractor. He's wanted a little tractor for ages. I wanted them to, they could have kept the Lego and just purchased me an actual little tractor that would have been fine as well. And you know what? I think you've

got reason for claim. The guy that drives, is it the tractor? Or, no, the tanker driver's a female. The, please don't use that look. Oh, yeah? The tanker driver's a female. I think you might do,

you don't do the delivery truck. Yeah. Because that guy wears a red hat. I think it's the tractor driver. Wears a blue hat and a blue shirt, and he looks like you. I said to the girls, who does that one look like? And they're like, that's Fletch. Unbelievable.

A blue cap. Have they ripped us off? Does the tanker driver have a little mirror in the tanker, and she's put it on her lippy? Nah. She's got a cell phone in one hand. She's flooring it together. She's going to stick to the schedule. Let the Fonterra farmers know she's got a cell phone in one hand. She's flooring it together. She's going to stick to the schedule.

Let the Fonterra farmers know she's on pick up. What did they say? Did they put a note in with this? Did they admit that they ripped you off? Thank you for being the unofficial face of Countdown Bricks Farm and closes your first and only royalty payment. First and only? First and only.

That's not how royalty payments work. They're ongoing. Yeah. That's what a royalty is. Yes, it's an ongoing payment. First and only. First and only. That's not how royalty payments work. They're ongoing. Yeah. That's what a royalty is. Yes, it's an ongoing payment. It's like a tax that you pay to the royal family. Well, sue the bastards. Yeah, oh well. Well, if they're listening, get some more

baskets at my local countdown. They always run out. Do you know what? Countdown often misses a basket. Do you know what? Ever since the pandemic, I haven't been to a supermarket where there has been enough baskets. Who's stealing the baskets? They got rid of the baskets in the pandemic

because they're so much harder to clean. No. But you need baskets. I know you need baskets where the half trolley stepped up and they had all the trolley messes. I don't need a half trolley. I need baskets.

I love a half trolley. Maybe could they melt down the bricks and make more baskets? That'd be nice. Well, the bricks were made of 100% recycled plastic. Baskets. Baskets. Maybe that's how they did it.

That's where they went. That's where they've gone. That's where they did it. Also, stop stealing baskets. I know. If you're stealing baskets. You bloody baskets. I had to carry groceries in my arms.

Oh. Oh, my God. You poor soul in my arms. Oh, my God. You poor soul. I know. Oh, my God. Thoughts and prayers, actually. Yeah, actually. Thoughts and prayers.

I was going to send mine to Ukraine, but just diverted today's thoughts and prayers to you for having to carry you around. That would be so lovely. Shoot, I've already sent mine to Ukraine. Did you send yours? Yeah. Sorry, I don't have any more.

Can you pull them back? How long ago did you send? I could redact. Because you're allowed one redact of thoughts and prayers a day. Let me touch base with Jesus and I'll just see. You can't redact on thoughts and prayers for Ukraine. No, you can. You've got a 24 hour window. Well, how does that feel? Some kid, Jesus

is like, oh, hello, Jesus. This is, I'm just using my voice because I can't. Hello, Jesus. Oh my God. No. Hello, Jesus. Oh, my God. My Ukrainian accent. Hello, Jesus. We're in hot water here. Hello, Jesus.

That's my Ukrainian accent. Hello, Jesus. Hi. I won't do the Jesus accent. He was a man of Middle Eastern descent. He was. Okay, yeah. Even though he's always painted white.

Yeah. Those thoughts and prayers from Hayley, I'm going to need them back. What? But they were helping me so much. I'm going to need the thoughts and prayers from Hayley in New Zealand back. Why are you always putting Jesus?

Shh, let's keep this low profile. Let's keep this low profile. You're my priority for the next lots of thoughts and prayers, but she's redacted. It's a legal thing. I can't. I need to go to her, mate. You have keep this low profile. Let's keep this low profile. You're my priority for the next Lots of Thoughts and Prayers, but she's redacted. It's a legal thing. I can't. I need to go to her, mate. Fletch, you have to carry his arms.

Oh, gross. Play. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Now, here's another story out of Arizona. We must be having fun. I think we do a lot of the time. Time's flying. Although, Vaughan did think it was Friday.

Yeah, because when my alarm went off this morning, I was like, no, that can't be right because it's Saturday because I went to the pub last night. Yeah. But it was Monday. Yeah, it was Monday. You went to the pub on a Monday. Yeah. And it was yum. And it's Tuesday.

Okay. Well, Brenda Williams and Dennis Delgado. Bren, Bren and Den, Den. Brenny and Denny. They are respectively 72, Bren, and Den, Den. Brenny and Denny. They are respectively 72 and 78 years old from Arizona. Last year, they were at Fry's Food and Drugstore in Casa Grande, and they locked eyes. Oh.

I love this. I love a story of people in their later years in life having another chance at love. They locked eyes. They connected. They had a chat in the supermarket aisle, went out on a date. And this week, they decided to go back to that very aisle at Fry's Food and Drugstore in Casa Grande and get married.

In the supermarket? Yeah. Because that's what it is. It's a supermarket, right? It's a supermarket. So they got married in the supermarket. Yeah. Because that's what it is. It's a supermarket, right? It's a supermarket. So they got married in the supermarket. Dennis was shopping, turned down the aisle, and he saw Brenda looking for mayonnaise.

Okay. And she said. The most erotic of all condiments. Yeah. Surely. Yeah. So, and then he came up to her and said, you know the best thing about wearing a mask?

You could pass these people not wearing a mask and curse them under your breath. They won't hear a word you're saying. And she said, oh, you naughty boy. So he's been slagging people off underneath his mask. They chatted for an hour in the supermarket without leaving. Got to know each other, swapped phone numbers in the hope that they could meet up again. And yes, just this week, they got married in that very aisle.

In the mayonnaise. In a classy affair in the mayonnaise aisle. I'm seeing vitamins. I'm seeing mayonnaise. I'm seeing packet of noodles in this aisle. And the supermarket was okay with them doing it during opening hours or like after hours? No, they did it during opening hours. There's shoppers there.

What if you needed mayonnaise? You're part of the wedding. Sorry, sorry. Sorry. I just need some Best Foods mayonnaise. Yeah. But it's so sweet. It's really, really cute.

They look so happy. See how she just worked on Best Foods mayonnaise? I know. She's hoping for a better spot at the gala next year. I know. I was quite late in the program. Yeah, yeah. They're just tired, aren't they?

The audience is a bit exhausted by that point. You don't even know if they'll be sponsoring it next year. Oh, they will be. They will be. Okay, right. Okay. If I could just get within the first eight, that'd be pretty good for me.

Best Foods. Right. Love the mayonnaise. Oh, great mayonnaise. Everyone's like, Kewpie, Kewpie. No, no, no. I'm strictly Best Foods mayonnaise. Yes, I know you are.

Anyway, they got married in a shopping aisle, which I thought was very sweet. Very sentimental to them, but a lot of people having a laugh. So I want to know, where did you get married that was perhaps outside of the box? Well, that's where Vaughan and Sade got married, where they met, the Outback in Hamilton. Yeah, we did.

Wow. I asked them to leave the floor sticky. Don't mop the floor, I said. Leave it sticky with sugary RTDs. So as your beautiful bride was walking towards you, it was like, yeah. And you had Jager bombs waiting. Yes, at the bar. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

For the toasts. Well, that's when, yeah, exactly. When they walked around, usually it was champagne to toast the bride and groom. It was Jager bombs. Yeah. And QFs. Yeah. Oh, that was the optional. And jelly, jelly shots too. Yeah, exactly. When they walked around, usually it was champagne to toast the bride and groom. It was Yagi bombs. Yeah. QFs. Yeah. Oh, that was the optional.

And jelly. Jelly shots too. Yeah, jelly shots. Backdrafts. Backdrafts of the bride and groom. I'm trying to think about whether I've been to any weddings. I mean, I've only been to a couple of weddings in churches. And then I've been to, you know, a couple of wedding venue, like winery type.

Yeah. Similar to your vibe. Same. Like nice kind of bougie venue places. I went to one in an art gallery. That was nice. Was that just... In an art gallery? Yeah, in Wellington. Wow. Was that any reason it was there or was it just a venue? It was just cool. They were like quite an

arty, music-y kind of couple. Right. And they liked the art that was onty, music-y kind of couple. Right. And they liked the art that was on the walls, and it's a cool gallery. Okay. Been to one at a pub. Right, but you want to hear from people that have had a wedding somewhere unusual. Yeah, something a little unusual,

like this beautiful couple in Arizona who had it in a supermarket. I mean, I don't think anyone's got married in a New World or a Countdown. We don't know this. We don't know, though, do we? Maybe they'll ring us. Oh, 800-Dial-ZM or text 9696 if this is you.

All right, well, give us a call. Oh, 800-Dial-ZM, 9696. Did you get married somewhere a little unconventional? So a couple got married in the supermarket aisle, in the mayonnaise aisle, the condiments aisle. Do you know what I just read as well? They met in the condiments aisle. Do you know what I just read as well? They met in the condiment aisle. Yeah. He proposed in the condiment aisle and they just got married in the condiment aisle.

Yes, life's too short, especially when you're in your twilight years. Yeah, 78. How long between proposal and wedding does it say in the article? He proposed in April and they got married now. Oh, okay, right. Between meeting and married, it's only just about a year. But they're old and they were like, life Oh, okay, right. But between meeting and married, it's only just about a year. But they're old and they were like,

life's too short, let's go crazy. Paul, did you get married somewhere unusual? Yeah, so we got married in what we refer to as a rug gallery. But everybody questioned us and they were like, we can buy the rug, so let's not make it a rug shop. So a rug gallery, but everybody questioned us and they were like, we can buy the rug, so let's not make it a rug shop. So a rug shop. What was the motivation behind getting married at a rug shop?

Oh, it was beautiful. We found the place. It was in Newmarket. Is it on Clever Pass? Like down that main road, the big one on the left? The big one by the service station. No, no, no. No, not like...

Not like Persian rugs. It's hard to describe, but it's near the museum. Right. But it's an old brick building, like beautiful colours, and you go inside and there's rugs hanging on the wall, kind of like, you know, sort of tapestry like very beautiful beautiful colours but um you could purchase yourself a rug wow go to the room i like that did anybody on the day buy a rug no no no we should have asked for commission or something though yeah

i am any persian rugs. House of Hagi. Oh, House of Hagi's good. That's the one I was thinking of. House of Hagi. Thanks, you call Paul. Some messages in. Some unusual places. People have got married.

Someone got married at the top of the Tasman Glacier. Oh. Must be nice. Must be nice. That's a chopper in, isn't it? Yeah, chopper in and also melting at a rapid pace. Yeah, well, it's good to get married. They're the photos before it's gone. Well done, you.

Got married in an aeroplane hangar. Oh, that's kind of cool. That's kind of cool. We had our wedding photos in the countdown that we met in. Even had a photo with our then checkout manager. Aww. That's nice. There you go.

The New Brighton Hot Pools. I was working as a lifeguard and all the general public were watching. The whole thing was very strange. Oh, wow. Wait, she had the lifeguard uniform on? Or he? No, no, this person's saying they witnessed this happening. Oh, right.

They were a lifeguard at the time. Oh, okay. It feels weird to be in a bikini at a wedding. You know what I mean? My brother got married under the goalpost at Mount Smart Stadium because they were big Warriors fans. They were a lifeguard at the time. Oh, okay. It feels weird to be in a bikini at a wedding. You know what I mean? My brother got married under the goalpost at Mount Smart Stadium because they were big Warriors fans. The marriage lasted as long as their list of NRL wins. Hello.

Oh, say us. Where'd you get married? That's what I want to know. Well, we want the unusual places because a couple have been married in a supermarket aisle. In the condiments. Apparently the marriage in Countdown in Dunedin in 2014 married in a supermarket aisle. Apparently the marriage in Countdown in Dunedin in 2014

was quite a big deal. Right. It was, yeah. Whoa, listen to this headline that they used when they wrote about it in the paper. Giving a whole new meaning to walking down the aisle. Oh, yeah. That's good. It was right there.

It would be rude if they didn't use that. Does it say what aisle? If you could choose an aisle, what aisle would it be to get married at the supermarket? Booze, the booze. No, but you couldn't because it's chilled. Chocolate. It's chilled.

I'd go international. You're wearing shoes. The only time you're ever cold in a supermarket is when you're not wearing shoes and you walk down that chilled aisle. You're like, God, it's cold in this aisle. It's chilly. They got married. Nah, it's kind of like

on the end of the aisle. Oh, right where the bargains are, the leader. They did it a long ways. There's always a shower loofer. Always. Yeah. Paul, whereabouts

the unusual place that you got married? We got married in a fish and chip shop. Yum. Oh my God, the smell of like deep fried batter. Yum. Why did you choose a fish and chip shop. Yum. Oh, my God, the smell of, like, deep-fried batter.

Yum. Why did you choose a fish and chip shop? Well, we were living on Waikiki at the time, and we ended up in the fish and chip shop. It was just a really lovely little fish and chip shop. Yeah. And my wife had seen a sign saying that we do functions. I said, are you serious?

And she went, yep. So we got married On the 1st of April In a fish and chip shop On Waiheke Wow That's amazing It would have been

Did anybody suspect An April Fool's prank Was a foot Paul? Absolutely But we You know Because we sent

All the invitations out Looking like old newspaper As well Yeah Oh nice What a fame Yeah And the fish and chip shop Is fantastic Because it has its own bar all the invitations out looking like old newspaper as well. What a fame. The fish and chip shop's fantastic because it has its own bar.

We got married on the deck looking over the beach and had the reception there. Was it fish and chips for dinner? Yep. They did packs of fish and chips and wild boar sausages and it was an amazing day

on the first of April. Yeah, that's good stuff. I love that. Yeah, I approve this message. That's fantastic. Yeah, me too. That's great. Thank you, Paul.

Message is in. Someone got married at Auckland Zoo. I didn't know they did that. How do you do that? That'd be pretty cool. Which animal would you choose to get married by? Flamingos.

I was thinking location alone, you couldn't go past the African safari part with the boardwalk up top. Yeah, beautiful. And then just as he's saying I do, a giraffe comes down. Yes. And he comes down with his neck and whacks you. Yeah. Or you may kiss the bride and you put a

carrot in your partner's mouth and then the giraffe comes down and with its big tongue gives the bride the first pass of the marriage. Yeah, cheeky wee thing. That could totally work. Someone I worked with got married at the dragway stands at Meti Meti. Apparently the pre-wedding entertainment was burnouts. And the bride wore purple.

Something for everybody. That's lovely. Everyone's got their own style. My mum got married on an athletics racetrack because my stepdad was a little bit obsessed with sports. Oh, yeah. My parents got married in a castle in France. Oh, my Lord. That's nice.

I won a wedding and got married at a festival in front of hundreds of random people, including all of our family who came to the festival. We're on the front page of the local paper and it included a week-long honeymoon. What was the festival, I wonder? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

You do it at, like, the beer fests because then there's your alcohol taken care of. Yeah, exactly. You know, start a little tag. And the dress code. Yeah, jandals. Is this Ladehosen? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

I was going New Zealand dress code for a beer festival. George, whereabouts did you get married? I ended up being in a brothel. Oh, George. What do you mean? Why? Where? How?

It was an old private homestead in Christchurch. Lovely place. Lovely big gardens. And my wife and I thought it would be a lovely place to get married in the gardens on a sunny day. Right. And about three weeks later, we read in the paper that the police raided it and closed it down because it was a private brothel.

Wait, you didn't know at the time? Had no idea. Lovely house, and it had a special name, and we had to join the club to use it, and it was a great day. You joined the brothel. Wow. Heavy, heavy, heavy velvet curtains are generally my giveaway that I'm in a brothel.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And a lot of locked doors. We spent most of our time in the garden, thank God that I'm going to profit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And a lot of locked doors. We spent most of our time in the garden, thank God. I'm sure you did. Oh, I got lost on my way to the toilet. What were you doing on your phone? Because you dropped your phone. I was waiting quick and pressed the on button on the microphone.

Because that song had three seconds left. No, I found a video. This is my new coverlet for my beard. I can see where this story's going already. Because of Gaze? Yeah, that's cute. So yesterday I was entertaining the producers with, I don't know, just another classic timeless Vaughn-less.

Vaughn-less? It was Vaughn-less because you were doing some character work. I was entertaining the producers and we could hear over the microphone, Fletch in here boring Hayley to tears with coverlet chat. No, no, no. We just want to get a good coverlet. You misread my response to the coverlet chat. No, Hayley was deeply involved.

We were all bored to tears. Your story was so boring. It's boringness waved over my absolute engagement that I had with the producers. Now, with summer fast approaching, you know, the 1st of December will be the start of summer, I've decided it's out with the duvet, the winter duvet. Yeah, it's too hot.

And it's time for the coverlet, which is like, what would you describe it as? It's like a quilt. Like a quilt or a blanket. Like it's a blanket that's a little bit, I guess, puffy. Yeah. But it's not a feather-filled duvet. But this is my chat with Hayley yesterday, which was very riveting.

Because I'm pro-quilt. Because Hayley's pro-quilt. Is I wanted something that doesn't look like a nana quilt. But you can get a plain, anyway, I found one. And I was like, this is perfect. The tail end of a Black Friday sale. It was 20% off. Oh, gorgeous. I went off to work. I get a plain. Anyway, I found one. And I was like, this is perfect. The tail end of a Black Friday sale. It was 20% off. Oh, gorgeous.

I went off to work. I get it home. Because the place that you went, did you go to the place you said you were going to go? I went to that place. I went to a couple of places, yeah. It's a fancy place. That one was, yeah. But they didn't have the right colors.

Oh, right. So anyway, so I find this one. It's pretty decent. And I'm like, okay. And it was in like a nice charcoal color. I was like, that'll go with everything and so I get it out and I,

you know, I flap it out, put it on the bed and every time I make my bed, my cat loves jumping under the sheets. As you're flicking the sheets. As I'm flicking the sheets,

he'll jump under the sheets and he'll play around when I'm making the bed so I get the, and he's jumping on the bed and I put the, I put the new coverlet on. Just a couple of lads having a bloodylet on. Just a couple of lads

having a bloody good day. Just a couple of lads with their new coverlet quilt ready for summer. Woohoo. And I leave the, I put it on all night. I put the pillowcases on.

I'm like, that looks great. That looks good. You're pretty fat. Come back. The cat's destroyed. And I find. Are you kidding me?

Many, many holes in the middle of this brand new quilt and like fluff because he's left, he's molting because it's summer. And I'm just like, are you kidding? And you can see the holes. Is it flippable?

Don't like the other side. No. So no, it's not. I mean, it is shiny on the other side and like a matte finish. You've got a satin finish? No, so it's like. Excuse me. I'm sorry.

Yesterday in the quilt chat, how could you not steer him away from a satin finish? No, so it's like... Excuse me. I'm sorry. Yesterday in the quilt chat, how could you not steer him away from a satin finish? I'm out. I'm out of the quilt. We're talking satin quilt. I'm out. What is it? Purple on the other side too, Mum?

Is it got a tiger on the front? Okay, there's a tiger. The one-year cat attacked it. It was intimidated by the tiger staring back at it. I'm the alpha cat, it says. Like, ridiculous. I could see alpha cat, it says. But, like, ridiculous. I could see the holes as soon as I walked in, and they were in two parts,

and he'd literally been on there five minutes. You, this cat needs some discipline in its life. I yelled at him. I lost my shit. No, you need to do more than this. He's destroyed your couch. He tears at your carpet. The other day he knocked over some very expensive artwork.

Yeah, he did. So you can see there, I sent a video there. Oh, hang on. Can you see that? Yeah. See the holes? Oh, for God's sake. Look at that.

Oh, he's absolutely torn it to shreds. I'm triggered. I'm triggered. I'm triggered. My curtains have got those in them Yeah From when we got the The cats would be like

Up the curtains Hi-ya It would just sweep attack a cat When it was going up the curtains But I was like Those little penny holes Yeah But then they create a bigger line

Yeah Yeah So literally It wasn't even five minutes and he screwed it in like three places. Cats are the worst. Well, they're not the worst. I'm with Gareth Morgan.

We wouldn't put up with this. We wouldn't put up with this. No, it'd be a spray. It'd be a smack. No, but he likes water and you can't smack them. They're not kids. Oh my God. They're not kids.

No, you've got that wrong. No, you've absolutely got, you both are that strong. You're going to swift tap on the ass and ascend it in the right direction. No, you've just got to clap aggressively at it. No, I did that.

I did that. Ay! That's what I do to Raleigh. Or I stamp my foot so the whole house goes boom. Yeah, that's good, eh? And they look at you and they're like,

they hold untold power. Run, cats! Play. ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Christmas is 30 days away. Oh, no, 25 days away. 25. Yeah!

Are you ready? Have you got a tree? No. This weekend. Right, well, a Kiwi icon has come up with a personalized gift idea in time for Christmas. This would be a funny gift. Like it wouldn't be a main gift, would it? A tin of beans.

A tin of Watties beans. Now, you can purchase a tin of baked beans and put a range of names, words, or messages to appear on the tin. However, Watties have introduced a list of banned words. You can't put fart beans. You can't put gassy beans. You can't put smelly beans, bum, and a range of swear words. They've got an automatic rejection on the website that you can go to. Swear words, right.

Well, it's all my ideas out. Emojis, unfortunately, not possible. I'm just on the website. What is to home.co.nz? Right. Okay. $5.99. Cheers!

Including postage? It says out of stock, sold out. Oh, sold out. Here's a fun way of doing it at home. Get yourself a twink pen and just get a cheap can of beans and do it yourself. I want that. That didn't last long, did it? I wanted to have a try and see what swear words I could get through.

No, I can do it. Because, you know, personalised plates. Oh, out of stock. Yeah. 420 beans. 69 nice beans. Yeah, I reckon you could get 69 nice beans where are you where are your beans i don't know where have you been where are with you where have you been where have you been i don't think it'll give you many letters but yeah i think because it's out of stock could you do mercedes b b mercedes beans Beans? Although that might be

encringing on various copyright situations. Well, that's a bit of a dudder, wasn't it? Did you guys watch the Kath and Kim special last night? No, because I heard last week in Australia it was rubbish. I heard it's shite. And I don't want my memory to be tarnished.

It was all like highlights and stuff from the show. Right. But I started watching and I was like, damn it, now I have to see what else happens. Yeah. And yeah, it was mostly highlights from the show. And yeah, how people said they green screened it was the worst green screen. Oh dear.

Yeah. It was just a change. When I said Mr. Bean, it reminded me of Mr. Bean because I always put that Mr. Bean Christmas special on at some time coming up soon. And it's some fine bean. It's a great Mr. Bean episode. The turkey. Bean because they always put that Mr. Bean Christmas special on at some time coming up soon, and it's some fine bean. It's a great Mr. Bean episode. The turkey gets stuck on his head. Classic.

It's classic. It is so good. And his date. Yes. Isn't she playing the... That woman that's just sitting there. Yeah. Quietly.

Hello, Tiddy. Hello, Tiddy. Wow. Hello, Tiddy. Hello. Oh, my God. That's what I'm going to watch. And the turkey gets stuck on his head. Yeah. Hello, buddy. Hello. Oh, my God. That's what I'm going to watch. The turkey gets stuck on his head.

Yeah. It's great. It's timeless. It's a great. It's a Christmas classic. Yeah, it's a Christmas classic. We should do a list of, because we've done the list before of like Christmas movies you have to watch, but we should do like Christmas specials you have to watch,

because most like legendary classic shows have amazing Christmas specials. Like The Office Christmas specials are so good. That's legendary. So good. All right, next on the show. Hello today. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

Today's fact of the day is about a double graveyard underneath an international airport runway. The Savannah Hilton Head International Airport was built in World War II for the US military to use primarily at the time but now it's a passenger airport

and the landowners were buried there. They'd moved there in 1877. Catherine Dotson, this has got a real Yellowstone vibe to it. Yeah, right. And she died in 1877. Her husband Richard died in 1884. Catherine Dotson This has got a real Yellowstone vibe to it Yeah right

And she died in 1877 Her husband Richard died in 1884 The family cemetery and the plot of land had about 100 graves Including some of the slaves they had But we'll just Yeah yeah yeah 825 on a Tuesday Yeah but much

I also don't think we're the group to do it No So the new airport land contained the family gravesites Right Now all but four bodies were moved Because they said you are not moving the patriarch The original Landowners

Yeah the original Dotsons Right The original Dotsons You're not moving them And you're not moving uncle Right And cousin

Which was probably not a problem in World War II because the runways weren't that long, were they? Not as long. Whereas the runways now need to be longer. No, but they did sort of like build over the top of, they moved most of them, but the four that they didn't move, one's just to the side of the runway underneath, like behind a hedge. Right.

Put a little bit of brush over here. Don't look over there. But the other ones are right in the middle of the runway. And planes take off and land over these grave sites every day. You can see a plaque. You can see a plaque. Yeah. So it's two rectangles of concrete right over the area that they were buried

and the headstones effectively re-engraved and laid flat. Doesn't feel right, does it? Boo, boo, boo. Ow, ow, ow. The plane landing over them. Every time, ow. Ow, ow, ow, ow, I feel that. Yeah, so that's where they're,

Hersey's at rest and Hersey's gone home to rest and they've been there, they been there yeah since they were buried they refused to give them permission to move the bodies but they're still there they're still just there that's wild isn't it that's a hell of a thing

you think about cities that have like expanded dramatically in Auckland there's that Simon Street yes the K Road one the really old one

yeah where K Road ends and Simon Street yeah is it Anzac Avenue turns into Simon Street? Yeah, yeah. And they moved them. Yeah, they moved it because when they put the road down to the port,

they expanded that. They put those roads in and it went straight through the middle of the century. So, yeah, they had to move them. What a job. But, like, what's the process? They did it at night, I think. No one had to see. Because what's the process?

Yeah, I guess you – Because old meaning, like like 1800s, right? Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, these guys are in the 1800s and this one's in Auckland. That's one of Auckland's original graveyards. Was there even embalming then? They'd just be bones, wouldn't they?

No, they'd be like dust, basically. There'd be some form of embalming. But there would be like a coffin. Oh, yeah. But that might have... Left? I don't know. Rotted away?

Over the course of 100 years? Yeah. Well, so then... Yeah. It hasn't gone so long. Just... Leave him. Just say you did it.

Just say you did it. I don't think they've still got family visitors. I would be like... I say you did it! Vaughan Smith, the mayor that, you know, made things happen and he ticked all the boxes and he was all to do it and then 10 years later they're like, okay, so we found his notes.

It turns out he just said he did all that. He didn't do a thing. He did nothing. His spending though, way up. Through the roof. Yeah, so today's fact of the day is if you ever landed at the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport, you're landing over two of the landowners, Catherine

and Richard Dotson. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Yeah. So there was a 24-year-old in Dunedin and I don't... Say no more. An exemplary citizen. 24 in Dunedin. 24 in Dunedin.

A bit old for Dunedin. Bastard, I'd say. You don't have to leave Dunedin when you get to... 22 is the cut-off, I think. Doing one of those long important university degrees oh you're talking about a master's perhaps I'm talking about a doctor well uh she uh her mum lives down there that's why I'm not sure if she's a student right family lives down there 24 years old turned up to mum's house and said I've got to go do some errands can I please borrow your car

and the mum's like I don't really trust you. You're not a great driver. However, here's the keys. Bring it back. 300 metres down the road, she wraps it around a power pole and hits into a fence. Yikes. No injuries whatsoever. When I say wraps it, she crashed into a power pole and then the arse end of it swung into a fence. 300 metres down the road from her mum's house.

That's not far. That's like... I've never crashed mum and dad's car. Have you crashed mum and dad's car? I knocked mum and dad's car. What does that mean? I borrowed my dad's car when I was first learning to drive and he was teaching me how to back

and I just backed it into the mailbox in the driveway. Lightly scratched it. It was Alexis. But he was there. Alexis. He was there. It was his Alexis. But other than that,

no, but my mum's dinged my car. She gave it back once and the number plate was all buckled at the front. She's like, here you go. I was like,

excuse me. What the heck have you done here? She said, oh, someone must have backed into me at the Dargaville supermarket as if. She's bloody done that. Oh, wow reversal there. She said, oh, someone must have backed into me at the Dargaville supermarket, as if. She's bloody done that. Oh, wow.

Yeah. That's a big role reversal. Vaughn, I know you have. Yep. You crashed mum and dad's car. Yep, I crashed it. And I've talked about it before, and I blame the German tourists. And my dad saw right through it.

Thank you. Saw right through my lie. That's right. My brother and I were arguing over, famously as we do, and continue to. He won't do Secret Santa. We were arguing over the radio when we were driving somewhere. Oh, yeah. Because you wanted to listen to ZM.

And he wanted to listen to JJ Feeney, Scandal Queenie. Probably. We were driving somewhere and we were going around a big sweeping bend and he said, driver decides. I said, driver keeps his eyes on the road. Yeah, fair call. And I was playing with the radio and he was like, get off. And I said, concentrate on driving.

And then all of a sudden we were spinning. Wow. Yeah, we were on the side of the road and then we were spinning around. We could have gone into a creek. Dude, we could have rolled into a creek. That's wild. Was there any damage to the car? It had red marks on it where we hit the roadside markers.

Oh, yeah. Where they were just like, patoink, patoink. And it was just like the red painted like, no like real damage. It was pretty, yeah, it was very close. And it was super close to home too. And there is that thing about a lot of accidents happen close to home. Yeah, because you're so confident on the road. Yeah, the theory is that you stop concentrating because you're like,

yeah, this is my home turf. And then you go around a corner too fast on a wet road and end up in a ditch or something. How did your parents react? Telling off. Yes. I think we got smacked. We were too old.

Although Dad probably would have liked to have tried. Yeah, yeah, good on him. But yeah, real dressing down. Well, I'm sure there's many more of us that have scraped, bumped, dinged or totaled, shall we say, Mum and Dad's car. Yes. I want to know,

have you had an accident in your parents' car, perhaps like this? You were very close to home. And you had to tell them. And you had to tell them. What was their reaction? Bonus points if it was close to home. And you had to tell them. And you had to tell them. What was their reaction? Bonus points if it was close to home. Bonus points if it was literally like

coming out onto the road, boom. Yeah. All right, 0800 Giles at M is the number. Give us a call. You can text as well, 9696. Did you crash your parents' car, you naughty wee things? Yeah, and what was it?

What did they say? What was the punishment? Or maybe you lied and got away with it. Maybe they've never known to this day. Maybe it's time to confess. So someone in Dunedin's crashed mum's car 300 metres from home, according to a report in the news. In the noose.

This is noose verified. It's from the news. So we want to know when you've crashed mum and dad's car and you've had to say, ma'am. But imagine saying, like, bye, mum. Thanks for letting me borrow your car. Four minutes later. Hey, ma'am.

Hey, ma'am. Well, it happens. Lots of calls, texts coming in. Mia, what happened? Hi. I was driving in my dad's brand new Ranger in our driveway and smashed right into the garage. Oh, no.

A couple days old, and he was watching from the balcony, and he came running down. He was more worried about the car than me. Yeah, of course he was like, no, Ford Rangers are for driving right up people's asses on the motorway. Yes, and flashing lights. Even though they're going over the speed limit. Oh, no. Yeah, no.

Right in the driveway, so I didn't even make it out of home. So no trust there. Insurance? Insurance? Yep, insurance, but had to go half for that. Yeah, so never allowed in the Ranger again.

Of course you know. That was my next question, yes. Are you allowed to drive Dad's Ranger? But no. No. Banned. Amazing. Thanks. You called me out. Some messages in. I was racing my Nana down the driveway. What?

It's a wide driveway. Nana's Daihatsu Mira can get down there at the same time as another car. And I had to slam on the brakes, slid sideways into the hedge and smashed the car up. Oops. Oopsies. I crashed Dad's four-wheel slam on the brakes, slid sideways into the hedge, and smashed the car up. Oops. Oopsies.

Oops. I crashed Dad's four-wheel drive on the way home from a defensive driving course. When I walked in and told him, I told him that I had to say the guy I crashed into. What? I had to say the guy that I crashed into was outside wanting rope to hold their boots shut. Oh, okay. So you had to go in and break the news to Dad, I've crashed your car,

but also the guy I crashed into needs some rope to hold his boots shut. Oh, that's how badly I've crashed. Yeah, Dad. Do we have any rope? Why is that? I'll tell you in a minute, but do we have any rope? It's safe to say that defensive driving course wasn't too great. Yeah.

Or it could have been a lot worse. All right, well, your teats coming in. 9696 0800 Dials at M. When did you have to tell mum and dad you crashed their car? So someone's crashed mum and dad's car. Mum's car. 300 metres from home in Dunedin. Straight out the door. Made the police rounds.

The newspaper rounds. It's in the... Made the news. Got the police involved. No one's hurt, but she did take out a power pole and a neighbour's fence. And mum's car. Oh, darling. Wow. Not a good day.

We want to know this morning, when did you crash mum and dad's car? And how did you tell them? What happened? What was the fallout? Yeah. Many stories coming in. What about when they're not even your own parents? Someone messaged in, it wasn't my mum and dad, it was in the US on a student exchange.

We went to stay with my host family's uncle on his ranch in Texas. What are you doing? I did a yawn. I was trying to quietly let it out. You breathe out your nose straight out of the microphone. Yeah, maybe do that away from the microphone next time. Like that. He was full Texas.

Wore camo, had loads of guns And was low-key racist Oh no My host sister and I took his Jeep out on the ranch I wasn't meant to be driving on the exchange But I did and I drove the Jeep Straight out of the top of a big tree stump Got wedged on the top of the tree stump Went to leave it there and walk back

He was unimpressed Wow To say the least You know you don't want to upset a man with Don't make me get my shot gone What you doing there, girl? Impressed. Wow. To say the least. You know you don't want to upset a man with camouflage. Don't make me get my shot gone. What you doing there, girl? After school prize giving, I took the boys out to town in Mum's Previa.

You? Mum's Previa. Watch out, ladies. Here come the boys in Mum's Previa. Stopped to let them all have a wee stop. And then when most of them were done, I did that thing where you drive off five metres just as someone gets close to the car. Oh, yeah. I hate that.

Turns out my mate had the hold of the handle on the sliding door and just ripped it totally off the car. Mum's privy. No, they won't be happy. She won't be happy. How dare you. What about when you first came across one of those vans that the doors go meh, cl themselves and you're just yanking?

Oh, God. The taxi driver does meee. The taxi driver. I was like, please no, no, it closes itself. I'm almost there, mate. Just let me in. Callie, when did you crash mum and dad's car? Hi, guys.

God, you still sound guilty, don't you? It literally brings back so many memories. I was mortified. Mum had a brand spanking new Mercedes. Oh! Must be nice. Must be nice. And being favourite child, I was allowed to drive it sometimes.

Of course. And, yeah, this one particular time, Mum and Dad were both home, and I reversed it straight into Dad's Hilux. Oh, no. A twofer. That's a twofer. You didn't even get out of the driveway. I did not get out of the driveway,

and I actually did quite a bit of damage to both cars. Jesus. How was that received? Yeah, Mum was okay. She was like, as long as you're okay. Dad was not so okay about it. And it took me a while to get back in the car.

Did you drop down the favourite siblings rankings a little bit for a week or so? Yeah, yeah. I think I'm still paying for that. They like to bring it up every now and again. I never really liked you ever again. Yeah, yeah. Needless to say, not the favourite child anymore.

No. So, yeah, it was mortifying. So good. Kelly, thanks for your call. Some other text messages in on the subject of crashing a parent's car. My brother did a twofer. He crashed my mum's car into my dad's car. Jesus.

That's what we call it. A twofer. It's a twofer. A total dad's minivan hitting a deer on the highway in Canada. Legally, it was the deer's fault. So the deer had to pay the insurance premium? The deer had to pay the insurance excesses. Yeah, right, right, right.

That poor deer. The premiums next year will be so expensive for that deer. Yeah, they will be. And you know that deer's under 25. Yeah. Oh, for God's sake. I took my dad's car without him knowing. Now, here we go.

These never end well. Yeah, no. These never end well. Took dad's car without him knowing, went to Hamilton, was going around the big roundabout by pack and save, and I wasn't paying attention, and I crashed into the back of the car in front of me that had stopped in the roundabout.

It was a police car. Oh! That would be the worst, Dave. I always think this. A police car is just another car isn't it Yeah Yeah You can just back into them

I crashed in the driveway while reversing I whacked the accelerator instead of the brake I blamed the cat They loved that cat Yeah Blamed the cat There's a cat in the car What did the cat do?

I was driving mum and dad's car I looked down for a second. It's always a second, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Glanced. It's AKA on my phone. Always. And smashed into the big concrete divider on the motorway. Boys wondered what it would be like to hit that, but not like straight on, but like sideways. The noise must be horrendous. And they just look back and see half of your car stuck to the side of the motorway. But was too scared to stop. So I drove all the way home and parked the car in the driveway and went into my room and cried.

Imagine dad just pulls into the driveway. He's like, what the bloody hell's happened here? Okay, if you had to rate, review or marry Fletch, Vaughn or Hayley what one would it be? Okay, I would marry Hayley I would have sex, wait which one is it? No, no, no, no it's only rate, review, marry.

Oh, okay. No comment. If I have sex with the podcast I don't know how that would work. Give us a sexy little review though.