ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley Podcast - 6th April 2022

Episode Date: April 5, 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. Thanks to McCafe, try the refreshing McCafe iced coffee. It's available now at Macca's. You know, people always take the piss out of New Zealanders. Like, you know, they're like, oh, you must know Steve. Yeah, everyone's connected.

You must know Amy. Yeah. You know, Thing's brother, Amy. Amy who? Sister's brother's cousin. You know, she's like brunette, kind of short. You know, Amy. Yeah, everyone's connected. You must know Amy. Yeah. You know, Thing's brother, Amy. Um, Amy who? Sister's brother's cousin. You know, she's like brunette, she's kind of short. You know Amy. Yeah, and we joke about this when we're overseas. Yes. Oh yeah, they're like, do you know Thing? You're like, actually, yeah, I do. Yeah. Because it's such a small country.

You do. Well, here's an example of how small New Zealand is. My mum just... This is wild. My mum just messaged me She was like Um Hilarious Tell Fletch That I think

I just bought a jacket For dad Off of him On Trade Me On Trade Me This is wild And I was like What

And I think she Hit buy now And then saw Yeah because it'll be An auto email Auto email That would have had Like your name

Or your something Your bank account It's a great jacket She's got a great buy Yeah but now if it's shit and it's got a hole in it She'll be able to find you It doesn't have a hole A little rip

I messaged her just now And I said Craig is going to look devilishly good looking In a Wellington Gale She said have a look at Fletch And see if it'll fit. Well, it's medium. You're looking bloody trim. It's good.

Well, no, it'll fit. It'll fit. I mean, if it doesn't, tough. If you think this is bad. I'm not replying. Yeah, Kevin Emdor. Yeah, yeah. She's playing.

You have to do it legally. Yeah. If you think that's bad, do you know once me and Aaron put up a small coffee table on Trade Me. Yeah. If you think that's bad, do you know once, me and Aaron put up a small coffee table on Trade Me. Yeah. And then my mum messaged me. She was like, look at this cute coffee table I just bought. And my mum had bought it. And then I was like, mum, that's me.

And she was like, oh. And then she was like, well, I won't give you the money then. I was like, hang on, hang on. What the hell is happening? So I got deducted for the success fee on a sale that didn't go through. So I never gave it to her. I was like, no, you're not getting that. Oh, really?

But she never paid you? She never paid me. And then we ended up doing a little reno on it. And it was one of the cutest tables. And I'm glad we didn't part with it. Oh, right. Okay. But yeah, she didn't even look.

And then she looked and saw that. Because I think my Trade Me name was like Hayley Jane or something. Is she just always on Trade Me? Oh, she's a big Trade Me gal. Because I obviously with COVID, I can't do anything like exercise wise because I'm just relaxing for a couple of weeks. And so I was like, you know what? I'm going to sell some stuff.

Yeah, man. Get rid of some stuff. I was like, I could put all of this in a clothing, but I'm like, no, I'll sell some stuff. Yeah. And I think I listed this jacket, a couple of other things. And now I'm like, I don't want to do this anymore. No, I don't know how you do it. People are just annoying.

The worst one is like, can I have the measurement from the armpit to armpit? Yeah. Yeah, from neck to nape. Yeah. You're like, get out of town. Who knows their own armpit? Can I pick an armpit to armpit measurement? I don't know my armpit to armpit.

Do you know your armpit? I've got no idea of my armpit to armpit. You've got no idea about your pits, do you? No, no idea. No, no pit measurements here. No. I guess it's ever-changing. Anyway, I hope it's a good jacket.

I hope Craig enjoys wearing it to golf. If it's a bad jacket, I'm just not replying to her emails. You can't avoid her for all the time that we're going to know each other. And I'm going to give your mum an upside-down smiley face. Oh, bad review. Oh, imagine it. Pantsy. Could have been quicker in email responses.

I'll say that. And with payment. Oh, yeah, payment lingered. Payment daw in email responses. I'll say that. And with payment. Oh, yeah. Payment lingered. Payment dawdled with payment. Payment lingered. I'm going to say that. Dawdled with payment.

Yeah, and bad tone. Like she was really aggressive in her emails. Do not recommend. Thanks, Rachel. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletach, Fawn and Hayley. Happy Wednesday. Happy Hump Day.

Don't call it that. Hope you get out there and get... We don't, we don't ever say that. No, we don't say Hump Day. Oh, no, no, no. We don't call it Thirsty Thursday. No. We don't call it Mungrel Monday. We don't say thank TGIF. Thank God it's Friday.

Oh, no. What do we call it? Just the absolute days of the week that our Roman forebearers gave them. Right. Well, happy Wednesday. Happy Wednesday. Witness Day. I still have to say witness. Witness Day.

When I spell it. Yeah. That makes sense to me. Coming up on the show, your chance to win a $500 Razine voucher. So you've got to listen out for the activator. It's going to play before 7. Get through. We'll give you a colour

from the Resene colour chart if you can tell us what colour it is. You win a $500 voucher. We've done a 180. Yesterday, I stopped by Resene, actually,

and got a little test spot. Oh, okay. And now, you should see the walls. I have to put a photo up. Wait, so you're not doing mustard now? We've abandoned the mustard. Oh, my God.

I've got to say, it felt like too much mustard. I panicked. Are you going for doing mustard now? We've abandoned the mustard. Oh, my God. I've got to say, it felt like too much mustard. I panicked. Are you going for a green now? A green. Oh, I knew you'd go green or mustard. I know. I chickened out and I went green, but I chose a green yesterday,

and I think it could be a vibe. What kind of green? Forest dark green, light green? Like quite bold, like quite. Oh, I like that. Not forest, but not sage, but like quite bold, but not lime. What kind of green? I would say British World War I like that. Not forest, but not sage, but quite bold, but not lime. What kind of green? I would say British World War I uniform green.

Oh, yes. No, it's not quite dirty enough to be army. Pre-desert campaign. Yeah, yeah, clean, like fresh out of the laundry. Yeah, fresh. It looks like a nice moss. Freshly laundered. It looks like a nice green moss.

I would call it moss. I'll have to remember the colour. There is a mossy feel to it. Yeah. What do we think of that? I do love that. You like that? I love that. That's very good.. I'll have to remember the colour. There is a mossy filter. Yeah. What do we think of that? I do love that. You like that? I love that.

Lounge and kitchen. Yeah. Okay. Lounge and kitchen. Yeah, I know. Well, they're kind of one space, so it's going to be overwhelmingly green. You too can have these very panicked choices to make

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Yeah, the clues. And tomorrow, if it doesn't go today, it'll be a $100,000 Thursday. But still try today because $50,000 is also good. It's still good. Yeah, also good. It's still good. Yeah, it's still good. Yeah, it's still good. All right, are the top six on the way? Yeah, not willing to accept our own faults as our own faults.

It turns out monkeys are to blame for how much we like the booze. Wow. Okay, our monkey ancestors. Oh. I'm happy to blame it the feet of anybody else. Yeah, right. They're on the razz. They were absolutely on the fermented fruit jazz

I did see a monkey in a Lick-a-King oh did you? once, yeah, way back doing what? flybys? no, didn't have flybys just buying a box of ranfurlys

oh my god, another ranfurly no, that wasn't a monkey that was a southlander that's what they looked like. He just needed a bit of a chesty dry. You thought they were going ooh, ooh, ah, ah. But they were rolling their ass. Oh, the purple.

Oh my god. Ranfurly. Some guarana. I apologise. I apologise. I apologise. Do you guys have any Ranfurly? Ranfurly-ly. Ran-for-ly.

Ran-for-ly. Play. ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Now, on first glance. Oh, you've got a little. No, don't. Is that a bit of COVID? Yesterday I sneezed twice and you forced me to take a rat test.

Like, immediately. I was like, you've got COVID. That's the first time yesterday we did the rat tests at work. It's the first time I've done one with an audience. Yeah, and you, oh, my God, he goes deep, doesn't he? Because we've learned that. He's got a deep nostril. No, no, no, you've got to, people are recommending that you swab the throat

and then the nose. And when you went into the throat. Oh, I can't do it. It felt terrible. You swallowed it. I don't have COVID. It was negative. Anyway, this sounded really exciting when I was reading about it.

But now I'm like, hmm, I'm on the fence. So 60 different UK businesses are doing a trial of a four-day work week. This is run by a bigger organisation made up of lots of academics from Oxford, Cambridge and Boston College. And they are called the Four Day Week Global and they're trialling this as a global sort of structure for companies.

Right. There's some sort of, I mean, for me, a four-day week, a four-day week, a four-day week, now we're talking. Yeah, yeah. A four-day week sounds luxurious,

but they still have to complete their usual amount of work, so their workload won't go down, up to 35 hours a week, which is still a pretty standard. What is it? What's standard? 40?

40. Yeah. So it's like a little bit less, but not a whole day less. But they have to split that over four days rather than five. So they're hoping that this will create a better work-life balance and boost productivity

because you can have more time at home to do fun things and not work things. But a lot of critics are like, oh no, it's just going to make people more stressed as they try to cram the same amount of workload. For some people who are busy Monday to Friday, every hour of the day, it probably won't work and it's going to cause more stress.

Because you're right, I just had a Google, there are some New Zealand companies trialling this. I think Unilever was one of them. Perpetual Guardian in New Zealand companies trialling this. I think Unilever was one of them. Perpetual Guardian in New Zealand, they've been doing four day weeks since 2018. Well they're not perpetual are they? Semi perpetual.

I'd say yeah, they're four out of seven perpetuals. But I mean yeah, like you say, you get the work done. Yeah I know. But then we couldn't do that Because we can't just do our work No We can't cram in a Friday on a Thursday and be like

And be like, you know And just leave the music playing We've given you enough chit chat Yeah To sustain you for tomorrow And then you're driving to work and just Also we work like four hours a day, so let's not Yeah, but we work hard.

It's certainly not for every industry, this four-day work week. But there should definitely be flexibility that if someone can get their five days of work done in four days. Let them go. They've got the work done. Well, this is the thing. It's about flexibility because they're going, we cannot hit reverse on what's happened over the last three years.

We can't pretend like we haven't been working from home, more flexible. And it's been working. And it's been working. People are getting their work done and they're spreading it out in the way that works for them. They can spend time with their kids. They've been teaching their kids a lot of the time and still manage to get their work done.

So if they've been able to prove that they can work from home and have flexible hours and still get their work done, why not make it official? Imagine having a Friday, Saturday, Sunday. they didn't have to prove that they can work from home and have flexible hours and still get their work done. Why not make it official? Imagine. Imagine having a Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Or would you do a Saturday, Sunday, Monday? Friday's always got a good feeling. It's got a good feeling to it.

Everyone's always a bit meh on a Monday. So Saturday, Sunday, Monday. But then Tuesday will be meh. Yeah. We're just moving meh. I'd go, yeah. Monday or Tuesday is always going to be meh. Yeah, exactly. There's always going to will be meh. Yeah. We're just moving meh. I'd go, yeah. Monday or Tuesday is always going to be meh. Yeah, exactly.

It's always going to be some meh. But then Thursday could be like, woo, if Friday was a weekend. I'd go my weekend, I'd go Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and then I'd come into work on Sunday when no one's there. Oh, that's good. And get everything done. Yeah. But no one will be listening.

I know, great. I know, I was imagining for this, I was working in an office. Oh, you're an office worker. And I was will be listening. I know, great. I know, I was imagining for this, I was working in an office. Oh, you were an office worker. And I was just doing tappity tap tap. What would you do in an office? You'd be an accountant or like a data entry? Bad at numbers.

Bad at numbers. Something creative. I'd just have that be that person in the office. No one knows what they do. Yeah. So many of those. But he's always just clicking away on the keys. There's hundreds of people that work here. I couldn't tell you what any of them do. Yeah, I know. We'll get a taste of this soon, won is he? So many of those. But he's always just clicking away on the keys. There's hundreds of people that work here.

I couldn't tell you what any of them do. Yeah, I know. We'll get a taste of this soon, won't we? Because we've got some long weekends coming up. Yeah. Great stuff. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Oh, this.

I love these sorts of stories. I don't see myself being this sort of person at 81. I see myself being far grumpier, maybe a little less mobile. But Derek Andrews is 81 years old and he is retiring after summiting Mount Taranaki for the 870th time. What?

870th time. 800 times this century. I think I've done it three times in my life. I've never done it. It's a beautiful climb. I would imagine. Is it tough though? Is it moderate?

Medium. It is tough. Don't, you be careful because you're fit. But this seems like one of those mountains that halfway up you see a German backpacker in like sandals. How much further is that towards the top? Yeah. I'm struggling a little bit. My feet are bleeding.

The hard bit is a lot of it is scoria, so you take two, three steps up and another one back. Unless you get to the side and get on the rocks. So this dude's 81 years old and he's climbed this. I mean, how many times is that a year since he's kind of been going? Well, in

2008 he climbed he summited it every day for 18 days straight. Wow. So take away 12 from 81. He was 69. Nice. Nice.

How long does it take? 18 days straight. Well, his best hour, his best time was like three hours. He'd average about three hours. But on Saturday, for his last climb, he took four hours and 39 minutes. Yeah, I'd say like four to five is a really good pace. Four hours, three to four is a good. You're going fast.

You're going hard. You're heaving. Whereas if you're with your mates and you're probably not, you're averagely fit. You've got to get some photos. I'd say it'd be like at least, you know, four and a half, five. So he's been collecting. It took him a little bit longer on Saturday because he had been prospecting for glass.

And I was like, what? What does that mean? From lightning strikes or something? No, he said he started collecting glass and rubbish on his mountain climbs. This drives me crazy. Who's taking a glass bottle up a mountain? It's extra weight. Take a plastic bottle. Absolutely's taking a glass bottle up a mountain? Oh, yeah. It's extra weight. Yeah. Take a plastic bottle.

Absolutely. Take a reusable bottle. So he's been collecting glass. He said last count 18,077 pieces of glass he's picked up off that mountain. Oh, my gosh. And he's an eco-warrior. So he's 870 times he's climbed Mount Taranaki. Correct.

Is he stopping now? Yes. Why didn't he go to 900? It's so uneven. Stop at 850 or stop at 900. Don't stop at 870. It's uneven. Yeah, he could hoon up there 30 more times.

Ready for the gut punch? Oh, no. This is why he hasn't made an even number. No, no, no, no, no, no. He's just retiring. But he started in the year 2000 after he lost his wife Margaret to cancer. They met through the New Plymouth Tramping Club. He joined in 1976 and served as the treasurer.

She joined the Tramping Club to treasurer. She joined the tramp and club to meet a man and they met and they bought the house that she was renting and they lived there until she passed away in 2000 of cancer. Yeah, so he said

himself a goal because when he lost his wife he felt a bit lost. Right. So he needed a goal in mind. So he set this goal to climb this 800 times. So he's gone beyond his goal. He's done this from 2000 to now. In 22 years, he climbed it 870 times. He climbed it sometimes before the year 2000 with his wife, but not as many.

I believe he's done 800 this century since he lost his wife. Wow. And so even when he started this in his 60s, he would have been in his 60s. Mid to late 60s. Yeah. That's still a feat

for someone in their 60s. Oh my gosh, yes. He's got ripped quads. Oh, I hear that. Quads. He's a bloody mountain goat. Derek Andrews, the quad god.

Oh, good for him. Inspirational. Very him. Inspirational. Very inspirational. Inspirational. Yeah. I get puffed walking to the dairy up the road. I'm looking at all of his photos and he hasn't taken a single selfie at the top. Oh, dear.

Boy, pretty doesn't have Instagram. Well, he should. He knows how to climb a monger, but he doesn't know how to. Pop the selfie, it's not. Take up your makeup bag just to give yourself a little touch up. Yes, of course. Get your Eamon gear on, right? Yeah.

Get your egg. It was a breeze. Sneak into a bush and put on a fresh pair of Eamons so that you don't. Of course. Am I saying that right? There's no bush at two and a half thousand metres. No bush. It's like minus five or minus ten with wind.

You better get changed, blow the equipment. Well, and this comes to us from the US, the stat. News fatigue. More than a third of US adults are currently sick of the news. I do take little breaks. Yeah. You know, especially if like the weekend I don't check the news? I do take little breaks. Yeah. You know, especially if like the weekend I don't check the news.

Yep. So I want to just enjoy the world and blissful ignorance. So from the week of March 20th it's gone up considerably and I'm guessing that's Ukraine as well? Yeah, not a nice read. I mean it's horrible everything that's happened there. You know what's worse than reading about it?

Being there. Yeah, well, exactly. And, you know, we've just had years of pandemic coverage and people just, yeah, absolutely cannot deal with news over it. Not much to talk about, is there, when there's stuff like that going on? No.

I find that silly. Whenever I see people, it's always like, oh, yeah, COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID. Oh, isn't it terrible what's happening in Newcastle? Will Smith, Will Smith, it's always like, oh, yeah, COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID. Oh, isn't it terrible what's happening in Ukraine? Will Smith, Will Smith, Will Smith. Will Smith. I'm sick of that. That was a nice, the first day it was a nice break and then it's just like, okay, next.

I know. You keep reading through the news, you're like, everyone's take on it. So-and-so's chimed in. Madonna chimes in. You're like, what has she got to say about Will Smith? Are you flicking through the newspaper?

There's an NZ Herald. I was trying to find some good news. Well, maybe later on the show we could do good news. Good, good, bad, good. Good, good, bad, good. Yeah, I think we do need a bit of good news. Just to, you know, brighten up people's days. I was going to say, that's cute. It's a field full of candles, but they're only doing it because the incoming frost is going to kill all the wine in Chablis in France.

So that would mean wine prices would drastically increase. That's bad news for you. That's terrible news for me. Whereabouts? France. I love French wine. You love the French wine. Oh, dear.

News fatigue. We might have to go to the French wine. Oh, dear. News fatigue. We might have to go to the cast for a couple of weeks. The happiest thing I've seen so far in the paper bullet is these old folks having a dance on some sort of pharmacy. Some sort of pharmacy pamphlet. Some sort of pharmacy pamphlet. That's the good news you found. That's my good news.

A couple of posing old people on a pharmacy pamphlet. Grandad Cialis has kicked in. Wow. And Nan's stoked on it. From the yummy ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Hello there. Well, if you are someone who loves a drink, enjoys an alcoholic beverage,

we can blame the monkeys. You're denying loving any alcoholic beverage. Not for me. My body is a temple? Yeah. We can blame the monkeys. You're denying loving any alcoholic beverage. Not for me. My body is a temple. Yeah. Well, the drunken monkey theory, first established in 2014 by UC Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley, said that monkeys discovered that the smell of alcohol

would lead them to ripe, fermenting, and nutritious fruit. High sugar content. And that would be good for their calories because they need as many calories as they could because they don't have takeaways. And so they evolve to be able to smell it and also love it. All the calories that it would give them.

I definitely don't love alcohol for the calories it gives me. No. It's not quite what's luring me in there. But you can't help it now. It's just the smell of it. Some people find it yum yum. Wow. Yeah.

The monkeys, eh? It's just a raspberry. It's real delicious. The raspberry. What are you drinking? I can imagine you being a monkey. Just somebody else is just eating, you know, fermented peaches or whatever. And you're like, let's see what raspberry bush around here.

Where's my long white raspberry bush? Yeah. So the ripe alcoholic fruits were the 1% to 2% alcohol content for the monkeys. Were a major part of their diet. And the sugar in it, yeah, gave them the calories to continue to, you know. So because of the evolution, we can blame the monkeys for loving alcohol. Correct. So I have got, I thought, well, let's not just blame them for alcohol.

Let's start blaming them for all of our bad habits that we don't want to take responsibility for. Okay, great. The top six other human bad habits that we can blame on monkeys. Number six, smoking ciggies. Oh, yeah. Remember when chimpanzees were always smoking and making them look real cute? Yes.

Yeah, you'd go to the zoo. I don't personally remember it, but I've seen video footage of a monkey smoking a cigarette in like the 50s. We're like... Wild. Oh, gosh. Wild times. They looked so cute doing it

So how are we ever gonna They actually smoked before us Yeah The chimpanzees They made cigarettes Yeah they did With their dexterous little fingers It was rollies

But yeah it wasn't like Well they could roll two at a time They could do one with their feet And one with their hands Oh yeah That's twice the amount of rollies Number five on the list Of the top six other human bad habits

we can blame on monkeys. War. Those monkeys were having big group scraps millennia before we arrived. Yeah. You get too many of them in one spot, they'd find something to disagree about and they'd have a bloody fallout over it. Well now we're just doing the same thing but everybody's got nuclear bombs. Yeah.

Number four on the list of the top six other human bad habits we can blame on monkeys. Dieting. Oh. Boo no-bos with bad body image are the reason we can't look at them or be happy with what we see. Yeah. They were doing the Atkins. They were laying off the fruit for a bit.

Paleo, quite literally. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They were the paleo over-aged. Nuts and avocados. Yeah. Oh, they loved those. You couldn't. No, because avocados. Yeah. Oh, they loved those. You couldn't? No, because avocados got fat and not sugar, eh?

So you couldn't let it ferment and get boozy. No. You don't see a long white avocado, do you? You'd open it up and it'd be all grey inside. Yeah. Don't eat that. Don't eat that. Number three on the list of the top six other human bad habits we can blame on monkeys are

chewing fingernails. Oh, yeah. Because they didn't have clippers, but they did have anxiety. So they had to chew on their little nails there. And they can have dirty underneath. So wash those hands. Number two on the list of the top six, are there human bad habits we can blame on monkeys? Not making good decisions with money.

Do you know they introduced currency to monkeys, and the first thing they did was pay other monkeys for sex. Yeah, there was a scientific study of like they introduced shiny stones that all the monkeys had. Is this true? Yeah, all the monkeys had this like vested interest in the shiny stones. So it became like their currency. And then they introduced some more.

They traded. One of them was just like, you can have this but not for free. Yeah. I'm going to need to see that monkey butt. And then they pay for it and then go home,

get into bed and then after pay stuff. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. Financially reckless. Pay quarter of a stone now, quarter of a stone in two more weeks.

Yes. Quarter of a stone. But get it now. Yeah, bad money decisions. And number one on the list of the top six other human bad habits we can blame on monkeys. Poor posture. You know, when you're at the zoo, they're always hunched over.

It's their fault. How are we ever supposed to get a straight back if our primal ancestors had such a hunch? Monkeys. I won't forgive them. That is today's top six. Play. ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. monkeys. I won't forgive them. That is today's top six. We all know love hurts. Love hurts a lot.

Especially when love comes to a bitter end. But now breakups just got a little bit easier in the UK. For the lucky people that can visit the Heartbreak Hotel. The Heartbreak Hotel is a new wellness retreat that is being run by two psychologists. And it is a three-day retreat for people

that have just been through a breakup. Oh, God, is it just all miserable people? Well, it is a lot of miserable people. But basically, you go to this beautiful looking accommodation. It's $5,000 for three days. It's $5,000. Instantly I'm imagining that place she goes to on Fleabag. Do you remember that?

It's really similar. It's in the UK. It's got that kind of like damp Britishness about it. Yeah. But it's in Norfolk, UK and it's a three-day retreat created by these two mental health professionals to help women, it's in Norfolk, UK and it's a three day retreat created by these two mental health professionals

to help women it's women only heal after the end of a relationship in the most compassionate and holistic way possible now I don't want to keep putting you off

it's $5,000 $5,000 New Zealand dollars it's alcohol and technology free so if your usual way of coping with something is to drown in a pool

of pina colada and then like scroll through their feed like, you've got any with another woman this is probably not for you. It's like It sounds like rehab, doesn't it? It does sound like a relationship rehab.

It's the equivalent of six months therapy in three days. Oh, wow. Okay. And it looks amazing. You get gourmet food, lush surroundings, daily beach walks. It's not like a chill time. You're going to be working on yourself, your inner health,

learning your different love attachment styles, rewiring neural pathways so that you can move on and redefine your new relationship goals. It's very exclusive. Not a lot of people there. They have like dates, you know, like small retreat dates. So you could time your breakup for one of the dates perhaps. Yeah, right.

And apparently the reviews on it are like incredibly glowing. People are like, this absolutely saved me. Yes, it's expensive, but it's still cheaper than six months of therapy. People come out feeling... It's an interesting way of looking at it, actually. Yeah, they're saying it's turbocharged recovery. You come out fresh and ready for love. Right.

Ready for new love. Do you think there's a space for that here? I hate the sound of this. You're not a fan. Well, tech-free, booze-free, you've lost me a little bit there. Yeah. And yeah, if I go through a breakup, I want it to be about me, not everyone else's breakup.

I don't have to listen to your breakup. I want to be like, it's about me. Is there group stuff? Is there group therapy? Yeah, a lot of group stuff. But then you don't want to be going through all of that therapy, which could be very helpful, and then you go to your room and you console yourself with pina colada.

Pina colada, pina noire. And then you're back to the next day feeling hungover and miserable and you've got to start again. I know. I've never been to a wellness retreat of any kind. Neither. I'm going to assume you guys haven't. No.

It's a fair assumption. What was that show with Nicole Kidman? Oh, and Perfect Strangers? Nine Perfect Strangers? Yeah, Nine Perfect Strangers. I never watched that. I still haven't seen that. Well, that place where it's filmed is amazing.

And that's an actual wellness retreat in the States, I believe. And they do look nice. But I just want them to leave me by the pool. Yeah, I think what you want is a holiday. Yeah. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM. You go, jeez.

What's wrong with you, Vaughan? I think I've got an ear infection. Oh, my God. I've had one ear. It's been like the canal, the canal. How do you say it? It's a canal. It's definitely not a canal.

My ear canal. No, it is. My canal. It's canal. No, it's the Amsterdam canals. It's the ear canal. It's canal. Yeah, because anal.

Canal. So when it comes to the body, it's all anal canal. Yes, it's got a rhyme with it. Canal. Canal anal. Anal. You have a nose. You've got a naenal issue. That's your a rhyme with it. Canal? Canal anal. Anal? You have a nose? You've got a nanal issue?

That's your nose. Navel? Manal? Manal. In your mouth? Yeah. So ears. You've got it.

You've got all the body parts. You've nailed them. That's them. The urethra. I'm sorry to hear. The anal. Your navel. The vaginal.

It's all there. It's all there. vaginal It's all there It's all there Now I think I've got an ear infection Yeah One ear's Gone a little funny The canal was sore

And then Only one though Only one ear My left ear Oh that's the worst And so it's a bit I feel like I'm off balance I do that equalising

All that hurt Don't do that Yesterday when I said Go to the doctor Yeah I went to the pharmacist You went to a pharmacy And you squirted everything down your... Oh, yeah, there's the numbing.

Yeah, self-medicating. There's numbing stuff. Just go to the doctor. I'm going to go to the doctor, dad. I'm going to, dad. But it's just my ears are a bit funny, so I'm a bit... You might get vertigo. I had vertigo.

It's the worst. If I do, I'm going to dress up as a pirate and pretend I'm on a pirate You might get vertigo. I had vertigo. It's the worst. If I do, I'm going to dress up as a pirate and pretend I'm on a pirate ship. Like, rah! Whoa! Are we being rough seas? Right, okay. Well, that explains why Vaughan was absent

for the first five seconds of that voice break. Well, from the ear canal to the nose... So it's canal now. Canal. Canal. Canal. I'm not the doctor here. To the nose, Where we do our smelling

Yep Well we've talked about smelling already We've talked about scents already this week Because I remember bringing up the fact that the The scent of vanilla Yeah Wasn't we talking about candles? Were we talking about candles?

The scent of vanilla People get nervous that they have a stanky home That's what we talked about. And the scent of vanilla used to be taken from beavers, anal glands. Another word. But now it's all factory. The rhymes of canine. Yeah, yeah, it's synthetic and stuff, but you can still get it from there.

And French vanilla is just French beavers. Yeah. You can tell they're French because they've got little mustaches and berets on. Bonjour. Bonjour. Welcome to my anal. Bonjour. I can tell that French because I've got little mustaches and berets on. Bonjour. Bonjour. Welcome to my animal. Bonjour. I'm going to turn down this tree.

And they chew down the tree. Yeah. Where am I going with this? Oh, yeah. And so vanilla worldwide is regarded as humans' favorite scent. Yeah, this is just news. Well, I guess what? Somebody's gone all over the world and asked.

Survey, it's the survey. They do it all the time. Right. This scent survey. It doesn't matter where in the world you are. Overwhelmingly. Vanilla. Vanilla is the scent that people love the most.

Yeah, they say no, like, regardless of your cultural affiliation, it is just vanilla. People are like, that's nice. What's that? Aquea vanilla French. Oh, French vanilla. Yeah, that's nice. What's that? A Coya vanilla French vanilla. Oh, French vanilla. Yeah, that's from the French Beavers. I love that one.

It's gorgeous. And, you know, another tip. I've mentioned this before. If you're ever cleaning the fridge or the freezer, you get a bit of vanilla essence on a wet paper towel and you just wipe it around. That's finally what got rid of the stink out of our chest freezer after it got unplugged.

I'm not smearing beaver anal juice. No, it's all around. That's finally what got rid of the stink out of our chest freezer after it got unplugged. I'm not smearing beaver anal juice. No, it's all through my... It's all factory. Or it's actually vanilla. We use the beans. You know, from the pots. You use the juice and you put it around your freezer. You wipe it in. There's little black dots everywhere. No, it's

clear. It goes clear. And your fridge will smell amazing. And if you're having an open home, if you want to sell it, it's one of those scents that sells houses. Put it in the oven. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And if you're having an open home If you want to sell it It's one of those scents That sells houses Put it in the oven Yeah yeah yeah And then you just turn your oven on real low

And turn it off just before the open home But it's kind of wafted And it makes people Think you've just baked cookies Homemade cookies But yeah Apparently the overwhelming Number one

Around the world Yeah But so Boring We want to know What is the Unusual, the weird smell that you love. Oh, yeah. Like I mentioned before, when you walk to the planes, you know, when you're getting a domestic flight.

Yeah. Not a jet plane, a propeller plane, a turbo plane. Yeah, AV gas. And you smell that gas and you're like, I mean, I don't want a half, you know, like a cup of it. Yeah. But when it's in the air and you walk into the plane and one is like. You'll have a recreational sniff. Yeah.

What's that stuff? You know when you've got lots of eczema and you put on sorbolene? Sorbolene cream? Oh, yeah, sorbolene cream. I don't know what sorbolene cream is. That doesn't really have a smell. Yeah, I know. And yet I love the smell.

It smells like. The nothing smell. Yeah, neutral medicated cream. I love ointment. Is it glycerine? It's a 10% glycerine. You love just a sterile smell. Yeah, I love a bit of roids in my cream, you know?

Yeah, I love old vacuum cleaners. The smell of the essence. Yeah. And I can always remember at my Nan's house, she had this thing in her laundry and you pulled it out and you only ever put towels in there. You didn't put your clothes in there. The clothes went in a washing basket on the top,

but this hamper thing was for towels, so you'd chuck towels in there. And it always had this, if you pulled it open real quick, it blew like this musty smell. Yuck, that's manky. I think I only like it because it's synonymous with staying at your grandparents' house. And you always have fun, so you'd pull it open. And smell is definitely one of those things that's attached to memories.

Oh my God, yes. Yeah, a bit of nostalgia there. Yeah, totally. So 0800DARLS at M. We want to take your calls now. You can text as well, 9696. What's the unique smell that you love? Maybe other people might find it a little weird.

Maybe you like to sniff a pit. Hearing from the rural sector, mentioning one of the smells that I think is delicious, but townies aren't always on board. Is it poops? Is it poops? No, it's not poops. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley.

So Vanilla overwhelmingly around the world voted the smell people love the most. But we're not interested in that. We want to know the unusual and weird smell that you love the most. I bet you there's going to be a lot of petrol huffers. I've loved petrol since I was a kid. It's weird even now. Like my kids, when you pull into a service station, they'll be like, that's a nice smell. Yeah, you open the door.

No, it's not. I've never liked petrol. No. Grease. Oh, yeah, whiteboard markers. Love a water bottle. Grease I like, but I think that's another, like, memory. It always reminds me of my papa's shed.

Because he'd always be pumping a grease gun into, like, farm machinery, and he'd always wipe it on his shirt. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so text 9696 0800 dials the number someone said i love the smell of flax but do you know why people who work in icu don't like the smell of vanilla why i've said please tell us wait you don't even know they haven't told me i need to follow up now the tea is the tea yes vanilla is a great it's a nice clean it's a it's just a nice smell.

Do you know, it's weird now you can get those candles. I was just looking, there's a bottle of whiskey on the table, and I was like, I love the smell of whiskey. And now you can get those candles that are like tobacco and whiskey. Oh, I've had one of those. It was like a sandalwood and whiskey and something. I had a Havana cigar one. But it didn't smell like smoke.

It just had that musky, deep kind of ambery. Someone says sometimes my belly button smells a bit off if I haven't washed it properly. Don't. I can't stop putting my finger in there and smelling it. Far out. Hey, it's a safe space. You can open up here. We shall not condemn.

Christine, good morning. What's the unusual smell. You can open up here. We shall not condemn. Christine, good morning. What's the unusual smell that you like? Good morning. I really love the smell of wool fetches, which is like the sheep's fleece once you shear them. They take them into a big pile of wool, and it just smells like lanolin. Lanolin.

Lanolin. Lanolin. Yeah. Yeah, and a little bit of chicken.. Lanolin. Lanolin. Lanolin. Yeah. Yeah, and a little bit of chicken. It's so, so good. I always had time for when they were separating the fleeces and they'd get all the daggy bits off. That pooey lanolin mix wasn't too bad either.

Get out. You've lost me. Okay. Yeah. It was lanolin heavy with a bit of grassy spice, you know. Right. What was the, thanks, Christine, what was the farm smell? Oh, silage.

Oh, yuck. Everybody messaging in silage. I love the smell of silage. You cut a wrapped bale of silage open and it's been fermenting in there. That's the smell of Dunedin Airport when you land in the middle of a paddock. Yeah, someone's been having a big feed out. Yeah, I love the smell of silage. Amber, good morning.

What's the unusual smell that you like? I actually just realised I should have gone anonymous on this one. Oh, okay. Well, what name should we use? No, I'm kidding. Let's call you Flamber. Flamber. Flamber.

Tell us the smell you love. I really like the smell, like, if your partner's had a night out and you can smell the alcohol on their breath and make this, like, wh whip of some cigarette smoke in the bathroom. Oh, wow. And Flamba. Flamba, you've lost your mind. I know I have.

It sounds disgusting but it's such a turn off. That's Odoo Hamilton. Yeah. Wow. Wait, so you could be like in bed, you've brushed your teeth, mouth washed, you're just all cosy in bed, and they could come home and smell like ciggies and alcohol, and you'll be like, yum, yum, yum.

Pretty much, yeah. Wow. We love that. All right, thank you, Anonymous, for your call. Let's take some more calls. Ngahuia, what is the smell that you love? Okay, so,

um, when you have a septum piercing, it's the one in your nose. Yes, yes, yes. That's one. Um,

you get like crusty stuff around it. Like boogers, like septum boogers. No, no, no, I know the place

of a nose piercing. piercing crust. Yeah, piercing crust. Ooh. And does that smell? Remember, this is a safe space. Oh, sorry, no. I know the place that knows piercing. Like piercing crust. Yeah, piercing crust. Ew. And does that smell? Remember, this is a safe space. Oh, sorry.

Naho, it's a safe space. Open up. That's your smell. It smells absolutely horrible, but for some reason you keep wanting to smell it. Yeah. That's one of the weird things,

like body smells, eh? And you smell it, you're like, poo, poo, poo, poo, poo, but you can't stop smelling it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. How's my body making the smell and I'm still alive? Poo, poo, poo.

What is it that makes that smell? What is that? I want more. Yeah, is it bad for me? Well, thank you for sharing, Nahuiya. Some more messages in. I have never smelled this. We are getting tons of text messages about builder's bog.

Builder's bog? What's builder's bog? I've Googled it. Is that like a resin? It's like a, it's like, it's thicker than Builder's Bog. What's Builder's Bog? I've Googled it. Is that like a resin? It's like a, it's like, it's thicker than a No More Gaps. You know,

like a filler. Yeah. You can like bog up bigger holes, like screw holes and stuff. It smells good. It's like creamy, but chemically. Oh,

okay. Creamy, but chemically. I know. I had a very old house we renovated when a lot of builders bought. There's a lot of bog. Yeah, replaces rot nor missing wood,

it says in its description. Easy to mix, easy to use, ready in minutes. You can like fix windows and cracked stuff like that. Is that the one online where they put two minute noodles in a hole and cover it with bog? That stuff is... Don't fill up your house windows with two minute noodles. With ramen

repairs. Yeah. Put like newspaper in there or something. The council's gonna come around and they're gonna be like, well we can't sign off this code of compliance. You've got bloody ramen in your window. It's not gonna work. A few more messages for silage. Oh, someone said fresh tomatoes or tomato plants.

Oh yeah, they smell nice. They do have a really good smell. They're like a vine-ripened tomato straight off the plant. Someone said the reason that nurses and people who work in ICU

don't like vanilla is it's what they use to mask the smell of death. Okay. It's the go-to. They just sprinkle some vanilla essence. Because it's so strong.

Yeah, and it is a wonderful scent neutraliser. Okay. Apparently death doesn't smell good. I thought they would have just got a Glade plug-in. Yeah, I would have thought it would have been more of a pine based lighter candle. Stank. Someone said

smelling puppy's paws. Oh, yeah. I sniff my cat. Yeah, my cat smells good too, actually. My cat smells so good. Someone said the smell of a butcher shop. Like going into an actual butcher. It's clean. Oh, I hate that.

That meaty, fleshy smell. That meat and bleached chlorine smell. Yes, babe. Someone said, what about when rain falls on hot cement? Yeah, that's nice. Yeah, that's a good start. What is that? There's a name for that smell.

I looked it up once. I was just fascinated by how good it was. Someone said, WD-40. was. Someone said WD-40. Yeah, that's CRC. What's WD-40? It's like a CRC. What is it about humans though? We love to huff the chemicals. We love a propellant,

that's for sure. Well, with all the bad Give them some good news. Then give them some bad news. Good, good, bad, good. Well, with all the bad news in the world, we thought we'd give you some good news, some more good news, a little bit of bad news in there. Because we have to give you the news. Yeah, and then the good news. So the bad news is sandwiched by good, good, good news.

And the bad news is really bad. You're actually very upset about this bad news. It's really, really bad, but not that bad. Okay, well, let's start with some good news. Great news. And it's for people who play Fortnite. Okay. Congratulations.

Fortnite players raising $144 million in two weeks for Ukrainian relief. $144 million? Yep. How did they, were they selling skins or something? Epic Games announced that all the proceeds of the new season of Fortnite would go to a variety of organisations providing aid and relief in the Ukraine. And the first day they raised $36 million, and then it grew up to $144 million.

How much do they make a year, these people? Oh, a lot. They can afford to make a big donation. They go for a lot of money. Good on them. So they said it will go to Direct Relief, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund,

and the World Food Program. Good stuff. Yeah. So, yeah, other video games are doing it as well. League of Legends developer Riot Games, Microsoft, and the Humble Bundle, a company that organises themed collections of various games at discount price to help charities, will be putting money towards it as well, $26 million. So there's some good to come out of video games.

That is good. That's so good. I've got some good news. Hit us, hit us. Pet cloning is becoming Good stuff. I've got some good news. Hit us. Hit us. Pet cloning is becoming more popular. Oh, I would do it. I would absolutely do it.

Raleigh is the perfect cat. There is an asterisk. It does come at a cost. So your good news is you're doing the bad. I'm not doing the bad news. I'm just saying that it's becoming more popular. The average success rate though is 20% for pet cloning.

This is an American company that does it. Now, if you absolutely love your pet now and you're like, I want another one of these, the firm charges $50,000 to clone a dog, $30,000 for a cat, and for a horse $85,000.

That's a lot more 3D printing ink. Yeah, more gunk. Because you've got to print the meat. You've got to get the gunk, yeah. And the fur and stuff. When they say the success rate is 20%, what's an unsuccessful? Is it just someone? You just can't say it.

In 2018, the Sun newspaper reported that Simon Cowell, you know, Simon Cowell. Of Simon Cowell. He had 100% cloning success with his three Yorkshire Terriers. Oh, I just get another Yorkshire Terrier. That'll look the same. They'll behave the same as well. The nature of this is new to them.

Celebrity Barbara Streisand. Why Streisand? Streisand. Streis behave the same as well. It has nature versus nurture. Celebrity Barbara Streisand. Why is Streisand there? Streisand? Streisand. Streisand. Is there no Alan there?

Well, I don't know properly, do I? Barbara Streisand. Streisand. Streisland is a country. I don't care that much.

I don't know if she's got an Alan her name or not. I can guarantee she doesn't have an Alan her name. She's done her dog as well.

Wow, has she? Yeah, it's becoming more and more popular. Hey, you're going to love the next one more. Try a different thing. Because you've given them the same genetics, but your cat and dog behave the way that you train them. It's nice that you're talking about your cat now, because I know you weren't ready a few weeks ago

to talk about your dead cat. I'm not ready to talk about my cat. Yeah. I blanked the memory. You wouldn't have cloned that cat now, because I know you weren't ready a few weeks ago to talk about your dead cat. I'm not ready to talk about my cat. Yeah. I blanked the memory. You wouldn't have cloned that cat, though, would you? No, because it would have cost $50,000 or whatever. He cost $50 as a donation when we got him. I'm not spending that amount of money on a cat.

I'd clone Raleigh. I'd pay whatever it took. Crazy cat woman. Okay, here's the bad news. Well, yours was good, but a little bit bad because it's expensive. Mine's bad, but I think there might be a hint of good. Okay, that's my favourite sort of bad. Okay, this is really, really bad.

I know there's a lot happening in the world, but this affects me directly. There's rumours that Jason Momoa recently split. With Lisa Benet. With Lisa Benetet who was single he was with for ages for a long long time so newly single that he's already coupled up

with none other than Kate Beckinsale who's your person my person that's my person my person is with your person my person

yeah I mean that's undeniably that's a hot that's a hot couple do you think that Jason Momoa and Kate Beckinsale

know that they've been dibsed by two, like... Well, he should know. I message him... Random New Zealanders. At least twice a day. That are already married and engaged? Yeah, I just send him a message being like, shotgun, shotgun.

I've already started practising around the house. I'm calling Sade Kate. Oh, yeah, Kate, you're nice. Well, that's why I got with Aaron, because he's the closest thing I could find in New Zealand. Yeah, he looks like Wish. Yeah,

if you order Jason Momoa off Wish. Yeah, I've got Wish, Jason Momoa. Anyway, so that's the bad news. This came on the back of the Vanity Fair Oscars party.

Yeah. She was chilly and they were talking and he puts his jacket around her and like pulls her in tight. Oh, that's happening. That's so hot.

That is so hot. I mean, if it wasn't happening after that, she's pouncing in tight. Oh, that's happening. That's so hot. That is so hot. I mean, if it wasn't happening after that, she's pouncing. She's on. It's on. My little good clause to this is that he's denied it.

He's like, no, it's called chivalry. Look it up. But he would say that. He would say that. Anyway, the final good news to bring this home,

and I really love this story, and if you love good news, Good News Network is a great little Instagram I follow. In Denmark, there are now libraries where you can borrow a person instead of a book and you sit down with them for 30 minutes

and they tell you their life story and the goal is to fight prejudice. No, no, no. Each person has a title. No, Fletcher doesn't want to fight prejudice, he wants to endorse prejudice He's a huge fan of prejudice Okay to be fair I did start the

Before you said the prejudice thing No we know you're a huge fan of prejudice If anybody likes borrowing humans For a short amount of time And then returning them It's Fletch But I don't want to hear I don't want to hear somebody's life story

No no But each person has a little title So you don't go like I want Dave They've got unemployed Refugee Bipolar Monk Yeah And you can go and be like There's a little title, so you don't go like, I want Dave. They've got unemployed, refugee, bipolar, monk. Yeah. And you can go and be like, I would love to learn about what it's like to be in your shoes.

What if I get the monk out for half an hour and he tells me about how they brew beer in the monastery and they don't sleep with anyone. And then I just leave him on the floor of my lounge for six months. You don't return it. What is the overdue fees on that? Oh, they'd be huge. And he's a monk, so he's far too polite to tell you he needs to be going back.

Yeah, absolutely. I like this. And it's been trialled in 85 countries around the world. That is actually pretty cool. Human library. What would my title be? Well, that's the way, isn't it? To break down like...

Absolute hot mess. Yeah, hot mess. But they say that's the way to break down barriers is to sit down and talk to someone. Yeah. Give them 30 minutes. Yeah, that's great news. Anyway, that's good, good, bad, good. So a couple of days ago, we got a PR package sent to...

It's putting the curtains down. Oh, okay. We've got some sun strike. All right, we'll wait for Hayley to put the curtains down. I'm doing this for you thank you i know i appreciate it i actually actually glow in that light when the sun reflects i know you guys are like it's blinding me but i've never looked better all right i'm back i'm happy to be blinded while i absolutely glow like an angel please proceed

thank you very much permission received from hayley uh the pr package is like a we've got an exciting new product or we're now good for the environment. Yeah, like if a new chocolate comes out they'll send it in to us in the hope that we mention it on the radio.

They'll be fizzing about this. We're going to have a whole break on it. Well no, because we're going to not say what the product is. No, because when I got home yesterday

after this happened cynical me was like hang on a sec this could be a cynical ploy to get us to talk about their product. Or to confirm that we scouted the entire package and saw its contents. So I would like to not mention the product the company sent us in case it is a ploy from them. But I just...

Okay. All right. Hayley wants to do it because it paints a picture. People imagine this box been open and what would be inside it. It was a box. It was a box with a couple products and some gimmicky fun

things in it as well. So we each got one of these little boxes. And to be honest, they just sat on the floor for a day, didn't they? Well, I didn't see them. Yeah, we missed them. But then yesterday, we get an email after the show. Good morning, Vaughn. Good morning, I say to myself in my head.

Good morning, Vaughn. Just following up as one of the people who was packing the hampers yesterday has lost her engagement ring. And it potentially made its way into one of the hampers. Now I'll stop at this stage and say calling it a hamper is a little bit... It was a box. It was a cardboard box. It wasn't a hamper. I don't want anyone to think we're being ungrateful about a hamper. It was a

small cardboard box. It was a box with six dollars of groceries at a time. I heard some people listening say, oh what, they've got a hamper. No, no, no. Ungrateful shits. If we got a hamper, I think we would mention the brand. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

If it was a hamper. We would give them a good plug. Sort of an open-topped basket. An open hamper. Yeah, packed with scorched almonds. Maybe a picnic blanket in there. Yeah, some loose leaf tea. Yeah.

Some sort of wellness hamper. Some deli meats. Some deli meats. Thank you. Some after dinner mints. Yeah. Some soft cheeses. Yeah.

Some port salute cheese. Some wine. Some cheeses. It was salute Some hard cheeses Yeah Some wine Some cheeses It was a cardboard box It was a cardboard box Yeah As I said It's about $6 worth of grocery product

Yeah So The engagement ring Is lost And potentially made its way Into one of the hampers If you received the hamper And happened to find anything

Please let me know And so I was like Check the hampers We all We all rushed We rushed And we looked And we were like It gave us a was like, check the hampers. We all rushed. We rushed and we looked and we were like. It gave us a real excitement

for the, again, hampers. Put the box. It's an oversell. Put the box. This came from a PR company and these PR people

are just full of shit 24-7. Absolutely. They shouldn't be called PR agents. They should be called hammered up liars. But a ham in the hamper

would have been. Yeah. Oh, ham doesn't travel the hamper would have been... That ham in there. Oh, ham doesn't travel well at room temp. Oh, okay. More of a salami, perhaps a thinly sliced Dutch salami. Yeah, I would have taken that. Executive producer Anna would like you to frame PR people in a better light because she has to deal with them every day.

Yeah. They're lovely people. She sent a stern message to the group. It said, Born in capital letters. Right. Okay, don't. So anyway, we all look in our boxes. Frantically.

This could be in any nook or cranny. I felt like Augustus Gloop looking for the golden ticket. Yeah. And it was not in any of our boxes. That's what you think. So that's when we talk briefly briefly about would we return it? Yeah, because I was like, what if it's like a gorgeous Zoe and Morgan number

and I might have to just keep that and pop that on my little finger. Yeah, but then we all decided we would return it if we had it. And then later on when I was at home, it dawned on me. It's like, that could have just been an absolute lie. Because of these lie merchants. Agents of bullshit. The PR people. It's working. We're talking

about it. We haven't mentioned the product. But what a great idea. It is good. To put an engagement ring in someone's box in the hope that they talk about it the next day on their show. Yeah. Or on their Instagram. It would have just been a fake one too.

Yeah. $2 shop number. Yeah, it would have been an Instagram. Cubic zirconia. Hey guys, I just received this hamper. Hamper. Carbo box. Carbo box.

It was $6 grocery product, wasn't it? From this insert product name here. And oh my God, funny story. Yeah. One of the girls' packings engagement ring fell in and look who found it. OMG. Anyway, I hope you guys are having fun.

Hashtag gifted. So yeah, we're We didn't find it We're at a cynical standoff Obviously We didn't find it We don't even know if it exists You don't even know if it exists But we've done a whole

Well furthermore As the email came from An Australian based PR company Which I'm not saying Couldn't have Had a local person Hacking Yeah

This This box Yeah right But you just know Australians Are like liars Had a local person hacking this box. Yeah, right. But you just know Australians are like liars. Is that what you're saying? And Australian PR people, even worse. Yeah, wow. They've got criminal ancestry, you see. God, they are already in this industry of just lies.

Right. They got a lot out of us. You're not getting any free hampers now. You know that, right? There's some dot, dot, dots in our chat. No, this is these PR people. They love treating me and keeping keen. Oh, really?

Now they're going to know if they're going to send me the big dog. If they're going to be sending the big dog biscuits. Yeah. It needs to be a hamper. With biscuits. We require three hampers, please. Play. ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. Well, yesterday we talked about it briefly on the show.

A tree-needed felling at the Sproul Courtesy residence. And, well, I love cutting down trees. I love playing with chainsaws. So you decided to invite Vaughn over with a chainsaw. Yeah, well. Three chainsaws. When we talked about this, I was like, yeah, I mean, the tree's dead. It's in a bad way.

But then when I got home before you came over, I looked up and I was like, this is massive. It's so tall. Like, what have I done? Yeah. How tall would you say it was? Like, eight feet? Twelve?

It was bloody tall. When I was up there, I've got one of those nice ladders. Yeah, we've got one of those. Gorilla. What's it called? The Summit Gorilla. I've got one of those. ladders. Yeah, we've got one of those. Gorilla. What's it called? I've got one of those. Why didn't you say I've got a nice one? I've got a massive ladder.

Ours is huge. I've got a lovely ladder. They've got a huge ladder. I've never seen your ladder fully extended. Your ladder, you wouldn't even need that. I've fully extended to do the ceiling. No, if that's fully extended, their ladder's way bigger. Can you Google your ladder? Because I've definitely got a big ladder. I don't know what the brand is because if that's fully extended, their ladder's way bigger. Can you Google your ladder?

Because I've definitely got a big ladder. I don't know what the brand is because it's not Gorilla, but it's like that. I thought it was something Gorilla. Is it? Iron Gorilla. McGillil Gorilla. Google your ladder.

I've got a big... Don't come around here saying you've got a bigger ladder than me. If your ladder's that big, you've certainly never given it your full extension. No, you've only shown them the semi-extended. Well, yeah, because it's got multiple levels. Yeah, yeah, it does too. I'm just saying, I think their ladder's nicer.

So anyway. I'll get back to you on that. Okay. That tree was bloody tall though. It was big. And I will say it was a karaka tree, unfortunately, but it had died. It was all branchy and dead and had been absolutely overtaken by a web of dead jasmine as well. And so you managed to get this down, all down. Wow. and had been absolutely overtaken by a web of dead jasmine as well.

And so you managed to get this down, all down. Wow. I said, watch this. To a low stump. I said, watch this. And I was like, this bit's going to fall there. And then I did that. And I was like, watch this.

This bit's going to fall there. And then did that. Lord, you're going to run out of luck soon with this tree cutting thing. No, no, no. It's skill. It was very skilled. What was that? Skill. I tell you that there was I could smell the testosterone in the air because when Aaron's around

a man doing manly things, Aaron's manliness comes out as well. So you just what, end up a bit You Aaron at one point popped inside and chucked on his working Timberlands and I was like, well here he is. He's getting serious now. Yeah. So he chucked on a working shirt and here in a ponytail was like, well, here he is. He's getting serious now. Yeah. So he chucked on a working shirt and here in a ponytail,

I don't know if he was. When I left, at the end when we finished, had a couple of games of pool and a couple of beers. Yeah. When I left, the sexual tension was high.

I actually had to get out of there but I was worried about getting whipped into some sort of threesome. It was raining and Vaughn was trying to leave the garage and I was like, have they got a kiss? Yeah. I don't know what was happening. We were standing, sort of threesome. It was raining and Vaughan was trying to leave the garage and I was like, have they got a kiss? I don't know what was happening.

We had a firm handshake. But it was when after the work was done, we were playing pool and Aaron said, oh, so, you know, what else were you doing today? And I said, oh, you know, I love doing this sort of stuff. You know, it's certainly no problem. I'm even doing this on my anniversary. Yeah. And he said, oh, my God, your love doing this sort of stuff. You know, it's certainly no problem. I'm even doing this on my anniversary. Yeah. And he said, oh, my God, your anniversary.

Shardé's going to kill us. And I said, no, it's my anniversary with Fletch, to which Fletch totally forgot all day yesterday. I forgot. We were all yesterday in a no Fletch chat. I said, let's see if he remembers that today. I don't have the date saved anywhere. 18 years and you forgot.

April 5th was our 18 year anniversary. I said to the group, I'm like, I'm not going to say anything because I always say it. He was so upset, Fletch.

I always say it. I thought it was July. I know that's my anniversary of July. Oh, how selfish. How selfish. But why doesn't it show up on Facebook?

He was beside himself. If you looked at memories yesterday, it did show up on Facebook. Are you sure? Yes. No, that's when I went up to Northland. I tagged you in You went away on our anniversary?

Son of a... So you're... That's when we've been to the airport together. Yes, we did that on our anniversary, the day we did the hovercraft. Yes, that was lovely. We did the hovercraft in the plane where they train them to get out If it's on fire Oh happy anniversary

No piss poor from you It's a day late It's piss poor Yeah but I still remember So your Your work baby That you've created This sort of thing

Is an adult 18 I know You can legally drink It can drink Jesus 18 years You have an 18 year old

Child together Oh Well this happened to me When That I was talking to a woman, and she said, oh, yeah, I remember when you got your job with Fletch because I was pregnant with this one, and I looked at this fully adult man, and I was like, I beg your pardon? What?

What happened when what? Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM. Kahoot. Yes. The quiz. Play ZM. Kahoot. Yes. The quiz. The quiz, the Kahoot. You never played it.

I thought neither. I thought this was a school-based thing. No. Because last year and the year before, during all the homeschooling, the girls would log on to do a class Zoom and then part of the Zoom would be a Kahoot. Who was it?

Was it Carwain at the social media desk who described this as the modern day teacher wheeling in the TV? Yeah. Oh. Did you have it when you were at school? Yeah, absolutely. So how did you play?

Did you all have devices? Yeah, it was like the one time you're allowed to use your cell phone. Wait, how young are you? Oh, like high school. Yeah, I know, but how? Because I only heard of it because of the pandemic and people being like

Let's connect with friends And do a quiz over on the internet No no no I think we used it As like a study tool as well Yeah I think that's kind of Where the girls

Were doing it Wow So they The girls said It was like Sunday night And they were talking about a kahoot And I said Walk me through this

And they said Yeah so you can set up Your own kahoot And someone makes it And then we give you the number, and you tap in, and it's like, this is the one. And you can do, like, ones that you make, or you can do ones that people have made and saved online. Right.

So we've done, like, Encanto ones, because we love the Encanto movie in our house. You wouldn't do, otherwise someone in your family, if you've made it yourself, will know the answers. Well, that's why they have to sit out. They manage the quiz. Right. They, like they have to sit out. They manage the quiz. They write it all out. You can put in photos and everything. It can be multi-choice. It can be

true, false. It's amazing. And you can add a little photo that slowly reveals itself. Yes. I was fascinated. So immediately the competitive streak struck. And I was like, alright, let's do this. And I am currently undefeated Kahoot struck. And I was like, all right, let's do this.

And I am currently undefeated Kahoot champion. And last night after a Kahoot that Sade made called The Great Sade Quiz, which was four questions about Sade, that I obliterated her children in and really let them know, you're a disappointment to your mother. To which they said, whatever, you've known her way longer than we have. And I said, that's a fair call. I was then banned from any further cahoots.

I was too good at the cahoots. It's not fun when only one person always wins. Yeah, Shardie said, take it easy, they're your kids. I said, well, I'm never going to teach them the winning way. They've got to know about losing to know about winning. Exactly. You've got to experience losing to enjoy the dizzying heights of a win. Well, yeah, they'll end up like me.

I've never lost. Exactly. I'm a winner. Privileged. Imagine the day that I lose. You're not going to know how to deal. I'm not prepared. Yeah.

Jesus Christ. So I've been effectively banned. Also, I had a real problem. One of Sade's questions was, what year was Sade born? Yeah. Jesus Christ. So I've been effectively banned. Also, I had a real problem. One of Sade's questions was, what year was Sade born? Yeah. 1985. Yeah. And then her next question was, how old is Sade?

Oh. Well, no, that's the same. Effectively, that's the same question. But maybe she just needed questions. She did. She needed to pad it out. And then there was a little bit of ribbing afterwards about how exciting she must be if she needed to pad out the question too.

And they went, how old is she? Well, no wonder you've been banned. Yeah. So I get Winnie, I get a little sassy tongue. Because Pictionary's banned in your house, isn't it? No. Cranium. Cranium.

Cranium. Oh, yeah. The game that is Pictionary. It's all of it. It's charades and everything. It's all in one. I remember that weekend away. Was it Kawanui?

Was there some board flipping? We can't be on the Oh, Fletch made a The thing was Fletch had to make out of Play-Doh A cell phone And his cell phone was so good I'm almost sure it got reception Yeah, like you could have put a SIM card in

And it would have worked Amazing, congrats But Fletch's playing partner was like Um No, I give up. Like, not even like start chucking some guesses out about what this could possibly be. You're just going to go. You're just going to guess. Is it walkie talkie?

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You're right. ah, no, I give up. I don't know. That's, I don't know. And did you lose your cool a bit? No, no, I was loving it because I was on the other team and that meant they didn't get points. But the same thing, Sade and I can't be on the same team because she gives up, but we can't be on opposite teams because when I am obliterating her,

she gets really shitty and says, you're showing off. Even if I do nothing apart from win, win, win all day. To be honest, she could have got the humming. She didn't get the humming. She gives up on the humming.

She gives up on the humming. She gives up on the humming. I don't know it. This isn't a song I'll know. I'm like, oh no, you'll know it. You'll know it. Do you know what would be a good hum song? What? Where was I born?

It is a hum song in itself. It's the only hum song We don't have any games banned in our family I choose to opt out Because I am ugly competitive As I mentioned before I'm a winner So in order to avoid losing Sometimes I'll just opt out

So you just won't play Yeah I just can't And Aaron and his friends they get so into it Like Catan But I'm worried I get too competitive And like Aaron and his friends, oh, they get so into it. Like Catan. And they're just going crazy. But I'm worried I get too competitive in Catan. Oh, you'll love Catan. We thought this morning we'd open it up.

0800 DARS at M is the phone number. You can text as well. 9696. What board games are you banned from? Well, maybe it's even just a game. Like maybe it's pool. Maybe you're known for snapping a pool cue or two in your time. Yeah, backyard cricket because you whacked it over the fence

but didn't go get it. It was six and out and you decided that was when you were going to retire. You've got to go get that ball. All right, well, give us a call. 0800-DARLS-IT-IN, 9696 to text. What family game are you banned from? We are talking about if you're banned from participating in a game because maybe, like me, you obliterate your family

and anything they put in front of you. That's not that fun. No. They don't want to lose. Kahoot is what it's called. You can make a little quiz at home or do other people's quizzes. And apparently I'm just too good. So you're banned.

They don't want me playing Kahoot anymore. So we want to know what you're banned from. Ella messaged us on Instagram saying, Monopoly after I threw an oyster at my brother. Mind you, that's a bougie. That's a bougie projectile. An oyster? An oyster?

Yeah. Imagine playing Monopoly. You've got to be doing well in Monopoly if you're tucking into the oysters. Oh, yeah. You've got the houses just before. You've got all the blues. No, is that what's in the park? What's the flash one? Park Royal. Royal Park. Royal You've got all the blues. No, is that, what's the park? What's the flash one?

Park Royal. Royal Park. Royal Park, something. The blues. Stop talking, I can't think while you're Park Avenue. Trafalgar Square. Mayfair. Mayfair. Mayfair. On the traditional one, it's Mayfair. On the New Zealand version, growing up, we had, that was Queen Street. Oh, yeah. I think

mine is Lambton Quay. I think Queen Street would be down one of those brown colours now. It's brown. So I threw an oyster at my brother and I found out he's deathly allergic to shelf life. Even the juice? Killed your brother. He's still alive.

Okay, good update. But imagine not, you just get a drop of oyster juice on you and you're dead. Well I don't think it's much of a risk that you're going through in life that some oyster juice is going to fling your way. Yeah, but you go for a beach walk and a seagull's taken a shellfish skyward so it can drop it to smash it. Or you walk through the viaduct and some bougie housewife on her lunch break

just flips her arm up and they're always toss in their oysters into the ocean. Yeah. You get a dabble of juice on your forehead. Amelia says I'm banned from Catan. I get so mad playing it. Settlers of Catan, I've never played, but I've got friends that play and they say it's fantastic. If you look at the original Settlers of Catan box, BTW,

a little bit of fun info, it looks like my face. Like it's unbelievable. You're on the Settlers of Catan box? Yeah, you a little bit of fun info. It looks like my face. Like it's unbelievable. You're on the Settlers of Catan box? Yeah, you look at the woman, you're like, is that me? Can we get that? Can we get the search out for the Settlers of Catan box? Haley's modeled her face. Courtney, are you banned from Monopoly in your house?

Yeah, so I'm actually banned for two reasons. So pretty much similar to the other person, I would always throw a hissy fit if I wasn't able to get the same three coloured houses. And my brother used to also play as the banker and I would basically get framed by him for being the banker and taking all the money when really it was him all along. So my mum was like, nah, corny, that's enough. That was always me. I was like, mum, I didn't do anything wrong. Yeah, that was always me.

I was always the banker and I always had easy money. Had a good line of credit there. Yeah. You were skimming. Yeah, that was always me. I was always a banker, and I always had easy money. Had a good line of credit there. Yeah. You were skimming. Yeah, I was. Yeah. But, you know, that's life. You've got to win, right?

Oh, my gosh. You do, yeah. Yeah, exactly. That's what you've got to do. Exactly. Exactly. Courtney, thanks for your call. Kalia, good morning.

Good morning. What game are you banned from? Cluedo. Okay, Cluedo. That's a game I haven't from? Cluedo. Okay, Cluedo. That's a game I haven't thought of for a while. The first time I met them, we played, and one of the girls didn't know how to play, and I was a bit too much in terms of how she should play.

Right, you're aggressive with the rule giving. They ganged up on you. Can you gang up on people in Cluedo? Wow. Okay, so no Cluedo for you. Lisa, what game are you banned from?

My husband and I aren't allowed to play Pictionary together. Why not? What happened? Well, we were in the same team and I got the word period. So I drew a tampon and a pad and he just could not get it. And the time I went up and I told him what the word was and he said, well, why don't you just do a full stop? How blissful would it be, Lisa, to just not even really know what a period is?

I know. So I threw my pencil at him and said, I'm never playing with him again. Yeah, it's over. Brilliant, Lisa. Thanks for the cranium. One of the great cranium arguments. Thanks, you got some more messages in. We have two that we don't play in our house anymore.

Articulate. Which is that? The one where... Articulate. I have two that we don't play in our house anymore. Articulate. Which is that the one where... Articulate. I've played that. Describe a word without actually saying it. Yeah, it's kind of charades-y, but it's slightly different. You do it in lots of different ways. So they're not allowed to

play that anymore. And Cranium, which Cranium is... Classic. You're going to learn all of your partner's shortfalls. Yes. Can they draw? Can they model? Can they sing partner's shortfalls Yes Can they draw Can they model Can they sing Can they act Can they do impressions Yeah

All of which Absolutely in my wheelhouse Yes Scrabble Polly says scrabble Because I learnt All the quirky High scoring words

And they think I'm cheating But I'm not I just know Yeah And that's the idea Right You've got to get the score Snap Because it turned into the fact that if someone would go snap

and put their hand down, the second person would just crack them on top of their hand with their knuckles and say, I was trying to snap too. Ruthless. You've got to go rings off on snap. That's a hard lesson to learn. Yeah. Yeah.

Rings off, I guess. Rings off. Snap slap. And no knuckle dusters. You're going to get it. You're going to get it. Oh, okay. My partner banned me from playing our old sons Nintendo Switch

because I couldn't beat the boss in Super Mario and I got angry and I threw the controller and broke it. Someone else said Crash Team Racing is absolutely forever banned in our house because somebody lost and threw the remote straight through the tally. Oh! A lot of throwing. A lot of throwing. $2,000 or more.

That's why I always don't understand. Yeah, it is. I don't understand why people get so angry doing games. I'm like, guys, isn't it supposed to be fun?

That's me. Hey, we're all just having fun. That's what the person who's winning says. Hey, can we all just have some fun? Guys, it's just a game. We're just having fun. Coming from the person

that never loses. I've never lost in my life. Fact of the day! Oh, I've had COVID. I should have fun. Coming from the person that never loses. I've never lost in my life. Fact of the day! I've had COVID. That was a big breath for me post-COVID. Hang on, just give me a second. Yeah, good.

Okay, yep. Fact of the day! Day, day, day, day, day. What a disaster. Today's fact of the day is the continent on this world with the lowest infant mortality rate is what? Antarctica. Bingo. You got it, buddy.

That was not half. Unless you're including penguins. Oh! Not including penguins. Huge mortality rate. Human infant. Human babies. Right, okay. How many babies do you think have been born in Antarctica? Ah, zero. No, there must be some because, like,

surely. Hey, relax. You know know if you get posted to like Scott Bass, don't you, how long do you go for, like a year? You could have a baby in that time. Yeah, you could do. Are you allowed to hook up with people when you're down there? Actually, very good question. You would. I don't have your answer there. Who's saying you're not allowed?

Well, I'm just saying like it might be like make things awkward. Like you're not allowed to get it on in space because they don't know about what it would do to an embryo. I say have at, I want to know. Oh my god, same. Not if it's real long.

Because there's no gravity to still. The baby comes out and it's just like really long. A long baby. But no, there have been babies born in Antarctica. Okay. Any guesses how many? Ballpark me. Six. Hundred. No. You're closer.

Eleven babies have been born in Antarctica. I was going to say eleven. And zero. No you weren't. Zero had died as infants. Therefore, Antarctica has the lowest infant mortality rate of any continent. Wow. Continent. Zero percent. Oh, wow. So on your passport, place of birth.

Antarctica. That's the exact reason. Wow. That is also the exact reason. Because in the 1970s and 1980s, Argentina and Chile. Yeah. I'm saying Argentinian. Argentinian?

Argentinian woman and Chilean. Chilean. Chilean woman who they knew were pregnant to Antarctica to give birth in Antarctica as a means of strengthening their claims to Antarctica. Oh, right. Argentinian citizens

Argentinian. Argentinians. I can't get that. Argentinian citizens born in Antarctica were dual because they were born in one place. Oh, wow. But their parents were jeweled because they were born in one place. Oh, wow. But their parents were from another, so they would be given by the country jeweled citizenship

to strengthen their claims. So they both did it. Argentina and Chile did it. But you know how, like, everyone wants a Europe passport or a British passport? Like, how useless is an Antarctica passport? They wanted it in the times before it was like, we don't do any drilling or anything down here.

Right. Yeah, right. All the resources under there. Yum, yum, yum. You want fossil fuels for the next little while. Yeah, what do you got? What do you got? Everyone wanted to have a claim to it.

Yeah. So they wanted to strengthen their claims, their areas of Antarctica. So they sent pregnant women there to give birth so that their babies would be Antarcticans. Antarcticans? What would you call that? Antarcticians. That's so good.

It's not Antarcticians. It sounds tropical though. That sounds good though. It sounds tropical. Like Tahitians. Tahitians. Antarctitonians. Antarctonites.

Antarctonites? Antarctonites because it sounds cold. No, Antarcticians. Antarcticians? Antarcticians sounds way too tropical because of Tahitians. Yeah, Antarctonites. No, that sounds like... Antarctonites? Antarctonites because it sounds cold. No, Antarctetians. Antarctetians? Antarctetians sounds way too tropical because of Tahitians. Yeah, Antarctetians. I like it. Antarctetians.

Antarctetians. Antarctetians. Antarctetians. Can we... Yeah. What is it called? A denom... Denominant?

Is that what it's... What are people from Antarctica called? Explorers? Yeah. Visitors? Visitors? There is no... I mean, there's children. There's 11.

And they'd probably still be alive because they were born in the 70s and 80s. Oh, yeah. Antarctic is the... No. What do people from Antarctica call themselves? There is no population originating from there. It's free for the...

It is penguins. Penguins. Yeah. Antarcticans. Wellingtonians, Aucklanders, New Zealanders, penguins. Yeah. Okay. You're a penguin, are you? Yeah, I'm a penguin. It's confusing though because if you ask someone and they said yes, you'd be expecting them to have a fishy

stink. Yeah. A fishy stink. And make that noise that pengu makes. Yeah, that's a real Pingu noise It's like Pingu's more like a Just warming up For a Pingu impression

I just wanted him To do a Pingu It's been a while Between Pingu It's been a while Since he's done Pingu was insane Oh what a stressful cartoon

Yeah Or Climation 2 The effort they went into Oh yeah What a stressful cartoon. Yeah. Or Climation 2, the effort they went into. Oh, yeah. Beautiful show. Absolute five-minute little. Imagine the drugs they were on. A lot. When you watch that, you're like, oh, dear.

A lot. So today's fact of the day is there are 11 Antarcticians, but Antarctica has the lowest infant mortality rate of any continent. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Three text messages and already regarding sex in Antarctica. Hit us. I had sex at Scott Base. Reads one text.

Oh, okay. Another one reads, from what I've heard, Antarctica is just a giant orgy. You've got to keep warm. I met my now husband in Antarctica 23 years ago. Oh, wow. And you best believe. How is no one pregnant?

Got pregnant with all this? Maybe it's too cold. Maybe the spermies are all frozen. They're all dormant, having a nap. But they're not doing it outside. I'm assuming. You know they have like cabins and stuff. Yeah, I would.

I'd just pull a picnic blanket out there. It's minus like crazy. You get such a cold bum. Should you pay full price Silly little pole. Silly little pole. Silly little pole. Silly little pole. Should you pay full price for a service if they use your photo for advertising? We saw a tick-tock. Yes. We saw a tick-tock.

We were just scrolling through the tack. Where a young wahine was saying she wasn't comfortable with her hairdresser taking a series of photos to put on social media because she's like, well, you're using me as an advertising model effectively and that's a service you'd technically pay someone before. And I paid full price for my hair. Let's see, yes, if it was a big, like, famous, you know, like hairdressing place or salon, but also if it's just, like,

your local hairdresser, they don't have the money to be. Yeah, but someone little in you helping out, that's fine. And you like can say yes or you can say no. But you'd just be flattered they think you're a model, right? Yeah, it happens to me all the time. Of course. Honestly. Well, on our poll where you can see my face where I look like

I did a wake and bake to be totally honest, I look absolutely blazed. That was recorded at quarter to six this morning though. It was early and my eyes were sore. Yeah. They were so sorry I had to drive to work with them shut most of the way. Oh, I was following you. Well, maybe you could get some Botox and they could use your face for an after photo.

Is that what you're saying? I think he's more of a before. Is that a Botox issue? He's more of a before than an after. Botox issue? He's more of a before than an after. Okay, right, yeah. I just want to be an after. Should you pay full price

for a service if they use your photo for advertising? 30% said yes, still pay. 70% said nah, get a discount or for free. My wife, who is,

you've seen her. Yeah. She's bloody beautiful. Oh, she is bloody stunning. She's bloody stunning. She had a lovely wedding dress, paid full price for it and afterwards they said,

oh, we love this so much. Can we use it in advertising? And she felt like she couldn't say no to them. I was like, you 100% could say no to them. Oh, she would have spent thousands on it. But if they'd given her like a half price wedding dress. But then that wasn't, it wasn't so like,

oh my God, these photos are amazing. Like we paid for the photographer and everything. And they're like, can we use your wedding? And she was just like, how do I say no? I was like, you just say, I'm not comfortable with that. They're probably giving her a half price discount or the next wedding dress free. Oh, fair enough, actually.

Yeah, hubby number two. He run off with Lara. He deserves the best. No, she leaves me and then I leave with Lara. Oh, okay, right. There's no Lara until there's a... Right. Sade's out of here.

Gary or whoever she goes away with. Lara's the woman that came to Vaughan in a dream. We're very like great friends. Automatic connection. We're just connected on so many levels. And boy,

I wish I had never mentioned it because I've heard about it since. Oh really? Nikita responded saying, I mean if they give me

a discount I wouldn't complain but otherwise I'm just grateful enough they didn't give me a pixie cut. I just want to trim. If they did a good enough job

that they want to promote it. Yeah, that's totally fine. You do see like people are like, this was me and their hair's greasy and whatever

and then they go to the salon and they give it a flick and it goes, you're like, yeah, that's going to get sheets of ribbon. Yeah,

that's going to get people through the door. I can see why. Erin said, I said yes until I listened to the, oh, I said yes. Okay, so she voted yes until I listened to the... Oh, I said yes. Okay, so she voted yes.

Yeah. But then listened to the full thing. She says, as a makeup artist, clients can refuse photos, but they are also paying for your services. They trust that you'll do a good job. So they can totally say no. Yeah. Yeah.

And feel free to say no if you don't want to be part of the advertisement. Kendall said, my nail lady and hairdresser take photos of their work all the time and put it on social media. And same with my ex who painted houses. People let him put up photos at no discount. I think we live in a world where a service is entitled to put it on their social media regardless of what you pay as it's still their work. But it's your house.

But it's your house and you paid for it. Yeah, you paid for it. You might not necessarily want to be in the advertising. This is a hard one. I don't actually know where I stand. I guess it's like I would be annoyed if someone gave me a service and then they took photos

and then they put it up without asking. Yes. That's what would annoy me. Yeah, right. I didn't say yes to that. But if they asked, I'd probably be alright with it. Yeah, yeah. Well, they asked, right. I didn't say yesterday. But if they asked, I'd probably be all right with it. Yeah, yeah. Because you'd be like, yeah. Well, they asked, right? It's a principle thing.

Nail techs often take photos afterwards to show others what they can do. Definitely shouldn't get a discount just for that, says Kristen. But if they were paying... That's kind of different because your face isn't in that, right? It's just some nails. That's kind of anonymous. Yeah, yeah, totally. That's anyone's hand.

Yeah, but you still ask. Yeah. Brad Olsen. Bad. Yeah, yeah, totally. That's anyone's hand. Yeah, but you'd still ask. Yeah. Brad Olsen. Bad news, Brad. Economist. Economist. He replied. Has he got more bad news?

What's Brad got to say? He said, I reckon that's something to be negotiated when they want to take a pick. Yeah, okay. And I would be no pay, no pick. But maybe they don't know until afterwards and they go, shit, I've done a really good job. Yeah. I actually might, can I use this? good job. Yeah. I actually might, can I use this?

Well, another one, I haven't paid yet. Another one as well, tattoo artists. Like, no discounts there, but you're a walking billboard

for the art. Yeah, you are. I kind of understand that too. Visual, like artistic things I understand, like nails and tattoos

and maybe even hair and stuff because you're like, that is, it's sort of, it's such a visual medium. Well, feel free to say no and ask if you want to use someone's photo. Yes.

That's the vibe. The vibe that most people are saying there? We can settle on that? That's the vibe check. Yesterday, I was filling out a, I can't remember, I did a couple of things yesterday. One of them was, tell the council about, I did a couple of things yesterday.

One of them was tell the council about yourself and you could win a voucher. Tell the council about yourself? I do these quizzes every now and again, like feedback things. Do you? Yeah. Because you're the one that's doing those. Yeah, because you can win a voucher. And I'm like, you know, you've got to be in to win.

Yeah. I don't even know why I need to win a voucher. I'm just like. What's the voucher for? I want to win something. I never win anything. So I'm like now. know, you've got to be in to win. Yeah. I don't even know why I need to win a voucher. I'm just like. What's the voucher for? I want to win something. I never win anything. See, I win everything. I'm a winner.

You're a loser. But do you enter online competitions and win things? No, I don't. No, see, neither. But that's my new life goal. That's your new thing? You want to win something? Is I want to win something.

Wait till you hear about the secret sound. Well, I'm not allowed to win that. Oh, damn it. And then I got an email because I flew home from New Plymouth at the weekend. It's like, how was your flight? You could win some air points. I'm like, I'm going to enter this too. You love air points.

Because I want to win something. Fair enough. I don't even care what the prize is. My goal this year is to win something by doing an online thingy. All right. Or a supermarket competition. Because your mum's won a trip to San Fran. My mum was a chronic enterer, though.

She'd enter every competition. I think she slowed down her entering. I might start, actually, as well. Because I'm a winner. But everything. And then you won't win. No, but you'll fast realise you're also a loser. No.

Because I don't know who's winning these competitions. Is the Sunday paper just still pretty much a competition paper? Like, mum used to get the Sunday paper and she'd just sit down and do all the competitions and send them away and hope to win. Well, I was putting my details into one of these things. I can't remember which one it was. And then it was like, tell us a bit about yourself. And then it was like the options were all these options like,

are you a young and married person? And the options for me that were available were, are you a young adult, single, or a middle-aged adult, single? Oh, one sounds like a fun man about town. The other one sounds a little bit. A little bit lonely. I know. But there was no in between.

So you had to choose between being a young man or a middle-aged man. Because I know we talked last week, there was a debate online about what a middle-aged man? Because I know we talked last week, there was a debate online about what is middle age. And if you Google middle age, it's 45 to 65. And you're not 45 yet. I'm not 45. Well, that means you're a hip young teen. Yeah, but then I'm not a hip young.

Are you a tween? I'm not a hip young person. Yes, you are. I'm like just in the middle of the middle. So what would you have put? For you, I would have gone young person. Yes, you are. I'm like just in the middle of the middle. So what would you have put? For you, I would have gone young adult. You know, but when you think about the library, the young adult section is like 19.

I'm a young adult. Is hot dilf an option? Hot dilf is not an option. Hot dilf should be an option. It's not on there, no. What about zaddy? Was that an option? Was zaddy on there?

That wasn't on there. No, that wasn't on there. See, for you, I woulddy was zaddy on there That wasn't on there No that wasn't on there See for you I would have gone Zaddy But um That wasn't available So I guess you're middle aged Yeah so That's the closest right

What did you select I selected that one Middle aged You've accepted it And then I selected it And I was like ah You've accepted it But then I was like

Maybe they'll give the prize To a middle aged person Middle aged man No no no Middle aged single guy Pale style male mate No no No one wants you anymore No one wants to see you Win any more than you already have Give the prize to a middle-aged person. Middle-aged man. No, no, no. Middle-aged single guy. Pale, stale, male, mate. No, no. No one wants you anymore.

No one wants to see you win any more than you already have. No, no, no. You've had it too good for too long, you white middle-aged dudes. I'm not winning anything, am I? I'm just hoping that's not- Homeowner as well. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. What do you need in life? I don't know. I just think they need more options on the option form. Yeah, young adult to middle age seems a bit brutal. There wasn't an other where you got to type in your own option? No. They didn't have 30 flirty and thriving?

30 flirty and thriving. Thriving. That's hard to say. 30 flirty and thriving? No. But again, great option. 40 and naughty? Naughty and 40?

Naughty and 40. Early naughties, 40. Shifty in your 50s? Yeah. Oh, well. Zaddy smacks. Well, thanks for youries, 40. Shifty in your 50s? Yeah. Oh, well. Zaddy, Zaddy Smacks. Zaddy Zanning. Thanks for your support, guys.

If I win this prize, any of these prizes. What is the prize? I don't know. Like a voucher or something. A voucher? You had to admit you're middle-aged to win a voucher. Well, there was the Airpoints for New Zealand. I think it was just Airpoints for one of them.

Oh, right. And Bay Audiology? No. OPSM. Any of the other things that you white middle-aged dudes that... Yeah. Lumino the dentist.

Oh, 10% off your new spectacles. Here's the guy that's about to go to a doctor's appointment for a blocked ear. I don't an air wake. ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley.