ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - 10th of February, 2025

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Thank you, Bryn. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Secret Sound is back. Big day. Big day. So 7 o'clock is your very first chance

if you haven't heard the leaked Secret Sound. Naughty brook. 7 o'clock this morning. We'll play again at 8 o'clock. 11, 1, 4 and 5. So it's super easy. Guess the sound, win the cash. I mean, it couldn't be simpler.

Easy. It couldn't be simpler. Soundkeeper Brooke is in at 7 this morning. The top six on the way. Yep. Top six things people did instead of play PlayStation. I don't know if you guys saw this, but the PlayStation Network was down over the weekend

for like a whole day. Are you all right? Are you okay? I'm just fine, thank you. I didn't even notice. Wow. Wow. He's outside.

I don't want to brag, but I didn't even notice. But yeah, it was massive. It was like Friday night in America and many a good meme about coming home from a hard week's work, slaving away for the man, making the CEO millions of dollars and not even being able to find sweet release on the PlayStation Network. So the top six other things that people do. You've also got a fascinating list about what's in and out.

I do have a fascinating list of what's in and out for 2025. Some of these things I'm like, yeah, I agree. Others I could do with a bit more of. You need a bit more time? Yeah, a little bit. But next, there is a guy who has made the news because he is endeavouring to He's endeavouring? Endeavouring?

He's going to endeavour It's the right word, but it just sounded funny. He's endeavouring a food challenge for the year. Okay. And I reckon Vaughan could take a bit of it. Play ZM's Fleshborn and Hayley. Now, I don't know.

It could be a slow news week in Australia. Yeah. Okay, it could be because I'm just going to play you a clip from Sunrise, one of their breakfast news shows. Listen to this. It's an Australian treasure, the roast chook, aka the bachelor's handbag. And our next guest is on a mission

to find the best chook in Australia. Brisbane local James Ellis is travelling around the country visiting servos, supermarkets, rotisseries and restaurants attempting to eat, get this, a whole chicken every day. Every day. Every day. Every day. So basically, he's started a social media thing as well, but he doesn't have a preference of chook.

Like he'll go anywhere to get them, to get a bachelor's handbag. And then he films himself devouring the whole thing at a table. All at once? Or he doesn't break off like a little bit later? All at once. Oh, okay. Oh, wow.

Yeah, this is what I thought when I first read this. I was like, oh, okay, yeah, maybe you stick in the fridge. That's your lunch and your dinner every day. Yeah.

And then I don't eat mine right down to the bone. I'm a bit funny with them. Are you? I suck the bone and eat off the bone. I clean it right up. No, I hoon the breasts

and then I'll pick around the legs and then I'm safe. No, the breast is always the dry bit. The dry bit. I clean it right up. Nah, I hoon the breasts and then I'll pick around the legs and then I'm safe. No, the breast is always the dry bit of a rotisserie chuck. Totally, but in a handbag search, it's always the easiest bit to rip at. To get off, man. No, no, he like opens the handbag and devours the chicken to the bone.

Every single day. How much, how many calories, like how much is he eating? I mean, good protein. Yeah, but. How many calories

in a rotisserie chicken? About 1,300. So that's a big part of your day. Is that your day's expended energy? Or your allowance for the day? A whole chicken of chicken.

A whole chicken. A whole chicken of chicken. A whole chicken of chicken, meat, skin, the whole lot contains 1978 calories. Oh, if he's eating the skin and all that. You've got to be with the dry breast, like,

soaking up the juices. Yeah, you've got to dip it through the juice of the bag. Yeah. So he's getting probably a bit more than that. Yeah, yeah. If you take into account all the fat. All the fat and the oil. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, I mean, go him. I think he's already got thousands of followers on social media. I love this. And he's going to do it every day. He's been the definitive man to go to who's got the best bachelor's handbag. I wonder if he's done his do it every day. He's been the definitive man to go to for who's got the best bachelor's handbag. I wonder if he's done his weight at the start and all of his measurements

to see if he would go up in weight. Probably not. I think if you're adding a whole one, you're not really too worried about it, right? He sort of looks like a sort of naturally slimmish guy, you know, sort of average body. I reckon he's going to get bored of this. Well, guy, you know, sort of average body. I reckon he's going to get bored of this.

Well, yeah, you'd think so, right? I reckon we should, we could, I'll be like, come back to me. I mean, it's February, do you know what I mean? Come back to us in March. Yeah, in March and we'll see if he's still having a chockaday. James Ellis from Brisbane. He's a hero. Yeah, do you know what he looks like?

I'm just looking at him. He looks just like a bloody Auss. Yeah. Do you know what he looks like? I'm just looking at him. He looks just like a bloody Aussie lad. Do you know what I mean? Aussie lad, yeah. And then when he was asked why he's doing it, he said, because it's funny. I love that. Do you know what I mean?

You can't argue with that. What do you mean? It's because it's funny. As someone who loves a bachelor's handbag, I can get behind this. I like them when they're juicy, but when they're dry, they can absolutely get in the trash. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughn and Hayley. From the Notes app on Vaughn's laptop, this is the Top 6.

Hello, the PlayStation Network is now back online, happily reports the BBC. It was down for over 24 hours. How does that work? Which is pretty massive. Sort of like when a website crashes, I guess. Yeah, it's just like over 24 hours. How does that work? Which is pretty massive. Sort of like when a website crashes, I guess. Yeah, it's just like the servers and everything that control it and put everything where it needs to be went down.

You can't play games at all or you just can't play with online games? Right, okay. But you couldn't play online? If you had a disc, could you play? If you had a disc, yeah. Does anyone have a disc? Yeah, you can still get a disc. But does anyone even download a game

to their PlayStation or is it all like on a cloud now? No, no, no. You have to download it onto the PlayStation. Oh, you do? Yeah, yeah. I don't know. I haven't played like for so long.

Yeah, and you can have the disc but you put the disc in and it's like, congratulations, it's the day of release. This game needs an 18 gigabyte patch. Yeah, right. Oh, shit.

So then you've got to wait for that to download. The likes of Fortnite, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, Marvel Rivals, all inaccessible because they're online. You could play Spyro at home because it's offline. Because you've got the disc. Because I've got the disc. Because you've got the disc. Thank God.

Yeah. But apparently it was a big weekend for online gaming. XXP for Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and the release of a new game, Monster Hunter Wilds. Right. Which I've never heard of, but if it's hunting monsters... How does it go down for that long? I don't know.

Just completely, they haven't said the cause of it. And if you have a membership to PlayStation Network to get the goodies, they're going to chuck on five days for free. Oh, that's good. Extend it out for five days. It was down for one day over a 24-hour period. I've got the top six things people do when the PlayStation Network was down.

Number six on the list, sat at a table and had a meal and talked to their family. Ew. Lame. Yeah. About what? I don't know. The day, I guess. You can't do that thing in games

where you hold down circle and skip. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Move. Yeah. Let's get back to the action. The story's taking forever. What are you doing on today? With Dad?

Yeah. Skip, skip. Number five on the list of the top six things people do when the PlayStation Network goes down. Played games on their phone. Awful games. Terrible phone games. I love a bit of Candy Crush.

Yeah, she's still playing. I'm still playing. Still playing Candy Crush. Still playing. Number four on the list of the top six things people did when the PlayStation Network was down. They went for a walk with their partner.

Did they talk to them as well? Oh, no. Oh, I thought they just walked. They tried? Oh no. They tried to do both. And talk about what? How sad they are that the PlayStation Network is down. Oh okay. At the end of the walk it didn't even unlock an achievement.

Lame. What was the point of this? Number three on the list of the top six things people do when the PlayStation Network goes down. They prayed to a god they haven't talked to in 20 years. God, it's been a minute. Yeah.

They asked to be put through to God's tech department to get this awful PlayStation Network problem sorted out so they can get back on PlayStation and again, ignore the existence of any higher being

for a long time. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six things people do when the PlayStation Network goes down. Had to watch some mindless shit like maths instead of dropping with the boys. Did you hear that?

Wow. Isn't she crazy? That was shot fired. That's very stimulating for the brain. I would say it would be. It's buried at first sight. I'd say it would be worse for the brain than video games, which have been proven to not be.

Actually, video games, a bit of dexterity. So actually, video games are better than maths. That's a wild statement. That's crazy. Yeah. And number one on the list of the top six things people did when the PlayStation never went down, it was actually the first thing they did,

just make sure Pornhub wasn't. And then because they were there. We'll just have a look. We'll have a look. Just checking to see if it's up. Yeah. You know what I mean? It might be a thing with the whole internet.

Could be. Yeah, yeah. So dub, dub, dub, whatever. It doesn't matter what website I check. I'll just go to one. Just dub, dub, dub, and I'll put P. You know what I mean? Might be a thing with the whole internet. Yeah, yeah, so dub, dub, dub, whatever. Like, it doesn't matter what website I check. I'll just go to one. And it's kind of just filled itself, and I have a look there, and as soon as I'm here, and I'm missing Spyro so much, I'll put Spyro

into the search, and what do you know? Someone has made one of those. Yeah, dragon stuff. Dragon stuff. Purple dragon stuff. Of course there is. Of course there is. Is course there is. Of course there is. Is it rule 27 of the internet? What? Of course there is.

Of course there is. Of course there is. Is there? Of course there is. Of course there is. That is today's Top 6. Play. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Now, this is a trend tracking website called TrackSuit.

They survey thousands of people every week and basically collect data to find out what's hot and what's not. So they've personally given me. I've got a bit of an in. I've got a contact at Tracksuit. A list of the ins and outs for 2025. Do you want to start with the ins or the outs?

What's out? Let's go out. I'm just going to start with the ins. Because the outs will be funnier. Do you reckon? If I could just sidebar start with ins. This is where we're funnier. Do you reckon? If I could just sidebar for a minute, Hayley. Please do. All we want to do is we want to finish the break on a strength. Yeah, but what if the ins are funny and the outs are funny?

Ins more like trend. Outs, we get to laugh at something that we thought was good at the time. Guys, make a decision. Okay, this is the problem. I'm just the reader. You hover that finger on that mouse because there's going to be something in the outs and it's going to be so funny

and one of us is going to hit a hard funny and then you just be like, boom, out. I don't think Vaughn's right. Finish on a high and then people listening will be like, I'm going to hang around. These guys are cracking me up. I don't know who to trust. I don't know who to trust.

Look at me. Trust me. Fletch, what do I do? Okay, I'm going to go ins first. I'm sorry, Fletch. I respect't know who to trust. Look at me. Trust me. Fletch, what do I do? Okay, I'm going to go ins first. I'm sorry, Fletch. I respect you so much. But Vaughn's coming hot. Do you know what I mean?

You're a man. You're a man. Everybody start being funny. Okay. All right, suckers. I'm panicking. Okay, here's the ins. Here's the ins for 2025.

Card games. In. Card games like Uno, they're in. See, that's not funny, Fletch. If we'd relied on that, bingo, out. I don't know if any of these are going to be funny, Paul. No, trust me. Out is going to be cracker, man.

Follow along with the list. Right. Nostalgia is in. I think nostalgia's been in for ages. Oh, yeah. I listen to a lot of podcasts. How many of my stories start with, I was listening to a podcast.

Yeah, a lot. But they talked about why nostalgia hits different is because we've just had access to it the entire time. We've had access to everything from the 90s since the 90s. Yeah. Whereas when people think about the 60s, when the 60s finished, for the 90s since the 90s. Yeah. Whereas when people think about like the 60s, when the 60s finished, for the 70s and 80s, basically they didn't have access to it.

So that's why when they regained access to it, there was that hard nostalgia. It's very easy for us to look back. Totally. Well, they say things like remakes, retro-inspired rebrands and cultural moments inspired by childhood joy, they're in. Yeah, that's it. But A, not funny.

Again, I don't know. You're really building up the other list. Here's one that I reckon you can really play with here. Dad cams. So like the old big cameras where your dad would film in the like

80s I guess or the early 90s. Like you see the big news crews with. Yeah. When they, why are they in? Because, you know, like lots of apps and stuff, like Instagram and Snapchat, they've already got all those retro features that make it look like it was filmed on film

or it was filmed on a VHS camera and stuff. They say that that's going to be all over Instagram and TikTok everywhere. Okay, 2025, in's coffee alternatives are in. We know this already. What, like Milo? Do you know what? Yes, sir. Okay, 2025, in's coffee alternatives are in. We know this already. What, like Milo? Do you know what? Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. It's Milo back in. Actually, Milo. Funny. You made it funny. Funny. He's warming up. He's cranking up.

Here he is. Here he is. Okay, in for 2025, niche emojis and emoticons. What's the flag that they don't have? What they don't have? Oh, the Teno Ranga Tere Tange flag. They were like that they don't have? What they don't have? Oh, the tenoranga, teratanga flag. They were like, we don't have one of those.

We want one of those. That's a niche emoji, I guess. The rise of niche emojis, that's coming up. More than just the thumbs up. Is it just using emojis that don't get used a lot? Yeah, and then make them cold. And you make it like a specific, like a group of friends might use that emoji.

Let's go deep into the emojis today. Just start like kind of rouletting a random emoji into our chats. Yeah. And you'll be like, what does that mean? I'll be like, guys, it's in. It's our emoji. In 2025. Okay, in for 2025, AI for personal development.

We talked about this a little bit last week. If you've got a thing that you need to do, you're like, hey, I want to achieve my goal, use AI to help you do it. Yeah. Plan your life a little bit more., use AI to help you do it. Yeah. Plan your life a little bit more. Just don't fall in love with it. Don't.

We've all seen the movie. Yeah, we have. And in for 2025, gibbets to reflect personality. They're saying it's big. I think that's already in. Yeah, I would have thought this list seems a bit delayed. My dad, we got my dad Crocs for his birthday. Did you get him gibbets?

Right, we had a serious discussion the other day about gibbets. Right. He's like, what do I get? Well, farming ones, obviously, like cows. Farming. Farming. To reflect his personality. He loves minis, like the cars.

He loves minis. Great. Get him some. Okay, here's the outs. I think this will be quite a funny list. Do you reckon? Funny things. Out, X, bracket, Twitter.

Yeah, that's not funny. That's gone. It's gone quite racist. It's gone quite racist. It's gone quite racist. I think we could argue it has been for quite some time. Yes. But Elon Musk's version, goodbye. Okay, here's one.

Cabana culture. So people at the beach. I know cabana culture. Who are like rocking out with the big cabanas. The specific cabanas. In New Zealand, you'd call them gazebos, right? There's a specific one that everybody goes crazy for.

It's a square umbrella. It's got a central, yeah see it's got the central thing. It's an umbrella with four legs. What do you get from the warehouse or for like cheap ads. But the original ones the ones that kicked off the craze are like nearly 200 bucks. Oh what? And they're just a

fabric umbrella with some sand weight legs. They're just saying they're just creating a space war and it's tension on the beach. It's too many. So they're out. Yeah. Bows. Bows are out. Or it could be bows. It's bows. Fletch, this is your sound system at home. No, no, no, no.

Bows as in in your hair. Ah. Ribbons. I was wondering why they were coming for high end. I thought I was going to have to throw that out. It's a great sound system. It's not all good news to you because you do love wearing bows. Okay, here's a great one. Out for 2025 millennial bashing.

Leave us alone. But we're allowed to bash Gen Z, right? No, that's in. I'm putting that in my own. That's in. Pick a really funny out. One more. He's hovering over the mouse. There's so many.

Okay, hang on. There's got to be a great gag. Bang. Out of the break. Again, I thought we should have done this the other way around, but don't worry about it. Okay, I've got to choose one. There's so many.

Okay. Okay, here's one. I'm just going to read one because it's a sentence I don't even understand what it means. Okay. Funny. Corporate prawn posture. Posture braces and stand-up desks will be all the noise this year

as the unhealthy corporate prawn posture. The corporate prawn. The prawn. The corporate prawn. You get it. Like you're hunched over at your desk. When you're curled over. Oh.

It's a thing of the past. Is it a prawn or a shrimp? I don't know. I actually don't know the difference. I don't know if that's prawn or prawnist. Do you know what? Thank you so much for voicing that. I don't know the difference. Because like, what are the big

ones and then the really little ones but aren't they the same? Some of them are tigers. But they're the same but then there's prawns and then there's shrimps. And then shrimps, do they have a hard shell? But they look the same. They do have a hard shell. I don't know which one's which. I've never seen a shrimp with a hard shell. No, the part when you get a shrimp, it's had its hard shell removed.

So that's a prawn. To me, a prawn has a hard shell and a shrimp is a fried rice. Yeah. And it's smaller than fried rice. It's easy to tell the king prawns because they've got little crowns on. Hit it. That wasn't a funny answer. It wasn't funny at all. It's easy to tell the king prawns they've got a crowns on. Hit it. That wasn't a funny answer. It wasn't funny at all.

It's easy to tell the King Prawns they've got a little crown on. Hit it. It's easy to tell the King Prawns because they live in a castle and they've got a little crown on. It's getting less funny. Do what you're supposed to. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley.

The Super Bowl today. Of course. We are going to catch up in New Orleans with Ben Harlem ahead of the Super Bowl today. Get all the action on the ground. On the ground. Also, I believe the locals pronounce it. Nah-lands. Nah-lands.

And I believe, Producer Shannon, your gambling addict is back in the spotlight. I don't want to say addict, but I did win last year, and I'm hoping to win again. So do you only ever bet on the Super Bowl? Nah, sometimes a little. She loves the dogs. She bets on the bloody GG.

She does the greyhounds. Wow. No, no. No greyhounds. No, she doesn't do the dogs. Okay, so what... She was pissed when they said that was coming out. Oh, I know.

She was like, the dogs! They love running. Have you ever watched them run? I don't use food money that was coming out. Oh, I know. She was like, no! They love running. Have you ever watched them run? I don't use food money, by the way. Right, okay. Because that's what I gave her a talking to before. I've been listening to a podcast about sports gambling. I didn't know it's only really recently in America that it's become super easy to do,

and then the apps and everything now. Yeah. Now it's the next scourge of American society. There's going to be this generation of gambling everything now. Yeah. Now it's the next like scourge of American society. There's going to be this generation of gambling addicts. Right. Really, really bad too. Now, so what are the bets that you've put on for the Super Bowl today? So I'm saying that the Chiefs are going to win between 1 and 13

and that Patrick Mahomes is going to get the MVP award. Pretty safe bets. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I always go safe. Anything about American football. No, neither. He sounds like Kermit the Frog and he likes Taylor Swift. How can we wait till we win the ball? We're going to throw the ball!

So I like him. So I'm looking at about 50, 60 bucks return. On? 30. 30 bucks. Okay. So I didn't spend food money, but I'll get a nice drink afterwards.

Have you paid the power? No, no, that's... Yeah, she's not spending food money, but she's spending utilities. No, she needs them to win so she can do that. I'm joking. Oh, we joke. I gamble very safely for fun. Well, money she can afford to lose if it doesn't win.

This story is about gambling of a different nature. A gambling that I would never be like, today's my day, my horse is coming in. Instant Kiwis, which I only buy if I'm buying lotto tickets and I want to round it up to 3030 because spending $24 is pesky. I'd hardly ever buy them. Maybe, like, you always chuck one in

at Christmas. Yeah. Or just, like, maybe once or twice a year I'll just be like, hell yeah! And I'll just grab a little $2 or a $5.

But I've never thought about this, but when, like, you know how you'd buy a crossword and it says, top price, $75,000. As soon as the $75,000 is won,

they used to kind of be like, pull the rest because they noticed a drop in sales once the big prize is won. And I was like, I've never even heard of the big prize being won. But apparently if you used to be able to say, can I have a printout of what ones the big prizes have still got?

And they will still give you that. And you can scan your phone, I believe. And there's a QR code now that says what top prizes remaining, ask us or scan here. But prior to that, you could say, can I see which ones have got the most big prizes? I wouldn't even think of it. Neither.

I would just buy the scratchy and be like, hope I win 75 grand. And most of the time, once the big one was gone, they'd just phase them out pretty quickly after that. But they're going to keep them in there now with the lesser prizes in. Because whenever I buy a scratchy, all I can ever really

hope for is to win my money back. That's all I want. And then buy another scratchy with it. And then buy a scratchy and lose. Until I lose. No, put the scratchy on the fridge and be like, I must cash that in one day, and then what happened to the scratchy on the fridge? And your wife says,

I assumed it wasn't a winning one because it's been there for months. And I said, why would I keep a non-winning one there for months? I thought you liked the colours because they're so bright and cheery. It reminds you of Christmas. And I'm like, no, that was my $4. You owe me $4. Yeah, I've never thought of this.

I've never thought like, of course some of the prices are gone. So now you can scan a QR code and see what ones are in stock and how much of the big prizes are left. I'd never thought about, I'd never buy that on the idea that I'm going to win the big prize.

You never think you're going to win the big one. You're just hoping for the $10. I don't know anyone that's ever won the big one. Same. I don't think I even believed that it was real. No. Do you know what I mean? I was like, maybe you just want a bonus ticket, a free ticket, or a $3. My best friend Kelly won a few thousand dollars on one once.

Far out. And we were just like, this just never happens. She's a millionaire. Well, we were young at the time. I was like, holy shit, you'll shout. Hell yeah. But I've never known anyone that won the big one. What has she done with the money? Do you know? What's she done with the money? Oh, it was 20 years ago. I you're shout. Hell yeah. But I've never known anyone that won. What has she done with the money?

Do you know? What's she done with the money? Oh, it was 20 years ago. I don't know. Did she invest? She should have invested somewhere 20 years ago. If she'd bought Tesla shares. Yeah.

Idiot. Or Bitcoin. 20 years ago, she could have bought a little villa in Ponsonby. Oh. You know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. She totally could. She's really fritted that away, hasn't she?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. What a waste. What a wasted opportunity. Play. ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. You know how usually a courier these days, they just drop it on the front door and they go. The other day, was it on Saturday, I think, actually?

Oh, you got a Saturday courier? Mmm. Posh. Thank you. Yeah, I'm doing quite well. So I was in the kitchen and my front door was open so you can kind of see you. Yeah, I'm doing quite well. So I was in the kitchen and my front door was open so you can kind of see in. And I saw the truck pull up and I was

like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, little present for Hayley. And so I was like, I'll greet him at the door and he comes in and he's got this box and it's dripping wet. Okay. And he just sort of had this look on his face and it's all on his hands. And I was like, what has happened here? He's like, I don't know. Sorry. on his face And it's all on his hands And I was like

What has happened here? He's like I don't know Sorry I don't know What's going on there? I was like alright And I took it Didn't know what it was I opened it up

And Wait so he left and he's just like dripping Yeah he's got dripping hands Okay Did he pass it to you and then flick his hands Because there was no You know when you go to the bathroom You wash your hands

There's no towels You go flick And then you wipe them on your pants. Yeah, on your pants. No, I think because it was smelly, like it was sort of smelling nice. Yeah. And he hands it over with his drippy hands, sort of awkwardly gives it to me. It's dripping on my wooden floor now. So I was like, okay, thank you.

And he just leaves. And then I open it up and it's like quite expensive skincare and it's smashed in the... Had you ordered this? In the mail. Was it a gift? It's been sent to me. Okay, right. So it's like more expensive than I could probably pay for. Okay. But it's been sent to me. Right. So then I was like, oh bugger

like that sucks, you know, it's gone everywhere, it's gone all through this package. Was it glass in every... It was glass. Oh yeah, it was shattered glass like tiny little bits of shattered glass and delightful expensive skincare. And then my only thought was like, that lucky bastard is going to have beautifully soft hands. And he didn't even know.

He probably would have just like got a towel or something. He's probably just used to using regular moisturiser like we all are. If at all. If at all. Darling, that's a deep, deep, deep moisturising oil. Like, what are you doing, darling? Rub it in.

So there is a courier somewhere out there today. Yeah, he's rattling around Auckland today, and his hands will just be so supple and soft. Okay, well, if you see a courier today, check out their hands. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And if they are looking supple, as you say. Supple.

That's my courier. Maybe give a little compliment for the skincare regime. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just say, my God, how do you keep your hands so soft? He's like, I don't know. It just happened over the weekend. Poor packaging. Poor packaging.

Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. Fletchborn and Hayley. Silly little po. Silly little po. It is so silly, silly, silly. That silly little po. Silly Little Pole, Silly Little Pole. It is so silly, silly, silly that Silly Little Pole, Silly Little Pole. Silly Little Pole, Silly Little Pole.

Silly Little Pole. Silly Little Pole today. Is it okay to have a tent slash gazebo at the beach? These cabana umbrella fans. I saw people with a massive set up yesterday. I thought there was some kind of ocean race or like surf life-saving champs. Oh, we're talking about Three Bay Garage.

Yeah, or like some kind of activation from like a brand. Yeah. You know where they're giving out free ice blocks? Yeah. But it was just a family with like the biggest set up I've ever seen in my life. I was like, man. And you still went over and said, got any ice blocks?

Got a free ice cream. Can I have an ice block? And they were like, who are you? I, on New Year's Day, we went to Shakespeare National Park, Shakespeare. A beach. Up north. And it was full of people who were so well prepared for the entire day. And I always, I'm like, I'm just like, yes, congrats to you.

They've got barbecues. They've got seats. They have sleeps. People are having a siesta. It depends on the beach because if you're on a, like imagine Oriental Parade, you're at the beach. No. There's no room for gazebos. We also don't call them that anymore.

What are they called? Homeazebos. No, Oriental Parade. Oh, okay. What do they called? Home-a-zebos. No. No. Oriental parade. Oh, okay. What do we call it? The parade of the Orient. Oh, okay. Sorry, yeah. I don't think we call it that either.

Are you sure? Just parade. I just steer away from Orientals. Wellington parade. The beach. The beach of Wellington. The only good beach in Wellington. If the beach has got space, absolutely chuck a gazebo up because our sun is so harsh.

I think. Yeah. If you've got kids. And if it's kids. First in, first served. Has always been the beach rule. If you get there early and it's a busy beach and there's room for you

to set up a three bay garage or the place for Nana to fall asleep in that chair. I'm not going to be mad if I'm getting some accidental shade from someone's. When the sun comes at an angle. Gazebo.

You get a bit of you're really hitting the gay in gazebo. I personally say gaze angle. Gazebo. You get a bit of, you're really hitting the gay in gazebo. I personally say gazebo. Right. Yeah. And now that I've got my gold tooth, I will rock up to a Tongan family. Give them all a malo us.

And I will be sort of welcomed into the gazebo. If you smile big enough and they catch sight of it, they'll be like. Yeah, like the gold tooth. Brother. Malo's. Malo. And then there's a bit of back and forth. Yeah.

And then we fight over the food. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's always, yeah, it's good. Anyway, fully for it. If you're there in time to do it and there's room, I'm for it. Well. 75% of people agree. Okay.

It's okay to have a tent slash gazebo on a busy beach. 25% saying no. Some feedback. Jodie says, because being sun smart is cool, the lobster look is so 1990. Yeah, it is. For when our mothers used to oil themselves so they burnt crispy.

An SPF 2? Just to kiss. Just to kiss the sun. Just to say they've got sunblock on. What was that brand that did the real low? LeTan. LeTan.

LeTan. LeTan. It had a French flag on it. The French were like, leave us out of this. I think they still sell that in chemists, but you've got to look really... In some places I've seen,

maybe overseas. I think overseas, not New Zealand. My mum always used to come back with a big one. Actually, it was America. I'm pretty sure I was in a... Yeah, somewhere.

Like one of those gift stores and saw it. It was like SPF 5. I was like, what? Or 10? I was like, no, no, no, no, no. In New Zealand? New Zealand sun would just be like.

You may as well not have bothered. Do you want to burn, says Earl? Because I don't. And I don't want my kids to burn either. So shut up, mind your own damn business and turn your stupid UE boom down. Wow. Oh, actually. I would say we have the correlation Between people with

Big JBL speakers And a three bay garage On the beach Do you know There's a Venn diagram With a big crossover Big crossover But I went to the beach

With Fletch on Friday Genuine friends We hung out And He can turn a jandal He can turn a sandal Into a speaker It's really smart

So we put music on And then he put his shoe over the top and it made it louder. How did that work? I was just protecting my phone from the sun because it overhangs.

But it created somewhat of a dome. No, or if you use like a bowl, if you put a chip bowl in a party, you can put it in a bowl. It was good.

We had some good music, good jams. Connor says, the beach is actually a really big place. I think we can all fit. Rihanna said, being sun smart is fine with me. I don't have one, but I get so jealous that people have them there and that cooking.

Me too. And their cooking. That cooking in there. Yeah. First come, first serve, bitch. That's what Sylvia said. Wow. Sylvia is not holding back.

Sylvia gets there at seven o'clock in the morning. I'm torn on this, says Sarah. Some people sit up like they're staying for three weeks. Part of me wants to say leave room for the rest of us, but part of me is also like, that is such a hell of an effort. You deserve all that space. I don't want to be at the beach all day. I'm good with

a few hours. Yeah. But if you're folding out... If I'm eating though, and I have shade to sleep, that changes things. If there's a sleep room, you could be there all day. Sleep room. Beach etiquette should be busy beach. You put it at the back.

No one there. No one's off limit. From Anisha. But Anisha, if they get there early in the morning, the beach is empty. Yeah. Helen said yes because it's a good laugh watching people try to set them up. Especially in the wind. If you're in Wellington, Lyle Bay Trying to get that thing set up

We don't call it that anymore I'm so Actually that's bad for me Sorry it's just bay I haven't said the L word for years I actually That slipped out Yeah

I'm so sorry It has been a pleasure working with you Oh I'm getting cancelled Why was Hayley dismissed? She said Lyle Bay Oh no Oh my god he's gone too

No I was reporting I No, I was reporting. I was reporting. I was reporting the news. Just say the L word. Everyone knows what you mean. You said orange or parade. I didn't. You did.

I said I don't say that anymore. We don't mention Island Bay. We don't call them that. We don't. No. That is silly little poll. Let's just leave it at that. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley.

Well, it's Super Bowl Sunday in America. Super Bowl Monday here. And a man on the ground, much like myself. He's, I mean, I'm the vibe hire here at the show. Right. And according to his Instagram profile, he's the head of morale at the morning mashup. He's a host at SiriusXM. Ben Harlem, good morning.

Guys, I need to win the secret sound so I can afford tickets to the game today. Can I get... Wait, do you not have tickets to the game today? No, I actually do. I just thought that was a funny way to start, to be perfectly honest with you. Hello, New Orleans. Thank you, Ben. It was great.

I just imagine you like trying to get some like, I don't know, some scalp tickets outside the venue. Oh my God, yeah, you've stuffed up. Well, here's the thing. This is how you know inflation's bad around the world. Is that the counterfeit TV, sorry, the counterfeit T-shirts they're selling on the street, 30 bucks for a fake counterfeit. I remember when it'd be like $10 outside of a concert. I was like, $30?

What's going on? Grab a couple of glow sticks too. Is that $30 America? What's that? Like 60 bucks nearly? 60 New Zealand dollars. Pretty much, yeah. But yeah, last time I checked,

the resale ticket there is starting at about five grand New Zealand dollars. So it's pretty pricey to get in. Would you seriously consider, I mean, I know you're there to report on the game, but like you could just sell those tickets, make some good cash. Yeah, you're not wrong,

but I will say that the NFL know which row I'm sitting in and what ticket I have. So I'm going to have stuff on StubHub. They're going to be banning me, and I don't really want to run afoul of the NFL. It's a career ender. Especially because you're in New Orleans. Good food there.

I'd just park up at a bar somewhere, watch the game. You can report like you were there. We're all watching it live anyway. Exactly. It is unbelievable. I will say like every second bar you walk past here for the past week, some random company or brand is running some event. There's a celebrity in there performing. I feel like Post Malone has been

at every event performing. It's been quite funny. But it's wild. This city is crazy this week. Do you feel like Kendrick Lamar's going to do a good halftime show? Because we've had some real crackers in the last few years. Yeah, he's got a lot to live up to.

He's probably glad that Drake is out of the country at the moment so he can perform in peace. And obviously Fizz are coming on. They're going on tour this summer here in America. So that's confirmed that she's going to be on. So I'm looking forward to it. I will say about 10 years ago, I met Kendrick for the one and

only time, and he said I look like Chucky from the horror films and that I would have scared him growing up because he didn't like Chucky growing up. Oh my god, I mean! So that's my one Kendrick Lamar moment. So I do have a bit in the back of my mind. Maybe I want him to stuff up.

But no, I'm excited to see him. It's going to be really good. You've obviously let that comment go. Just water off ducks back. Yeah, yeah. You've never thought about it again. Yeah, I'm going to release a distract for him next week. It's going to be very exciting.

And Taylor Swift, of course, she's been spotted out for dinner. So she'll be there today. Yeah, so she's been out to dinner with Travis a couple nights ago. Last night she went out to dinner with Kylie Kelsey, sister-in-law and also the Heim sisters and a mum. Also, Jennifer Coolidge from the American Pie film.

Now, she was at the same restaurant and everyone was like, oh my god, Jennifer Coolidge is part of the squad with Taylor Swift, but they had to clarify she was at a different table. They were at the same restaurant, but not together. I was like, no, that would have been awesome. I wanted Jennifer Coolidge, Taylor Swift to lab.

I would have invited her to my table if I was Taylor Swift. Oh my God, same. 100%. That would be amazing. And so the buildup to the game is, I mean, that's what I would enjoy the most. I wouldn't even care about the game if I was there. The tailgate parties. Oh, yeah, the parties are unbelievable.

So, and also, like, all the celebs in town with all the commercials, like, there's obviously the hype there, and that's the one thing that I will be disappointed to, that I won't be able to see the commercials as I watch the game. But, like, these commercials, I saw a stat that, like, the budgets for budgets for them are now like up to $20 million.

By the time they buy the airtime and then pay for these big celebrities, there's about 80 celebrities in all the commercials this year. Like they're making bank on like a 30-second commercial. It's unbelievable. Do you know who else is making bank is the airport. I saw something online yesterday that said with all the private jets flying in and then them paying for parking, the planes to park, now it's all full

and people have to fly into like the next airport along and then catch a car. And it was like tens of thousands of dollars to park. I'm glad that you mentioned that because I did my research. This is the level that I go to for you three. Thank you. Last year there were 882

private jets in Vegas and they're, there were 882 private jets in Vegas and they're expecting close to a thousand private jets. And as you said, different airports because everything's

all booked out now. Yeah. That is insane. The money. The money. The money. And also, have a think about like,

you know that you're a good celebrity if you get like the peak time tomorrow to fly out of the airport, but you know you're a Z-list if you have to wait till like the afternoon. They're like, oh, no, we've got another 800 jets that need to go before you guys.

You'll have to wait. Sorry, Flavor Flav. I would be just amazed that he has a private jet, but incredible. Ben, do we care about the game? What do we – we should probably ask about the game. Oh, yeah, the game. Yeah. I can put my sporting expert hat on you for a second.

Look, it's going to be a good – I hope it's a good game. I hope that it's close. I'm more sort of thinking about my bets and whether the Gatorade's going to be purple or yellow or green with the winning team, whether the National Anthem's going to be over two minutes or under. But, look, it's going to be a good game. It's going to be fun. I can't wait. Look, there'll be like 20 minutes or under. But, look, it's going to be a good game. It's going to be fun.

I can't wait. Look, there'll be like 20 minutes of action. But, look, as long as Taylor Swift is happy and the Chiefs win, look, we're all going to be happy, guys, right? Yes. Oh, John Batiste. No. Okay, good.

John Batiste is doing the national anthem. Is he? Yeah. Awesome. That'll be amazing. That'll be great. Nothing won't beat Fergie, but it'll be great. Ben, thank you so much, as usual, for our on-the-spot report of the Super Bowl.

We appreciate it, man. Have lots of fun. No worries. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Right now, we're joined in studio with absolutely no chaos and no problems. And all microphones are working and everything's perfect. By Kuda Forrester and Brinley Stemp,

because they have a new show. Kura's sharing my mic because of our tech issues, but luckily we're both actors and so we like to touch. Yeah, currently hugging very intimately. Too intimately, I'd say. I'd say this is a workplace issue. Kura, you look a little uncomfortable. Yeah.

I am sort of like arching my back sort of like uncomfortably. It's all right. So Brin and Koo Singles Club is a show that you guys have made for the spinoff. It's about you guys both being on the quest for love, right? Yeah. Yeah. How did this idea come about?

Because I've sort of known you both in and out of relationships, but single for some time. Yeah. Yeah, I've been single for four years now. I was in a relationship for seven years before that and Ku's kind of been an on and off galley Perpetually single I think they call it

One of the best breakup stories ever So what's the show about? You guys are going to try to find love or figure out why you're not finding love? Yeah, the way we came up with the show was we, Kuda and I, we both had different individual shows

with the spin-off and we were trying to get money for them. We were like, please, please, fund us, fund us. And no one funded us. There's actually heaps of money in media at the moment. Is there? Yeah. Wow, where is it? Why aren't they giving it to us?

It's in a cave somewhere under the ground, like a goblin lair. But we got together, Kuda and I, and we were like, let's do a show together. And then what do we have in common? So we wrote a big long list and kind of near the top of that was that we're both single gals in our 30s. So we were like, why not? Let's just capitalise off that. Did you think, hey, why not us have a shot?

Kura, did you ever look at Brinley and think, that could be a bit of me? I mean, all of my gorgeous queer friends have said I'm the straightest person they know and it's devastating for me. I've never been that beautiful. So this road trip idea was born by the spin-off producers and so we hit the road to like, we went to Stewart Island, we went to Christchurch. Who's finding love on Stewart Island?

It's a hot spot for singles. What are the single men on Stewart Island like? Salmon farmers and muscle farmers. So they get home smelling like muscles. And probably have gout. We got there and turned the apps on

and I think we swiped once and they said no matches. Truly. And the next closest was Invercargill. Yeah. Wow. Across the sea. So at the end of it, like, because this drops tomorrow, by the way, right?

On this one. Yeah. February 11, yeah. At the end of it, like, because I haven't caught up with you guys for a while as genuine friends. These are two of my other genuine friends. These are my two genuine friends. Hayley and I went to drama school together. Indeed.

Clodagh and I wrote a play together. But do you find love or is that you can't tell us? Oh, I guess you'll have to watch out. Oh, my God. But did you, like, did you learn anything along the way? Because, like, you, your families are on the show, right? Yeah, there are definitely amazing vulnerable moments and like i really surprised myself at the end of the series

with a kind of revelation about what it means to be single and how to sort of turn it around to a super positive thing and now i'm sort of like charging ahead with that newfound information about myself this is how fletch lives his life and and it's just from the outside it's just better. Yeah. It's like pretty easy and breezy. The dude just goes home and does whatever he wants. Yeah, that's our life so we don't want to brag too much but

it's pretty awesome. Everyone's like I'm searching for love, I'm searching for love. I'm like oh I don't know. By then we're like nah. Did your families find it like confronting themselves? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. By then we're like, nah. Did your families find it like confronting themselves? Yeah. Yeah, I was really shy. My Oma's on it, my grandmother who's 93 or something like that.

And she basically, she's got some pillars of wisdom. She was kind of telling Kura off at one point. But she didn't tell us she was going to be on the show. She was like, I don't want to do it until like the day before. So we were like scrambling to like figure out her coming on. She was like, yeah, I'm going to be on the show. She was like, I don't want to do it until like the day before. And so we were like scrambling to like figure out her coming on. She was like, yeah, I'm going to do it. And she kind of walked in stoically and said some amazing stuff. Well, you guys are so amazing.

It's Bryn and Co's Singles Club. It's on the spinoff.co.nz from tomorrow. I cannot wait to laugh and also and or cry with you guys. You will do both. Thank you so much. Thank you for sharing my mic, Cora. You did a really good job. It's my pleasure. Play Z m's fleshborn and hayley play zed m's fletchborn and hayley hung out with my mate fletch on friday with some other friends came over for a spa darling it's

lovely but we uh popped to the uh liquor store to uh retrieve um a couple of beverages to share as friends. And we were like looking around. We weren't sure. We didn't really have an inclination, did we? Yeah, I just wanted a couple. I didn't want heaps. Yeah, a couple of somethings. And we were like, oh, maybe a couple of cans or something.

And then the guy at the store was like, guess what's back? It's the Miami wine cooler. And we were like, what? Miami wine cooler's down. The wine cooler's down. I don't remember that. I remember it like in pop culture and I vaguely remember maybe my mum

or it being at a party when I was a kid. Yeah, I sort of remember the cultural moment of wine coolers. It was like, when did they get rid of it? Like in the 90s? It's like, it was late 80s, early 90s was my recollection. I can remember Nan having them. I can remember the distinct smell of a glass bottle that had Miami Wine Cooler on the outside.

Yeah, and that was always it. Like the wine cooler of choice was the Miami Wine Cooler. These were before RTDs. Yeah. When, if you didn't want to drink beer or wine, maybe this was in the middle. It was flavoured wine. It was wine that was flavoured with an additional something or the other.

It was basically like lemonade, right? Lemonade and wine. Yeah, lemonade and wine. So when the guy held up the six pack of Miami wine coolers, we were like, absolutely, why not? We've got no other feeling for it. Let's just try this. Yeah, we cracked a can.

And then we sent quite a few of our friends, like, we're having a wine cooler. And everyone was like, oh, my God, look at those things. They're back because they've done the packaging all 80s retro. They weren't quite yum, but oof. They were sweet. They were sweet. They definitely weren't those.

I've just been reading up on them. They've got vodka in them this time. Yes. And what, they never used to. Never used to. It was just right. Splash of salve. Right. It's more of used to. Never used to. It was just rye. A splash of salve. Right.

It's more of like a vodka lemonade with a little bit of wine in it. They were definitely delicious, but I, the fact that I'm trying to look them up online to see the sugar content and they have not disclosed it. I can't find it in there. It was quite sweet, wasn't it? Yeah, it was. It's definitely not just soda, vodka, lemon.

We need to get Marlene on the end of one of these. My nan should tell you. She should tell you if it's the same or not. Some people that can remember have said they're different. Yeah, there's comments. Well, it never used to have. It was always that level of alcohol, around 5%, but never had vodka in it.

And it's got vodka in it now. And somebody said it's definitely sweeter than it used to be. It used to be quite dry. God, someone texted and said, oh, my God, my friend did her 21st yard glass filled with Miami wine cooler. That is, we would say. We would say drink in moderation. Definitely.

Absolutely in moderation. As we did. As we did. As we did. With our Miami wine coolers. But yeah, I mean, the retro packaging was definitely cool. It was quite, it was a fun little thing. That's not the same packaging. Is it not?

It's the same branding, but the colours are different. Like the actual kind of like logo of it is like pretty similar. But the colours, it wasn't like. It's got a palm tree, which of course, nothing says Miami like a palm tree, darling. Nothing says Miami like a Miami wine cooler. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. How I miss this, as I generously invited my friends over for some drinks in a spa pool in the new spa.

Yum. How I miss this, I have no idea. Here's how it went. Big Hearted James picked us up from the beach. Right? And then we picked up our other friend Skid and we're heading to mine. And we listened to Loli Young, Messy

I reckon ten times on the trip. But you said there's an explicit version. Oh yeah, the explicit version is not the one we play. She says the F word constantly. Oh, I haven't heard the F word. Yeah, it's disappointing. It is, actually. It is disappointing to hear some filth come out of a woman's mouth, isn't it?

It was really. Swearing is for men. It's prudish. No. Sure. Not prudish. The opposite. Crass.

No, it's a great version. It's really good. And we couldn't stop listening. We listened the whole night to it. Almost one song the whole night. Anyway, so we get to my house and we're having a nice time and, you know, showing off the home, which is nearly finished. And then at one point I come inside and these three are in there going, oh my God, Hayley, come have

a look in the spare room. We're just sort of marvelling at the spare room. So I walk in and there's the famous sign from James' old flat that says what is it? Live today and love tomorrow for laughter. It's a live, love, laugh. And it's on the sort

of plywood brown sort of, I would say a beachy aesthetic. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's got big Airbnb at the beach vibes. Live, love, laugh. It says live every moment, laugh every day. Yeah, that's what it says. It's got to have another one.

Live every moment, laugh every day. No, no love. A lot of people have these in their house. Good for them. They have the letters, live, life, laugh. Live, love, laugh. A great sentiment, a fantastic quote. Not on my aesthetic.

They went into that room and they put it in there and it has now become my responsibility because James is moving and he wants to get rid of it. No one put their hand up, so he thrust it. Did James buy it ironically? No, he loves it and he's been trying to sell it on Marketplace. Yeah. And trade me.

And he said no one is buying it. It's shocking that no one's bought it. And so he was like, well, maybe. And then that's when I said to him, let's put it at Hayley's house. Oh, so it was all you, mastermind. Of course it was. I didn't even notice it when I got in the back of the car. Did James do his big laugh when the reveal happened that it was inside your house?

Did he do his big laugh? Yeah, huge laugh. Crippled over, like absolutely just. I just can hear it now and it makes me a happier man. Yep. So my plan is, okay, I'm going to introduce this because I've done something similar before. We had a Ting Dynasty horse.

We don't call them that anymore. Oh, no. God, I cannot win today. No. It's just a horse, Hayley. It's just a Dynasty Horse. This is what they're called. Don't do this to me. And you're racist. And she went to Oriental Parade. No, that was you.

Now, this is what we had. It was like this orange awful horse, right? And me, and it was this horrendous thing. And so me and Aaron and our other friends, we used to sneak it into each other's house all the time. Yes. And then one day Ty brought it over to sneak it in and we came out to a huge crash

and it had shattered across the ground as she was trying to sneak it into our house. I think this is what I'm going to do with this live every day, laugh tomorrow, love beach sign is next time I have any drinks be it at Madam Mike's, be it at

Sean and Jared's, anyone from the Gaggle Porn heaven forbid you invite us, no okay we'll play neutral for us three I'm going to constantly have command strips in my bag I love this idea, I love this because we've got this with a bottle of Chinese whiskey that we bought to be

it's just whiskey it's from China and it's distinctly I love this idea. I love this because we've got this with a bottle of Chinese whiskey that we bought. Oh, we don't say that. It's just whiskey. It's just whiskey. No, it's from China. And it's distinctly Chinese whiskey. It's going deeper. Just called whiskey, man. It's just whiskey, man. So I'm having a Chinese whiskey.

I'm a Ting Dynasty horse down at Oriental Parade. And it was so gross. It tasted like petrol. And we were just like, this is horrendous. And it got left at my house when my mates were up. And the rule became, if it stayed at your house for any longer than a month,

you had to have a shot of it. And you had to sneak it into other people's houses. And I hid it in my mate Johnny's car one day when they were up visiting. And when he got back down to Wellington, I said, check under your seat. Oh, I love it. And it was there and it's been in his place since because we're all spread so

far apart. Perfect. We just don't catch up with each other in person very often. Well, I think this is hard because it's probably like it's like an A2 size. It's quite big. It's massive. This is so much fun. So I'm like, I've got to like get it in. I've got Ubers and then I'll like work with whoever is in the house before I get to a party and be like, right, distract the owner it in. I've got Ubers. And then I'll work with whoever is in the house

before I get to a party and be like, right, distract the owner. And I'll come in and we'll command strip at some point. Say no more. So James is trying to sell his beloved piece of wall art because he's moving to London. Aren't you thinking about a mid-year trip to Europe? We don't go to London.

I know you were going to go and see your parents in Italy, but London isn't that far away. Just take it sightseeing and get a picture of it with the Eiffel Tower. And then it goes on his wall when you catch up with him in London. No, but you're forgetting he loves it. Yeah, no, no. It doesn't work giving it back to him. Everyone else in our circle of friends cannot stand it.

It's funnier if it goes on their walls, as was the joke when you put it on my wall in my newly renovated, carefully curated home. I really wanted to screw it to the wall as well, but I wanted to live. Can you imagine Aaron, if he came in and you were screwing a picture into the wall for a gag?

I wouldn't have lived. I would not have lived. So this is the plan, okay? Command strips in the bag. That thing is going to the next person's house. It's like when someone steals a gnome from someone's house. Oh, yeah. And then they take photos of it around the wood.

I love that. I love it. It's so good. It's great stuff. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Now, I don't know. If you like catching up with people, this could be for you. This is Vaughan's worst nightmare.

Yeah. Organised fun outside of the house. Yeah, yeah. Inviting more than one to two people to an event. That's worst nightmare. Yeah. Organised fun outside of the house. Yeah, yeah. Inviting more than one to two people to an event. That's too many. So Apple have launched a new thing. It's basically, you remember when Facebook events were the only way you heard anything was going to be happening? It's still like.

It's still a big thing, but not maybe as much as it was pre-COVID. Now I feel like we do. I'm leaving Facebook. And then two weeks later, they're Now, I feel like we do. I'm leaving Facebook. And then two weeks later, they're like, I'm back. I wasn't invited to anything. I feel like we do more for invites, messenger group chats. Yeah. Don't you think?

Yeah, spark up a group chat. More than like, oh, drinks at so-and-so's or Halloween party here. It just becomes a group chat. Yeah. And then everyone's in it. Like, hey, guys, we're doing this. You still need Messenger or WhatsApp for that. Yeah, they've everyone's in it like, hey guys, we're doing this. You still need Messenger or WhatsApp for that.

Yeah, they've got us. They've got us. But now, I feel like it's the only thing that's keeping me on Facebook. Me too. Events and Messenger. And the odd group

that I have to be a part of. And a reel. Yeah. Yeah. Community groups. A hilarious reel with your pals. I'm going to Instagram for reels.

Well, this is called Apple Invites and it's an app that's just going to be on your phone, whether you like it or not, in an upcoming update, where it's going to basically be like a Facebook event, but with a whole lot of other stuff as well. You're invited by your Apple ID, like your phone number, your email address,

and then you're in. But do you think if you've got like another phone that's not Apple and you're using Android or whatever, you've got a Samsung. But you just have to defriend them. That's sort of the way. It is impossible to have a friend group where everyone has the same.

I will say the interface looks so nice though. And then, do you know what's amazing? So say I threw Hayley's 30th birthday. Yeah. No, we've got to be focusing on future events. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Retrospectively. So Hayley's big 30 flirty bash.

Hayley's just turned 30. The iPad touches all the rave. And I make this thing and we have the party and it's a great night and people take photos. That group can then upload all their photos to that thing and like a really nice shared album. Like it's all quite streamlined.

Just looking at it, it does have that nice sort of Apple streamline effect. But then again, like, how do you invite the people that... They shouldn't be invited. So you'd be like, I'm going. And it's like, great. Here's the details of the party.

These are the other people that are going. This is the weather. Here's the map directions to where it's going. There's a shared album here if you take any photos that you can drop it into. It's pretty... I think this looks pretty cool. But you're right.

It's nothing like new, but it's just got that sexy aesthetic to it. Right. That they do so well. So this is just going to be on your phone. It's part of like Apple Health and Apple this and Apple. Right. But again, it's not going to make Vaughn leave the house.

It says. To a social event. And it has to be a pretty good social event. It says so you do have to have an Apple. ID. An iCloud Plus subscription So it's not free What's that?

Users can learn about subscribing to iCloud at Plans starting at 99 cents Yeah my Apple Plus is like $1.29 or something like that How often? A month? Yeah and you get a bit more storage and stuff. Oh, I do love,

rather than dealing with the problem I've got with way too much stuff, just buying more cloud space. No, buy more storage, more cloud. So that you can just end up with 100,000 photos on your phone. Terabytes, yeah. Play ZM's Fletchbourne and Hayley.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Do you know what, guys? This entire Fact of the Day theme is all thanks to my new Instagram friend, Johnny Martin. Johnny Martin. Oh, John Dogg is a name I've just given him now that I think will stick forever. That's original. Oh, John Dogg messaged me a fact of the day

and he just said, how's this for an interesting fact? And I said, John Dogg, if I may, I think we've got a week's worth of facts. Okay. Wowzers. Well, what's the theme? And I said, should we do this, insert, dot, if I may, I think we've got a week's worth of facts. Okay. Wowzers. What's the theme? And I said, should we do this, insert, dot, dot, dot, as a fact of the day. And he's like, sweet, here's two more.

Oh, my God, you love this when people do your work. Yeah, I love when people do my work for me. So this one goes out to the big dog. John Dog. John Dog. Johnny Dog. Oh, Johnny Martin. Johnny Dog Martin.

The city of Warsaw, Poland uses eight mussels, as in the shellfish, and that is why this week's theme is shellfish. Oh. The city of Warsaw, Poland uses eight mussels with sensors hot glue gunned to their shells. I saw this. This was doing the rounds at the end of last week, wasn't it?

Online. Hot glue gun john dob did some in-depth research okay yeah yeah that's been yeah i think it was on you know like lad bible or something yeah oh boo was it on lad bible no i'm kidding no but it's been i saw it heaps last night because i'd always stop when i was scrolling and be like why is that glued to a shell well so you never found out no No. Open up and let me in. Sure. You're listening.

Hello? Come on in, Vaughn. It's me with the shellfish fact, the story behind the headline you skipped. By the way, you skipped this headline and never just copy and pasted it into your daily email to the show about what we should talk about because that's you to a T. No, because I didn't think shellfish was up there for our target listeners. Hot, sexy content for our sort of...

Have you seen the tongue come out of a tour tour? Oh, I have not. That's the sexiest thing in the animal kingdom. I don't know if it is. I'm ready to receive. Ever seen a tongue strong enough to dig its entire body, feet down into sand? I don't believe I have.

That one couldn't do it. Is that what it does on its way down? That's what the shellfish does. It tucks in and it goes... It's licking time. Yuck, sand everywhere. Out it comes. Yeah, gritty.

So eight muscles or sensors hot glue gun to the shells to monitor and automatically shut off the city water supply if the shellfish so chooses. How does this work? Wow. When water quality drops. They don't have brains? They've got that bivalve.

Is that when you're into both shellfish? Yeah. Water quality trucks. They don't have brains? They've got that bivalve. Is that when you're into both shellfish? Yeah, both valves. Prawns and crabs. I like them all. Crabs are crustaceans. Oh, that's close enough. No, it's not. I'm sorry.

It's scallops and prawns. Not prawns. Scallops and... Mussels. prawns. Scallops and muscles. Muscles. Scallops and power. Acceptable shellfish. Not close enough. You know what I think was for the gag?

It worked. You just can't say a crab is a shellfish anymore. You can't say that anymore. Oh, Hayley. Not an Oriental parade. So when the water quality drops, they close their shells. And so when they open, the hot glue is holding a rod off their head and the rod has a sensor on the end.

And when it's open, it's not connected. When they close the shells, the sensor touches something else and it shuts off the water supply. To the whole city of Warsaw. The way that pools in the water because the mussels, they put them in there and when the water gets bad,

when it's got too much bad stuff in it, like it might be a flood and a whole lot of pollutants get put into where the water's and the mussels are like, and shut up shop. I don't want to eat that poop. I'm shutting up shop.

Yeah. And so when they shut, they stopped drawing for the town water supply as well because there's too much bad stuff. The mussels have told them the water's yuck. Then they actually do actual testing and see what was in there.

Yeah, and then they'll test it. So they employ the mussels rather than, you know, getting a mussel and putting it through a lifelong servitude of telling Warsaw whether or not the water's good enough. They employ them for three months and then release them back into the wild. Employ them? Yeah.

Do they get holiday pay and all that? Yeah, they do. They get employee benefits. Do they get time and a half on a statutory holiday? They do on a statutory, yes. Oh, that's good. So I like working the holidays. Yeah, me too.

Yeah, but extra money. These shellfish can filter up to 50 gallons of water a day. Yeah. They're just constantly like... What a boring life. Get a hobby. Yeah, like doing a crochet or something. Yeah, do you know what I mean?

Or, I don't know. I don't know, play a sport. Play a sport. What sport can you play with a tongue? That's all you are, really, a tongue in a shell. I don't know, some kind of ball sport. I don't know, just something. So when the water becomes too toxic,

they close up their shells and they just like ride it out and every now and then they'll just open up and do a quick sample and be like still no good. Shut down too. So they're not the only ones that did it. Minneapolis did it as well. Minneapolis uses mollusks to monitor the water quality and when they shut up shop, they stop drawing the water from the water source.

That's amazing. They are very science. You can see why. Big dog. John dog. Oh, Johnny Mutt. Johnny Big Dog. Mutt messaged me saying I think this would be a great fact and it's led to this week's Fact of the Day theme,

which is going to be shellfish. And today's is that the city of Warsaw, Poland, uses mussels with sensors hot glued to their shells to monitor the water quality. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. There's a trend online that's about explaining why you're funny. Like, you're so funny. Ha ha, thanks.

Insert trauma here. The internet is great. Yeah. So much cheaper than a therapist. Really is. There's one we always send around, which was like, when you were the class clown and loved making everyone laugh and now you're driving to work at 4 a.m.

Yeah. Look on your face at 4 a.m. when you're on class clown and loved making everyone laugh and now you're driving to work at 4am. Yeah. Look on your face at 4am when you're on your way to work because you thought it was worth being a class clown. Being a class clown, happy one, laughing. Here's one that we saw that we thought was so funny.

You're so funny, thanks. My mum spent her entire pregnancy in Mount Eden prison, went into labour there and proceeded to give me the name Eden as a result. I was actually going to say it was like after a rugby game or a concert the name Eden as a result. I was even going to say it was like after a

rugby game or a concert at Mount Eden at Eden Park. Where you were conceived. The Portaloos at Mount Eden Park. Or on the top of Mount Eden. Yeah, my mum went into labour when Martin Crowe was smashing a beautiful 100 at Eden Park.

That's what it is. Martin Eden. No, it was Mount Eden Prison. What a thing to be named after. I mean, probably not an ideal situation. The mum would have wanted to have not been in prison for that. That's a nice name, though. Yeah, it is a nice name. It is a beautiful name. But you will forever be asked,

you know, oh, where did that name come from? Yeah. So this is what I want to know. What are you named after? Does it have a good backstory behind it? I mean, if you're named after your grandma, I'd probably sit this one out. That's cool, and we love your grandma too, but it's not like... But there's no need for you to call now.

You don't need to call. Unless your grandma was a renegade and she was crazy, you know what I mean? Unless your grandma was Eva Braun, married to Adolf Hitler. What a story. I reckon I would keep my family history quiet if that was me. But I mean, my... We can't be held responsible for the accident of our grandparents.

You hear people all the time where they were conceived or born. Yes. Like there was that kid car park. Conceived or born. Toyota Corolla car park. Yeah. Yeah, Toyota Corolla car park. Yeah, beautiful.

Popular name. Popular name. So popular. Or just like that boy you grew up with, Back park. Yeah. Yeah, Toyota Corolla car park. Yeah, beautiful. Popular name. Popular name. So popular. Or just like that boy you grew up with, Backseat. Yeah. Yeah. Or that girl that was in our class. Silly past your panic feeling silly.

Really. You were conceiving a silly. Was the jingle. Okay, we want you to call us now. 0800-DARLS-AT-EME. You can text through 9696. Interesting. Some messages in already. We want to know, what were you named after? Does it have a good backstory?

There's a woman online, she was named Eden because her mum gave birth at Mount Eden Prison. And so to honour the place of her birth, Eden it was. Lily, what's the name behind your, the story behind your name?

Yeah, I was named after a worker at my parents' favourite Chinese restaurant. Lily. I mean, there's going to be some good Chinese food. Wow. Is the Chinese restaurant still open? I have, no, I think it got knocked down in the earthquake. Oh, bugger. R.I.P.

I hope Lily's doing well. Lily had a crack in orange chicken. Oh, yeah. Do you reckon Lily had a $2 overfilling fee? You know, sometimes you do that in the post. I was always imagining Lily was dishing it up for you. It wasn't a self-serve. I mean, we'd have to go to Lily's parents for the answer here.

We'd have to ask. We'd have to ask Lily. That's great. Thank you. So good. Dania, what's the story behind your naming? It's not so much my first name, which is weird enough on its own. It's my middle name.

Okay. What is your middle name? My middle name's Sadell. Sadell. Oh. Dania Sadell. Daniel Sadell. Great name. And pretty much my mum had a dream when she was heavily pregnant.

Yeah. And someone kept repeating, sit down. Sit down, sit down. So they kept saying, sit down, sit down, in the dream to her. Sit down, sit down. And that sounded like Sadell. Mm-hmm. Yep, that's it.

So, hang on. So she wakes up from this dream and is like, wow, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down. Then is she like trying to come up with Siddal or is that already a name? No, she kind of came up with it. Wow.

Just from a dream. Wow, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down. Some messages in. Where did a dream. That's a great story to tell. Some messages in. Where did you get it? Where did you get your name? What's the story? I'm named after the Chelsea football team as my mum was a supporter at the time. So I'm called Chelsea. Dad always says good things. Oh, I thought she might have been called

football team. No, they're also a big fan of the sugar factory. Otherwise she would have been called a football team. Yeah. Dad says it was a good thing mum wasn't supporting Arsenal at the time. That would have been a different name. Terrible name.

Not a great name. Not a great name. Keep your texts coming in. 9696 0800 0000. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. We want to know, what were you named after? Is there a good yarn behind it?

Eden was named after the place where she was born. Mount Eden Prison. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. Someone messaged in saying, our kids are named after places in America, not on purpose, but we took them to LA last year and the custom officer read the passports and said,

two cities and a state. Took me a minute, but yes, Charlotte, Georgia, and Dallas. Oh, yeah. Georgia, are you named after the US state? No, I'm named after the Russian country. Oh, right. I wouldn't have said that. We don't actually say that these days.

Also, it's its own country. Wait, in Russia, though? It's next to it. Near it. Oh, okay. I'm really good with geography. God, your own namesake Nearer. Oh, okay. I'm really good with geography. God, your own namesake. Wow.

Okay, wow. Cancel. Okay. Cancel. I heard you were named after a $2 pie. Georgie pie. That would just be straight Georgie. Yeah, Georgia.

Class it up a little bit. So many messages in. So many. My ex was named after the family dog. Quite fitting. I'd be offended if I was the dog, actually. Ooh. Oh!

Ooh. Wow. My name was meant to be Marie after my auntie. I was born and my dad's friend with broken English saw my dad and said, what day Marie born? And dad was like, Day Marie? That's a beautiful name. So my name got changed to Day Marie.

What day Marie born? What day Marie born? Day Marie! Day Marie. I like that. Yeah,'s uh led to some crazy interpretations and um attempts to pronounce it though over the years uh my name is hayley and i'm named after the comet oh yeah hayley's comet i was named hayley because i was born in 1989 and everyone and everybody was called hayley yeah every second baby every second baby was hayley and you didn't get louise as a middle name because that was

getting thrown around. No, I was going to be Hayley Rose, but then the woman next to my mum gave birth to Hayley Rose, so my mum chucked Jane in there. She didn't want her to think that she was copying. My mum wasn't allowed another Jane name, so I was looking at a magazine in the hospital and I got named Christy Lee after Christy Brinkley.

Oh, yeah. It was a big name back in the day. Yeah. Someone said, I was a midwife who looked after a family and they called their twins Benson and Hedges. I've heard those before. I've heard of this, yeah. Someone said, I used to work for the government along these lines

and it's tradition in some parts of the Pacific to name your kids after the first thing they see when they're born. Beautiful tradition, but in some cases it seriously backfired. I generally saw a baby called Exit and a baby called CO2 because the hospital fire extinguisher was the first thing that the baby would have seen.

This is the thing about traditions. It's a nice guideline, but I don't think we need to stick to them that hard. That just tickles me so much. I found out that when I was 24 that my sister and I are named after two blonde twins my dad met when he was out on the Raz. How did he get that one past mum? Yeah, just don't mention.

My name is Sir Ray. My mum had some fun with the pronunciation with the brand Cirrus. You know C-E-R-E-S, the juice? Oh, yeah. I tell people I'm named after a Greek goddess, but essentially I'm named after a fruit juice that mum quite liked. I mean, there's Charlies everywhere, isn't there? Yeah, Charlies. My mum was supposed to be called Jessica.

Grandad got so drunk. Grandad got so drunk on the way to register the birth that he forgot. So he just asked the register who was a man, what's his wife's name? And that's how she ended up being named Sylvia. Granny never forgave her. So he turns up slaughtered and is like, what's your wife's name? Sylvia.

That'll do. That's a beautiful name. What? That is a wild story. That is a nuts story. I had a couple in the antenatal group name their kid Otis after they couldn't agree the entire pregnancy

and on the way up to the delivery room saw Otis Elevators. Oh, get out. That's a cool name though. I like the name Otis. I love Otis. It couldn't agree the entire pregnancy and on the way up to the delivery room saw Otis Elevators. Oh, get out. It's a cool name though. I like the name Otis. I love Otis. It's a great name. But to get it from an elevator. I'm named after Prince Andrew. No, I'd keep that one quiet. I'd just say you're Andrew. Popular name at the time. Yeah. I wouldn't say you're named after Prince Andrew.

Is it? Named after a sex pest. I was going to be called Cairo, which I'm told is a translation for car park as I was born in the car park of a hospital. Thankfully, Dad didn't let that one fly. So I'm not called Cairo. I like that name though. Yeah, cool name.

A friend of mine has a son named Ledavathan, which is named... Is it a drug? Ledavathan. It feels like an anti-hysterectomy. You need 20 grams of Lidavithan. Oh my God, it's confusing. Lidavithan, named after the father's three brothers,

Lee, David and Nathan. Lidavithan. Like Welsh, almost sounds Welsh or something. You really cram those all in there. And I named my son after a stripper someone said. Was it like Cherry cola or something? Wild. All right.

A couple of minutes away from nine. The show thanks to Animates, advice and products for every budget. That is us done today. Wait, Georgia, have you heard the secret sound? No, play it for me, Fletch. I need to hear it one more time. What, thank you.

Sounds like one of those... The keyboard is so good. Like if you were making a plane taking off. What's that wooden toy? Yeah, the spinner. Sounds like one of those... It sounds like... Like if you were making a plane taking off. What's that wooden toy? Yeah, the spinner. Placker. Yes. I thought that.

It's got some kind of mechanical or clacky sound to it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, that is The Secret Sound. Georgia has your next chance to win the $10,000 jackpot at 11 this morning. Oh, I'm busting for a wheeze after that podcast, I'll tell you. What? It's a podcast. You are allowed

to listen to it while you're wheeze. There's no rules on when and where you're allowed to listen to a podcast. It just says here I'm busting for a wheeze. I read it. Okay? I read it. Give us a review.