ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - 15th August 2024

Episode Date: August 14, 2024

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The ZM Podcast Network. The Flesh, Vaughan and Hayley Big Pod. Great things are brewing at McCafe. The perfect start to every day. Good morning, welcome to the show. Flesh, Vaughan and Hayley. We thought Hayley was better. But last night she went to a taping of seven days.

Yep. And then she messaged us. She messaged us. I'll play a message. Yeah. I don't think this is going to sound very good on the radio.

I think yeah, no sleep and Oh, I'll just stop that. She might be I think she swears soon. She might be able to

swear soon. But then also she's got an acting degree. So is that just acting? She's acting. Is she acting or has she actually lost her voice? I'm just stoked because she claims that those dirt pills were going to cure everything and the dirt pills have done nothing.

The Viral X. They have done nothing. The herbs and spices. The 11 secret herbs and spices of Viral X have done nothing. I'm pretty sure yelling at Seven Days with other New Zealand comedians. Or knowing who's on Seven Days, she would have been an all-go in that record studio. Vying for attention. So yeah, hopefully she's better and back with us tomorrow.

But she's on vocal rest today. One golden song, a chance you'd win $1,000 today on ZM. We'll give you that song after the news at 8 o'clock. We've got the top six on the way. Yeah, we're lifting a very old ban on genetically modifying things in New Zealand. Because everybody in their mind just imagines we're going to get a monkey

and genetically modify it with a horse or something. Or, I don't know, a monkey cat. A monkey cat. Imagine how get a monkey and genetically modify it with a horse or something. Or, no, a monkey cat. A monkey cat. Imagine how cute a monkey cat would be. Okay, I'm all bored. Now I'm all for it. But there's going to be a lift on it. The top six genetically modified vegetables.

I'm looking forward to it. Oh, okay, like hybrids. Yeah, they can make them yummer. Play. ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. Well, a news story out of America. A woman has been declined her house insurance. They've cancelled it on her.

So she made a claim or they're just out of the blue message just saying we no longer insure you? Yes, apparently in America, and I'd love to know if this is happening here in New Zealand, but in America, the insurance companies are just basically flying drones, unmanned balloons, using satellite imagery to just go over every house in America and identify anything that could get your insurance cancelled.

Ah. So this woman had her insurance cancelled. She was doing renos, and then she was just chucking everything on the backyard and down the driveway. I don't know. The wood and everything. Like wood and old cylinders and old tiles.

Yeah, whatever. And they said, oh, well, that's a hazard. Like a fire hazard. Like, yeah, just a general hazard. Ah. Because you are, like, when you get insurance, there's duty of care, and no one ever reads the 12,000-page document.

No one reads that. If they can get out of paying you, they'll get out of paying you. Oh, they 100%. But they cancelled her policy without her making a claim on it. Or they didn't say, hey, clean this up, otherwise you will lose your insurance. Yeah, yeah, yeah, this is in void of your insurance. You've got this long a time to clean it up.

So apparently the things in America that customers are just finding their insurance cancelled over, roof problems, like if a satellite picks up maybe a discolouration or like blockages in the drain or like what they could see as pooling water.

Yeah. They're like, well, that's, we're cancelling your insurance because that's an issue for us that we might have to pay for. And then you don't even think about this. They're just flying a drone

over your house. It'd be nice if they told you, hey, your gutters are full before the rest of the rainy season. Maybe you want to clean them out and save yourself the whole entire hassle of claiming insurance. Also, like overhanging trees, excessive debris in the yard. That's what that woman got hers cancelled for. And undeclared trampolines. Because apparently that's like a...

Because we've got ACC. They don't have ACC, no. Whereas if you injure yourself and it's undeclared... It would be an at-home injury under some form of home insurance protection at home. But isn't that wild? And people are just like, what? I didn't even know my roof had water on it. Or I didn't know...

You don't know what's happening up there. You've got to get up and have a look, baby. Although be careful because if you fall off the roof, you're going to need that insurance. But yeah, I I didn't know. You don't know what's happening up there. You've got to get up and have a look, baby. And then you... Although be careful because if you fall off the roof you're going to need that insurance. But yeah, I'd love to know

if like New Zealand insurance companies are getting that sneaky flying over your house. Not that I've known. Because they could be like you've got a giant tree branch near your house.

If there's a storm it could take it out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Take that tree down now. That's a big risk. But then you might not know that. That would void your insurance. So they need to tell you. And also it might be a really old

tree you're not allowed to touch. Oh yeah, true. This is that as well. I don't know. It just seems very snappy. It's very American, isn't it? Very American. End of the free. Well, it's a very insurance company. It's very big company. So like, who knows if it's a very insurance company. It's very big company. Who knows if it's going to happen here, but something to, I don't know, keep an eye on for sure.

Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Well, Australians. The bastards next door. Whispers so they can't hear you. Are living longer than us. They're living longer. They're living longer than us, Canadians, British, Irish, Americans. They also, those are the five main ones they study,

but they dragged a whole lot of other countries in here too. Yeah, but you, Belgium, Denmark, Finland. You wait till they have to live through all this climate change, bushfire fog. That'll get them. That'll bring it down a few years. I listened to an interesting podcast yesterday about bushfires. Oh yeah. And how this sounds crazy, but we shouldn't fight them. That'll bring it down a few years. I listened to an interesting podcast yesterday about bushfires. Oh, yeah?

And how this sounds crazy, but we shouldn't fight them. We just shouldn't live where they happen. Oh. Because when we live where they happen, we put them out and the forest grows thicker and thicker and thicker. And then when there is one, it's unstoppable. Right. Whereas throughout time, there's been bushfires.

Yeah. And they keep it sort of light and breezy. So they regrow a lot quicker because the fire tears through them quicker and doesn't burn as hard. So where do we live then? Just where there's rocks. On the beach, baby. On the beach.

In sub-tropical climates. I'm pretty sure people were living on the beach in Maui when those fires ripped through. Yeah, they were. Again, our own fault. Yeah. But that's not the bushfires because, yeah, that country has more bushfires than anywhere. Why are Australians living longer than us?

So while the rest of the world in the 1900s, which sounds like I'm talking about 50 years ago, but I'm only talking about 24 years ago now at the end of it. So almost 50. Everybody's cardiovascular deaths went down because of medical breakthroughs. Cancer rates were down, et cetera. Except when it got to the turn of the century, everywhere kind of stopped and Australia went down a little bit more.

And then now life expectancy's gone down again because of drug overdoses, mental illnesses, the increase of neurological diseases that are killing people earlier and the gap between the rich and the poor. But Australia hasn't

caught back up to the rest of us. Why? Because they dip down below. They are coming up, but at the same rate. So they're just below everybody. And also, okay, I read further down. This is not good. Okay. As you may or may not know,

there's always a big gap in life expectancy differences between a native population in New Zealand, Maori, and also our neighbouring Pacific Islanders have a lower life expectancy than the old Pākehā. Yep. But in Australia, their native population is such a tiny percentage of their overall population. Right.

That there is a massive gap in life expectancy differences between the Aboriginal people and white Australians. But there's such a tiny amount of Aboriginals that it's not affecting the overall percentage. The overall life expectancy because there's not enough to drag the average down. But again, they've got so many snakes as well. Snakes.

This doesn't mention snakes. And all the walloff that'll kill you. It'll bloody get you. It'll get you. So apparently they've got lower rates of death across nearly all ages, but most of the advantages accrue between the ages 45 and 84.

So they don't... Okay, so what you're saying is... We're similar until we get to 45, and then they... Once we get into our, like, what, kind of 50s, we should retire to the Goldie. That's what you're saying, isn't it? I'm not against the idea.

Not against it. I'm more of a nursing man myself. Quieter life. Quieter. Quieter. Hotter. Not the Goldie, that's what you're saying, isn't it? I'm not against the idea. Not against it. I'm more of a noosey man myself. Quieter life. Quieter. Quieter. Hotter. Not the Goldie. Oh, yeah, hotter.

Hotter. There's bushfires up there, though. Yeah, but they don't have the, oh, you can eat pancakes. And noosey, do they? But it wasn't up there that we saw one of those cassowaries? The world's deadliest bird? Oh, yeah. Those mutant ostrich things?

I was like, what's that? Again, everything is out to get you. Yeah, everything. Like mutant ostrich things. I was like, what's that? Again, everything is out to get you. Yeah, everything. Even the birds. Next on the show, a woman had an interesting financial proposition at 2 a.m. in the morning. I want to put this to you and see what you would have done. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. I know Hayley today, she's lost her voice.

So she's on vocal rest. Vocal rest. Vocal rest. Vocal rest at home. Now, a woman was, this happened in America. She woke up at 2 a.m. She thought it was a tornado because there's that big,

what's that latest storm over there? Hurricane Hilda, Hurricane, it's always got a female's name. The real bad ones are always female. Yeah, there's one that's happening at the moment. Hurricane Debbie. Debs.

Oh, Debs is tearing through. We all know a Hurricane Debbie. We all know a Debbie that's a force five. So this woman, she's like, well, it must be Hurricane Debbie, that noise I've just heard. But it was, in fact, at 2 a.m., a man in a bumblebee yellow Dodge. Is that what a Transformer is? No, that was a Camaro, wasn't it?

Yeah, no, this is a SS Camaro? Or was it a Dodge Challenge? You were saying... It's a Dodge. A new one or an old one? 2017. Dodge Charger. Yellow. Yellow. Yeah, they look real

cool. So this ripped through a fence. She's got one of those above ground pulls, you know like one of those power rubber big pulls. So this ripped through a fence. She's got one of those above ground pulls, you know, like one of those power rubber big pulls. It went through that. Gotcha. She went out and this guy is obviously, has crashed through her fence and pull

and probably shouldn't be driving. And that's when he says to her, I'll give you $50,000 if you don't call the cops. Cash. Cash, yes. Because $50,000 bank deposit, that's going to raise eyebrows at the IRD. You'd want cash. I'd want cash.

I don't know if he had the cash on him immediately. She immediately said, no, I'm calling the cops, and he ran away. That's the thing. If he's drunk and he gets out there and he kills somebody. He does it again to someone else. He does it again. He doesn't learn his lesson. He keeps driving.

And, yeah, next time that it's not a para rubber pool, it's a person that he hits. You couldn't live with yourself. Well, apparently police haven't found the suspect and haven't made an arrest yet. But, I mean, they've got, I don't know if it was his car or it was stolen. Right. But, yeah, I mean, 2 a.m, 50 cents, that's a lot of money.

Yeah. Okay, so I'm looking up Dodge Challenger Hellcats. They're the coolest Dodgers. Right. That was what I was hoping. Could you buy one for 50 cents? No, starting price 71,000 US dollars. Okay. So what are we looking at there? 120? About.

But I want one! By the way, did you get the lotto notification yesterday? No. How good would $4 million feel? I was like, oh, that's not, that's not. That's like saying you've been drinking rich two sachets per two litre Raro and mum's like, how good would watered down thrifty taste? Like, no mum.

It'll taste, but it certainly isn't $44 million. $44 million. Well, since 1996, genetic modification of anything, really, has been banned in New Zealand. Mostly because people were worried about it getting into the food. Messing with things. But it's okay.

All the shit we're eating nowadays, it doesn't matter. Yeah. That's so true. I eat like a huge bag of Cheetos cheese puffs. Yeah. Who knows what this is.

Hey, genetically modify your corn so it grows in weird different environments. That's absolutely fine. Knock yourself out. And it gives me more delicious cheetos. Yeah. Do you love your cheeto puffs?

Oh my God, I love them so much. I also found out they're only $5 at Costco and the dairy costs $10. So he's doubling his investment there. Yeah, but he's got you because you don't want to go all the way to Costco. Exactly. And then the time spent, how much money am I putting on my time? Yeah. So next time what I'm learning is

that next time I go to Costco, I've got to buy 20 bags of them. Oh, yeah. Sort of set myself up. Okay. Maybe then I can sell it to him. Yeah. Wouldn't that be the horse not pulling the carriage?

Or something. Now, genetically modified food is one thing that can be genetically modified, but in other stuff there's like cancer treatments, all manner of things. Until now it's been illegal in New Zealand. Yes. Okay. Well, it's been very...

Frowned upon. ...confined to do it. It's very hard. So, I mean, most people just do it overseas because it's cheaper because you don't have to go through all the regulations and stuff. So they're going to be able to do it here. So I'm like, yum. Let's make some vegetables taste better.

Top six genetically modified vegetables I'm looking forward to trying. Number six on the list, candy floss cauliflower. Yum. Yeah. Yeah. Looks like cauliflower. Maybe it's pink. Yeah.

Yes. And it tastes like candy floss. I love this. But with no sugar. That's the magic of genetic modification. But it'll still taste like candy floss. Yeah. And it tastes like candy floss. I love this. But with no sugar. That's the magic of genetic modification. But it'll still taste like candy floss. Yeah. And it's five plus a day.

Yeah. It's like healthy. Okay, good. I'm in. Yeah. Yeah. Number five on the list, bacony Brussels sprouts.

Yum. Which we all know Brussels sprouts are in the middle of a renaissance. Well, yeah, because we've all learnt to cook them properly. Yeah, yeah. To char them. Yeah.

Char grill. Yeah. With some oil and Yeah. Char grill. Yeah. With some oil and some salt and some balsamic and some cracked pepper and bits of bacon. Yeah. It's good stuff. But these ones are just going to taste like bacon. And look, maybe they even look like bacon. Instead of folds of green, it's bacon. Yum. Number four

on the list of the top six genetically modified vegetables I'm looking forward to trying. Eggplant. Oh, yeah. It's eggs grown on a plant. Oh right. Actual eggplant. I love a grilled miso eggplant with cheese. Well this one will taste like scrambled eggs. Okay. Yum. Yeah. Number three on the list of the

top six genetically modified vegetables I'm looking forward to trying? Kale's yuck. Yeah it is. You should try kale lollies. Okay. It's kale that tastes like lollies. Okay. Yeah and you get to pick what lollies. Okay. It's kale that tastes like lollies. Okay. Yeah, and you get to pick what lollies. Like gummy dinosaurs?

Anything you want. Yum, okay. Kale lollies, jelly beans. Yum. Kale lollies, jet planes. It can taste like anything. Okay. Number two on the list of the top six genetically modified vegetables I'm looking forward to trying, steak asparagus.

Okay. Because I love asparagus and I love it with steak, So why not just all the time? And it doesn't make your wheeze smell funny. No. Because it's genetically modified. But they will ask you how you like your steak asparagus cooked. Medium or rare, right. Medium, rare or less. Yep. Certainly no more. And number one on the list of the top

six genetically modified vegetables I'm looking forward to trying, turnipels. Okay. The turnips that taste like nipples. What do nipples taste like? That's up to you. That's a weird one. That's a weird one.

That's up to you. Weird one there. Yeah. It's got to be more enjoyable than turnips. It just has to be. Nipples rule. Okay. They're in the top five.

Body parts? No, just best things ever. Oh, okay. Yeah, right. So, surely two nipples are going to turn around the turnip market. That's today's Top 6. Raygun. I assume his name is Raygun or Reagan.

That's why she's called Raygun, right? I actually don't know her. Is it a real name? I know that her last name's Gunn. G-U-N-N. Oh, is it? Yeah. Okay. Maybe not.

Yeah, Rachel. Rachel. It's Rachel. Rachel Gunn. Reagan. I assumed Reagan. This whole thing has been a wild ride and it's still going. Yeah.

Now, this was the breakdancer from Australia that scored zero. Yeah. I woke up on Saturday morning last weekend to a WhatsApp from James McConey, who I didn't even know he had my number. Yeah, but he does. He moves in mysterious ways. He was our Olympic correspondent.

Do you guys want to talk about this? Not knowing he'd forgotten that it was Saturday here and we don't. Yeah. And I was like, oh, this is amazing. And he's like, check this out. Like, is this a parody? This just feels like Hayley being silly.

And he was like, I've just interviewed her. And then the world was just like immediately, like bang around the world. The Australian break dancer that did it in a cricket outfit that just did like these crazy moves. The memes rolled in. Everything happened. Every day.

And it's not even been a week yet. I'm seeing so many new memes every day with her. It's incredible. She went from like national embarrassment to then like almost straight away the inspired unemployed guys got her to do like a video dancing in the street. They danced with her and then the tides turned and Australians were still like, no, we're too competitive. And the rest of the world was like, do we love her now?

I think the rest of the world loves her and she's famous like Jimmy Fallon. Yeah, so was it Rachel Dretch? Yeah. Like legend did it on Jimmy Fallon. Like everybody, the parodies and stuff started to flow. And apparently she's got the opportunity,

not in Australia because marketers in Australia have said no, but overseas she's got the opportunity to earn millions of dollars with endorsements. Yeah. And why should she not take them? Oh, 100%. And has apparently even been offered a spot on Dancing with the Stars next season. In the UK?

Yeah, I think so. Where it's massive. Yeah. And even in America, Dancing with the Stars is huge. Huge, yeah. And they're really good at getting these kind of massive. Yeah. And even in America, Dancing with the Stars is huge. Huge, yeah. And they're really good at getting these kind of people. Yeah. That are like in the pop culture.

In the moment. In the zeitgeist. Yeah. Right then. I think they just pay them whatever they need to pay them to get them done. But then Australia, I think they're mostly embarrassed that they've kind of turned on her. Because there are like actual really good dancers coming out saying, here is my audition. Here's me at like a breakdancing competition.

I could have actually been at the Olympics. Yeah. And she was kind of like taking the piss. But if you're a real breakdancer, it's about the street cred, not the gold medal. In fact, I would imagine if a legit breakdancer wins the gold medal, people would be quick to call them a sellout. You reckon? Yeah. But they're going to drop it from Olympics going forward. dancer like wins the gold medal people would be quick to call them a sellout you reckon yeah but

this is they've dropped they're gonna drop it from olympics going forward so like this is why people are pissed because they're like too cool for the olympics it's it's different it's a completely different sort of thing it doesn't fit a it's a bit weird games or something like that yeah absolutely go for it yeah but yeah they reckon like um like deals she could get in america with like fast food restaurants could be like half a million dollars each. And she could be lined up to do five or six of those. So good. Earning just millions of dollars.

Make that money, girl. Yeah, getting in her tracksuit. Doing the kangaroo thing. Doing the kangaroo, whatever that was. Yeah. Insane. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Shakes his head. Well, when you're reading a medical breakdown of a product

and it's saying maybe, might, could, it's like that's placebo. Yeah. Well, Producer Shannon, there's something that the girlies are doing. This is becoming a trend on TikTok for long-distance relationships and just in general calming your anxiety levels. Yeah, so the girlies are taking ashwagandha. Never said that word in my life before today. But basically it is to help numb your emotions.

And for people in long distance relationships, they think it helps. As someone who has survived a long distance, I've just like moved in with him. If you're needing to take something to numb it, I feel like it's not going to last. People take it for a calming effect and anxiety. I've never done long distance,

but is it because people's imaginations are running away on them and what the person's doing when they're not there? Yeah, if they're not replying to you, where are they? Who are they with? Maybe if they don't have the location. So they just need some of the Pams, Barazzis.

But yeah, I saw a video of a girl doing this on TikTok and she said she didn't take it for a day. So she'd been taking this religiously every morning. And it was a video of her hyperventilating and sobbing. That's upstairs. That's an upstairs. And she's like, I feel all my emotions for the first time

in the last month. So she's living an emotionless numb life. Apparently. That sounds great. She's just numbing her life and wishing away her life until her boyfriend comes back.

It's obviously something that's been around for like years and years and years and probably been used in Chinese medicine thousands of years ago. The plant is native to Asia. Right. So you relieve stress

and anxiety, lowers blood sugar levels, increases muscle and strength. I mean, these are all... Maybe, might, must. Maybe, might, because... Results are too early to say. This is all of this is in this WebMD article. Right. But it's like most of the stuff you buy from like, you know, all the herbs and supplements.

Yeah. It's all kind of mights and maybes, isn't it? I'm seeing lots of doctors on TikToks not recommending girlies to take this without speaking to their doctors first. Because obviously a lot of people are on anti-anxiety medications already. And people are kind of doubling down or like mixing. It's a bit of a top up. Yeah. And it can affect other medications?

Yeah, doctors are just like, let's be careful, girlies. It is healthy to cry if you need to cry. You don't want to numb everything. But people aren't going to rush into something after seeing it on TikTok. No, what? Absolutely not. That's what I tend to do. That's how I tend to make all my life decisions.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I am Gen Z, so. Yeah. Okay, well, yeah. Large doses can upset the stomach, cause diarrhea and vomiting. That's how I tend to make all my life decisions. I am Gen Z. Large doses can upset the stomach, cause diarrhea and vomiting. Weight loss. Skinny. Jesus. How quick were both of you to that?

Bit of raw chicken. Silly little poll is next on the show. Someone has just messaged in, there's another plant that does does all this You roll it up in some papers and you smoke it Oh right yeah No that's not good either That's not good for you either Okay Silly Little Pole Silly Little Pole is next on the show

Play ZM's Fletchford and Hayley Fletchford and Hayley Silly Little Pole Silly Little Pole It have you ever gone on holiday and worked remotely without telling your boss? Now, not everybody can work remotely. No. So I think the fact that 13% of people said yes means that those that can work remotely,

probably a high percentage of them have. Now, if I said to you, because we've done this poll based on a recent study, if I said to you, who is more likely? Don't look at my graph. I can't see. I can see a graph, but I can't see what your numbers are. If I said to you which generation

is more likely to slack off and not tell their boss they're in Bali working remotely, you would be correct. Because Gen Z's can't afford it because everything's so expensive. Gen Z is second though. Millennials, 56% would not tell their employer

and go on holiday and work remotely. Then Gen Z's, 47%. Actually, no, sorry, Gen X's were next, were second. 50% of them would do it. Boomers, only 26%. But that's probably because they don't have a Gen Z or millennial to work the internet remotely. Yeah, they probably work less remote jobs or don't work at all.

Might be hard to get it. So they're just constantly on holiday getting money from the government every fortnight, but don't count themselves as beneficiaries, even though their part of the graph is significantly larger than any other form of benefit. Now, millennial, because they've worked their way into management positions by this age, maybe they would sky off and work remotely and probably have a lot of jobs

that involve remote work. Gen Z's some are still studying and probably having to do that hard grind of first getting a job and impressing people

and be seen because bloody boomers love that shit and Gen X the original slackers. The original slackers. I feel sorry for people that can't work remotely.

Like us. Yeah, like us. Or like firefighters or police officers. You can't work remotely. No, you can't. Like you can't be in Bali. Unless you're a firefighter with a drone. I think you can say a really long hose.

Or the drone would need a really long hose. So 13% of people that responded have been on holiday and worked remotely without telling their boss. 87% didn't. Haven't. But those that have. Yeah. Adam said,

I haven't left the country but I have been to my parents' house and not told anybody I wasn't going to be at my usual location. Right. So I have.

But what do they care if there's still internet you're still doing your job. Exactly. But unless it's one of those jobs you have to be called in like something crashes and they're like, you're going to need it. We're going unless it's one of those jobs you have to be called in, like something crashes and they're like,

you're going to need it. We're going to need you in the office. Kirstie said, I did this for the first time recently. I muted all of my workmates on socials and then posted about my trip a week later. I even called in sick one of the days that I was away.

Oh, I love that. That's good stuff. I love that. That's actually good. That's very off the scent. Yeah. If you have a sick day. Yep.

And then because they're like, oh, she was sick that day and it breaks up the days that you weren't. This is why some people don't follow throw you off the scent. Yeah. If you have a sick day. Yep. And then because they're like, oh, she was sick that day and it breaks up the days that you weren't. This is why some people don't follow workmates on socials. Yeah. Because then you can get away with this stuff. CN says, our IT department tracks login locations.

Oh, like IP. Assholes. Not if you, but what if you always use a VPN, the same VPN number? Oh yeah, that's a good idea. Gotcha, IT, gotcha. A VPN from New Zealand. Farley. But no, yeah, if you use a VPN, the same VPN number. Oh, yeah, that's a good idea. Gotcha, IT, gotcha. A VPN from New Zealand.

But no, yeah, if you use a VPN from New Zealand, and then would you be able to use the same one? When you're in Bali, make it look like you're in New Zealand. Surely. I feel so. So what do they care? Yeah, our IT department tracks logon locations for anything unusual, not all the time, so they'd know, especially if it's a sanctioned country.

Right. Caitlin said, I have way too much fear to do this. Just do it. Just do it. Live your life. At the moment, there's heaps of jobs. Is there? Every industry is crying out to pay you stacks of cash.

I don't know if they are, Vaughan. Are they? No. Oh, no. I've given terrible advice. You have. Emily says, I work and live in Australia and came home to New Zealand for a week without them noticing. I also did multiple trips to other cities for long weekends and even weeks at a time down to see my FIFA husband out of town. That's fly in, fly out.

He's not playing FIFA. Yeah. He's not a football. Yeah, FIFA. FIFA, FOFO. They never noticed, but all the work was always done. Yeah, if the work's getting done. I fear I've absolutely slayed the situation. Yeah, FIFA. FIFA, FOFO. They never noticed, but all the work was always done. Yeah, if the work's getting done. I fear I've absolutely slayed the situation.

Yeah, you've done really well there. You've done really well there. Maddie said, I used to drive to Taupo and work from home up there. Lovely location. Yeah, beautiful. Summer, lake, winter. Beautiful. Another look at that lake with some snowy mountains in the background.

Yeah. Mandatory in-office working now would be way too obvious to get away with it, says Lottie. Boo! She's a UK listener as well. Oh, yeah. Boo! You're so close to Europe.

Oh, my God, especially in the UK. Yeah. They call you, you get on a Zoom, and you're like, shush, Spanish mariachi band. Just give me five minutes to convince them I'm still at home. I have a friend in Europe, and he's allowed to work remotely and he just goes all over Europe. I'm just like, I hate you.

That is so lucky. Yeah. Don't hate him. Celebrate him. Well, yeah, okay. It wasn't an actual hate. It was just a term of... Well, it's a strong word and we don't say it in this household.

Do we not? We don't say it in my household. Those are the keen eye. We don't say it in my household. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Ailey. Play ZM. Those are the keen eye. So keen you can hear, you can see what you're hearing without any visual. You are not doing this. Your wife won't be a fan of this.

She's not a huge fan of it, but she likes that I got a beard trim because yesterday after the gym, I was like, I looked at myself in the mirror, I was like, I think I better get a beard trim. Okay. It was starting to go out. Yep.

Not down. That's what my beard does. It gets to a certain point and it just starts going out. Yeah. So I went to get a beard trim. Shout out Clipper Kings and Humu. Great place to get a beard trim. Right.

Okay. Great. Love those guys. Free endorsement there. Always do a great job. Yep. Call in and see them. Tell them I sent you.

Okay. That will mean nothing. Right. There's no discount. There's no discount. There in and see them. Tell them I sent you. Okay. That will mean nothing. Right. There's no discount. There's no discount code. But I, you have also watched this movie. Recently, the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare came out. Yes. Oh my God, great movie. And it rules.

Who directed it? Guy Ritchie. Guy Ritchie. Yeah, great movie. Henry Cavill, Alan Richardson. It's based loosely on a real A true story Yeah, a true World War II story And the guy Ian Fleming Apparently Henry Cavill's character

Is who Ian Fleming loosely based James Bond on Yes Great movie Now, anyone who's a long time listener Will know I've got a huge man crush on Henry Cavill Yes He's And Sade is It's the one Sade I agree on.

He's a hot, he's a hot piece of meat. Agree on as in you both think he's attractive. He's our couple threesome. He's our couple, right, okay. I can't get her to agree on a single female. I'm constantly showing her. Right. I'm always like, this one, this one, this one, this one, this one.

If this is going to happen, it's just going to have to be Henry Cavill. It's going to have to be Henry Cavill, which I'd be absolutely fine with. Yes. So he's just, look at that God. Look at that man. Handsome. He's handsome, clean shaven. He's handsome with stubble.

He is so handsome with a moustache. Yes. Like the one they had in Mission Impossible. Here he is. Okay. I found the photo of him in the movie. That's almost precisely the photo that I took into the barbers. And I said,

I want this. You did not. I did. That is embarrassing. And I said, I, I, and then the guy kind of laughed. Sam kind of laughed. Yeah. Uh, and he's like, yeah, totally doable, but it's a bit shorter in the beard. I said, sacrifice I'm willing to make. That was the photo I took of him. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I said, this is what I'm after. But then he

like, ha ha. He's made, and I was like, I obviously realized the hair part, yeah, yeah, yeah. I said, this is what I'm after. But then he was like, ha-ha. And I was like, I obviously realise the hair part's not going to happen. Because the hair bit is what makes it. The mop on top. The mop on top, curly, shorter on the side but longer on the top. And it's kind of like you can see Henry Campbell's moustache over the beard. They call it a beardstache. A beardstache. Where there is a beard but the moustache is the main player.

Okay. And it's curled up slightly at the beard, but the moustache is the main player. Okay. And it's curled up slightly at the end. Yeah, I don't know if that suits, I mean, yeah. Maybe it like, I don't hate it. Like that. If it got any bigger,

I'd be like, no. Oh really, you think that's, I was going to say it needs a couple of weeks. You know when you get, yeah, I remember getting a haircut and you'd be like, oh no. Couple of weeks in, was the golden zone.

When it hits, yeah. Was the golden zone of it. This is, this is something that people it. This is something that people do. This is the first time I've ever, ever, even when I had hair,

I'd just go in and I'd be like, I don't know, whatever. Just do this. Just do this. Make it short on the top or whatever.

Whatever's happening. Right. And so this was the first time I took a photo in and I was like, this is what I'm after. And he was like, yeah, okay.

And I think it's kind of similar. Right. Obviously not without the shaggy hair on top. And obviously I'm no Henry Cavill. Yeah, I mean, nobody is. No one's Henry Cavill apart from Henry Cavill. Producers, have you ever taken a photo in to the hairdresser and said, I want this?

I've done it recently with a Sabrina Carpenter. All the girlies want the curtain bangs oh yeah okay those little swoopy things on the side and i have debated going blonder and dying my hair for the first time because i just want to look like her i want to be what what's the feedback like when you say to a hairdresser i want this and they're just like i think everyone's used especially the sabrina at the moment everyone's used to it, especially the Sabrina at the moment. Everyone's used to it. It's the new Rachel. Because people think it's going to magically transform their face too. And I know some hairdressers who have said, the face shape's completely different.

It's not going to look the same. And people are quite heartbroken by that. She's also five foot tall and very petite and I'm not. I think you could pull off a Sabrina Carpenter. Wow. Thanks, Fletch. You're welcome. High praise. This one I'm looking. I think you could pull off a Sabrina Carpenter. Wow. Thanks, Fletch. That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me. Like this one I'm looking at now?

Yeah, I've got my hair done back today. You've got curlier hair than that, though, don't you? No, my hair's straight. I just curl it each day. Gerard, you wanting a Sabrina Carpenter? No, no. That's not what you told the lads, chat. You wanted all sorts of Sabrina Carpenter. That's lads' chat for a reason.

No, I've never taken a celebrity photo. I once got a haircut and then got a really good license photo. So for the next three or four years, I would just hand them my license photo and be like this. Oh, you know that's going to work because that's you. That's actually a really good idea. You get your haircut and then you love it or maybe wait even a couple of weeks till that sweet spot. Take's actually a really good idea. You get your haircut and then you love it or maybe wait even a couple of weeks

till that sweet spot. Take a photo and then say this. I'm a smart man. Yeah, you are. Carl Wayne? No, I don't think I ever have. You weren't like at school and you were like,

I want a Rachel from Friends and showed Friends was like five years finished by the time she was at school. It's always repeating. No, I think that I've also, lots of my mum's friends are hairdressers, so I've always understood that you're not going to look like that.

Yeah. Yeah. Heartbreaking. Because you'd always hear mum's friends, the hairdressers saying, oh my God, this Debbie came in today and wanted a bloody, I don't know. This real minger thought she was going to be able

to pull off a Rachel. Yeah, and they weren't scared to be honest. Like, babe, you don't have that face. Okay, well she was going to be able to pull off a Rachel. Yeah, and they weren't scared, to be honest. Like, babe, you don't have that face. Okay, well, this is a question we want to ask this morning, is have you done this? And maybe you look back and you're like, why? The more contemporary, the better.

Yeah, what was I thinking? Or, you know, you've just chosen a celebrity and taken a photo in. 0800 DALS at M. Want to take your calls now? You can text 9696. Who did you take a photo of to show the hairdresser yeah because you wanted to look

you wanted to cut just like them you wanted the cab and how did it turn out the cab will be a stash did you did you nail it or did you just look ridiculous

that's the other thing yeah you get it and then you're like oh no yeah because I showed Sam the photo

and he's like oh yeah and I was like you need it to keep it out and he's like no no and then I put it away I was like oh he's going to forget what that looks like but he didn't I think he's like, oh, yeah. And I was like, do you need it to keep it out? And he's like, no, no. And then I put it away.

I was like, oh, he's going to forget what that looks like. But he didn't. I think he's done an okay job. It looks good. We should actually get a side-by-side. A side-by-side. A side-by-side. No, that'll make me look like a real minger. You can't put me side-by-side with Henry Cavill because even if this looks great, it's Henry Cavill.

But what if we cut off his hair? So it's just the beards. But his eyes are better than my eyes. He does have beautiful eyes. He's got beautiful eyes. I'd say I've got him on the nose. I've it's just the beards. But his eyes are better than my eyes. He does have beautiful eyes. He's got beautiful eyes. I'd say I've got him on the nose. I've got him in the nose department.

Yeah, because you've got a cute button nose. Cute button nose. Okay, 0800DARLSATM ticks through. Who did you take a photo of to the hairdresser? Play.

ZDM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. We want to know when you've taken a photo to the hairdresser or the barber and said, I want to look like this. And then how did it actually turn out? Because you're asking for a Henry Cavill.

I asked for a year from the particular movie, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Which is a mustache, a beard stache. A beard stache. Which isn't the first time he's done a beard stache. Mission Impossible technically was a beard stache. Yeah, and he looks good in anything. He's so handsome.

Victoria, who did you take a photo of to the hairdresser? Mission Impossible technically was a bad start. Yeah, and he looks good in anything, doesn't he? Yeah. Victoria, who did you take a photo of to the hairdresser? I took a photo of Vanessa Hudgens back when she had this really cute bob haircut. Okay. Vanessa Hudgens with a bob. Yeah, Queen of Coachella. Right, and how did that go when you got the Vanessa Hudgens bob? It was the most horrendous haircut

I've ever had. Not only was it like hacked, but I just looked like a little Lord Farquaad. You know what? Every woman when they get a bad haircut, especially in the bob department, think they look like Lord Farquaad from Shrek. Yeah, that's

the energy I was giving. I'm seeing how that could happen, though, because I've just Googled Vanessa Hudgens' bob. It's like that scene in Fleabag where the sister gets the haircut. Yeah. It's so funny. Yeah.

It's so good. Victoria, thank you. Michelle, who did you take a photo of to the hairdresser? Instead of paint a picture, I think mid-90s Kiwi icon Rachel Hunter. Oh, okay. Yeah. Wavy.

Yeah, and I had, you know, waist length, height, ringlet, curled blonde hair. Always got cold. I looked just like Rachel Hunter. Biggest compliment in the world. Ten years old, walked into my hairdresser after a bit of convincing from my mum and insisted on it. She was so apprehensive to do it. She cut my hair just above my shoulders,

but because my hair's so curly, it ended up above my ears, and I looked like a mushroom. Oh, no. A curly mushroom. A curly mushroom. And not Rachel Hunter. Not Rachel Hunter. Blonde mushroom. A curly mushroom. And not Rachel Hunter. Not Rachel Hunter. Blonde mushroom.

Rachel Hunter had a lot of hair too, didn't she? Yeah, a lot of hair. So volumous. Volume, volumous. And every time it grew an inch, it just sprung even shorter until it was just a beautiful blonde curly hailer. Did that make you growing up resent Rachel Hunter even more? Oh, hell yeah.

For no reason? Because she was gorgeous. Yeah. And then you were just about over it. Why do you think she's off the radar now, mate? She was on a Stacey's mom video and you were just like, no. So good, Michelle. Thank you.

Maddie, who did you take a photo of to the hairdresser? So I took a photo of long hair Harry Styles. Brilliant. Long hair Harry Styles. Brilliant. Long hair Harry Styles. Okay, and then what did the hairdresser say? Well, she did it for me because in my head, I liked the side part with the curls. Okay.

And I have naturally slightly curly hair, but I didn't know how to look after it. So I just ended up with a short, frizzy, like, short, frizzy haircut. I don't know. Lord Farquaad? No. Yes, pretty much. Yes! Yes!

Every female thinks they look like Lord Farquaad when they get a bad haircut. Thanks, Mandy. Keep your texts coming in. Who did you take a photo of to the hairdresser? We want to know whose photo you took into a hairdresser or a barber's and said, do this. Yeah. And did it come out like them? 90% of the times, no. The guys are nailing it though.

Yeah, all the texts I get from guys are like, took in Brad Pitt from Fury, nailed it. Someone said, took in Henry Cavill of Mission Impossible and I said do the whole thing, the hair, the moustache, the beard. They nailed it. Yeah. Somebody did say that I took a picture of Brad Pitt when he had a particular haircut, and they said,

yeah, we can do it, but, I mean, it's not going to make you Brad Pitt. I like they just started checking your reality there. Yeah. 12-year-old me took in Jeff Toovey. Now, that's not a name you're probably familiar with, but anyone who watched NRL in the early 90s will be familiar with. Rugby league legend. Manly halfback Jeff Toovey.

Right. I was a 12-year-old girl at the time. Oh, wow. And I do remember he had this lovely, lovely haircut of medium length,

a very unisexual look. Okay, yeah, right. Could have been either or. Okay. I took in a photo of Natalie Dormer's character from the Hunger Games where she had half

of her head shaved. Yes. The hairdresser reluctantly did it. She was like, there's just no going back from shaving. You can't save that. It's not an immediate fix. But it actually looked really sick, and I was stoked with it. Oh, awesome.

I'm glad that worked out for you. I was obsessed with Reese Witherspoon's hair from Sweet Home Alabama. Took the photo into the hairdresser to get the cut and was told in no uncertain terms that that was not a look I could do. But you know that a hairdresser would have dealt with that situation

and the repercussion, the fallout from not looking like Reese Witherspoon. Yeah. They're just managing your expectations. So,

pixie haircuts we need to deal with. Okay. The pixie cuts. Yeah. The mid-naughts pixie cuts were a need to deal with. Okay. The pixie cuts. Yeah. The mid-naughts pixie cuts were a massive thing.

Yes. People were somehow convinced they could pull off a Keira Knightley or a who else had one? Natalie Portman had one.

Yeah. Just after she shaved her head when she was growing back. She had the short, the pixie cut and people were like, I can do it. Apparently you've got to be tiny

to pull that off. Tiny little head. Tiny little head. The ears must be flat to the skull. Because the minute you take out the hair, there's nothing to hide these big wing nuts you've got going on. Yeah, yeah. Somebody did say that.

There was a picture of a celebrity with a pixie cut, and the hairdresser showed me and said, I just love this style, and you would look incredible with it. Oh, no. I agreed to it. So my mid-length, long fringe look ended up around my ears and the fringe higher than my forehead. I looked like a Vulcan off Star Trek.

That's true. It's so good. That's the pixie cut version of Lord Farquaad with the bob. You look like you're off Star Trek. I spent the whole year growing it out with a migraine from the struggle to try to hide my eyebrows. That's just a whole lot.

My five-year-old asked for a Ronaldo's haircut. Oh, yeah. After I said no, then he said he wanted to look like The Rock and shaved it all off weeks before my wedding. Okay. Thought I could pull off a Channing Tatum buzz cut. Turns out I do not have the jawline for a Channing Tatum buzz cut. Turns out I do not have

the jawline for a Channing Tatum. Oh, yeah. The face is doing a lot of the heavy lifting on these looks. And you've got to have the head shape as well. Yes.

You've simply masked. Posh, spiced, short hair era when I was 10. I looked like a little boy and was quite often confused for one. Lady Gaga's 2009 straight fringe. You'll remember that from my bad romance in that. Asked for that. Lady Gaga's 2009 straight fringe.

You'll remember that from like Bad Romance and that. Asked for that. Immediate regret. That's a high maintenance look. The straight fringe. Took a photo in of Kylie Minogue. Which Kylie Minogue you might be asking? Yeah, so many Kylie Minogues.

Charlene from Neighbours Kylie Minogue. Oh, wow. Came out with a perm so tight I looked like Nana. Did not work for me. That's good stuff. That's good stuff. Yeah. To all the Lord Farquhards and Vulcans listening to the show,

thank you very much for your patron. Play ZM's Fletchford and Ailey. Play ZM. Now, Shannon's been in her apartment for how long? Three months. Three months. Three months. You've been using something incorrectly.

Now, it's not the fridge because you told us you don't have one of those. I have a mini fridge and I have a freezer. No freezer. It's like you're in a hotel room. Tiny hotel room. Honestly, a hotel would be more pleasant. Like, we can't sit two people on the couch. Oh.

It's got two pillows. That's called a chair. No, well. What you're doing there is you're trying to fit two people into a one-person chair. You know, I think you got me there. See these things in the corner over here? These aren't couches. These are chairs.

Those are chairs, yeah. Oh. Gotcha. Okay, so what? Run us through it from the top. So three months ago, I was like, I'm going to make this one metre square house a home. You know, like I'm going to set this up.

I'm going to make this kennel a home. It's my first time living with my boyfriend, so I was like, I'm going to set this all up. And I got, when I went to the supermarket to buy all the cleaning supplies and everything, I was like, I'm just going to buy one of each of the same brand so like one spray and wipe one dishwasher one washing powder you know and I just went through the aisle boom shakalaka done then yesterday I realized we ran out of washing powder we did a food shop I bought some new ones and I was swapping

out the containers I pick up my washing powder that is empty. And I've been using dishwashing powder for three months on every item of clothing and sheets and everything I've owned. I have the most sensitive skin out of everyone I know. I have a dermatologist. I'm on medications for sensitive skin. And I have been using a lemon scscented dishwashing powder on everything. It was an eco-powder, though, wasn't it? Yeah.

So that's probably saved you. Yeah, but I had no idea. And I've also been washing my boyfriend's stuff. So. And he didn't notice either. Like, he's done his own washing. This is the dishwasher powder that you open the little thing in the door and you pour it in with powder.

Yeah, it's a powder, not a tablet. And then you click it shut. Yeah, it has a kitty look. Because isn't that caustic soda? A, one different. Yes. And B, you use a tiny amount in the dishwasher, yet when you're doing a clothes wash,

you'd do like a whole cap or something, wouldn't you? I don't measure. You just free pour. Free pour. And I don't use the middle tube. I think that's a bit of a scam. You pour it on the clothes. Just on. I like to get the caustic soda everywhere, you know. Yeah. The lemony

freshness that will keep my dishes sparkling clean and pockets and everything. Yeah, now my sheets as well. This is like a real first time flatting mistake. I know. This is not your first time flatting. No, and I did, So my boyfriend was out when I made this discovery

and I messaged you guys like panicking. He came home and I was like, I've got something to tell you. I wouldn't have told him. No, well, I thought, you know,

love is built on honesty. And you can't have him at a magic... Love is built on the perfect balance of white lies. But you can't have him at a magic show and he's got a stain

on his magic top. Oh my goodness. God forbid. You know? Did it ever do that thing? Because clothes washing powder, we're liquid boys, aren't we? I'll never go back to powder. I'm typos.

Yeah. But I don't want to rub it in everybody's faces how well I'm doing. Did the powder ever leave? With my preordained liquid capsules. Did the powder ever leave like residual? No, but I do. Maybe I'm onto something then. If you have not reacted to it, it washed away entirely

and no one was complaining about their clothes. What a lovely scent. Do you know what I did notice though? Both of us have been complaining that our jeans are wearing through and like the thigh real quick. But we're both like, like you know I've got some thick thighs like that's normal to wear through them but I got a pair of pants like less than two months ago and they're about to wear through okay have I chemically you maybe have slowly

dissolved your washing over the last month or three months but now I'm like I've got to rewash everything because I now know but even you know how we surprised Hayley with Stephen Adams last week? I was like, I'll bring in my eye mask, freshly wash that and baking, like, dishwashing powder for her. So she's had it all over. She didn't have a reaction and she has, you know. She's got very sensitive skin.

Maybe this is a life hack. Shannon's hack? We need to look at the active ingredients. It's probably exactly the same product. Yeah, it's probably similar. No, because I've accidentally, I remember putting dishwashing stuff in a, no, no, clothes washing stuff in a dishwasher. It foams.

It's not good. Yeah, it's not good. It's not good. Okay. It's not what you want. Right. It's not what you want in there. Yeah.

No, I mean, I'm not stoked with it. I do wonder why lemon as well. Like I picked up lemon. That's not traditionally a washing scent. It's a clean scent, though. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. But I haven't noticed anything bad.

Actually, no, now that I say it, a washing machine does beep halfway through and have to stop the load every time. Do you reckon that could be? Yes. It's too foamy. It's got a foam. Yeah, a lot of washing machines, if you use too many suds,

my one does that. It's like sud. No, it gets heavy. You know how the tub's like, woo, woo, woo, like it, like. How? Oh, no, you're just overloading it. So probably your clothes aren't getting cleaned at all. It just gets too heavy and it turns off,

so I just turn it back on and off again. Well, good luck with that. Okay, I'll go home and do some more. Someone said this should have been one of your hacks. It sounds like the best one yet. Yay! No, no, sorry, you didn't present it as a hack. No, we can't accept it. Play.

ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. Hood fishing. We all know what catfishing is, but hood fishing, and this is a trend that is particularly bad or a problem in New York. Because, you know, you've got Manhattan. Yeah, the island. The island.

But then you've also got, like, New Jersey and Long Island. Yes. And apparently people in New York, like, it's bad to be from those areas. Like, you always see it referenced in, like, you know, movies. I thought Jersey was its own, like, yeah. But, you know, like, you always see in movies and TV shows, oh, you're from New Jersey or, oh, you're from Long Island. Jersey Shore, especially after, like you always see in movies and TV shows, oh, you're from New Jersey or oh, you're from Long Island. Jersey Shore, especially after like Jersey Shore.

And so people will pretend that they are from New York City. Ah. And even suburbs that are nicer. Edgier. Yeah. And then this is what you do is you kind of upgrade your suburb so you don't say I'm from, and they go, ooh, I'm not dating someone from there.

Yeah, gotcha. Yeah. So this is hood fishing. But I Googled hood fishing and they go, ooh, I'm not dating someone from there. Yeah, gotcha. Yeah. So this is hood fishing. But I Googled hood fishing and something else, somebody messaged in. They said they worked at New Zealand Post when they started the mail sorting machine and they had to add vanity suburbs to the database

because people would just say they were from the nicer sounding suburb next door. Yes. But it would confuse the mail sorting machine. Yeah, because like Remuera is not half of Auckland or Greyland is not half of Auckland. Yeah, no. You live in Allersley.

Yeah. Don't say you live in Remuera. But it's nicer to say you're from Aha. And say you live in One Tree Hill, not Greenland. Yeah. But your chances are you live in Greenland. Yeah. Yeah.

And you know, there's lots of these all around. These suburbs all over, like Christchurch has its posh suburbs. So does, you know, Wai'ale. All the big cities do. Or even the towns have their nice areas. So, yeah, people just upgrade their suburb. I'm a cleaner and one of my clans said they lived in Titirangi. They don't.

They live in Glen Eden. Which is the suburb before Titirangi. Exactly. Listen to how that rolls off the tongue. That's a lovely. Everyone imagine leafy green. You'd probably live in the bush and have a view of the bay. Oh, you would.

Oh, lovely. Yes. So that's been a problem for emergency services as well. Oh, what? Because people are like, my house is on fire. Yeah, oh, where are you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I live in Grey Lynn, but that's actually Arch Hill. Yeah. It gets a bit cold there. Because it's south-facing. It's a bit south-facing. In the winter with the low sun, you don't get as much Arch Hill. It's down high, down high. Yeah.

But this is what it is, and people are just like, well, don't say no. But then also, like, if you did hood fish somebody, and then, like, you meet them, and you hit it off with them, and they go back to your house, which might not- You just go to the takeaways. They must be close to that suburb's takeaway. Yeah, but like you're eventually going to know where they live if this is going to become a thing.

They're going to find out that you were flashing up your suburb. Yeah. And hood fishing them. Well, then I lived in Sandringham in Auckland at one stage and there was a takeout we really liked and I would have said it was Mount Roskill. But it was so good that I was willing to let them call themselves the Sandringham Takeaways. Because they added a little something to our suburb.

They were Mount Roskill. They were Mount Roskill through and through. Everybody in Mount Roskill wants to be from Sandringham. Yeah, we're from Sandringham South. No, you're not. You're from Mount Roskill. Yeah. Totally.

I know we're from Hillsborough. You are miles away from Hillsborough. Blockhouse Bay, you are Mount Roskill. But you can settle this argument because if you go to the postcode finder, the New Zealand Post thing, and put in your address, it will tell you exactly where you live. Yeah. And so

that's the final decision on that. Someone said, I have doubt what someone calling Ellerslie Rimu-er-self. You can't just make up a whole new suburb. My sister lives in Onihanga, but say she lives in Allersley. Those are very far apart.

Onihanga's up a gun. I'd put the Onihanga on there. It's got a little X factor. You reckon? Yeah. Okay. Allersley's like white bread, nothing.

Nothing happens in Allersley. Right. Onihanga's got a bit of character. We live in Three Kings, but we say Mount Eden. Three Kings? It's got kings in the title. I'd be happy with that. Yeah.

I live in Leamington, but I say I live in Cambridge. I know you few people that say they live in Cambridge. No, I've lived closer to Leamington. We live by Hamilton, but we tell our Auckland family in Pointe-Chevre that we live in North Cambridge. Sounds a little flashy, doesn't it? North Cambridge? Okay, this isn't even hood fishing.

City or town? My friend is from Invercargill. She tells everybody she's from Queenstown. No! You can't town hop like that. That's two hours away. That's the lakes versus the Southland. Those are two different regions.

Yeah, that's silly. Do people do this with Hastings? They say they're from Napier. Napier. Carween, who is from? Napier. Napier. Hastings.

No, Napier. Napier. People do this all the time in Napier, though, don't they? Yeah, 100%. Or, like, even if you're in Flextmere, Hastings. Even though it's just one big, long thing now. Really. Yeah, sort of.

I mean, Napier and Hastings are very different. We live in Mariahoe and my mum tells everyone we live in St Albans. Christchurch, Christchurch, Christchurch. Somebody said, I knew someone that kind of lived much more lower hut than upper hut, but boy, they love telling you if they're

from upper hut. Yeah. Somebody said that they, where was the Heights one? Where was the Heights? Where was the Heights? Oh, and Hamilton. I lived in Norton and Hamilton for seven years. By the end of it, we were just telling everyone we lived in Grandview Heights. Just around the corner.

Much nicer. Just around the corner. Roll off the tongue. But it's not though, is it? It's not. It's not. No. I live in Ranui.

I say Swanson. Anybody that can will. Yeah. Anybody that can, will. Yeah. Anybody that can, will. Hastings, Havelock North, it's all the same. It's all the same. We don't need to start drawing lines on maps. Well, New Zealand Post have literally drawn the lines on the maps and they'll tell you where you live.

A friend of mine said they'd bought a house in St. Halley's. I was like, jeez. My goodness. Must be doing well. Went round. They'd definitely bought a house in St. Halley's. I was like, jeez. My goodness. Must be doing well. Went round. They'd definitely bought a house in Glen Innes. It's hood fishing. I'm from Tauranga.

Just tell everybody I'm from the Mount. Bethlehem doesn't quite have quite the same ring as from the Mount. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Technically, the maps classes is Hellensville, but just Waimoku just sounds nice. Dunedin people will understand. We lived overlooking the Southern Motorway,

so we said we lived in Motorway View. Oh, yeah. Not South Dunedin. Motorway View. Motorway View is lovely. Albury, but no one knows where that is, so I just say I live in Lake Tikapu. Much nicer.

Oh, much nicer. Colleen lives in Norton, but at the back she calls is, so I just say I live in Lake Tikapu. Much nicer. Oh, much nicer. Colleen lives in Norton, but at the back she calls it Upper Norton. She's not lying. Upper Norton. She is. She's not lying. Technically, it's Upper Norton. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. This week at Fact of the Day, we're looking into things that some people never have. Food. We've looked at... Fresh drinking water. Yeah, yeah, that. Maybe we'll cover that depressing stuff at some other time. But not right now.

We've looked at people who will never need glasses. Yes. And the other ones that I can't remember. Nosebleeds. People that don't get, only some people get nosebleeds. Yep. Headaches. Headaches.

Yes. Good memory from you there. Thank you. Good memory. Even though it was only the last three days that I was asking you to record at this exact time that I couldn't manage to. Because I'm obsessed with today's fact of the day. Okay.

About people that can't eat coriander without tasting soap. I've got a big bag of coriander in my fridge right now. I love it. And I put it with everything. Yum. Well, 23andMe, which is sort of like another version of Ancestry.com. Yeah. Except 23andMe did this one

where if you sent in the DNA test, they'd tell you, and Ancestry.com has started to do it. Other factors, like comedian Angela Dravid showed me her 23andMe, and she said, oh, look, it tells you that I'm far more likely to have like waxy ears because of my genetics. What? And all of these genetic markers that scientists have identified.

And cilantro is one of them. Cilantro is coriander. Same name from different parts of the world. And apparently your ancestry plays a major part in whether or not you can taste soap. If you were related to soap. Yeah. Back in the day. The lowest, only 3.9% of people of the majority South Asian descent can taste soap.

Right. 3.9%. Very, very low. If you're East Asian, it jumps up to 8.4%. Yeah. People of East Asian descent can taste soap instead of delicious, tangy, flavor-filled. Oh, especially when it's in a taco with Mexican. Oh, my God.

That's what pops. Latino is at 8.7%. I would have thought Latino would have been the lowest. But South Asian cuisine also high on the cilantro, the coriander. Yeah, right. Your Thai cooking, your Vietnamese cooking. All around there, there's a lot of it in that. African-American, 9.2% of people.

Yeah. Northern European, which is kind of us. Yeah. 13%. Right. Of Northern Europeans, when they eat it, can only taste soap. Isn't that weird to think that you can have this delicious plant, but

your genes won't let you. Right. My genes won't let it. Yeah, because I can taste deliciousness. Delicious coriander. The highest is of your Jewish descent. 14% of people of Jewish descent taste soap every time they eat coriander. Wow. There's also a difference between men and women.

43% of men said that it tastes soapy and 57% of women said it tasted soapy. So women more likely to think it tastes soapy. Right, okay. In those numbers that can taste the soap. Wow. Yeah. So if you reverse the Northern European numbers

of 13%, 87% of people can eat coriander without tasting it. Do those numbers kind of correlate to where you could get coriander and cilantro back in the day? Yeah. Like it's mostly used in Asia. Asian cooking, yeah. East Asian and South Asian. So Chinese, Japanese, down to the South Asian side of stuff,

which also incorporates a little bit of Indian food. What was it like in the 80s and 90s when your parents were like, you're going to eat all your dinner? And then if you didn't eat it, they'd just ram it down your throat or give you a hiding. But luckily in the 80s and 90s there was no coriander. Because otherwise if you tasted soap, you'd be like, man, it tastes like soup.

Eat it! Eat it! You're not getting pudding until you eat it. Yeah, but I'd like, to people who taste the soap, when it's hidden in guacamole, sure the deliciousness of the avocado and the tomato and the onions and the... In a Thai soup or something.

Can you taste it immediately? Interesting. Yeah, if it tastes happy. So today's fact of the day is depending on where you're from and where your people hail from depends on how much you are likely to taste soap when you eat coriander. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Yeah. A 24-year-old American woman was flying in America on American Airlines.

She went to check in for a flight. She was going to her sister's hen's do. She was flying from New Mexico to New Orleans. $400 flight. Okay. She goes to check in and it won't let her. So she asks the people at the desk, why can't I check in? And they're like,

after a bit of back and forth, they're like, you're actually banned. You're on the no-fly list. And she's like, why? What have I done? What have I done? I'm a good girl. I'm a good girl with absolutely no ties to Al-Qaeda. And the person at the desk can't tell her. They're like, you're going to ties to Al-Qaeda. And the person at the desk can't tell her.

They're like, you're going to have to talk to customer relations. And so she just ends up having to go on another airline. She was banned with American Airlines, with that airline. So she ends up having to fork out heaps of money to fly on another airline to get to her sister's here in Stoo. And after weeks and weeks, finally gets through to customer service, where they tell her that she is banned because she had sex with a man while intoxicated on a flight.

Okay. Well, that seems like maybe fair enough. The problem is that wasn't her, and she's also a lesbian. I withdraw my comment of that. That's fair enough. They've got a case of mistaken identity. Now, they have eventually, and it's taken this poor woman a long time to sort this out,

but they've eventually given her back her $400. Okay, and taken off her no-fly list. And I believe taken her off, but I don't know how she was like, well, how do I prove I'm a lesbian? Like, do I have to send you a video? No, just show them your membership card. Because I've got one.

Because I'm an honorary. Oh, you're an honorary lesbian. Honorary lesbian. Yeah. But just show them the membership card and your membership number. They'll run that against the lesbian database and just make sure it's all kosher. But yeah, crazy.

Wrongly accused. Taking a TikTok and she's like, I just cannot believe this happened. Well, we asked on Instagram if you've been wrongly accused of anything. I thought I'd get the ball rolling with a couple of she's like, I just cannot believe this happened. Well, we asked on Instagram if you've been wrongly accused of anything. Thought I'd get the ball rolling with a couple of these. Okay, yeah, yeah.

My first job ever, I got yelled at for having my phone on the floor at work. It wasn't me. I worked at a supermarket. I'm imagining on the floor so you could see it

while you were doing checkout. Oh, maybe. Yeah. It wasn't me. It wasn't my phone. Somebody else said, I've been accused of stealing my own car

when getting into the car. Right. I got a parking ticket in a city that I wasn't even living. Somebody else said I've been accused of stealing my own car when getting into the car. Right. I got a parking ticket in a city that I wasn't even living in at the time. Says Johnny. So was accused of that. My ex accused me

of being pregnant even though we'd never done anything of that nature that would lead to pregnancy. What you were just looking a little bit

like pregnant? That's a dangerous minefield to tiptoe. Dangerous. And a regular show contributor, Dana, says, I got accused of selling a chick's duvet inner once. Very weird. What?

How did you get to the duvet inner? Where's the evidence there? Is it a duvet with no inner? But the duvet itself remains. Bizarre. I've got questions. I mean, duvet inners can be expensive. Yeah, if it's a nice one

If you get the down and feather ones Yeah That costs you hundreds Well, this is what we want to know this morning Have you been wrongly accused? Whether it was cheating Whether it was stealing something Whether they thought it was you

And you had nothing to do with it Like this poor woman that was banned from flying Because she was, I don't know Maybe she had a similar name. Yeah, I reckon it might have been a name. Maybe a similar name and they were like, banned. A woman in America was banned from flying an airline because she was accused of drunken sex with a man on a plane. But she's like, it's not me, I'm a lesbian.

And so we want to know what you are wrongly or what you have been wrongly accused of in the past, Vaughan. Scott Watson here, you do the maths. Funny. That's good from that 408. That's good from you, 408. Jason, good morning. Good morning. What do you stand wrongly accused of? Jason, good morning. Good morning. What do you stand wrongly accused of?

Oh, I guess first long-time listener. First time caller, yeah! I can feel it with the yeah. He's giving himself a little bit of a run. There he is. Welcome, Jason, welcome. Now, as a first-time listener, long-time, even I got it wrong. First-time caller, long-time listener even I got it wrong. First-time caller, long-time listener.

What do you stand wrongly accused of? Back in the day at primary school, I went to a Catholic school and I was accused of cutting bag straps, like everyone's bag straps. Well, because they'd all just be hanging on the hooks or something. Yeah, yeah. And then someone was coming in and snipping them off, yeah. And then the only way that they found out, obviously, that it wasn't me, because it wasn't, I was in class and then everybody went out

and then all the bags were cut, so yeah. Sounds like the devil's work to me. Yeah, sounds like it could have been the devil. I think it could have been the devil. At a Catholic school. Yeah, sneaking in. Jason, thank you. Let's go to Sarah.

Sarah, what were you wrongly accused of? Hi. Well, I just had my first baby. She was about six weeks old. You know at the supermarket you have those handy parks for mothers with twins? Yes. I'm so jealous of those. Yeah.

Yeah. I pulled in there and hopped out of my car, and a guy aggressively approaches me and starts having me on. You shouldn't be parking here. What do you think you're doing? And I said to him, he said, you don't look like you've just had a baby. Compliment, thank you. Were you like, thank you? Yeah, I took it as a compliment but I said

he's in the back seat if you want to have a look. He did. He went round the side, had a look. I was waiting for my apology. It didn't come. Oh, pricks like that never apologise. No, pricks like that, no. No, pricks like that, no. No, yeah. I love that. That's so brilliant.

Sarah, thank you. Anonymous. Always good when it's an anonymous caller. What were you wrongly accused of? Well, I too am a long-time listener, first-time caller. Get the bell out. There we go. Welcome.

Welcome to the show. Thank you, Anonymous. So when I was young, I was about eight, I was accused of wetting my bed in the middle of the night. Okay. So I'd got up, needed to go to the bathroom, went to the loo, and my older sister, who I shared a bedroom with, she came in to try and get in the loo and was like,

hurry up, hurry up. Yeah. Go back to my bed. She's asleep in her bed or pretending to be asleep in her bed, and my bed's wet. What? Yeah. Go back to my bed. She's asleep in her bed or pretending to be asleep in her bed, and my bed's wet. What? Yes. She couldn't wait to use the toilet?

She was pissing in your bed to make it look like you were a bed wetter. She bloody did, yes. And did you tell Mum and Dad the next day? Well, yeah. Well, that night I was yelling and screaming and saying it. Right then and there. Why wait till the deadline? A big ruckus?

Yeah. She's pretending to be asleep, pretends to wake up. Oh, no, no, no, it wasn't me. And for years, 30 years, I've had that. And she finally admitted when we were now 40. Oh! She did. And what did your parents say then when she admitted it? Oh, they thought it was the funniest thing ever.

Oh, but for 30 years, you were accused of being a bedwetter, and it wasn't you. And they called me the phantom bedwetter, yeah. But it was her. In your bed more than once. Yeah, that's, you know what? I'm going to give you caller of the week. Caller of the week.

Thanks to McCafe. We've got a $50 McCafe voucher for you. Well done. Yeah. I know it's not going to take away the 30 years of wrongful accusation and pain. Of mortification. Yeah, yeah. Wait there, Anonymous. Thank you. Well done. Yeah. I know it's not going to take away the 30 years of wrongful accusation and pain. Of mortification. Yeah, yeah.

Wait there, Anonymous. Thank you. We'll sort that out. Why do you have that look on your face? My sister got accused of having a gun at school. 15 years ago,

her classmates were singing the Aerosmith song, Jamie's got a gun. Because her name was Jamie. Yeah. And one of the teachers took it very seriously, went to the principal,

the whole school got put into lockdown. And they thought they were singing it because... Jamie's got a... That was their way of getting code to the teacher that Jamie had an actual gun. What? An indecipherable code. Yeah.

Do you want to know what you've been wrongly accused of? No shortage of these. No shortage. A woman was banned... Wrongful accusations. From flying. Yeah. No shortage. A woman was banned. Wrongful accusations. From flying. Yeah. And it wasn't even her.

I got accused of stealing a gel pen when I was 13. Now, let me tell you, those gel pens, they were a highly sought after pen. They were hot property. Hot property. Hot property. When I was 13, the owner confronted me. It wasn't me, but I was so scared I wet my pants and cried. Now, 13 wetting your pants and crying is a big deal.

It's not a 7 year old wetting their pants and crying. But it wasn't me. I wet my pants. That's sort of an admission of guilt isn't it in a lot of cultures? The wetting of the pants. I resigned from my job and was accused of trying to ruin my boss's life and business. But I was just like

no you're just not paying us enough. My twin sister, I was wrongly accused. But it was just like, no, you're just not paying us enough. Yeah. Just not paying enough. My twin sister, I was wrongly accused. My twin sister for stealing and eating my dad's meringues that my mum had baked him. Us four kids got lined up and we were about to get a smack on the hand.

She cried and said, it was me. But it wasn't. It was me. I changed my clothes and put my meringue-covered top in the wash. I still never got the smack. I still never got the smack. Yeah. Never got the smack. Someone's,

uh, when they were young, their brother wrote K all over the telephone. My name was Kelly. So of course I was immediately. Oh, that's a set up. That's a set up.

I denied it. It was always good when you could, um, force the blame onto your brother. Yeah. All the kids on the street had to come in and write K for my mum so she could compare it to the phone with K written all over it. My brother is 52 now and he only just admitted it.

That he did the K's all over the phone. I love that. He slept on that for a long time. I know. A lady came up to me at the pub and said, Frank, you've got to stop drinking so much. It's becoming a problem. But that's not my name.

Unless, of course, you were boozy one time and you told her your name was Frank because you forgot your actual name. Yeah. I'm wrongly accused of stealing my best friend's clothes since we were 10 years old, now 40. It ended our friendship. So sad.

Oh, my God. I'm accused of sleeping with the boss. Someone said I'm accused of cheating. Lots of being accused of cheating on their partner, but they were actually like working in secret because they were like trying to do something really nice for them. Yeah. Like somebody said,

my now wife accused me of cheating on her when I was like sneaking around and taking money out of their accounts to pay for her engagement ring. Yeah, that happens a lot. You always hear stories like that. Yeah. Oh, someone said, I got accused of splitting up a marriage. I was like, this lot. You always hear stories like that. Yeah. Oh, someone said, I got accused of splitting up a marriage.

I was like, this is insane. I'd never do that. It was my twin sister. So that'll do it. You look like someone. Yeah. Oh. Who'd you tell me?

Yeah, that was my tum-tums. That was my tum-tum-tums. Hey, guys, I reckon that was the most fun I've ever had on a show. Oh, not for me. Vaughan? Nowhere even close. Nowhere even close.

Nowhere even close. You haven't been here long, have you? No, I haven't. No. Well, if you were listening and you had fun, why don't you give us a little review and a rating?