ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - 20th September 2023

Episode Date: September 19, 2023

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The ZM Podcast Network. The Fletchforn and Hayley Big Pod. Treat yourself to McCafe coffee with my Macca's rewards. Good morning, welcome to the show, Fletchforn and Hayley. It's Wednesday. It is Wednesday, I'm alright with that. In for a warm day too. I was going to say, it's Wednesday, in for a penny, in for a pound.

I was like, sure. At this stage of the week, might as well be. No. Yesterday, I got my clothes off and put on a singlet. Oh, dude. And a pair of shorts and sat outside. How good was the great gardening weather yesterday? Gardening?

I had vodka sodas. Did you? It doesn't matter. Two different lifestyles there, eh? Yeah, we just got different priorities. Yeah, it's good. It's good to have a bit of difference around. On the show today, chances for you to win,

we've got our $25,000 cash catch-up at 8 o'clock. And then around 8.30, the Activator, your chance to win some Flight Centre credit with our Flight Centre Captain's Packs. We've got bags one, three, and eight left. I'd go three. Three's my favourite number. Giving away $10,000 worth of Flight Centre credit. So chances for you to win on the show today,

the top six on the way. Yes, the Hop Card database. It was a breach. This is the snapper card for Wellington. I don't know, does Christchurch have a, what do they call their zippy, zippy, zippy card? Zip, zip, zippy, zip down the line. Yeah, this is the Richie McCaw card. The Richie McCaw card, yeah.

I have no idea. Christchurch, what do youie McCaw card, yeah. I have no idea. Christchurch? What do you call that? Google, Google. So this is what you tag onto the buses. There was a data breach, right? Metro. Yeah.

Is it a Metro card? In Christchurch. That was Melbourne. That's a boring name. Yeah. They should have universally agreed upon a name. That's confusing boring name. We're just killing this, aren't we? Yeah. They should have universally agreed upon a name. That's confusing for international tourists. You're going to be able to soon all over the country just use your pay wave.

Oh, thank God. I know. That's good stuff. I know, because you can do that overseas in places. It's so great. Well, there was a data breach, right? They got the details. There was a whole lot of problems

that apparently should be fixed by now. They were like ransom. They said, give us a million dollars. Yeah, or we crash your system. Oh dear. That's why people couldn't top up for a while last week.

Yeah, so I've got the top six things hackers now know about you from the HopCard data breach. Uh-oh. Have you got one of these? I actually lent mine to my friend

because she went to Waiheke. Ah, darling. Waiheke Island where you need a HopCard because you catch the bus around there. And I never got it back.

Bitch. Bitch. I said $10 bus around there. And I never got it back. Bitch. What a bitch. I said $10. I know. And I think I've got an automatic top up, so it's just... Oh, God, you've got to sort that out. You've got to sort that out. I mean, that could be your KiwiSaver at the end of the day.

You'd put money into it. Speaking of Christchurch, we mentioned the name of their, whatever Zippy Card is. Metro. There's a meat mystery in Christchurch that we need to talk about. So this is quite a bizarre story. Crime is a foot. I'm personally offended. Yeah, all this meat going waste.

As a meat lover. Yeah, as a meat lover. Next on the show, though. There was a Danish artist who was given a grant to create a collection, and he's had to give it back because they weren't happy with what he produced. I'll tell you why they weren't happy with what he produced. I'll tell you why they weren't happy next. Play. ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley.

There is an Austrian. Is he Austrian? Danish artist. Oh, that's rude. Like it's a completely different country. Like they're totally different. That's like calling you an Australian. I know.

I apologise. Can I have this yummy looking custard Austrian, please? I know. It's not. We wouldn't say that. We just wouldn't say it. I want an apple Austrian. It doesn't work like that.

My apologies. A Danish artist. His name is Jans Hanning. I think it's the correct pronunciation. You've got to sing Scandinavian names. Jans Hanning. And he is what they call a conceptual artist. Okay.

Conceptual artist meaning usually the meaning behind the piece is more important than the piece itself. This isn't the guy that duct taped a banana to the wall and was like, ta-da. And everyone's like, oh, my God, that's amazing. Take my money. Yeah. I'm not sure.

Can you have a little look here? I'm going to have a little. I'm just literally going to Google duct-taped banana. Duct-taped banana. Well, I'll tell you his recent malarkey. He was given the equivalent of $130,000 New Zealand dollars as an arts grant to create a piece of work that was inspired by something he had done before, right?

They were like, we want you to do a response piece to this piece of art where he was given money, like cash money, and created art with it. Think about consumerism probably. Anyway, so he was given $130,000 to create a response piece to that. And then at the showcase, they turned up and it was two frames, empty. Nothing on the canvas whatsoever. Just blank frames, two empty frames. And he said that it was about power, inequality and money.

And the name of the work was called Take the Money and Run. I like it. So literally absolutely nothing. It does stink of, and I don't want to stereotype all artists, but it does stink like someone bought weed with it, got lazy. Totally. The date was fast approaching, and then this is what he came up with on the morning of.

Yeah. So he, the museum director, who where this showcase was said he was overseas when the crates got open when they when it arrived yeah but he his inbox was like

ding ding ding ding ding ding with all the people being like hey we've got Jans' new work it's just two empty canvases and he goes look I know

it's no he's known for his conceptual and activist art with a humoristic touch okay but we weren't expecting this he gave us humour but a bit of a wake-up call

as everyone now wonders, where did the money go? So they decided- But that's what art is there to do, make you think. This is his whole point. He's like, yeah, but this is the commentary, right? Like, what is it all about? Did he need to do a little bit more? Like, could he have printed out his bank, you know,

like a little ATM receipt and put that in the middle of the frame? Yeah. You know, and then they might not have asked him for it back because he's done a little bit more. Well, they displayed it. They were like, okay, he's an artist. So they put it up. Yeah.

And then afterwards they were like, hang on, we're just getting, we're being laughed at here. So they decided to ask for the money back and he refused. So they've taken legal action because the artist said the work is that I have taken their money. It is not theft.

It is a breach of contract and a breach of contract is the work. I love this. I encourage other people to think this way. How amazing is this? So he has basically been ordered to pay it back now. They're taking legal action to get the money back being like, where's the money?

But the money is the thought. The money is the artist. I would be, I'd feel so much pressure. You know, like when people write a book or this kind of art, they get like, you know, money in advance. I know. And then you've got to come up with this work,

but you've got their money. And then you decide, have you ever been in this, in the arts? Yeah, I've been given money, like creative New Zealand money before. And then you do this real money you do this whole no it's not and you do a whole pitch of like this is the work this is who the work will reach and this is what the work will do and then afterwards you they give you the money and then you have to tell them how you did those things that's the worst bit afterwards when you're like okay so

like no one came and it was kind of like just a funny little show, but thanks. And they never give you money again. How much money are we talking? I think for the show, I made a show called Vanilla Miraka and I think I got. Vanilla Miraka? Yeah. What is that? What is the Maori?

Like vanilla milk. Okay. Like a milky woman. It was about being Maori. Oh, okay. And I think they gave me $15,000 $15,000 Jesus Christ

from memory maybe I'm over in flat air no no $15,000 so that pays for people designers crew

set design my fee writers fee but you but nobody came? No, people came. Oh, okay. I thought you said at the start no one came.

No, no, no, no. People saw it. Okay, right. Wow. Oh my God, we should do a show. We should do an art show. No, no, but getting art sprints is really hard. No.

It's really hard. It's it. Can't be that hard if you did it. Yeah. This is fair, actually. Okay. That's fair. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn, and Hayley.

I'll take it. Silly little pole, silly little pole. It is so silly, silly, silly that the silly little pole, silly little pole, silly little pole, silly little pole, silly little pole. Silly little pole, would you be happy with a lab-grown diamond? These are grown, as we just said, in labs versus blood diamonds. Ethically questionable diamonds. Because you've got blood diamonds in your... Sure do, boss.

Yeah. Mine are... But if it makes any difference, I went and got them myself. You did right. Yeah, good, yeah difference I went and got them myself. You did right. I went down into that mine. Get down to my wall. I'm here for more blood diamonds. And you brought them home and put them in your wife's wedding ring. It's lovely.

And then I sold the rest. That's nice. Can you tell the difference between a lab run? My wedding engagement ring is black diamonds, which are really rare. So I'm sure that my black diamond...

You can't call them that anymore. No, that's actually the colour of the diamond. Oh, well, you can't call them that anymore either. That's... I'm sure that's lab grown. And then the white ones around it

are recycled. And do you know where... Give me a look at this black diamond. Oh, no. I'm just not wearing it today. So what are you going to do for your wedding ring? I was here. Give me a look at this black diamond. Oh, no. I'm just not wearing it today. So what are you going to do for your wedding ring? The company that did my ring, we'll be carrying this. I could get you some ethically harvested pearls.

I don't know that you're going to be the ring voice. No, we'll be at the wedding. We've got the butterfly. I've got the butterflies. You've got the butterflies. I'll have the ring. And the doves. Hi.

I'll waddle down the aisle. We are so excited about your wedding. Yeah. The company that makes them, it's the aisle. We are so excited about your wedding. Yeah. The company that makes them, it's all recycled. It's recycled jewellery melted down and then reused into a new ring. From like a divorcee. Yeah. And then the diamonds are taken from old rings.

You know what? That bad kind of karma. Are you serious? There might be some divorcee karma in there. It's all recycled. So they buy them? Yeah, you just get old gold. That's fascinating.

I'd love to know that. And then you melt it down and then make them into new jewelry. They should tell you the story of who... Yeah, I guess I don't know. I don't know if you'd want to know. Well, the results... Yeah, we pulled it off a dead woman's finger. Yeah.

We've been digging some graves up. Yeah, right. Right. I don't know why everybody in the story said that. That's all right. That's all right. Would you be happy with a lab-grown diamond ring? 82% of people said yes.

Yeah, well, if you can't tell the difference. You can't. 18% said no. I'm looking forward to hearing the no's. Yeah, same. Yeah. Here we go. Catherine, I am so grateful to have been proposed to.

Lab-grown diamonds are not cheap either. It's the thought and investment into our life together and commitment to each other that means so much more. Justin Bieber heart hands emoji. Justin Bieber heart hands emoji. Justin Bieber heart hands emoji. That's so true though. Justin Bieber heart hands emoji. That's so true though, isn't it?

Totally. Who cares how much it costs? Some people do though. Some people really do. I didn't know mine was that expensive. Don't let Fletch agree to who cares how much it costs. You'll get a cubic zirconia. You'll get some glass.

You'll get a shawoftky crystal. You'll get some glass. You'll get a shawofsky crystal. You'll get a burger ring. Yeah. If you're lucky. I had a bag of cheese balls on the weekend. Thought of you. Have you had the... Have you had the...

Costco. No, no, no, no, no. Who are the people that make the Cheetos? Have you had the Cheetos cheese balls? I have, but they're not as good. You know, they're not as good. Arguably better. I'm sorry, they're not as good.

Cheese and bacon flavoured cheese balls. Arguably better. They're not as good. Oh., they're not as good. Arguably better. I'm sorry, they're not as good. Cheese and bacon flavoured cheese balls. Arguably better. No, they're not as good. Oh. Cheese balls for life. Your original cheese balls, guys. I'm cheese balls for life. Erica says, in fact, I've asked for a lab-grown diamond for when my partner and I get engaged.

Well, bang for your buck. She sounds demanding and high maintenance. Probably what happened. So she wants a larger diamond because it's cheaper than an actual diamond. Yeah, and no one can tell the difference. True. Good luck, Mr. Erica. I want a big sparkly finger. Go diamond. Yeah, and no one can tell the difference. True. Good luck, Mr. Erica. Want a big sparkly finger?

Go you. Helen, I have two. My engagement and wedding man cost less. Oh, so she's gone lab-grown. Could have the ring I wanted as I wasn't fixed to a price. Ethical, better quality, environmentally friendly. Mine also has recycled gold. Win, win, win.

Yeah, recycled gold's quite common. Because otherwise they just sit there and textiles not being worn. Totally. So they buy them, melt them down. It's genius. Yeah, it's so good. It's genius. Emily, I asked for...

Moisiantes! What? Moisiantes! It looks Italian or Spanish. Yeah. Mois... Could you please Google this for me, Hayley? Moissanites It looks Italian Or Spanish Yeah Moiss Could you please Google this for me Hayley

Have you got a Google window open M-O-I S-S A-N I-T Moissanite Yeah that's it

Moissanite Right behind diamonds On the M-O-H Hardness scale Higher fire And brilliance A-K-A more sparkly And way cheaper

No one would know If you didn't tell them Okay And they're natural That's a good idea hardness scale. Higher fire and brilliance, aka more sparkly and way cheaper. No one would know if you didn't tell them. Okay. And they're natural. That's a good idea. They're more sparkly. They're almost as hard as a diamond and the diamond's very, very hard. Yeah.

There you go. There's another option. Tanya says, because every time I look down at my ring, I'd know it wasn't a real diamond. I love my real diamond. Tanya. Oh, she's a purist.

But it's sort of still real. It's just created in a lab with pressure. What out carbon and pressure, right? Yeah. It's amazing. God, that must be a hell of a clamp. I love that that's what gets you excited. God, think of the clamp.

Think of the clamp. Think of the pressure. Think of that noise. I reckon there'd be a YouTube video. There'd be an interesting YouTube video about this. Oh, there definitely would be. How it's made series. Oh, yeah. I love video about this. Oh, there definitely would be. How It's Made series. Oh, yeah.

I love those factory videos. Oh, same. You see all the biscuits? How hats are made and stuff. So cool. So you and biscuits. My immediate factory video that I was fascinated by was Chain Link Fence. Have you seen the machine that makes Chain Link Fence?

Chain Link Fence. What's that? Like chicken wire. Oh, my God. The diamond. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And this thing just twists, twists, and there's a row of them. It goes twist, twist, twist, twist, twist, twist.

Amazing. Mason says, bitches be tripping. If I dropped a K on a ring, she'll only lose it. So there you go. He's not just probably not. Good luck, Mrs. Mason. Yeah. Good luck to Mr. Erica and Mrs. Mason.

That's the two things we've learned from today. 622. Next on the show, there's a meat mystery. Yes. Meat mystery. In Christchurch. Meat mystery. We delve into this next. ZM.

Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley's. Dude. Fly tipping. What's up dude? Dude. If I might. My dudes. Dudes and dudettes. And dudettes. Thank and dudettes Thank you Thank you for acknowledging that Non-binary dudes of the nation If I might address you for a moment

Please do Fly tipping Drives me crazy What's fly tipping? It's where people dump a whole lot of rubbish It's like they've got it all on a trailer And they stop in the middle of the countryside And they kick it all off

And then they drive away That's fine Ew What? Oh my god That's fine. What? Oh my god. That's fine. No one's going to see it.

Set of table and chairs like an outdoor plastic rattan outdoor set just on the side of the road down the road from our house one day and I was

like oh that looks like I'm done with this I'm going to go on the side of the road and anybody else wants it. That's how quickly

rattan's gone back out of fashion. It was that really outdoor plastic rattan that you got like one outdoor season with, but you left it outside over winter, and the sun and the temperature just destroyed it, and the next summer you sat on it,

and your fat ass went straight through it. Yes. I joke, it is terrible. I would never fly tip. Oh, no, it's too late for that now. It's too late. You've made your bed. I'm asleep to it.

Am I pro-fly tipping? You're pro-fly tipping. It's important to have balance on the show. Yeah. But it drives me nuts. And the effort they went to to put it all on a car or a trailer and drive to the middle of nowhere. It's because they don't want to pay the fees at the dump, right?

And this is what they're saying is happening in Christchurch because there is a meat mystery. A meat mystery. Fly tipping in Christchurch over the last six years has cost the council more than $800,000. And that's just the people that they can't ping for it because you will get fined for it if they can prove that it was yours. Yeah, like if someone's got cameras or they leave their electricity bill.

Power bill in it. Dumbo. Yeah, well, my Auntie Eve's tracked down a couple of people that have flight tipped out their way. So just stay there. Put your rubbish in the bloody bin if you live in Matamata. She'll find you. So this is weird.

670 kilograms of meat in Wigram and Hornby in the recent weeks have been found. Gosh. Andre Moore, a councillor, said we had 220 kilos on one occasion and 200 kilograms on another a couple of weeks afterwards. Last night, there were 14 bags between them containing 250 kilograms of chucked meat. Goodness. Chuck meat or chucked?

Not chuck. Thank you for the clarification. Chucked. Chucked out. Chuck steak. Great for a gravy. I was going to say perfect for a gravy. Boil it until it absolutely falls to bits.

You get yourself a lovely gravy. Yeah. They don't know what the hell the deal is. It's so much meat. It's got to be supermarkets, right? It's got to be. Who has that much meat? So they're saying home kill or like a business.

But I also can't understand at what stage, because we did mention before off-air the possibility of a freezer defrost. Yeah. Because that's when you're left with a lot of meat. Yeah, but who has hundreds of kgs? That's a couple of freezers worth.

But the council's not mincing their words, are they? Oh, good from you. This is a high-stakes investigation. Go for it. Go for it. Go, go, go. I was going to say stakes, and then you said, no, I'm panicking.

I'm panicking. I can... God, don't turn on me. I don't want it to be a roast. No. No. Not that one. That's kind of nice.

I mean, this is particularly insulting because meat is my sort of forte. It is. Yeah, it is. I'm so traumatised by the fact that so much meat's been wasted. Yeah. I can't do it. I'm just, I can't do it. I'm silly.

He's under pressure. I'm a silly I can't do it. I'm silly. I'm a silly old sausage. I guess we're. Hi. I'm not stoked with that because it was more about me than it was about the situation. Producer Jared just said that you might be a little bit

schnit out of luck. That was good. It's good because you don't even need to say the whole word schnitzel because we all love schnitzel. Where's it coming from? Where does it go? Where does it come from, Cotton Eye Joe?

Don't know. Mystery. But then why wasn't it minced up and given to pets? Yeah. Take it out to a run, a park. They've got some meat eaters out there, don't they? Yes. But if it's been dumped, you can't, right?

No, that's too late at that stage. But you're saying before they dumped it, just send it off to a pet food factory. Yeah, ring around. Jimbo's or whatever it is. Hey, I've got 400 kilograms of steak that's about to go off to the lions. The lions feel like a bit of a bougie evening. Oh, yum.

I'd love that. Some steak tartare. Yeah, I could put some bloody capers in there and some red onion. Hold on the capers. And a tartare. Tartare. Tartare. I don put some bloody capers in there and some red onion. Hold on the capers. In a tartare. Ah, tartare. Tartare.

I don't want a caper. I'm not a capers guy. Because when I was a kid, I thought they were peas and I went, oh. Oh, too strong. I ate a mouthful of capers. Not good. Well, if you've got any information on the meat mystery of Christchurch. Yeah, the council want to know.

The council want to know. Oh, three. Let me read out a phone number. Oh, my. Have you seen those articles when the police are looking for someone? They're like, if you see anything, call the number and quote this reference number. And it's like N42789101112. Yeah, like too much.

It's like, no. Just say you saw that guy with the face tats. The one who they say. No, which one are you talking about? 7-4, 7-8, 7-2-2? Or are you talking about HQ, W-4, 7-7-8? That one. That guy.

That guy. Play ZM's Fletchford and Ailey. Play ZM. Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah. This is the top six. The Medusa ransomware gang was demanding one million US dollars. Ah.

Florida claims its Auckland transport data. But the council's like, who cares? Cool. Take it. Wait, does that mean they know my credit card because it's auto top up? Maybe. Medusa's also offering their ledger data to anybody willing to pay a million US dollars if Auckland Transport doesn't jump in first.

So that was the problem with topping up your hop card last week. How will you get to the Waiheke Ferry? I don't know how I'm going to get onto the Waiheke Ferry, darling. But does that card work for the Waiheke Ferry? It actually works for the Waiheke Ferry. That's aakafara, darling. But does that card work for the Wahakafara? Yes, it works for the Wahakafara. That's a different company there, darling. No, it's integrated now, darling. It's integrated, darling.

Darling, it's been so long. I always take the helicopter. I know, darling. I know. I know, but last time my chopper was down. Yeah, but I went with the Mowbray's, darling.

Oh. You should go to Ali's house. I'll take you there. Right. The Mowbray's. Darling, darling. Where should we go, darling? We should go to Arlie's house I'll take you there right where should we go darling now the weather's improving we should go darling such lovely weather

aren't we what's that vineyard we like to go to darling that the poor people can't get to because the drive's too far it's a man of war darling mud brick

no mud brick right by the ferry it's full of plebs and poses we should go pop into man of war we should go to man of war

darling well hopefully the hop car's working because I can't afford a chopper if people listening and pozzas. We should go pop into Manowar. We should go to Manowar. Well, hopefully the hop car's working because I can't afford a chopper. If people listening have never been to Waiheke, that whole thing

was just a bizarre ramble. Not everybody knows. It's a poncy place. If you're in Christchurch, just pretend we're from Merivale and we're going like up to Hamner

or the wine region, you know? It's all relative. It's all relative. If you're in Wellington, pretend that was a bunch of, what's the posh Wellington suburb? Karori.

Karori. Yeah, Karori woman who were off to Marneborough for the weekend. It's all relative. Thorndon. If you're from Hamilton, okay, not for Hamilton.

You are from Hamilton. If you're from Hamilton. I know, it was a dig. It was a dig. All right. Well, I've got the top six things the hackers know about you from your hot card data breach

number six on the list you'll get off a stop early if that hottie you like the look of is on the bus and she gets off there okay

sub off yeah so you're gonna walk a little bit further but it's only one stop that could be the next Mrs. Smith you know

I've got one it was always important to keep it up the next one yeah who's next number five on've got one. It was always important to keep it up. Who's next? Number five on the list of the top six things hackers know about you from the hot car data breach. You didn't say thanks driver once and you're riddled with anxiety about it

every time you get on and off the bus from there. I always say thanks. I always say thanks. Thanks driver. I always say driver because I don't want anybody else scooping up that thanks. Yeah, same. Okay.

You've got to direct it to the driver. Number four on the list of the top six things the hackers know about you from the Hopcar data breach. You once broke the no food or drink rule on the bus and you spilled your coffee on the seat but the patent absorbed it. And you can't tell now.

And it was a curry. You used to literally spill a curry on that thing. You could leave a curry on that thing and you still wouldn't be able to see it. It's camouflage. It's camouflage. Number three on the list of the top six things hackers know about you from the Hopcar data breach.

You fart regularly on the bus and you just act like you can't smell anything, but you can hear other people, even through your headphones, being like, oh, boy. Act like you can't smell it. Act like you can't hear anything. It's not the same as a plane,

because you're not at that altitude. There's a rumble. Planes you can't smell a single thing. Planes are airtight. Planes, yeah, you can get away with a rogue fart, but not a bus. Not a bus. Don't do that.

It's too much air. Number two on the list of the top six things the hackers know about you from the HopCard data breach. You silently sing the wheels on the bus go round and round every time you're on the bus. You can't help it. It's just in there. How does the HopCard data breach? You silently sing the wheels on the bus go round and round every time you're on the bus. You can't help it. It's just in there. How does the HopCard know?

It just knows. It's data breach. It's got a chip. Yeah, it's got a chip. It's the chip. It's the chip in it, isn't it? And number one on the list of the top six things

hackers know about you from the HopCard data breach. You once saw a kid scratching his tag into the bus stop glass and you said, hey, and they swore at you and you were intimidated

by a kid that you were assuming was about 12 years old. You immediately regretted being a good citizen and you haven't stepped, and they swore at you and you were intimidated by a kid that you were assuming was about 12 years old, you immediately regretted being a good citizen and you haven't stepped up ever since. Just let them tag. Yeah, they don't want to be sworn at by a kid. You don't know what that kid's scratching at with. Bloody

crazy bastards everywhere. That's today's Top 6. School holidays officially start on Saturday. Yeah, boy. And airports are releasing their busiest days to be expected. We're heading off, aren't we? Yeah, we're going Friday, a little weekend in Melbourne. A little Australian sojourn.

That will be busy. But the busiest day, they're saying, will be this Saturday, the 23rd of September. That's the first day. Set to be the busiest day during the holidays. 15,000 travellers set to depart from the Auckland International Terminal alone. Oh, that's just international. That's just international. It's just Auckland.

Where are they going? Where's popular? Does it say where's popular? It says Australia, the US and China. China! Along with domestically Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown, topping the list of the domestic busiest spots. I would have thought this would have been your Fiji, your Rarotonga, your...

Yeah, maybe. Samoa. I have a friend in... Oh, well, Ross Boss is in Raro, eh? Yeah. Jeremy Corbett's in Raro at the moment. Is he It looks bloody nice

Oh it's beautiful Yeah We've got to go We've been haven't we I haven't been Vaughan and I had a lovely holiday there Did you In Rarotonga

I've got family that lives there Many years ago Yeah Well You've got family that lives there Yeah Aaron's cousin lives there We've got free accommodation Yeah mate

What kind of free accommodation though Like the couch or? You're probably couch. Got a bit of land under their belt? A little bit of land. She's Rarotongan, yeah. I know. I'm going to marry me a Rarotongan, you know.

Auckland. I want another bit of that. It's hard to get land otherwise. Auckland airport. Do you reckon I could pass shut off as a Rarotongan? Sorry to interrupt. She could. She is ambiguous.

Dude. Very ambiguous. What did she get asked if she was the other day? Someone started speaking to her in like Spanish. Oh. Dude. Very ambiguous. What did she get asked if she was the other day? Someone started speaking to her in like Spanish. Oh. Hola. And we were just completely lost. I think somebody believed she may have been a Mexican sister.

Oh, wow. Which is the first time that's happened in New Zealand. That's happened in the States before. Yeah. Mexican people start talking to Sade in Mexican. Yes. Anyway. What were you saying?

Anyway, so Saturday the busiest day. She's pretty hot. in Mexican? Yes. Anyway. What were you saying? Anyway, so Saturday, the busiest day. She's pretty hot. She's pretty hot. Saturday. Very hot. For coming back, Saturday, September 30, and Friday, September 22. Sorry, this is for leaving.

Those will be the busiest days. And then arriving October 1, the Saturday, after the first week, and then October 7 and October 8, the Sunday. Because we're back. We're coming. We're just doing the weekend. You may have seen a story this week. There were people in the huge lines at Auckland International Arrivals.

What happened? Did they even say what happened there? Well, apparently there's work continuing. It's getting a new bioscreening technology and upgrades to the baggage reclaim facilities. Can they do that scanny face thing so kids under 12 can use it? Because, God damn. Can they not use it if they're under 12?

You've got to get in the line. It's because they're still growing. No, no, but just let us have a shot, you know, and if it doesn't work, then we'll go and speak to Steve at the counter. God, Steve, he's always such a grouch, though. Yeah. Well, yeah, just pack a, take a bit of patience. Can you carry on?

Take a smile and some patience. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. It's Olivia Rodrigo, Vampire. You're loving her new album. I am loving her new album.

It's so good. It's 90s. It's very 90s. I think that's why I like it so much. Yeah. It's very 90s. I think that's why I like it so much. Yeah. It's very 1990s. Guts.

I picked August up from school yesterday, and when she got in the car, I was mid-chorus of a song called All American Bitch. And she got in the car, and she locked eyes with me, and she did up her seatbelt, maintaining eye contact. And then when it got to a quiet part, she reached up and she muted the stereo and she said, let's not do that again.

Oh, Dad. Oh my God, you must embarrass her. Let's not do that again. You must embarrass her at every opportunity. Yeah. That's what dads do. That's what dads do. Speaking of parents, there is a woman her name is Kirsten Drysdale. She's an ABC journalist in Australia. And she was doing, she was heavily pregnant, about to have a child of her name is Kirsten Drysdale. She's an ABC journalist in Australia.

And she was doing, she was heavily pregnant, about to have a child of her own, and she was doing a sort of light-hearted investigation into what you are actually allowed to call your baby. This is my favourite, one of my favourite lists, and we must be due for it. Yes, because we're getting towards the end of the year, we're getting those lists of the year that declined baby names of 2023 in New Zealand. Well, she said they couldn't quite get clarity.

There was no real guidelines. They just sort of do these lists each year and they're like, okay, these are the no's now. She's like, how far can you take it? So she was investigating as part of her job and just could not get clear enough answers. So she was like, well, I'll just put myself on the line as someone who's about to give birth.

And she, oh no, to give birth. And she gave birth. That's right. She gave birth and then was like, okay, well, here's the perfect opportunity to do this. To slip a name in. Slip a name in. And she was like, I want to know what when you get a name that will be declined,

what the sort of name they'll put in place is. Do they give you a placeholder name? A placeholder name. Oh, okay. Maybe just a number. Yeah, it could be like baby one or something like that. Okay, yeah.

So she registered her child as Methamphetamine Rules. Wow, she went like the deep end of the pool. Okay. Methamphetamine Rules. She threw the baby in the deep end of the awful name pool. Yeah. Yeah. Spout just as it is. Methamphetamine rules. She threw the baby in the deep end of the awful name pool. Yeah. Yeah. Spout just as it is.

Methamphetamine rules drives down. So rules was middle name? Rules was middle name. Okay. Yep. Yep. And she put it off and was like, now we'll get to see how the process of having a name declined works.

Which is great because she's reporting for the ABC on this very thing. Yeah. So she's right in the middle of it. It's going to be a great story, right? The only thing is, quite quickly afterwards, she receives the birth certificate and the name has been accepted. Officially, her son's name is Methamphetamine Royal Stridesdale. She played with fire and ladies and gentlemen, she got burned.

She got burned. Wow. So what she was thinking was that there would be some roadblock, right, that would stop this and go, no, you can't call a human child that. Like you get a call from birth, deaths and marriages. Yes, that name's been declined. Yeah, you can't call your kid that. Now, so she was like, this whole thing is supposed to be lighthearted. Now I'm in an admin nightmare because I've got to change it straight away.

Yes, yeah. But for a time, her son's going to grow up having been methamphetamine Rural Stridesdale. And she won't say time, her son's going to grow up having been methamphetamine rules dry style. And she won't say what her new son's name is because she never wants it to be linked to him Yeah, yeah.

She's like, hopefully we can just like forget this. She said, I don't know how it slipped through. I'm not sure if someone was overworked

and just went, oh, you know, it looks Greek. Fine. True. Or if it was an automated system that didn't pick up on it.

Oh, yeah. Okay. So I googled 60, the list, sorry, and it's just, oh, no, it's 83 names that are banned in Australia. So this might have been in there checking against it and it didn't work. And it didn't pick up. Because under M you've got Madam, Mafia, Malik, which means king, Majesty, Mayor, Messiah, minister and mister and monkey.

Monkey's cute. Monkey's cute. Under M's but other than that methamphetamine's not there. So technically approved, right? So then the registrar has come out being like, oh my God, like obviously not. Yeah. But we wouldn't, if we would not, there's been a blunder, something's happened here and we're working to make sure

something like this never happens again. I've always thought there should be a panel that every name comes across their desk. Yeah. And they say, yay or nay. They say, this is bloody stupid. Fanny Flappes. I would say, no, go and rename your kid again.

Yeah. And be like, look, I don't care if it's a family name. I'm telling you that kid's going to have a rough time with Fanny Flappes. I'm sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Flappes. I'm sorry. And your grandmother Fanny. Based on your surname. Yeah.

But Fanny was of the Flappes. She was of your mother's name, which had a different. Yeah. So then the Flappes would have to go back and rename Fanny. Can't be Fanny Flappes. Yeah. No. So apparently brand names are also.

So in Australia they've rejected Nutella. Nutella Sproul. Harry Potter. Yeah. Facebook, iMac, Ikea, and Monkey. I mean, Ikea you can kind of see as being a name. These parents shouldn't be breeding. No. It's not a joke to name someone. It's not a joke to have

a kid and call it Harry Potter or Nutella. I know, Nutella. Like, calm down. And then they're not going to be, they're going to have to wait until they're at least 18 or, you know, coherent enough to be like, hey, that name really ruins my life. Can I please change it? Or I'm 18 and I'm going to change it myself now.

You know, identity crisis. What a wild story. Anyway, and Methamphetamine Rules will have a new name. But when he is 18. He will be the artist previously known as Methamphetamine Rules. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. A long time ago on a long lost TV show called Have You Been Paying Attention

R.I.P. I challenged Vaughan Smith in a game to spell the surname McConaughey as in Matthew McConaughey Impossible Sir

Try it again I've got it written in front of me Oh damn So bizarre McConaughey's Yeah it is It's weird isn't it Never Oh, damn. So bizarre. McConaughey. Yeah, it is. It's weird, isn't it? Never makes sense in my brain.

Anyway, Matthew McConaughey, how long has he been married to his wife, Camilla Alves? She's a very good looking woman. She's 53. Oh, no, he's 53. He's 53. She's 41. That's hot.

11 years of marriage. One of the most successful marriages. You know, like they always seem happy and make time for each other and whatnot. He has been spouting some advice on how he thinks, what the secret is to their long marriage. Because we spoke to him early in the lockdown, eh?

Because he wrote a book. That was when he released Greenlights and he's released another book, a kid's book called Just Because. Oh. And he's doing publicity rounds again. I just heard him on the Smartless podcast this week. Right.

And he still does the... Like, you know? You know when he talks, he goes, all right, and then you've got to get in there with a little bit of... It is him Strange guy Yeah

Strange guy It's a bit weird Yeah It's a bit weird But you know in Hollywood Like so many marriages finish Because Someone's over here

For six months And then you're here And then you go away And then you're This cast mate And then there's rumours About your cast mate Sleeping with them

And the Well because you had to Kiss your cast mate I know In the movie Exactly Well his role Is the nine day role Where him and his wife Rumours about your castmate. Sleeping with them. Well, because you had to kiss your castmate. I know. It's all hot and horny. Exactly. Well, his role is the nine-day role where him and his wife refuse to spend more than nine days apart. Oh, my God.

I will at this stage ask, remember when we spoke to him? Yep. He was in a cabin. Yes. And he said he had retreated to the cabin, just him and some fine beverages and a ribeye steak. And then I was just like, that sounds glorious. And he said he'd been there for a while. Now, there was no mention that anybody else was there.

He said he was having a solo retreat. He says he has never spent more than nine days away from his wife. Or maybe she was coming and going. So nine would be the most. Okay. He's saying it's the nine-day rule. It's the secret to a healthy and successful marriage because you don't, it's quality time and you're prioritising it by going,

if we get to the point where it's going to go beyond nine days, we're going to make it happen. I'm going to come to you, you're going to come to me. But what if they were away for work for three weeks? That's no big deal there. I know, I'm also going, this reeks of privilege. Like, sure, sure, if you can afford to fly me over there or you fly home and then fly back.

Some people, I mean, we talked to that lovely woman a while back who worked on boats. Now, they go off for three months fishing boats and they come back and they do that so they can bring money home for their families. You would have to. But she met, if I recall correctly, she met her now husband on the boat.

On the boat. Yeah, yeah. So there you go. But if you're leaving someone On the boat. She did. Yeah, yeah. Oh, so there you go. But if you were leaving someone behind, that wouldn't work. Yeah. I don't know if I've been apart. You've been away for work, but never for that long, eh? Not for that long.

Maybe when we went with work to Scotland and the UK, we were away like two weeks. Yeah, I think that's probably the longest. Two weeks? The longest I've ever been apart. Me and Aaron will be like four months. Yeah.

Four months. He went to France to go to Goliad school, clown school. Clown school. And then I, don't laugh, it's a very prestigious school.

Hey Hayley, where is Aaron? He's in France. Clown school. At Goliad. Le Col de Goliad. Le Col de Goliad. Sounds a bit like clown school, doesn't it?

Yeah, it does. What did they do on day one? Like the red nose? They did do a bit of red nose. You get fitted for your nose. He did get some funny teeth, mate. It's like Harry Potter. You get your sorting hat, your sorting nose.

It tells you what kind of clown you're going to be. But he was away for four months. He's a juggling clown! So you didn't find that hard? No, we thrive on it. Because I would always go off for trips for marching. And then I moved to Auckland before he came. We were apart for a year.

I mean, we'd visit each other every three or so weeks. But no, I'm... You're way more independent though. Yeah, Aaron was talking about a potential job coming up. And he was like, I might have to go away for a bit. And I was like, oh no. Like, got moved. It go away for a bit. And I was like, oh no. He like got moved.

It's nice to miss someone. It's nice to miss people. Yeah, I guess it gives you the chance to miss them, doesn't it? Yeah. Also, I can just like go out and be like Oh my god, we can go out so much. No one's going to be like, what time do you call this? Freedom, baby. These articles always come out this time of year.

And I tell you what, you've got to be quick. These articles, how to turn like X amount of days into all your, you know, X amount of days for your annual leave next year. Well, this one, how to optimise your leave in 2024, turn eight days of holidays into almost seven weeks. Eight days into seven weeks. That sounds like my sort of holiday.

No, that's not right. The reason you've got to start thinking about this now is because you want to get the jump on everyone else you work with. Because if you get your leave in first, right, is it first come, first served? First come, first served. Sometimes.

Sometimes. I mean, some workplaces, it depends if people are around to cover. But if you get in first, you might get your holidays. Okay, give it to us. Over Christmas, they've worked out, Christmas and New Year's,

you can take three days off. Now, obviously, this only works for people with annual leave and year-long. It's not part-time workers. No, they can take three days off. Now, obviously, this only works for people with annual leave and, like, you know, year-long. It's not part-time workers. No, they can suck it. They can work. For time and a half. Sweet time and a half, though.

Time and a half. Christmas and New Year's, you can take three days off, 27th, 28th, 29th, because those aren't holidays. Yeah. And then you can get 11 days. Oh, yeah, because we're including weekends. That's right. We include weekends.

We include weekends. We include weekends and the stat holidays. So those are the if you want the Christmas holidays to turn three days into 11 go for that. 27, 28, 29. Anniversary weekends. They've used Auckland anniversary as an example but most kind of anniversaries

over the country are a Monday, aren't they? Or a Friday. You can take one day off and then get, yeah, three or four days. If you're Auckland, Wellington anniversary, right? It's the 22nd of January. So you'd take the 19th and that's a four-day weekend. There is someone, isn't there a region that has it in the middle of the cold? Yeah, there is.

Yeah. South, oh, hello. We must be about South Canterbury anniversary. Oh, anniversary. Bon anniversary. Because I'm looking at Auckland anniversary is also Nelson anniversary. That's on the 29th of Jan. We could take the 30th, 31st, 1st and 2nd.

Yeah, that gives you four days. And then Waitangi Day is on the 6th. So then we could take the 5th. Now we're having a big holiday. Now, you know those years where Anzac Day and Easter roll in together? Oh my gosh. That's not next year. Oh, babe.

But when that happens, you can normally take like three or four days and you get like 14 days. Yeah, so good, so good, so good. Anzac Day next year, you can get four days off because that'll be a Thursday Anzac Day next year. So one day of leave

and you get a four day weekend. Oh yeah, because you get Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. You can take Monday. You could just quit your job. Oh my God. I've got a hack

to get 365 days off a year. Quit. How are you paying your mortgage or your rent? One thing before the other. How are you paying to eat? First things first,

we've got to quit. We've got 365 days of holidays. You've got to plan your holidays. Then you've got to work out how you're going to afford it. Hey, if you want to quit. We've got 365 days of holidays. You've got to plan your holidays. Then you've got to work out how you're going to afford it. Hey, if you want to eat, people in Christchurch keep chucking out

hundreds of kgs of meat. I'll just get in the bins. So we're going into Christchurch. Get the meat out of the bins. I reckon like 12 hours in a crockpot, that'll be fine. Yeah, you can slow cook it.

Low and slow. It'll cook off the virus, cook off the bacteria. All the ciggies will float to the top as well. And you can pick them out. All their bin juice. Pick them out, dry them out.

Often when you are crockpotting you scoop it off the top, don't you? You scoop the stuff off the top. Meaty ciggies will float to the top as well. And you can pick them out. All their bin juice. Pick them out, dry them out. Often when you are crockpotting, you scoop it off the top, don't you? You scoop the stuff off the top. Meaty ciggies. Play. ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. There has been an update on one of the most sort of wild date stories ever.

And you may have heard this story yourself. There was a couple, they went on a date and she was 25 weeks pregnant. and you may have heard this story yourself. There was a couple, they went on a date, and she was 25 weeks pregnant. Didn't keep it a secret or anything like that. It was just like, hey, I'm pregnant, but I'm still dating. I'm single. And the guy had no problem with that.

They went on two dates, and then he had to take off for a work trip, but they kept in touch the whole time, and it was blossoming. It was really cute. Okay. At 20, really early, she started to go into labor. You're near.

Right. And so she had to go to the hospital. And yeah, 25 weeks. No, no, no. It was 34 weeks pregnant. Her water broke, right? This is on a date. No, no, no. She was going to pick him up from the airport when he was

coming back from this trip that he'd been on. She was like, I'm going to pick you up. And then her water broke at 34 weeks, which is a little too early, as you know. And she was like, hey, I'm going to go to the hospital. I think I'm going to have my baby. And instead of him being like, oh yeah, okay.

That's quite expensive for an Uber. He gets in a cab. I knew that would be yours. You've kind of said you were coming though. You said you'd pick me up. You should at least reimburse me. Hey, I'm about to come to labour like six to seven weeks too early. Oh no, I'll probably be able to get there in time.

Okay, I'll be there. So she goes to the hospital and he just grabs a taxi from the airport, goes to the hospital with her, waits with her. They give her a steroid injection to try to slow it down. But a week later, she ends up giving birth. The whole time she goes home from this thing, he's there looking after her. She goes back to the hospital to give birth to the baby. He's there looking after her.

And that was technically their third date. Their third date was her giving birth. Oh, bless. And he's at the hospital. And he's there and just like, whoa. Everyone was like, look, it's a circumstance, you know, as if he's going to be a prick and go, oh, okay, well, I'll just leave you to it and back out.

But I don't even think that would be a prick. That would just be like, this is a very intimate moment. Yeah. You might have plans. Totally. Far be it from a guy you hardly know to be involved. No one could blame him for that. Well, she said he had assured him he was happy to wait outside,

just like I'm here if you need. Here if you need. Right. Well, the update is that they are still together. Are they? I think it's about three years later. Not only are they still together, they are engaged, and they've also welcomed their own daughter together.

Oh. That got you, didn't it? Love rules. That's so nice. Fletch is still just working on how much the airport trip home would have cost him rules That's so nice So Max and Alyssa Fletcher's still just Working on how much The airport trip home

Would have cost them That's like 80 bucks Well it's been Three years later Did she reimburse him For the taxi Oh my god People are delighted

At this story They are But the weirdest part Is yeah technically Their third date Was like in hospital And she's popping out Of Baba

Yeah I want to know where's the weird place that your date ended up. Like maybe you didn't plan to be there but somehow you ended up on a plane to a different city and you're like, how did I, what's going on? You're just out with someone and then something pops up so you have to go along with them.

Just going along. Because you're in the car. Good story though. I like, even if it didn't end up working out, if you ended up somewhere weird on a date, and you're like, well, that's one for the stories. Or someone thinks this would be a great place for a date, and you're like, this is weird, a graveyard.

Yeah, just a weird place that your date ended up, because maybe it was, yeah, an emergency, we've got to change plans. Or maybe, yeah, they just said, come meet me here, and you're like, how bizarre. It would be like going on a date with someone who's on call. Have you ever had a friend who's, like, on call? I've got a friend who goes on call.

Yeah, and they can't drink. Boring. Yeah, I know. They're on call for something and they've, like, I've just got to be ready to go. Yeah. Yeah, a waiter mate who worked in, like, back in the day, like, on road stuff, like signs or if there was a crash

and he needed to go and do something. Yeah. Not, like, in emergency services but, but like just on behalf of the roads. Yeah. And yeah, one time we went with, and it was pretty wild. Yeah,

but I guess if you're out with someone and they get called into work, you have to go with them because of your ride. Oh my God, it's like in Bridesmaids. And then she gets in the car and he's like, we've got to go. And she gets in the back of the cop car and they chase off after a speeder. Maybe that happened to you.

Maybe you were out and he had to hop on duty. Okay, 0800DARLS at M. Let's take your calls. You can text through 9696. The weird place that your date ended up. But right now... We want to know the strange, weird, odd place that your date ended up.

Amber, where did your date end up? We ended up at the cemetery visiting his grandparents. Oh, my God. Hold me grandparents. Oh, my God. Hold me back. Oh, my God. It was our second date, too. That's a lot.

That's a lot. Yeah. When you were at the cemetery, were you like, God, I'm so turned on right now? Yeah. Oh, my God. Oh, yeah. It really got me to run away as fast as I could. That's for sure.

So there was no third date? No, there was not. How did he bring it up? It was probably a bit too much. He said we were going out for dinner and then we ended up sitting and him telling me his life story with his grandparents that he had not much to do with, but he thought

it was quite important that I meet him. Do you reckon that's what he was going for? He thought, she's going to love this because it's going to show I'm sensitive and I had a great relationship with people in my life, but completely missed the mark and just dragged you to literally a paddock full of dead people. Yeah, and he was just explaining how horrible they were when he was growing up. I don't really know what the point was.

What are we doing here? He's taking you to a Nazi graveyard. Oh, my gosh. How bizarre. That is odd. Oh, my gosh. How bizarre. That is odd. Okay, that's odd. People are weird. I joked and said someone would have ended up at a graveyard,

and it's actually happened. Wow. I'm so sorry, mate. What are people thinking? Amber, thank you. Some messages in. Of where you've ended up on an unusual date. Early date with my partner was five hours sat outside

a local gang house waiting for the cops to turn up because at the start of the date he'd seen his stolen car driving in the other direction. So we ripped a Yui

and followed it and it took us to a gang pad and we waited outside for five hours for the police to show up. It's like we're on a stakeout. I would have actually

found that quite funny. I would have been like, wow! Exciting. My date was at the Pitt Street Fire up. It's like we're on a stakeout. I would have actually found that quite funny. I would have been like, exciting. My date was at the Pitt Street Fire Department. You used to live across the road from that. Oh, yeah. God, they'd always turn on the woo-woo-woo-woos at like 2 a.m.

Well, that's what they're saying. We were getting busy in the staff room when the alarm went off and all of a sudden heaps of other firemen arrived and I was just left there while they went to deal with it. That is hot.

That's hot, yeah. That's very hot. I personally prefer all the other firemen arrived and I was just left there while they went to deal with it. That is hot. That's hot, yeah. That's very hot. I personally prefer all the other firemen to turn up before the alarm goes off when they're in the throes of passion on the couch.

You don't have to turn away. What are we doing? Put the lights and sirens on? No, she had to stay there. She had to put her undies on first. She had to stay in the... Okay, love, put your panties back on

and you can play with the sirens. Yeah. You can't come in here raw dog. You've got to put her undies on first. She had to stay in the... Okay, love, put your panties back on and you can play with the sirens. Yeah. You can't come in here raw dog. You've got to put some undies on. You can't be sitting in a tray on a New Zealand fire. We can't have that. Don't you know these trucks are old? You can't rub that on the seats.

We want to know where your first date or an early date ended up. Yeah. Somebody's ended up in the maternity ward. As their date gave birth to a prim baby. They're still together. And they've had a baby themselves and it's just a lovely, they build a family. It's just the best story. Stephanie, where

did your first date end up? I feel like it's a little bit more wholesome than the three that you guys have had. No, wholesome is so welcome. Stephanie, we also like wholesome. Yeah. that you guys have heard. No, wholesome is so welcome. Stephanie, we also like wholesome. Yeah. Yes, we don't want any more

of those smutty fireman stories. No, naughty fireman. Naughty. Naughty. Naughty fireman. I've been naughty too. I'm a naughty fireman. You're naughty.

We're all naughty firemen. Stephanie, please, wholesome us. No, we actually ended up at Bunnings. Oh. Okay, I would like that because actually ended up at Bunnings. Oh, okay. I would like that because I love going to Bunnings and Mitre 10. Yeah. I love it.

I love it. How did you end up there? What for? Well, he was an out-of-towner and we started with coffee, moved to a beer, and then we were just like, we kind of wanted the date to keep going. Yeah. So I had some errands to run at Bunnings and I was like, do you just want to come with me? And yeah.

Are you guys still together? Do they have a Bunnings where he's from? Yep, yep, absolutely. He had just like come through town. But yeah, we are still together. We've been together like two and a half years now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh my God.

He needs to propose in Bunnings. Over the speaker. In a sausage. In a sausage my God. He needs to propose in Bunnings. Over the speaker. In a sausage. In a sausage, yes. He needs to propose. And when you get married, you have a sausage sizzle. No, no ring. One of the hats.

Yes. And when you say yes, he puts the hat on. I take the merch. The merch. And then when all your guests leave the wedding, they all check their receipts because they think you've got a power drill down their pants. Yeah, exactly.

Parking's not going to be a problem. It's all the goody bags. And then one of your ems will turn up and be like, I can beat it by 10%. their receipts because they think you've got a power drill down their pants. Yeah, exactly. Parking's not going to be a problem. It's all the goody bags. And then one of your ems will turn up and be like, I can beat it by 10%. And if your mum gets too pissed, you can put her in one of those

garden centre trolleys. Oh, yes. Wheel her out of there. They've got childcare taken care of there. Yes! A Bunnings wedding. Someone needs to do

a Bunnings wedding. This sounds fantastic. The flowers are already there. They're already there. The setting. There's a gazebo to walk through. There flowers are already there. They're already there. The setting. There's a gazebo to walk through. There's gazebos. There's seating everywhere.

I know. This is a fantastic idea. There's a cafe. Yeah, this is a fantastic idea. It's already catered. Spark up the barbecue. Hayley, your second Tinder date, where did that end up? At the vet at 1 a.m. in the morning.

Oh, no. Emergency vet. Did someone's dog swallow something? Yeah. No, no, no. I've got a big German chef in the guy I was seeing. Loved dog. So we took him for a walk.

Went home, had dinner, had watched a movie. He was leaving. All right. Hang on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. That tone.

That tone. Went home, had dinner. Watched a movie. Watched a movie. Bet you bloody watched a movie. Yeah, yeah. I've watched a few movies. Yeah, you on. That time, that time. Went home, had dinner. Watched a movie. Watched a movie. Bet you bloody watched a movie. Yeah, yeah, I've watched a few movies. Yeah, yeah. We did.

Second date. Okay. And then I closed the door, and the dog was in the side, and he was a 50kg German Shepherd. So he was only about 18 months old. And he had a smash. And he'd gone straight to the ranch slider and back out. Oh, my God. And he blood bursting out of his front leg.

Oh, my God. He'd severed to that. He wanted to actually. But the guy I was seeing was a fireman. So he put fire. Naughty fireman. Naughty, naughty fireman. Naughty fireman.

Naughty. Oh, yeah, he probably was. But he's not now. Okay, right. You're still together. You made him a good fireman. Norse fireman. Oh, yeah, he probably was. But he's not now. Okay, right. Are you still together? You made him a good fireman. Yeah, we're still together. He saved my dog's life, so I had to.

Oh, that's nice. Does he let you, has he let you turn the sirens and the lights on? Oh, sometimes. Really? Yeah, that's hot, man. That's hot. It's hot, see? What, do you still let him turn on your lights and sirens?

We were trying for Holson. Oh, we were trying for Holson. Did you let him get out his hose and hose off? Yeah, we were like, see? Do you still let him turn on your lights and sirens? We were trying for Holson. Do you let him get out his hose and hose him off? Thank you, Hayley. Let's finish with Ingrid. Ingrid, where did your first date end up? Oh, it's a little bit of a story. So I had this crush

on this guy and we went out on our first date and he had a motorcycle. So I'm on the back of his bike and we're driving for ages right no conversation nothing and it's getting quite late like we we met up quite late um so at like some ungodly hour in the morning after going on the bike for like nearly an hour we're in this like rickety old street in the middle of nowhere and i have no idea where we are and he calls up outside this house and turns off his engine takes off his helmet and i'm like where are we and he takes this like big meaningful sigh and he goes this is the house where i lost my virginity. What? What?

I'll get an Uber from here. Oh, my God. My alarm bells are ringing, Ingrid. Uber did not exist back then, so honestly, I was like, you need to take me home right now and not that kind of take me home. You need to take me home immediately. This is over. And no second date, but he and I actually worked together

and then a little bit later he started dating a friend of mine and did the exact same thing. Why is he so proud of it? We all did it. Most of us did it. Take them for a ride on your motorbike. I just got to see where he did it. Oh my god, how bizarre. That is odd. That's so odd.

Weirdest idea of what they think is going to impress someone. That's so weird. That's so weird. Ingrid, how bizarre. That is odd. That's so odd. That's the weirdest idea of what they think is going to impress someone. That's so weird. That's so weird. Ingrid, thank you. Some messages. Thank God Ingrid's alive. I know. That's creepy.

How bizarre. My first date, I went with his brother and his brother's girlfriend to the home show. Love the home show. I mean, I would love that. The home show rules. Yes. It's not a first date location though. Yeah.

But it is all good because you don't want to end up in a relationship with someone who goes a little bit crazy over the free pens and bags. Yeah. And also you get to see what kind of tastes they have. Like if they want those garden ornaments, you screw to the fence. You'd be like, this is not. Oh my God, the wire geckos. This is not the person for me.

I'm on the fence. My date took me to a Wellington cemetery, not to meet his dead family, but to show me where prominent people of Wellington's history are buried. I'm interested. Yeah. I'm interested. Not romantically, just as a soft on.

Wow. I mean, I got a hard on for Wellington history. I take that back. Although I do enjoy history. Not that much. Not that type of enjoyment. Okay. Somebody else ended up outside a gang house as well.

I know. Lots of people ending up in gang houses. I was on a date and ended up at the police station. Oh, naughty policeman. Oh, no, no, no. The reason being that my ex-husband was, like, fascinated with who I was seeing and, like, was following us. And we were just like, this doesn't feel right.

Oh, yeah, that's creepy. How bizarre. I had a date with myself after a messy breakup. You know, treat yourself. A few lemonades later, I was in jail for indecent exposure. You've missed a big part Of the story Hang on You've left out the guts

Of this thing Yeah You're drunk on your own And now you're nude My ex told me He knew a good spot And then took me To the lowest point

Of my life That's I mean That feels Now we're getting a bit Yeah Play ZM's Fletchford & O'Leary. Play ZM.

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and you get that cash amount. But if you're too greedy and you hang on too long, you miss out. Here we go. Ready. Go. Here we go. 47.

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No matter how much I get, I always want more. 253. Don't expect me to share with you just because you... Oh. 253. $253. You left it there for a bit, you weren't sure. Yeah, well, I was going quite slow, but, you know.

I did it sped up. I know. Let's see how high, let's see how high cash he would have gone. It was me. $299. I'll take what'sed up. I know. Let's see how high Cashy would have gone. Get with me. $299. I'll take what's yours and make it mine. $327. If money is $1,000, investment is $11.

$396. I'm skipping town and moving out to this place. $418. I'm finally free from my poor credit rating. $482. Oh. Oh, there you did well. Cheyenne, congratulations.

$253 is yours. Not bad. Well done. Thank you guys so much. All start, all start. Long time listener. Yes. Where's the bell?

Right there. Right behind you. I had bell blindness. I had bell blindness. You're holding the bell. I'm holding the bell. I forgot how to use a bell. I had bell blindness. You're holding the bell. I'm holding the bell. She's panicked. I forgot how to use a bell.

Hey, just breathe. Yay! Congratulations, Cheyenne, and another chance for you to win some cash with our Cash Catch-Up with Georgia at midday and then Brian Clint this afternoon at four o'clock. Girl Math. Girl Math. Girl Math. Girl Math.

Oh my god, last night so many people were coming up to me I went out to the pub for dinner, as I want to do. So many people were coming up to me and kept going Girl Math that bloody meal for me, will ya? You'll leave a Girl Math that bloody round of drinks for us, won't ya? People loving it, even the blokes out in bloody West Auckland. Well, we welcome Bethany to Girl Math this morning. Good morning, Bethany.

Good morning. Bethany Frankel. Is it? You've got plenty of money. You don't need a girl math anything. All the pokash. She's a real housewife or something, isn't she? Bethany, what would you like to justify? What would you like the girls to girl math?

I want to girl math a diamond ring, please. What context are we buying? Have you bought the ring or are you buying the ring? No, I want to buy the ring. And what's its purpose? Is it an engagement ring? No, no. to buy the ring. And what's its purpose? Is it an engagement ring? No, no. I've recently separated,

and I'm actually missing wearing a diamond ring. So I just want to get rid of it. What happened to it? Well, I've still got it, but I just don't feel I can wear a diamond ring from a previous marriage. Wait, no, no. I can't get on board with this now.

Hang on. You want to buy something that you already have. No, no, no. I can't get on board with this now. Hang on. You want to buy something that you already have. No, no, no. I can't get on board with this. You've actually already made our job easier, Bethany. It's tainted. We could do a resale. We could do a resale.

What kind of ring are you rocking? Would you sell the diamond ring from the Tainted Love? Tainted Love, I've got to. Yes. Sell that ring, I've got to. I don't know if I would sell that ring. Okay. Oh, well, we talked earlier this morning.

You need to melt this down and contribute it to your new ring. Dude, exactly. You need to get a new ring. Exactly. We've already made this cheaper. I know. So how much is the diamond ring you're wanting to buy? Do you know which one it is?

The one I'm wanting to buy is actually on sale, and it's $800 and something. Babe. Babe, this is going to be easy. You got the blood diamond on that ring. Yeah, that feels cheap for a diamond ring. Are you sure it's a diamond? I've got the guy back home.

Can I ask where it's from? In Joburg, get your good ring. Don't ask too many questions, bud. Where's the ring from? It's at Stuart Dawson's. Great, great. Reputable, reputable. Reputable, okay.

Well, so I love that you're doing this as a sort of like statement as a solo woman because I have one diamond ring and I waited nine years for that diamond ring. So you could say that I waited sort of round about $90 a year for that. Mine was slightly more expensive. Still waiting though, aren't you?

Pause for applause. But I mean, you're not waiting. You're still waiting, aren't you? Pause for applause. But, I mean, you're not waiting. You're just going, you're saving time here. Girl, Matt's not always... I just want another diamond. It's not just about saving money. It's also you're saving yourself the time. If you waited nine years from now to buy this ring,

I mean, one, it wouldn't be on sale anymore. Inflation would actually be more expensive. Yeah. So you have to buy it now. If you wait nine years, like I waited nine years for my diamond ring, it's going to be double the cost at least. Well, exactly. What's the medal on diamond ring, on the diamond ring you want to buy?

Is it gold or? No, it is white gold, sorry. White gold, yeah, nice, nice, nice. You never lose value in gold. I'm a silver girl too. Let's bring our Girl Math girlies in, Carween and Shanon. Hello. Do you know they've got a group chat?

Do you know they've got a Facebook group chat? We do. Of course we do. It's got a little abacus. That's how I organised for the girls to bring me in some nail polish today. Okay. I did my nails. What do you guys think about this diamond ring?

I think that's a reasonable price. Absolutely. This is great. Okay, I'm going to expand off of your whole nine-year situation, yeah? So we've done studies, we've talked about studies recently about how expensive it is to date at the moment if you were to date for nine years to then potentially

end up with another engagement ring you could be spending on average about $696 on dating $696 each year that comes to about $6,264. That's ridiculous.

That $800 is looking like nothing. Because once you've got a diamond ring, you don't need no man. No. She's been there, done that with this man thing. He's gone. He's out of the picture. She's living an independent life. That's what this ring marks.

Exactly. That's a good savings there. Shannon, what about you? Yeah, I've got a way to knock it down some percentages. So diamond rings are an asset and they last more than a lifetime. So if Bethany has a child, hopefully a daughter maybe one day, or a niece, a nephew, anyone. Or a flamboyant son.

Exactly. That ring is now 50% off because it has two owners. Two owners! Two owners gets the ring down 50%. If that child or whoever then has a child, we're down to, what, 33% off. We can just keep on going

until this ring is basically free. Do you think this ring that you're going to buy, Bethany, is it timeless? Or is it sort of a modern cut? Ooh. I think it's timeless. There you go, that's good enough. We can get that down to basically free in maybe the next 150 years.

Do you think some woman in 2300 or whenever in 150 years is going to want this ring? Absolutely. I wear one of my grandmothers, so if we just do it down to thirds, we're already, like you say, 33% of the cost.

But what if there's multiple children and this ring tears a family apart? Oh, yeah. Max that. And now you've cost a family its love and lawyers' fees. Just fight it out. It's gorgeous. We're going to put that back in. Or you can get it melted down at that point, split it between the kids.

Absolutely. I also, I just have to encourage you, Bethany, if this relationship of which you previously had the diamond ring is done and dusted. I'm just on Designer Wardrobe, which is the resale website for designer goods and jewellery. There's a white gold diamond ring similar to what you're describing that's on sale for $859. $859 here.

There's one for $4752 on sale $792, all white gold diamond rings To be honest, this diamond ring sounds cursed and I know some magic I'll take it off your hands and remove the curse and get rid of it for you And then we'll sell it, give you the money

Then it's not real money Then you can put that money into the new diamond ring It's not basically free, it's exactly free And then you're going to pass into the new diamond ring. It's not basically free. It's exactly free. And then you're going to pass it on. Now we're making money. Are we? I'm going to make myself laugh with that loose math there.

Consider it free, Bethany. Love it. Buy the ring. And can we get a photo of the ring, please? Yeah, I want to see it. And I want a photo of the last ring, too. Yeah, so we can get your address and where you keep it

and when you're next number one. Don't rob Bethany. I will rob Bethany. Bethany, lock the doors. Sounds like this cursed item needs to be taken off her hands. Thank you, Bethany.

Thanks so much, guys. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Guys, there is a mystery unfolding within my fare. My entire handbag it's a deadly ponies. I know it. I know the one. Is gone.

Is gone from my house. Here's the benefit right. On Sunday we went to the pub and I thought you said you went to the pub last night. Yeah but I didn't go on Monday.

Pause for applause Thank you Oh god Yeah you're now hearing yourself right Yeah well I went with friends on Sunday And then yesterday was so sunny and lovely And you know it was a beautiful day Today you know we celebrate

We always find a reason Oh we don't have kids this is my fun life It's good fun I take my kids to the pub And they sit there the whole time being like We always find a reason. Oh, we don't have kids. This is my fun life. It's good fun. Now. I take my kids to the pub. Yeah. And they sit there the whole time being like, you said we were only going to be here an hour. And then Sade looks at me and goes, are we going to get another bottle?

Yeah. And then Warren goes, hey! I was like, you made your children a promise. Stop it, you two. Anyway. So on Sunday, I had my handbag. And I went to the pub. And I paid for things.

And then I left. And there's a photo of me outside the pub with my friends. Yeah. Getting a little like, hey, we hung out. Yeah. And I've got the bag on my shoulder. See, the memory post-pub can't be trusted, but a photo. No, I had two siders. It was very mild.

Okay. Then I got home. Here's my memory, which is not great. Yeah. I got home and I have a tote bag that I bring to work and it has my laptop and cords and chargers and a few things, moisturisers and a spare pair of knickers just in case. And I had my handbag in it and I said,

I don't actually need to take that to work. Is that making the bag heavy? I'll just take out my wallet and put it in there and I'll take out my jewellery, which I'd put into the pocket and I'll put it on the bench because I'm going to wear that. So thankfully, my handbag that's missing does not contain my engagement ring or my wallet.

So I'm not like distraught. Then yesterday I was like tidying up. No, Monday I was like tidying up and I was like, I actually don't know where I put that bag, but that's fine. And then yesterday I was like, I should find it though, just so I know where it is. It is nowhere. My handbag is gone.

Presumed, as I keep saying to Aaron, somebody's stolen it. Your house is a bomb site though. It's a reno site. That house is just a mess. Yeah. Now, I genuinely don't think anyone who's been working on the house has stolen it.

Absolutely not. And also, we've got security cameras and there's no, there's nothing. Yeah. And then yesterday, we were watching the security cameras

and we were like, who's that? Pause there. I don't remember that guy. And then we zoom in, we're like, oh, it's NZ Post. He was dropping off

my aloe vera tonic. I was like, no. And then we see him leaving. Way more on the aloe vera tonic to drink. Well, this is a friend of the show, Jillian, actually recommended for my IBS this aloe vera tonic.

My mum went through an aloe vera tonic phase. Yeah. Blows you right out, cleans you out. Do you know what's funny? They bought this aloe vera tonic, $50, right? And it's like a concentrate. And you have it either like a teaspoon in the morning where you put in a bit of water.

Eric poured a vodka the other day. Wait a minute. How much aloe vera did he put in with the vodka? We've got no fizz in the morning where you put in a bit of water. Eric poured a vodka the other day. Wait a minute. How much aloe vera did he put in with the vodka? We've got no fizz in the soda stream. So he was like, just thought it was a mixer in the fridge and went, gah, gah, gah, gah, gah. And I was like, no! Jeez, that soda stream is low straight through.

Anyway, so yesterday. A vodka and diarrhea, thank you, sir. I've been trying to like trace it. The whole handbag, it's a big handbag. It's a deadly pony's handbag. I don't want to tell you how expensive this thing was. I've been trying to trace it. The whole handbag, it's a big handbag, it's a deadly pony's handbag. I don't want to tell you how expensive this thing was. I bought it secondhand. It's also very old and due for an upgrade. Girl matching!

Two in a row, listen to that. Yeah. I know, but it is gone. It is not in Aaron's car. It's not in my car. It's not in the wardrobes. It's not amongst us. I've torn the house apart. I think someone might have just walked... Oh, no, but you've looked at the cameras. Did you look at the cameras for the whole two days? Yeah, we did.

I made Aaron look at all of them. And there's nothing. And then why would you? Because our door is open, right? Yeah. And people just come and go. That's just what it is at the moment. Why would you take this empty bag and not the myriad of power tools?

It's got to be somewhere. It's somewhere. And you just can't see it. I know. But before we find it, I need to replace it. Do you know what I mean? It's harder to be somewhere. It's somewhere and you just can't see it. I know, but before we find it, I need to replace it. Do you know what I mean? It's harder to replace it. I said to Aaron yesterday,

Aaron, a woman cannot survive without a handbag. What, I'm just clutching my wallet and keys and phone like a baboon of sorts? So I said I've got to replace it. I always see them at the zoo, the baboons with phones and wallets. I know, and you're like, if only they had a handbag. If only they had a Deadly Ponies handbag.

That's the one thing that stopped them evolving. And then he said to me, he was like, well, can't you just get like a sort of cheap temporary one? And I was like, no, you don't replace Deadly Ponies with cheap. And he absolutely can't. And then. Someone needs to hit up Strand Bags. Yes, exactly.

A sensible bag. Or go to Strand Bags. Or a Kmart travel bag or something. The vibe is it's my birthday in two weeks. That's the vibe. Is that your vibe? Now, I feel like chances are, because it was basically empty, it's got a pair of sunglasses in it, which are brand new, by the way, as well.

Oh, your Fair and Loathing in Las Vegas sunglasses. My yellow, yeah, my little porn glasses. What are they called? Happy to sit on your face glasses. Happy to sit on your face glasses. Yeah, so they're in there. A bit of makeup and quite a lot of hydrocortisone.

Oh God, she's a rashy mess. Some pens. Yeah. And a keychain. Not much. Some tissues. I mean, the person that's taking it. Have you checked the security camera of when you arrived home from the pub to see if you had it then? But why would I have

my wallet, phone, keys and jewellery that I took out of the handbag inside the house? It's an inside job. She wants a new deadly pony. It does feel like a big red hair. I'm not. And then she gets to work and she's like, oh, do this big thing

on the radio so Aaron has. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All I'm saying is to replace like for like. It's an inside job. It's an inside job. It's an inside job. It's an inside job. It's an inside job.

You were just on designer wardrobe. What does a secondhand one go for? Yeah, I know, but mine was already secondhand. Yeah, so replace like for like. We're talking about like for like. Let's not. A secondhand strand bag. So to replace mine is $929.

Brand new. Jesus Christ. I'm on designer wardrobes. Your pockets come free with pants. Do women know this? Yeah, but women's pants don't have pockets. I would just do it. There's one.

I could get one secondhand for $500. $500? If I send one of you, probably you, Vaughan, if I send you the link, you'll just afford that all, won't you? I think you should just use a pack and save tote bag for a couple of weeks.

Oh, for God's sake. That'll really kick it grounded. A reusable handbag. Yeah, a reusable pack and save tote bag. I'm distraught. Someone's taken my handbag and the only thing that's going to fill this void

is a new one. Well, Georgia, you recently dropped how many thousands Someone's taken my handbag and the only thing that's going to fill this void is a new one. Well, Georgia, you recently dropped how many thousands of dollars on a handbag? No, I can't. I don't have the money for Louie at all. None of us come from old Canterbury money like Georgia, but you've got to wonder if maybe she'll buy you one.

She could probably buy you one. I wonder if she's winning our cash cash catch-up. She could probably buy you one. I wonder if she's winning our cash... Our cash catch-up. Our cash catch-up competition. She's been skimming off the top. She's been skimming. She's been skimming.

Good Lord. I can't blame her. This woman's about to lose her job. And Bezling is so exciting. To be fair, my last two haven't won, so... She's pocketing it. That's how she's affording all these luxury items. She keeps pushing the buzzer to make them explode.

Yeah, I know. She's like, whoop-de-doop-de-do. And then she's buying handbags. And then she records it and sends it off saying that they won the money. Oh, my God. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

What's up? Today's Fact of the Day, continuing Road Signs week. I'm loving it, by the way. I had some fun last night. I've got the rest of the facts for the rest of the week. Oh. I did a deep dive into road signs. Good. There's some real, like, oh, man, I got to know.

I got to know. Weeds or reeds? Reeds. I got the reeds. Does that mean I'm, like, bogging myself down? Is that the origin of that? Like, I'm getting amongst the reeds. Like, I'm really getting in there.

It's sort of swampy, isn't it, the reeds? Swampy. Reeds famously only grow in a very moist place. Swampy, you're looking up the origins of the saying. Well, I really got into it and I really learned a lot about road signs, New Zealand road signs and stuff. It's getting in the weeds. It's in the weeds.

It's in the weeds, yeah. Sorry, I put your crook there. So I'm not getting amongst it. Yeah. Getting into the deep, dark parts. I don't know. Again, not really sure on that. Fletch is just looking blankly at us.

It's more if you get into a situation that you can't get out of. So I wouldn't say that's your secret. I always thought it was like you were doing a bit of a deep dive. Getting into the weeds. Don't just say you're doing some thorough research. It might be like a golf sort of a situation. You're in the weeds. Well, I learnt a lot about it

but this one really tickled my fancy because it's very unusual. In 1999 Progressive Insurance had a television ad air during the Super Bowl. Okay. And I just had to make sure that other thing that I was listening to before was paused. Olivia Rodrigo. He can't stop. I was listening to Olivia Rodrigo over the ads.

In the ad breaks, when we play a song, he just puts Olivia Rodrigo on and puts his headphones up. I'm a hip, happening, funky 19-year-old girl. Hey, when we play a song, he just puts Olivia Ritter, he puts his headphones up. I'm a hip, I'm a hip, happening, funky, 19 year old girl. Hey, no one was questioning

that, bro. Thank you. And they had an ad in 1999. Okay. Remember that. Where they're showing

a garage door going up and the silhouette of E.T. Okay. Now E.T. Okay. Now, E.T., the movie came out in 1982, so 17 years after E.T. came out. Intelligent life in auto insurance. Be progressive. Oh, I missed that.

Listen. Intelligent life in auto insurance. Be progressive. Call 1-800-AUTO-PRO for savings that are out of this world. And remember... It is called one of the greatest misses in advertising. They paid for it during Super Bowl. It cost them a fortune.

They paid a fortune to use E.T., who at this stage was 17 years out of date. That would be the equivalent of us using a hot movie from 2006. White Chicks. Timeless classic. A timeless classic, White Chicks. You know, one for the ages. But they went further. Progressive then said,

we have printed thousands and thousands and thousands of signs of a road sign quality with a road sign graphics ET holding up his finger. Remember how his finger lit up in the movie, ET? Saying, buckle up. What's that got to do with the price of it? The ad aired very little

and that printed thousands and thousands of these signs. Buckle up. Because we're a car insurance. Makes no sense. You're insuring the car. Doesn't matter if the driver's wearing a seatbelt. Huge miss in the advertising industry. Connecticut, the state in America was like,

we'll have some. And the people were like, well, that's great because no one else has ordered any. So you can have 4,000. And the state of Connecticut had 4,000 road signs with ET wearing a seatbelt, holding up his finger, saying buckle up. Now these were put up around Connecticut

because Connecticut was like, well, it's a road safety sign and we didn't have to pay for it and we'll just put them over the ones we've already got encouraging road safety signs. And then they just stayed up. Now throughout Connecticut, there are still hundreds and hundreds of these signs up under stop signs.

From 1999. From 1999. A lot of them have lost their these signs up, understop signs. From 1999. From 1999. A lot of them have lost their colour. Yeah, I would bet. A lot of them are looking very aged, but they're all around. Some of them still have progressive on them. Some of them have had progressive peeled off because after a while apparently people were like,

we don't need this advertising anymore. We still love the idea of ET from 1982 telling people to buckle up. And people in Connecticut who now weren't around when it happened are like, why has this happened? And they're still around. People have catalogued a whole lot of photos of them. How embarrassing. So today's road sign fact of the day,

if you were ever driving through Connecticut and you see what looks like ET wearing a seatbelt saying buckle up, you are not wrong, my friends. It was a horrific miss from the Advertising Department of Progressive Insurance in 1999. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Do, do, do, do, do, do. Play.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Got good news for you here, Vaughan. I love good news. And also you, producer JP. There is a woman sharing on TikTok, what makes a good husband? What are the green flags that will let you know that this person you're dating is going to be a good husband? She says, hear me loud and clear.

If he owns a lightsaber. Multiple. Green flag. Oh my god. I own... Thank you for asking. I own multiple lightsabers, including the darksaber, which leads me to lead the clans of Mandalore. I'm not opening up the gate for you. No, that's not what I'm doing. And I own

Ahsoka Tano's Clone Wars series lightsabers, and I can't wait to buy... Listen to the rest of the sentence. I can't wait to buy Ahsoka Tano's legacy sabers. She says if he owns a lightsaber green flag, if he has purchased a wand from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, greenest possible

flag, if he has an unhealthy obsession with Ahsoka Tano... Ahsoka please. What's an H doing in the middle there? Ahsoka. Ahsoka. Yeah. The H. Ahsoka Tano. She says you. Ashokatano. She says you better run to the altar. What? Oh, so she's into nerds.

She says, bonus points to a guy obsessed with Monopoly. Nerds make the best husbands. That's not wrong. The reasoning is from her perspective, it means that men will appreciate their partner's inner drives more than their outward, you know, looks and whatnot. Yeah, right.

And understand what it's like to have heartfelt passions. For what? Their lightsaber collection. See, I have a lot of passions. What is your passion? I don't have any passions. Exactly. He doesn't have any passions, so he can't then put the passion on.

Why not espresso martinis? That is a passion. And Aperol spritzes. Yeah. Margaritas. His cat is his passion. Mexican food. Let's get an Aperol and a thing.

You'd be like, no, because I've got spin grit at 12. Well, because fitness is also his spin grit. You've got spin grit at 12. Spin grit. Spin grit. Spin grit. Yeah. Like the thing that goes on the end of a tap.

Also because fitness and health is his passion. Boring passion passion Boring passion Boring passion You've got to be ready to go Your passion You've got to be ready to go Your passion at each stage I love the outdoors

Who doesn't? It's outdoors All over the beach Yeah My passion is entertaining people Are you going to get all horned up though For someone with 18 lightsabers? No

Aaron has every single Lord of the Rings figurine in it, so it's such a boner killer. Engage Tom. So many people are chiming in, though, saying mine has a Lord of the Rings sword, and I knew he was the one. I would love a collection of swords from movies. Yeah, I married the anime-loving nerdy gamer boy,

wouldn't change it for the world. She says that these young nerdy boys, they grow up to be the sweet, kind, loving men and amazing fathers and they see you for what's in your heart. They're just staring at you. We are so excited every time we see them.

Every time we see them. I've just sent Aaron a myriad of handbags to choose from, both first hand first and second hand. You were just saying he is not allowed a PlayStation when you finish your renovations. That's not hot. I think what a reward for the man.

You're going to spend PlayStation money on a handbag. Because my handbag isn't going to distract me from our time together and being hot. He needs something to do when there's alone time. It's not hot. Get the man a PlayStation. He's not getting a PlayStation. Okay, look, save this argument for when you're home.

I'm going to buy him a PlayStation. John, get out of my relationship! Georgia is stealing one of our friends. One of Borda and I's best friends. Yeah, and you guys invited me to be her friend as well, and I took that really seriously. You're her friend now too. And now I'm her friend, but I did the mahi. We went away together.

Much like a problem shared is a problem halved, a friend shared is someone I don't have to worry about anymore. Yeah, and you know that I love to collect them. Georgia, you collect them. Georgia puts in effort. I get to sit in the back row and be like, throw my hands up like this. It's ridiculous.

Yeah, well, we're like-minded, guys. And then I sneak out. Country music. Yeah, it's hard when you don't bloody put the effort into music that they like, isn't it? They've both got a connection to Christchurch Old Money, too. Yeah, they do. Big, big. And they both love Luke Com too. Yeah, they do. Big, big.

And they both love Luke Combs. Yeah, tune in next for Georgia, you should listen to nothing but country music.

Canterbury Coloniser Cash. Wow. I can't say no, can ya? We'll have that. That's a lot of land, we'll have that.

See ya, see ya later. Actually, I'm going to have to stop you there, that's copyrighted. Suzy Cato's a have to stop you there. That's copyrighted. Suzy Kato's a very good friend of mine. She's already sued me twice,

so if you could maybe get her to drop her litigious action, that would be great. Tell her I'll review her five stars if she does the same for this podcast, and then she tells all her friends. And if you're listening, maybe give it five stars as well.