ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - 22nd November 2024

Episode Date: November 21, 2024

There's a New Wiggles Character People are Getting 'Sick' When Turned On Top 6 - Patches You Can Still Wear in Public VIP Friends Silly Little Poll - You Have to Pick ONE Festival Verity Movie - Adaptation Casting Final Rankings - Condiments for Fries Shannon WON'T Get Her Bond Back What Was Your Magical Meet-Cute? Vengaboys Interview Hayley is Back to Being Grotty Fact Of the Day Anonymous Phone in Topic - Were YOU The Other Woman (or Man)?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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or wherever you get your podcasts. The ZM Podcast Network. The Flesh, Vaughan and Hayley Big Pod. Great things are brewing at McCafe. The perfect start to every day. Hello. Happy Friday. Happy Friday.

Friday. Do you know what I like to call it, Vaughan? Don't say Friday. Happy Friday. Friday. Do you know what I like to call it, Vaughan? Don't say Fri-yay. I'll throw something at you if you do. Fri-yay. Because I'm saying yay this Friday. Nothing here that I want to throw at you. He looked at his fruit basket.

He made a decision in that moment. I'm not going to ruin a mandarin or a kiwi fruit on you this morning. I'm not worth it to you, obviously. We're going to treat for you after 8 o'clock this morning on the show. A little treat? What's my treat? Friday flashback. Oh, my God.

We have lined up an absolute banger, a pop banger, and we will chat to someone from the band. I know. This is unreal. If you had have told me, how much can we say without giving it away too much? If you had have told a young Hayley that this would happen. She'd be absolutely over the moon. She'd be like, what?

She'd be happy chappy. And then she would have had to wait many decades. Excuse me, just a couple. Just, oh, sorry, one decade. Lifetimes. Two, we'll say two. We'll be honest, we'll say two-ish decades until it came true. I'm very excited for this.

Top six is on the way. Yes, it is. The top six patches you can still wear in public. Because the patch bands, it's in, baby. And apparently minutes after midnight was the first arrest. we're in public because the patch band it's in baby and like apparently minutes after midnight was the first arrest

three minutes oh they just cracked in yeah they didn't waste any time play ZM's Flashborn and Hayley you know that we here at FVH

we love the Wiggles very much oh we went to the adult Wiggles didn't we best night ever best night ever and they've come in

a couple of times and they follow us on Instagram which honestly with the moment the Wiggles follow me on best night ever. Best night ever. And they've come in a couple of times and they follow us on Instagram, which honestly, with the moment the Wiggles follow me on Instagram, that's a life moment. I wonder if they're still there. I'll check out. Are they still following you?

I sometimes, because when you get a hot follow, you do sort of wonder if they'll fade away. Or they'll just block you because they're sick of your home renovations? No, I've got my own page for that. Okay. The Wig. Oh no, are they not there? Oh no. They're there. renovations? No, I've got my own page for that. The wig... Oh no.

Are they not there? Oh no. They're there. Oh my god, I was about to be like on air. This is just a really bad moment for me. No, no, they're still there and I'll just do my monthly check. I'm waiting for the day that Jason Mamoa still follows you. Okay, great. We're having a good day. You know that

if there ever comes a day that Jason Momoa, Hollywood heartthrob, ever unfollows you, that's going to be hell for us four. Yeah. Oh, take bereavement leave.

Yeah, I would have thought so. Yeah. Three days? Three? Oh, four days? The week. I can offer you

a long weekend. I'll be in a dark bedroom and you'll have to bring me food after the show each week and just check in. So it'll be like a breakup. You'll be in a dark bedroom and you'll have to bring me food after the show each week. Just check in. So it'll be like a breakup. You'll be ringing Aaron and be like, how's she doing? Not good, guys.

Not good. We'll be ringing your fiancé to ask you how you're doing. Because my dream boyfriend didn't follow me. Okay, right. She needs a shower. Get her in the shower. She needs food. Well, we love the Wiggles

and they have a new kind of background character and he's a flamboyant dancing tree called the Tree of Wisdom. Okay. And TikTok is going crazy for him because of his amazing dance moves. I'm going to show you, Fletch, if you haven't seen them.

Have you seen them, Vaughn? Yeah, I've kind of, I've seen the TikToks and stuff kind of highlighting the Tree of Wisdom. This is a terrible video that I've got here. I've got the TikToks and stuff kind of highlighting the tree of wisdom. This is a terrible video that I've got to hear. I've got a song teed up, if you would like to hear, Dance with the Tree of Wisdom. This is him here.

Oh, my God. It's a terrible costume. Yeah, so it's a man with a... Khaki pant. Yep, and green sort of leaves hanging off his belt. Like a Ronald McDonald wig, but green, not red. Yeah. But it also doesn't look like hair.

It looks like the wig is made of feathers. Yeah. It's as if you last minute told someone to get a Halloween costume choked together. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're coming as a tree. Quickly get it ready. No, like, I've got a green shirt in the wardrobe.

Something left over from St. Patrick's Day. Yes, yes, yes. A green sort of vest from St. Patrick's Day. He's put some green tape over his eyebrows, his eyebrows. But people are saying because he has these energetic dance moves. He's like popping and locking and popping and grinding. Because when you said he's gone crazy online, I thought it was like when the purple wiggle gets all like

takes his top off. No no not like that the people are just like his energy and they just say like the green tree of wisdom goes effing hard like everyone's just absolutely loving him on

online like he's so amazing and do you know what? We've got a Nepo baby. So he is the nephew of the original Blue Wiggle. Oh, a Nepo Wiggle. Nepo Wiggle. Ah, so Anthony's nephew. Anthony's nephew.

Right. So the current Blue Wiggle, because they've all got double ups now, they've all got understudies. The current Blue Wiggle is Anthony's daughter. The current blue wiggle is Anthony's daughter. Yes. And this is Anthony's nephew. Oh, okay. What a nepotism at play.

But we're not mad because he's so good. The energetic tree of wisdom. If you haven't seen him, look him up. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughn and Hayley. I had no idea that this could make its way into the bedroom. So have you ever heard of the vagus nerve? No. could make its way into the bedroom. So have you ever heard of the vagus nerve? No. I got told about it once because I was having digestive issues

and back pain in the centre of my back. And I was like, I've hurt my back. Yep. And then I went to a, not a chiropractor. Physiotherapist. Osteopath. Yes, an osteopath. Sort of someone who meets in the middle.

Yep. Cracks, but also does rubs. Okay. A crack and rub. The, an osteopath. Sort of someone who meets in the middle, cracks, but also does rubs. Okay. A crack and rub. The old crack and rub. I'd get a little afternoon crack and rub. And he told me about the vagus nerve, which is a nerve that kind of runs from the brain down the spine,

and if it's irritated, it can cause digestive issues, right? And it can kind of have this pain in your back. So I was like, it's not your back. It's actually digestive issues that make it back. Anyway, the reason I'm talking about the vagus nerve is apparently it is to blame for quite a common issue that particularly women are having in the bedroom,

which is that when they are experiencing high levels of arousal, arousal, they can feel incredibly nauseous and sick and some people to the point Of throwing up Wouldn't that be an awful

Side effect Of one of the greatest feelings in life Personally for me I know final rankings we're not going to rank feelings in life But arousal is one of my top Fives So apparently this vagus nerve Can sometimes get irritated

By certain movements during fun times. Right. That then pushes against it, not just physically, but like because of a number of things, pushes against it and goes straight to your digestive system and makes you feel sick. Is this just for women or men as well? I think it can be in men,

but it's really predominantly seen in women. I was just reading an article here from a sexologist. Not our show, Sexologist Morgan. No. Sometimes we have to refer to other articles because she hasn't been running a lot of articles recently. And we're sorry, Morgan. Yeah.

But she said that it's predominantly in women. Wow, okay. And you know, because there's like a very like close connection to pleasure and pain. It's sort of a similar thing, but it's this one vagus nerve that's to blame. And some people, there was one woman who shared her experience, 90% of the time

that she was having fun feelings, shall we call them. She'd feel sick. She'd feel sick to her stomach. And then she went to seek all this medical help and they were like, oh, he's going to laugh it off. You know, he's going to relax a little bit and laugh it off and talk about it.

Yep. I don't know if cookies would help, would they? They were like, humour's a great way to fuse the tension if you're sort of in the middle of having a nice fun time with a partner and you need to leave to throw up, maybe make a joke about it and get back into it. It's not. So what is the solution?

There's no solution. You can't have this nerve adjusted or numbed or Botoxed? Maybe because that's when I went to the osteo because it was the vagus nerve that was causing some digestive issues. There's like stretches and stuff you can do. But there's no real thing. But apparently

I've never heard of it. Apparently it's a really common thing that people are seeing. This nauseous thing. So if this is you and you're like, oh my god, I feel a bit sick sometimes. Or maybe you've made, you know, you've been with someone and then they've thrown up directly afterwards. Yeah, but don't write it off to the vaguest nerve. Oh, right, okay.

If you've made love to someone and they've thrown up, there could be a number of reasons why that's occurred. Play. ZM. Splechvorn and Hayley. Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah. This is the top six. Done. Top six patches you can still wear in public after the gang patch ban came in.

I don't know how many arrests there are. I read yesterday that it came in at midnight, the start of yesterday, and minutes into it, the first arrest was made. Yeah, I think they've done three. They've had three arrests. There were three arrests last night when I was reading, but I don't know if they made any arrests overnight.

Sort of interesting because, you know, in general, people who are patched gang members don't tend to abide by the law. In other areas. In other areas of life. No. But it's harder to prove that. This is a very easy situation you're wearing it. Yeah.

And if they're on a motorbike, by the time you pull them over, they're not going to be able to do that thing that people do sometimes you see on Police 107, they switch seats. They switch seats, yeah. They're the old bait and switch. You know what they should do? They should have reversible jackets. I love it when two jackets.

Oh, good. There's a reversible jacket back in the day. So on the outside, it's just plain. Yeah. And then you flip it inside out and it's gang patch. And it's patched up to the wazoo. That's a great idea. It's a great idea.

Well, good. Maybe I'll make my money, my fortune, selling reversible patch, gang patch jackets. Can you sew? Sewing with leather, I've got to tell you, it's hard. No, I'll get that outsourced. I'll get that done in China, probably. Well, I actually just purchased a bee suit,

a beekeeper's suit off Teemu. Did you hear this? Okay, what? He's getting something that will protect him against multiple bee stings from Teemu. Okay, no, that's not. How much do you spend? Hold on, I got a full suit, XXL.

Yeah. That's what it said. Two pairs of beekeepers gloves. One of those little puff puff smokers. Oh yeah. And some smoking pallets. Yep. For $55.

That's insane. Doesn't scream quality to me. No it doesn't. What do you want honey for your toast or not? I do want honey for my toast. I want honey for my toast. You want some more of that Peyton Vaughan's with worse off honey? Yeah I do.

I do but I also don't want you to get stung by a thousand bees. Nah, they won't get me. They're not interested in me. It's going to be too small for the white man. XXL from China. They're going to get your ankles and your elbows. Last night I put on a large. Oh, yeah.

And zipped it up and just crushed the balls. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just was really crushed. A bit of poku. No, you're long in the torso. It just won't work. Yeah, no, I've always been long in the torso and long legs. No, you're long in the torso. This won't work. Yeah, no, I've always been long in the torso and long legs. Like, it just cuts me.

Well, stand by for an update on that fitting. Yeah. Can't wait to see it. It's coming by sea. I don't think it's going to be here before Christmas. Oh, okay. But that's okay. Yeah.

That's all right. Well, I've got the top six other sorts of patches you can still wear in public. Okay. Number six on the list, nicotine patches. God, haven't seen those for a while. They haven't been banned. You don't see them, do you? Where do you even buy them from?

I saw someone wearing a nicotine patch and I was like, I thought it was one of those, you know, diabetics now can get those patches. Yeah, like the Dexcon glucose monitors. It's constantly monitoring. I thought it was that. And I asked and it wasn't. It was a nicotine I thought it was that. And I asked. And it wasn't. It was a nicotine patch.

Interesting. Good for you trying to cross-work. And they're like, yeah, vaping was just killing my lungs. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm going to go old school on this. Right. Kick the habit with some chuddy. Well, they're not banned.

They're not banned. You can still rock those. Five on the list of the top six types of patches you can still wear in public. Clothes from Pumpkin Patch. Although it's children's sizing, so you might be struggling. I think Pumpkin Patch is well gone. Pumpkin. Pumpkin from Pumpkin Patch. Although it's children's sizing so you might be struggling. I think Pumpkin Patch is well gone. Pumpkin?

Pumpkin. Pumpkin Patch. It's sort of for your punky kids. I think it's how I used to call pumpkins when I was a kid. Yeah, Pumpkin Patch is long gone, darling. Is it?

Yeah, long gone. But you're still allowed to wear their clothes. Yeah. Quality make. In 2016, the NZ Herald wrote an article Pumpkin Patch from 830 million to utterly worthless. So I think to wear their clothes. Yeah. They're a high quality make. In 2016, the NZ Herald wrote an article,

Pumpkin Patch, from 830 million to utterly worthless. So I think... Oh, jeez, don't hold back. Things went a bit tits up. Yeah, like they're already going through a rough... To utterly worthless.

Already going through a rough time. Nearly a billion dollars to piece of shit. Worthless. That's mean, eh? Yeah. Nah, they're gone home. I might actually pop upstairs

after the show and see if I can if that journalist is still employed Let me see who wrote it Oh, I beg your pardon, this was an outsourced article from news.com.au because sometimes you know, for our premium members we get some global news

Get some global news Number four on the list of the top six types of patches you can still wear in public, pumpkin patches Sorry, cabbage patches. I've got to tell you, mate, it's went out of business. It's utterly useless now. I can't get it out of my mind. Cabbage patches.

Oh, yeah. Either the doll, you can wear it in a baby Bjorn carrier, which would be very funny, now that I'm thinking about it, to have a baby Bjorn and have a cabbage patch doll in it. Especially on members of the mongrel mob. So you can buy stuff online now. Well, you're still on Pumpkin Patch. I'm still on Pumpkin Patch.

I went to the Wicked. Guys, we need to move on. I went to the Wicked. It is utterly worthless. No, they closed all the stores and it was bought. You can get it online through Easy Buy. And it had a full relaunch in 2019. If you Google Pumpkin Patch NZ,

like, there's no link. I don't think they're doing well. I think they're utterly worthless. Oh, Hayley, look, surely you can. Where? Well, maybe someone needs to update. Vintage pumpkin patch. Someone needs to update the Wikipedia.

That's not available. If you want some pumpkin patch for Christmas, we'll get you some secondhand. I just want a reversible pumpkin patch checker. Here's another article. What went so wrong with pumpkin patch? They were really getting the boot into pumpkin patch, weren't they? We're on the way down.

They were so mean to pumpkin patch. Yeah, God. Number three on the list of the top six types. Sorry, we missed the last one. It was cabbage patch. Cabbage patch, okay. Are you up with it now? No, I'm not as invested in cabbage patch than pumpkin patch.

Okay, so let's see if I can bring you back with number three on the list of the top six types of patches you can still wear in public. Pimple patches. Oh, yeah, they're good. Oh, I don't know. When people wear these, I don't know. I've used them at home, but I wouldn't wear them out of the house. Don't wear them out of the house. I can see it, your juicy pimple patch.

I don't mind. I was about to say pumpkin patch because I'm still just thinking about pumpkin patch. That's how I went from $836 million to utterly worthless. Yeah, pimple patches, they're good though. They work. They de-juice you. But then you're going to see a pimple and be like, whoa. But then if you see the patch, you're like, oh, yeah, they've got a pimple.

But you didn't see the pimple itself. Yeah, exactly. That's my thinking. You know, everyone's walking around with genitals, but you can't see them. Everybody's walking around with genitals. Do you know there's three sets of genitals in this room right now? Quite close. Quite close.

Quite close. If we were nude, this would be way too close, but we're close, so it's fine. We're just floating around in each other's genital space. It's too much. I often think that when I see a busload of people, I'm like, everyone on that bus has genitals. Yeah, they do. How do you? I've never seen a bus go past and think, God, a lot of genitals on that bus.

Next time you get on a plane, next time you get on a plane, the problem is you get on a plane early. I'm on a plane this afternoon. Okay, when you get on the plane, wait till later in the morning and when you get on the plane, everyone here has genitals. Great. I'll be sitting next to a stranger as well,

so I'll just go, yeah, genitals. And ours will be like side saddle. Yeah, very close. If you were nude, so inappropriate. A breast will be sitting. Our genitals shall be set abreast. Yeah, it's wild If you were nude, so inappropriate. A breast will be sitting. Our genitals shall be set abreast. Yeah, it's wild, isn't it? Oh, yeah.

Your genitals are just hanging out. Everyone at some stage has to be naked. Yeah, yeah, yeah. At some point in our day, usually, we're naked. That's wild. Multiple times. Have you been naked today? Yeah, I had a shower before work, as per.

Yeah. I was naked then. I don't think I've been completely naked yet. I drove to work naked today. I drove to work naked today. I like to feel the wind. One day you're going to get a puncture and it's going to come back to bite you. At this time, I've got the clothes in the car. I'll put them on before I deal with the puncture.

Quickly yank it on his jeans. Number two on the list of the top six types of patches. That's right. We're not finished. Number two on the list of the top six types of patches you can still wear in public. A band-aid, which is technically a patch. It is a patch. It's a wound patch. A wound patch, yes. Are we sure pumpkin patch

is really gone? My day. Utterly worthless. Not only gone, utterly worthless. But it was everywhere. It was everywhere. And we couldn't make it

through the 2010s, which was a financial sweet spot. Yeah. It's not going to have survived COVID and the tough times since. Pumpkin patch also owned HBK. That's what I remember.

Heartbreakers. Which was the sort of tweens clothing in the 90s that I wore. Yeah. And then it went from there to Lippy. Utterly worthless. Lippy. This is the evolution of Lippy. And then probably a stop at Glassons after that in their 20s.

Yeah. 30s. To now, I just think Utterly Worthless. Yeah. Shanton. A little pop to Shanton. But now, I just think utterly worthless. Shanton. A little pop to Shanton, but now, of course, utterly worthless.

And number one on the list of the top six types of patches you can still wear in public, that patch that says, I'm not the sort of dog that likes Pat's patch. Oh, yes. Yeah.

Sometimes I wear one. Sometimes I, I'm not a social dog. That's what it says on my patch. And I just pop it on before I go for a walk because if people come up to me, I go,

It's like the dog at the airport has that patch on it. Don't touch me. Don't touch me That's what it says on my patch. And I'll just pop it on before I go for a walk because if people come up to me, I go... It's like the dog at the airport has that patch on it. Don't touch me. Don't touch me or don't pat the dog. I'm like, that's so... He's a drug addict. Yeah, but he's a drug addict. Yeah, he is, yeah.

He's just trying to sniff out his next fix. That's today's top six. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. The VIP friendship. Now, this is a term that's doing the rounds on the talk of that tics. The talk of that tics. The VIP friend is the friend that if you're throwing a house party,

and this is where I think that I am this for you, Fletch. Okay. The other person that's there before the party even starts who has probably been there since lunch who is there for the set up of the platter and the drinks is there hanging out before anything arrives

or anyone arrives. Are they helping set up? They're helping set up and once the party is sort of dismantled they're most likely to stay behind and be the last one there or the example given here is be the person that you have the debrief with

about the party. Once everyone leaves, you're like, oh my god, so and so was bloody... I'm like, we always do this. You're not there at the end though. You'll tap out quite early and then James will take over. I was going to say, just be hard at James. Yeah this You're not there at the end though You'll tap out quite early and then James will take over I was going to say, this is Big Hearted James Yeah, he'll be there at the end

But he arrives late No, I don't think he does Sometimes he does He's got one of those Normal jobs I've heard about them Whereas if we hang out on a Friday, we're done at like 10 We'll go to the gym

Then he'll be like, well I'm not going to go home, I'll just come over And if we hang out on a Friday, we're done at like 10, we'll go to the gym and then it'll be like, well, I'm not going to go home, I'll just come over and we'll hang out for a bit. VIP friend helps set up the platters. VIP friend helps set it up and yeah,

the I die tag out. Yeah. What about you, Vaughn? You know. I mean, that's your husband and wife thing though, isn't it really? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Who's hanging out with you before the party? Yeah, I don't like when people arrive too early. Mostly because I don't care but it's stressed shut out. Oh, right. If someone arrives before they should because I don't like when people arrive too early. Mostly because I don't care but it's stressed shut out. Oh, right. If someone arrives

before they should because I won't be ready yet and I still need to have a shower. You're getting... Because I leave the shower until last. I want my guests to arrive.

Giant bird just flew past the window and scared the hell out of me. You might see my eyes look up. It looked like it was just going to fly straight into the window. There it goes again.

It's too big. He's diving for something. That's an albatross. What was I talking about? Oh, because I leave the shower right to last minute, so when the guests arrive, I'm fresh. I hate that. And it drives Sade nuts. Oh my God, Aaron's the same.

And then he'll be like, you're nagging me, but I would have said throughout the day, hey, we've got about an hour, eh? So like, hey, you gonna jump in the shower? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, you know we're leaving at like 15, you going to jump in the shower? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, you know, we're leaving at like 15. People are arriving in 15.

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. It doesn't matter if they arrive. But you have a 20-minute shower. Then I get to make a grand entrance, fresh shower. I hate this. And be like, hello, after they've already sort of like been welcomed. Oh, God, no. I hate this so much. Intermediately.

Aaron does the same thing. What does it matter if I'm still in the shower when people arrive? We're greeting them together No You've abandoned me They're not strangers If it was strangers And you were meeting them

For the first time I can see why Why are you inviting strangers Into your home That's the bigger question here You said to the new neighbours I'll pop over for a drink And some cheese

I'm not very good at socialising That's your invite To your new neighbours Pop over for a drink And maybe cheese You're invite to your new neighbours? Maybe cheese? You're going to have new neighbours soon. Hopefully.

Go on. Is that how you're going to go over? Do you like drinking cheese? Do you like drinking cheese? Play ZM's Flesh, One and Hayley. Flesh, One and Hayley. Silly little po. Silly little po. It is so silly, silly, silly.

That silly little po. Silly Little Pole It is so silly, silly, silly That silly little pole Silly little pole Silly little pole Silly little pole Silly little pole Today's Silly Little Pole. You can only pick one festival. And that is because we did this festival question because Coachella's announced their line-up.

Yes. Lady Gaga. Yeah. announced their line-up. Yes. Lady Gaga. Yeah. Is it still two weekends? Yes. Yes, it is. And three days each weekend. April 11th and April 18th at Coachella in the desert.

And then... Give me the top five artists for each day. So Lady Gaga, Missy Elliott, Benson Boone. This is a Friday. This is a Friday. This is a Friday. The Prodigy, FKA Twigs. Yep. Joe.

Three Six Mafia. Yeah, Joe. Tyler. Oh, Missy Elliott, I'm excited for. I'm excited for it. What about Saturday? Saturday. So Green Day's headlining that day. Charlie XCX.

Those are kind of the two biggest ones on the Saturday. And then Sunday. Jimmy at World's on that Saturday, by the way. Oh, I love Jimmy at World. Post Malone's headlining Sunday. Megan Stallion's Zed. Kind of the biggest ones on that day. Basement Jacks.

Okay. There's something for everybody. And Travis Scott. Yeah. It says Travis Basement Jacks. Okay. There's something for everybody. And Travis Scott. Yeah. It says Travis Scott designs the desert. Yeah. So he must be some kind of creative. Creative director or something.

Of that, yeah. Ty Dolla $ign. But yeah, it's, I, yeah. There's definitely, it's a good line-up. Well, we ask, you can only pick one. Would you go to Coachella, Glastonbury, other festival, or a quiet night in, meaning you'll just stay at home? Festivals aren't for you.

Yes. Vaughan demanded that quiet night in be an option. Yeah. And do you know what? Quiet night in wins. 50% of people would prefer a quiet night in to a festival. Who's headlining that festival? Whatever you want, baby.

Chips on the couch. Chips. A movie that you've been meaning to watch for ages. A nice heavy blanket. Yeah. Quick play with yourself on a sleep. Oh. Early night.

Perfect night. Big long sleep. The tickets for Glastonbury sold out in like half an hour last week or the beginning of this week. Well, Glastonbury's second place. So a quiet night. I don't know if 50% of people set that up for a quiet night. Who's playing Glastonbury? I don't think. Have they even announced% of people said that up for a quiet note, and that's half the people. Who's playing Glastonbury?

I don't think. Have they even announced it yet? I don't even think they've announced it yet. Nah. Blider and the Tommies? Because there were rumours that Taylor Swift will do it, but that hasn't been confirmed. Why would she?

We were all like, why? You don't need to. Have a holiday, hon. Because she was going to do the one that was cancelled because of COVID. Yeah. And so there's thinking that she might just come back just to, you know, tick it off the list. No, it hasn't been announced.

Glastonbury's second with 26%, Coachella third 16%, and other festival 8%. There's loads around the place. A lot of people love Tomorrowland. Europe has like a million festivals during June, July. We're bloody falling over ourselves to give away trips to festivals. Why don't we just give away weighted blankets? So people can just chill at home.

Weighted blankets and a tub of ice cream. Because like, I don't know, you don't go to the dairy and see Coca-Cola doing winter trip to weighted blanket. Yeah, you could also probably just buy that yourself. Why are we trying so hard? Spending all this time giving people trips overseas when all they want is a quiet night in. I don't know.

Congratulations, Sarah. We've got great news. Weighted blanket, tub of ice cream and two Zoplicon coming your way. Enjoy a quiet night in and a decent night's sleep.

That actually does sound heavenly. You should work in marketing. You should work in marketing. I'm going to really push on this. Yeah. Kyle messaged in saying Tomorrowland is just

better than the rest. Yeah. I can't remember the last time I went to a festival. I don't know on this. Yeah. Kyle messaged in saying, Tomorrowland is just better than the rest. Yeah. I can't remember the last time I went to a festival. I don't know what Tomorrowland is. Years ago. I've been to Coachella twice, but that was a while. I went before it became two weekends.

Tomorrowland is good. You went before it was cool. A large scale annual electronic dance meet. You've lost me already. In Antwerp, Belgium. See, I'd go to Belgium, but that sounds loud. That sounds loud. People rave about Tomorrowland. Yeah, I'd go to Belgium, but that sounds loud. That sounds loud.

People rave about Tomorrowland. Yeah, they love it. Lottie said, I'd love a festival without the other people. Too much anxiety and the loos always make me want to vom.

That's called a playlist at home. Yeah. Good headphones. Good headphones. Find the live version of the songs you like. Chuck on the telly.

Yeah. Oh my God, said Emily, a quiet night in sounds juicy. Oh my God, we're all tired. It's the end of the year. Everyone my God, said Emily, a quiet night in sounds juicy. Oh my God, we're all tired, eh? It's the end of the year,

everyone's like, oh my God. You're just assuming this is the end of the year stuff. I'm telling you, 50% of the people feel this every day. When I learned about

Jomo years ago, it made something in my brain click and I've always just chosen a quiet night over night outs ever since. That's the joy of missing out.

Oh, the joy, okay. You don't want all that. Never felt it. Never felt it in my life. Next year's Coachella lineup is probably the best one in a while, says Ash. The absolute injustice

to not have T-Pain headlining though as well. Yes. Brittany said, so they chose Glastonbury because no one can party like the British. They're insane but amazing.

Always the best lineups for Glastonbury. Yeah, fun. I want to do the muddy thing. It just looks cold and muddy though. Well, that's the UK. Everyone're insane but amazing. Always the best lineups for Glastonbury. Yeah, fun. I want to do the muddy thing. It just looks cold and muddy though. Yeah, that's the UK. You've got to get all dressed up. If you had a camper van but a tent.

Yeah. Burning Man, said Jonesy. See, I would find Burning Man fascinating just for the people watching. I couldn't handle it. I'd feel too stuck there. The fact that they build a city, I'd feel too like,

I'd get the hell out of here. And then you see the lines going in and out of Burning Man. You can't leave. Oh, and then there was the flood last year. Yeah, that's right. It was wild. You can live stream, said Michaela.

You can live stream them from the comfort of your own home at a volume of your choosing without all the dirtiness and portaloos or $10 waters or $30 chips. I've got so many more Vaughans listening than I thought. I knew they were out there. I hear from them all the dirtiness in Portaloos or $10 waters or $30 chips. I've got so many more Vaughans listening than I thought.

I knew they were out there. I hear from them all the time. These are your people. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ava says, Stagecoach. Is that the country music one? Yeah, it's the same place

as Coachella. That's actually got a really good line-up this year including Lana Del Rey. Oh. Gibbs, darling, darling, Cain would like us to know that the Gibson Valley

Winery Tour by Far Top's all us to do the Gibson Valley Winery Tour by Far Tops All. I love it. The winery tour. Look, darling, I could have my arm twisted. I do love it. Let it roll. As in Prague, says another Hayley,

world's biggest drum and bass festival is what she'd choose. Oh, that sounds loud. That sounds like a bit of all. Loud. No, I don't like drum or bass. Apart or together. You're just like acoustic guitar. Acoustic guitar and just quiet.

You like a female acoustic guitar covers in the corner of a bar. That's right. I like, and she's like singing 90s alternative music. Yeah. Like Creep. I'm a creep. One of those. I'm a creep. What do those. You say my weirdo.

What do I, how am I doing here? Great stuff. Yeah, I don't belong here. That's absolutely right. Just nice and quiet and then I'll probably,

even that I'll probably be like, are we finished? Because I'm kind of going. Yeah. I need my quiet night in. Yeah, yeah. Play ZM's Fletch, Fawn and Hayley.

Colleen Hove, a huge huge article of kind of like romantic novels, I guess, and... Hell of a vacuum. She's got one hell of a Hoover on her. Hell of a dam. One hell of a dam. Hell of a dam. Would you say the Hoover Dam is your favourite dam? I mean, I've listened, I've watched a documentary about it

and just the sheer engineering marvel that is the Hoover Dam. It's a good dam. And the time that it was built. But there's a couple of dams in China that are so big they affect. I just like seeing the videos when they throw sauce balls and stuff off the dams. It's good fun. Yeah, it is good fun. We could talk about dams all day, but we're not.

Colleen Hoover is A New York Times best selling author She's written She wrote It Ends With Us Which was their huge film this year With Blake Lively in it She's been married since she was 21 years old I'm just looking here

She's been married to William Hoover Since the year 2000 And she was born in 79 So that's 21 That is a long time I'm looking here How has she run so much sexy stuff or she's been married for so long? It's not super smutty for sure.

Like it's smut light. Definitely more romantic. She's like net worth of $10 million. I would have thought the amount I've heard Colleen Hoover mention should be worth. That feels low. It feels low. It feels low. Coin to Colleen.

She wrote It Ends With Us. Is that that Blake Lively movie that came out this year that stirred up a little controversy? Yeah. Why are the girls laughing at you? You had just spoken about... You just said that. Oh, yeah, yeah.

I know, it's okay. I was blown away by the fact that someone got married at 21, still married and is writing anything romantic. His head was on the dams. Yeah, of course, of course. Now, this is huge news that came out yesterday, is that her number one, New York Times number one bestseller, Verity, which is a huge book.

It's all over BookTok. It's been obviously turned into a film. Her books kind of lend themselves to it. Yeah. And Anne Hathaway has been cast as the lead and directing it is the same guy that directed her in The Idea of You, which is another,

oh, Carwen's face just lit up like a beacon, is another one which was the film in which she met someone at a rock concert. It's based off a Harry Styles fanfic. She falls in love with Harry Styles. Yes. He falls in love with her in the crowd. She's obviously a a rock concert. It's based off of Harry Styles fanfic. She falls in love with Harry Styles. Yes. He falls in love with her in the crowd. She's obviously a mum.

Yeah. So she's a lot older than him. This is the one that Sade watched. Yeah. And I was like, this is shit. Yeah, it's true. It's lovely digestible trash. It was so bad.

It was like, doesn't Anne Hathaway Oscar nominated? Yeah, but she's just doing some light work. Yeah, look, it's based off of a fanfic. She just got it to fast cash. Yeah, totally. Light work. So she's the lead of Verity. Now, I haven't read Verity because I could tell you, as I said, it's based off of a fan pic. She just got it to Fast Cash. Yeah, totally. So she's the lead of Verity. Now, I haven't read Verity because I

could tell you, as I said, it's smart light and I like to go a bit here and there. But you have read it. But then so do you. Don't you, Carwen? I do. I will say I Oh, by the way, Carwen, I've got a book for you. Just finished it today. Oh my god, exciting. Far apart. I... Brace yourself. Okay. Okay, anyway, Verity.

I read this before my full smart era really kicked in because it's been out for a while. My copy of this book is so beat up because I've given it to nearly every single girl in this office. Yeah, okay. Aside from you. I think you would still like it. Do you think I'd like it? Give us a little bit of a rundown of the plot.

I typically don't actually like Colleen Herver books, but this one is really good because it's a little paranormal. Excuse me? Oh, my God. I'm a witch. I'm a teenage witch. What? Yeah, so she...

The book I'm going to give you, by the way, it's a little bit paranormal. Yeah, great. Great. Have fun. Maybe I will read this. Verity opens in contemporary New York City as protagonist Loan Ashley witnesses a bloody accident. That'll be Anne Hathaway. Maybe I will read this Verity opens In contemporary New York City As protagonist

Loan Ashley Witnesses a bloody accident That'll be Anne That'll be Anne Hathaway Where a passenger Is hit by a truck No I think Anne's playing Verity

Isn't she So is Verity is a character Okay so Loan The passerby Is hit by a truck Not a passenger

So the passerby You're walking Okay Hit by a truck That's terrible Great start Terrible movie If it was Anne Hathaway killed by a truck in the first, like, opening scene.

What a waste of money. What are your thoughts on Anne Hathaway? Well, remember, she was in Les Miserables for 11 minutes and got an Oscar. Was she? I've never seen that. Her character dies really early. Spoiler alert, I haven't seen Les Miserables.

You've just spoiled theatre for me. Thanks for that. I hate to say that. It's been out for some years. Loan, a struggling writer, is grieving her mother's recent death and wondering where her foundering, I think it means floundering, career is headed.

She writes thrillers, but she's suffering from intense writer's block, which her state of uncertainty only seems to worsen. She's so numb to reality that she barely registers the accident, even when she's soaked with blood. Where does Barony come into it? To her, it's a surprise, a stranger helps clean her up

and they share a moment of intense romantic chemistry. She soon discovers that his name is Jeremy and that he's married to best-selling author Verity Crawford. Enter Anne Hathaway. Okay. Oh, no. So Anne Hathaway's going to be cheated on. Oh, my God.

Don't give us no spoilers. I can't say... Wait, he's a ghost. No. The author whom... Remember the girl that saw the truck accident Spoilers. I can't say. Wait, he's a ghost. Or he's a. No. He's a. The author whom. Remember the girl that saw the truck accident. Who's not a reality.

Even though she's covered in blood. Yep. She enormously respects this author. Anne Hathaway. For meticulous research. And well crafted plots. But. The author. Anne Hathaway.

Has been left incapacitated by a car accident. Dot. Dot. Dot. Wait.acitated by a car accident. Dot, dot, dot. Wait, she was in a car accident as well. The first one was a passenger. Okay, we're getting nods from Carwin. We're figuring it out. A truck versus person. Truck versus pedestrian.

This one may have been car versus car. We're not familiar with what happened. Here's a debate often about books that get turned into films. Never is good. Never is good. I totally agree. Do you think that I should read the book before the movie? I mean, it's going to be years.

Yeah. I reckon read it. It's not a hard read. Like, you'll get through it pretty fast because you'll be like, what do you mean? Because there are so many twists and you just want to keep reading. Well, it's a New York Times number one bestseller for a reason. Perhaps I shall. Well, that's the big news is number one bestseller for a reason. Perhaps I shall.

Well, that's the big news as Anne Hathaway is cast as the lead in the film, which will be coming out three years away. A while away. It's the final rankings. Final rankings is something we do every Friday. Today, we have decided to rank condiments for hot fries, for chips.

Specifically for chips. Yeah. Gotta love fries, eh? Shoestring all the way, baby. No. Piggy ones. Piggy ones. No, not curly.

Curly fries. No, not curly. Oh, why not? Come on, guys. Curly fries. They're doing too much. You do less. So, there was a story in the news today,

Mungify residents. Now, Mungify is like north of Auckland. Yeah, beautiful spot. Residents torn over chip portions at local store ahead of summer. The big news today, residents outraged at being charged $4.50 for what one resident said was 34 chips.

$4.50 didn't feel like too much until you counted the chips. 34. That's a handful of chips. I don't know. I don't really count my... That's too bad. If you think about how much you pay in Auckland for some fries. Apparently, it's a new owner who said, look, we took over like three months ago.

We haven't changed anything. We're just doing what they always did. Okay. Apparently, that's 400 grand, if I'm right. That. We're just doing what they always did. Okay. Apparently that's 400 grams if I'm right. That's quite a lot of chips. 34 chips are 400 grams. Yeah, they said

the owner said chips were measured by grams, one scoop equaling 400 grams. Is that, we also need to agree on a universal scoop. Yeah. Because we went to a place

and I said, 450 for a scoop, how much is, like how much is a scoop to indicate? And the guy's like, it is a scoop. I was like, can you show me the scoop? Yeah, but how big is a scoop?

Oh, it's the big spoons that they get into the frozen. Then there needs to be a universal Mr. Chip spoon. That scoop. One scoop, yeah. So you know what you're getting. Do you know what I'm over? What? Aioli.

Okay, so this is controversial because that was going to be my number one. For me, it's just too much. And I always, when I get a bowl of fries, it always comes with aioli. I always ask for tomato sauce. What about a truffle aioli? Yeah, no, but a little bit. Truffle aioli. Early fries and like a rich aioli.

Absolutely. It's too rich. It's so good. I'd even go. Stop being a little. I'm not being a little bitch. I just think. Being a little puss.

If I have aioli, if I dip a aioli, I'll dip a tomato on top. See, actually, that's quite nice. A double aioli tomato. That's yum. And a sriracha aioli. Yes. A mayo and tomato mixed together as well. And do you know what else?

I love fries and a sweet chilli. That's my number three. Vaughn, do you know that you and I could just break away? The sweet chilli thing gets me every time. This dude is like gut health. I know. Kimchi this, all this health stuff. And then when it comes to chippies, he's like, sweet chili sauce.

It's not hot enough to be hot sauce. It's sweet, but it's like on par with tomato sauce. See, I love a sriracha mayo. I love sriracha sauce. I think I would go aioli, sriracha mayo, and sweet chili. Tomato sauce. No, I'm not a fan. You're thinking of the big dog.

Nah. Recently entered the arena. What is burger sauce? All those pickle sauces. Oh, yeah, that's, yeah, like'm not a fan. You're thinking of the big dog. Nah. Recently entered the arena. What is burger sauce? All those pickle sauces. Oh yeah, that's yeah, like a Cully's. On your chips. Yeah, that's good stuff. I cannot believe you're not making tomato sauce number one. It is classic. It's bread and butter. I'm a

bad Kiwi. I don't like onion dip either. Yeah, you do. I'm like, yeah. Tomato sauce would be my number three because it's a classic. Tomato sauce is number one. No. Any type of tomato sauce. Maybe carny sauce number one. Yeah.

Oh, what a surprise. Because it's extra sugar. Sugar sauce. No, aioli's not on my list. I'm over it. I'm done with it. Calm down. Is this a shot fired to all bars and restaurants to drop aioli?

They'll always put aioli and I'll always ask for tomato. But we do do things a little bit differently here. Oh no you don't. We're a gastropub. Get two to three big plates. Between a pub and a gastropub, aioli for the side on chips. Maybe. I'm going to go tomato sauce number one. I'll go

I don't like any other sauce with my fries. Tomato. What about a sriracha mayo or a hot sauce? Yeah, I'll go mayonnaise. I'll go hot mayo. Wait, you'll go mayo, but you won't go aioli. Yeah. Aioli is mayo.

It's a condiment with too much garlic. It's a garlic mayo. It's too much. I think I've had too much gross, cheap pub aioli. You know, when it's like fake garlic and no, no, no, no, no. I'm going to go, I'll go hot mayo second. Hot mayo? Sriracha mayo.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And first is tomato sauce all the way, and I will not stand for anything else. I've got a third equal. Okay. I've got a third equal between aioli and tomato sauce. Yep. Second, burger sauce. Or just any like pickle bolognese.

Yeah. Because it's something, the pickles. Add a little sauce. Or just any, like, pickle mayonnaise. Yeah. Because it adds something to pickles. Adds a little tang. What's that? Tang sauce. Callies do pickle mayonnaise. Chipotle mayonnaise. Oh, yeah. That's the love.

I actually get chipotle mayo. Chipotle mayo, it's amazing. Smoky. My number one is anything spicy. Okay. It can be sriracha. It could be... Tabasco.

Paitaia fire. It could be straight tabasco. Those little things with tabasco. It could be sriracha, it could be... Tabasco....pie-tire fire, it could be straight Tabasco, those little things with Tabasco. It could be sriracha mayo. As long as it's got spice to it. So with all that in mind, we agree that tomato sauce is number one. Okay.

Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Shannon, what have you done this time? I think I melted my carpet. Oh, God. When this photo came through in the group chat, I was like, this has made my day. I will be really honest with you.

I thought ironing boards were for the convenience of standing, not functionality. Okay. Oh, no. No, it's to prevent everything else from getting burnt by a very, very hot iron. Well, because I curl my hair on the carpet and no drama. No drama. What do you mean you curl your hair on the carpet?

Like, I put my curling wand on the ground, you know, between sections. Oh, no, no, no. I wouldn't have thought that was a thing to do. You've got to do it in the bathroom and leave it on the... I don't have a sink edge. Oh, is it like a basin? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right, okay.

What about the kitchen? Fletch, I live in a 37-metre square apartment. The kitchen is the bathroom. Okay, yeah, right. Okay, sorry. Yeah, sorry. And hence, I just needed to iron on the floor. Okay.

And so I went to do a dress, and you know how fabric dresses... Well, most dresses are fabric, but... I feel like I'm made out of metal. I'm wearing do a dress and you know how fabric dresses, well, most dresses are fabric. I feel like I'm made out of metal. I'm wearing a metal dress today. More of like a knight. You like to look like a knight when you go out. Like a dress belt, that's just fabric. It's just a long strip of fabric.

I went to iron it and so I just laid it out long. On the carpet. And I went, zoomed along. And then I smelt something. That's plastic. No, it kind of smelt like hair. And so I checked I didn't run over my own hair. Yeah.

Jesus Christ. And now my iron's got all this stuff melted to it. But I felt the carpet afterwards and it doesn't feel singed like it doesn't feel like i burnt it but it's stuck to my iron so your carpet will be synthetic fibers that's what will be because i've done this before my parents had a synthetic carpet and they had a fireplace and i took a log out yeah and a bit, you know, it crumbled up and it went on the carpet. And it does, it goes like hard plastic almost.

so it hasn't done that. So I think if you're listening, landlord, we're good. Do you know who's listening? Firefighter. Who said,

the story's giving me heart palpitations. Well, this was my first time using the iron because my apartment came fully furnished. I've not owned an iron before.

I just steam things. Yes. Why didn't you steam this? Because it's a little fabric belt and it's finicky. Here's a trick for you. I always use my hair straightener on my little fabric belts. And you get your little sash and you just go like that. That's really good. It's too late now. You've burnt your cap.

Well no, I just thought it would be easier to lie it. Because it was like I don't know, three metres long. It's a long belt. And I just went, yeah, I'm thought it would be easier to lie because it was like, I don't know, three metres long it's a long belt, and I just went fast, efficient just now my iron might be broken The photo in the group chat though, there's a bit of like you can see plastic

It's on the iron I tried rinsing it with water, but then it went Shannon! Unplugged, eh? Unplugged You have to ask with her It was still hot you know when you take a frying pan off the element

and it tells you off oh my god yeah you have you've taken off a little bit but luckily obviously not that much the carpet looks okay you could be alright

so how do I get the burnt plastic off the iron I would turn the iron on and then and then put it on a paper towel. Okay, cool. And then never do this again? You're going to need some kind of blanket on the floor

if you're going to iron on the floor. I'd just go towel. Yeah, a towel. Yeah, if I'm ironing on the bench, I just put a towel down. I think we just take the iron away. I think we take the iron away. She's got a steamer. She doesn't need the iron. You've lost iron privileges. Can you bring it on on Monday, please? Once I had to iron my carpet because Vaughan spilled,

this is a handy tip. If you ever spill a candle on your carpet, because Vaughan went to smell a candle that had just been lit. It had just been extinguished. It had just been extinguished, and there was like a lot of liquid in there. The idea of him smelling a candle that's just been lit is funny. And yeah, it went all over the carpet and I'm just like,

how do you get that out? And you put paper towels down, iron, and it soaks, it melts the wax and sucks it up. Vaughan, you big dum-dum, what a show dits, hey? Yeah, what a guy. We've got the show dits right in front of us. Always making dumb mistakes. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley.

Are you ready to have some little warm fuzzies? Are you in the mood for a little fuzzy? I don't know what I'm in the mood for today. A little bit of a... No, I don't think I'm in the mood for that. Well, too bad because I'm making it happen. I'm in the mood for a really good American hot dog. Yum!

I didn't know you were going to go food. What are you in the mood for? I thought you were going to say you were in the mood for one of those places you pay, like, I don't know, money and you go smash things. Oh, no. A rage. A rage room. Rage cage.

Yeah. Yeah. Just a hot dog will do. Yeah, a real hot dog. Are you in the mood for some warm, frozen sledge? Oh, nature will be nice. Bit of nature. If I could eat a really highly processed

American hot dog while sitting beside a beautiful little creek. I don't want a river. Okay. I want a creek. Small body of water. Little creek

where I'm like, are there eels in there? That's what I'm in the mood for. Okay, lovely. I'm in the mood for warm fuzzies. Okay. And a good hat.

Like a nice wide brimmed hat. Perfect afternoon. You want a nice wide brimmed hat. Yeah. Processed sausage. Yeah. Small body of water called a creek. I just want to be left alone. Okay. And to be alone. Just me. Okay. Okay, so you're curating your perfect afternoon. You want a nice wide-brimmed hat, processed sausage,

small body of water called a creek. I just want to be left alone. And to be alone. Just me. Okay. Just me. And then at 2.40, I'll go pick the kids up from school. And then you hang out with them. Yeah.

Great. Well, I'm in the mood for all the fuzzies. You asked, you know. And I'm happy with your response. It's great. I'm in the mood. It's very peculiar and it was very specific. Specific. Yeah. I could go into more detail. I'm in the mood. It's very peculiar and it was very specific.

Yeah. I can go into more detail. I'm in the mood for eggs. It's an evolving ideal. No. No, no, no, no, no, no. Because I'm in the mood for a warm fuzzy and it's because I follow this Instagram page called Meat Cutes NYC, New York City. And a meat cute, if you don't know it, it's a...

Hot dog. Nothing to do with meat. Nothing to do with meat. Oh. M-E-E-T. I'm so sorry. Because you said New York and meat. It's kind of synonymous.

That's where you want your hot dog from. Pepperoni pizzas. Dallies, yeah. No, a meat cute. Oh, yeah, pastrami is like a big fat ruin. Can I please have your attention? You're getting distracted by meats, processed meats. Okay.

A meat cute is an amusing or charming first encounter between two characters that leads to the development of a romantic relationship. It's a film term. The meet cute, it's like, I'm running for a train, oh my gosh, and then I slam into the guy and all my books drop down and then we look up, we see each other. That's a meet cute.

And then you get married and, yep. An amusing or charming first encounter between two characters. Now, meet cute's NYC is an Instagram page that I follow and it's this page that goes around and they say, excuse me, are you a couple? And to people walking down New York City streets.

Or embarrassing if they're like, no, we're brother and sister. Yeah, and then you'll be like, how did you first meet? I'm pretty sure there's one of those at the gym. I'm like, are they together or are they brother and sister? Siblings or dating is still a great Instagram. Siblings or dating is great. Is that still going? Yeah.

I saw one the other day and I was like, gotta be siblings. Siblings. Dating. Dating. Amazing. Yuck. So he asked them, are you a couple? And then he asked them the story of how they first met and some of the stories are just wild. Some of them are like, oh my god, it was 40 years ago. Oh, you tell

the story. Oh, well, I looked at her across the room. It's gorgeous. I love it. I want to ask our listeners, what was your magical meet cute? Not just we went to university together and went to a party. Or we swiped on Tinder.

Yeah, we swiped on Tinder, went on a date, and decided we quite liked each other. That's not a meet cute. But what if it was like, swiped on Tinder, went on a date, the date didn't show up,

but they were also there on a date that didn't show up. That's a meet cute. That's a meet cute. That's a meet cute. It's got to be an amusing or charming first encounter. What if I was sitting beside a small body of water, not a river, definitely a stream,

eating a hot dog, and then all of a sudden they started eating the other end of the hot dog. And then you look at each other, and through your eyes, you acknowledge that you just want to be alone. Yeah, and so not a word is said, and everyone... Then you finish the last morsel of your hot dog. You didn't hear this woman

coming through the forest. I was eating and that was quite noisy. And the bubbling broke. That would be somewhat of a meet cute, I guess. Yeah, totally. And then she left. No, the meet cute would be she left, she dropped something.

You spend a week trying to find this woman. That's your meet cute. No, she sits. We ate the hot dog. I slip an air tag into her pocket. That's not exactly where she lives. And then I find out exactly where she lives. And you go round your house and I track you down. And I try and knock on the door and she's like, oh my god, hello. And I say

you owe me half a hot dog. I think that's exactly what these stalking laws are for. Yeah. But what if she invites me in? Because she has more hot dogs. That's not quite what we're after. I want to meet cute. I want to know the magical and charming way that you met the person that you love.

Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. I want to's Flesh, Vaughn and Hayley. I want to know your meet-cutes, which is defined as an amusing or charming first encounter. Like kind of like in a movie how they meet. Yeah, they run into each other or something goes. It's like it's what sparks the whole romantic relationship. And there's an Instagram page, which is great,

meet-cutes NYC, and it asks people how they met. You love following this. It's such beautiful, amusing stories, and so I want more. Okay, Natalia, good morning. Morning. What is your cute meet? Meet cute. Your meet cute.

Your meet cute. What I did was I had this really giant bean bag. Anyway, I gave it to my girlfriend because we weren't using it anymore. Yeah. So I went round to her place and her brother was laying on it. But in my head, I thought if I go running across the room and do a flying loop on it, I'll bounce him out. Yeah.

But anyway, I didn't realise how big he was and I went flying. Oh my goodness. Natalia. Okay, so you make an absolute ass of yourself. Yep. And what does he... He's on my back on the floor laughing uncontrollably and he's like, I like her.

And then... Natalia's unhinged. And then have you been together ever since? Oh, no, it took him 10 years to... Yeah. 10 years? Wait, you jumped on this beanbag. And now we've been together for six.

Oh, see, that's like a movie, isn't it? I love that. People do come around. Yeah, that's nice. Even after you made such an ass of yourself, Natalia, you're maniacal. Yeah. that's nice. Even after you made such an ass of yourself, Natalia, you were maniacal. Yeah. I like Natalia.

I love it, Natalia. Thank you. Julie, what was your meet cute? So my meet cute was I was flying back from Dubai to Auckland,

which is like a 16 hour flight. I got assigned a middle seat and I hate the middle seat. I mean, should have selected a seat ahead of time, but what? Oh, don't lecture her. Someone has to sit in the middle, Julie.

That is so valid. I should have. Yes, I should have. Thank you, Julie. But I didn't because the guy that was sitting at the window seat turned out he didn't like the window seat. I don't know why. What?

He doesn't. Who doesn't like the window seat? Right, and so he asked to swap with me and I was stoked because I wanted to sit by the window and then obviously it was a 16 hour flight so we just started chatting and then turns out he lives like three suburbs away from me in Auckland

and then we just kept in touch and we've been together since then and that was three years ago. Oh, that's so cute. Okay, that's cute, that's cute, that's cute. Also, he's lying about not liking the window seat, right? He was trying to impress you. He's 100%. Like, have you gone on holidays since,

and did he give you the window seat or take the window seat? Well, yeah, ever since then, I've been taking the window seat. But, yeah, I think he said because he wants to be closer to the bathroom and found it awkward to skip over two people. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Oh, my God, cute. That is a cute story, Julie. That's really cute. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Oh, my God, cute.

That is a cute story, Julie. That's really cute. Cute, meet cute. Thank you. Wendy, what's your meet cute? Oh, good morning, team. Long-time lister, first-time caller. He felt it.

He felt it. I reached for the bell. Welcome, welcome, Wendy. Welcome. So mine started in 2004, so 20 years ago, where my current partner and I were at a party, you know, eye contact across the room. We make our way closer. I say to him, we kind of knew each other through friends.

And I say to him, do you even know my name? And he says, yeah, I eat there all the time. And it's windy. And he says, yeah, I eat there all the time. And Wendy. Hooked. And you were just like. You came in, that line felt aggressive. Do you even know my name? Like straight off the bat out of nowhere.

Yeah, yeah. Did you just say hooked immediately? Yeah, I just throw it. Hooked. Yep, that's it. Three kids later, 20 years. Wow. In the trap.

Love it. I eat there all the time. What city is this in, Wendy? Well, I was in, we live in Whangarei now, but he lived in Auckland at the time, and we met in a place called Ruawai, so a tiny little dot of a place there. I know Ruawai.

My family's from Dargaville, ma'am. Oh, there you go. So Komare Capital, and yeah, that's just how our story began. Oh, that's so cute. That's so cute. I eat there all the time, Wendy. Exactly what you wanted. Keep your texts coming in 9696.

You tell us your magical meet-cutes. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. Someone messaged in, does meeting at the Mangafai Tavern over a game of pool, him taking me home that night and cooking me mussels on the barbecue at 3am count. I think that's just meeting.

I mean that's a New Zealand rom-com. We've been together six years and I've got three kids together. Yeah that's it. That's it. That's New Zealand.

It's great stuff. 2003 stood on her foot at the bar. Apologised. Bought her a drink. Won a trip off ZM to Tonga which is where I proposed.

Whoa. Fantastic. Feels like you owe us quite a bit actually there doesn't it proposed whoa fantastic feels like you almost quite a bit actually there doesn't it it does feel like we were quite involved

in the marriage there's so many I was at the movies and a guy walked past who couldn't find a seat so he just sat next to me and we went out for three years

I mean you didn't obviously we went out for three years means it's over but also

you were sitting by yourself like go find another seat. Like all those seats. Like there's all those seats. I think this person's hot. That's all I can deduce from this. I went to Armageddon and Christchurch in full costume, makeup, wig and contact lenses.

She was dressed as my favourite character from the same show as my costume, also in full cosplay. Please tell us the show. I could have married her right there. I got her Instagram and we went on a date where she looked even better. But I certainly didn't. Sadly, it fizzled out. We'll do it again in a heartbeat.

It was such a great. Oh! Your cosplay was doing all the heavy lifting. That's so cute. Aw. Liked her bikini pic on Instagram by accident and she sent me a message. Okay. We've got a house, a kid and a dog and we've been married

now. That is so great. I love that. Now you're going to love this. Maude and I met my husband 20 plus years ago at the Southern Cross in Wellington. Iconic bar. Isn't that where your parents met? Yeah. They used to have a full moon drum circle out the back and now my now hubby was shirtless drumming. I spotted him across the fire.

It was love at first sight. We've got five kids and I still love them to bits. You have a banging body. I know. There was one I saw before. I'm an x-ray tech and the doctor was running 30 minutes behind schedule. I had to engage in small talk with my patient for that time. Married 12 years.

Are you allowed to do that? I don't know. As a radiologist, as an x-ray tech? Also, you can probably, if you're x-raying certain areas, get a bit of a sneak peek. Bit of a sneak peek. Yeah. Bit of a preview of things to come. I texted a car for sale and asked if the driver came with a car.

Oh, my God. This is the numbers on the back of the window. They don't actually intend on selling their car. They just say, yeah, if you want to ride in the Brumbro. I know, because you wanted a Nissan Skyline so badly. Still do. And all the guys just wanted dates with honeys. Yeah, I know.

And you just wanted to buy the car. I'd be like, hey, the car looks great. Yeah. And they'd be like, it's good, babe. I'd be like, oh, fine, thanks, babe. And then we'd meet up, and they'd be like, you're a dude. I'd be like, yeah, I just thought we'd be friendly and calling each other babe.

We were both camping in the forest in Colorado. He was on his OE. He made me coffee. I thought it was too strong. So I poured it out and asked for another cup. I made kale with too much cayenne pepper for dinner. He ate it anyway. This was 12 years ago.

Still in love. In a pub, he broke a guitar over his own head to impress me. We've been married for 37 years. What about the ongoing brain trauma? And the guitar. Whose guitar? It doesn't trauma? And the guitar. Whose guitar? It doesn't say it was his guitar. My first serious boyfriend and I met in musical drama class.

We were playing with the fancy new keyboards, which had headphones. I was playing chopsticks, and he was playing something a bit more sophisticated. We looked up across the room, each other's keyboards, and had exactly what Hayley just said, the look of, well, hello.

This is going to be something sometime soon. And it was cute. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. How amazing. We're joined by the sailor boy himself, Robin. Good morning. Good morning with you guys because it's evening in Amsterdam. In Amsterdam.

I've never been. I am. You should come. Well, I've heard nothing but good things about it and also a wild place to visit sometimes. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, sometimes. Robin, I never in my life, having grown up in the 90s, thought that I, one, would get a job in radio

and I'm happy for it, but two, would be interviewing one of the Vinger boys. You guys are just legends, icons. Well, thank you so much. It's nice to talk to you, baby. I'm going to go and rub it. What do you think it is about the Vinger boys that like ever since you guys came out and you made incredible like club anthems,

they're like earworms, you can't get them out of your head. What do you think it is, the secret ingredient that means that we're still listening to you all these years later? Well, it's me, I think. It's Robin. It's Robin.

It's Robin the Sailor Man. No, no, the tunes are very, very recognisable and you can get them out of your head. And I think the crazy festive shows we give, festive music, outfits, everything is happy and people like happy things. So I think that's the unique selling point of Banga Boys. Do the performances

feel the same now as they did in 1999? Well, I think they're better now actually. I enjoyed them more now than maybe back in the days. I don't know why but maybe because I'm a little bit older, three years older than 99.

Us too. Yes. And so I enjoy them now maybe more than then. Yes. You guys came for your 25th anniversary last year, but did you guys come to New Zealand to perform in like the 90s, 2000s? I'm trying to remember. Yeah, we've been there in, I think, 2000

or something. We had an Australian tour and New Zealand tour as well, so Do you have any memories of that time in New Zealand? Some fond memories? Yeah, but I can't tell you. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm pretty sure if you asked Fletch for some of his

highlights of the early 2000s, probably wouldn't make it for good radio either. No, no. I'm pretty sure if you asked Fletch for some of his highlights of the early 2000s, probably wouldn't make it for good radio either. No, no. Yeah, we'd put him in trouble. I would like to know your finest and obvious memory of the 90s. Maybe when you come here, we'll just have an off-air conversation and we can all share. Okay.

Sorry. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Good morning. Do you have a favourite song that you, because I was like, what's my favourite song? I mean, I'd hate to be so obvious, but Boom Boom Boom Boom,

I want you in my room, we'll spend the night together. I mean, it's just, it's such a banging song. Is there one that you love to perform the most? I love to perform Boom Boom because people love it. And when the song starts, everybody is going crazy. They sing along. Actually, we don't have to do a lot on stage anymore if we don't if we don't want to but we're like everybody's singing and if you're alone and you need a friend and everybody's start singing and we can just sit on the on the in front of the stage and listen to the crowd singing to us so that's an amazing

amazing thing and after 27 years it's still going strong. Everybody loves it. It's still played on the radio and on the party. So I am very happy with that song. So that's my favourite song to perform in the show. Yes, yes. Is there ever a moment because you're the sailor boy, you know, you've got the

sailor outfit on. I even see now the nautical nod in your blazer that you're wearing. Very good. Was there ever a moment that you were like, I'm done with the sailor look.. I even see now the nautical nod in your blazer that you're wearing. Very good. Was there ever a moment that you were like, I'm done with the sailor look. I want to be a I don't know. I want to be the cowboy or something different. I want to be something else.

No, I'm never sick of the sailor outfits because it's festive and it started actually because we didn't have the outfits in the beginning of the Banger Boys and then the song Boom Boom came. And the video meetings were like,

let's do something special. Let's make a character for this video. Do you hear that? For this video. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And it stuck. And I was in the plane and I was looking in a magazine. I was like, oh, Jean-Paul Gaultier.

Well, that looks good. Yeah, okay. I want to be a sailor for this video. Only. Here we are. 27 years later, I'm still a sailor. So it was, yeah, well, it was a good thing to do. And we stuck to that motif.

What about the rest of the gang? Like, what's it like when you guys get back in the room together to start rehearsing? I mean, because obviously you've had breaks over the years and you come back together. Is it still, like, just as much fun hanging out and just creating absolute banger music? Yes, it's my family.

I don't have real brothers and sisters, but they're my brothers and sisters. But it's always fun. We know each other, like, really well. We have the same jokes and we have, like, a lot of history. That makes me so happy because you make this really, like, upbeat music. And you know when you hear about bands, you're like,

secretly they hated each other. And you're like, boom, boom, boom, boom. Yeah, no, no, no. We don't hate each other. But I know other groups. I've been there backstage and i saw some fighting and things flying around backstage and i'm like oh my god what's going on i'm just walking out of my dressing room and all groups are fighting with each other or don't don't share the same um

the same uh dressing room and uh well no not yeah that that that's happening a lot but uh no bengal boys are like one family. So that's amazing. And I'm happy with that, actually. Do you have a Vengaboys WhatsApp group chat? I have a lot. But of course, we have the one with the four of us. But we have one with a social media person, with a record company.

So I have like 1,500 groups. But of course, with the four of us, we have one, and that's the most important one. And the name of that, and the name of the groups app is Boom Boom Boom. Oh my god, I love this! The Boom Boom Boom chance.

The Boom Boom Boom group. Vinger Boys, 90s Mania, live in Christchurch and Auckland, the 28th of January and the 29th of January in Auckland. Robin, thank you so much. Such a pleasure. Nice to meet you.

See you soon in New Zealand. Bye. See you soon. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Now, you probably can hear I'm a bit congested. I have been for about a week. Just feeling a bit run down. I got a bit of a cold. And the snottiness is sort of remaining a little bit.

Three colds on the trot. Oh, no. Back to back. Two back to back and another one. I never get sick. The viral exit does nothing. Shut your mouth. Well, I gave it to Aaron and he went straight on the pseudoephedrine.

And I think I've beat mine first. I think I'm good with just the natural alternatives. Right. And I'm not addicted to pee light. And so I think that's quite good. Anyway, but I do still have this slight congestion. Yeah. And, you know, in general, I love to blow my nose.

I'm a wet-nosed girl. Yeah. That was the alternative title to Queen's Fat Bottom Girls was wet-nosed girls. And yesterday we were working outside all day. You know, it was a bit like drafty and windy in Auckland yesterday. And I had to keep stopping to blow my nose. Then I just found the alternative and I've never been a sports person.

So I never really got into it. Block one nose and let it rip. Like block one nostril, hoof it out. No you didn't. Block the other hoof it out. What did you do it onto though? Your lawn. Soil, the driveway the lawn. I couldn't stop. Once I'd started

and do you know what I've discovered? It's gross. This is grotty. This is so grotty. It's grotty behaviour but sports people will be like they do it all the time in soccer and stuff. You're not playing a sport in a stadium with 50 grotty. I know it's grotty behaviour, but sports people will be like, ah, they do it all the time in like soccer and stuff. Yeah, but you're not playing a sport in a stadium with 50,000 people. I know, but here's the thing. Yeah. I did it for time convenience. Right. Rather than let it dribble,

I did it for time convenience. You get a superior clear out. You reckon? I 100% have been converted to just, huh, it out. This is gross. Because when you blow into a tissue, sometimes I find it's not completely clear. There's something about the

blockage of the tissue jamming the end of your nostril holes. Right, yeah. When you do a blow straight from, when you raw dog a blow, it's empty. It's amazing. And I was like, maybe this could be a shark tank idea.

Okay. Some kind of... Receptacle. Catcher. Like what are horses wear? Like a feed bag. They can wear a feed bag, but then that would end up being a tissue of sorts. Yeah, I know, but you need the openness.

Yeah, I know. It's such a good of sorts. Yeah, I know, but you need the openness. Yeah, I know. It's such a good clear out. When was the last time you hoofed at your nose? You must have done it like cycling. Like cycling. Yeah, because I'll do it if I'm out like running. But see, that's acceptable. In my backyard, I wouldn't do it.

I don't have a backyard, but if I did, I would just get a tissue. A couple of thickies. In the paddock, not on the lawn. Yeah, I did some on the lawn where I had to like run over it with my foot, you know, a little bit. Oh, that's yuck. Mash it into the grass.

Yeah. Honestly, it was, someone said use sinus rinse. No, I hate it. It makes me cry. You know, when people get that thing. No, when you inject the water up your nose and you go like that. It all goes blah, blah, blah. Yeah, I got some targeted advertising

for a thing you could buy where you put it up one nostril and squeeze. But you had to, it said the instructions where you had to like block your throat or something. So it just shot out the other nostril and gave you a full clear. Yeah, I don't like it.

No, this is the new way forward for me. You reckon? I don't think, in the workplace I will respect the environment. I won't do it in here. Okay, thank you. Someone said, Hayley, I will respect the environment. I won't do it in here. Okay, thank you. Someone said, Hayley, I'm a farming woman. Nothing better than a raw dog blower.

I'm with you, girl. It empties it out. It's a superior claim. But at home now, I will not use tissues. I've seen people do it in a public bathroom. That's gross. Don't do that. No.

No, I'm not getting there. Yeah. Though I might. This is a slippery slope. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact is Moon Week at Fact of the Day.

So much better than Calendar Week. I would put it on par to very interesting weeks for Fact of the Day themes. I was going to tell you a story about a person that stole a whole lot of moon rocks and scattered them on a hotel bed and then made love to a woman on them. Oh my God, on moon, ow. On moon rocks. That was like dust and tiny bits. How did he get the moon dust? He's like, we've made love on the moon, stole it.

Naughty. From where? Like NASA or something? Yeah, stole it from NASA. Stole it from NASA. He was an intern at NASA and he stole a safe worth of moon rocks, sprinkled them on a hotel bed,

made love, and was sentenced to eight years prison. But instead, that's a great fact of the day. Great shag. I will tell you, on the moon, technically. No, a shag worth eight years in prison. Oh yeah, better have been worth it. Better have been good.

A fact of the day about taking a helium balloon to the moon. Okay. What? What do you think would happen? I don't know but I imagine something weird Because of the Gravity and stuff And the atmosphere Well because there's a lack of gravity

And that's what helium does As it floats As anti-gravity Gravity Would it sink? Heavy Would it sink? Heavy. Would it explode? I don't know, Vaughan. Oh, you couldn't even pick it up.

It was so heavy. I just like watching you guys floundering and thinking of an idea. Science! But you're saying that helium's anti-gravity. Helium's not anti-gravity. Helium's a gas that gets above heavier gases. And helium's quite light. Because it's density. Right, it's a density thing.

And so our atmosphere is made up of nitrogen and oxygen, which are heavier. Remember the song? Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen. Never heard that song in my life. It's the periodic table of elements. God, where did you go to school? Wait, no, just say, did you go to school?

There were a few classes I missed. So hydrogen and helium right at the start there, and that's how the hydrogen balloons, the end of the, oh, the humanity, the exploding one, because it was so much lighter than the surrounding oxygen and nitrogen molecules. Right. It could float.

But in space, on the moon, there is no hydrogen. I mean, there's no oxygen and no nitrogen. Yes. So there's nothing for the helium to be lighter than, but there's also significantly less gravity. So what happens to the balloon? The balloon isn't affected by gravity. It sinks.

It sinks. See, that's what we said. So when I said that. It sinks. I said that. A helium balloon on the moon might as well be made of lead. Hang on, I'm torn. Acknowledge that I said that.

That was quite straight out the gate that I said that. You said helium was anti-gravity. Yeah, but then I said... And then you said there's no gravity. You got the right answer, but your methodology was all up there. Remember at school when they were like, show you're working? And you're like, I don't want to. No, I've got the answer.

How you got to the answer? I don't want to. It's just in my head. So it wouldn't. It wouldn't. It would sink. But if you had one on the International Space Station where there is an atmosphere but zero gravity,

it would just literally stand perfectly still wherever you let it go, like everything does on the International Space Station. Oh, yeah, yeah. It wouldn't go up or down. It would just be. Now, if you want to get the most out of your helium balloons. Suck them in. Mars.

If we're going for a solar, if we're going for a party party Anywhere Because Mars has A very thick atmosphere It's a heavy dense atmosphere And the helium would be So much more It would take way less Helium balloons for you

To hold onto and jump And float Fun Yeah Will it still make your Moonshine like that? I don't know Oh wow

Yes because it would still tight in them. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. So today's fact of the day is if you take a helium balloon to the moon, it will just pop on the ground like some ordinary boring old balloon. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch, Bourne and Hayley That gave me a fright It's time for the anonymous phone-in topic

Yes So there's a bit of a Reddit thread on the go of women in particular sharing their experience of being the other woman. So not being cheated on, but being the other woman. Like the woman, the side piece. Yes. Wait, are these women admitting to it and being absolutely okay with it?

There's a mixing. There's varying sort of tales. One of them was I was involved with a married man when I was 18. He was my professor. Oh, goodness. At college. I knew he was married, but he told me they were separating and didn't love each other anymore.

I was young and stupid and didn't think too hard about it. They're always on the rocks, aren't they? He's always leaving her for you. Yes. That's a classic line. Began seeing each other in office hours every week as well as talking after lectures. Then it became a full-on relationship.

Very hot, made me feel very wanted, da-da-da-da-da. At the end, he wouldn't refuse to leave his wife. Oh, what? That's usually how it works, right? Yeah. Yeah. Some others that are like, absolutely, it's not my problem. I'm a free agent.

That's up to you what you're doing. But then if they get feelings and get involved, that's when it gets tricky. Other people racked with guilt. Other people tearing up families. This is our anonymous phone today. Were you the other woman or man or whatever? Like, were you the side piece?

Yep. And what was your experience? Did it all come out? Did you get caught up in a bloody storm? Is it something you still think about? Or are you with them now? Or did you take over? Because there was a little bit of crossover.

That happens, doesn't it? Yeah, there are crossovers. And then how do you build a relationship when you know... Oh, yeah. Yeah. The... They were crossovering. They're crossovering.

With you. And maybe you think, once a cheater, always a cheater. It's like a chain smoker. You know, they light the next smoke before they've even finished the last one.

Yeah. Okay, well this is what we want to know this morning. 0800 DALS at M. Give us a call. You can text through 9696. Were you the other person? Were you the side piece?

And how did it all play out? Play. ZM's Fletch, Bourne and Hayley. Okay, the anonymous phone-in topic. Were you the side piece? And how did it all play out? Play. ZM's Fletch, Bourne and Hayley. Okay, the anonymous phone-in topic. Were you the side piece? And how did it all play out? Were you the other woman? Yes, there is a Reddit thread called Were You The Other Woman? People sharing their

stories of being the secret. Oh, there are some juicy messages and calls coming through. Some are currently on the go. That's why it's anonymous. Anonymous joins us now. Anonymous, you were actually the other man? Anonymous?

With the passport situation? Oh, no, you're a woman. Oh, okay. Wait, so you... I was told I was anonymous one, so that was confusing. Anonymous one. Yeah, so when I was in England, I started working in this restaurant and there was a chef there that was, like, delicious. Yum.

Yeah. Wait, he was delicious or the dinner was delicious? The chef was delicious. The food was pretty good too, but he was, yeah. Delicious. And he was Algerian French. So, you know, when you speak French and stuff, you know, that whole thing. Anyway, we started a thing.

It got pretty heavy. He was like quite aloof, so it made me, you know. Want more? Yeah. Yeah, totally, yeah. It was ridiculous. It was quite unhealthy. But anyway, he told me that he was having his cousin come to stay quite a lot.

He told me this was a man's cousin. Okay. It turned out to be a female, not his cousin. Okay. Okay, yeah. Coming over from France Right To see him So you were one of two

I Yeah And I thought I was the girlfriend But it turned out That he was Seeing her as a girlfriend As well

So we were kind of So you're the side piece Anonymously Yeah we were both the side piece Right Jeepers Yeah Okay

It is good though. Sometimes you go to a restaurant and you're like, I'm not in the mood for a main, I'm going to get two entrees. Which is the same as a main. Yeah, same price, same quantity. Same amount of food, but you get two varying dishes. Anonymous one, thank you. Anonymous two, you were the other woman.

Yes, I was for about a year and a half. Wow. Yeah. So how did it all start? So I was working in construction in Australia. And anyone who's familiar with FIFO or Dido workers. Oh, fly in, fly out. What is Dido?

She sung White Flag, didn't she? Drive in, drive out. Drive in, drive out. Oh, that sucks. You've got to drive. I'd rather fly. I'd rather fly. Yeah, same, same.

But yeah, the roster was, these men came from all over Australia, New Zealand, the whole world, and most of them were at four weeks on, and then they'd go home for one week. And there was this one particular bloke on my crew and him and I really hit it off. I knew he had a partner

back home. Right from the start. But right from the start him and all the other boys on the crew all said and agreed that she was a bitch.

And he was leaving her, but he didn't know how to leave her without losing his house and his truck and his V8 Ute. Oh God. The great Aussie conundrum. And it

developed and then you know, things happened after a day at the races. Yeah, of course they did. And so it went from there, and I went all in. And so he was basically spending four weeks with me, and then one week back home with her. Right. So it was her and they didn't have any kids, but they had two dogs and a cat and, you know, a house and everything. So how did it all end up? Well, him and I actually, I finished up work on the construction

and went back to, I'm actually a vet nurse. So I went back to saving animals' lives rather than building stuff. Yep, love that. And him and I drifted apart. Oh. And about six months later, I get a message from a friend who knew this other girl that she used to work with as well. Okay.

Turns out not only was he cheating on the original partner with me, he was cheating on us both with another girl. Do it, Meg! Get yourself a do-do box. You should have been surprised, though. To be honest, you had it coming. Oh, I know. I so know.

You had it coming. Anonymous 2, thank you. Anonymous 2, you spin such a good yarn, I could sit down with you with a brewski all day. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. A Reddit thread, are you the other woman? Yeah, a lot of people sharing stories, and boy, oh boy, we've opened the floodgates

from our own listeners. So many great messages. I was the other woman, unknowingly, all came out when we both ended up pregnant to him a few months apart. Double child support. There's quite a lot of those. I was the other woman to an

ex-friend's husband. It was a hot secret every time we hung out. Now he's mine. Oh. Jesus. There's another one. I was the other woman. We were both married. After three months I thought I was pregnant so I just confessed to my husband what was happening. Five years later I'm divorced but he's still married and we still hook up with each other when we can.

I'm surprised the husband that left, the person that got divorced, didn't say to the other woman. Or maybe he did and she didn't. It's not always your job or your you know, you don't have to. Are you kidding me? I'm going to set this place on fire. You would have been delicious.

My old boss was having an affair with the cleaner. His wife was aware of the fling and she told me once that he was hopeless. Now I'm not sure if the she is the cleaner or His wife was aware of the fling and she told me once that he was hopeless. Now, I'm not sure if the she is the cleaner or he's a hopeless lovemaker. I probably wouldn't mind as long as the house was still being cleaned. Like, you know, if that's...

Oh, I thought the office cleaner. Oh, I thought the work cleaner at work. I thought the home cleaner. Okay. Did you read that one that you read out to us before? Saw him yesterday? Oh, did to us before? Saw him yesterday? Oh, did I? That I saw him yesterday?

I was seeing a married man, saw him yesterday. I'll be seeing him again today. He's in a loveless marriage and we just have fun. He buys me things, treats me like a princess and then goes home to his wife happy and satisfied. Well, say hi from us. Yeah, do say hello. Say hi from us.

You'd please pass on our... You wouldn't mind a handbag, would you? I wouldn't mind a handbag at all. Shagging a handbag. Bean. Shagging a handbag. Bean, shagging a handbag. Bean, having a full-on affair with one of my best friend's fiancé for nine months. I'm married, have been for over 20 years. No, but they're about to get married.

It's the best stuff of my life, but stricken with guilt in the what do we do from here. We both love each other and our partners are very complicated. By the way, not intentional. Just kissed one night at a drunk party and neither of us can stop. Love is a powerful drug. That is intentional though.

If you know you should and you know you can't. they don't want to leave their partners. Nah. Interesting. What they, I believe the old saying

is they want to have their cake and they want to eat it too. They just all move into one house and split the mortgage. You know how we were like, if you end up with, yeah, nice big mortgage, split it by four. Delicious. You know how we say, if you end up with them, how do you

trust them? Someone said, I wanted to call, but I've chickened out. That's alright. I was the side piece for six years. Not my proudest moment. Ended up marrying him after ten years. We've been married for seven now. Took a lot of trust with him. Yeah.

But we've worked it out in the end. Okay. Because sometimes you do that, maybe he's the one. Man, there's some homewrecking swear words in this country. That's another text that just came up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're not judging. We're not judging.

Text two to tango. Sometimes you can tango a three. In a very similar situations to our person before. Yeah. Without seeing their friend's partner they got caught and they kind of said well maybe we should we both want to stay with our partners

but we're enjoying this and they said but their partner was like yeah but that one's yuck oh yeah right that's alright for you because you know we're hot and one half of that's hot so there's three hot aspects here but now you're asking me to... With the yuck one.

I think that's what that chair in the hotel room's for. Yeah. Just to chill and watch the telly. See ya, see ya later. Actually, I'm going to have to stop you there. That's copyrighted. Suzy Cato'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. Yeah. If she does the same for this podcast. Yeah. And then she tells all her friends. And if you're listening, maybe give it five stars as well.