ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - 26th November 2024

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Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Hayley. Thank you, Bryn. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Flesh, Vavorn and Hayley. Thank you, Bryn. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletchvorn and Hayley. Couple of chances to win on the show this morning. Couple of chances, eh? Couple of chances. After 8.30, we're going to play... I wish there were more chances.

I'll say it. A couple's not enough. You get zero chances. Then there's at least one an hour. You work here. Well, we can do silly giveaways like compliments and kudos. Those are free. Yeah, but after 8.30 this morning,

Chemist Warehouse ASMR. So we've gone to the Chemist Warehouse. Got a sack of goodies. Got a sack of goodies. And yeah, you've got to guess what we're... Do you know what... Yeah, what the... I don't want to give any clues away just yet.

Yeah, ASMR-ing. We have a $300 chemist's warehouse gift pack up for grabs after 8.30. I'm going today because I ran out of moisturiser this morning

and I felt excited. Yeah. Because the girlies were saying that they went to the Black Friday sale and they were like, it's insane.

Do you have sunscreen at your house? Yes. I've got a big tub, darling. You're going to be well looked after. Because I'm going to help them today. I didn't bring sunscreen but I darling. You're going to be well looked after. Because I'm going to help them today.

I didn't bring sunscreen, but I need to be sunscreened. This is a question that we're going to answer on the show this morning. Yeah. Who's going to sunscreen you at Hayley's house? Me or Aaron. I can't wait for this to back. Maybe we have found a job for Fletch. Oh, maybe he comes all the way out, sunscreened,

and then turn around and drive home. Also, before 7.30 this morning, another chance to go in the draw to get to Hong Kong. Register at ZM Online. We could be calling you back. Hayley loves Hong Kong. We're going to play a game of this or that to curate the perfect Hong Kong itinerary.

The top six on the way. The top six. We're hearing a lot about unemployment at the moment, aren't we? Well, I've got the top six high-paying jobs here in Aotearoa, New Zealand, that companies are struggling to fill. Really? It's not all doom and gloom. There's some high-paying jobs that just aren't being filled

and how you could easily do them. Next on the show, though. An interior designer, this is probably a little bit too late for me, but an interior designer has given a list of things that immediately make your home look cheap. And I tell you what, there's one item on here. I would call this a Kiwi classic. Yeah.

She's coming for it. I've got three of these things. Then you are three times as cheap. Play ZM's Fleshborn and Hayley. There is an interior designer who shares tips online for interior design and, you know, how to make things look good. Fancy that. I know.

There's an interior designer sharing tips on health and fitness. No, no, interior design. And she has given a small list of things that she thinks immediately cheapens a house. Let's go through them and see if we have them, shall we? Where's she from? America. Because I'm looking, I've just been seeing the TikTok link,

I'm just purely judging on an aesthetic. She's got cheap ass blinds. She's got those cheap tinfoil blinds that you lower and then twist the thing and it shuts them. Venetian blinds? Yeah, they're Venetian blinds. Do you not like those? I think she sounds Australian.

I think she's Australian. She's Australian. She's Australian. I say she's Australian with Venetians. With Venetians. And I would say her immediate style, we've got white walls, we've got a white chair, we've got, you know.

Yeah, we've got laminated floorboards, which I've got, but I'm also not out there being like, I'm an interior designer. Right. Nothing wrong with these things, but anyway. Here's her little list. A fridge of magnets. We've got some magnets in our fridge.

We stopped. So these are the things that make your house look cheap. Cheap. Okay. We stopped once our kitchen was finished renovating because we'd put so much money into the kitchen that it was like, no more magnets. No more.

We said goodbye to magnets. What if you find a really good magnet? I kind of like. I know. Yeah, because your parents had them for ages, eh? They had everywhere they went. Yes. I kind of like. I know. Yeah, because your parents had them for ages, eh? They had everywhere they went. Yes. I kind of like that.

It's so cool. It's a fun way to express yourself. Do you have magnets on your fridge flange? No. We stick a lot of like notes and stuff up there. Yeah. Like if we get a bill, it's like don't forget to pay this. You've got a family.

Yeah. That's where the things go. Yeah. Okay. Well, there you go. She's been told. A plastic shower caddy. So if you don't have like an inbuilt shelf

or something in your shower. Where are you supposed to put all your stuff if you don't have an inbuilt shelf? Yeah. I realise that not everybody has an indoor shelf. I've had it in other places I've had a plastic shower caddy. Same. I think this is the only home that I have in and it's because we built the shower. Yeah. Plastic shower. Yeah.

Plastic shower caddies, do you prefer the corner ones? Corner. Or the ones that hang over the thing. Yeah, corner. Corner. Some big suction cups. Though when I was at uni, I definitely had the one that hung around the neck of the hose. Oh, yeah, a lot of stress on the shower head there.

A lot of stress on the neck. And then you're putting one litre tubs of this and that. Or it used to, the classic was always, if you had a shower over a bath, just put the rim of the bath, cover that in your Raydox. Yeah, just everything around the bath. By the way, do I smell of Raydox? I haven't noticed. Had a shower

last night, out of body wash. And we're covered in paint, Aaron and I. Oh, so you used man body wash? So Aaron was like, we've got no body wash and I was like, I'm sure there's a backup somewhere. Went through the cupboards. All I found is a big old Radox. Should I meet you halfway for a sniff? Yep.

We're going to meet halfway. Okay. Do you smell? No. No. Purely neutral. Okay. No.

Okay. There you go. You smell all right. But yeah, I use Radox. No, because Vaughn, you love the coconut Radox, don't you? Huge fan. No, just the one that smells like man. Man after blue.

It's blue. Oh, right. The gel is blue. Is it Redox that made the tea tree in the one that really tingled? I don't know. It wasn't that one. Okay. Too many cushions on a bed?

Shut up. Get lost. Plastic gazebos. Did she say how many are the right amount of cushions on a bed? No, she just said too many is too much. Plastic gazebos, Did she say how many are the right amount of cushions on a bed? No, she just said too many is too much. Plastic gazebos, you know, your outdoor areas. I love popping up a gazebo on a sunny day. Yeah, leave it up because the wind and the sun will destroy it in a matter of weeks.

Here's the item of contention here for me. Yeah. Why are clothes horses? See, I've got like three of these. I love them. Of course you do. You live in an apartment. How else are you supposed to drain sheets?

Wherever I lived, I would have these. They are the, I think,. Of course you do. You live in an apartment. How else are you supposed to drain sheets? Wherever I lived, I would have these. They are the, I think, one of the best inventions ever. They're a quintessential item. The ones that are A-frame with the wings out and the support arms for the wings. Perfection. Are they a Kiwi invention? I always thought they were, but

maybe that's just because they've always been around. That everyone had them. I've just opened up, because this is the next thing I want to say about them. What? Isn't it weird when you go to somebody's house and they have the arms at a different thing? Yeah, like real high? Yeah, well, mine does that. We always have the arms flat and like 90 degrees.

Because you can do the legs really like wide. No, you have them up high. You have them like that. Yep. And then the arms, it would just be, and you always get like. No, every now and then I put, because I've got one that with arms can go up 45. So they can be flat. For like a sheet.

And then I do it if I've got a sheet, because we don't have a washing line at the moment. So we've got to do our sheets on that. Oh my God, they're not cheap. I just love them. They're so good. I mean, I don't leave ours out all the time. We tuck them under the bed. You can hide them away.

Slide them away. Yeah. I just, I don't respect this woman, I'll say it. I like a fridge full of magnets and I like a house full of clothing horses. And you're not against

the shower caddy. Do you know how many clothes you can put on a clothing horse? Oh my God. A thousand items. Trust me, a thousand items. They should have

a competition with these clothes horses. Because you're going to go socks on the little bit down low. No, I go socks on the side. I go socks on the side bit down low. No, I go socks on the side. I go socks on the side.

My man, socks on the side. Holy moly. It's the perfect width for either two small socks, like two anklets or a big farm sock will do one bit. You'll go undies down the bottom rack. Yeah, sometimes I do undies on the side. Or gym shorts. Or gym shorts. Yeah, yeah.

Yes, sweat wickable. Sade's undies on the side. Mine won't need that. She gets side. You get a whole bar. No, I. Yes, sweat wickable. Sade's undies on the side. Mine weren't neither. Oh, wait. She gets side. You get a whole bar. No, I don't get a whole bar. I go with my boxer briefs.

I go half and I go them over the mid. Okay. One peg in the middle. By the way, by the way, Sade, she doesn't always peg on the clothes horse and then the clothes fall off. I don't always peg on the clothes horse. Sometimes the whole clothes horse will topple.

Towels, no need to peg. The weight will hold them on there. But anything else can slip off the clothes horse. I also think... Great debate. The spin-off, the journalistic place, they need to do one of those classic Kiwi investigations into did we invent that specific type of clothes horse?

It's almost Kiwiana. It's almost like the Buzzy Bee. And those white plastic chairs. Yeah, it's right up there. It's basically anything from the warehouse in the early days. I love it. Now Vaughan, you love

water blasting. I do. It's one of my absolute favourites. You have from time to time put up time lapses. Yep. I do. It's one of my absolute favourites. You have from time to time put up like time lapses. Yep. I love watching a water blasting time lapse. We've been doing a bit around the house. Actually, we borrowed Vaughn's. Vaughn's is very powerful because we've got a light one.

It's a Honda powered Karcher. Yeah. It's got a Honda engine. It's a Karcher water blaster. It doesn't muck around. You do this in real life, but you have also played this game that I'm about to talk about. I have.

Also, there is... I mow lawns regularly, and there's a lawn mowing simulator that I've played too. Frustrating. Like, Power Wash Simulator is a game that you can play where you wash things. You water blast things. Yeah, you water blast things.

I mean, you could literally be doing this in real life. Yeah, okay. But not everybody I mean, you could literally be doing this in real life. Yeah, okay. But not everybody can. Not everybody has a... Well, yeah, I live in an apartment. I couldn't. You could go borrow one and head down to a local park and water blast the hell out of it.

Well, you've got to find a water source. You've got to have a hose. Yeah, you've got to have a hose. Well, they've done some research into this game and its potential benefits for mental health. The research found that playing the game, cleaning the dirty objects with a power washer, simulation, can help reduce stress and anxiety

while promoting relaxation. Do you think it's because there's no bad guy coming, the only bad guy is some lichen and moss? Yeah. You know, there's no, like, because I don't like gaming in part it's because of the anxiety, you know, like running away

from people. You're about to be shot or killed. Yeah. Whereas this is like low stakes, low pressure, just relaxing. They said that participants reported feeling calmer

and more focused after playing the game, suggesting that simple repetitive activities in games could have like therapeutic effects. It's kind of like how I love watching the rug washing Instagrams. Yes.

My problem is so good. They slot that thing out of the mud. I think they're muddying up the rugs. Of course they are. Oh, they 100% are. Where they're finding these mud sodden rugs. Every single rug. I went dumpster diving.

I found another very, very filthy rug. Very wet and muddy. But God, then they get all the suds on it. And it is, it's very relaxing. Yeah. It's like watching people cut sand. Yeah, but do you feel the same after you actually water blast? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Very, very satisfying to look. Especially, you've got to take a before and after. And if you can, time lapse. Yeah. Because sometimes you finish and you're like, oh yeah, that's clean. But then you need to look back on what it looked like beforehand and be like, that is a wildly different surface. Like when it dries.

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that's good. And then you've got to get that, if it's wood, you've got to get that stain on. And I wouldn't recommend waterblasting every deck. No. Because you can tear up the wood. You can really carve it. Not in the game. Not in the game. Big, wide nozzle. No, I think you can in the game. Oh, can you?

There's different waterblasting surfaces when I played. Concrete piece of cake. You can't go too wrong. That's a bit of stress for you, Hayley, in the game. Big, wide nozzle. No, I think you can in the game. Oh, can you? There's different waterblasting surfaces when I played. Concrete piece of cake. You can't go to a wrong. That's a bit of stress for you, Hayley, in the game. It's a bit stressful. You need a nice, wide nozzle when you're waterblasting. You don't want to do a sort of a comical C and B, you know, with your waterblaster thinking that you're going to go over it

and it's still there permanently. And it's there years later. On your deck. Play. ZM. Spletchvorn and Hayley. I was reading an opinion piece about the fact that New Zealand summer is nearly here and that that means that we're going to be hanging out in our togs a lot more often

than we do in winter. Yes, great. You know, I don't know about you, but I don't rock around in my bikini in the winter a lot. I'm not often just doing quick little jobs in my togs over winter. No, no, no, no. And then dipping into the pool between the hard, hot jobs. Exactly. Only in summer.

And this opinion piece was basically about how, why is it so hard to find a good swimsuit, especially for women? I was going to say, this is for the women, right? Because clients just find some great shorts. I just swim in my gym shorts for the last few years. Yeah, so does Aaron. If you've got a good pair of gym shorts that fits well, they dry fast, it's just find some great shorts. I just swim in my gym shorts for the last few years. Yeah, so does Aaron. If you've got a good pair of gym shorts that fits well,

they dry fast, it's fine. Yeah. Whereas if the women, we've got more, in general, lumps and hub bumps to try to hold in this stretchy thing. And then as of late, as noted in this article, and I completely agree, the style has been that like real 80s, high cut, up the tukus and the frukus, real high cut style, right? Yeah.

Where if you want to go to the beach, you've got to spend 90 minutes removing all of your body hair if you don't want it to be out on display because it's not going to cover it. We've just actually heard from Garnier they would like you to stop using fructus to refer to the... No, I said the fructus. The tocus is the back. I'm talking about the front tocus.

They said they've got it for shampoo and conditioner and you can't have it to describe... No, not fructus. I've taken out a T here. Okay, fructus. Okay. But I'm sure, Carwen and Shannon, girlies,

you would have experienced the harrowing... The expedition. It is harrowing. I have wept in changing rooms before. Do you know what the issue is? Is when they do joint sizes. They're like, here's a 12 top and bottom.

I said, who is a 12 top and bottom? No, no, no. I need a four size difference between my top and bottom at times. But what about sets? top and bottom? No, no, no. I need a four size difference between my top and bottom at times. But what about sets? That's what I mean. Do they not sell individual? Some places don't.

We're kind of turning towards as a society understanding that women aren't always the exact same size top and bottom. So if you have a slimmer bottom and a heavier top, Shannon nods. Or for me a heavier bottom and I used to have a slimmer top, then you would always be in trouble. You'd have a saggy bottom or a saggy top. Yes, thank you. Shannon nods. Or for me, a heavier bottom and I used to have a slimmer top. Then you would always be in

trouble. You'd have a saggy bottom or a saggy top. And you would have to find your mate who was your opposite. Mix and match. It was the worst. Or genuinely not be able to wear your own bikini top. Or just choose which side is going to come out in the water, you know? Yeah. Yes, what do I want

on display? What's not going to survive one in the water, you know? Yeah. Yes, what do I want on display? What's not going to survive one rogue wave at the beach? Yeah, yeah. I have this, I've talked about this before, and like non-spawn, but I've got this really long torso. I'm so tall, but I don't have very long legs. I'm from crotch to neck, that's where the length is. And so I used to always have this thing where you'd try it on, and once it met the crotch and you'd stretch the top, you'd

either be up or pulled down. So same thing. This is for like a one piece. For a one piece. Yeah, right. So I found a company called Andy Swim. It's an Aussie brand that have special long torso tops. What is their tagline? Is it for long torso people? No, they do.

It's so funny because I have three, I'm in a group of three very close friends that all suffer long torso syndrome. Okay. Not a real syndrome. They do. It's so funny because I have three, I'm in a group of three very close friends that all suffer long torso syndrome. Okay. And not a real syndrome. LTS.

LTS. We've got the lips. LTS. Yeah. And we, one day one of us just stumbled upon this website.

We're like, girls! And we bought this whole range. A-N-D-I-E swim.com. Is it just I or is it?

No, I don't know unless there's a different one. Yes. Andy A-N-D-I-E, Swim. Yeah, totally. What's the tagline? Well, you can go in and you can select either regular or LT.

Long torso. Long torso. They got 40% off. Oh, there you go. But then if you've got one, because then you're not getting wedgied or boobs popping out. Right. And then it's like, what are you planning to do in these togs? Lounging?

Girls trip? Honeymoon? Work retreat? Do you want to be active? Multi-purpose? Chasing toddlers? Or are you currently pregnant? How great's that?

Just don't do what I've done in the past, which is be so scarred by the process of buying togs that I've just walked into a shop, held it up like this, sort of like with my hands and gone, yeah, that'll do, bought it, and then realise you've got to wear them on TV,

say presenting a TV breakfast show while you're snorkelling in the Coromandel and you haven't tried it on. And then you put it on because you think it's just a black one piece and you realise it's not LT friendly. It's not for the lits, the long torsos.

Oh, right, yeah. And realise that you're all out. You're showing everybody your breakfast on breakfast television. Your breakfast on breakfast television. Also, in the dressing room, just be kind to yourself. Everybody is a beach body. And remember, leave your undies on if you're going to try them on. Yes.

Unless you're definitely buying them, though. No, no, no, no, no, no. Do not be putting a chunk. No. Even when they've got the little plastic gusset protector in there, leave your undies on, please. That's how you get chlamydia. Or at least that's what people tell them.

That's what you tell your wife. Play ZM's Fleshborn and Hayley. Play ZM's Fleshborn and Hayley. Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah. This is the top six. Ah! Lots of chat about unemployment. It's up.

People are going overseas for better work opportunities. Now, obviously, no one wants to be unemployed at the moment, but wasn't that the discussion during last year at the peak of cost of living and the idea of getting the recession to stop is to increase unemployment or something and it was like,

oh, that's an awful thing. Yeah, because then people, there's... Then you stop spending money. Yeah, but it's the people who are most likely affected are the people that didn't have

the discretionary income in the first place. Yes, which is why I didn't understand it. Yeah, I don't either. But there are some top paying jobs and companies are struggling to fill them.

Yeah, they are. So, I've got the top six jobs. How much they're paid and how hard can they be? Are these real? Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is from an article. Oh. Number six on the list, plumbers. Yeah.

It's one of the jobs that people are, there's plumbing jobs going. Yeah. And the average salary for a plumber, $77,500 a year. Not bad. You've got to train though. Yeah, but all you really need to remember is poos and water will flow downhill. As long as the pipes are like that,

as long as the pipes are going down, just make sure where the pipe starts, for example a sink, and where it ends, for example a septic tank, that's just got to be down. I think we should issue an apology to everyone

whose career is about to be listed it's real easy I connect pipes and stuff all the time it's fun it's like yay

and who's had quite a few issues with pipes actually out of it all of us Vaughn Vaughn's had the most pipe issues

but then I'll just fix the issue with the pipe and has the issue always been that they weren't running down that's what we call on the job training

right okay again apologies to all plumbers listening. Yeah, yeah. I plumbed out, well, not out house, but I've plumbed, like,

the lifestyle block for all the troughs and stuff. Yeah, a trough. A trough for a cow is not quite like plumbing a lovely bathroom for a family. Well, a trough's just a bath,

really. Okay. See? Number five on the list of the top six high-paying jobs that companies are struggling to fill and how to get them and how to keep them. Number five on the list of the top six high-paying jobs that companies are struggling to fill and how to get them and how to keep them.

Number five is electricians. Average salary, $90,000 a year. Yeah, the Sparkies are making bank. I wouldn't want to do that as a job. I'd electrocute myself. Well, that's all you've got to remember. Don't touch the red wire and the black wire at the same time. Is that all you've got to remember?

I think it's harder than that. No, I don't reckon it is. Always make sure the fuse is off when you're wiring it up. Don't put your finger on the black and the red one at the same time. Do you remember when I went to go turn on a light once and it was hot, but also water was pouring out behind it? What would you do in that circumstance? Well, that's because your plumber didn't make sure the pipes were pointing down.

Right, right. So that was a plumber issue. That's a plumber issue. How did the water get in the roof? I don't know. Okay. How did it get in the roof? I don't know. Okay. How did it get in the walls? Exactly.

Okay, electricians? Okay, well, I'll add, I'll addendum to the electricians. Don't touch the red wire and the black wire at the same time and water doesn't mix with power. Done. Keep the job.

You're not wrong, actually. You guys just earned $90,000 a year. Number four on the list are the top six high-paying jobs that companies are struggling to fill and how to get them. Number four is diesel mechanics. Average salary, $95,000 a year. Number four on the list are the top six high paying jobs that companies are struggling to fill and how to get them. Number four is diesel mechanics. Average salary

$95,000 a year. And being a diesel mechanic is just like being a petrol mechanic but a bit smellier and the machines are bigger. I think there's a bit more. Do you want these jobs or not? I'm hearing a lot of excuses over here. These are all the jobs at school they were like, no, you need to go

to university. I know. Don't do that. Don't do that. That's a bum job. They were like, no, you need to go to university. I know. Don't do that. Don't do that. That's a bum job. And you're like, they're making bank, man. The kids that knew how cars and stuff

worked at school and they're like, no, it's important you go to university and study Shakespeare. I know. Yeah, yeah, great. That's what we do.

I don't think it is. And they're like, well, okay, loser. And now they're probably dizzy mechanics earning that much money. But again, it's easy to be one

because it's just like being a petrol mechanic. Again, it's not. It's smellier and the machines are bigger. Smellier. Yeah. And the machines are a bit hornier too. Right. Like it's big trucks and stuff.

Yeah. Diggers. Hot. Bulldozers. Hot stuff. Not looking to find that. Whispy and utes. Pretty horny stuff.

Number three on the list of the top six jobs that companies are struggling to fill and how to get them. These are all high paying jobs. Drain layers. Drain layers are the same kind of the same sort of salary area as plumbers and electricians, like the high, you know, just under Hyundai. What do they have to remember? All they remember is people like drains underground. Again, I think there's more to drain laying than that.

Actually, if I had, you know, with my drains, I like them to be underground. That's where you put them. Out of sight. Yeah, out of sight, out of mind. And again, like you'll remember from the plumbers, Poos runs downhill. Okay, great. With the assistance of water. So if you just put your drain on a little bit of an angle like that. Lovely.

I've got a 10 degree angle on the drain. That feels about right. That feels good. The water will run away. As easy as that. Tick. Another job. Easy peasy. Number two on the drain. That feels about right. That feels good. Okay. It feels good. The water will run away. As easy as that. Tick. Another job. Easy peasy. Number two on the list are the top six high paying jobs that companies are struggling to fill and how to get them.

Number two is chartered structural engineers. What the heck is that? It's the next step up from a structural engineer. It's a chartered one. They have to do other courses and stuff. The average salary, $40,'s a chartered one. They have to do other courses and stuff. The average salary, $40,000 a year. Okay.

Some more because of how highly sought after they are. You know what the answer is. Easy peasy. Have this job. Don't put heavy things too high. You said $40,000 a year. $140,000. Okay. I'm sorry.

I was like, you were... You said $40,000. You said $40,000. And I was like, I don't think for all that studying that that's particularly high. You don't even need to study. You just don't put heavy things too high without more heavy stuff underneath it. Ta-da, pyramids. Again, I think it's more.

I don't think ta-da, pyramids. Ta-da, pyramids. I don't know if it's. You name another building that's lasted longer than the pyramids, and the key was having more heavy stuff at the bottom than at the top. You've got a very good point there, actually. Thick base, yeah. Dude, I'm full of good points.

Fat base. You've got to have a big fat base. Big, thick, fat base. There you go. $140,000 a year. $140,000. Nice. Number one on the list.

But all you can provide is pyramids. What more do you need? Yeah, yeah, true. Hey, I want to build a lovely family home. You can do a block. Might interest you

in a pyramid. You can do a block but you've got to remember that the heavier stuff has got to be at the bottom. Okay. And if you want to go higher, you've got to have more heavy stuff at the bottom. Right.

And number one on the list of the top six jobs that are high paid in this country that companies are struggling to fill, financial controllers. I Googled what this meant. Yep. A financial controller essentially is a company's lead accountant.

So, duh, don't spend more money than you earn. Ta-da! Now, you are also qualified to earn between $150,000 and $200,000 a year. Far out! Yeah, and all you've got to do is be like, hey, stop spending that much money and earn more. Yeah. Duh.

Duh. Actually, it is pretty straightforward. It's so straightforward. And people are going to Australia for these jobs? About as straightforward as a pyramid. Oh, yeah, exactly. Fat base. Duh. Actually, it is pretty straightforward. It's so straightforward. And people are going to Australia for these jobs? About as straightforward as a pyramid. Oh, yeah, exactly. Fat base. Fat base.

The top. Lasts forever. I'm a structural engineer. That is today's top six. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Now, I've got a lot of time for the rural postie. Growing up, we always, come Christmas time, we gave John, John Lawrence, see, I can remember his name, who was our rural postie. Growing up, we always, come Christmas time, we gave John,

John Lawrence, see I can remember his name, who was our rural postie growing up. Okay. Always gave him a box of scorched almonds or a box of roses. Was he like Postman Pat?

Did he come along with his van? We called him Postman Pat. Oh, that's cute. It was black and white cat. No, there was no cat, but we called him Postman Pat. He had a red ute.

Fun. And it had a canopy on the back. I can picture it. And if he had like something that he couldn't fit in the letterbox, he'd drive it up the driveway and he always like put on a little. I can picture it. And if he had like something that he couldn't fit in the letterbox, he'd drive it up the driveway and he always like put on a little show.

A little dance. Yeah, he did voices. Oh God. It was a great thing. Sounds like you if you were made redundant and had to come out real posty. Well, here's the bad thing. This bloody government,

we've got to think about cutting their days back. What? Oh yeah. Yeah, because have you seen how much it costs to post a letter? Yeah. Just a career thing. Us all not having mailboxes

and just having a collective mailbox for a collector of houses. No, thank you. Chris Finlayson. Anyway, I want to tell you about our rural post. The girls have done another batch of their candles. Oh, you saw the mountain of orders. Congrats. So many.

So many candles have been sent. We don't think so. Watch out, we'll call you. Do you know what don't think so. Watch out, we're coming. Do you know, I recognise, watch out, we're coming. One candle at a time. I recognise some of the names. Oh, did you?

From people that message on Instagram or listen to the show. Comment on our Facebook page and stuff. Don't say that, because now they know that you know where they live and that feels so long. I looked up all of their Google addresses and I went on Street View

and I was like, that's a nice house. I'm like, Robert. You've crossed the line there. That's not what happened at all. But Chrissy, our legendary postie, she came earlier in the day and they weren't all packaged up. And she said, I tell you what, I'll come back later.

And I assumed she meant come back in the van at the end of the day. She came back at 7 o'clock at night in her own personal Ford Falcon. Oh, my gosh. Goodness. And we loaded it up and I was like, I need to do this. And she's like, no, this way I can get them off at 3 o'clock at night in her own personal Ford Falcon. Oh, my gosh. Goodness. And we loaded it up, and I was like, oh, you need to do this. And she's like, no, this way I can get them off at 3 o'clock in the morning. But that's to no benefit of her. I know.

Wow, that's true rural generosity. She might have earned more than a box of scorched almonds for that act of lying. Yeah, but what do you get your local postie? It's sort of a bit full on. That's the thing about ringers and scorched, because she told me, I said, do you get up at 3? She's like, I get up at 2. Oh, wow. Because I like to do 5Ks on my exercise cycle

because I'm sitting in the van all day. Are you kidding me? So I don't think the woman that just told me she gets up early to do some exercise cycle probably wants everyone giving her a box of chocolates. Yeah, but she'll burn them off on the exercise cycle. Yeah, exactly. And getting it out of the van's no easy feat.

There's a bit of upper body strength. What about a quick calls voucher for a book? She's got no time to read. When's she going to read? On her exercise cycle. On her exercise cycle. No, she's probably like one of those people that goes too hard on the exercise cycle. What about a rebel sport voucher?

For some new shoes. For some new shoes. You're not giving her $200, are you? No. No. She hasn't earned that much. Wait, were you going from scorched almonds to what? How much you wanted to spend here?

I don't know. Yeah, what's the budget? I don't know. That's kind of what's appropriate. Well, she's coming on her own personal time to pick up your things. What about a lovely batch of muffins? Oh, no, the chocolate. Do you always get the rural postie something?

Is this what you do? Yeah. Right. I've never done it. I've never lived rurally. Neither really. I don't know. I don't think everybody does,

but just growing up was always a thing. My nana used to do the same postie, Postman Pat, John. Yeah. My nana used to make him like treats. Yeah, yeah. Russian fudge. My mum does Russian fudge for everyone.

Russian fudge? Yeah, yeah. Real good Russian fudge. Maybe just a sampler box. Maybe just get her a sampler box. No, I'm leaning away from food. I feel like she was really telling me when she gets up early to get the paint. Why don't you give her one of the candles?

Give her a candle and an MTA. What about an MTA voucher for some fuel? That's the thing. If you give her a candle, it feels generous, but actually she knows you haven't paid for it. An MTA voucher. Well, they're not free to make. We can give her two candles. They're not free to make.

Yeah, but it's kind of free. There's no exchange of money here. No, way more. Oh, we're revealing your profit margins. Somebody said if she's driving a Ford Falcon, it sounds like she'd like a box of beers. Now that's true. Rural Posse here, my favourite gift is a nice hand cream or a homemade jam or

chutney. Oh, look, go make her some jam from the fruits of your tree. She doesn't want your jam. I make good jam. Vaughan's jam. Do you know what I recommend for a boom of feed your crop next season? Lots of it. Well, yeah, there you go.

Give her a nice chutney or something like that. Back in England, we leave beer on the dustbin for the bin men at Christmas. I reckon a box of beers and some nice Vaughan jam. Yeah. Probably time to get out the old jam sugar. And a free candle. Yeah, and a free candle. That she knows is really cheap.

Bottle of wine? Bottle of wine? Nice bottle of wine? No, no, no. Wine's too personal. Beer is fine. I gave someone wine at the weekend to say thank you for something. It turns out they don't drink.

Oh, yeah. See, exactly. You've stuffed up. Yeah, yeah. Play ZM's Fletchbourne and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. Fletchborn and Hayley. Silly little pole.

Silly little pole. It is so silly, silly, silly that the silly little pole. Silly little pole. Silly little pole. Silly little pole. Silly little pole. Hello. My name is Vaughan Smith and it's nice to meet you all. Silly Little Pole, how often do you wash your clothes?

Three options. After every wear, after two or three wears or four plus wears. Now you've recently changed your habits. Oh, okay. City would. I'm back to every wear. I'm back to every wear. Oh no.

You wear a t-shirt for a few hours of the day and you wash it. That's so wasteful. I live, man. I live. I've changed as well because we live such a segmented day. The work and the gym and the home, it's all different. I'll rock a t-shirt a couple of times.

T-shirts every time. Jeans, I don't even know when I last washed these. And like shorts and stuff around the house, just never wash them until they're real bad. I only wash my jeans when they get a stack, like a sauce stain. Yeah. You shouldn't wash your jeans that much.

Undies every wash. Same. Bras maybe once a week. But I change them. You've got sweaty tits though. Yeah, I've got really sweaty, sweaty breasticles. Vaughn Alan Smith. Yes, Carl Peter Fletcher.

Watch your language, please. So, the most popular one was after two or three wears, 56% of people. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We're wasting water and we're ruining our clothes. Especially now so many places have water meters. Yeah. What? Do you know, speaking of, can you believe this? This is unbelievable. I woke up this morning at whatever water meters. Yeah. What? Do you know, speaking of,

can you believe this? This is unbelievable. I woke up this morning at whatever, 4.20. 4.20! Went into, never, went into the bathroom

and the tap was just running. What? So I was like, spooky, turned it off and I hadn't gone up for a wee last night, had really good sleep.

And so I woke Aaron up and he got up for a wee while I was getting ready. I said, you've left the tap on all night. He was like, oh my god, I don't know how he did that. So wasteful. There were children in Africa who could have, you know, as my mother would have said. You could have washed them all. No, I could have sent them

the nice clean drinking water. Well, at least, like, you might have been able to wash, like, four or five of them. Have you updated to the new calculator? The new software on your phone? Yeah. The calculator's to wash like four or five of them. Have you updated to the new... Calculator. The new software on your phone? The calculator's changed. I know, it tells you your... It's great.

It tells you your... What do you call that? Equations. Equation. It shows you the whole equation. It doesn't bloop and update the screen. It's all written there now. And it's got a backspace button.

Now, what were you trying to work out? Oh, cool. Well, this is... You might be thinking, Vaughan, you're getting distracted. Yes. Because 56% of people said after two or three wears,

42% said after every wear, and four, some people said, 1% said after four plus wears. And I added that up and then it comes to 99. Wow. 42 plus 56 plus one

equals 99. Now, I looked at that and I thought, that's not right. And then I added it up on my coagulator. Where's that other 1%? Don't know. I, I looked at that and I thought, that's not right. And then I added it up on my coagulator. Where's that other 1%? Don't know.

I figured I'd round one down. They're rounding, they're rounding, aren't they? Yeah. Bronte, you've got to wash your clothes, people. I went to uni with a girl who didn't know how to use

a washing machine. She was a privileged child and she ended up smelling like poos. Straight poos. Wash your clothes. Straight poos. Straight poos. That is not a great compliment.

Imagine that's ruining your, you think they're living in the lap of luxury, you are ruining a human. Yeah, by not teaching them. By not teaching them the ways of the washing machine. Oh, you must know how to use that. My daughter said, why does your washing machine look different to Nana's?

Because Nana's got a top loader and we've got a front loader. Oh, yeah. I don't know why they do that. I said there's two types of washing machines. And I explained to her. What a mean chat. What a cool chat you had with her. But it's more than that.

Oh, my God. Keep telling me. So what else was in this awesome chat? What a learning. What a learning. Hey, well, she's not going to go to university to smell like, as Bronte said, straight poos. Yeah. Because she knows that she might come across a different looking washing machine.

And I explained how to use it. This is true. Hayley said, it depends. Undies and socks, of course, after every wear. Manky if you're not. But jeans and t-shirts, sniff test after worn and all good. Then goes for another round. T-shirts, I'll just have a quick look for any like stains.

Yeah. Little sniff in the pit. We're good. Depends, said Kerry. Smelly work clothes every wear. Totally agree. Yeah. Hoodie, I work in and barely, barely wash it unless it gets a stain.

Yeah, hoodies, because it takes so long to bloody dry. It can't be bought. It's so sad when your hoodie loses that nice fluff on the inside too. Yeah, I know. I'm a bit of a manky dairy farmer, said Edward, and wear the same clothes for the week. Always change when I enter the house at night, but breakfast and lunch I'm in them of a manky dairy farmer, said Edward, and wear the same clothes for the week. Always change when I enter the house at night, but breakfast and lunch, I'm in them.

Yeah, okay. That's a long time to be in a stinky. I'm assuming Hive is. Yeah. Kirstie, I voted for four plus. I don't sweat very much at all, and I don't get BO, so my clothes don't tend to smell. Hence why I don't wash them very often.

She must get such a long life out of her clothes. Yeah, lovely. If I sweat lots, I'll definitely wash them very often? She must get such a long life out of her clothes. Yeah, lovely. If I sweat lots, I'll definitely wash them straight away. It just seems pointless to wash them after every time if they don't smell. Is that gross? No. I guess not. It's not gross. If you don't smell, if you don't feel that they're dirty and you don't sweat.

It's your own body. Wow, that she doesn't sweat. Yeah. I sweat. Summer said, if it's stained or stinky, wash, wash, wash. Otherwise, the two kids and a fiancé are drowned in the washing. Moshua,

if I gym or sweat in them, then every single wear, otherwise a little bit longer. Oh, yeah, gym gears once. Yeah. Katie said, girls with wacky hormones understand the sweaty vibes.

Oh, you know me. Yesterday I was intoxicatingly hot. Today, not so much. Hormones. Up and down. And it's weird because the air con temperature Oh, you know me. Yesterday I was intoxicatingly hot. Today, not so much. Up and down. Up and down. And it's weird because the air con temperature is exactly the same as yesterday. Today's is cooler.

No, it's exactly the same. Yesterday sat at 25 degrees the whole show. No, it was literally the same. I was flushing with heat. It was awful. It was so warm. Today it's nice and frosty, just how I like it. And Devin said, after everywhere I have a one-year-old,

pretty self-explanatory there. Yeah, in the wash. Getting baby goo all over the clothes. We've got a magnolia tree in our driveway, right? And it's sort of boxed in. It has all this crap down the bottom. And it wasn't looking great. It was like, we're going to get out all that stuff, make it look nice.

But growing on the tree was a staghorn fern. And apparently this is a thing. It's like a, they call it staghorn fern because the leaves of it, the frongs, look like staghorns. Like this, like antlers. Right. So that was growing all over. It looked a right mess.

And apparently this is what people do. They put coconut husks or something You were saying, Vaughan Yeah, it's to protect the trunk And it's like, because sometimes From what? Looking nice? Yeah, exactly People don't like a bear-looking trunk

And you see it all the time in the islands Right People whack those on In New Zealand it's a popular thing to put those ferns There's a few different sort of plants you can do And they like grow around the tree I agree, I like a clean trunk. I like a clean trunk.

And I'm excited. Maggie's Garden World here, isn't it? Yeah, it is. Welcome. Which one are you? Because I'll be rude. If we're talking classic Maggie's Garden World. I'm Maggie.

Okay, you're that other guy. You're the old gay guy that does flowers. I don't want to be the old gay guy that does flowers. You're the old gay guy that does flowers. You know lots about roses. Ask your mum for a cheat sheet. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we had one of these and I didn't like to be the old gay guy that does flowers. You're the old gay guy that does flowers. You know lots about roses. Ask your mum for a cheat sheet. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we had one of these and I didn't like the look of it

and it's been there the whole time and I was like, we're tidying up all the outside. As you know, I'm going to finally remove it. So I start sawing at this thing and it took, it was actually one of those things where I was like, I'm going to do this in 30 minutes and I was like, I'm so over it. Wait, you're sawing something off your tree?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just had you cut away and it's layers and layers and layers of this thing. It's been there for years. Then, through, there's all these holes and sort of woven bits in there. No thanks. Then, I spot a really big weta

and I was like, oh my God, I love them. I do too. I'm a huge fan of them. They're so great. Do they bite you though? No, no thanks. Well, he kind of poked his head out and I was a huge fan of them. They're so great. Do they bite you though? No, they can't. Well, he kind of poked his head out and I was like, hello little mate. Out of one of the holes in the tree?

No, amongst all this mess that's grown on the tree that I was hacking at. Now, obviously I don't want to kill one of these things because they're native to New Zealand and they're special. Yeah, but there's like a million of them, right? Oh, calm down. No, this is why we have lovely weta hotels on the native bushes right okay so um now i'm really trying to hit the e because remember it all came out that we were saying weta for ages and that means poop i did not know i thought kaka was poo yeah it was something like that and then weta workshop was

like oh my god poop workshop anyway So These weta were coming out And I was like okay great And so I sort of moved him Massive thing I moved him And put him onto the ground Oh you picked him up Gardening gloves

Or bare hands No bare hands I'm not afraid of them Which is so crazy That I'm afraid of MOTHs To the point where I can't say the word Yes Which is these massive

Crawly brown Things Picked him up And I just put him on the corner It's because she's Maori It is Oh killed her It's because she's Maori. It is. Oh, killed her. It's because she's Maori.

I think it's got something to do with me being Maori. Anyway, so I picked him up, put him on the ground. Wait, are there any Maori? The Maoris aren't scared of anything. Wait, are there any Maori moths? Yeah, the Poriri moth. I don't care about that one. It is huge.

I'm mostly Scottish. I'm mostly Scottish. Please don't. Please don't. Anyway is huge. I'm mostly Scottish. I'm mostly Scottish. No, please don't. Please don't. Anyway, so I do this to protect him. Look at this big. I'm not going to show you. I'm not going to show you.

I'm not going to show you. Look at this big dog. I know it's in the room. It's beautiful. It's a green moth. Stop. Because I don't like the brown and the grey ones because they're a bit dusty. Yes, it's green.

Well, that makes me a bad Marty then because I don't like those ones. I'm a good Marty with weather, bad with pose. I pick and choose. She me a bad Marty then because I don't like those ones. I'm a good Marty with weta, bad with those. I pick and choose. She's a bad Marty. Anyway, so I put this guy. We say in jest, of course. Of course. I was about to say something political, but I won't.

Anyway, so I put him down on the ground and then I go back to hacking this. Then along comes a little blackbird and he's there and he's looking around for the worms because I'm turning up the soil, swoops in and eats the bugger. I was like, he ate the witter that you put. I was like no! Do I need to bring around my gun today? No. Because I just got some new slug gun

pellets. Well maybe. Because I've just reseeded the lawn and I tell you what, I am dropping some thrush. Don't worry, it's a thrush free summer for you and I both. Okay, good, good different thrushes Dude. Don't worry, it's a thrush free summer for you and I both. Okay, good, good, different thrushes. So I was like, I started screaming at this bird like, no, no, no. I've gone to all this effort. He flies off and I was like, that bastard.

Bloody colonial birds. I know. That's the coloniser's bird coming in. Anyway, so I keep hanging at this thing. I find more and more of these guys and each time I'm putting them down and then I'm sort of like laying a protection. I've got my eyes on them. I was like, right, where are you crawling to? You're crawling here. You're going there. This one bird, it was the same bird every time I'm putting them down and then I'm sort of like laying a, I've got my eyes on them. I was like, right, where are you crawling to?

You're crawling here. You're going there. This one bird, it was the same bird every time I recognised him because I looked into his soul. I knew it was the same one. He feasted on the lot. He feasted. You just set up a smorgasbord of Weta.

What were I supposed to do with them? Take them, put them in a thing in shoebox and then later on when it's dark, put them out on a different tree. It's like being in a busy pedestrian area and just putting down a block of Whittaker's chocolate in the middle of the road. In the middle of the footpath. It's like throwing lollies

in a Santa parade. It's exactly, I helped in this massacre of the treasured Weta and I should have just left it. Because the reason I was doing it is because I was really cutting down their home. So you, you, you. Deforestation.

Wow, there's a bit of deforestation. There's a coloniser now. I've come into their home and I've said mine. Putting them out to the slaughter. Yeah, I know. So my apologies. I really did my best. I was guarding the area.

How many wetter are we down? Five. Oh, Hayley. Five? Hayley. So mum, dad, older brother, middle. Granddad. And the daughter.

No, granddad that was living in the house with them because grandma died and granddad couldn't look after himself anymore but he flat out refused to go to a wetter rhymer. And so there's probably just like one younger wetter just still living there without a whole family. Granddad, mum, dad and the two brothers are gone. The little girl, she's in the tree somewhere being like, what happened?

Where did they all go? I'm sure they'll be home soon. Oh my God. I'm literally upset. Okay. Well, today, if I see any more, I'll get a shoebox and I'll do it. Someone just messaged in,

deforestation and genocide. Well done, Hayley. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. Grab me a filthy book because Eli Mathewson's in studio and his voice is deep this morning. Yeah, I don't know what's happened. You know when you're just at that stage of the cold

where you've got to, and then you feel like you should be singing like, you give me fever. Yes. That's one of the vibes that I'm in at the moment. It's rumbling, isn't it? It's weird. It's really vibrating the table.

I feel so sexy, but no one should be pashing me. No one should touch me. Eli, you're in because the first announce for the line-up of the Best Foods Comedy Gala has been announced. You're in it.

Felicity Ward. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. From The Office. Australia. And a boy with tape on his face, a Kiwi classic. And he's here for the interview as well, but he's got tape on his face. He can't hear us. He can't.

Sorry, guys, he can't answer your questions. Welcome. Boy with tape on your face, how excited are you? You're great. Yes. I actually do impressions as well. Oh, my God. But it's so exciting.

Every year, the line-up, it's always huge. It's always, like, exciting to see, you know, who's in the thing. How many times have you you done it i think this is my seventh or eighth i've been i've been bloody i've been all up in there many times i've been first and last in the lineup and because there's like 20 comedians so i know the joy of going first which means you can have a beer yes 7 45 yeah if you don't know this, behind the scenes, it's really like when you're in the, they're late in the second half because it is a long show.

It's really, really fun. But if, when you're performing, you do have to hang around the green room from like 10 a.m. in the morning just waiting and not drinking.

Yeah, because there's like so many people who get their makeup done and check their outfit. It's like a long day. And yeah, I think last,

this year, I was on at 10.25 or something. Wow. It's a great show though. Yeah, Fletcher, you've been before. You just get a little bit of every comedian. Yeah, totally.

It's four minute sets. Four minute sets? It's like scrolling TikTok, but in a big, gorgeous theatre. Yeah, that's exactly it. And everyone just brings their best gear because it's getting filmed for television, which it'll also be televised. It's like the weekend after, right? Yeah, it comes on pretty soon.

Yeah, yeah. And then they do like two nights out and then it's just such weekend after right it's kind of straight away and then they do like two nights out and then it's just such an amazing time and this year I get to host it which is how are you feeling about that? I get to host as a bit of a bitch this year next year sorry, it's me she'll go over

Eli you're going to cut one and a half minutes of stuff and I've heard she has a massive ride I heard she's like asking for men dressed in sort of fishtails, shirtless in her dress rehearsal. You have misread my genres so hard. Really? She likes mermen.

Wait, what do you mean misread? What's the difference? You like centaurs. Why would you not like a merman? That's the same thing. No, no, no. It's a bit feminine for me. You know, I like my women boyish

and my men very masculine. A merman can be very masculine. You've seen Trident in Little Mermaid? No, I haven't. His chest is huge. Yeah, no, not really. It's not quite for me. No, I won't run over at all.

In fact, and if I do, they'll just cut me and tell me to come off. Do you know one of the things I'm most nervous about with this is not if I'm going to be funny at all, is names, saying people's names in the moment. Even like your name that I've known for years and years and years, something about the pressure of that moment makes me think that I'll say, Alassane Matusa!

And you'll have to come out to that and just work with it. Full John Travolta. Yeah, full Adele Dazeem. Adele Dazeem, yeah. So do you know what you're going to do for your four minutes? Can you give us a tease about your set? Here's what I will say. It's in May, so of course not. But

I did... And Hayley, why would you ask? That is interesting that we're talking in November about something happening in May. It's because it's a great Christmas, Brizzy. Yeah. Tickets to the gala. And do you know what? Every year it sours out quite quickly. So I think the vibe is like, it's on sale now. Get it for Christmas.

And that's the thing as well. Like you get a little sampler. It's always on the first night of Comedy Festival. get a little sampler it's always on the first night of comedy festival, get a little sampler and you can be like I loved that person's four minutes, I'll go and book their full show. I do have a great new joke actually that I tried, I've only done it once but I might do it again, about doing something very naughty with a barocca

I was going to say maybe you could do it here now we could hear it but that died out I don't know if it's not, it's a right time of the day for a barocca but maybe not a dirty joke about Barocca. Yeah, I feel like you'll upset Vaughan too because he loves a Barocca for his baby bounce. Well, I think you would enjoy doing what I would be talking about with that Barocca.

Okay, well, maybe we'll talk about this off air. Look at him, you made him so uncomfortable. This is a missionary man. It's God intended. Yeah. It's God intended. The gala is in both Auckland and Wellington

yes the 2nd of May is Auckland yes at the Dame Kiri Takanawa Theatre which is very very beautiful stunning space and then even

even more so in my opinion the next day in Wellington on the 3rd of May is the Opera House you can book booktickers at comedyfestival.co.nz

see Eli see me see Felicity see Boy with a Tape on his face and probably about... More to be announced next year. 16 more comics to be announced. And if you're a ripped man who looks good in a fishtail, Hayley is auditioning for her harem

that will be in her dress rehearsal dress room as well. For a book that I will write that Eli Mathewson will voice the next time he gets a cold. It's really doing things to me, Eli. Please leave the studio. Thanks for coming in. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley.

Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. We want to talk about the things that you have dropped in the supermarket. Oh, never done it. I have. The time I did this was I was in Edinburgh and it was raining

and I was in Jandals. Raining in Scotland? And I went into the whatever the supermarket was and I was going to be spreading it out over the course of the week but I did grab two bottles of red wine to drink in moderation right okay and I grabbed uh two bottles like this and

I was absolutely fine and I went into the uh lineup like this and as I stepped forward to put them on the convey about like that I slipped in my jandals because they were wet from the rain and they just both went smash and I absolutely at least like it was overseas like you wouldn't have been at the supermarket where you know you go to all the time and people recognize you i know but the worst part was i did one of those awkward sort of um um like through the wine anyway the reason we want to talk about this is because there was a chick that she had on tiktok she went into the supermarket and she was acting silly, right? And you know, it's so embarrassing when you're acting silly

and you do something that actually kind of backfires. And she pulls out this bag of, she's like dancing and squatting and stuff. It looks like a 1kg bag of grated cheese. And she pulls it out to kind of like do a move. And the arse end of the bag comes out and it just like cheese everywhere. Cheesy glitter. It's cheesy glitter. It's cheesy glitter.

It's cheesy glitter. Was that, so because you know, have you ever had something from the supermarket? No, never. And, well, I haven't finished.

I've never been to a supermarket. Well, I've never been to a supermarket. Sorry. No, I'm not going to finish now. I'm not going to finish if you're going to be a brat. Alright, mum at Christmas. Yeah, right. I'm sorry. Did you want to help in the kitchen or not? Get out of here not going to finish. You're going to be a brat. All right, Mum, at Christmas. Yeah, right now.

Okay, Mum. I'm sorry. Did you want to help in the kitchen or not? Get out of here. Leave me alone. If you want your presents. Nope. I don't want them.

You'll let Mum finish. Oh, no, I understand. Mums talk too much. I'll just be quiet. Oh, my God, yes. That's the thing I'd forgotten about Christmas season. Looking forward to Mum making herself the victim. No, fine.

What would I know? Oh, no, I guess my opinion doesn't stand for anything anymore, so I'll just shut up. You've got to be careful what you say around Vaughan. That's what I get I know? Oh, no, I guess my opinion doesn't stand for anything anymore, so I'll just shut up. You've got to be careful what you say around Vaughan. That's what I get at most of the time. Oh, yeah. Oh, apparently I can't say that about women anymore, so be careful.

Watch yourself around Vaughan. Don't say anything about that hickory around Vaughan. No, I was just wondering, because this looked like it had been cut or already opened, this bag of cheese. Yeah, the arse end of that doesn't fall apart. You know, sometimes if the people at the supermarket are opening a box with a craft knife or a sharp knife.

Sometimes you get a little tear in it. Have you ever bought something and it's had a cut in it? And also because she's been selling kind of whips the bag out, it was probably all it needed to explode. But then there's the thing of like, do you pay for it? Because when I dropped those bottles of wine in Edinburgh, this woman came up to me and was like, do you want to order a little vial?

And she just like mopped it up and then told me to go get two more bottles and I left. And because you hadn't paid for it. And I hadn't paid for them. Because if you'd paid for it and then dropped them on the way out, you would have had to repay for them. Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally.

But because I was in the thing. Anyway. I'd love to know as well if anyone's dropped something in the supermarket but then they've made you pay for it too. Yeah, yeah, totally. I reckon it totally depends on the sort of person you are. Yeah, because they've got insurance, right? They just write stuff off. for it too. Yeah, yeah, totally. I reckon it totally depends on the sort of person you are. Yeah, because they've got insurance, right?

They just write stuff off. Instant insurance, yeah. Surely. Yeah. Well, this is what we want to know this morning. When we were flat shopping once and someone grabbed a bag of frozen mixed vegetables and went for the trolley,

it was like basketball shot to the trolley from a mile away. It did go in the trolley, but when it hit the trolley, it exploded basketball shot to the trolley from a mile away. It did go on the trolley, but when it hit the trolley, it exploded and just pees and carrots just went. And now we've got a health and safety issue. And we just keep going. Little mini marbles on the floor, those peas, those frozen peas. Some of them peed in the aisle.

Yeah. Carrot. Carrot Corn No I don't know if that's working for you I was just trying to It's a medley right I was just trying to play a word game Mum

Mum you don't always have Okay so every joke I say has to land Okay I won't even try anymore Oh you've got to watch it Sorry if you're not a professional comedian You can't even make a silly little joke in front of the family. No one ever say anything anymore.

I won't bother. We want you to give us a call. 0800 DALS at M. You can text through 9696. What did you drop in the supermarket? And how much of a mess did it make? Yeah. And did you have to pay for it?

Did you run away? Did you just leave it and say, oh, I guess I can never go back to that supermarket again? Oh, God. Give us a call. 0800 DALS at M. 9696. What did you drop in the supermarket?

There's a woman who absolutely huffed a bag of cheese around. Vaughn's burst a frozen veg medley. I've dropped two bottles of wine. And apparently a lot of you have dropped things in the supermarket as well. Beth, what did you drop at the supermarket? Hey, team. I was bought a layered drop at the supermarket? Hey, team. I bought a layered dip. Oh, yum.

I love a layered dip. Bit of cream cheese, bit of pesto. Yes, so good. So excited. Bought that. I was in the self-checkout. Walking out, I had a couple other items with me, so I was carrying quite a bit in my arms.

Yeah. Anyway, it must have slipped from my hand. The dip fell on the floor, split, went all over the floor, and up the leg of the lady next to me. That's so embarrassing. And you'd already paid for it? I'd already paid for it,

and I was so humiliated. I didn't even get another one. I was just like, sorry, and I just grabbed it and walked out and ate the last little remnants of it in my pot. We don't want to waste it. Did you just use your finger to get it out of the container?

Yeah. She's having a bad day, Fletch. She's got to finger the triple layer dip. Also, those things are so creamy and oily. Like, if that splattered up someone's leg, you'd be like, that's not coming out. Yeah, no, I definitely don't think it will come out. Oh, no.

Beth, thank you. Poor Beth. Sophie, what did you drop at the supermarket? My mum went to the supermarket one day and she asked me to get a bottle of, like, a two litre bottle of milk. And I went and I grabbed it and I dropped it and it went everywhere. I hate. And it's so, like it and it went everywhere. I hate it.

And it's so, like, that just explodes, Mel. Yeah. Yeah. And the same day, she went to go get some butter chicken and she dropped it and it went everywhere. Like a jar. Oh, that would stain too. Oh, my God.

It would smell so good, though. Like, butter chicken sauce. If every supermarket smelled like butter chicken sauce, I'd be so happy Yeah Did the staff come and clean it up Or did you have to sort of deal with the milk They cleaned it up Yeah

And did you Had you already paid for it No we hadn't And so did they charge you for it No they actually didn't Oh okay That's good I think they realise it's a legit accident

and not someone trying to get TikTok subscribers. Nero. A few people have messaged in. Thanks, Sophie. Oh, yeah. Thank you, Sophie. Sorry. It's called...

I don't want to say thank you to Sophie. Well, I'll say it. Eulage. Eulage. U-L-L-E-G-E. Eulage. I think you make up a word. Well, they say supermarkets and suppliers have agreements.

She's standing by and let her make up words. Yeah, she's making up another word. They have agreements to pay for these sorts of things called eulage. Suppliers give supermarkets a discount of items over accidental breakages like that. How are you meant to say it? Mom, you're saying it wrong. Suppliers pay eulage to cover breakages. It's so embarrassing, stop talking.

You say it then! Eulage! Keep your texts coming in 9696 0800. Dials it in. What have you dropped at the supermarket? Someone does bring up a good point. The worst part about dropping and smashing something at the supermarket is awkwardly standing around and apologising

while the staff member cleans it up because you can't walk away until it's cleaned up but you're not actually helping them clean it up. But they don't want you to help because it's like a health and safety thing. I know, but then you're standing there on their hands and knees while you're still looking down and being like, clean up my mess.

As soon as that sign comes out, wet floor, I'm like, can I leave? I do apologise, but can I leave? Can I go now? Okay, it's Ullage, guys, by the way. Ullage. What's Ullage again? That's how you pronounce it.

It's like the discount that suppliers give to sellers to allow for paying for this kind of stuff. For breakages. For breakages. Courtney, what did you drop at the supermarket? Well, firstly, long-time listener, first-time caller. Oh, we'll get the bell, we'll get the bell. Yes.

Welcome. Welcome to the show, Courtney. Thank you very much. So my story is my husband and I were at the supermarket buying some kitty litter. Oh, okay. One of the bags with the handle. So I'm walking around for a while, buying lots of things,

and suddenly this person came up to us and said, excuse me, I think there might be a hole in your bag. Oh, my God. Were you like Hansel and Gretel-ing this? Yes, through the supermarket. There's a trail of kitty litter all through the aisles, and we had no idea, but it just seemed so interesting. Someone messaged me, Courtney,

saying they had the same thing with flour, and someone literally stuck them in the frozen section at the last stop and said, do you know you've been dropping flour for like seven aisles? There would literally be this perfect trail of flour. Oh, that's brilliant. Wait, did you go back and pick up all the kitty litter? How? No, we didn't. So when the

person told us there was a bit of a commotion and staff members were in hysterics and they just said, look, we'll sort it, you go. They could see that we were fortified so we quickly went to the checkout paid for it and left. You got a new bag of kitty litter though, right? Oh no, we had to get

out of there. Abandoned. Did you pay for a half full bag? We did. I've never seen a vacuum cleaner in a supermarket. Is that a fair call? It's always a mop or a broom. It would be annoying disturbing the peace. Yeah, they

had to get a slim bra. I don't know how they cleaned it up. You ran away so so you never know. Because of the shame. Courtney, thank you. A couple of text messages to finish. We've got a celebrity dobbing in. May we?

Okay. Why not? Yeah. Okay. I was standing next to Sam Kane at Fresh Choice. He dropped a punnet of strawberries, picked them all up,

put them back on the shelf for someone else to buy. Sam, you're all... To be fair, he's had a few head nods. Samuel. Sam. Sam.

Although, to be honest, I would do exactly the same. Also, shout out to the person that spent so long picking out the perfect avocado. Oh. Perfect. Fingering it just enough. Dropped it immediately. Back to get another one.

I dropped a one kg Greek yogurt. As it hit the ground Flat on the bottom It just caused this Eruption of yogurt It flew up my jeans My top And all splattered

All over my face Someone Two people have messaged in about Coke and Fanta Two litre Coke Exploded at checkout And it shot up like a rocket Same with the Fanta

Hit the ground And then just went Guys Yes What? Guys. Yes Vaughan. Pack and Save have ride on vacuum cleaners. What? You spit it out.

What? We need a ride on vacuum cleaner. I need to ride that vacuum cleaner. I need to see a photo of this ride on vacuum cleaner. I like to imagine it's like a street cleaner. Like it's got the brushes to get under the bits. It's sucking, but it's sucking. We need to ride one of these.

I'll talk to Paul Ego. Does he have the power? I don't know. He's the stick man. He's the stick man. Does he have the power? Supermarket ride on vacuum. This better be as cool as I'm hoping it is.

Oh. Yeah, dude, it is. It's like a little street cleaner, and it's got brushes and a big sucky, sucky vacuum. Industrial Sweepers, Auckland. Yeah, good stuff. I will... Oh, my gosh.

I could probably pick up a graveyard shift on the way to work. Okay, can we do one? All I had to do was ride the lawnmower. Can we do one more? Vacuum cleaner. One more. I bought a fresh whole chicken, and when lifting it at the checkout,

it flew out of the bag and skidded along the floor, spraying chicken juice all over my hair and my hair bag and the floor. Well, hopefully nobody sucks that up the right way. Oh, you don't want it in the vacuum. That's a mop. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. I don't want to brag,

but someone in the studio has been requested by name for their landscaping skills at the Sproul-Cordersey household today. Listen, we've got to, we are under the pump to get the house ready for council inspection. Yeah. And there are some sort of

left and right jobs, you know, like it's a bit scattered. Yeah. Now, I was worried. I said, what jobs am I doing? Because Aaron is, I honestly don't think I've met anyone as particular. Yeah. As Aaron. Yeah. And it shows in the house.

Oh, yeah. Everything's done. Your fiancé, Aaron, has an attention to detail. Oh, I know. Second to none. We have discussed. The house could have been done two years ago. He says in jest.

Yeah, but we did discuss yesterday that I needed Vaughan to, I asked him, basically, have you got any days to spare that you might be able to come and just help? This argument slash discussion isn't a podcast, as to why I podcast extra. That's right.

As to why I wasn't asked for my skills. Yeah, Fletch is very upset about it. Because, and I said, as you'll hear in the podcast, we can't be babysitting. We just need someone self-sufficient to be set a task and to be able to do the task on their own. And again, I do have a hammer and a drill. Yeah.

I own a hammer and a drill. He says as he lifts a knife very softly. Very daintily. Very daintily. Just with the way he cuts the apple the apple also i don't want those things that you get on your hands yeah i got the good ones i got shovels you've got old man hands i do have old man the back of my hands are wrinkly whenever i take a photo of me holding something i'm always like man my hands are old they might not old too your hands look like 10 or 15 20 years

older than you actually are. He's a working man outdoors. It's hot. Hot. Yeah. Richard Gere hands. Yeah, yeah. Don't know why I went for Richard Gere.

I was trying to go for a hot old guy. Nah, because George Clooney wouldn't have working man hands. No. I reckon George Clooney's hands would be soft. But doesn't he have like an Italian, like, he probably gets outside and mows the lawns. I don't think he's doing much at Como to be honest. George Clooney is not mowing his own lawns. He probably owns a vineyard.

I doubt he sets a foot out there with a weed in it. God, no. He'd be using that Nespresso money. Yeah. To pay someone. And that tequila money. Was it tequila that he sold for a billion dollars? So what is the question?

So you asked me, you got nervous because you said, what jobs? Yeah, and you said painting. I said, bring some clothes you don't mind getting paint on. Yeah. And I was like, I've seen Aaron paint and it's like, well, what am I painting? And you said, possibly a retaining wall. I said, well, that's okay because that can be a bit rougher. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And it's rough. It's fine. But here's my question. When we're outside, who's sunscreening me? Oh, my God. Why do you require so much sunscreen? There's parts of my back. He's part ginger

I'm wearing a singlet A lot more this summer Yeah yeah yeah Because I just get hot You're getting the guns out Hot Get the guns out A little brown on the guns

I did notice Do you know Brave man I noticed when I went Round to Vaughan's house The other day To ditch some soil On his property

And he came out And he was like Do you want a hand Got changed Came out Grey mile singlet That's brave Yeah That gets sweaty Yeah I can rock a grey mile He came out and he was like, do you want a hand? We're inside. Got changed. Came out. Gray Marl Singlet. That's brave. Yeah, that gets sweaty.

Yeah, I'm going to rock a Gray Marl. I'm working. I don't care if it's sweaty. The options are Hayley puts on, but why can't you put it on? There's parts back just below the hand here, just back on the shoulders. What about if you come under the elbow like that? You're going like, oh. I can only get to there.

Yeah, well, little arms. Do you want to just wear a T-shirt can only get to there. Yeah, well, you've got little arms. Do you want to just wear a t-shirt? I've got weirdly long arms, but I've also got a wide torso. Yeah, I don't have any reach. Like, I've got short, like, long arms.

Yeah, I can get right back on the... So I've got these honking knockers in the way to be fair. Yeah, true, you do have fair breasts. If I had honking knockers,

I don't know if I'd be able to reach back there. It's adding a barrier, yeah. But who's going to sunscreen me? So the options are me or Aaron. Okay. Because at home, I'll be like, if Shadow's not there, I'd be able to reach back there. It's adding a barrier. But who's going to sunscreen me? So the options are me or Aaron. Okay. Because at home, I'll be like, if Shadow's not there, I'll be like, hey, kids, sunscreen me.

Yeah, and are they like, ugh. Why is that ugh? I don't know, because I remember sunscreening my parents as well. Yeah, but don't put in the mind that it's ugh. They've never said ugh, because I'm always about sunscreen, sun safety. I showed them pictures of skin cancers the other day. Oh, yeah.

Because they were a bit, whenever you're like, if you're going outside, you put a hat on and wear sunscreen. They're always like. Well, yeah, they'll lose a nose or a top of the ear. I was like, come and have a look at this. These skin cancers that people have had cut out of them. Oh, we have to be very vigilant.

And even the tiny, you know, it hasn't been that hot in Auckland. So Aaron's got a strip along his back where he's been bending over all day and his t-shirt and shorts have done a split. That's the worst part to get sunburned. He was in the shower yesterday. I was like, what's this strip? And I realised what it was.

And he's got the neck, t-shirt neck. Hayley just ooed you. I don't mean ooed. Just ooed, sunblocking your parents. It's always weird. Do you want to feel my hands on your back now? Because Aaron's going to have rough hands. As a practice. It doesn't even mean my back. It can be my upper arm if you want to feel my hands on your back now? Because Aaron's going to have rough hands. Yeah, as a practice.

It doesn't even have to be my back. It can be my upper arm if you want. Okay. But it is weird, though, that she'll be kind of touching you in a semi... I've sunscreened you. Do you remember at the Super Gay Beach Club in Greece when we sunscreened each other? Okay, I'm fine for what I'm just going to do.

There's really no more to that story. This is how I do it, right? Okay. Squirting on my hands. Yep. It's got to go rough. That's all you need. Just like that. Yeah, that's nice. It's like when you, right? Okay. Squirting on my hands. Yep. It's got to go right. That's all you need. Just like that.

Yeah, that's nice. It's like when you sunscreen a friend, you don't linger your hands too long. No, you're always going to be moving. Always move. Always move. Moving and then a little pat on the back, you're done.

I'll sunscreen any of my buddies and they've only got to ask because touching, it's nice, you know, nice to touch. I like to touch. But also, I don't want to see them burn.

I don't want to see them burn I don't want to see Any of my friends Get skin cancer I think I'll do it I think Aaron will make it weirder He's got more calloused hands And he's quite theatrical

And by the time we get And he is theatrical He'll make a whole play out of it He would He'll do a whole bit And we just don't have time We need you on the fence He'll develop a character

Okay well I think Hayley Did a really good example But I'll do it like that No sensuality Just hey you got me Yeah A bit of that. Okay.

Because if I'm, okay, now when you're sunscreening me, do you want me to take the singlet off so you can get the whole back? Or do you want me to do it? I'll hoon in behind the straps. Okay, hoon in behind the straps. You've got to hoon in behind the straps.

Okay, good. And I'll get down a little bit, under the pit. The trouble is though, when friends put it on non-sensually and they're going very fast, it doesn't rub in as fast. But that's okay.

I like a thick. I don't mind. I'll meet the fine line between sensuality and good application. Right. I promise. Okay. I don't mind as long as it's covering everywhere. I don't mind if there's an abundant amount of sunscreen left on there.

It'll soak in over time. Yeah, that's fine. I prefer it. We've got a big pump. Yes. What brand? They don't have a banana boat. It's Cancer Society.

Good. Cancer Society. Good. Tipped off. Number one. Play ZM's a banana bite. It's Cancer Society. Good. Cancer Society. Good. Tapped off. Number one. Play ZM's Flesh, Fawn and Hayley. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Hi.

It's Scrabble Week. Loving it. Here at Fact of the Day. Worked out yesterday how the points were attributed to the English version of Scrabble, but today's fact, we look at different languages and what are the most valuable letters in different languages' versions of Scrabble. Oh. Great.

Some languages have different letters. Correct. Afrikaans, this is an alphabetical order. But I'm just going to do a couple. Okay. And then you guys can just request languages, and I'll try to find them in this list. I would do, my word would be korpok.

Korpok. You got a P, that's three. K is five. That's quite a good word. No, no. K is worth three points in this one. What about carjacking? There is no C in the Afrikaans language.

And there's also... There's literally a C in Africa. It's a K though, isn't it? It's a K in Afrikaans. Oh my God. I actually had no idea of my own language. It's disappointing. That's crazy my own language. It's disappointing. That's crazy with a K.

That's actually crazy. Because you moved to New Zealand 25 years ago, but you still got the accent? I lost the language, and it was really sad. I kept the accent strong. And the love of built-on. And the love of parking cars and built-on. The 10-point letter in Afrikaans Scrabble is J.

Oh. J is a 10-po letter in Afrikaans, Scrabble, is J. Oh. J is a 10-pointer in Afrikaans. Yeah, that's not. Do Spanish. You want Spanish? Okay. Let's do Spanish. Spanish.

Spanish. The 10-point letter is Z. Boo. You picked a dud because that's a 10-point letter for us as well. Yeah. But they've. Someone's messaging. May we please have Vietnamese, Scrabble?

Okay. My problem is Vietnamese, it's the same with a couple of other languages that have come across. Vietnamese have letters that we don't recognise, but like... So... This is actually really good

because Vietnamese have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 different types of the letter A. All the different dots and bits above it, and there's one of each. 17 of them. 17 of them. And lots of O's as well. A ton of O's, a ton of E's, mostly vowels. What's their biggest? Q and V are the 10-point letters.

Do you know, someone brought up a good point with the likes of Welsh, Irish, Gaelic, all the likes. Yeah. You'd probably have your consonants being worth less and the vowels more, you know, like because of how we use them. So in Welsh Scrabble sets, the 10 point letters are letter combinations. Yeah, right. One tile has NG on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And one tile has RH on it.

Yeah, because they're different sounds rather than letters. In DD in Welsh, there's a tile with DD on it. That's only worth one point. Oh. Because they always have a double D, eh? Is that right? The Welsh, they're given a daffodils, a Welsh. Some are Bs, some are Cs, some grow to double Ds.

There's something even beyond that. But yeah, they're more like combinations of sounds. Is there a Māori Scrabble, may I ask? Yes, there is. Māori Scrabble sets, the A, the I, the O and the U are each worth one point. Yeah, of course. We love our vowels. The E, the R, the T, the K, the N and the W, two points.

The S is 10. The S would be 20 points. Because there is no S. Because you can't use it. There's no S. Three points for H, M and P. Five points is the highest you can get for one particular letter tile in Māori Scrabble. I suppose maybe because in the Māori language there's less letters.

And you use them more. Yeah, there is way less letters. You repeat them more. It's WH. Yeah. WH is the five point. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Any other? What about Thai? But again, they... Not on there. Okay. What about French? French. Oh they... Not on there. Okay. What about French? French. Oh, yeah.

French we can do. Okay. French have quite a few 10-point tiles. Okay, go. K, W, X, Y, Z. Yeah, but you wouldn't really recognise... Yes, because you wouldn't really think what are some French words that start with Y.

You. You play. Your eyes. You play. It's not actually French words that start with Y. You. Your eyes. Your play. It's not actually French for yogurt. Isn't it? No. What's it French for?

Can't remember, but it's not yogurt. Her plat. Okay. Because doesn't everything in French have a gender assigned to it? Yeah. Isn't that the weird heart part about French? Yeah. Isn't it?

So yeah, there's a K, W, X, Y, Z. Oh, great. Ten point letters. Okay. They're all different. Anybody else? No, I think that's enough. Okay, go Japan. So surely K won't be...

So it's a Japanese symbol but the English equivalent and this is a 12 point tile. A 12 point tile is NU. Oh yeah. Okay. It's NU but again that's the English equivalent

of the Japanese language. Might steal that tile and put it in the English version. Oh my God, itU, but again, that's the English equivalent of the Japanese language. Might steal that tile and put it in the English version. Oh, my God, just absolutely mess with people's minds. Yeah. And they draw it and you'll see their face. You'll be like, they've got an NU? Yeah. You'll see them trying to figure it out.

There's a Klingon Scrabble. Klingon, the language from Star Trek. A language that is... No one cares. Not native to anywhere. NG is the 10.5. I've got such an itchy throat. No one cares.

No one gives a shit. No one cares. No one's listening. Oh my God. Sorry. Let's get some water. Other fake languages that have Scrabble. Oh, there'll be Game of Thrones.

There'll be Game of Thrones. Na'vi. Dothraki. Na'vi, which is the language of Avatar, right? No one cares. So today's fact of the day... There's no? No news. So today's fact of the day. There's no Dothraki. Today's fact of the day.

Is different languages have different points associated to the letters in Scrabble. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Bless this little boy's heart. This is the sweetest little story. So Auckland Transport shared this on their Facebook page. Okay. It came to their attention that a three-year-old kid named Slavko has had his third birthday party and the theme of it was AT Transport.

Okay. Like he loves trains. Like Auckland. Buses. Auckland Transport. So he's wearing. Literally or not just. No, no. Auckland buses. Auckland transport. So he's wearing... Right. Literally, or not just...

No, no. So the birthday cake is an AT hop card. So your bus pass. Like the one that you tap on the trains to get on. Yeah, okay. So like Snapper or whatever it is in other cities. He's got an AT hat that says, Be bright, be seen.

He's got a little bus. He's got an AT train. He's got an AT train. He's got an Auckland Transport lanyard. He has all of his gifts Auckland Transport themed. He's got an Auckland Transport t-shirt. He looks like the happiest boy because

he just loves Auckland Transport. And that's his obsession. It's his jam. He just loves going on the buses the trains and everything he's got all the merch and he just looks like oh my god honestly what a darling child it's pretty cute yeah apparently he's obsessed with it and Auckland Transport were like this is amazing and so they went and sent him a bunch of goodies which was really sweet I want to know what was your obsession as a kid it was a little bit out of the blue

you know everyone was into horses and ballet kid? It was a little bit out of the blue. You know, everyone was into horses and ballet and Barbies. We're not talking Ninja Turtles. We're not talking whatever TV show was hot at the time. You were slightly different. What a slightly different obsession. My best friend's son went through two phases. One was speed bumps.

Not only going for drives and going over speed bumps, but watching videos of cars driving over speed bumps, just trucks going over speed bumps, light vehicles over speed bumps, bicycles over speed bumps. Not only going for drives and going over speed bumps, but watching videos of cars driving over speed bumps, just trucks going over speed bumps, light vehicles over speed bumps, bicycles over speed bumps. Videos and videos of speed bumps. Really? But that must have been great for your friend because that kid would have just been on YouTube. Easy entertainment. Just looking at you. Really easy. Take him for a day out to the

speed bumps. Yeah, and his other one was escalators. For a while just went through escalators. Really? You've got to go up and down, up and down, up and down. And then the obsession grew to watching videos of people on escalators. I remember being like, that's great. All the videos of people on escalators would be people falling over on escalators. Yeah, he loved that too. He just became obsessed with it.

He's going to love driving to the mall when he's old enough, going over speed bumps. With the speed bumps, getting into the car park, and then going and watching the Travelator. Oh, it's like St. Luke's. They've got those little speed bumps where they're like, you know the ones that really get you?

Really get you. And they've got a couple of escalators. Theo's going to love it. We're just going to love it there. But I want to know if you had an odd obsession as a kid and how far did you take it? Like this kid whose entire third birthday party was AT themed, Auckland Transport themed.

I think it's 80s transport when you first said it. 80s transport. No, 80. What was transport like in the 80s? AT Auckland Transport. The cake is amazing. Like imagine going to the cake shop and being like, I need you to make this look like a bus hop card.

That's so good. That's so good. Did you guys have any obsessions? My parents would be like, that's bloody stupid. Oh, don't be silly. You're getting a cake in the number three. That's not in the Australian Woman's Weekly. I'm not making that cake.

I need the step-by-step instructions on how to stick chips into an iced thing to make it look like a chip duck. That's what I need. Or the caterpillar cake. Oh, the caterpillar cake. Yeah. The train cake was the best one because it had the lollies in it. Yeah.

Some messages already. My six-year-old loves latex gloves. Absolutely cannot get enough of them. Best treat when we go supermarket shopping is getting some of them from the butchers. Wait, we used to try and get a free slice of luncheon from the butcher, not a free

latex glove. From the deli. Now they're getting gloves. 0800, give us a call, you can text in 9696 as well. What was the odd thing you were obsessed with as a kid? As a kid, I had an AT, Auckland Transport themed birthday party.

A lot of odd things coming in. A lot of them are like tools or like, you know, like gadgets, lawnmowers and vacuum cleaners. A heap of people have like vacuum cleaner obsessed children. Rubbishowers and vacuum cleaners. A heap of people have vacuum cleaner obsessed children. Rubbish trucks and bins is one. Got a rubbish truck cake and a bright yellow full-sized wheelie bin for Christmas

that is now used for soft toys. Oh, my gosh. Is it because kids love, I mean, even as an adult, I love when the arm gets the wheelie bin and then puts it in. It's pretty lame. Pretty cool. Hell, yeah. I like when the arm shakes.

Yeah. Because I can tell there's something left in it. It's like bin juice. Y's pretty cool. I like when the arm shakes. Because I can tell there's something left in it. It's like bin juice. We don't want too much bin juice. When my son was three, he was obsessed with New World. He had a New World birthday cake. Sent a photo to New World. They sent him a big New World pack full of New World themed items and food and a card

signed by everyone in their office. He was so happy. Oh, that's cute. I was obsessed with carrots as a kid. Probably ate seven carrots a day. Oh, yeah. I'd go to the Pizza Hut buffet and just get plates of grated carrot.

Oh, my God. There's no way if we're spending that money, you're just eating carrots. You're not just eating carrots. We've got carrots at home. What a wild thing to say to a kid. Eat more pizza. We've got carrots at home.

Yeah. What a wild thing. My four-year-old loves fans. Best treat ever is a new fan. Like an oscillating fan? Yeah. Doesn't even stick his head in them and make a voice.

He just likes to watch them and likes the concept of fans. Oh, wow. I also love people messaging about the one video. When my daughter was young, she was obsessed with watching one video. It was Take a Chance on Me by ABBA, just on loop.

Tick a chance, tick a chance. They've got the boots and stuff. Tick a chance, tick a chance. Yeah, just loved it. Great song. I'm obsessed, I was obsessed with wood as a kid. 4x2 specifically, that was my favourite. When mum was building a house, I'd collect all the offcuts and keep them. Oh, I know some more. 4x2.

Oh yeah. Somebody else with a Auckland Transport obsessed child, but he's now 30 years old and a town planner. Oh, okay, there you go, so it kind of translated. Yeah, probably played a bit of Sim City too. Yeah. I used to collect cicada shells, says someone.

I did that a little bit, but you get rid of them eventually. They're so, they give me the creepy crawlies. Big collection of those. Yeah. Ah, some other things. I was obsessed with the sea. Anything about the sea. I used to imagine what it would be like to live under the sea.

Okay. Yeah. And then one Christmas, I got one of those mermaid tails and almost drowned in the pool. Sea obsession, over. Because that was the thing about them. I had those mermaid tails. They were cool.

And if you knew what you were doing, you could swim real fast. But if you didn't... You couldn't move your legs. Don't panic. Yeah. Anybody would panic. My son is obsessed with portaloos.

Oh, yeah? Okay. Loves the movie Kenny, which is a film about portaloos. Someone said, I loved erasers. I had a whole eraser collection. No one was allowed to use them. Had to be in pristine condition. My daughter's obsessed with canned beetroot.

That's the treat she would choose at the supermarket. She would never be far from a can. Had spare ones in the car for emergencies, even in her Santa stocking. Best present ever. Wow. Stainy, though. Stainy?

Very stainy for a child. Those hands can keep with it, but stainy. Better than lollies, though, isn't it? Yeah, and someone has said, as someone with autism, I can see that there is going to be a lot of future diagnoses of autism. Indeed. Hey, guys, apparently being the company's

most successful podcast isn't enough. They want us to tell people to tell more of their friends. So people are clearly liking it, but we have to tell them to tell others to like it. I would concentrate more on the shitter podcasts that the company makes. Yeah, same. You know, the real losers out there.

Same. No, no, no. We'll just... Yeah. Maybe we won't say nice. Maybe we should even encourage people to listen to other podcasts that the company makes. Yeah. No, but only after ours.

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