ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - 27th August 2024

Episode Date: August 26, 2024

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The ZM Podcast Network. The Fletch, Fawn and Hayley Big Pod. Great things are brewing at McCafe. The perfect start to every day. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Fawn and Hayley. We're down Vaughan today. He's away until, he'll be back Friday.

He's on an island, on a dock island. Yeah. Where he's going there today. Yeah, I believe he's down south, heading out this morning. To hang out some kakapo. On some kind of quarantined island. Yeah, it's been a year. And doubtful sound. Must be nice. We'll miss

him dearly. Well, yeah. And we're also hoping he doesn't die. Let me look at the weather. I don't think it's good helicopter weather. A few showers, maybe I think it'll be okay. Toughen up. It'll be fine. Yeah. So I'm doing the top six today. Okay.

What's your top six? Well, Dr. Dre has come out because you know Snoop Dogg was the greatest thing about the Paris Olympics. Dr. Dre's come out saying he'd like to take part in the 2028 Olympics, which is held in LA. Right. But as a sportsman. Oh, okay. He wants to do archery, I believe.

That's not just like something you can... No, you do it for most of your life, I believe. Yeah, you've got to be really, like, your pinpoint accuracy. Yeah. So I've got the top six other celebrities we want to see performing as in on the sports field

in LA 2028. Love that. Plenty of chances during the show today to go in the draw to see Sabrina Carpenter live in LA. Speaking of LA. Correct. Flights, tickets, accommodation. Just got to listen out for the activator or the mother trucker in the song. Call through and we'll put you on the callback list. That's going to happen on Thursday too this week.

So you could be flying to LA to see her live. We'll give you a chance before seven. Next on the show though. If you want to go on holiday, there's a new way to do it that a lot of people are doing. Could save you a bit of money. Could drive you mad. Play.

ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. Okay, this may sound like a sweet idea. A really nice chance for you as a whanau to bond. Because half of Brits have said, like in sweet idea, a really nice chance for you as a whānau to bond. Because half of Brits have said, like in the UK, have said that this year they've gone on an intergenerational trip, including at least three generations

of their family. So that would be like your grandma, you and your mum. Or... That would be quite hard because Gran's dead. All my grandparents are dead. I didn't want to bring it up.

Don't think she'll bring that up. Or say your parents, you and your kids, which is the main one. If one was here, because they've done that. Yeah, his dad took them to Disneyland, didn't they? That whole... Yeah. Like they needed a minivan.

So you're like, oh my God, this is really, like they needed a minivan. So you're like, oh my God, this is really, any time you need a minivan, I'm out. Yeah. If, like I kind of get this,

like you're like, oh, that's really sweet going on holiday with your grandparents or, you know, everyone going together.

Here's the main reasons why. Two main reasons. Yep. One, saving money because your grandparents will like pay for everything. Or two, free childcare. Yes. And that makes so much sense when you think about it. If you were, saving money because your grandparents will like pay for everything or two free child care

and that makes so much sense when you think about it if you were like say if I went away with if I had kids and I went away with my parents I'm all flitting around I know some friends that did this recently and then yeah they're like stuck with kids on holiday they were like it was terrible I know I would

like I would hate to be the one that's like looking after the kids while they're going off. You're going on holiday. You're not babying. Although some parents and grandparents absolutely love it and they're happy to do it. Yeah.

But so the idea is what? It's cheaper because you're all getting an Airbnb or a couple of houses. It's cheaper. You're all sharing accommodation. And in general, if you're the kid, say I'm the kid, my parents will pay for a bit. Like I just went on holiday with my parents.

Well, kind of. I stayed with them. But we did a bit of holidaying. And definitely, like, they'll pay for bits. But they're on, like, superannuation. No, not yet. Oh, they're not yet. So they're unemployed.

Yeah, but they're not working. They've got no income. But you're working. They've got no income. Okay, so you're working. Yeah, no, I earn more than they do. Yeah, and so, but shouldn't you have been paying for a little bit of it? No, I paid for lots. Okay. But I, like. Yeah, I earn more than they do. Yeah, but shouldn't you have been paying for a little bit of it? No, I paid for lots.

Okay. But I, like... Like, just a couple of drinks. Yeah, like, I did a round of drinks. Yeah. But there was, like, I stayed at a couple of places with them, and my mum had booked them, so the accommodation's already, like, well, she's paying for it.

Yeah, I mean, there's no way you could just give her some money for that. There was no way. How would I even exchange the money? Like, how does it happen? Because we were in small towns, like I don't even know where an ATM was. So like, how would I exchange the money? And like, when we went to the market, my dad saw a record that he

wanted, and my mum wasn't there, so I bought it for him. So that was like 20 euros. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, right. We all chipped in. But this is why people would be doing it, because the parents and the grandparents would be paying for most of it. And if I had kids, 20 euros. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, right. We all chipped in. We're all chipped in. But this is why people would be doing it because the parents and the grandparents would be paying for it,

most of it. And if I had kids and I took them over on holiday, 100% I'd be like, I'm going to go out. I'm going to go out for dinner. I'm going to go do this.

I'm going to go on this island. Can you watch the kids for a whole week while I go to Mykonos? Yeah. A whole week. We go to the Greek islands together. Oh my God, amazing. I'm going to go to Mykonos. Yeah. A whole week. We go to the Greek islands together.

Oh, my God. Amazing. I'm going to pop to Mykonos. That's not how it's working. Producers, could you imagine anything worse than an intergenerational holiday? Yeah, no, it's not for me. I don't think my family would even be able to agree on a location. I don't think my family would go to Rarotonga for a week.

Too bored. We get all, we'll get bored. Yeah, you would. Like my parents would, but then the midi and I would be like, oh,

but Canada or Japan. Yeah. And then we don't have grandkids. So yeah, I guess. Yeah. Okay. Shannon.

Have you got grandparents still? Yeah, I've got one. I've got one. Thanks for rubbing that in. Yeah. Oh wow. Nana dots rubbing that in. Yeah. Nana dot zero in here.

Yeah, she's not going to make an ass. Nah, nah. Gurlees, would you go on holiday with your family? Immediate family, absolutely. Anyone extended past that, absolutely not. Okay. You could have paid me more. Yeah, totally. You could have paid for the trip twice over, I would have.

Yeah, for sure. But immediate family, absolutely. Karwyn? I mean, my family's quite small, so it would be pretty easy to, actually. But don't you have free holidays for life because you saw that guy die at a resort? It was one holiday for free. You got a free holiday, remember that? Yeah, I do.

She saw someone die. I mean, it was traumatising. Yeah, but did you sort out the trauma before the next free holiday? Yeah, sure.

Okay. Until it rears its ugly head when she's a little bit older. Yeah. Well, look,

I mean, I get it if you've got kids. I get it if you've got kids. Yeah, but hey, calm them off.

A way to save some money. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. This made me laugh so much when I saw it

last night. A politician, a minister in fact, in our government, has taken to social media to dispel a rumour, a myth, and to take on the trolls that have been trolling him online because the Minister of Transport, Simeon Brown, who always looks like a tiny... You know when high schools do like, they send a representative to be in government?

What do they call that? Like junior? Ambassadors or something? Like, yeah. What is that called? It's like young person's. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Youth.

Youth parliament. Yeah, youth parliament. Yeah. And then like the kid goes along from high school and he's in like dad's suit and he always looks like, like it doesn't fit properly. He looks like he has never grown a beard in his life.

Like does he shave? He's got such a fresh baby face. I don't know if he, I mean, that might be the next rumour. I want to know his skin care. Well, this is the rumour is that Simeon Brown, the Minister of Transport, can't drive a car and doesn't have a licence. Because this is the world we live in now, the internet. It's so funny that someone's come out being like,

this will be a really funny rumour. Simeon Brown can't drive. Well, Simeon Brown, and I will say, he is not filming while driving. Somebody is in the car with him, but he did post this online to dispel the rumours. There's been some weird rumours being spread online by trolls saying I don't have my driver's licence.

And even some journalists have been picking up on these rumors and asking me some questions. Well, I'm the Minister of Transport. Of course I've got my full driver's license. I love this. He looks like he's taking his first test, too. I know. Do you think he's got little pedal extenders? Is he short?

I don't know. Or is he just baby-faced? He's just baby- faced, I think. He's 33 years old. I mean, I'm 34. We're very similar age. Although I get a lot of this because I live in an apartment and haven't had a car for like 12 years.

Yeah, so people are just assuming that you can't drive. And now everybody teases me that I don't have a license. Like, I've got one. I can drive. Embarrassing. Oh, he's such a sweet little thing. Airport security have come out once again reminding people not to use ribbons on their luggage.

And this is something that particularly the girlies, I'll say, have done for years to help identify their bag. But the funny thing is, everyone's done it. Everyone's. I would love to know how it started like it feels like it would have been one of those i don't know like good morning america tv shows and they have someone on and they're like good morning so here's a little trick for you and then that just kind of took off yeah i when i first started um traveling the world as a teenager it

was with a big marching team so we used to have all of our luggage and you'd have your own individual luggage and then we'd get three ribbons, red, black and white, because those were our team colours. Yeah. And you'd tie them on so they'd be like, there's a Lockheel bag, there's a Lockheel bag.

Right, yeah. You know, so that when we were offloading at the other end, you could just grab bags being like, that's a team bag. Yeah. So that made sense. And then I think I just sort of carried it on from there. But they're

saying don't tie a ribbon on because it gets caught? No. They're saying one of the main reasons is it can interrupt the scanning process as it's like going through different parts of the machines. So if that's somehow like impeding a barcode on your

you know, what's it called? Sticker? Yeah, the baggage tag. The baggage tag. It can actually stop the bag and then it could get diverted, which meant it could actually end up arriving at your destination late. Da-da-da-da-da. Because if you had a little strand of ribbon

covering the barcode, the bag's not going to do it. And they say the safest way to get your luggage without any, like, interruptions or delays or whatever is to have no added features. Like, no tags, no this. They also say remove all your old stickers because you know how they put those little barcodes on? Yes. People just leave their whole suitcase covered in them.

I'm like, what are the chances that after a year or two, if it's still on there, that then is being reused, that barcode. Yeah, totally. And then your bag ends up in Madrid and you're going to Queenstown. Exactly. I don't know. And then, so I was reading this article about this. Do you get embarrassed when you see another suitcase come out

that looks exactly the same as yours but it's nicer, like it's newer? Yeah, and you're like, oh my God, I thought that was mine but then I realised I'm a bit skanky. Yeah. So they say also put, if you've got a suitcase that doesn't have four wheels, just has two, put them wheels up for less damage to the bag. There's a little tip.

The other one was, where did I just see it? Oh, don't ever pack marzipan. You know, the like almondy sort of candy. Because it looks like C4? It has the same density as some explosives. So if you scan it and you've got a slab of marzipan in your bag, it can look like an explosive. Your bag will be pulled off, searched, da-da-da-da.

Crazy, eh? Who knew that? I've never heard that before ever. Well, I probably don't ever really when I'm packing my bag to go anywhere. Not for the cake decorating champs? Consider marzipan. No, no, no. I get it at the destination.

You get it there. So it's nice and fresh. I like my marzipan. Super, super fresh. Play ZM's Fletch Vordernaley. Play ZM. Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah.

This is the top six. Vaughan's away till Friday, so we've been left to pick up the pieces. Yeah. Basically. To do the extra workload. To do all the extra workload. So the top six is left to me today.

And we want to talk about the fact that Dr. Dre has come out saying that he would like to do archery in the 2028 Olympics. He would like to take part. Now, I think he's just said this as like, oh, I'll just pick a sport. I'll have a go. But then there is a Californian archer called Justin who actually came out and said, well, listen, he could do it because archery's a little bit like golf. Anyone can do it at any age. This guy's going to be 50 when he's

at the Olympics and he's like, you can be a bit older. Athleticism is less important than it is about the skill. And he said it really will come down to whether or not Dr. Dre would want to put in six to seven hours a day from now till then to get really good at it. Okay.

And if he wants to, hit me up. I'll be there. I'll train you. So, like, more achievable if you come from, say, a country in, I don't know, one of these countries that's never won a medal. Yeah, yeah. Like, surely you could represent them in archery before you could represent one of the biggest countries in the world. America. Yeah, yeah, totally. Yeah, maybe he could represent one of the biggest countries in the world. America. Yeah, yeah, totally.

Maybe he could go out. Because he's 59 years old, Dr. Dre. Right. Oh, my God. Dr. Dre's keeping it tight. 59. 59. Well, so he's like so rich.

Why does he care? You don't need hobbies. Go and buy an archery set and go shoot stuff on your mansion. I think he's just achieved so much in life. He said, wouldn't it be amazing to win a gold medal? Like, wouldn't it be amazing to be an Olympian? I mean, that's something you can't buy, right? He said, I feel like I can achieve anything in life.

If I've got the determination to achieve anything, I could do this. So, you know, maybe I'll become an archer at the Olympics. So I've got the top six other celebrities that we want to see performing at the Olympics in 2028. Okay, and their sports? Based solely on how well I think they'd do at the sport and definitely nothing to do

with their good looks. Nothing to do, I didn't even consider that. This list, if they're attracting this list, I haven't even noticed. Okay. Number six on the list,

Chris Hemsworth. Okay. I think that he could do either the javelin or the shot put because he's really good with the hammer. Did you say he was drumming at, was it Ed Sheeran's concert? Ed Sheeran, yeah, he got on the drums. So he's got good muscles.

He's got good muscles. He likes to throw things around a lot. And also it would just be nice to see him at the Olympics. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. It would be nice to see him in the glistening LA heat. Of course the looks, they're having nothing to do with that and the muscles, no.

I'm just like looking ahead on the list and it's actually nothing to do with it. Okay, you don't see the looks, they're having nothing to do with that, and the muscles, no. I'm just looking ahead on the list, and it's actually nothing to do with it. Okay, you don't see looks. This is not about me wanting to see hot people at the Olympics. Okay. Number five on the list, Jason Momoa. Okay, I knew that was coming. Obviously, in the swimming pool, he's Aquaman. He can breathe underwater.

Is that an unfair advantage, being Aquaman? While they're wasting their time going, taking a breath, he's like, I'm Aquaman. And he doesn't need to. And he's just, yeah. Have you seen him swim under the water? Yeah, it's amazing. It's insane.

Although you know that you get disqualified on a turn. Is it backstroke if you don't come up at a certain point? He'd abide, he'd follow the rules. Okay, so he'd have to still, okay. I didn't mention those little talks. Do you know, because that's the thing with Aquaman. He's in that full suit. Yeah, it wasn't very revealing.

It wasn't. Okay. Not that that's got anything to do with why I think he would do well in the 2028 Olympics. Yeah. Okay, number four on the list of the other celebrities we want to see at the Olympics in 2028, which is about how I think they do at the sport, nothing to do with how attractive I think they are, Henry Cavill in the weightlifting.

Dude, he just gets so strong. You know what I mean? When you see him in The Witcher, he just gets so strong and it's like, oh, that muscle. What, are we just looking at them? Let's see you use them, Henry. Let's use it.

Yeah. Okay. Do you know what I mean? And then, of course, he'd be in the Lycra. Oi, why bother? Just in your knickers. Just go in your knickers. Just go in your undies.

Okay. I think it's more freeing because sometimes for me the worry is with the weight lifting that the lycra leotards actually get in the way it's actually creating

a bit of snag or lag as it's going up the body if it just rippled over that six pack I think it would be easier number three on the list of other celebrities

we want to see at the Olympics in 2028 based on how well I think they'd do at. Right. Okay, number three on the list of other celebrities we want to see at the Olympics in 2028, based on how well I think they'll do at their sport, Gerard Butler in the fencing. Because, you know, we've seen him with a sword in 300. Yeah. And we've seen the sort of physique that he can get, which is not about aesthetics.

It's about how it wields the sword. You want those muscles to be lunging the sword. You want the sword coming forward like that. And I think Gerard Butler we've never seen him better than he's looked in 300. I mean that was probably 20 years ago but okay. Yeah he's a bit older now. But he's still got the skill.

Fine wine. He's like a fine wine. He's aged well. He could get the physique back and again I think with the fencing in the Olympic sports I think toughen up a bit. Get rid of these little white suits and the electronic things. Get a real sword on these men. That was 2007, that movie.

Was it? 300, yep. Because he'd be in his 50s now, right? Gerard Butler? Oh, 100%. That's why I find him hot. 54. He's 54.

Just right. Okay, number two. I know we're talking about the Summer Olympics, but I am also forward thinking if celebrities are going to get involved. I want to bring up an Olympic sport. So other celebrities want to see in the Olympics in general. Number two on the list is Idris Elba.

And I think that he would be good at curling. Hear me out. Yeah, okay. Idris Elba. Hear me out. Yeah, okay. Curling. Hear me out. I think this sport is severely lacking in sex. I think this sport is really not seen as a sexy sport. Right, and you're saying someone like him could really bring it to the fore.

And he was in there, and he had his little team uniform on, and he was to get in there. Bring it to the fore. And he was in there and he had his little team uniform on and he was brooming the ice. Suddenly, I think curling, if Idris Elba was in that sport, suddenly that would be the sport that we'd flock to. You'd take it up. 100%. Yeah. He could slide me on the ice. I'd be the little bowler that they slide at the things.

Okay, number one on the list of the other celebrities we would like to see at the Olympics in 2028, return to the summer sports. In the boxing, why don't we have Brad Pitt? Because of Fight Club. Because of Fight Club, again. And again, I don't think Brad Pitt has ever Brad Pitted as hard as Brad Pitt Brad Pitted in Fight Club.

That was a long time ago, though. That physique, though, really, the V, it came down. I just think it's a really great, he's good with the fists and it would just be nice to watch. You're really thinking like a TV executive here, like viewership and sex appeal. I'm what? The viewership.

Just looking back at the list, I'm seeing upon reflection it's six of the hottest men of all the land. Yeah. But for me, that's regardless. I'm thinking more about their sporting skills. I think that they'll do really well at the Olympics That is today's top six Fletch, hold out your predominant hand

Your dominant hand, which is your right hand Pinky Oh yeah, shoot, you've got it Oh, I've got a bad one You do have a bad one Mine's got a bit of a dip. You can notice it when you compare your pinky fingers. So if you hold, I don't know that mine has a dip

because all my fingers have that same thing. So this is the problem now that apparently a lot of people are facing. I reckon this will become part of evolution. It's called phone pinky. And it's the act of, if you hold your phone, if you pick up your phone, in general, we rest our pinky underneath to kind of support its bottom. Like that, right?

We're holding it exactly the same. And it's causing like a permanent dent in our fingers. So if you were to look at your finger now, humble listener, you might be able to, if you can't see it predominantly, I can really feel mine. Oh, mine's bad. I can really feel mine. Is this like ridge in the middle between, right in the middle,

just above the knuckle is this dent and it's where your phone sits. And on the next finger too. Look at that. That's bad. Yeah. Yeah, so maybe you're doing that a little bit. Producers, are we suffering from this pinky finger? Yeah, mine's real

bad. Cowan's is real bad. Do you think people that stick on those holder things on the back of their phone, do you think they've got one where their finger, because that's not your pinky finger that goes under that. It's your middle, eh? It's your middle. So you've probably got one on your middle finger if you use one of those a lot.

Yeah. Mine's like real squishy too, like compared to the other finger. Yeah. I can real feel it. It's strange. Shannon, have you got one? It is squishier.

Yeah. You've got one? I think it's probably just the hours of doom scrolling. Yeah, dude. Like my screen time has gone up so much recently. Yeah, do you know,

I think it's a winter thing as well. Like we're just a bit like, oh, come on, let's get out of this. We're nearly there. Hey, only five more weekends till daylight savings. Jareed,

do you have a pinky phone pinky? Yeah, a little bit. I used to get the exam pen, the pen finger. A lot. I've still kind of got the remnants of it, mine there on the,

it's like a big kind of calloused bump with a little thing. Oh yeah. On your middle. Where you put the pen. Where you rest the pen. Yeah, when you the it's like a big kind of calloused bump with a little thing oh yeah on your middle where you rest the pen yeah when you compare it to the other finger there's a bump there

and when you did exams or if you had like pencils and stuff it used to like change colour and like things would like rub onto it do you know

I get this sometimes with sunglasses on my head and you probably get it maybe with headphones a little bit is if I put my

sunglasses on my head for too long I get a tiny little dent in my head oh if I put my sunglasses on my head for too long, I get a tiny little dent in my head. Oh, yeah, I think I've got that too. Yeah, and you've got to take it off and it kind of refills back up. Do you think people that wear glasses all the time have a... Ridge on the nose?

Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. So what do we do to change this? Just get off our phones. Put your phone down. Or hold your phone. Or hold it like that. But then you've got to do your one finger typing

like a boomer. Oh yeah, because that's why you're, yeah. If you're holding it with two hands, the pinky automatically goes there.

Or wear gloves. Padded gloves. Padded gloves. Big fat padded. Gloves, but your thumbs and index fingers are free. No, just a pinky glove.

We just have, a sock. Like a condom, a big fat condom for your finger. To stop your pinky getting a dent. Okay, well a pinky glove. A sock, like a big fat condom for your finger. To stop your pinky. Okay, well there you go. We've solved the problem. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley.

People are not happy with Lily Allen. I like Lily Allen. I used to love Lily Allen. I used to love her music a lot, but now she's I don't know what she does. She's got a podcast I think. She's married to David Harbour. Yeah, married to the Stranger Things guy. Anyway, so she was

talking on a podcast about the fact that in 2021, her and her husband, David, adopted a dog from an animal sanctuary. And you know our station stance of adopt, don't shop. Yeah. You know, I've supported it. Vaughan rescued a dog, Vaughan rescued a dog.

Richie McCaw. Yeah. The golden retriever. That's a rescue dog. That's right. My cat, I rescued my cat from a breeder.

From a breeder for $1,000. Oh yeah. Absolutely. The price I paid to, you know, rescue the cat. To rescue Major Murray.

Yeah. Oh, the life he would have lived if you hadn't have saved him. Thank you. I know. I mean, my bag was literally, my cat was literally

delivered in a plastic bag to a sanctuary and I saved its life. So we've all saved animals' lives. So she rescued a dog in 2021 and then that dog proceeded to, in her words, quote, ruin her life by eating her passport and then the passport of her husband and her child,

ate them all. Where were they leaving their passports? Like on the bench in a bowl or something? I have no idea. You put them in a safe place. So she said she took the dog back to the sanctuary. Okay, don't admit that. She said, and she's rich, right?

She said, I cannot tell you how much, what's her accent? She's a bit rough, eh? I cannot tell you how much money it costs me to get everything replaced because it was in COVID and da-da-da, logistical nightmare. So she said. She took the dog back. Wow. Yeah, she said, I couldn't like, the father of my children lived in England,

so I couldn't get my kids back to see him during this COVID time. It was five months. All because this, in her words, effing dog. And she said, I just looked at the dog and I was like, you've ruined my life. And so she took the dog back. She returned the dog. And everyone was like, that's not how it works.

You rescue a dog and that's your dog now. And you have to train it. You have to train it to not eat things and all that kind of stuff. And a lot of animal rescue people have come out being like, this is appalling behaviour. I know people that have had animals though and it just hasn't been for them. I've had a couple of friends who had an animal and then had a baby

and then got rid of the dog basically. We were talking, was it last week, about pets basically become second-class citizens. And they know it too and they hate it. They hate it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pet envy. So my friends, and they genuinely sent their dog to a farm,

not a farm like, the dog's gone to a farm and put it down. Like sent the dog off to a bigger property with all this kind of stuff because they couldn't handle it, which is fair enough. But also people have been doing this because they just literally can't afford to feed themselves,

let alone a pet. Yeah, totally. And so a lot of like rescue places have been inundated with animals because people just can't afford them. Yeah, for sure. Anyway, we want to know today, what did you return and why? Because sometimes you just make a big purchase and you're like, this is great. This is exciting.

In the moment, I really want this. Because if you, say you buy a big thing, like, you can only take it back to most places if it's faulty or some places give you like a month if you just change your mind.

Yeah. Are you allowed to change your mind? Everything's different. Yeah. Or maybe, like, I always wonder like,

if you bought a wedding dress and then you suddenly went like, oh my God, because sometimes you buy wedding dresses like six months in advance and then you see another one and you maybe like, I always wonder like, if you bought a wedding dress and then you suddenly went like, oh my God, because sometimes you buy wedding dresses like six months in advance and then you see another one and you're like, oh,

I don't want to return it. Maybe. No, but you can't do that, can you? Unless you've had it altered. Right. Okay.

Yeah, if you bought off the rack. But you'd alter it last minute, right? Well, it depends. I'm still slimming down for the big day.

Right. Okay. It's always a thing. I'm just saying, I think, no, it's fine. I'll wait. I'll wait because I'm slim slimming down for the big day. Right, okay. That's always the thing. I'm just saying, I think, no, it's fine. I'll wait, I'll wait

because I'm slimming down for the big day. Or you buy a car and you just, I just don't like it. Yeah, it's an awful car. That's what we want to know. What did you,

maybe you've returned a pet because they were ugly. Or they just ate everything and you're just like, I can't deal with this. Can't handle it. Okay, 0800DARLS. We want to take your calls.

You can text in as well, 9696. What did you get and then return? Right now, we want to know what you returned because Lily Allen rescued a dog and it ate three passports and so she returned the rest of the dog. Now, so we've asked you to tell us the things that you've returned

and I will say we've had five messages in. I returned my ex-husband when he thought he could have more fun in more than just one household. My ex, I put him on a bus

back to his mother. I returned a husband. I returned my ex to his mother. Okay, guys, we've got some enraged women here. There is some, yeah. Hey, but, you know, get it off your chest and then get on with your day and be happier.

Absolutely. Because we're forgetting about them. Yeah. But what a great returns policy. Yeah. Someone messaged in saying, my friend returned her rescue cat after one day because it meowed too much.

I mean, they stopped meowing after a while. Yeah, I'm guessing as well it was a new place as well and they were probably just like, yeah. They're craft ragers. So my message and I returned my wedding dress three months before my wedding. I decided I hated the style of it and then I had to

rush and find a new one and get it tailored. So that they, okay, people are changing their minds on that. I mean, I suppose they kind of like hold their value like they're, if you've got to bought a $5,000 dress and then Is that how much wedding dress is cost? Yeah, my dude. Well, I mean like a

bagounder, it's like a bajouge. I was going to say a bajazzle. That's different. Slightly different. I bought my boyfriend a PS5 for our one year anniversary and then he had to move overseas for work and so we had to split up and I returned the PS5. Oh, and now we got back together

we're dating long distance. Overseas. But wait, she got the money back for it? Yeah. It must have been within a month, right? Oh, some places can be a little bit longer. Can you just take them back? What if it's in the box? If it hadn't been opened? Yeah. Yeah, maybe. Okay be a little bit longer. Because can you just take them back? What if it's in the box? If it hadn't been opened? Yeah.

Yeah, maybe. Okay, I'll return my ex. I'll return my ex. I brought a $1,000 nail gun from Bunnings. Not a builder, or I didn't even have any need for it at the time. But the idea of using it. Oh, I want to fire one of the, I've never fired one. I want to fire one so bad.

I've got, we've got one. Is it fine? You can come to our house, we'll put a nail in the fence. Wait, you actually own one? Yeah. Yes! Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, what can I put a nail in?

We've got a shitty fence. I would love to nail your fence. And I would love to have you to come over to my house and nail my fence. It would be my honour to nail your fence. Come on over. Yeah, they come with these little things and it is really fun. But wait, is it like a budget one? No, no, no.

It is legit. And does it go on an air tank compressor thing? We've got a battery powered one that's for donk. And we've got one that like the tank goes. Okay, I want that one. I don't want the battery powered one. That sounds a little bit mad. Can you come over and out my fence?

Okay, I'd love that. I returned my engagement ring straight to the. I returned my engagement ring straight to the store, got the cash back and my cheating ex got nothing. So wait, he's, or whoever, they've bought you the ring and you've just taken it back to Pascoe's, let's say. Yeah. And you've said that I want a return for this ring.

And I guess if your name, if you were involved in the buying of it, your name would be on file, right? Oh, wow. Okay. Good on you. Someone said, does it count if I returned a dress

back to my best friend that I borrowed and didn't mention the wine stain I'd added? Sorry, Cesar. I used to, I shared a dress with my best friend once and she put a ciggy burn in it and returned it. I just wore it.

Returned my son's friend, my son's friend, oh yeah, I returned my son's friend. My son's friend. Oh, yeah. I returned my son's friend back to his parents after he drew on my walls. And that was the end of the sleepover. I returned a library book after two years later. Only a $45 fine. You just buy the whole book, couldn't you?

Yeah, you're better off buying the book. Depending on what book it is. Now, we've actually had a few messages in. We've got a distracted audience here today. Can we please have a video of Fletch when he nails your fence? Yes. Are we getting a shirt off? There's no need for that.

I think that we want to see. Can we just get a little show of hands? I would definitely. Oh, wear shorty shorts, like builder shorts. Or the little denim booty shorts. Yes. Some working men's boots. I love this.

This is great. So many people have been like, I just want to see Fletch nail the fence now. Okay, next time I'm over, we'll make some social media content of me nailing the gun. Yeah, perfect. The fence. I love this. This is great. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley.

Play ZM. Wow, wow, wow. What do I have here? She is feeling pretty smug. You've been looking smug all morning. Yeah. So I've been having overnight oats for the last sort of month and a bit. As painful as it is to watch you eat them and take-

Oh my God, we were just commenting about it because I'm following like a food program with a trainer at the moment and, you know, it's all the meals are broken down into macronutrients very boring yeah way out my food and whatnot um but i yeah it's it's a lot the oats are a lot and it takes me probably just over an hour to finish them it's painful to watch i eat them with a teaspoon and I eat them so slowly. It's because they're gluggy. You've got so much protein and yogurt.

No, it's a lot. It's quite tasty but yeah, I only eat them slowly. But what is remarkable about my oats today is it's in my new KitchenAid glass container as part of the promotion with New World. Non-spawn by the way I'm just... She's finally collected

the large container. Yeah, no this is actually... Is that the medium? Oh no, this is large this is the large container with lid 1.2 litre and it's got the little vacuum pump hole on it and it's got a little rubber bot... See that's the silicon and that's around the glass

And it's a glass container, I always thought they were plastic. So you can take the lid off. Yeah. Shannon said earlier does plastic not melt in the oven or does plastic melt in the oven? Well yeah. You've got to take the lid off. But you could put that in the oven.

You could put the glass in the oven. Oh you're right. It's so nice. And now I'm hooked. I want to get more. And I've got my little booklet because I cashed in my last booklet. And I've got enough to get the vacuum pump today. Right.

But I don't want that. I'm going to keep going I think until I get another large container which is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. I was literally there yesterday and could have got you maybe like four or five stickers. What? You know I'm collecting a...

No, but the last time I got these stickers, you stopped collecting them. But not this time. You're hooked. Yeah, I know. I'm hooked. Yeah, okay. The pans or something were last time.

I'm hooked. Anyway, so I turned up with my container today and I'm very pleased with it. Nice, tight seal. Tight seal. I'd put a bolognese in here, and I'd chuck it in my bag willy-nilly, and I'd feel happy.

Comes with a strap. Yeah. Listen to that. So your bolognese isn't tipping out in your handbag. No. But then I was like, well, I did a grocery shop yesterday. I have no need for food.

So here are my options. One, I could do a wine shop. I could fill up the wine rack. I've got a wine rack at home with 17 holes. And I think only five bottles of wine in there at the moment. So that's 12 bottles of wine. I could buy a dozen bottles of wine. I mean, we're in a cost of living crisis.

Yeah, but I would shuffle the money from other needs. Right, like the mortgage. Like the mortgage, credit card payments, I jest. Anyway, I could do a wine shop to try to get some more stickers or producer Shannon

keeps trying to play me here and sell me her stickers because she's she's collecting the stickers but she doesn't want the containers you're gonna need some money

my offer for you it's gone up since I last offered because of interest $30 for 11 stickers hang on a second Shannon you said to me just, $30 for 11 stickers. Hang on a second. Shannon, you said to me just before,

$20 for 11 stickers. And you ghosted me, so the interest has gone up. $30 in store, by the way, would get me one and a half stickers. Yeah, exactly. Do you know when we first talked about this promotion when it came out, like literally the first few days,

there was nothing on Trade Me. No one had listed stickers. Trade Me, the stickers. Look at all these stickers. Pages and pages of people like Shannon. How many stickers do you have? Eleven. So someone's selling

eight here for $10. Someone's selling 20 for $25. Saving you the hassle of that. If I got 11 stickers off of Shannon, it hits me right on a medium container. Someone here is selling 81 stickers for $61. Oh, get out!

This is not what it's about. 70 stickers for 96. Buy now. I'm not doing that. And then postage. Hearing the market value. No, you're pretty sure. Okay, final offer, $25 and a hug every morning for 11 stickers. How long does the hug?

Until it feels right. How much did you say? $25. I've gone down because those were cheaper. Yeah. But I'm saving you the hassle of dealing with weirdos on Trade Me. You are a weirdo on Trade Me. Okay.

You might have to go to Northland for this big book of stickers. I think I'm going to haggle Shannon a bit. Okay. You reckon you can get her down a bit more? I will give you $11. No. Okay. I will give you $15

and a hug every morning and I will also buy you a coffee today. I don't drink coffee. I will also buy you a hot choccy from McCafe, show sponsor. But you're not paying for that. Yeah, I know. That's why. So it's $15.

I think this is ongoing. A McCafe coffee. Yeah, I know. That's what I'm trying to say. So it's $15. I think this is ongoing. Do you want to shout the whole team? I think this is ongoing. And the cafe coffee. Ongoing. Well, I want them all. Play. ZDM's Fletchvorn and Hayley.

Fletchvorn and Hayley. Silly little poe. Silly little poe. It is so silly, silly, silly. That silly little pole Silly little pole Silly little pole Silly little pole

Silly little pole Today's silly little pole Today's silly little pole Was your favourite show ruined Because it went on too long Now you mentioned this because Welcome to Wrexham.

No, Ted Lasso. Ted Lasso, that's the one. Ted Lasso is apparently set to return for a season four. Even after, like, season three kind of wrapped it up, and for a lot of people, even season three was a bit like... We're done. We're done? It felt like, come on, it's the same kind of stuff.

Yeah. Even though I did like season three. I never watched it. You've never watched Ted Lasso? No, I know. And everyone went on about it and I tried. I watched a couple episodes and I was like, ah. I feel it was also during the lockdown and the pandemic.

And it was a feel good show that I think people liked maybe because of that. But it was very wholesome. See, I was enjoying not feeling good. Do you know what I mean? So I was watching miserable stuff instead. Yes. So we asked, was your favourite show ruined because it went on too long?

62% of people have said yes. So the majority, 38% of people are saying no. Some feedback. Caro says, it's still going, my show. OG Shorties fan. Peace out. Oh, yeah. Although it's going to be cut back, isn't it?

Yeah, it is cut back. Three nights a week? Yeah. Yeah. But it's still going. You'll still be able to follow your faves and your fave storylines. And Chris Warner's still there. But see, that's not really, I guess that's kind of not what we're asking, really.

Because that's a drama, a soap that's been going for years. A soap that's gone forever and ever. We're talking about those shows that, you know, like after season three or four, you're like, oh. Yeah. Danielle says, yes, Pretty Little Liars. I never saw it. Way too long. I don't even know how it ended because I tapped out.

Never seen the end. Oh, yep. You just say, I'm over it. I'm done. Hannah says, Riverdale was so good for the first few seasons and then it got weird and they started singing and there was demons and witchcraft and all this devil stuff. But I stopped at the singing.

Yeah. Went on too long. Rosie says it's all... I'm sorry. Rosie says, yes, it's always sunny in Philadelphia. Too long. Such a gem but damn it needed to end at least five years ago. Really? We don't agree. We find it so funny. Okay.

Melanie says Dexter. His sister falling in love with him? Ew. Yeah, Dexter. And the ending for Dexter was terrible. I never watched Dexter. It was good, but yeah, it just went on too long. Yeah, right.

You agree with that. And it's been rebooted as well. Has it? Oh, yeah. It's kind of the prequel. Yeah. Stuart has said, prison break. First few seasons were awesome.

Yes. But season four onwards, it turned bad so fast. Really tried to milk the fugitive story which was done by then. Yeah. I haven't watched Prison Break,

but I have been thinking about it recently. Why? Just, I guess I've heard it's well written. Ben says, It's actually,

do you know, it's had a resurgence because like so many shows like from the past, people are now finding Ben says Actually do you know It's had a resurgence Because Like so many shows Like From the past People are now Finding on streaming

And are loving them Yeah totally And it Like There was a moment There's a head in a box And you're like Okay

What's in the box Then they come back from that And you're like What how Ben says They needed to wrap up The Walking Dead Around season four.

After this, we're just going through the motions. Too long. You're kind of same, same, right? Yeah. I've never watched Walking Dead, though. Now, someone said Connor said The 100 turned into some bullshit. That wasn't even the same show anymore. Producer Jared is saying that Prison Break is getting a reboot this year.

Is it? What have you heard, Producer Jared? It was announced last year that the series would get a reboot by H. Was there? What have you heard, Producer Jared? It was announced last year that the series would get a reboot by Hulu in November 2023. It was confirmed

and apparently it's coming out this year. Same cast? No word yet. Fresh cast. Or fresh cast and they'll do it properly this time.

Who knows? What's his face? The Australian actor married a Cyrus? Was that a thing? Yeah, he married T Was that a thing Yeah he married Tish Cyrus Yeah he married Tish The older brother Yes

In Prison Break Yeah he married Tish Cyrus Lincoln I don't remember The actor's name But Lincoln was the character Lincoln yeah There you go Tessa says House MD

Was the best show ever Then in the final season They changed almost The entire cast And effed with key character Arcs and plot lines Furious still Key character arcs and plot lines. Furious still. Key character arcs and plot lines. They know their story

writing. And finally, Kirstie says, for God's sake, Grey's Anatomy, everyone is dead and gone and they still keep making that thing. I know, isn't it up to like season 29? 29, 30 or something? Who knows? It has literally been going for years. Yeah.

And again, all of those shows, American. The British make two seasons? Like, how many seasons of The Office were there? Two. Although, The American Office, you love, and that went on for many seasons, 10 seasons. But same thing, it didn't need to stop because it was kind of sitcom-esque in that,

you know, we just follow the escapades. But then the way they wrapped it up was perfection. And then when you ask that cast, because it's one of the bigger shows and people are obsessed with the US office, you ask them to do a reunion, they're like, no, it's perfect. We've finished it. We know. And the Australian office is in October.

Heaps of Kiwis in that as well. Yes, there are. Very exciting. Something to look out for. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Now, there are apps worldwide that are connecting people who want to make friends and genuinely I'm

just here to make friends and it doesn't mean that I'm going to go back to your house afterwards and we're going to do hand stuff. Do you know what I mean? Like we're going to like hang out and have a nice time and just eat some food. Why are you laughing? Carry on. Just nice platonic meetups. Yep. Yep. Yep.

So one of them is... What, through a dating app? Yeah. That is such a giant red flag. Like, could you imagine- No, but they're specific. Right. So do you remember Bumble did this for a bit? They were like, you can make friends on it.

And then they acquired an app called Geneva, which is finding people through a common desire for books. Right. Like, Carwen would love this. She's a bookworm. Carwen's even got a, you've even got a new Instagram page for reading books. I sure do.

Yeah. So this Geneva one, which was like, is owned by Bumble, is like, you like share the books that you're reading and then you meet up and hang out and have lunch and like talk about your books. Wait, that's fun. Yeah. That's so fun. See, she's into this. But you don't do, you don't and hang out and have lunch and like talk about your books. Wait, that's fun. Yeah. That's so fun.

She's into this. But you don't do, you don't have any, you don't do fun stuff. No fun stuff. Okay, so it's not a dating app. Yeah, it's just. It's a book friend app.

Books. Right. But books get kind of saucy, you know. Oh, okay. Well, I don't know where you're turning this, but it is.

It's just like find bookworms in your city. Yep. And then you meet up and you're like, oh my God, I read this book. I absolutely love this. Oh, my God, let's be friends. Right.

So that's one of them. Another one is called The Breakfast. And this is, it's worldwide, but it's not in New Zealand yet. Okay. And it's, you meet up with people like, would you like to have breakfast? And you meet up and you have brekkie and it's just friends. So there was a woman who was talking about this and she's from Russia

and she ended up with a woman from Ukraine. Yeah. And they went and had breakfast and she was like, it was amazing. Like we were able to like see each other as people and just like talk about this. Despite the countries being at war. Literally at war.

But being like, we're not at war. We're just friends in the same city. Just want to go out with a stranger for breakfast? Nope. The other one is called, this is like another one which I kind of get is called Creative Lunch Club. So these are all apps that you could download. Okay. Especially

if you were travelling I guess. Yeah. But this is more for creative types like filmmakers artists actors I guess. Yeah. You could all meet up and like share creative ideas and it's over lunch and this app actually hosts a number of lunches with like a group like you can be part of like a dozen people

are meeting up here to talk creativity But wouldn't you like then someone's going to steal your ideas Oh my god I've got a movie idea I'm writing it. Yeah yeah and then someone writes it down or if you have an idea that comes from the discussion, maybe you just keep it in your head and write it down

and don't tell people. I don't know. It would be different talking creatively with friends. Yeah, because you're not going to take it. Yeah, because your friend's not going to, well, I mean, sometimes they do, but. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, I mean, I kind of get this,

because I was like, I'm not into this, but I also, one, have too many friends. So, I mean, I kind of get this, because I was like, I'm not into this, but I also, one, have too many friends. So I'm not, I don't feel this. Yeah. And I don't struggle to make friends. So I wouldn't need to like employ a service. But then I know people that, yeah, they don't want to travel by themselves.

Yeah. But this would be perfect for them because it would help them to meet people. Well, one of the main, the main people that are using this are people like freelancers, remote workers, people who work from home who don't get that like daily social interaction.

Because they don't make friends at work. They don't make friends at work. Because they're at home. Yeah. And then there's like all sorts of like worldwide research, multiple studies on like the epidemic that is loneliness. That we're like lonely, especially after COVID, we like shut our doors, we were kind of like

and a lot of people like didn't come out of it. So they're using these apps now to go and meet friends. Oh there you go make some friends. Make some friends, you go on your dating apps to find a lover. Yep. And your breakfast club lunchtime apps. I don't want anyone to see me eating. Yeah neither, that's a private thing.

You know like, you know how I handle those big hash browns, I'm very Yeah and you know how's a private thing. You know how I handle those big hash browns. I'm very... Yeah, and you know how I eat my oats. I mean, that's only acceptable because we're already friends. And I can handle your oaty burps. But afterwards... You don't need a stranger saying that.

No, I definitely don't. Play ZM's Fletch for the Nelly. Play ZM. I would describe myself as a touchy feely person. Any excuse to touch people, I like. You love hugs.

I love to hug, I love to be touched, I love to touch. I'll only let you hug me after a prolonged holiday. A prolonged holiday? Like the mid-year holidays, I let you have one hug.

Or I get one in if we're in a big social situation and as we're either arriving or leaving, everyone's hugging. Yeah, and I feel forced to hug you. And you're sort of like, you'll hug other people

and it's like, well, why would we skip each other even though we spend so much time together? And then sometimes I hug people and they're like, wow, I feel lucky that I got a hug. I was like, oh, everyone else is doing it.

Privileged few. Yeah. So I'm a touchy-feely person. I'm not. You are not. But it's safe to say Drew Barrymore very much is because she went viral

for the way she was like sitting so close to guests during her talk show yeah so she sort of like tucks up in a ball

on the couch and shuffles right next to them and will always grab their hand or every now and then she sort of slips off the couch

and gets on her knees sort of looking you know like holding on to them as they tell a beautiful story and everyone was like lady it's a bit much it's was like lady it's a bit much

it's a bit creepy it's a lot for some people so she said she is trying to be like more sort of reserved with people she's trying to be less touchy feely and put in some boundaries and put in some she's trying to be

practicing physical distance she says because it's her natural instinct to get that close to people, but the feedback in general is that it's a bit much. So people are saying you need to be less touchy-feely. And I was reading this article and I was like, man, that's like, she's trying to work on something. I got told recently by a very dear friend of mine that I need to work on being softer. She said I was being a bit hard. Oh, okay. With a few things.

So she was like, I think you need to soften up and be a bit softer. So I'm trying to be softer at the moment. Yeah. Now, I did menstruate last week, and so I think that was an unfair comment to make. After like 300 and something days. After nearly a year, I thought that was an unfair comment to make, but I took the fear back on board. And this got me thinking, I think we should get some calls and messages in from our listeners.

What are you trying to be at the moment? More or less something? Or maybe you're trying to be more assertive in your life. Maybe you're trying to be more frugal. Like, what is the thing you're working on at the moment? Yeah, what are you trying to be right now? Or can we take calls from people

that tried this and they're like, I'm just not a soft person. Yeah, maybe you were like, I'm trying to be more patient with my coworkers and it backfired. Because you're useless. And you're like, I have no patience. I think we're all like working on something at any given moment. And also we're trans-seasonal at the moment.

We're about to reach spring. Maybe people in their head are like, right, summer's coming. I'm going to try to be more open-minded to fun opportunities. Is it not, it's not like a physical thing? Like I'm trying to be like. Skinnier. Healthier or skinnier.

No, no, no, no, no. I want to be like, what is the sort of internal thing that you're trying to change in yourself? That you're working on. Like Drew Barrymore, she's trying to be more mindful of people's physical boundaries. And you're trying to be softer. And I'm trying to be softer with people, even though I wish that we could move a little faster in life. You know?

I know, we're very similar like that. We don't have the patience. We're like, let's do, go, go, go. Yeah, someone here just texted, I'm trying to be more emotionally stable so I can stop crying at work. Love it. Yes, I love that.

That's what we're trying to be. Okay. Are they doing a bit of the heavy lifting at work? It sounds like they're doing a bit of heavy lifting. Sounds like they've got a lot on their shoulders. They've got a lot going on at work. Yeah. Okay, 0800 dials at M.

Give us a call. You can text her as well, 9696. What are you trying to be more or less of at the moment? Love this. What are you trying to be right now? What are you trying to be right now? Calm are you trying to be right now? Calm. Maybe trying to be calm. Literally, as you said calm,

I'm trying to be really calm today with my four teenagers. Good luck with that. Man, us ZM family, we are growing and we are changing. We are developing into better people. You know, thank you for everybody that's opening up and messaging in.

We're asking, what are you trying to be right now? What are you trying to be right now? Because Drew Barrymore has come out to say she's trying to be less touchy feely. She's trying to be more aware of people's physical boundaries. Because she has been wearing it for how she interviews people. She like clings to people and leans on them and grabs their face and their hands. And everyone's like, it's a bit much. Someone said, I'm trying to be more graceful when I'm out drinking.

Okay. Do they turn into a bit of a monster? Maybe a little bit. Oh, can't read that one, but I feel you're on there. I'm trying to be more straight in my posture. When I said it, I think you mean... When I said it, I was like, no, just be your lovely gay self. Yeah, be your gay self.

Why not? Oh, posture. Yeah. That's an important one, isn't it? Yeah, very much so. I'm trying to just be functional on like a basic level, someone said. Yeah. I'm trying to listen more without giving my opinion.

So trying to be more attentive, I guess. Yeah. I'm trying to be more without giving my opinion. So trying to be more attentive, I guess. Yeah. I'm trying to be cool. It's not working. I know. I know that feeling. I think I grew up being cool. And then in my early adult late teen years,

I think I was very cool. And it gets less and less as you get older. And I really hate, I'm trying to be cool. Okay. But then when you're trying to be cool, you're not cool. Oh, we've got so many messages. I'm trying to be more adult-y because I'm not great at that and I'm 43. I'm trying to be better with my people skills, so I took on a second job as a bartender and it's been the best decision.

You got to talk. Talk while you're doing the drinks. Now, lovely text from Shane here. I'm just trying to be better than the day I was before every day in pest control in Southland. That's good. That's good. Now, I don't know if you're trying

to be better in your South or better at pest control in Southland, but we appreciate both of them. I guess both because, you know, less rats and more personal development. Yeah, exactly. I'm trying to be less of a people-pleasing person. And I'm currently-

Like getting walked over. Yeah, yeah. I'm currently practising on of a people-pleasing person. And I'm currently- Like getting walked over. Yeah, yeah. I'm currently practicing on my ex-husband. I'm a head coach at a pony club. I'm trying to be patient with the people who won't accept change. Bro, it's failing unless you keep up with the times. Yeah. Okay, I like that.

Oh, I lost my job. And I don't know what I'm going to do for now so I'm trying to be more comfortable with the lack of control I have in my life. Yeah, like get a little bit more into the unknown. Let's go with the flow. Yeah, I'm trying to be more motivated, pushing through and going to work even though it's an awful place to be. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to laugh

Maybe look for another job Yeah, if you can. You can do that. I'm trying to be more graceful under stress when at work. I'm a preschool teacher. Yeah, I can imagine that. Oh, that would be stressful. I'm trying to be social at work and act interested in people when they tell me about their lives. Oh, my God, that is the worst.

Yeah. I'm trying to be more polite, more of a polite girly girl, like one of my friends at school as per my mother's request turns out I cannot subdue my inner sweary man and said friend is now in prison I'm sorry, what is this?

oh, I'm trying to be like this friend that my mum said I should be more like but now that friend's in prison so don't be like them Julia, what are you trying to be at the moment? I'm trying to be more patient. Who are you trying to be patient with? Myself.

I broke my leg nine weeks ago. Oh, my God. That would test me. So I've got like a sore shoulder and I can't do a lot of stuff with it. Like I can't swim at the moment. And it's like, I mean, it's not a broken leg, but man, I hate it. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Julia.

You just caught up saying that you broke your leg and Fletch has a little tinge in it. A little twingy shoulder. There's just tiny little muscle, like a little bit of anti-flam would rub it out. And she snapped her leg in half. And you've snapped your leg. You've actually broken a bone. No, but if I've never... I broke three bones.

Oh, my God. Oh, God. And so you're just, what, like hobbling around on crutches, and it's just horrible. Yeah, I had to be on bed rest, basically, for the first eight weeks because of the swelling. That would drive me crazy. Which would, yeah.

I would go insane. You'd be like, cut it off and let's get going. Yeah, I'd be like, amputated. Too much. Let's go. How long is..., cut it off and let's get going. I'd be like, amputate it. Too much. Let's go. How long is... A lot of kids at home. Oh, my God.

How long is your projected recovery time? I've been a moon boot now for possibly another five weeks. Oh, my God. So I was in a cast for eight weeks, moon boot for five weeks. I would be insufferable. How did you break your leg so badly? Oh, it's not even a cool story.

I stepped over, stepped between the ute and a trailer over the trailer drawbar and just tripped over. It's just something you do every day. You're right, it's not even a cool story. Like, it's not like, I was like paragliding

and we had a rough landing. You're like, no, no, I just tripped over a trailer. Oh, man. I was dragging a deer out of the bush with my nine-year-old shot and then this day I just tripped over a trailer. Jeepers creepers. Julia, thank you for sharing.

We go to Laura. Laura, what are you trying to be right now? Oh, I'm trying not to be a snack monster because I love snacks. I'm trying to be less of a snack I love snacks. I'm trying to be less of a snack monster as well. I just want to eat all day. Like cheeses.

Cheese is a great snack. I joined the gym about four weeks ago and ever since I've joined the gym, I've just wanted snacks even more. Because you're burning the calories. I know, but

instead of carrot sticks, I'm like, oh, anything with sugar, carbs, cheese. Did you hear how Laura spat out the word carrot sticks? Carrot sticks! Yeah, wow, okay. I think that's a snack monster there speaking. I think we've got the snack monster on the phone.

Okay, well, good luck with that, Laura. How's it going, though? Are you being good? We have wins and we have losses. Wins and losses. Yeah, ups and flows, man. You're not going to win them all. No.

Okay. Do you know on Fridays, Saturdays, and half of Sundays, it doesn't count. Well, yeah, it's like girl math, right? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it is a third of the week. That's when you end it up. No, it's like girl math, right? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it is a third of the week. That's when you end it up.

No, it's not. I mean, it's a third of the whole week. It's the end of the week. It's called the weekend. It's just the little tail, little end, little cap at the end. Laura, thanks. You call some more messages. And what are you trying to be right now?

Rich, someone just texted. I love that. I'm trying to be more affectionate and less bossy with my husband. I like that. Someone messaged in saying, thank you for the car therapy session. We've got five children plus one adult in the car currently all bearing their hearts on what they're trying to be right now. I love that. Trying to be less savage, someone said.

No, I don't recommend. If you're being savage, I sort of like these. I'm trying to put on my big girl undies and be a boss biatch. I'm trying to listen to people without sharing my experience and making it about me, not them. That's a telltale sign of ADHD. I'm trying to be more good at England. Yeah, good.

I like that. I'm trying to be less late for everything. I feel you. Wish Warm was here to hear that one. Oh, yeah. Oh, my gosh Constantly late Constantly late

And someone said I'm trying to be a doer not a gunner anymore Oh okay In our family we call that gunner sprout Gunner sprout Oh it's all gunner sprout

See I'm gonna do it I'm gonna do it When are you gonna do it I'm gonna do it When I'm gonna do this I'm gonna do that You're gonna be more of a doer

In our family now we say less hooey more doey That's good. Good saying. So many messages. Thank you so much for sharing.

Play. ZDM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Yeah. Okay, today's fact of the day has been handed over to us, of course, in Vaughan's absence. And because he's away for three days this week, he gifted us a theme that he thought that we could get excited about, Fletch, which is cat celebrations.

Because we love cats. We cat people. Man, how good are our cats smelling at the moment? They smell great. I just cannot stop sniffing it. Next time you're around at my place, you can smell my cat. You can smell mine. We have a little sniff.

We have a sniff off. Today, I want to talk about the New York Cat Film Festival. Okay. Now, we know there are film festivals all around the world. New Zealand's got a film festival. There's the Cannes Film Festival Sundance Huge festivals

And they always have those little olive leaf things On the movie posters Yeah the laurels So if you If you're part of these festivals You can have a film about anything A horror, a drama, a documentary A short film, a long film

But in the New York Cat Festival, as you can imagine, it's all about cats. So all of the films that you can be like, that you can submit or that are selected have to be at the centre of them. About cats. About cats. Are there many films?

There are. I mean, Garfield, the Garfield movie. So just scrolling down So this year in 2024 In October Will be the seventh annual cat film New York cat film festival Okay Containing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 films about cats. Oh, wow. Okay. Here's some of the titles. Yeah. Trace of a Cat. Cat Kingdom. Cat's Eyewitness News.

The Battle for Swan Lake. King of Cats. Mikey Hammer. Private Eye. What? That's about a cat that's a private eye? Private Eye. With a cast of actual cats from Paradise Ranch Cat Sanctuary

who have the dialogue of a 1940s film noir set in New Orleans, Mikey, the private investigator, is hired to find a stolen million-dollar cat collar. Okay, none of these sound great. Kitty Crusade, a biographical documentary about a passionate TNR cat rescuer, Danny, and the joys and heartbreak of her efforts. That'll be a good watch.

Do we have any IMDb ratings for any of these movies? No, because this is their debut. Okay, right. So they haven't come out. This is a film called Nine Lives by Jesse Davidson from California. A heartwarming documentary about a cat who has an entire neighbourhood fooled with several people believing

they are the only ones who love and look after this cat. Okay, this is what cats do. This is good. A New Home for an Old Cat is the name of another film from New Mexico. A chronicle of the adventure of Gotterlund, an older feline who got a second chance when adopted from a shelter.

Just like you rescued your cat and I rescued mine. Not quite. Yeah, similar. And here's another one called Cat in the Box, a short animated film by a Lebanese student filmmaker at NYU about a cat who hears noises coming from a box and decides to investigate. So there's 20 films. You can go, you can buy tickets in New York to like one film or a whole

festival pass. Could you imagine the cat ladies there? And then if you have a film about a cat to our filmmaker listeners, if you go on catfilmfestival.com forward slash submit a film and you can submit a film to be part of the New York City Cat Film Festival.

So today's fact of the Day is on Cat Celebration Week that there is a whole film festival in New York that is dedicated purely to films about cats. Fact of the Day, day, day, day, day. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do- and I got told off somewhat. A little bit of like a sharp moment between myself and another member of my gyme. Yep. Now, you know, I... Am I saying it wrong?

Just in case people don't... Gymnasium. Yeah, gymnasium. Yeah, I watch the gymnastics at the Olympics. I love Simone Biles. She's the best at gyme. Yeah. Right.

Yeah. Oh, sorry. Okay, the gyme. Yeah, the gyme. I was at at gyme. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Oh, sorry. Okay, the gyme. Yeah, the gyme. I was at the gyme. And I always work out in a smaller gym within my gym. The women's gym. Yeah, the women's gym.

You work out in the big, in the co-ed gym. Yeah. Everyone and anyone's allowed in there. Yeah. But I prefer the small quietness of the women's gym, which is upstairs. It's smaller, but it's got everything you need. So I thought, and I'm following a program at the moment,

and so I'm not just sort of like, oh, I'll just make up my work and I'll go do something else. I'm following a program. And at one point in the program, I needed the Smith's machine, which is like a little rack that's like aided by thingies. Balls. What are those things? Hydraulics.

Hydraulics, right. But what do you do on it? Which one is this? Is it for your butt? No, I needed to do like push-ups on the bar and then pull-ups on the bar, so like alternating. So I used the Smith machine to push down on the under. Yeah, it's just a big rack basically.

The big weight rack. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. Anyway, so I went over to it and there was a towel sort of next to it. Yeah. But not on it, like claiming it, which I pet peeve. I know, I hate when people do this. Yeah, you can't just, unless you're just going to the toilet. What, do you want me to bring like five towels to the gym and just put them on every machine?

Yeah, and be like, that's my circuit. This is kind of what happened is I was like, and be like, that's my circuit. This is kind of what happened is I was like, okay, well that's not really claiming it. So I untwisted the bar to move it to where I wanted to move it to, which is when I heard a woman from far off in the distance, like she wasn't even just like next to it

like, oh, I'm using it. Yeah. Like she was like two machines along and doing a completely different movement. Yeah. And she said, no, excuse me, you can't touch that, I'm using it. That's my towels there. And I was like two machines along and doing a completely different movement yeah and she said no excuse me you can't touch that i'm using it that's my towels there and i was like well are you using it no you're using that machine that you're using right now woman i can see you with some dumbbells in your hands and you're over there and i said oh are you using it and she was like oh yeah it's part i'm doing a circuit at the moment i was like what so she was like, oh yeah, I'm doing a circuit at the moment. I was like. So she was using what, like three or four different things?

Four. Four. See, you can't bagsy four things. And she was moving around this whole, like bigger than the studio. She was like moving around. And I was like. And do you know what annoyed me? Is that I chickened out.

I didn't do that thing where I should have just said, oh, I'll be quick. By the time you get back around to it, I'll be done. Or say something like Passag like oh is this your private gym? Okay. I'm sorry I had no idea this was your private gym. Oh I'm so sorry I thought I paid $100 a month to attend this gym. Not your private

gym in your home. Great building. How did you secure a property in central Auckland like this? Yeah that's the kind of thing Why didn't I say this at the time? That's the kind of thing you need to fire back with next time. I didn't. When I moved and I did like something that wasn't even in my program because I just chickened out.

We need to be more forceful. We just talked about what we're trying to be more of. Yeah. In that moment I should have been more, less apologetic and I should have been more like, well I'm just going to use it quickly. I think you've got to, like other people are using, you've just got to let people and just be flexible with your program. I know.

I could have used it. Or just do all the sets on one machine then go to the next. I know. Anyway. Someone just messaged in, Jim Gower of several years here. She is so in the wrong.

You can only use one machine at a time. Yeah. And if you're doing a balance, if you're doing a set, you just have to wait till I'm done. Yeah. Or she just changes it. Yeah, exactly. I know. She changes. Like when you're doing a bounce, if you're doing a set, you just have to wait till I'm done. Yeah. Or she just changes it. Yeah, exactly.

I know. She changes. Like when you're walking down the street and you're walking towards each other and you're like, who's going to move? She should have moved. And I moved. And I shouldn't have moved. Yep.

You're being a people pleaser there. Yeah, I know. I was being a people pleaser. Anyway, I got a bit of a telling off from a stranger. How dare she? Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. So we've all heard of, do you know, usually I don't really pick up on these

TikTok things because I'm not on TikTok. But the other day I found myself saying, very demure, very mindful. So August the 2nd is when this all started. Yeah. And because of Jules Lebrun, an American TikToker, this is why everybody

now is saying very demure. Yeah. I've got a click. You see how I do my makeup for work? Very demure. Very mindful. Yeah. And then so everyone just like absolutely loved this. That was only 25 days ago. Yeah, I know.

And it's gone crazy. Now, if you go on TikTok or even Instagram Reels, which is sort of like the, we like to call it as like the well-crafted sort of curated version of TikTok. You do. If it thrives on TikTok, it'll survive on Instagram. You see everyone now using this as like they're using the clip, they're using the words demure.

We were talking today about demure would be a great name for her hairdressers. And then something's happened, right? Yeah. So Jules LeBron posted a TikTok basically sobbing that they did not trademark Demure. Yeah. And somebody else in America has swooped in and has registered the trademark. Of Demure.

Of Demure, which means that they can make the money from it. So if Jules wanted to go and make a brand now, which she could. Like merchandise. All of that kind of stuff. A makeup line. Yes. Like that is a setter. Demure makeup.

That Jules would get asked to do a makeup line. It would be called Demure Makeup. Very mindful. Very sophisticated. Da-da-da-da-da. And she can't now because. No. It's been trademarked.

So it says here, TMZ reported this, worth noting, trademarks aren't handed out on a first-come, first-served basis necessarily. There's a legal process allowing multiple parties to make their case. This is also the same in New Zealand, having been through this in the past on another matter.

Interesting. That's another story for another matter. Have you? Interesting. That's another story for another time. For a rainy day. God, it's raining outside. That's crazy. We just simply don't have enough time to talk about it. We've got six minutes. Somebody else trademarking Fletch and Vaughan as a trademark.

Anyway, but I searched the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office, a database and website I'm also familiar with. And nobody in New Zealand, not a single person, has trademarked Demure. So does a trademark only stand in the country that it's registered in? I don't know. We couldn't open Amazon. Yeah, but Amazon would be trademarked here. They would have trademarked everywhere. And there are worldwide data. Yeah, right. Yeah, but Amazon would be trademarked here. They would have trademarked everywhere.

And there are worldwide data. Yeah, right. So we could buy it. But that is also why Burger King in Australia is called Hungry Jack's because the person that years and years ago claimed Burger King wouldn't sell it to them.

And they couldn't get the trademark in Australia so that's why they as something else in Australia. A little side fact. What if we did it? Fletchford and Hayley. Very demure. Very demure. I mean, I'm imagining after this news breaks

and us talking about it, other people may. I mean, it costs a couple of hundred bucks to do it. And then every year I think you've got to pay. Or is that for a company? I don't know. I don't know. I don't have any trademarks. Do you know who's also filed a trademark?

Huak Tua. Oh, yeah. Huak Tua girl has filed a trademark. Did she get hers though? Yeah. Man, she was quick. Clothing and entertainment purposes. So like branding, merchandise.

Because I knew someone that would swoop in and get website domains. That sucks. Of things as soon as they became like a thing. I still don't know. So that other people couldn't get like whatever.com. Just making sure www.haleysproul.com is, no, it's just sitting there. Okay, that's good to know.

What the hell would I put on a website? Your feet pictures? Oh my God, I could make so much money. Haleysproul Feetpics.com My website domain today NZ Okay I'm going to work on this www.hayleysproul.com

Feetpics coming soon Shivers guys 10 out of 10 podcast that one I think two of us were 10 out of 10 and one of us wasn't Or who was that which one? We'll just leave that there Well if you enjoyed today's podcast give us a rating and review Please do I think two of us were 10 out of 10 and one of us wasn't. Or who was that? Which one? We'll just leave that. We'll just leave that there. Well, if you enjoyed today's podcast, give us a rating and review. Please do.

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