ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - 2nd August 2024

Episode Date: August 1, 2024

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The ZM Podcast Network. The Flesh Vaughan and Hayley Big Pod. Great things are brewing at McCafe. The perfect start to every day. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Flesh Vaughan and Hayley. And yes, happy Friday. More medals overnight, New Zealand.

We're now 11th on the medal table. 11. Go us. We're the one you're wearing. I think it's because earlier in the week we were like, come on, you know, let's go New Zealand with love and respect and they listened. Where are we at per capita?

That's what matters to me. Well when I checked before the per capita table hadn't been updated. But we're like top three. Oh we'll definitely be up there. We'll definitely. We were talking about this before because Samoa? Fiji. Fiji.

Fiji. Always up there because they're so little. And they're so little. They're so little. Well, it's fantastic news, isn't it? Oh, my God. Just to kind of feel good before the weekend. So proud.

That we needed. I always find it weird when people say they're proud of other people when they've actually done nothing to contribute. Yeah, I saw a meme. It was this guy, like quite a big guy, and when they've actually done nothing to contribute. Yeah, I saw a meme. It was this guy, like quite a big guy, and he just had chips all over his belly. Oh, yeah, I've seen a lot of those. It's just like me critiquing every tiny little mistake

that an Olympic athlete's doing. Useless. Do you know who loves to do it? Women. Proud of you, babe. Shut up. Oh, wow. Proud of you. You're not my mother. Because it's condescending. My mother. Oh, wow. Proud of you.

You're not my mother. Because it's condescending. My mother's proud of me. Because they have not... Yeah, okay. No, it's because you've got no stake in the game. You're not part of this. How are you proud of me?

It's not like they taught you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Also because you know they're going to bitch behind your back when they leave. 100%. We're so proud of you. She thinks she's so good. God, she thinks she's hot shit, doesn't she? Proud of you babes.

I love women. Women's proud women. I've got no comment. I've got no's so good. God, she thinks she's hot shit, doesn't she? Proud of you, babes. I love women. Women's proud women. I've got no comment. I've got no comment on that. No, best you don't. The top six coming up. Sure is. Oh my God.

What is... You need to take some Omega-3 or something. Dude, I'm eating... What is up with your... I eat whole fish. Oh my God. No, I'm just doing something else and then you're like, top six.

And I'm like, oh yeah, what was that again? I've got a lot of things going on up here. What is going on up there? We literally just doing something else. And then you're like, top sex. And I'm like, oh yeah, what was that again? I've got a lot of things going on up here. What is going on up there? We literally just spoke about this moments ago. Well, if you must know, I've got to find the trailer for the new animated Batman series that's out now on Amazon Prime. That seems like a you after work job.

No, that's very important to him. You interrupted me with this work bullshit while I was signing into Internet Movie Database to add it to my watch list because that's how I'm keeping track of all these great shows people have been recommending to me this week. Right. Sorry to get in the way of your hobby.

This hobby gets in the way of my real work, which is pirating, lifestyle blocking, and thinking about Batman pretty much 24-7. And before you do the top six, your shirt today, don't you think it looks a little bit like Mormon undies? You know,

those old school long johns? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like what they wear under their Western outfit. Yeah, yeah, totally. Old school. That's cool though. It's a bit old now.

It's because you have things. Is that because I've got too many buttons open? That's not very Mormon on me. It just feels very like long johnny sleepwear. Yeah. It's because you have things. Is that because I've got too many buttons open? That's not very Mormon on me. I don't know, it just feels very like, yeah, long Johnny's sleepwear. Yeah. It does. If you had the matching cotton pantaloons.

Oh my God, yeah. What is that? That'd be great. Some thermals. Yeah. Staying warm. This is an audio medium, not a visual one. So this is just for us.

There are videos. There are videos. But now everyone's imagining you two are doing the show with an old gold prospector. That's exactly what I'm doing. I found them gold. That is exactly what you look like. Yeah, yeah.

That's all I've ever dreamed of looking like. The top six is coming up. Well, here at our workplace. Speak up, please. Here at our workplace. I'm talking into a microphone. I don't need to speak up. That's how they work, the amplification.

I'm whispering because it's a secret. Turn the music down in the background. It's not a secret. I don't need to speak up. That's how they work, the amplification. I'm whispering because it's a secret. Turn the music down in the background. It's not a secret. I've got to whisper to the listeners. Here at our workplace. Yeah. Here at our workplace, they've officially said, you cannot bring your dog in here anymore.

We got an official email yesterday, didn't we, saying no pets. The whole building, the whole company, Dana, they said it was the landlord. Bullshit. That's just easy because Rowan doesn't have a name. I'm going to email the landlord. I'm going to find out who owns this building. I'm going to was the landlord. Bullshit. That's just easy because it's ruined it. I'm going to email the landlord. I'm going to find out who owns this building. I'm going to email the landlord.

You are not. Because it's exactly what I'd do. I'd blame the landlord because I didn't want to be the unfun workplace saying no more dogs. It sounds like someone's ruined it for the rest of the world. Sounds like someone's dog. I actually, I'm not a dog person, so I couldn't care less. No, but remember we had puppies in here. We had your dad's puppies in here.

That was cute. That was fun. Also, no more puppies ever. That was chaos. No. No, but remember we had puppies in here? We had your dad's puppies in here. That was cute. That was fun. Also, no more puppies ever. That was chaos. No. Oh, I know. We might be able to get a special exemption for a miniature pony.

No, because I said... We have had a miniature pony in here. No, multiple minuets. Not in my time. I know. You really missed out on the good years of miniature ponies. Yesterday, we commented on the fact that everyone was grumpy around the nation

and I said to Ross Boss, can we get some GD kittens in here? And then we got that email. Some gold offence kittens. No, some gold digging kittens, my friend. Well, I found me some more gold! Woohoo! Can't wait to tell me Paul!

Except he's dead. What are you doing for the top six? My Paul got the consumption. What's on the top six? Jesus Christ. It's the top six reasons. Get a hold of the show, Fletch. Yeah, you're really letting this arsehole take control. I'm trying. I'm trying.

Top six reasons my dog should still be able to come to work. Because you know everybody that, it's not my dog that's the problem. I think your dog is the problem. It's other people that are the problem. Top six reasons my dog should be allowed to come to work. Now, next on the show, I want to talk about a new invention. And this is if you're into your hiking. That's you.

Or maybe you hate hiking. This might make it easier for you. Okay. Something for everyone. I've invited you on a hike in a couple of weeks. Yeah. And you did say yes. Yeah.

But then you told me the kick off time. It was the same sort of yes I give when you're like, are you going to come to this dinner thing this weekend? I'm like, yeah. It was absolutely no skin in the game. And then it's a text a couple hours before. Oh, guys, no. I can't make it. I can't do that. Not this

weekend. We'll discuss next. Play. ZM's Fletchvorn and Hayley. Well, I did invite you on a sunrise hike in a couple of weeks, if the weather's nice. Now, look, I've got hiking boots. They were $40, I think, from the warehouse a few years ago. I got them more so that I could look cool on site at my renovation. You know how everyone just wears, like like big boots and stuff and shorts?

And I was like, I'm going to get me some of those. You went and bought hiking boots? Yeah. Okay. Not like steel cap or anything, just so I could be like, right home from work, time to put on the boots. The big boots. Yeah.

To paint the ceiling. Right, so you just use them as dress up basically. I think I've worn them on a hike or like a bushwalk. I'll call it a bushwalk. Right. Once, worn them on a hike or like a bushwalk. I'll call it a bushwalk. Right. Once, and I preferred my sneakers. On a bushwalk? Yeah, on a bushwalk.

I'll just go trainer. Yeah, but you want boots when you're hiking for the ankle support. When does a bushwalk become a hike, though? Do you know what I mean? Elevation? Elevation. Length? Difficulty?

Yeah. When you've got to take some stuff, I reckon. I don't know that I've been on a hike In that case I think I've done many a bushwalk Well this may be the I mean the price tag might put you off But this may be the invention for you And anybody

Because I do struggle That doesn't like hikes Now Arcteryx is a clothing outdoor brand Which I recognise But I don't know if it's huge in New Zealand They have teamed up with Google X Labs, and they will, in 2025, start shipping for $4,500. I'm out. A, how would you, like, powered pants.

Yes. It's like. An exoskeleton. Iron Man. Yeah. It's on the way to being Iron Man. It's. Like exoskeleton. Iron Man. Yeah. It's on the way to being Iron Man. It's like almost motorized. So it's a lightweight electric motor at the knee,

and then it's got like an arm that comes up your thigh and then one that goes down your leg. Yeah. And it basically boosts a hiker's leg strength when going up, and then when you're coming down, it absorbs the impact. Wow. Isn't that insane? But I'd love the, because going down is easy.

No, it's not. Going down can be harder. Harder than that. Yeah, yeah, definitely. But I mean, puffy, puff-wise. Puff-wise. Fitness-wise. Fitness-wise, yeah, okay.

Going up is harder. Like, to lift the leg, that just gives you a little boost. Makes you basically, like, lighter, I imagine. And it's carbon fiber. It's like an e-bike for pants. You're still doing it, but it's very much assisted. Do you reckon by the time we're all old and in rest homes, we're going to be in exoskeletons, like, strap us in.

And then when we have a fall, it just catches us. Yes. Or we're like those, what are those things you ride around on on two wheels that look ridiculous? Segway. Like segways. We won't fall over. We'll just hover.

Oh, yeah. We'll just tip. We'll just be able to tip over. We won't be able to tip over. Oh, my gosh. And die from a fall. I feel like it's everyone's God-given right to have a fall when they get older. You know what I mean?

Yeah. What a shame. Yeah. Well, if you want to get in for the hiking exoskeleton pants, a $99 deposit will bring the price down to $4,500 with shipping in late 25. I mean, now that's a bargain. What an absolute bargain. You know what I mean? Rather than just training and getting fitter.

Or just wait till, because everything's made in China, just wait for the Timu ones for $50. Timu will do. Could you make one yourself? To motorise the knee, do you know what I mean? You could almost do a Wallace and Gromit style sort of machine machine mechanism thing. A contraption, yes. I don't know.

No. Yeah. Doesn't seem like the kind of technology you could just do yourself. And then add some delicious cheese. Yeah, yum. That dude had a go at it. He had a go and write

Wallace of Wallace and Gromit. Yeah, why? Well, he always ended the day with cheese. Mechanisms and cheese. Mechanisms and cheese. That's the secret to life. And his best pal was a dog. Yeah.

14 past six. Next on the show. Oh, this isn't good news for me as someone who likes to push the limit of the speed limit. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Ford, the motor company, they are attempting to patent a camera system that reports speeding vehicles directly to authorities.

Now, I thought when I first read this that this meant that it would be installed in Ford vehicles and report you driving the car. I thought, yeah, that's a weird way to absolutely kill people buying your car. That's what I thought too. I was like, why would you do this? No one wants that installed in their car. Like, we've got that in the work cars, right?

Oh yeah, nah, I got knocked on. Did you get knocked on? Yeah, maybe that was. The vehicle knocked on you. Yeah, it was going 51 in a 50 or something. Oh my God. Yeah. You are such a crim.

I know. Lock him up in prison and give him a tattoo. Nah, I think I was going like 70 or something. Yeah, probably. We're not encouraging it. I thought it was a 70 zone, but it wasn't. Or sometimes you just get carried away. The song takes you.

The best part is on the motorway between Auckland and Hamilton when there's 110 kilometre an hour zone, but the car will send a notification to work every time it goes over 100 kilometres. So you're actually well within your rights to do 100 and whatever, but you just dip up and down between 97 and 104, like up, down, up, down, and every time it goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting at work,

and then the ha-ha, good luck. Yeah. Sorting through all those notifications. Well, this is not actually what this is. It would be installed in Ford vehicles, but it would capture other cars around you. So it would narc on everyone else. It would narc on everyone. So it would send

nearby vehicles that were travelling over the speed limit, it would capture them, and then it would send photos, registration details directly to authorities. Wow. And it was supposed to be that like it would help law enforcement make their job easier because they wouldn't need to like, you know, be out everywhere all the time.

Yeah. But then like there's blurriness around like the actual legal ramifications that just like these civilian vehicles can have do you know what i mean like yeah you can't just send stuff to the cops and be like implement this but that's what that's like you ring the police and say someone just flew past me i was doing 100 and they flew past me flew past me yeah and you give them the number plate. All they can do is try to witness that themselves. They can't issue a ticket on your... Can they send them a warning?

No. They can send them a, you were reported to be doing this. Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah, but what's that going to do? You know? Yeah. Like, that's not going to really deter you.

Do you reckon that's the future? Is everyone's cars narking on everybody? Don't nark on me. the things that I'm into. Nobody wants to nark. Sometimes you want to nark, though, eh? Like in those occasions where someone just like, hoons, this morning, holy guacamole. I was driving along at my 104, we'll call it, you know?

And then I almost felt the swoosh, you know when someone's going so fast past you that you get that little like, whoa, in your car. And you do kind of wish in those moments that you could capture it. Be like, whoop, whoop, whoop. And get them in trouble.

Anyway, so yeah, Ford, they've patented a knocking car system. Watch out. 621, we go to Christchurch next. Christchurch have made it into the New Zealand Medical Journal. Yeah, three times. Oh, dear.

Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. The New Zealand Medical Journal. Interesting read. I would have thought it mostly would have been about pancreases. Yeah. And blood clots. Yeah. And strokes.

And gangrene. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. But the New Zealand Medical Journal has released information on a unique series of cases involving three men, all from Canterbury, unknown to each other, who have ended up in the emergency department or some faculty of the New Zealand health system. Yeah. Because they swallowed bottle caps.

On beer bottles. Beer bottles. Now, they swallowed bottle caps. On beer bottles? Beer bottles. Now, they've got pictures. How are we doing that? They've got pictures of the bottle caps. In the system? In the system. Are they, this is my question, are they bent in half?

Yes. Okay, now I know how they've done it. Oh, okay, right. Pop the cap, bend it in half, stick it in the neck, down the bottle. Ah, you're saying someone, okay. One of them's not. And that's the guy they reckon he spent two days in hospital um because he was like i think i swallowed a bottle cap he you know when you go to the doctor and you're like i think it's my penis yeah you know for a while it's your penis

yeah i think i've got a rash i a rash. I think I might have had I think I'm itchy. Unprotected sex. I think I might have raw dogged it and then you put your hand up for a five and your doctor

don't give you a high five. Come on, give me a high five. We're brothers. Brothers in arms. And then you reach further and shake the hand and he's still not

giving you the high five. He doesn't want to touch your hand. You've got a rash. And then you have to give yourself a high five for Rural Dog and then get back to the series in hand. So this guy spent two days in hospital and he said I think

I swallowed a bottle cap because he could feel it. Now that one was open. Oh what? So three cases. Let me run you through the three cases. The first case was embedded in the throat. Oh no. It didn't get to the throat. Oh, no. It didn't get to the stomach.

30-year-old Christchurch man, acute. How do you say your esophagus? But why are they saying he's cute? It doesn't matter. It's a medical journal. It's good to know so we can get the full picture. Cuties make mistakes too. Okay.

Now, his was bent in half and it looks to be like pinched on. Because of the serrated claws. It grabbed. It had to be like. Removed. Removed. Were these people funneling? Were they doing a funnel?

No. No. Wouldn't I throw it? Wouldn't I throw it? I think that makes perfect sense. You know when you bend a top and you sneak it in somebody else's drink and then they drink it. Yeah, that's what I think. Because I see them being all the time. a top and you sneak it in somebody else's drink and then they drink it. Yeah, that's what I think.

I see it all the time. You put it in your own drink thinking, well, it'll just sink. I won't drink it. Yeah, there you go. So they had to, they tried to get it out with something called a Rothnet, which I've looked up, and it's this thing that goes down and then the net opens and you like catch it and pull it. Like fishing. Wouldn't come

out. Like trawler fishing. Yeah. It was later pulled into an extraction hood, which you've got above your oven. Above the oven, what? And removed with a scope. But then that left like a rip. Minor esophageal, how would I say it? Esophageal?

Esophageal? Like the esophagus. Yeah. It's described as erosion because of the cap. Yeah. Second patient, 38-year-old man, turned up after accidentally ingesting. Did he say, I think I've... He's got further down.

He suffered a 10-millimeter gastric ulcer and the object removed with a 20-millimeter braided snare with heat. Okay. And the third one, a 55-year-old man, the bottle top hand gesture. I thought these were all going to be like 20-year-olds. 38 and 55. Yeah.

Our generation has a problem. The bottle top that he had ingested had managed to get pushed through into his stomach and they couldn't get it because there was food in the stomach. He had to go fasting for a few days for the full clear out and then removed it with the aforementioned Roth net on the end of a big scope.

So it had to go all the way down. To the gut. To the gut. If you were the surgeon and you've got your tweezers in there and you get it out with your tweezers and then you're like, oh my God, Julie, it's a quiz. It's a Tui quiz. It's a Tui quiz.

And what year did the black caps win? 1992. Yes. That's the one. Fantastic. So all of these happened within a three-month period last year in Canterbury. What are we doing, Canterbury? End of the year.

Might have been. End of the year. You know that time of the year where we... Yeah. Great day. Yeah, a few swapper crate's being drunk, I've never swallowed a can.

I've swallowed a tab of a can. You know how you flick that and you put it in. But see, that's not serrated. Yeah. So, I mean,

if you're going to take your tops off your bottles, chuck them out. Don't put them in. Yeah. You have a bucket, right? And you shoot them

at the bucket. You know, just on someone's lawn under the couch. No. On the lawn. On the lawn of the driveway. On the lawn. Play ZM's Fletchford and Ailey. Play ZM.

Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah. This is the top six. Yesterday, 2.02pm, an email was sent to everybody that works in our building. Oh my goodness. Shook the building. From the group facilities manager.

Okay. Important. Important title. Hi team. Casual. Casual. No idea of what's to come. There's no even a sense of to whom it may concern.

No, no, no. We've been advised by our landlord that as per the operating rules of the building, unfortunately, we're not allowed to bring animals into our Graham Street office. So it's the end of Furry Fridays. I got the wrong end of that stick, by the way. I know. You spent so much money on that fit. Yeah, yeah.

I turned up in a whole fox outfit. Your tail was so realistic. I know because spent so much money on that fit Yeah yeah I turned up in a whole fox outfit Your tail was so realistic I know because it was connected It was inserted through the anus And then everybody laughed Because that all brought their dogs I know and he was there on all fours in the foyer I was a fox

One, two, three, four I did a dance for everybody and everything. Dogs not allowed. Do you know what? I'm not mad about this because I'm not a dog person. Most of the dogs are yuck. There was never a husky. Where was the husky?

You don't want a husky in an office. You damn fool. I love huskies. Spoken like a true fool. It'll strap itself to the photocopier and then bloody mush, mush, mush I love huskies. They freak out. Spoken like a true fool. Everyone's like, silly little dog. It'll strap itself to the photocopier and then bloody mush, mush, mush and drag the photocopier all around. We've had dogs in here in the past and they shit on the floor.

Shit on the floor, yeah. And I can't bite my tongue when there's a French bulldog. I love those. I can't bite my tongue. I say, we shouldn't be doing that. Oh, we've stuffed that up. We've stuffed this thing up. As its eyes are all like mushed shut

and it's like, Frenchies are cute. Pugs, I can't stand. They're both a result of terrible breeding and we're to blame. Oh, you're 100%. That's why I rescued my cat from a breeder. Yeah. Yeah, he's got a mushed in face. What? Not a full

smushed in face. No, he doesn't. Yeah, he's got a flat face. That's because the breed has a flat- in face. What? Not a full smushed in face. No, he doesn't. Yeah, he's got a flat face. He's got a flat-ish face. Because the breed has a flat-ish face. Yeah, but that's what she's saying. But we did that. Well, you've got a flat face. Wow, she just insulted my dog. I actually have a rather prominent nose, thank you.

So that's a compliment. I just gave you a compliment. You've got a flat face. The email continues, they've advised us policy is in place to ensure the comfort, safety and well-being of all occupants. They're really sorry about this change. Thanks to your corporation.

Kind regards. It sounds like somebody might have had a bitey dog. Someone had an aggressive part. I think someone's had a shit dog. Someone's ruined it for the rest of us. A few dumb dogs ruined it for them. Oh, wow. That's sad.

You know how whenever there's a rule about a dog, the dog, the people that own their dog, oh, it's not my dog. Or when you're walking, this happened to us all the time when we lived in town, we'd be walking with Lulu, RIP. Do you want to talk about it? I don't really want to talk too much about it.

Okay. And people wouldn't have their dogs on the leash, and they'd be like, they're fine, they're very friendly. And then they'd get close and they'd be like, people are like, no! They're growling. Oh no, they just say hello. And then they get close and they'll be like people are like no they're growling oh no they just say hello

and then they launch look she's not a huge fan of men but if you just put your hand out and keep away I had a Buddha dog in the face yeah didn't you know a racist dog my friend's got a racist dog

multiple racists I know multiple dogs because that was also an episode of Coober Enthusiasm the racist dog the racist dog no my friend's got a racist dog. Multiple racists. I know multiple dogs that are racist. Because that was also an episode of Coober Enthusiasm, eh? The racist dog. The racist dog. No, my friend's got a yappy shit poo who barks at brown people, barks louder at Asians. That's embarrassing. I know.

That's embarrassing. It's so full on. And she's like, I didn't do this. Oh my God, I don't know how to stop it. It's like when a child knows racist stuff, they must have learned it from someone. I don't know. I know, it's terrible.

Well, I've got the top six reasons I should still be able to bring my dog to work. Right, but no one else. No one else. Okay. Which dog are we talking? Richie. Okay.

Number six. Richie is a golden retriever. The universally most loved dog breed. Yeah, they are. They are the most universally loved dog breed. When we had the retriever puppies in, that was probably the greatest day of your life, wasn't it? The best day of my life.

Retrievers lead blind people around. And they smile. They smile. One did piss on the floor here, and there's still a mark from when you tried to clean it up. With newspaper. I didn't really try too hard. With the NZ Herald, might we add.

That's on me. When we talk about NZ me, you did clean up the puppy piss with NZ Heralds. Yeah. We'd read them. He's a company man. Yeah. I always clean up my dog piss with the New Zealand Herald. Okay. It's my chosen dog piss. No.

Absorber of choice. Number five on the list of the top six reasons I should still be able to bring my dog to work. He's a rescue dog. A rescue dog. Yeah. He is. He's a rescue dog. A rescue dog. Yeah. He is. What a nice rescue dog.

He's been traumatised. What, am I going to leave him at home? I can't leave him at home. That's why we got him in the first place. He got chained up and left at home while people went to work. It's traumatising for him. Number four on the list of the top six reasons

I should still be able to bring my dog to work. Anxiety. You have anxiety. I'm not going to say. Just anxiety. Right, okay. It's a pass to pretty much anything these days. Yeah, oh, 100%. Who's got anxiety? You're the dog.

Mask exemptions. Yeah, anxiety. But my dog, everyone in America can take their dog on a plane. On a plane, yes. Number three on the list of the top six reasons I should still be able to bring my dog to work. To be honest, he's more productive than some of the Gen Zs we've got around here. Well, I've never seen your dog, like, do any kind of media work.

Haven't you? Nah. Well, he's done a couple of paid posts for dog posts. He can write up some proposals. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's good at that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just puts you in a good mood, you know.

I don't think he was the growing force behind girl math, yeah. He's good at that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just puts you in a good mood. I don't think he was the growing force behind girl math though. I think if he was. Okay, right. He was. Sorry Shannon. Just encouraged in the right places.

Dog could do your job. Number two on the list of the top six reasons I should still be able to bring my dog to work. He's sick of working from home. Yeah. What does he do at home

for his job? For his work? Licks his balls. Or if he had them, he licks where they used to be. Yeah. What does he do at home for his job? For his work? Licks his balls. Or if he had them, he licks where they used to be. Right. He was like, there was something here once.

He digs a hole. I don't know why, but I should just be licking this. This is where I should be licking. This patch. With a scar on it. There's nothing there, but I'll keep on licking.

Right. And number one on the list of the top six reasons I should still be able to bring my dog to work. He helps me drive in the T2 lane because he sits up front in a little business suit. No, you're not allowed to do that.

No, if he's wearing a business suit, you can. Oh, he's got a collar on. Yeah. Like a collared shirt. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Collared shirt. And a blazer. And he's got a little briefcase.

It's real cute. And he's got a Bluetooth earpiece. Yes, he does. Okay, people that still use those Bluetooth earpieces, like from the 90s and 2000s. Yeah. You're like, who do the headphones do? Like, they all have it now.

Earpods are just as bad as a Bluetooth headset, by the way. And you will never convince me different. What do you mean? People that walk around talking on their phone with the earpods. What's wrong with that? They look just as doofus-y. I know. They look just as bad as Bluetooth headsets.

Right, okay. Yeah, they do. Yeah, and don't try to convince yourself otherwise. You don't know how loud you're talking. Yeah. Boy, oh boy. Yeah, we could hear it. You know, this is a beach in Italy, my friend.

Shush. Shush your face. That is today's Sub 6. We've been so excited about lots of shows coming out. Our biggest disappointment is that, what's the show we love? It's called Severance. Severance was delayed by the strikes

and then is not being released till like next year, right? That's a year, it's a while away. So far away, we've waited. And then one of the other biggest shows that had everyone talking was, of course, Squid Game. And then everyone was like, where is season two? And they did that reality show. Which I loved. Yeah.

Was that the end of last year or the start of this year? Start of this year? I don't know. Time. What is time? Time is just like constructs, man. It's a societal construct. It's already the second of August. I know. Time. What is time? Time is just like a construct, man. It's a societal construct. It's already the 2nd of August.

I know, which is like essentially September. Yeah. Which is essentially Christmas. Yeah. Anyway, Squid Game Season 2, it was announced yesterday. I feel they were getting on the Olympics buzz with this teaser too. Yeah, because it was like Olympian, it was runners running down a track and then being overtaken by Squid Game contestants

in the teal jumpsuits and who were all like being killed. And then the creepy doll that's shooting them. The creepy doll was shooting them. Yep. So the release date for season two of Squid Game, December 26, 2024. That's boxing day, baby.

Boxing. Okay, sit down with the family. They do it because it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Yeah. And everybody's home. And everybody's in that weird, what are we doing? We're at the Batch. I'm still full. Yep. Well, they're not in their

Batches, but they're in their family home. You know. Cold. Cold. Staying inside. Snowing, probably. And yeah, watch TV. So perfect. For me, Squid Game, I mean,

I made my parents watch it and then I watched it with Aaron. My mum wouldn't watch it. But yeah, for me, it's not a family show. No,

but I'll watch it with, oh, did we watch the, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, The girls didn't watch it, did they? They watched the reality show. Yeah.

Oh, right. Because there's no horrendous deaths. Yeah. But they, they've seen clips and bits and pieces of school game and they're very well aware of it, but I don't think that, I hope not. That could be a good, just thinking, sorry, side thought,

that could be a good costume for our quiz night. Oh. Oh, yeah, we all go. Expensive, though. Track suits. Oh, I was thinking that you were going as the people. Oh, the red jumpsuits. The red jumpsuits. I think you can get that you were going as the people. Oh, the red jumpsuits. The red jumpsuits.

I think you can get them like AliExpress and online. Side thought, just an idea. Yeah. Okay, do you want a synopsis for season two? Okay. Three years after winning Squid Game, player 456 remains determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to their vicious sport.

Using this fortune to fund his... Oh my God, of course, he's a millionaire now. Yeah. Jihoon starts with the most obvious of places, look for the man in a sharpsuit playing... In the subway. The game. The game.

But when his efforts finally yield results, the path toward taking down the organisation proves to be deadlier than he imagined. To end the game, he needs to re-enter it. What? Of course, of course he does. Oh my God. So Hwang Dong Hyuk, who was the director,

I didn't realise he was the first ever Asian to win an Outstanding Director for a Drama Series at the Emmys. That's pretty cool. First ever. That seems wild. It really opened the doors for Korea 456. Yeah.

He was kind of the lead in the Star Wars series, the acolyte. He's been in bits and pieces. Oh, wow. He's the best actor in the thing. Yeah, yeah. Because there's some shocking performances. There was some shocking acting.

But also, what was shocking was when I thought the American dub over was the thing. Was the actual, yeah. And I was watching it being like, God, come to pull it back. No, you have to watch, always watch it with subtitles.

The dub, I can't do dubbing. It's so bad. Well, Squid Game 2, December 26. 2024. Will that be 27th here? Good question. Not really a summer watch at the Batch, though, is it? No, late night, after a big summer day.

You reckon? You know, put your aloe vera on your sunburn, crawl up in front of the telly and watch it. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Paul. Silly little Paul. Silly little Paul. Silly little Paul. Billy little Paul, have you ever cheated on a partner?

That's the emoji after we asked. Yeah. Now, a new study, which has been done, delved into why women cheat. Women cheat. Yeah. Because cheating's 50-50, right? Studies are always like, it's 50-50-ish.

Yes. Or is it more men? I don't know if it's more men just because that's what Hollywood's told me to believe. Yeah. It's always the men. I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this because it's quite an in-depth study. But in general, they think it goes right back to an evolutionary driver. Like, we are constantly looking for

good breeding. So we can't help it. Good genes. And we see someone else and we're like, I want to mate with you. It goes like every animal. That sounds like an anthropologist, someone who studies humanity, cheated on their partner and had to come up with a reason on the spot. I'm just an animal! We're all

animals deep down, darling! But wait, could the gays use reason on the spot. I'm just an animal. We're all animals deep down, darling. But wait, could the gays use that excuse? I'm just trying to find someone better to breed with. Of the 254 individuals from 19 countries across 6 continents, 116 women, 138 men, heterosexual relationships.

That's so interesting. The gays are in their own category. I don't think it counts, right? I don't know, because reading this, it's so deeply around that, which is that desire to breed with good genetics. And also, the best part about it is when they find homosexuality in the animal kingdom outside of humanity. Gay penguins.

Gay penguins stay together forever. The gay animals, they are like monogamous. And their homes are just so much nicer, the decor and stuff. Oh, my God. And just tiny and well-kept and groomed. Really well-groomed. Really well-groomed. I know.

What about when you meet a grubby gay? Grubby gay. Isn't it shocking? Isn't it a little bit about, but I thought you were gay. Oh, yeah. I am. But you're dirty. But for shame.

For shame. But you're dirty. There's holes in your socks. Oh, yeah. I am. But you're dirty. But for shame. For shame. But you're dirty. This hole's in your socks. Oh, my God. None of our gays. None of our gays are grubby gays. We've got a good gays. I love gorgeous gays.

Nice, clean, gorgeous gays. We've got gorgeous, clean gays. I just ran through all of them. Yeah, I just ran through. We've got some rugged gays. We've got rugged gays, but they're still cleanly. Big, strong gays. We've got rugged gays, but they're still cleanly. Yeah.

Big, strong gays. Shout out, Jared. Oh, God, we could just look at him all day. Let's get that ass in a pair of shorts ASAP. Let's get a set of stubbies on the man. I was thinking about a married man, but I will not ask for your permission. Okay, so come on. Let's get back on track here. Silly little poll.

Have you ever cheated on a partner? Very. Yeah, just checking. Very. Very. Have you ever cheated on a partner? 21% of people said yes. 79% said no.

They're currently with me, so I can't vote yes. Because if you statistically... Yeah. Our studies, when we run our polls, we get thousands and thousands of responses. And if you look at studies, they usually have a smaller poll and those stats wouldn't align up. Like it would be more.

Yeah, I think people are not being truthful. I'm completely honest. Because you can pick up your partner's phone and see what they voted at, right? Yeah, yeah, totally. It's a trap is what it is. I'm just going to do initials. Yeah, what's all anonymous?

All anonymous. No, no initials. Just M. Anonymous. M. Says. Great. Oh my God.

What if that's my Mary? That's what someone could be saying. It's not Mary. Okay, right. M says open relationship. Peace sign. So technically they voted no because it's an open relationship. Yeah, well that's...

Love that. Okay, that's good. Yeah, I mean monogamy. What is monogamy? My ex-partner was... It's a wood. It's a beautiful wood, though. Rich.

It's a beautiful... I've got monogamy doors. Yeah, they're beautiful. Stunning. My ex-partner was asexual. Same-sex couple. He came out as asexual after we got together. And I wasn't.

Needs must be met. Yeah. But so you cheated? Because that sounds like grounds for an arrangement. Needs must be met. Yeah. But so you cheated or because that sounds like grounds for an arrangement. It sounds like grounds for an arrangement. Grounds for an arrangement

is a wonderful title for your memoirs. Oh my God. Grounds for Arrangement. Grounds for Arrangement. Or just like a TV series. Grounds for Arrangement. I love that.

Write it down. It could be a gardening series. Grounds for Arrangement. Oh yeah, Grounds for Arrangement. Oh, yeah, Grounds for Arrangement. It could be anything. I just love the title. Economist Brad Olsen, one of the, you know, sweetest hearts we know. The purest of angels.

You'll remember that the people that voted yes was 21%, which we all said was low. Brad Olsen says, why are the numbers so high? Oh, Brady, sweetie. He's an economist, and he can't see the forest from the trees. He would never. He wouldn't. Wow.

He's a sweetheart. He is. God, I don't trust anybody. These numbers are not right. No, this is low. Yes, I've cheated. He forgave me because it was with another girl. It doesn't count.

What? God, it doesn't, does it? It doesn't count. It doesn't count. And you can't be that jealous because you can never provide that. He's got to get out. You've got to get out and explore life's too short. We're all a bit gay.

Take a chair. Take a chair in the corner of the hotel room. Well, you just heard what he said about Jared's legs. I know. His ass. Oh, sorry. But I mean the legs. The legs play into it.

It's a whole situation. You should ask him for some photos. He's in Rarotonga. Oh, and he'll be on the beach in a little pair of shorty shorties. Look at that smile, Vaughn. Everyone's a little bit gay. Hi. Yes, he forgave me because it was with another girl

and we had sort of discussed it as being okay as long as it wasn't with another guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. That probably needs a little bit more discussion. Casey, I feel like only non-cheaters are answering this poll because it's got to be higher than 21%. It's got to be higher. That or I've managed to only exclusively date the 21%.

Oh, darling. Hey. You find yourself a good man. Or woman. Or woman. Heteronormative. Everyone's a bit gay. I was young and dumb.

He treated me like SHIT. I should have broken up with him earlier, but just didn't. I had a string of one-night stands while I was still with him. Do you know what? I've just Googled. Self-destructive. I've just Googled, and a lot of the surveys coming back about cheating are around 20-odd percent. I swear I've read higher.

Or am I just thinking about... Oh, friends. 20, 25% of married men, 21%, 18%. Yeah, maybe it isn't that. Or we're just reflecting. D. Who we know.

D said, I haven't cheated, but I wish I had cheated on my last boyfriend. He was all around average AF. I read some cheating smut and it was so hot, I feel like I missed out on something spicy but not doing it when I had the chance. Oh, yeah. Because now they're single,

but they're not doing anything wrong. And it's the doing something wrong that's giving them the thrill. If you wanted to go searching a thrill, that feels like grounds for an arrangement, doesn't it? Grounds for an arrangement. Grounds for an arrangement. It's coming to Netflix.

Write that down. Coming to Netflix. December 26th 8 part series limited series or you'll probably do a second season when they offer you

untold amounts of cash I think two perfect seasons and I'm out gorgeous that's well done like Fleabag play ZM's

Fletch Vaughn and Hayley that was impressive you were talking and typing what were you typing thank you

I was looking for some kind of Hollywood music some gossip he was talking That was impressive. You were talking and typing. What were you typing? Thank you. I was looking for like some kind of Hollywood music. I like that. Some gossip. He was talking and typing and not... I know. Was it sexy? Was it quite horny? I think.

Yeah. Okay. That's good. That's very gay today. No, it was... Usually, other people in the studio are bringing the gay years at you. I was impressed with the professionals. How are you the gayest one here today?

Well, we cross now to Vaughan Smith, Scandal Queenie. This is going to do nothing for the gay runners. But I'm in charge of Hollywood Entertainment. Oh. Gothap. It really... I was like, you've got to be kidding me. When...

Was it last year? That Jennifer Lopez? What? It feels weird. It's time for Vaughn Smith's Hot Gossip. Oh, no. This is still in there. I'd forgotten about this.

What is this? It's when you used to do the entertainment news. Yeah. Vaughn Smith's Hot Gossip. Stoked that we've got this back Hot Gossip This is great I've never heard this

He is the new JJ Feeney Scandal Queenie I was really hoping To wait to be bestowed With such a title Congratulations It means more than the world to me I know it does

Book yourself a trip to Bali babes I'm there bitch Mentally I'm there What have you got for us Scandal Queenie? Well I'm there, bitch! Mentally, I'm there. What have you got for us, Scandal Queenie? Well, it annoyed me last year when after 20 years apart, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck seemed to have forgotten the reason they separated in the first place.

Why did it annoy you that they'd found their love again? Because I knew it wouldn't last. You're such a pessimist. I'm a pessimist. A relationship pessimist. I can see it. When people get back together, I'm like, look at't last. You're such a pessimist. I'm a pessimist. Do you think? A relationship pessimist. I can see it. When people get back together, I'm like,

look at the last. Do you think it's like it didn't work for a reason? It didn't work for a reason. And then it was such a breakup. Neither of them have had anything happen that would be

like life changing. They're still the same people. You know? Yeah. He's become very. It's not like one of them got diagnosed with a terrible illness and then just scraped through.

Right. And so they had like a real moment of realisation. It's not like Ben Affleck was like, I do meditation now, I'm Buddhist. But they both went through like long relationships. I mean, she was engaged again to that guy. Casper. She's engaged a few times.

Yeah, a few times. Wasn't she? Yeah. She's quick to get a ring on the finger. He darted around with some Hollywood honeys. Yeah, who was the hottie? Ana de Armas. Ana de Armas.

Ana de Armas. Yeah. So they got together again. Your gay is slipping away. The gay is slipping away at Ana de Armas. So they got back together last year, and I was like, oh, that doesn't seem like a great idea. Do you think they sat down?

And then he looked miserable whenever she dragged him to some event. He looked miserable. Do you think they sat down when they first got back together in their lounge, and they're like, you know, Vaughn Smith isn't happy that we're back together? Yeah. Yeah, and they were deeply affected. He said we could, Vaughn Smith isn't happy that we're back together. Yeah. Yeah, I think that would deeply affect it. He said we could, Vaughn passed on the relationship advice, maybe some low-key dating for a year to see if this,

you know, if we have changed as people or fundamentally the reason we broke up 20 years ago still resides amongst us. Yeah. But no, they just jumped straight into getting married again. Yeah. And apparently now papers have been filed for the divorce. Yeah.

How embarrassing. It's official. And they're selling their mansion that they were living in. Yeah, I think so. What are you telling me? They bought property together. They weren't even back together long enough to buy an animal. You know my thoughts on people that buy an animal too early in the relationship.

No, you've got to give it three years. You've got to give it three years. Yeah, a $28 million mansion. Jeez Louise. And they can't sell it. Struggling to sell. Yeah, well, that in the relationship. No, you've got to give it three years. You've got to give it three years. Yeah, a $28 million mansion. Jeez Louise. It's a sale and they can't sell it. Struggling to sell. Yeah, well, that's the economy. That's the economy we're in.

So that's over again. Right. And you were right. Must be nice. It is. It must be nice to be right all the time. Pretty, pretty, pretty good We do this every Friday

We rank things Sometimes it's food Yeah, sometimes it's silly stuff. Like today. It's stores to just wander around. Sort of an aimless wander. Yeah. Maybe we got some time to pass.

We just started chucking around a few, didn't we? I got really excited. Obviously, your Bunnings, your Mitre 10s. My 10 rules for a wander. They're just great to wander around. Because there's so much different stuff. Too big. Too big. No, see to me it's essential that it's large.

I need a large place to wander. I know, but sometimes getting into a little sort of nooky little small shop and having a wander around. Because I just got all jazzed up at the idea of like junk shops, like $2 shop. Or like Look Sharp, where you've got costumes and then you've got like stuff for the house.

Jars. Jars. Helium balloons. Yeah. You've got everything. Wrapping paper. Fake flowers. Craft goods.

That snow stuff you spray on your windows at Christmas time. Yeah. It's just like AliExpress is a store. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. You can't go past the warehouse. Yeah.

The warehouse is good for a wander. I always just wander down the toy aisles, and you know what? Sometimes I'll say out loud, didn't have that in my day. Oh, I do the opposite. I go, can't believe it. Barbie. Barbie's still going. Barbie's still going.

Oh, I like a wanderer in an outdoor store. Oh, yeah. Because they've got tents set up, and you can stick your head in the tent. That's a nice tent. Although, have you seen Because they've got tents set up and you can stick your head in the tent. That's a nice tent. Although, have you seen sometimes they've got those mini tents? Oh, the miniature models. I'm like, who's fitting in that? Ants.

I also love like a spotlight. Oh, yeah. Just like baubles and braid and beads and gems and fabrics. I like going there when I'm absolutely pinging and feeling all the fabrics. I have found you in the velvets before. Pupils like bloody full moon. You're going to be kidding me.

You guys got a bowl to sequence? Come and feel this. Fabric. When you're pinging. What about like a furniture store? Like just walking around a massive... Only to cast judgement

at who would buy that horrendous lounge suede. An old person. A boomer. Got a motorised leg rest. Oh how horrendous. Do you know what

someone just texted in and you've got to say it. Kmart. Like how often you just get looking around at Kmart.

Kmart's got you'll always find something for five bucks. And it's always got something that you're like I should get that.

I should just get that. It's only a couple dollars. And usually in their like awesome appliance tubes you're like holy I should get that. I should just get that. It's only a couple of dollars. I should get that. And usually in their awesome appliance tubes, you're like, holy crap. Yeah. Yeah.

Or man, I didn't even know I needed a three foot by four foot picture of a kangaroo, but. Boy, oh boy, that's gone. That's gone. It's five bucks. Oh God, I just feel like a wander. Oh, someone said, what about a wander around a car yard? Oh yeah, I love that.

I don't mind a bit of a tyre kick and wander around a car yard. What about like a you know, Tina from Turner. She'd bloody see you right because they've got everything. Yeah. I like Farmers. Farmers is good because it's a little bit like high-end. And sometimes there's an escalator. Yep. Escalators. Like a Harvey Norman and Noel Leemings. Oh, you've got to put a mecca in there.

You've got to put a mecca. Oh, I love walking around a JB. That's like a department store. Yeah. What about like a super auto?'s like a department store. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What about like a super auto? You know what I mean? Yeah. Refreshers.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Car cleaning. Yeah. But then I don't love wandering around a mall. No. Oh, you know what? Chemist's Warehouse. Chemist's Warehouse.

Because I had five minutes the other day picking up a prescription. Yeah. And I was just like, oh my God, need that, need that. Vitamins. Cream makes us hard to find there. If we're chucking warehouses in there, chemist's warehouse for sure. Yeah. Warehouse stationery.

Oh, yeah, I love a stationery store. Felts. Pens. Highlighters. Oh, my God, you're trying out the pens? High-end pens. What about Briscoes? Oh, Briscoes.

Briscoes slaps for a walk around. Yeah, that does. Oh, my God. How are we going to? Oh, briskos. Briskos slaps for a walk around. Yeah, that does. Oh, my God. How are we going to save? I don't even know. Yes. Although that's stressful. Costco's stressful because the trolleys are too big.

I don't need 50 dumplings. And there's too many people. And why do I need 80 kgs of pork? I will say Ikea, and I know we're getting one in Auckland next year. I've never wandered. I've done it once. They are incredible. They're incredible to wander.

But any wander that involves meatballs is a good wander by me. Yeah. Hey, do you know what? Rebel sport is fun because you can pick up the balls and you can bounce them. Yep.

And you can go look at some shoes. Yeah. How are we going to do this? And you pick up a cricket bat and you do that thing where you go, tap, tap, tap. And you're like, not bad. Not bad.

How would you know? Not bad. Not bad. Okay, how are we going to pick three? Okay, I'm going to go, I'm going to go. Garden centres. Oh, I love a garden centre. Like a big ass.

We always got dragged in there as kids and you're going to hate it. A big fat Palmer's. Love a big fat Palmer's. Oh, I love a big fat Palmer's, Wanda. Oh, chuck me in a big fat Palmer's. Oh, God, I love it. Then you start thinking, maybe I'll start like a huge veggie garden, a community garden and everyone can come.

And then you're like, there's barbecues over there. Yeah. Is that a calf? Oh, my God. I mean, it's got everything. Oh, my God, do I need a Buddhist statue with a fountain coming out the top of its head? I didn't think I did, but now I can't imagine life without it. Is that a fairy garden gnome?

I could have a fairy garden. Yes. Is that a cast iron gecko that I could put on the fence? Hey, kids, go and grab one of those wagons where you pull it and you can turn the front wheels. God, what am I going to buy me? Boomers love a gecko on the fence. What am I going to buy my parents for Christmas? A fence gecko.

A fence gecko. Or a garden thermometer. Oh, yeah. Hang up a garden thermometer. They can always tell what temperature it is when they're out there. Yeah, they love it. Or a sign that says, home is where the garden is. Yeah.

You know, something like that. Or Nan's garden. Okay, I'll kick off. I'm going to go. Number one, no, number three, garden centre. Okay. Number two, I'm going to go stationary. I'm thinking like a Whitcalls.

I'm looking at the books. I'm going to the journals. I'm looking at the pens. You need a big Whitcalls. Yeah, yeah, big Whitcalls. You need a big Whitcalls. Yeah. Garden centre three, a Whitickels bookstore number two.

Number one, I think I'm going Chemist Warehouse. Like I'm going big chemist full of creams, makeup, lollies, snacks, protein, vitamins, hemorrhoid creams. Do, do, do, do, do. Bit of that. I've never had hemorrhoids in my life, but boy, I'd love to buy the cream. Good for under the eyes. Reduces puffiness, doesn't it?

Yeah, apparently. Okay, I see. I think maybe I'd go Chemist Warehouse up there as well for me. Go, let's go. Electronics, Chemist Warehouse. What else? You're talking like a JB Hi-Fi or like a not-leaming. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

God, pharmacy's got to be up here. Yeah, maybe just general department store. Big, big department store. David Jones, Smith & Coley's. Are you in that sort of department store? Like you've got high-end. You're not talking Kmart Warehouse. You're talking like named, bit bougier department store.

Well, just like a farmer's or a, yeah. Are you hitting the fragrance counter? Oh, yeah. Yeah, could do. Hitting the fragrance counter for a spray. Or a free spray. Oh, yeah, spray and stuff. Not, could do. Hitting the fragrance counter for a sniff? Or just a free spray. Oh, yeah, spray and stuff. I'm not paying.

Should I put garden centre? That was my number three. Yeah, that was your number three. Garden centre's my number two. Okay, one go. Mitre 10's number one. Oh, yeah. I'm coming in, man.

I look great in orange. You do. Mitre 10's number one. Garden centre's number two. Someone's put in a farmlands. Oh, my God. Supply stores in a farmlands. Oh, my God. Rural supply stores. Yes.

Yeah. Nothing for you. That's going to be my number three. Rural supply store. Okay, wait. PJ's, you're right, Sins. What about a Gilmore's? Oh.

Or a Moore Wilson's. Dusty. Yeah, Dusty. But both stores, that's like a Costco. That's like next level. That's like next level. It's like fancy Costco, though. I didn't know golden syrup came in like a 20kg tub. I'm never going to have that much golden syrup.

Never in my life will I require that much golden syrup. Oh, this is hard. Nah, that's mine. Rural supply store, garden centre, Mitre 10. Number one's Mitre 10. Mitre 10's number one. Yeah. That's true to brand, actually. Yeah, garden centre. Number one's Mitre 10. Mitre 10's number one. Yeah. That's true to brand, actually. Yeah, it is.

Oh, shit, yeah. Good stuff. God, I feel like I wonder. You can smell the gumboots before you see them at a rural supply store. You can smell that rubber, that new rubber smell. You're like, it's a fresh load of gumboots. Actually, I think this was a great date idea, is to have a day, start the day with a nice breakfast, and then get in the car and choose like three stores.

We're not buying anything. Or maybe a token from each. We're just wandering. We're just wandering. We're wandering. Oh my God, come down. Meet me at aisle six, man. You're not going to believe what's there.

No, you've got to buy your date. Each person has to buy their date something with at least, no more than $5. $5 from each store. Yes. You split off and you wander. You come back together. Yeah, I got you something.

And Vaughan's like, here, I've got it. It's a washer for your trough. Well, you don't want a leaky trough. Mean. You'll go through so much water, even if it's just dripping. Yeah, mean. Oh, thank you, Hon. That really adds up.

Cool. I can see this relationship going far. I was going to get you a whole new ballpark system, but those are $30 and we had a $5 limit. Yeah. Next on the show. Crying at work. Never a good feeling.

No. It happens a lot. We want to talk about it. Crying in the workplace. I don't believe I have cried here, but not on air. Just so the songs play and then... Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hi, everybody. Hi, everyone. Hey, everyone. A recent study found... No, there has been some research. This is out of the UK. Brits crying in the workplace. Gen Z most popular to cry in the workplace. Yeah.

It's just hard. They haven't been broken yet. They haven't been crushed and hardened like the rest of us. 27% of people claiming burnout was responsible for them crying in the workplace. Stress is a major trigger. Just breaking down, we can't handle it. Majority of that were, two-thirds of those crying were women. Periods.

One-third men. You said it. I said it. And they said the top careers in which people cry in the workplace. Oh, okay. Does this correlate, do you think, to more stressful industries?

Yeah. Okay. Five, hotel and food services. Oh, because people yell at them. Yeah, because they've got to deal with a whole customer. And when an early check-in. Four, government and public services. Pablumine. Pressure, corporate. Pabl-in. Four, government and public services. People of Maine.

Pressure, corporate. People of Maine. Three, finance and insurance. Insurance you get, man, because again, you're getting it on the air. Yeah. Right? Finance, though. They're probably just crying because their cocaine hasn't arrived.

Yeah. It's 12pm on a Friday. Yeah. I'm supposed to be four lines deep. I'm starting to... Number two, healthcare and social assistance. Oh, yeah.

Speaks for itself. Oh, Jesus. You'd see some horrendous things. And number one is education, teachers. Wow, this is just a reminder to be nice to people. Be nice to people.

Isn't it awful that in the last, since COVID, I'd say, how many times you walk into a workplace and there's a sign requesting that you be nice to its staff?

Yeah. Or like supermarket staff now having to wear body cams. Please be patient. Please be kind. Yeah. We're understaffed. Awful. Anyway, we want to know, why did you cry at work recently? Like, what was it that made you snap in the workplace? You weren't able to bottle it down till 5pm

and get in your car and let it out then. What broke you at work and brought you to tears? Where do you cry at work if you need it? Just in the toilet. I don't know. The hard echo-y walls in the toilet. You want to go somewhere with a cushioned wall. We've got small little pod meeting rooms.

Now, that'd be great for a cry. They're soundproof. Yeah, but you can look right into them. They need a glass. They need a cry. They're soundproof. Yeah, but you can look right into them. They need a glass. They need a curtain. They do need it. Or some, like that stuff you put on your bathroom. Frosting.

Oh, yeah. Frosting on the window. So light can still get in, but you can, yeah, cry booth. Yeah. You don't want people playing with themselves in there, do you? That's discouraging that. Oh, Carl. Because we do in lots of workplaces.

Well, you play with yourself on a frosted glass. People will still see the movement. Well, I know that, but some people don't think about that. Well, you play with yourself on a frosted glass. People will still see the movement. Well, I know that, but some people don't think about that. Well, maybe they just need a little sign. Yeah. This booth is for crying or work, not playing with yourself. Yeah. We can all see you.

It's backlit. Because lots of workplaces these days have rooms for either prayer or like breastfeeding. Or breakdowns. Or mental breakdowns. Yeah. You could do that, but definitely not to play for yourself. You might have heard me just laughing there because if you don't laugh, you cry. And we're talking about when you cry to work.

And we talked about yesterday the nation's in a bit of a grump. This topic has opened a jar of the nation's not quite in the right headspace. And I don't know how to solve it. I feel like everybody's going through something at the moment. I know. I was just commenting. I have so many of my closest friends going through major crises at the moment.

Personal, financial. Everybody's got something. Apart from Fletch, everybody's got something to worry about. I want to reiterate again. Apart from Fletch. No, I've got a real sore shoulder, so I can't swim now. He's got a sore shoulder, so he can't swim. How often, Vaughn, during the week do you think,

man, Fletch just got it so right? Nah, I can see the appeal. I'll answer that question. Seven days a week. Seven days a week, Seven days a week. I think this.

So we asked why you've cried at work because apparently the five professions that cry at work the most, according to this study. Hotel food services, government public services, finance and insurance, healthcare and social assistance and education.

So basically anyone that deals with people. Be nice to people. Yeah. Everyone's going through something as we just mentioned. It's just the texts just keep rolling people. Yeah. Everyone's going through something, as we just mentioned. Oh, it's just, the texts just keep rolling in. Okay.

It's catharsis. I've cried so many times at work. I'm a dance teacher at school. Kids are ruthless. I always cry in the bathrooms like a winner, though. Hashtag dance trauma. Okay.

Oh, wow. Okay, let's take some calls. Kendall, why did you cry at work? So, I'm a vet nurse, and some days it can be pretty much a nightmare. Kendall, why did you cry at work? I'm a vet nurse and some days it can be pretty much a nightmare. Is that because you have to put animals down? Yeah, we are

just vets and doing that. And they can Oh, we're losing you. She's already gone rural. She's in rural area to put down a horse. Don't say that! I don't know if the horse is scared

of the cheetahs out of me. Yeah, they're big and dumb. They're too strong and dumb. Right, and so it just gets to you and you're just like, I've had it. Where do you cry at work then? So,

we, well, I go and cry in the kennels and when we do show new employees around, we say, hey, this is the kennels. We also come in here to cry.

Oh, that is really sad. Do you go cry there? Because dogs are very, like, they read it. If you're crying, your dog's, like, nuzzles its head in your lap for comfort. Dogs are very intuitive like that. They are, right. And they're full of cuddles, and it's just a bonus when you've got all the cute patients.

Thank you for your work. Yeah, thank you for your work. Thank you for sharing, Hunter. That top text. I cry. I cry a lot because I have to look at bum holes all day. I'm a colonoscopy nurse. She might have looked at your bum hole.

She's probably looked at mine. She did. My bum hole didn't make her cry. Do you think you've got a cry-inducing bum hole? No, mine's gorgeous. No, I'd imagine. Mine's gorgeous. Never had a hemorrhoid in its life. Really? Glazed. It's gorgeous. Okay, Hunter,

why did you cry at work? Morning, guys. Can I just say before I start, long-time listener, first-time caller. Welcome! Welcome, Hunter. Welcome, welcome, he was reaching for the bell. What do you do for a job, Hunter? What made you cry at work?

I'm a digger driver in forestry, and some days, just when it's raining and mud's flicking on your windscreen, you just feel like having a good old cry, and that's why diggers have tinted windows, so when the boss comes in, can't see for either either. Oh dude, my dude. That is so nice. Actually,

good on you man. Sometimes a cry is a good thing though. It's cathartic. It's a good cry. Definitely. Crying's a good relief. You know what? I haven't had a cry. I might pencil one in for this weekend. Man, I had a fat cry last weekend. Did you?

Jealous? Yeah. Did it leave you a little bit breathless? Oh, yeah, like a good... Yeah, that was real. Just on a side note, Hunter, do you have any pine cones? They're great to start the fire. Really good in this time of year.

I just cross my fingers I don't get one of them on my head when I'm walking back from the digger to the ute. Yeah. You don't want to keep that helmet on until you get back to the ute, I reckon. Hunter, thank you for sharing. Thank you, we really appreciate that. Mickey, what made you cry at work?

I couldn't work a Saturday. Well, I was made to work a Saturday. Oh, and you couldn't have it off. Oh my God, darling. I feel you. No one should be working on Saturday. Unless Hayley needs that store open. Unless it's retail or liquor stores.

And so where did you cry at work? In the meeting with my boss. Just directly? The boss is like, we need you to work Saturday. And you're like, eh. It sounded right there. Oh, God. That's beautiful.

Yeah. Hey, Mickey, thanks for your call. Keep your texts coming in. 9696 0800 Dials at M. No shortage. We're talking about the professions that cry the most at work. And we have asked you this morning why you had a cry at work. And wow, I tell you what, the nation,

I feel like the nation at the moment is going through something. We're going through it. And just know that we're all in it together. You're not alone because so many people. We've got one minute and there's not enough time. You should play Michael Jackson. You are not alone. I don't think we play Michael Jackson on this station.

You know when you're in that coma for like seven years? It was a documentary. It was a documentary. I've got that teed up to watch this weekend. Finding Neverland. I assume it's about how he designed that theme park. It will touch base on Monday. Yeah.

Oh no. Someone said, oh my God, a customer's dog died and I was on my period. Now, that's a double bad. That'll get you. That'll get you. I work in a retirement village. Oh, no.

It's not because they're dying. It's because they're way too honest and mean. I just cry out in the open because they just don't care anyway when you cry in front of them. Hello, fatty. Oh, my God. Haven't you bowed on the weight lately? Oh, my God.

Well, you're dying. Oh, my God. There are just so many. And if we don't get to yours or your industry, we humble apologies. We've read them. Please don't cry. I'm a newly childhood educator.

I work with at-risk kids. I cry almost every day seeing what these kids are going through in their personal lives and they still come and they're just so happy to be somewhere. That makes me want to cry. That's horrible and hats off to you for doing that. One message just to keep it

on a different note. As a teacher, I happy cry a lot watching kids smash their goals and saying cute things. Just having a positive, you know, because everyone else is really sad. Because it's the only one there. Yep, I did a pregnancy test at work. This is kind of happy. In the bathroom on my lunch break.

Found out I was pregnant with my first child. Wasn't expecting, you know, to go like that. Couldn't stop the tears. But I also couldn't break the news. As obviously I had to tell my husband at home first. So I just cried all afternoon. I work at the Funky Pumpkin. What is that?

It's a vegetable store on Christchurch. I work at the Funky Pumpkin and I cried because someone tried to steal the Funky Pumpkin mascot. Don't you steal the Funky Pumpkin? You put that pumpkin. Don't you try to steal the Funky Pumpkin. I cried during my job interview and they hired me. Well, that's nice. Showing vulnerability. Yeah. I cried during my job interview and they hired me. Well, that's nice. Showing vulnerability.

Yeah. I cried. I recently had to go back to work for the first day after my daughter was born and leaving home. I just cried. I was like, I shouldn't be going back to work. Yeah. Did you feel terrible? Parental guilt.

I work in a medical centre and staff cry daily. Yeah. Lack of staff, appointments, patients, don't have realistic expectations and then get verbally abusive when you diagnose them with something that they've done to themselves. I'm a farmer. I sometimes just take myself

out to the hay barn for a little bit of a cry. Just when stuff's getting on top of me. It's a vent. It's good to vent. I cried in the staff room in front of the deputy principal after charging a parent $4,450 instead of $445 for school. I can see. That's refundable.

Let's not panic. Yeah. I'm a vet nurse. I heard the vet nurse crying with the dogs before I prefer to cry with the cats. Yeah. Less gudgy. Yeah, I don't know.

It's when I'm upset. Crying with cats would be like crying with Fletch. He'd pat you and be like, there, there, and then he'd walk away. I don't know what to do with you. There, there, I don't know what to do with you.

There, there. Come on, puss, puss. Come on, cheer up. How long do you think she's going to be crying for is a question Fletch once asked me when someone was crying. How long do you...

Did he ask that about me? In the same room as the person who's crying, how long do you think she'll be crying for? I hope that wasn't about me. I was like, why? Have you got somewhere to be? There's so many.

I think to sum it up, everybody's going through some shit. Yeah. Let's be gentle with each other. Yeah. If it doesn't need to be said, don't say it. Yeah, well, if you don't have something nice to say. Be kind. Don't say it.

Also, don't hide the tears. Let them out. Have a cry. Be kind, rewind. What are you, like, United Video in the 2000s? Be kind, rewind. Yeah. Have a cry.

And go home and just look after yourself. Yeah. And then go home and just look after yourself. Okay, we were sad and now I'm happy. I just did a little birthday post on my Instagram. I hope you see that. Jason Momoa is officially back in New Zealand. Stop it. So yesterday was Jason Momoa's birthday and he was skiing in Queenstown.

And then the day before he put up a- Does he ski? Snowboarding. Snowboarding. Snowboarding. Much more. Hotter. Much more.

So he doesn't do those little hip dips. What is hotter? Snowboarding. That could be a silly little poll. What's hotter, snowboarding or skiing? Snowboarding. And snowboarding's way harder. It's more of a skatey vibe.

Yeah. Yeah. Right. So he posted, he's down south, he posted, boom, Aotearoa, and he's back. And he's got a dog between his legs. Lucky dog. I know a hound dog in studio that wouldn't mind getting him between his legs. Woof, woof.

Jesus. We got a bitch on heat. Anyway, so we had heard rumbles. Jesus We got a bitch on heat Anyway so We had heard rumbles Vaughn had had a little Insight into him returning And I had a little Industry insight

That he was returning To do some filming For things And then the moment This dude arrives In our country My DMs on Instagram Just go crazy

Everyone's like Oh oh oh Momoa alert And everyone who sees him Is like sending me things And I'm like I'm in Auckland guy, just calm down.

It's fine. You see it. Yeah, but he's back. I think it's to film an action movie called The Wrecking Crew with Dave Bautista.

Bautista? Dave Bautista. He's here too. He's a wrestler turned actor. A wrestler turned actor. Yeah. Okay. Yeah,

so they're back. Wrestling is acting, isn't it? Yeah, but it's athletic acting. Oh, right. You get in there and do it? Yeah, but it's athletic acting. You get in there and do it. Absolutely not.

I've seen the movie The Wrestler. The Hell in a Cell by The Rock, 1909, and one of the greatest Hell in a Cell matches of all time. Yeah. So, yeah, he's back and he is just, he's here. And it's all good. And so you just put up a post saying happy birthday. Well, I put up a post saying happy birthday because I, you know. That's too thirsty.

You've got to play hard to get. No, every year. Well, it's impossible to get if you're seen as girlfriend. Yeah. Yeah. Why are you nodding your head? Just in support of my friend Hayley. Yeah.

Okay. It's fine. What are you trying to throw me under the bus for? What have I done to you? Why are you trying to ruin my weekend? You're actually being a bad friend. Yeah, you're being a bad friend by outing the fact that I just shut my eyes and nod

when you mentioned Jason. Me and Vaughn have an agreement that if Vaughn and I were in a room with him and her, that we would engage in a thing, but Vaughn and I wouldn't touch each other. Okay. We would not look. Moving on.

I'd shut whatever eye was closest to Hayley. Yeah, that's fine. Anyway, every time that he's in the country, I always just make a little post and tag him in it to be like, remember me. You know? Remember me. Remember me.

We can invite him to one of your comedy shows. Yeah, maybe he could come to New Plymouth. I reckon you go and do a Queenstown comedy. A little pop-up performance. A little pop-up. Get down there. Yeah, it do a little pop-up performance. A little pop-up. Get down there. Yeah, it's a very saucy show. For women of a certain age,

this is going to hit your ear holes with a slap. Jeffrey Campbell, boots are back. Now, for those who don't know what it is, this was like a huge phenomenon in shoe. They're these massive boots with a ginormous heel on them. You showed me the picture and I was like, yes, I remember everybody wearing these. Everyone had them.

They're absolutely ginormous. There's the one with the spikes out the back. Those are the ones I had. Do you know what's a funny story? Is I bought those off Trade Me because this was 20, I bought them in 2011. Yeah. And they're right now $418 American dollars.

So these are like super expensive shoes. Does your wife have these? No. No. She wasn't a Jeffrey Campbell? Nah, she doesn't love a really high, high heel. These were extraordinarily high. She's a flat-footed peasant.

Five-inch heel. She prefers a jandle if any shows at all, and I love that about her. She's from the Tron, you know. Running around, yeah. Yeah, she grew up on the hard dirt streets of Hamilton. Yeah. They used to play football with skulls and such. Yeah.

I bought mine on Trade Me. I love pointing this back story. Oh, shut up. Shut up, he up. Shut up. It's a peasant. The peasant in Jandals? Well, I was a peasant that I couldn't obviously afford these in 2011 when I was still a Toy Focardi student.

So I bought them on Trade Me. And years later, the woman I bought them from, what I realised was Simone Anderson, you know, the New Zealand's biggest influencer. Same size foot. I bought Simone Anderson's. Wow, you and Okay

Oh Geoffrey Campbell's I don't actually know what happened to them the spikes used to fall out all the time Wait did you this I'm just looking at the

Geoffrey Campbell That's the one I had Gotcha With the big spikes up the heels Wow But there were other ones So many people had those So many people

How tall would you have looked in those? Well they're 5 inches At just under 6 foot flat footed So you were rocking a six four. You would be six foot four. Yep. Insane.

What were you thinking? And I used to wear them out because they're a platform. They're not super uncomfortable. I used to wear them out all the time. Like all the time. I must have been this towering Gothic idiot. Yep. There's some there that looked like,

they literally called Jeffrey Campbell indie sleeves. Is that the overall boot? There's one called Skate and it does, it looks like the skates they were in Frozen, the movie Frozen. If you can't picture it now and you can't Google it, think like stripper heels basically. And they're back.

Like they're remaking them, they're reselling them. Did you wear these when you were at Firecats? I did, yeah, but I fell off. And I banged my head and that's how I ended up in that coma. And that's when you went to some sensible sketches. Well, when I was in my coma, they put sketches on me too. They just re-acclimatised me. Now, Shannon and Carwin, Jared, I'm leaving you out

because I assume even though you are a short king and we do nothing but stand a short king, that you don't want a pair of these. No, they'd be, nah, don't. But Shannon and Carwin, were you around during the first pop off of Geoffrey Campbell's? Yeah, absolutely. They were all over the internet. But I think I was probably too young at the time to buy them. Also, wouldn't have had that kind of cash.

No, but I know that like number one shoe warehouse definitely did a rip off. Yeah. And I think that there were like girls that I was friends with that were older that had them and I was like, oh my gosh. The coolest thing. Shannon, were you into them? Oh yeah, they would have matched my studded denim shorts. Oh, those studded denim shorts. And my cheetah denim shorts

too, but no, I never had them. I just wanted them so bad. And well, you can now because they're back. You can now. Right. I do, I do, I never had them. I just wanted them so bad. And well, you can now because they're back. You can now. Right. I do. I have a feeling in my soul that I never got rid of mine and they'll be in a bag somewhere in storage. Crazy, I have my second hand Simone Anderson

Jeffrey Campbells. Bust them out again. Yeah, maybe I'll bust them out. Didn't you say some of the studs had fallen out? Who cares now? You get the hot blue gun out, we could get some new studs from Spotlight. We could re-stud. Re-stud them. Well, if you see me out and about and you're like, God, she's tall. I'm rocking my Geoffrey Campbells. Play ZM's

Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Fact of the day. Day, day, day, day. Yeah. Today's Fact of the Day Tell us Comes off the back of yesterday's Fact of the Day When Cooper text messaged in

Saying What did Coops say? Coops wanted the scoops Can you please investigate for Fact of the Day If someone has ever gone to the same Olympics for two or more different sports Like swimming and running please Good question

Overachiever I did a little bit of google and one thing about the Olympics is that it is Meticulously recorded Yes it is All the details There is a wikipedia page called list of athletes who competed in multiple sports At the summer olympic games So you're not including I did the 100 metre and the 250 There is a Wikipedia page called list of athletes who competed in multiple sports at the Summer Olympic Games. So you're not including I did the 100 metre and the 250.

So I did some investigation into who had won medals for it. But to be honest, and this might be a controversial take. Uh-oh. I believe if you go for road cycling but also participate in track cycling, that's just cycling. Yeah. Those aren't two different codes. We want different sports, right? Different sports. road cycling, but also participate in track cycling. That's just cycling. Yeah. You're fast on a bike. It's the same thing. We want different sports, right?

Different sports. However, I would put diving, swimming, and water polo as three different sports. Yeah, 100%. Completely different skills. Completely different. The pool's the only consistent there. Yeah, because the most common one was road cyclists

that also did some track cycling at the earlier Olympics because they were two different disciplines. Different bikes too? They weren't super specialised like they are now. It probably was on an old penny farthing, for example. And they had a mustache and they smoked a pipe as they were doing it and they had to tip their peaky blinder to everybody. And they just said, hello, every time they went past someone.

Good day. Coming past. past someone. Good day. Coming past. Good day. Good day. And there were people who won in different swimming, but I'm kind of like swimming same. Oh, like butterfly and freestyle. Yeah.

I mean, completely different. Yeah, but still same, same. Yeah, yeah. But there are some ones who went, and there's actually such a massive list of them, coops, I was thinking I might just tell you about New Zealanders and people who have done extremely well and won medals in multiple

different events. Now there's like a thousand people that have been for more than one, but as I say, most of them road cycling or some form of swimming. New Zealanders, again, skip that. The most, all cycling, cycling, cycling, cycling. And I'm not taking anything away from you.

You can cycle significantly better than me. Well done. Two disciplines, but cycling, cycling. I'm good on an e-bike. Remember Steve Ferguson? Yeah. From Ferg's Kayaks. Yes.

Yeah. He went to, I knew he went for canoeing. Yeah. Steve Ferguson and Ian, who were they? They were the duos. Fleming. And they did the front ways canoeing, and they were unbeatable. They won gold medals, and I remember as a child,

it was very, very exciting. But Steve Ferguson also went to the Olympics for swimming. Huh. How about that? Okay, well, does that tick your box? That ticks my box. Okay. Both water involved, but two very different sports.

But all the other ones that have been have been cyclists that have done road cycling and track cycling and mountain biking and road cycling as well. But then there's a list of athletes that did multiple events.

Viggo Jensen is from Denmark. He did weightlifting, sports shooting, gymnastics, and track and field. But I will say the Olympics he went to were in the early 1900s. If you went, it was hard to get there. You kind of did as much as you could when you got there. Yeah, right.

Also the case with Carl Schumann, who was a German athlete and competed at the German Games. He did gymnastics and wrestling and weightlifting. Well, he just loved the Lycra, didn't he? Feats of strength. Yeah. And he had a moustache like an old school strongman too. Yeah.

There's a guy called Lauchiston Elliott who was British and he competed in weightlifting and he was also a bit of a bodybuilder, a bit of a hunky spunky, but of course bodybuilding isn't an Olympic sport. So he went to the Olympics for a few different sports as well. Mostly feats of strength, but weightlifting

and track and field and two females have competed at multiple sports. Sheila was a swimmer. Sheila. Sheila, great name for an athlete. Yeah, great name. She also did the triathlon and the 4x200m running.

Wow. And Truce Klapdwyk is the final from the Netherlands. She went to the early games as well. She did the 4x100m swimming freestyle and she also did diving at the 3m and 10m platforms. We've had a couple of texts in about the Paralympics. Dylan Alcott went to the Paralympics for wheelchair basketball and tennis, medals in both.

Oh, wow. And look up Eve Rimmer. She's a Paralympian. Eve Rimmer. She's a Paralympian. Eve Rimmer. I can't remember what sports she did. Right. I just said she's a Paralympian. Multiple Paralympians. Multiple sports. Yeah. Clever chookies

aye. Yeah. Very, very clever. Always makes you feel lazy. She's so good at so many different things. Multifaceted. Multifaceted. She singsaceted. Multifaceted. She sings, she acts. So, Kurt, I hope that answers your question. Yeah, I mean, feel free to also, you can Google stuff.

Yeah. No, it's great. Saved me having to think of something to do on Friday. Yeah. You just sent me in the right direction and I was a bit of a... Good stuff. So, next week, you know, we're staying with the Olympics. We're staying with the Olympics. It's two weeks long, I reckon.

Not top six. Another week of Fact of the Days about the Olympics. I find the Olympics quite... I like it a lot. Quite fascinating. So, today's Fact of the Day is heaps of people have been with the Olympics. It's two weeks long. I reckon another week of Fact of the Days about the Olympics. I like it a lot. Quite fascinating. So today's Fact of the Day is heaps of people have been in the Olympics for more than one sport. Fact of the Day, day, day, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Play ZM's Fletch Vodden Ailey. Play ZM.

We talked earlier in the week about what the Olympic Village is serving for their food, what the Olympians are eating. And in general, it was a thumbs down about the food in the village. Is it because everybody expected like French croissants and like pastries and stuff? I don't know, but they're under salted and a little bit lacking in flavour and a little bit like they're cooking for many.

Yeah. And I've stayed, when I do the Edinburgh tattoo and that always has like a cast of, I don't know, like a thousand people or something and you all stay in this uni place, the food's like, ah, it's like uni catering. Do you know what I mean? It's fine.

Which is fine for that. But then like you're talking about people that want, that want, you know, performance food. Yeah. Well, anyway, in general, they've been saying it's not great food, but the one exception are apparently these chocolate muffins. And it all started with this Norwegian swimmer who was like,

we got to talk about the chocolate muffins in the Olympic Village. Really? And then everyone was like, Simone Biles was eating this chocolate muffin being like, the muffins in this place. They're just a simple chocolate muffin, but people can't get enough of them. And it's become the one item of food that has driven everyone crazy.

Are they microwaving them for 10 seconds? I reckon they give them a little bit. A little bit, yeah. Get a little. At least they're giving them a little, yeah. Give it a little. At least about the muffin, more about, they've absolutely nailed how many seconds to microwave it. Yeah, maybe. It might be a 12.

Yep. 10 might not be enough. 15's too much. Really? I don't know. Just a 12. If there's ever like a muffin with chocolate in it, just you've got to microwave it.

Don't overdo it, then it's a wet muffin. Yeah. We don't want that. So people are saying like, I'm sad to leave this Olympic village because I'll never get to eat this particular muffin again. And I wanted to, like, get some calls and texts about those, that one meal you can never stop thinking about. The meal that, like, just.

Or that one piece of food. That one piece of food, yeah. Like a good peppermint slice somewhere. So this was Edinburgh Tattoo. This was Edinburgh Tattoo 2016. You always go Like a good peppermint slice somewhere. So this was Edinburgh Tattoo. This was Edinburgh Tattoo 2016. You always go on about this peppermint slice. Every time we'd walk into the eating hall, breakfast, lunch, dinner, you'd be like,

Pepe Slice. And they'd be like, do you want me to grab anything from the dessert bar? Pepe Slice. And it was this just plain chocolate crumb peppermint slice. But they just nailed it. And now whenever youumb, peppermint slice. But they just nailed it. And now whenever you see a peppermint slice in a bakery, do you get it hoping you will be able to fill the gaping hole

left by the Edinburgh slice, pepi slice? Every time I see a pepi slice, pepi slice. And it's never the same. I'm the same with carrot cake. I've always got to try the carrot cake because I'm hoping to find the next greatest carrot cake. Yeah, like that one time you ate a carrot cake, you're like, what is that?

I think it was the first time I ever ate carrot cake. Yeah. I was like, this might be the best thing I've ever eaten. So I always have to get carrot cake. Yeah, like that one time you ate a carrot cake, you're like, what is that? I think it was the first time I ever ate carrot cake. Yeah. I was like, this might be the best thing I've ever eaten. So I always have to get carrot cake. Is it like us with our cauliflower chicken? Yeah, yeah. Bites? You think about it more often than you should.

Yep. Pepe slice. And it's worse when you have it overseas. I know. Because you're never going there again. And sometimes it's not the 100 euro meal you ate out with, you know, the most expensive bottle of wine. It's like something you picked up at a crap convenience store. You're like, what is that?

That's yum. That's what I want to know. What is the meal or the food item that like lives rent free in your head all the time? That you're always thinking about. Okay. What about overseas chips? What do you mean? Like a bag of crisps?

You get like a weird, you're like, it's not my usual, but I'll get it. And then you'll be like, I'm never going to be able to have this at home. Yeah. Yeah. There might be like an overseas snack. Okay.

0800 dials that Amazon number. Call us now. You can text as well, 9696. What is the meal or food item that lives rent free in your head? What is the food item that you always think about? Maybe it was when you were travelling. A lot of these people, it's like you've had it once.

Yeah. Yeah. And then you're like, I'll never stop thinking about it. We're talking about this because at the Olympic Village, there's a chocolate muffin that hundreds of athletes are talking about. Hannah, this was at university in the US. Yeah, sort of. Okay.

And what was the one thing that you always think about? They made these pizzas on site in the dining hall, and they were god-tier. Oh, yeah. What made them so good? The perfectly crispy base, perfectly cheesy, and you could choose the rest of your toppings. So I would always put on

like pepperoni and peppers and mushrooms. I would go through. It was like Subway where you could be like, that one, that one, that one. And nothing lives up to these pizzas now for the rest of your life. Absolutely not. So you're always thinking about it.

I think pizza, everybody's got a pizza like that. Because in Whistler, Canada, there's a place called Avalanche Pizzas. You buy them by the slice. Right. I've never had a pizza that compared since. Yeah. Hannah, thank you. Sarah, what seafood do you always think about?

Hey, guys. It is some really yummy kettle chips, potato kettle chips, and chocolate chip biscuits that I found in a convenience store in Italy. Oh. And you'll never get them again. No, never. Have you looked to see if they'll import? I can't even remember the name of them.

Maybe if I saw the bag. Yeah. That's even worse. Yeah, I'd have to do a bit of a Google. Do you think someone ever comes to New Zealand and then they go back

and they're like, oh God, I had these bluebirds salt and vinegars. I bet Whitaker's chocolate. Yes. I bet people have chocolate and they're just like.

And a snack of Changi chips. Yeah. Yeah. 100% ill because people rave about New Zealand chocolate, don't they? Sarah, thank you. Ria, what's the food because people rave about New Zealand chocolate, don't they? Sarah, thank you.

Ria, what's the food that you always think about? Hey, guys. So my food is this roast beef baguette with garlic butter and rocket. I had it like 15 years ago in London at this place. You know how over in the UK there's Pret? Yes. There was this place called Eat. And I was 15 and I'd go there religiously.

I came back to New Zealand and my auntie called me. She's like, hey, I had some really bad news. I was thinking, oh my God, what is it? She was like, Eat's gone into liquidation. Oh my darling. Oh my God. And so you're never getting the baguette again. Ever.

No, and I was there a month ago and I said to her, I was like, are you sure there's not like one around? Surely there's a roe cake. I'm loving how distressed you are, Ria. You should try and find like the person that started the business

and then get the recipe off them. Yeah, the internet might be able to help you. I know, I should have Instagrammed, but you know, my bad. Ria, thank you. So many messages in. So many. You know what?

The Panda Express orange chicken. Our friends Mike and Matt love hunting down a Panda Express. A lot of people getting meals from markets. So you're like literally not from a chain or anything you could resource. So when you hit a food truck and you eat and then you're like, man, that was good. And you can't stop thinking about it. You're like, what was that food truck called? I can't remember. And you just can't remember't stop thinking about it. You're like, what was that food truck called? I can't remember.

And you just can't remember. It was like bland. Yeah. And it had writing on it. Now you're making me think of this taco store. Yeah. Oh, I know. Somebody said there's a chocolate in Dubai.

Yes. I've seen it on the internet before. Did it have pistachios in the middle? Yeah, and it's like spongy. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they said people, because I mean, Dubai is like a city of transit. People go work there for a while and then leave and then they try to order.

They won't send it internationally. You have to go to there. And they said every time I have a chocolate, I'm like, well, it's no Dubai chocolate. We want to know the food that you just can't stop thinking about. Maybe it's something that's gone forever. Maybe it's something you had when you were traveling. So many traveling ones. Maybe it's something that your ex's family used to make

and now you can't have it because you broke up with them. Someone said, my ex's dad used to make this shrimp spaghetti thing. It was the most amazing thing I've ever eaten in my life. It used to take hours. He'd infuse the oil. It was an entire process. Oh, my God.

Stayed with them longer than I should have because of the shrimp spaghetti. I was going to say, could we have stayed? And I guess I'll never experience it again. Could we have stayed? If you listen. Yeah. And your dad makes shrimp spaghetti. A shrimp and fish spaghetti. Yeah. Let us know the recipe.

See you, girl. From one Italian to another. Let's get that recipe out there, baby. You're not at all even Italian. I don't think just doing the accent. I'm Italian where it counts, baby! I'm hearing Italian. Yeah.

Is it me or Mario? Oh, my God. There's so many, and all this is doing is making me really remember. Someone said, let's break it down to some simple maths here. What are we going to do to get back the great tzatziki delicio chips? Oh my god, those! Those were yum. Those were yum. I had a delicious egg roll

from a street stall in India and I don't even know where in India it was when I got it but I always think I should have written it down. I should have written it down when I ate it. I was like, this is delicious. Somebody said I was in Nepal. I'd done a week long trek and it was enforced vegetarianism for weeks. And then we got to a restaurant.

What? Enforced vegetarianism. Yeah, I know. Sounds like punishment. And they had a buffalo steak on the menu. And I was like, I'm getting it. And I ate it, and I was like, that is the best steak in the world. But was it good because they hadn't had meat?

It could be. It could be. And I was like, that is the best steak in the world. But was it good because you hadn't had meat? It could be. It could be. Someone said a McCafe mocha. Shout out. Shout out to the show sponsor. They do a good mocha. Yeah.

Since producer Shannon talked about scrambled pancakes, I've been craving my grandma's version. I'm German and it's called Kaiserschmarrn. God, even their Even their pancakes Sound angry Kaiser is king King pancake

Schmarm Yeah it might be King pancakes Yum Do you know what That's a good thought Like stuff that Deceased people used to make

And you just never Quite get it My Nana made a slice Called Johnny Allsorts Oh yeah And I just assumed Growing up Everybody had Johnny Allsorts

But whenever I say Johnny Allsorts No one knows What I'm talking about. And the recipe's somewhere. And it was outstanding. Now Shannon's calling for a hack to be upgraded. No. There won't be a hack upgrade here. Do you know someone just said whenever I went to Auckland, I would

go to a Thai place on the bottom floor in the mall with the IMAX. Now that's the... Oh my god, dude, that's the saddest building that's the saddest building possibly in the world. I would have eaten at that Thai place at least twice a week when I first moved to Auckland. I get it. That food court, I lived there. It was awesome, eh?

Gone. I had a donut kebab in Germany once. Very, very different to the New Zealand ones. I had an octopus burger in Croatia. Oh, that poor South African man. The one animal I won't eat is cephalopod. Yeah, right. The octopus, the squid.

I'm not into it. I'd eat a horse. I have eaten all that. Yuck. I love horse. Yuck. It was actually really good. What's this illegal quiche?

I don't know. I googled it and I couldn't find any. The illegal quiche. Chaminique. Chaminique. Chaminique. Chamoy. Chamoy.

Chamoy. Chamoy. Chamoy. Chamona. Chamona. Chamona. Nine, because it ends with IX. Okay. The first ever poutine I had in Canada. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah, the first time we had poutine. And I said, this is amazing poutine, and everyone said, no, that's just what poutine's like, but I've never had a poutine like it since. Wow. After being in Vegas, we went to, I haven't pre-read this. After being in Vegas, we went to the Grand Oasis Cancun for five days, and there were 20 restaurants there, but the one I can remember was constantly the small bowl of minestrone soup.

Soup? I cannot stop thinking about the minestrone soup in Cancun. Wow. You go all the way to Mexico. Yeah, have some of that. Minestrone, thanks. Minestrone? That is such a rogue choice.

Caramel and white chocolate muffins from Zafaris in Australia. Oh, my God, yum. I've been recommended, if I like carrot cake, to try a carrot cake from a place called The Red Kitchen in Taumutu. Okay. And my sister works there. If she could. We're doing a road trip.

We won't go through Taumutu. We'll bypass. You'll bypass. Jump back on it. Otorohonga, I'd imagine. And I don't go through Tower Moody. We'll bypass. You'll bypass. Jump back on it. I'd imagine. And I don't bypass for a carrot cake. I'm sorry. That's okay.

No. Too oily. Salted caramel parsnip cake from the borough markets in London. Parsnip might sound weird, but it's a variation on a carrot cake. I've never seen anything like it, and it was gluten-free. Yum. I would eat the hell out of that. Well now I'm hungry.

There's a vegan almond croissant at the Bohemian Bakery in Christchurch. I sort of want Vaughan to shut up so we can go get you some food. Yeah.

What was that one I read out to you before and you Chicken Tonight. Oh yes. I'll see if I can make the Chicken Tonight. I feel like

Chicken Tonight. Creamy Lemon Chicken Tonight poured over a bag of Uncle Ben's boil in a bag rice. And what, do they not make creamy lemon chicken anymore?

Nah. Is that, oh right. Couldn't you just add cream to a lemon chicken goop? Korean garlic bread at the Great Pastry Sand at Rickerton Markets. I haven't seen it since.

Here's the thing about Korea. Yep. Oh, dude, watch yourself. Okay, watch yourself. They're like, what do you got? What do you like? Fried chicken. We'll't seen it since. Here's the thing about Korea. Watch yourself. They're like, what do you got? What do you like? Fried chicken. We'll give it a go. And then immediately become the best Korean food.

I think, I'll say it. It's my favourite Asian cuisine. It outranks Thai. It outranks Indian. I love Indian food. Japanese is okay. Koreans Indian. Wow. I love Indian food. Japanese is okay. What? Korean's better. Wow.

Interesting. Kim Chi. Ahn Young's more my Korean. Yeah. Korean's a business. I'm going to get you guys to shut up because I'm hungry. Georgia's up next with Friday jams. Oh no.

Oh my God. Brooke's up next. Brooke's up next. Georgia's doing afternoons, isn't she? Oh, there we go. All right. Because Brian Clinton are in jail. What?

I know they got arrested. They got arrested. What for? Penis crimes, I've been told. You've got to stay tuned to find out. Mm-hmm. Oh. Who did Tummy Girl go?

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

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