ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - 8th November 2024

Episode Date: November 7, 2024

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Happy Friday. Near to Giff, am I right? To Giff. We'll give you the chance at 8 o'clock to go in the draw to get to New York for five nights of the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball. Listen out for the activator this morning. The top six is on the way. Australia looking at banning under-16s from social media.

Yeah, so I've got the top six type of... Yeah, that's not on. Turn your mic on, sweetie. Mic's not on. You disorganise. You were set on your chaff. I know, I arrived a little bit early. Yeah, that's not on. Turn your mic on, sweetie. Mic's not on. You disorganise. You're set on your chaff. I know, I arrived a little bit early. Yeah, you did.

Found the comfiest chair and then just melted for some time. Talk into the microphone. Put your headphones on. Nah, man. Do radio. It's like you've been doing this for six months. I want people to know I'm moving. I'm moving on and off, Mike.

We keep it moving here. I'm moving around. Tell you what's moving this morning. We'll come back to the top six. My guts. Oh, we don't need to know I'm moving. I'm moving on and off, Mike. We keep it moving here. I'm moving around. Tell you what's moving this morning. We'll come back to the top six. My guts. Oh, we don't need to know about this. No, but nothing. There's nothing actually happening.

It's just going. Because you just went and tried to do. Sounds like you've had some bad chicken. I did have chicken for dinner last night in the air fryer. You do live in a Canterbury halls of residence. I do. I fly up every morning. Do you think that could be it?

It could be. Oh, finally got me. Anyway, back to the top six. Yeah, so Australia are looking at banning under-16s from social media. Right. Top six types of adults that probably need to be banned from social media too. Yeah, I think we could easily come up with six on the spot. Yeah.

Well, particularly because there is a rise in Google searches. This is a reason why adults, we dumb. Google searches post-election. Yeah, this is bleak. This will make you just go, of course. Of course, there you go. Play ZM's Flashborn and Hayley. I think we do have a few Trump supporting listeners

and good morning to you. Congrats. We have heard from them in the last couple of mornings. Yeah, there's a few. There's a handful. And it's fine. We want you have heard from them in the last couple of mornings. Yeah, there's a few. There's a handful. And it's fine. We want you to laugh out louder in the mornings.

Just don't share with me your politics because this result, it's not great. For a large group of people, women, I'm one of those. Now, there has been a rise since it was announced that Donald Trump is the new president, or will be very soon, in Google searches. Yes. Two of which are very interesting. One is terrible news. Did Joe Biden drop out? That's a rise in a Google search.

It's weird because our elections are always like, surprise, three months time we're having an election. Like the UK is the same, Australia. Whereas America, it's like years and years out of knowing or a year out they have the debates. They're in a constant election cycle. Yeah. And they're like, here's, you know, the next nominee. Yeah. You might know a year and a half out.

Yeah. And even with Joe Biden dropping out kind of late in the game, right? He started his presidential campaign, and then it was called that we don't think the effort to do the job. He listened and went, I'll step aside. But how did people not know that? That was like bad news. You were just listening to something this morning.

They said Kamala Harris's campaign was 107 days long. That's a third of the year, for God's sake, almost. People don't, people just don't. People don't people just don't listen. They don't care. They actively tune it out because they're like I'm not going to make any difference. If you're not watching the news because nobody's watching terrestrial TV

very few are. Yeah it's on the decline. Mostly older people now at the Ryman. But you if your algorithm doesn't dish it up you don't get the news. So you're just following, so you're not even listening to the arguments from the other side. So then it kind of all starts to make sense as to why so many people voted for Trump.

Were there people at the voting booth that were like, where's Joe Biden's name? And then they were like, I better Google this. Like, what the hell? I can't find it. It's so bad. This is so bad. It's even amazing that they knew that his name was Joe Biden.

Yeah. Okay, so that's one of the Google Peaks. Oh, my God. Wait, that wasn't like a Google, that was a Google Peek within America, not outside of America. Within America. Oh, my God.

Within America. Also within America. That just gives me... Good luck to you. Good luck. Best of luck, everyone. Now, another rise out of America in Google searches is move to New Zealand.

Oh, this happened last time. This happened last time. And I get it. It looks pretty dishy down here. I feel like last time everyone was like, if he wins, I'm moving to New Zealand or I'm moving. Everybody said it, but nobody did it in the end. And even though we are run by a more conservative party,

a more conservative government than, you know, a liberal government, I can imagine looking at New Zealand being like, that place looks pretty cool. It looks pretty chill. But can Americans just move here easily? Nah. I don't think they can.

I don't mean to be rude, but I'm good. We don't need, we don't want you. These are the good Americans. I know. I was like, at least if those Americans move, they will be the more left-leaning Americans, which is better. Did New Zealand run a campaign like for doctors and nurses?

I saw an ad. Someone shared it saying all the stuff, come on down. I didn't know if that was fake or not. Yeah, I didn't know either. Can we just, if you're going to come, that's fine. No, my pleasure. My welcome. It's lovely here.

Yeah. Just a few things. Shush a bit. Which is rich coming from you. I'm loud, man. I've got a big mouth. In cafes, God, it's just, it's quite jarring. Just shush down a couple of notches. You're not on a cruise ship. You don't need to be shouting over the seas.. I've got a big mouth. In cafes, God, it's just quite jarring. Just down a couple

of notches. You're not on a cruise ship. You don't need to be shouting over the seas. You're not on a cruise ship. I know you guys love cruise ships too. Well, I would love the more New Yorkians. Let's hark back to when we were in Queenstown and we were on the urn sloor and we heard the most cooked American accent. Do you remember?

The woman, it was like, oh my God, look at the mountains. Where's he going? He's missing all his amazing views. Let's get some of them. Some of them, because we like, that's fun. Love it. Well, Australia looking at banning social media for under 16-year-olds.

I joined social media when I was 16. That was MySpace. How old were we? We were like, we were 20s, eh, when we got... Speedy is our bread, Dad. Yeah, all right, Pops. No, I don't know what... The first...

Like MySpace and Bebo. Yeah, I don't know what the first... Like, Myspace and Bebo. Yeah, that was like 2005. 2005. Like, we would have been in our 20s. How embarrassing. I was a teenager. Thank...

Do you know what? Good lord in heaven there wasn't social media when I was a teenager because I was a dickhead. Yeah, was? And I would have posted... Was?

More of a dickhead. More... Still a dickhead. Said with love, but still a dickhead. Such a dickhead. Such a dickhead, but I was more of a dickhead, believe a dickhead. Said with love, but still a dickhead. Such a dickhead. Such a dickhead, but I was more of a dickhead, believe it or not.

I was embarrassing. We would have posted all of our hijinks. Videos of all of our hijinks and incriminated ourselves. And you didn't get the bullying, you didn't get everything that comes with social media, the time wasting. Yeah. Because that's interesting, because schools that have banned phones are like, oh,

kids run around at lunchtime now. Oh, my God. They do things. They use those legs. They use legs. Oh, wow. And sunshine. Sunshine, legs, and fresh air.

And they're actually just noticing this insane change. Oh, it can only be good. I cannot imagine. Being a teenager is hard enough. I cannot imagine having Instagram, TikTok, and all of that going at the same time. There's a setting in Apple products where you can turn on like, from my phone,

because we're on a family thing, I can put a screen time restriction on the girl's devices. That's amazing. Some days it works, some days it doesn't. Oh, okay. It's really weird. I'll be like, how long have you been on that? They don't know the passcodecode because I'll constantly get like,

I'll go to their thing and they'll be like, you've failed to put in the passcode five times. Oh my God, little sheets. Yeah, so they're trying. So the Australian Prime Minister has said yesterday and announced this, it'll be a world leading package of measures that could become law by late next year. They're trialling an age verification system that will block children from accessing social media platforms.

Maybe like a real me thing, so you also can't play that. And that's also, is that like the government having your login or your, like, will they see your social media? And would that then give someone, like, hackers? That's what they want. Oh, I'm just thinking of like hackers would then have like. Yeah. But anyway, I mean.

I'm sure they're thinking about these things. People are saying, yeah, kids are using social media too much. So, you know, and it's not just that. It's the content they're seeing, which is shaping them. It's no good. Yeah, I mean, I'm all for it. We had to get our eating disorders from magazines. Yeah.

That's so dark. I'm so sorry. We used to pay for the privilege of making our bodies feel like Yeah. That's so dark. I'm so sorry. We used to pay for the privilege of making our bodies feel like shit. That's right. $6.90 here. I used to pay $6.90 for body dysmorphia. $8.50 there. Yours is free.

And you know what? We had to wait a week to get more. Exactly. Oh my God, that's so true. Yeah, but at least you got six days off the body dysmorphia from the magazine. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Before you waited for the next issue.

We used to have to pull open the perforated pages to get our inappropriate content. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I've got the top six types of adults that also need to be banned from social media. I just don't think it should just be kids.

Yeah. Number six on the list, your auntie that shares obvious fake business account giveaways. Oh. Oh, yeah. My God, speaking of aunties, I had, you know, in your memories thing popped up. And it was a memory from how long ago were the protests at Wellington? Yeah. It was my auntie with a beautiful photo next to Brian Tamaki.

I was like, I've seen the other memory. You know what, auntie? But you're like, this is her. I was like, kill it, auntie. But you're like, this is her. That side of the family. That side of the family. That's that auntie. Right. Is she still? Very much so, yeah.

Why wouldn't, no, we don't really talk. We don't really talk. Are you friends with her still or like muted? Nah. Deleted. Gone. Gone. Number five on the list of the top six adults

that need to be banned from social media too. Your mum who only ever puts a status update up when it says, I've been hacked, don't accept any friend requests. Oh my God, how many times? She's also the same mum that accidentally posts instead of searching, eh? Oh yeah.

Have you seen those? Every now and then. That's big dad energy. That's big dad energy. Big dad tweeting instead of Googling. Yeah. Number four on the list of the top six types of adults that need to be banned from social media as well.

Your old high school friend that posts every other week about their latest business venture. Oh, yep. Fair. Absolutely. Always business. But, boy, do I have some skincare for you. Tell me all about it.

Oh, it's great. Because I've got a garage that needs to be full of shit I will never be able to sell. Yeah. You know, that's my dream. Number three on the list of the top six adults that need to be banned from social media too. Your fully grown adult friend

that still posts mysterious illness posts. Oh, yeah. Socks in a hospital bed. I don't want to talk about it. Don't want to talk about it. Really going through some stuff at the moment. Guys, I'll let you all know soon when I get the results. Please don't worry.

I'm okay. Or at least dot, dot, dot, I will be. Please keep me in your prayers. Hashtag thoughts and prayers. Number two on the list of the top six adults that need to be banned from social media are that mate of yours that's a Facebook marketplace fiend and sells everything that should just probably be put in the bin.

Oh, I know. Marketplace is just for trash. I saw some friends selling some stuff once. I was like... You can hide it from friends. Yeah, hide that from friends. Always hide from friends. How embarrassing. Yeah, that's embarrassing. Just put it in the bin or donate it. I just went on Marketplace

to get an example. It thinks I'm in California. Oh, really? I just saw some great chairs and I was like, fantastic. Concord, California. San Jose, California. You need to re-drop your pin, I think, hon. Where's my pin?

You've never been to California. Why? Not since I was... San Francisco, 100 kilometres away. Yeah, something's not right there. She's outside of San Francisco. It's read your lesbian energy and it's like,

this is a woman who's... Who needs to be... Get her to a lovely gay city. Yeah, close to San Fran but in Silicon Valley because she's a young go-getter. And she likes her Botox. Yeah.

She likes something else. Hey, don't do that. Number one on the list of the top six adults that need to be banned from social media. Whatever adults is in charge of those five-minute craft videos. Yesterday, I saw someone making shoes out of spaghetti.

It's so bad. Wait, I mean, it was spaghetti and concrete. It was spaghetti and concrete. No, it was cement. They made, I don't even know what they were trying to achieve. Yeah, sometimes you're like, what was the point of that? They laid out this big plastic sheet and poured spaghetti in it. Then they wrapped their foot in glad wrap.

Then they put their glad wrap foot in the spaghetti and then pulled the bag up and tied a thing around that and they had spaghetti boots. You have to watch to the end because you need to know what they're doing. You always do. And I love when they're making these shoes out of spaghetti, it's somehow somewhere in the video a pair of Louboutins are cut apart. You're like, there's a pair of shoes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're always destroying a perfectly good something to make a real shit version of it. Yeah. I just can't understand. Who's running these pages? Get them banned. That's the day.

Stop sucks. Play. ZM's. Fletchvorn and Hayley. So, big day for producer Shannon. She's had a lot of big days recently. We're so proud watching her grow up before our very eyes. How patronising.

Shannon, when you said this, I was like, yeah, that's okay. These happen all the time. But I didn't realise how many of these you'd failed. Yeah, I've got an apartment inspection today. But why? And we were like, what's the concern? You're like, I don't want to fail. Yeah, I've failed a few over the years.

So I moved out when I was 18 and I've rented ever since. What a renegade. Thanks. I mean, like, get a leave in the house as soon as you can. Yeah, no, I like that. Independent. Yeah, baby. I was off to Christchurch.

Yeah, I failed. The biggest one was in Dunedin. There was ice on the inside of our windows and we failed for not having ventilation. That feels a bit more like a them problem. The house got condemned afterwards, I would say. Completely understand people whose houses are like,

the flat's mouldy. It's like, you never open a window. Totally. It's too hot and wet in here. Open a window. Ice? Ice? Yes. And we didn't have a heat pump or anything either. So the house has been condemned since, but we did get a, we got a week to sort it out

and then otherwise we would have got evicted. Like it was a serious fail. Oh my God. Shit, they can't do that. They're pulling this on you anyway. This is in the past. Yeah, but so I've had a few, that was the big fail where we actually got a notice,

but I've had a few like, hey, soft fails. Like warning notices. Tell us the toilet seat one. We, a male flatmate, left the toilet seat up clean. I will say like we did scrub it, but he left it up and they failed us. I'm sorry, but property managers that do that are pieces of shit. I know.

And the thing is, is like we do live there and they do it between nine and five. And for me going home today, you know, I have to now sit there in my work clothes, just on the couch, not touching anything. I can't cook. I can't eat. Between nine and five and for me going home today you know i have to now sit there in my work clothes just on the couch not touching anything i can't cook i can't eat five i suppose i can't give you time if you've got a whole bunch of them today but yeah i did learn a little hack though from someone they said to text the property manager and be like i'm in zoom meetings all day can you give me a half an hour warning when you're coming so I can so I've tried that but I'm unsure if it's gonna work right um but you know I've failed a few times and once we had dishes in the sink there was two breakfast plates disgusting I'm sorry breakfast and dishes in the sink is not a

and it wasn't a problem no it's if they there's dishes everywhere in there that haven't been washed for a month. And I promise you, I'm not grubby. Like, I really don't want to fail. When you said that you were nervous and you failed them in the past, I did ask the question, I'll quote myself, what are you, a pig? Yeah. Because then I had an image in my head of your flat being... No, I can't be grubby.

It's 37 metres squared. I wouldn't be able to walk if it was grubby. You can't leave a crumb, otherwise it's crowded in there. Yeah. So what's the plan? How have you combated this anxiety? I think I'm going to bribe her

With what? Money? I've got Cinnabons. What are you going to slip her a five? You've got Cinnabons. I still have some and so I'm debating just leaving one out Can we just actually applaud the restraint that you've had Cinnabons for a couple of days and you haven't eaten them all Thank you. I'm so happy they're back and they're in New Zealand now. They're so delicious.

They're amazing. We did hoover up quite a few of them yesterday, didn't we? I'm thinking of just leaving one out and being like, enjoy. But then I don't know if she would think it's poisoned. No. Screw them. No. Screw them.

No. You don't need to. It's not like there's a hole in the wall and you need to be like, hey, don't look at the hole in the wall. Oh, I've done that. Here's a delicious Cinnabon. I've just stacked a bit of furniture against the wall. Don't look behind it.

We'll cover the hole. I'd have your Cinnabon. That's not their Cinnabon. I have covered some suitcases with a mink blanket, thinking they were. What do you mean? You don't need to cover it. I just love it.

It's not a men's lab. It's a suitcase. She's going to look under there making sure it's not a dead body No, it's a suitcase You're drawing attention to it Well no, it's just a tall mink blanket You're renting this apartment You're allowed to have a suitcase in it

You're allowed anything you want in there As long as it's not a legal or a dead body or something It really sounds like Fletch would be a great landlord Maybe I just want to see If you're renting, you know, though, they can fail you on the dumber stuff. And it's so stressful because then you have to do it again a week later. So you can't live properly for the next week.

I'd keep my suitcase hidden by the mink blanket for a week. And that's just stressful. To be totally honest, even if there is a dead body, it's not like you take it with you and you move out. Yeah, if I was a landlord, I'd be... Yeah, because then I'm going to have to get rid of it, you know, and that's... But what if, Vaughan,

let's just put yourself in the landlord's position here. What if the body is decomposing through the carpet? Now we're replacing the carpet. Oh, you're losing your bond. You're losing your bond. If that dead body decomposes

through my carpet, you're losing your bond. Yeah, because you can't rug doctor away decomposition. You can't, and I have tried. We've all tried. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletchbourne and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletchbourne and Hayley.

Well, a Queensland politician. Now, this has been in the news for a while, but we just heard this recently, and we thought, well, we've got to talk about this because it made us chuckle, hasn't it? It has. And this news story came out near the end of October, just ahead of the elections that they've just had in Queensland.

Yeah. And it was revealed his name is David Crisofulli. That's a big name. C-R-I-S-A-F-U-L-I. Is that how you'd say that? Crisofulli. Is it like Italian? Crisofulli.

I don't know. Maybe. Well, anyway, it turnedofoli. I don't know. Maybe. Well, anyway, it turned out that, I don't know, the journos or maybe someone into politics was kind of, you know, digging around. Yeah. And they found that his Spotify playlist, and I think I knew this ages ago,

you could share playlists and people could follow you. Yeah. I follow a few people, a few playlists. Do you? Yeah. Because that's not something I've ever, I think I used to when Spotify first came out. Yeah. I follow a few people, a few playlists. Do you? Yeah. Because that's not something I've ever, I think I used to when Spotify first came out. Yeah. And then I kind of was just like, well, this hasn't worked. Do your own. I think they were trying.

I'm out. I think they were trying for some big social music network thing and people were like, no, not interested. But his playlists are public and he has a couple of raunchy playlists. Oh, man. One called DU Down, which the news article reportedly says,

reportedly stands for DU Down. I'm not going to say the full word. D-I-C-K. We'll say C-K. I've never heard that as a term. All I can think of is Adele. If you're gonna me down, me down dentally. Dently.

Dently. Dently. Dently. Yeah, dentally. Not too much teeth. Yeah, but. That is. Leave them out entirely.

So he's got a sexy fun times playlist. Yes, and nobody saved the playlist themselves. So I, because I just went on. What songs are on there? Well, they've looked into it. There was, because he's got a couple of public playlists, including music from Maroon 5, Jason Derulo, Chris Brown, Usher and Tupac, and Peking Duck.

Okay. Peking Duck. A real mix there. Right. So if you go on yourify and you tap on your account there's a tab called privacy and social okay and if i go on it mine's public so recently played artists people can see who i'm recently uh listened to but if i make a playlist like i've made a couple yeah i've got one called plane rage i've got one called friendship 2.0 you choose whether

that's public or those that follow you can see it. So it's so embarrassing that he hasn't made this private. I searched Dick You Down and clicked on playlists. There are so many playlists like this. I know. And some of these playlists aren't just that. It's that called,

here's one called Dick Appointment Prep. Oh my God! And it's a playlist I'm guessing one called Dick Appointment Prep. Oh, my God. And it's a playlist I'm guessing made by Ari. She's a female. I can see in her profile picture. It's six minutes 30 of 120 full songs. Strong representation from Beyonce, but it's all female artists by the look of it.

Okay. One of the Do You Down playlists is by my wife. You know, it says like, by Hayley Sproul. This one is D You Down by my wife. My wife. Well, apparently a spokesperson for the politician said that it is just a personal playlist that shared privately with his wife. Oh, shut up.

Just. That is so funny. Isn't that just brilliant? That's kind of like a scene from one of those political TV shows like V-Paw. Yeah, 100. This is so good. So good.

Some of those people have playlists for some wild titles. I am looking through these. Are you just finding this out that people have sexy time playlists for different aspects of the sexy time? Yeah. Who knew? I can't say them. Everybody just chuck on some brown noise so you can't hear anything.

That's not love making music, boy. Oh, my God. Put on some brown noise. ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Silly little boys. Silly little boys. It is so silly, silly, silly that Silly Little Pole, Silly Little Pole.

Silly Little Pole, Silly Little Pole. Silly Little Pole. Today's Silly Little Pole off the back of the fact that Crocs have launched matching Crocs for you and your dog. Okay, I answered no, but technically I do. Really? I got sent those swan dry dog swan dry jackets that are the red swan dry, and I've got a red swan dry. Okay, so you've...

You've got matching clothes with your doggies. Okay, so you're one of these crazies. I played with Vaughn's doggies yesterday. Okay, I'm not going to lie. They liked you. I did say that these people might be loonies or crazies, but if there was a matching outfit I could have with my cat, I probably would do it once.

My cat won't put on a collar, let alone clothes. Yeah, he hates it. Yeah, Raleigh will freak out. If you tried smacking them. That doesn't work, Vaughn. You don't hit cats or kids. Do you own any... What?

I know. When did this come in? Years ago, my dude. Do you own any... What? I know. When did this come in? Years ago, my dude. Do you own any matching clothing with your pet? 94% of people said no. But the 6% are the people we want to hear from. You might have been the one vote that took it to... I know, I could have changed it.

You just made it. Serena said... You sound like the American people. We could have changed that. We could have changed that if I'd voted with my heart. Serena Williams or Carpenter? Simmons said... It's Sabrina Carpenter.

I know. Serena Carpenter, ZM. Why is not yet an option? Oh, yeah. It should have been. Like you, you said if you want something, you do it. Kimmy said this is 100% a red flag. Okay.

And is that Kimmy Jimmel? That is Kimmy Gibbler. Kimmy Gibbler. Oh, Kimmy Gibbler, right. That doesn't know when to go home. I couldn't think of a famous Kimmy. Is that Kimmy Crossman? Kimmy Kardashian.

Yeah, right. M said, technically not yet, but I did order matching Christmas pyjamas for me, my husband, and our cat has a matching bandana. Oh, okay, that's cute. That's cute. And then take a photo in front of the Christmas tree. Yeah, love it. Bree said, yes, of course, Country Road jerseys, naturally.

Is that Bree Larson or Bree Thomasel? That is Bree heart emoji. Right. So they do a matching thing, don't they? Country road? I did not know this. Yeah, I think they do a dog. With a dog.

Yeah. Country road. Darling bougie. Darling bougie dog. Now, are people still doing the country road duffels? Are they still cool? I think so. Carwen's nodding because she's got one, but...

Yeah, I don't. I think we might be done with them. I think we might have been done. No, good duffel. Yeah, good duffel. Heavy duty. They haven't been a good duffel for years. Yeah.

You do have a good duffel. You've got a great duffel. I've got a compliment on my duffel. You've got a great duffel, Fletch. Thank you. I don't have a good duffel. I snapped my duffel. Oh, you've got a fine duffel.

People are always saying, that Hayley Sproul and that duffel. God, the duffel on her. She didn't be careful with that thing. Because I'm not a total loser weirdo spinster. Whoa. Hey, that's defensive. That's very defensive.

Jeez. Brandon said, only a swan dry because we're country boys. Yeah, me too. Yeah. Yeah. But dogs are never cold enough

where we live. The dogs are never cold enough to wear on a jacket. When you see a dog wearing a jacket, you're like, that's not good evolution, is it? Someone messaged in saying, okay, a couple of things. Someone messaged in saying

they've got matching necklace with their dog. Okay, that's a collar. That's called a collar. And if you're into that, that's cool. Well, someone did say, does a matching collar and leash count? Hot. Hot from you. Yep. Hot from you?

Yeah. Good for you. Vicky said no, but I'm not opposed. Vicky. Vicky. Visit Vicky's startup. Vicky plays guitar. Vicky.

Vicky. Vicky. Vicky. Vicky. Vicky played guitar. If your name is Vicky from here on out, we will do our best every time we say Vicky to do a David Bowie impression. Vicky.

Vicky plays guitar. Rachel is matching swan dries. So that seemed like quite a popular thing with dog owners, the old matching swanny. That silly little pile. Play ZM's Fleshed One and Hayley. Give me the days till Christmas, please. Are you just finishing a scone?

You want to be slightly more or less or I'm screwing up a very loud scone bag. I had a gurgly tummy. It was empty. I got a scone. 46 days, 16 hours and 50 minutes until Christmas. Not long. Not long.

So we had beginning to look a lot like Christmas yesterday and the penetration is getting high. Yeah. 75% I believe. Well, now that Halloween's out of the way, all the stores move to Christmas. Yeah, well, we're talking about, is it Smith & Coie's, the window display?

Yep. Iconic every year. That's up and out. And you said it was amazing this year in Auckland. It's like a Kiwiana. Is it based on a book or something? Someone said, yeah. Something like that.

Well, apparently there's something available at Kmart. And when one thing just goes crazy at Kmart, everyone has to have it. It's a Christmas lighting display that's like these kind of silhouettes of trees and reindeer and glowing lights and they look so cool. Is it $10, $5? How do they make it so cheap?

China. China and questionable questionable labour practices I'm not questioning anything I'm loving the the cheapness So am I I can't even find how much they are but they're just these little

like glowing lights and then you can put all sorts of things behind them It looks like some kind of like tree of lights Yeah, yeah, yeah And then that makes all the silhouettes. Silhouettes and stuff.

Right. If you put like a little Santa in front of it, it kind of blows up on the house. Okay, it's a slippery slope doing this. I know, but I'm slipping. Are you? So I just, I keep looking at my calendar to be like, when is it December 1st?

Because I've just made a rule for myself, and Aaron's not super keen on the Christmas tree, so I can't have it for too long, when I can put up the Christmas tree. And for me, that's December 1st. It's my second year. Right. I need more ornaments, by the way. It was too bare last year. You know me. I'm a maximalist

when it comes to style. I want that thing covered. Yeah, I want a minimalist Christmas tree. It's got to be tidy. It's got to be all matching. Nah, I want all sorts. And I want weird things in there. Last year, it was too common. You know what I want weird things in there. Last year it was too common. You know what I mean?

Right, okay. Yeah. Anyway, I know so many people that take Christmas so seriously and they're doing it like for months and months. Like Aaron's parents, for example. Aaron's mum changes all the cushion covers in the house. There is Christmas everywhere throughout the house. I know.

She'll take off the couch cushion covers and then put on specific Christmas ones. And then there's little- When did she start doing this? December. And then there's like- What are the cushions on the couch? You know, just like cushion,

like not the actual couch ones. There's no cushions. There's no like cushions on my mum and dad's couch because that encourages people to lie down. Yeah. And that ruins the couch. You've got to keep moving. No, no, it's about, you don't want to lie. Don't you dare. Oh yeah, get your the couch. You've got to keep moving. No, no, it's about

you don't want to lie. Don't you dare. Oh, yeah, get your ass up. There's stuff to do. Yeah, she puts it everywhere. Nativity scenes, there's all this because they're Catholic

so there's more Jesus than usual and then there's Christmas everywhere. I love it. This is what I want to know because everyone knows someone like this. How over the top does someone go with Christmas?

Like, do they transform their whole house? Maybe their house is the neighbourhood house. Yeah, with like the lights. Yes. Because I want to be there. You want to be like American kind of like, what's the suburb in Hamilton that everybody goes to

for the Christmas lights? Because it's Franklin Road in Auckland. The Mormons? Yeah. Templeview. Templeview. Templeview. Yeah. They always have big lights going on.

They love Jesus there. Do they? Do they? Who do the Mormons love? Yeah, Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just a different version of the book. Way more fun.

Okay. Anyway, that's what I want to know this morning from our lovely listeners. Who goes over the top? Who goes hard out and how hard out are they going for Christmas? And maybe they've already started with the Christmas.

Well, it's perfectly acceptable in November. Well, if you've got all this stuff and you're that into it, you want to make the most of it. Yeah. Someone said Harrowfield in Hamilton also has great lights. Yes, I know. Okay. Oh my God, someone, for example, it's me. I do this right down to

the salt and pepper shakers and toilet paper. They change it up for Christmas themes. What Christmas toilet paper? Is he wiping your butt with Santa Claus on it? Or Rudolph? Or a snowman or something? Okay, 0800-DARLESS-AT-EMMA is our number. Give us a call. You can text through 9696. How hard out does someone go

for Christmas? We want to know how over the top people go with Christmas because it has started. It's everywhere. There's Kmart must-haves already that are just selling out these little Christmas lights. I'm waiting to put the Christmas tree out, but I'm starting small. Right.

Unlike a lot of people that are texting in that go hard. Yeah, people going all out. You know, people said Harrowfield and Hamilton. Right. Unlike a lot of people that are texting in, that go hard. Yeah, people going all out. You know, people said Harrowfield and Hamilton. Alright. Harrowfield Drive is a road that is it's not a cul-de-sac but you go in and you have to go out the same way. It's like

it's a little vibe and apparently it is massive for Christmas lights. They have the judging on December 17 and everybody... It's a competition. Yeah, you don't kind of live there unless you're willing to go, ha. Oh, yeah. It's like... I've found some Christmas music. No, it's terrible. You suck at Christmas, man.

You suck at Christmas. Can you find some Christmas music? Oh, here's some sleigh. It's literally... Yeah, look hard. Just search Boney M. Oh, here we go. What about this? Nah. Why are you so bad at Christmas? It's so generic.

Like, just play it. Yeah, it's generic Christmas music. I don't want generic. Why are you so bad at Christmas? Play something we know. Rocking around the Christmas tree. Away in a manger. Silent night.

Anything from this generic crap. It's generic Christmas music. Have you started your Christmas shopping? Well, head on down to Crisco's. If you don't have any money, don't worry. Tick it up. Put yourself in financial restraints for the rest of the year. With six easy interest-free payments,

you'll be ready for Christmas by December 25th. Don't do the math. Don't do the math. Sam, good morning. Good morning. Now, this is your parents that go overboard for Christmas. Oh, yeah, no, it's great. They've already kind of started putting stuff out.

It kind of started once the oldest grandkid was born and just has not slowed down at all. That's kind of cute that they do it for your kids. That's so nice. Yeah, so they went over to Europe a few years ago and mum started collecting these little wee houses and they have wee trains that go around them. Cool!

Yeah, dude, Christmas trains rule. Yeah, she does this huge big room now for the kids to go in and they've got lights and these wee people that come out of them. It's insane. Oh, that's pretty cool. I distinctly remember seeing a Christmas tree decoration and it was a thing that clamped to the tree

and the arms went out and it was a train that went slowly around the tree and up the tree and when it got to the top it rode this like steep incline down

and then started again. Where did you get one of those from? Sam, this is so funny. You brought trains into the room and the boys have just absolutely

started buzzing. I want a Christmas train. I'm Googling. Sam this is so funny you brought trains into the room and the boys have just absolutely started buzzing I want a Christmas train I'm googling add that to the list I'm curious of dad's one it's quite good

each year we kind of each get something old of dad's because he's gone and bought something new so we're slowly getting a decent collection

but it's got nothing on mum and dad's stuff cool when I was a kid oh my god train site if I might digress it was always my dream to have a train that ran around the whole house.

Yeah, totally around the top, eh? Or ants at the bottom sometimes. Are you really into trains? Yeah, big train guys. Okay, you can buy Christmas tree trains at Bed Bath Beyond, at Spotlight, all online. Are they good though? Take my money.

I don't care if it's good. Thank you, Sam. Somehow I'm on team. Thank you, Sam. Merry Christmas'm on team. Thank you, Sam. Merry Christmas. Don't say Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, Sam. Are you crazy?

It's the 8th of November. Calm down. Sam, when the season arrives, have a Merry Christmas. But not now. Season's greetings, Sam. Not now. Thank you. Jesus bless.

The messages. Leave them out of this. Tis the reason for the season. Some messages in. Those people that go overboard with Christmas. My friend's mum has 14 Christmas trees. Oh. Okay, that's too much. We started doing the lounge.

Then we were like, the lounge looks great, but the rest of the house doesn't match. So then the bathroom got Christmas-fied. What, like a little mini Christmas tree for the bathroom? I don't know how you Christmas-fire your bathroom. Christmas toilet paper? Yeah, maybe. God, you want to be bathroom? I don't know how you Christmas fire your bathroom. Christmas toilet paper? Yeah, maybe. God, you want to be careful because when you're checking, you know, when you wipe and you check for blood in your stool,

as everybody should. You'd be like, ah! Santa Claus, Santa Claus. I've just smudged Santa. My blood's the same shape as Santa. Oh, that's right. So someone said, maybe this is in regard to the Hamilton Street, someone said someone has won five years in a row for decorating their house.

It takes them two months to decorate the thing, and they let kids come in and explore the whole thing. Oh, that's cool. Christmas joy, season's greetings. No, not yet. I bet they've got a train. Do you know who's getting a train? Hayley Train Sprout.

It's getting a Christmas tree train. Teacher here, a parent from my class made me a Christmas themed dress Need one more dress And have a different one for each Weekday of school leading up to Christmas House gets decorated Kids have Christmas themed duvets Why did I say them like that?

What? Duvets? Children have Christmas themed duvets I couldn't find a cot duvet for my littlest a few years ago, so I ended up making one. Oh, my God. Wow, it's all, everything's Christmas. Now, someone's texting saying that their friend's house has 42 Christmas trees.

Now, surely you've miscounted that. No, do you think they're just putting, like, tinsel on trees outside? Yeah, yeah, yeah. The pittosporums. Just little, like, mini ones as well all around the place. Yeah. If you count in those, if we're going to get pedantic.

My mum and dad go crazy. Dad's got the whole house on lights, projectors, et cetera. Mum has a whole room with these Christmas houses. Amazing. They've spent thousands. They've got giant Christmas nutcrackers. Where do they store it? Yeah.

You've got to have a garage. The entire garage must be just Christmas. And it'll be all in click clacks, all named everything. This one's baubles, this one's lights, this one's beads. Yes. So someone said again, we must go for a drive. Harrowfield Drive is Christmas on steroids. One person had a real donkey in their nativity scene.

Oh, yeah, dude. What? Now we're talking. Now that's really upping the level. Christmas on steroids. Okay, do us, do uspping the level, isn't it? Christmas on steroids. Okay, do us, do us. They're not getting little titties in their testicles of strong. And covered in acne.

Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Hayley. Friday flashback today is Vaughan. Vaughan. It's your pick, Vaughan. Yeah, dude. So you've got to be at least 10 years old. We should do something for the festive season.

Season's greeting. It's too soon. I'm hoping an early launch. It's back. One of my favourite podcasts, 60 songs that were split in the 90s, colon the 2000s. Yes.

And they did Jimmy Eat World, The Middle this week. So I was listening to that song. But then, you know, when you just select a song on wherever you stream your music, me personally, iHeartRadio. Me too.

Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. Me too. Only iHeartRadio. Are there other apps? Not that I know of. They must be junk. And then it just suggested some songs. A few songs later, I came across a song that I was like, that song rules.

And that's Friday Flashback. Okay. It's coming up soon after the news at 8 o'clock. Peak brain age. Is it brain age in terms of brain health? Or is it brain age in terms of like how smarter we are in the moment? It's how our brains age and like when. Surely it's got a peak like 20s?

Development. Because you know the developing brain. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so teenagers are crazy. Yeah. Crazy bananas. Crazy bananas. So it's got to be either late 20s or 30s.

Yeah, but in your late 20s, you're absolutely frying the thing with all sorts. Well, let's take into account this is not for people who fry themselves. Okay. It's mid-30s. Okay. Oh my God, that's literally me right in the middle.

Yeah, which is worrying. Which is so concerning that this is my peak brain age. I don't think these hours are conducive to peak brain anything. I think you have to adjust. You're tired. You adjust. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got to change the way your brain works.

So it's like self-reflection. It's the age where you have a bit more self-reflection. Yeah. Cognitive peak, they're calling it. Wow. Verbal memory, accumulated knowledge. What can I do with this time in my life, with this great brain of mine? You should go on a quiz show.

I'm really bad at general knowledge. Okay. Like genuinely. So you've got, what are you doing with your peak brain health then? Literally coming up with funny ha-has and saying them to people. Right. Ha-ha. The day I can't impress my children, like we've got the chase, the board game.

Yep. And modern trivial pursuit. You went out and bought. No, we're not giving it. Oh. We're not giving the chase board game. Bizarre. When did that happen? No, remember for my 40th birthday, we did that 40 presents. No, we got given it. Oh. We got given the Chase board game. Bizarre. When did that happen?

No, remember for my 40th birthday, we did that 40 presents. Oh, yeah, okay. And people could win them or I could win them. Yeah, right. And I won Chase board game. Yeah. Yeah, okay. See, I remember that because.

Peak brain health. Brain health. You, you're about gut health, but your brain's a doo-doo dum-dum. It is. They can't remember two years ago. It's physically incredible. Yeah. Mentally, just.

Oh, young cooked. Oh, yeah. I don't know all the answers on the chase, but my kids love when we watch a chase and I say the answer before the people. Oh, yeah. Really? Because does your wife love it?

She hates it. Oh, my God. Aaron is so bad. Okay, George is here and she looks so hot today. Anyway, side note. Why are you just coming here looking beautiful? You got off to a wedding after this? Oh, she actually is.

No. Oh, God. Anyway, sorry. You can't see it. Have you Bondi here looking beautiful? You got off to a wedding after this? Oh, she actually is. No. Oh, God. Anyway, sorry. You can't see it. Have you Bondi Sands? No, Georgia's just tanned. She's just tanned. Look at the shoulders.

Put on some sunscreen, please. What are you doing? Georgia. So if you just get Georgia on, see if you can hear how hot. We were talking about Peg Reinhart and yelling at the chase, but it's changed now, then. It has changed. Why are you looking so hot today? I just, the summer feels all right.

I just thought, why not dress the way you want to look, you know? Sort of a Wilma Flintstone off the shoulder situation going on here. One shoulder search. We've got the guns around. We're off to a toga party. Hit me. Not a tan line to be seen. No, because I have to be careful of that. Have to be careful of the tan lines

this summer. Oh yeah, of course. I'm just strapless everywhere I go. The boobs are out. Oh God, don't come in here looking that hot and tell us that you've got your boobies out. Because she's getting married. That's why she's getting married. We're not allowed to talk about it. I got told off yesterday

for talking too much about the wedding. Someone on the text. Who told you that? Someone on the text. Why aren't you going to do it once? Wink, wink. Sure. No, you look really hot today.

Congratulations. Thank you. You guys always look hot. Do you know the only thing bringing that outfit down? What? Your Garmin watch. Yeah, it's a bit of an eye story.

I'm going to spike it. What are you trying to find some fish on there? Yeah, what are you? Guys, we're going golfing. We've talked about this. You've got all the golf courses pre-loaded, how far from the hole you are. Next on the show, it's final rankings and today... Imagine arriving to work and just the whole thing

measuring that good looking. And then end up being bullied you've got to bring her down keep her up for the day we don't want a woman thinking that they can make any great change in this world I think George has arrived at a great time because it's final rankings next and we've decided today

that we're going to rank the sexiest body parts non-Jenny's non-Jenny's we're going to rank the sexiest body parts. Non-Jenny's. We're taking Jenny's off the table. Text in. I'd be interested in your opinion. Every Friday we do this. We rank something, whether it's food or things. Yep. We've ranked all sorts. And today. Today.

The reason that we are doing this is because yesterday we had visitors in the studio. Do yourself a GD favour. Okay? Go on our socials and watch the video from yesterday where the firefighter,

calendar firefighters came in. The Kiwi firefighter, calendar firefighters. When you said do yourself a GD favour, the genital destroying favour. No, God damn. God damn. I was like, yeah. I you said do yourself a GD favour, a genital destroying favour. No, a goddamn. Goddamn, I was like,

yeah. I just said GD because it's the season. These dudes, they were, the problem was they were also very nice. So nice.

And I was, as I was explaining. There was not an air of arrogance about those gentlemen raising money for charity at all. We will talk about

the Calendar Firemen soon because last night you got in trouble because of them. Yeah. And we'll discuss that soon. But right now we are talking about... Sexiest body parts. Because the biceps got you. Far out.

The popping bicep. Boulders. Like, imagine that arm around you. Oh my God, yes! What, from like... Just like... All of it. So, favourite body parts?

Because I was... I go as someone who has dabbled. Let's just say we're not doing genital parts. Genital parts are away. No. Because let's face it, they rule. They rule. They would win.

They would win. We've taken them off. Gutters. The gutters. Oh, you like the gutters. Yeah, yeah, yeah, would win. They would win. We've taken them off. Gutters. The gutters. Oh, you like the gutters. Yeah, yeah, yeah, gutters. Gutters are included. Gutters are included because it's not genitals.

Gutters aren't genitals. Well, that's the road to the genitals. Also, I did have to explain to a friend visiting from overseas what those were. I had to do it on Australian television. It's awful. Yeah, and they were aghast. When you say the sentence, everyone's like, oh my God. Yeah, terrible.

Yeah. But is that like only a New Zealand thing? Yes. The gutters? Yes. How's that? The full title is a New Zealand thing. Oh, right.

Because I would go arms on the lads, legs on the ladies. Yeah. Bad bats. Bad hot. What about the little back dimples? Cute, but not sexy. Yeah. Kind of sexy cute, but if we're talking straight, like, sexiest body parts.

Do you guys have them? No. No, no, no. I can't see. I don't think so. You've never checked out. You've never looked back there. I wouldn't imagine so.

I wouldn't imagine so. A lot of people texting in, someone loves a grape belly button. Not too deep, but just enough to pop a grape or Malteser in there. A grape? That, to me, is the definition of a deep belly. Oh, yeah, Shannon just nodded. Really? No, she was showing us how big a grape is and indicating that it's deep.

I've got a deepie. No, I was showing you that I have grapes here and how deep they are, but Georgia agrees. Oh, Georgia. No, if you get like the perfect, you know how some belly buttons, like you get outies, no thanks, but you get those ones that are like kind of a long, skinny. Oh, really?

But that to me looks like it's pulled too tight. Do you have a grape that we can try to put into Vaughan's belly button? Yeah, I've got one here. I've got a DP. Do you want red or green? Are we going to eat it afterwards? Seedless. It's seedless.

Okay. My guts is going to swallow up a grape. What are you talking about? Yeah, I've got such a deep hole like in my belly buttons, dude. I'm going to put it in my belly button and then mark on the grape

how much I got in and then you see if you can fit more. Oh, like how much you got in. Who's got the deeper belly button? Hayley versus Dawn. Man, that's a thick belly. That's a thick grape.

Show Georgia she'll be really excited about this. Is that sexy? I can hold it in there. That's not even trying. Wait, give it to me. You've only got the tip in. I know. I don't have a deep, as it turns out.

Okay, you've got a... Oh, my God. Oh, you've gone for a red grape. I've got to put down my high-waisted undies. My skirt's too high. I think yours is actually a little bit deeper. I can't hold mine. Oh, my God.

That made me laugh so much. You've got to pick a grape. Gosh. I've got a skinnier grape. Calvin said she's feeling ill just at the way that maybe the grape's just kind of held in there, Vaughn. Can you hold one in yours, please? Okay. Do we need to get a third grape?

Sorry for using all of you. need to get a third grape? Sorry for using all of you. Can we get a third grape? Get a grape on your belly button, please. This might be... I can't. My skirt's too high. Yours is deep. Oh, no.

That doesn't hold in there. Yeah, you've got a thicker grape. Do you want to try my grape? Oh, no, it doesn't. Yay! What a great... What are we doing with these? How did we get sidebarred onto that?

Because someone texted saying that they like a great belly button. Okay, more sexy body parts coming through. We're probably just giving away that video for free on the internet. That should be behind the paywall. That should actually be behind the Herald paywall. The premium, NZ Herald premium members can see our belly buttons. It's the only paywall. That we should actually be behind the Herald paywall. The premium, NZ Herald premium members

can see our belly. It's the only paywall in the company. Did you just eat the grape on eating a mandarin? No, we go on the Leighton Smith podcast, which I believe is a

behind the paywall. Real niche. Ladies in the booth, ladies in the booth, someone text in men's forearms. Now, if we want to refer again

to the fireman, in the video, you see him shake my hand and it's like... As a little vein pop. Anton, who was sitting beside me when he did the bicep flex, the whole arm flexed. I hated editing that.

It was such a hard day yesterday. It took me a few hours. I just had to watch it over and over. Are you going to feel the same when you're editing us putting grapes into our belly buttons? I reckon. Yeah, it's been a few hours. I just had to watch it over and over. Are you going to feel the same when you're editing us putting grapes into our belly buttons? I reckon. Yeah, it's been a weird week. Man.

It's a weird job. We are racking up our listeners. Okay, go. Hit us. Someone said men's forearms, specifically when they're wearing white shirt sleeves and they're rolled up, like a white shirt rolled up,

and they're reversing a car by putting one arm on the back of the passenger seat. Great. When did I back up recently? You backed my truck yesterday. Did you see me put an arm back? Yeah, it was hot. It was literally the hottest he's ever looked.

I didn't even ask. I just jumped in her truck. He did. He just took it. She just turned around, and I was reversing a truck. Someone messaged, I like me some nice thick legs.

Don't know what gender. I also don't care. Oh, my God. I'm a nurse, someone messaged and said, and they said, in capitals, veins.

Oh, like a veiny arm? Yeah, yeah. Oh, nearly what? A bit popping, eh? Like the... Yeah, you just did a workout and it's running down there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She said,

I'll nearly pounce in the supermarket line. Oh my God. There's another word for the gutters. The peeny ravini. The peeny ravini. I liketers. The peeny ravini. The peeny ravini. I like that.

The peeny ravini. I like it a lot. You know what? That's all I'm calling it from now on. Peeny ravini. Men's hands. Hands are one of those things. They're going to touch me and I have to look at them all the time

and they better not be covered up. And then if the man's got well-groomed nails, short, clean nails, but masculine hands that aren't afraid to do a bit of work. Oh, okay, I'll stop before I end that sentence. Stop, stop, stop. Wow, okay, it's getting really full on. Let me just read the end.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, good. Okay, I'll pick mine. Nape. Someone said the nape. The nape of the neck. The nape of the nape. The nape of the neck. The nape of the neck? Or the nape of the belly. Well, your necks can be sexy.

Does the belly have a nape? I thought the belly had a nape. No, I'm thinking navel. I'm thinking the navel. Right. Okay, I'm going to go. I just learned what fupa was. Don't say it.

I saw a bumpers in the game and I was like, what does that mean? And I had to Google it and I laughed so hard. Yeah. Theus in the gut. And I was like, what does that mean? And I had to Google it. And I laughed so hard. Yeah. The V to the belly. There's lots of words. Okay. I'm going to go arms. Arms.

I'm just so distracted. I'm so distracted. I nearly put the grape, my belly button grape in my mouth. I'm going arms. I'm going arms. I'm going men and women Talk about the eyes Oh shut up

Oh the eyes of course The eyes are very sexy I wasn't thinking about the face Eyes are sexy Yeah I wasn't really thinking about the face I just thought it was Nah Like hair

Face excluded Yeah None of that really Chest Bums Chest We haven't spent a lot of time on bums Love a jawline

Your bums are great Bums How good's a peach a lot of time on bums Love a jawline Your bums are great Bums How good's a peach? I don't know Can we Are there any non-hot body parts? It's going to be hard to pick I just think we leave it there

I think we've just rocked everyone up Right we've rocked Oh clavicles Someone just talked about the clavicles Especially on women Yeah yeah yeah That bit Bums are number one

Bums are one Arms man Arms The ravine The ravine. The ravine. The pain ravine. The pain ravine. That is iconic.

That is brilliant. That is brilliant. I love it. What about the muscle between the, what about the muscle line between the armpit and the abs? Oh, the obliques. The guy that comes down here. When it's like,

when it's like, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong. Yeah, yeah. How does that work? Oh, man. A lot of work. Shoulders. I think every month in the fireman calendar has those bumps. Has the dong, dong, dong. Yeah, yeah. How does that work? Oh, man. A lot of work. I think every month in the fireman calendar

has those bumps. Has the dong, dong, dongs on the obliques. Dong, dong, dong, dong. Speaking of the fireman. Let me see that ravini, that leads to the penny. Play ZM's Flesh,

Fawn and Hayley. Yesterday, we were so lucky to have the Kiwi firefighters from the Kiwi Firefighters from the Kiwi Firefighters calendar in the studio You guys surprised me and you know what? I approve of the surprise

Thank you All for charity and you can still buy the calendar Yeah, you go to kiwifirefighterscalendar.co.nz and it's 20 bucks and it all goes to Movember which we know is a great cause and they were telling, so well spoken It's great to look at and then they open their mouths and not disappointing You know, because sometimes you see a. And then they open their mouths and not disappointing.

You know, because sometimes you see a hottie and they open their mouth, you're like, oh, shush, David Beckham. Oh, shush. Oh, hello, Vicky. Hello. Tell the truth. I know.

Anyway, yesterday it got me in trouble a little bit because I brought, we all got a calendar to take home. And I brought mine home and I said to Aaron, oh, these guys came into the studio I was like man arms on them off I went he's not a jealous man you know literally Jason Momoa is the background of my computer at home my computer at work my phone he's fine yeah you know I was telling them about this and he's fine he's fine he's there just be. Have I asked him? No. Is he fine? Probably.

That's just, I think in some relationships, people would find that hard. In ours, it's not a thing. Yeah. But, so I showed him the calendar and I chucked it down and then we got into quite a serious conversation because we've got a lot going on at the moment with the house. The reno's nearly finished. That comes with a lot of stress, a lot of paperwork,

council stuff, that kind of thing. Yeah. So he's talking to me and he's trying to really convey some stuff to me that I don't understand about the house and it's important for me to know. Yeah. So he's really breaking down a few things about the house and some of the stresses and my eye kept getting drawn as it is now to this stupid, not stupid, but just gorgeous calendar that was stupidly taking my attention. Yeah. to this stupid, not stupid, but just gorgeous calendar

that was stupidly taking my attention. And I kept sort of looking over and I was like, he won't even notice, I'm listening, I'm listening. I'm going to look. And then it's like I was possessed and my hand started flipping through the pages because I was like, well, I'm finished looking at the cover guy. I'll move to March, spend a bit of time with him.

And then it was like white noise. I hadn't heard a word for a while until I realised he was like, well, I'm finished looking at the cover guy. I'll move to March, spend a bit of time with him. And then it was like white noise. I hadn't heard a word for a while until I realised he was like, are you kidding me? And I was like, what? He was like, I'm trying to tell you something about the house. And you were literally thumbing through a book full of hot, sexy men. And I was like, I have 100% been snapped by this calendar. So even though I say he's okay about it, in that moment he was not.

I was so distracted. And did he have to re-explain everything? He did a classic. What did I just say? Were you listening? No, I was listening. I was just having a look. That was the last thing I just said.

There is simply no better feeling in the world than when someone says to you, are you listening? And you're like, yeah. And they say, what do you say? And you say it back to them word for word. I hate that. It is the sweetest feeling in the world.

No, you're not. What did I just say? And you recite it. I could do that every day and never get sick of it. Well, I wish I could, Vaughan, because I had not heard a thing at all. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Play

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Vaughan, it's your pick today for Friday Flashback. Yeah, this came up just coincidentally after I listened to a Jimmy Eat World song

because I mentioned this before. The 60 songs that explain the 90s which was a podcast series where he ended up doing 120 before, the 60 Songs That Explain the 90s, which was a podcast series where he ended up doing 120 songs, not 60, and now he's doing the 2000s and it's called

60 Songs That Explain the 90s, colon the 2000s. So good. It's a great podcast. It's just one of my favourite beautifully put together podcasts. A lot of nostalgia in the first series.

Yeah, totally. And I thought the 90s, but the 2000s, I'm like, every song he's done so far, I'm like, yes. Yeah. Good songs. He did Chop Suey by Sister Miva Down.

Chop Suey by Sister Miva Down, yep. And he just goes across all the genres of music. Yeah. It's amazing. So, years of this was Jimmy Eat World, the middle, which I've thought is a good song, but not the best song on that Jimmy Eat World album. No, I'm like a huge Jimmy Eat World fan. That's my least favourite song.

So, I was listening to that song and then it just went into songs like this of the era. Yes. And this song played and I was like, I haven't heard this song for ages. Released in May 2001. It's a cover of a song from the 80s. It was number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock track, but in New Zealand and Australia apparently it did better than any other country. Yeah, this band did huge down under.

Oh, yeah. It was on the American Pie 2 soundtrack. The music video that was this, this showed a band performing in a wrestling ring in front of a suburban house with lots of references to the original artist's music videos, such as a chimpanzee and someone doing the moonwalk. So then before it's released, the band Alien Ant Farm

sent the video to Michael Jackson for his approval. Michael Jackson said, I don't like the scene where the child is wearing the surgical mask, which was what Michael Jackson used to do to cover up cosmetic surgeries after he had them, but he said it was for his health. And then, so they re-edited it, changed the video, filmed a new bit, sent it to him and said,

what about this? And he said, actually, I like the original one. Oh my God, make your mind up. Later, upon reflecting on this, they said, we went through quite a bit of money and a whole lot of bullshit to make sure we were replacing Michael Jackson. Yeah. Yeah.

Wow. And he just went back to what he originally said anyway. It was massive. At its time in New Zealand, it's Alien Ant Farms, Smooth Criminal. It's your Friday flashback on ZM. It's Alien Ant Farms,

Smooth Criminal. Your Friday flashback today on ZM. Great. Good song. Good song. We actually might have a plan for the next week's... You might do another Alien Ant Farm song. Yeah, and then the following week,

Fletch does another Alien Ant Farm. We just do a triple... I reckon, what are we... A triple... November Alien Ant Farm November. A renaissance. Yeah. Love it.

Of the farm. It's getting back in the charts, man. I'm going to go through some feedback because that is per use. Yes. The Postman's delivered. Oh. Turn the volume up for that one to 11, Postman. Wow.

That's such an anthem. The Postman's delivered. Absolute banger. Le Postman. Le Postman. Our frigging good banger. Cranking this and reminiscing about my teenage years. Today on my 40th birthday.

Welcome to the club. Your back's going to hurt. Oh, my God. Welcome to the club. You've got to worry about cholesterol. Welcome to the club. You're a little bit more emotional now than you were before. You cry sometimes.

Can I read the best message, I reckon, about the postman? Screw the postman. Santa brought his sleigh today with Friday Flashback. Wow. The world's favourite postman. Oh, my gosh. It's a banger. Vividly remember blasting this on my Discman on my paper.

That's what I like to bring to Friday Flashback. I like to take you somewhere. To the nostalgia. And if nobody else got taken anywhere apart for one person who remembered doing their paper run, a simpler time. Yeah. There's not a single piece of negative feedback.

Yeah. And that podcast is called 60 Songs That Explain the 90s. Listen to all 120 episodes of the 90s and then he's just started on the 2000s. And you can pick and choose. I always skip some rubbish songs. I just think Rob Harvell is a fantastic storyteller, so I listen to the entire thing.

The way he talks, it's amazingly written. It's amazing. So, yeah. We can only aspire to be as good as him. My I listened to the entire thing. The way he talks, it's amazingly written. It's amazing. So yeah. We can only aspire to be as good as him. My favourite episode was the one where he talked to the guy from Eve 6 about the guy from Third Eye Blind being an a-hole. That's a good one. Yeah.

My, like a legendary episode, he talks to Courtney Love about Smells Like Transpirit. Wow. The interview at the end is so unhinged. That's how he does it. He presents a song, tells a story about what it meant to him, his experience, then he

covers the band and everything and then talks to somebody who's sort of an expert in that area. Still blunt because we were when we went to the Heafy track stayed like up the road from Nelson Girls. And we walked past and I said to everyone, I was like, do you know Courtney Love went there for like a year? Oh my God, I said, God!

You always forget that she was a boarder at Nelson Girls for like a year. That's right! Why were her parents there? And she hated it. She didn't. She got sent to an auntie's house, right? Or she was boarding. Anyway, she hated it. Always. Yeah, that's what she says about that.

Then she almost rode Jeremy Wells. That's right, she did. Jeepers. I love hate, let's say, with New Zealand. Yeah, yeah. That's a big love hate. This is speedy. Yeah, you still want to do that?

Yeah. Still want to do that? What do you mean? Of course. We've got a job to do. I just feel like we had a great time. We talked and now I just... We want to do that? Yeah. Still want to do that? What do you mean? Of course, we've got a job to do. I just feel like we had a great time, we talked and now I just... We want to wrap it up at 8.15. I just feel like I'm done.

Do you want to go home? Georgia, Georgia, do you want to jump in early? We'll do fact of the day. All right, she nodded. No, there's no time. Tie it in. No, we'll stick with the plan. You want to stick with the plan?

Yeah, we'll stick with the plan. Do you want to stick with the plan? Don't try to go rogue, Morn. It felt, you know, it's just not a vibe. It's the thing about being a vibe hire. Put it in its place to save curiosity. Because now I've got to change it. We've been positive and having fun,

and now I've got to talk about a dickhead. Or just dip into dickhead territory, and then we'll go back to fun. I'll dip a light toe into a dickhead. Please watch your language. Call him a doodle doodle bum bum. Thank you. Much more appropriate.

This doodle doodle bum bum was clocked doing 215 kilometres an hour in an automobile. Yeah, this guy's an absolute moron. Yeah. Hey, watch your language. This is a family show. Can you call him

a ning-nong, ninging-poo? He's a ninging-nong, ding-dong. Sorry, he's a ninging-nong. So this absolute doodle doodle bum bum ninging-nongy ding-dong

is doing 215 k's an hour. My car only goes to 220 and I don't think it actually does that. Do you know what I'm saying? The clock only goes to 220 and I don't think it actually does that. Do you know what I'm saying? My car only goes to 220. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember when they clocked this guy

and it was in the news. Just thinking like, you have no regard for anyone and anyone else's safety and yours. That's the thing. You could die in an instant. You would turn into pulp. And I don't mean to be rude.

At that point, I have less regard for your life and more whatever you're going to crash into. What a dick. Sorry. What a doody-doody pimple butt. Thank you. Please watch your language.

I'm so sorry. You could just call him a spotty bottom. Spotty bottom. What a doodoo spotty bottom. What a doodoo spotty bottom. So he was doing 215 kilometres an hour on an icy winter morning. And he told the police when they eventually caught him after

another motorist reported him that he had a soccer game in 30 minutes and he needed to get home for a shower beforehand. Who's showering before a soccer game? Why are you showering before a soccer game? You get absolutely muddy. Just confirming he's an absolute nincompoop, dirty pimple butt.

Please, it's a family show. bimby bum bum. Bottom. Body bottom. Body bottom. Did he go to prison? Like, that should be prison,

right? Yes. Or at least community service or like, no license. So it's reckless driving, You should lose your license forever.

Like, that is the kind of person you don't want on the road. Yeah. You get heavily penalized for being 20 kilometers. Yeah. That's 120 kilometers over for being 20 kilometres. Yeah. That's 120 kilometres over.

Remanded on bail and will appear again in the Invercargill District Court for sentencing in March. So March 6th. Yeah. So we don't know. We don't know. I hope we never hear from him again. That's terrifyingly fast. Yeah.

And a terrible excuse. Terrible excuse. And that's why we want to talk about terrible excuse. Terrible excuse. And that's why we're going to talk about terrible excuses. Do you reckon there'd be enough police ossifers listening that have heard the absolute whoppers? And good morning to our ossifers. Well, you know... The whoppers. Oh, yeah.

I'm well in touch with our audience. Yeah, well, you're bigger than the lesbian community. We're the preferred station of lesbians. Yeah. Preferred station of Sri Lankan listeners. Yes. After I found out on Ancestry.com that I am indeed Sri Lankan listeners after I found out on Ancestry.com that I am indeed Sri Lankan

your wife is by proxy I am indeed Sri Lankan I'm not a lesbian either surprise surprise but they've accepted me as one of their own they embrace us on Sri Lanka but you're also saying the police are big listeners

huge police listeners they would have heard some absolute cracker excuses when they've pulled people over But you're also saying the police are big listeners. Huge police listeners. They would have heard some absolute cracker excuses when they've pulled people over. I bet some of them work. Because sometimes you just be like, oh my God, I don't have the capacity to deal with this kind of crazy this morning. I'm always ready to go with a pregnancy. You know me, I blow easily.

I could, if I got pulled over. You don't look pregnant. You're so skinny. You can't pull this off. If I turn on the side, I literally disappear. Yeah.

But, you know me, I've got an acting degree and a bloaty stomach. Okay, go. Pull me over. Hi, sorry. I know, I know.

I'm just, I'm crowning right now. so I just gotta get to my hospital and my partner wasn't at home. Follow me, I'll lead the way, I'll clear the traffic and then when I get there, I'll go and get a wheelchair and I'll wheel you in. And then I would, my acting is so good, I would be able to act a baby coming out.

I have a three acting degree, it would transform you. I would be able to act a baby coming out. I have a three acting degree. It would transform you. I would be able to make this policeman believe. The doctor's like, she's not even pregnant. It's coming! Where's Aaron? Can I get my husband on the phone? And I'll be holding it

and the cop will be like, oh my god, you make a beautiful mother. You're holding it? Where did you get a baby from? Where did it come from? Don't worry, You just manifested a baby because you're that good at acting.

This is a three year. That reality itself was full. Toy Fakari degree. Right. That's how convincing. We want to know this morning, 0800-DARZENM-9696. Did you try an excuse

when you were pulled over? Yeah. And how, and was it accepted? Yeah, did it work? Or if you're a cop, what are the big whoppers you've heard? Yeah. I mean, maybe someone convinced you that they were having a baby.

Maybe they also have a three-year degree from Toy Focardi New Zealand. I don't think so. They had a baby. I don't think so. The reality itself changed. They manifested a human being. This Nink and Poop spotty bottom. That's right.

A family show. Please watch your language. Please watch your language. Kids in the car. For God's sake. Yeah, this is a guy that got caught doing 215 kilometres. On an icy morning between Gore and... Invis.

Yeah. And his excuse was, I need to go to the game. I need to get to practice soccer or something. Soccer, I've got to go and have a shower. Yeah, that's not an excuse. No. I can't even begin to imagine what 250 dollars an hour feels like. Yeah, he's going to be sentenced in March.

And we're certainly not encouraging this kind of behaviour, but it has got us talking about the excuses that people have used when they have been pulled over. Yes. Yeah. Some messages in. quick check of the phones i don't want to ruin anyone's story do i i was going down the transit lane because i was like well there's no one in it oh this is all free it was a two two and there was only one of me but i was was pregnant. Oh, okay. So I told the cop, technically. Two people in the car.

Oh, she's got you on a technicality. She's got you on a technicality. But does that, does the law... No word if it got them off or not. Does the law state that person has to be outside of you? It can't be... It doesn't say that. Can't be inside you.

Person inside person. Yeah, it can't be, because that's like a babushka. Yeah, that is a babushka doll. Because technically, you could put a babushka on your passenger seat. No, that's not a human. And you've's like a babushka. Yeah, that is a babushka doll. Because technically you could put a babushka on your passenger seat. No, that's not a human. No, they're usually. Like seven babushka. There's actually seven people in this car.

There's actually seven. And then show the cop. What? You're asking. There's one more inside, but wait. There's another one. No, you think that's the last one. Ah, ah.

You're asking. You're asking. To redo all of the transitions. Wait, wait, wait. Not to include babushkas? Wait till you get to the last one. Look how little it is. You think it's the solid one.

They were let off. They were let off for driving in the T2. Amazing. There was two people in the car. Do you know, someone messaged on the other side, they're a midwife and they were able to show that, you know, I'm a midwife and I have a mother crowning at 10. She's like 10 centimetres dilated. And they were like, okay, off you go. Oh a midwife and I have a mother crowning at 10. She's like 10 centimetres dilated and they were like, okay, off you go.

Oh, wow. Didn't have a mum crowning at 10. Emily, what excuse did you use when you were pulled over? So I was driving, but the person that was next to me really needed to go to the toilet. Okay. It was like two o'clock in the morning because we were going to get backers.

Hashtag show sponsor. Thank you. Thank you Emily. I don't know Emily if they want to be dragged into this just yet. She's the KPI queen. Let's see how it's going.

Anyway, that was what we were out doing. Yeah. And we, she goes to me, we're like, you know,

we're driving and then she goes, I really need to go to the toilet. What are we talking? Like, I'll pull over here. We're pees or poos? Well, that was the thing.

I was like, oh, we'll just pull over. She goes, no, no, it's number twos. Oh, okay. You want to pull over for a twos? I was like, oh, okay. And I said, oh, there's a petrol station up here. She goes, no, no, I can't do that. I need to go home.

No. I'm afraid not. No. You shouldn't have the super yeah we've all done it so i am beating down kiwi to drive in crash church oh goodness next minute we see sirens yep i was like well i I heard sirens. I actually got you there, Emily. I've got you there. He's got you. I've got you there. There he goes. I've got you. He's always out tripping up the call, is this guy.

Yeah, he saw thunder, heard lightning. And she looks at me and she goes, just tell him the truth. Okay. Are you serious? She goes, just tell him the truth. So I wind down my window, he looks at me, he goes, why were you going so fast? I said, she really needs to so fast? I said, she really needs to go toilet. I said

and she can't do it anywhere but home. And he just like looked at me. Her face is like pale. She's sweet. Oh yeah, yeah. And he goes, is there anything I can do to help? And I was like, is there any way you can get us to her house any quicker? And he looks

at me and goes, I don't usually do this. And he puts on the sirens and he took us home. He escorted your friend to a shed. Follow him. They're hot. Emily's hot. They're hot. You're hot, aren't you?

Emily's hot. Are you hot, Emily? Someone in that car was hot. Someone in that car was hot. It might have been the girl that was about to shoot her pants. And the cop's like, she's not going to be as hot to me if she shits herself. Take it from a 10 to an 8 real quick. Real quick.

Emily, can we get confirmation you are quite hot, aren't you? At least a solid 7, I'd say. 7's fine. Okay, fantastic. Well, there we go. From a room full of 6s. 7's great. It's higher on the food chain.

Emily, thank you so much. Anonymous, what was the excuse you used when you were pulled over well i was driving with um my girlfriend this is this is about 40 years ago so we were we were okay looking yeah about 40 years ago so we were okay looking that's really good that's really it you know what, man. You know what? Call her of the week. I don't even need any rest of the story. Yeah, let's do it. We will hear the rest of the story, but unless you get racist or something

when we have to take call her of the week away, but at this stage, it's gorgeous. Following a solid seven, so, you know, I think we were up there, but I don't want to say too much. Anyway, we were on this long, long, long, long stretch of road, and there was a cop in front of us. And we were going to try and catch this bus. I had to get her on this bus.

But anyway, this cop was going too slow. So I overtook him on the straight. I imagine the cop was probably going to speed limit, to be honest. How slow was he going? Well, he was doing about 90 and the speed limit was 100. So I sped up and overtook him and sort of waved to him as I went past.

Oh, you cheeky girl. I will say that's quite ballsy for a seven. Hi! Yeah, exactly. And so I got to about 110. Anyway, so sure enough, the lights go on,

da-da-da-da-da, and he pulls us over on this long straight and I'm like, hi officer. And he said, so look, he said,

why were you speeding? And I said, well, you were going too slow. Oh my God, the chute on you. 40 years ago, what in chute?

Eight or above. Yeah. I know. You know, the obvious reason you were going to flow. Yeah. So he checked my car out and everything. He said, do you own this car? And I'm going, well, yeah.

And then he didn't give us a ticket. He just said, you just need to slow down. Right. Did you get the bus? Did you get to the bus? Yeah, we did. We did. Oh, fantastic. That was all good. a little bit. Right. Did you get the bus? Did you get to the bus? Yeah, we did. We did. Oh, fantastic.

That was all good. Okay. Fantastic. Okay. Still Caller of the Week involved? She didn't say anything racist. No, still Caller of the Week. Still Caller of the Week.

Thanks to McCafe. We'll give you a $50 McCafe voucher. Congratulations. Somebody said, all I'm hearing is white people bullshit. And I 100% would agree with you. We've only heard from white people. Yeah, that's true. Melissa, good morning. White?

That's a white name. That's a white name. Are you white, Melissa? Very. What a visitor, Jackson. I think you should get cooler of the week now. Now, what excuse did you use when you were pulled over? First of all, I want to say fully brain-developed self

wants to kick young self's ass for doing this. Yes, okay. But I was early 20, sober driver for a group of early 20 males. That's great, good for you. I owned a Subaru B4 Twin Turbo. Oh, jeez. Here we go.

The bloody legacy rocket. Yeah. So the guys are sitting there going, oh, what's a chick doing owning a car like this? You can't even drive it. I mean, get out and find your own way home, dickhead. I was going to do you the kind favour

of driving you. Yeah, I'm sober driving. I was driving them into town. So they were already preloaded. They were preloaded. Yeah. Kick them in. In moderation.

And so we're at an inspection. There were no cars. So I boosted it through the inspection turning. Maybe let the back end slip a little bit. Right in front of a cop. Oh, yeah, Melissa. Silly girl. 80 Ks and a 50 K.

Oh, Melissa. Oh, Melissa. Naughty. I'm sorry. That's so naughty. That's very naughty. Very, very naughty. There's no excuse for that.

Some white people bullshit. Yeah. Yeah. Very much. Very entitled. Very, very naughty. There's no excuse for that. Some white people bullshit. Yeah, very much. Very entitled. Very white. But Hot Girls of Power, Talk to the Cops, had my going out outfit on too. So very high heels, very low cut dress. Oh, we're going to know.

We're going to know. This is hot white people bullshit. Are you hot, Melissa? Yeah. I don't think so, but I get attention. Yeah, she's hot. So she's at least an eight. We're going to make an eight or a nine.

Again, hot white people getting away with things. Yeah. And then a cop asked me what happened and I said, look, I'm being good. I'm sober driving, so they're not on the road. What? So you're like, I'm the better of two evils. Either they're drunk and they're on the road, or it's me.

You can have four boys on the road. Right. It's just me. And did he let you go? Because they were all hanging out the window, saying, ah, look at this, he's on four. Oh, God, okay. Larracans.

And so I just told the truth. I was like, look, they were judging my car and they were judging me and telling me I shouldn't own a car like this because I can't drive it. So I saw a fair road and thought I would show them. Melissa. Well, we've learned to listen. We've grown up, haven't we, Melissa? She did say she has learned to listen.

We've learned to listen, haven't we? Melissa, thank you. Melissa probably drives like a minivan now or something. So many messages. I'm a police officer, a scruffy old man in a dented cargo. I pulled him over doing 200, 120 kilometres. Yeah. Claimed he was heading to Hamilton to save his family

who were in a house fire. He was adamant, gave me the address. I looked it up on my phone in the system. There had been a fire at that address. So I told him, slow down. They're going to be picking up two messes. Yeah. Slow the hell down. Here's a creative excuse. My cousin got pulled over for speeding in her

skyline, told the policeman that she was Vin Diesel. He let her off, said it was a creative excuse. By the way, she is a beauty queen. Why? Vin Diesel. Again, hot white people BS. I would have said shave your head to prove it and then you can get off without a ticket.

I'd say what's it all about? Family. Family. Play ZM's Fleshborn and Hayley. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do. It's flag. It's been two weeks, two short weeks of flag week. So today is the final fact about flags.

Okay. For now. It's one of my favourite subjects. For now. Yeah, it's good. And today is about the Hawaiian. Way better than calendar week. No, that was a pretty good one as well.

Today's fact is about the Hawaiian state flag. You guys familiar with the Hawaiian state flag? I'm going to Google it. Hawaiian, I've got it right here on a big screen. Oh, wow. To describe it. Union Jack in the left hand. Union Jack in the upper left corner.

And then white stripe, red stripe, blue stripe, repeating. Yeah. Down the flag. Very stripy. But it really does commemorate the fact that they ate Captain Cook. Yum. Yum. Yummy.

Colonizer soup. Yum, yum, yum. You might also be thinking, Hawaii has never been under British rule. No, because what Captain Cook visited, and then they nom, the Sandwich Islands, I believe they were called then, right? Yeah. But even then, they were never like a British colony like we were. Wait, did they eat them or just kill them?

I think that's legend. They think the Hawaiians ate them, the Maori ate them, the Maori ate them. I don't know. Some ate them. Okay. Well, if I'd been at Polynesian Island, I would have, and they'd called for a sort of a meeting of sorts and he was there to be eaten, I would have had it. I would have had an elbowian Island, I would have, and they'd called for a sort of a meeting of sorts and he was there to be eaten, I would have had it.

I would have had an elbow or two. I would have had a little nibble. I can have the leg or part of the leg. I just like a bone to chew on. Yeah, bone it. I'm totally right. Yeah. Yeah, so people are like, well, why has it got a Union Jack in it?

Yeah, why does it? Because it's never been a British settlement. It's still got the Union Jack in it as a state flag, even though it is now American. Yeah, why does it? Because it's never been a British settlement. It's still got the Union Jack in it as a state flag, even though it is now American. Interesting. It is because King Kamehameha, real name, and also pretty rad move from Dragon Ball Z,

saved the day more than once or twice. King Kamehameha liked it. What? He just thought it looked good. Just liked the image. It's nothing to do with British rule. Nah. Amazing. He bought a boat.

He got a boat. It was originally called. Like a little catamaran or something. Nah, big one. It was a brig. It was a brig named the Forester. Jet ski. He renamed it the Kahumanu.

But they were like, oh, we'll take the flag down. And he's like, just leave it there for now. I like it. Let's change it a little bit. I quite like that. Okay. So the company that he bought it off, it was red and white stripes. So he changed one of the stripes to blue.

So it wasn't the exact thing. He's just like, I like that design. And that's how I like that. But in the corner kind of generally means we own whoever's flying it. Yeah. And he's like, no, you don't. I just like it. I just like it.

I just like the lines. I just like the lines and everything. I love it. It's quite cool, quite a cool little design. How bizarre. So, yeah, they've never been a British colony. But they've got a Union Jack in the corner because King Kamehameha liked it. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Shout out as well, you've been sent a present, Vaughan. Just because I actually hit up Pixie in our music department. Yep. And I said, I don't ask for much, Pixie, goddammit. That's what I said. I'm grabbed by the scruff.

Scruff. You said, listen to me. Listen to me, sweetheart. Come on, sweetheart. A couple of slaps. You're being hysterical. Yeah. Snap out of it, she.

I said, is the record label that looks after Chapel Rowan doing any merch? Because back in the day, let me tell you about back in the day, Hayley. Back in the day. Thank you. I am the youngest of the show. Back in the day, you'd get a CD. Every time an album came out. Really?

And you'd hold on to it. And if it said, you know, if it didn't have this as sample product on it, you'd be off to real groovy. Oh, my. You'd sell it. You'd trade it. You'd get yourself some credit to buy some video games. It may come for you. Terrible pay. Yeah. Getting yourself some credit to buy some video games. Make up for your terrible pay.

Yeah. It was great days. It was great days. And they send you T-shirts and you're like, I'm not wearing a, I'm not wearing a. What was that band? Alien and Fum. I would have worn that probably. What was that band?

Ocean Avenue. Yellow Card. No, they were great. I wouldn't have worn the T-shirt. Right. Okay. Attracted the wrong crowd. Right.

And so I sit and she's like, oh, I don't know if they've said no. Well, you've been sent one. Well, I've been sent one. Geordie, I don't know if she had this made one. Lovely listener Geordie. I've got a Chapel Rome t-shirt. She's my favourite artist this year. I can't wait for Spotify Rap to come out. iHeart Radio app's my preferred rap, but

KPI. You look so good in it, by the way. You look so great, yeah. She's gone a couple of sizes big and I was reluctant and then I put it on and Hayley's like, skinny. I said skinny. Now, something else we both put on this morning because you messaged the group last night with an idea. Well, okay, my friend and friend of the-

Did I say Geordie's name and say thank you very much? Yeah, thank you, Geordie. She also wrote me a lovely card. Thank you, Geordie. Thank you for the T-shirt. Immediately now my favourite T-shirt. So, yes, my friend, personal friend and friend of the show, Karen Walker. She's away at the moment and she's off in Germany, I guess.

It's still one of my favourite moments when you broke her Barbie doll right in front of her. Like a week into starting radio. It was so bad. It was so bad. Anyway, somehow she's forgiven me and I noticed that she's over-celebrating the fact that Birkenstock, it's turning 250.

I saw this billboard. Yeah, the billboard, the giant obnoxious lit up billboard outside my apartment said 250. And I was like, you're telling me they've been around for that long. I know, they have been. Because I'm like German or something.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. His name was like Johann Birkenstock. Right, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. His name was like, Johann Birkenstock. Right, okay. Yeah, so 250 years ago, I started the company. And you know us, we're transitioning from winter to summer

at the moment, gently. And I said, tomorrow we're hard launching in celebration of 250 years of Birkenstocks. I said, the whole team, we're all going to arrive in Birkenstocks.

Now the girls said, we're poor, we don't have any. And I said, boo-hoo. Yeah, right. Okay. But the three of us. They could have worn sandals or jandals. Yeah, Birkin mocks. But the three of us, we always wear our Birks in summer. So I said, right, us three, we're going to all wear them together.

And this morning I went to leave the house. I don't know where they are now. Yeah, I was literally on the way to work in my Birkin socks thinking it's a little nippy for Birkin socks. But Hayley said. And Hayley did say it's the first day of Birkin socks. We've got to do it. And then you messaged saying, I think I've left mine in the Coromandel.

I said this is a great time to realise I've actually left my Birkenstocks in the Coromandel. So I'm in Chuck Taylor's. But did you bring the Bondi Sands? Why? I didn't Bondi Sands. I forgot everything. Okay, we're gonna hard launch Monday. Bondi Sands. I'm not here on Monday. Tuesday Bondi Sands. I'll bring the Bondi

Sands. I was hoping you could take care of these translucent feet of mine. Yeah, they are orbs of light to guide us all through the dark. You can actually see the bones of your feet. Yeah. I can see the carpet through your foot. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. White Ferns in studio. Yeah.

Champions. We're on a bit of a cricket buzz at the moment, aren't we? Because the lads, let's not dwell on them for too long, but they just had like a historic win in India. Yeah, they were pretty awesome. So it's been a good few weeks for New Zealand cricket and it's a good thing leading into the summer. Yep.

World champ. God, we're good at sport, eh? Yeah. I say we. I'm sort of chucking myself in there. We're good at sport, eh? Yeah. I say we. I'm sort of chucking myself in there. We're good at sport, New Zealand. So we are joined in studio. Oh, yeah, Izzy and Maddie.

Izzy and Maddie from the White Ferns. Maddie and Izzy. Izzy, you're a wicketkeeper. Yes, yes, I am. Oh, that microphone. Is that working now? Is that on? No, we've got endless problems with this.

Just share. Yeah, you have to share them. We've got some mic problems. Yeah, wicketkeeper myself. But Maddie Green here, backup wicket-keeper, and pretty handy with the gloves too. Oh, no, there's a bit of a joke going around with the girls. We took one wicket-keeper over at Izzy to the World Cup

and I was the backup and I was very, very grateful as I think our teammates were that she sort of managed to get through unscathed. Oh, good. Fletch, you cricketed. Cricket's a sport you love. Yeah, I do love it. Yeah, I'm not very good though. Yeah, the moment these girls walked in, you were like, I've actually got you cricketed. You, like, cricket's a sport you love. I do love it, yeah. I'm not very good, though.

Yeah, well, the moment these girls walked in, you were like, I've actually got a bit of a shoulder injury, so I don't know if I'll be bowling any time. I was like, who is this character? No, that's how he got his in before. That's how his shoulder's done. His medium pace.

Yeah, I've retired. I've retired, yeah. Medium pace. Yeah. That's it, yeah. We could play some hallway cricket. Yeah. Oh, yeah, I'll still roll over for some hallway cricket. Don't you worry. I'm not retired from that. Bit of BYC. Yeah, bit of BYC. I've That's it. We could have played some hallway cricket. I'll still roll over for some hallway cricket.

Don't you worry. I'm not retired from that. Bit of BYC. I've literally never played. I would be useless at cricket. Don't sell yourself. No, no, I would. Someone once explained it to me. Because when they'd say the scores, I'd be like, that doesn't make any sense. Why is one number so much higher than the other? And someone

explained it to me and I understood it for 24 hours and then it left my brain. So I just wouldn't be able to do it. I think one of the classic cricket questions for someone that doesn't know, they're like, oh, who's winning? Yeah, I love a who's winning in a test match. Who's winning? It's just not clear. Two days into the first innings. It's just not clear why we're here for five days and one number is so much higher than the other.

Yeah. It was like, it was actually you guys on TV, my daughters were watching and it was on the news. Inspirational. Inspirational. And they said, wow, they thrashed them. Like, these guys got 200 and the other people only got two. I was like, oh no, that's one's runs and one's how many wickets they've lost to get there.

So, it is weird because I grew up kind of playing a little bit of cricket myself. Famously terrible. But you understand the scores. So many people don't understand how the scoring of cricket works, do they? I feel like if you haven't grown up with it, it is a little confusing. But, yeah, no, it's good.

We love it. We love it. Obviously, and you're good at it. You must be on such a high. This is so great. Yeah, definitely. And the trophy tour is pretty cool, getting around the country and, yeah, hopefully inspiring some younger girls.

How were the celebrations after the win? Yeah, they were pretty good. It was actually the old girls that really sent it. Really? Yeah, that was awesome. Our two oldest, Susie Bates, 37, and she was up for sunrise. It was fantastic. Is that why the trophy has a little ding in it?

Yeah, there's a couple of scratches here. Yeah, there's a few stories that maybe we shouldn't be telling. The untold story of the trophy scratch. Well, they can't be worse than the Ranfelli Shield stories. No, definitely not. That's not our style. No, the trophy went on a little trip out to the beach for sunrise. Oh, nice.

Yeah, no, it was good. The girls gave it a good nudge. It's the sort of trophy you couldn't be drunk out of, could it? No, Leah actually tried to put a beer in it and it just all came out the bottom. Yeah, it's not a sort of a cup there. It could be drank out of. No.

As you say, hoping to inspire people. It is inspiring, man. It's so awesome. Like you say, young girls watching it, pretty cool. Yeah. Especially when I was growing up, it's just like you can be a dancer or a mum. Okay.

I shall do neither of those things. Or a mum. Yeah. Well, thanks so much for coming in and bringing the trophy. This was impromptu where you were outside. Yeah. Hayley said there's a trophy outside. I was actually in the middle of changing a t-shirt, so I walked around and I do apologise

if nipples are seen. If nipples are seen. They're good nipples, but we didn't need to see them this early. Yeah, certainly not this time of the day. No. On a Friday. Hell of a way to ruin a weekend. Doing a bit of a trophy tour. I think you guys will be in Britomart if anyone's in Auckland this early. Yeah, certainly not this time of the day. No. On a Friday, hell of a way to ruin a weekend. Doing a bit of a trophy tour,

I think you guys will be in Britomart if anyone's in Auckland later today. Yeah, Britomart, 3.30, come on down, get a picture with the trophy, and a few of us will be around. Nice. Amazing. Congrats, guys.

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