ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - 9th October 2024

Episode Date: October 8, 2024

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The ZM Podcast Network. The Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley Big Pod. Great things are brewing at McCafe. The perfect start to every day. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Thank you Bryn. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. And we're down to Hayley this morning.

Yeah, big adventures in the snow. Too much for that little fella. Yeah, turned 35. And her immune system was like, no, no more. Not today. Yeah, she was sick on the plane yesterday, wasn't she? I was right next to her. Was she snoring?

Because she was asleep for the whole flight. I had headphones. Ah, right. So I couldn't tell. She was snoring on all of them. But she had her sunglasses on, hoodie pulled over her head. Yeah. Yeah, she was away with the fairies.

Yeah. So, yeah, hopefully she'll be back with us tomorrow. We've got the top six on the way. Yeah, a medical centre that was struggling was apparently given the advice to put a cafe in. It made financial sense. Because that's, of course, when I'm surrounded by sick people who are there to be treated because they're sick.

I always think, man, I could do with a muffin in this open air when I'm sharing with people with communicable diseases. I'm always in the doctor's waiting room surrounded by posters of, you know, like meningitis and cancer and melanoma and all those. And I think, God, I would actually love a mochaccino right now. Yes, with a quiche. Yeah, with a quiche. A mochaccino in an open-topped quiche and a custard square. You know, they do call the custard square the petri dish of the bakery. But yeah, I mean, GPs are struggling at the moment.

Because if you think about it, they're running a business there. You go to that old house that used to be someone's house in the 50s. It's now a GP centre. Yeah. They're struggling. They've got to pay the rates, the mortgage, the power, everything. Tough times because it costs a living. Out of control. And some people can't even get a doctor.

So I have got a suggestion for the top six types of shops inside shops. Stores inside stores. Oh, yeah. Okay, because dairies, I don't want to ruin your list, but dairies do this with the vapes. They have a mini vape store in the dairy. Yeah, they do because they've got their ordinary dairy sign

and then they've got that dairy's name in pink above it and vapes in different writing, don't they? And that's how they got around some sort of legislation that was brought in. And I mean, famously, cafes inside garden centres and hardware stores. Oh, yeah, they do. That's a classic. But let's put some more stores inside stores. Okay, some great ideas coming up soon in the top six.

Next on the show, though. Mount Everest. You familiar? I'm familiar. With the world six. Next on the show, though. Mount Everest. You familiar? I'm familiar. With the world's tallest mountain? Sir Edmund Hillary. New Zealand. Our very own.

The first one to conquer it. He knocked the bastard off. Yeah. Well, someone resurrect Sir Ed. Oh, God, why? He needs to get back up there. I don't know if that's going to be possible. Well, we'll see.

What did they do with Sir Ed? Did they bury him or cremate him? I don't know. Surely some of to be possible. Well, we'll see. What did they do it through? Did they bury him or cremate him? I don't know. Surely some of the ashes made their way up Everest. Oh, like give it a sprinkle. Surely. Give it a sprinkle. Oh, well, I'm not sure either.

I'll look into that also, but I've got some news on Everest next. Play ZM's Flashborn and Hayley. Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain. Yes. From? Sea level? What's that? Remember there's another one. Oh, no, that's right. It's tallest mountain. Yes. From sea level. What's that? Remember there's another one.

Oh, no, that's right. It's that volcano. If you take it from the base of the ocean. Of the seafloor. Of the sea. Because isn't there that one that comes up and it's just one continuous mountain. And it's massive.

So it would be taller than Everest if it was all above sea level. Right. But it's not. So it doesn't count. And that's how we measure mountains from sea level. Well, Everest is growing and continues to grow. So, right, like how much?

Wow, incrementally. In the last 89,000 years. Okay, here we go. They got me in on this. You've click baited. Erosion pushing Mount Everest's peak higher, research shows. And so I was immediately like, I was taught in geography

that erosion's what stops mountains from growing. The tectonic plates push together and go up. Oh yeah, it crumbles and falls down doesn't it? Yeah, and the top's the weakest part. It's like if, you know, not an ice cream, that's not quite right. I was going to say that, the tip of the ice cream's the weakest part of the ice cream.

If you were making a cake and you were just trying to make it higher and higher, eventually the cake's not going to say, the tip of the ice cream is the weakest part of the ice cream. It's not quite right. If you were making a cake and you were just trying to make it higher and higher, eventually the cake's not going to be out. And the top's the weakest part. It'll topple down. So that's how I thought it would work. But apparently it's pushing it up because of some erosion by neighbouring rivers. Right. And it's kind of pushing things together.

So not in the last year, but in the last hundreds of thousands. Well, half a mil a year as a result of the erosion of nearby rivers. Half a mil, okay. According to some Chinese university research. So since Sir Ed... Pucker all. Climbed it. How much has it gone up?

50, so 70 years. And then 75 mil. Okay. Three and a half centimetres. So out of everybody, he's actually... Yeah, lots of people have climbed it if they put their foot right on the top. Yeah, they've actually gone higher than him. Haven't they?

Yeah, they have. I mean, as soon as he went up and came back down and the next person went up, you know, if we're... It was a millimetre, yeah. But then he was also quite tall, wasn't he? That is true. He was very tall. He was.

What was Sir Ed rocking? I'd put Sir Ed at 6'4". I'm just Googling. Hi. 1.98. Yeah, he was a big boy. He was a big unit. Yeah, big boy.

6'5". Although very tall, he was stronger than his fellow climbers. Right, so most climbers, he would be taller than anyway. I mean, I don't know the tallest person to climb Everest. That might not have an extensive knowledge of the entire Nepalese population. He'd be a giant. He'd be a giant in Nepal. So even with that millimetre a year, he's still going to be taller on the top of the world than most

people that have climbed Everest. I've just found a TikTok for meet Nepal's tallest man, Rajan Ahedekari. He's very, very tall. Right, because I just kind of said everyone in Nepal was short, didn't I? We did. Well, that's why I said I wasn't familiar with the entire population of Nepal's heights. Is there like an extensive directory of everyone that's climbed Everest? Or is it just too many people now?

Like, is there a... There must be. There must be documents of every person. Surely you get a certificate. But you said in that climbing season, there's literally like a bloody... Oh, it's insane. A line to sit on Santa's knee.

I wouldn't enjoy that. The line up to Everest. Well, no, you're literally lining up in a zone called the death zone where your body starts to shut down due to, you know, the elements around, the lack of oxygen, the temperature, the exposure. Yeah, and the guy in front of you is moving slowly. It's like, no way. That just sounds like absolute hell on earth.

Yeah, no way. That's not hard. I'm getting a height. I've found his name. I'm getting it. He's 8 foot 4 inches, the tallest man in Nepal. Okay, Tenzing Norgay, who was the Sherpa that climbed with Sir Ed, was 1.73 meters.

That is okay. So that's pretty tall. That's pretty good. He must have been pretty tall, but compared to Sered, of course. Yeah. He looked short. And he was carrying all the gear. Good little fella.

Seven foot three is how tall the tallest Nepalese man is. The tallest person ever was eight foot four. Okay. Yeah. I just wanted to correct myself there and no further insult the people of Nepal. Play ZM's slash Vaughan and Hayley. I haven't applied for a job in a very long time.

You would be the same. We've been working together for 20 years. Yeah, I have. I mean, I'm applying for jobs all the time. Get me out of here. You're a monster.

But I don't seem to be successful. So you're stuck here with me and Hayley. Until I work out. Or like what you're doing with life. Or when you win Lotto.

Yeah. That's kind of everybody's escape plan, isn't it? Don't feel, I mean, this part of our industry, a job application would be weird. Yeah, like what? Like sending in a resume. Every time I've applied for a radio job,

it's been like, oh, do you have like, initially it was like, do you have like a highlights reel of you doing a radio show? Yeah. And then it might be an informal phone call or interview. Yeah, if they asked me now, I'd say, piss off, find the podcast.

That's what I'd say. And they'd be like, man, I love this guy's attitude. Hire him now. But increasingly more people are using AI to help them get a job. A study out of America showed that 73% of Americans have used AI on their job application that they were applying for and that they got the job.

I would 100% use. Oh, 100%. Because they've got some tips because the systems that they're using now, a lot of the companies in America, and it must be the same here in New Zealand. I think there was a Fortune 500 company. So those are the 500 biggest companies in America. 99% of those companies are using ATS software, which is like applicant tracking software, they call it.

So it's all computerized. Oh, into company. So they could say, oh, they applied for a job here and here. No, no, no. The companies, each of these companies are using this software. Right. And apparently it's very rare now that a human will actually read your CV in the early stages. So AI scans it for what they're looking for.

So they tell AI what they're looking for and then this scans through. So people are using AI and suggesting keywords that help them get through those, like to be picked up by the computer software? That's clever. It's clever, eh? It's saving time, isn't it? Just filtering out the good stuff. So, yeah, there are the tips, basically.

You know, say that you want a prompt, that you want a cover letter, you paste your CV, you paste the relevant job description, and then review and edit the cover letter yourself those are the tips that you should do okay but yeah apparently yeah using ai is just the way to go i'm on it now i said can you help me create a job application i said absolutely i can help you with that to get started provide some details about the job you're applying for your qualifications any specific experience you might like to highlight. Okay, a giraffe patter. Okay, the job is to pat. Yep, giraffes.

Three times a day. Three times a day. How often do giraffes need pats? I don't think they need pats at all. That sounds like a unique and fun job. Yeah, doesn't it? That's what AI said. Here's a draft of your application.

Okay. Dear hiring manager, I'm excited to apply for a draft of your application. Okay. Dear hiring manager, I'm excited to apply for the position of giraffe padding specialist. With a deep appreciation for wildlife and a passion for animal care, I believe I'd be an excellent fit for this unique role. Yeah. I've always had a fascination with giraffes and their gentle nature. My previous experience working with animals at, insert zoo here,

has equipped me with the skills necessary to engage safely and respectfully with these majestic creatures. I understand the importance of building trust and ensuring the well-being of the animals in my care. In addition to the hands-on experience, I've got a strong background in, insert any relevant educational training here, I am committed to providing the best possible experience

for both the animals and the visitors, making each interaction meaningful and enjoyable. That is wild. That took you, like, what, two seconds to type that in? And I literally said giraffe patter three times a what, two seconds to type that in? And I literally said giraffe patter three times a day and it worked out that, you know, my- But also like completely embellished that you have this passion and experience

with patting giraffes. I'm eager to bring my enthusiasm and dedication to Insert Company here and contribute to creating memorable experiences for guests while ensuring the comfort and happiness of the drafts. This is just all, it just means that work's going to be hiring people that know how to use AI and that are lazy. Can you help my daughter write a short paragraph

to be given to the neighbours, offering her services keeping their cats company while they're at work which is a great service right yeah right hi neighbors my name is

and I love cats hello my name is Fletch and I love cats I would like to offer my services to keep your furry friends company while you're at work. I can play with them, give them some treats, and make sure they feel loved and happy. If you're interested, please let me know.

I'd be excited to help. Thanks. Oh, that would be a good holiday job for your daughter. Just pass them around and she'd bloody love it. God, AIA. I mean, it's scary, but God, it's good. Yeah. And it's now going to write the top six

because I've got one and five more to go. Play. ZM. Fletchvorn and Hayley. Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah. This is the top six. Hello and good morning and welcome to the top six.

A struggling GP practices health New Zealand committee told them to start a cafe to bring in cash. Inside the clinic. It's not like, hey, you've got that spare space out the front. That's a separate title

or whatever. It's a little bit away. Start a cafe. Which might work. No. Because if you're in the waiting room and they're like, come back in 15

and you popped out and you got a coffee and you came back. Nobody wants to get a coffee where everybody's like, ah. Yeah, but that's why it has to be a separate building. But you're right. It's right next and you came back. Nobody wants to get a coffee where everybody's like, yeah, but that's why it has to be a separate building. But you're right, it's right next to the doctors, the whole thing. I mean, yeah, doctors are struggling.

Like, people, like, they're shutting down. People can't get appointments for weeks. Yeah, and... Some people can't even enrol to get a local GP. Others are hosting sausage sizzles and asking patients to pay one forward to help patients who can't afford the rising fees. Yeah, it's nuts.

It's crazy, right? Yeah. Shavers. Well, off the back of that, I've got the top six other stores to put inside stores. Yeah, okay. Number six on the list, a pet store inside a bank.

Okay. Because then you'll be like, ooh, and you'll walk over and the person from the bank was like, I'm just checking your account. You can't afford that. Oh, okay. Or you can get that cat. Yeah, you can afford.

Actually, no, don't go for that nice expensive one that's going to have high medical bills because of its inbreeding. Go for that one there. That'll live forever on the smell of an oily rain. Because I can see your accounts. Yeah, I can see the accounts. It's not looking good. And also, banks have been downsizing so much.

Like, a lot of the branches have been shutting because no one goes into the bank anymore. Unless you I can see the accounts. It's not looking good. And also, banks have been downsizing so much. Like, a lot of the branches have been shutting because no one goes into the bank anymore unless you're, like, old. Yeah. Because you're still online. Unless you're the exact

sort of person that then is going to get scammed on the phone because they're going to call you and you're like, finally, someone from the bank. Yeah. And then it's not.

It's a scammer. Number five on the list of the top six stores inside stores, clothing store inside a gym. As someone who was this year told he smelled at the gym, it would have been a great sales pitch

to get into immediately by New Year. I know a lot of them sound like they've got the protein shakes. Yeah. Might have a little protein cafe. I'm talking about a clothing store. Yeah, right. A full clothing store. You can go get some gym clothes. Gym clothes are on the way out. You might just be like, actually, I'll just nip in there and get some fresh.

How many times are you like, oh, I forgot my gym pants or gym top. I better go home. You can't go home. You can buy a new top. You can buy them there. But it's like at an airport. They'll just hike the prices because they got you.

Yeah. By the short and the curlies. Number four on the list of the top six stores inside stores, lolly shop inside a hardware store. Because I always buy, I've said I'll always buy a three pack of peanut slabs, coconut,

or the almond gold. It does surprise me because tradies love that little mid-afternoon sugar hit and lollies. They love lollies. You'd think Mitre 10 would do more lollies. More lollies. More lollies.

There's quite a few lollies up in the trade part. Is there? Yeah. I think there's more lollies. More lollies. Yeah,llies. There's quite a few lollies up in the trade part. Is there? Yeah. I think there's more lollies. Yeah, more lollies. Like a lolly store.

Yeah. With a guy in a red and white striped shirt and a little apron on the front. Yes. Like a Willy Wonka started that movie

sort of situation. And you're like, whereabouts are the jet planes? He's like, aisle six. Because he always knows exactly where

they are. I'm not saying it needs to take over the entire store. I was. Oh, okay. You're calling for a lolly store the size of a Mitre 10. That's a lolly store.

Exactly. That's insane. Number three on the list of the top six stores inside stores. Sleeping booths. Yeah. Like a short-term, higher-by-the-hour. Okay. Like a hotel?

Pods. Much smaller. Pods. You know those ones you see in Japan? You climb into the hexagon and it looks like a beehive. Absolutely not. No way. A sleeping booth at a mechanics workshop.

Oh, yes. Because you never know how long they're going to be. Yes. Or at VTNZ. Yeah. Climb up there and have a little snooze. Put your car in the car park, put your key in the thing, and then climb up and have yourself an hour's snooze.

Love that. Because otherwise you just sit in your car. Yeah. Not a comfortable snooze. Or you sit in the waiting room in the chair. Oh, no, no. Not sitting in the waiting room, unless they absolutely have to.

Number two on the list of the top six stores inside stores. If you're a barbershop or a hairdresser and you're struggling, how about a broom or vacuum store inside your store? Oh, and then you can show them how good it is by sucking up their hair. Because a lot of them already have a barista in store down there where you can buy

a coffee or get a free one. A lot of barbers. I've seen some in the city. Yeah, lots too. Oh, I've never heard that. I've been offered a drink before at a barber's. That was a nice touch. Yeah. But I've never seen a vacuum store or a coffee. Did they make it in there?

Yeah. That's bougie. Yeah, there's one just down the road. And number one on the list of the top six stores inside stores, a butchery inside a flower shop. Or a flower shop inside a butchery. Right, so you can pick up your meatballs for dinner and buy your wife some flowers. Well then, yeah, totally.

Yeah. It would be a reminder to pick up some flowers every now and then. Okay. Yeah. I mean, that's just a supermarket, isn't it? What you're describing there? It's getting there. It just doesn't have bread.

It doesn't have bread or milk. That is today's top six. Play ZM's Fletch for the Daily. Play ZM. Halloween is how many days away? Well, tomorrow's. Man, this year is. One, two, three.

This year is flying. Great maths for me. Good maths on the fly for you. Tomorrow's the 10th. Three weeks from the 10th. Yeah. 21 days later. It's the 31st.

It's a Thursday. Yes. And that means a lot of people will have Halloween parties, I guess, the weekend before or the weekend after. I would go after because it's the closest. After is you're not going to be here. Is that why that party got moved? Well, there's a whole lot of reasons.

Right. That's just when everyone can make it. That's the first weekend of November. You've got your second and your third of November. Your first of November is your Friday. I mean, I'm spelling this out, but it's literally the day after. You should know. Anyway, costumes, easy costumes, pop culture references,

2024 references for costumes. What's going to be easy? What are people going to be dressing as? There was an article about it, and I found a Reddit thread where people are speculating on what's going to be massive this year. Okay. Jojo Siwa with the whole, remember how she did the black and white face paint and kind of looked a bit like Kiss

and claimed that she was doing something no one had ever done before and that was a bit of fun. Fallout. That's easy because that's just a pair of overalls. Yeah, that would be so good. You could make your own Fallout from the TV show. You could make your own Fallout bunker costume. That would be very easy.

God, I love that show. Have they been filming more? Because I know, have you seen The Last of Us new trailer? No, I haven't. That's got to be good as well. That's the start of next year. That's only a few months away. Yeah.

So that's it. I mean, video games. There's lots of video games and TV shows that have been made from video games. It could go as. I feel like a lot of people did Squid Games, but their new season's coming up. That could be another sitter. That'll be after Halloween though, right? Yeah, you can buy those costumes.

Yeah, they saw that, didn't they? Oh, they knew they saw that coming. Someone on this thread said, I'm going to go as a Boeing jet and just crash parties. That's funny. That's good from them. Inside Out 2, somebody said, they'll speculate that. And Travis

And Taylor costumes Like couples will go as Travis and Taylor Oh yeah okay Just a football jersey For a dude with a beard That's what Maddie and Ryan Did last year

Oh did they Yeah so they were ahead of They were ahead of the curve On that one Maddie was Taylor Swift Yes Ryan was Travis Kelsey Yes

Okay Um Yeah a lot of Chapel Rhone Would you go as Chapel Rhone I love Chapel Rhone And I think Once you've got an Ryan was Travis Kelsey. Yes. Okay. Chapel Roan? Would you go as Chapel Roan? I love Chapel Roan. And I think once you've got a red-colored wig, you could just wear the wackiest shit you could find

and just say it was, oh, no, remember Chapel Roan did a concert dressed as this? Just go as Chapel Roan. She's always, oh, my God, someone on the set. Is it time to return to the, is Austin Powers back? No, surely not. The Hawk Tour girl. I don't know how you dress as her.

You'd probably have to look like her. Yeah, or just spend the whole night. And this won't be annoying at all. Just doing. Doing that. The Hawk Tour. Hawk Tour thing. Somebody said brat.

Yeah. So like furs and sunglasses inside and Charlie. Just basically Charlie Hicks. That'd be easy. That'd be a very easy one. Lots of different... Wicked? Yeah, because that movie's coming out.

If you want to paint yourself green, but that's also like an old... But then you just look like Shrek as well and people might get confused. Somebody on this said, I'm currently bald from chemo. Looking to, before my hair grows back, make the most of my year being able to do a bald costume well.

So then asked for suggestions. Oh, what were people saying? Uncle Fester from the Addams Family. Yep. Yep. A blue man from the Blue Man Group. Oh, no. No, that's.

You're going to get blue all over your pillow. Yeah. At the end of the night. You blew yourself. Captain Jean-Luc Picard or any, you could go as Professor X. Yeah, people are also saying The Joker because of the sequel, which apparently, yeah, people aren't liking it, are they? And I'm one of those people, when I found out it was a musical,

I haven't seen it, when I found out it was a musical, I said, what? Wait, it's a musical? And then you go back through all the press, they're like, the next one's going to be a musical, the next one's going to be a musical. They've been telling us all along. Oh, right. Lady Gaga. The whole thing is a musical. I said, what? Wait, it's a musical? And then you go back through all the press. They're like, the next one's going to be a musical. The next one's going to be a musical. They've been telling us all along. Oh, right. Wait, so the whole thing is a musical. The whole thing's a musical. Oh, no way.

Yeah. Ray Gunn. The Australian breakdancer. That'd be pretty easy. A lot of people saying that you just get a green tracksuit. Green and gold tracksuit. Bridgerton. Dune. So that second movie came out earlier this year.

You just get a little bit of pipe. Don't they wear the things up there? A little bit of pipe. Put a bit of pipe in it. Put a straw. Cut a straw. Put that on your schnozzies

and then they wear all black, don't they, with a scarf sort of situation. There you go. Some great ideas. Yeah. No New Zealand politicians on the list.

Oh, no no How would you I think Chris Fleming If you're a small bald man Then you could totally go as Larson Put a suit on Yeah And go as the Prime Minister Yeah you could totally do that

Great idea Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley Silly little po Silly little po It is so silly silly silly That the silly little po Silly little pole, silly little pole. It is so silly, silly, silly that the silly little pole, silly little pole. Silly little pole, silly little pole.

Silly little pole. I think we just discussed this yesterday because it was Hayley's birthday. Yeah. And the producer girlie said, are you going to cry? And Hayley said, what do you mean? And they said, don't you just like every birthday have like a little cry? Which Shannon... What are you talking about?

This is a thing? Yeah, it's definitely a thing. But why are you crying? It's your birthday. It's a happy day. It just like is this trope that girlies always say they cry. It's whether it's at a party or the morning of or someone lets you down. Every birthday, the girlies just have a little cry.

Jeez, you need some better friends. You've got to like reflect on the last year and stuff and be like, wow. And it makes you cry. Like it doesn't necessarily mean a bad cry. You're just like, damn. A cry, okay. Just another year on this planet. Exactly. And like chatting with your partner and like, oh

yeah, I cry every year. Well, I mean, you'll cry over you. Well, I mean, you know what? You're not alone because I thought this was ridiculous and then these results came in.

Do birthdays give you a mini crisis slash make you cry? 44% of people said yes. 56% said no. Just over half. Wow, that's so,

I mean, I guess there are a lot of expectations on people or they put them on themselves like at a certain age, I'm going to be married. I'm going to have kids. Oh, don't do that. Yada, yada. Yeah, I guess there are a lot of expectations on people, or they put them on themselves. Like, at a certain age, I'm going to be married. I'm going to have kids. Don't do that. Yada, yada.

Yeah, I know. That's why I never set goals. Yeah. Because you fail, and it feels bad. Whereas if you have no expectations and things go well, that feels good. Then you can just enjoy your birthday. Yeah.

Wow, some feedback. Sam says, I can't explain it. I hate getting presents. Everyone looks at you when you're opening them, and it's weird, and you just feel weird. I can't explain it. I hate getting presents. Everyone looks at you when you're opening them and it's weird and you just feel weird. I couldn't care less about getting older, though. It's just when everyone's looking at me, I feel a lot of pressure.

Oh, right. Okay. Okay. Easy. Just don't get presents and don't have people. Yeah. Melanie said, I'm getting older, but I have friends who don't get to have birthdays anymore. So each birthday is a gift

and way, way better than the alternative. Oh, wow. That's a good way of looking at it. Privileged experience, the old birthday. Expectations are never met on how special I believe I am to be treated, says Meredith. Who sounds like a nightmare. So she's set expectations too high. Again, life is all about managing expectations.

Some people call it negative. Some people call it avoiding disappointment by managing your expectations. Preeti says, yes, I cry. I don't know why. It's not always sad. I just feel like it's a big day and then I just have a cry. Just in the presence of the day. Man, I really am a robot, eh? Yeah, I don't cry on my birthday, I don't think. I know. Unless it's an anniversary of something bad happening. Then you might be like...

Yeah, but not a birthday. Yes, but this year I went abroad and it was the best birthday I've ever had in a long, long time, says Mel. Maybe that's the trick. Yeah. Get out of the country on your birthday. Do you remember that time I missed my entire birthday flying home? Yes.

And if you don't like birthdays, that could be a tip for you. Fly back from the, I don't know, somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Yeah. And miss the whole day. Or America or Europe.

Yeah, miss the... Oh, no. No, because you'd... Because if they come back from Europe the other way, it's got to be that... Unless you're going to go Europe, America, home.

Yeah, leave the night before your birthday and then you'll land the day after. And there you go. No one looking at you. No tears. Perfect. No cake. Oh, there might you'll land the day after. And there you go. No one looking at you. No tears. Perfect.

No cake. Oh, there might be cake on the plane. No candles. You could take a little cake for yourself. Yeah. Eat it before, though, and don't bring it through customs. Yeah. It's a privilege to age, said Rachel.

Embrace it as you are lucky. Yeah. Carolyn says, yes, but only because no one does anything special or exciting for me, so it's just another boring day, except now I'm sad. For Christ's sake, if you know Carolyn, make her birthday special, will you? She's been brought to tears. Linda, no, Christmas is when I do my cry. Oh.

What, just all the family together? It's emotional? Maybe family not there? Good or bad cry? I'm not exactly sure. And Megan said, last birthday, my darling husband forgot my birthday. The year before that, I had terrible gastro. And these things come in three, so I'm a bit worried about this year.

Yeah. He won't forget again. No, no. He won't forget again. And if he does, maybe he's going to lose the title of husband, I think. That is a little poem. Play ZM's Fleshborn and Hayley. Well, it has been announced that Cinnabon is coming to New Zealand.

Now, I know Carwen's excited because you've had this overseas. It's always at airports, eh? Yeah, or like those big shopping centres. Yes, they're always in malls in America. They've been going like 40 years or something, but they're finally coming here because, you know, I love a Cinnabon. It's a bit of cool soul. Yes, it works there.

When he goes into sort of like black market witness protection. It's a not official. Not official government issued witness protection. Because I still have to finish Better Call Saul. Oh my God. I know. Because I took ages to finish it. I know.

Ages to finish it. But you've got to watch it on a roll too. So much happens. Everybody raves about it. Yeah, it Ages to finish it, but shit, you gotta watch it on a roll too so much happens. Everybody raves about it. Yeah, it's on par with Breaking Bad really. He moves to Omaha and manages a Cinnabon

and they did look yum. Oh yeah, they're yum. Like they don't hop back on the icing and that, you know I love a cinnamon bun

with lots of icing. Yeah, and like they always have them warm. Yeah, they're always warm. They're always warm, fresh, melty. Oh my God. When do they're always warm. So they're like warm, fresh, melty.

Oh, my God. When do they ice them? You can't ice a warm bun. No, but I think they, like where they're stored in the store is like constantly a little bit warm. I think it's on like one of those heating kind of, you know, buffet tray. That would work. Yeah.

Because it's heating from below. It's the bottom. If it was a room heat, the icing wouldn't set. The glaze. It's good stuff. It is more of a glaze than, the icing wouldn't set. The glaze. It's good stuff. It is more of a glaze than it is icing. It's a thick glaze. Oh, just brilliant. I don't know yet. I don't think I've ever had one.

I think I squealed when I saw this email come through. Like, it's exciting. It's exciting. Yeah. I mean, how are we going on the obesity ranking as a country? Well, do you want to be number one or not? Yeah, well, that's what I'm saying. Are we just, like, pulling out all the stops? We're number one. I'm happy to do my part want to be number one or not? Yeah, well, that's what I'm saying. Are we just pulling out all the stops? We're number one.

We're number one. With cinnamon buns. Yeah, me too. Good stuff. It's good news, New Zealand. Next on the show, we're going to play Vaught and Smith's... Wait a minute. We're seeing where we are. Rank. Oh, aren't we number three or four or something? Not according to this, sir.

Where are we? Where are sir. Where are we? Where are we? Where are we? We've got to be up here somewhere. Why are we on this list? What list are you looking at? American Samoa, number one. Yep.

Nauru, number two. Who did this list? It's by data at the World Obesity, Global Obesity Observatory website. Like an observatory on top of a hill that looks at the stars. Except it looks for obesity. Right, okay. With a big telescope.

Where are you, New Zealand? 31? Oh, that's fantastic. 31? We're behind Iraq. Wedged in between Iraq and Bahrain. Oh, fantastic. Well, that's good.

Australia 36. I thought we were like... Yeah, beating Australia. Yeah, fantastic. Well, that's good. Australia, 36. I thought we were like... Yeah, beating Australia. Yeah, fantastic. We jest, we jest, we jest. This is very serious. It's not great, is it? Ethiopia, 1% of the population is obese.

Huh. They've got a range of other things to deal with. So they're probably... But just obesity, like a fat kid needs a Cinnabon, to be honest. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM. Vaughan Sirens of the World. But first it's back by popular demand.

Nope. No, it's back. It's back because it's Wednesday and we're tired and Hayley's away. Well, it is a carryover. If you wanted the truth. To be honest, it is a. It's back because it's Wednesday and we're tired and Hayley's away. Well, it is a carryover. If you wanted the truth. To be honest, it is a carryover though as well. We did have to carry this over and solve this riddle of what siren is this? So you're looking for the country.

And the emergency service. Okay. Did I say on air last time something about this country is that the lights are on a scissor lift type thing on the top of the roof of the car on some of their police cars? I think you did at the end. So it can go above taller vehicles. Oh, that's genius. Yeah, that's genius.

That's really clever. Okay, well. So let's find out. What country is it? 0800 Dials at M. We need you to give us a call now. Becky, good morning. First up this morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Okay, what do you think, Becky? Well, there's a scissor lift that gave me the clue. I think it is a police car from Japan. Has she done it? She's gone straight out the gate. Has she done it?

Oh, she's done it. Straight out the gate. Yay. Congratulations. I don't know what you win. Vaughn, you can't remember what we promised last time. I think it's done it. Straight out the gate. Yay. Congratulations. I don't know what you win. Vaughn, do you remember what we promised last time? I think it's kudos. Becky, lots of kudos.

Double kudos, actually. Jackpot in kudos. Kudos is great. I mean, it's the best segment that you have in the entire week. It's even better than Taylor Tuesday. I don't know. I don't know if it is, Becky. I don't know.

Don't encourage Vaughn. We just ran a quick survey of our listeners, and 100% of them believe Sirens of the World is better than Taylor Tuesday. I think you've got to ask more people to get a better sample size. We just won't publicise the sample size. I'm going to take this.

You know what, Becky? That's a KPI tick. You think so? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm so happy to help you with your KPIs. You helped us with our KPIs and I don't know if you've got any KPIs on the go, but give yourself two ticks for any KPIs you've got to hit,

because that's fantastic stuff. Take the two ticks. Brilliant. Congratulations, Becky, winning Sirens of the Week. I don't know if this will be back. Sirens of the World. I don't know if this will be back. There's so many countries to go.

And the best part is it's only ever fireplace or ambulance. Yeah. And we've got 100 and 200-odd countries in this world. I don't know how many they're up to now. Civil wars and stuff happen all the time. They split in half, some unite. So what you're saying is this could just continue. You bet.

For a long time to come. You bet. It's great. It's sort of endless. And that's great news for Becky, who I don't know if you guys caught the news about the survey we just ran. It's her favourite thing in the world. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley.

The world now has a new richest female musician overtaking Rihanna. I mean, this is going to be hard. But wait, are we including Rihanna's everything? Yes. So this is Forbes have said that Taylor Swift, who a year ago became a billionaire herself, is now more of a billionaire than Rihanna. She has the top title worth $1.6 billion,

citing her sold-out Eros tour. And she's the first female musician to do this, mostly off just touring. I was going to say, because Rihanna's all comes from the panties. Please don't say. Lingerie. The panties. The fragrance. The panties. Please don't say. Please. Lingerie.

The panties. The fragrance. The panties and the brassieres. And the makeup. And the makeup. Yeah, and the makeup. And the fragrances. Outside of music. While she's had some of the biggest songs,

you know, biggest streaming songs ever, old Rihanna. Yeah, but it's all come from her. Outside. Yeah. Extracurricular activity. Curricular? Curricular. Taylor Swift, worth $1.6 billion.

She holds $125 million in real estate holdings. What? She's a slumlord? Taylor Swift is a slumlord? Imagine ringing the landlord. Hey, the lights have stopped working and then there's a leak and the electricity is like the Arcanera sizzle.

I mean, I think they're all her places. I don't think she's like, I don't think she has a rental in Tauranga or, I don't know, Wellington. It's a thriving market. I don't know. I need to know what her real estate holdings are. Well, I'm guessing just where she lives.

What? $125 million. I mean, you think that- So what? She's land banking now. You're telling me she's land banking. She's got that insane apartment in New York, right, that's worth like,

that'd be like half of that, surely, or like at least a third of that. It's probably only like three or four places, but they're just probably mansions. Okay, okay, okay. Wow, okay. Okay. Taylor Swift's real estate portfolio is truly golden. I've got a Tribeca penthouse. Yeah. Watch Hill

estate on Rhode Island. A Beverly Hills mansion. Yeah. So she's got both coasts covered. Greek revival estate. Hold on. This realtor has got a more succinct. She's got a Nashville house. Yeah. She's got a Christmas tree farm.

Get out of town. What's a Christmas tree farm? Is she maintaining the pines? That's a full-time job. Girlies, tell us with fans, Swifties, please explain, she owns a Christmas tree farm. Well, I assume that maybe she's bought it-time job. Girlies, tell us, Swift fans, Swifties, please explain she owns a Christmas tree farm. Well, I assume that maybe she's bought it from her parents. Like, she grew up on a Christmas tree farm. Oh, that's right.

I remember that. Okay. So I guess maybe it's now under her name. I can imagine buying your parents, like, farm. Well, they're busy organising her life. Yeah. So I guess they're not running that. She's got a waterfront home in Hendersonville, Tennessee,

a Nashville condo. Do you reckon she's Airbnb-ing these when she's away? No. That's what I'm saying. She's landing. Do you think so? She's got a Greek revival mansion. What is a Greek revival mansion?

What's reviving Greek? Columns and such. Yeah. Barses. Yeah. A mid-century modern mansion. That's reviving Greek. Columns and such. Barses. Yeah. A mid-century modern mansion. That's in Los Angeles. Then she had a quick flip.

Oh, she's flipping real estate now. She's flipping real estate. Do you think she's paying capital gains tax? Well, not in America. Definitely in LA, surely. Yeah. Well, other female musicians on the list. Beyonce is several spots below Taylor Swift

with only $760 million. Although Jay-Z is worth $2.6 billion. I thought she overtook him at one stage. No. What is he making his money on? He was record company, right?

And wasn't he like merchant selling stuff as well? I don't know. But yeah, insane amounts of money. And she's meant to have a couple more albums coming up. Who? Taylor Swift. Greedy. Do you reckon she'll get to two billion maybe?

What a year landlords, man. It's hard to see them getting richer and richer, but they keep doing it, you know? Imagine if Taylor Swift came around and you were like, oh, there's something wrong and she just came around and painted over. Oh, don't worry about it. Slap some paint on it.

Yeah. Take it to tenancy. Yeah. And you were like, oh, can we get an extractor fan in the bathroom? She's like, open the window. Like that's, you're not opening the window enough.

No, it's a bathroom with no, like one tiny window and no draft and I need an extract a fan. The safe, I need it for the healthy homes. Don't you tell the government, or I'll boot you out, and you'll never find rent that's cheap again. Play ZM's Flesh, Fawn, and Hayley. I have a story and a published article,

but I also have my own story regarding this. I saw it on Instagram Reel, or as a lot of people call it, curated TikTok. The cream of the crop. The lot of people call it, curated TikTok. The cream of the crop. The cream of TikTok, yeah, okay. It's risen to the top, and they put it on Instagram reels, refined it as such.

And it was a woman, she was a millennial. Let's say she's younger than me, I think she was like late 30s. And she's like, I did not want to be a manager. Millennials, we don't want to be managers. And she's like, and this is why. And it was a series of her answering the phone when her employees called as to why they couldn't or would not be coming into work that day. Okay. And it was wild stuff. Like what were their excuses? I just saw this car on, one of them was like, this guy had been like, I just saw this car on Marketplace and I'm just going to drive down and check it out today. She's like, it's Thursday, wait

for the weekend. He's like, it might be gone by then. So yeah, I'm not it out today. She's like, it's Thursday. Wait for the weekend. He's like, it might be gone by then. So yeah, I'm not coming in today. She's like, you don't have any leave. He's like, oh, come on. Like making her, it was just the wildest. And another girl was like, a guy rang and she's like, hello. And she didn't recognize the number. She's like, hello.

And he's like, I'm calling on behalf of Abby. She's not going to be in today. Oh no, why? Is she okay? Oh, she's like hello and he's like i'm calling i'm on behalf of abby um she's not gonna be in today oh no why is she okay oh she's just not feeling well can i talk to her he's like oh she's here but she doesn't really want to talk because she feels like you're gonna try to make her come to work what is going on she's like i hate this i don't want to be dealing with this and then there was a story, an article published online where a guy who owns a plumbing company was talking about how he has received

calls from the parents of his employees saying, can you please employ my children? Rather than the person calling themselves saying, hey, I'd like to work. Well, because they don't want to use the phone. No, no, no. And then when they call in sick, they get their parents to call in and be like, hey, they can't make it.

They're sick today. So is it- Oh my God. They get their parents to get them a job and then they get their parents to ring in and say, Timmy's sick today. Timmy's sick. He's not going to be able to make it today.

Whereas I'm sure Timmy could have just easily sent a message or called the boss himself. Yeah. Just be like, man, because you've got to call if you're going to trust a convincing sicker, you've got to call. You're going to Check a convincing sicker You've got to call Let me at the force You're not hiring someone

If their parents are calling Asking you to employ Their son or their daughter We've never had it here People have been like Oh hi my son's You know Yeah

In his last year of uni You know Is there any work going It's like If he's in his last year of uni Get him to inquire About the work going Yeah

It's wild What would Bev have said? Get down with your bloody self. My mum was just going to be like, are you crazy? She would have explained to me how bad that looks. Yeah, exactly. And I'd be like, oh, okay, that makes sense. Yeah, and then you would have done it.

Yeah. But we want to know today, maybe you're on the other end of the thing. You are a millennial who's been forced into management. Yeah. We're not made for it. We don end of the thing. You are a millennial who's been forced into management. We're not made for it. We don't want the responsibility. We want to roll in, we want to do it, and we want to go home. Yeah, and just get the paycheck and forget about it.

Get out of it. Get home, get out of it, leave it there. But when you're a manager, I just don't think you can. No, you can't. So maybe you've dealt with this as well. Who called in on one of your employees' behalves? Or have you got one of your parents to call in for you for something,

for calling in sick? Maybe there was a company that, the bank or something needed to be talked to and you just got mum or dad to do it. Oh, book, like your parents still book your doctor's appointments. No, they don't. You do it all online yourself.

I bet. Or you get on the phone. I'll put money on the fact if people still live, well, maybe they don't even live close to their parents, but if I still lived in Morrinsville, I'd still have the family doctor I've always had. Shout out Roger Smith. Wonderful doctor. Been our family doctor forever.

Hopefully he never retires. But you would call and make the appointment. But I'm saying I'd still have the same family doctor, so some people probably just are like, mom, can you call the doctor and see if you can get an appointment for me? It's wild. As adults. Okay.

We want to take your calls now. 0800-DARLS-AT-M. You can text through 9696. When did you get your parents or who did you get your parents to call on your behalf? Or flip on the flip side. Have you had to deal with parents calling? On behalf of their children. Okay, this is acceptable.

Okay. I'll say this is acceptable. My mum called my old job when I got my wisdom teeth pulled because my face swelled up so much I couldn't talk. Oh, that's okay. They didn't believe her at all. But you would have pre-warned them, eh? You wouldn't have been like, I'm going to get my wisdom,

I'll be in the next day. Because it's not like you get it done on a Friday and you've got to have the whole weekend to feel better. They might have thought that they would have just been able to go straight to work. Not knowing that you need at least a couple of days of jelly, yummy jelly. Yummy jelly. Yummy jelly and your mouth just. I still get my mum to send parcels for me.

I don't know why, but it freaks me out, says another text. It literally could not be easier. Emily, you have called on behalf of somebody in sick. Yeah. It literally could not be easier. Emily, you have called on behalf of somebody in sick. No. No? Oh, okay. And so, thank goodness they're not handling our food or anything when they're sick. No, she worked on the checkout.

She was like, I'm really, really sick. I can't come in. Yeah. And they were like, no, can you come in and just do like a one till six or something. You don't even have to do full shifts. So, she hung up. Well, I rang them back. She is prone to seizure due to stress. She rang back and I said,

so sorry, flatmate, but she just had a seizure on the floor. She won't be coming in today. She said you dropped the seizure. Wow, okay. And were they like, yeah, but what about if she just did two to four? Honestly, they weren't arguing with me. I was just like, yeah. Do you think her seizure will be better by six?

Yes. We could put the checkout on the floor with her. You know, like she could do a... Yeah, like a floor check out. Actually, maybe we could just strap some mops to her and we could just drag her around cleaning. Well, good on you for doing that, Emily. That's terrible.

Ben, you have run a job interview and the parent was in with the applicant. Yeah, correct. So the only time I spoke to the applicant was when they handed their CV in with their mother. And then I organised an interview for the next day. And yeah, the mother proceeded to answer all the questions. So I didn't speak to the applicant again until I rang the next day and told him, unfortunately, he didn't get the job. Did you kind of like, when the mum was answering the questions, were you trying to like get the...

Hey mum, shut your yap for a minute. Let's hear from her. Or maybe mum was the best person for the job. Did you hire mum? Yeah, maybe she was. Yeah. Yeah, I definitely thought it, but I'm trying to be professional. I just sat there and kind of just keep ticking along with the interview and just thought, the sooner I get this done,

the sooner I can move on with someone I'm probably going to hire. What kind of industry do you work in, Ben? Retail. Okay. You want to know in retail that someone's going to be able to deal with people unless mum's going to be standing there the whole time. How much is it? Yeah, well, that's always the thing, isn't it?

It's like, if you can't talk to me, how are you going to talk to the random person across the counter? Yeah, totally. You ask for a large because you've tried the medium and it's a bit tight and he's like, hang on a sec. He's like, mum.

Mum, can you tell them? Can you tell them? Tell them I can get them a large. When I find a large. They're not going to be very independent, are they? No. No, not at all. I wouldn't think so.

Although, feel sorry for the mum. She obviously knows her son's bloody useless. Yeah, but she's made him useless and she's only enabling him being more useless. I know. Ben, thank you. Some messages in. Someone said, I'm a millennial.

I've never called in sick once. We text then, right? We text. You text. We text, yeah. And even like when you text your boss for the first time about being sick and it pops up a green message,

you're like, ugh. Yeah. Ugh. Now I feel double sick. My stepsister's 25 and her mum still books her dentist appointments. Oh my God.

I'm a nurse at a general practitioner. Yeah. And we absolutely have mums calling in to book appointments and request prescriptions for their adult children

all the time. Okay, but that's, this is a parent's fault, isn't it? Yeah. My ex-husband had me or his mum do all his calls or appointments.

He doesn't even transfer money before his account, between his accounts. He calls and mummy does it for him. Okay, this is great. That's really why I had ex right at the start.

Yeah, keep your text coming in 9696 0800 dials it in. Oh my God, now I feel like my mummy didn't do enough for me. Right. My mummy made me do things for myself and I feel like I've been ripped off.

Yeah, I think she put you on your own two feet and did a great job after some of the messages we're getting here. Yeah, I think I'm pretty useless, but now I'm reading some of these, I actually feel way better about myself. I used to work in retail and when we were hiring,

we had an applicant who had terrible references from previous jobs. We didn't give her the job. The mum called and begged us to give her the job. Unbelievably, management folded and she got the job and the references were correct. Oh, wow. Okay.

Back when I was, my first or second building job, when I was 17, I lost it because I was useless. And I was like, fair enough. My mum rung up to try to get my job back. To be clear, I didn't want her to.

Yeah. And she was so unsuccessful. Man, did I get like, when they're going to cut out. Oh, you'd get teased. Ripped. Yeah. I used to,

I have to deal with parents ringing me to tell me their child's sick all the time and won't be in, but I'm an early childhood teacher so it's acceptable. It would be pretty cute. Yeah, they are so it's acceptable. It would be pretty cute. Yeah, they are like three or four.

It'd be pretty cute if a four-year-old rang and said, I can't make it in today. I've got a screaming diarrhea. I've got a poopy bum. I'm the manager of a team of mostly Gen Z employees.

I've got so many stories along these lines. One was where an employee asked to go home. I asked if they were sick and they said, no, I just don't want to be at work anymore.

I mean, fair enough. You don't get what you don't ask for. Yeah. I've just realised I'm one of these parents. What an eye-opening morning. Wow, okay. Stepdaughter wanted to test drive a car but wouldn't knock on the owner's front door, so I did.

So she wanted to buy the car, but she wouldn't knock on their door, so I took her in. I mean, you'd just take a friend, wouldn't you? I mean, I guess if it's a private sale, you probably shouldn't be just knocking on someone's door, right? Yeah. My husband's 27 and makes me book his appointments if I'm his mother

or his personal assistant. Try to think of it as a sexy secretary. Yeah. Rather than his mother. That's not as sexy. Yeah. Dad, my dad owns a business. He had a person call in sick because his mum didn't give him bus money.

He was 28 years old. And like obviously has his own account, right? Yeah. And gets paid. Yeah. Get some money and get on the bus. Absolutely. Every Saturday or Sunday, parents phone in and say,

little Johnny can't attend the one shift he does a week. Yep. As we're going away as a family he's 18 I'm sorry our contracts with him not with you we need to speak to him and be like dude you've got one shift a week and you're 18

so many millennial hair started a new role three weeks ago I'm the senior in this role and now I have all the staff asking me what they should do, despite them working there multiple years and knowing what to do and I haven't changed anything. The only thing that's changed is I'm in this role now.

I want you to do exactly what you've been doing and also don't talk to me. Just keep doing what you're doing. Oh, it's stressful, isn't it? I worked at the council and we had a parent ring to ask if their child could continue working from home as they had thrived during

lockdown. Yeah. Now you might think working from home, mostly okay. Yeah. This person was a child swimming instructor that taught at a local swim school. How do you do work from home swim lessons? Like Zoom, do you put a floatable

laptop in the pool? Yeah, I don't know. Okay, left arm. But you're not there if the kids go under. No. I work for police recruitment and we have parents contacting us all the time. No.

If the kids want to apply or have been declined, they're trying to apply on behalf of the jury. To be honest though, when I was unemployed for a stint and I was a bit useless, my mum was, if you don't find a job soon, I'm going to call police college. But it's good to hear they wouldn't have let me in.

Of course not. Play ZM's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley. Play ZM. We travelled back from Queenstown yesterday. Queenstown Airport. Lovely airport. Beautiful vistas. Lovely, lovely vistas. I tell you what, when you get off the plane in Queenstown and they remind you that your. Lovely airport. Beautiful vistas. Lovely vistas.

I tell you what, when you get off the plane in Queenstown and they remind you that your phone's not to be used on the tarmac and then the first thing you see are the Remarkables and you're not allowed to use your phone on the tarmac. I just use my phone on the tarmac. What a kick in the teeth. Yeah, I just do a sneaky. Right.

I took a photo as I came down the ramp. So typically I'd not yet touched the tarmac. I think that's tarmac. What? This area. It's in the vicinity. It's tarmac adjacent, but it touch the tarmac. I think that's tarmac. What? This area. It's in the vicinity, but it's tarmac adjacent, but it's not tarmac. Right. And I 100% believe it's so that you just don't have a line of people

stopping to take your photos. Same, because everybody does it. Yeah, yeah, everybody does it. You've got to take the photo on the move. Or it interferes with communications or something. Oh, does it? Yeah, it's 100% so there aren't photo shoots on the tarmac. Oh, 100%. 100%. Yeah, because if photo shoots on the tarmac. Oh, 100%.

Yeah, because if you get like a low angle shooting up, you wouldn't even know you're at the airport. No, it's beautiful. Just look like you got a beautiful shot of the remarks there. But it was at that airport. We were departing and I was not too far behind you and then I hear a baby crying and I hear you're to blame. Wow. He's 100're to blame. Wow.

He's 100% to blame. Am I? Yes. 100%. Well, we were standing there and this couple in front of us had a baby. How old are we talking? The baby. Fresh-ish.

Fresh-ish. Yeah. Fresh-ish. Under one. Under one, but you weren't holding it like that. It could hold its neck up, but it wasn't like a toddler right so we're talking crawling crawling no if you had a guess if you put it on the ground under one under one one or under one you're talking to three people who yeah i don't know but it was like a baby okay and my and my friend uh said that's a cute baby

yeah i was like we were, and then you guys started laughing because you know that I hate babies. And because he said, I love babies. I hate babies. I don't hate babies. They just make a lot of noise. Yeah, you don't have one and you've got no interest in them. Yeah, that's what I meant when I said I hate babies.

You said hate. That's like saying I hate Nazis. But I don't really hate them. I just don't have really interest in them. No, I do hate them. Yeah, so again, you hate Nazis, but babies I hate Nazis. But I don't really hate them. I just don't have really interest in them. No, I do hate them. Yeah, so again, you hate Nazis, but babies aren't Nazis. Okay, I disliked babies. In the 1930s, there were some babies that were Nazis,

but they didn't have a choice. They didn't have a choice. It's like baby Christians. They didn't have a choice. They don't know what's going on. Goo goo ga ga. Yeah. So I said, give me a cute lamb any day,

because we'd just been over at Walter Peak Station the day before and held the baby lambs. I'd eat a baby lamb. I wouldn't eat a baby. No, you wouldn't. I wouldn't eat a baby Nazi. So I said. I think the meat would be spoiled by hatred.

I said, give me a cute lamb any day. And then I went, meh, meh. And then this baby was like. Like looking directly at you. Yeah, like I was Satan. Pretending to suckle your own hand. You were telling us how it was suckling. Yeah, because Vaughn started it.

He was putting the finger through the fence. Yeah, what you do is you put your fingers out and they think it's like a teat or like a feeding nipple and they latch on and then when they're sucking your fingers, you scratch them. And when we had school calves, that was how you like got them to be friendly. But it really triggered this baby. It did not like my lamb impression.

No, and so much so the parents knew it was you because they turned around and we were laughing and then they were like concerned of like, what did you do? This was a good baby because I don't know what its timer's set at, but it was like literally three cries and it was done. Maybe once it was realised you weren't a lamb. Yeah. It was like is there a sheep around? I'm terrified

of sheep. It worked out I wasn't a three. So it cried three times and then stopped crying. Yeah. That must be the new IOAS update. It's a feature that people have been asking for for their babies for years. It was looking at me just in the most bizarre way and I was like waving at it and it was just like, what is this thing? years. It was looking at me just in the most bizarre way. And I was like waving at it.

And it was just like, what is this thing? Yeah. It's like a human, but it bows like a lamb. Yeah. And we still had a long time to board. Like this is back of the boarding line. Yeah, we were far back. But it's, yeah, only three cries and it was done.

I was like, that's a good baby. Yeah. Because some of them cry nonstop. Update your babies. Yeah, yeah. Remember tonight when they're plugged into the power, update your babies to get that new iOS update where the babies don't cry for more than three cries at a go.

It's perfect. I like escape rooms, and I'm not afraid to say it. Yeah, we went for a work. Did we do a work Christmas one years ago? Yeah, Jason used to work here. Yes. He was a, I was on his team, he was a fiend. Him and I, like, I think that was the strongest we ever bonded.

Whereas I just, I'm not a fan of them. I don't like being told to have fun in order. I don't like fun, ordered fun, with clues, having to work with other people. Yeah, work out this password and then go to the next thing. I just, no thanks.

There were too many people in that escape room. I reckon four max. Right. Four or five max. Or, as this relationship expert, Michaela Diatwa. Oh, yeah. What a name. What a name.

I'm going to listen to her thoughts on relationships Because her name is D'Atois She said It's a great thing for couples Okay now this is apparently This is the big headline out of this That escape rooms Are good for couples Okay

Not in a way of like Oh no we're in the dark And we don't want to solve the clue Because they can see They've got the camera in there the whole time Wait they've got a camera? They've got a camera in the escape room I hate when you find out they've got a camera Yeah I hate when you find out they've got a camera.

Yeah. I hate when you find out they've got a camera in any scenario. But especially, that's right, I said especially. Especially. Especially. When you're at an escape room. Yeah. No, they've got a camera in there, so don't go hanky-panky in there.

I would have thought escape rooms would have caused more fights than they do. That's the catch. Okay. That's the catch. If you can remain calm and solve a problem together, it's good for your relationship. Right. And can just get the ball rolling on problem solving.

When couples solve problems together, says Michaela, when couples solve problems together, it gives them the skills to overcome trials that they will face in their relationship. And that, of course, leads to a healthier sex life. You feel more connected. You feel more as one.

And could this be something to do early on in a relationship? Like, you know, rather than finding yourself, you know, stuck and lost without your passports in Bangkok with your new partner. Who's a real dum-dum, apparently. If you find this out in an escape room within the first two weeks of meeting this guy, you're more likely to not end up with him in Bangkok.

I've been out of this. Do you know what? No, actually, I'm not going to say because I'll tell you later. I'll tell you on Friday. Remind me. what are you telling me on friday remind me here you go here's a pen this is what we call a healthy relationship ladies and gentlemen because i'm putting my partner to the test my wife my wife oh are you okay right like to remember something she could be listening she could be listening okay it's a test after all we've got a whisper right how would you and your wife go on a... We've done escape rooms.

Okay. For a start, our youngest has got claustrophobia. August freaks out. She can't hide. What is she? She can't play hide and seek in a cupboard. Doesn't like being in a closet. Oh, she wouldn't like an MRI,

because I had an MRI the other day, and people freak out with those. She wouldn't like an MRI at all. But like an escape room, as soon as that door closes, she feels, she's like, she panics. She's like, I'm shut in here. It's too small.

It's too small. We're only going to get out. Did you say something that like our parents would say? Like, don't be so bloody stupid. And then that's when I found out they had a camera. We just let her, she just went and sat out and waited in the waiting room. What she said was fine. She was by herself in there.

Yeah. But she'd rather be by herself in that room than in an escape room. Well, that rules out the future of living in a submarine. I know, and you know I was massive on a submarine. You're going to go on a submarine holiday. It was kind of my retirement plan as a secondhand nuclear power submarine from the Cold War. Interesting.

But we've done it as a family, and Indy's really into it, my older daughter, and Sharae is okay. We have done one just as a couple, and I tell you what, it's indy's really into it my older daughter and sharae uh is okay we have done one just as a couple and i tell you what it's pretty sweet being like i reckon this is it and she's like no and then you're right yes that's pretty sweet but also yeah i definitely just like rub it in her face rather than just be like we're working together as a team i'll be like it was right there you dumbed up There you dum-dum. Play ZM's Fletchford and Ailey. Play ZM.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. It's ban week here at Fact of the Day. Things around this globe of ours that are banned. Yeah. Today, we go to Nigeria. Ooh, scams. Not banned. Not banned. Encouraged.

Still happening. No. What's banned in Nigeria? Foreign wheelbarrows. Oh, okay. Foreign wheelbarrows. Is there an issue with foreign wheelbarrows coming in and kind of taking over? No, it is foreign wheelbarrows are banned because Nigeria has a thriving wheelbarrow industry.

And they banned foreign wheelbarrows so that the wheelbarrow industry of Nigeria would continue to thrive. Right, okay. How good are Nigerian wheelbarrows? of Nigeria would continue to thrive. Right, okay. So this is- How good are Nigerian wheelbarrows? To be totally honest, I then Googled things that abandoned Nigeria and found this massive list of other stuff you can't take into Nigeria,

even if you're a tourist and you're going into Nigeria. Oh. Is this because they don't want, yeah, they want things made locally, they want to- They said, we make them locally here. Hold on, I am just going to gg.ng, verify that I am a human, and it'll show me some wheelbarrows.

I actually didn't know the other day. I got a, I got to verify you're a human, and it was like, click all the boxes with bicycles. And you know, I didn't click one and there was bicycles in it, but at a distance and I still got away with it. Got them. Got them. Got them.

But isn't it? Yes. No, it's that one where you've just got to tick the box. As if you tick it too quick, you're a robot. You're a robot. Yeah. Yeah. So, wheelbarrows banned.

Other things you can't take into Nigeria. Okay. Blank invoices. Okay. What, like you couldn't just print out a blank invoice in Nigeria when you got there? Don't know. Well, maybe that's the thing. They want you to buy the Nigerian-

Paper. Invoice booklets. Okay. Oh, right. Okay. Secondhand clothing. Nuclear industrial waste or other toxic waste. Do you know what?

I think they've got a point. There might be something there. Other things. Indian incense. I don't know what this is against Indian incense. Do they make their own? They must make their own. Okay.

Any form of cement. Again, making their own. They make their own cement. Rice. Because rice is something that they've got an industry for as well. Right. Steel, lots of different sorts of steel. Wheelbarrows, sheets of roofing iron, wire mesh, wooden doors.

Okay. Big no-no. Toothpicks. Don't you dare. Because they've got plenty of their own toothpicks. Don't you bring any tableware. So we're talking cutlery. We're talking crockery.

Soaps and cosmetics. Maize and sugar. So they've got all of these bands on you bringing stuff in, even as a tourist, even in small amounts. Yeah, right. Because they want to protect their own local industry that produces the same sort of thing. Huh.

Including, and I found very unusual, the most unusual item on the list would be wheelbarrows. Yeah, that is odd, isn't it? Because you're not even allowed as a tourist to drive into Nigeria with a wheelbarrow. With a wheelbarrow. That's just for personal use. They'd be like, no, get out. Get rid of it.

Take your wheelbarrow and leave it. Leave it out of here. So today's our fact of the day is, unfortunately, if you're a tourist that wants to take a wheelbarrow into Nigeria, it's an absolute no-no. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. and Hayley. Stage challenge. I never did stage. Neither I didn't do stage challenge. Did you guys do stage challenge? It was for the dancey arty kids. I didn't because not enough people at my school would sign up for it.

Aww. I know. We already started making a dance to TikTok by Kesha. It was great. I remember doing one. It wasn't officially stage challenge but that vibe and we did it about multiple personality disorder, and we were not qualified to have any takes on that. What?

Yeah. Your theme was multiple personality disorder. And it was purely because me and my friend looked alike. This is great because, wow, so you, okay, you came up with a theme based on the fact that the two of you could be playing the same person. It's not, like, upon reflection, I was, like, 16, and the two of you could be playing the same person. It's not good. It's not.

Like, upon reflection, I was like 16 and I thought I knew a lot more than I did. Yeah. This is great because this is what we want to ask this morning. We want you to describe your stage challenge. Yeah. Or your schools. Like you've just heard. Yeah.

Like, you have this idea and then you try to interpret it on stage. As a 17-year-old. In this case, a thing people study for years and still haven't got to the bottom of multiple personality disorder, but of course some East Auckland 17-year-olds are going to be able to sort it out through the magic of song and dance. On stage in front of parents. What songs were in your multiple personality disorder stage challenge? I remember Halo by Beyonce.

And we hung up sheets off big like A-frames. We had a torch behind us and it was all silhouetted at points. Oh my god, I love this. I love this. It's so good. Okay. Oh my god. We want to take your calls now. 0800 DALS at M. You can text in 9696.

Describe your stage challenge. Yes. I want theme. Yes. I want some songs that were used. I want if there was any disaster involved or if anything went wrong. Well, that was a good thing about a stage challenge. They were so unhinged that often something could go wrong and people watching

just assumed it was part of the stage challenge. I love it. It's just a New Zealand institution, isn't it? Apparently it stopped in 2018. No, but it became something else. It came back as something else, didn't it? Apparently it stopped in 2018. No, but it became something else. It came back as something else, didn't it? Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, Show Quest. So, yeah, stage. Show Quest, correct. So whether it was Show Quest for you or Stage Challenge, we wanna know. We wanna know. 0800-DARS-IT-M, you can text through 9696. Describe your Stage Challenge.

This is really part two, isn't it, of the phone-in topic, tell us your Rock Quest band name. Yeah, this is Describe Your Stage Challenge. Which now is Show Quest, which ZM proudly supports. It's New Zealand's biggest performing arts competition. It is, along with Rock Quest, it's just a Kiwi institution. Let's face it, probably 60% of people partaking did it to get out of class time.

Oh, 100%. 100%. School Augustras and all sorts of things. Yeah, but there are some incredible interpretations of things coming through. Where to start? Some of them are so dark. I don't remember much, but it was... Is that who's on the phone?

Is that Kayleigh on the... Oh, yeah, Krista's on the phone. Let's go to Krista. I was just about to read out her text. Krista, good morning. Hi, how are you? Good. Now, this was Stage Challenge?

Yes. Okay. Now, okay, describe it to us. Okay, so I don't remember a lot because it was sort of over 20 years ago. Yeah. But we, All Girls School, we did the story of Minnie Dean. Baby killer. Yeah, yeah.

A baby. Down south. Were you from down south? Yep, down south, Southern Girls. Okay. Southern Girls did a stage challenge about a historical baby killer, Minnie Dean. Yeah, yeah, that's right.

Did someone play Minnie Dean? Yeah, I'm pretty sure. And I remember we were like, I'm pretty sure that we had some like ghost babies. Ghost babies? She didn't say strangle any babies. Oh my God, that is dark. Don't think so, but yeah, it was pretty dark. But was your idea,

they were just like, you were expressing this, you know, story. I mean, it's a true story. Was it Minnie Dean's POV or? So wild. Yeah, it was, yeah, it was pretty insane. So that's the, yeah, the story that we decided to tell. And I mean, we went up to Dunedin for it.

And yeah, it was, yeah, I can't remember. Did you win? It was a long time ago. Did you win? Did it go down well? I don't think we won. Okay. Yeah.

Yeah. It was, yeah, pretty. Now when I think about it, I'm like, oh yeah, that was pretty dark. It was, yeah, pretty. Now when I think about it, I'm like, oh, yeah, that was pretty dark. It was dark. So many messages coming through like that. Like you look back and you're like, what were we doing? Yeah. So good.

Thanks, Krista. Some other messages in. Our stage challenge was eating disorders. From what I remember, we had people dancing around in big food costumes and the skinniest girl at our school in a bikini walking around being like, no, to the food. Wow. Someone else said, I can't remember or fathom what the theme of our stage challenge was,

but I know Hitler was there and he perished centre stage at one part. This was the year 2000. Oh my God. I'm here for it. I'm here for it. This was the year 2000. Oh, my God. I'm here for it. I'm here for it. Because when the kids come up with it, right? Because I was never involved in stage. But you wouldn't say to the kids, no, don't express yourself like that.

You'd want them to just do whatever they want, right? Well, that's because there were the kids that weren't the sporty kids or necessarily the academic kids. And they were like, this is our time to shine. And you'd be alone. You'd be like, what the fuck is going on here? And everyone was looking

at the drama teacher and the drama teacher is just like, I don't know, man, I don't know. Keep your texts coming in, 9696 0800 dials it in. Some,

man, some wild injuries. Our stage challenge was the Boxing Day Tsunami. Oh, wow, okay. It's 2004's Boxing Day Tsunami. If you don. 2004's Boxing Day Tsunami. If you don't know, earthquake off the coast of like Thailand sort of area in the Indian Ocean.

Devastating. My role within the stage challenge, the Boxing Day Tsunami theme, I was one of the water droplets that made up the wave. Before going on stage, we had to do a worksheet on the purpose of our part, which for anyone in the wave, it was pretty grim. Yeah. But they won that year. Did they? They won that year. Okay. I was at

my in-law's house recently and was looking through my husband's old school magazines. His school did a stage challenge on the history of slavery. The two girls on the front cover of the magazine were in blackface. 90s? 80s? No, it started in the late 90s.

Or if you're in rural New Zealand, maybe last year. It's called humour. Look it up. Different times. Different times. Or mata-mata. Our college in Taupo did stage challenge based on the Auckland Power Blackouts. Oh, yeah.

That was over 20 years ago. It was actually really well done and we did win ours that year. We're here in France. People who took home the trophies. Okay. Took home the big ones. Ours was human trafficking. Right.

It was a very serious topic for Tina just to tackle. And instead of a happy ending, at the end, she got sold. End scene. We won. We won, though. Okay. It doesn't have to be a happy ending at Stage Challenge. But what happened to the...

She got sold. She just got sold? Sold to someone. Our Stage Challenge was about two young guys who were in a secret relationship. One was scared to come out while the other one was already out. They got bullied by their school friends. And then we dealt with the subject of suicide. Oh, wow.

It was dark. Other themes for the other years were stolen children of Rwanda. Yep. subject to suicide. Oh, wow. It was dark. Other themes for the other years were stolen children of Rwanda and mental illness told through the story of Alice in Wonderland. Why were we getting so weirdly deep as teenagers when we should have just been enjoying our youth? Yeah, wow. Okay. Our stage challenge theme was milk.

Yep. This sounds like it was sponsored by Fonterra. Got from human trafficking, suicide to milk. Yep. Our stage like it was sponsored by Fonterra. Got from human trafficking. Suicide. Yep. To milk. Yep. Our stage challenge was milk. We had themed dances. So there was milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.

Yep. And then there was a Pink Floyd song that somehow was related to milk. That was contemporary with ribbons. Yep. We had bones come out and do a great Gatsby style 1920s charlatan type dance. Then milk was covered by a song and a dance regarding the stock market theme and the crashing of the stock market. We ended, oh no, we had our faces all painted white

so we looked like milk droplets. Okay. And the finale was a big cow that got wheeled out onto the stage and a milk sign that changed from the word milk into New Zealand. Some schools laughed and pointed at us. So we laughed and pointed at them when we won stage challenge.

Okay, amazing. We did the Taranaki Land Wars. Oh, yeah. And during the battle scene, which was a choreographed dance, we played the theme from Once Warriors. Okay. Our stage challenge then was phobias.

Georgia can't believe it and she's from Crash Church. I know. Wild. Our stage challenge then was phobias. There was a scene about spiders and claustrophobia where we dress up in sheets and keep tangling up the main character. Then social anxiety. That was my scene.

The music was Numb by Linkin Park. I still get flashbacks when I hear the opening bars of Numb. Is it that ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding? Which one was Numb? Have you got Numb? I've got Numb. Do you want me to find Numb? No, I'll find it.

You find Numb. I'll continue. I still hear. The final scene was set to Darude's Sandstorm. And we all came on stage for a big rave while the main girl fought back against all the phobias and a very cringe pakaranga white girls dance battle. She danced battle

and her phobias? That's stage challenge. There's a lot taken on here. You got a bit of numb? Yeah, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Yeah, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Yeah. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

Social anxiety. And then dance battle. Yeah, yeah. You know, I'm a Linkin Park purist, but I prefer the encore remits of Jay-Z. I know you do. I know you do. You know, you know.

Stage challenge, we were in our final year of school and Safe Sex was our theme. Safe to say, it was a crowd pleaser. But apparently it wasn't PC enough for the judges to give us a place. Oh, okay. Yeah. The crowd's loving it. Someone said, can we talk about rejected Stage Challenge proposals one day? Because we wanted to do a Coney 2012 Stage Challenge

and we were told we weren't allowed. They still haven't got him, have they? They haven't got him, he's still out there. They still haven't got him after all of that. 12 years later.

Thank you very much for all your amazing stories about your stage challenges. George is up next. Long live, yeah. Long live these insane things that kids do at school. Oh, another one in the bag.

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