ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - December 12th 2025

Episode Date: December 11, 2025

On todays episode of the Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley Big Pod, Hastings is going insane on the bus stops Internet is heated over flushing wee SLP - Do you put cream on the sides of your pav? Girls second hand piggy bank find Top 6 - Ways to say no to an invite Most downloaded apps in NZ Patsy makes a discovery Who was a bit much when you first met? Top Aus/NZ songs of the 21st Century What did you find when looking for your Christmas present? Fact of the day QLP - Would you submit your socials to go to the US? No contact app for Ex's See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the ZM Podcast Network This is Fleshwood and Haley's Big Pod Brought to you by Chemist Warehouse The Biggest Brands at the lowest prices Good morning Happy Friday It's been Friday since Monday for us Hasn't it?

It's been a crawl of a week No, you know what We had a moment of reflection yesterday Didn't we? Only live for 4,000 weeks Don't be wishing these weeks away You're lucky if you live for 4,000 weeks A lot of people don't get there 4,000 do they?

Exactly. I had some real perspective change yesterday. Yeah. Vaughn's broadcasting from home doing some washing today, Hon. Got the washing on the racks. Clod's horses out, hon. Yep, yep, yep. Well, you know, I put the washing on and then, oh gosh, I get busy. And then it was kind of like the twilight period by the time the washing was finished and I remembered about it. So it's just on the racks inside.

They'll be moved outside, I think, because we're experiencing another beautiful day here in Westapult. Okay, lovely. Well, coming up on the show, Vaughn, you've got the top six for us. Yeah, there's an article from the Washington Post about how to say no to being invited to things. Because a lot of people, especially at this time of the year, they really struggle to say no,

and there's too many social events. I even struggle to say the word, to be honest. Yeah. There's too many social events, and people are burning themselves out, wearing themselves thin, spreading themselves a little too thin. So I've got the top six ways that I say no.

we'll absolutely guilt-free. Should we, do you want us to invite you ahead of each one? You know, we could invite you to a different thing and then you give us your... Yes, that sounds great. It's just nice to see it in action. Silly little poll as well on the way

and we've got a Christmas themed question today involving the Kiwi Classic, the Pav. Do you put cream on the sides of your Pav? Like you would an iced cake? Never really thought about this. Or you've got to ask this on Instagram someone messaged me saying, Would you please?

And I love when people want us to use silly little poll to settle a debate. Yes, so we're going to settle somebody's debate soon with silly little poll. But next on the show, we must start in Hastings, where they're getting new bus stops, and it's a ridiculous amount of bus stops. Fletch just can't believe this. Literally, 180, and I don't even think 180 people live there. Like, it's ridiculous. I'll actually pull up the latest census stats to see how many people do live there.

Okay, so maybe 400 people live there born, but they're not. Two people to each bus stop. They don't need 180 bus stops. We'll debate next. The ZM Podcast Network. Is this a show real? Play ZM's Flesh, Foran and Haley. Oh, we've got some real nimbie behavior going on down in Hastings.

Nimbie? Yeah, not in my backyard. Have you never heard that before? Never. It's like when old people, it's like when posh neighborhoods don't want, like, houses to be two stories or four stories in their neighborhood. They're not in my backyard. Oh. But in other people's is fine.

They're more than happy for it to be a suburb out's problem, but they don't want to be theirs. And is that, or that classic example of somebody wants a service, but they don't want it to affect their property prices. They don't want that right there. Yeah. So this is the situation in Hawks Bay as 180 new bus stops are getting added to the public service.

Wait, did they not have bus stops already? Carl, when aren't you from there? Do they not have bus stops already? She's Hastings adjacent. Yeah, I'm Napier. Thank you very much. Oh, sorry, okay. I know there's.

I mean, it should be one of the same. It's basically merged together. Yeah, it is. Hawks Bay. Yeah, that actually is. It should have just been Napier Plus. Oh, I like that, actually. Napier Plus.

Napier Max. Yes. Yeah, there are already bus stops. I used to bus between the two when I did a radio show in Hastings but lived in Napier. What was the radio show? Hastings at an

No, it's actually on radio Kidnappers, small local station. I did a Kiwiana music show. Oh, lovely. Wow. You play your da-da-da-da-da-ba-ba-ba. A lot of sway, because I love that song. Right, what did you talk about? That's actually a great song.

Thank you. Yeah, it's a great song. What did you talk about? Kidnappers FM, you're here with Carwin. Talked about the music. Yeah. The Seagull, the Gannet Colony. Did you talk about that?

No. Okay. I just think you would. It's a local attraction. Did you put the local hands? No, because it's the people that live there that are listening to it. It's not tourists. I don't need to tell them what from their back out.

Yeah. If you were still on Kidnappers, Femm, you'd be having a field day with all these bus stops then. Yeah. So why so many bus stops? I was in Hastings recently with our delicious friend Mike. Is this where our friend Mike's opened his new gym? No, no, that's in Havelock North. Oh, yeah.

Snapfitty. You've got to go and Havelock North. But I was in Hastings. You're just chucking in another town. You're checking another town's title in this collection of it. Or no, we're just giving our friend Mike a free plug for his gym. That's part of the Bay of Hawks. Apparently you put treadmills in there.

What? I know. To be expected. And weights and stuff. It's amazing. I don't see a proper map of Hawks Bay to see how many small towns are this close to each other. I know there's a lot of small towns too close to each other. Because where's Taradale? Taradale's in the area too.

That's part of it too. But, Carwin, why do they need 180 bus stops? There's five. Navorn, you said how many people live there. It's not. 200. It's 50,000 of I knew that. I knew that I was being cheeky. I will be honest. I don't

know where these are all fitting. But maybe there's just a lot of side street and like residential ones for like school kids and stuff. I saw some stories and old mates are like, I don't want to bust up outside my house. But what if they're cute ones? Like where I grew up they were all

painted by artists. Oh, they won't be. They won't be. That was Wellington. It was Eastbourne. And they were concrete, the little concrete bunkers and they were quite cute Oh cute Right Now these will be those cheap as middle monstrosities

That it would just be a sign and some paint on the road on it Yeah don't even worry about it I think sorry This guy don't even worry about it You're the one who was up on arms about the number of it I'm saying make ten more Don't make 180

We don't need that Nobody takes a bus in small towns They do they do They do They do more than a day to a radio show No maybe they're trying to encourage it because it is better for the planet, you know. Kidnappers FM.

Next up on the show, Brooke Fraser. Yes. Before Jesus, Brooke Fraser. I think she was always Jesus. Oh, before overtly Jesus, Brooke Fraser, here on Kidnappers FM. We're also going to be delving into what exactly is Taradale? What is a Terradale?

I love this. I think this could be a new segment next year where we play. Yeah, we play a segment from Carlwin's old radio show on Kidnappers FM. No, it's called Radio Kidnappers. At least give it the proper show. Sorry, Kidnappers, Radio Kidnappers. Radio Kidnappers! Play ZM's Fleshhorn and Haley.

There is a husband who has shared on Reddit, my, you know, my beloved source for all things true. Slamming his wife for a habit that absolutely irks him. And this is in Australia, right? This is Australia, Mart. Okay. Girae. He calls her disgusting. He says it smells.

He is making demands. And it's not gone down well with his wife. Okay. The thing that she does is she only flushes if it's a two zee's. Or if there's lots of wheeze on wheeze on wheeze on wheeze. I can't wait. How much wheeze? How much wheeze on wheeze before you flush?

Yeah. How much we stack is acceptable. There is a saying when there are water restrictions, if it's yellow, let it mellow. And you know, and we're giving PTSD to everybody in Christchurch who didn't have water after the earthquake. I know, I know. But the thing is we do live in those times who sometimes, there are water restrictions, and you might be able to leave a wheeze in there, but maybe not too many. I, yeah.

When I have lived with a partner Or I have lived alone before my parents I'll flush every time now In the middle of the night If I got up in weed Maybe I'll just leave it until the morning Yeah and then I'll flush it in the morning I'll do the same because I don't want the water to wake me out

Yeah yeah It's a flushing waking up the Yeah the girls in the house I sometimes overnight no Yes yes And your girls have their own bathroom right They don't use the same one as you Correct

Because I don't want to be looking at dad's piss Do you don't know Hey, Lee. There is something way worse when it's your dad's piss. Yeah, exactly. You're right. I want to look at my mum's. No, I'm not going to be happy about to add my wheeze.

I don't want to mix weeds with my folks, you know? I want to clean wee. So this woman is leaving this, and also she's, they're living in Australia, so I imagine, like, the house could be quite hot. And that's the worst one at summer. You don't want to leave. Hot, stinking ways. Yeah, flush the toilet.

Oh. Does she shut the lid every time, or is she, like, let it breathe? I'm not sure, but I always. also feel like they've kind of they've done things a bit backwards because he when he was sharing this on Reddit he said my wife and I recently got married and moved in together. Oh yeah

see this is no we don't do that anymore. No no no no we do a long period of living together to get all of this out of the system before we commit to a lifetime. And then we just probably don't go through with the wedding because... Because statistically yeah that ain't gonna last. And if she's not flushing her ways. Yeah. He called it disgusting I don't care about saving water. I don't want to do

That's you're discussing. You start flushing every time. You only need that a little half flush. You're just to water it down. Just to water. Yes, even if it's still a little yellow, that's fine. Give it a little bit of water. The ZM Podcast Network.

Play ZM's Flash Forne and Haley. Flechforn and Haley. Silly Little Poe, Silly Little Poe. It is so silly, silly, silly, silly that the silly little poe, silly little poe, silly little poe. Silly little pole, silly little pole, silly little pole. Today's silly little pole. Yeah, it's a question from long-time listener and friend of the show, Earl, he said,

do you cream the side of your pave? I do, my wife doesn't, I think it's because she's a weird Australian. New Zealanders, please chime in. Interesting. I've never cream the side of my pav. I just go on the top. No, it's always on the top. Yeah, on the top.

it's like two layers, cream in the middle, cream on top. Also, so you just put cream on your pad, right? And fruit. And fruit, like kiwi fruit or strawberries or raspberries. So Earl sent through a photo. I'll forward this on to you very particular. Please do. The cream has a pink tinge, is he?

Ooh. Oh, some people might run through, you know, a ripple, coolly. Oh, you could like a raspberry ripple. This is a full, hot on. But you put that on later and you drag it through. Because sometimes I'll do, here's what I do, but plain cream, and then you've got the fruit, and then I'll do a passion fruit.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What about a raspberry pulp could be nice? Sure, sure, sure. If you made a money. Okay, let's wrap our eyes around this. Oh, it's pink. Oh, that looks like icing. Yeah, it looks like he's iced the pav rather than cream the pav.

That's no, that's not right. No, that's not right to me. I think it's just on the top because there's something about also the texture and the... The meringue. The meringue, like, looking at it, you're like, oh, that's nice. It's got to look kind of ugly. It's special. Yeah, yeah.

So do you put cream on the side of your pav? 77% of people said no, 23% said yes. That's a large portion. Yeah, I'm afraid, Earl, this might not be a New Zealand thing to do. I don't know, maybe this is more regional or maybe specific to your fauno there. Some feedback on it. Sally said, I live in Minnesota in the United States. I have never had a pavlover.

I think I need to try one. Oh, my God, just make one. It's literally egg whites and sugar. Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's an overwhelming. That's three quarters of people. Not quite. Yeah, it's ridiculous.

It's nobody hasn't even had a page of a vote was that close, was it? No, or the legalized cannabis? No. Or the red peak? Yeah, so when you think about like those big referendums that we've had, this is an absolute landslide and you shouldn't do it. It is. Okay.

We've got it. We're fairly really passionate about this. Really, really took off. I'm Sally, if you're listening in Minnesota in the United States, Google How to Make a Pav, it's pretty fun. But Google, New Zealand. It's hard, but it's fun. The technique's hard.

Yes. A lot of whipping. Katie said no, but definitely, yes, if I have to fill some gaps, if I've had a bit of a Pav collapse. Oh, yes, because Minnesota, this is what can happen. The path can collapse. Literally, in the middle, it will go pushed. Sally, you might end up with a collapsed pad.

Sally, when the Pav collapses. Oh, my God. Yeah, I like that. had a lot. They could be a really good Haley's version. Yep. Catherine said it'll melt off

if you put it on the sides, surely. Oh, okay. Because it does go a bit gooey, doesn't it? It kind of gets into the meringue. Yeah, yeah. It kind of affects the texture

and the structure of the meringue on top. You only really put the cream on straight before you're going to eat it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You'd let your pavs settle. It's got to be a cold pav. In the middle of a silly little

pile reply, an idea for a silly little poll, but it seems completely unrelated. No, let's just keep going. Let's just hear it. Laura said, silly little poll, do you like your friend's Instagram stories every time? Because my friends don't like mine, but I like everybody's. No, I don't bother. I like, I don't need my validation. I don't ever like stories. I have people that I hide and then people that I like to see.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's curated. Am I hidden, or are we at me and Vaughn hidden or seen? Oh. Oh. I don't think it's, that's now is the time to talk. talk about that. Oh, wow. No, I'm joking. Of course, I've, yeah. He loves it. Aisha said only on the top because it would run off the side. Always extra cream on the plate once it's cut, though. Then user does what user wants with additional cream. To stick the kiwi fruit rounds on, obviously I'll go on top, says Courtney. Also, when

eating a slice of pav, the sides are the last bit you eat. Why wouldn't you make it the absolute tastiest bit? Yeah. And then Earl has replied to his own silly little pole. Fantastic. Always cream the sides. Yep. No. Always. No. Top only, now this is a good point from Stacey.

Top only is sides are for crunch. Yeah, tops for slop, sides for crunch. Yeah, that's actually great. And bottom. So you're saying a sloppy on top? Bottom is for the soggy, is for the sog. Bottom. A sloppy toppy.

So would you be bottom, top or side vaughan? I could be either. I mean, once you've gone top or bottom, you can't go back to side because you can't regain your crunch, can you? No. Yeah. Okay. I think you start on.

I'd like to try my time on the bottom. Okay, yeah, no, do you, hon. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've actually got a discount code for that, by the way. I do, yeah. Fantastic, thank you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sixth-life 10.

Top only for maximum side crunch, says Jess. Okay. And if you put cream on the side, says Felicity, you're asking for a bloody mess. Yeah, you are. And a mess you will have on your hands. Few messages on the text machine. Someone's asking is, is a Pavlover just protsprah?

and like, yes, there's plenty of pro-prose brough. The sugar is probably doing, though. Yeah. The detrimental work there. Someone said Pavlov is overrated, fluffy sugar. Triphles a thousand times better. That's not the debate. And someone said, I cream all over my pav.

Don't cream shame me. Oh, 267. Cream where you want? No, it's not up to us to tell you. It's not up to us at all. With consent. That's right. Move with consent.

Facil at a poll today, we asked, do you put cream on the sides of your pav and 77% of your said no. The ZAMS Podcast Network Play ZM's Flash, Forne and Haley. This is my dream come true in so many ways

because you know I love an op shop. Forney, have you been visiting our local op shops recently because I know that you've been you've been delving in? I've been a couple of times, yeah. How often do you, what's a good amount of time

to put it on a rotate that they're going to have new stuff do you reckon? I mean, for me I hit it once a week but. Really? Yeah, but I just like it. I just find it too much of the same stuff

and then I get a little, you know, like put off if I go too often. Yeah, for sure. I just, I don't know. You just don't know what day is going to be the day that you're going to find the plate that is a cabbage leaf that has a lobster on it. And if I hadn't have gone in on that day, you wouldn't have a plate. I wouldn't have my plate that's a cabbage leaf that has a lobster on it.

Yeah, yeah. And more the full me. Can I ask how much does one pay for a plate that is a cabbage that has a lobster on it? It was under 20 bucks. Huh. That's good stuff. And do you know what? Do you know how cool?

Do you go to the dump shop? No, no, no, I've never been successful there. I'm hospice the whole way. Do you know that plate is so... This is my house. That plate that is a large cabbage leaf that has a lobster on it. Yep, it's like ceramic. It's such a find.

It's getting wall-mounted. Oh, wow. Okay, wow. Then I... That's not going to have chips and dip on it. It's getting wall-mounted. And I held it up in the spot, and Patsy was like, yeah. We stand by that decision

But this is the thing You go to the op shop You get some good fines You get some good fines So this Woman in America Went to an op shop As you know

Well they call them Thrift Shop's Maclemore Thrift Shop Work Work Work Can you put Sorry

Yeah I know Now we've got to play that Don't me It's just only fair Really Yeah Yeah I won't

I shall not proceed Until that time Oh I Yeah no I left out the R The Rift Maclamole Oh

I thought you meant from MacLamore. Fifth shop. Can we go to the shopping? Okay, now we may continue. Okay, so she goes to the thrift shop. She's looking through the goods. She's looking through brick and brack.

That's my favorite section, right? Other than clothes. And she sees a ceramic little piggy. I'm just going to show this to you, Fletch there. Oh, wow, okay. And that's retro. Very retro. Like a retro, a piggy bank?

Yeah. It's a piggy bank. big pink ceramic thing we've got flowers all over it it's very... It's got some weight to it too It doesn't look like your cheap piggy banks now It's big big big

It's got flowers It's from the 70s vintage piggy bank She's like this is a find Yeah Takes her home and does a little Shish Shish Shake No coins in there Right which usually you put in a piggy bank

Yep So she Oh look it's got a cute little tush She gets it out She has paid 10 $10.99 for this. American, so that's like $20 a rose, right? And then what she discovers on the inside after shaking it

is... Oh, that's a bit of a demonic... Oh my God, that's a giant pile of cash. $2,000 US dollars. In like... In notes. In notes. And they were all folded up. Like when she holds it, she looked like 50 cent

with a watered cash in his hands. Like it is a whodd of cash. Fives, 20s, ones. And it all comes up to 2,000. And they're old, they look old too. Yeah, that's been going for a long time. They've never changed their money though, have they, America? So they're all still be the same.

You still be able to use them. Yeah, like not like our 50 cent coins. That's a big wad. Like, did they not, or did they just think that it was the weight of the piggy bank? Yeah, just thought it was a weight of the piggy bank. As you say, like, because it's so like robust, it's quite large. And then, here's the great bit.

She's got this from a charity shop. Yeah. She donates the $2,000 back to charity. Oh no, why'd you do that? I'm going on, I'm going to Hawaii. I would have gone, yeah, I would have gone on holiday. I don't know if you'd get to Hawaii, but okay. No, no, but she's already in America. Oh, yeah, you're true.

You know what I mean? She's so close. $2,000 US dollars. All I felt is like a bloody, you know, one of those zigzag filters in the pocket of a blazer I got from a hospital shop. Also, if I was working in a blazer, I'd be checking every pocket, especially when it's like, you know, a deceased estate or something. You know grandad's left like $50 and my year.

Yeah, you've got to check it all, but two grand. Anyway, that she did a very lovely thing, which is that she just wanted the piggy bank. Yep. So she gave the $10.99 to charity and then the $2,000 she found inside the pig. The Fletch morning, Haley, big pod. From the unmoderated comment section, this is the top six. Well, it's that time of year.

It's the busy season. Yep. And people are, it's not FOMO because it's an obligation. People feel an obligation to attend social events at the time of the year. But it's also, you're doing the Christmas crawl, you know, we're just getting through to Christmas. That's all we can hope for at this stage. You've got that. You've got wrapping up work, which, you know, a lot of people are trying to get a whole lot done before the office closes.

So it can be a stressful time of the year and people are burning themselves out. Yeah. Not me. And not Haley. Not me. What time do you get to bed last night? Didn't. You said, Haley came into work and said,

I worked out my workday yesterday was the same as a flight to Doha. Yes, 17 hours. 17 hours. Yeah, that's, I don't think that's healthy. Nah, but I'm good. And any social invite, like, that perks me up. Yeah. Well, it fills the soul, not physically, but yeah.

Yeah, right. I don't say no to many social invites. I say no to 90% of my social invites. You're getting better this year, though. We have reaped the benefits. Well, I am a hoot. You are a hoot He's come out of his shell

I'm a hoot I'm a hoot You came over to my house And got a tattoo What the hell Who's this guy? I know that was really wild That was good fun

That was a good night That was a good night That was a fun night I left early though I think you guys Keep going Until the sun came up And I was

Till the sun came up Not So I'm very good at saying no To social So I've enlisted The help of my friend And fellow actor And also fellow doctor

Haley Sprow Haley Sprow Okay, hi-a-doctor. And we're going to role play how to say no, being invited to events so that you can see how it's done and just sort of replicate this in your own life. Okay, perfect. So I'll understand. You say the number, and then I'll give you the invite, and then you give me the response.

Okay. And at number six. The Patsy and Craig Sprow cordially invite you, Vaughn Allen Smith, to the wedding of their daughter, Haley Jane Sproul, and Carl Peter Fletcher. Will you attend? Oh, no. I won't. Well, that's easy to say no to if the groom's already out.

I'm pulling the plug on this early. Well, please come to our wedding. No thanks. Number five. Okay. Hey, it's FVH's Christmas work to. Being hosted at mine, Vaughn, are you going to attend? No thanks.

Number four. Wait, you're not really giving many tips here. You're just saying no thanks. Okay. Oh, my God. They're sometimes simple as best. Okay, right. So I'm being polite because I'm saying thanks, like no, but also thanks.

Okay, number four, we're jumping ahead a few years. Fletcher and I and our beautiful son are celebrating Jojo Siwa's Jr's birthday. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, you named your child Jojo Seward Jr and Jojo Sewa isn't one of the parents. We love the name Jojo Sewa. We just love the name. Jojo Sewa Fletcher is turning five years old and he wants his Unki V to attend. Are you coming? No, thanks.

Number three. Okay, I really thought this would have been some kind of like actual insight into how to deal with this pressure at Christmas. It's truly this easy. It's truly this easy. It's truly this easy. Number three, we're going back. It's 1980-five. Okay.

Oh, Vaughn, you're, we've been genuine friends as well as kids, and I'm turning nine. You're going to come to my party? No, thanks. Number two. Okay. Right, again. Okay. Okay, we have decided that little Jojo Seaward Jr. needed a baby, brother or sister,

and we're going to do a big gender reveal with cannons. Will you, will we see his unkey VV there? No thanks. Okay. Number one. It's this easy, is it? Okay. Number one, we've had six kids and we need to upsize the house.

So we've bought a new six bedroom house and a minivan. Are you going to come to the house warming? No thanks. Okay. That's the day's top six. See how easy that is? It was quite simple. You kind of...

Yeah, but you need to give a bit of an explanation, you know, or a little... You don't lie. Vaughan, I actually feel like I sort of did a lot of the hard work there in the top six. You really did. And for that, I thank you. The Z&M Podcast Network. A little side note. Did you guys see Timothy Shalalalalalal Malay and Kylie Jenner on the red carpet for that premiere of Thingy Danger?

And the orange outfits? In the orange outfits. And Skinny Mobile has... have like pounced on it. It's so perfect because it is skinny mobile orange. Brilliant. Good from them.

So good. The list has been released of the most downloaded apps in New Zealand. This is from the Apple. Yes, just from the Apple store. But I'm guessing very similar. I don't think we have many Samsung listeners.

It's okay. I think half of them are. I think it's like 50-50. Is it? Actually, I don't know. What would, nah, it'd be way more, I reckon it'd be more like 60-40. 9-6-96, Samsung or Apple.

What are you on? Not right now, right now. Right now. Right now. I reckon it would be more like 60-40. Anyway, so I've got a list of the top free apps and the top paid apps. Because someone just text in the classic, in quotations, calculator app should be there. Laface.

Oh, what is that? I mean, you'd think so. What would that app? The calculator app. Oh, the calculator app. Okay, right. Is that the one that you hide naughty photos and stuff? Vaughna.

You're exposing. That is not in the paid list. No, it's not. Okay. Do you want the top free apps or the top paid first? Hit me. I'm fairly paid. Paid.

Okay. Number 10, Procreate Pocket. What's that? Squeezy, the Great White app, New Zealand Learning Drivers. Wait, wait, wait, the Great White app? I'm sorry, that's good, needs some explanation. I don't know what that is. The Great White app.

Oh, no, so the Great White app. Oh, my God, it's literally sharks. It tracks Great White Sharks. No, amazing. The Squeezy app is a Kegel. app. Okay, great. I mean, obviously there's a lot of people needing key goals if it's number nine.

And if you are listening, we're going to go in. We're going to hold, two, three, and release. Does this work for guys as well? Yeah. Okay, great. The driver's test is number seven for the most popular paid apps. Monash FodMap Diet. Oh, yeah.

Is it six? Shadow IBS girls. Shadow Rocket is at number five. Shadow Rocket is a rule-based proxy utility. I don't know what that means. I'm also looking at it. It sounds like some kind of... Capture all HTTP traffic from any applications on your device

and redirect to a proxy server. Love that. Love that. The fourth biggest paid app on iPhone is Tiaka Māori Dictionary. Oh, we love that. Number three, and I've got this, and it sounds weird, but it's actually great if you're a hiker or you go bush in New Zealand. All trails.

NZ Toppo 50 North Island, followed by NZ. Topo 50 South Island and it's just topographical maps and you can be hiking anywhere and just zoom in to the most detailed map. So you don't have to take a paper map and the number one most paid app in New Zealand is the New Zealand driver theory test.

Okay. Interesting. So you don't have to go down to the server and buy a little scratchy book. No, no. Okay, what are the freebies? We should download that and see who wouldn't pass the theory and the theory. Let's do it tomorrow. Probably me.

We'll do it tomorrow's Saturday, babe. I'm coming in. Are you coming in? I love radio so much fun. I'll actually be away, so maybe we could do that Monday? Who's doing the Saturday show? I'll sub in. I'm just loving it.

Okay, great. Okay, the free apps, Instagram, New World New Zealand at 9, TikTok at 8. Google is at 7. WhatsApp is at 6, which is amazing because one only just learned that you could use WhatsApp overseas. It's not true. That's not, you, I mean, this is slander, sir.

If you're new to the show, once we were in Europe and Vaughn messers just saying, is there WhatsApp where you are? No. I wanted to, you were both going through Doha and I wasn't sure on the rules of what countries allow WhatsApp and what don't. Because there's a lot that they don't allow in Doha, but WhatsApp is one of the things they do. Sure, I'm in Italy, you're all good. Zed energy app is five for the top free apps. Oh, like pay, where you just get in there and drink to pay.

Timu is at 4. Threads is at three Which is, oh, eh, threads. No, we're not threading. Two degrees, NZ is it's number two on the top free apps And chat GPT number one by a country mile. I love chat GPT.

I love chat GPT. I love chat you use. Do you use? The ZAM Podcast Network Play ZM's Fleshhorn and Haley. I live with my mum and dad now. well they live with me and so far reviews in great experience right have you said anything yet to them like you're under my roof my rules i love that my house my rules my house my rules no i have not said my house my rules to them did they say that to you uh yeah when i lived with them yeah yeah yeah wow and shoes on the other foot you keep that door open you're born in a tent yeah now my mom's like please close the door close the door sprang So I was on set yesterday for a top secret project

that you can't know about. I've been telling everyone about that one too. Oh, there's too. So Haley's filming two TV shows at the moment. I'm telling everyone about both. And you didn't, have never told me I'm not allowed to tell anyone. Oh, well, look, you can only do this one once. So, you know, what are they going to do?

Not have me back? Anyway, so I'm filming and mum sends me a message. And she says, you've got to be careful in this house. don't you? And I said, oh, what do you mean? I thought maybe she meant, you know, because it's a bit sort of, it's for aesthetics and not practicality. And it's not child friendly. Has she been poking around in the sockets? That's what I thought she's broken something or she's, you know, you know, something hasn't worked. Yeah. I said why, and she sends me a photo and it's my handbag and I haven't been

using my handbag because I haven't been going anywhere. I've just been going, work, work. So I've had my handbag just left there behind. She says, well, I needed a, um, a handbag to head out because my parents went out yesterday. I needed a handbag. Well, she doesn't have a pet. She doesn't have a handbag. No, she needed a bigger one.

She's only got small little sort of nanny purses. Let's get her a little T-moon. We should have got her a knock-off in Bali. Well, I was going to say we'd get her a deadly ponies, but you want to head to T-mo? Fine. So she grabs my deadly ponies.

She was like, oh, I'll have a little go on this. Wait, your mum is just grabbing your deadly ponies. Yeah, she does. It's help yourself in that wardrobe. Yeah, I know. I mean, I owe her more than a deadly ponies, let's be honest. Yeah, it's true So she goes

I just needed to borrow a handbag Saw the Deadly Pony's thought Yeah, I have a pounce on that Why not? Gets my Deadly Pony's out And then she was like I'll empty it

Because there's just a few bits Of like odds and sods Yeah In there tips it out And then she was like Taking out all the stuff And she was like Oh, there's a lipstick

There's a lipstick There's a lipstick And she's like Holding this little lipstick And it's not a lipstick Oh Patsy Patsy no Patsy's gonna need to wash your hands

She said, thought it better empty it first, including your lipstick, in quotations, gasp face. And here's the contents. We've got a little sunglasses. We've got a Zoe Morgan little jewelry thing, palm, pen there. Oh, no, that's not a lipstick. That's a buzzing. Yeah, it's a little buzzer thing, Vaughan.

Little buzzer thing. I don't know what you're talking about. I'm lost. I'm sort of a small, portable, an undetectable buzzing thing that may be app controlled and then I got home late

and she was like why is it in your handbag I was like it's sort of sort of kind of fought out and about she couldn't understand why did she ask follow-up questions

just leave it at that I love it's for out and about which is what do you mean out and about oh you know mum sometimes the North Weston's a little clobbed on the way home and you've got to you know You've got to pass the time somehow.

Why is it? She's got a magnet, she said. It's just sort of holding it in it. Oh, wait, it's got a magnet. Explain that. That does need explaining. So you can put it on the fridge when you're not using it. I was going to say it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, because you don't want to lose it. It's so petite that if you hold up your water bill with it. Play Z-Ns, Fleshhorn and Haley. You know, Hinge does their kind of like year of dating reports, which I always love. They're really interesting. One of the questions they asked their users was about, like, post-date feelings. Okay. And 52% have experienced what's known as vulnerability hangovers,

which is when you've gone on a date and you've either, like, shared too much. And then afterwards you're like, ugh, was it like too full on? Yeah. And one user was sharing her experience of going on a date and really, like, giving everything. Literally everything. Which some people might like, but also some people might be like, oh, that's a bit much. It's a bit much. So she wakes up the next morning and has a vulnerability hangover where she's like, far out.

Was that, you know, did I overdo it? So in response to this, she then proceeds to send three 10-minute voice memos to the date to try to explain why she'd overshed, thus then giving him sort of a second mini podcast. Oh, and then just showing him that you are absolutely crazy. Do you know, this has got the Georgia Burt energy. Yeah, oh my God, totally. But she's not crazy though. No, no, no, she's not crazy, but she's always super anxious.

What is it? What is it? What she's had a few drinks? I mean, everyone gets anxiety, don't they? Yeah, yeah, but yeah, and then trying to fix it and then making it worse. Identifying that you were too much and then sort of like trying to solve your too muchness with a bit more is, oh. But you can imagine the end of it. Hey, hey, thanks for the date last night.

We had a really good time. Sorry if I came across, you know, and then 10 minutes is past. Send. And then seeing that, be like 10 minutes. Oh, shit, sorry, I just saw that that was 10 minutes long. Yeah, I tend to do this because, yeah, when I was young, I felt like I wasn't really listened to. And so now when people give me a window, send.

10 minutes. Oh, God, that's in the 10. It was 10 minutes. Sorry, sorry, sorry. What is happening? Yeah, last one. Sorry, I just got carried away. Anyway, I hope you have a really good day.

And today, well, because I've got this kind of weird 30 minutes of voice memos after a first day. Too much. A bit much. So I want to ask, when was someone a bit much after you met them? It could be you. Yeah. And you have realised your own behaviours like this chick who was like,

that was too much. Because some people go all out on a first date, like if they really like, some guy might buy someone like a pendant or some jewelry and that's a bit much, eh? Yeah, yeah. You hear of that happening and you're like, Dude, calm down. Yeah, for sure.

So maybe it was you, maybe it was someone you were on a date with. I want to know, oh, 800, ZDM. Yeah. Text 9696, when was someone a bit much? Well, after a woman went on a date and felt a little bit anxious about the fact she'd overshared on the date, she then proceeded the next day to send three separate 10-minute voice memos explaining why she had done a bit much. She's a bit, and it turns out she, and at least she can recognize she's a bit much.

Yes. Now, I want to know from you this morning, when was someone a bit much that someone could be yourself or someone you went on a date with? Now, Jenna, was this you or someone on a date that was a bit much? Hi, guys. It was someone I was on a date with. So I had downloaded a dating app, invited, spoke for a little bit, invited him over in winter. So I had my fire going. Oh, nice.

Yeah, he walked in my house And the first thing he did was question As to why my windows were slightly open You know, I had them open to air ventilation And, you know Yeah, yeah, you know But he questioned me and grilled me as to why I'm wasting all this hot air And then I thought that was a little bit odd

And then he pulled up a dining chair And it had a squeak to it And then next thing I know He'd flipped the dining chair upside down And asked where all my Ellen keys were So we could tighten all the screws in my dining room chairs. I mean, he's going to do it.

I said, you know what? I love getting out of an Alan Key and tighten his chairs. I feel like, Jenna, this is something Vaughn would do. Oh, just tighten your chairs. I'm just trying to help you out here, squeaky chairs. So I took advantage of that, obviously, and gave him all my little tool kit, and he tightened all the down the Allen keys, all the screws. And, yeah, no, there wasn't a second date after that.

There wasn't. Yeah, because he was a bit much, just kind of roasting. Your house, basically. Yeah. Okay. How are the kitchen chairs now, though? Tight. You know, they're all good.

They're all good. But I, yeah, I felt like I had my father over grilling me for a lot of things. And that's not what you want. That just crack in the windows just a smidge? Great idea. I'm on board of that. Yeah, exactly. Jenna, thank you.

Sarah, was this you or someone on a date that was a bit much? It wasn't me. I was on a date with someone who was a bit much. Okay. And what happened? Well, first of all, long-time listener, first-time. Oh, there's the bell! I'm not in the studio.

Born's in his home studio today. Dahleys, we're just running over to get the bell. There we go. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Welcome. Thank you guys. I can't believe it's taken this long to get you on the show that we're nearly done for the year. I was just saying the other day.

Yeah, just saying we haven't heard from Sarah. Yeah, and he gets Sarah on the show. It's good to have you. Right. Well, so what happened was I met a gentleman on a, at a music. festival, a well-known music festival. Okay. We ended up going on a date.

He actually took me dirt bike riding, which was real fun. Okay. But after a second date that ended up at my house, I decided he wasn't the one for me. And so I sent a text to this man, said, great time, thanks, but no thanks.

And he sent me a text back saying, oh, just have a wee look in your bathroom cabinet. I've left something there. I was playing the long game. So I'm rummaging through all of my bathroom stuff, and I find this box of jewelry and it's real Japanese pearl earrings.

What? On a second date? Yeah, on a second date. So he decided to buy those, obviously, after meeting me once going dirt bike riding. Sarah, you must be one hell of a woman. You're a hell of a cat. But I reckon, if you're into dirt bike riding

and you find a woman that wants to go dirt bike riding on the first date, that's kind of hot, right? If you're into that. It was actually a surprise, so I just had to embrace it. Yeah, right. So where are we at? What happened after the Japanese pearls were discovered? Oh, well, I sent him a message and I said,

look, I just, I can't accept these. But he said that my ears suited them and I should just happily wear them. Oh, now he's looking at it. Oh, for a first day, the ears. What was he looking at your lobes? Got such a, lobes got gas down. I got my small ears.

I've got quite small ears. Can you send me a photo? Sure. Thanks. Oh, it's weird that you asked for her to just send it to you. Do you see us? Hold on, reframe. This is a podcast.

edit this out. It's not, babe, we're live on air. Don't swear, don't see anything you're going to bring. Wait, how long? How long have we been live for? Since 6 a.m. Would you guys find it like creepier if someone's like, I was looking at your ears rather than someone said you've got a great set of nungers?

Yeah, nice nungers, nice eyes, great smile. Great ass. But if someone's like, God, you've got great earlobes, we're like, God, you're a creep, leave me alone. Yeah, that's basically what happens. Had there been a nibble or a suck, Sarah? On the lobes? What, by this man or someone else?

But I just met him, anyone else is this a regularly complemented area. I'm just going to interrupt there before Vaughan gets cancelled. We're going to hook you up with a Fleege Vaughan and Haley Rockwest Band Names Calendar. I love that. We're doing caller of the week as well. I'm going to make her call of the week, please, because I love her. Sarah, we could yarn all day. Yeah, we'll give you.

I think we'll give her ears of the week as well. Years of the week as well. Well, I tell you what, we'll hook you up with caller of the week. Thanks to Kimmer's Warehouse. I'm of the biggest brands at the lowest price is a chemist warehouse price back. Maybe there'll be some air lotion in there. There's air lotion, maybe some air plugs. Air buds.

Yeah, I'm sure there. But Sarah, wait there. We'll sort that out. Thank you. Some messages in when someone was a bit much on a date. Well, we asked on Instagram and someone said when I first met my son, he was a bit much, constantly crying, never sleeping, refused to eat. That was a bit much.

Sarah said another Sarah, not our Sarah that we just spoke to with a great ears. Remember her ears? Man, the lobes on Sarah The lobes on that lady My hairdresser was a bit much Hang on Hold on, what have I done Chucking lady on it

Was that a bit much I think because it's in you You're in your singlet It's a bit weird We can see you working from home in your singlet I was pondering whether or not it was inappropriate It's inappropriate It's inappropriate

Also you keep sending Topless photos to the group chat And it's making me uncomfortable No I send videos or photos Of what I'm doing And I just happen to be topless Well, I put a top on.

Yeah, imagine if I did that, and there's the inequality, and there it lies. There it lies. You know? And I actually, if you do it, I'm going to do it back. Baps in the group, Shannon's stoked. It's weird if I feel about threatening. Seriously, her hairdresser was a bit much, but now I can't live without her.

Oh, yeah. Carly said my partner was a lot when I first met them, but I'm putting up with them still. Right. Some text messages. My husband had bought me a custom-made white and good. gold diamond naval bar for my birthday. We'd only been dating for a couple of weeks at that point. Oh, okay.

What's a naval? Does that go in the navel? Is that your belly button ring? No, it's from the, it's scrap metal from the Navy. Navy Scrap metal. It was made out of that ship that we crashed off the coast of Sarmour. Yes. Remember when that happened? Wild. Yeah. I had a date with a guy and the next day he turned up at my apartment with a

guitar and an amp. Oh my God. And he plugged it in and sung their song. He'd written about me. No, I'm sorry. That's the biggest ick I've ever heard I would just I would change my number Remember that guy this year that sung Wonderwall to my face in its entirety?

I was trying to be I've been trying to forget I'm excited for your comedy show next year that's all I'll say Yeah Meta oh yeah Okay no we've had that one on the She just clarified

Remember when we talked about the She went to a well-known music festival She's clarified which one it was Oh yeah yeah She didn't need to do that We all knew Yeah Yeah

Um, Morena Fano, wishing you all a happy and safe season after a tough year. Thanks, Lucy. I've decided I might be a bit too much that I'm wearing a jersey that I've made into a Christmas wreath, but like my arms, and you have to wrap your arms around your head to make it look like a reef. Okay. Oh, so you're not talking about being a bit much when you're dating. You're just a bit much. In general, Lucy.

She's just a bit much for a stop. Just in life. I love that. I went on a date with this guy and I knew he looked familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. After the date, he sends me a video of a song he's written. about me which yes sounds very romantic but at the moment. Another song yeah

but why did he look familiar? Is he a semi well-known New Zealand? I might be yeah but I'm sorry like unless you're at like Ed Sheeran or something like don't bother. Someone's messaging as well hey heather, Gisbon Council is full of poop just like the river they have been letting effluent into the river for decades and I've done nothing

about it. That's for Heather DuPusie Allen. I think that's for Heather do pussy Allen upstairs. Is she filling in for Mike Hosking? No, maybe she's like No, he's away for like 18 weeks. He gets 18 weeks annual leave. For a by his beneficiary dashing, he doesn't do a lot of work, doesn't it? Wait, but hang on.

If she's on, News Talk, ZB, who's in, where is she parking? Because she gets Hayley's car park afterwards. Me and Heather de Pussy Ellen share a car park. I think it's got an Allen at Sweet Art. I think she'll probably be parking in Hosking's car park. Yeah. Helfa. Heathler. Hethler.

Hethler. It's not Hesler to Pussy Ellen. It's just not. Don't try to gaslight me that her name is Hethler-de-Posieling, remember? It's gas-lamping. You're crazy, you got it wrong with some gas-lighting. If you've got to rock through your window when you go back down to your car, that'll be why. Oh, no, it's Heather de Pussy Allen from upstairs.

Play Z-N's, Flesh, One, and Haley. You said we should look out further. Well, Rolling Stone, Australia and New Zealand have released their top 500 songs ever. Yeah. 21st century. 21st century. Of the last 25 years. Yeah, because it was Australia, New Zealand,

and I was like, where's your daddy? But no, too old. So this is number five on the list. I've never heard it. Because when we saw this list, I was like, surely we've heard it, we just don't know what the song is called or who it's by, but surely we've heard it.

Never heard this in my life. Never heard this song of my life. Who's it by? Depreston, Courtney Barnett. Courtney Barnett. I've heard of her. But I've never heard this song, no. From 2015.

From 2015. Number four. Yeah, see, your top ten should all be your biggest songs that we've all heard. But maybe because it's Aussie and New Zealand, like stuff that might have gone crazy. Over there. Yeah. Didn't make it over here. Well, Gaudier and Kimber are someone that I used to know from 2011 is number four.

Actually, I think I've heard this song so much that I can't stand it anymore. Yeah, but also, don't change. She kind of brought her back. Yes, yes, and that was nice to listen to. From 2008 is number three. Empire of the Sun walking on a dream. I remember seeing these guys live at a festival, and it was an incredible...

If you ever get the chance to see these guys live, they're incredible. Are they still doing their thying? Yeah, they are. Yeah, this is like a summer fun, little drink in the sunshine. Next year, that song's going to be 18 years old. Get out of here.

Yeah. Yeah. What? Yeah. I'm sorry to say, if you were born in 2008, if you know a baby that was born in 2008 next year at 1718. No, it's not. Shut up.

You're crazy, man. Stop drinking in the mornings. Number two on the list is from 2001 and an absolute bet. Yes, Kylie. Kylie. Can't get you out of my head. Boy, you're laughing. This is all I think about.

Why did they make this list, Australia, New Zealand, when really... I mean, Kimbra's in there, but that song was massive in Australia. Well, what was number one, Vornay? Well, number one is in New Zealand. Oh, okay. There we go. Which, like, crazy, this is Rolling Stones

number one of the 21st century. She wrote it when she was like 14 years old. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, so I'm just... I just went scrolling back through the list to try to find some other New Zealanders representing. Place 11 was the not. many remix from

scribe? Yes, great. The remix? Yeah, the remix. Yeah, of course the remix. Of course the remix. Of course the remix. This is the explicit version. Take it off. Take it off. Take it off. Careful. The Beths weren't at 15. They're in New Zealand band. Love the deaths. But yeah. Benny. Benny, I'm super lonely from 2019.

Oh, it's in 18. Great song. That bit Powderfingers My Happiness. Did it? Oh, that's a great song. Oh, this is explicit. Her second word is F. Turn it down, turn it down. Hayley's not having a good day on the tools.

Terrible DJ. Just because when I read this, I didn't know that it was just 21st century. I just feel like, it just would feel good to you. If we were saying of all times. Was this song even big in Australia,

though? Like, they probably don't know it like we do. You reckon? Surely they got a sniff. Should this be my Friday flashback? The song rules. Bit old. Bit old.

It reminds me of the FootRoth Flats movie. Yeah. The ZM Podcast Network. Play ZM's FlashWorn and Haley. We were talking about where we're hiding presents this year. 12, it's 13 days. Yeah, because someone commented on my Christmas tree, by the way, was like, where's all the gifts? We ain't doing no gifts in my house.

No, I love that. Charity donation as a family. Highly recommended if you've got enough. junk in your life that you're like actively trying to get rid of. I don't need no more. But then we were reminiscing about, you know, when you were a kid, it was always a thing like, where have mum and dad got the presents? Where are they hiding them? And I remember when I was nine years old, so specific, I can like see the day that was like overcast, lived in this like nice little cottagey thing. And I remember looking in my parents' cupboard specifically to find

the Christmas presents. And I found them and not only that, the receipts for mine and my brother's Christmas presents, and I was so pissed off because his was so much more expensive than mine. And at nine years old, I was like, why is he getting $60 worth? You know, mine's 20 bucks from HBK. And I just... Oh, yeah, Ian and Christine would never have never, they would have had it down to the dollar. Yeah, but what if Philip's present was larger? But it was the same price, I would have shit the bed. Yeah, bigger. Yeah, bigger. Here's how

they avoided that. Scott's got a bigger present than me. Yeah. We literally got the same thing as each other for Christmas every year in different colors. Oh, amazing. We were like twins. We got the same clothes in different colours. We've got remote control cars in different colours. Wow. And that's... It was everything. And that's because you would literally fight if it was any different. Yeah. That's amazing. But the thing is, which we learned earlier today, when my mum went looking for

something and found something else. Catch it on the podcast if you missed their IHeart Radio or review podcast. Great KPI there. But when you're looking for things, sometimes you find other things. And this is what I want to know this morning. What did you find when you went looking for your Christmas prezies? Because let's be honest, everybody went looking for. for their presents, right?

Always. Have a little snow. Mom and Dad are in the garden. Get into the cupboard for a look seat. Yeah, yeah. Or did you like try to unwrap the presents and like rewrap them? Yeah, or maybe you found them early. And then you had to put on the performance of a lifetime on Christmas Day.

Yeah. My gosh. Or did you go looking, you found a necklace and you're like, oh my gosh, I'm going to get a necklace for Christmas. And then the necklace got given to your husband who looks a lot like Severus Snape's personal assistant instead. That would never happen. Where did that even come from, Vaughn?

Just plucked it out of thin air. Just plucked it out of thin air. Okay, 0800 dials at Emerson number 9-696 to text. What did you find when you went looking for Christmas presents? What did you find when you went snooping for your Christmas prezies? And it may be not even as a kid, as you say, Vaughn. Maybe you went as an adult having a little look to see what the hubby was thinking of having a little looky-po and found something that you weren't. looking for.

There are some very funny texts. Hit us. Some very funny texts. My 13 year old cell found my parents' book, The Art of Lovemaking. Oh, that's nice that they're still giving it a go. At 13, no. At 13, it's just that age where you're like aware of it. Yeah, yeah.

I need to know about it. I certainly don't need to know. Dad's dog, no, sorry. Let me just finish my sentence there before everybody starts laughing. Dad has dog aired a few pages that he wants to go back and try later. Yes, thank you for clarifying that book Because I did wonder we One of them was doggy

But, you know, that's by the bye A bit tangential But my dad recently died And we've been going through his stuff And we keep finding money stashed in random places He's been hiding money from mum for years There's always money in the banana stand There's always money in the banana stand

And mum knew about it So whenever she needed money She'd just go looking for a stash Amazing He must have had so much cash in a round That's so good We'll take some calls. Melissa, what did you find when you were looking for presents?

Hi. So I didn't find a present per se. I found my mum's little notebook was like all the things that she was buying myself and my siblings. Oh, you felt like a list of it. Did you approve of the list? Well, I was super excited because I can't remember what else was on the... It was a Furby. Right?

It was my peak 10-year-old South, and I was like, oh, my goodness, it's ticked, it's crossed off and everything. And on Christmas Day, I opened up a Furby, but it was like a little hand-sized one that had four phrases on repeat. Oh, no. That's straight up sucks. It wasn't full model. No, it wasn't the full model. You know, like those things were like 120, you know. We weren't at all of.

I know. I got like the, you know, like the $10 warehouse version would be like the Timo version. Yeah, yeah. Oh, no. Okay. And then did you look disappointed? Did mom know?

Yeah, I fully cried. I fully cried. I don't let it forget to this day. Oh, no. You know, it had beautiful sayings in its Furby language, and one of them was like, I love you. And I'm like, no, you don't. Oh, the drama.

I love you. No, you don't, clearly not. Because you didn't buy me the full version. Melissa, thank you. Sam, what did you find when you went looking for the presents? I found all the presents. So what did you do? I unwrapped said presents and found out what I was getting,

rewrapped them and put them back like nothing happens. Oh no. They know, don't they? Some Christmas Day, all of my gifts were under the tree, unwrapped, and my mum had figured out what I'd done because when you unpeel the cellar tape it takes off the pattern of the Rasseter. Yes, it does.

You know this as an adult, but not as a kid. I got busted and needless to say, I never did it again. That was the rubbish Christmas ever. Yeah, my mom would have been like, well, you're not getting them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or like put rocks in the box instead or something.

Yeah, yeah. Is that what you were expecting? I should be grateful. I did, it was a brand new hair straightener too, H, H, I remember. Oh, wow. So I got my presents, but there was no magic that year at all. Yeah, you ruined the magic. Sam, that's really when you boil it down, that's what's left with Christmas.

The magic, yeah. Sam, thank you. Sarah, what did you find when you went looking for the presents as a kid? I found my brother unwrapping his Christmas presents six months in advance. Six months! My mum was super organised, and she had decided that my brother deserved a Nintendo six before that year for Christmas. What?

Okay. Every day, like, after school or in the school holidays, he would take everything out of the box, like, to precision. And he would play. He clocked all three games before Christmas. And Christmas morning, he opened it up and had to put on the biggest performance of his lifetime. Oh, my God.

The kids that he had not known. that this was happening. And then he had to sit there and play all the games like he'd never played them in his life. And mum's like, where do I go now? You're really good at these games. He's like, oh, yeah, Michael has the same game. Yeah, of course he does.

Speed runs golden eye, which was, to be piqued, to be honest with that, that was piqued Nintendo 64 was goldenoy. He speed runs, golden eye. Mum's just like, I think we've got a prodigy on our hands. Yeah, do you think he's gifted? Did mum to the state ever find out that he was reopening it and putting it back? Yeah, well, we eventually told her, but I remember for that full six months, every time he was like dead eyeing me going, you say anything, you're a goner.

You're dead. I can't believe he was giving you that much leverage over him. It was amazing, though, because when he got married later in life, I had never said anything, but I also hadn't said anything about all these other things that he got up to, so I just pretended for three months leading up to his wedding that I was going to roast him. So, you know, like I got my fun back. Yeah, yeah, nice, nice. Oh, that's good.

Sarah, thank you. I just appreciate being able to open and close a cardboard box that many times without ruining the town. I know, let alone packing it, packing it all away meticulously. It's amazing. I love someone message in. I found something you can't say on air, but I've never looked at a dolphin the same again. There was a weird period of time where those were shaped like dolphins. I know.

Why I don't... No, I don't like the sound of that. I found my dad's jock strap once. Oh, what? No, that's too much. Would have dad been off to Mardi Gras or something? Yeah. Dad in the bloody Liz Mill's bathroom.

Yeah, where's Dad at now? Is Dad with Mama or is Dad with Dad 2.0? Dead, dead too. Dead dead. Dead with Dad. I found my dad's pot stash. Somebody else found a shoebox full of weed. Oh, yeah.

So they're finding their parents are imbibing. Dad on the gunger. Yeah. Dad's collection of adult magazines. Goodness me. Found that one. I found that my parents had an entire draw dedicated to adult fun time.

Okay. Yeah, right. I was about 10, never ever went looking for anything ever again. In fact, the idea of a game of hide-and-seeked even still terrifies me. There's lifelong trauma there. Yeah. When I was 15, I went looking for my Christmas presents. I found my mother had quite a collection of things in her bedside drawer.

I'm 21 now and I still cannot go looking for anything. Yeah, why don't parents have locked drawers? Or is that just even... Get a box. Get a box on a padlock, guys. Yeah. The ZM Podcast Network. Play ZM's Fleshhorn and Haley.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. I do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do it's Christmas songs all week it is and I told Haley I was going to do a little bit of Boney M Mary's Boychild for you because that's your favourite Christmas song Haley can you um this is like joy to me every year I love this song and you do you want sometimes in the middle of the year I have a listen as well Are you Dutch? Are you Dutch? No Dutch. Because did you know this is the Netherlands's biggest Christmas song?

No. Yep, yep. Every year it charts. It charts every single year. It is their Snoopy's Christmas. It is, so Snoopy's Christmas is Al Mariah Carey is all I want for Christmas. Long time ago. Boney M song is...

It's a bit too religious heavy for me this song. I mean, because it is Hark the Herald Angels, which obviously is all, right? And it says Jesus in it, it's a bit much. It's pretty funny when that Christmas time, Jesus gets it. It's literally called Christmas. Oh, yeah, I guess so. I'm just here for the presents, to be honest, guys.

The presents in the morning booze. And the food and the booze. That's all I'm here for. Did you know that this is a cover? I did not. I'll park the Herald Angels. No. It was in 1956,

Hester Heston, an African-American songwriter said, what we're sadly lacking in this world of Christmas carols is a Calypso Christmas Carols. Calypso! Oh, yeah, because it does. Okay. Caribbean steel drums, upbeat, got a little bit of boogie-woogie in it. It's got a bit of boogie-wogie in it.

Wow, this tune's got a bit of boogie-wogie again. Just a sprinkling of boogie-woogie. And then, of course, when it was covered by Boney-M 22 years after it was originally released, it added a bit more boogie-woogie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. Do we have the original Haley Sprague? So who was the original? J-E-S-T-R. Hirsten. I know how to spell jester hon.

Heaston. H-A-I-R-T-O-N. Jester Hirston, here he is. Okay, and does he have... Okay, this is the original. Here we go. Why is it not playing? Hate it already.

It's not as upright. Well, can you go, like, just give us a meaty bit in the middle. Give us some meaty bit in the middle. One in the middle. It got worse. Ooh. This doesn't sound very Caribbean. It doesn't.

It's orchestral. I think you've got a dudverge. I'm on Jester Hirston, Mary's Boy Child. Well, he wanted a Calypso Christmas car. Don't come at me! So then when they re-recorded it, the producer said... Okay, here it is. Here it is. Sorry, darling. I did get a dub one. Sorry, darling.

I'll go to the middle. This is Jester Heston. Yeah, it's not as good as up. See what I mean, but just a sprinkling of boogie-woogie? Yeah, I know. Okay, go back to the boogie one. Yeah, I'm sorry. So then Boney-M added more boogie-wogie.

And it went straight to number one in the UK. Of course it did. In 1970s, I stayed there for four weeks. It sold 1.8 million copies. It is the fifth best-selling UK single of the entire 1970s. Hot on, my daughter's going to school. I'm just going to say goodbye. I have a lovely day.

Make good decisions. Be kind to people. Don't smoke. Don't smoke. Love you. See you later. Wait, does she love us? Love you.

Do you love Fletch and Haley? August? Do you love Fletch and Haley back? They said love you. Yeah. Yeah. Love you, too. She's a good girl.

She's good girl. She's good girl. Fifth best selling UK single of the entire 90s. That's what worries me. That's what worries me. That's what worries me. That's her last day of intermediate. Well, do they get drunk on the last day?

She's not an intermediate. She's in her final year of primary. Intermediate next year. Primary. Oh, okay. So you can't get drunk and they've got a shared lunch but I think she just grabbed a couple of bottles of wine

so that's all right. Someone's got to bring a drink. Yeah, someone's got to bring to it. Okay, good. So I thought to finish this off of Mary's Boychild, I'd go through because did you know it sits at number six

in the most high the highest selling Christmas songs of all time? Oh, okay. That's quite high up, I think it's not everyone's cup of tea. It is. It is quite high.

I think the Dutch are doing a bit of heavy lifting there. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is in at number five. Mm-hmm. Do they know it's Christmas by Band-Aid is in at place four? All I want for Christmas is you, Mariah Carey, and at three. At three! Silent Night by Bing Crosby in 1935 is in at number two.

And Bing Crosby's White Christmas from seven years later has sold an estimated over 50 million copies. Wow. That's a lot of Christmas. That's a lot of Christmas. So today's fact of the day is Haley's favorite Christmas song, is the sixth highest selling Christmas song of all time. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day, day. A do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do do-do do-do do-do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do.

The ZN podcast network. Play ZDM's flesh, one and hailey. It might be tougher for Kiwis to go to America next year. Mm. Because the Trump, administration and customs and immigration are floating the idea that esther countries, which New Zealand is one of,

when they apply for an Esther to travel to America for up to 90 days, would have to provide social media for the last five years. Could you say I just don't have social media? Yes, but then they... How easy would it be to find out? Yeah, and I'd also pretty just remind people

we live in a Five Eyes country, which is the information sharing pact that we have with America and so I'd say if you're online they know. But I've got terrible stuff on there. I've got terrible stuff on there. This is what everyone's saying. It's like if you have shared any meme

and they find any Trump meme. Is that including the F.E.H. On DeGram thread that we have? Can they get into WhatsApp conversations that expire after 24 hours? Can they see that you watch like a lot of US political stuff on YouTube that's anti-Trump?

Like, can they see that? Yeah. And like, you make it one joke when Trump got elected like a year ago or when he first got elected and then like, is that going to be held against you? Well, we decided it was worth a quick little poll. So on the back of the US plan to ask visitors, including New Zealanders to disclose

five years of social media history, to enter America, would you do this? 31% of people said yes. What? I don't think people are thinking that through. I think they think just sharing your bloody Instagram tag or something. No, it's sharing

the contents of it, right? Because even now when you apply for an Esther, it says do you have social media and it's optional. It's optional and you have to put in your password your handle. So you would put it at Haley Sprow, Instagram and then your password. Which is at Haley Sprout, A-T, H-A-L-L-L-L-L-A.

Password 1-2-3. And then I'm guessing they would just use any kind of AI machine. Excuse you. You're not all my password to my socials. I know, right? And then they would just suck up all the data in there and then I guess search for keywords you turn up in America or you apply for this visa and they're like

no you laughed at our president. Yeah, you're young. But he's laughable. Like I just don't. Literally people have been turned away for this very thing when they've gone through people's phones and found like memes or messages like that. Well we've got some replies. Lou said getting shot isn't worth sharing my

data for. They don't deserve the lovels of the reels between me and my friends. By the way, I'm a non-specific brown-looking mixed British and Caribbean. No, you're screwed, mate. You're screwed. So they wouldn't let me in anyway. It's giving big North Korea.

Yeah. It's giving like, yeah, it really is. Rita says, yeah, but I don't want to go to the States for that for other reasons. Big Orange MAGA reasons. No, but that is the reason. That is the reason. That is the reason, yeah. Yeah.

So I know that they've already started, they've already started doing this for those that were applying for actual visas, like skilled working visas and student visas. Yeah. So, I mean, I guess, you know, if you want to live there, fair enough, you've got to do it. But, I mean, it's going to mean a lot of people are going to be like, no, I'm not going to go there. And already this year alone travels down nearly, what was it, eight? It's rough, but estimated between 6.2 and 8.2% down of tourism. Of tourism, because people are just like, yeah.

There's so many people that will be like, I'm just not ever going to go there while he's there. Yeah. No. Taylor said, yeah, you can have my social media, but don't complain to me when you see my bum and my C&B in amongst the door. Yeah, true, true. Alana says, this sounds like too much admin. Because that's the thing. Could you go through and have a bit of a purge?

But then, God, how old would you just take for it? No, but I don't think you could. Like, they'd just know. They'd be on to it. They'd be on to it. They'd have all the back ends, wouldn't they? Yeah. You'd be able to get into your back end. Yeah, I don't want anyone getting into my back end unless I've invited them.

Exactly. I don't have any photos on my phone of me in the back end. Also, and people are saying that next year, America is co-hosting the football, the FIFA World Cup. And so now everyone's like, great, like, we're not going. I want to go, yeah. Yeah, true. But apparently, so this is open for public consultation for like two months,

so surely it's not going to end up happening, because this is insane. I don't know. What was that story I sent through to the group chat this morning just before we started that cracked me up? Marco Rubio had demanded, yes. Oh, here we go.

Times New Roman. U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has ordered diplomats to revert back to Times New Roman for official documents. Branden, the 2023 switch to Calibri, under predecessor... No, I love Calibri is nice. Calibri is beautiful. It's my favorite font.

Under his predecessor was a wasteful and woke move of the D-E-I-A nature. I'd respond to that in Jester as just an F-U. Do you know what I mean? Or Wendys-A-R-E-D-E-D-S. Or Lucy's hand? Play. Flays, that ends. Flet's one in Haley.

You've got a new app. Haley. to tell us about. I do. I'm not using this app, but it could be helpful to those that are struggling to break contact with someone that's been dating

or an ex or something like that. It's called no contact AI. This will be great when you get a divorce, Georgia. Haley, she's just literally married this year. So statistically, what is it? Like six years? Well, you've got to play in a head, Fletch. You can't.

Taken by surprise. There'll be a new one by then. Yeah, okay. So this is called... A new app or a new man. Oh, yeah, maybe both Excuse me, I love my husband I know you do

What is love Baby don't hurt me Don't hurt me Oh whatever Haley Haley's done a Ui on the I know Listen She did a soft launch

It was a hard launch There was no hard launch of nothing You said his name yesterday And now you're not Did you're saying it's nothing I miss that I didn't hear a single name Come out of my mouth

Haley I see was going to the tennis With my dad God now she's done a YouTube And now you're calling him Ready. Okay, here we go. Good from you. Okay, this app is called No Contact AI.

It's kind of like those smoking apps, Georgia, when you gave up smoking. The idea of it is humorous. What do you mean? The most healthy person we know, like you literally were in Wellington yesterday doing, you know. Some fitness thing. What was I doing actually, Fletch? Your fitness night club. You made it.

I was listening to you yesterday, actually, Georgia, thank you. I listened to you as well. Anyway, not about me. This is how Georgia would smoke a cigarette, like between her pink, you know, when people go, like that, that's Georgia. Which is good, by the way. Anyway, no contact AI. It's a heartbreak recovery app designed to keep you committed to no contact with your ex.

X as a 24-7 emotional support companion, powered by AI, helps break the cycle of reaching out. So those moments where you're like, I'll flicker my message. I don't just flicker my message and be like, hey, how are you? I hope you can. Blah, blah, blah, it's sore purpose, it's core. purpose is to kind of prevent you with little reward things like these non-smoking things you put in I didn't smoke today and it says good on you today you reversed this thing or you saved this

amount of money it gives you little coaching things when it says good girl you didn't reach out to him today that has improved your headspace today and here's a little reward for you now do we think this is going to work I don't know I don't um I've downloaded quite a few of these sort of track wraps before, like habits I want to do, water drinking or walking or whatever, and I just never use them. They literally just sit there. And the notification goes off and I'm like, delete. Yeah, yeah, you don't even open it. You don't let it. Clear notifications. Get that out of here. Yeah, clear that. No, thanks. Stop annoying me. But I mean, you know, it is a hard thing to let go, isn't it sometimes? Might be worth a go. Yeah. It's called No Contact AI.

Hey, guys, apparently being the company's most successful podcast isn't enough. They want ask to tell people to tell more of their friends. So people are clearly lying. We're liking it, but we have to tell them to tell others to like it. I would concentrate more on the shitter podcast that the company makes. Yeah, same. You know, the real losers out there. Yeah, like, no, no, no, we'll just, we won't, maybe we won't say nice. Maybe we should even encourage people to listen to other podcasts that the company makes.

Oh, no, but only after Alves. Yeah, nah, no, don't do that. And not more than ours. Give us a sexy little review, though. Play ZM's Fletchhorn and Haley.