ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod - October 8th 2025

Episode Date: October 7, 2025

On today's episode of the Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley Big Pod, we celebrate Hayley's birthday and oh do we have a surprise for her!! Driving instructors have been accepting bribes SLP - Do you ever raw dog the microwave Halloween costume based on your star sign Top 6 - Smut tropes to make a queen look hot Taylor was never gonna do the Superbowl Cookie Time How hot is Hayley in a helmet What went wrong when learning a hobby? Hayley's Birthday Vaughan's $10 Suburb Fact of the day The one that got away See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the ZDM podcast network This is Fleshwood and Haley's Big Pod Thanks to animates Making Happy Happen for Pets ZM's Fletchbourne and Haley Thank you Brian Good morning Fletch Fawn and Haley

I can't help I notice Brin left something quite important out of the news I actually feel really shunned by that In breaking news It is Haley Sprow's 36th birthday Every birthday Happy birthday to me

Have everything to you. The worst song on earth. Yeah. There was, wow, really. Have you seen the meme that's like, it took me however many years to realize that the camera shouldn't be facing this way versus a happy birthday,

it should be facing this way. And it's you film the people who are singing you happy birthday. I receive it. Rather than you being filmed while getting sung, happy birthday. But it's about me. Yeah, turn the camera around, Haley.

It's my birthday. Why am I filming you? Look at me, look at me. Look at me. Unfortunately, birthday candles only come in packs of 24. So, I've got to wait to 48. Yeah. Oh, man, that's ages away.

Well, you've got 24 candles. Okay. So, I mean, maybe take that as a compliment. I also have a 24-year-old forehead. Thanks to the joys of Botox. The top six is coming up. Yes, the top six. Smutropes.

This is going to get Vaughn canceled. The top six smutropes to make The Queen hot. I'll tell you what our English listeners won't like this because they love the royal family. Apart from Megan Markle. Yes. They don't all love the royal family.

Well, Camilla. We don't Mike and Kate do. Oh, Katie. The Royals, I love them, don't we? So, yeah, the Queen has been dragged into the Smut world. Well, she has paid tribute to a smut author who's died. Yeah, well, a romance author. But, you know, that's what we call our filthiest smut.

Yes. Just the idea of the queen at the end of the day. Not Lizzie. We're talking Camilla. Yeah, yeah. The queen at the end of the day. Reading like one of these. Hicking off her shoes and.

Getting a hand down the front of her pants. Yeah, a little bit, eh. Fowen, Ellen Smith. What do you think we're doing all we're reading these books, please? Why do you think these books are the perfect size for one hand? Yeah. Why do you think they don't come in a hardback? They're all soft.

Well, the top six is coming up. Next on the show A lot of people having to reset their driver's tests in Auckland because there was a little bit of controversy Play ZM's Fletch Vaughn and Haley

Police were investigating after VTNZ informed NZTA A lot of letters that a group of driver testing officers at an Auckland branch had for years allegedly AFC and on their phone watching the NBA

And then popping into the TAB. No, they had for years allegedly been taking payments to pass people sitting practical driver's tests. What? This is the kind of bribery and corruption that happens in, I don't know, third world countries. I know. Slip of a note kind of thing. Yeah, this stuff doesn't happen in New Zealand, right? Oh my God.

So apparently now hundreds of people are going to have to reset driving tests done through the VTNZ. this particular branch that's affected after investigations found suspected serious misconduct involving five testing officers and the staff members

were at VTNZ Highbrook in East Tamaki all in the same one yeah so how much do you reckon five of them in the same branch yeah oh God

how much do you reckon people were paying oh no oh no Papa no how much do you reckon so 322 people people have to reset their tests. How much money do you reckon they were getting?

I don't, yeah. Like, what would you pay to pass? And then also, I failed my first one. But how badly were these people driving that they couldn't pass? You would have to be so sure you were going to fail the next five times you sat to pay five times the equivalent. Do you know what I mean? Like, you'd have to be such a terrible driver.

Yeah. But then there was also that period, and this covers it, because this goes back a few years where people could reset for free. And they changed it because people weren't trying hard enough to pass. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so it was clogging up the system. Yeah, yeah.

I mean, I... That's wild, eh? It's very naughty. Very naughty. Very naughty. It's very naughty. I mean, it is actually a matter of life and death because if we're putting out

failed drivers onto our roads with un-earned licenses, it's dangerous. Well, that's why they're all having to reset them. Yeah, yeah. And also like I don't know if all of these people paid

Maybe they just set tests with the people That were taking money So it's not like all of those people paid They might just be re But then you'd be annoyed You'd be like I just did it normally But I was with some dickhead who was being naughty Yeah

Oh that sucks Isn't that crazy That's a wild story Do you know what I think is wild Is that once you get your full licence Which I you know Some people can get by the time they're like 18 or 19 or whatever

then you just have it until you're too old. I know, isn't that? And then even when you're too old it takes ages to get it taken off you. Yeah. Like it's crazy that our 19 year old selves gets this license and we just assume we're going to be a good driver all throughout 30s,

40s, 50s, 60s. And famously, we're not. We get worse. My mom's gotten worse. But the cars are getting better. Yeah, the cars are like to think I'm declining at the rate that the car's picking up. Like it follows things at a certain distance. It's like, hey, mate, you, yeah.

Or hey, hands on the wheel. Do it, do it, eyes forward. Yeah, by the time, by the time, we're in our 70s and 80s and shouldn't be driving, the cars will literally drive and park themselves. They already do, yeah, yeah. In fact, they'll probably fly into our garage. Oh, that'd be nice. A little hover.

Yeah, we'll probably have little pans on our roof, a garage roof. Oh, lovely. Yeah. Oh, I'm looking forward to it, actually. That'd be nice. Next on the show, silly little pole. This is a disgusting. I asked this question because my microwave is below bench height.

Yes. So you never see in it. You just chuck your things in it. I cleaned it at the weekend. Yeah. And I asked my daughter's a question. And I was actually shocked by their response. Oh, you got some manky kids.

And it kind of lines up with silly little pole. Next, do you ever raw dog the microwave? Play ZM's, Fletchbourne and Haley. It is so silly, silly, silly that a silly little pole Silly little pole Silly little pole Silly little pole Silly little pole

Well today's silly little poll is do you raw dog the microwave I took the underbench microwave out of the kitchen And put it up on the bench and gave it a thorough cleaning at the weekend My mind's a bit splattery And you were disgusted at what you saw Oh, it was grim And then I said to Indian August my daughters I said, do you guys have a raw dog the microwave?

And they're like, what do you mean? I was like, you know, like when you defrost things, do you ever just chuck them in, like bread or buns or? Granted, they don't do that too much, but like, they do you use the microwave occasionally? I was like, do you raw dog it or? And they're like, um, sometimes. I was like, oh, always chucked stuff on a plate.

Yuck! I always use a plate or a bowl. Would you, could you imagine raw dog in the work microwave? Oh, no. That thing. Because people don't cover. You got to put a paper towel over top of your thing. It gets spitty spatti

It gets spitty spatti And that plate only gets washed When you go I need to clean my microwave Or when you spill something When the porridge overflows at work I'll always take the thing out And then when I'm running the hot water over

I'm just like I'll give it a scrub But then I'm the other way around Because I always use a bowl And I always cover I hardly ever clean it Because it doesn't need cleaning Yeah

Yeah and I only clean my not phone What do you cover with? Paper towel Glad Rap Turn the music off Stop the music Can I just, sorry, Fletch, can you just wait there? I've just got to talk to my friend, Haley.

Haley, he's going to glad rib at the microphone. I want to hit him with a what the, you know, I want to, what the, what are you doing? Gladrack! You don't have a gladrub in the microwave? What you do? It's literal thin glister. No, it's fine. It's fine.

Let us out of here with his help. You get gladraub in the microwave. Fletch microwave's gladrapped. That's his spit cover. No, but they're offended because of the. the planet, not because of... It's because it's the most stupid thing. This offense runs deep.

Why does that not melt? It doesn't melt. It does. It's leaking plastics in. This guy's running the show. You know how the average... Here I am. Healthy as anything. A teaspoon of the...

Yeah, well, we'll see when the autopsy's going to. Jesus. You have the liquid plastic running through you. Yeah. Do a paper towel. No, there's no time for that. I'm aghast. You think you know someone. I've never thought microwave should go plastic.

I can't even speak. Gladrape should go nowhere into the microwave. How long has this guy been, you mate? 21 years. 21 years and here's still. Gladrape. Nah, man. Just no.

Yes, you can microwave glade rap as a cover for microwave safe containers. But you must ensure it's labelled microwave safe and does not touch the food directly to prevent melting of potential. See, if something shouldn't be touching the food directly. Yeah. I don't think it should be an inch away from the food either. I just rip off a square of paper. towel and put it on. All right, a slightly

a jar. This is steam a lid. Slightly a jar. Okay, so you're deforestation the country. Absolutely. But if you're just to cover your soup, are regrowing, we're not going to be able to get any more dinosaur juice. Excuse me, plastic fantastic. Don't come at us for our bloody paper towels. I bought like a hundred metre roll the other day.

Put it in the pantry and realize there's another 100 metre roll. I've got hundreds of metres of Gladwreck. Now it's an environmental issue. Oh my God. I cannot wait to ruin the planet. says the guy with two kids Always getting off on holidays

Amitting Always getting off on holidays I've got a bicycle I will glad wrap in the microwave The gladrapped in the microwave The glad rap in the microwave makes me worry for you The glad rap use makes me worry for the world I can't believe

We don't even have time for silly little pop What we do We need a silly little pole Supplementary syllable bowl Does glad rap belong in the microwave Well I've just googled it and it turns out it does That's what glad rap wants you but Gladrap wants you to think.

It is amazing the amount of people that will just raw dog food onto the glass plate of the microwave. When microwaving food, do you have a raw dog right onto the glass plate? 75% said no, but that means 25% of people are raw dogs in the microwave. Surely they're not de-frosting chicken onto the glass plate, right? No one's defrosting chicken in the microwave. It's not 1998, and you didn't forget to get the chicken out when mom was like, make sure you get the chicken out when you get home or when you defrosted enough of dinner.

I'm going to give you a smack. Defrusting chicken ate, that was grim. And it would all go white around the edge and cooked. Cooking anything in the microwave is gross. It is. It's for reheating. It's for reheating. The microwave every now and then I'll do a stovetop porridge at the weekend.

It's a superior porridge. It's elite. I know. Stovetop soup. When you heat up soup, when you do it in a pot, it's better than a microwave. Okay, Jenna said, it makes me clean the microwave regularly. We have a huge microwave and a huge plate, so I just load stuff up from the freezer, spread it evenly and defrost it.

And then just take it to the barbecue air fry our oven. and then it's efficient but then do they clean the glass plate well that's yuck they must do just the thought of defrosting meat before you put it in the barbecue makes you say also Haley's got glad wrap on a new tattoo

so don't come at me yeah she doesn't work to work yeah she glad raps up yeah there's a lot of glad wrap involved in the tattoo world okay there's a lot Matt says sure but not anything with sauce bready things like buns for 10 seconds just to give it that fresh

No, but buns are Bonds are carbohydrate sponges Yeah, put it on a plate Yeah Ooh, yeah, it'll be absorbing all the muck Ooh, you might as well eat it off the kitchen floor Says boss girl With the amount of dried up bits of food

That it gets stuck to it A Jareem said best way to get some extra protein From the meals of dinner's past Oh, Jareem, please The microwave doesn't have Slash need a glass plate So I guess the answer is no Oh, they must have an inverter mark

My parents are not one of those. There's no spinny plate. You just pop it in. Oh, yeah. No, I like to watch it spin. I like seeing my food spin. Yeah, I'm like, we have a ride because I'm about to eat you. You're going to get so dizzy.

Your final ride. It's like taking someone to Rainbow's End before you eat them. Exactly. Yeah. What? Yes. Before you euthanize them. Nana's going to go on the roller coaster, the loop-de-loop.

Yeah. Then we're going to break Nana before you couldn't... Well, she was going to go anyway. Sometimes after a night. out. The effort to open the fridge and get their one slice of pizza into the microwave is enough, let alone looking for a plate for it to go on, says Casey. Oh, pizza on the plate.

Casey, no. You're just raw dogging pizza? Yuck. Casey, you're a better person. Less dishes and I'm a grot, says Kirstie. Allie said, my partner in microwaves raw meat right on the plate. No! Break up with them! Imagine like mince juice on the microwave plate?

Ground and like stodged in and started to dry you. Yuck. And then someone else from the Flack comes in and just raw dogs a piece of pizza in there? Oh, yeah. Guys, get it together. Anita says, wait, how good would a reheated pizza juice? A meat juice pizza slice be. So the pizza has absorbed the meat juice?

Not good, not good, not good. The meat juice would be so making. I'm just asking the question. Also, if you're going to reheat pizza, air fryer. Air friar. Yeah. With a, don't you just give it a spress. Squids, yeah, a little squirt.

A little squirt. If it's a pie to reheat before I put it in the, air fry, shit year order to defrost bread, says Gemma, so many women are raw dog in the microwave. I know. I'm ashamed. I'm ashamed. I apologize. I expected better from women. And Briar wraps it all up by saying, these silly little poe is always going to show you, you really

never know what's happening in other peels' houses. You don't know what's happening. Briar sums that up. Beautifully put. So for today's silly little power, and this is shocked Briar. When microwaving food, do you have a raw dog right under the plate? Twenty-five percent of you Manky's sons of bitches do.

And Haley. Halloween's coming up. We had a great idea for a costume. We had such a good idea for a costume. Yeah, our Halloween party's been cancelled. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. Well, everyone's away. Everyone's away.

Busy time of the year. I reckon there'll be lots of, you know, like Netflix references. Yeah. Like the docos and everything. Like everyone last year, when is the, what's the, you know, the hot, or is the hot shooter guy this year will be? Oh, Luenji Mangione. Mangione.

I don't think people will be going as. 100% I reckon there'll be like quite a few And then like lots of people Winner Squid Games Like it's always like pop culture references A couple costume could be the Coldplay CEO and the HR person

Yeah that'll be like number one You'd almost But you'd need to be hugging them the whole time And you'd need a frame Yes You'd need to carry around one of those You could take the Samsung frame You could take the clicky bits

That click on to the frame Oh yeah carry that around But you'd need some sign like Kiss Cam Signage to it That's just a free idea A lot of admin. It's a lot of admin. But, I mean, you'd get the photo and then just ditch the costume, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's the best. And now you're just in, like, jeans and a t-shirt. Yeah. What if, for Luigi Maggioni, what if a funny thing would be, like, you go to look sharp and you get, you go to look sharp and you get Luigi? Yeah. But you have a fake handgun and you're like, I really hate to see you. That's great.

That's funny. It's great. What are you supposed to be? I'm a Luigi. I'm a Luigi and you better not to be ripping me off. Yeah, fantastic. Okay, so here's a great article, a fantastic article. If you were at a loss for what to go as this Halloween,

you're off to a party, and this is based on your zodiac sign. So you're a cancer, Fledge? Yes, yes. I don't call it that. Yeah. You're just a cancer in general. You're a cancer in my life. Yeah.

And also, this Halloween, you're a fairy. You do, you do make a great theory. I don't know if that. It does make a great theory. Do I? Your childlike, or the Blue Bridge. You what?

The Inter-Ilander or the Brube? No, like the magical, like a little imp. The Wahahiki Fair. I'll go to the Waikiki Fair. Okay, you can go as the Waikiki Fairy. Like a fairy, you're full of big feelings, a little bit of whimsy and a childlike sense of wonder. This is perfect for you.

Does that sum me up? To bring out your inner main character. Okay. Are you sure you were born then? None of these. What are you, Born Ellen? I'm Pisces. You are a Pisces.

Okay. You, my friend, are going as... Oh, this is me. Okay, we'll come back to me because it is my birthday. Today, Capricorn Aquarius. Pisces, oh my God, this is shocking. You're going as a mermaid. Water.

Where is this list from? Is this for kids? Like, is this a kid's list? Pisces, you're one of the most artistic and intuitive and mystical signs of the zodiac, so it makes sense that your ultimate Halloween and alter ego would be a mermaid. Of course.

Pain in the ass though, type. Yeah. Shuffling around the party with your little mermaid costume. Unless there's a pool, you could just be in the pool to hold it. Oh, you can take one of those little shellpoles. Yes. I'm just chilling that. You'll be rankly by the end of the night, though.

Very wrinkly. Libra, that's me. Greek goddess. Hot. Libra is a naturally charming, graceful and stylish. He's dressing up in a flowy gown and golden accents plays right into effortlessly magnetic nature. Now that sums me up. Effortlessly.

That's the reason we did this segment, isn't it? Just because you could read out your one. Just to remind people that it is Libra season and is definitely my libra season because today's my birthday. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Haley. Play ZM's Fletchworn and Haley. From the Fletch Vaughan and Haley group chat, this is the top six.

Well, Queen Camilla has paid tribute to Jilly Cooper, known for her unapologetically raunchy romance novels. At the age of 88, she had a fall and passed away. Hawning Ann. That's what gets you when you're that age. Yeah. So Camilla said, I'm so sadden to learn of Dame Julie's death last night. Dame?

Yeah. Well, she was a journalist as well as an author. Oh, okay. She was a wonderfully Woody and compassionate friend, a legend in her own lifetime, creating a whole new genre of literature. She wrote romantic novels known as the Rutscher Chronicles, which included Rivals, which was recently adapted for television by Disney Plus.

She is what we call an OG. O.G. Smuck Queen. O.G. Smut. Rivals, the drama comedy series. Oh, it's good. I've seen the trailer for this. I want to say it's got David Tennant in it. Oh, lovely.

Yeah, he's great in everything. So it's a steamy romance. Rivals as a period comedy, drama, television. But in her day, it wouldn't have been as smutty as they are now. Like, it's outrageous. It probably wasn't as morally grey as the stuff that we three ladies enjoy. Yeah. But it was, like, I've read some old, you know, some older...

Romance. Literature, we call it. Yes. And it is definitely. there's some steam. He didn't like that. Don't say that again. He didn't like that.

No, he didn't like that. I got the toxic... Well, he's going to love that. If he didn't like that, he's going to love this. I got the top six. You know I'm a royalist. Romantic truce. Oh, sweetie.

That really get the queen going. Okay. Queen Camilla, number six. Enemies to lovers. Oh, yes, she loves. She loves an enemies to lovers. Yeah, that's a classic. It is a classic.

She pictures herself and Diana, actually. It's a bit of an enemy's to lover. Oh, really? Right. Really? Lovers, lesbian. A twist. We're enemies, and then they start fighting, and they're like, wait, wait, well.

Oh, no, if the clothes have been... Wait, why are we kissing? Oh, no, I'll be he's touched. Number five on the list of the top six romantic tropes that really get the queen going. Love triangle, just saying, say no more. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Love triangle. We's a bit crowded in this relationship.

Yeah, it's quite crowded. Number four on the list of the top six romantic tropes that really get the queen going. Forced proximity. Oh, yeah. Bit of a stuck in a castle with a big fingered fellow, sort of a... situation he does have big fingers it's got swollen fingers oh prince charles oh king charles he's got big sauce fingers stuck in a castle with a big fingered fellow is very funny that could be the title for your first adult novel and during COVID it was her exact

situation it was stuck in a castle with a big finger fellow on zoom on zoom number three on the list of the top six romantic tropes that really get the queen going a corruption arc oh yeah you know some take someone innocent or, you know, a nation that's innocent and corrupt it. Then they're going to do a bit more colonising. Colonising, a bit more colonising. Okay. They love randomly corrupting a nation,

so I can see it carrying over into her romantic tropes that she really likes. Number two on the list of the top six romantic tropes that really get the queen going, rival returned passion. Oh, yeah. You know, a bit of a competing for something, and it turns into a... It's so weird to say that people competed for King Charles. You know what I mean? Yeah.

Maybe it's the fingers. Who knows? It could be. And number one on the list of the top six romantic tropes to really get the queen going after she paid tribute to the OG Dame Julie Cooper. Yeah. Monster romance. Oh, God.

She wants to just be tied up by a minotaur or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Make love to the Rockets. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, make love to the Lockett's monster. That sort of thing. I can't explain it. I'm just here to read the list.

That is today's top six. and Haley. Everyone was talking about this. We were even talking about it. Who was going to be the half-time Super Bowl performer before Bad Bunny? I always got to say Benny Blanco. Bad Bunny. Bad Bunny was announced and everyone was like,

no, it's going to be Taylor Swift. So many rumors. And then there were rumors that she like pulled out or this or that because she wasn't going to be able to own her own footage. Yeah, there were rumors about Adel as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So she released her new album. This Friday just gone

and she's been doing lots of promo for it she went on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon so weird to see her doing like radio interviews and TV interviews

because she just doesn't I thought this is why I saw her in Graham Norton I was like you don't need to be here what are you promoting like you'll be fine you're gonna win

world records or something within hours apparently they did edit out a question from the Grey and Norton show because someone that was in the audience oh really

what question was it they cut in a question about, is she going to have a baby? Who asked that she was going to be a baby? Was it Jody Turner Smith? Is that her name? She was also like one of the guests. Oh.

On Graham Norton. Women? And the words are Jacinda. If they were going to have a baby? The word, like, it's finally been put to rest, this whole Super Bowl thing. And I didn't, I don't think many people know this. I didn't know this until just recently. But every year, Jay Z picks the Super Bowl halftime performance.

Yes. It's like a rock nation thing I think he's done it since 2013 So he's heavily involved in it So she was on Jimmy Fallon and she addressed These Super Bowl rumours Like Jay-Z has always been very good to me Our teams are really close

Like they sometimes will call And say how does she feel about And that's not like an official offer Or an official or like a conference room conversation Like our teams are really close How does she feel about it in general And we've been We're always able to like tell him the truth

Which is that like I am in love with a guy who does that sport on that actual field. Like, that is violent chest. That is gladiators without swords. That is dangerous. I am, the whole season, I am locked in on what that man is doing on the field. I'm not, can you imagine if, like, he's out there every single week, like, putting his life on the line, doing this very dangerous, very high pressure, high intensity sport.

And I'm like, I wonder what my choreo should be. I think we should do two verses to shake it up into light space, into summer would be great. Like, it's just like, this is, and this is nothing to do with Travis, he would love for me to do it. I'm just too locked in. Basically, she's like, this is not my parade. You know what I mean? Like, this is about him, this is his sport, and it was never a thing. So I think that's the thing.

It was a casual, like, is she interested? I'm sure she'll be asked every single year. Yeah, maybe she'll be able to do it once they get divorced. Or he retires. Whichever one comes first. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Haley. It's Christmas time, which means our food. Yeah.

That's what Christmas. is all about. It is the reason for the season. And when I think of Christmas, one of the things I think about is the cookie time buckets and how lucky are we to have the co-founder of Cookie Time. Guy Pope Mayle, welcome to the show. Welcome. Great to be here, guys. I'm expecting this interview. My mother's going to hear it and will prompt her yearly message of what flavor biscuit do you want this year because I get a bucket every Christmas from my mum. Oh, no, you have to have the buckets. Mine, the one I like has little bits of apricot. Yeah, that's what I've been for. That's what I'm for. one's the one's the little

little like apricot chewy chunks in it Yeah Well for us You're a little bit of a problem Why? Guy Oh no

You know what guy For us She's a little bit of a problem Yeah She's quite a problem To be honest guy Just in general Why is it a problem

Well the problem for us Is that Apricot and cranberry Is flavours Yeah Are loved Totally loved By just a small

number of people Oh Because it's not one of my faves Although for a chocolate Over an apricot or cranberry Or salted caramel or something. It's one of those products

which has a very strong following. If you didn't make it, you would have a big uproar. Guy, we will riot. Exactly. We'll be a riot. It's one of the reasons why over the years

we've gone from basically one flavour to six now. So what are the six? Because you've just brought in the new one which we just tried, which is candy cane. And it's excellent. So each year we do a few things

every year that are new. Special, yeah, yeah. So we always do a new flavor. So this year it's candy cane. Yeah, it's great. Last year was Brandy Snapp. Brandy Snap was so popular last year that we needed to keep it on. We've got chocolate chip.

We've got salted caramel. Yeah, those ones. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so salt and caramel was the first time any flavor in the whole history of cookie time had beaten chocolate chip. Wow, okay. It doesn't beat it now. No.

But it's still there. As the guy, do you microwave a little bit? I was going to say that for the final question. Oh, okay. Yeah, the ultimate microwavable time. To the end of that, for a big cookie, what's the ultimate time to Michael? Okay, shut up, by, don't answer it. Because I'm one of New Zealand's great debates.

Yeah, it is. Okay, don't answer again. But can you hit us with some other stats like each Christmas, how many, like, do you know how many you actually make, individual biscuits or buckets? I'd have to do the maths, but we do sell around about half a million buckets. And how many, like, they're tiny, they're little. That's insane. It's the perfect sign.

So since 1985, we saw. sold 1,500. Yeah. And the next year we sold 5,000. Yeah. Okay, and then it's progressively got up. And then at one point about maybe 10 years ago, we doubled from 220,000 to 500,000 buckets.

So that's one bucket for every four households in New Zealand. I think it is arguably the most successful or, you know, installed food product. But it wasn't going to be because then you came along, right? It got started. didn't, and then fell into a bit of trouble, you were at 19 at university, you went, okay, well, I'll come and help the family, see what I can do. So there's a whole sort of university thread going on here because I was 19. I was in my second year at Massie University doing a business studies course or degree.

And my brother, he started the business. And then he got to the end of that year that I was in my second year. And the business was having a lot of difficulty, running into cash flow problems, sales were low. We went into what we call the summer sales slug. which is actually what we now know to be sort of a traditional thing. Schools go on holiday and... We're all getting shredded as well, you know?

Yeah, exactly. Can't be eating cookies all day. All of those things. She says eating cookies all day. Summer's on its way. I'm like, I'm going to cookoo also. So I left university, so I'm effectively a university drop out, okay?

And I left university in order to help my brother get through. And one of the first things that we did to really get the business back on its feet was to come up with an idea that would, which would, you know, overcome the summer sale slump, which was something that happened over November, December. So clearly it's a Christmas product.

And we're not bakers. And I happened to be opening the post one day. And inside was a booklet from the New Zealand dairy board with a recipe for a cookie. And I thought, oh, we'll give that a go. And it was very unique. It had sort of was crunchy, but a little bit chewy, had a really good flavour, all of those things.

and we thought, hey, this could work. When could we sell this? How could we sell this? And from that, the idea of Christmas cookies came about. And that really was a big turning point for the business because we now weren't so dependent on, you know, dairies and ski fields and the other things that we'd become used to, which all started to drop off in sales over the Christmas period.

Our Christmas cookie sellers would, in fact, be in their... All throughout. All throughout, right up until the ripe old age of 60-something. Have you got any famous ones? Yeah, there should be a Facebook group. Yeah, there should be. There should be. Well, people have sold it.

Have you got any famous ones? There's been 3,000, 3,000 university students have gone through. And it's all mentoring. And, of course, as I've got older, you know, I fall into the mentoring group. Yeah. And so I turn up at the conferences and talk about entrepreneurship and what it takes to be successful in business and that kind of thing. And so it's just an amazing process. What a joy to work in the world of cookies and joy in Christmas.

And also you guys do charity work as well because you've got that. Cookie Time Charitable Trust, $2.5 million. I mean, that's amazing. Yeah, we started that back in 2003, I think. And so since then, we've been raising money through the Christmas cookie campaign. We've raised well over $2.5 million. So we support the Dyslexia Foundation, have done since their inception. Kids Can, St. John.

We run something called the OSM Youth Talent Grant, which is where young New Zealanders under 25 can just reach out and say, hey, I'm going on an overseas trip, sports team, dance or what have you. I'm looking for funds, and we're that charity that can give them those funds very easily and quickly. And we support hundreds every year. Young New Zealanders is just going about discovering their gift. That makes you feel better when you tuck into three buckets. So what I'm actually doing by eating, my third one for the interview is charity. So what is the perfect amount of time to microwave a big cookie time cookie?

Well, I think it's 30 seconds But I'm probably a little bit more than 30 seconds You got a little bit more 20 I do 20 Yeah, I do 20 For not, no, so not the little New Zealand size No, the big guy, the cookies up there

The big dog That's 20 Yeah, there's no doubt that's the best way to E one I do, I do have a powerful microwave though So I don't know if that's You're over in a slow old one Yeah, you might have a slow old one there So you go longer

You go, you almost re-bake the bake. Like it really soft and gooey. Oh, good stuff. And this is my third. I was just going to say she's into another one. Fletch hates it when I eat during work. Yep. I think people who, misophonia also don't like listening to you eat on the radio.

I know, but we've got the cookie time guy here. I love these. Well, the new flavor is candy cane and as you can hear, I'm enjoying it. She is. Thank you guys so much for coming in and sharing the story of cooking time and most importantly for sharing some cookies with her. No problem at all. Play ZM's Fletchborn and Haley.

Play ZM's Fletchbourne and Haley. Okay, guys. Why is there a helmet on the desk? Because what you can't actually hear right now, can you hear this? Yep, yep. I'm on a skateboard. I got my skateboard. So today you turn 30.

And is this the official midlife crisis? heading towards that midlife aren't we what would I be 72 if I was to carcate this would be halfway good innings I do I've got my skateboard and what I'm doing is I'm just practicing standing on it to start but here's the bigger ish that I

don't feel me else so here's my bigger issue one I look cool with a skateboard right I just hold it I'm off I'm out oh it's checkers it's check it's check it I think I could get me some vans yep okay

apparently I've got chucks But the wheels are so clean, it's never been used. Literally never left the carpet. Oh, wow. A lot of them spin. Yeah, yeah. Fresh bearings. Yep, thank you.

They need to be tightened, apparently. My skateboard friend sends something needs to be tightened. Wait, are the trucks loose? When you go like this, it wobbles too much. It's set to advanced. It's set to be set to five-year-old. Yeah. Now, you want to be able to turn, though.

You don't want to go too tight. No, not too tight. But tighten a little bit. Anyway, the look. But right now it's set for X games. And it needs to be set for 36-year-old. 36-year-old woman who blew a life part and decided to get a new hobby. Yeah.

So I think it looks cool. It's a globe skateboard? Yeah, yeah. Is that your brand alignment? I'm considering getting an ambassadorship, yeah. A sponsor. Yeah, sponsorship for X Games 2020. I'm going to say seven.

I'll give it a year or two. Wow, you'll be that good in 2027. You watch, mate. Okay, so cool, cool, cool vibes. This is like leading into my... What was your favorite song in Tony Hawk skateboarders? The game's a skater girl She used to see a little girl

Don't believe it was ever right It was not on the Um Um Some of the greatest gaming soundtracks of all times I feel like red hot chili peppers Would have been on there They might have snuck one in

Yeah Yeah Okay Here's a bigger issue Like obviously I look cool And I'm like walking out I'm like see you guys And you're gonna do that thing

Like you're gonna drop it And then go Yeah effortlessly just glide away Yeah Here's the issue Remember how I was like I've already got a helmet Because I'm going safety

I'm going pads and everything I'm not here to break bones Yeah. I said I already had a helmet because I once decided I also wanted to ride bikes. Do you do this quite often? Do you get hobbies? Yeah. You know the Pilates thing I talked about?

Still haven't been. Anyway. Hobbies slash hyperfixations. Yeah, yeah. We actually are doing a competition on the show at the moment with Les Mills where we take your registrations. Yes. For your commitment fobes. Yeah, things you commit to and then you kind of don't.

Yeah. I think there's a medical condition for it that everyone's being done. diagnosed with but I'll just ignore it but anyway so here's the issue that I have and the question can I make this helmet hot because this was expensive and I'm just going to pop it on and you tell me if you think it's cool close your eyes or do a sexy reveal bear in mind for the listener you are out of 10 a 7.2 7.2 self that's self 7.2 she's I mean that's 7.2 the helmet could go either way couldn't it okay three two one have a look no that's a horse's helmet that's you You look like you...

What are you riding a horse? That looks like you're getting into equestrian. It does, eh? It's got a little peak on the front. It's too big. What's the peak for? You can't see drizzles? Sun rays.

To get the sun rays out of my eyes when I'm slapping to board. It's a hip, in the board? I don't think he's slaved a board. The helmet? Yeah, the helmet's a bummer, eh? It's giving big equestrian vibes. It does. You look far more...

Like, if you go like this? Yeah. Oh, yeah. You could easily be on a horse. You should have got into horses, not skateboard. If I hold the skateboard, is that cooler? No, not like that, you're holding it. You're cuddling it like it's...

Are we going to get a photo up of this? Could we? And I, because I respect the listener and I trust them. Yep. Be honest. Don't ask people to be honest on social media. Be honest. Can I pull off this helmet or do I need to go looking for a cooler one?

Because I've already invested in this years ago. Wait, you even thought at the time that was cool for biking? Apparently. I know. I had it in my head that it was. much cooler. And then when I went to fetch it out yesterday to start practising on slap into bag, a slap into board.

That's not all, okay. I put it on and I was quite aghast at the image before me. I mean, it's certainly snug and it would protect your head and a fall. And that's the idea. It's main purpose. Yeah. But also the main purpose of me learning to skate was to get hotter and look

hotter and cooler. Yeah. It's not, so far not working. You look a little confused. Like, you weren't quite sure what you were going to do. Yeah. Yeah. Like, you've lost your horse and you've found a skateboard. Yeah. My horse has run off and all I could find is this useless skateboard. Yeah, yeah.

Okay, well we'll get a photo up on FVHCM on Instagram and, you know, listener, be honest. But also remember it is my birthday, so be kind. I mean, look. The poll is up. Haley, with her skateboard and her equestrian helmet. And we've asked, and I think people are

being nice because it's your birthday. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Can, Haley, pull off this helmet? I'm going to say, keep shopping Hon, because I don't love the way it looks. 83% of people so far have said that, yeah, I can pull it off. That's a win. 17% of people are saying,

hon, keep shopping. Now, the challenge bit is to come, because you are going to learn to skate. You've got your board now, you've got the equestrian helmet. Yeah. The pads and elbow pads, the knee pads, they're on their way. Your mum's worried about the wrist. She's very concerned about the wrists.

You've done that snowboarding, eh? The wrist. Broker wrist snowboarding? Because you just fall. And that's, you put your arm, your hands out. and that takes the brunt of the force. Yeah, pops the old wrist, breaks the old wrist. God, I'm heavier than ever. I'll tell you what.

Well, that could be good. There could be some extra padding. Yeah, yeah, a cush on the tush. Everyone was like, you'd get butt pads? I was like, mate. He's born with a couple. Yeah, I was born with a couple. I've been curating those for a couple of years.

Yeah. So with all this worry, we thought we would ask this morning. 0,800 dials at him, text in 9-6-96. What went wrong when you took on a new hobby? Maybe it was an injury or maybe you're just, you know, you invested thousands into it. And then you got some chafing and some new places and you were like, this isn't for me. That really stings. You know, that's not for me.

That's not for me. And bonus points as well if you did it as an adult, because I am aware that it's my 36th birthday today. And it's, you know, it's a late time to start skating. It is. It is. It is. And it just goes with all the other hobbies you've started. And bonus points as well, if you injured yourself, you gave up and you've got all this equipment.

Yeah, if it's skate gear, let me know, hit me up, you know. I'm always looking out. Oh, someone just texts me saying, oh, Haley, watch out for the tailbone. I've already chipped that. Oh, yeah. Okay. That's, yeah, fall on the ass or you'll know about it. Yeah.

I mean, I wouldn't be mad if you gave this one up. Like, it's a bit dangerous. I've bought the board. I've bought the board. I'm getting a lesson. You could hang it on your wall and then people think you skate. And I'm like, that's just my board. Yeah, no, but the wheels are too clean.

That guy's coming to work with a skateboard. Look how cool he looks. He's got a backwards cap. He's got a backwards cap. He's got baggy pants. He's got vans. So that was a real 80s skateboard. I think I need vans.

0,800 dials at em as a number. 966. We want to take your calls now. What went wrong? Learning a hobby. And bonus points have you bought all the gear too. The hobbies that you've learned and when they went wrong. Yeah.

I mean, a lot of people are predicting that I'm going to take a big fall and give up on it. But you know what? They're right, they're right. They knock me down, but I get up again. And you ain't never going to knock me down. Okay. I get knocked down. And then I'm going to up again.

You are never going to keep me down. Yeah, but then it only happened because you had a whisker drink. I had a vodka drink. No, I will not be drinking on the skateboard. Okay, good. We'll not be drinking on the board. What went wrong when you learned a hobby? These aren't making me feel better.

No. There's some soft ones. Like my partner decided he really wanted to get into reading on the first book, realize he was dyslexic. Now that's gutting. But as you know, audiobooks is reading. Yes, go back,

go to audio box. Yeah, yeah. Great idea. Someone said, don't listen to Fletch. Am I being negative? It's one of my favorite hobbies. It doesn't always end well,

but, yeah, yeah, yeah, do it on the day. Callum, what hobby did you get into and hurt yourself with? Good morning, guys. So, yeah, so I'd take on karate

when I was 25. I started going to a class Got put with the kind of Wee 8, 9, 10 white belts Yeah Started punching felt pretty confident What you said of punching 8 year olds I'm not pretty confident

Those 8 year olds were weak as shit I was just like Boom Got kind of second kick in Kicked and my pants ripped From my crotch down to my knee Oh no Oh no

And was that it? That was it. You were like done. I'm done. I don't think you were made for the fighting world, bro. But 25 wouldn't be a bad age to get into karate. You wouldn't want to leave something like jiu-jitsu or karate to late in life. God no. Because you've got to be flexible. Yeah.

So did anyone call you out on the pants split? And were you wearing undies? I was definitely wearing undies, yeah. No, it was more of a shuffle out of the building. Right, yeah. and just never accidentally expose yourself of children. Yeah, what did you do with your karate outfit? I've got a name, don't they?

A ghee. Is that a guy? Yeah, it got thrown in the bin pretty quick. In the bun. Well, at least you didn't hurt yourself. I think you were going to hurt yourself when you said I started karate. No, just his ego and his pride. Callum, thank you some messages.

Someone said I took on cruiserboarding. Now, is that like... That's like longboarding. Couldn't recommend it more to get back into skateboarding. Started during Auckland big lockdown when all the carpet were empty. What went wrong is that lockdown lifted and now I'm too scared because there's cars everywhere. Oh yeah. By lifting

that lockdown a whole lot of things got worse, didn't it? Re-enter the lockdown. I rekindled my skateboarding dream at 47, bought a new board gear. First trip to the skate park, I fell over and had a sore risk for weeks. I haven't touched that skateboard again. That's from Paul and Fangaree. I tried wakeboarding. Did you hear that Haley? Did you hear that one? It was quite. I'm hearing them. I tried wakeboarding, fell over, broke my hip and I've been on

ACC for two years. Far out. Do they hit the water or? Yeah, but they're going fast. Yeah, if you're going fast, you can really hurt yourself. Someone said they tried skiing seven a weeks ago, 47, tried for the first time. I now have a tear in my lateral meniscus, a tear in my medial meniscus, a fracture on my fibula, a bone bruise and a complete rupture of my ACL.

But you've nearly got the whole set there. Oh, God, but I had a great morning before it happened. Yeah, there you go. Horses, a few broken bones, concussions, unaccountable, bruises and strains. Bitten, kicked, crushed 31 years later, I creak and crack like a mysterious secret sound. Inevitably poor as well

as I'm still crazy horse girl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They stuck with it. They stuck with it. Put all the gear to learn to ski, had a lesson, fell in my ass, got stuck at the top of a mountain, finally walked down in terrible weather and cracked the shits and went home at lunchtime. I'd even tell the ski instructor, still have two full sets

of new ski again. I've never been back. How many ski instructors are like, where is that person from the morning? Chucked it in. Yeah, totally. That would happen all the time. Yeah, okay guys, we're just going to grab the lunch. If you bought food, just go do, we're going to meet back here in half an hour. And someone just walks, keeps walking.

Yeah, gone. To the car park. Took up mountain biking with my now husband in my 30s. Got too confident on a demo bike, went over the handlebars. Bike went over my head. Pinky finger facing the wrong way. Direction fractured. Nine months of physio and a surgery for that dozy. Wow.

Okay. So just be careful out there, guys. Safety first. Well, I am. Safety. That's why I've got my equestrian helmet. a hmm, as that ACC ad says. Yes. Have a hmm. Play ZM's Fletchbourne and Haley. Play ZM's Fletchbourne and Haley.

Do you know, I think I've been panicking about it a little bit and then I was thinking yesterday, and that's still, I'm happy with that. 36. Yeah, pleasure to grow old, isn't it? It's privilege. The people we've lost along the way. Yes, indeed. Before the age of 36.

Yeah, yeah. Like Heath Ledger. A moment for Heath Ledger. He was so great. He was so great. Even in the dark night, of course, but other films before that. And in the 1800s, you'd probably be dead by now, right? Well, dead.

I would have had multiple kids. Well, no, we probably would have died in childbirth. Yeah, I would have, because I would have been birthing it under my stall of wares. Yes, yeah, yeah, because you couldn't afford to take a day off from the village market. From the market, and then I would have had to have just sort of popped it to the side and kept going and bled out. And yeah, it was a whole thing. So, no, I'm grateful. Very grateful to be 36.

Mm. Well, well, hello. Hi, Professor Karwan here. Hi, Kahwa. So it is your birthday and obviously all week, all last week, basically all month you've been going on. Just reminding. You know, like, don't forget to organise something. And like, you know, in good us fashion, we haven't organised anything.

Yeah, yeah. It's crazy because I just feel like I gave you so much. I know, but there's so much. Taylor Swift put out an album, like so much as happening. Okay. Mixed reviews. But thankfully, we did actually get something in the mail from a listener. So you will be familiar with one of my new best friends,

the mayor of Napier. Yes. Kristen Weiss. And obviously they looked after Herman for us for a while. Of course. And with her fiancé. And they've sent you a gift. Yes.

So Shannon's going to bring in it in now. Is it one? With some scissors. I'll say to everyone listening, the boys also don't know what this is. I had a call from the mirror She said, I've got something for you Is it Hux Bay Wan?

I hope it's Wux Baywain? It's in a water blaster box Yeah, that was very confusing She is not light No I will say the packaging is EcoBats Oh yeah, nice, okay

You know like Are they itchy? No, these ones aren't itchy They're not fibreglass I think Shannon's brought through some scissors too Because you might need that To cut through What on this is going on?

here. Okay, something's bubble wrap. Are those old eco-bats? Are they feel like they've been pulled out of somebody's warm? I feel like someone's gone cold for me. It's sustainable, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.

What the heck. Well, good packaging. Oh, it's really good. Okay, now, in the box is something wrapped in bubble wrap. Something wrapped in bubble wrap. I'm just going to pop it down on the grip. You're going to say the fibres coming off the eco-bats are going to make somebody sneeze. Oh, my God.

I think we have some kind of... Okay, some kind of ornament? Ornament? It looks like it... It looks like it could be a Herman adjacent. It looks like a companion. It looks like some kind of dog statue. It could be a tiny dog.

It could be a corgi. I'm going to pick a corgi. It's looking like a little corgi. I saw a pore that was given corg. It was, yeah, I saw it. It saw a little tone. Herman, human, look, a brother. Hang on.

I'm really trying to get into the scissors here. Two dog house on now. Okay, are we ready? Yeah. It is. It's a demonic corgi. It's an evil corgi. The collie is so scary. His face is so scary.

That's new girlfriend. Morgie with Corgi. No. Morgie the Corgi. Wow. It's demonic. Look at its eyes. Or Tori the corgi because the Tori's, you know?

Oh my God. This thing is satanic. No, she's beautiful. Hey, Lisa. Sorry, I'm getting. Size-wise, a German Shepherd can't mount a corgi. It would have to go the other way around. The corgi would have to be the male.

Well, that's a great. It's a great prison, isn't it? This is really phenomenal. Now, is this rape payer money that this is... No, no. There's a personal gift from the mayor. Mia Kirsten said that her fiancé was obsessed with Herman, saw this online,

had to buy it. I think it's come from Nelson. Oh, yeah, because I said Nelson on the water blast of it. Wow, that's incredible, isn't it? Wow, that's something else. It looks like it's harboring ancient Japanese spirits and were all haunted. It looks like it's been bleeding from the eyes. It looks like someone's repainted.

it right? Because they sent me a photo and I went it. It looks like whoever possesses this has bad luck until they can convince somebody else to take it into it. I love this. Do you know what? I, like this is the kind of thing that people would walk past in a shop. But not me. They wouldn't they just keep going.

But not me. And I know that they saw this and felt that I am drawn to the odd. I guess we're going to make room on Herman's table. Okay, if there was a sound that that dog's face is making, it's like That's a sound. We'll get a photo up.

That's amazing. What a gift. What a gift. Can I bring him to lunch? Um, no. You will look full-blown crazy. As I am wont to do, as I am wont. Play Z-M's Flashborn and Haley.

Thanks to Animates, our show sponsors, and Nine Lives Orphanage. Oh no, oh my God, please. A special treat for Hayley Sproul's birthday. Is it actually? What have you wanted in studio for a long time since this happened last time? Kittens and puppies? Kittens. There are kittens.

There are kittens in studio. Oh my God, they're so cute. So sweet. Oh, they can hear them. You can hear them. They're making those little kitten meows. Hi, too. Hello, kittens.

Hello cats. Shall I hold a cat? I think it's time for Vaughn to take a new, kitten. Shut up. I was thinking, oh my daughter's at my

life. Yeah, buddy. Oh, my love to go. Oh, my God. They're about vocal. Now, everyone loves a vocal cat.

So nine lives orphanage, this is where you can help out and adopt one of these kittens. The answer is yes, I'll take them all.

Oh, my God. Haley's currently holding two. Oh, my gosh. I adore you. Oh. Do you think my cat would eat this cat

though? Yeah. How do you think my cat would like another cat? A little brother. A little brother. Yeah. How old are they? I have been thinking Fletch, it's, you know...

Four weeks. Four weeks. Four weeks are so tiny. Oh my God. This is a problem though with, like, you just want them all. And how do you let them go? You don't. You don't.

Like, now I must take this one home. Like, I've just sort of got two in my hand. That one's very... That one's good. It looks good on you, is what I'm trying to say. Yeah. It's gray to it goes with the apartment. It's gray.

It goes with the interior, which I always pick my pets by are they going to go with my interior scheme? Well, because Rolly is the only grey thing allowed in my house, you know, because I'm not, I don't have any millennial grey.

Yeah. Hey, because I'm more of the brown times I used to. You're grey. Hi. Oh my God, team, thank you so much. Do they always have, do their eyes change colour?

Because this one's got blue eyes. Yeah, they're not going to stay blueish. This guy's going to be an absolute charmer with the ladies. Oh, yeah, with the ladies. Great. Do you know all I ever say? is sometimes we'll have a bad day and I'll just be like,

can we just get some damn kittens in studio? And it just makes everything better. And then, oh, hi. So you can go to nine lives orphanage.com. com. It's a kitten and cat charity in South Auckland. You can donate there as well. And if you want to get one of these little kittens,

oh, it's okay. Oh, babies. Oh, this is the best birthday gift ever. This cat, this one I've got, looks right into the microphone of meows. He's a performer. Oh, yeah. Oh, and just like his dad,

Take him home. Take him home. I think this one's in love with me. Yeah, okay. Do you think Rolly would be? Can somebody come around and get this one? It's trying to climb off me and I need to push the buttons. Oh, gosh.

Oh, they're so cute, aren't they? They are just so small and cute and delicious and I want them all, but I shouldn't. Oh, my God. Okay, well, we'll just leave Haley there to play with her kittens. I can do us with me. Your birthday treat. Thank you to our show sponsor. animates for organising this nine lives orphanage if you can adopt or you can donate.

Imagine being allergic to cats. Life would be not worth living. You know, I have a friend that's allergic to cats. Yes. And they have to take anti-histam. I had a date come over to my house. He started sneezing. I was like, well, that's you out, isn't it?

You're out, you're gone. Bye. Big red flag. Huge red flag. Sproul on the prowl, minette. Yeah, a little mini of sprawl on the prowl. I had a boy over. Allerg to cats. Sproul on the prowl.

There we go. Well, happy birthday, Haley. Thank you. This is the best. And this is what I requested. This is the fuss I desired. We also must, well, we will get some videos up of cute kittens because they're very cute, aren't they? Play Z-M's, flesh Vaughan and Haley.

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money? Yep. Didn't it work right? It did. I know mine. Everyone knows their postcode. Charlotte, congratulations. You are today's winner of the $10 suburb.

How does it feel? Oh, it feels amazing. I'm trying to sell this house at the moment, so I need all the money I can get. Oh, what are you trying to sell it? Do you want to give it a plug? Is it online? Can we find it somewhere? Have a peruse virtually, perhaps, at Oneroof.com.

I don't see. Yeah, well, it'll be listed with Alice Monroe shortly, 75 Egglinton Road. Dude, I'm looking at your house You've got a green roof That's actually Beautiful home It's all been done up in time I'm not going to show Haley

Because this has got Haley Sproul energy This house Is it a villa? It's a, oh, what year would have been built? I buy you've got a buyer You've got a buyer, I love a villa Charlotte Maybe Yeah, no

It's a long commute time to work though Isn't it every morning? Hell of a drive You'd have to leave it 2 a.m. Yeah, yeah, yeah Land at 4 a.m. Get the car in. Charlotte, congratulations.

winner of $10 suburb today. Stay on. Yeah. If anybody wants to buy 75, Eglinton Road, get into contact with Alice Monroe. Play ZDM's Flashwon and Haley. Fact of the Day, Day, Day, Day, Day, Day. Do, do-da-to-to-da-to-da-da-to-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. It's Brands with Trademarked Word's Week at Fact of the Day.

Monday we covered brain freeze. Yeah, that's owned by 7-11. Yesterday, Haley, you missed it, we covered Woonsey, which is technically going by Gerber Children's Wear. Oh! A subsidiary of Nestle. But then I couldn't find any trademarks in New Zealand for onesie, so knock yourself out.

Go for it. Give it howl. Today, we dive into the world of Java. A little... Coffee? Caffeine, baby. Not Java script. Not Java script.

That's where my man immediately went, JavaScript. Not Java, an island. Is that an Indonesian island? Yes, an Indonesian island. Java. Not Java as in Java Good Time. Wow, that was borderline. Lucky that last word sounded British.

Yeah, that's where I kind of went, Java Good Time. Java Good Time. Yeah, well, you did it. I did it. You did it. You did it, white man. But only because you led the way. Java Good Time.

Yeah, Java lies between Sumatra and Bali. It's a volcano dotted island that is at the, yeah, it's a, Beautiful. We simply must go. Let's go tomorrow. We'll be popping in tomorrow. Well, it looks quite volcanic. I like volcanoes.

Except when they're going off. Nah, this is when they're at their most exciting. I have coffee being called Java. What's the origins of coffee being called Java? I've got to answer this question before we can move on. I assume it's because it was growing in the area. But Chachy PD is just having a little bit of think of that. It comes from the Indonesian Island Java, which became one of the major coffer

reproducing our regions under Dutch colonial rule. Classic. Classic Dutch. Classic Dutch sweeping in there with their, you know, big, giant long, clogs ships. Windmills. Windmills. Yeah. Fantastic. Whangs.

Windmilling in there. Need to believe. Wonderful wing. But today's, it's not Java. It's Frappuccino. Okay. Owned by Starbucks. Yeah, it is.

Invented and trademarked by Starbucks after acquiring a Boston cafe called the coffee connection in 1994. So the coffee connection had a Frappuccino And Starbucks bought the coffee connection And thus took over the IP for Frappuccino So now when you get If you're not at Starbucks and you go somewhere else It's just a

What do they call? So I'm wondering if you can get around it with it I've seen it called a frape Frape PPE with a Rataataata So otherwise known as frozen coffee's ice blends Or a frost acino in some place

I used to love a Frappuccino when I was at high school from Starbucks. I think he still get like a chai Frappuccino or something. Yum. I know, basic.

Embarrassing. No, no, no. It was just the chai thing threw me. When you're trying to start drinking coffee when you, you know, feel like you have to

because you've reached a certain age and you're like, I've got to drink coffee because everybody drinks coffee which is a wacky thing, but such a life. So Frape is the actual word and Frappuccino is what

Starbucks have done. So they put the chin on the end. So Frapay is a, like a Greek in French word, many ice and coffee. Which wouldn't be trademarked? It's just a word. Right, so any cafe can use that. What if anybody owns baby chino technically?

Because we call them fluffies. But I have her, Australians calling them baby chinos. Well, we call Fletcher's drink a vagina chino when he gets his mocker. Because he's a full of grown man who's drinking a mocked you that former All Black's captain, Karen Reid, liked a mocker when we got a coffee order. Yeah. So technically, I'm as manly. He's also a vagina chino drinker.

So technically, I'm as manly as the Exaltz captain. Okay. Thank you. Okay, we'll let it slide. Carry on. So today's fact of the day is that Starbucks owns the word Frippuccino. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Do do-da-do-do-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-do.

Play Z-M's Fletchvorn and Haley. Play. Now, there is a song. on the new Taylor Swift album called Ruining the Friendship which is apparently about, it's about a friend I believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, producer girlies

Swifties, Swifties, I call you about a friendship that was always a little bit like, well they won't they, not sure and then her friend passed away. Yeah, she's reflecting on high school and she kind of talked about how in her earlier album she really used to reflect high school a lot and she hasn't

in a long time. She's in her late 30s now She's an 89 baby late May Should be 36 soon Yeah so She's reflecting on this guy at school And she's kind of like Maybe we should

But no I'm so young And I don't know I don't want to ruin the friendship And then tragically he passed away And she just never got to answer that question So he's the one that got away Yeah I mean it's all worked out well now

Hasn't it but I would say it couldn't have worked out better But you do often think about these people And a lot of people have been discussing online this idea of the one that got away or the one, you know, what could have been, people still checking their Facebook every few months, being like, how the bloody hell are you? Wonder what they're doing?

I wonder what they're doing. Was it a huge mistake letting them go? What could life have looked like? And that's what I want to ask our lovely, lovely listeners this morning. Who was the one that got away? What happened? Do you think about them often? Have you ever thought about reaching out?

These stories are going to make you quite, you're going to love these stories, I do. You love these stories. I just love. I just love it. Wait, you love love? I thought you said love is dead. You said love is dead. I think it's doing a Ui.

On a busy road, Love's about to get T-Bone. It saw a sign that went like that, and it just went, you know what, screw this. Oh, so it's that meme with the drifting car. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And going here, love is dead or love is coming back. Might be alive. Where you can always rip a U-Turn at any stage. You can literally rip a U-I.

I want to go back towards dead. Yeah, go back towards dead. Right, yeah. But there aren't. always, you know, the one that you dated maybe when you were younger and then things didn't work out, or they went to a different country and you're always like... But I always, when we talk about

this or people talk about this, when they're in a long-term relationship, they're married or they've got a boyfriend, but they're still always thinking about someone else. That's wild, eh? Yes. It is so wild. Like, you should not be doing that.

But then... The heart wants. The heart wants it. You know, the heart wants. Well, this is what we want to talk about this morning. you can share a story like that. 0,800, darles at M. We want to know who is the one that got away. It's a big topic online at the moment because of a lyric in one of Taylor Swift's songs,

ruining the friendship, I believe. Yeah. And I love it. It's always this thing of being like, I'm happily married now and I love my husband, but always think about the one that got away. Jessica, the one that got away, what happened? We all of a sudden just stopped talking,

but he got back in contact about three weeks ago and we are now in a relationship. Wait, he got away and now he's back. How long ago did he get away? Five years ago. Wait, so five years past, what happened? We just, we stopped talking. We don't know why.

None of us actually know why. I think we were both in a bad place mentally. But yeah, he got back in contact and he's like, oh my God, I've been thinking about you. and I was like oh my God like where have you been and yeah we've decided to now be in a relationship and we have

been in a relationship for a week now so you okay so you okay so okay so many questions so wait you both were single when he approached you? Yes how fortuitous and had you been thinking about him much over the last

five years? I had actually I as it was said like I checked his Facebook and I've checked his Instagram and that sort of thing. But I never got in contact because I didn't know what happened between us and I didn't know if I had done something wrong or if he just didn't want to talk to me anymore.

But then he got back in contact and yeah, he was like, no, I've been thinking about you a lot. Like, no one's just ever been the same as you. Oh, oh. And now that you're all back together, I know it's fresh, but like does it feel the same or feel better or?

Yeah, it feels better and it feels like no time has passed. Like we picked up right where we left off. He's the one, Love is Alive. Oh, Love is Alive. We've ripped the big fat Ui there. Love is alive. Some messages in, the one that got away. A lot of these people we tried to call, but obviously you're about to find out why they didn't want their voices on the radio.

Can't talk going into a meeting. Yep. But I'm DMing my high school boyfriend, who was also my first kissed over 20 years later. I married, and he got married to my high school nemesis. She won't let him see me. He still messages me. Oh. Interesting.

Juicy. I met a high-profile Australian sportsman. He's quite a bit older than me. I didn't cope well with the attention he always got in public. We did long distances well at that stage. We went our separate ways. I got married, but it would always think of him. We reconnected after a Facebook search and over 20 years later,

the fields are still there. He's a lot older now as nearing his 60s. I still know in my heart he's the one that got away. we're good friends and keep it respectful, but I do love them a lot. Oh, God, that's so difficult. I love these stories. Keep them coming, 9-6-9-6. The one that got away. Oh, my God, let's just go. Let's go. There's so many.

Dated an American, he was manipulated by his family into leaving me when I returned home. We had no contact. Then I met my husband. We got married and had a child. The ex and I kept in contact for a while. Five years ago, he passed away from a heart attack, the one that got away. I fell a love on a kintiki with a lovely man from Perth. He asked me to move, but I wanted to get my masters, and he worked in mine.

so I couldn't move. We talk occasionally, I miss him a lot, and it worked out as I've a wonderful boyfriend now who I'm in love with, but he is the one that got away. Also, lulls, he probably made way more money. Yeah, way more money. If a man said to me he works in the minds, which means he's away from me for ages

and he makes a ton of money. And his might have strong hands. Yes. The one that got away, Anonymous joins us. Anonymous, who was the one that got away? Is that me? That's you. Yes, it is, yes.

Hi, oh, it's a friend out in Christchurch, And we dated a couple of years ago And then just kind of the distance got a bit too much Yeah So, but birthdays and Christmas We always just takes each other You know, happy birthday And then, you know, little hearts and kisses and stuff

But I saw him last year And, oh, my heart was still beating And, but it's just, yeah, I'm close between now, I'm in Wellington but it's still, it's just nobody wants to commit to move to the other one's place. Are you both single?

Very much. Oh, come on, come on. Come on. Someone needs to move. Your heart beats when you see him and think of him. Yes, it does. And he actually just randomly sent me a message this morning.

Oh, this is Synergy. Pull the trigger. This is the universe. This is the universe. And then we talked about It all adds up. Yeah, I think it's meant to be. What did he say in the message?

Was it just out of the blue? I had a dream of you last night. Oh, come on. This is Wingly Tingley, Tingley, Wednesday. Come on, Anonymous. This is good. This is good. Well, Anonymous, so I think you've got to,

you've got to at least visit for a weekend. Come on, Paulie. Yeah, just go and be together for the weekend. Yeah, I'll be much to say. Yeah, I love this. Are you my anonymous? I love it. She can barely form a sentence when she thinks of him. I love this.

Well, let us know how it goes, Anonymous. because I think we're all invested in this now. Deep play. We are anonymous, thank you for sharing, some more texts. She's all giggly. Oh, giggly. I had a fling with a guy at high school, and I really thought he was the one we grew apart,

and he joined the local gang. And now I'm a cop, so I see him quite regularly and think, oh, imagine. Oh, God. He's the one that got away. He's the one that got away on foot after you were running after him,

saying, stop, stop, in the name of the law. But he was always quicker. I'm married. People want a bad boy. They can change them. She can change. I'm in a gang. I'm like, oh no. I'm married to, I'm joking.

I'm married to a woman, but I think about my high school boyfriend all the time. He's completely off social, so I have no way of knowing how he is or what he's up to. The relationship was a little toxic, but very passionate, silly kids, but that first love feeling is something else. My one that got away was a crush I had in high school. I'd been friends with his sister since primary school, sleepovers and everything. I assume with the sister and the brother was there, so maybe there was a cheeky smooch. He found me on Facebook 20 years later, and now we had. happily engaged.

Oh, that's cute. That's cute. The one that got away is no longer away. I ended up with them 20 years later, happily together for four years now. Isn't it when you hear these stories you're just saying all that time's wasted in between though? No, it doesn't. No.

Probably out there. Plan the field. Plan the field. Okay. Upskilling in certain areas. Yeah. My brother's best friend, we were always the will, they won't they. Summer before uni, we did do something, but it never went further because my brother was

incredibly opposed to it but we're both happily married to other people now but there's still that chemistry on the infrequent occasions that we catch up oh did you read this top text that just came in the one that got away we're dating on and off as teenagers first real love he moved away tried the long distance thing but i ended up seeing someone else and ended up with him for years but i'd always think of this other person fast forward 15 years later this year i was at a wee tribute concert. Wee. Like a little tribute or there's a band called

Wee. Oh, I was at a wee tribute concert out of town that got a wee bit boring so we decided to leave early and head to a wee pub. I bumped into my one that got away and we sat and talked for hours. All the feelings all came back. But they're the message ends.

What happened? What was there? Was there a wee hotel room afterwards? Oh, was there a wee? And then I put a wee kiss on his mouth. A wee whoopsie days here, then you had to get a wee emergency consciousness. And get checked for a wee variety of infections. We were five, her name was Maria. I'm giving her the Spanish version of Maria.

Maria. Her name was Maria. She gave me one of her marbles when I had none. Her hair smelled like apples. Then her family moved. That's probably fructice. Yeah, I think that is actually fructose. It was fructose.

Scania fructose. Then her family. family moved out of town, I'll never forget that smile, ran into her and in my early twin years, I was like, Maria, she didn't know who I was. Oh, Maria! Maria, it's me. Maria, Maria, Jesus. How do you solve a problem like Maria?

Fell in love and had an affair with my work mentor. He was married. I didn't know when it started. He was 20 years older than me, too. I walked away. I wanted a family, etc. But I still love him. Still love him.

I still love him. Work mentor. Man, these are great messages. are so good. Also, like, the longevity of these, of thinking about this person, this whole life sometimes. But then have we heard from anyone that's, like, had all these feelings for like 10, 15, 20 years? And then they meet this guy and then they're like, oh, my God, I wasted 20 years because they nostalgiaed someone. Yeah, they roused into glasses. Yeah. Yeah, totally. No, we haven't any messages like that. It's all very sort of positive. Yeah. But yeah, you do meet them again and you go, ooh.

Yop. I counted 79. All right. today, Fletcher. I believe that's a new personal record. Oh, fuck off. How many of those did you count? Oh, yeah. Seventy-nine of those, too. All right. Well, if you enjoyed today's podcast, give us a rate and review. Oh, fuck off.

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