ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Fact of the Day (of the Week!) - Most Expensive Week!

Episode Date: December 7, 2023

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The ZM Podcast Network. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. On today's Fact of the Day of the Week, Vaughn takes out a loan and spends his way through most expensive week. It's time for... Fact of the Day, Day first day in I'm calling the world's most expensive dot dot dot week. Oh, okay. That's where we have a look at some of the world's most expensive things in different categories.

Okay. And today, the fact of the day, is the world's most expensive gum, as in chewable, edible gum, is $113 New Zealand dollars for a pack of chuddy for 144 total pieces. Oh. That's so much. That's so many pieces.

Yeah. What do you get in a normal pack? 10, 12? I don't know. I don't buy gum. No, I'm not a chewer. I don't chew a lot of gum. I'd sooner go a mint.

Oh, yeah, okay. Over a gum. Yeah. What's gum? PK Wrigley's. That's your go-to? Ba-ba-ba-ba. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. Extra. I don't buy it. Okay, Wrigley makes extra chewing gum. Yeah, okay. Price NZ. My mum was a big airwaves woman. Those things were.

Used to blow you apart. Yeah, they really cleared the sinuses, didn't they? Really opened up the sinus to a little. But a little packet wouldn't get more than like 10, right? 10 little pieces or something like that? Yeah, so this one's got 24 envelopes per box and there's 14 pieces of gum per envelope and that's $73.

So you're getting hundreds and hundreds of pieces of Wrigley's Extra. So what makes this gum so expensive? It's called Mastika gum. I think it's called Mastika because of the art of chewing is known as mastication. To masticate is to chew. I don't know if you can say that on the radio. Yeah.

To chew is to masticate. Well, it is because mastic gum is an ancient gum. It's been around for literally thousands of years, but it comes from, it's a natural resin occurring in a tree that is only found on one island in earth. Oh. A Greek island of Chios. We're eating tree gum.

Yeah. Well, that's what original gum was. That's why it's called gum. I'm learning this now. Chewing gum is called chewing gum because the original chewing gum was tree gum. Tree gum. Yeah, from trees that, you know, produce fruit. So these trees are small and need to be 30 years old before they can be harvested for gum.

Right. And it's been used as like medicine food, cosmetic ingredient for, you know, hundreds, thousands of years. So just a side note, producer Jarrah turned 30 at the weekend. Does he start gumming? He, if he was a mastic, if he was a tree of the pistachio linatis...

No, you pronounced that right. Is there any relation to pistachio nuts? Is it a similar taste? It's a family of tree. Okay. I don't have a word on taste. It can only be harvested once every seven years and there's only 200 trees left on earth. So that's why it's so expensive.

That's why it's very expensive. So you don't know what it tastes like because it wouldn't be worth it if it tasted yuck. Well, I've got some reviews here. Would you like to read me some reviews on the website? Zahn B. said, good. That's a good review, isn't it? Don't bother reviewing if you're just going to write one word.

Brian said, exceptional product. Well worth the price. Exceptional. Yeah. That sounds like a fake review. Yeah. It does. I don't think I've ever popped in a piece of gum in my mouth and thought,

that is exceptional. Mastic gum is extruded by the resin glands of these trees. At first, the flavor is bitter, but after some chewing, it releases a refreshing flavor similar to pine or cedar.

Ew. No, that's a smell. That's not a taste. Cedar smells nice, but I've never chewed on it. Yeah, I love the smell of cedar. Yeah, but it's not edible, is it?

I'm not eating it. So today's most expensive gum you can buy at masticaductstool. They ship internationally, so the price I'm not eating it. So today's most expensive gum, you can buy at Massacre.store. They ship internationally, so the price I gave you before certainly doesn't include shipping. And it's endorsed by the royal families

of various European... You know those non-British European royals? Yeah. They're like, oh, I always forget. The Netherlands has Queen. They're a big fan. Someone in Amman, Jordan, just purchased 12 packs of 12 pieces. You know how websites tell you that somebody's purchasing it?

Again, it's probably very likely to be made up. But today's Fact of the Day is the world's most expensive gum will set you back roughly one New Zealand dollar apiece. Today's Fact of the day is about bicycles Okay Just looked up a song you could play in the background I thought we wrote songs about bicycles Queen's Queen's song is the most popular song

Well, you got a better song about bicycles? Hey mama, ride that bike Ride it down to town, do what you like You know that song Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mama, mama Mama ride that bike Mama ride that bike. Mama ride that bike.

So this week you're doing the most expensive. Yes. For the fact of the day. Yes. Is this the most expensive bicycle? This is the 10 most expensive bicycles in the world. Because there are some ridiculously expensive bicycles, like road bikes.

Some of them are more than cars. Like brand new cars. It's insane. I didn't realise how expensive bikes were until you sort of I went to look to buy an e-bike and was like just buy a car. I'll just get a vehicle far

faster. Yeah. Here's the most annoying thing about it. Most of the bikes in the like top 10 most expensive bikes aren't practical bikes. Aren't bikes that you could ride the Tour de France on. What kind of bicycles are they? Annoying ones designed by Gucci.

Oh, okay, right. There is a Lamborghini bicycle. Stick to the trousers, Gucci. There's an Audi sports bike. That's an actual bike that you could ride. Okay. That goes for $18,000 US. There's a Chanel bike that looks like a Dutch street bike. Oh, yeah. That would go for $18,000 US dollars. Jeez. There's a Chanel bike that looks like a Dutch street bike.

Oh, yeah. That would go for $18,000 US dollars. See, why would you buy a bike like that? Someone's going to steal it. Yeah. As soon as you put your dodgy lock on it. Totally. Yeah.

So, in 2009, the closest and the most expensive bike for actual functioning road bike was ridden by Lance Armstrong in the 2009 Tour de France. Right. It was powered by horse steroids. I was going to say. And blood filtering. Do you remember everyone was wearing those orange,

I know those yellow wristbands? Livestrong. Yeah. Yeah. That was a bit earlier. That was in your Lance Armstrong heyday. I think in 2009 people had questions, didn't they? Yeah.

And then people slowly started taking those off, didn't they, when he got back to that? Yes. So the Butterfly Trek Madone bike sold for $500,000 at an auction. That's ridiculous. Yeah. It did have significant opposition from animal rights activists as it used real butterfly wings.

What? On the bike as decoration. That feels a bit off, doesn't it? They had drawn the frame and wheels and then were coated with a resin. That feels like it could have been a sticker. It feels like it could have been a sticker. It feels like it could have been a sticker. But the most expensive bike is the pure 24-carat gold extreme mountain bike called the Beverly Hills edition.

And it was worth, it is worth $1 million. Whoa. Yep. 750 hours were dedicated to hand crafting this mountain bike. It has a coating of pure 24 carat gold. It looks absolutely ridiculous. It has a chocolate brown alligator leather seat. And the water bottle that comes with it, free.

They'll chuck in the water bottle. Also gold. Oh, wow. It's ugly. It sounds like it. It's horrible. It's tacky. Why are expensive things often ugly?

I know. It's just so tacky. Money can't buy taste, you know. They do say that. Yeah. I'll show you this bike. I'm just pulling's just so tacky. Money can't buy taste, you know. They do say that. Yeah. I'll show you this bike. I'm just pulling up the picture of it there. Oh, yeah, that's hideous.

Yeah. Ugly. It's a huge fat tyre, like beach tyres. Yeah, beach tyres, right? Yeah, not even like proper mountain biking tyres, but fat ones. This is some rich person to ride it around their private island, maybe. Probably.

Okay. Probably. If I had a billion, I'd probably... It's got Richard Branson written all over it, isn't it? If I had a billion, I might spend a million on a bike. No, I still wouldn't. I just simply still wouldn't. The more money you got on a bike, that's ridiculous.

So today's fact of the day, the most expensive bike ever sold was a $1 million 24-karat gold-plated mountain bike. Play ZM's Fletchford and Ailey. Play ZM. Today's fact of the day It's world's most expensive week As you'll both no doubt remember Are you going to do world's most expensive jumper

And bring up your wife's anine bing? No They would be more expensive than anine bing I don't know if there is It's up there Nah it would be like some Balenciaga burnt out hoodie with holes. Well, no. Today is the world's most expensive nail polish.

Ooh. Yes. This nail polish sells for $267,000 US dollars. It's got to have gold. In New Zealand dollars, $435,737. It's got to have gold in it. It doesn't. Oh. Gotta have gold in it It doesn't It has Gotta have diamonds in it

267 carats Of black diamonds How do you Paint it on It'll be clunky It is It does have a texture To it

It's gritty But it does just Get painted on Do you have a photo of it Ah yep Like do they Um Like buff it up

After you apply it So it makes the diamond shine? No, I don't think so. The diamonds just shine through. It's all part of the... Oh. So this was sold in Southridges in London. It's called Azature Nail Polish.

Azature Black Diamond Nail Polish. Do you think they have this at Professionale next time I go? Yes. If you ask, definitely. So there's the black diamonds within the nail polish. There's the glittery and it includes a handmade platinum

sterling cap bottle covered with 60 handset black diamonds. So when the nail polish is gone, you've still got something to remember the diamonds by. This straight up

just looks like black nail polish with glitter on top. Yeah. Like I've had these nails before for $50. But you haven't though, have you? Yeah, I know, but you could say there's diamonds in it, but you can't tell the difference.

No, you can't. It just looks like black glitter nails. It's ridiculous, and I think that's what we're learning a lot about this week on The World's Missed Expenses. Yeah. Weak here, effect of the day. People just have way too much money. It's late-stage capitalism. We've got to eat the day. People just have way too much money. It's late-stage capitalism.

We've got to eat the rich. Oh, yeah. Eat the rich. The very rich. Let's start with the very rich and see if we're still hungry after that. Are they the entree? The very rich. Let's start working our way down.

Who gets their mansions? Can I have a mansion after we eat them? Well, that's the problem. You move into the mansion, you might be the next one on the menu. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah. Didn't think about that.

Yeah, you can literally buy it for a quarter of a million dollars. US. That is crazy. We're talking about eating them now. We're not talking about the nails. We've moved on. Who are we going to eat? You take the nails off before you ate them, though. But I cut them off whole so I could stick them on my nails. Yes. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, what is that called?

Like a stick-on nail. Yeah. Like an acrylic. Like an acrylic. Yeah. Who's like Melinda Gates? I could chop off her nails and stick them to mine. While she's insanely rich, I don't think she'd do this.

No, she's a lot more humanitarian. Yeah, she's got some humanitarian stuff with the older... Okay, wait, so we're not eating Melinda Gates. What we need to do is establish the eating committee. Okay, wait, so we're not eating Melinda Gates. What we need to do is establish the eating committee. Okay. And it's a committee of people who decide which of the rich will eat.

Like the really obnoxious rich people. Like, should we eat Elon Musk? Yeah. First, I think we should. Yeah, he hasn't done anything good. I was hoping he'd do more good. Did you see that guy who spent $95 million on his wedding?

What? And now he's wanted because apparently he shot a gun in the direction of police earlier this year. Oh, okay. Now, he'd be on the edible list, I think. Yeah. Bezos has terrible working conditions, doesn't he? He does, yeah.

Amazon. We could eat Bezos. Yeah. He just does look a bit stringy. This could be a spin-off of that TV show How Would You Cook the Celebrity? Well, this is what we want to make. How would you eat this rich person? Nobody is picking up that TV show idea yet, are they?

Which is really weird. I thought, how would you cook the celebrity? Nigella Lawson. How would I cook Nigella? She's pudding. Oh, she's pudding? I'm just immediately think of chocolate. You're baking her into a sponge.

I hadn't even considered the sweet options. Okay, this has gone a little bit... It's twisted, eh? It's twisted, but the moment you say a celebrity, we can almost all agree on how you'd eat them. John C. Reilly. John C. Reilly, barbecued. He's a barbecued with sauce.

A lot of sauce. Rotisserie. Yeah, like a rotisserie, but you'd have to baste him the whole time. Yeah, you'd need to baste him, but you'd also need to take the hair off first. He strikes me as a hairy individual. Yeah, he is. He's a seared situation. Okay, well.

Good game. TVNZ, it's ripe for the picking. It's a great game, yeah. It's yours if you want it. The best part is you get the celebrity on at the end. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And get their thoughts on how we thought we'd prepare them. I'm just saying, it's a sitter. I don't on how we thought we'd prepare them. I'm just saying.

It's a sitter. I don't think they'd sign up for that either. It's a sitter. Today's fact of the day is the world's most expensive nail polish costs over a quarter of a million

US dollars for a little wee bottle. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Today's fact of the day in the world's most expensive week is the world's most expensive dog. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. The world's most expensive dog breed the world's most expensive dog. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

The world's most expensive dog breed. Oh, my God. How's about yesterday when we ran into just a string of embarrassing dogs? Oh, my God, I was so embarrassed. A man was holding a dog like a baby and it was one of those ones, remember that dog Boo?

Like a Pommy. It was like a famous internet dog. Yeah, they were a real floofy one. A floofy one. Kind of a Pomeranian. And then it got down. A miniature. A miniature. A miniature.

It got down and then this beautifully trained German shepherd, Akita cross-looking dog. Huge thing. That would absolutely run you down if you were trying to get away from a prison. I came up and sniffed Fletch and I was like, could have lost an arm. You're going to die. He knows what you've been up to. He can smell the sins.

He's a sin sniffer. No, he was sniffing my cat. Some dogs get cancer. Some dogs smell COVID and cash and drugs. This one smells sins. Excuse me. He can smell my cat. He went rabid at your feet. He was like, you are a rainbow of sins, my friend.

I'm going to bite you now. That was a beautifully trained dog. The man was like, sit. And it immediately was like, yes, sir. And then the woman was like, speak. And I went, once. But then that silly Pomeranian was like. Yeah, it got down and it was like.

To the big dog. And the big dog just looked at her like, you are not even worth my time. Yeah. And then when we walked back to work, we saw like just so many little silly dogs. We saw a sausage dog, which is one of the only silly dogs I'll excuse. Because it's so comically cute. Because it's comically long. Yeah.

It's like seeing a limousine. Yeah. It is. A dog-azine. You're like, how are there not wheels in the middle? There should be wheels in the middle. There should be legs in the middle. Yeah, there should be legs in the middle.

In a limousine, you can weld in extra structure. But in a dog, it just plays havoc on their back, and later in life, they have all these back problems. And that, who's to blame for that? We are. Humans. We are humans. We did that to the dogs.

We did that to the pugs. We did that to the sausage. The pugs, the French ones, the sausage dogs, a lot of them. Wow, these are the 10 most expensive dog breeds in the world. And this was weird because I looked at this as I was going to compare it to New Zealand. And some of these are actually cheaper

in New Zealand than they are in other parts of the world. Number 10, an Akita. Henry Cavill's got one of these. Has he? It's really,

it's kind of like a, it's a Japanese Akita Inu. Oh, wow. It's not a Shiba Inu, it's an Akita. Oh, so it looks like a Shiba. It looks a little bit like it. Oh my God, those are cute.

Wow. Yeah. Then German Shepherd, Rottweilers, Chow Chows. Yep. The big fluffy ones that look like lions. We saw one of those in Dubai. Do you remember that dog that we saw in Dubai? And I was like, this climate is not a climate for a dog bred to be a mountain dog in the extreme cold. But I listened to a podcast about dangerous dogs

and how pitties and all that have given a bad rap. Yeah. And chow chows are the most brutal dogs if they had the ability to, it was something like if they had the ability to attack you, you would- No, you're thinking of a sharp A. No, it was chow chow.

You know the one that sold us the toilet paper for all those years? They were made, their skin's loose, so that when dogs bit them in the fighting pits, they wouldn't have vital organs on the body. Many dogs are considered more dangerous. A Chow Chow is considered one of the most dangerous dogs because of a number of traits. Really?

Yeah. I want to know these traits. He did try to explain your way, didn't he, like a man? And I knew. Do you know what? The podcast I was listening to was hosted by a woman, so she could have just been making it up. She could have just been making it up. She just turned up and needed to fill in 35 minutes.

Did her own research. Samoyed. Oh, you're cute. Absolute nightmare with the hair. Eskimo dogs. Are we still calling them Eskimo dogs? Canceled. Canceled.

Gotcha. Explorer dogs, I think they're called. I like the name Explorer dogs. They're cute. They don't look like, they look like a crusted Samoyed and a Husky. I want a lolly cake with Explorer lollies. A saluki.

Excuse me, stay on track. We're talking dogs, not lollies. Although I would go a Biscoff lolly cake. Actually, I think, do you know I was thinking of asking Shannon to make us something next week. Last day of the show, I think there would be for you.

Yeah, she gave us a heart. A Saluki. A what? Which is a Saluki. Saluki Jimny. Saluki Swift. It looks more like a Swift. I don't, S-A-L-U-K-I.

Yeah, not my kind of dog. It's like a greyhound with a perp, like with a wig. That's the yuckiest dog on the list so far. Imagine it clambering over you with the bones. What is that, the third most expensive dog? Fourth. King Charles Cavalier. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

That's another dog. Cute, but we've done too much to that. We've mucked around with them. My dog was half of that. Lulu is. I shouldn't say she's not dead. Stop condem too much to that. We've mucked around with them. My dog was half of that. Lulu is. I shouldn't say she's not dead. Stop condemning her to death. She is the walking dead.

Yeah. I don't like touching it. It's a lot of bones. Very bony. Very bony. Number two is a pharaoh dog. Apparently they were bred to look like an Egyptian god. Okay.

And then so the number one. And how much? Do you know the average price? an Egyptian god. Okay. Number one. And how much? Do you know the average price? I want one. Yep. Well, no, I can tell you what. This is the world's most expensive dog because of the price tag that one that was considered like a top-notch stud dog

sold for in the US. Okay. Goldie. A Goldie Retriever. It's not a Golden Retriever. They are not cheap. It better not be a silly thing like a poodle. Do the rules. It's one of these dogs. I've talked not cheap. It better not be a silly thing like a poodle. Dude, it rules.

It's one of these dogs. I've talked about one of these dogs would be like. Is it one of those, what's that one that has a barrel? No, it's not the same Bernard, although I'd love it. I would love a team of the world's biggest dogs, but I'd have to have a huge property and endless money to feed them. And their own little house? Absolutely.

They're not coming inside. I'd go outside and see them, but they're not coming inside. I'd have to talk to my cat first before I did this. I'd have the same bed art. I'd have a new found land. I'd have a couple of great Danes that all stay outside the whole time. But the king of the pack would be the Tabishan Mastiff. Oh, amazing.

The Tabishan Mastiff is just the most majestic looking, huge, long-coated, cute, very, very, very good boy. Yeah, right. That's why everybody has those free Tibet Mastiff stickers on their car. Yes. And that was the Brad Pitt movie, seven days and seven some months in Tibetan Mastiff. Tibetan Mastiff, yes. They are so cute.

They are massive though. Would they eat a whole dog chum per breakfast? Absolutely. Lunch, dinner? Guys, look at them as a puppy. They'd be going through a whole dog chum per breakfast? Absolutely. Guys, look at them as a puppy. They'd be going through a whole roll of posse yum. Why? Beautiful. Whole roll of what?

Posse yum. Posse yum. No, that's just the dog. I just use the dog for the rest of the day. A male Tobitian Mastiff weighs between 41 and 68 kgs. I think Aaron needs a dog like this. Mine will weigh more because I probably give him treats. Yeah.

You're a good boy. You can't even see it. He's so furry. If you put a little bit away, you hide it well. A male Tibetian Mastiff, the one that I said set a record, sold for 1.4 million US dollars. What?

Because he's considered the ultimate stud dog. So how much New Zealand to buy one of these? Imagine being considered the ultimate stud dog. So how much in New Zealand am I one of these? Imagine being considered the ultimate stud of your breed. Yeah. Imagine. Imagine. Welcome to my life. Hayley Sproul exchanged hands between two breeders this week

for a record $2.8 million US dollars. The highest. As the ultimate stud of her breed. Yeah. What is her breed? Very white looking part moldy. We go for a lot. Today's fact of the day

and the world's most expensive week is the world's most expensive dog around the world is the cute, big, fluffy, good boy to be shin master. Today's fact of the day is about the world's most expensive sushi. Oh, because man, there's some bougie sushi. I follow a sushi chef who does like, you know,

like the sushi that probably we would eat. And then he does really like strange undersea sushi that I don't even know what it is. Under the sea. No, not quite. I think we all agreed that that accent was problematic in that film. In the first one it was because it was a white person doing the accent, but in the recent remake it was someone of Caribbean descent

doing the accent. Okay, that's good. I've got a picture. How much are we talking for this sushi? What are we talking here? Well, it's the world's most expensive, officially recognised by the Guinness World Record. I'm going to show you the plate.

This is the actual plate of sushi. So you've got sashimi. Okay, so this is a plate with a variety of sushi pieces. It's a beautiful stone sort of a platter. Is that at some fancy restaurant? It's at Sushi Kiramon, a restaurant in Osaka, Japan. Oh, okay. Yep.

That whole plate looks so yum. It looks so yum. I love sashimi so much. Hello. Kiwami omakase course comprises of 20 pieces of sushi. That costs in New Zealand dollars. A guess, please, ladies and gentlemen. $3,000.

My sushi yesterday was $14 because I got some of the bourge pieces. And you know they add up. Mine's usually about $10 when we get out. Mine's always $30. What? You know, man, I buy too much. He loads the plate and he gets one of those little rice pockets. And I'm doing the maths in my head.

I'm like, two, four. This one doesn't have a price. I'm going to assume two, but it's like eight. And I'm like, oh, yeah, I want one with the golden balls on top. A couple of those. A couple of skewers. Have you ever been to a sushi train? They get you.

Dude, the sushi train is the best business model that there is in the restaurant world. Yeah. The best. Because you get carried away. The blue plate, you're like I only want the ones

on the blue plate. Blue plate's $6. I know and they're always so much more expensive. But it comes around on a train. I know. So it's better than sushi because there's a mechanism involved. I did a sushi bullet train once, couldn't even get anything off it.

He's there, chopsticks poised. And it would be like 300 k's an hour. You lose a hand. God. You were starving when you left and you paid up the wazoo. You were absolutely famished. I stand on a sharp corner of the bullet train sushi with my mouth open.

Yeah. Hoping for a derailment. Chuck a couple of stones on the track. Because it's free. Sushi is free in a train derailment. Stop. Stop. I'm just... Sushi is free in a train derailment. Stop. Stop. Trying to put soy sauce on top as it's going.

Oh, my God. We simply must derail a sushi train now. Clean up crew. Clean up crew is just someone going, um, um, um, um, tragedy. Um, um, um, um. Yeah. Oh, gosh.

Okay. Have a guess at the price. New Zealand dollars. $1,000. Okay. You're 1,000 locked in for 1,000? I said 3,000. 4,000 current New Zealand dollars

for that platter of sushi. So this is like some kind of five-star restaurant. It is, it's just a really well renowned sushi restaurant. It's a very expensive restaurant to go to on a whole. Because when you watch proper like Michelin star sushi chefs prepare

sushi. Yeah. Like what was the documentary where they followed the sushi? St. Pierre's in Japan. No it wasn't St. Pierre's. a French man in Osaka. But when they do it, the way they do it, their hands are moving like. Oh, it's an incredible art.

Yeah, I know. Okay, so the reason it's expensive is some of the ingredients are very hard to come by. Oh, okay. There'll be a lot of fish eggs in there. Uh-oh, is there something? Is there whale? It's not called whale, but I'm kind of trying to read between the lines. Oh, okay. There'll be a lot of fish eggs in there. Uh-oh, is there something? Is there whale? It's not called whale, but I'm kind of trying to read between the lines.

Oh, right, okay. Some of these ones I'm like, that. They're like warning, hive. Okay, number six on the list is the say whale tail meat. So there is whale. Actually, now that I've found it, plainly written right there. Okay, okay, okay. Well, I'm feeling less bad about that train derailment now.

You can pay for the bill. You got whale in there. Okay, okay, okay. Well, I'm feeling less bad about that train derailment now. You can pay for the bill. You got whale in you. Huge derailment. So today's fact of the day. Shut up! Wasabi! Chuck some ginger on! So today's fact of the day is there were

world's most expensive platter of sushi, 20 pieces for 4,000 New Zealand dollars. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.