ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Fact of the Day (of the Week!) - Things that were named after the places they were invented!

Episode Date: March 7, 2024

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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 pulls out his atlas and set of encyclopedias to do some research on things that were named after where they were invented. It's time for... Fact of the Day, Day, Day, day, day. Yeah. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

This week's Fact of the Day theme is, it is things named after the place that they became famous or were invented in. I love that. Okay. And today, we're going to be touching on the tuxedo. Oh, okay. Oh. The tuxedo was made famous by Edward VII.

Right. He was the king of the United Kingdom. Yeah. And Britain dominions in the empire of bloody everywhere. The empire of bloody everywhere. The heyday. He was in charge when all the good bloody colonising was going on around the world. He wore a tuxedo when he was the Prince of Wales.

Right. And it became famous because the guy, the American who introduced him to this, wore it to Tuxedo Park in New York. The state of New York, there is Tuxedo Park, which had a very well-to-do club. Oh, yeah. The Tuxedo Club and Tuxedo Park.

And tuxedo is actually a Native American word, meaning crooked river. It is the place, Tuxedo Park, and there is a crooked river that goes around it. Tuxedo is spout T-U-C-S-E-D-O in some of the traditional spelling, but of course is the X, tuxedo. It's easy to spell, less letters. And you're paying per letter when you're getting a sign painted back in the day.

Oh, yeah, keep it tight. You're paying per letter. So if you can get rid of a C and an S and make it just an X, you're going to save yourself some money there. So the town of Tuxedo, Tuxedo Park, and that's where the guy wore the kind of... Nice suit. Tight suit

with the white shirt and the black bow tie and the cut of the jacket and where it became famous. And so I got named after the club where he went once and someone said,

I simply must get your tailor's details. Yeah. And they're all going to get me one of those jackets too. What do you call them? And it didn't really have a name. He's just like, it's must get you tailor's details. Yeah. And they're all going to get me one of those jackets too. What do you call them? And it didn't really have a name. He's just like, it's just a new type of jacket.

It's a new cut. But everybody at this club was wearing them. It became known as the tuxedo park jacket. What? I just had no idea. And then became known as tuxedo. Amazing. I've always got a nice lapel, a tuxedo.

Yeah, tight. That's the difference between a black suit and a... You've got to remember to cut the strings too on the new ones. On all suits. On all suits, yeah. And sometimes the pockets are so unshut. Yeah. I'll get in there. No, but sometimes there's not meant to be a pocket there. Yeah, I know, but then you've got a hole in your jacket.

Because you didn't check first, but you're just like, I really want a pocket. Yeah, I really want a pocket. So today's fact of the day and the first four named after where it was invented week is that the tuxedo that you might wear to a wedding or a formal event is named after Tuxedo Park in the state of New York. This next fact of the day theme is things named after the place they were invented.

Okay. Enjoying it so far. Yesterday was tuxedos. We learned about the origins of the term tuxedo, which was just a different sort of dinner jacket really until it became very popular at Tuxedo Park. Today, I want to talk to you about the dog breed, Rottweilers. Oh, what was that dog we patted on Friday? Leon Berger.

Berger? Berger. They are the cutest dogs. He was just. I think that dog lives at the pub in Christchurch. They're cute, eh? Yeah, so cute. They're really, really cute.

They're like a. His owner wasn't bad either. St. Bernard sort of vibe. Oh, really? Yeah, I wanted to pet the owner. Really? This is all like the dog. Leon Berger's in the same vibe as Rottweilers.

We could do a double hitter. Yeah, let's do that. Double please, double please. Rottweilers are named for the German town of Rottweil, a southwest German town in the state of Baden-Württemberg. It's been around for hundreds of years. It came about in the Middle Ages. And it was a dog that was sort of named after that because it became popular there.

They believe it was a cross between their native dogs and dogs that were bought in for herding of cattle. Right. And then became the dog that was perfect for herding of cattle. Okay. There was a buildup in World War I because they saw a great demand for Rottweilers as police dogs. And then they were in the Second World War as well. They're strong dogs, eh? They really...

See, they used to pull carts. Yeah, because they're big and they're strong and they're cute. They are cute. They're a bit cute. Remember in the 1990s the DB Bitter ad where there was a Rottweiler sitting around having a beer? No. You should look it up. It's a bit of a classic where there was a Rottweiler sitting around having a beer? No. You should look it up.

It's a bit of a classic ad. That had Rottweilers, but they got a bit of a bad name during the 90s and I think they're... Well, they're very loyal and so they might bite you if you walk onto a property. Well, the Leonberger is a giant dog breed that derives its name from the city of Leonberg

just down the road. Yeah. In Germany. Is there a Düsseldorf as well? Because that sounds like it would be a town. Isn't Dash Hound German for? Sausage. Something hound? Long dog.

Sausage dog. Long hound. Okay. Oh, my God. The Leonburger is just. Yeah, they're beautiful. David Seymour's got one, actually. Yeah. He sent it around Parliament.

I know it almost deterred me. That really upset me. He Seymour's got one, actually. Yeah. He sent it around Parliament. I know, it almost deterred me. That really upset me. He did not strike me as a dog guy. No. He didn't strike me as an animal lover at all. No. Do you know what? I feel like he would have, like, parrots.

He'd have budgies. You know, you'd walk in and you'd have a massive cage full of parrots. Yeah. He'd be like, I've just got to put a new seed bell in there. He'd be like, oh, shut up. Shut up. What are those white bony hus put a new seed bell in there. They'd be like, oh, shut up. Shut up.

What are those white bony husk things that they put in there too? A cuddle, a cuddle. He's got big budgie vibes. Big bird energy. David Seymour. And he'd say to people,

you want to come home and see my birds? And you'd be like, no, I'm alright. Dachshund is German for badger dog because they would use them to hunt badgers.

They'd nip down the little badger hole. I wouldn't tag a badger. No, neither would I. I wouldn't tango with a badger. Brave little badger. That's probably why dash hounds have got you. Sometimes you'll see them yapping and you're like,

you've got a lot of bravado for a little sausage. Yeah. Do you think I could get a Leon burger? Do you think I could handle that? Yeah, I'd hang around. Well, no, you do need a big dog. You'd look foolish with a small dog. Oh, no, we can't have a silly one.

Yeah, imagine you're foolish. Aaron would look like an absolute, I'll say it, twat. Wow. With a small dog. Imagine him walking a sausage dog. Well, he wanted a corgi originally. How embarrassing. I know, he's grown up.

He's grown up. Grow up and get a massive German dog. Can you please get a Leon Berger? And I'll come around all the time. Yes, I know. So Batten-Württemberg is a funny word to say, but it's a province in southwest Germany that apparently every town's got a bloody dog named after it.

What's that dog? And today's fact of the day is Rottweilers are named after Rottweil, a village in Germany, and Leonburg is named after Leonburg, another town in Germany. Play ZM's Fletchvorne and Ailey. Play ZM. Thisletch von Anele. Play ZM. This week here at Fact of the Day. I don't think people know that,

that we move studios for Fact of the Day. We do. We move into the Fact of the Day studio. Yeah. Which is a much nicer studio. Despite the fact that Fact of the Day has never had a corporate sponsor. I don't know how it works.

I don't know how this is the nicest studio. By the way, that's madness, isn't it? What? That this beloved segment hasn't been absolutely doused in cash. I was going to say, pure madness, my friend. Yeah, God, it's so good. New Zealand broadcasting stalwart. Hasn't been absolutely drowned in financial remunerations.

Didn't someone try once and he said no no yeah that was before I was all about making this company some hard cash

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that wanted to sponsor Fact of the Day and I said I don't have a good feeling about them this is why you're a hero I see things yeah before they ever see things coming take us fact of the day. I don't have a good feeling about them. This is why you're a hero. I see things. Yeah, before they become a problem.

Take us out of the problem. So this week, a fact of the day, we're talking about the origins of things, but named after where they were invented. Today's hamburger. Blow your mind. We've done dogs. We've done clothes.

Today we do do food, but it is not hamburger. Do do food. Do do food. What? Do do food. Today we do do food. Today we do do do food, but it is not hamburger. Do do food. Do do food. What? Do do food. Today we do do food. Today we do do do food. You're laughing because I said do do.

Yeah, and then I laugh because Fletch, they went do do food. Do do food. Don't eat do do's. We do do the food. We do do food. Don't eat your do do's. So everybody knows hamburger. Yep.

The story behind the hamburger patty is that it was called a hamburger steak because it was a cheap way of making a steak, and then it just got cut down to Hamburg, blah, blah, blah. Frankfurter. Tick. Tick. This one I never questioned, no idea. Today we're talking about the wiener.

We are talking wiener. Is there a wiener? Dog and wiener schnitzel. Is there a wiener in Germany? There is a Vienna in Austria. Oh, my God, yeah. Because it said Wiener schnitzel. Vienna.

The schnitzel of Vienna. Oh, but why do we call it Wiener? Because it's the pronunciation of the W's and the V's. Yeah, I get it. Vienna. Vienna. The hot Wiener. Wiener. It's the Vienna sausage The wiener

The wiener is named after the super classy Austrian capital Vienna I wouldn't have thought that I grew up on wiener schnitzel Yeah Dude, we would have wiener schnitzel I reckon once a week growing up Yeah I love a wiener schnitzel

Crumbed Double crumbed Flour We would have weenie snitzel, I reckon, once a week growing up. Yeah. I love a weenie snitzel. Weenie snitzel. Crumbed. Calzies. Double crumbed. Double crumbed. Flour. Must be nice.

Flour, egg, breadcrumbs, back in the egg. Oh, yeah, okay. Back in the breadcrumbs. Shallow fry. Wow. Don't bake it. No, we'd always have it shallow fried. Yeah, shallow fried.

Bubbling away. In a big electric square frying pan made by Canberra or somebody. Maybe. Yeah, maybe. Yeah, now we're talking. and a big electric square frying pan made by Canberra or somebody. Maybe. Yeah, maybe. Now we're talking. So, yeah, zero,

I've never questioned it. It's one of those things that you say it all the time and you never question it but the wiener and wienersnitzel and the wiener if you're going to have like an American hot dog,

some people call it a wiener. A wiener. Oscar Mayer wiener is named after Vienna. Amazing. In Vienna. Amazing. In Austria. Amazing. I would not have known that unless I listened to FVH's Fact of the Day.

Fact of the Day. Which again, I will say, it's amazing that someone isn't like throwing cash at this thing. But again, I'm very picky. If you've got a bit of a hazy horizon in your business, like if you make missiles, I'm sorry. We're distancing ourselves. You'll have to pay the missile rate. Oh, yeah. It's a higher rate.

Much higher rate. Yeah. If your company's about to be used for war crimes. That's fair. Yeah. That's just the hill I'll die on, you know? I'm here. So I'm taking money from a company that deforests the Amazon.

That's fine. What do they put in there, though? Oh, just nothing. Townhouses. Townhouses. Townhouses and beef. Yeah. Yeah.

People got to live somewhere. They got to eat something. What do you want? There to be no cows? There to be no beef? Have you seen how cute and delicious they are? You want no schnitzel wiener? That's a double whammy.

It's cute and then it's delicious. Not every animal can say that. Yeah. Chickens, for example. Not cute, but very delicious. Have you bought those things

for your chickens, those plastic hands? To your arms? Yeah. No. Oh, you should really do that because that would be so funny. I've got a bit of a crook chook

at the moment. A crook chook? It's going to bun. One's going to die. Well, one did die. It was one of the new ones. You haven't got another prolapsed kawaka? Kawaka. No. Because that thing looked like... Oh, Well, one did die. It was one of the new ones. You haven't got another prolapsed quacka?

Quacka. No. Because that thing looked like. Oh, yeah, that wasn't the cause of death. Right. Unknown cause of death on that one. But I've got one with a crook leg. Oh, no.

I'm going to make it a splint. Add some popsicle sticks. Right. Okay. I don't know what happened. I think a goat stood on it. Anyway, today's fact of the day here on, it was named after where it was invented week. The

Wiener Schnitzel and the Wiener Sausage are named after Vienna in Austria. Play ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Hayley. Fact of the day this week, the theme is things named after where they were invented or where they became popular. It's a state of origin

story. And today's state of Origin is about sports. State of Origin is a gameplay of rugby league between... Just when I think of origin, I just think of State of Origins because I'm such a rugby league girl. You're such a rugby league girl. Yeah. So sports named after where they were invented

or made popular. Rugby, correct. I've got two examples. Rugby is from rugby school in Rugby, Warwickshire.. You're up for two examples. Rugby is from rugby school. In rugby, Warwickshire. Warwickshire. Warwickshire. You get there eventually, don't you?

Drop the second W. Warwick. Warwick. Why do you drop the second W? Warwickshire, England. I don't know. I don't know, Vaughan. Why have you got a G and H in the middle?

Vaugh. Coming at Warwick's. Vaugh. Yeah. Vaghand. Why do you? Heywick's. Yeah. Badge hand. Why do you? Hey, leave me alone. Leave me alone.

Rugby school in rugby in England was where the rules were first codified, as they put it, in 1845, written down and said, these are the rules of this funny game we're playing with an oblongly, overly ball. Pigskin. Yep. Yep. Yeah. So rugby was invented in rugby, and Badminton is named after Badminton.

After bad men. Nope. Badminton House is a large country house and grade one listed building in Badminton, Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire. Yep.

That's the sauce, isn't it? The brown savoury sauce. Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire. Yep. That's the sauce, isn't it? The brown savoury sauce. Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire sauce. So it's specifically in the house in Badminton that it's named after because that was where it was first played with its current rules. They have a big hall in there or something. They did, yes.

Yeah, they did the Badminton house. They had an indoor court. Couldn't handle a tennis ball. Yeah, okay. Yeah, they did the badminton house. They had an indoor court. Couldn't handle a tennis ball. So apparently... It's heavy. Sports with a shuttlecock have been played for years, but not with the high net and the smaller racket. Previous iterations of badminton were called battledore,

which is also what they used to call the rackets, and shuttlecock because it call the rackets, and Shuttlecock, because it used the shuttlecock, but it was a little bit different to previous sports involving shuttlecock, so they renamed it where they wrote down the rules. We've also really got to work on our men's naming for the

badminton team. What were they? No, it's not a myth Vaughan. It is. No, they're not. They're not the Blackhawks. They put that forward to the international committee, but they were told no, no. So it was like

their unofficial funny name. Right. They knew what they were doing. They'll always be the BBCs to me. They'll always be the BBCs to me. In terms of like television networks, your favourite is the BBC Well I was News Hub

But now I'm going to be BBC Yeah Yeah Okay Fill around Yeah So today's fact of the day In Origin Week

Is that rugby is named after rugby He's made many a poor nana That's been looking for the BBC And ended up googling the BBC I need to find the news on this here Internet Especially if you're looking for the BBC And the Cook Islands Yes Yeah internet. Especially if you're looking for the BBC and the Cook Islands.

Yes, bbc.co.ck. Yeah. But today's is about sports, the origins of which badminton was invented in badminton. And rugby, the rules were codified in a town called rugby. Codified or codified? Codified. Don't care. What?

We have a ruling on that? Codified. Is it codified? Codified. Can you get. What? Because it's a D. We have a ruling on that. Codified. Is it codified? Codified. Can you get a Google ruling on that? Never. Because American will be different. I've never dealt with the word before, I don't believe.

I thought it was codified. Anyway, okay. Who am I to tell you how to pronounce things? Hang on, hang on. Let me just hear it. Codified. Codified. Codified.

You need to apologise. I thought we said codified. No, just apologise. No, but in New Zealand we say things different. Like the British, how do the British say it? That's American. I'm sorry, I can't say, can I hear it in a Kiwi. Codified.

I don't know. Just be there. You're thinking of wrapping it up. You're thinking of the band. You've derailed him. He wrapped it up almost perfectly. You came in with your willy-nilly codify. Don't you tap your watch at me on International Women's Day.

I was tapping it at you, not Hayley. Happy International Women's Day to those that celebrate. Thank you. I choose to celebrate. We have been. To those that celebrate is my favourite thing after anything. It's the best. It's like someone said something joyous and then immediately been like, what if I get cancelled?

To those that celebrate. Only to those that celebrate, of course. I'm not enforcing my Christian holidays on you. Vaughan, happy Arbor Day. To those that celebrate. Trees. I'm not for trees. Give or take trees.

I love trees. Happy Anzac Day to those that respect what the soldiers did for us. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And if you don't, that's your choice. Yeah. You're a monster. Today's fact of the day. The theme this week has been things that were named after where they were invented.

And today is the Woman's Day edition. Woman's Day. Great name. Woman's Day. National Woman's Day edition. Not the Woman's Day magazine. I've got a few. I'm going to scattershot them at you.

Okay, go. The bikini. Okay. Named after the bik magazine. I've got a few. I'm going to scattershot them at you. Okay, go. The Bikini. Okay. Named after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Really? Yep. It was ruined with nuclear testing, but that was a slim sort of choice before. I feel like we're friends with the

French and we've forgiven them so quickly. Yeah, we have. Way too quickly. Rainbow Warrior. Nuclear testing. Rolling over in World War II. We forgive, we don't forget. Baguettes. Way too hard. Oh, too hard. Way too hard. Rainbow Warrior. Nuclear testing. Rolling over in World War II. We forgive, we don't forget. Yeah. Baguettes. Way too hard. Oh, too hard.

Way too hard to buy through. Too hard. Don't get me wrong. You won me over a little bit with the croissant. That's a soft, delicious, doughy fried bread. But the baguette, too hard. You can lose a front tooth ripping apart a baguette. Yeah.

Number two, the bungalow. Oh, okay. Like the beach types. I have not met a man that is like, I'd love to own a bungalow one day. I've never met a man that has said... We love bungalows. Women love bungalows. 1950s, 1960s. So that's why I put it on the list of things. Wait, I was thinking of a beach bungalow.

No, no, you're thinking bungalows like Sandringham, like your not villa, next after villa is a bungalow. That's a house. So that's a bungalow. It's named after Bengal in India. Oh. Oh, like Bangalore Polo Club. Right. Yeah, Polo Club.

It was a bar, wasn't it? Yeah, it was. So the bungalow has got the same name origin. Okay, Bangalore. Camembert cheese. Camembert. Yeah, Camembert cheese. Wait, what's this have to do with the International Women's Day?

Women love cheese. Tell me he's wrong. Tell me he's wrong. I thought you were doing female inventors. Wait, what's this have to do with International Women's Day? Women love cheese. I've never seen... Tell me he's wrong. Tell me he's wrong. I thought you were doing female inventors. No, no. No, things that females like that were invented and named after where they were invented.

So far, love a bikini. Love a bungalow. Love a bit of camembert. Love a bit of camembert cheese. And you love atomic testing in nuclear arms. Yeah. She was anti-atomic. Women love cheese.

Fact. Even the ones that are lactose intolerant will roll the dice on a cheese board. I'm going to just pop one of those lactese pills. And that's named after Camembert in the Orne region of France. Okay. Next one, champagne. Oh, you love that. Of course.

Of course. Named after the Champagne region of France. Otherwise, it's just sparkling wine. Jerseys. Women love jerseys. We love jerseys. They love stealing our jerseys. We love boyfriend jerseys.

We love stealing our jerseys. Of course, named after Jersey in America. Yeah, Cal. New Jersey. New Jersey. Jersey. Oh, wait, not New Jersey. Should we get New Jersey?

Jersey the Island. Oh. Jersey the Island in the Channel Islands I do believe Because it was so cold They needed more than a t-shirt Yes And then they made a jumper Made a jumper

What should we call this But a t-shirt jumper Yeah Made of heavier material Okay Limousine The limousine Is named after

Limousine in France Women love limousines And we love France Yeah Men love hummusines Don't they Fletch Yes That's the male version. Well, not me, but we've got a friend that certainly does.

Wow, you went in it and you certainly hung out the top and said, woohoo, look at me, I'm a princess. Yeah, he did. Woohoo, take a photo, take a photo. That's what he said. And finally, magenta. The colour magenta named after magenta in Northern Italy. I'm wearing a pink shirt today.

Women love magenta. Yeah. That's undeniable. Okay. So there's a scattershot of things that were named after where they were invented. Thank you. Especially for women on International Women's Day. Happy International Women's Day.

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