ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 14th December 2023

Episode Date: December 13, 2023

On Today's Lil Bitta Pod; Vaughan's emotions got the better of him!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fleshborn and Hayley's Little Bitter Pod Enjoy a refreshing McCafe iced coffee available only from Macca's Great things are brewing Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod I will admit I'm an emotional man Yeah Every now and then I get got What got me the other day?

Was it a Oh it was, oh my god August is re-watching all the Harry Potter movies Oh yeah We're not re-watching, she's seen bits and pieces, but she's watching them chronologically. And when she finishes the last one, I'm going to introduce her to J.K. Rowling and Turf,

so she can enjoy the movies for what they are. Yeah, absolutely. And then deal with the problems that the author has. Now, it was the movie where, what is it? I think it's the third one. It is It's Prisoner of Azkaban Where Harry thinks his father rescues him with his Patronus

Fletch, you're lost, I can tell With his Patronus What's a Patronus? I've never seen these films Oh my god Expecto Patronum And it's like a protecting Everybody's got one

You kind of pick an animal that means something to you What's my Patronus? What's my Patronus? Your Patronus would probably be You know that hairless mole that looks like a cock? Born! You may expect a Patronus! And it would be like, bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh. It's a weird cock mole.

I don't want the cock mole. That's disappointing. You want my Patronus? I don't like Harry Potter. There's probably a thing, there's probably an online quiz you can do is what is your Patronus? Yeah, probably. What is your Patronus?

I feel like mine would be a cute cat. Like my cat is. No, you're a cock mole. You're such a cock mole. You're a big cock mole. Wow, thank you. What is your true Patronus? This is actually a fun quiz we should all do.

The Patronus quiz. No, I'd rather just say. So basically, his father's was like the stampeding deer. Yeah, I think I read this book. And boom. But it's not. It turns out it was Harry all along. Oh, okay.

And then it's this thing about his father and da-da-da-da-da. And that shit always gets me. So he's got daddy issues. His father's dead. His mother and father were murdered by Voldemort. You are the last person on earth to find this out, by the way. Now when I think of Harry Potter, all I can hear is, when I make my move.

You know that thing that's going viral on TikTok? With that playing chess in the first Harry. Yeah, something like that. No, Ron, no. When I make my move. Yeah. I don't want to be the cock mouse. You're the cock mouse. No, you, no! When I make my move. Yeah. I don't want to be the cock mouse. You're the cock mouse.

No, you're the cock mole. Cock mole? Yeah. Why are you crying about cock mole? No, because he was having this moment of realisation that his father is dead, but his Patronus is the same as his father's. You've seen this?

Why did you get sad again? Because I was just like, what? And I was like, I explained it, and then I went away. I didn't like fully bawl, but I got misty. It's a hell of a, you know, it's a hell of a story. You're emotional at the moment. I love a cry.

Oh, man, what got me way worse was Seven Sharp, if you're not in New Zealand now, 7 p.m. current affairs show that every country in the world, I believe, by law, by the UN decree and the Treaty of Versailles, has to have one. A sort of lighthearted reflection of the news. Yes. Yes. Seven Sharp, very light.

A bit of scaremongering. Ozzy loves a scaremongering. Ozzy loves a scaremonger. Post news show. Yeah, right. Yeah, they'll do a little light scaremongering on Seven Sharp. But they had a story about this beautiful couple who adopted a baby. And it got me.

Because it started out, they were like, and the bloody child was as cute as a button and they were like she the where they adopt it from uh they didn't say like how the adoption came about but they said the i think it was within new zealand all right it's hard in new zealand it is very hard it is hard and but the mother said oh you know i've got health issues and then she got choked up and i got choked up and then the dad was like you know it's we're gonna grow we're gonna just love this child and like unconditionally and i mean it's gonna be very obvious to her one day that we aren't perhaps her biological parents and then like because the child is oh i think they

said of indian heritage yeah uh and they weren't so right. But they said it will become obvious to her one day, but they said, you know, she's going to be loved unconditionally and da-da-da, and I was just like, I need a brown baby. You need a Dr. Brown baby? So that's what I'm doing this summer holidays. I'm going to go. Keep Madonna-ing.

I'm going to go Madonna-ing. Adopt, don't shop. Yeah. Yes. Good, actually. It's really saving the the world Adopt on shop Yeah And cats

And children I want to adopt A 17 year old one Like Sia Okay Sia Calm down Yeah like Sia Yeah

Cause in their fun They can pick me up From the clubs By the way That didn't get talked about enough That was Weird But did you read

I've read a story On why she did it And I was like That raises a good point It's like adopting an old cat at the SPCA No one wants the old cat But they're 17 So they're not old enough to be

Like adults in the eye of the law So they probably had a ride in the system Had a ride in the system Been bouncing around foster homes She wasn't really going to be like I'm going to raise you and mother you. It was just like, I'm going to look after you. She wasn't breastfeeding two 17-year-old boys that she adopted.

We don't know that, actually. Breast is best. Breast fed is best, you know? Well, she wouldn't want to be using formula and get attacked by the social media mob. Imagine that. She's like, we're about to adopt a 17-year-old and she's bottle feeding it. And someone's like, that is terrible. Breast is best old and she's bottle feeding it and someone's like that is terrible breast is best

see ya pop it in but oh yeah good on it but see you just got super emotional I don't know I'm a bit tired

I got emotional I feel like a crime I got got that's when I decided I really need to have a proper one this is why I bought this book

that I've got here. I saw someone on TikTok, and it's notorious for being one of the most harrowing, sad books of all time. It's called A Little Life. Look at the bloody sad guy in the front. No, no, no, no, no. That sounds like, no, that sounds like it's- But there was a woman who was on TikTok.

She was like, it can't be. She was holding the book. She was like, it can't be that bad. I'm going to read this. It's going to be fine. And then it clicks, and she's like, I'm not prepared. And's holding the book. She's like, it can't be that bad. I'm going to read this. It's going to be fine. And then it clicks and she's like, I'm not prepared. And I was like, I'm going to buy this. I don't think.

What is the gist of it? It's like four friends that grew up together and one of them suffers from horrendous childhood and then they all kind of go off on their own paths and apparently it's just harrowing. Well, the Times calls it a singularly profound and moving work, hypnotically compelling reading, an astonishing achievement, The Independent. Whoa. How many pages is this?

Dude, look at the text. Read the blurb. Look at the text. Jesus. Read the blurb. 700 and something pages. There's a lot to say on the back. Four graduates moved to New York, broke, adrift,

and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome actor Willem, the sardonic painter JB, Malcolm, a frustrated architect, and the brilliant yet enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over many decades, their complex relationships come to be defined by their respective addictions. Addictions. Addictions.

Jesus. Or cock. Reading, here's a review. It's not happy and pleasant Until the end Where something sad happens No This book is a depressing

Hunk of paper With very little happiness in it No Why do you want to read this Don't do that Why do you want to read this Because I want to emote It's cathartic

I want to feel darkness Because my life is pretty good And so I'm going to read This really sad book I think I mute emotions When I read a book Like it's not often A book will make me laugh out loud or cry. Right.

But the movie equivalent would be... I have wept reading books. Really? Yeah, I have wept. I don't read a lot though. I've been sitting in bed and just weeping. I'm really looking forward to this. I'm going to have a big cry.

Okay, well we'll report back in the new year. You're wanting to emote. You said you want to have a release. Yeah,, well, we'll report back in the new year. You're wanting to emote. You said you want to have a release. Yeah, but I can just watch the first 10 minutes of Up or, you know, A Soldier Coming Home. Inside Out. The Lifedice. Yeah.

What? Oh, yeah, and Up. Yeah. No, Inside Out. Jeez, I hope not.