ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 22nd February 2024

Episode Date: February 21, 2024

On Today's Lil Bitta Pod; Producer Jared received a message!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Les Vaughan and Hayley's Little Bit of Pod. Great things are brewing at McCafe. The perfect start to every day. Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod. Producer Jared, I don't know what possessed him, but he decided to message his grandfather, who I believe, and we will cross now for confirmation, is dead.

Yeah, it was his birthday, so I was missing him a little bit. Is this the Dam Busters granddad? No, no, he, no, not that one. I don't mean to sound disappointed, but that one. You did sound horrifically, was he in the war? He did the Dam Buster. No, the non-Dam Buster grandfather. So Archie was

a Dam Buster. Oh my god, what a name. And he's a Dam Buster. Archie the Dam Buster. Alright Archie, set up some of those bloody Nazi dabs. That's bloody good. And Franciscus passed away last year. I don't know

what he did in the war. So Franciscus passed away last year. He sounds Spanish. And it was his birthday. Yep, birthday last week. So I flicked him a message. I said,

happy birthday, Grandpa. Missing you. A lot of people do this with past loved ones who will call their voicemail, won't they? Yeah, I've done it a couple of times. He had an automated voicemail, so there's no point calling. Oh, was it like, you have reached the number of O2.

Which is only great if you're married to that chick that does the voicemail. The voiceover. Because you get to hear her voice. Numbers. What if you used to go out with that chick and your current partner died and you called up

their number and now your ex is on the bloody oh god that would be a disaster challenging wank but not impossible you can do anything

thank you Hayley I'm not a quitter you know this I actually never doubted you. Yuck, you're yum. So it was more of a cathartic sort of a thing. You just wanted a little bit of a little release. Is this on Facebook or text?

Facebook. Facebook Messenger. Wow. He had Facebook. Good for you. And I sent the message. I was like, okay, cool, done. Five minutes later.

Fuck, he's done a runner. Thanks, Jared. What? What? Who sent that? I don't know. I don't know who's now on his Facebook. Oh, my God.

He didn't die. Did you see the body? No. No! Wait, has some auntie or... No, they just got Facebook in here, and you guys are 5G's great. He's on the run. Has your uncle or grandmother got the login?

Well, like, I feel like if anyone had the login, it would be mum, but she would also tell me, hey, saw your message to granddad, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, totally. Nah, she hasn't. If it was family who had it, they'd be like, hey, Jared, it's your auntie so-and-so here. That's really sweet.

I miss him too, or something like that. That would be a normal response. Not thanks, Jared. But you would... Yeah, okay, you wouldn't reply as him. No, I thought that was weird. Well, who is it? Did you reply back, who is this? No, no, I don't want to talk to zombies.

What? Because that's the only thing it could be, zombies. How did he die? Did he die of just old man things? Yeah, just old man things. But you didn't see the body. It's actually on the death certificate. Old Man Things.

Time of death, 10 past 9, Old Man Things. Cause of death, Old Man Things. Old Man Things. OMT. But you didn't see the body. What if he didn't die, he's committed a terrible crime, and instead he started a second life? In Argentina.

In Argentina? Yeah. And then you've messaged him, and he's like... Wow, wait a minute. You said you didn't know what he did in the war if he's in Argentina. I'm a Nazi! Here's our first clue. Now, very in the war if he's in Argentina. Might be a Nazi. He's our first clue.

Now, very kind soul, Franciscus. We're going to go to fly. Franciscus. Great name. Great name. Sounds Spanish. That's the thing. They were neutral during...

Neutral. I say. I've got thoughts. During the war, weren't they? Franciscus. They were involved. But it's weird, right? It's weird.

It's weird. They should have said, Thanks, Jared. Auntie Sue's weird, right? It's weird. It's weird. They should have said, thanks, Jared. Auntie Sue's in here. Yeah. I know that he loved you and this would have meant a lot to him on his birthday to hear from you. We're just monitoring this account. Leave it.

But then I guess you've got an unread message and they... No, no, no. Little red dot. I feel like I've never had been a legacy, because that's what you call it, like your legacy contact. If you die, they get control of your page. But do you think when someone dies,

you should shut down their page or take it offline? No, you see people leave it there as sort of a tribute and put it right on the wall. Yeah, right on the wall on birthdays and anniversaries and stuff. Because my marching coach, who I was very close with, people still do it but then Facebook has a setting now where you can like say they're dead

but keep the page and when you do it it's like tributes yeah right but how do we cancel them when an old status comes up in a memory

from like 2012 getting the boot into dead people about something that was perfectly fine at the time but obviously society changes as it does

it evolves some would say. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, God, well, I mean... That would have been a bloody shock. Yeah, I wasn't expecting it. To get that message. No, I wasn't expecting it.

You should message... I'd message again. Yeah, I want to know who this is. Who is this? You should follow it up with a who is this, because we'll be probably the people... We've got a vested podcast listening family now who need to know.

Yep, yep. I'll hunt for an update. Okay. Thank you.