ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 6th November 2024

Episode Date: November 5, 2024

On Today's Lil Bitta Pod; Fletch reveals (in slightly grim detail) that he's about to lose a body part...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ZM Podcast Network. Fleshborn and Hayley's Little Bit of Pod. Treat yourself to McCafe coffee with my Macca's rewards. Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod. And just a reminder, we will be recording our Christmas cocktail specials in December, early December. You have until Monday the 4th of December to get a podcast shout out in and you can find that link zmonline.com slash cocktail special

or if you are in New Zealand you can text cocktail special as one word to 9696. Get your request in, your shout out in. I cannot wait for this record. It's so much fun. We have so much fun. Yeah, we do. It's a lot of fun. It's really good. In moderation. Such moderate fun. Guys Guys I'm limping today

You've seen me walking around I have seen you limp A little bit My first thought was The gouts kicked in Yeah he's got it He finally hit I finally got gout

From all my terrible eating Yeah No but back from the heafy One of New Zealand's Great walks Limping like Charles himself What? It was interesting

Because we sort of chat And I don't know If I've reiterated this enough That we're genuine friends And so during the weekend We do actually Limping like Charles himself. It was interesting because we sort of chat, and I don't know if I've reiterated this enough, that we're genuine friends. And so during the weekend, we do actually just chat all weekend. But it was quiet for a bit while you were a bit out of range and hiking? There was like on the first day, you get a little bit of reception heading up to the first hut,

and then you have nothing for like two or three days. The last day you get it. If you walk to the beach at the last heart, you get some reception. And that's when I walked to the beach and I saw a dead bloated dolphin. Oh, yeah. That was nice. I did send to the group chat because I was like,

is this a dolphin? It was, eh? Yeah, it was a poor horse or something. Yeah, it was a poor horse. Yeah, it was a pretty sad. A poor, poor, poor horse. Because initially I thought it was a log on the West Coast beach.

We just sat on it. And I was like, goodness. No, it's like, that's a weird black kind of reddy, funny looking shiny log. Because initially I thought it was a log on the West Coast beach. We just sit on it. Goodness. Rest your feet. That's a weird black kind of reddy, funny looking, shiny log. And I was like, oh my God, it's a dolphin. Which is sad because they're one of my faves. Yeah.

Dolphins. But yeah, four days, three nights. It was like nearly 80 Ks. Good for you, man. I'm just looking at it here. It's insane. Named after a man That never went inland Charles Heafy Charles Heafy

He did the coast Yeah But with Brunner I guess Lake Brunner Is named after Thomas Brunner Yeah definitely A great

I mean I want to tick off All the great walks There's 11 now In New Zealand We've done The Whanganui River Is a great walk Even though you float

Even though you float Should be called the great float The great paddle You should totally do them all Before you know Your knees give in And your river is a great walk. Even though you float. Even though you float. Should be called the great float. The great paddle. You should totally do them all before, you know, your knees give in and your shoulder hurts too much and the gout, you know, keeps coming back. Because that's hard. You've got to hike with everything. And no, I don't know, but people also mountain bike this off season.

You can, and so many mountain bikers. What sort of condition is, I mean, it is a great walk, so the trails are maintained well. Well, there wasn't a single, I think there were steps up to a couple of bridges, but otherwise the whole thing is a path. That's how the bloody mountain bikers can do it. Lots of the great walks you can bike. That one that I keep going, Paparoa Track, you can bike that. Yeah.

Seems like the easy option. Can I get an e-bike and I'll meet you at the hut? No, so e-bikes aren't allowed. I don't know, maybe because they catch on fire and you can't charge them and people will be stranded. True, you run out of a charge halfway through out of the bed and I'm here. But there were people that hadn't biked before doing kind of a tour because on the first day it's all uphill and I passed five of them

and I was like, well... Oh, my God, I know. And we knew this would happen, that you'd be absolutely steaming up the hills. Yeah, there was a couple of days I did take off in front of the group. I was like, you're walking too slow. I just want to get there. I've got like a 10 something kg, 11 kg pack on. And you've got a little bit of a twingy shoulder.

Yeah, I'm like, I'd just rather get to the hut than walk half speed. Yeah. But it was amazing. But I think guys have lost a toenail. Yeah, you showed me your foot this morning. It doesn't look like that's staying around. You know what? After the Auckland marathon and half marathon and scenic walk over the bridge. Yeah, you showed me your foot this morning. It doesn't look like that's staying around. You know what, after the Auckland marathon and half marathon and

scenic walk over the bridge. Yeah. So let's face it, if it's under 21km, I don't know if it needs to be announced. It feels like it was aimed at James, our friend James who did the scenic. He told me it was a scenic walk over the harbour bridge. He told me there was no intention of running it with any speed. He wanted to go for a scenic walk over the harbour bridge. Oh yeah, there'd be a few people

out there right now that have missing toenails and sore bits. But why is yours so bad? Well, apparently, I didn't know this, but with hiking boots and stuff, you should buy half a size bigger. Right, because your feet swell and stuff, maybe. Because they swell, and downhills. Oh, your skid, skid, skid just pushes the toenail.

Day two, where it was like 20 Ks of slamming my toe. Oh. Yeah, so. And you're world renowned for those feet. Yeah. That's going to be, you're going to get a big drop in income. I know, my only fancy is going to be. It's going to take a hit.

I'm going to have to recycle some old feet content for the next month. Because that ugly toenail grows out. So I was obviously with our friend Dr. Shawnee and another friend Samara. She's also a doctor. And I took my sock off and I was like, guys, do you reckon what am I going to have to do about this? And Samara just said, you're going to lose that. And I was like, and Jared, our friend was just like. Wait, she could answer a question without Google. Yeah, no, she's a doctor, but I was like. No, that's what I'm saying, they're always behind that desk giving a Google.

Jared and I thought that she meant I'm going to lose a toe. And then for a moment I thought I was going to have to have my toe amputated. But she said, then clarified, no, the toenail. Yes, I mean, that would be awful. Obviously, we don't want to get anything amputated. But if I'm going to go back to your OnlyFans account, that gives you a point of difference. Now it's not only the long feet, it's the missing big toe. Yeah, right.

Oh, unique selling point. You know, everyone's got their freak. You know, why not? That could be someone's thing. Yeah. Like a little, yeah. Apparently the worst is just another foot. The big toe's the worst one, though, because then you're a bit wobbly, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a stabilizer. Yeah. I've mentioned that Aaron's broken his two little toes five times. And there was a point where they said, genuinely, if you don't want to go through the full re-break surgery and the pinning, we can just cut them off. And people do.

Yeah, and he was like, it does put your balance off a little because when you roll out, your little toe does do a little bit. It does kind of grip you. They can't just kind of bolt in some kind of prosthetic one? That's what I thought.

But then you can't feel it. Bolt in a prosthetic one. It wouldn't do anything, would it? What, like a denture? Like screw it into the bone? Yeah, I know what I thought. But then you can't feel it. Bolt in a prosthetic one. It wouldn't do anything, would it? What, like a denture? Like screw it into the bone? Yeah, I know what you mean. Like have a plate and then you screw in a couple of wooden toes. I don't like that.

I think I may be entering summer and Birkenstock seasons with no big toenail. Oh, that sucks. It's pretty gross, eh? Hey, I actually did want to discuss this while we were on the topic. Do you, as a trio that all love our Birkenstocks Should we choose a day and we'll do a hard launch And the three of us transition I've transitioned my current Birks into gardening Birks

Same So I need to get some new Birks Oh okay So I thought you meant should we go and shop for Birks We can go Birk shopping But I just think we should all on the same day make the choice Because usually we sort of pitter around like you've changed from beanie to hat. That might be tomorrow for me

if I can't get my swollen toe into a shoe again. Yeah okay. My feet by the way are outrageously white. Oh yeah you're translucent aren't you? Outrageous because I got them out at the weekend to do some gardening and when I was pottering around in the vegetable garden absolutely fine but the minute any spades or anything

come out I'm not rolling that dice I'll go and put on some boots So I don't think I caught any extra sun on the tootsies It's the weekend Oh god Why? Gotta give them a little tan Well shall I?

I can bring them a Bondi Sands I'm thinking of Bondi Sands Yep I might Bondi Sands the feet Okay well maybe tomorrow I'll bring them a Bondi Sands I'll give you guys a bit of a tan up Love

And then the day after Maybe we could soft launch our burps Perfect