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Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. From the ZM think tank. This is the top six. Hello there.
A study has shown that American men's sexual activity
among young American men has sharply declined since the year 2000,
with a third reporting no sex with a partner in the prior year,
meaning that they played with themselves. Yeah no sex with a partner in the prior year, meaning that they played with themselves.
Yeah, but with a partner. That doesn't
just mean girlfriend or
boyfriend. That just means anybody
had by themselves, but
no. From the year
from 2000 to 2018,
it changed nearly. A one in three US
men aged between 18 and 24
reported no sexual activity in the past year.
Do you reckon they would be the same here?
I don't know.
Does it speculate as to why that is?
Stress of juggling work and intimate relationships
and just not having the time.
And just CBF too hard, by the way.
As well as prevalence of other forms of solo entertainment.
Wink, wink.
Yeah.
But apparently also lack of sexual activity or sexual inactivity was also on the rise amongst men and women aged 25 to 34.
Really?
Yeah.
Crazy.
Not from what you've found?
What about the studies you've been conducting?
I haven't done any studies.
What are you talking about?
You've moved out of that demographic,
but it doesn't mean you're still not engaging with that demographic.
We've got no further comment, Your Honour.
You're pleading the fifth.
All right.
I've got the top six reasons young men aren't getting as much love
and number six, Lynx Africa
Back in the day
There was very limited choice
Wasn't there? But now
There's a whole world of fragrances
But some still choose to wear Lynx Africa
Do the honeys not love Lynx Africa, Megan?
I mean, it's not my first choice
It was the smell of the 90s
But no, not so much anymore
When you're in high school, you're like, oh, yeah, I'm smelligs.
But then, like, your tastes evolve.
That a boy just doesn't stink like B.O.
Yeah.
You're like, oh, my gosh, you took the effort to do one second squirt under each armpit.
Yeah.
I appreciate that.
Oh, my God, thank you.
Number five on the list of the top six reasons young men aren't getting as much love in.
Older men.
Oh, that's swooping in there. Right. And some women quite like, or ladies, or young ladies quite like
an older man. Yeah, right. Number four on the list of, and some of it's a bit creepy,
but that's okay. Number four on the list of the top six reasons young men aren't getting as much love in? Satin boxes. They used to be a
ticket to ride.
Were they? Or a ticket
to slide.
Slip slide all over the place.
You can still get them, eh?
Yeah. Peter Alexander to a navy
satin box. That would be more of a beard.
That's pyjamas though, right?
But I think that was always their intended purpose, right?
H&M? No, H&H, satin boxes at the warehouse.
Right.
Do they have any cartoon character ones?
No, they're just plain black.
Farmers, you can get a satin boxer.
They used to be all the go, but...
Yeah, I mean, just why would you now?
You need that support.
Yeah.
Well, when you move out of this demographic,
you need a bit more support. Yeah. But if you took move out of this demographic, you need a bit more support.
Yeah.
But if you took a guy home, Megan,
and he had seven boxes,
would that be a deal breaker?
How cute is he?
I mean, that's the rule with anything, right?
Because, you know, if he's cute,
you can always get him out of seven boxes.
Yeah.
Second date, you can gift him some cotton.
Some nice, breathable cotton.
Yeah.
Number three on the list of the top six reasons young men aren't getting as much love in.
Video games, Fortnite, etc.
Yeah.
Because men quite like women to work around their Fortnite schedule or call a dirty schedule,
but women don't like having to schedule around video games.
Not so much.
Yeah, take this from an older man.
Number two on the list of the top six reasons
young men aren't getting as much love and manners.
You've got to have them.
Yeah.
You've got to have them.
They're not using their manners.
They're not using their manners.
Please, miss.
Please, miss.
Please.
Don't beg, but use your manners.
And number one on the list of the top six reasons young men aren't getting as much love in the Satisfyer Pro 2.
I am.
Sorry, men, you're quickly being made redundant.
Yeah.
That's got rechargeable batteries, plugs into a USB charger.
It's the real deal.
It's a plug into a USB.
Yeah.
Oh, that's annoying. a USB? Yeah. Oh, that's annoying.
For charging?
Yeah.
Oh.
So it just comes with a cord and you can just plug it into your iPhone or your Samsung or whatever.
Yeah.
I thought you got one.
I do have one, but I've told you I've never had to charge it.
I've never used it.
One second's work every day and it's done.
That's how good it is.
That's why she hasn't had to charge it.
Yeah, right. The old Warner Club done. That's how good it is. That's why she hasn't had to charge it. Yeah, right.
The old Wannaclub Jonas.
That is today's top six.
Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast.
ZM.
Over first weekend of level one, you went to a concert?
I went to live music.
It was amazing.
How was that?
It was great.
In a crowd full of like 100 people, right?
Yeah.
Was it weird, like getting close to? No, it wasn't weird because I'd been to the mall, 100 people, right? Yeah. Was it weird like getting close to?
No, it wasn't weird because I'd been to the mall,
Commercial Bay, over the weekend.
That's the new mall in Auckland.
And that was packed, like thousands of people.
And it was just like going from like social distancing
to like shoulder to shoulder.
I was just like, ah!
I did some.
People.
Just like shopping at a little fruit shop.
People were still
Giving everyone
Lots of space
And I was like
Oh we're allowed
To touch each other again
So I was standing
At the traffic light
Yesterday
And some guy
Walked up behind me
Like real close
And I was just like
And I was like
Oh and I took a step away
And then I was like
Oh no we're not
Doing that anymore
But he was like
Oh sorry
It's quite hard
To be used to
I'm all for it
Just keep
You don't get too close At the traffic lights Yeah he was like, oh, sorry. I'm all for it. Just keep your distance.
Traffic lights.
Yeah, he was very close. He was personal space.
Right. But
producer Anya celebrated first weekend of level
one by going to a comedy show.
Did indeed. And did you go to
the club where I saw
Mr Bun Buns with the megaphone at a party?
Was that at the club?
Mr Bun Buns was lethal on Saturday night.
Yeah.
Yeah, no, that was a house party.
Okay.
No, so this was Friday night.
We went to a BYO and then we went to a comedy show,
which was a hoot.
Okay.
Who was the comedy?
Was it multiple?
Yeah, we had Guy Montgomery, Ray O'Leary, Nick Ratto,
and Ursula Carlson.
Oh, nice.
Yeah, so great little line-up, a lovely evening.
We got there probably about 10 minutes before it was about to start
and the only table left was the front table.
Because everyone knows to leave, like, don't sit too close.
Yeah, and Nick Raddo'sados, he was the MC.
I think his whole first opening greeting was a bit of crowd roasting.
So we were primed for the pick-in.
Because the key is not to make eye contact with the person, right?
I was avoiding it at all costs.
My friend Ruben did not get the memo and was like,
Hello, here we are.
Come on over here.
But then if you avoid eye contact with them, surely they're like, oh, this person who's avoiding eye contact with me wants it.
Because it's the one thing happening on stage in front of you that you've come to see if you're not looking at it.
You can't be on your phone.
You'll get roasted for being on your phone.
Yeah, exactly.
So they started off by saying,
Ruben, how are you going, mate?
Who are you here with tonight?
Ruben goes, oh, Grace, Andy, and Anna from ZM.
So that was... Oh!
We threw you under the bus!
You don't get introduced by where you work.
This is Steve from KPMG, Sarah from Subway,
Anna from ZM.
He set you up.
He did.
Good from him.
Yeah, it was clever.
And unsurprisingly, Nick was not familiar with my producing work.
And he was like, wow, celebrity in the mix.
And he even said that I was the receptionist at ZM.
So that was great.
So we had a bit of receptionist banter and then my other friend
that we were with
also works at The Breeze.
So it was a radio filled table.
We sang The Breeze song.
That was fun.
And then he went on
to my boyfriend Andy
and said,
what do you do?
And Andy was like,
Andy's pretty shy,
especially in a crowd setting
and said,
I work in cars.
I work in cars?
I work in cars.
What is he,
a cigarette lighter? I do all my work in cars. I work in cars? I work in cars. What is he, a cigarette lighter?
I do all my work in cars.
Take me out and you can plug an iPhone charger in there.
So next scene, okay, so what do you do with the cars?
He's like, I'm a car journalist.
And it goes, a car journalist?
What does a car journalist do?
Investigate undercover car stings?
Oh, this car's not working.
Wow.
Really absolutely roasted poor Andy for his car journalism job.
And then at the end when he was thanking all the comedians
and like, give it up for Ursula Carson.
And then right at the end, give it up for the car journalist.
It's Andy.
Okay, this is why you've got to be early.
I know.
And get a back table or at least a middle table
where you're out of the firing line.
Yeah, lesson learned.
Tell them a real depressing, when they ask you your job too,
give them some real like.
Yeah, like what have you just been fired?
Yeah.
What do you do for a job?
Nothing, I've just been made redundant.
Thank you.
Thanks to the COVID recession.
You got any funny jokes about that?
Yeah.
Yeah, all right.
Joining us in studio next, Chloe Swarbrick.
I'm just working out if that's the correct way to say her name
because the O in Chloe has an ulmat over the dots.
The two dots.
The dots, okay.
So should it be Chloe?
Going to talk about the referendum,
which is coming up in September.
ZM's Fletch, Vachbourne and Megan, the podcast.
Fletchbourne and Megan's Community Notices.
Hello and welcome to Community Notices,
a segment of the show where we have a look at what's happening
around New Zealand according to local Facebook pages.
Caleb has posted on the
at pets free to a good home or selling in the Dunedin area page.
Doesn't that roll off the tongue?
Does anyone have a small dog for sale that is not too dear or free, please?
Okay.
Somebody does comment that if you want a dog for free,
how will you care for one if you can't afford to buy one?
They are an expensive investment.
Good point.
But Serena rolls in with a,
You're a child. Go enjoy PlayStation.
Ride your bike. Don't play with aerosols
and matches. You could end up burned in
the hospital or burn your house down.
I hope you take notice. I've seen a
young man do the same thing, scarred for life
in agony with his burns.
What the hell? Where did it come from?
What?
Wow. Where did this aerosol, this unprompted aerosol warning come from?
Weird.
No one knows.
I mean, it is sound advice.
It is.
But it's not like his profile picture is him making a flamethrower with an aerosol can or anything.
It's just...
Well, let's go to the Ohakuni Winter Staff 2020 page.
Ethan has said, for anybody interested, just call the number and it looks like an ad stuck
in the window of a building.
Oh, okay.
Great news for Ohakuni.
There's that, you know, level one, open for business.
Many families will be enjoying a ski there in the central North Island.
Yeah.
And also great news is there's an adult shop opening
soon. Oh, an adult
shop. This is the ad stuck in the window.
However, no expense has been spared.
Look at that. It's written on an A4 piece of paper
and some of the sloppiest
handwriting. Wow.
Opening soon. Adult shop Ohakuni.
Novelty toys. Bandage
supplies. Aww.
Just in case you hurt yourself
up the mountain. Bless.
Adult video viewing rooms,
private. PVC
lingerie.
Wow, how do you get that? How many people
live in Owakuni?
No locals are going there. I know.
Small town, eh? It would get around
pretty quick. I saw a bloody
Steve walking in the other day.
Huge range of Dido's.
Oh, I love Dido's.
This has got to be a joke.
That song, White Flag?
Yeah.
So good.
But there wasn't a huge range of Dido songs.
He's obviously got the whole back catalogue of Dido's.
Male and female Dido's, too.
Oh, really?
Wow.
Part-time positions available.
And then there's a phone number there. So if you're
off to Ohakuni for the
winter season. But you know
what? Sometimes you go all
the way to Ohakuni for a couple of weeks of
skiing and the mountains shut. And you forgot
your Dido.
So what a treat
this sounds like.
Yeah.
Get in there.
This is from the Fitty Chitty Chatty page.
This is from Fitty Unger's community.
Cherie writes,
Does anyone know anyone that's had COVID-19 or still has it?
Because I'm still finding it hard to believe there's even a virus at all.
Oh, my God.
I mean, just look at the any world news.
Yeah.
Just like thousands, hundreds of thousands of people are dying around the world for a laugh, I think.
It's all a big trick.
It's all a trick, yeah.
From the Cambridge, New Zealand grapevine,
Kelly's got a quick question for your online community and information.
Does anyone know if Countdown is selling cooked chickens?
They always sell cooked chickens? Today?
They always sell cooked chickens,
don't they?
Yeah.
I mean, any supermarket
sells cooked chickens, right?
Yeah.
But maybe,
was she worried
they were out of cooked chickens?
Or like,
they have them today?
Or maybe she'd been
and there hadn't been
cooked chickens on a previous date,
so she's like, yeah.
Or does she mean
in a post-COVID world?
Because you know how like
buffets and stuff are on hold? Oh, yeah, but they're all wrapped up. Yeah. she mean in a post-COVID world? Because you know how like buffets and stuff are on hold.
Oh yeah,
but they're all wrapped up.
They're in a bag
with that searing hot
volcanic juice.
How does the juice
stay so hot?
And then you put it
in that little
tinfoil bag thing
and you roll the end
and you get it home
and you're like,
this will have cooled down.
You pull it out
and the juice runs
down your hand
and you're like,
it is not cold!
It still burns!
And finally, let's
pop to my hometown,
Morrinsville, Cow-munity notice board.
Oh, God.
They love cows down there. We know it.
Let it go. Steve writes,
short Latina woman.
Okay.
Then he writes, shit, I was meant to Google that.
Then he writes,
then he writes, how do I remove all these comments?
Oh my god.
No word whether or not Steve was just having a bit of an
LOL there, but it sure tickled a few fancies.
That tickled me.
That's good stuff.
It's like when you see an auntie or an uncle
or a mum or dad post
a status on Facebook when they were meant to search.
Write it on somebody's phone when they were meant to write, like,
Happy birthday, I hope you and Steve are well.
But it's in their own status.
Oh, bless, that's always a good one.
Those are today's community notices.
If you see anything on your local Facebook page
or wherever you keep in touch with your neighbourhood,
screen cap it and send it to ours.
We are FEMZM on all the socials.
Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM.
Producer Jared has hit us with a situation.
Well, you may have, I don't know if you guys watch the videos
that get put together here, but in the background,
you may have noticed he's got intensely swole.
In the last couple of weeks.
So swole.
So swole.
Because you've been going to the gym.
Gains, brah.
Gains, brah.
Have you been also increasing your intake in grams of protein?
Mega.
Huge.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Are you doing protein shakes and LeSnacks still?
Yep.
Yep.
Got to get your lactose.
Okay, well, that's your carbs, isn't it?
Your morning LeSnack.
Your carbs and your calcium.
He keeps his LeSnacks in his safe.
His LeBreakfast.
Yeah.
Now, this was something that happened to you at the gym yesterday.
Yeah.
Was this pre-haircut or post-haircut?
Because tell Jared what you think about his haircut.
I thought it was very cute.
Oh, thank you.
I told you he wouldn't take it as an insult.
They were like, you can't say that to a grown man. I was like, sometimes it's thought it was very cute. Oh, thank you. I told you he wouldn't take it as an insult. They were like,
you can't say that
to a grown man.
I was like,
sometimes it's nice
to be called cute.
Yeah, I liked it.
In a non-sexually
threatening manner.
Yeah.
Okay.
That was not sexually
threatening,
is what I'm saying.
Okay, so what happened
at the gym?
Yeah, so post haircut.
Oh, post haircut.
Oh, so you had a new
haircut at the gym.
I was looking fresh.
Okay.
Yeah. So I was there doing the lifts with... Oh, post haircut. Oh, so you had a new haircut at the gym. Yep, I was looking fresh. Okay. Yep.
So I was there doing the lifts with the weights, looking big.
What are you benching, bruh?
Oh, I don't want to talk about it.
Was it benching?
No, it was just the bicep curls.
Oh, bicep curls.
Okay.
Yeah.
Good way to start.
And I like...
You started with bicep curls?
Oh, after my warm-up.
Oh, right.
It was my first proper...
I didn't think you started with bicep, didn't you?
Why don't you start with bicep?
What's wrong with starting with bicep?
What do you start with?
Cross trainer.
Don't most people do, after a warm-up, don't they do bench press first?
It's bench press first.
Why do you do bench press first?
I don't know.
You've got that pile of men's health magazines.
So you tell us.
Or the exercises.
I know.
I didn't imply anything else.
Lead us, Sensei.
Tell us what we should be doing first.
I don't know.
Why do you start with bench press?
Because it's hardest.
I don't know.
You do the hardest first.
I would have thought you built up to the hardest
because if you do the hardest first, you blow it
and you don't have the energy for the rest.
No, I'm not a...
What do you do with all those magazines then?
I'm not a PT.
I don't know.
Okay.
So the recipes in there.
Yes.
Yeah.
Kale salad recipes.
Sorry.
Back to Jared.
So I was doing my curls.
Yeah.
And I glanced to my right and there was a girl looking at me.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
So I was.
What kind of looking?
You better say what kind of girl.
Oh, no.
No.
It was like a sideways glance.
And then she noticed I saw and she like quickly looked away and I was like, oh. Oh and then she noticed I saw,
and she quickly looked away, and I was like, oh.
Oh, you caught her eye.
G'day.
G'day, my cheese.
It's probably that cute haircut.
Must have been, yeah. Yeah, okay.
She might have been like, why is he not at school?
Shouldn't he be at school?
You've undone the cute compliment.
Oh, are you sorry?
Yeah, I'm not going to play Fortnite with you later.
Okay, then, so what happened
after this look?
I brushed it off, standard,
and carried on lifting weights,
and then I noticed her looking at me through the mirror.
You know how you can look at an angle
and see someone on the other side? She was doing
it again. Are you sure she wasn't looking
at herself in the mirror? Nah,
it's pretty obvious
when they're shooting
a glance at an angle
that reflects to your angle.
Yeah, right.
So that time
when you looked,
did she look away
or did she smile?
There was like a linger
and then she looked away.
Oh,
so a longer linger.
Yeah.
Were you lifting weights
in a weird way?
I don't know.
I hope not.
Did you have headphones on
when you were making noises?
Like when you were like
uh, uh, uh.
No, I definitely
wasn't doing that.
I wasn't doing that.
We can eliminate that then.
You weren't squeaking
out a fart every time
you did like a little bit
of a,
a little bit of a
yeah.
I don't think so.
Okay.
Yeah, you want to
check that.
Couldn't smell anything.
And was that it?
Did she look again?
She looked one more time
and this is like
was I working out wrong?
Did she want to start a fight?
It's one of those options.
That's, of course, the only option.
So you just saw her.
You didn't like smile or?
No, I was red.
I was sweating.
Like I was in no mood to smile.
Right.
I'm going to give her like a cheeky wee side smile and see what the reaction was.
She did a few walk-bys and stuff, but I don't know what...
She was getting a good look.
She was circling like a shark.
Yeah, or she was just doing her workout
and this is all in your head.
It could be.
So that's what I want to know.
Am I nuts?
Let's get the gym footage.
I'm pretty sure gyms just hand out video footage willy-nilly. Absolutely, yeah. Just as some creepy dude who doesn't even belong to the gym footage. Pretty sure gyms just hand out video footage willy nilly.
Absolutely, yeah.
Just as some creepy dude
who doesn't even belong
to the gym,
I'll walk in and be like,
how's it?
Can I get some gym footage?
Well, you need to go
at exactly the same time
so you can like...
I think I will.
I'll go back today.
I might wear the same thing.
Do you think you should
make a move?
Don't wear the same thing.
Don't wear the same thing.
It's not sexy at the gym.
Do you think you should
make a move then? Like what should... What would you gym. Do you think you should make a move then?
What do you think he should do, Megan?
He should definitely smile at her and see if she smiles back
or if she looks away really quickly and then she was looking at something.
Okay, but if she smiles back, should he make a move?
Yeah.
He should go over and talk to her.
What's your move going to be?
Probably just hit her with a g'day.
Don't hit her.
Oh, hell yeah.
Yeah, right.
How's it going?
Ask her if she wants to go out for a snack.
Ooh, yep.
Can you spot me?
Hope you're not lactose intolerant, babe.
I don't think that's cheese, Jared.
I don't think that's cheese.
That's a lot of cheese.
Would you like to join me for a moussachi bar?
Perhaps I've got a spare chalk mint in the glove box.
20 grams of protein and only 200 calories.
Okay, well, if she's there at the gym today,
let us know in the group chat.
All right.
And we can give some advice and we'll give an update tomorrow.
Cool.
Do you get sore at the gym, though?
When I'm on that stair thing, I get a sore.
Yes, we know you
go to the gym
Vaughn
no but you get
sore and you look
one way like to
stretch out your
neck and then you
like look and
someone on like the
cross trainer thinks
you're looking at
them so they look
and then you pull
back and then you've
got to stretch the
other way just to
make sure that they
know that you're
stretching and then
you're like oh and
then you've got to
really theatrically
play out the stretch
I know
I know
Fletch, Vaughn and Megan the podcast ZM what would Ray Ray say Then you've got to really theatrically play out the stretch. Nah, you just really look like you're having a poo. I know.
Fleshfawner Megan, the podcast.
ZM.
What would Ray Ray say?
We're joined on the phone by Megan's mother, Raywin.
Ray Ray, affectionately known.
For a little segment of the show we called What Would Ray Ray Say?
Where we seek advice.
She's the clam herself, producing the pearls of wisdom.
Oh, I thought you meant producing me. I'm the pearl. She's the clam herself producing the pearls of wisdom. Oh, I thought you meant producing me.
I'm the pearl.
She's the clam that produced me.
Oh, Megan, you've got it all wrong.
Yeah, she does.
All wrong.
Good morning, Ray Ray.
Good morning to you.
Right.
Now, well, we've got a little bit of advice needed from listeners.
Okay.
Oh, goodness me.
Question number one, Mum.
How can I tell my best friend that I like him?
Crikey.
Well, you could try flirting with him to see how he reacts.
You could put your hand on his arm or...
Is that how you flirt?
Well, you've got to break it in gently, don't you?
Put your arm around his shoulder.
Exactly, exactly.
You are giving an entry point of touching.
You don't go straight in for a grope, do you?
No, you don't just sort of grab the gonads or anything like that.
He's in the way, geez, no.
You've got to do it.
Well, you're talking to an old chook.
I mean, I don't know what you young fellas do,
but you've got to break it in gentle.
What did... I don't know if I really want to know this, but who
like flirted with who when you and Dad
met? Oh, he flirted with me
because I was rich.
Oh, did he?
Wow.
I played hard to get. I thought,
I'm not interested in
you. Neff off.
So do you just like,
just an arm on the shoulder
and just hello?
Put your arm on his hand
or around his shoulder
and if he's not keen
and he's uncomfortable,
we'll go to the gym.
It's a good gauge.
You're right.
If they pull away,
then he's not keen.
You've got to break it in gently.
I mean, he might be thinking,
he might have, you know,
someone else lined up and you never know.
You've just got to take it cool.
Okay.
If it's red and itchy, should I go see a doctor?
Oh, ouch.
Well, if it's red and itchy, you should really go and see a doctor Or the chemist
Because chemists
There's some of these chemists
Oh yeah right
Because there's
There's so many different rashes
I mean you've got
Eczema
Dermatitis say
Or hives
Shingles
Yep
Or you could even
Fletch now this is something
You'll have to think about
You could get ringworm
Ringworm
What from my cats
From cats.
Really?
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
And do you get a rash?
Yeah, you get a nasty little itchy rash.
It sort of comes up like a circle.
It's a circle, don't you?
Yeah.
It's called ringworm because it looks like a ring on your skin.
Okay.
And then you scratch it,
and then when you come to pick your nose or scratch your bum,
you're in deep trouble.
Okay, so you'd say yes, get that rash seen to ASAP?
Well, I think so, because you could have it there, whatever it is.
I mean, if it's in one of your important little places,
you just never know what it's going to do.
And as soon as you get it looked at, I mean,
you can't walk down the road scratching your bum or whatever, can you?
True, okay.
Well, blokes do.
It always made me that blokes do.
Yeah, well, you've got to do an adjustment, Ray, Ray,
because it's more of an adjustment.
It's more of an adjustment gets in the way, doesn't it?
How long do you need to be adjusting it for?
Yeah.
There's a limit to adjustment and playful.
There's a line that gets crossed.
Yeah, you've got to be careful you don't cross that line.
Okay.
And last question.
My mother-in-law lives around the road and always just pops around.
How can we tell her to go away?
Goodness me.
This is trying, isn't it?
Just keeping in mind that you're a mother-in-law as well.
I know where that's going.
Well, you see, you've got to be careful
because she could be trying to control the relationship.
What you could do is you could move to Westport.
Move far away.
Move to Westport.
Yeah, if you lived in the same city as Megan,
would you pop around to see Mr. Toyboy unannounced?
Probably.
Yeah, okay. I think it's different.
I don't know. They have a pretty good
relationship. Yeah.
I think it's very difficult because you kind
of think to yourself
yeah, what she, I mean there's
mother-in-laws, mother-in-laws
and mother-in-laws. Yeah.
They're different types. There's three degrees of
mother-in-laws. Yeah. And mum of course. Three degrees of mother-in-laws. Yeah.
Mum, of course, is a very good mother-in-law, right?
She was the first mother-in-law.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm on the top of the list.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You've got to be very careful.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, if it's a habit, well, you've got to get it sorted.
Yeah.
Great advice.
Thank you so much, Mum.
Okay, then.
All right, nice talking to you.
See you.
See you now.
Bye.
ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.
Hey, ZM.
It's Benny.
ZM presents Benny.
And we just announced the dates.
Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington and Auckland.
And Brittany, you've won the very first tickets to see Benny live.
Congratulations.
Woo, thank you.
So you're in Wellington.
We'll send you along Shed 6 on the 10th of October.
Well done.
Awesome, thank you so much.
And all of those dates are at ZM Online.
And we're joined in studio by the lady herself.
Benny, hello.
Hello.
I can't look at your name written down when I'm about to say it
because I always feel like I'm going to say Benay.
Benay.
Like Renee.
I do get that a lot.
Do you?
Benay.
I kind of like it.
Benay.
Yeah, Benay.
It's a bit more bougie.
It is.
It's a bit bougie, isn't it?
A little French.
A little French.
But then you just have a thing above the E.
Benay.
Yeah.
Benay.
And when it was B-E-N-E, I just had been.
Right.
So you just get it wrong.
You can't win.
You get it wrong every time you can't win.
Yeah.
You can't win.
Well, you are.
You're doing okay, though.
Thank you.
I think it's...
Benet, been, Benet, whatever they call it.
I'll take all of them.
I think you're doing all right.
So this is exciting playing all over the country in October.
Yes.
I can announce that now, yeah.
Yeah.
Heck yeah.
No, I'm super excited.
I've been keeping it a secret for a while.
But yes, I am.
And I didn't know that I'd be able to play shows so soon.
I thought it would be a lot.
It would be like I couldn't even see it in the future.
Because what was, this must be really weird.
You were like starting to get traction.
People were loving your music.
Internationally, the TikTok thing blew up.
Oh, Tok Tok.
Tok Tok.
Tok Tok.
The Tok Tok.
Tok Tok off.
The Tok.
And then, boom, nothing.
Locked down.
Shut your doors.
Stay inside.
And yeah, I'd imagine, did you have anything planned?
I did. I had like a US tour
and a Europe and a UK tour
which would have been like my biggest tour ever.
Would you be in the middle of that
now or would you have been done already?
I think I might still be
in it.
Yeah, I think I would have been in like the UK
kind of. Yeah. Wow.
I think. I might be wrong.
But, yeah, no, I mean...
So was that postponed?
Or...
It was postponed.
I just don't know.
No, it was postponed for a while,
and then it was like,
actually, we have no idea
when we're going to be able to go anywhere
other than, like, out of New Zealand.
So I was like, I'm just going to cancel it
because otherwise people's money is just sitting there.
It's not the best time to...
Yeah, that's true.
...to hold people's money.
So there you go.
And also the Jimmy Fallon thing,
because you get on Jimmy Fallon,
but you don't get to be there.
Yeah, it's weird.
There's some kind of nice thing
about doing everything at home, though.
I love New Zealand,
so I feel like this is the nicest place
that you could be stuck in.
You know what I mean?
So I've kind of, yeah, it has been bad.
Is that why you got a puppy?
Because I got a kitten for the same reason because I was bored at home.
No, I mean, I actually wanted to foster a kitten at the start of lockdown,
but I only just got my puppy like a week ago.
But I got it because I'm moving out of my house and I need a friend.
Right.
So cute.
Yeah, a little guard dog.
What would happen if you didn't have a friend and you went into a new house?
You might be a little super little. No, I am flatting but i do need like a little friend so
i would be lonely without a little like a little buddy i mean does your landlord know you've got a
dog huh i am interesting
no i am my landlord oh Oh, right. Okay, that's all right then. No, she does. Oh, good. Nice.
All right.
Okay.
Your landlord does know then.
Otherwise, landlords don't let people have pets, eh?
No, you've got to be.
You've got to take the dog to your friend's house when they do an inspection.
Yeah.
Oh, true.
Or it has a day at doggy daycare.
They could easily hide.
Nah, they know.
It's like, should I forget the bowls?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I guess it's also like a smell.
Yeah.
Houses with dogs. Like my house, should I forget the bowls? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I guess it's also like a smell. Yeah. Like houses with dogs.
Like my house, you know, you can always smell a dog.
Yeah, when I was flatting, we put up fences to stop the dog getting out.
And then the landlord came around and was like,
oh, these are interesting fences.
These are interesting little like three foot tall fences that serve no purpose.
I was like, yeah, I don't know.
Should I head in them?
Take the fence down.
Yeah.
I was far too lazy.
Fair.
I want to know how the Jimmy Fallon thing happened.
How does, like, because he's never going to contact me.
How does it?
How does it?
Does he get in contact or, like, his people?
What happens?
I think his people get in contact with my people.
Yeah.
Because he didn't message me.
And then you made what was almost a music video.
Yeah, I guess it's kind of like a music video.
Yeah, I worked with this girl called Charlotte
who did another music video for me, my Blue video.
But yeah, it was cool.
It was kind of nice doing it from home
and we got to record it on Roundhead
and I love it there.
It's so pretty.
But yeah, we just did the live, obviously an actual live performance but we got to shoot it there. Like, it's so pretty. But, yeah, we just, like, did, like, the live,
obviously, like, an actual live performance,
but we got to shoot it nicely, so it was fun.
So you didn't ever actually interact with him?
Unfortunately not.
Right, okay.
I was wondering if he ever just, like,
zoomed afterwards and said,
that was great or thanks very much.
Was there anything you want mentioned?
I wish.
I mean, he, nah.
He kind of, I think he kind of does,
he doesn't do interviews
unless you're like Taylor Swift. Yeah. What is, what is, um, like what is being on TikTok like
for you? Because when we go down a TikTok hole, you know, we all do this, but is it different for
you because you use your music a lot? Um, yeah, it's kind of random cause I actually do get quite
lost just like on the app. I always sit there for an hour happily and the time will go very, very quickly.
But yeah, it's always kind of weird because I'm kind of scrolling and I get a little bit, you know,
I'm kind of like, you know, full asleep and I'm scrolling and then I hear my song and I'm like, damn, what the heck?
And I'm like, oh, that's right. The song's on here.
Does it make you want to scroll past?
Yeah. Now? Yeah.
Now?
Yeah.
Or I just turn off the sound.
This is cute.
This is cute.
But it's cute watching all of the videos.
Yeah, there's some funny ones.
Do you get, I don't know if this is too personal,
but they're using your music on a platform,
but do you get payment for that?
Because any other kind of platform where people are technically performing to your music, you platform, but like do you get payment for that? Because any other kind of platform
where people were like technically
performing to your music, you would get paid.
No, I don't think I do. I'm not really,
I don't really know that much about like, nah.
Seems unfair. I guess, but I get,
I mean, it's like blown up my audience
to like, I don't know, I've never had this many
people listening to my music, so I guess it kind of,
I think it links them directly to like Spotify and stuff.
So it's still, they're still like listening to your music. Yeah I guess it kind of, I think it links them directly to like Spotify and stuff. So it's still,
they're still like listening to your music.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And you know,
I feel like it's good.
It's good for us.
And I mean,
you know,
you think of like Lil Nas X,
like he had his music
on TikTok first
and it's like,
I can't really complain
to be honest.
Yeah.
Thank you TikTok.
Thank you TikTok.
Yeah.
But also,
pay me TikTok.
Yeah.
Not me. I've done absolutely nothing on TikTok, but you But also, pay me TikTok. Yeah. Not me.
I've done absolutely nothing on TikTok, but you've done a lot.
So this tour, you're going to four locations,
Dunedin, Wellington, Auckland, and I've made up the fourth.
No, Christchurch.
Christchurch.
To play at those.
Do you have any fond memories of these four cities
that you wish to share with us now before embarking to them once again?
I mean, just the gigs that I've had there
have all been really cool
and I feel like the crowds
were always like a little bit different.
Yeah.
You know, like Welly's a bit different
to Christchurch, but...
Oh, how are they different?
Well, just like, I feel like Welly's...
Wellington's cool?
Wellington, they all bike
in the concert on their bikes
going around the city.
Totally.
Drinking espresso coffees. No, but even like Dunners.
Like Dunners is like,
you know,
they're all crazy.
I've got a lot of mates
there and they're
all the crazy ones.
That's good, eh?
Because they're the doctors
and stuff.
Doctors and dentists.
It's actually true though.
Yeah.
Lawyers, doctors, dentists.
They are.
All the hardcore partiers. The leaders of Tomorrow are at the moment keg standing and bombingists. It's actually true though. Yeah. Lawyers, doctors, dentists. They are. All the leaders
of tomorrow
are at the moment
keg standing
and vomiting
in their own beds.
Oh, they actually are.
But yeah, no.
There's always
a little bit
of a difference
between the crowds
but I'm
so stoked.
Spark Arena
in Auckland too.
That's huge.
That's insane.
Oh, it's crazy.
I'm so excited. I'm so excited.
I'm so excited.
I'm just, yeah,
I'm keen to get out there.
Let's just get out there and play.
Let's do it.
All right, well,
all the ticket info is at ZM Online.
Thank you very much for popping in, Benay.
Thank you for having me.
Bean.
Bean.
Benay.
Bean.
Thank you, Benay.
Benay Bean.
Thank you, Benay.
Thank you, guys. ZM's Bean Benny. Thank you, Benay. Thank you, guys.
ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.
Hey, you on the phone, I bet I can guess your mum's name.
Oh, red pants is very daring, isn't it?
Oh, shit.
Never seen anyone wear red pants.
Somebody's wearing red pants.
I think it worked.
That reminds me of the 1990s.
Remember Origin Jeans?
They came in seven base colours.
Red pants and a navy top.
Daring.
I like it.
You'd tease me if I wore that to work.
Oh, shit.
I would ruthlessly.
I used to have red jeans.
I don't wear those anymore.
Why do you think that is?
Because your best friends told you you look great in them.
Yeah, that's why.
We welcome Kate to the show.
Good morning, Kate.
Morning.
You're going to play I Better Can Guess Your Mum's Name.
Now, Vaughn, you've got five questions to ask Kate
to try and work out her mum's name.
We'll give you 15 seconds to guess her mum's name.
Yeah.
You're on a losing streak too,
but I'll only say that to encourage you.
Okay, to lift you up.
Okay.
Hi, Kate.
Hi. Sorry. No, don't be sorry.
I tell you what, she was raised well, though, whoever her mum is. That was great manners there.
She apologised when it was unnecessary.
Question one. Don't be sorry.
Question one. What is the best piece of advice your mum's ever given you?
Always treat people with kindness because you never know what's going on behind the scenes.
That is advice we should all live by.
And I'm sorry because I didn't know what was going on that day you wore red jeans, Megan.
I just really liked them.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay. Sorry, because I didn't know what was going on that day you wore red jeans, Megan. I just really liked them. Yeah. Yeah.
Okay.
Next question.
This is the first time I've asked this question.
Okay.
And you guys can tell me if I'm not allowed to ask this question.
Okay.
How many syllables is your mom's name?
Oh, that's cheap. No, you can't ask a question about the name.
You don't think I can ask about the structure of the name?
No, absolutely not.
Oh, Executive Internation is saying yes.
Why are you saying...
No, because it's like saying, what does the name start with?
But look, he's on a losing streak.
No.
I don't want any handouts.
I don't want any charity.
When someone's trying to qualify at the Olympics,
do we bring the finish line closer? No, we don't. any handouts. I don't want any charity. When someone's trying to qualify at the Olympics, do we bring the finish line closer?
No, we don't.
They work harder.
God, that was a good analogy.
Okay, forget it.
Okay, forget it.
Scrub that question.
What year?
How old is your mum?
This is a classic.
This gets asked every week.
But it kind of gives us a bit of an era, you know?
Sure.
So she is 57.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
Now, I reckon that gets rid of a few names.
Your older names.
57.
So what, 1963.
Yeah, that's kind of like the 60s.
Yeah.
A bit of a change there, wasn't it?
Okay.
When you're sick, what's your mum's go-to recipe
to make you feel better?
Oh, it depends on what kind of sickness.
If I've got a stomach bug, she
gives me flat lemonade.
Cute.
And if I've got a cold or anything,
then soup, that sort of stuff.
Oh, okay. What's her soup? Is it like
a beef soup or a chicken
soup or a vegetable soup?
Pumpkin. Oh, yeah, good. What's her soup? Is it like a beef soup or a chicken soup or a vegetable soup? Pumpkin.
Oh, yeah, good.
Mum knows.
Mum knows where it's at.
Mum gets it.
Okay, if you go out for coffee or tea, how does mum have her coffee or tea?
She doesn't have coffee or tea.
She has hot water.
Is your mum my mum?
We just talked about Megan's mum does this.
I don't mix pumpkin soup too.
She doesn't have any caffeinated beverages.
No, no, never has.
Wow.
Body's a temple.
Yeah.
Wow.
I kind of want to, no, I don't want to waste one of my questions.
Well, you've got one question left.
Yeah.
What are your mum's siblings' names?
So, Victoria,
Edwin,
Timothy, and Helen.
Oh,
okay. Oh, no.
You're never going to guess
that.
Okay, well,
Vaughan, you now have 15 seconds
to try and guess Kate's mum's name.
Kate, if you hear your mum's name, just say, stop, that's my mum's name.
All right, Vaughn, are you ready?
Mm-hmm.
15 seconds starts now.
Pam, Shirley, Leslie, Lorraine, Christine or Christina, Carolyn, Debbie, Colleen, Janice, Rose, Bronwyn, Sarah, Karen, Helen, Celia.
Oh, you got it.
What?
Last name, Celia.
Was it after the buzzer?
Was it after the buzzer?
I'm shocked you got it. Are we giving that to him? Was it after the buzzer? Was it after the buzzer?
I'm shocked you got it.
Are we giving that to him?
I think we should give it to him. It was after the buzzer, though.
On the buzzer.
We'll go through to the adjudicator, Executive Antonania.
Your call.
I'm not impressed.
Vaughan, on the buzzer.
But it was on the buzzer, right?
Was it on the buzzer or after the buzzer?
Hang on. What would they do on the chase?
Bradley Walsh answers the question.
Yep.
Asks the question.
Oh, I don't know what they'd do on the chase.
No, because if it's on the buzzer,
if it's on the buzzer, it's counted.
I like to think of it as basketball.
You know when it's basketball, they're like,
and it goes.
And if the ball's already left the hands.
Should we just give it to him?
Otherwise we'll never hear
the end of it
yeah
you know the best part
about it
what
I didn't even mean
to say Celia
I meant to say
Sis Celia
but you heard the buzzer
she calls Cecilia
all the time
does she
well
that means
I think I got confused
because Celia who works here
and I meant to say
Sis Celia
because my mum's got a friend called Cecilia.
Oh.
Me and my sisters have been talking about this
and we're like, he's never going to get it.
He's never going to get it.
Wow, and he got it.
He got it.
On the buzzer.
By mistake.
Now, Kate, because Warren guessed your mum's name...
Bonus round!
While you're on the phone,
I'll have a go at guessing your dad's name.
One guess for no questions.
Dave.
No.
What?
There's no discussion or anything.
What is your dad's name?
Peter.
I was going to say Peter.
You have bloody word on.
I feel like I say Peter and Dave every week.
Hey, well, congratulations.
There's only five
dads' names.
Congratulations, Kate.
You take away
a victory there
with I bet I can
guess your mum's name.
Congratulations.
I don't know what
prize we've got for you
but we'll delve
into the
one of those
Newstalk ZB
t-shirts we saw
outside.
Vaughn and I
were going to steal
one and
pretend to work
on Newstalk ZB.
He doesn't want one of those.
No, you'll get cancelled pretty quickly.
I think you're a Mike Hosking fan.
Fletch, Vaughan and Megan.
The Podcast ZM.
There was a little revelation we found out
regarding Fletch.
I don't
know why this is a big deal. I've been getting
roasted this morning behind the scenes.
We know that you love a bulk buy.
You bulk buy your heavy hat.
How many kgs of olives have you got at your house at the moment?
Oh, my God.
I actually regret buying so many olives.
You've gone overboard.
I'm sick of olives now.
Yeah.
I love olives, but I bought like a 5kg jar of olives.
It's like Gilmore's probably isn't a good idea for you because you get excited.
I get real excited.
You buy a big one.
You buy bulk.
Yeah.
And then we saw Hilary Barry there
and I got extra excited
because she's a bulk buyer as well.
Yeah.
And I just went a bit overboard.
How many have you got to go of the olives?
I reckon two thirds of each container have to go.
Oh, right.
Yeah.
What, so you didn't finish one container
before you opened the other one?
No, because there's like...
Different flavours.
Different flavours of all of them.
Calamari.
The big ones and yeah, those ones,
the little red ones.
No, the calamari, the little red ones
or the big green ones?
They're the little red ones.
Are they?
Yeah.
Yeah, and then the big green ones.
I'm getting through those
because they're bigger, obviously.
Yeah, but I do, I love a bulk buy. You're right. Yeah, so then the big green ones. I'm getting through those because they're bigger, obviously. Yeah, but I love a bulk buy.
You're right.
Yeah, so this is actually food related.
And I don't know if it's so much bulk,
but it's something you're making in bulk on the cheap.
How did it come up yesterday?
I can't remember.
They mentioned it very lightly in passing and wanted to carry on.
Somebody made it as a joke, said it as a joke,
that their mum had an Easy-O yogurt maker.
And I said, well, I've got an Easy-O yogurt maker.
And then I'm getting roasted relentlessly.
He got set upon.
So every morning I see Fletch eat his muesli and his yogurt.
And I just assume that you're buying one of those tub, one litre tubs.
Like a big tub.
A big Greek yogurt.
You are literally at home making your own easy-o.
Yeah, and then I bring it into work and leave it in the fridge.
It's great.
You get the little sachet, you mix it into the container,
you put it into the easy-o with hot water,
and then in eight hours you've got yoghurt.
It's great.
How often do you make one of these?
Like every week and a half, two weeks.
What flavouring do you use?
I do coconut.
I do coconut yoghurt.
What?
It is so yum.
Why do you do the coconut flavour?
Is that in the sachet?
It's in the sachet.
Because I remember when we had Easy Yo as a kid, as kids,
you had some flavour you squirted in afterwards.
Didn't you?
No, I don't do that.
Yeah, you do.
So you can get the flavour in the powder, but you can also get like toppings. It's like fruit toppings or you can stir them in afterwards. Didn't you? No, I don't do that. Yeah, you do. So you can get the flavour in the powder,
but you can also get like toppings.
It's like fruit toppings or you can stir them in.
But that's sugar.
You don't need that extra.
But ours was just plain
and then you squirt it in like the strawberry topping.
Yours is sweetened with.
It depends what wine you get,
but you can get some unsweetened yoghurt flavoured.
It's brilliant.
It's a couple of dollars.
It's saving so much money.
A couple of dollars?
Yeah, for a sachet. For how much yoghurt? And how much does that make? A big thing. Two litres a couple of dollars. It's saving so much money. A couple of dollars? Yeah, for a sachet.
For how much yogurt?
And how much does that make?
A big thing.
Two litres of yogurt.
No, it doesn't make two litres.
It makes one litre.
No, it makes like a litre.
So the same as what you'd buy in the supermarket.
He pays $2.
Versus, yeah, $4.
Five or six, depending on what yogurt you're getting.
Guys, why are you laughing at me?
Everyone should have one of these.
I just think it's like, I don't know.
It's just such a, it feels like such a boomer.
I think my dad was the last bastion of the Easy Yo maker that I was aware of.
Everyone's not.
He used to make an Easy Yo.
Have you not been to the supermarket?
The section is so plentiful of flavors.
Yeah, but I've also been to the yogurt area. It's so plentiful of flavours. Yeah, but I've also been to the yoghurt area.
It's so plentiful of flavours.
Yeah, but then they, you know, this is how they get you the supermarket.
They're always like, this yoghurt's on special.
And you're like, oh my God, I'm going to buy it.
And you get it home and it expires in two days.
I don't have that problem with my Easy Yo.
How long does yours last?
Like two weeks?
I don't know how long it's meant to last, but it's always, you know, it doesn't go off.
Somebody, and I think this is a very good point.
Yeah.
They said you love Easy Yo, but you don't like the Kiwi Onion Dip.
Which is made from powder as well.
But how do you think yogurt's made from stores?
The same way, Megan.
Won't they make it from milk?
Or do you just think they truck in tanks and tanks of milk?
Or would this be mixed?
That would be pretty easy given that we produce milk.
They make them at the dairy factories where they make dairy products.
Do they?
You big milk.
You think they're just putting powder in big bags?
Do you think they've just got a massive easy-o?
Yes.
At the fresh and fruity factory is just a massive easy-o. They do. The Fresh and Fruity Factory is just a massive easy yo.
They do.
Why am I getting
roasted for this guys?
And I'm not
wasting plastic.
And it's not
wasting plastic containers.
That's true.
Huh?
That's true.
But I buy my yogurt
in a glass jar
so I'm not
and then chuck
the glass jar out.
Oh no I repurpose
it for
screws.
Plants.
Small terraniums that I make and I sell down at the market.
Right, okay.
It's the circle of life.
Why am I being roasted?
I don't buy, do you know how much those yogurts in a glass jar cost?
It's like $15.
Oh, yeah, I know, yeah.
I shit myself when I saw the price of that.
I was like, for one?
Not the whole box, right?
Somebody, some text messages in, I thought of some support.
Okay.
I'm 24 and I love my yogurt maker.
Because I always, do you know what put me off for ages is yogurt maker.
It sounds like some whirring fancy ice cream making machine or something.
It's just a container.
It's just a chili bit, isn't it?
Yeah, more water.
Yeah.
It's an insulated
thermos.
I would be an influencer.
What do you call those?
A campaign ambassador for Easyo if they need one.
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Somebody said there's a new
bougier one. What do you mean? Do I have supermarket. Somebody said there's a new bougier one.
What do you mean?
Do I have to upgrade already?
They make a really good coconut cacao flavour. Oh, tell them to message me the recipe.
It's the new brand.
It's called Culture.
So it would require you turning your back on Easy-O by the sounds of things.
Well, you might just be able to buy that thing and put your make in the Easy-O.
You don't need to buy the Easy-O sachet.
There's the beauty about the Easy-O maker.
You can put any sachet in it.
Oh, my God.
I'll be back next week, guys.
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Fact of the day.
Day.
Wait, wait, wait. I just got hit by a cough. Just as the breath in Fact of the day. Day, day, day.
I just got hit by a cough.
Just as the breath in.
It got you.
Made me cough.
Are you ready?
I think so. All right.
Okay.
It's time for.
Fact of the day.
Day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day is about what to do if you encountered a bear in the wild.
This comes to us from the National Park Service of Canada.
Okay.
What to do when you encounter a bear.
There is a very basic rule.
Stand still.
If it's black, fight back.
If it's brown, stay down.
If it's white, say goodnight.
What's the white one?
Polar bear.
Yeah, apex predator.
There's no escaping.
Night, night.
You're toast, mate.
What if I reach into my pocket and get out some luncheon as a distraction?
Yeah.
What if you actually had like a sausage
and you're like, here you go.
Megan raises
a great point. If you have a sausage,
because you can buy like bear sprays
and stuff, eh? Yep. So
there's other rules about bear
encounters. Once a bear has noticed
you and is paying attention to you,
additional strategies can help prevent the situation from escalating.
Identify yourself.
I am a human!
Talking calmly to the bear so it knows you're a human and not a prey animal.
I am a human.
No, but loud.
Still, but apparently you've got to speak in a very low tone.
Oh, you're scared.
I am a human.
I am not a prey edible.
Standing bears usually curious, not threatening.
Oh, okay.
Stay calm and remember most bears don't want to attack you.
They want to be left alone.
They bluff.
They'll charge at you, but last minute they'll turn away.
So it's a big...
So what are you supposed to do if they're charging at you?
Just wait and see?
Do that thing. Okay. they'll turn away. So it's a big... So what are you supposed to do if they're charging at you? Just wait and see? Kss, kss.
Do that thing.
Okay.
Do you ever have someone
run at you at school
and they go,
ah, kss, kss, kss.
And you'd be like,
ah!
And they'd be like,
got you.
And it wasn't even like,
they weren't going to hit you.
It was all about intimidation.
Yeah.
Bears may yawn,
salivate,
growl,
snap their jaws
and put their ears back.
But remember to continue
to talk to the bear in low tones.
It will help you stay calmer and it won't be threatening to the bear.
Apparently, never imitate the sounds the bear's making to you
or make a high-pitched squeal.
Okay.
Also, pick up small children because they look like snacks, I guess.
Because the idea is you make yourself look as big as possible.
You put the child on your shoulders.
Or is that?
Yeah, that would be good.
You look bigger.
Like a pile of humans.
Yeah.
To make yourself look big.
So yeah, make yourself look as large as possible or move to higher ground.
That's the Obi-Wan Kenobi defense there.
I'm concerned about the one that said fight back.
You know?
Like what?
Well, black bears.
I'm going to lose that one.
Black bears.
You don't play dead for black bears
and if you can't secure
if you can't get to a place
like up a tree
which they can kind of climb
or in a car
or a building
fight back
concentrate your kicks
and blows
to the bear's face
and muzzle
but brown bears
and grizzly bears
play dead
lie flat on your stomach
with your hands
clasped behind your neck.
So that's to kind of like protect your neck.
And spread your legs to make it harder for the bear to turn you over.
Because they like going for the soft belly.
I feel if you're at this stage, it's too late, eh?
Have you seen the videos of people who have survived bear attacks?
Yeah, well, there was that one last month of the boy walking away from the bear.
Was that in Europe somewhere, eh? Oh, that was... Was that in...
Was that in Europe somewhere?
Yeah, it was in Europe.
And they were just like, just keep walking.
They have bears.
Yeah, Europe.
Mainland Europe used to have heaps of bears,
but humanity kind of rocked in and were like,
oh, hey, we want this now, so...
This is why I love going into the wilderness in New Zealand.
Like, what's the most it's going to get you?
Like a pesky kea?
Or maybe a feral pig? Like, it's the worst that's going to happen to you Like a pesky kea? Or maybe a feral pig?
Like, the worst that's going to happen to you, right?
I don't want to be scoffed at, though.
A feral pig.
No.
And there's also some beers where the beer pepper spray will only aggravate the beer more.
Oh, lovely.
So, yeah, identify your beer before you pepper spray them.
Are you dark brown or black?
Sorry, come closer.
Just, yeah.
Come out of the shade, because I can't quite.
Oh, brown.
Okay, I'm just going to go down.
I'm going to spread my legs.
I'm going to go in the neck.
I just imagine you're on the ground, spread your legs,
and then the bear's eating you and you're like,
well, that guy on the radio was completely wrong.
My life is over now.
Yeah.
I did everything I could.
So today's fact of the day is if you come across a bear in the wild,
if it's black, fight back.
If it's brown, stay down.
And if it's white, say goodnight.
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