ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 11th August 2020

Episode Date: August 10, 2020

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Hello and welcome to the Fleeche Vaughan and Megan podcast. It's brought to you by McCafe. Get a delicious barista made coffee for only $4. Now, it's just us Vaughan. Megan is on a call to a internet service provider. She's trying to get internet in her new house. I don't know, did she pre-organize this? This seems like a call you make before you move into your new house. I think she thought she had 10 minutes. Right. And that she'd be able to deal with it quickly. No, I think this could be the chase-up. Oh, right, okay.

This could be the chase-up. She could be like, why haven't I got the internet yet? Yeah. We all know. She's a great forward planner, isn't she? We know that much. Wonderful, wonderful. She had a lot on her plate to deal with.

I just hope that there's no fiber installed or no installation. So chorus have to come around and drill a hole in her house. Always in the most aesthetically pleasing place to put it in. Often just like gun stapled to a fence and into the house. But no, at the moment, no internet. I don't know, she had poor cell phone coverage as well. Was that an issue for her the other day? It was a real first word problem.

It's something along with checking the... Shower pressure. Shower pressure when you go into a house, your cell phone reception. Now, you've just gone for a walk in between the end of the show and the podcast. You drove. You want to know another thing I haven't told you yet? What? So, I went and saw a hole in the wall guy to fix my phone again.

He's got a business award. He's got a business award. It turns out that there's multiple branches, and a business award. He's got a business award. It turns out that there's multiple branches, and the business award was for the business on the hole. You can't claim. It's not individual. Yeah, right. There's a head office and all these little holes in the wall

where you drop your phone, and they can fix them or they send them to head office. He suggested a phone sent to the head office because they tested the last screen and nothing was wrong with it. And I said, well, I think your testing machine is broken because there was definitely something wrong with it so anyway he's gonna have another look at it today yeah and um then i went back to my car and the doors are locked and they just would not unlock so i had to climb into my car through the boot on queen street um which when you're six foot two and climbing through the

small gap yeah how could you get into the boot But not the car Fuck knows The automatic thing Because I've got this I keep it in my pocket at all times This is a proximity thing When you're close enough to the car And you do the door handle it unlocks Which worked this morning but didn't work then

But then when I got into the car Through the boot and a lady was laughing at me I went to open the door and it worked then Oh great well that may be because you were more proximate to it and then when i got back to work and the lifts here there's mirrors on three sides and i looked into the mirror and i looked into my own eyes and i saw a burning pit of rage like you know an incredible hole where bruce banner's about to snap yeah i saw that and I gripped the bar very tightly And I said Get back in there kiddo You can do it

You've got a little couple of things That need doing It's not the end of the world Yeah Okay great Guys I'm back It's me Megan Oh hi Megan

Hi Megan How was that internet situation? I got some makeup Makeup's great You look like a man That's my makeup Good You should go back And see the Mac counter I think I've really fucked this up It's makeup. Makeup's great. You look like a man. That's my makeup. Good. Yeah, it's good.

Go back and see the mat counter, I think. They've really fucked this up. Go back to farmers. All right. Enjoy the podcast. ZM. Head music. Lives here.

Flesh, Vaughn and Megan. The podcast. We've got a couple of grumpy bums in studio. Good morning. Vaughn's iPhone is playing up after his second repair from the man in the hole in the... Man in the hole in the wall. That won a business award. With a dog and a cat and a spider in his hat.

I mean, that's your fault. Man in the hole in the wall. And I hate it when people say, I told you so, but... I told you so. Yeah, you checked out on that one. He's fixed my iPads before, flawlessly. Man in the hole in the wall. With a hat and a spider and a cat and a dog.

And his business. Wait, eat that. You've got to get in his business award. I will be taking away his business award. So you'll be toddling back to the man in the hole in the wall today? Yeah, I'm going to give him one last chance. The man in the hole in the wall. My iPhone's disabled.

Try again in 12 minutes. The board is so grumpy. I'll get there and I'll be like, okay, this is a problem. And I won't do it. He had to have a maintenance scream. I'm not that bad. I was just a little scream into a pillow.

Is he very healthy? He's recommended by doctors everywhere. Well, yesterday the Prime Minister holding a little press conference to outline It's actually very healthy It's recommended by Doctors everywhere Well yesterday The Prime Minister Holding a little press conference To outline the timeline That was condescending I know

It was like Holding a little press conference Well no Because I watched it And it wasn't On the usual podium It was just a little one Like outside the door

With like three microphones So it was a little one Compared to the big one Casual is a better word. Less condescending. She had a casual little... Oh, that's condescending. Okay, she had a giant prime ministerial press conference

fronted the media about the timeline for the opening of the Cook Islands travel bubble, which was still a bit vague. End of the year-ish. Before the end of the year. Before the end of the year, but it did get a lot of people excited. Well, it made my wife go,

maybe we just book accommodation with a cancellation option. I'm like, calm down. We don't know anything about it. I love the Cook Islands. I know you do. You've been three times. I'm a big fan. It's close.

The kids love it. Yeah. The food is great. I love it. The beaches are all right. But let's just calm down with our booking things, Sade. Yeah. We're not even sure when we can go yet.

Well, she won't be the only one. We're the top six dealing with the Cook Islands travel bubble. The top six things I'm looking forward to about getting back to the cookies. The cookies. Sounds like a trip to, what's that cookie shop? Mahagans. Cookie time. Mahagans is a kiosk.

Anya loves a bit of Mahagans. That tickled you, didn't it? You love a Mahagans. Is it Mrs. Higgins now? Mrs. Higgins. It was? My friend used to work there. Oh, my God.

That was good times. Yeah, it was Ma and then got changed to Mrs. Did she get married? Who's that? I think it was one and it changed to the other. Because I think she was a widower. And then she remarried. That's why she got into cookies.

Yeah. That's sexist of you to just assume. Yeah. God. Okay, great. I'm sexist today, am I? Condescending and sexist. Condescending's sexist of you to just assume. Yeah. God. Okay, great. I'm sexist today, am I? You're condescending and sexist. All the one great.

I know. I thought his condescension was based in sexism. I know. Are you trying to cancel me? We're tempting it. Look, I'm the only happy one on the show today. Yeah, we'll see about that. You're bringing you down with us.

Yeah, I know. I've noticed. All right, next on the show. Speaking of making you happy, how do I what's the best word for this? Oh, producer Jared's got a Maz app. Trax is Maz. Derbation.

We can talk all about this next. Alright. Now I want to know what this is like as I'm I'm the lord's I don't. Okay. Whatever, you famously always talk about blaming yourself.

That's just me trying to fit in with all the cool kids. No one believes that. It's healthy too actually. If you don't, you get prostate cancer. Citation needed. Asterix. Asterix citation needed. Probably not true. We need that asterix Asterix citation needed Probably not true We need that asterix just at the end of the show

Citation required That would actually be good for all the marketing for the show Like FVMZM And then bracket with an asterix in it Like on Wikipedia it's a hyperlink Click it, it'll say citation required But Producer Gerard has Brought to our attention

that he has downloaded a new app, and this app's purpose is to... Stop the fap. Stop you? Stop the fap, yeah. The app that stops the fap. Is it to stop you or is it to cut back? I think it's to encourage you to stop.

Stop, full stop. Well, let's ask producer Jared, who's downloaded this app a week ago. Good morning, Jared. Morning, team producer Jared, who's downloaded this app a week ago. Good morning, Jared. Morning, team. Now, you showed us this app while we were preparing for the show. And it gives you, like, motivational messages. Yeah, it gives me a daily wallpaper and encourages me to work out or read a book or meditate or have a cold shower.

I don't mean to be judgmental, but what guy's going to be like, I'm down for it. Oh, actually, no, I should meditate. Yeah, no one I know. Because you'll shut your eyes and you'll just be thinking of it. So how does it know that you haven't? You have to tell it.

Yeah, there's a little volcano symbol. Interesting metaphor. You push that when you have some solo time. Right, okay. And then it resets your counter. Right, and then if you don't, it just counts the days that you haven't. Yeah, so I haven't pushed the button,

and it thinks I've gone for four days. See, that's the thing, you just lie to it. Yeah. What's it called? What's the app called? Man Don't Fap. Man Don't Fap. Why did you download this?

Do you have a problem? No, I was trying to download Reels for Instagram. Oh, yeah. No, you weren't. Go on, then. And it said, if you like this app, you might like this app to stop you from touching yourself. Wow, okay.

And you were like, well, I'll give that a go. Yeah. What happens when you press the volcano? I'll push it. Oh, you're going to lose your streak. It says relapse. This will erase your progress so far. And I say, yes, I'll come back stronger.

Okay, wow. All right. I'm just reading the reviews on the Google Play Store for people that have downloaded Man Don't fat streak-based wallpapers. So does it give you better wallpapers the longer you go without? Yeah, so because I've just reset it, it's given me a cool new wallpaper of

a car odometer saying it's on day zero. Now, granted I've never stopped down to really appreciate a wallpaper but I don't think it could possibly compare to masturbation. No, they're very, they are quite inspiring. Yeah. There needs

to be greater reward. Yeah, reward or punishment. It should link up to your bank account. Well, I've just found that you can battle people. Oh my god. Okay, what? Keep this out of the hands of the homosexuals because they're going to somehow work out how to hook up using this.

So I think it's your streak number versus their streak number and then I don't know what happens next. Right, but then like, yeah, they'll be like, I see you're 13 and I've got a 14. I'd say technically if we help each other out, it's not ending a streak. But you don't know if everyone's just going to lie to it. Honestly, says Sam Flint in the review section.

Honestly, it's a great idea to have a bit more accountability and racking up these days. Racking up these days. Racking up these days. Having your successes and failures laid out before you helps you put it all into perspective and give you the drive to shoot for a longer streak. I think the panic button should honestly be a bit more harsh.

We need some tough love and sometimes a chin scratcher just isn't great deterrent. Does it give you a riddle? I'll press it. I haven't pressed the panic button. Oh God, it's going to think you've got a real problem. You've gone twice in like two minutes.

And now you're panicking. I don't know what to do. think you've got a real problem. You've gone twice in like two minutes. And now you're panicking. Fleshfornamegan, the podcast. ZM. Well, it's election season. They've all kind of launched, haven't they? Hit the ground running. Next couple of months will be inundated with politicians at malls.

Everywhere. Election hoardings. I mean, that was mostly for malls everywhere. Election hoardings. I went, ugh, that was mostly for malls. But the thought of politicians also been in there was double hell. Yeah. Well, yesterday the National Party announcing a plan that would see all drivers of uninsured cars on their rego having a little thing in red that said uninsured.

Oh, right. Okay. That's going to start side of the road fist fights, isn't it? Oh, you've tail-ended me. Oh, well, let's swap details and let the insurance company sort it out. And people are always like, yep. But then you'll be able to look and see that it says no insurance and you'll be like, you stupid bastard.

Now my insurance is going to cover this. And also I think it would say the name. If you were insured, it would say who you were insured with. Okay. So if you were with AA or AMI or state or whoever, it would say that instead of uninsured. But the uninsured would be big and red under, you know, like your licence or your normal rego,

like the date it expires, the make and year of your car. Right. So if you were with tower insurance, you'd want to crash into another person with tower insurance. Well, it'd certainly make it easier. Yeah. Take a whole lot of bureaucracy out of it. If you were about to crash and you saw just in that tiny little writing,

uninsured, maybe swerve and avoid them. And hit the power pole. And hit another car. Yeah. In Australia, isn't it compulsory to have at least third party? Yeah, CTP, compulsory third party. It differs from state to state, but it's a federal law, so you've got to have it.

So wouldn't that be more effective? I reckon we need that because it's still – because how much is a rego in Australia for a year? It's different. It's different from – I've just been looking that up. It's different from state to state. It's different for what kind of car you've got. It's different for what area of the state you live in.

Yeah, there's lots to take into account, but compulsory third party is the one thing that they all have to have. So that's in your rego when you pay for the year? So, yes. Or you could have it and then... Yeah, I think South Australia you can choose who you want to go to, but again, you have to have it. See, that's what I reckon we need.

You have to get it and take it in when you get your, or maybe you've got like a user number or something and you have to enter it on the website when you're paying online for your registration, rather. Because having uninsured written on the cars is not going to actually do anything. It's not going to stop me crashing into someone. No. It's just going to, like you say, cause arguments afterwards. Yeah.

So in 2019, they reckon 7.6% of car owners either had an uninsured vehicle or did not know whether their vehicle was insured. And if you're, you can have insurance, eh? But if your warrant or rego is out, it will void it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That sucks.

I don't think I've ever been crashed into by somebody who doesn't have insurance. But yeah, man, it'd be a nightmare. Do you remember when you didn't have insurance, Mountie? And you've got it now, haven't you? Have we checked that? She's not just lying to us. No, I've got it. I've got full insurance. Yes!

That was some good peer pressuring from us, wasn't it, six months ago? I still haven't crashed. No accidents. You sound disappointed. You're paying all this money. Exactly. Exactly. It's like the lotto.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. If you've been following what can only be described as the radio drama of 2020 and my cracked phone screen getting replaced, working all right for a couple of days and then going on the fritz, getting replaced again and working okay and then now back on the fritz. By the little man in the hole. With the business award. My phone's just disabled itself for another hour and a half,

another 90 minutes locked out of my phone because it keeps trying to enter a pin code because it thinks someone's touching the screen. Well, Megan and I said at the start, don't cheap out. Don't go to the man with the hole in the wall. I don't want to pay a fortune. Well, I don't want to pay a fortune because I want to get the

new iPhone at the end of the year. So I don't see a point in paying a fortune to have this one fixed that tied me over for two months. Because people will be like, oh, sell it. I can't be bothered dealing with that. You know, because it'll be right. God, it's making you so grumpy. It's with that. You know, because it'll be right. Tell me about the phone.

God, it's making you so grumpy. It's great for the show, though, because you're not distracted. Your phone's literally not working. Yeah, and I just showed you what it does when it fritzes. Yeah, that's crazy. And it locks itself. And then I don't know if you guys are familiar with disabling your iPhone by entering the wrong pin a bunch of times.

Maybe if you've got kids, because they'll do it. At the bottom it says emergency, and it's the only button that can do anything. And also, if you swipe, it'll bring up your emergency details. So if somebody finds you like, blah. Dead. They can be like, swipe up. His name's Vaughn.

It's all right, Vaughn, mate. I've got your phone now. What's your pin? You're dead. Dude. I guess your blood type's no point then. And it's got your details and your emergency contact. But other than that, you can just press emergency and it calls your emergency.

So yesterday when it was fritzing pretty hard, I had it in my pocket. And then I heard, and I was like, oh, what's that? And it sounded like, you know, when you pull up alongside a tradie and they've got the speaker. Yeah, Bluetooth for the loud. Yeah, they've got the Bluetooth on.

I hear that from my apartment. I hear people on their like loud phones. At the intersection of your house. That's how loud people have their car systems and don't realise it. Holy moly. Yeah, it's crazy. I was like, well that's somebody. And then I realised it was coming from my pocket.

Fire ambulance or police fire ambulance. I can't remember the exact order. And it called them. And I was like, oh my god. And I picked it up and it was like going fritz and it was like pushing all the buttons. I was like, I'm sorry, my phone's And I picked it up, and it was like going fritz. It was like beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, pushing all the buttons.

I was like, I'm sorry, my phone's a piece of shit. I said, I'm not trying to call. And I said, can you hear me over the beeps? Because it's going beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, on all the keys. And she's like, pick a pattern. I said, my phone's malfunctioning. And she was like, oh, okay, maybe turn it off.

I was like, thank you for the advice. You've been trying to. Thank you. It will not let me. Well, maybe you can go to an authorized repairer today. That's probably what's going to happen. Like Megan and I said from the start. Oh, shut your faces.

FleshForner Megan, the podcast. ZM. From the Z. Oh, shut your faces. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. From the ZM think tank. This is the top six. Kia ora na. That's what you say. Oh, yeah.

Kia ora na. Kia ora na. This is so exciting. Cook Islands travel bubble by the end of the year. All going to plan. All going to plan. All going to plan. All going to plan. Now, your wife was very excited about this yesterday.

Super excited. Because I was excited, but I don't, I'm allergic now to booking anything that's not non-refundable. Yeah, Sade books that you can book it and you pay like $10 to hold it and then it gets to a certain date and you've got to pay a bit and then you pay the rest when you get there. Oh, that could work. But then what if you can't go?

Do they still want the money? No, because you'll be able to be like, oh, we aren't coming. Yeah, right, okay. Because the same for airfares. It's like, do you need more credit? You know? Yeah.

Because all we need is a couple of community cases sneaking through and it'll be closed. And rightly so, the Cook Islands will say it's a no-key-o-runner. Yeah. But there is talk

about a travel bubble with the Cook Islands before the end of the year. I mean, it's the time when everyone takes their holidays right in summer,

so for like us and my kids are on break and it's lovely, but it's also the best time of the year weather-wise in New Zealand. Yeah. So you're escaping. That's the thing about going in winter.

You escape the winter if the wind is not your vibe and you go to a Pacific island or a tropical destination. But escaping one summer to go to a different summer, albeit a hotter summer, but maybe a slightly less humid summer.

We've all been. You've been three times, Vaughn. I love it. A lot of us are a bit meh about it. Like, it's nice, but the beaches aren't like... Shut up. But, I mean, when there's nowhere else to go. When that's your only option, yeah.

Murray Beach. Come on, guys. The lagoon. Murray Beach is beautiful. It is the lagoon. But that's like... It's the best place, the best spot on the island. That's like 100 metres of beach.

But that is going to be teeming with Kiwis. Teeming with Kiwis if they get a travel ban, which is great for them because they're a tourist-based economy. Yeah. So they'll need it in.

But the top six things I'm looking forward to about getting back to Rarotonga. Number five, catching the anti-clockwise bus to town and then the clockwise bus back. Being boozed on the clockwise bus back. Being boozed on the clockwise bus.

Yeah, and you're like, it's 11 o'clock and that's when it said the clockwise bus was coming. It's 10 past 11, that's when they said the clockwise bus was coming. It's 25 past 11, that can't be the clockwise bus. It's the clockwise bus. And then you get on the bus and you see

Braun and Sade, you're like, oh my God. And you're like, where did you get delayed? At what stage of this completely circular, I'm guessing almost identical every time around. Yeah.

Stopping a few times here and there, bus route, did you get 25 minutes of late? Island time, buddy. Island time. Totally. Number five on the list

of the top six things I'm looking forward to about getting back to Rarotonga, petting a dog of a totally indistinguishable breed. Like real long and skinny and low to the ground. Yeah, like what are you buddy? What if that little crooked

bung tail could tell a tale? It would be very confusing. Number four on the list of the top six things I'm looking forward to about getting back to Rarotonga, riding a scooter at 80 kilometres an hour on a road that really wouldn't fly in New Zealand. In jandals. Always rent the helmet.

It might not look as cool, dudes. But do yourself a favour and pop up the hill and see the hospital facilities and learn why you probably don't want to be in there with a brain injury waiting to get flying back to New Zealand. Looks like a Tiki Witi motel. It's cinder block, corrugated iron roof, single story. With chickens.

It's good. Yeah, the Dr. Chicken. We're talking about the chickens and the doctors. The dog, the indistinguishable breed of dog is about. It's like, it's okay and it does the job for like locals, maybe with like giving birth or a broken bone being reset or something, but you don't want to be in there with a serious head injury. Number three on the list of the top six things I'm looking forward to

about getting back to Rarotonga, seeing all those little trucks delivering things and beeping. Because the roads aren't being... The horn's been used too many times. It's a little truck that's got some water on the back or 15 dudes on the back. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six things I'm looking forward to

about getting back to Araratonga, paying for something with New Zealand currency and getting a triangle coin back. Triangle coin. What will they think of next? Number one on the list of the top six things I'm looking forward to about getting back to Rarotonga, fish burger at the moorings, baby.

Fish burger at the moorings. Fish burger at the moorings. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go twice a day. Fish burger. Have another one. Have a swim. Do a bum off. Fish burger. Have another one. Have a swim. Do a bum off the wharf.

Have another fish burger. Catch the clockwise bus. Back to your resort. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Have a two-fielder walk. Pat a dog. Drink a Mai Tai. It was very strong.

Back we go to the moorings for a pre-bed fish burger. You love it, don't you? Oh, my God. I love those fish burgers. Good Lord. That is today's Sub Socks. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. There is an age where we stop discovering new music.

We're like, no, I've got enough music that I like. I'm done. I'm packing up shop. And it is 30.5. So 30 and a half years. Yeah. You stop listening to new artists or genres and you stick to what you know. That's interesting because you've spent your 20s getting into all your

favourite bands and then that's it. You're into them. Yep. You kind of fill up. I would have thought that that would have been the most important musical part of your life, your late teens, early 20s, but I would have thought you could still appreciate new music. Like, my mum loves Bruno Mars.

Don't tell me Bruno Mars was around when mum was 30. No. Yeah, right. He was probably barely a sparkle in his mother's eye. So your musical discovery peaks at an average age of 24 years and five months. Women peak a little bit earlier. And at that point, 75% of people said they checked out 10 new tracks per week. And that was...

Right. That's quite a few, though. But then by the age of 30.5, you just, you know, you don't really check out any new music. Buckle up, Gen Z. I'll tell you about something that used to happen in the 1990s in a place called Sounds Music. You'd go in there and it would have all the latest albums at things called listening posts and you'd put on the headphones.

You'd probably have to get in line sometimes if it was a hot record from someone like Ricky Martin. You'd have to get in line and you'd pop a hot record from someone like Ricky Martin. You'd have to get in line and you'd pop on the headphones and you'd listen to the CD. Do you remember doing that? It sounds music still now. Head lice was rampant.

But that was kind of like new music discovery, right? Or you would just hear it on the radio or see it on the TV. Yeah, you'd hear it on the radio. But that's like how you hear new tracks on the radio now. But yeah, there wasn't TikTok or Spotify or anything like that. But being open to experience is one of the big five personality traits.

And that wanes as you get older. So it's massive when you're a teenager. But then as you age you're not open to experiences and I reckon that factors into music as well. Do you have another surge in your life when maybe like midlife crisis

time? Where you're like, yeah, I'm gonna get a convertible. Yeah, you want all those new experiences again because you're the limited time on earth and your own mortality dawns upon you and you're like I actually should

try some more things. I better get down to sounds and listen to that Ricky Martin album. Oh they're closed down. Where's sounds? Where have all the music

CD stores gone? Marbex music? Yeah they've still got lots of vinyl. There's still the odd like music place around. R.I.P. There used to always be a hot place to find cute dudes,

and then you'd see what music they're listening to, and you're like, yeah, okay. Maybe you saw Vaughn there one day who was listening to Ricky Martin. You would have known because I would have been moving because I wasn't standing still at the listening post. She's into superstition, black cats and voodoo dolls Wow

I'd be arms and legs I'd be doing a samba Vorma's literally just telling us It was 16 years ago He met his now wife Sade I don't know how that happened With those moves That you were just showing us

Well I don't think I gave her the Ricky Martin Until the third date Oh okay Really reeled her in Lucky Flesh, Vawn and Megan. The podcast. ZM.

As we get closer to the election, if you just kind of like watch these weird little things pop up, you're like, oh, okay, the people who are involved in this are children. Have you ever seen Parliament TV? The yelling and the booing and the... When somebody else is talking, it's... If you're a teacher, you wouldn't tolerate the behaviour in your classroom.

No. And in an election year, it's always heaps of fun. Bit of dirty politics, we've seen it already. And we're probably going to see a whole lot more of it. Tova O'Brien last night stumbled across the fact that she thinks a guy who's associated with the National Party called Roger Bridge, and I've never heard of him before, but apparently quite an important figure for the party,

has been calling late-night talkback with Marcus Lush to try to get something started, which I can't understand because if you are going to call to get a ground movement started under an alias, wouldn't you call Hosking? Maybe it's harder to get through. I don't think he just takes calls. He just doesn't talk to anybody willy-nilly.

So this was like just before midnight apparently. But is he putting on a voice? So they compared his voice to the voice of Merv the caller. Similar, but... And is he denying it? It's just an old person's wobbly-like voice. Right. You know, it could be any old white drunk dude at a wedding

that you're not quite sure why they're at the wedding. They assume they're married to somebody's auntie or et cetera. Yeah. But he called, this was about a, and this national MP was in Manurewa and then changed interest to Auckland Central after Nikki Kaye left. Right. Also the national MP, you might have seen there's been a little bit of a situation that she had at some stage done fitness challenges,

fitness stuff and they have photos, fitness stuff, and they have photos, fitness modelling. Right, okay. But not just going out and posing, but the competitions and stuff involved with it as well. Right. Like actual physical fitness. And there was a whole lot of slurs and stuff. Yeah, people were saying,

oh, she's in a bikini and we don't want that for the national party. What, bikinis? No one can be in bikinis. Young. It's probably good on the billboards. Probably missed a trick there. It'd be quite the comparison because they're putting Judith Collins beside the local MPs, wouldn't it?

Yeah. She was in the bikini and Judith's there with that. Is she trying to smile? Is that what's happening? There's a lot of eyebrow, but... The eyebrow's a little upside down, but he smiles. But anyway, this is him calling in to Marcus Lush. Well, allegedly.

Allegedly. He's still denying it, yes. Move it, Marcus. Welcome and good evening. Oh, hi, Marcus. Look, I'm in Manuera, and I'm a bit confused because there's billboards all over the place for this Nui girl.

She's already standing in Manuera and I was ready to vote for her, but now I understand that she's going over to Auckland Central. How long did this go on for? I'll just cut it off there. For ages. Marcus Luscious tweeted about it. He said, I was the one that had to tolerate Merv for 10 minutes. How long did this go on for? I'll just cut it off there. For ages. Marcus Luscious tweeted about it. He said, I was the one that had to tolerate Merv for 10 minutes.

I didn't sense a political operative. I just sensed somebody who'd run out of people to talk to. Hashtag Merv. Oh, Merv. But also slightly slurry on it. Maybe a few too many shardies. And then just like, I'll sort this out. I don't know. But the whole thing's so ridiculous

So he was trying to undermine her. Yes. Right. Yes, by saying, oh, if she was just ready to skip out on, because apparently this guy on the board for National

wasn't keen on this MP. Okay. So he was saying, oh, she's just going to skip out on this. Is she the one that we can trust over there? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

So just more political. Are we going to have to move short back when this all finishes? I don't know if I can deal with that. I think I can handle it. No, I couldn't handle it. They just rabid on, don't they? Because you're not supposed to argue with the callers, are you? Yeah, but they're not your grandparents, so you don't stand to gain anything by tolerating it.

So I just let them have it. And they won't cut you out of their will if you cut them off. Yeah, exactly. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. University of Copenhagen Cones. That's where this research comes from. That's behind the ice cream shop. Yeah, it is. You never wonder where that building is.

Yep, that's the university. They have done some research on fitness trackers, smart watches. So your Fitbits. Your Garmin's. Your Apple Watch. Your Garmin's. Your Apple Watch. Your Garmin. Do you see Garmin? I know we talked about that a week or two ago.

They had ransom. They paid out like millions of dollars to ransom. Did they pay it? I think they paid it. Yeah, it was like $14 million or something. Wow. Got to get some better people on the IT team. Yeah, people with Garmin watches and stuff couldn't get their tracking,

their fitness tracking for a while. So Garmin, your stuff couldn't get their tracking, their fitness tracking for a while. So Garmin, yeah, Samsung do the smart watches. They've delved into smart watch wearers and they have found that the technology is incredibly accurate at, you know, capturing all

of your fitness, but the anxiousness that having a smart watch brings you is through the roof and can cause quite a few problems. Why is it calling anxiety? Do you find that? You guys are always looking at it and you're like, I'm something about closing rings and I need to stand up.

I need to breathe. I need to do this and that. I'm glad you brought it up. I'm on a mad streak. For what? Closing your rings? For closing the move ring. All of them. I've closed all of them. I think I'm on like 78 days in a row. I'm on a mad streak. For what? Closing your rings? For closing the move ring. All of them.

I've closed all of them. I think I'm on like 78 days in a row. Well, that's the thing. You can wear this watch all the time. It'll track anything from sleep to steps to your heart rate. So that even makes people anxious. So the study showed. Why?

Because they are guilt. Is it the guilt that makes them anxious? Well, there was an example of whereas overanalyzing small fluctuations in heart rate, some participants feared a heart attack was coming because of a higher heart rate reading from their smartwatch. Because that's the thing, we're not doctors

and so we don't actually know what your heart rate is supposed to be in any given time. That's a big thing from the study is that you get all this data, but you're not educated to use it. To analyze it. Yeah.

Like short of you've done 10,000 steps today or something. You've done that because one of your heart rates one day was like really low or something. I've got a really low resting heart rate in the 40s. Oh my God. Is that bad? Well, that can either mean you're really fit or you've just got to like, what do they call it? There's a term for it. Yeah, there's a term for it.

So sometimes you get up, you might be a little bit dizzy if you get up too fast. Having a low heart rate. That's bad, eh? But then I guess if you have a high heart rate, that's... See, we're not educated enough to look into that properly. Bradycardia. Yeah, that's what it's called. Bradycardia.

So yeah, just basically the findings from the study make people unnecessarily anxious. Right. So you're overanalyzing everything. You do this all the time. You're like, oh my God, the sun's going to go down in 10 hours and 25 minutes. Yeah.

I need to breathe. I don't have enough daylight. So your watch is like, just relax. You're trying, you're making it worse. So they mention Fitbit, whereas here, being a double-edged sword regarding exercise, on one hand, the trackers provide motivation to exercise more, always positive. But then on days when you slack off, participants are reminded that they haven't done anything. So they get intense feelings of guilt.

Yeah. And anxiety. Because you don't close your rings one day on your smartwatch. You break your streak. And that creates an obsession, and that's not healthy either. No. It's healthier than the obsession I had over lockdown, which was not doing exercise and eating pretty much anything that I saw.

It's a slightly healthier obsession. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Cross-country yesterday. Went and watched the girls do the cross-country, A slightly healthier obsession. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Cross country yesterday. Went and watched the girls do the cross country, which they both did significantly better than me. Oh, I used to hate cross country.

Just try and get out of it. And then, like, when you're a kid, you feel like that's so far away, but then now you look back, you're like, oh, it was just a lap of the field. You're like, what was I moaning about? We had to go around the neighbourhood. We, because we grew up rural, we literally went cross country. We went, like, the farm would open the gates and we'd have to follow a path around. At the end, did you have to do a head count and see that you got all the kids?

Yeah, everyone got back. So it hasn't fallen down the river? One, two, three. Oh, and there's a cow. Shoes is pretty funny. I don't think I wore shoes in a cross country tour like college. Wow. It's barefoot cross country. Oh, is pretty funny. I don't think I wore shoes in a cross country tour like college. Wow. It was barefoot cross country.

Oh, wow. Okay. And then at the college cross country, I worked out that even if I tried my best, I wasn't going to like place in the top segment. Yeah. And then I could come midfield and mom and dad would be like, okay. Or I could come like last, last, like come in when they're packing up last and stop and have a play in the mud

and then I'd get back and I'd get more attention from my parents. Like bad attention, but it was attention nonetheless. Oh yeah, nice. You know, they'd be like, what have you been? They're packed up.

Why are you so muddy? What have you been doing? I'd be like, I was playing in the mud. Why didn't you run? Well, because I was playing in the mud. It's very hard to run when you're playing in the mud, mum.

I'd just jump in the mud and then get up and carry on running and then be like, why are you so late? And I'd be like, because I was playing in the mud. It's very hard to run when you're playing in the mud, Mum. I'd just jump in the mud and then get up and carry on running and then be like, why are you so late? And I'd be like, because I was playing in the mud. We'd actually just jumped in there for an excuse. We would get to the mud as quick as we can and then we would throw mud at everybody else that was coming through the mud. And think about it now, we were ahead of our times.

That's like some Ninja Warrior stuff right there. Yeah, yeah. Avoid the mud as well. But August came third in her age group, which is very good. I was very, very proud. Oh, you don't need to play that. There's no audio. Is there?

Good. No, there's not. I don't think there is. Of you yelling at the same time. No, because she was going and then she'd slow right down and then she'd get another burst of energy and then she'd slow. So there was someone right behind her and they were like vying for third and fourth. I was like, go, Walkie, go.

You're going to go third. And she came third. So that was very, very proud. I was very, very proud of her for that. That was on your story because she hates exercise. Anytime I'm like, come on, we'll go for a bike ride or something. She's like, ehhh. Throws her head back, does that.

She told me last week she was allergic to running. She said, come out and do some exercise. And she was like, come on your bike and we'll just go down the road. She's like, oh, I'm allergic to that. No, you're not. She's your daughter. We have heard that. But this was on your Instagram story.

No, no, I didn't. You put it on Facebook. You have Facebook. I didn't put it on Facebook. You put it on Facebook. You put it on Facebook. I didn't put it on Instagram. Because Megan was watching this. I watched it about four times. I was like, this is so cute. And my mum's staying with me at the moment.

And she said, what's that you're watching? Because all you could hear is Vaughn going, go, Augie, go. You're going to come third. Very supportive as she crosses the finish line in third place. And my mum's like, oh, I don't know if I'd want my dad standing on the sideline yelling that. I was like, what do you mean yelling what? She was like, she's going to come third. And I was like, well, supportive.

She's like, she's almost fourth or third, you know, like she's going to cross the line. And mum's like, yeah, but she's not first. Oh, so your mum's like, oh, she's saying third like it's a bad thing. Well, like, yeah. Oh, that I'm celebrating third. Yeah, I think more that you're celebrating third. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. She was like, oh, she didn't come first though, did she?

Yeah. I was like, that is so ruthless. But that's why, like, she's on my parents' generation. Exactly, and that's why we stopped and played in the mud. Yeah, like when I got 80% on one of my exams, my parents were like, well, I haven't to the other 20%. Yeah, I think we won cricket when I came home and told Dad and he said, oh, well, that's great.

Were you playing the blind team? I was like, that's so rude. And they wonder why we're all like anxious mess. And they're all like, oh, and now they're like, oh, everyone gets a bloody ribbon for trying. Not like back in our day. It was like, look at you, you miserable pricks. Maybe if you got a participation

ribbon, you wouldn't be so angry at everybody about trying their best and doing things and seeing stuff through. Yeah, you might have finished it, but you didn't win, did you? Oh God, what are you winning? The Grumpiest Prick Around Award? Miserable.

ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Your go-to. Brand new segment of the show. Yeah, we've talked about if you've got a go-to song at various times on the show, and we always get such great feedback from people and we always have a really good laugh. Not always the

intent but better to laugh than to cry and that is today's subject. Your go-to song for a good tactical cry. Because we learnt that executive intern producer Anya has a cry playlist.

Yep. That's quite a commitment to a tactical cry. How many songs are on the playlist? It's actually quite sad. I've just had a look and there's enough content for seven hours and 39 minutes.

Holy moly. Jeez. Yeah, I didn't realise it was so long, but here we are. Right. So I've got a music to cry by playlist too.

I completely forgot about it. Cute. Oh, boy. Is it just like mellow songs? Top notch hip hop for the middle-class white guy. Is this what you called your playlist? Yeah, and then I had music to cry by. Okay.

Oh, buddy. No, but I don't think I think it was just like you know, sometimes if you just want to have a reflective moment. Yeah. So we want to know with our new segment, Go To Song, if you have a song that you put on, if you want to have a tactical cry,

you're just feeling a little vulnerable, and you just need to let it out. Yeah. Let the tears out. And you know it will get you started. Yeah. Could you share now, to get the ball rolling, could you share some of your absolute top picks?

I could look it up as it happens. All right. Yep, yep. Bon Iver, Skinny Love is a classic. Oh, yeah, that's an absolute top two. That's a cover of that Birdie song, isn't it? Bon Iver fans love it when you say that. Absolutely not.

It is a beautiful song. Reece Stacks from Him Is Good as well. That whole album's amazing. All right, hipster. We'll get into that. Now, you're not a hipster to claim Bon Iver anymore because he helped Taylor Swift on her new album. So you're just like...

It's called mainstream. Just a mainstream basic bitch, I think. Bon Iver now. Any others? What are some of your other top ones? We have also thought... Don't filter them. She's going through filtering.

Vance Joy, that's Georgia. Don't pick the cool ones. No, I'm not. I'm trying to think of the most sad ones. Vance Joy, what's it called? Georgia. I don't think I've ever heard that one before. I'm familiar with Vance Joy.

That's a Riptide song. This has had 300 million streams. A lot of sad people in the world. Riptide's had over a billion streams. It's a good song. He's great. He's definitely got a voice that lends itself to a cry, eh?

He almost sounds like he's just on the verge himself. And then the pacing of it. Now, Megan has refused up until this moment to tell us the song. But hers are all cool. Mine is not. And I don't even tell anyone that I listen to this song. It's so niche and it's really depressing.

If you need a tactical cry, do you want to play the song for us now? I guess you're not going to take the piss out of me. Because I can't guarantee that, can you? I will take the piss out of me. Because I can't guarantee that. I will put the best intention to not, but I can't guarantee because I don't know what it is.

Okay, you play it for us. What is this? Wait, when the singing comes in. It's Britney Spears, isn't it? What is this song? You said you wouldn't laugh. It's called Spears, isn't it? What does it sound like? You said you wouldn't laugh.

It's called Every Time. I told you it was niche. But it's... Oh my God, it's so sad. But why does this song do it for you? Because she was struggling to get out of the spotlight. She was having a struggle and it's just like... It almost sounds like a little lullaby,

like a, oh my God. And then the. She burnt down her gym. The violence coming. Oh my God. This is. I've definitely heard this song before, but this wasn't a single A. Yeah, it was a single.

Oh, it was a single. Interesting. They don't catch on the ones that aren't the dancey. All right, well, we would like you now to share for the segment, Go To Song. I need you, baby. Okay. Your go-to song for a cry, or if you're feeling volleys,

or you're in a sad moment. Do you have one? Nah. The robot doesn't cry. I'll just put on like... Even in private. I'll just put on some Bon Iver or some, yeah. For a cry.

Well, if you just say it's some mellow music. For a cry. Do you ever just shed a tear in private? Say it. Say you cry. No, no, no, never. Say you cry. Open up.

Blow the stereotype out of the water. It's all right to cry, New Zealand men. But I'm a robot. We shouldn't be worried about crying. Show me your tears. Blow the stereotype out of the water. It's all right to cry. But I'm a robot. But I'm a robot. We shouldn't be worried about crying. Show me your tears. Give us a call right now. This song is so terrible.

It's so good. 0800-DARLS-AT-M. You can text 9696. What is your go-to song for a cry? Your go-to songs today for having a tactical cry. This is a cry. Somebody asked what the difference is between a cry and a tactical cry. A tactical cry is realising you need a cry, and it's best to deal with it rather than just keep putting it off

until it hits you maybe in the middle of a meeting when someone says something stupid. And you know that's going to happen. Do you need a tactical cry today? No, I need a tactical scream, like a rage release. Sammy, Sammy, what's your go-to song for a tactical cry?

If the world was ending. Oh, this is new, isn't it? Yeah. Did this replace an old tactical cry song? No, and to be honest with you, it's not even for a tactical cry. It just makes me cry out of nowhere. I'm not a crier.

Right. And I'm in a super happy relationship. No breakups, no problems. And I try and sing it, and I just can't. I just choke up, and I sit there and I cry. I just hit something vulnerable inside of you. Yeah. Because this was the song over lockdown that had a finger pointed at it

for making people message their exes. Yeah. Yeah, I don't even have an ex that I'm thinking about it. I'm just like, that was so sad. It just hits you. It's got a lovely voice, though. It does. Sammy, thank you.

Some text messages. You can keep your calls coming in. 0800 dials it in. For tactical crying, and there's no shortage of it. Every time the page reloads, we get a whole lot more. That DJ Sammy remix of Heaven with the 9-11. Oh, yeah, with the kids like, where are you, Daddy? Are you coming home?

No, no, no. And Daddy's not coming home. This one, this is one I just played before. I've had a couple of messages in. This is on my Music to cry to playlist Johnny Cash Hurt it's a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song but he wrote it

so good about when his wife and his soulmate was dying and then released it just after she died and the video's got her in it and it is it'll ruin you

I hurt myself oh yeah that's a go to your go to I hurt myself today. Oh, yeah. That's a go-to. Your go-to. Song for Tactical Cry. It's a new segment of the show where we look at your go-to songs. And the category this week is Tactical Crying. We're opening up.

Well, some of us are. Fletch isn't. Craig, that's not. Yeah, listen to it just if I want to chill out. Just go under a blanket. Molly joins us. Good morning, Molly. Morning. Now, what is your song for a tactical cry?

So, the backstory, this all started on about day three after having my first son. Okay. And, oh no, you're playing it. It just triggered me. The words were so just embracing for how I felt about my boy and I just got in the shower and cried and cried. And it's I Don't Want to Miss

a Thing by Eric Smith. It's weird when you have kids and you're tired and it's all new emotions and stuff. You do just find yourself crying at a lot of things. And also just crying and crying. I could stay awake just to hear you breathe. Is that a laugh cry? I've got all the feels.

I've got all the feels. So you can put this song on any time and it'll get you. And it's so funny because prior to this, it was always just Blades of Glory, you know? Blades of Glory. Wow. Brilliant. Molly, thank you for your call.

Abby joins us. Good morning, Abby. Morning, guys. How you doing? Good, good. What's your go-to song for a tactical cry? It's my go-to song for a bit of everything, really.

I can have a cry. It's, like, quite reflective, but it's Matt Corby's Runaway, live on the Resolution Tour. Oh, yeah. It's a pretty emotional song, pretty deep. Okay, can we fast forward to get... It does have an explicit sign beside it, so I'm wondering if we might accidentally be

stumbling into a bracken bush of F-words. He is an incredible voice, though. Remember he performed for us in studio and we were all blown away. Yeah, he's amazing. It does sound... It's nice swear words. It takes a while to build.

Oh, does it? Fast forward. Six and a half minutes. Even just the instrumental's emotional. Oh, it sounds like he's about to swear. Yeah, that really had the vibe of a big swear word. It's coming. I believe it's a great song.

I just can't be bothered dealing with the boss afterwards. I'll put some Aerosmith back on. Thanks for your call there. Claire, what's your go-to song for a tactical cry? I'll put some Aerosmith back on. Thanks. Thanks for your call there. Claire. Sorry, Claire, what's your go-to song for a tactical cry? It's Titanium by Cher. Really? When I was caring for my mum in the last couple of months of her life,

I used to play this and have a good cry on the way to get the strength to get through the day to look after her. It's got a good beat and stuff. Yeah, it's probably the most upbeat song, but yeah, it's just got that meaning to you.

Yeah, just making me bulletproof for the day to cope. Oh my God, Danny. That's what so many people are saying. There's songs that are associated to memories that maybe aren't your typical cry songs, but it's like you say, it was your strength song and now it reminds you of that time.

Thanks, Claire. Text messages in. Oh, yeah. What about somebody? This one's very popular. It's like I'm prepared for this. Say something I'm giving. Oh, yeah.

Who sings this again? Great Big World and Christina Aguilera. There you go. She's got it. Very familiar with this one. Ten points. Very familiar with this one. Ten points. Very familiar. Somebody, this comes from a dad.

Now, I've got to... The end, and the end is she just goes, say something. Yeah. And that's how it ends, actually. Hey, hey. Say something. Have I gone past that? No.

Yep. Yep. No, that was a bad thing. Here we go past that? No. Yep. Yep. No, that was a bit right. Here we go. Here we go. Ready, ready, ready. Ready. Say something.

I'm giving up on you. Oh, my God. Wait, wait. This is not. This is a Tuesday. Say something. Say something. Say something. Anything.

Say something. Say something. Hey! Say something. Are you there? What'd you say? No, don't ruin this song for me. This is from a fellow dad.

Okay. Somebody said, didn't really have one of these until I saw Frozen 2. Well, because you find out, spoiler alert, spoiler alert, she's singing to her mother. Oh, okay. Oh, my God. What an emotional rollercoaster. I'll have to take your word for that.

Oh, okay. Oh, my God. What an emotional rollercoaster. I'll have to take your word for that. Oh, God. Frozen gets me any Pixar movie. All the songs from Coco, all the songs from Frozen. Why do they want to make me cry? I haven't watched that Abominable. Yeah. Oh, it's really good. I cried in that too.

What a cry. So many songs. Shall we end with Shelly? Oh, yeah. that's it. Absolutely. That would be my pleasure to tee up that song. Shelly, good morning. Good to see you guys.

I see the song that's your go-to song. So this is your go-to song to make you cry? Yeah, it kind of does. We lost my dad to a brain tumour. He was 78 and he was like the most best dad ever. And we had a really good couple of months with him. It was awesome. But he was a huge, huge team of teams then.

Wow. This was my first concert. You've got Megan crying, Shelley. You made your dad with something of a mess. I don't know if we've lost her. Bad reception there, Shelley. Thanks. Get into the hook for Shelley's dad.

If you're listening. Just fast forward it. That's how emotion works, Fletch. You rush through it. It's important when... Just hurry up and get to the hook. Hurry up and get to the hook. We'll play the hook for Shelley's dad as an emotion.

Fast forward it, Bourne. Fast forward it. No, you need to go back because you missed the start of it. Both of you are talking all over it. Now you're worried about talking over someone's emotion. Amazing from you. You're learning. Here we go.

Here we go. Yes. This just reminds me of the NRL. Didn't she sing a halftime show or something? No. They used it as an ad. A couple of great NRL halftime shows in the grand final. There we go.

Well, thank you for sharing your go-to songs today for a tactical cry. I've got no mascara left. Thanks for that. Me neither. Fletch, your mascara still looks perfect. Thank you. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Megan's mailbox, Megan's mailbox.

When she moved in, she ran it down. So Fletch and Vaughn are helping To get her a new mailbox She specifically asked for this segment Not to be called Megan's Box Well, we hit the recording studio after the show yesterday. Didn't that turn out great? Did you not want to sing, Fletch?

No, Vaughn did the first layer track and I thought that's enough. And Ping is our producer was just like, layer it. Layer it down. One time wonder there. Do it once, do it right. It doesn't rhyme though. Doesn't need to sometimes.

Sometimes that's the genius of it, Megan. Well, it is our section, a new segment of the show called Megan's Mailbox. You ran over your mailbox moving into your new place. You need to buy a new one. And we're helping. Whenever you say you're helping, it's never really helping, is it? Not really. Now, InStudio

is a mailbox option for you. We've got three, four mailbox options for you to choose over the week. Okay. But I have to choose one? Yeah. I guess it's not like the law. Okay. But I have to choose one? Yeah. And... Well, I guess it's not like the law.

You don't have to. I'll be pretty disappointed if she doesn't. Yeah, there'll be a huge sense of disappointment from the both of us. Not anger. Yeah. Just disappointment, which is worse. And I'll come around and install the letterbox

because I can't help but notice the canvas. We go, if your birthday still hasn't been hung... It's because I haven't found the perfect spot. I'll come around with the hammer and one of those nails with a hooky bit on it. We'll get that hung ASAP. Great. I'll even bring my stud finder. Great.

But, of course, rules do apply that I have to run it over myself first and go, found one. Found one. This is working. All right. So how do we do this for? Would you like to go over? Do I go over for the reveal Yeah absolutely

So in studio What I can see Is there's like A thick wooden post And you've shimmied up A base on it Yeah It's like

It's wood And you've actually used Like big bolty things To make the base Yeah mate Those are my I call those Tornado screws

I don't know So what I can see Looks pretty profesh Okay well let's reveal. Vaughn, would you like to take off the tablecloth? Ta-da! Oh, my God. It's a Dell.

Is it a hard drive? A Dell? It's a tower. It's a tower from a computer, from a Dell computer. Where do I put the mail? Well, you might notice it's plugged into the wall, Megan. The CD-ROM drive pops out, and Vaughn's just going to demonstrate now. You put the mail in there and press close.

And then my letter is hanging out of the CD drive. Oh, no, it's giving me a second shot. Okay, you're folding it. You're folding the letter. Put it in there. So, I mean, the postie would have to do this. I'll have to leave some instructions on this. And you will need to run an extension cord out to the...

Okay, back up plan. Back up plan. You take the side off like that. It folds down. It folds down. Perfect. And then you put your parcel in the mail in there. Put the parcel in.

Put the parcel in. Put the parcel in. Done. Yay! Lovely. That's beautiful. Should you select this? We'll probably tear the guts out of it so there's more room for parcels. Okay.

You love your parcels. It's got two fans in it. But, like, I can't really leave it plugged in outside. Yeah, they're waterproof. What about when it rains? That's what waterproof means. No, but it's electric. It's got power.

It keeps everybody on their toes. Yeah, but posties are insulated because of their buggies. They've got rubber wheels. They've got rubber feet. You have to have rubber feet to wear a postie, otherwise you get foot rot in the rain. On the positive, it is like a nice chic square. Yes.

It's black. And if your postie pops by and they're running low on juice with their phone they can plug it into one of your four USB ports.

They're just hanging out by my mailbox. And just check their messages and then skedaddle on. We stuck your number on as well. Yeah.

Nice. Hope you're at number 69 something because that's just an immature gag that we decided to go for there. Right, okay. So you're at number 69 something because that's just an immature gag that we decided to go for there. Right.

Okay. So that's option one. Option one. Yeah. I mean aesthetically it's all right. Don't know about the electrics.

What are we giving it out of five stars? I want to give it a two but I feel like they're only going to get worse so like maybe a three. Let's go for three out of five.

I'm happy with a three out of five. Great place to start. Yeah. Okay, good. Join us tomorrow for another option. But don't go anywhere because we've not finished

the show or anything. When I say join us tomorrow I just meant at the end of this remember to join us tomorrow. Do we want to go out with the singing or just leave it there?

I don't think we need the singing again. Well that indicates to me that we definitely do. Okay. Once a day's probably not enough thing again. Well, that indicates to me that we definitely do. Okay. Once a day is probably not enough for people. No. Megan's mailbox, Megan's mailbox.

When she moved in, she ran it down. So Fletch and Vaughn are helping to get her a new mailbox. She specifically asked for this segment not to be called Megan's Box. Brilliant. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. COVID-19 has hit younger millennials quite hard. So there is a stat that says 39% of younger millennials, and when I say that, it defines that as 24 to 29-year-olds.

Okay. Under 30 say they are either planning to or have already moved back in with their parents because of COVID. You're right, but it's not surprising because if you lost your job or you got your hours cut back, then it would be a good fallback.

Younger people were affected more than other demographics with job losses. 15% also say that their parents are paying part of their rent if they haven't moved back home. And another 15% say their parents are covering all of their housing costs currently. All of it? Wow.

Because if you're not getting, like, rent reduction or any help in that regard. But then if you could afford it and you could just pay their rent, you probably would do that, eh? Those are the parents that don't want you to come home. You've still got your privacy. Can I move back home? No. How much is rent? No.

Probably the same parents that sent you to boarding school. Yeah. They love you. They don't love you as much as they love walking around naked and making up on the floor in the lounge, but they do love you. Executive Intern Anya, you and the boy moved back. You were trendsetting.

You were pre-COVID you'd moved home. Yes. We've moved home for the third time, I think, since uni. Yeah. We're boomerang. Yeah. Boomerang children. Whose love life do you reckon it caused, you know?

Affects the most. Affects the most. Affects the most. Don't do this. Luckily, we are quite far apart, our bedrooms. Right, okay, good. That's all I'll say. Has there been any moments where anyone's heard anyone else? I don't think so.

You wouldn't bring it up. No, yeah, my family would not discuss. You'd just say it was possums on the roof, eh? Is that a thing? Oh, my God, stop. Possums. Those pesky possums. But do you ever get a bit annoyed?

Or do they get annoyed at you? Oh, yes. For both parties, there are times, there are bad times. It's pretty good on the whole. I think as a four, we get on pretty well. We've had to have words about Dad's new electric toothbrush. What's happened there?

It's probably the biggest issue I've had. He's just invested in this I think it was a couple of hundred bucks, this electric toothbrush. It's like a super fancy super charged situation. It sends a report to your phone. Oh my God.

That's amazing. Yeah, he's so jazzed about it. It's pretty cute. But what does the report to your phone say? It says like, good brushing today, Dave. I don't know. You didn't brush for long enough. Does it have like a timer, like a countdown?

It's like, you are done brushing. So that's the thing, is it gives you, I think, 30 seconds on each corner of your mouth, but it's very, very loud. So if I've fallen asleep at 8.30 at night and he goes to brush his teeth at 9, I'm back awake and I'm sending daggers through the wall. Did he tell you that that's what he was using? Have you seen this toothbrush?

Yeah, it's pretty flat. This might be the possums on the roof. No, there would be no possum on the roof activity in the bathroom right next to my bedroom, surely. The house has their rules. Get out of here. Right. We asked on Instagram what would be the worst thing

about moving back in with your parents. Yeah. At your age, whatever it would be. And these are some of the replies we got. Beth said, their closed-mindedness, currently living with them, cry face, cry face, cry face. If you COVID.

If your parents are of a different generation and you don't share maybe progressive views or whatever, that would be a struggle. But then it's hard because you're under their roof. You know, you don't want to... Their roof, their rules. So I'll just kick you out.

It depends what that client's minded about. Yeah. you know you don't want to their roof their rules yeah so I just kicked you out but it depends what that client's minded about yeah like well I mean I'm always up for an argument

but it's not going to make it pleasant is it no no Katie messaged saying how loud their TV is

oh yeah it's because they're slowly going deaf probably yeah so they have it really loud and they don't

you turn down the ads we've got to turn it down because the ads are at twice the volume if you ask anybody so You've got to turn it down because the ads are at twice the volume if you ask anybody. So they've got to turn it down

otherwise they'll blow the speakers. But I bet they like watching the chase so there'd be no arguments about what to watch. You'd probably even have a family chase

like keep a telly on who's the smartest. But that lady last night only got one question right. I was like, that's disappointing. Hawn. You're on a game show.

This is embarrassing. Hawn, sweetheart. She's got sheen penis. Don't hawn her. I mean, yeah, I'd get on there and I'd get no questions right, but that's why I wouldn't go on the show in the first place. Mitchie said the worst part about it would be hearing them getting more action than you. Oh, yeah, okay.

Yeah. I don't know, Mitchie. That sounds like your parents are enjoying a healthy sexual lifestyle. Lauren said the most annoying part would be them asking if I want to go to church every Sunday morning. No, I'm hungover. Aunt sister stands every Sunday. I don't. Mum will want to know where I'm going, who with, what time I'll be home.

She does this even now when I don't live with her, and I'm 30. Yeah. That would be hard to do. But they just want to – you're programmed to be parents when you become a parent. You never stop being a parent. So if they're under your roof to worry about you, we'll worry about them. They just want to know. They just want some certainties so that if, you know, they hear you get home at 11,

they can turn off the talkback radio they've got under their pillow and go to sleep. But if they're still up at 2 and you said you were home at 11, you could be dead in a ditch. Let the worrying begin. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fact of the day All thanks to Save My Bacon, a safe place to borrow money online We're going to ask you a question about this fact of the day

At midday and at 4 o'clock And if you get through and you can answer that correctly You win the $500 cash that's up for grabs your share of that 50k uh today's fact of the day is that how's my driving uh bumper stickers really work i always see those and i feel so sorry for people that have to drive the company vehicle or the truck they have those oh 800 how's my driving? When it's terrible though, I do get tempted. So that's the thing. It works in two ways.

When people have the sticker on their vehicle, it causes them to constantly think about their driving because there's going to be a direct line of report. Right. But then also people are reluctant to report because they're like, somebody else will report this.

I just also don't want to be the narc. So of all the vehicles, they did a study of all the vehicles, 5% of vehicles with it on ever got reported. Really? Yeah. Because someone's like, oh, well, someone else will do that. Or someone else will do that and mixed with the fact that people are aware that if they do drive badly. Or someone else would do that and mixed with the fact that people are aware that

if they do drive badly. But I'd forget. It's like when driving around in station vehicles, I always forget. Only because you rip the fingers of that person once that cut us off

and then you realise you're in the ZM truck. No, that wasn't a ZM truck. No, it was a Hauraki truck. Oh, that's right. That was fine then, wasn't it? I was like, I'm Matt Heath. Stick it up your ass.

Also, they deserved it. That was some terrible driving on their behalf. Yeah, that's true. That was some terrible driving on their behalf. Yeah, that's true. I indicated and I believe the saying is still merge like a zip, not merge like a broken zip where the zip gets caught and you're like, why is it caught? And it's because two teeth have gone in.

That's not how zip, that's not how merging works. At all. Because I've got a jacket that has a bit of flappy material at the back that always gets stuck in the zip. Problematic. Flappy bit at the back. Why is it at the back. Problematic. Flappy bit at the back of the jacket. Why is it at the back? Oh, you mean behind the zipper.

It backs up the zip. Oh, that's to stop your nips getting caught in the zip. It's a protective fuse. Yeah, but it's not. Yeah, it doesn't work. What's his nips doing in here? Well, I was just, or chest hair. Do you have chest hair?

Yeah, but it's to stop the T-shirt you'd have underneath the jacket getting caught in the zip. Well, I don't need it. I don't need it. It's always getting stuck. Because you're too aggressive with your zipper caught in the zip. Well, I don't need it. It's always getting... Because you're too aggressive with your zipper. Just go slow. Just go slow, yeah. That's actually how I do it.

Do you ever just zip over it if you look and you're like... And I'm just like, it's stuck. I'll keep pulling, I'll keep pulling and then I'm like, oh god, now it's really stuck and then I have to get it... You have to get it out. You have to get it out. Right. Well, today's fact of the day is those

How's My Driving stickers really do work? Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Grandma has gone viral This is great because she didn't know She was, because you know some Old people bless them Didn't grow up with video calling so they don't know Sometimes they're on the screen Even though their face is on the phone.

I actually saw this on TikTok and had a lol, because I'm sure this happens a lot, but it's been caught on camera. A grandma was looking at a picture of someone's baby, and this is her reaction. Oh, nan, look, Annie had the win. Did she? Oh, God. Nan, she's on FaceTime. Oh, Nan, look. Annie had to win. Did she? Oh, God.

Nan, she's on FaceTime. Oh, right. Say hiya. Hiya. She's a nice wee wee little boy. Oh. It's true. It's pretty, isn't it?

Uh. That's when she sees the baby. It's pretty, isn't it? Scottish. Heavy. Pretty, isn't it? Scottish. Heavy. Pretty, isn't it? Yeah. Heavy Scottish.

And her face says it all. She literally recoils. It's like, that's an ugly bit. Because nobody ever says, like, your baby's ugly, do they? They just don't say anything. What do people say? Oh, that's lovely or something. Or, oh, great.

I don't know. It's so awkward when someone shows you their baby and you're like, oh, how nice. It looks... Like a baby? How nice. Like a little gremlin. Just prepare yourself.

Every time someone's about to show you a photo of a baby, prepare yourself to lie a bit better than how nice. But when they're new, they just look a bit gremlin-y sometimes, a bit like squished and they're going to grow into their features but sometimes it can be a shock. That's a classic one, they'll grow into it. That's an underhanded, that's like

basically saying your baby's ugly. That's not even underhanded, that's straight up saying your baby's ugly. But she didn't have anything nice to say, it was just like a recoil. Yeah. You can always count on Gran to tell you the truth. Oh, absolutely.

Grans are absolutely ruthless. On all accounts. Yeah. So we would love to know when you're... Are we going to do grandparents? Because granddads can be just as ruthless. Can they? Yeah, they can be.

Not as ruthless as grandmas. My granddad was a grumpy bum. Major grumpy bum. Right. But yeah, okay. Grandma, when was your grandma ruthless? When did she... Like not hold back.

Yeah. Absolutely. Roast you. You give gran a couple of sherrys at Christmas and they won't hold... You know, they don't have that filter as it is. It's the worst year after a few sherrys. Do you even invite Gran to Christmas anymore? Well, no, because, no, we're not in the same city.

There's planes. Well, am I supposed to travel or? If you travelled, she wouldn't be there? She might be there. You might pop by. You were like, oh, we came around, but you were sleeping. We were there. It was too many drinks, Nana. Yeah, like, oh, we came around, but you were sleeping. That's what you can say. Over there, it was too many drinks, Nana.

Yeah, remember, Nana? You shit yourself, pass out in the garden. Because she wouldn't hold, she's had a, she's done it before, hasn't she? She's said things about. They just get to an age where they just don't care or say exactly what they think. I mean, it's good if you want the truth. Nah, because sometimes it's not the truth. It's the truth how they see it. Yeah, right. It's obviously, it's often a you want the truth. Nah, because sometimes it's not the truth. It's the truth how they see it.

Yeah, right. It's obviously, it's often a very prejudiced truth. Yeah. Okay, so we want to know from you this morning, 0800 DALS at M. You can text as well, 9696. When did grandma or granddad not hold back and maybe said a little too much?

Want to know about those stories when you've had a grandparent that didn't hold back and just tell you what they really thought? It's awkward. I went to visit my gran. This is a text message in and she was with a nurse and she

said, ah yes, this is my other fat granddaughter. All of my granddaughters are fat except one of them. Maybe one day the skinny one will come. Oh, my God. And then they wonder why you don't go visit them. Yeah. No, no, you call me fat.

I'm not going to come see you anymore. My granddad's first ever comment to my now husband, so what do you do, apart from shag my granddaughter, that is, in front of everybody? Wow. What's the wrong? Wow. Yeah, the body comment seems to be right up Grandma's alley.

Lots of report of it. The ruthless comments that mostly grandmas have made. I know I was lucky with my grandparents. Like, I had four awesome grandparents, and they were all very different, but they were all great. Yep. Reading these messages has just reiterated to me how and i had great relationships with them all too they never once called me fat like nana would load me up with all sorts of goodies you got two hands you might as well take two biscuits if anything

they were making you fat yeah she was making me fatter and then getting a lolly jar they'd say oh i think we've had enough lollies but that was because it was like late night and we were all jazzed up on sugar and we weren't going to get to bed at any time. Wow. My God. I know. Hearing some stories. Hannah, when did a grandparent not hold back?

It was my husband's grandma. The first time I met her, she looked me up and down, grabbed my boobs and told me I had a nice rack. Oh, okay. At least it's positive. Yeah, it was just very disconcerting. And I was only 17 as well. Oh.

Good lord. So also a tad inappropriate there. Yeah. Yeah. Goodness me. How were your interactions with her after that? Oh, she was fine. She loved me.

But, yeah, no, it was just that first awkward moment. And I don't have any grandparents that I'm close with, so I was not expecting that. No, I've got grandparents that I was not expecting that. No, I've got grandparents that I was very close with and no one ever grabbed anyone's rack. Hey Hannah,

thanks for your call. Tani, did you have a grandparent that didn't hold back? So we were going out for lunch with her, my now husband and my mum and her and mum was drinking

a Diet Coke and she said to her, oh Denise, what's that you're drinking? And mum said, oh it's a Diet Coke and she goes to her, oh, Denise, what's that you're drinking? And mum said, oh, it's a Diet Coke. And she goes, oh, it's not doing you any good. Wow. Savage.

So savage. And we used to, like, she'd take us to McDonald's in the school holidays and if there was someone that was, you know, a little bit bigger at McDonald's, she'd be like, oh, I don't think they need any more burgers. And she was quite deaf, so she'd say it really loud and we'd be like, Ma, Ma. Yeah. So embarrassing.

Tani, thanks for your call. Anonymous. First of all, you've called anonymous. That must be pretty bad. What did Grandma say to you? So it was Grandad. He used to join us cousins around the lunch table and used to really praise

the good eaters and so I mean I was naturally a good eater. My cousin was also one lunchtime. He presented us with piglet trophies. These have been carved out of big wheels of cheese. So we were particularly stoked. But yeah, I think

while it's a cute idea, there was definitely an intent to shame. Piglet trophies! Wow! But yeah, I think, yeah, while it's a cute idea, there was definitely an intent to shame. Oh my gosh. Piglet trophies. Wow. Yeah. For the best eaters. He went to the effort of carving them out of cheese.

They were professionally carved. He got the local cheesery to do it. So he's... Yeah, no, there was pre-planned thought behind it and who heard about it first. You shouldn't have given the kids

that were already good eaters an edible trophy either. I would have had that thing gobbled up in moments. Yeah. That sounds delicious.

Thank you, Anonymous. Julia, what did, was this grandma that didn't hold it? Yeah. What did she say? So, I was supposed

to get her diamond ring when she died and, you know, I always knew that I was supposed to get her diamond ring when she died. And, you know, I always knew that I was going to get this ring. Yeah. And then after she passed away, I sort of forgot about it. And then a few months later, I said to my mum, oh, what happened to grandma's ring? I never got that. And she was like, oh, no, she sold that years ago

because she didn't like your boyfriend at the time. Oh. Wow. Wow. Wow. But the thing was that we had actually broken up about three years before she died.

So, you know, she should have got another ring. Yeah, you should have gone around with the new boyfriend. Although by that time it was probably gone at cashies, wasn't it?

Probably. Yeah. Wow. Well, that's what she was telling you and she didn't like you. Julia, thanks. You're called's what she was telling you. She didn't like you. Julia, thanks. You're called Bree.

Brutal grandma. So basically, when I was younger, I got my head shaved for cancer because my uncle had cancer. And then my nana said to me, why on earth would you want to look like a boy? That's horrible. Oh. Because your son's got cancer? Her son. It was her son, yeah.

Oh, wow. So she just completely missed It was her son, yeah. Oh, wow. So she just completely missed your incredible gesture there. Wow. Yeah. Wow. Thanks, Grandma. Yeah, awesome. These just do not stop coming in.

Grace, what did Grandma say? Nana? Yeah, so it's been like about a year since I had seen her. Gained a bit of weight while at uni. We were at a family event. Said hi to all my aunts and uncles, went over to give my nana a hug hello. She, like, kind of grabbed my muff on top and said,

oh, you're getting a bit fat, goes to give me a hug hello, starts feeling up my back and goes, yeah, I think it's about time you need to go to the gym if you want to keep your man. Oh, man. Everyone gets a uni five to ten. Yeah, and it was, like, in front of, like, my aun a uni five to ten. Yeah, yeah, and it was, like, in front of, like, my aunts,

my uncles, my parents, my boyfriend. You should have grabbed Nan and Saggy boobs and said, get these sorted out if you want to keep grandad. And the thing is, her and I get along really, really well, but she's one of those old-school, very judgmental, likes her opinions. Yeah, yeah, Grace, yeah. We're hearing from a lot of those. Grace, thanks for your call.

My nana called me a shameless hussy for having rips in my jeans. When I introduced my boyfriend to my gran, she said, so you like the heavy girls, do you? Oh my God! My grandmother told me I had back fat just before I walked down the aisle

as the bridesmaid for my sister. I went to my cousin's 21st. My granddad saw me and straight away said, I would not have worn that. You look very chunky. People were just remembering all this fat shaming. My nana asked my sister where her bastard children were once because they were born out of wedlock and that was what she called them, the bastard children. Oh my God.

Okay, I'm moving reading that one out. That grandma just stepped across a line that there is no going back from on that one. My granddad said when he met a friend and they were like, this is the baby. Family friend met the baby. He said, what a lovely pram. Some of those buggies are pretty cool though, aren't they? Yeah, they are pretty cool. I love that you're finding this so entertaining.

I am. You're starting a kinship with these grandparents. A brutal kinship. Hey look, I might think it, but I'm not going to say it. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The Podcast If you enjoyed this podcast why not give ZM's Bree and Clint a listen too Subscribe on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts Head music lives here ZM