ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 14th July 2020

Episode Date: July 13, 2020

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Welcome to the podcast of Fletch Vaughan and Megan and it's all thanks to McCafe. Buy five McCafe coffees and get one free on the Maccas app. Thank you Vaughan for that sponsor credit. Megan, I'd like to thank McCafe. Don't thank me, thank McCafe. Let's discuss now what Megan's been spending the last five minutes in the studio doing. You belong to a Facebook page called Hip Dysplasia. It's called something different, yeah,

but it's for the surgery you have for that. But people share their x-rays for other people to be like, oh, your mind was the same or whatever. Is it a bit of a competition on who's got the worst hip dysplasia? No, it's for people to comment like that's similar to mine. This is how long it took me to. Right. No.

Here's the problem, though. People aren't blurring out their minges you can't say don't say that word you said it before no i did not i did not you said oh my god i can see your minge no i did no one said you said vagina i thought you said that's more minge than hip. But you've shown me some of these pictures, and they really should be blurring that out. Like, there's not a lot left to the imagination. No, there's nothing. Wow. That's a definite outline.

Yeah. I don't know why you'd pull it up and not... That way you can see the whole butt. And not go, hang on, my vagina's showing. Yeah. Wow. But then we scroll down, and lots of people were sharing their x-rays and their vaginas are also showing.

Because who was the famous tennis player that accidentally showed everyone his penis? Andy Murray put up his x-ray, but it included the penis. But Andy Murray's penis is x-ray. Also, if you're full of poo, if you haven't done a poo and you get an x-ray, you can see the poo all blocked up. No, that's got to be an urban myth. I'm sure you can see that. Andy Murray.

You can see the poo. To be honest, if you've seen Andy Murray's penis X-ray, the vagina pictures are worse than his penis. You know, like his isn't as clear. Oh, yeah, I can see, yeah, yeah. How is there a difference? How can you see the vagina so clearly, but you can't? There's a photo of an x-ray, whereas they look like they put up scans,

so maybe it catches the light. Yeah, maybe. Huh. There's really something. These people are sharing, and you can quite clearly see it. All right, can you see poo in Google? Can you see poo in a CT scan? Can you see poo in an ultrasound?

Can you see poo in an and can you see poo in a CT scan? Can you see poo in an ultrasound? Can you see poo on an x-ray? An x-ray can help your doctor determine whether our intestines are blocked or whether there is a stool present throughout the colon. So you can see a poo on an x-ray and it shows up in constipation. It shows up darker because it's harder packed. Right. Okay. Wow.

Grim. Yeah. It is a little bit. Well, that's tickled me this morning. Fantastic, okay. Wow. Grim. Yeah, it is a little bit. Well, that's tickled me this morning. Fantastic start to the podcast. You're like cleaning out your wardrobe and you find x-rays from like if you've never broken a bone though, eh? No. When I broke my

wrist, they send you the x-rays and you're just like, oh yeah, put them somewhere and then like years later you've been cleaning out your wardrobe And you're like No they're on a disc now I've got a disc with some Oh do you We've got discs of

Like the girls Ultrasounds When they were In utero Yeah But Shad I had x-rays as well We both had a Folder of x-rays

What do you do with them The Smith family folder Of x-rays Yeah I don't want someone Going through my bin And getting my medical record. Knowing that you broke a bone 10 years ago.

Or that you've got some poo in there. Yeah, well, they could see your poo. Or your minge as it's become ever apparent. Don't say that word. What would you prefer? Vagina? Yeah, or foof even. Right, okay. Have you got an x-ray photo? I don't want to see it.

Yeah, you can't see my foof in my photo Because do they put like a lead shield over it or something? No, they can't Stop it Oh yeah You fucking idiot No, but I'm saying they could put one over the foof No, because it's your pelvis

The pelvis and the hips, it's behind there But I don't want a stranger to see my food for my doodle. But then that's why you wear the, when you're getting like x-rays done on your arm, you wear the apron. You're not naked. I know you're not naked, but they can see when they x-ray you.

They're looking, aren't they? I'm sure that's a radiologist's main reason for getting into the profession. Shit, I can't wait to see some weird. The shadow of his dick. Ghostly dick. Can't wait to see what looks like an overxposed photo of someone's minge. Stop saying that. I told you Vaughn said minge first, not me. I'll happily say it last.

All right, well, enjoy the podcast. Oh, good Lord. ZM. Hit music. Lives here. Flesh, Vaughn and Megan. The podcast. Shut music. Lives here. Fleshforn and Megan. The podcast. Good morning.

Not feeling Tuesday this morning? I thought it was later in the week. I don't know why. I've got no idea why. But that's life, you know? You've got to roll with the punches. Yep, you do. Top six coming up?

Yeah, it is. Do you remember? Disneyland? Yeah, it is. Do you remember? Disneyland? Yeah, that's what you picked. Disneyland's red. That's what I picked. Disneyland has reopened. But there's some new rules in place in Disneyland.

I've got the top six changes to Disneyland post-COVID. Or mid-COVID. Yeah, we're not on the post-side of COVID, are we? No. I saw some photos and it just looked miserable. Everyone was walking around in masks and didn't look happy. But still. Because there was a theme park in Japan that said, no screaming on the roller coasters.

Because of like spit droplets. Because spit droplets. What did it say? But could you do a real... Scream in your heart. You're not allowed. Your screaming must be internally scream in the heart. How would you out loud. Your screaming must be internally scream in the heart.

How would you do that on a roller coaster? That sums up my emotions for 2020 on a whole. Scream in your heart. Scream in your heart. Good lord. Alright, coming up on the show. Yeah, we're in 2020 so anything's possible. A man's been arrested for assaulting a seagull.

It's a weird story out of the UK. Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast. ZM. And it's easy to forget that, you know, we're living this normal life at the moment that oversees social distancing and life is still very much interrupted. Isn't yesterday the biggest surge in cases? Yes. In Florida? Or just worldwide?

Just worldwide. Florida as well. Arizona, Florida, like out of control. Didn't Florida get 15,000 new cases confirmed yesterday? And it's bad there because a lot of old people go to retire there. I went to the supermarket yesterday and walking through the car park, just saw all these faded crosses on the floor. You know, remember when we used to line up

to go into the supermarket? Two metre distance, yeah. I was like, that's right. God, I hope we don't go back to that. Yeah. Touch wood. Well, a bar in the UK is in the spotlight because they have introduced a,

I guess some help for the bar staff with social distancing. So they'd like people, when they order drinks at the bar, which is still bizarre to think that English people are going to the pub, right? God, I wouldn't be. They've had a lot of, there's still outbreaks going on. They haven't exactly eliminated the virus, so it's weird.

Anyway, a Cornwall pub has erected an electric fence a foot away from the bar. A foot or so. I'll show you a photo. So you foot away from the bar. A foot or so. I'll show you a photo. So you go up to the bar. Oh my God. So you can lean across. You'd have to lean,

it would be touch and go whether or not you'd be able to pick your drinks up. Especially if you were boozed. Oh yeah, over the fence. Oh yeah, I thought about reaching over to pay, but yeah, you've got to reach over

and grab your drinks, don't you? So the fence is off normally, but it can be turned on if drunk people or people are getting too close and not listening to staff. So apparently a couple of... That's tempting. That's like being handed a cow prod. Being handed a prodder and being like, don't zap anybody with that. Or even just if there's some douchebag giving you crap at the bar, just be like... Yeah.

Be like, what's that? What's that? Flick it on's some douchebag giving you crap at the bar. What's that? What's that? Flick it on. The douche. So this came to light because of a guy on the radio, I think. He shared it on his social media. And it's gone viral since. Apparently a couple of people did get a shock.

Why are they not powering it? Too close. Does it say how? Well, it doesn't say the voltage, but it's just a little like a car battery. It's a bit smaller than a car battery. Oh, they're just going to hook straight up to a battery. Is that just like an electric fence from the farm? But then if it's just hooked straight up to a battery, it's not going to pulse shock.

It's just going to have a shock running through it. So it wouldn't be like, you know, when you touch an electric fence and it's like, because it goes zip, zip, zip. That would just be like the whole time. So if you touched it, you'd get a shock. Right. Yeah. Well, somehow they must turn touched it you'd get a shock. Right. Yeah. Well somehow they must

turn it on maybe at the other end. Right well they just need to connect it. Yeah. They just need to close the circuit and it would be all gone.

Yeah. They need a one with the pulsing because sometimes you'd touch it and be like it's not on but you've just

touched it between pulses and the next time you touch it it'll get you. And then your joints ache if it's strong enough. But I don't know if it's as strong as a fence that you'd find on your farm. You'd be dropping drunk people if it was.

They'd be pissing themselves, literally. 14 past 6. Another story from the UK next. A man's been arrested for assaulting a seagull. Great. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. In the UK, a man has been arrested. He's been detained by police.

So he went to McDonald's and it doesn't actually say what specifically he bought. Right. But he was outside having some maccas and a seagull decided to swoop in and grab some of his maccas. Okay. He was not having it and he grabbed the seagull and bit a chunk of its body. He grabbed it and bit it.

That seems a great response. Biting a manky seagull. I don't know. So in the UK, is it the same here? Seagulls are they are pests but they're protected under law. So it's illegal to injure or kill seagulls

without a license in the UK. So police saw this happen and went over and arrested him. So he's been detained and police said that the seagull had suffered injuries from the man's attack, but they were unable to check on the bird because it flew off before they could check its welfare.

Oh, so the bird was fine. Yeah. Like, how much did he bite into it? Well, it says he bit into it and then threw it on the floor. So it was a pretty savage attack, but it still managed to fly away. Right. Flimsy case for the police. Yeah, I a pretty savage attack, but it still managed to fly away. Right. Flimsy case for the police.

Yeah, I was going to say, it's hard to charge someone with assault when the assaulted isn't hanging around. Making a statement. You've got to have that seagull statement. You've got to have them in court to testify. Take pictures of the injuries. And now there's no evidence. It's flowing away.

It's almost $10,000 fine and six months jail if he's caught. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know if that would be the same here. Because they are pests, right? But I'm pretty sure they're protected because some of them are in danger. New Zealand seagulls under threat. The little black bill gull is the only endemic gull in the most threatened gull species in the world.

Wow. Those are the cute ones with the little black. The little black beaks, yeah. Color gull, pay $100,000. This is from the Northern Advocate in March 2013. So someone is shooting gulls and leaving them alive but fatally injured.

That's horrible. Don't do that. And, yeah, that shot one, it would be $100,000. Wow. For killing a red-billed seagull and $5,000 for each bird thereafter. Okay. So that's more than the UK. Yeah. Wow.

Because sometimes there's like thousands of them swarming. Because when I googled seagull protection New Zealand all it did was try to sell me a whole lot of stuff for a boat that I don't own to keep seagulls from shitting all over it. Right.

You can get a rotating head owl bird. So it looks like an owl, but its head spins around. Oh, and it's got the big glass eyes that scare off the birds. You can get a thing that looks like two little flags, and I guess that spins and keeps them a bit freaked out. And something called a birds-out reflector bird scarer, and it looks like the prop of an engine. Yeah.

And it faces upwards, and I guess the wind just blows it round and the reflections scare the birds. So if you're eating your McDonald's, you chuck one of those on your head and you'll be fine. You'll be absolutely fine. It won't be coming down. 621, the top six is next on the show. Yeah, the top six changes to Disney World and Land.

Somebody messaged in asking if it was Disneyland or Disney World. Right, Disney World. They've both reopened. The top six changes to the Disney Resorts. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the top six. Hello there. Disneyland and Disney World in Florida and Los Angeles

have both reopened. Yesterday, I believe yesterday, may have been the day before, was their first day reopened. Right. It's a different Disney compared to what it was pre-COVID. Yeah, it looked miserable,

the photos I saw. Do the Disney princesses and stuff have to wear masks? Yeah, everybody has to wear masks. What about the people in the costumes? No masks, no entries. I think their costumes probably have masks on them, like a filtration device. Yeah.

Yeah, because it'd be hot enough already in there, you wouldn't want to add another layer, so maybe they've just inserted them within the mask. But weirdly, the days that they open, Hong Kong Disneyland shuts down due to coronavirus cases spiking after it reopened. Oh, my God. Well, it's not like we can get over there and go there, is it?

No. See any of these? It's just, yeah. At least we can go to Rainbow's Inn with no mask. It's true, yeah. At least we can go to Rainbow's Inn with no mask. It's true. Small victories. Log flume. Mask with this log flume.

Still wouldn't want to get that water in my mouth, though. Shut your mouth when you go down the log flume, all right? There won't be COVID bills in the house. Dengue fever. All right, just keep your mouth shut. E.coli. I don't know, that water looks very dirty. It's just chlorine.

There's a chlorine in it. They don't chlorinate the log flume water. How much chlorine have they got? No, they chlorinate the bumper boats water. Oh, yeah, that's the water that's, yeah, okay. Sometimes it's so chlorinated you water pass and your eyes sting. Why do they chlorinate that but not the log foam? I'm pretty sure they do.

It's millions and millions of litres in the log foam. Oh, my God. It smells chlorinated. It's literally a ride that relies on you floating on water, and it's a huge-ass ride. It's millions of litres of water. They can't chlorinate all that water. I'd like to see a 60-minute special onto this.

We could do a podcast investigative series. A podcast special on the log flume water. I'd like to see a 60 minute special onto this. We could do a podcast investigative series. A podcast special on the log flume water. It needs a jazzy title though. Log flume. Chlorinated? Chlorinated. Chlorinated dot the log flume mystery.

It's hardly a mystery. We could literally go in the log flume and get a sample of water. It's not chlorinated. Ilorinated dot the log flume mystery. Yeah, okay. I mean, it's hardly a mystery. We could literally go in the log flume and get a sample of water. It's not chlorinated. Okay. I'll tell you right now, if your dad got out his little pool test kit and did a little scoop and shook it to see how much chlorine you need to add, it would be literally all of it. I think it would be, but okay, fine.

Otherwise, the water would go manky, wouldn't it? It is manky. It's so manky. The water in the log flume's goddamn It is manky. It's so manky. The water in the log flume is goddamn manky. The water in the log flume is one step above stagnant. It's pretty slime. When did you last go? Not that long ago.

Go on Instagram. It's not. It's chlorinated. It's got to be chlorinated. It's 100% not chlorinated. It is because it's got that smell. You know when you go on the log floor, you're like, oh yeah, this is like we're in a swimming pool. But not.

If anybody works, you can be completely anonymous. There's no way that they chlorinate that water. It's too much to chlorinate. I just think it would be too manky without it. It is manky. Yeah, so Megan and I are pro. Megan and I are pro log flume chlorination. Even if they just do a little bit, like a tablet a day and spread it around.

No. You just absolutely don't. You know what happens to water when it's, of course it is. It moves, but it's manky. And it's nothing like... I'm not shaming them for their brown water. It would be impossible. It's not brown.

The long-flown water. I swear. It's pretty... I mean, it's not crystal clear, but it's not... It's just moving. It's like the colour of Vaughan's khaki T-shirt. Yeah. This is not chlorinated water.

It is like a duck pond. Okay, well, look, let's solve this in our investigative podcast. Yeah, chlorinated. Loughflume? No, what was it? Chlorinated, colon. The Loughflume mystery. Yeah.

We'll get to the bottom of this. And we're still accepting if anybody's got the inside word. I feel like I've lost all my passion for the top six because I gave so much to the long flume and the coronation of the war

you're out of passion the top six changes to Disneyland post-COVID number six it's no longer called the happiest place on earth it's called the maskiest place on earth

yeah everybody's got to wear a mask no mask no entry that's what it says on the on the gate right number five

on the list of the top six changes to Disneyland in these COVID times, now that it's reopened, there's been a slight change to Disney villains. For example, Captain Hook is now Conspiracy Hook, the true villain spreading mistruths about COVID. So that's all a conspiracy and blah, blah, blah. But underneath that giant Captain Hook head, he's wearing a mask. Yeah. He's just playing a role.

Number four on the list of the top six changes to Disneyland in these COVID times. Splash Mountain can't splash anymore because of the droplets. It's just a dry mountain now. They chlorinate their water too. They probably have to. Yeah. They all do it. It's too big.

I'm telling you, it would... Just to even chlorinate that much water would be such a mammoth effort. There's not that much water. They circulate it, but they don't chlorinate it. Okay. They circulate it. They don't chlorinate it. All right.

Number three. Someone's texting. Someone has said, I used to work at Rambo's End. It is not chlorinated. There's just no way it can chlorinate. It has filters kind of like a fish tank. Oh, okay. It keeps it circulating.

Yeah, right. Okay. Yeah. I still think it's chlorinated. I know what you were doing is ignoring a fact. No. I'm just going with your thoughts. That's someone that probably worked on the

pirate ship. It's not their jurisdiction. How do you know? Or the gold rush. I don't know the ins and outs. I'm willing to accept the fact and change my mind. The gold rush is right next to the log flume. They would have more idea of its coronation than you do, having never worked there.

You're remembering Rainbow's End through nostalgia tinted glasses, I think. Maybe in the 80s where the water was fresh because Auckland

wasn't in a constant state of drought. Yeah, okay. Number three on the list of the top six changes to Disneyland in these COVID times is another change.

The Jungle Cruise is now the Sanitizer Cruise. You don't go past the waterfall anymore. You go past the... Sprit Station. A giant huge jungle based sanitizing Spritz station.

Number two on the list are the changes to Disneyland in these COVID times. Those teacups that you go in and spin around in. They have to have a thorough wash between rides because you shouldn't be using other people's teacups in the midst of a pandemic without getting a good wash first. And number one on the list are the top six changes to Disneyland post-COVID.

You may not recognise Mickey and Minnie. They put on a lot of weight in lockdown. Oh, no. So don't mention it. They're very conscious about it. He's actually gone up three short sizes. Oh, no. And let's just say it's lucky Donald Duck doesn't wear shorts

because he wouldn't fit them anymore. Blow out in the butt. That is today's top six. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. We had a mum curry for dinner last night. A mum curry? Yeah.

What's a mum curry? I'm not very good at making a decent curry. I love a good coconut Thai green curry. Oh, that's my go-to. I thought mum curry was absolutely no spice to it. Oh, no. Made by a mum. Too hot.

Andrew's mum, my husband's mum, made us curry. Oh, right, okay. Curry's quite big in South Africa, right? Yeah. Because big Indian, what do you call it? They came over and influenced their food, so yeah. I don't know if they came over so much as they were dragged over to do work. Oh, my God.

I think some people would call it slavery. So, yeah, big influence. So, they do make a lot of curries and it's good stuff. Like, cooked for hours. This was a lamb one. Right, okay. No idea. Don't ask me anything else. I don't know what's in it. That, cooked for hours. This was a lamb one. Right, okay. No idea. Don't ask me anything else.

I don't know what's in it. That's what I think. A lot of people don't know about curries. A good curry, it's an all-day cook. Yeah. It's a curry in a crock pot. Yeah, curry in a crock pot. 100%.

I should do that. Way better than a flash in a pan curry. Yeah. With your jar sauce. Yeah. Getting it done in about 45 minutes. No, this is like spices from the, you know, get-go. Yeah, right. No jar sauce. Yeah. Getting it done in about 45 minutes. No, this is like spices from the, you know, get-go. Yeah, right.

No jar sauce. I have done a curry from scratch. It's pretty easy. Yeah, right. You just got to have all the different stuff. That's where it's like it's easy to grab a jar. The only thing she did tell me was that she used lamb shank and then you get it cut up into bits

and then you just chuck it all in the pot. Bone included. Bone included? Bone included. Okay. So it's like a shin situation, and that's a good slow cook as well. Okay. So it was a little bit spicy. I wouldn't say it was like majorly.

Like my mum would find it full on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My mum would probably just smell it and get a little tear in her eye. Oh, that's peppery. So we were having that for dinner last night, and it's not new to me, but I thought I would put it on the gram to see what everyone else thought. My husband was like, I'm going to cut up a banana and put it on the side. Because usually they have this banana salad that they make with bananas and mayonnaise and something.

And they put it on the side and they eat it with the curry. So he just didn't have that, so he just sliced up a banana and ate it with his lamb curry. Because I've had curry with banana in it. Yeah, I've had a banana. Yeah. But it's chicken, I think, in Thailand. Right.

I've had them, they've been chicken curries with banana. That makes more sense because it's like a fruity with the chicken. But this goes with anything spicy, they chuck some banana on the side. And what was your response? Actually, there was a couple of positives. Mostly negative. Everyone's like, yuck, what's wrong with him?

What's he doing? Tipping banana in curry? Yeah, but a lot of people were saying that, yeah, the banana like neutralizes the spice when you put it on the side. I tried it. It was yuck. The banana just takes over the flavour of the curry.

But he literally won't eat it without it. A bit of banana on the side. Yeah. See, I'd be down to try it. Nah. I just want one of those all-day curries. So bad now. Yeah, that's all you've done is make everyone be like,

breakfast curry. Currys. It's okay, Ted. It's Curry Tuesday. We're having it. Isn't Tuesday traditionally Cheap Curry Day? Are you just thinking about that time we went to Wetherspoons and it was...

Curry Club. Yeah. Great pub, Wetherspoons. I hope they're doing well. Well, no, no. Everyone's boycotting them at the moment because the owner's been... Racist. COVID denier.

Yeah, no, he's been very outspoken. I don't know about what, but there's a No Spoons. I think it's an app or a map that someone's made called No Spoons. Right. And it's trying to get people to go to their local pubs rather than... Oh, damn. The franchise places. No, I'm sure Tuesdays, you're typically $10 Tuesdays.

Yeah, maybe. It's like taco Tuesdays. People who sell curries were like, we can't have them having all the fun. We've got to get in on this. And I'm sure traditionally. I think because it's just a night, a lot of people don't go out as well.

Yeah, it's a cheaper curry night. Well, you've definitely influenced our curry eating tonight, I believe. Good. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fletch, Vaughan 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.

This is a job advert that popped up on the Kapiti Coast page to work at Waikanae Beach Foursquare. Okay. This is one hell of a multi-paragraph job situation. Okay. I'll

read out what they want. You have a guess at what you're doing. And then I'll tell you what the job was for. Are you looking for a new exciting challenge? Do you feel like you have more to give to the retail industry? Obviously, you want to be able to read, which I'm struggling with. Are you ready to take on more responsibility and reap the rewards that come with it?

There is need for a versatile staff member and a vibrant and growing store. The role holder must be people and performance focused with the ability to work with a close team, meet deadlines and complete work to a high standard. Strong presentation alongside strong verbal and written communication skills are vital as we pride ourselves on a high level

of personalised customer service. In this role, you'll be responsible for assisting the owner in the day-to-day running of the store in all departments and keeping up the highest possible standards. You will also need to ensure that the store is running smoothly and efficiently. If you are looking for a role that provides for further progression and opportunities for professional development, look no further. We're open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.

So flexibility is a must, as is working weekends. There are two positions available. The first would involve 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. shifts Monday to Friday. The other is a 10 a.m., 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. What do you think the role is? It's got to be assistant manager. Yeah. Because it said assisting the manager, helping the manager.

No, assisting the owner, wasn't it? Assisting the owner, so maybe managing, yeah. It's making sure the chicken and chips warmers is stocked. And you can give people chips. No, you're just in the hot cabinet department. They must be pumping out

some chicken and chips. Running the chicken and chips department. They must be pumping those out. That was a very wordy ad for a chicken and chips department. I know. Like, just put, do you love chicken and chips? Sort of have strong verbal and written communication skills.

Two drumsticks and some chips. Very good. It was so wordy, wasn't it? I guess they speak to your management role. Or like being in charge of like ordering more of whatever you need. Stock management. Does it say if you're allowed

like some for lunch? Our previous experience in a supermarket environment and food preparation would be advantageous. If that sounds like you, you can apply. Well, that sounds like

someone working in HR taking up their hours. This one from the Slow Cooker Recipes for Families group. Oh, okay. Caitlin writes, the kids are going to love dinner. Eight-hour slow-cooked bay leaf infused water. I completely forgot to put in the corned beef. So she turned on the crockpot, popped the bay leaf in,

and then completely forgot to put in the corned beef, and I'm hoping some other seasoning. Otherwise, that would have been a very bland corned beef. Oh, no. So she went to work. I couldn't believe my epic fail when I opened the lid and couldn't see the corned beef. So she didn't even realise until she got home.

No. That's what you hoped for as a kid, though, eh? Because then that's fish and chips. Yeah, totally. That's what you hoped for as a kid, though, eh? Because then that's fish and chips. Yeah, totally. That's totally fish and chips. Let's pop down to Dunedin buy, sell, and trade page where Beth has a pre-loved bed for sale. Okay.

Beth, I think she looks like a funky boomer. I don't think she'd fit the boomer. Right, okay. She might be of the boomer age, but I don't think she's of the boomer mindset, man. Okay. Beth writes, this is a pre-loved bed, and by that I mean a lot of lovin' has gone into this mattress. That's not a good selling point.

No. Free for removal for you to have more lovin'. Oh, I see what she's done there. I'm not reading that out, Beth. That's filthy. I'll even throw in brackets, relatively, closed brackets, clean mattress protector and a valance. Been given a good cleaning and an airing last summer to the best of my ability.

Oh, it's actually free though. She cleaned it last summer. Yuck. Yeah. Maybe when she can get it outside for an airing. She has internet and after all, it's been very cold there. Grim. See, if I was buying a secondhand bed,

I couldn't look the other owners in the face, in the eyes. Especially if she said that there'd been a lot of loving. Because you know what's happened on that bed, you know? Yeah. Stuff. Loving. Loving. Lots of loving.

And finally today for community notices, it's only happening in Huntly. That's the name of the page. Yeah. Rongo has written that there's cows roaming on Hartus Ave. And you might be thinking, what are you picturing when I say cows roaming? Just like walking on the road? No, they're like sitting down in the flax and just like eating all the grasses

and stuff that somebody's planted out. They've been out for a while because they're very comfortable. Yeah, right. And very relaxed. That was over the weekend. So if you're missing one, two, three, five or six cows, they might still be on Harness Ave. Those are today's community notices.

If you see anything on your local Facebook page, screen cap it and send it to ours. You can find us at FEMZM. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Yesterday, group chat lit up with a story that intern Anya brought to the table of a gym experience. It's what she peeped on the person.

Were they also on a treadmill? Yep. So you're on two treadmills, two gals on the treadmills. So right next to each other? Okay, yeah, right. Yep. Were there other options for treadmills?

Were there spare treadmills or they were just everyone was packed? Yeah, I hate it when there's spare treadmills and someone jumps right beside you. Because it's like, you guys wouldn't understand, but it's like urinals or toilets. Yeah. I would imagine that would be the same. If there's four or five toilets and they're all free, you take the treadmill way away, right? I like the company. You like to feel like you're out for a group walk.

It's a friendship that she hasn't signed up for. So we're sweating away in unison. She was watching TikToks for a bit. I quite liked that. I was, like, peeping over her shoulder to see what was on her algorithm. Was she scrolling through TikToks? Yep. Wow.

So she's not using her arms. Who uses their arms on the treadmill? Wait, are you walking or running? Oh, we're both doing a very glacial pace. Like, we didn't really want to be there, but it was Monday, so we felt like we should. So it's a brisk treadmill walk. Yeah.

Okay. And she's TikTok-ing and she's scrolling. I was like, cool beans. Oh, that's a good dance. Excellent. Oh, yep, I know that. And then she got a Snapchat. I was like, oh, who's this from? Oh, my God. You're such a good dance. Excellent. Oh, yep, I know that. And then she got a Snapchat. I was like, oh, who's this from?

Oh, my God. You're such a nosy. Jesus. That's amazing. Oh, Snapchat. Did you reach over and tap the notification for it? It, like, drops down from the top of the screen. You're like, oh, we better have a look at that.

You missed this. Yeah. I wanted to be like, can you just hold it down so we can do a replay? So the first one that she got was a lady in her panties with a bra. And I was like, oh my goodness me. Oh wow.

Now at this stage, was she not like, oh, oh, like. Yeah, so she kind of flinched. Because if I got a Snapchat at the gym, even before I opened it, I would just do a quick glance, like who's in my periphery?

Do you, even when you're watching something at the gym and a sexy scene comes on, I'm always like, oh, my God. You're watching a Netflix show and there's a topless thing. Oh, I watch Euphoria at the gym. Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. And so as she was trying to close it,

she accidentally hit the next one and it was a foo-foo. A foo-foo? A foo-foo? A foo-foo. Naked? Mm-hmm. Wow, okay. And then she dropped her phone because she was trying to close it so quickly

and it shot out the back. Did it screen up? Foo-foo on display? No, God bless. It screened down. It screened down. Wow. Could you imagine dropping

your phone with a nudie at its face up and everyone sees? And then you try to get off and you do that thing where you fall sideways on a treadmill because you step on it and it shoots a leg out and you're like, so you're unconscious on the floor beside your phone that's got somebody's foof on it. What a whole

experience. Did she look at you? She kind of gave me this like, oh, look. And I was like, it's all good with my smile. And I was kind of like, hee, hee, hee, I will talk about this on the radio tomorrow. Wow. And now we're best friends.

What time of the day was this? Like 1.30? Oh, 1.30? A 1.30 foof. Do you feel like it had been taken at that time or it was a previously, a pre-recorded foof? I reckon it was a live foof. A live foof. Wow, 1.30 foof.

I know. What made you feel like it was live and not pre-recorded? Well, I don't know, because how do you do a pre-recorded snapchat as well it could have been sent the night before true she might not have no because you said you saw the notification lighting was all good okay so it was a live one can you not there was a good progression from you know in underwear to not in underwear but can't we can presume it was the same can't you put a photo you took earlier

Into Snapchat But send it as a photo Yeah But it doesn't come up As that's in chat And I would have seen that You can't send it As if it's live

No I would have seen it It would be like Who are we chatting to Yeah Oh right Shit you're nosy You're so nosy

Was it Thorn Thorn Come on That's a fair progression Of questioning Don't you think, Your Honour? Like, we've established what time of the day it was. She feels like it was live firth, and I said, was it all right?

Oh, my God. Oh, there's no need to be creepy. From your now, that's a subjective opinion. It's subjective. But in Europe. No, it's creepy. Is it creepy? It's so creepy, Bourne.

You were the one that was looking over her shoulder at the nude she was in. I mean, yeah. And somehow I've ended up the creepy one because I was like, was it all right? Watch yourself. Watch yourself. How old was mate next door on the treadmill? Late 20s.

Same age as the person who sent the thing, do you think? I don't know. Or they were dabbling outside the demo. I've got so many questions. So creepy. I'm not creepy. I'm getting details. You're creepy. To be fair, you have been lit off lightly, aren't you? I mean, you So creepy. I'm not creepy. I'm getting details. You're creepy.

To be fair, you have been let off lightly, aren't you? I mean, you were creepy on someone's nudies. Hey, I was just there for the TikToks. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. It's the money edition today. We asked you a bunch of questions, money related, on our Instagram and I have the results now. First question.

Do you prefer taking turns paying or splitting every time? Well, yeah, like we mentioned before and we've talked about, if you've got even amounts of food and drink, that's fine to split. Yeah, like you shared a bottle of wine and you both got a main. Give or take a dollar for the main, whatever, that's fine to split. Yeah. Like a shared bottle of wine and you've both got a main. Give or take a dollar for the main, whatever. That's fine. But that question makes it sound like, yeah, you're splitting at the time, but, or you'll be like, I've got it all this time.

Yeah. And then next time you go out for dinner. Yeah, I don't like that though. Because then it's like next time. When it's not your turn, you get an entree, a main and a dessert. Yeah. And people take advantage. Yeah. And you take advantage. Yeah.

And you go to somewhere where the chef's name is after the title of the restaurant. Yeah. Do you know? Like it's like Rata by Josh Emmett. That's how you know you're going somewhere flash. Yeah. Because it's not McDonald's by Ronald McDonald. They should do that.

That's how they know if it was. It does sound fancy. Fine dining. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Fine dining. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fine dining. 56% of people said they'd prefer to split. 44% said they take turns. That's quite high.

See, I reckon we should have asked, in hindsight, we should have asked, do you prefer splitting or paying your own individual? That would have been interesting to see. Someone said, I reckon if you're close, then you can take turns. Like if you're bestie, whatever. Depends on the friend and what they're ordering. Yeah, it totally does.

And someone said in capitals, pay for your own damn dinner. Fair call. That was a fledge. Yep. Next question. Do you think you're good with money? 53% of people said yes. And 47% said no. I think our annual

credit card debt, what's our current credit card debt? I think before lockdown, after lockdown it went down. Do you remember we talked about that? Yes, we did really well and we paid off our credit card debt. Well, some of us did. Diddly-dee-dee-dee. Oh, I've misspelled debt. Was it billions? Yeah, it was billions.

Household debt, credit card balances. Whose are these? Vaughn, are you on the dark web again? Oh, God. So May 2020, we had $6 billion on credit card balance. That's down. Yeah, I think after lockdown. 16%.

Yeah, so during lockdown, we weren't spending any money. And so people paid a lot of credit cards. April, we were at the lowest. We were 20% on year on year. Wow. We were 20% down to $5 billion. What about July or June? Because we're like, we're supporting the economy.

Yeah. I don't have those figures. like, we're supporting the economy. I don't have those figures. Yeah, I'm supporting the economy. But we're going to have to go up significantly to meet June last year because June last year, $7.2 billion on credit. And we had $6 billion on credit, so we need to go up. Getting back to that,

do you think you're good with money? Are people lying? Well, it's pretty split. Yeah. Someone said there's too much temptation. How can you not be? Just stick to a budget within your means. Yeah, and I mean, I guess even if you've got a credit card amount,

if you're still meeting those payments, then you're fine. Yeah. Next question. Do you often worry about money? I feel like everyone would, right? Yeah. 68% said yes, but the richies, 32% said no. The richies. Not really.

Do you and your partner have significantly different incomes? That's interesting. Do you remember that time we talked about the people in relationships, the guys especially that can't handle when their female partner earns way more than them? Like they feel like... Emasculated. Yeah. Like they're supposed to be the...

I'd be loving it. I'd be like, sweet. You guys are crazy. So 57% said yes, they do have significantly different incomes. 43% said no. Someone said yes, since my partner's passion doesn't pay as much as mine, but at least we're doing what we enjoy. That's nice.

Yeah. I earned $84,000 last year and he earned 14%. Must be 14K. Oh, 14K. 14K instead, I think they meant to say. My wife earns more than me and I'm totally cool with that. I don't understand why guys would have a problem with that. Good on you.

Next question, do you live within your means? Beer, champagne lifestyle, beer budget. That's the one. But surprisingly, 72% of people said yes. Right, wow, okay.

28% said no. Not since after pay became a thing. Yeah. Yes. I broke the habit in lockdown and now I'm on track again.

Yeah, I think like we said with those credit card stats, like I think a lot the habit in lockdown and now I'm on track again. Yeah, I think like we said with those credit card stats, like I think a lot of people in lockdown got things under control. Yeah. And last question, do you think money can buy happiness? It can. I knew you'd say that. It's like eternal, like the real deep, like I'm fulfilled,

but it can like take me out on a boat for the day and I'll be happy. I was going to say Botox. I was like, yeah, I'll buy you that too. No, like, go out on a boat with your rich mate. You're like, man, if I had my own boat, I'd be happy, like, one day. Would you be happy if it ran aground? Well, no, but I would have run aground. I don't know.

You've only just got a boat. You don't know how to drive it. How's this? I just had to quickly find this message came in because someone obviously just listened to the podcast where we talked about money buying happiness. And they said money can definitely buy you comfort, but the more you have, the more you want.

You can't quantify happiness with money. Oh, yeah. Megan's like, just give me lots and I'll test that for you. Yeah, yeah. I'll see if I can work that out. So do you think money can buy you happiness? 52% said duh and 48% said no. Very split.

All right, 7.25 next on the show. Vaughan, you've organised something. Yes, we've got a live cross. You know, on the news when they're like, we're crossing live to somebody standing in the rain to report on rain. And normally it's like outside the intersection of TV and TV. It's just right outside. They've just gone outside.

Yeah, into the wind and rain because we can't remember what weather looks like unless we're watching somebody in that weather. Yeah. So I've got our producer, Jared, he is at a location to deal with a huge news story. Okay, it's next. Harry Styles, ZM.

Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Now, we have got, this is massive news. We had a brief chat about this before the show, and it got pretty heated. You even whipped out and made an introductory bed. There's an introductory bed made to deal with this topic. Topic du jour. Yep.

And it is going to be lining up the 6 p.m. news. I wouldn't be surprised if they lead with it. It was an itchy, bitchy, teeny, weeny, yellow polka dot. Zucchini. Oh, Jesus. Did you guys see how much zucchinis cost? Yeah, ridiculous. Ridiculous.

Absolutely ridiculous. Like 20-something dollars a kg. Apparently it's because we've stopped some fresh fruit being imported from Queensland. Right. Because it could have COVID on it. A COVID situation? Maybe it could have COVID on it. But why don't we just quarantine these zucchinis at an Auckland airport hotel? Quarantini.

Quarantini. Yeah, just put them in a hotel for two weeks. Quarantini. Yeah. Because it would be soft. You know how they go limp when you leave them in the kitchen drawer? Okay. You're like, it starts to wrinkle, and you're like,

let's put them in the hotel minibar fridges. For two weeks. We could try it. Sure. Surely there's some refrigeration thing we could... Sure. But, you know, I heard, now we're going to cross live to a supermarket

for an actual price per kilogram. Okay. But I heard $21 banted about yesterday, and I said, for a zucchini? I don't like a zucchini enough. I don't hate them, but I'm not paying much for them. I wouldn't go out of my way to pay for, like, if they're that expensive, but I love them in a stir-fry noodle. You can make-

Zoodles, yeah. Zoodles. If I was, like, three zucchinis for $2, I'll be like, okay, I'll get Zoodles. No, but no one likes zoodles. You just have to have zoodles. No, zoodles are yum. They're not as nice as noodles. If it wasn't for admin, I'd have them all the time.

You're only doing zoodles because you want to feel healthier. No one's choosing zoodles. Even people who are like, oh, I've got to have zoodles, I'm celiac. It's like, yeah, but your gut is telling you you're not allowed noodles. You still want them. Could you ever just slice it up long ways and fry it in a pan? It's delicious. Yeah, really yum.

Yeah, but have you ever had sausages? Okay, good call. You can have sausages too. They're just not, they're like a cardboardy cucumber. I'm not paying a lot for them. I'll eat them, but I'm not paying a lot for them. So we cross live now to a supermarket where producer Jared is in the produce department

standing by the zucchinis. Is that right? Yep. Absolute scenes here at Anonymous Supermarket 1. Yeah. Sounds chaotic. It does, yeah. It's at 7.30 on a Tuesday morning.

Are they labelled zucchinis or are they labelled courgettes? They are called courgettes over here. Okay. All right. Now, what price have you got per kg there? I hope you guys are sitting down because we're sitting at $26.99. A kilogram! Jesus!

Jeez! Zoodles are going to cost you $10 for a zoodle. Good Lord! Yeah, that's too much. That's too much for zoodles. Do you want to buy one, Producer Jarrod? Do you want to just pick out

are they good? Because, you know, sometimes you've got to get a firm one otherwise you get a mushy one. You don't want a mushy one. Or you're paying $27. I've given them,

I've given one or two a squeeze and I think I've got a winner. Okay. Okay, is it like straight or does it have like a bendy curve to the left or the right? It's got a slight right lean. Okay. Does it like straight or does it have like a bendy curve to the left or the right? It's got a slight right lean.

Okay. Does it have a big knobbly bit or like medium-sized knobbly bit? You know the M bit? Yeah, I don't want to be paying for too much knobbly. Yeah. Because you can't eat the knobbly. Break the knobbly off. Don't break the knobbly off because that starts the rotting process.

Sometimes it's really skinny but has a big knobbly bit. It's like cotton. Remove the knobbly off because that starts the rotting process. And sometimes it's really skinny but has a big knobbly bit. It's like cotton. Remove the knobbly bit, leave. If it's too much knobbly, we don't want to pay for too much knobbly. We're not paying for knobbly bits. No, no. All right. I've sneakily broken off the knobbly bit.

How? Good, good. Well, no, we're not paying $2 for a knobbly bit that we're not going to eat. Okay. Well, we're going to use it today, aren't we? Right. 17 calories per 100 grams, apparently, of the zucchini. Yeah, that's why zoodles are a good alternative.

Yeah, that's why it's not worth $26. As you see, you're paying for green water and a cucumber skin. So I think we need to give away this. What's happening? Oh, are you paying, are you? Yeah, I just started working on a self-serve machine. Oh, right. Oh, right. Okay, so you pay for it.

We're going to give away this zucchini. Because zucchini is very expensive at the moment. Don't tell us how much it costs or how much it weighed because people will be able to work it out. But is it a price is right situation? What, you want people to call now to win a zucchini? Yes. What if they can guess the price?

At $26 a kilogram. $26.99. $27 a kilogram. Who wouldn't want to win a zucchini? Well, how are you going to send it to them? In the courier, you're going to wrap it up in bubble wrap. Oh, yeah, you're going to courier it. Jared's ripped off the knobbly bit.

That's why I said don't rip off the whole knobbly bit, because the rotting process will begin. Okay. Right. Should I substitute it for one with the knobbly bit. That's why I said don't rip off the whole knobbly bit because the rotting process will begin. Okay. Right. Should I substitute it for one with a knobbly bit? No, you have to buy that one now. No, you have to buy that one. You've ripped off the knobbly bit.

Okay. Do you have a price yet, Jared? Yep. Don't say it. Don't say it. You're shocked. I'm shocked. Okay.

All right. So does somebody need to guess the exact price of how much the zucchini is for to win? Yes. Okay, I'll wait $100 at M right now. I can't believe we're doing this for a... Somebody said yesterday they went to a supermarket and zucchinis are $27 a kilogram and Whittaker's chocolate was $9 a kilogram. They did the maths.

So it's cheaper to eat chocolate. Yeah. Okay, we're joined by Louise. Good morning, Louise. Hi, how are you? Good. Now, there's no knobbly bit on it, but how much do you think the single zucchini has cost? Oh, I tried to buy one on Friday afternoon, and I got it to the checkout,

and it scanned in at $7.99 for one. Oh, I tried to buy one on Friday afternoon and I got it to the checkout and it scanned in at $7.99 for one. Oh, my God. So I politely asked the lady if I could just remove that from my shopping and just put that one back and we'll go without. Jesus Christ, that's ridiculous. I hope it was a girthy one. OK, so what price are you going to lock in there? Oh, I'll lock in $8.20.

Jared? That is incorrect. Higher or lower? Lower. Lower than $8.20. Oh, she's pleasantly surprised. She is. Mandeep, what do you think?

For one single cord yet, how much? Mandeep. Hello. Hello. Good morning, guys. Good morning. How much do you think? Probably 540.

Jared? Negative. Higher or lower than 540? A little bit lower. A little bit lower? Lower. This is a small. This is a small.

Did you get a small one, Jared? He's ripped an obliqued off. Onion. Yeah. I've got quite a big one. Okay. Steph? I'm going to go 520.

520, Jared? Negative. Isn't that just what we had? 540. Oh, he said 540. Oh, higher or lower? Higher or lower? Lower.

Lower than 520. Lower. All right, fantastic. Lower than 520. I'll tell you what, the people are calling in their droves to win a zucchini on the show this morning. They can't get enough of that fresh fruit and veg. Simon, how much?

I'll go $4.96. $4.96, Jared? Incorrect. Higher or lower? Lower. Lower than $4.96. He's got a little Zookie. Sonny, good morning.

How much is the little Zookie? Sonny. Get in quick, Sonny. We've got a line of people waiting to guess. Sonny. Sonny. I in quick, Sonny. We've got a line of people waiting to guess. Sonny. Sonny. I mean, come on. You're going to work out that we're talking to you if we say Sonny or Sonny, right?

Sonny. Sonny's gone, mate. No, he's out. He's out. We said Sonny after all. Named after the appliance brand. I mean, as much as I'd love to stay here all day, mate, I don't think we've got time to get into that. Jared, how much

was it? It weighed 0.167 kilos and it cost $4.51. Oh my god, that is a tiny zucchini. For a tiny zucchini. Ridiculous. Well, bring that back to home base, Jared. In fact,

actually, Jared, Melissa, you can have it. Now you've hung up on her so she can't have it. I was just trying to do the nice thing. Oh, no. Give Melissa a tiny zucchini. Steph, you can have the tiny zucchini. Steph. Yeah, I'm here.

You can have the tiny zucchini. That was Fletcher's fault. Worth hanging in there for, huh? I can make one zoodle out of it, maybe. Yes! Oh, God, that was great. Once you take the top and the bottom off, I don't know if you skin yours.

You're going to have about 100 grams of zoodle there. You're going to skin it? ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. This is Newstalk Z Z. Breaking news. 67 days until the GE, the general election. And after being leader for 53 days of the National Party in a statement released at 7.33 a.m., Todd Muller's quit.

Apparently for health reasons. He said, it has become clear to me that I'm not the best person to be the leader of the opposition and the leader of the New Zealand National Party. It's a critical time for New Zealand. It's important, more important than ever

that the New Zealand National Party has a leader who is comfortable in the role. And the role has taken a heavy toll on him personally. He has had to deal with a lot of shenanigans. Does he not realise when you become leader of a party that people start hating on you? That's how that works.

Oh, I'd love to be a fly on the wall of Simon Bridges' house right now. Yeah. No, I wouldn't because I reckon he's rich enough

to have one of those things even running in winter. And if you were a fly, you'd totally be dead. That's how you know someone's doing all right if they're running one of those in winter. This is so expensive. Mum's refusing to get one of those

because of the pesticides or whatever they're... Oh, okay. Yeah, she doesn't think... Well, you put a crystal beside it. You're poisoning yourself all the time. And you always put it on the lowest setting. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like a squirt every 18 minutes.

If you're running that on a six-minute squirt. Whoa, you're doing all right. Yeah, how much money have you got? He said health reasons. You pick it up when it's run out and give it a shake to make sure it's got all of the... Yeah, yeah, yeah. When we're talking about back to the breaking news. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

He said health reasons. Yeah, it's taken a heavy toll on him personally. When I first heard it, I was like, oh, I hope there's some scandal. You love a bit of political scandal, don't you? I love a bit of political scandal, like a sex tape. Scandal would almost be better because if it's like health reasons, that's a bit sad.

Yeah. Yeah. So, hold on. Just to clarify, you would rather he had a sex tape. A sex tape, because that's kind of like, woof, get it, boy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. As opposed to. A bit raunchy.

A bit raunchy as opposed to like his health being in jeopardy. A marital sex tape or an outside of the marriage sex tape? Marital sex tape. Because an outside of the marriage sex tape would surely go against his family values. But what about a marital sex tape? No, that's fine. That would be a leak. And then that's the problem.

It's an invasion of privacy and not on him. But I mean, that's purely speculative. Absolutely. Speculative. That was what we were hoping it would be. But yeah, so Todd Muller resigning for health reasons. So now who? Maybe, I don't know.

Bring back Simon Bridges. Crusher. Crusher Collins. Too early for Christopher Luxon. Too early for Luxton. Luxon or Luxton? Is he Luxon or Luxton? I don't even know who you're talking about.

He was in charge. He was in charge at Air New Zealand. He was the one that didn't like the sexy flight safety video. Yeah, because he's very conservative. Luxon. Yeah, Luxon. Mormon? I believe so, yeah.

Great musical. The Book of Mormon. I don't know if he'd agree. Maybe if he's leader, we'll get a free lolly before work. That is a socialist handout. You would want a free lolly for doing nothing, you bloody communist.

I went to a coaching course last night because I've put my hand up to coach my daughter's hockey team, but I don't know anything about coaching. Well, you played, didn't you? Yeah, yeah.

That's many, many moons ago. But I tell you what, last night, feeling that turf underneath my feet, I played, didn't you? Yeah, yeah. Many, many moons ago. Yeah. But I tell you what, last night feeling that turf underneath my feet, I thought maybe I'd get back into, because I think I'm almost at that age now where you get to play

for the Masters. How old are we getting? You'd be a young Master. No, because Masters is before Golden Oldies. Oh, I thought, yeah, right, okay. No, it's not.

And basically, if you get up off the couch and you go, or your knees creak, you have to play for the Masters now, yeah, right, okay. No, it's not. Basically, if you get up off the couch and you go, or your knees creak, you have to go to the Masters now. Oh, right, okay. Yeah, and you're allowed to like just stop and have like a beer at half time. Okay, great. And then just walk the second half.

But I went to a coaching course last night, and I'll tell you what, the first bit was actually like really sad. They had a video of, it was put together by the government's sports, that kind of encourages kids to get into sports, and they had this, like, video montage of these kids and things that adults had said to these kids when they were playing sport. And it made me really sad. Kids were saying, oh, the parents from the other team said,

go for the useless one, and they were talking about me. Oh, my God. Like, don't pass to them. They're useless. This is parents saying that? I was like, if someone said that to my kid, I'd punch them in the face. There would be throwdowns on the field.

But, yeah, these kids were like, oh, yeah. And even their own parents. I was like, i didn't think that happened anymore yeah right that was well what are you gonna do i remember like in the 90s playing sports like when a parent did that everyone was like oh no that's not fair that's not all right you hear the stories like parents still throw down and i know you're rowdy but and and then you'll hear about parents arguing with other parents on the sideline or maybe arguing with the umpire or the ref,

which always annoys me as well because they're giving up their time to do that. But hearing from these kids telling all these awful stories about what other parents, not their own parents. How can you say that to a kid? Even if you are heated about the game, how can you say that to a kid? Yeah, and they had a list of the reasons kids play sports and winning was number 30 on the list. There was 30 things kids

like to do. Do you know what was, I think it was like number three? What? End of season parties. But are you, is that wrong? When you played sport, you always knew at the end of the season there was going to be a Maccas, right? Yeah. How good is that? That's the number three or four reason kids play sport.

That's just priorities, eh? That's so good. End of season party. So I just, I don't know if you've got kids sports, because some play during the week, like Tuesday nights and like the weekends and stuff. I just want everyone to keep that in mind. Yeah, because that's pretty ruthless.

Yeah. Horrible. They just need to have a bit of fun. They won't want to play if that sort of stuff happens. Are you looking forward to the end of season party as well? Shit, yeah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's Radio Tinder.

Last time we played Radio Tinder, we had a female in studio, and today we have a guy looking for a love with a lady. A love, a love with a lady. Please welcome Stefan. He's a 22-year-old Libra who loves the outdoors. His mum's from Zimbabwe. His dad's Portuguese.

And he's shredded so much, he's fit for the Victoria's Secret fashion show. He's got a massive sweet tooth. So if you're a sweet girl with good pants, he's your guy. Meet Stefan. Wow. Good morning. Good morning. Imagine if every Tinder bio came with that kind of intro.

You'd be swiping. Is that accurate for you, do you think? I think they've maybe mixed up the bio with someone else a little bit. The Sweet Tooth's accurate. Yeah, right. What's your favorite um sweet like chocolate lollies anything um yeah chocolate okay keep it simple but you must gym a fair bit because you've got a drink bottle and it's one of those um squirty ones it is a gift so yeah hashtag gifted hashtag yeah yeah yeah we don't want to be

taken to the uh advertising standards authority. Avoid that. Like an influencer. Okay, so we need to find out a bit more about you other than what we just heard. Yeah, so uni student, about to kick off my master's. In? Business. Okay.

Yeah. What else do you need to know? I mean, love of sport. Oh, okay. What sports? What sports? Yeah. You can't go past rugby.

I would have thought football. And football, actually. Right, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you watch it or play it? I watch it, yeah. No, not talented in that area. Never played any sports?

Did play, but kind of at that social level. You know, we rock up. Everyone's still half hungover from the night before. Are you going to make people watch football games though? I'll make them watch a rugby game, yeah. Okay, you're right. So an interest in rugby would be up there? Yeah. For what you're looking for? Okay.

Okay. Well, should we see if the potential matches have any more? Well, yeah, this is where we need you to call us. 0800 DARS at M if you would like to play Radio Tinder with Stefan. What other things are you looking for in a match?

I'm pretty useless in the kitchen like when it comes to cooking so ideally someone that can do that for us that can make a decent meal. Yeah.

I'm also out of a car at the moment so someone that could potentially potentially provide the transport. You're looking for

an Uber Eats driver because they've got a car and they can bring food. I don't want to go there, but essentially, yeah. Or a mum. Yeah. Sure. Yeah, yeah. You're looking for a mum.

I bet you're doing a Masters in Business, so it's an investment, you know? Yeah, exactly. Long term, it could come out. You might be a CEO or something one day. Who knows? Yeah. Brilliant.

All right, well, if you would like to play Radio Tinder, I'll 800 dials at M right now, and we'll get Stefan to ask you a few questions, and he'll swipe. Fleetbourne and Megan's Radio Tinder. And this morning in studio, we have Stefan. He's a 22-year-old Libra who loves the outdoors. His mum's from Zimbabwe.

His dad's Portuguese. And he's shredded so much, he's fit for the Victoria's Secret fashion show. He's got a massive sweet tooth. So if you're a sweet girl with good pants, he's your guy. Meet Stefan. We also found out that Stefan is doing a Masters in Business

and he can't cook very well, so he would like someone who has a bit of prowess in the kitchen and you don't have a car. Well, yeah, it's just getting worked on at the moment, so it's out for a while. You did just say while the song was playing, I don't know if I sold myself very well there. Yeah, no, I definitely don't know.

That was the key thing to do, you just downplayed it. Yeah, just downplayed it, exactly. Alright, well, we're going to introduce you now to some callers, Stefan. You can ask them some questions, and then you just like to swipe. Got it. Okay, alright, firstly, Erica, good morning.

Good morning. Hey, Erica, how's it going? Good, thanks. How are you? Yeah, good, thanks for asking. Off to a great start here. Now, let's get into the hard-hitting questions here. So a bit of a breaker for me would be, who do you support in Super Rugby? Oh, I'm a Blues gal.

I want to bring Orphan. Oh, you're preaching to the choir here. That's a great start. You could almost get a yes just off that, but I'll hit you with another. If you were to see one musician or band live, who would that be? I'm a big sucker for Drax Project.

I can do a Drax. I can do a Drax Project. Well, you're certainly easier to take someone to a Drax Project concert. Yeah, yeah. I'm glad you didn't pick some international artist that we're probably never going to see again. Yeah.

Fletch? Poor local. Oh! That's a swipe right for you, Erica. That's a swipe right, Erica. Fantastic. What do you do, Erica?

Do you work or study? I do both at the moment. I work in PR and I'm studying law. Oh, do you have a car and can you cook? I have a car and I'm studying law. Oh, do you have a car and can you cook? I have a car and I'm just the new proud owner of a slow cooker. Oh, yes, good.

We were just talking this morning, weren't we, about a slow cooked curry? Yeah, we were. We can give you a recipe as well. Aren't we all getting something out of this? Fantastic. All right, joining us now to play Radio radio tinder is rosie good morning rosie good morning g'day rosie um it's going very good mate so i've already touched about how big of a deal cooking is so if you were to be making us a meal like a dinner on our date, what would you cook? Oh, I think I'd have to go

for like a nice Thai green curry or something. Oh, yes. Spicy? Spicy or not spicy? Oh, and then also dessert for, I know you're a sweet tooth, I used to do a bit of baking in my day, professionally.

Not really, it was just a summer job, but I like to cool myself. Did you sell cookie times? No. No. Sorry. I was a purveyor of sweet biscuits. What's your baking specialty?

I used to do donuts and breads. Good Lord. Do you have a car? Do you have a car? Um, no, not at the moment, but my brother's in the car business. Um, so... Okay.

Yeah. She's got the hookups. You just borrow one for the night? Okay, good. Yeah, right. Okay. Yeah, well, it's just taking them while they're not under your name

so you can get parking tickets. Okay. Okay. You can just, um... Wow can just never have to pay. Very good. And I've got a bit of a specific question here for you, Kay. So imagine, if you will, that you're the All Blacks captain and that you're playing South Africa in the World Cup final, right?

You're down three points with five minutes to go, and the ref blows his whistle for the opposition not rolling away. You've got a penalty just inside your side of halfway, and Geordie Barrett's been complaining about a niggly hammy all game. Do you A, call for the tee and back Geordie from 52 metres on the angle, B, kick for touch and back the line out drive, or C, take the quick tap and go and hope to catch the box off guard. D, I would do it.

She's the captain. She's taking command of a ship in trouble. I'd do the line out. Is that the right answer? No. Oh, Rosie. You've swiped left. Rosie, you were doing so well up until that last question.

I mean, the baking, the car, it was all going well. And then it just went tits up. What was the right answer? I would have liked to see the go for the line-out drive, just back yourself for the drive. I would have done a quick tap and go. I would have done the line-out. I would have gone for the full. Seven drive. Just back yourself for the drive. I would have done a quick tap and go. I would have done the line-out. I would have gone

for the full. Seven points or eight points? Still get seven points if you go for the line-out. You're going to have to pay for your parking tickets now. We welcome Jamie.

Jamie to Radio Tender. Good morning. Good morning. Hey, Jamie. All right, let's crack straight into it. You've got $1,000 to make the perfect date for us.

What are you doing? Well, I'm a big skier, so I probably go down to the ski field, have a day on the slopes. Lovely. Sorry, you used your $1,000 already. Sorry.

What did you say? A day on the slopes? We're going to need you to top it up. No, carry on. Sorry. Where are we going? Are we going the slopes? Yeah, no. We're going to need you to top it up. No, carry on. Sorry. Where are we going? Are we going Ruapehu or are we going down south?

Well, we only have $1,000, so I think we're just staying in the Mount Ruapehu. Okay, okay. And what was the last show that you binge-watched? I just binge-watched the Jeffrey Epstein series on Netflix. Oh, yeah. Okay. Intense docker. Very intense. Yeah. I just binge-watched the Jeffrey Epstein series on Netflix. Oh, yeah. Okay.

Intense docker. Very intense. I'm going to have to say... Oh! This is ruthless. Wow. She was going to take you to the ski... Are you not a skier? I'm not a skier.

A snowboarder? I've snowboarded once, if you want to call that a snowboarder. Okay, let's take two more. Megan, good morning. Hi. She's just like, whoo-wee. Megan, what's happening? How are you going?

I'm good, thank you. All right. I'm in the car at the moment. Oh, so you have a car. Nice. There you go. I like how you subtly dropped, so you have a car. I like how you suddenly dropped it that you have a car. Very good slap of the tongue there.

What would be the first place on your travel list? Next country you want to go to? Oh, country. They reckon we'll be able to do this again one day, Megan. I do want to go to England. Oh, yeah. England, eh? It's my first time going out of the country, so be something.

So you support the local? You support local? Oh, yeah. That's great. That's what we need at this time. All right. And then I suppose who would your celebrity crush be? Celebrity crush.

Chan Tatum. Okay. Oh, it's a no. Is that too much to compete with? Yeah. How can I compete with Tatum? Okay. Megan, thank you for playing.

Now, Raylene's called up. Raylene, I believe you are playing Radio Tinder for your daughter, Karina. That's correct. This is how everybody should do Tinder, is just give it to mum. But this is almost like a meet the parents before you've met the date, you know what I mean? A bit of an interview for me. Raylene, how old is your daughter to start with? Oh, she's definitely old enough.

Raylene, have you forgot how old your daughter is? We've left it vague. No, no, absolutely not. She's on her last year of university, so don't worry. Okay, okay. She's all right. Does she know you've called? Does she have any idea you've called on her behalf?

Well, she didn't, but now she's in the car and she does. I love this. Is this your car or does she have a car? Oh, it's her car, but I'm running her to work. I look after her little car when she's at work. Okay, now would you be able to do a drop-off for both her and Stefan? Oh, absolutely. And also when I drop themoff for both her and Stefan? Oh, absolutely. And also, when I drop them off to the clubs and I pick them up afterwards.

No problem. Don't need to do Uber at all. Yes! Oh, Raylene, you're awesome. God, if I wasn't married, I'd be putting my hand up. This sounds good. Now, what about cooking? What's the kitchen situation like?

There has been a consistent line of questioning this morning, Raylene. Don't you worry about that. There's no problems. Morning, night, noon, any time. Raylene. You or your daughter? Are we speaking about cooking? Me?

God, no. I hate the kitchen. Okay. Raylene, that's a yes for you and for your daughter. Oh, yay! Yay! Brilliant. Do we even know Raylene's daughter's name?

What's her name? It's Karina. Karina. The sweetest name. You don't need chocolate for her. No, no. Sweet enough already. Oh, that's so brilliant, Karina.

Raylene, thank you. God, why is Karina single? Yeah. Fantastic. What a salesperson am I, that? Well, Stefan, there you go. We've got you a couple of options today for Radio Tinder. Thank you very much.

Karina and Raylene. Karina and Raylene, yep. Yeah, and I forget the name earlier, but... Two matches. We're going to write that. Two and a half if you count, Raylene. Wow. All right, Fact of the Day is next.

Thanks for coming in, Stefan, and playing Radio Tinder. Thanks for having me. And if you would like to play Radio Tinder, send them online to register. Oh, this is so fun. See why people do it at parties. Fleshfawn and Megan, the podcast. ZM.

Fact of the day. Day, day, day, day. Day. Today's, you know, I have had two baths recently. Now, I know Auckland's still on water saving measures. One wasn't in Auckland. In Wellington.

No, both were from tank water sources. Oh, okay, right. So don't you worry about it. But I've had, I hadn't had a bath for a very long time. I've had two lately. Lovely. Both with a bit of Epsom salts. It's weird because I never have baths.

I still love a bath. And it's weird. And I've been very good. You're moving soon. Are you on tank? You on tank water? I don't know. I don't think so.

It's just weird because I get bored. It's always good to know these things before you move into a house. I don't know. I'm always like, this will be great. And then I'm in there and I'm like, after a minute, I'm like very bored. Yeah, but you've got ants in your pants. You can't sit still for a minute. I know.

Yeah, that's why I never have baths. Oh, I love it. It's so relaxing. It's my me time, you know? A little bit of a relax. Do you know the first bath I had at the weekend, I had a red wine in the bath. Did you have a candle? Nah, no candles, but I had some smelly salts.

They weren't like just straight bag of those Jeffrey Epstein salts. They were like coconut flavoured salts. Fancy. Yeah, they were lovely. It's weird. I had a bath at my mother-in-law's. That's fine. The door was locked and everything.

Yeah, as long as the door's not open. Yeah, yeah. I had a bath at somebody else's house, which is a bit weird now that I think about it. Well, you have a shower at someone else's house, and that's not weird. Yeah, but you're like, you're quickly washing and you're standing up naked. I was in full reclined nakedness. Yeah. Some bubbles.

And anyway, it smelt really lovely, and I was thinking to myself, I haven't had to top up this bath with hot water. Okay. Which is something I normally have. You know, you're in there for 10 minutes and then with your foot, you turn on the tap and you splash your feet around to try to get the hot

to come down to the upper body part because otherwise your feet start burning but your boobies are still cold. Yep. And so I did a bit of that. I didn't have to do that at my first bath. Right. And then I had the second bath and a different bath and I had to do that. I was like, what's happening? And the difference was I didn't have bubbles in my first bath. Right. And then I had the second bath and a different bath and I had to do that. I was like,

what's happening? And the difference was I didn't have bubbles in the second bath. That's my secret. You have bubbles and it keeps it warm and you can also put bubbles

on your boobies and it keeps them warm. It keeps the boobies warm. Does it? Well, it's effectively, and I've Googled it. What are you saying? I could go up

on the ski slopes with bubbles. Wrap them bubble wrap. Well, no, bubbles. Bubble bath baths. What if they'd freeze? And they'd be fine? They're just doing the actions of scooping all the bubbles

and putting them on your boobs. That's not a female-only thing. Everybody, I do that too. To keep your chest warm. I just like playing with my boobs in the bath. Right. And so what, they seal the heat in? I Googled it

The naked scientists Dot com Did an article On bubble baths Keeping a bath Warmer longer And yeah It basically creates

An insulation level Yeah Not so much That it won't ever Lose heat It loses heat But significantly slower Than it does

If you have a bubble bath If you have a bath Without bubbles They should do that At onsen hot pools Although they're always hot They're always hot Okay

It's not the same for spa baths. And somebody said if you're getting into an old cast iron bath, the bubbles will do nothing because the cast iron pulls away. The heat. The heat. Wow, okay. Aren't we learning so much? The bubbles can keep it in.

Yeah. So today's fact of the day is if you want your bath to stay hotter for longer, have a bubble bath. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith's relationship has become everyone's business. That's because an American R&B singer, August Alsina, told everyone on the 30th of June that he had an affair with Jada.

Wow. So this was in 2015 and he met her through Jaden, her son. And he's 27 currently. She's 48. But not that we're age shaming. Oh, no judge there, no. But they have since done a Red Table Talk. So she hosts the show, Red Table Talk, on Facebook, and Will Smith went on the show with her,

and she admitted that she was involved with this singer, but they have said that it was when they were on a break. Now, when she was talking to Will Smith about it, she said, yes, I did have an entanglement with him. This reminded me of, do you remember when Gwyneth and Chris Martin did the conscious uncoupling? Like, it's a fancy word for something else.

Like, that was breaking up, and this is cheating. Entanglement. But then, whenever I see Will Smith or Jada Pinkett Smith talk about like that was breaking up and this is cheating entanglement. But then whenever I see Will Smith or Jada Pinkett Smith talk about

relationship or raising their kids or anything I always think they like always coming from a great place and have a good point of view on things

like have you always thought that as well about them? Because I've watched a few of her Red Table Talks and they all have a really open relationship.

Yes. And not in terms of like you can sleep with anyone because that was another thing that the R&B singer said that they had an open relationship, but they've denied that and said they were on a break. But they just have quite clear communications and they've all been to therapy and they speak to each other really well.

And so they've got back together, obviously, but she's been, instead of saying they had a relationship or they had an affair, she used the word entanglement, which is why you'll see the memes and everything everywhere about. Entanglements. Being in an entanglement. I didn't cheat on you. I didn't cheat on my daughter.

I had an entanglement. With a donut. With a donut. Yes. That sounds way cuter. This is a classic, you know, and everything can relate to friends, but, you know, we were on a break. The famous

we were on a break. But they got back together after the break. They got back after the break. I'd be so pissed because a break means I don't know. You would have to have strict rules to the break. A break from each from the relationship

to work on yourself not to like go and be with someone else, right? No, you can do that. That's completely allowed. Well, that would all depend on the rules of the break. Yeah, right.

I think if you just said we're going on a break and then didn't talk to them for a month you're leaving a lot open to interpretation. But that's just a break up. You're just breaking up. And then getting back

together. Yeah. Then you can sleep. You'll only get back together if nothing better comes along, right? Well, Vaughn will certainly start the relationship counter again. You 100% have to start if you have a break, you have to start your relationship count from zero. From zero. Yeah. We've been together five years, but

three years and then a break and then two years. Two stints rather than one. You must stipulate this. Very, very particular about that. Because I always thought if people go on breaks, it's probably not meant to be, you know? Like you break up and then you probably get back to you. You might break up again. But then, for them, I mean,

this happened, what, four years ago? Yeah, and they're fine. And they're fine now. Well, I'd love to take some calls now on this, on those times when you've had a break with someone, and did it work or did it not? Like you say, was it the writing on the wall? Yeah.

Or did it make... Or did it work out? Yeah, has anyone been on a break and it made their relationship stronger? I also need to know if you made break rules. Because... Yes. Yeah. Because otherwise, yeah.

You would have to, right? You'd have to. Imagine not knowing anything. Did you sleep with anyone on our break? No. What? Because. Yes. Yeah. Because otherwise, yeah. You would have to, right? You'd have to. Imagine not knowing anything. Did you sleep with anyone on our break? No. What? No. What did the rules say?

I've not known one. Yeah. Okay, 0800DARLSATM9696. You can give us a call or text now. Have you been on a break, a relationship break, and did it help you or make it worse? And were there rules in there? Tell us.

And so Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, the revelations are out that there was an entanglement. They had a break and she had an entanglement with a younger R&B star, which she's admitted to, but yeah, she called it an entanglement. Rather than cheating. Yeah. So we want to know if you've ever taken a break and what happened was it a good thing or a bad thing for the relationship

or um yeah did it just make things worse who knows some text messages first so i've got lots of calls and texts coming through uh me and my boyfriend had a major row and broke up on the drive home i thought of not being with my sweetheart was so, so destroying and heartbreaking. I turned the car around and drove back to him. We were split up for all of seven to eight minutes. Start the count for a kid, no? No.

No, they said they were broken up. Start it again. So this year, we've been married for 10 years and just had our second baby. Aw. Aw. Yeah. But again,

you've got to start the count again. But I see now they're saying we've been married for 10 years. Aww. Yeah. But again, you've got to start the counter again. But I see now they're saying we've been married for 10 years. Okay. So this was when they were just dating. So just stick to the marriage count because you haven't had a break from that. Otherwise you have to stipulate that you had a break in the middle. So correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't break just wanting to sleep with somebody else

without having to feel guilty about it? I think so, yeah. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Talking about breaks now, when you've had a relationship break. Did it work? Did it not work? Yeah, and hearing from both sides of the spectrum, both sides of the it worked and then it didn't.

Yeah. Yeah, surprisingly. This is off the back of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, who apparently also some other guys come forward and said that he did this in 1997 with Jada Pinkett Smith. They had a break then too, and he engaged in an entanglement, which is definitely the word of the week. Yeah.

Some other text messages in. Somebody said, we're on a break from the year 1999 to the mid-2000s and still together now. 22 years in total, although let's say that's not consecutively. Yeah. But yeah, there were no rules back then on a break because there wasn't so much internet or apps or anything apart from phone calls and landlines. Yeah, right.

Jess, you had a seven-month break. Yeah, six months. We lived at home with our parents while we were still married, but it was more of a step back. And, you know, we sort of visit each other a couple of times a week. But yeah, we had a proper break

in the early parts of our marriage. Right, and were you allowed to... Sleep with other people? No. Oh, okay. But you'd made that a rule? Oh, absolutely. The rule was go home and sort yourself out.

I think if he didn't want to sort himself out and get on top of life, then, yeah, we wouldn't have sort of come out the other side of that, sure. Right, and now you're going strong now? Oh, absolutely. 11 years married. Well, with the break.

Two children. We have a home. Really happy, he's amazing. Round of applause for the break, the break worked. You're saying there needed to be some rules established. Yeah, absolutely. I think if you're going to do a break properly, it's about going and sorting yourself out so that you come back together stronger, at least that's how we were looking at it.

And I think it's during that break we realised that we didn't really want to be together, then we would have called it quits. And during that time, we realised that we did want to be together, but we needed it to work. And that meant learning how to be accountable for yourself and be functional in the marriage and in life and really just have that 50-50 relationship that we said that we had wanted when we got married. And we learnt how to do that.

Wow. Okay, Jess, great words. Ruth, you took a break. I was like 18. It was my first boyfriend ever. Yeah. And we were only going out for like three months. And then he told me that we needed a break.

Okay. And then he ghosted me for months. Okay. That's a long break. It was a really long break. Okay. And then he ghosted me for months. Okay. That's a long break. It was a really long break. In the meantime, I was like, you know,

I didn't mind, whatever, and got with my best mate and realised that I'm actually just really, really gay. Yeah. So I've been married

to her for nearly a year now. I've been going out for nearly six. But technically, me and Josh are still on that break. Wow. I mean, but then he didn't set any rules for nearly six. But technically, me and Josh are still on that break. Wow. But then he didn't set any rules for the break.

He didn't say you couldn't realise that you were gay and marry your best friend. Exactly. He didn't say that I couldn't. Wow, Josh is in for a big surprise, isn't he? Hey, I think we've had enough time now. I love that. Amazing.

Ruth, thanks for your call. Some other text messages. On our break, the deal was we both had to get individual counselling and then couples counselling as well and work on a list of personal things. Neither got over the other and we got back together. We were way better than we were before. So this doesn't sound like a break. None of the breaks that have been successful sound like breaks that have involved entanglements.

Yeah. With other people. They've all been breaks with very hard rules. Yeah. Which, you know, if that's what you need, sure. This absolutely would be my rule. Otherwise you'd be like,

who, with, what, tell me. I need all the details. That's not going to make it any better is it no no alright ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan

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