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

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Welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. All thanks to McCafe. Get a delicious barista made coffee from Macca's drive-thru today. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Welcome to level two, baby. Still no Vaughan today. Still feeling a little unwell. Hopefully back tomorrow or Monday. Wow, I can't believe it. Level two. Haven't even done anything yet, but driving in today,

I felt more free. Like knowing that I'm going to get my nails done and that if I wanted to like go get my food and sit down, I could. Yeah. I know. Just feels a little bit more freer and you can go see a limited amount of people. I know. I feels a little bit more freer. And you can go see a limited amount of people.

I know. I'm excited to see some friends today and even just walk around the city and there'll be people. I'm going to a mall today. Wow. Yeah. What do you need? No, that's where I'm getting my nails done. Oh, right.

Okay. And I might just go for a peruse because I can. Because you can. Yeah. Keeping social distancing, of course. Obviously. Yeah. It's exciting.

But that's going to be weird walking around a mall. Are there going to be people like, oi? Maybe. Oi, too close. I'll give you a report on what there is tomorrow. I wonder if it'll look different. Man, they've done it tough though. They'll be so keen to get some people back in the door.

I feel like they'll all look at you like, you know, like some, they just look at you like, you know, overseas when you're at a market and they're just waiting for you to buy something. They'll just look at you with those eyes like, please. And you'll be like, oh, right then.

Yeah, when you walk into a shop, there's going to be like an element of guilt if you walk out without anything. I know, I know, right? Hi. Yeah. Didn't see anything for me today, sorry. I'm really sorry.

Feels good though. It does. Let's behave ourselves so we don't go backwards. Oh yeah. Yeah. Thank you Executive Intern Anya here with the list of what's on the show today. Do you want to read it? What is on the show today?

Oh, there's lots, isn't there? Yep, good. We're going to talk about Ross's cat today. Oh, yeah. He dropped this yesterday. His cat. Very casually. Has been...

He's been told off. He's been told off by an... Not by Ross. By an insurance company. Yeah. I've never heard of this happening before. No, neither. Also, soon on the show,

I want to discuss Wellingtonians and their parking tickets, because yesterday the first day of parking tickets in well, well, well, Wellington. Naughty. Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast. ZM. This is a cute wee TikTok that a

couple, well, they're not actually a couple, two people that went on a Tinder date put up, and it's gained traction because it sounds like a rom-com. It sounds like a great meet-cute in a movie. So these two were in Australia. It's Samara and Charles. Now, Australia doesn't have, things are closed, but you don't have to,

they don't have the same lockdown rules that we did. No, they didn't go as hard, did they? So these two, they couldn't go to a bar, but they'd been chatting on Tinder and they did decide to meet up. So this was their first time meeting. And they went to his house, so Samara went over to his house, and they were just chatting and catching up, and the date must have gone pretty well because they ended up having a wee kiss.

That's when Samara started to feel a bit weird and her face started tingling, her lips started swelling. They must have had some sort of conversation because it turned out that Charles had eaten a peanut butter sandwich before their date. Right. And didn't brush his teeth. I know, I was like,

maybe it's that sensitive an allergy, but you'd And didn't brush his teeth. I know, it's like, maybe it's that sensitive analogy, but you'd hope that he brushed his teeth because he had peanut butter breath. Yeah. So, she started swelling up and said to him

that she's like, highly allergic to peanuts. Yep. And that's when she said to him, I'm sorry, but you're going to have to inject me with my EpiPen. Grab my EpiPen.

Grab my EpiPen. Grab my EpiPen. Grab my EpiPen. He had to, upon first meeting, the first time he's met her, jab her in the leg with her EpiPen. Because it's in the thigh, isn't it? In the thigh. And you have to hold it in there. I always remember that scene from Pulp Fiction. You know that scene?

I've never seen Pulp Fiction. Where he has to inject. There's a stab into the, like, is that the sternum? Oh, yeah. Horrible. Because my best friend's got an EpiPen and she's like, this is how you have to do it. And I was like, mate, I don't know if I could. I don't know.

I mean, you'd have to, right? I mean, adrenaline would probably take over. But I'd still be like, you know how they stab it in in the movies? I'd just be like, is it in? I've just got to push it in slowly. Is that worse? Or like, she said to me, when you push it in, don't pull it straight out. Don't get a fright and pull it straight out. It's got to stay

in. Because I'd be like, you've got to push the thing down to put it in. And make sure it's administered. Oh God, that's horrible. First meeting, jabs her in the leg with the EpiPen. And saved her life. Saved her life. And then he called an ambulance.

And so this is where the TikTok gets filmed in the ambulance. With her face swollen up. But to his credit, he went with her. She's lying on the bed, on the stretcher with her swollen ass face. And he's like, he's stroking her hair. So it seems like the date, I mean, apart from the allergic reaction, life-threatening situation, seemed like it went pretty well. This is how cynical I am.

Did he know she was allergic to peanut butter? Like, did he plan this? This would be a great TikTok. Or if he didn't, was he there at the ambulance and then would he have gone in the ambulance if it wasn't for the fact he had to get some great social media and some TikTok? Was he like, no, I don't need to. Oh, wait, this will be a good TikTok.

Maybe. But the date must have been going well because they had a bash. Right. And any word on a second date? Well, they've said, because everyone wants to know, they've said that they're going to post a follow-up. Right. Because fans are desperate to know where this is going.

But yeah, he stayed with her and stroked her hair and saved her life. It's a great start to a relationship. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, pat on the back, New Zealand, because during lockdown, New Zealanders repaid an unprecedented amount of credit card debt in March.

I don't know if it was the whole being stuck at home, wondering if we'll ever be able to repay our debt in credit cards. That was me though, because we weren't going out anywhere. Well, yeah, you weren't. And I was being very good. I wasn't doing any online shopping. So my credit card got paid off. Where did this new jacket come from that you're wearing?

This came from a New Zealand retailer. No, but we're out of lockdown now. But when did you get it? Like, no, but I'm talking like level four lockdown. Hmm, okay. Like level three. We've been in level three for a couple of weeks. Because you were just like, I haven't done any online shopping.

No, but I meant in level four. But I'm wearing a brand new jacket. From a small New Zealand retailer. Oh, yeah, but it's still purchased on the credit card, isn't it? Yeah, but not during lockdown. You're talking like level four. Ma, I'm talking about March. Okay.

What I mean? So you didn't buy it in March? No. You had to check though, didn't you? No. Yeah, no, I didn't. Okay, these stats are pretty amazing. So wait, this doesn't include April?

It's saying, it's just talking about March. So in March, 5.4% was the drop in the amount owed by credit card holders to banks in New Zealand. So do you know how much 5.4% is? Of the total credit card debt in New Zealand. $300 million was repaid. 300. What does that tell you about the other 95% of debt? Does that mean you times 300 million by 95? Well, maybe,

but that does include business and household credit card debt. Okay. Isn't that just insane though? My God. So the reduction was more than five times the size of the reduction in credit card debt in the intermediate aftermath of the global financial crisis. Wow. Good on us though.

Yeah, good. But that's the thing. If you had money on your credit card and you don't know what's happening with your job and you don't want to be paying that your job and, you know, you don't want to, you want to be. Paying that off. You want to be paying that off. Yeah, exactly. Good Lord. The bank did not track or forecast credit card balances, but April saw a 50% decline in card payments.

So, again, we just weren't shopping, were we? I think the only thing I was using my card was at the supermarket. Yeah. For like contactless. Wow. Yeah. It like contactless. Wow. Yeah. It's crazy, isn't it though?

It was a great way to say but it also wasn't much fun. No, no it wasn't. You know? No. March ended with, so back to the bad news,

March ended with Kiwi households and businesses owing a combined $6.9 billion on their cards. That's a lot of money. But that's also a lot of, like, business credit cards.

You know, when the work credit card here gets maxed out. I know, their limit. And then you hear what their limit is, and you're like, whew. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I also keep my limit really little, so that I don't get stuck with, like, paying off $10,000.

Exactly. Because that would be madness, and it would never get done. Wellingtonians were stung yesterday with parking fines. More than 800 parking fines on the first day of paid parking since the lockdown. I know that a lot of councils around the country said during this time, we're not going to tick it. We're not going to have our people out. Yeah.

Auckland City did. The other day, tradies were just parking all over the city. So Auckland and Christchurch, they were keeping it free until level two today. Right. So today. Today, pay for your parking. Pay for your parking. Okay.

But Wellington, they reckon that they gave everyone a very good warning that enforcement was going to start again. I didn't hear about it. I didn't hear either. So I don't think your warning was that great. They said that the amount of tickets is, it was 863 infringements. Wow. But that is, they said that's roughly in line with a pre-COVID weekday. And there wouldn't have been that many.

Wow, okay. Around 800 infringements a day is what they would do. That's cheeky. Why didn't they wait another day? I know, yeah, because level two, because then it seems like, well, that's the day when everyone goes back. Yeah.

People wouldn't have been expecting that yesterday. Rough. Well, no, that's what they said. They did give them fair warning, but again, we didn't hear about it. Oh, I didn't hear about it. I mean, I don't live in Wellington. I'm not signed up to any Wellington database, but I mean, if we didn't hear about it.

Exactly. But several cars were seen with two tickets as well. Are you allowed a double ticket? I thought once you got a ticket, isn't it like double jeopardy? Do you think once you get a ticket, then you're safe? You can just leave it there? Otherwise, people would leave their cars there overnight. Just leave an old ticket under the wiper all the time.

You shouldn't be allowed to get another ticket if you've already got one. I don't know what the threshold is, like how long is the same amount of time need to pass again before you get another ticket. See, if I was a parking warden, I'd be like, oh, they've already got a ticket. Okay, next car. Like, that's how my brain would go. So why doesn't that work for the rest of them? Yeah. And plus CBF, you know?

Yeah. Like, then I have to stop and do another ticket. But they've already got one. I know, they've already got one. And then I'd be like, oh, they've already got one. Poor them. I can't give them two. Do I get rewards for, like, how many tickets I give out?

They probably do, yeah. I think you get... Okay. Tickets for everyone. Yeah, you get a free pair of shoes. If I was a parking warden, I would literally sit there and wait. If there was 10 minutes to go, I'd sit there and wait. Wait for it to tick over.

You would be an absolute bitch if a parking warden. You wouldn't like waver for a... Nah, nothing. What if they started crying? Would you... Look away. I'd turn my back to them and do the ticket. Yeah.

And then hand it behind me and be like, there you go. So you're like, I'm sorry, I've got a quota. I don't give a shit. You just lost your job. Oh, no, don't make me sound... I'm not that much of a bitch. Their whole family just died. I know, but I have guidelines and rules that I have heard.

Bye-bye. You didn't just hear me. I said my whole family's died and I've just lost my job. You're still going to give me a ticket. I'm going to lose my job by not doing it. So here's the ticket. You are heartless and ruthless. Well, if this thing ends, you can be a parking warden.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. The rich list, and this is the Sunday Times rich list. This looks into the specific one, the richest musicians under 30. So taking out... This is in the UK. Right, okay. The UK's richest. Yep.

So Ed Sheeran has taken out the top spot. He is 29. He's just creeping in there. I thought he was older than that, but he's 29. Wow. And his worth is now sitting at 200 million pounds, so 400 million New Zealand dollars.

Because he owns a little town, doesn't he now? Pretty much. He's got a property empire. But then he's also kind of taken a little break from music. Well, why wouldn't you if you had that much money? Yeah. And he's just been running his bar and chilling. Because what happened during the whole pandemic?

Did he shut down? He would have had to shut down his bar. He shut down,chilling. Because what happened during the whole pandemic? Did he shut down? Would he have to shut down his bar? He shut down, but he was paying his staff, not from government money, from his own money. Oh, that's nice. And wasn't he doing calls where he was teaching kids to play his music? I saw that, yeah.

Second was Harry Styles, followed by Niall from One Direction. Third place, Louis Tomlinson. Third place, Niall. What's the gap between Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran? It would surely be a lot. A lot of money. It's pretty much all the One Directioners take down, like the next to seventh place.

And then Little Mix and Sam Smith. So... Oh, Harry Styles' net worth is meant to be 80 million. Oh, it's nothing on Ed Sheeran's 200. So that's literally a $200 million gap. Yeah.

Wow. And then we look at the top 10 money makers in music of any age. Right. Now, the top 10... Now, these are UK-based. These are UK-based.

Okay, right. Yep. But most of them are actually, most of them are men. Okay. Except for place number three is Rihanna, 468 million pounds. Wow. That is nuts money. And most of it, most of that was, was it makeup?

Most of it is her luxury lingerie. But is that chatting? Because it says money makers and music, but she's not actually making all her money from music because she hasn't done music for years. And you can see why. Like, why would you want to tour and do monotonous concerts day after day?

And interviews. And interviews. And never be home. And when she can sit at home and work on this lingerie project. Good on her. And make absolute bank. Plus Fenty, her makeup brand. If I was her, I'd just be like, Kevin Harris, get her, mate.

Can I do a song? And you do all the touring and the... And just play my bit when you go on tour. Just give me a check. Yeah. Deposit some money. Absolutely. And that's why she doesn't have music coming out. And why she's

sick of you asking her. But the only people that are above her are Sir Paul McCartney and Andrew Lloyd Webber. That's how much, that's the kind of calibre. Wow. And that's amazing considering that she was swindled, wasn't she, Rihanna? Yeah, so

Bitch Better Have My Money was about her accountant that lost her heaps of cash.'t she, Rihanna? Yeah, so Bitch Better Had My Money was about her accountant that lost her heaps of cash. So she had to literally start again. Yeah. And wow, is number three on that list. With lingerie and makeup rather than music. Yeah. Good on her.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. An Australian psychotherapist. She helps out couples who are having issues. Her name is Melissa, and she has given us a list of things to look for if you think your partner's cheating on you. She's a psychotherapist. She would know.

Yeah. The first one is, and she said this is a massive sign, but if you have got to this point, you've missed some red flags beforehand. Okay. The truth is that if your partner is suddenly putting their phone face down and on silent.

I'm cheating on you. I just put my phone over. Then there is at least something going on that they don't want you to know about. Well, that's the thing. Because if they're messaging someone, they don't want the notifications coming up in front of their partner do they so like if this is right before your birthday or like maybe they're planning to propose or something like you don't want to ruin that then phone you're saying that phone's going down they don't want

to ruin the surprise yeah like they might be messaging someone like organizing things and i think it's if it's a change of habit like if the phone's always up forever, for years, and then all of a sudden for weeks and months it's down, then yeah, that's a red flag. And they're sitting so that you can't see their screen anymore. Those are red flags. There was a poll and I voted in it. I said that is putting your phone down a sign of cheating? I said yes.

But 64% of people say no, it's not. Because the other way you can look at that is that they're with you and they don't want notifications annoying them. Like they don't want to be distracted by Facebook, Instagram messages or whatever. So phone over. You're not going to be tempted to pick that up. But I feel like that's a agreed upon thing at like if you've gone out for dinner or something.

Right. You'd both do it. And it would be obvious that that's why you're doing it. But if you're just sitting on the couch. You're not buying it, are you? No. They, this, Melissa the psychotherapist has added to this. So the phone down, red flag if it's never been done before, but

if it's coupled along with they're seeming distracted, they're least interested in you like they're somewhere else. Yeah. Other problems to look for is if they're showing less affection towards you

and they're doing things more independently. And also, I've heard this so many times, if your partner is suddenly taking an interest in your appearance, taking longer to get ready and like making themselves look really great.

Yeah. But not for you. Yeah. That's a big red flag as well. And less physicality in the bedroom. If they're just not interested in any kind of affection with you. Yeah. Obviously red flags.

Couple that with putting their phone face down and someone's in trouble. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. If you do this in a relationship often, how frequently you do this is an important indicator of your bond and your sexual satisfaction. Okay. How often you kiss your partner.

Like, are you talking about a big old pash? No, I don't think it needs to be a big old pash. Any kind of kiss. Okay. The frequency of which you kiss your partner will lead to how satisfied you are. I didn't realise this, but reading this study, not all cultures even kiss on the lips. Where do they kiss? Do they just not kiss?

Like on the arm, are they just like, how was work today? Real good, love. Put the kettle on. No, no kissing. Right. No kissing? Yeah. Oh, no kissing. Right. No kissing. Yeah. Oh, okay.

Why bother? What do you mean? You've got to have a kiss, don't you? Oh, were you saying? Yeah, what else do they do? Oh, I thought you meant why bother kissing. I was like, that's the saddest thing I've ever heard. Oh, no, no, definitely not.

Okay. So this is very much a Western thing. We see it in movies and everything. But this has looked into partners and the frequency with which they kiss. Right. Again, any kind of kiss. And those who reported high levels of smooching had high levels of arousal and sexual satisfaction during their sexual

experiences. I can just imagine you and Mr. Toyboy love a couch pash. Do you reckon? Executive intern Anya produces both? What do you reckon? They'd just sit at home having a pash, eh? That's just the kind of... Every ad breaker, I reckon. Yeah, yeah. You're not actually that wrong.

I think we had a couch bash last night. Why not? On a Wednesday. On a Wednesday, not like during an ad break. No, because we were watching Netflix, so there was no ad break. Oh, right. But you just decided during a Netflix show to just have a bash. Yeah.

That's weird, isn't it? Oh, that's cute. You're making me feel weird about it. We're married. Yeah true. I just don't know I don't want to know if that corresponds

to what you're saying though your survey. But we you guys always give us crap about PDA like we are not too bothered by

You love a PDA don't you in public? I just don't care like look away if you don't like it it's not my problem. Yeah but sometimes there's nowhere for us to look, maybe.

And it's awkward. Yeah, sure. What about you and Mr Bun Buns? Do you love a kiss? This is such a weird question to ask. Like, how often? Would you guys, like, would you pass every day? I don't know, guys.

Oh, my God. Maybe. No, not every day. Oh, that's a bit frivolous. No. Do you have a little kiss when you, like, go your separate ways? Yeah, I always kiss him before I leave in the mornings. And he's always like, like, half asleep.

Like, bye, bun buns. But, you know, I would say the passion, look, the passion could do with some more frequency okay I've just realised as well this is the first day that mum's going back to work

so she'll be in the car good morning mum good morning Willa yeah your daughter needs more passion she's been married a long time she will understand

oh no she's got to pass your dad quite a bit to keep the relationship up. They always kiss when they're, like, after they've done the dishes. That's pretty cute. What? Not like a pash. That is super cute.

Not a pash, but they're so cute. Just for, like, a job good, well done. A little kiss in the kitchen. Yeah. What kind of, just a wee peck? Just a peck, yeah. Probably when you're not there. That's the cutest thing.

Because you've moved in home, but when you're not there, they probably have a pash. Don't. No. No, we're not going there. No. You really, you living at there because you've moved in home but when you're not there they probably have a Don't. No. No. We're not going there. No. You really you living at home

you really Stop. encroaching. If this studies anything to go by it's nice to know that your parents are still experiencing

sexual satisfaction. Oh my god please stop. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan The Podcast ZM We're joined on the phone by Nick James He is the chair of the New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers

Good morning Nick Good, thank you Nick Now first question, do you have those scissors with the little holes in them all the way up? The thinning scissors? Good, yep They always blow my mind when I got haircuts I'm a bald man Nick, so it's been a while. But you and the association and all the hairdressers

must be feeling relieved to be back into it today. Yeah, we are. It's been a long sort of seven weeks, especially for the creative types that we are sort of sitting at home and not being able to socialise and interact with our clients and other things have been really difficult. But yeah, we're all anxious to get back into it. How have you been feeling?

Have you seen a lot of home haircuts? Yeah. And dying? Have you been watching the news and seeing all these Zoom calls and you're thinking, oh, what are you doing? Yeah. Yeah, sometimes it's kind of funny when you're sort of seeing people and you think, oh, my God, I've actually seen what your hair looks like

but your big regrowth or colour is not so great. I know, like they're going on the news and they're not thinking about it, are they? But anyway, we're all in the same boat. Are you absolutely inundated with bookings and have people got in touch with you being like, this is the disaster that I need you to fix? Yeah, so there's been a few people that have sort of said, I need to get in as soon as possible

because I go back to work next week and they need to sort it for me. So there's definitely a bit of pressure from the public to make sure that they're looking glamorous when they go back to work. So yeah, we've been unindated with calls. But it's good. It's going to be really busy for us.

So we're just asking that people sort of take, sort of mind the fact that they are actually like lots of people coming through. So we should be really mindful that we've got to keep our distance from them a little bit more so that it's not too cramped in here. Right. Can you give us an idea of what we can expect from going into our salon? What are you guys going to be in PPE? Yeah, so we have been said that we can wear PPE if we want to.

So it's just that our masks can be worn. So NZIH being the national organisation for hairdressers, we've just said to our members that they're recommended that we should be wearing masks and taking a few other things into account as well, but making sure that our clients feel comfortable as well and that they can wear masks if they want to or actually recommend them if they do.

So things will be a little bit different but it just sort of means that then we're protecting our clients and they're protecting us so we can't think that that's a really responsible thing to do. So I'm happy a lot of the public have been asking what to expect when they go back to a salon. There will be fewer people coming through the salon spaces because we're allowed to, we have to have a

meter between the staff, but also be able to contact Trace so we know who else lives in the salon and that we're not too close to each other. So things like if mum and dad and the kids are coming in for haircuts, then they all have to have their haircuts separately. So you might find that you've been asked to wait outside the salon rather than four people standing there while one of them is having their hair cut. So there's some things that we're required to do to make sure that we are keeping our staff and our families and wider communities safe.

So, yeah, we're really committed to having to do that. Awesome. Well, we're very much looking forward to having you back. But, yeah, obviously everyone needs to have a little bit of patience with you guys while you work through the backlog. Yeah, definitely. So, you know, I mean you know i mean yes one of the things that sound is that the public are kind of not concerned but they just don't know what it is to expect when they go back so we do have um members right throughout new zealand so you can pop onto our website at nzheadrestling.org.nz and you can find a salon near you we've got stickers that go in the window so

people will be able to see what it is that they should be expecting when they come out to see a salon. Do you think many people will bring in a picture of Ashley Bloomfield and ask for the Bloomfield? You never know. Yeah. There could be a few of them. I think a few hairdressers have a little bit of the Ashley Bloomfield

going on at the moment. Yeah. It might be the new look. And what would that colour be, the bloom field? It's kind of like a blondie. Ashy, ashy blonde. Ashy blonde. It might be like sun-closed almost, which is the top there, like the 80s highlight

kind of coming back through. Yes! Brilliant. I hope people do ask for the bloom field. That's brilliant. Nick, James, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Pleasure. Take care.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. We've been in level three, which meant that we still couldn't go retail shopping. So online shopping, we saw a massive spike. All the couriers were inundated with packages. Oh, and still inundated. I give a big ups to the couriers and be nice to them. Give them space.

People are giving them shit just because they're doing their job. And don't take the package off them. Give them space. People are giving them shit. They're doing their job. And don't take the package off them. Give them space to put it down close. But what were we actually buying in level three? Because we're in level two now. I don't know if you know this or not. Yeah, we can buy whatever we want in level three. But yeah, in level three, what were we actually buying?

I've got a top ten list of the most popular items by category. Because technically they were meant to be essential items, weren't they? Yeah, but lots of things are essential. Yeah. Essential to my entertainment. Yeah, okay, true. So I've got a top 10 list of categories. Yeah.

And then I've actually got broken down into actual products. Okay. So I can tell you the most bought product. Okay. In level three lockdown. So I can tell you the most bought product in level three lockdown. So we'll go through the categories. First of all, 10 out of the top 10. Up 220% was hair trimmers and clippers.

Yeah. Because I saw a news article and they were speaking to the posties and the couriers and the mail sorters. And I remember one of the guys on the news article story saying, yep, I've seen so many clippers go past. A lot of people were just shaving their heads. Yeah, CBF. Exercise bikes were up 300%. Oh, yeah, because I've got a bike,

and I had at least two or three people say to me over the course of lockdown, God, I wish I had a bike. But that means like stationary. Yeah. Those are expensive. They are. And then you buy it, and it I had a bike. But that means like stationary. Yeah. Those are expensive. They are. And then you buy it and it's good for lockdown, but then now are they still going to use it?

And the thing with a bike, like it's the same with a treadmill. Like wouldn't you rather be outside doing it? I know sometimes the weather's not great, but. Yeah, but not everyone likes the judgment. I feel like everyone judges me when I run because it's a weird thing to see. Some people just have a weird running style, don't they? And you're doing exercise. I saw somebody run yesterday.

I don't want to say who it was. See, no, don't do this because this is why. They had a weird running style. Yeah, see, I'm pretty sure that's me. And I didn't think they would. Because I've got flat feet and I'm pretty sure it looks terrible. Okay. Don't shame them for their running style.

Well, I'm not going to say their name, but it was just like, odd running style. I thought they'd run hotter. You thought they'd run hotter? Was it someone you knew that's hot? We knew them. Oh, okay. I need... Oh, okay. What? Everyone knows

them. You have to say. No, I'm not going to say. You have to say. I'm not shaming their running style. They've got everything else going for them. You have to say. No, I'm not going to say. You have to say. I'm not shaming their running style. They've got everything else going for them. I don't think it matters. You should say. No, I'm not. Everyone knows who they are. I'm certainly not going to say. I'm not going to say who they were. That's the one thing that we can put against that person

is their running style. Actually, I'm glad. To be fair, it was probably the end of the run. So, I mean, they're probably absolutely knackered. And I mean, I can't talk. I've got a terrible running. No, but I'm glad finally we can say there's something that, you know, that they haven't got going on. Yeah.

Number eight, gaming steering wheels and pedals up 315%. Essential service. Essential service. Essential. So this is the top 10 most popular categories during level three lockdown. Number seven, mixers. Kitchen machines, stand mixers up 324%. Chest freezers went up 343%.

Oh yeah, a lot of panic buying, wasn't there? Yeah. We're getting to the top five bread makers. If you can get your hands on flour and yeast. Number four, sewing machines were up 390%. Oh, okay. I didn't realise you could buy those online.

I got my sewing machine out and I never touched it. Number three, Lego was up 416%. Webcams were number two, up 1,491%. Well, that's, a lot of people

would have needed to zoom in for meetings and they wouldn't have been able to previously. And then the number one most bought category during level three lockdown, portable game consoles up 3,470%. Wow. And that brings me to, so there's these individual products.

Most of these products, well, they're all technical items. Okay. Most of them involve either zooming. So we're talking webcams or phones. There's some iPhones and some Samsung Galaxies in there. But most of them are gaming consoles. Which were not essential services. How were people buying those?

I don't know. The number one most bought product in level three lockdown was a Nintendo Switch. Yeah, I mean I guess you could say essential to people's sanity. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. So Elon Musk and Grimes

we know that they called their baby boy A-A-A-12 I believe that's how you say it. That's stupid. Stupid. Yeah. I mean, yeah. I don't know how. I've got no time for people that name their kids stupid things. It's all good and fun at the time,

but you've got to remember someone has to live with that name and be forever explaining it. I know, but stupid's subjective because I'm pretty sure names that I like for a child, you would hate. But then I'm trying to like. that I like for a child you would hate. You're not going to name your kids something stupid like that or Black and Decker if you had twins.

You know stuff like that. Or bourbon or chardonnay. Like come on. So a woman is taken to Reddit and she has this plea for people naming children because her name is Petal Flora. Petal.

Petal Flora. Do you think that name is okay if your last name was Smith? Petal Smith? I mean, Petal's not as bad as X Ash A12. No. So this is what she said. Please think of the fact that your child may be a professional someday where their name is heavily associated with their work.

I've thought about changing my name more times than I can count, but the hassle of changing my legal documents is too much to deal with. She said, imagine your name or their name on a proposed business card or as the author of a book or the name of a performer. Maybe you should think about whether they'll be taken seriously or not. Yeah. Great. And that's from a woman who has to deal with having that name day in,

day out. Yeah. Like if she's an academic in doctoral school. Doctoral school? Doctoral school. And her name is Petal Flora, and she said, no one takes me seriously with this name. Yeah.

But that's also on other people, you know. Yeah, I mean, that's true, you shouldn't judge, but it's, you know, it's going to raise, you know, some questions and some eyebrows, isn't it? It's going to make you think, even if you don't say out loud, what a stupid name. She said, look, I get it. Naming your baby when it's little something cute

and then dressing it up cute and putting it on the ground and being like, and look at Petal Flora in amongst the flowers. It's cute, but that baby grows up. This is exactly the problem I'm having trying to name my new cat. Yeah. That I get in a week. Like, oh, it's so stressful. We're putting it through the teasing filter.

Yeah, exactly. So we asked on our Instagram last night, and we've had, you know, 13, this is just over 13,000 votes and replies. Do you resent your parents for giving you a unique name? And 7% said yes, they do resent their parents for their name. So 7% of 13,000, that's a lot. That's serious to resent your parents. There are people that just don't really like their name. But those are people that obviously... That are like, you gave me a stupid name and I'm having to live with it.

So that is what we want to ask you this morning. So we asked on a poll after some recent names in the news, baby names, Elon Musk's especially, do you resent your parents for your name? And 9% of people that replied, sorry, 7% out of 13,000 responses as of this morning said they do. So we want to know if you resent your parents for your name. Emily, I wouldn't have expected anyone called Emily to call. Oh, geez, don't say it too many times. Emily. What's wrong with Emily, Emily?

Oh, I don't know. It's just, it's funny. Like, I always thought it was because it's too long for three, too short for three syllables. Like, it's five letters, but it's three syllables. It really annoys me. Those are three really hard-working syllables. Yeah, Emily.

Yeah, like, but I don't mind Cassandra. I don't mind Rebecca. So maybe it's just the fact that it ends with a Y and it's three syllables. I don't know. It drives me nuts, though. Never liked it. Why don't you just add some extra M's in the middle?

Like, you could be like Emily. Yeah, I've heard about it. A couple of X's, a 12. I don't know. I really jazz it up for 2020. Out of all the people to say they resent their parents for their name, I was not expecting an Emily to call. Oh, hey, now, I wouldn't say resent.

I love my mum. Yep. But, yeah, no, ever since I was, like, 11, I've just been, like, not having a bar of it. Hate it. You haven't dropped that rebellious teenager thing,

have you? I mean, no, not so much. Emily, thanks. You're called Skye. Do you not like your name? Oh, hi. Hi. No, I do now.

Right. But when I was younger, I used to get teased at school all the time. Aw. Yeah, yeah. And I used to go home and cry and wanted to change my name. I think I wanted to change it to Emma. So it was pretty famous. Oh, not Emily.

Not Emily, but Emma. Right, okay. And now, of course, you're like, because I quite like the name Sky. Yeah, well, I've always had that question, were my parents hippies? And no, they weren't. Yeah, you would get that because that would be the first thing I would ask. And I do get annoyed if people spell it without the E, so, yeah. Yeah, but we've grown up with Sky Television, haven't we? And they don't have an E. And just the Sky. without the E, so, yeah. Yeah, but we've grown up with Sky Television, haven't we?

And they don't have an E. And just the Sky. And the Sky. Oh, yeah. I've had all those ones. I've had Sky TV. Oh, I'm sorry. No, don't.

That's okay. I'm used to it now. Seriously, how many channels do you have? Oh, my God. I have so many. Oh, wait. That wasn't the first time you've so many. Oh, wait. That wasn't the first time you've heard that. No.

No. I like it. You hear that groan laugh she gave you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Happy Level 2 day. Whee! You didn't sound as excited before when you were telling me about how you're getting your nails done today at the mall. No, I'm really excited.

Good. I'm really sorry if I didn't give it the when you were telling me about how you're getting your nails done today at the mall. No, I'm really excited. Good, okay. Sorry if I didn't give it the enthusiasm you were after. We are talking now about names. And if you resent your parents for giving you your name, Petal, what was her name? Petal Flora. She's in the news after the Elon Musk baby. A-Ash, whatever it's called. A-12.

Looks like some kind of... They named it after a plane, among other things. Yeah, but that's part of it. Yeah. So yeah, a lot of people texting in about their names. Some are common names. So Josh Smith is texting. Far too common.

I've been at the doctor and they called out my name and me and someone else both stood up. Wow. Because I went to school, I think there was about six Joshes. But you're right. It's almost like the parents needed to just go a little bit out there with a name, especially if your last name's Smith. Yeah.

Something common like that. Don't add a Josh. Well, there's one here from Candice. It's like one extreme to the other, so some are too common. And then Candice, this is her words. My name is Candice and it's spelt like a stripper's name. So I get a lot of crap for it. And one

time someone asked me if my parents were smoking when they named me. That's one thing to hear the name and be like, huh. But to say something like that to someone is Candice with a K. I'd think it, but I'm not going to say it to someone. No, that's mean.

But then maybe Josh could take Candice's name if he wants to spice up his name. Just... Candice Smith. Yeah. I don't think anyone else would be standing up in the doctor's room for that one. No.

Some messages in. I have the same name as a porn star, says Sarah J. Named after. Yeah, well, I don't know if it's named after or just one of those ones where you... Assume. Someone becomes famous once you've Named after. Yeah. Well, I don't know if it's named after or just one of those ones where you, someone becomes famous once you've had the name. Right. I'm a millennial Karen.

Says Karen. So, and then emojis. It is weird though when you do meet a millennial Karen. Yeah. Or a younger Karen. Or like a baby Karen. Yeah. You're just like, huh, cool.

Was there, yeah. But now it's like, oh, Karen wants to speak to the manager. Like, you're just never loving that name down now. And you can never have a pixie cut. I feel like you need to have, yeah, loving it. Yes. Kitty has messaged in. Oh, I like that name.

I like cats. I like that I'm actually allergic to cats. She says Kitty. And she's called Kitty. And she's called Kitty. Yeah. Kitty. Yeah. So. Yeah.

So a couple of callers. First up, Fleur. You don't like your name. I've got used to it now, but as a kid, I used to get angry at mum. Because you know how you go into the shops and there's all those things with kids' names on them? I could never ever get used to it with my name on it. Yep. And Libra Fleur.

Did you get that at school? No. It was cigarettes back in the day, apparently. Really? Were there Fleur cigarettes? Yeah, there was for a little while. Oh, wow. Okay.

Yeah. But again, like, I, because even with the name, my first name, Carl, there was never stuff in souvenir stores. No. So if I see anything now, I buy it. Even if it's really tacky. Your house is just filled with Fleur paraphernalia. Yeah.

Fleur, thanks for your call. Polly. Good morning, guys. You don't like your name. I'm kind of all right with it, but like growing up, there's just so many ways to play on it. Like Polly Wanna Cracker, Polly Put The Kettle On, there's that

chorus song, Polly, Polly, Polly Politician. And then there was that Wismith and Pacemakers ad where there was a little girl called Polly Filler. That's right. I feel like I need to apologise to you because we had a Polly when I was growing up and I remember all of these gags.

Yeah. And it doesn't stop happening. I'm almost 28 and I still get adults who are like, oh, Polly want a cracker. Like it's the first thing they say when I introduce myself. Oh no. I'm like, not come up with anything else. There's that and the first thing they say when I introduce myself. Oh, no. I might not come up with anything else. There's that and the fact that people can never get it right. I always get Holly or Molly.

Oh, really? They just can't wrap their heads around it. It's just such an old school name. And, like, I love my family and I totally get family sentiment, but I wish they'd made it my middle name and given me, like, a normal first name. Yeah, there's resentment there. What is your middle name? Can you switch it? my middle name and given me, like, a normal first name. There's resentment there. What is your middle name? Can you switch it?

My middle name's Carol, so if I switched it, it's still an old lady's name. Wow, your parents really went two old names there, didn't they? Yeah, they couldn't. There was no, like, good. But the funny thing was, the day I was born, apparently there were, like, eight Brittneys born on the same day in the hospital. And the nurses were like to my mum, oh, thank God you came up with something original. And mum was so proud of herself, but that kind of wore off.

Brilliant. All right, Polly, thanks for your call. I don't think Polly's that bad. Nah, no. Joining us on the phone this morning, sexologist Dr. Nikki Goldstein. Good morning. Good morning. Just in time for level two, your new podcast, The Connection has been launched on Audible. Well, I thought this was probably going to be the perfect timing because now we can actually start getting back into dating again. So people's dating skills are probably

maybe a little rusty or there's a little few nerves getting back into physical dating. So I thought now was the right time to just give a little bit of advice before people head out to that world again. Because people have definitely been connecting on Tinder, on Bumble, on dating apps and stuff, but obviously no face-to-face. So how has it changed, do you think? Well, I think the difference between these online connections versus connections from the physical world is that there's certain elements we can control. I find

for a lot of people who were maybe a little bit anxious or nervous about dating, being in the online world was a lot better for them. For some reason, having the screen in front of them felt a little bit more of a protection. It wasn't as though they had to front up to the date. They felt that they could be in situations and scenarios that were a little bit more comfortable and relaxed for them. So as we get into the physical world, we have to deal with those physical elements again. A lot of people get nervous around what they're wearing, how their body posture is, how they're coming across to someone else. And you can't just get out of a FaceTime chat like you can in a real date. You can't just slam down the computer and say,

oops, sorry, it's a bad connection. Especially with someone and get through a meal or a coffee or a walk in the park. Do you think there's anything we've learnt during lockdown and having to make these connections online? Do you think there's something coming out of this that we've learnt? I'd like to say I hope that we've learnt something because our dating world has had a real shake-up

because I think for a lot of people, they're looking at connections that are a lot more deep and meaningful, rather superficial and surface level. I think in the back of everyone's mind, especially because we don't have a vaccine yet, is, well, if there is another lockdown, who do I want to be stuck with? And that's not necessarily somebody that just looks good and kicks off a few boxes. You want someone that can support you, someone that connects with you, someone that can be there for you.

And I'm hoping that these are attributes that people will start looking more for in the dating world rather than going out with their wish list, which is how tall are they? What job do they have? What do they look like? But who knows? Now's the time that we're going to see how it all unravels. We spoke to someone earlier in the week where we talked about their situation. They had spoken to someone in lockdown for a long time.

They finally met just this weekend gone at a safe distance. But there wasn't chemistry in person. I think this is what people have got to be careful of, is that you might have been dating somebody during lockdown thinking that they were just the bee's knees. But things can be very different when you see them in person. So just because you've been having all these online interactions, you might have been on FaceTime all the time, doing Zoom parties. When you meet them in person, consider that a first date, that these conversations that you've been having, been getting to know someone,

obviously that first physical date at a safe distance is going to be a little bit different than another first date. But we need to be really careful that people are not just stepping out of lockdown into full-on relationships because there are still things that you're going to have to learn about each other and find out how the chemistry is outside of online interaction. But if that first physical date doesn't go well, do people need to give it another go? I think the three-date rule is always a good one to have because the first date, people can be very nervous. They've got different elements that they're dealing with. The second date, maybe you start to relax just a little bit more.

But by the third date, you kind of really start to know what someone is all about, whether there is that chemistry there or whether there's been other factors at play. So I think if you can give somebody three dates, and hopefully after all of this as well, we're not as fast-paced in our dating as we were pre-pandemic, then I think that's a good way to be able to judge connections and also who someone is really about. See, I, after one date, I'd probably know,

but if I do go this three-date thing, would they be able to reimburse me for the other two that technically you were making me go on? Even though I had an inkling. Just choose cheap dates. Like just go for walks and coffees and drinks. So if you don't want your financial investment to be really high, you don't have to be.

But I just don't like when people say, oh, I think I know on the first date whether the chemistry is there or not. I don't really think that you can. But Fletch is a superficial bitch, so don't like when people say, oh, I think I know on the first date whether the chemistry is there or not. But I don't really think that you can. But Fletch is a superficial bitch, so don't even bother. Don't even bother, Nikki. You've learnt nothing in this period, have you? No.

Do you think there's an ideal time that you should talk to someone on a dating app? Because I feel like there's been a lot of chat over the lockdown. But there's got to be a time where you've just got to meet because you've got to see them in person and be with them to get that vibe, don't you? Yeah, and this is going to be the problem is if you started online dating at the start of the lockdown, you've probably also had this fantasy

of what this relationship is going to be post-pandemic. And that might not necessarily be the case. Aside from the distance of the screen, we tend to put the fairy tale slant in it because it's not real life. So we make up the facts in the story. So that's what you've got to be really careful of is that if it has been quite a few weeks,

it may be a very different scenario in person than it has been over all these phone conversations and video chats. Very true. There'll certainly be a prenup. No one's getting half of my fairy tale, Castle. I'll tell you that right now. Well, Dr. Nikki Goldstein, the new podcast The Connection is available on Audible

now. Thanks again for joining us. Thanks for having me. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Ross Boss joins us in studio. Yay, physical contact. How are you guys? Nice to see you. I've missed you.

Have you actually? Kind of, yeah. God, you need a haircut? No, but what's happened is it's gone through and there's something good happening. So I am getting a haircut this weekend, but it's just a little tidy. A little tidy, all right, okay.

Okay, so you're going to keep it. Embracing the longer hair. Yeah. Well, I've had longer. Yeah, right. You knew me with my long hair, didn't you? Yeah. It was disgusting. I feel like life's going better for you now.

You don't need that long hair. We're not going that long. That's okay. Yeah. You actually told us yesterday that you've had a little bit of a telling off. Some correspondence from your insurance provider. And we thought this would be great to schedule at 19 past eight to talk about on the radio

because it's funny. Well, let's be honest. It was 15 past eight and classic Fletcher running late. Oh, blame Vaughan. Who's not here. For everything. So I got one of those emails that's like,

hello Ross, good afternoon. And then as you glance down, you see all the words in bold, like you, we, you, we. It's like, all right, you're pulling out terms of the contract here. Yeah. This is my pet insurance.

Oh, okay. I need to get that for my cat. And these guys have been fantastic. Just rolling. I'm not going to name any names because they're not fantastic anymore. So there's lots of you, we, XS Policy, your pet, and your pet's veterinary history.

Yeah. And it says, From our claims, we can see that over a period of five years, Forrest, that's Forrest J. Whitaker, our cat, has presented at least five times with what were described as cat fight abscesses. From the underwriter's point of view, this is to be considered preventable, namely by keeping Forrest in. First off, do they not know how annoying my cat is?

She is not staying inside. No. And on this basis, the policy will no longer respond to these injuries. This is the only reason we have this insurance. Because he's always getting in fights. She. Very territorial. So it says,

please be assured that we do understand Forrest may have been victim to a feral cat. She's the feral cat. Like actually is rescued from the desert in Dubai. Yeah.

From a dumpster. Yeah. Actual dumpster cat that we saved a life. Yeah. But it says, the fact that he was on a location where this could and did happen means there saved a life. Yeah. But it says the fact that he was on a location

where this could and did happen means there's a 24 month exclusion. So I'm just first and foremost legal check because they said

he and not she and I've got she and I've got that. Yeah. You've got that. That's my way out right? Yep. Exactly.

Lawyer up. Take them to court. It's the wrong pronoun. So your cat's been getting into too many cat fights. Yeah. She'll just run in the house and we'll be like, what's that?

And there's like a big claw sticking out her neck or something. She just wants to protect us. But yeah, it's, I don't know, like, do I, I'm probably going to get rid of pet insurance now. Because what else is it for? Well, if they get like, you know, like some kind of illness. Cancer or something. She's 10.

Yeah, right. We're getting towards it. I can't believe you've been banned from pet insurance. Well, you can take the cat off the street, but you can't take the street out of the cat. No, yeah. Again, it's very protective. Can you change pet insurance places

or do they all talk to each other? Well, that's what I'd like to know. If they've got like a pet insurance register. Yeah. Because if not you i'm changing like this change your name there's a fire i don't have to do that by deed poll or anything forest fly hives um here's my cat steve needs some insurance yeah they look up steve fly high but no nothing do they have like a medical history

where they can look it up and be like no your cat has yeah well if they look up Steve Flahive. No, nothing. Do they have like a medical history where they can look it up and be like, no, your cat has an history of cat fights? Yeah, well, if they look up Steve Flahive, they get nothing. It's not a bad idea, but is that insurance fraud? We've talked about it on the radio, haven't we? There's certainly a trail that could, yeah. Everyone is listening. Wow.

Okay, well, your cat. And what, are you going to just leave it inside then? Absolutely not. I'll just have to take a veterinary class or something, I guess. I'm not sure. What about a YouTube how to sort out your pet's abscess? Just some dettol or something. I figure.

Cat dettol. And a knife. Yep. Heat it up over a flame or something. What if you put like a bell on for us so that other cats can hear? Oh, that doesn't work. No, because then you're in your house and all you put like a bell on Forrest so that other cats can hear? Oh, that doesn't work. No, because then you're in your house and all you hear is a bell. Oh, that's annoying.

And then when you hear the cats screeching outside, you hear a bell as well. That sounds like a cuter fight. Yeah, yeah. Well, good luck with that. Flesh, fawn and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

Today's fact of the day comes to us from Scotland. They have more than 400 words. Was that your Scottish accent? Scotland. Scotland. Yeah, your Scottish accent? Scotland. Scotland. Yeah, oh, yours was good. In fact, they have 421 words and expressions for snow. Huh.

Over 400 words. Okay. I have a few. Obviously, I'm not going to read all 421. No, we're reading all 421. It's a wacky radio thing, and we'll be here until it's done. Join us. Feeful.

I want to try and do it in an accent. Feeful. That's to swirl. Okay. Flindrickin. Flindrickin. Yeah. A slight snow shower.

Okay. Snore powder is fine driving snow. Spitters are small drops or flakes of wind-driven rain or snow. Okay. Unbrook. Unbrook. The beginning of a thaw. Oh, yeah.

These are all words for... Do they have one for a snow angel? Oh. Yeah. And some, like, some powder snow. Oh, those are the best. Smur is fine rain or drizzly snow. Okay.

Schnooey is just another word for snow. They call... Sneasel is like beginning to rain or snow. Okay. A scalp is a large snowflake. Yeah, right. So that's only some of the... 400-odd.

421 words or expressions they have just for snow. It must be so miserable and snowy. Can you imagine it's that miserable and snowy that you have to have 400 and odd names to describe what's happening outside. Yeah. Yeah. All the different types of snow. Yeah. No, I don't know if there's a snow angel word for a Scottish word for snow angel.

Disappointing. But there is 4 Scottish word for snow angel. Disappointing. But there is 421 words for snow. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Level two. Happy level two. Happy level two.

We made it. Oh, by the way, we mentioned earlier today, Wellington had a huge spike in parking tickets. Yesterday, the council started ticketing. Christchurch and Auckland councils have said they are ticketing today from level two. So pay for parking. Yeah, maybe look into your area because, yeah, a lot of people, parking applies now in Level 2.

And they gave out like a record amount of tickets in Wellington yesterday. So, yeah. Some people got two tickets. Which I think should be illegal. You should only have one ticket at a time. It's like double jeopardy. Otherwise you just leave your car there all day because you've already got a ticket. Exactly.

Cheap parking. I don't know. It doesn't work like that. Still cheaper than a parking building. So we're in level two and during lockdown I think a lot of habits would have been broken.

We saved a lot of money. We paid off a lot of credit card debt. Well, yeah, we said there was, what, a 5% 5% of people paid Reduction.

Yeah, reduction in credit card debt. It worked out to be something like $300 million Yeah. was paid off our credit card debt in New Zealand. That's just in March. It's crazy.

So we went buying takeaways and stuff. Yeah. But there might be something in level two that you've realised you don't actually need in your life. And that's what we wanted to ask you this morning. Yeah. If there's something that over this lockdown you've managed to give up or realise that you don't need. And saved money from. Because I didn't spend, I didn't do any online shopping.

I didn't either. I mean, apart from going to the supermarket, that's all I spent money on. And yet I saved so much money. I paid off my credit card. So you were one of these. I feel like I need to take a bow for that. How's that going now though? There's a little bit on it.

Yeah, right. Just a little bit. A little bit, a little bit. I'm just like, yeah. So now we're allowed to buy things, you're back down. Level two, treat yourself. Isn't that how it goes? Yeah, I think that's exactly how it goes, yeah.

So in the producer's booth, Anya, producer Anya, is there something that you have realised you don't need? I definitely don't need to get takeaways as often. But you run a social media account called Henny's Noms. I know. It's an expensive account. It's all about your reviews. But see, I'm the same.

I'm like, well, I'll just make food tonight. I've even, like, the last couple of weeks, haven't really, since we've been allowed takeaways, we've only got takeaways like once or twice. Yeah, I think I've realised that I need to stop doing it out of convenience. Like I'll still do it as a trait or when I actually really want it, but I always used to just like, oh yeah, I'll just. But how

long is it going to take us to get back to normal? I'd say two to three days. And then we create a new habit. Yeah, yeah, exactly. What about you, Mountie? So what I think the smartest thing I did before lockdown was I bought a bunch of nail polishes so I could do them at home myself.

And I've gotten really good at it. I don't think I need to be going to the salon every two to three weeks. Oh, no. But does the nail polish last? It's the only thing. It does. It lasts like two weeks.

I feel attacked. This is as someone who's booked their nail. I'm literally going into the nail salon today. Yeah, but like, I work a lot and it chips and stuff. And Megan's one of those people

that when she was a kid couldn't colour between the lines. So she doesn't have a steady hand like you, Mountie. She ends up on the cuticles. So I think it's going to be more of a treat now. Oh, okay.

Yeah. How long do you think that's going to last? That's a good point i don't know we'll see how it goes as long as and it's takeaways probably yeah as long as indiana's cooking at home lasts i don't know if i'm going to and i know this is kind of counterintuitive because they're supposed to all be paying for and we'll pay for other things but i don't know if i will be going to the gym. Really?

Because I got so used to doing online classes. I hated it. I hated it. And there's so much you can do at home. Nah, see, I was the opposite. I mean, maybe it's different because I have an apartment. You've got a nice outdoor kind of back lawn and stuff. And I guess you could have got out in the nice weather.

But I just hated it. I can't wait for my gym to open tomorrow. I was so surprised. I was like, why do I go to the gym to do all these things that I can do my own? And I made my own weights with putting cans in a countdown bag. So you've just got no time for those kinds of shenanigans. No time for that.

But I like the do-it-yourself kind of attitude towards it. Okay, well, we want to take some calls now. 0800 DARS at M9696. What have you realised that you don't need in Level 2? And going forward, maybe have you created some new habits that maybe are going to save you a little bit of money? And maybe we can use that money we save to go and help some local businesses in other ways and buy other things that you need.

So as we wake up and start our day in level two, we're asking you what you don't need as we move forward after level three and four. Maybe you've formed a new habit.

Maybe you're never getting takeaways again. Oh, that's not going to last. No. I mean, good on you, but that's not going to last if we're being honest. Because how many weeks

do they say it takes to form a habit? Two. Two weeks. Two weeks. So if you want to get back into your fitness or anything. And that's something

we had like six or seven weeks of, or maybe five weeks of, where you had to make your own food from the supermarket, didn't you? Yeah. No takeaways. So people might have formed these habits.

So give us a call, 0800DARLS.M. You can text as well, 9696. Catherine, what don't you need now that it's level two? Oh, 9696. Catherine, what don't you need now that it's level two? Oh, sorry, Catherine.

Catherine, I was about to blame... I'm working with an amateur here. I was about to blame Spark for that, the telecommunications provider, but it was me. I didn't turn the button on. Oh, sorry. Bloody Spark. What don't you need in level two, Catherine?

I don't need a full face makeup every day. See, yeah, I noticed that when we were on a little holiday. It was like, oh, my skin's actually, like, doing quite well with all the makeup on. Yeah. I'm just loving the natural look, bit of mascara. That's it. Least time to get ready in the morning. Yeah, so are you going to be going back to work without makeup

or you don't have to go into an office? Yeah, I'm heading to work now. Oh, good on you. With no makeup on. Oh, that's great because when I come to work with little makeup on, Fletch says, are you sick or are you tired? Just tired today. It's one or the other.

To be fair, you did look... It'll be interesting to see the reaction, but I'm thinking it will be all good. And you'll save so much money too. Yeah, of course. Yeah, sure, yeah. Now that we're in level two and going forward, what you don't need, what you've realised you don't need after being locked up for levels four and three for all that time?

Maybe it was a bit of a luxury, you're spending all your money on it, and you realise that you just don't need it anymore. Some amazing texts and calls coming through. Let's start with Tash. What do you realise you don't need anymore, Tash? I've stopped vaping. Really? Is that because you couldn't buy the juice?

The vape, whatever, the liquid? No, there's like these pods that you have to put in and I only had a few going into lockdown and I didn't a few going into lockdown, and I didn't want to pay the ridiculous shipping prices. And also, you're not going to stand there looking like you've got a USB stick in your mouth. Yeah, pretty much. You look like a bit of a dickhead. But good on you, because that's going to save you some money.

Do you good on the health front as well? Yeah, I've actually never felt better. Like, I've always been into fitness and stuff, and now it's like, oh, wow, it's actually so much easier when you're not smoking and vaping. So you're definitely not going to pick it back up again? No, I think I'm done. So that's pretty good.

Yeah, good on you. All right, thanks. You're cool, Tash. Shelly, what have you realised you don't need a Level 2? I no longer need a forced friendship. Forced friendship? You know, you would meet people in like Countdown or something and be like, oh, let's catch up soon.

But during lockdown, like you only had contact from people that really wanted to be in contact. But what happens when you see these people again? We're just going to start up saying, oh, we need to catch up soon. Just pretend you don't know them. We need to have a coffee soon. Yeah. I don't know. I feel like we're just going to start up saying, oh, we need to catch up soon. Just pretend you don't know them. We need to have a coffee soon. Yeah. I don't know.

I feel like it's just going to start up again and we're going to continue lying about having coffee dates. So, you've realised you don't need half your friends. Well, like, the not the, like, decent friends. Yeah. I don't know what you mean. Yeah, you always... But I feel like that's the thing when you see someone,

you're like, well, we've got to catch up soon. You know you both don't mean it. Yeah, and like I found, like I haven't been going out of my way to like text people that don't reply, you know? Yeah. Okay, get rid of the BS. Okay, Shelley, thanks for your call. Some messages in. This is one I've considered.

So my husband decided he doesn't need to go to the hairdressers anymore because he's been getting me to cut his hair. He brought himself the full haircut kit with clippers, et cetera, as many Kiwis have done over level three. She said, God help him. But the trouble is, like, that's all well and good. You're saving money and stuff. But, like, how often is he going to be coming to you going, babe, I need you to cut my hair? Like, fun in the beginning. Yeah.

But I just feel like, and if you ever, like, nick his ear to cut my hair. Like, fun in the beginning. Yeah. But I just feel like, and if you ever, like, nick his ear. Oh, yeah. Or if you give him a bad cut. See, some people suit the buzz cut, so don't they, the short hair? Yeah. But there'll be other people that'll just be growing that out

and can't wait to get back into the saloon. Yeah. Lots of smoking and vaping ones. I went cold turkey on cigarettes and alcohol in lockdown. It saved me so much money, and I won't be starting up again. I feel free. Becoming veggie.

I don't eat meat anymore, and I don't plan to start again. Okay. And then one here that just says grinder. Now, what would that mean? I would have thought that was essential in Level 2 after the drought. Is that like a meat grinder? Yeah, yeah Right, okay

Miss the meat in level I'll give them five days And they'll have that app reinstalled on their phone Now that it's level two Essential item Yeah, exactly ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast

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