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Hello, welcome to the Fleeche Morn and Megan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Download the Maccas app to get McCafe rewards today. Guys, my beehive has varroa mite. You'll be familiar with varroa mite. You've heard that when they talk about like colony collapse. Yeah, I think I saw a Country Calendar, Kaikoura episode. Yeah, Kaikoura Honey. That one, did I watch that? That was a great episode.

It was a good episode. How great, like that was a very cool episode. It was one of those Highland country Are you Why are you watching Country Country now too? I've lost both of you

No I had it on the news And it's one of those nights It's just on my phone And then before you know it You're in Ring ding ding ding ding ding You're watching Ring ding ding ding

I just think of you Every time I hear that And I'm like Nope More to be watching this Ring ding ding ding So I'm like, nope. More to be watching this. So this is where the little mites, because they showed a picture on Country Calendar up close.

It's like a hitchhiker. Yeah. It's like a little wart on the bee's back. Is this like, is it bad? No, treatable. How were they doing it on that show? Because they were doing Like organic right? They

Yeah they made a mixture of something Yeah And they poured They poured it into the Into the honeycomb Into the Yeah yeah yeah What was it that they used?

There is a There is an organic way of doing it Oh lavender Wasn't it lavender? Ah it might have been lavender oil Or something I don't know They had a mix

Oh we just chucked in some Monsanto strips There's these strips So it was fascinating stuff Australia doesn't have it We apparently got into New Zealand When we imported bees from somewhere else Why would we do that? I think they were trying to do like a hybrid bee

That was better at You know classic New Zealand Why did we get possums? Why did we get rabbits? Why did we get rats? Like long term thinking But the Varroa might got in. And yeah, they're just like this little tiny dot on the back of the bee.

And they get into like the honeycomb when the queen lays the egg at the bottom. And they like yum them up. And so the queen stops laying. Because she's like, bees are insanely smart. She's like, what's the fucking point? Yeah, what's the fucking point? My kids are coming out mutants or dead. What's the point? What's the, what's the fucking point? Yeah, what's the fucking point? My kids are coming out mutants or dead. What's the point?

What's the point? So she stops laying. Yeah. So yeah, it was after like the last check. It's gone in just before the winter check. And we put some strips in there and check again in a few weeks. Okay. For any sign of varroa mite.

These strips should check it. Chuck some new strips in there just to keep them. The strips don't affect the bees whatsoever, but there's something in it. The mites. Right. Is your honey going to be a bit radioactive? No. Or tangy?

No, because the honey's been taken. Now the honey that's left in there is for the bees to eat over winter when they don't have as much fun, though. And it wasn't AFB, which is American Foul Brewed, because then what you do. What is that? That can't be cured. What you've got to do is tickle the queen.

Yeah. And she'll be like, servants, come to me. And they all come in. And then you shut the door behind them and you light the hive on fire. Oh, my God. That sounds like some Game of Thrones shit. You don't see that on the honey puffs. But you've got to do it

because it's super infectious and if it gets into all of the other bees and the other hives or if another like super hive that's nearby

comes to steal the honey because they do this as well. They steal each other's honey. Yeah. Because if you take too much honey from them and they don't have enough for over winter,

the tough guys go out and steal honey and bring it back. That's what I learnt on Country Calendar. There's over-farming. Yeah. Too close, right? Yeah, yeah, and there's not enough.

You should just do what I do. Go to the supermarket and buy a pot of honey. It's quite revolutionary. Right, okay, gotcha. That's an interesting approach. I might look into it. ZM. Head music.

Lives here. Fleeceforn and Megan. The podcast. Good morning. Morena, welcome to the show. Flee, Fawn and Megan. The podcast. Good morning. Morena, welcome to the show. Fleets, Fawn and Megan. Friday. Good morning.

Check out this new, I've never seen this cup in the kitchen before. Look how big it is. It's like a gallon of coffee. Oh, that's good. What does it say? Kindness. Kindness, which also is, you know, my mantra. It is, yeah.

You're pretty much a show Alan. Yeah. If we could have a word after the show, please. Yeah. You're pretty much a show Alan. Yeah. If we could have a word after the show, please. Yeah. You're about to get Alan'd. Yeah. By Vaughan Alan. That's my middle name.

I was just checking the weather temperatures around the country because Vaughan and I are going to Queenstown today for the company motivational speaking engagement. Yep. Where I will be promoting kindness. Currently the coldest place again for the second day running minus 4.9 in Mozgill at the moment.

Kytire, the beautiful Kytire, the warmest place in the country right now on 12.4. Just a quick scan up the country. Dunners is 7, Abami 7. How can it be like... Mozgill's... It's a weather anomaly because you kind of drive down into the hole, don't you? It's a... How can it be like... Mozgills, it's a weather anomaly. Because you kind of drive down into the hole, don't you?

It's a microclimate. Christchurch, currently three degrees. Wellington, four. Parmy, five. Tauranga, the bay, four degrees. Auckland, five. So she's a cold start. Hamilton, currently zero.

So yes, a colder start this morning. Are there any Mozgill sports teams called the Mozgirl Mongooses? The Mozgirl Mozies. Are there Mozgies? I don't know. That'd be a better one. I just love something about whenever you say Mozgirl, it makes me think of a mongoose.

Right. Okay. You know, the small sort of like rodent-y, bite-y thing. It can take down a snake. I don't know why. They're a fierce little creature. Coming up on the show today, exciting, very special guest. I mean, this is a Hollywood A-list celebrity.

Seth Rogen joins us on the show at 8 a.m. this morning. He's got a book out called Yearbook, Stories of His Life. Which you've been reading. It's written so well, just like his voice in your head. Yeah, right. But some great tales of other celebrities. He's going to do his laugh, eh? Yeah, that's it.

So he's on the show with us about 10 past 8 this morning. We'll have Add to Cart as well at 8 o'clock. More goodies to add to the cart. Coming up on the show, the top six. Microsoft are going to replace their default font in Microsoft Word. When you open up a blank document and start typing, it's Calibri.

Oh, I thought it was Times New Roman. It used to be Times New Roman back in the day. I think I like Calibri and Tahoma. Yeah, two very palatable fonts. Yeah. People that use Comic Sans. Is that a good one? Oh, yeah, Halvetica is a good one.

Is that documentary on Halvetica? Yeah. You wanted to like it, but it was long. I kept falling asleep. Yeah. But it was fascinating. The start of it's about the history of fonts. That's very, very fascinating.

Okay. But I've got the top six possible fonts to replace Calibri as the default font. All right. The top six coming up next on the show. It is the return of a segment we have not done for a while. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. I'll time this.

Gay penguins. It's been so long since we've done this segment. Yeah. I didn't feel like I adequately warmed up my voice, but we're back. No, it was a bit scratchy, wasn't it? Gay penguins! The London Aquarium is reopening

next week for the first time since pandemic shutdown. They're allowed to hug next week and go to aquariums. Yeah, no, hugging's back already. Hugging was, they want to stagger the... You can't have fish and hugging in the same week. Oh, okay, right. And aquatic life and hugging in the same week. Oh, okay, right. And aquatic life and hugging in the same week.

So the Sea Life London Aquarium on the South Bank is going to reopen. And at the same time, the Gen 2 Penguins are pairing up for the annual mating season. And among them, two all-female couples. Okay. So two couples, only females. Yep. Okay. There's Marmalade and Chickpea.

They're one of the female couples. Oh, my God. Cute. And Marama and Rocky. Marama. Is the other. Yeah, Marama. Marama, I think, like Nairi, is one of those names that I've always assumed was of Maori

origin, so I'll give it the rolled R. I'll give it Marama or it might be Marama. Is it not, though? I thought... But then I thought Nairi was. Always growing up. Isn't that Irish or something? Yeah, it's not.

Nairi was popular because of the NG. Oh, I'm just getting results for Marama Davidson. She's not a penguin. That's one of your famous Maramas, though, so that's why we totally thought it right. There's also a South Australian town called Marama. Now, how would that be pronounced? Probably Marama.

Marama. Yeah. Also a Ray White real estate agent called Marama as well. Oh, yeah. Okay. Keep going, Vaughan. Origins of the name. It says a widespread Polynesian word for moon or light.

Oh, yeah, Marama Street. We used to live on that in Hamilton, and that apparently we worked out one time it meant the moon. Yeah, I'm only getting like Pacific Island, Maldi. Okay, so maybe. But then like in Australia, Marama would be an Aboriginal word, right? Yeah. First Nation word. Anyway,

we've gone slightly off track there. Because there are some gay penguins we need to talk about. There are some gay penguins we need to talk about. The Gentoo penguins, they said people love them. That's one of the most popular displays. And they have a very romantic mating season where they pair up.

They say humans could actually learn a lot from penguins and their dedication to their partner, all the things they do for their partners. Yeah, right. So it's just a little bit of a double thumbs up there for penguins across the board and gay representation amongst other species. So next time someone tells you it's not natural,

you can point at the Gentoo penguins. Yeah, penguins. Who had males as an option. Yeah, by the way. Marmalade and chickpea. Yeah, marmalade and chickpea and Maramara and Rocky were like, mm-mm. Not for me.

Not for us. Not for us. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, there's bad news. Apparently there's a grape shortage and it's worse than a decade. Okay. And this is really bad for salve drinkers. Oh.

Suck it. I'm a salve. I just love a bloody good salve. This is bad news for basic boobs. Excuse me? Karen's around the country. Karen's and Megan's. Who's drinking salve?

It can't be just a straight up Sav I'm more of a I mean I'm just more I guess I'm more sophisticated I like a Pinot Noir From the central Otago region Oh I'm not scoffing

Against a Pinot But like A good Sav Love a Pinot Wait what Pinot Are you talking Roar and me

Well I don't know Any central Any central Otago Wait wait wait A Pinot Gris Is a sweet white wine I thought you'd be running A Pinot Gris I thought a Riesling And a Pinot Gris is a sweet white wine I thought you'd be running a Pinot Gris

I thought a Riesling and a Pinot Gris would be in your wheelhouse a Sav is a bit more sophisticated because a Pinot Gris is like a sweet wine a Chardonnay is

classy that's your no it's not it's a Finkerman it's a Finkerman that's a boomer that's a boomer wine Sav is classy

than a Chardonnay in no way a buttery Chard can't be better I know we're I'm only playing against the majority because I know that salves are like the New Zealand white wine, right? Yeah, they are.

It's what we're super well known for. They're not for me. So this season, the grape shortage is making it the worst in 10 years. Now, this is according to the chairman of the French group, Pernod Ricard, which, by the way, is on level three of our building. Up stars. And they have done. I think this is revenge for them sometimes parking in a not park

and making it impossible for me to get out of my park. They also have that cupboard in the corner of the car park with the booze in it, which they never leave open. It's always locked, the booze room, isn't it? They never leave them. But they've said that New Zealand's vintage would be 9 million, 9 litre cases down on last year. Now that's a huge amount.

So the Savignon Blanc vintage, their group's salve, is 34% below last year's. Wow. And it's because of a shortage of grapes and also a combination of November frosts and bad weather following. I remember that. That affected quite a few fruit growers, right?

There were some hailstorms and stuff. Yeah, particularly the Marlborough Sav issues there. Also, Villa Maria, in this story, Villa Maria Winery, they told the Herald that they would probably have to increase prices up to 20%. Wow. So I guess they were hit as well by the shortage and issues there. That's because too many people did wheeze in the vines when 660 played at Villa Maria. And cut it back, yeah.

So more than 60% of the wine production total in New Zealand is Sauvignon Blanc. It's Sav. So you're right. But it's good. You can't be the Savvy. You canignon Blanc. It's Sav. So you're right. It's because it's good. You can't be the Savvy. You can. You can.

You literally can. You can't drink at room temp. That's my, have you ever had a room temperature Sav? Yeah. It's not great. Like when you go to like a function and they've got the little plastic bottles at the stadium. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you'll get two because by the time you've drunk one, you'll still be in the line.

I find out adding a cold Sprite helps. You scoff. You scoff. You're calling me a basic B. That's what my mum does. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like a wine shandy. Yeah, if she doesn't like the taste of a wine,

she's like, I'll get a Sprite Zero too. Yeah, that's what she gets. She's like, oh, pour some. No, I think she's like a seven up or something. My mum's alternative everything. Like, she doesn't buy Coke. She buys Pepsi Max. Yeah.

I'm like, mum, good on you, but everybody's against the grain on it. And she's the same with, she doesn't buy Sprite. She buys seven up. She's a real Pepsi gal. I don't know why. She does whatever the opposite is. Yeah. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM.

From the muggy ZM think tank, this is the top six. This from Carween at the social media slash design desk. An article, Microsoft Word, which will be the new default font? On Forbes, apparently Microsoft is going to shake it up and they're going to change. Now, in 2007, Calibri became Word's default font. It replaced Times New Roman in 2007. Yeah, I'm not a fan of that.

It's too cliche. Times New Roman. Yeah, Times New Roman is. I love the Calibri, the Tahoma. Those are my go-tos. Sometimes I'll mix it up with some windings just to mess with people. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was the trick, eh? I remember in the early days

of computers, you'd send the windings and then your friend had to decipher the code and the teacher didn't have the time. Because you couldn't just highlight it and copy it and change it like back in the day. Yeah. You had to print it out and give it to them and they had to have a little key.

It was great, great, great times. Good fun. So that is the first time that it's been changed. So Microsoft has said, we need to talk what should be our next default font. They have written,

Dear Calibre, we loved our time together, but we've outgrown this relationship. Love your potential replacements. Bierstad, Grandview, Seaford, Skeeter, and Tenorite. I don't think I've ever heard of those fonts. I'm imagining. They're pretty new.

They're similar, are they? They're pretty new. There's nothing I find quite sexier than going to those free font websites and getting new fonts. But, yeah. Sexy. But frustrating. Yes. Because you can't find

what you're after. I know, yeah. You can spend a long time. It's like finding the perfect music for something. Yeah. If you're editing a video, yeah. By the way,

this top six isn't aiming for chuckles galore. This is for the designers. The design nerds. The people that, you know, have to deal with clients being like, I don't know, you have a shot. Do you not like that?

I was thinking more something. I don't like that. They hate it. Comic sans. It's like creative freedom. You're the expert. They don't want it. Too much time can be lost to creative freedom.

These people are professionals. They need to work it. Yeah. And also they hate when you go in with no brief, but then when you come back with an idea that you don't like any of it, then you've got ideas on how you want it to be changed. Yeah. And they also don't want to design your kid's birthday party invitations for free.

I feel like that's something you do all the time. Yeah, but I'm married to her, so. I'm allowed to make these requests. The top six fonts to take over Calibri. Number six, Ariel. It's ari. Number six, Arial. It's a classic. It's an absolute classic. It's a classic.

You can't have anything too exciting. I went through the whole list of fonts that come default on Microsoft Word. You can't have a Footlight MT. Impact. It's got two, the G's too. You can't have Impact. No. You can't have Rockbill.

Yeah, too chunky. The one that looks like the old signs in 1800s westerns. Yeah. You can't have Impact? No. You can't have Rock Bill? Yeah, too chunky. The one that looks like the old signs in 1800s westerns? Yeah. You can't have it. Number five on the list of the top six fonts to take over from Calibri. I've seen this one. I've never used it, but I like it. Baghdad.

I've got them all here. Baghdad. I will say. Baghdad. See, Baghdad's nice. I like Baghdad. Yeah, Baghdad's... That's like an aerial, though, isn't it?

It's a squished up aerial. Do you reckon it's a squished up aerial? A little bit, yeah. The A's are different. The A's are a bit more curvaceous. Yeah, okay. Number four on the list, Franklin Gothic Book. I love a bit of Franklin Gothic Book.

Again, that's a spaced out aerial. Oh, yeah, that's nice. You'll find all of the fonts I've chosen so far. Sam Serif. Yeah, you don't like... There's no serifs on them. But if you're doing advertising, you need the serifs to catch people's eyes. Do a serif catch an eye?

That's why... It drags the eye in. In advertising, that's why they use serifs. What's a serif again? It's like a base for the letter to balance on. Oh, the little... Yeah. And then like an R goes down and then it'll have a little...

Catch your eye. Just looking at our advertising, no serifs. Yeah, that's why nobody... That's why that doesn't work. That's why it's not working. Bloody hell. Let's put a thing after the N on your name and Megan's and we'll do way better than we are now.

Yeah. Okay, I'll have a word to marketing afterwards. And the colours, sort the colours out. It's very vivid, isn't it? Very green. Very green. It'll catch the eye. That's what I've done.

I'm being told off by executive intern. I think if they'd gone the bright green but also chucked serifs on there, there would have been car accidents. People would have been

so distracted by them. Yeah, well maybe that's why they didn't. They can't be in. Double down on that. They have to tone us down. Number three on the list of top six fonts

to take over a Calibri, Verdana. I like Verdana. Verdana is a classic. It's a wide font because these are all the same a Calibri. Verdana. I like Verdana. It's a classic. It's a wide font because these are all the same size. It's kind of squat. I like it.

Yeah, it's a little bit. Very easy to read. You're very basic. These are all very similar. Excuse me. But they have to be. This is the default font. It's no time for Joker ITC.

Microsoft have also said Comic Sans will not happen because this is the sort of thing that could get groundswell support for Comic Sans. That hideous one that was in Avatar. Papyrus. Yeah, they don't have Papyrus. When people do an invite with Papyrus I'm like, you're cancelled. It was a

sort of, well Papyrus is an old Egyptian word for paper, right? It's reeds that were made into paper. And then avatar. Papyrus do great cards. You know, the papyrus cards. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah, they do. But you're right. James Cameron made a multi-billion dollar movie and then chose a default font. And then, yeah, basically pulled down the menu on Microsoft Word and was like, that one. You lazy ass bitch. Was he in a rush? Oh, he lives in Marsden. We could ask him.

Let's ask him next time. I just called him a lazy ass bitch though, so he might not want to come on the show. Number two, you guys are going to love the number two. Times New Roman. Vaughn, they've been there. Go back to the classics, baby. It had its time. To whence we came.

And number one on the list of top six default fonts to take over from Calibri Marks of Word. Myriad Pro. I love Myriad Pro. Oh, it's too bold for an everyday font. You think that's too bold? It's more of a header font, Vaughn. It's not a header font. Again, no serifs in any, apart from Times New Roman.

Times New Roman's got some serifs. It's your only serif. But the minute you add a serif, it also makes it look older. It makes it look like an older font. Yeah, you're right. Okay. Jesus, that was the nerdiest shit we've ever done. It really was. I loved it. I know you were on board.

I was on board. I was humouring you. Oh, you were humouring us? Well, that's for the graphic designers anyway. You remember when you designed your menus for the cafe? You would have spent a lot of time on the font. A lot of time choosing your font.

So important. See, you're on board. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Huge news for Hobbiton in Matamata. The one millionth litre of brew. That's not just the one millionth beer poured because if they were half, you know, like pints

like half litres, that would be two million of them poured. But this is one million litres of brew. Can I just say that would have loved... This is quite lovely background music to them. It's a Shire theme song. Yeah, it is. Yeah, so they've poured their one millionth litre. Right. And to celebrate a new beer going through there, the Celebration Ale from Good George

is going to be poured through there. The Hobbiton South Farthing Celebration Ale. Right. I'm assuming this would have happened a year ago. It would have happened a whole lot sooner, right? If COVID hadn't have happened. This is also just a nice reminder to you guys that I do want

my 40th next February at Hobbiton. Full Lord of the Rings theme. What day is your birthday next year? 20th of February. You know about what day of the week? Can we have a quick look? Yeah, I can have a look. I've never actually been to Hobbs and Hines. It's so cool.

No, neither, because isn't it expensive? I'm just saying. Sunday. Oh, well, that's good. It's a Sunday, my birthday. We could do a Saturday. We could stay the night. Can you actually say the night there?

They don't let people like you stay the night. Well, no, they told us. They locked the doors. They told us that there was a German dude and he came for a tour, dressed as a wizard and refused to leave with his tour group. And then just refused to leave. Full stop. Really?

Yeah. Oh, that's actually quite cute, isn't it? He came all the way. He loved it. He loved it. He had such a great time. So much. Because do they still do the big banquets?

Yep. Oh, well, that's perfect. We could do like your... Totally. We could do a breakfast banquet. Yeah. Couple of ales. Oh, that would be so much fun.

And then that's your birthday done. Yeah. That would be... And you can come, but you've got to come in costume. And you can come dressed as whatever you want from Lord of the Rings. Okay. Like you could be a dwarf or a hobbit or like just a human or a ringwraith. Harry Potter.

Shut up. Stop messing around. Stop. Stop confusing that please. Right. An elf. Yeah, you could be an elf. Because they're the beautiful ones. They're the elegant. They're the elegant, beautiful ones. I'm Liz. What's her name? Liv Tyler. I'm Liv Tyler.

You're Liz Tyler. You're a budget sister. I'm surprised it took us so long to see this because every morning, executive intern Anya plugs in her computer to an HDMI which goes onto a TV screen and then she's like, she talks a lot. I don't know what happens.

And then it's six o'clock.. And then it's six o'clock. And then somehow it's six o'clock. Yeah. That's what we call planning the show, Vaughn, which you're quite often absent. You're present physically. But mentally you're not here. Miles away. Like this morning I watched a video of that guy who made a resin table with a whole lot of Lego figurines in the middle.

While we were planning the show. And yeah, I mean, and who's rich for the experience? I've lived this morning, baby. I've lived. Anyway, I'm surprised it took us so long to see what we saw yesterday because the computer is on the screen every morning. She always has a million tabs

open. But that's the key. But it also should have been a sign of the shambolic mess that was Executive Intern Anya's desktop. Oh, my God. Is that photo? That photo will still be on our gram, right? In our stories, FBNZM.

It's like people were literally messaging in being like, please delete that. I can't possibly come across it. People with like OCD or neurodiverse people were like, please delete that. I can't possibly come across it. People with like OCD or neurodiverse people were like, no, no, no, no, no, I can't, I can't, I can't know that that exists. We ran a slide of how stressful is this desktop, and it's like as slid as you can go. It's far right.

It's not close enough to even see the gravity of what, how many items are on the screen? So the desktop was so full, every possible allocation space was taken up. And then there was another one on top of that and another one on top of that. There was at least like six deep. And it's dumb stuff, like JPEGs from five years ago.

Yeah. You said when you save something, you just thought this is what happened. I didn't realise yet that when you save or download something, I must have had it so it saved to the desktop. Your default folders are both the desktop. I thought when you save something to the desktop,

it's saving it to the comp. The computer. Yeah, not actually like, what's this, the homepage? I don't know. The desktop. Where the mountains are. The desktop. Yeah. The mountains.

It's literally called the desktop. She doesn't even have a personalised desktop because she can't see it. I'm only seeing the mountains for the first time this morning, and what a beautiful scene. Yeah, what a vista. Every time you update your operating software, your iOS, because it was on a Mac, it gets a new background.

You get a new one. Oh, wow. So did you not? Because you were literally, you've been complaining for months, oh, my computer runs so slow. Now, I might be wrong, but when you save stuff to the desktop, doesn't it kind of generate a preview or it keeps it? It's different.

Yeah, there's something that keeps it so it can be opened quicker than if you bury it in the archives. I don't know. So you're literally using all your computer's processing power with all that stuff on the desktop. Look, I like to push things to the limits. And then complain about when the limits are met. Yeah, pretty much.

But today, I tell you what, she's come into work and she showed us the mountains because today you just literally opened up your folder and went, select all, delete. Yeah. Did you delete everything off the desktop? And then delete it out of the rubbish bin? And then empty the trash can. Yeah. Look, I've gone with the approach. That's buck wild!

I've gone with the approach of if it's that important, I will have emailed it to myself at some stage. Or it'll be on the cloud. Like most of the documents we use are like the cloud, aren't they? Look, certainly some of them are. Is it fair to say that you never went to the desktop and opened any of those? Never, never, never, never.

Because I always have like five million tabs open in various programs. You're a mess. You're an absolute mess. I know. But look, we learn these things and now I can start the day afresh. And is your computer running better? Not yet, but I think I'm going to turn it back on

and off again. Oh, yeah, yeah. No, you've got to turn it off before you can turn it back on. That's basically what it is. You turn it on and turn it back off. It won't be on. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

Yesterday in the group chat, Karwen from the social media desk told us she'd just seen something and that something was a man's penis. That sounds so bad. Well, when you first messaged, I was like, oh, my God, like this sounds horrible. And this happens to people and not everybody would take it as well as you did.

For some people, it would be shocking. I mean, some people love the sight of them, but they're not for everybody. I personally am happy to see mine, but I don't need to see anybody else's. And this was in public. You didn't ask to see it. People get arrested for this sort of thing. What time of the day was this? Maybe like

one o'clock. Okay, tell us, start from the start, what happened? So, I parked my car in a car park, just know a normal one in new market okay yep i was um no no no no i need to know more about the car park parallel i was gonna say the brand and then i was like well i don't want to get in trouble nice westfields yeah okay so you're in oh yeah i like that one because you use the app you go in and there's no tickety wickety mucking around yeah yeah um so went and did app, you go in and there's no tickety-wickety mucking around. Yeah, it's good. It's good.

So I went and did my appointment, came back, and there's a guy in front of me. And he's walking really slow and I was like, come on. This is when you're walking to your car? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, to get into the car park itself. So I wasn't even in the car park yet. Yeah. And he stops, whips out his pain, and starts peeing.

Just right in front of me. Like in the middle of the car park, or was it to the side? Like just on the side of the road, just on the footpath. As you go into the car park. But he knew you were there, right? Well, I assume so. But you're walking behind him, so then at that stage do you have to go around him?

Yeah, I basically went onto the road. So you looked at the penis no well not on purpose i mean you're behind him right in front of her yeah he like angled himself oh right okay so you accidentally saw the yeah okay yeah he he he angled himself away from you or towards no more towards me see no that's not this is my kids were there, I would have waited until it was away and then absolutely hit them up about it. You can't be whipping that out in public.

Sneaky wee, don't get me wrong. I'm all for a sneaky wee, but no, sometimes I don't feel like this was a sneaky wee. No, this felt like, it feels like it was a thing, right? Especially when you're at a mall, there are loads of toilets. You can go back to the toilet. No excuse. Yeah, and if you're doing a sneaky way, you find

a place that's, you know, in the bushes or away from the road. Yeah. You look to see if people are coming. So do you think he was deliberately like one of those public exposures? It sounds like it. It definitely feels like it. I didn't want to think too much about it. Did he, did you

make eye contact? No. I burned the eyes. Was he like drunk or homeless or like high on drugs? He was like in a suit. What? It's always the lawyers. No, because I was thinking it was a tradie, you know, because tradies love a wee every wee, don't they?

You'd almost forgive a tradie for a waz because they might be in the van. Or a courier because they're so rushed. He was in a suit. Yeah. Like he'd be a lawyer. Well, it wasn't like, you know. Only lawyers wear suits. Professionals, they do these boring jobs where they just have to read bucket loads of dumb boring stuff all day and so they need to get

their thrills somewhere. They might be whipping it out for a waz in front of... But still, that's terrible. That's bad. That's illegal. There would be cameras everywhere. You should head up Westfield. Make a complaint about it. Because then we could get his photo, put it on Facebook,

and say, do you know this guy? Good Lord. He whipped it out. Yeah. Well, they might be able to follow the CCTV footage to see what car he got back into or where he was going for work or something. Because that is bad.

That is really bad. You're okay? Yeah, yeah. Not everybody would be, though. No, no. That's not acceptable behaviour. Yeah. That's like a flasher, really.

Yeah, well, it is. Yeah. With a we added on. Bonus. Yeah. Bonus we. I don't know what you say about that. No, I don't know what to do either.

You've taken it well and we're lightly talking about it, but it is exposing yourself. How do people get off doing this? Is it a power thing? Maybe he just really needed to go. I don't know.

It doesn't sound like the kind of place that you just, not in the middle Maybe he just really needed to go I don't know We don't need to make excuses But it doesn't sound like the kind of place that you just Not in the middle of the car park No Like go between some cars When no one's looking You know If you're really that busting

Yeah That's crazy Horrible Was that a good-looking one, though? Like out of 10? I feel like we've asked heaps of questions and said how bad it was, and it was bad, but if we were to, like, rate it. I really did not look that hard.

You didn't look that hard. Okay, that's fine. That's fine. That's cool. That's cool. Fleshforn and Megan, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM.

It's Polly, Molly, Molly, Molly, Molly. Polly, Molly, Molly, Molly. Come on. Polly, Molly. We thought a coffee one would be a good Polly, Molly. Questions today, a poll about coffee. Yeah. So we asked the first question, how much do you spend on

coffee per week? It was a slidey scale. Yep. Like $5 to... $5 up to like my hundreds. Yep. If you you know, going out for multiple coffees every day at your workplace. The most popular answer was between $5 and $20. Yeah, I

thought that was a bit low because I thought people would at least have like one a day or every couple of days. Yeah. Like we'd do a coffee from over the road maybe two or three times. Yeah, a couple of times a week. Yeah, so that's like $15. Yeah. Between $10 and $15. My problem is I can't just go for a coffee

when I get there and they've got like the donut of the week or the biscuit of the week or just a yummy looking slice. I'll be like, but I have one of those. Yeah, they get you. Get you. We asked, do you get the same coffee order every time? 74% of people said yes.

I'm a real fluctuator. 26% said no. No, I'm the same now. Yeah, I get the same every time. Yeah. I feel like you've got a coffee, you know. You've got one you like. Because you fluctuate. What do you get?

I fluctuate between the mocha or the piccolo. You go piccolo. Or a mocha. But then before that, I was a long black. Yeah, you were a long black for years. So, you know, but, you know, that's evolution, isn't it? That's change. That's change.

That's growth. That's growth. That's personal growth. If you go for milk, which milk do you go for? We said cow's milk, oat milk, almond milk, soy milk, coconut milk. Was not on the list, actually. Was not on the list, but should have been on the list, but we didn't have enough spaces to put it in.

Yeah, good one, Instagram. Make more boxes. The most popular milk, cow's milk. Yep. So there you go. Dad, was it worth it getting up? When you had the cafe, what was the most alternative popular? Coconut.

Really? Yeah. And this, it says oat milk was the most, we didn't even have oat milk, so maybe that's why, but coconut milk was the most popular. Okay. Coconut milk is the yummiest tasting alternative milk. Yeah, I like that. If you have moccas, coconut milk in a mocca is amazing.

I feel like it's good too because it's fattier. And so when you froth it, you get like a good density to it. Oh, really? It froths good. Yeah. What about, what are the other milks like to froth? Almond milk. And I just don't feel like they've got the same fat content.

They're not as thick. And soy is no good for you as it gives you boobs. You're still sticking by that, aren't you? I just like you get a little rise out of Megan every time. But there was that study about the countries in famine. They were getting alternative milks. They gave them soy milks and the girls hit puberty earlier. They started hitting puberty earlier because of the estrogen.

Yeah. Was it like a synthetic estrogen? Yeah. The body thought it was estrogen. I think you're doing what your auntie does on Facebook. You're sharing some misinformation. There was that article about this. You're no better than an anti-vaxxer right now.

Whoa! It's practically the same thing. Whoa! I'm about to storm your capital. And we said, do you judge people on your coffee order? Sometimes,

42%, no way, 58%. I like to think some of that no way was just people trying to... See, it depends on the coffee order. I think the mocker thing is when a guy gets a mocker

and, you know, it comes down to the masculinity thing, doesn't it? I kind of think when a guy orders a mocker and you know, it comes down to the masculinity thing, doesn't it? I kind of think when a guy orders a mocha I'm like, good on you. Kieran Reid. Hard man. All Blacks captain. Yeah, he wasn't afraid to order a mochachana, was he? Well, we did mock him when he came in.

No, I think we were sort of like more supportive of him. Yeah, it's good for mocha drinkers to know that they've got a real powerhouse in their camp. I was surprised. So we asked a few judge people

and we got a few responses on this one. Okay. Somebody messaged in, Alison said, Winston Peters coffee order is a cappuccino with chocolate sprinkles.

Because of course it is. He's a boomer. Of course it is. Of course it is. It's a cappuccino. Yeah, because mum gets those, what are those packets?

Girard. The Nescafe. Yeah, but mum gets those, what are those, packets? Girard. In this cafe. Yeah, but they always keep the chocolate. They don't use the chocolate sprinkles. So in the drawer, there's like 50 chocolate sprinkles. I think they are hoping one day they'll need something to sprinkle with chocolate. Yeah. Nikki said she wanted us to know she feels left out because she's never drunk coffee.

I've got a couple of mates that don't drink coffee. Yeah, so I just find it so, I'm like, well, if you did this job, you'd be drinking coffee from day one. No, that's not true because Johnny, who gets up at the same time as us, is the delivery guy. Yeah, but he delivers like Coke products. So he's on the mother or the whatever they're called. No, he's on the Cokes.

On the Cokes, yes. He's breakfast Cokes, but doesn't drink coffee. Caitlin also messaged in, when I worked as a barista, anybody who ordered a decaf mocha, I was like, Han, you're an adult. You're allowed to have a hot chocolate if you want. We all know that's what you want. Yeah, because what's the point?

What's the point? You want the taste of coffee, but you don't want the zhuzh? You don't really want the taste of coffee. You want the zhuzh. Not if you order a mocha. Surely the zhuzh of coffee is, if you're going to rank coffee's qualities, it's the zhuzh or the addiction as it might otherwise be known. The headache you'll get if you don't have one.

Then it's the taste afterwards. No one's drinking it for the bitter taste, right? Unless you're sweating it up. So yeah, that's our Poli Moli on coffee. Keeping up to date with the news just became a little easier. As at Heralds new podcasts, the front page is your short sharp daily news podcast. Join me,

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ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. I've got the psychology of why so many people don't like eating leftovers. There's a few different reasons. I didn't know

this was a thing. People don't like it. Because you'll hoover anything. I could be there for days. Shardo's like, that's chicken. And I'm like, it was the thing. People don't like it. Because you'll hoover anything. I could be there for days. Sharday's like, that's chicken. And I'm like, it was chicken. I've had campylobacter too, and it has not deterred me.

Never. Yeah, same. I've never had it. I've had campylobacter, giardia, just anything from bad food. Yeah. I had that seafood poison that time from those oysters. That's right. Back in 2004.

But God damn it, I still will order oysters every time I see them. My rule is if you give anything long enough in the microwave, you're all good. Might be chewy. Oh, I don't hate my leftovers. You're a monster. I know, I've got a hole. I think your guts is just so used to all these.

They should study it. All this bacteria. Your gut health. Yeah. It could be the future of humanity. You've study it. All this bacteria. Your gut health. Yeah. It could be the future of humanity. You've got a high stomach. So first of all, money.

So a person's economic situation might play a role. So if you maybe don't have as much money, then you're more likely to eat leftovers. Okay. Hells yes. Nothing goes to waste. If you're not a very good cook, sometimes this affects whether you are willing to do something with the leftovers.

There's this show on Netflix, have you watched it? Where they get given leftovers and they have to make something new out of it. So that is like my dad growing up. That was my dad's specialty. And it was always yummy. Insane things out of like leftover burgers and stuff. It's insane. Wow, okay. But yeah, if you're not a confident cook,

then often you're like, well, it's not going to taste good the way that it is. Yeah. So you're likely to throw it out. Some people are wired to enjoy monotony. So you are more likely to cook a big meal and then eat from it for the rest of the week and you're okay with it.

Oh, I've done that with my soup. Pumpkin and goon risotto. I was kind of pointing the finger and you're okay with it. Oh, I've done that with my soup. Pumpkin and goon recipe. I was kind of pointing the finger at you. So I make so much soup, I'm like, well, this will last a few days. So some people just really need the variety and other people find it controls their anxiety and it de-stresses them. Like routine.

Do you reckon we all have like those meals, like, you know, a handful of meals that we just know we're good at making and that are easy? Oh, for sure. And your repertoire. Yeah. Yeah. But like, it doesn't mean I want to cook like a massive batch of it and eat it all week. But sometimes that's more economical.

See, this was our plan last night. Yeah. I bought two tomahawk steaks. Yeah. What's a tomahawk steak? A tomahawk steak is like a ribeye steak But it's got the bone on it So it looks like a tomahawk axe There's no better steak

Too much bone You're allowed for the bone I think when you're buying your tomahawk steak You're allowed for the bone This was 30 day dry age steak as well The first time I've bought a tomahawk steak That was 30 day dry age Good lord So I bought two 30 day dry age steak as well. The first time I've bought a Tomahawk steak that was 30 day dry age.

Good lord. So I bought two because I was like, we'll halve this one and then we'll have the other one for like little bits. Nothing left. I even chewed the bones before I gave them to the dog. So I gave it to the dog and the dog was like, hey, this isn't the deal with bones. Bones can have a little something

on it. I was like, you're a dog, you shut up. Yeah. So the moral of that story is you try and have leftovers and... All I do is end up eating two meals in one. Yeah, right. But do you know, back in the day, leftovers used to be a sign of wealth. And not because it was like you had a heap of food and then there was some leftover. It's when fridges were a thing.

So only wealthier families had fridges. I hadn't thought of that. So it had the means to chill whatever was left over. Yeah, but also back in the day when you were like podgy and had a pot belly, you were like... That was a sign of wealth, wasn't it? That was like the thing to be. Yeah.

Because everybody was just... Yeah. Almost living in a calorie deficiency. Yeah. And now we're all fat and just poor. Because of sugar. Yeah, things now we're all fat and just poor. So because of sugar. Yeah, things have changed, haven't they?

Sweetness for everything. Yeah. Still maintain chucking in the microwave for five minutes. Yeah. Five minutes? Yeah, nothing will survive that. Oh, not five minutes.

It's about, I mean, you don't want rubbery leftovers. Dry rubbery leftovers. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Yesterday, Executive Intern Anya

did what I have not done for 10 years, although I think I'm going to have to go soon, is go to the dentist. I thought about this. Yeah. How long would you say

modern dentistry's been around? I don't know. Like after World War I, right? Yeah. Before that it was all, even then.

Well, because you see the photos of World War I and stuff and they all have manky teeth. Yeah. Before that it was all, even then. Well, because you see the photos of World War I and stuff and they all have manky teeth. Yeah. So let's say modern dentistry has been around for 100 years. I haven't had 10% of modern dentistry. That's how I thought about it this morning in the shower.

I was like, if it's been around for 100 years. So 1700s, dentistry had become a more defined profession in 1723. But they were still hucking mercury in people's teeth like 60 years ago. A French surgeon is credited as the father of modern dentistry in 1723. Oh, okay. So a little bit longer.

But everybody being able to access it. Yeah. Not even that long. And I just haven't been for such a large percentage of it. You've got your temporary crown that broke 10 years ago. No, I got it 10 years ago. It broke five years ago. Still going well, but, you know, things are happening.

Oh, my God. I'm a busy man. You're giving dentists a conniption. I'm a busy man. Yeah, last time we talked about it, dentists messaged in, this isn't a joke. I was like, it is to me. It's his teeth.

Don't worry about it. I'll be right. Executive intern Anya, you had how many fillings? Three. Dos. Tres. Un, dos, tres. Yes.

$750 later. It's not bad. That's actually pretty good. But when you've been every other time and it's been like $75 to $90 and then you get a $750, that'll sting you. I've never had fillings before. I've never had anything other than like, you to $90, and then you get a $750. Have you ever had fillings before? I've never had anything other than like, you're all good, mate. Yeah, a bit of a clean, a bit of a psss.

Yeah, so that was, yeah. And you're grounded because you can't go to Bali or Thailand to get this done for $50. No, it was a bummer all round. All right. So, yeah, so I went there yesterday to get the fillings done. I arrived straight from work, so I went there yesterday to get the fillings done. I arrived straight from work so I was in a bit of a fluster and I was quickly like,

hey, can I just use your bathroom? She's like, yeah, sure, it's just down the hallway. Saw the sign that said toilet and then on one side of the door

it said toilet little arrow and then on the other side of the door it had a little radioactive symbol and I thought, huh, that's a bit bantery for a dental office

is calling the toilet a radioactive sector. You're not really known for their humour are they dentists? Yeah but I was like hot play, open the door and then a nurse comes rushing out and she's like don't go in there. I was like oh okay sorry. Anyway it was not the toilet, it was in fact

a radioactive suite. You walked into the x-ray part where they park you up for one of their x-rays. Do you have superpowers now? I believe so, yes. Okay. And then went and got the fillings. That was, you know, mildly unpleasant,

but had to be done. And then as I was getting up to pay, there were a couple of staff at the counter and one of them was like, oh, what did you get? I said, oh, three fillings. Oh, no, no, no, Anna, three.

Come on. And I have never met this woman in my life. This is the first time I've been to this dental practice. She's telling you off. Oh, I don't know. Yeah, and then a minute later it was like, you know, you've really got to go to the hygienist. You've really got to, like, keep up to date with these things

because then you won't. Oh, upsell. There's the upsell. That's why I'm not going back. A, the telling off. B, the upsell. Well's why I'm not going back. A, the telling off. B, the upsell. Well, you get the flossing. You always get the flossing lecture.

Yeah, I didn't get the flossing lecture this time, which was pretty neat. Okay. But yeah, she said, you know, if you go to the hygienist and you won't have to get the fillings. As I'm paying my $750. I was like, I am bled dry, friend. I'll be back in a month. You also don't need to be told off when you're paying them, eh? Yeah.

I know. I know it's bad. Anyway. There's got to be other people listening that have been told off by medical professionals. Maybe you didn't stick to that. I always used to get, well, when I broke my wrist, which one? One of them gets, hold on, I got like this, and one of them gets a bit sore. Right.

Oh my God. The right wrist. Your ambidextrous. That's why gets a bit sore. Right. Oh my God. The right wrist. You're ambidextrous. That's why you had to think about that. Yeah, yeah. No, I know. I broke it. So yeah, right.

The right wrist. Ambidextrous. I got it. Not for writing. I got it. I broke it and I got it in a cast, but it was a pain. So I kept picking at the cast so it was more, I could use my hand better. Yeah.

And every time I go, stop doing it. I'll be like, at the cast so it was more, I could use my hand better. And every time I'd go, stop doing it! I'd be like, but the cast's a pain! And they'd be like, you are a growing man! Because I wasn't a kid when this happened, I was like 28. Like, stop it! And I was like, but I don't want, like, I've got to have it! And they'd pick it down or push it down or cut it

so it worked better. And they kept telling me off every time I went back. Your hand will get, your wrist won't heal properly if you do that. And I guess, well, joke's on me. Yeah, they were right. Do you think A&E people end up telling people off? All the drunk people that come in? I would, if I worked in A&E,

I would tell off all the drunk people. Yeah. I give them such a dressing down. You just see so much stupidity. It would be so hard not to. So we want to know what a medical professional has told you off. Executive Internania yesterday got a lecture about her three fillings.

And she was not the only one. I got told off by the doctor for buying my son a pocket knife. He had cut himself open. That's why we were at the doctor. But is the telling off necessary? Because at that point, you know where you went wrong. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. You'd definitely be feeling it. Yeah. But as a doctor, you know where you went wrong. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

You'd definitely be feeling it. Yeah. But as a doctor, you'd want to make a little sly comment. Like maybe next time we buy him a, I don't know, a Lego set. A practice one. A blunt practice one. Someone else said, I got told off by my midwife. I got told to stop screaming.

Oh. Anyone telling you to stop screaming at that point deserves a backhand. Must have been pretty bad of your midwife saying that, right? Yeah, she's seen some things. But it's like watching that show, One Born Every Minute. Yeah. And some people just aren't even interested in giving birth. They're interested in sitting there screaming.

Yeah. That's what my wife said. Okay, right. And someone else said I got told off for filming the doctor as he did my vasectomy oh yeah because I know something like when you go to give blood

there's a big sign because I was like one day I was like oh my god I might take a Snapchat or an Insta story they're 100% sick of people like you

oh they 100% are because there's a big sign no phones filming giving blood they should be like totally letting you be all about it

on the gram they should actually have a ring light. Yeah. So you can get a glamorous picture. Yeah. All right, keep your calls, your texts coming in. We'll get to more of those next.

When has a medical professional told you off? Seth Rogen, Hollywood superstar, star of many brilliant funny movies, incredible writer. He's got a new book out called Yearbook. He joins us on the show at 10 minutes past 8 this morning. We're talking about when you've been told off by a medical professional. Given a good rock up by somebody in the

field. Yeah, executive intern Anja yesterday told off for her three fillings and I thought we could start now with our calls with an anonymous medical professional. Good morning. Good morning. Now, are you allowed to say what field of medical you're in?

I actually have two fields within the hospital, but I'm not going to say exactly what. Two fields. Smarty pants. A weight as an ear and nose or nose and throat or ear and throat?

None of the above. No. Okay, so what? And have you had to tell people off? Oh, loads of times. Okay. So a few examples are the most recent ones. No, you cannot stand Okay, so what, and have you had to tell people off? Oh, loads of times. Okay. So a few examples are the most recent ones.

No, you cannot stand at the front door naked and have a cigarette. No, you cannot just stand in the middle of the room and take a wee. No, I cannot add tests to your blood test form to find out if you have HIV. No, I can't have your whole rugby team in the room while you have an X-ray. Wow. This sounds like some exciting stuff. I'm not going to lie to you. That all tickled my fancy to watch as a fly on the wall.

I used to feel like everyone's mum on a daily basis. Yeah, well, my family told me when I entered healthcare to get better work stories, and I have got better work stories. I don't think there's any doubt that people in healthcare have to get better work stories and I have got better work stories. I don't think there's any doubt that people in healthcare have the most amazing work stories. They just need better work pay across the board. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, Bourne.

Thank you. Yes. All right. Anonymous, thank you very much for sharing. Naomi, you've been told off by a medical professional. Hi. Yeah. I went to the hygienist and my teeth were pretty bad at that point. And she said to me,

oh, have you had bulimia? And then proceeded to say, oh, actually, you don't look like a person that would have had that. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. So pretty much I was like, okay, so am I teeth bad or am I fat?

Yeah Wow That's crazy That's just so inappropriate That's so rude I don't even know how to process it I would have just walked out and not paid Good lord

Yeah Yeah all the fun You know how at the time You don't really process what they're saying Yeah You take it home with you Can you actually just say that to me? Yeah, it's like when you think of a comeback way later,

you're like, damn it, should have said that. And I'm a nurse too, so I was like, ooh, that's really not okay. Like, I would never say that to somebody. Well, no, that could easily be a complaint, couldn't it? Yeah, 100%. Naomi, thanks for your call. Conrad, when did you get told off by a medical professional? Yeah, I became allergic or anaphylactic to bee stings

and I've got a few beehives. It's like Gary who works here. He's like, I'm a little bit allergic. After about three trips into the hospital for a throat closing over, they really kind of started getting into me about getting rid of them. Yeah. But I've rid of them. Yeah. But I still got one, so. Okay.

Do you think it's kind of like, it was kind of a good idea, though, to like they maybe had your best interests at heart? Yeah, no, it is, but it's free honey. Yeah. That's expensive. You're not wrong, Conrad. That is very expensive. And it's almost worth Losing your life for

The price of honey At the moment Not wrong Not the honey At your funeral Yeah Thanks for your call Some text messages

Some great stories Coming in My dad was having A big verruca zapped And was told to say When it hurt Because when it hurt They were through

This verruca Oh yeah It's like an ingrown Warty thing right Yeah yeah And so when it Burnt through Is when he'd start feeling a certain amount of pain. But when he started feeling pain, he just gritted his teeth. When the nurse came back to check, it had burnt through the veruca.

It was into flesh. And he got told off. For being so tough. He got told off for not telling her when it actually started to hurt. Oh, right. But the good news was it was supposed to be a three sessions. He got it all done in one. That's a real old mate right there, right?

Totally. I work in a hospital and when e-scooters came out, there was a general chat about them because we were seeing so many ED cases. We were told not to ride on them. Yep. Well, I rode on one. And then I had to go to work with fractured ribs and a concussion and I got told off by four or five different people.

Yeah, I bet. That knew me. Somebody else said, I got told off by a dental nurse on behalf of my son because he's got such a terrible gag reflex, they couldn't do any dental work on him. Every time he opened his mouth, he was like... Which meant they couldn't do dental work on him, which.

How is it the parents' fault? How is it their fault? I don't know. Somebody else said they took their kid to Plunkett for their measurements, and he was like off the charts for height for his age. And the Plunkett nurse said, you want to keep an eye on that. And do what? Put a brick on his head.

Yeah, that's exactly what they said. Put a brick on his head. Yeah, that's exactly what they said. Put a brick on his head. Slow him down. I don't know. Put him in a gravity chamber. Keep him a little bit stuck to the ground. And somebody said,

I'm fat, so every time I go to the doctor I get told off. You get the lecture, yeah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Friday Flashback.

This is a New Zealand song Original release date January 2005 There has however been remixes There was a remix with Soldier Boy That was released in the US and the UK There's also been a remix with Pitbull I did not know that In 2008, yes, there was a remix with Pitbull

And then a Joel Fletcher remix for the Ministry of Sound Australia. Okay. But the reason we're playing it today is that it featured in the movie Knocked Up, which starred Seth Rogen. And it is from the club scene where he is meeting and getting drunk with, before impregnating, Katherine Heigl's character. In the movie Knocked Up? Yeah, right. And he does the

dice dance to this. I remember when this was in the movie. It's like when you hear any New Zealand song or reference in any movie. You're just like, oh my god New Zealand. Yeah. So it was released in 2005 but then featured in the movie in 2007 which was when it started to get massive overseas.

Right. So from Knocked Up and also Savage, today's Friday Flashback is Swing. Yes, and Seth Rogen joins us on the phone next. ZM, here it comes. Ha! Yeah. Oh, shit.

My movie like a gypsy. Stop. Won't back it up. Now let me see your hips. Swing. Oh, shit. My movie like a gypsy. Stop. Won't back it up. Now let me see your hips. Swing. Outro Music the floor. Now let me see your hips. Oh, lean back. You got some mean racks. You got a mean and I really mean that. But can't you see that I need a girl that can move, make her hips and look just like you. I got to think about it. I think this club is crowded. It's kind of hard to do

your thing with everyone surrounded. So let me form a circle. Everybody step back. I heard Outro Music Now drop it low and let me see your hips swing. Down to the floor, now let me see your hips swing. Now drop it low and let me see your hips swing. Down to the floor, now let me see your hips swing. Uh-oh, let it pop. Ladies drop it like it's hot. Hell yeah, that's the spot. Now bring it back to the top. Stop.

Whoa, now back it up, now back it up. Let it rise up once you're done. Shake it, the junk is a trunk. And I like the way you move it smoothly Now why don't you move that booty to me? I'm trying to come up with some thoughts of attack Until I heard somebody yelling now Savage with a chorus now

Oh shit, I'm moving like a gypsy Stop, I'm backing up now, let me see your hips Oh shit, I'm moving like a gypsy Stop, I'm backing up now, let me see your hips Outro Music Now drop it low and let me see your hips swing. Down to the floor, now let me see your hips swing. Now drop it low and let me see your hips swing. Down to the floor, now let me see your hips swing. ZM, it's your Friday flashback. Savage Swing, good feedback on the text machine? Yeah, yeah, people are enjoying it.

Well, it was in the movie Knocked Up, speaking of which, so was Seth Rogen. Well, he's done it all. He's movies, stand-up comedy, TV, and now he's written a book, making it the full multimedia experience, Yearbook by Seth Rogen, and he joins us via the magic of Zoom. How very 2020,2021. Hello. Hello, good to see you. If it wasn't if not for the virus, I would

be there in New Zealand to do this interview in person. And that would be very much appreciated. We, by the way, totally believe that and that is an excuse that Americans have been using for a while. Well, Canadians that live in America in your case.

How much business have you conducted over Zoom in the last year? A lot. I've been using Zoom a long time. Hilariously, when we made the film Sausage Party five years ago, we were not in the same city as the animation studio, and we used Zoom to make almost the entire movie. So Zoom is a long part of my life. Wow. the same city as the animation studio and we use zoom to make almost the entire movie so zoom is zoom is a long part of my life wow yeah so you remember from a time pre-pandemic exactly i'm a

pre-pandemic zoomer so yeah no i've been doing everything over zoom it's crazy i've been i yeah i never want to stop zooming i don't want to see anyone ever again that's a great so what what inspired writing the book? Was it the pandemic or was this something you had planned before that? No, I've been writing this book for years. I wish it only took me throughout the pandemic to write it. That would have been a much better

display of my motivation and ability to write at a good speed. But no, I started writing this maybe three years ago. It really came from me wanting to try to create like a piece of entertainment in a medium that i had not um specifically done before but um kind of derived from a thing that i'd done my whole life which was writing you know um i started doing stand-up when i was 13 and i wrote all my own jokes for myself i

started writing super bad when I was around the same age and, you know, obviously I've written movies since I was in my early twenties basically, but with all that stuff, the writing itself is not the product, you know? With a movie, you know, a good, a quote I've heard a lot is like, you know, a screenplay is just an invitation

to come collaborate on something. It itself is not anything, you know? And so I was interested in writing something that itself was the product and was funny. I mostly just wanted to write a book that was funny. That was really my goal here, yeah. Right. And are you a journal keeper?

Had you been keeping a journal or did all this just come from memory? No, it was all from memory. And honestly, a journal keeper? Had you been keeping a journal or did all this just come from memory? No, it was all from memory. And honestly, a lot of these are stories that I've told since they happened to me. And so they're not things that I had to like take out of a drawer and blow the dust off of. Like, they're stories that I've kind of never stopped telling, you know, stories that from the day after they occurred to me until now are stories that I always thought were entertaining and made people laugh when I told them.

And so they were stories that I've kind of, I'm familiar with, you know. So there are some wild stories about you with celebrities like going to Tom Cruise's house, Steven Spielberg. Are you worried that they are going to be like... Stop talking to you? Yeah. I hope not. Maybe, probably.

Some of them don't like me already, so that's okay. I've told this George Lucas, Steven Spielberg movie for years on talk shows, I've told it before. And I was just cast in Steven Spielberg's next movie, so he doesn't seem to mind luckily but yeah i don't i i think probably i think some of these people won't like me very much after this but i don't know if they like me i don't know if they like me that's assuming they liked me before this which is not something i'm gonna have you heard from tom cruise since um the book since i heard from him a few years ago that we made this show preacher based on a comic book yeah um and uh in the pilot

of that show there's a plot point where that tom cruise spontaneously combusted and we included that in the show and and i heard then that he was not happy about it. So after that, I was like, he already doesn't like me. Because you're an executive producer of The Boys as well. Yeah. We were just talking, what does that involve for you? Like, are you quite involved in that? At times, I was very involved in getting the show off the ground.

I was involved in hiring the people to write the show and direct the show. I was very involved in casting the show and really kind of starting the show. Now, yeah, I mean, now the writing of the show, they're very good at it. And I'm not at all involved in that. I'm involved in things like, you know, design the marketing of the show i'm very involved in we're doing some spin-off shows um based on the boys i'm very involved in now getting those off the ground but if a tv show is going well and in its like third year which our show is then then i should not have very much to do with it because strong strong Kiwi connection. Two of the main stars in the boys are Kiwis,

Karl-O-Barn and Anthony Stark. Karl and Anthony, which is like a statistical. I'm always talking like, that is a statistical anomaly. I actually found it quite fascinating that you talk like we would. So in terms of meeting celebrities and everything, we would get quite flustered. And you, yourself being a celebrity,

you still get so intimidated by celebs. You say the only difference is the access that you get. And you do mention a few of these stories like Beyonce's bouncer giving you a whack before the Grammys. Is there any stories in there that you

haven't included? One that sticks out to you where you've met someone and it hasn't gone right? I mean, there's tons of them. There's so many of them. Yeah. More than I can imagine. I remember, yeah, I mean, it's ranged from being just terrible to just people just expressing like a palpable disinterest in meeting me that's happened a lot like i'm excited to meet someone and just they it could not be more clear that they are are not only like not excited but it's like actively uninterested to be meeting me that's happened to me um with more people than i can count that That's like the most common one. If I had to like,

if I had to like group them together, the most common is like every once in a while, it's like great. And you meet someone you're a fan of and they're wonderful and they're hilarious. I like Vince Vaughn is someone I grew up being a big fan of, you know, Swingers is one of my favorite movies. And he's someone who like is exactly who you want him to be kind of, you know?

And like Will Ferrell is, you know, I think to me, I find him to be kind of you know and like will ferrell is you know i think to me i i find him to be just as funny as i would hope i think he makes me laugh really hard in person and then and then there's people who are like not at all what you will think they would be i talk about george lucas in the book and how that was an awkward encounter but i would say most people fall into just like i'm uninterested in you i don't like i understand that I have to be introduced to you because we're both famous people, but I don't want to. I don't care

about what you do or your work. That is the one I'm most commonly met with. So you should or you shouldn't meet your heroes? I think go for it. Just have your expectations in check, is all I would say.

Expect disinterest. That's what you should be aiming for. You're lucky with just disinterest. Yeah. How do you, I want to know how you keep going when you've had bad experiences, because you told your parents you wanted to do stand-up at 12, and then early on you get on stage

and they tell you you have to follow jerry seinfeld and that's not you know followed with great enthusiasm how do you keep going like because i think that would be the scariest thing being a stand-up i did ultimately stop so it is something i quit in the i i ultimately stopped doing it so and i think and that's something i talk about in the book is like you know especially when you're pursuing something that is you know a really hard job to get a very competitive job to get a job that a lot of people want the opportunity to have but very few people actually get the opportunity to have you know is it is a balance between like not giving up and

being tenacious and also understanding when you are just not cut out for certain things a lot of people are and like that is with me in stand-up is like i just wasn't great at it like i was pretty good at it and thank god there were other things i was good at that allowed me to be funny and tell stories and write for a living that weren't stand-up you know but um but for a while I thought it was going to be stand-up and I was constantly nagged by the thought that like I was pretty good at it but not like fantastic at it you know and so um yeah it's it's hard it's a hard thing to to kind of modulate and something that people should should really look within themselves for is like is this something that i love enough to keep doing do i think i

could be great at this or is it something do i care that's another thing a lot of people are happy doing something and not being great at it which is also fine you know what i mean um not everyone has to like revolutionize the thing they're doing you know yeah um and so yeah i mean it's all about it's all about, it's all about your own expectations for yourself. And the other thing I wanted to touch on is there is a lot of drug stories, drug chat in the book. Is there, you're so open in this book, like, you know,

talking about the celebrities and talking about your experiences on acid. And was there like any kind of fear of being that open no uh more so with the celebrity stuff than the acid stuff i've made a long career talking about doing drugs and and portraying doing drugs and and and um yeah i it's that is i work in hollywood if there's one business where you know i'm not worried about being judged for drug use i think i found the right one ultimately um yeah as far as like saying things about other famous people yeah you know i don't know like there is no rule book for it i genuinely tried not to say anything that I thought would be, like,

genuinely damaging towards these people. You know what I mean? Like, I think, you know, it might cause an annoying afternoon to one or two of them, but I don't think it's anything that's, like, disrupting the path of their life or career in a meaningful way. Yeah, I think George Lucas is going to be okay. I think George Lucas will. He will persevere in the end.

Yeah, yeah. He'll carry on. He'll put his head down. No one's not hiring Nicolas Cage because of the story. At this point, you're hiring Nicolas Cage. That story is not going to deter you. If he's on the list, that story is not going to stop him being on the list. Well, we really appreciate your time today, Seth.

The book is called Yearbook by Seth Rogen. A whole lot of amazing stories Megan's touched on, only but the tip of the iceberg of what you'll learn about the life he's lived so far. Thank you so much for joining us today. Thank you. Really appreciate it. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

Today's fact of the day. Someone worked out, some scientists worked out how much, how many Lego bricks you would need to stack on top of Lego bricks to make the bottom Lego brick melt, like collapse, break. Because have you seen the hydraulic press videos where they put anything in that hydraulic press? So if you've seen the Lego one, a two by two Lego brick, classic square building piece of Lego,

they put that in and it kind of holds for quite a long time and it gets up to three and a half thousand newt piece of Lego. They put that in and it kind of holds for quite a long time and it gets up to 3,500 newtons of force. So that's like having 350 kgs on it and it's still just sitting there. And then it goes just over 4,000 newtons of force. Not too much happens. And then somewhere over that, it just melts. It doesn't like bang.

How many kgs does it melt? It would be the equivalent of having over I think 425 kgs of direct pressure put straight on the top of that. In the dark, you would need to be 420 kgs for that Lego

piece not to drop you. 432. Exactly. And I'd say you'd still have to be wearing shoes or otherwise it would still drop you. And all of your weight would have to be onto that small 2x2 square. Right. So then taking that into account at the 432, 4,240 newtons of force, which is the equivalent of 432 kgs,

they tried to work out if they just stacked 2x2 Lego bricks on top of each other straight up, how many would they have to put on top of it before that bottom one experienced the same amount of force and collapsed? Wow, okay. The tower would be to the moon? No.

That's what I thought. 3.5 kilometers tall. Oh, wow. Which is over 10 Eiffel Towers. Wow. So there would need to be just one Taller than Mount Olympus 3.5 3.

If you want the exact one It would be 3,591 metres So 3.5 If you're going for a run When you get to 3.5 It won't be in a straight line But you know, imagine that in a straight line And that's how many bricks on top of each other,

straight up and down, would need to happen. Huh. Three and a half kilometers up. Because how they worked this out is they got the weight of a single brick, which is 1.152 grams, and then said that divides into 432 by 375,000 times. So then they worked out how long that would be at 3.5 kilometers. So why don't we do this stuff at school?

I would have been interested in doing stuff like that in physics and maths and stuff. Yeah, that would have been a good maths thing. It would have been fun. Yeah, if it requires this much. And then you could have done all that. You know what? They probably did.

It's probably changed. You reckon? Way more. Like, Indy brings home schoolwork, and it's not like just read this and then answer these questions. Yeah. It's like investigative stuff. Oh, okay.

Which is a bit more exciting at this stage, but it sounds like it's going to get too hard for Dad soon. Dad's like, I've already done my work for the day. Yeah. I've already got my own homework to do. Ask your mother. I know. I my own homework to do Ask your mother I don't want to do any more So today's fact of the day

Is if you stacked 2x2 Lego bricks on top of each other To a height of 3591 metres The bottom brick Would collapse Yes Fact of the day

Day Day Day Day A warning from the fire department Do they call it the fire brigade or fire service? It says firefighters. Okay.

In the UK, there is a TikTok trend, and they are receiving a lot of call-outs, and it's not setting chips on fire. It's not. The South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have issued a warning to people, young people taking part in TikTok challenges, to just think twice and don't do this one after an 11-year-old

got stuck in a baby swing so badly that she required the fire department to cut the swing so she could get out. Haven't they done like 10 of these rescues or something? Was I reading? Yeah, they've done multiple rescues and they said it's a TikTok trend that they're worried

about because people are getting stuck and actually when they cut them, they have to just get a brand new swing and they'll get to a point where there won't be swings. These are the baby swings that have got the fuller round and then the leg holes. Because you know, we as adults, we just sit on like the black rubber band and that's your swing. But yeah, the baby ones are holding you in. But we've all been drunk at a playground and tried to fit in there, haven't we? I was going to say, we've all got to the point where you're like, could I, could I not, could I? No, definitely not.

And then I'm stuck and you're like, no, I cannot. You put your thigh beside it and you're like, that wouldn't even fit through the main bit. I don't even think I'd get one leg through. No. You wouldn't get a foot through. One leg in both of them. You wouldn't be able to get your foot through the hole. Excuse me?

Are you saying I've got a fat foot? No, you've got a big foot. You've got a long foot through. One leg in ball form. You wouldn't be able to get your foot through the hole. Excuse me? Are you saying I've got a fat foot? No, you've got a big foot. You've got a long foot. Rude. I'm not saying you've got a fat foot. It's a long, skinny foot. They're sort of like clown feet. People are like teenagers, mostly, young teenagers.

Yeah, this happened to Indy, my daughter, who's nine. Yeah, Sade took them down to the local park and she was like holding onto the chains and like pulling herself and Sade's like, don't get in there, you'll get stuck. She's like, I won't get stuck. And Sade said, don't get in there, you'll get stuck. And then she got in there and she was having fun, swinging around and then

sure enough, she was stuck. She was wedged in there. She was wedged in there. It took two, so Sade refused to help her for a little while, bit of a teach you a lesson situation. But then when she went to help, she couldn't get her out. Did she do that thing where she's like, we're going home, bye. I'm leaving here.

And another lady came and helped. It took two grown women like pulling her upwards. To wedge her out. Yeah. And I said, if I'd been there, I would have flipped the swing upside down and let gravity do its work. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because that's the ultimate way to get them out.

It'd hurt, but that's how lessons get learnt. If Indy's getting stuck in that swing, there's no hope for any teenagers. No. No. But she was, yeah, ahead of her time there with TikTok. Yeah. A TikTok trend. She was.

But just a fair warning, those things, they look, you're like, oh, it's kind of got a bit of rubber to it. It might stretch. It's not. It's made out of the same stuff as tyres. It's not stretchy. It's soft, but you're getting stuck. Flesh for an Amegan, the podcast.

ZM. Flesh for an Amegan's Friday Fish and Chippies. Yes, yes, yes, yes. A tradition steeped in Catholics. Because traditionally on Friday they didn't eat red meat. So it always became a fish and chip situation. Oh, because our tradition went back in the Fletcher household to mum and dad CBF cooking.

Yeah, at the end of a long week, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It just married up perfectly. It did, yeah. It went really well. So Fish and Chip Friday, we're looking for your recommendation and killer fish and chippers. Right.

We're going to start now with Carla. Good morning, Carla. Hi. Now, what is the fish and chipper that you're nominating? Bay Takeaway in Takaka. Oh, God, yes. Takaka represents. Right by the ocean.

Right by the ocean. They would literally, yeah, plunder it. Real good. Real good. Real good. Yeah. They've got an epic burger called the Farm Burger, and it's a tower. It's huge. Oh, okay.

We went there at Christmas time. Okay, I don't know if we can legally call it a tower burger, Carla. The colonel might have something to say about it. But it's tower-esque, maybe. We could say it's very tall. What does it include on this? It's a's very tall. What does it include on this? Dog draper. What does it have on it?

Well, it's got a bit of everything, but it fed my husband, myself, and my 13-year-old. We had to divvy it up. It was that big. My Lord. Wow. I found their menu online, and it is, there is so much, so many options.

They've got a thing called The Works, and for five bucks you get chips and cheese and tomato sauce and mayonnaise, and it's all just like blah, blah, blah. Yeah. This is good. It's beautiful. They've got a jam, a jam wrap, so they've got donuts and stuff for a possibility for a. The chocolate ones, oh my God. Chocolate explosions or something like that they're called.

They're really good. And do you get a good amount of chips in a scoop, Carla? Yes. Yes. Okay. Oh, my God. They're crispy. They're crispy.

They're not oily or greasy. They're beautiful. I'm looking at this menu. That's amazing. Look at those burgers. Wow. Holy mackerel. Okay.

Okay. Good Lord.ers. Wow. Holy macho. That's a good looking burger. Good Lord. Yeah, okay. Bit of a chicken schnitty burger. Yes. You and your chicken schnitty. I love a schnitty. Fish and Chippy number two.

Good morning, Kat. Morning. All right, so you've just... You've got an uphill battle here, mate. I know. I'm really nervous after that now. I'm like, oh, Kat. All right.

Well, Kat, whereabouts is the fish and chippy that you're nominating today? In Milford in Auckland. Oh, okay. Close to home. Right. So what's it called? Shakespeare Fish and Chips. Shakespeare Fish and Chips.

Okay. I think I've been to this one. Right. And what's your go-to there? I lick everything. I just get typical fish and chips, and I also get the wontons. That is, like, the perfect amount of crisp, and I just love it. Like, I brought my doctor's boyfriend home from the UK,

and he's very passionate about his country, and he even said they were the best fish and chips in the world. Oh, okay. I know we got the fish and chips from the English ancestry, but we're blowing them out of the water, right? Oh, we every time we blow them out, yeah. Don't they have a less delectable range of fish readily available? They wouldn't have the fresh fish that New Zealand has.

No, no, they've got, no, there's no competition. Yeah, they're soggy. And you make a good point, the right amount of crispness. Because you don't want an overly cooked chip or, you know, your fish. Yeah. If we're to compare Google reviews, if I might compare Google reviews, Bay take away 4.6 out of 5 after 149 Google reviews. And Shakespeare Road Fish and Chips 3.9 after 194 Google reviews.

Well, there's no need to bring the big corporate into it, though. I think it's definitely a five. It's a five from you, Kate. Yeah, and as someone who's had Google reviews, all you need is a couple of rogue dicks in there to give you a one and it brings your rating down. Megan's like, oh, you shouldn't have left that plaster in the eggs, Benny, Megan. Wait, wait, wait.

What? Do they have a poster on the wall, Kat, of all the fish that are commercially fished in New Zealand? A fish and chip poster. Oh my God. I actually don't know. I just go and I get my fish and chips

and I leave. I'm sorry. Pause her and go back to, we need to go back to Carla. Carla, on the wall of Bay Takeaway in Takaka, in Takaka Bay, is there a poster of all of the fish? Of course there is.

It's got to be the winner. You've got to have one of those, baby. So when you're waiting for the fish and chips, you're like, ooh, yuck, I wouldn't eat. Yuck, yuck, yuck, ooh, yuck. Is that what that looks like? And then you see a snapper and you're like, now that is a good looking fish.

It's a good fish. Yeah. Well, thank you, Kat. But Carla, you are taking away today's Friday Fish and Chippies Bay Takeaway, Taki. We'll have to get a new certificate made up. Yeah, we will actually. Top of the South Island taking it out for our very first Friday Fish and Chippies. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZM's free and clean to listen to? Subscribe on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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