ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 17th November 2021

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The ZM Podcast Network. Play. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Level 3 and also dine-in at level 2. Well, I wasn't even recording that bit, Megan. You were taking the piss. But the podcast, thanks to Mick Cafe, barista made coffee available from drive-thru

and Mick delivery at level 3 and also dine-in at level 2. Vaughan, what are you furiously googling? I am just doing some investigations into what somebody said about somebody. So you're getting some goss, are you? I'm hitting the journos. I'm getting in on the journos for a little bit of goss that I can't find myself. Do you always ask the same journo?

I bet they go, oh. No, there's a bit of a two-way street going with one journo and another journo, I don't even know, but regularly listens to the show. So I'm like, well. Wait, what's the two-way street going with one Juno and another Juno I don't even know but regularly listens to the show. So I'm like, well. Wait, what's the two-way street? You get goss from them. Yeah, and I give them a little summitsummit. They come to me for a little summitsummit,

and I give them a little summitsummit, and then I'm very careful about my summitsummits. Yours is a gossip. And I'm like, man, it didn't come from me. You are the biggest gossip I know. You didn't hear it from me. But this is what I heard. Yeah, you should be in Bridget in season three.

Thank you. You'd look good on a horse as well. You'd look good on a horse. What's that person called? Lady Whistler. Lady Whistleblower. Whistle Fanny. Lady Whistle Fanny.

You could be Lady Whistle Fanny's love interest. I'll be Lady Whistle Fanny. And could be Lady Whistle Fanny's love interest. I'll be Lady Whistle Fanny. And you'll know it was me gossiping around the corner because you will have heard the whistle of my fanny. Lady Whistle Fanny's obviously doing another headstand in a breeze. You would have a whistly one. This is her fanny whistles. another headstand in a breeze. You would have a wistful one. Look at the fanny whistles.

And also lets aircraft know which way the wind's blowing, so which way they should land on the runway. Before takeoff, they just look at the windsock. Lady Whistlefanny's windsock. It's a gossipy old fanny. I don't know if you can tell by the shows But we're certainly waiting for the end of the year aren't we Inadvertently my phone was recording

It'll be like when You know when your ranch slider is just a little bit open And the wind changes direction That's when the wind picks up It's the place for an American That's when the wind picks up Thanks Rachel Good morning Welcome to the show Fleetspawn and Megan Happy Wednesday morning

A very happy Wednesday morning Tomorrow's Thursday That's how the week works. And then comes Friday. Follow me up with... Saturday. Right. Lovely. Sunday. Get your church outfit out tonight in preparation for Sunday.

You meant to sound positive about the morning. Wow. Cool, man. The days just keep on coming. The earth has continued to spin, ladies and gentlemen. At least you're honest. At least you're honest. Your chance to win cash this morning, thanks to Pump, $500.

Splash, splash, and there's cash, and there's a word in the middle. Is it for or is it and? Well, it's splash for cash. Right. Yeah. We're going to give you the chance to win that $500 on the show before 7 o'clock this morning. Also coming up, the top six. Yeah, the top six are dog ice cream flavours to follow up a very successful bacon flavoured ice cream

that a New Zealand company has launched for poo cheese. When are you going to make dog ice blocks one day? We were going to make dog ice cream and then we bought a cafe so that kind of like overthrew everything. Right. Well, why don't you get on to making your dog ice blocks now? It's too late, mate. The horse is bolted. I don't have time.

With what time? I've got a baby. With what time? With what time? With what time? I've got a baby. With what time? With what time? With what time? I've got a baby. With what time? I've got a baby.

I'm ruining the pub. I can't be inventing silly ass cramps for Doug's name. I don't know what happened to that accent. It didn't change to somewhere else. It went further and further down the track than that. Four minutes past six. Next on the show are the French president, Emmanuel Macron. Is he still French president?

Yep. He's got one of the funnest names to say of all the world leaders. He does. Emmanuel Macron. A little bit of controversy in France. I'm going to talk about this next. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Now, the French president, about a year ago,

had a press conference, and nobody noticed at the time that the flag, the French flag, one of the world's most recognisable flags. Red, white and blue stripes. Yeah, red, white and blue stripes. Well, blue, white, red. Left to right, is that right? I thought they were the blue, white, red stripes

with horizontal flags, horizontal stripes, but they're vertical. They're vertical, yeah. Is it the Dutch that are one of them? Horizontal. The Thai flag's got four stripes, though, or is that three? That's blue and red and white. Thai flag's red, white, and blue as well, but I think it's the same at top, the bottom,

and there's a different thing in the middle. You know, there's people out there that do those flag competitions and flag quizzes online that are like amateurs. You amateurs. My wife's cousin's kid in Thailand, he was six when we were there. When we were allowed to travel, 2018.

And his dad, very proud dad, is like, show him any flag, he'll be able to tell you what it's from. And I was like, here we go. And this kid blew my mind. Did you pick some real hard ones? Oh, just absolutely. I picked like, I went to like, name that flag or flag quizzes or something. Yeah.

And I clicked on hard. Yeah. And he got like 19 out of 20 of them. This six year old. He was like doing something on a. Wow. He's going to be one of the chasers one day. On the flag special.

Or he's going to just be real dumb in every other subject. Point out a flag at a mile and tell you. So the flag that the French president stood behind a year ago at a press conference, nobody noticed at the time but the blue had changed to a navy blue,

a darker blue, away from the light blue. And they didn't announce it at the time, but he has secretly over the last year been kicking this into gear. So they've gone lighter blue. No, they've gone darker blue. They've gone darker blue. They've gone to a navy.

So it was more like a royal blue and it's gone to like a navy. That is noticeable. Why? I wouldn't have noticed. I mean, we would notice if they changed the blue on our flag, right? Because it's 90% blue. It's a dark blue. You're going to notice.

But then you might see a flag and you think, well, that's been in the sun for a month. It's faded. Because you can tell because it's got rips on the end. Where the wind has whipped it so many times, like a tea towel. You know, when you're whipping someone with a tea towel, the ends have become frayed. Get a new flag. Have some national pride, god damn it. So what's

the end game on this? Because it seems like such a silly thing to do. Well, people have been slamming it as ugly. Right. It's exactly the same, but it's a slightly different colour. I don't know if that quantifies ugly. Yeah. Because who are they competing with? What other flag

has vertical red, white and blue stripes? Because I just googled horizontal and there's so many. The Netherlands. The Netherlands is horizontal. Flags with red, white and blue. Flags with red, white and blue stripes. Oh, so apparently he wanted to bring back the Navy

because it was a French revolution. Yeah, and it's more elegant. It's to reflect the French revolution, yeah. It's such a weird thing to push for. I know. Yeah, do you remember when John Key wanted us to get that... The Weet-Bix flag. The Weet-Bix flag, the sanitarium flag. You see someone's flying the Weet-Bix flag

up the end of the road there. Yeah, the pub up the end of the road. There's a couple of flagpoles that I drove past that have got the... The Weet-Bix flag. I'm thinking of it because it's Yeah, the pub up the end of the road. There's a couple of flagpoles that I drove past that have got the... The Weet-Bix flag. I was always a Red... They've still got Red Peak in the garage. Oh, I love it. Every time I go to your house...

Should I buy a flagpole? You absolutely should and fly Red Peak. You can buy a flagpole on like Trade Tested. They're not even that expensive. I don't know like... How much is a flagpole? I think when I looked it was like 100 bucks. Oh, then you could say to your wife all the time,

let's run it up the flagpole. Let's run it up the flagpole. It seems like such an American thing to do though. I know. No, but my parents' neighbours have a flagpole. Let's run it up the flagpole. It seems like such an American thing to do, though. I know. No, but my parents' neighbours have a flagpole. What do they put up their flag? When it was my dad's birthday, they put up a happy birthday flag. That is so darn adorable.

Or it might have been the English flag. Oh, right, because your dad's English. The British flag. But yeah, and they put up different flags all the time. That's so cute. But yeah, you could buy, but then do, but then you don't like spending money. So do you know how much flags cost? They're not cheap.

Good quality flags are expensive. Can you just run a sheet up the flagpole? Cut a sheet in half? Totally. Draw your own flag. Yeah, absolutely. Pirate flags. Draw a red peak.

Or you'd have to buy a pirate flag if you've got a flagpole. I think you'd probably end up buying a lot of flags and on Bastille Day the French flag would go up. I can see myself getting quite got a flagpole. I think you'd probably end up buying a lot of flags and on Bastille Day the French flag would go up. I could see myself getting quite into my flag regiment. And your family just rolling their eyes. I'd be like, wake up family! It's Bastille Day!

We're running the French flag up the pole! And we would play Harvey Danger's 1998 seminal classic Flagpole Sitter every time we did it. What an absolute banger that is. I have visions, I was in them, I was looking into a mirror. To see a little bit clearer. The rottenness and evil in me.

Everybody. This is just like what my kids will do. Good practice there. 13 past six. Next on the show, Grease, the musical. 13 past six. Next on the show, Grease, the musical. There's trouble. It's been cancelled.

And to be telling the truth, I'm surprised it took this long. Play ZM's Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. Two top private schools in Australia, in Perth, have cancelled the production of Grease. So they were in plans to do it and the female students, a bunch of female students complained that it was sexist and anti-feminist. I haven't seen it for a while, Grease.

I don't even think I have seen it all, maybe, the movie. Like you haven't seen the whole thing? Yeah, I saw bits. I knew the songs and stuff growing up But I didn't I didn't know I think I remember thinking last time I watched it I was like This hasn't aged well

I mean the themes are a little outdated should we say A lot of parents are upset Because they're saying it was a small minority of women Who believed that it was sexist And it shouldn't have been ruined for everyone. It's like, well, I mean, there's other musicals you could do that aren't offending anyone.

Cats is quite offensive now. Well, because of the butthole. Because of the lack of buttholes. It's so weird. You go to Cats and you walk out and you're like, what happened? Were they really cats? Was it a metaphor? Something higher? So, yeah, these two schools have said no, put their foot down, and they're going to do something else.

So there's, I mean, Grease Lightning, there's lyrics in there. When it plays, you're like, huh, that's playing on the radio. Yeah, I mean, I didn't even think we could say the lyrics, could we? No. Quite, quite, you know, I didn't even think we could say the lyrics, could we? No. Quite, quite. You know, I ain't bragging. She's a real P word wagon. Greased lightning is one of

them. I remember when I was like, you heard it and stuff, but then as an older teenager when you've heard it again and you're like, what? What? What? What? You know, something will scream, chicks will insert word. You're like,

a piggy bank? It's when like kids sing it at school and they have to change all the words that you're like, oh yeah, because the original is like quite full on.

But yeah, like they've cited at the end where she completely overhauls her image to get the guy and turns into a bad girl in a black jumpsuit.

I mean, it's on the lighter end I would say, maybe. But yeah, Summer Nights has suggestive lyrics as well, which inappropriate themes, should we say. I just Googled why is Grease inappropriate. There's another part where Marty confessed to Rizzo

that Vince Fontaine, the dreamy MC from The Dance, put something in her drink that fizzed. Oh, wow. Okay. Oh, my God. Really? I forgot about that. Yeah.

I didn't even know about that. There's quite a bit of slut shaming in there. Yeah. There's like a condom breaks, but the guy's like, come on, let's just do it anyway. Kind of pressures her into it. Yeah. Yeah, there's a lot.

There's a lot. Yeah. Well, that certainly hasn't aged well, has it? No. The songs were catchy, so I guess that's why it pulled in the younger audience. Yeah. ZDM's Fletchborn and Megan. There's been a study into Facebook users who ruminate

and compare themselves to their friends. Oh, what who ruminate and compare themselves to their friends. Oh, what's ruminate? Ruminate is to think deeply or stew on or overthink or like obsess with. Okay. Like you might go back, someone's got a new profile picture and you're like, oh my God, they look so good. And then you'll be thinking about it later and you're like, I'm going to go back. It can't be as good as I remember.

And then you'll go back and you're like, damn it. It's better than I remember. Oh, my God. Who's doing that? Damn it. Damn it. Why aren't I that person? Why aren't I that wealthy? Why don't I have that thing?

Why am I not looking like that? Why, why, why? Why am I not that good? Stop that right now. God, it just sounds depressing even listening to you then say that. It's very bad for you. And the more friends you've got that are showing all the best parts of your life.

Yeah. Which is everyone online. Yes. The more it can lead to loneliness because you might not want to see them in real life when the opportunity arises because you don't want to be having a real life comparison even though they might not be comparing anything.

Yeah. But you've spent time on your social media comparing yourself directly. It's bad for you. What about if you're scrolling through your Facebook these days and you find that a lot of your friends' views don't align with your own anymore? Cut them out. Unfriend, unfriend. That can also make you feel lonely because you don't have as many friends

as you thought you did. Quality over quantity, though. Have you had to delete a few anti-vax friends? Some old school friends from Happy Nelson. We were racking up one a day at one point. Were you? Really? Nelson vax rates have actually been pretty good from where you're from.

They have, yeah. Somebody I know on Facebook put up a photo of that Freedom March being like, Good day for freedom. And I was like, hmm, is this sarcastic? Not really picking up sarcastic vibes. And someone was having a go at them in the comments. I was like, oh, okay, well, it's not sarcasm. Yeah, there's a lot of chats going on on my feed where I'm like,

I'm going to give them a wide berth for a bit, like not get caught in a conversation at any kind of event with them. Yeah, or a lift. Yeah. Any sort of closed space. Because I just can't

be bothered with that conversation. I mean, yeah. You've got the patience of a saint if at this stage of it you're still like, no, no, I won't give up on them.

I'll keep talking to them and convince them to get the vaccine. You're a better person than me. I don't know what I could do anymore. I'm very entrenched. I just think that's someone closer to them's problem. You got a baby?

I've got a baby. Okay, where am I going to find the time? I've got a baby. From the oily ZM think tank, this is the top six. Yep. Scoop Dog ice cream. It's an ice cream for dogs. By dogs.

Nah, it's not by dogs. Imagine that if dogs had a little laboratory with a golden laboratory. A golden labradora tree where they invented their ice creams. Well, Dunedin couple, Alicia and Jono, they came up with scoop dog ice cream because they were sharing too many ice creams with their dogs and their dogs were getting fat. And the vet said, you've got a fat-ass dog.

There is no way in hell I would share human ice cream with a dog. I don't care how much I love that dog. No, that's my ice cream. I've seen people like lick. Oh, the dog licks, then they lick again. It's like, no. Are dogs lactose intolerant? Well, that's...

Why is it... It's made with goat's milk, which is better for dogs. It's easy for them to digest. Right. It's not packed with sugar. It's got powdered honey to sweeten it and organic beef gelatin to help it set. Oh, so not vegan.

Yeah. Oh, no, no, no. Dogs shouldn't be vegan, though. Dogs aren't vegan. Do you feel this should have been you, Megan, with your dog ice blocks? Well, yeah. I mean, we did get to testing phase. We did a blueberry flavor, and we had a peanut butter banana flavor.

Okay, so they've got bacon flavour, gingerbread flavour for Christmas, and vanilla banana and carob flavours. No, see, they sound like great human flavours. They're not dog enough. Yeah. Well, I've got the top six dog flavoured ice creams that they could be next off the next cab out the rank. Number six on the list of the top six dog flavoured ice creams.

And by the way, you're just welcome to these scoop dog ice cream. Number six, other dog's butt. Dogs love other dog's butts. Yeah, I could imagine being at the ice cream store asking for a little sample of that on a stick if I was a dog. Yeah, I don't know. Can I try other dog's butt?

Oh yeah, that's me. Can I have two scoops of other dog's butt, please? With sprinkles. Number five on the list of the top six dog-flavoured ice creams that could be the next cab out of the rank, random animal shit. That's right. They love just finding and eating any old random animal's poo. Oh, that's disgusting.

Our dogs, or especially Richie, massive fan of pig poo. Oh, yuck. Huge fan. And then you let it lick your face, eh? No. No, yuck. No, no lick face. Shouldn't kiss your dogs. No. That mouth has been in nasty places. Number four on the list of the top six dog-flavoured ice creams that

could be next cab out the rank. Bird that's been dead for weeks. That's right. They come out of the bush, and what's that hanging out the corner of their that's been dead for weeks. That's right. They come out of the bush. And what's that hanging out the corner of their mouth? Is that a bird's leg? That bird's been dead for weeks. Yuck.

It's a bird that's been dead for weeks. The ice cream flavor coming to a dog ice cream outlet near you. Number three on the list of the top six dog flavored ice creams. Number three, food that wasn't meant for them. Oh,. Number three, food that wasn't meant for them. Oh, boy, dogs love food that wasn't meant for them. Yeah. They've jumped up and knocked food out of a child's hand because they love food that wasn't meant for them.

What an ice cream flavor. Number two on the list of the top six dog-flavored ice creams, roadkill on the side of the road. Mm-mm. That possum's got maggots in it. And now it's got a dog's nose right up in it as well. Yum, yum, yum. You could actually have maggots on top.

Yeah, I don't know if these... Sprinkles. From a marketing perspective, I don't know how these all go now. Yeah, well, dogs are nasty. They're literally drooling right now thinking about it. And number one on the list of the top six dog-flavoured ice creams,

everything that's poison to them. Boy, dogs love eating things that are poisonous to them. Blitz and slug pellets. That's how that... As I said that, I was like, oh my God, actually, that's horrible. That's how Bruno died.

Macadamia nuts. Avocados, chocolate, raisins. Dogs love eating them all. Onions? Are they allowed onions? Grapes, onions.ins. Dogs love eating them all. Onions? Are they allowed onions? Grapes, onions. Oh, yeah, right. Garlic.

They'll eat it all because they're a dumbass animal. That is today's top six dog-flavoured ice cream. ZDM's Fletchborn and Megan. I knew you needed a lot of money when you retire, but I didn't quite know it was going to be this much. So the lump sum for a couple to enjoy a comfortable retirement living in a major city has risen $24,000 in two years. This is in New Zealand?

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay. That's inflation and stuff, right? How much? $809,000. Wait. Wait.

What is that? Cash in hand. That's KiwiSaver. That's the money you get. You need to be mortgage free by that stage? Is that also an assumption? I'd say so. Well, you can always.

Wait, so you need to be mortgage free and have that money left over? Or you just sell your property and then downsize to a little. You get a little granny flat. Right. And so that's ideally how much KiwiSaver in your house you should have. So you're not allowed that until you get to, is it 65 at the moment? But then by the time we get to 65, it'll be 70. The goalposts would have moved 100%.

So what happens if I get to 70 and I'm like, yee-haw, here we go, and then I drop dead? Well, someone inherits that. yee-haw, here we go, and then I drop dead. What? Well. Someone inherits that. Someone inherits that. That's. I know.

I've spent all that time. Yeah, but what if you're like, I'm going to die at 70, so you spend all your money and then you get to 70 and you're like, help me, I'm poor, but very good health. And all your new Louis Vuitton. Yeah, look at my fancy shoes. Yeah. I'm starving.

Which is great because I bought those clothes a little bit too small. It's a no-win situation. You've just summed up life. Life. The greatest no-win situation. So this is research done by Massey University. They said weekly spending for a two-person household living in a metro area

has gone up from $1,423 a week to $1,470 in the last year. And for a single-person household, Fletch, $993 to $1,029 a week. Great. Remember, that's a metro area. We'll have to get rid

of the cat. He costs a bit. Get rid of your depend week. Great. Remember, that's a metro area. We'll have to get rid of the cat. He costs a bit. Get rid of your dependents. Yeah. Yep. I don't know why you two are laughing. All your kids will still be at home until they're 50, the way the housing market's going.

That's okay. They're all bloody not. They're worn or bloody. They'll be chipping in, though. ZM's Fletch Warner-Megan. Play. ZM. Fletch called resinMegan Play ZM Fletch called resin pouring nerd shit He did Just moments ago

He's like don't go on about your nerd shit He was talking about pouring resin So if you're in the arts and crafts community And you would like to throw out some backlash I have even stated Or was it the podcast It was maybe the podcast segment I stated that I do love

When they fill up a hole with noodles and resin and then sand it and paint it. That's pretty fun. Oh, he's changed his tune now, ladies and gentlemen. And I do love when they submerge fairy lights

in a resin table. Oh, something on about your nerd shit. But making dice to play Dungeons and Dragons, that's craft. That's arts and crafts. It falls under the umbrella of resin. Don't yuck someone's yum. You just gotta let the umbrella of resin. Don't yuck someone's yum.

You just gotta let them have their moment. Don't yuck someone's yum. It's pouring resin. It's art. And producer Jared's been getting into it. He's been making his own. You've been making your own dice. Haven't you, die?

Oh, stop going on about your nerd shit. We'll just gloss over that. Yeah, so I've been ordering lots of resin stuff online. Did you buy that vacuum sealer? No. It's a vacuum machine that sucks the bubbles out of the resin. Yeah, it's very expensive. Who knew about that?

I'm trying to craft my own one, but that's a whole other story. So these resin people sent me this dye I was after, but they sent me the wrong one, so they sent me a replacement. And that arrived yesterday but so the dye is maybe like 30 mils yeah it's really small but i got like a ream of paper sized box massive box right yeah big box i was like oh opened it and there's everything you could possibly want for starting resin out so like there's what resin what resin just starting like a starter resin kit right okay

like a starter kit and I went through and I was like this isn't for me open the packing slip it's for someone called Josh oh no oh no

you've got Josh's package yeah and Josh got my eight dollar package I was going to say for a financial amount of eight dollars for dye what would Josh's package have been worth?

120 oh that's good profit early Christmas for you yeah Financial amount of $8 for dye, what would Josh's package have been worth? $120. Oh. That's a good profit. Early Christmas for you. Yeah. Like, for the first hour, I was stoked. Yeah.

I was like, the midi, look at all this cool stuff. These artisanal, not tacky at all, river tables I can start making now. Because there was a mermaid tail mould in there, wasn't there? Yeah. Yeah. Like a beach scene. What is Josh making? Oh, my God. What's this Josh up to?

Josh, what are you doing? Josh just wants to make resin mermaids. Yeah, or in my mind, when you sent the photo through, I'm like, Josh might have daughters, and this is like he's doing crafts with his kids. It might have been for their Christmas present. Yeah, I thought he might be making Christmas presents with them because it's all like mermaid tails and stuff like that.

Right. So I was stoked. And then this little feeling in the middle of my tum tum just started worming away. This little feeling in the middle of my... Was that called guilt? Yeah, I googled it and Google said it's probably guilt.

Or cancer. Yeah, so I'm sending it back. Oh, you know who didn't send it back? Megan. Excuse me, I did send it back. Oh, you know who didn't send it back? Megan. Excuse me, I did send it back. I got a massive package. It was from like either Mecca or Sephora of makeup. And I was like, oh, Christmas.

But it had the packing slip and it said it wasn't for me. And I was like, oh. But they can't take it back because of COVID. No, but all the makeup's sealed. It had little plastic seals on it. Oh, it had a cough on it all. And I was like, but all the makeup's sealed. It had little plastic seals on it. I would have coughed on it all. And I was like, oh, no one would know. What about the tone? No, there was no foundation.

Oh, no foundation. So it just could be used by anybody. Totally. And I was like, no one will know and I do love makeup. Because there was that time I kept the makeup delivery and then it got cancelled for blackface. Because you didn't want to waste it Because you didn't want to waste it. You didn't want to waste it.

It was not my colour. If I, every time I used something, I would have, I would have had that little wee feeling in my tum tum. I would have been like, this is not yours. Why do you feel that? It's free. If they ask for it back, absolutely. If it's a small business, absolutely.

But if it's a giant makeup company, who cares? They're fine. They're going to get more and send it out. Where were you when this happened? I needed to get the devil on my shoulder. Do you remember when that bottle of alcohol I ordered broke and they sent me a new bottle, and instead of one-time's bottle, they sent me one-time's case?

And I just sat on that and slowly drank it, all six bottles and they never came for me. You should be commended for that. You were taking alcohol out of circulation. It's a dangerous drug. I know. Damage it does to the public.

You were doing a public service. I actually was. You probably stopped a car accident and other stuff. And other stuff. Vandalism. Horrible stuff. An A&E visit. I don't think I can say the same like putting on the lipstick though. That's not a public

service. Right. I was just stealing. The thing is a lot of these places if they just write it off. Can we make an agreement that if it's small business or a New Zealand owned business apart from Zuru, they've got too much money but if it's a New Zealand

business and it's not multinational. No, that's my thought Send it back. That's my thought I just send it back regardless But if it's a big multinational, it's lottery baby That's on them for not taking enough care Whereas that's lottery, baby. That's, yeah. That's on them for not taking enough care. Whereas Megan's like, no, these feelings of guilt.

I can't, no, I can't. Okay, well, I reckon let's take some calls. Have you been in the situation where you've received the wrong courier package or delivery? If it wasn't for you, what did you do? Did you keep it? Did you send it back or did they chase you up? What did you get out of it? Did you get something free?

Are you always looking over your shoulder now because you've got six bottles of gin and you think you're going to prison? What? You're not drinking enough gin if you can even remember that. Is all the gin gone? Oh, long gone. I reckon I've gone through at least six

stock tax cycles. They've obviously ridden it off. It's gone. It's gone. You can obviously ridden it off. Oh, absolutely. They're not coming down. It's gone. It's gone. Yeah. You can stop looking over your shoulder. That's why when you get a mystery package and they're like,

can you sign for it? Are they still doing signing in COVID or do they just ask your name and they write it down? I haven't signed for a while. They're like, Steve. All right, well, 0800 dials at AM. Give us a call, 9696.

Have you ever got the wrong package and what did you do? Did you keep it? Did you send it back? Did anyone come for you? Have you kept it? Are you worried? Are you scared?

We're talking about when you've received something that wasn't meant for you and what you did. Did you keep it? Yeah, like maybe a mixed up order, like producer Jared. He got Josh's order of all this resin stuff. He wanted an $8 dye to change the colour of the resin's order of all this resin stuff. Like a really, he wanted an $8 dye to change the colour of the resin

and he got like a whole resin pack. Yeah, craft stuff. He's so riddled with guilt that he's sending it back. He's a good man. He's a good man. He's been raised right.

Yeah. You can't use it because any time you use any part of it, you'd be like, oh, this is Josh's. No, see, I was raised Catholic. I got so much ingrained guilt that it just bounces out now.

That guilt tank filled up at about eight. Also, if you're Catholic, aren't you allowed to keep the thing and then say sorry to that guy in the cubicle thing with the curtain and then you have a wafer and then it's all right? No, he says, oh, resin kit, five Hail Marys and a couple of our fathers. You're away laughing, baby. Okay. Huge loophole. You need to keep the resin kit.

I mean, I wouldn't keep the resin kit. And you get a drink and some wafers. Sure. It's a great refreshment. So we want to know what you've kept. So many people. So many people keeping things. I got sent two soy burners and melts. It had my address. Is that like a candle making thing? Soy burners. No, people keeping things. I got sent two soy burners and melts. It had my address. Is that like

a candle making thing? Soy burners. No, no, no. They sit them in the top and it melts and the smell comes off the soy melt. It's just an alternative to a fragrance candle. It's a candle without a light, right? Yeah. It's a heating element in it. Oh look, either one of them will burn down your house. Lickety split. But this is a

flame free alternative. Yeah. But this is a flame-free alternative. Yeah. But it had my address but a law firm's name in Wellington. The person had the same name as mine, so I opened it. I emailed them and I said, look, there's been an error. And they said, oh, we'll arrange a pickup. And that was the last I heard. And one day I was like, sure could do a soy burner around here.

Opened it up and got into it. Kate, what did you accidentally get delivered? So my daughter did an online shopping order because they were quite excited in lockdown. And so we did a big online order of pajamas and things like that and it arrived about three days later. And then lo and behold, about four more days later,

the exact same order arrived. And so we're thinking, what do we do? So we decided to keep it and we just gave it away to other family and friends. Oh, that's good though. You've shared the stolen goods there.

We've shared the love, yeah. Quite a few messages coming in of double ups. Yeah. Companies that don't realise and they send it twice. Thanks you, Cool Kate. Yeah, someone said, I had to send back a hair straightener

because it stopped working but it was still under warranty. Yeah. They said, yeah, we'll replace it and they sent me one and then two days later they sent me another one. I was like, sold one to my sister. Gave it a moment's thought. You didn't give it to your sister, you sold it to her. Sold it to the sister

I mean you got it for free Yeah Or you give them Assuming you're giving them a discount Right Yeah $20 below recommended retail Yeah

Someone said My dad ordered something Off Wish You know that site That's always like Hey Do you want a glass pipe That looks like a meth pipe

But it's not a meth pipe Yeah But it can be a meth pipe. Weird stuff. Weird stuff. Hey, have you always wanted a gimp outfit? I don't know what your targeted advertising is doing, but we're not getting the gimp things.

Yeah, lots of sex stuff though, eh? I got a padded bike pad. No, I bought a bike shorts with thick pads on. What, like booty pants? Yeah. To make your ass look more shapely or to actually protect you from the seat? No, I thought it was to protect me from the seat. Okay. It's like, my algorithm doesn't know me at all.

I've got these, advertise these jeans with a built-in g-string poking at the top. Oh, see? Your algorithm knows you. Yeah, it knows me. It knows you. It knows what's up. Anyway, Dad ordered something off Wish. It arrived and then for the next six months, every two weeks, some random thing arrived,

but he never paid for any of it. It was all just kind of like weirdly shung up, a very eclectic range. That's all they say. So I reckon dad got some sex stuff in that package. He was just like, where did this come from? 100% good.

Dad bought a robotic pool cleaner from some dubious website. Think Roombas, but for pools. Yeah. And their system had glitches. Three of them arrived over four months. He called them and emailed and never heard from them. And so

he's like, bugger it, I'm selling them. Probably like an overseas drop shipping place. Yeah. Be hard to contact. Totally hard. Sell them. Yeah. My mother-in-law does those Christmas hampers that you pay for throughout the year. Oh yeah. Her delivery turned up. She opened it. It was two Xboxes. games, and a shitload of alcohol

instead of the food she'd ordered. She rang them and said, I never got my food. Yeah. And they sent her one, so she got all the food, and she kept the other one, gave her grandkids an Xbox console each. Everyone was just like, what? So she neglected to tell them that she got a package.

Yeah. She just said I never got it. It was probably more expensive. By the sounds of it, it was more than a $500 food package. Technically though, she wasn't lying, was she? She just said,

I didn't get my food. I didn't get my food. Yeah, she didn't tell the whole truth. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan. Does that mean good things? Money?

Or is that pain? I think that's athlete's foot. Nah, because it's not in the toes. It's not in the toes. It's not in the toes. It's in the arch. It's in the arch. You've got some tinea, mate.

No, tinea doesn't come to stay down the foot. Tinea's in the toes. Athlete's foot's only in the toes. I thought it could be the whole foot. I've never had it on the whole foot. I've had it in the toes. Put your shoes on, please. Yuck.

I've got to give this thing an itch. That's the noise our new dog makes when it's itching itself on like a pole or something it gets really i'm like that is such a good now apparently if you have itchy feet oh no that's what the saying means itchy feet like a desire to travel i thought that was like a oh my gosh yeah it knows me. It knows me. My foot knows me. I'm on healthline.com for itchy feet. I'm going to desire to travel, but it's just kind of out of the Auckland region versus like an international wanderlust.

So saying here you could have an infectious bacteria, virus, parasite or fungi. Calm down. Calm down. It was just an itch. It's just a temporary itch. It's gone now. It's suffice. Medical conditions that cause itchy feet.

Liver disease. Cancer. Now I'm itchy all over. Kidney disease. Because we've been talking about how I'm itchy. Thyroid gland. Or did you have your foot out at night and a mozzie's got you? Perhaps.

Yeah. Perhaps. Okay. Well, it sounds like you got a manky shower or something. No, you don't have a manky shower. Please don't insinuate to the listeners that I've got a manky shower. I hope so. I've only had one before

and I pulled it all out. Oh, it was wild. Anyway, from that sexy chat to other sexy chat because to have a baby, you've got to have sex.

Yeah. That's the traditional way. I know that there's other ways of doing it. Don't discount modern advancements in technology. But, you know, a long time, yes, Fletch, with that banana Vaughn, don't discount modern advancements in technology.

But, you know, a long time. Yes, Fletch, with that banana and a circle made with the forefinger and thumb of your other hand, you had indicated. That was for you, Vaughn. That was not for the listeners. There is a baby boom. And apparently the lockdown baby boom. The highest number of births since 2015. I was hoping it was longer ago.

It blows my... Because what about 2015, 2014? But minus the people that had already planned to have a baby and it was underway as the pandemic happened. Correct. Why on earth, when the world is so grim, are people like, oh, you know what would make this better? Above another human. Oh, we're locked up. I don't know. Why on earth, when the world is so grim, are people like, oh, you know what would make this better? Above it.

More people. Not a human. Oh, we're locked up. I don't know. With no end in sight. Yeah, because it's usually at the end of those sorts of, like at the end of wars, the population will boom. Like the original baby boomers,

that was the end of World War II, baby boom. Because the world seemed to be a better place to have a baby. So we asked, have you had a lockdown baby? Now, what a ridiculous notion for a yes-no poll. What constitutes a lockdown baby? One that was conceived in lockdown or one that was had in lockdown? Well, we didn't specify. We've been kind of in and out of lockdown so much

that any baby born over the last year at least. So have you had a lockdown baby? And it was a yes, no, and I thought this is going to be like 2% yes because 21% of respondents had had a lockdown baby. That's bananas. You've got a banana there, I can't.

Maybe why I said bananas. Well, I had a lockdown baby. That's 33% of this., 33 of this room. Yeah, okay. But then incorporate the rest of the show, I'm six now, that's dropped significantly, that percentage. How about this for a message? Somebody replied, Ashley replied,

I've had two lickdown babies. She meant lockdown, but you know how sometimes your phone's like, you have never written lock before, but you love writing lick. So I'm going to assume you meant lick again. I've had two lockdown babies. One 19 months ago in the first lockdown in Niku, and the second one this lockdown, now four months old.

Better not have another lockdown. Don't want to make a habit of this. Because weren't there studies like... You know there's other things to do in lockdown. Because we've talked about several studies over lockdowns about how couples either drift apart or get closer. Yeah. Because there's heaps of divorces

and people going to relationship experts and stuff. But then some people were... But I guess you're bored. Yep. Getting busy. Shutting the house. Yeah. Yeah.

Or maybe that is a way that you're trying to like get your marriage back on track and then you're like, oh, hello. That's famously a terrible idea. You know what's going to fix this marriage? A baby. Because then when it's not fixed, the human's going to have to deal with all the drama.

This little human. We're going to put it all on the little human. So yeah, biggest birth rates since 2015. Huh? 18 minutes It just sounds like a lot of punishment All these babies Are they going to be allowed on?

Because they're too young to have a vaccine certificate aren't they? So they will be I was hoping there'd be at least 6 months of peaceful flying No These new parents Are you going to go and show some grandparents overseas these babies. Ho, ho, ho. Ooh, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Do-do-do-do-do-do. 37 days, 16 hours and 8 minutes away from Christmas Day. Yeah. Today, the government at 1 o'clock announcing what's happening with the border. Perhaps the best Christmas present of all. Yeah, so I would imagine after that there'll be a flurry of bookings. Yeah.

Also today, your pass comes out. That you can download, your vaccine pass. Later this morning is what we're being told. If you've signed up for the My Health, you're going to need to help some old people in your life as well, like nannies and stuff, print this out. There's going to be a lot of... Oh, you can get that printed out.

I'd imagine warehouse stationery are going to do an absolute boomer trade on ink for cartridges and printers. Oh, I was going to say, you can get it printed there and get printed on a good stock. They might also do a laminating service. Oh, you can actually print it out at the photo booth, Kiosk. That'd be nice. You could get it printed there and get printed on a good stock. They might also do a laminating service. Oh, you could actually print it out at the photo booth, Kiosk. That'd be nice. You could.

They're a little bit more hardy, aren't they, photo paper? Get a gloss with a white border. What a great idea. You could do that one where you get like a passport photo. You get four printed on one six by four. Yeah. You get four of them and then cut them. Yeah.

They're really small, though. At home, I don't know how big they need to be. Yeah. Look, I'm just out here flicking ideas. Left, right, centre. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Ideas guy. 37 days away from Christmas.

Somebody just messaged and heard Snoopy's Christmas at the supermarket yesterday. Yeah, I heard. What did I hear? A Christmas song the other day in the supermarket. I was like, too soon. Too soon? But then on my local New World has whole islands dedicated to Christmas. Not just on the shelves or at the end of aisles, but whole new islands, you know, shimmied in.

Also, the drop of like streaming services, Christmas movies. Yeah. They're definitely like, they're starting to sneak in there. There's a few Christmas movies, this season's Christmas movies, all trying to be the next Love Actually and all failing miserably. Pre-COVID, we would have had 100% Christmas penetration by now. I can tell you historically on this day, five years, well, on the 4th of November, five years ago,

we were at 97% indicating that we were at 100%. By this stage, Wilson's message. You remember Wilson? He's a platinum member. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas multi-level marketing team. Joined us for the long weekend group too, didn't he? He did, yes. He loves festivities. Well, he sent me a big Christmas tree at the North City Shopping Centre.

And he said, here's a video of carols being played at the mall. Goodness. So he said there's carols on the mall speaker there. And I haven't been to a mall since I've reopened in Auckland, but... I have, and the Santa's Grotto was there. Was there, but no Santa. No Santa. Covent Garden International,

Tim said, just having a farewell for some Kiwis heading home. There's this big Christmas tree there in Covent Garden. That's lovely, isn't it? A well-decorated store in this Christmas wonderland as well. Look at them rubbing it in that they got a spot in MIQ. Yep, I hadn't taken it that way, but sure. I mean, that's how a lot of people would see it. And this one in from the Kairanga Lions.

You know the Lions? Yeah. They're like the Kiwianis, that group of like there's a little... The Rotary, the club. Yeah, them, them, them, them. Always helping out the community. Correct. Well, they wanted to let you know to round off the very palmy Christmas festivities,

the annual Christmas parade will take to the Central Energy Trust Arena at 2pm on Sunday, the 5th of December. The parade will be going around the Speedway track. Oh, and you watch from a distance. And it's going to be loud and lots of fun. Oh, that's so cool. Are all the floats going to be towed by midges and stock cars and stuff?

I think they're just midgets, aren't they? Midgets, I don't know what they're called. Midges are those little things that maul you when you go to the TR now. You get the midges while you're watching. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

This year's theme is Christmas through the ages. To celebrate 2021 as Palmerston North's 150th year. Oh, someone tell John Clays. That's old enough to retire Palmerston North. Yeah. Maybe even euthanized. No, I'm only kidding. So they want to see all the memories.

And then there's the details only kidding. So they want to see all the memories and then there's the details. So Christmas and Fielding's having a drive-through Christmas just down the road a little bit more. So people are still finding a way to do the parades, but they're looking a little bit different. So with all that in mind and 37

days away from Christmas. Comet Cupid, Polish the sleigh. Right now, Christmas penetration is at... 83%. Oh, it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And if you see Christmas creeping in, send it to us, FBMZM on social. ZM's flesh-worn and megan.

Play ZM. Car one at the social media desk. She came with a story, a very unusual tale of a gift received. This sounds way creepier than it is. I think it's creepy. I think it's creepy. If a guy had done this. Oh, you'd be on the phone to the police.

That's fair. So my flatmate and I went to Bunnings. What for? House plants. It doesn't matter what you go to Bunnings and what attend for. You're going to find something else when you're there. Yeah, that's true. House plants.

Okay, cool. And that's what we did. So we were contemplating getting a pool, like a blow-up pool for our backyard, but they involve a lot of cleaning, emptying. We're lazy. Yeah. Also, you've got to pay for water too. Yeah.

Unless you do what Megan did and Rob... I didn't know that hose was my neighbour's hose, okay? It's your 80-something-year-old pensioner neighbour. I didn't know... She was poor. She had no money after she paid her water bill. We were in granny flats. Everything was connected.

I didn't know technically it was her hose. Anyway. Well, you've got to think about that when you're buying a pool, can't you? She died, didn't she, of dehydration? It was like 10 years ago and she was like 85, so I mean odds are. She's listening right now. She's on the phone. Hello, Margaret.

Give me my money, bitch. No, it was either Nyree or Marie. We weren't sure because she mumbled. Nyree, good morning. Nyree Marie. She wants her money. So you're standing there looking at these swimming pools at Bunnings. Yes, and so then we see, you know those seashell plastic ones

that they have for like actual babies? Yeah, paddling pools. Who are they for? They're for babies. For babies, or in my case. They have too many of them for them to be for babies. They're actually really good for filling with ice and having as drinks. Well, you're supposed to buy two and have a sandpit.

Because it stops the cats doing poo-poos. Yeah. Okay. Well, anyways, we were looking at these and we were like, this could work. Like we could just fill it up when we need to, sit in it. It wouldn't even go to your waist. Yeah, but you know how it works when you sit in water, the water rises.

And it would take nothing to heat. The sun would heat that up in no time. And we'd just get a couple of buckets. But you're also an adult. You're not going to fit. Well, here's the thing. I was in a silly goofy mood. So I decided to, I was like, can I fit in it? We'll see.

And unbeknownst to us there was a woman watching us and she calls out and goes go for it, try it, sit in it it's a lockdown, no one cares, nothing matters. And so. Oh my god, was she an angel? And so I did and then struggled to get

back out of it. But we were like you know, we'll think on it. Wait for payday. How much is the shell paddling pool? $15. Right. Per half. Yeah.

Yes, yes, yes. Okay. And so then we're like, we'll wait for payday and talk to our other flatmates about it. We leave. We walk down another aisle. And then all of a sudden that lady comes back up to us and goes, buy yourself a pool and shoves a $20 note in my hand. And we were both shocked.

My flatmate and I were just standing there being like, what? No. Oh, my gosh. You can't do that. And then she just walks off and says, enjoy. And so we purchased the paddling pool. Because we couldn't not. We'd taken her money for this reason.

And did you get $5 change? Yeah. What did you do with the $5? Pot plants. Well, it's sitting in my car and we because we, you know how sometimes Bunnings does like round up your thing for charity? We were going to do that, but then they didn't do that. So it's sitting in my car and I'll find a donation bucket or something.

Spend it on lollies. I don't need lollies. Okay, if there was a man that did that, like an old mate that you see at Bunnings or whatever, would you have been like, absolutely not? I think it would have been a little bit weirder, yes. Was this woman of working age, like she wasn't giving you her pension, right?

No, no, no. She seemed probably the same age as my mum. Right. Right. Yeah. I don't know, man. It's weird. I'm weirded out

by the whole thing. Is anybody else finding that weird? Do you executive into Narnia? Do you find that weird? Nah, it's wholesome. It's wholesome.

It's a bit weird but it's mostly wholesome. It's how much weird to wholesome percentage wise? I would say 80-20. Weird to wholesome. No, wholesome. It's a bit weird, but it's mostly wholesome. It's how much weird to wholesome, percentage-wise? I would say 80-20. Weird to wholesome. No, wholesome to weird. See, I'd go 80% weird. Weird to wholesome.

If my mum was like, oh, you'll never guess what I did today. I was at Mitre 10 or Bunnings and there was a girl looking at a pool and I gave her 20 bucks to buy it. I'd be like, what did you do that for? Because that's $20 less for your inheritance. Not even that. I'd be like, don't do that. Maybe she just wanted to bring some joy to some young girls.

Yeah, and I think that she had a good laugh, like laughing at me trying to get in and out of it. So I think that would just brighten her day. So now she's put a price on your dignity. That's fine. I'll take it. $15. Anything for me to dip my little toes in some cold water this summer.

Someone said it's kindness week. So she was doing a random act of kindness. Yeah, see, no one on this show knows that it's kindness week. She was just doing a random act. I just find it quite creepy. I always think someone's got to have a motive here. What's their motive? What do you want?

What do I have to do for this? They want to feel good about themselves. That's interesting. Oh my God, what if like hot day, peak of summer,

you're sitting at home, you're like, let's fill it up. You start filling your pool and then open the door. It's a lady. She's in her togs

and she's like, I'm here for a swim. How is she going to find me? I don't know. She followed you home. And you were easy to follow home because the back of your car was full of that big blue shell. That's fair.

Probably didn't even shake your boot properly. If she went to them, I'd let her in. Come on. Yeah, I mean, technically it is her pool. She did buy it. Could we take some calls now? 0800 DARS at M9696. When has a stranger bought you something? Or when did a stranger buy you something?

Like, you always hear those stories where someone's car declines at the checkout and the person's like, it's all right, I've got it. That's less creepy than buying someone a paddling pool. Yeah. Because there's no togs involved. I did offer someone some cash

when they didn't have enough cash at the checkout and they denied me. I was like, okay, don't worry about it then. Oh, that's embarrassing. They didn't want your money. I was like, no, I'll just use EFTPOS. I was like, oh, okay. It's what it is.

Well, that's very presumptuous of you to assume they couldn't afford it. No, they were trying to pay with cash, but they were short, so I gave them the extra cash they needed. How much was it? Oh, it was like $4. Right. but they were short, so I gave them the extra cash they needed. How much was it? Oh, it was like $4. Right. And they were like, well, that's too much. They were like, no, it's fine.

I'll just use F-Post. I was like, oh, ouch. Alright, well, 0800Diles.am You can text as well, 9696. When has a stranger bought you something? Yeah, maybe there was no strings and you were like, okay, something's weird about this. What do you want? Yeah. Well, maybe there were strings.

I prefer to hear the no strings stories today. Well, at the social media desk, Carl Ween was shopping with a flatmate at Bunnings and a stranger, a lady, purchased him a swimming pool, a little paddling pool. A lady? A lady. A $15 paddling pool. Yeah, I mean it's very cheap.

$20. Yeah. And we want to know from you this morning, when a stranger has paid? When a stranger's bought you something? Strings or no strings? I just love that this is just baffling Fletch. Someone text in and said I think this says more about Fletch than anything else. I'm just like, what is the ulterior

motive here? When you do something kind for someone else, you get like this feeling inside. Yeah, but we're getting some really nice stories through that give you the warm fuzzies like that. But purchasing like... It gave her the warm fuzzies. She was being Santa.

Hmm. Something's up. She's going to peer over the fence when they're in their togs. She's just going to appear. And then I'll say, I told you so. Someone said, I do this often. Fletch, there's nothing Like the feeling of giving Open up your heart

And put aside Your trust issues Oh do you have Trust issues Yeah he doesn't Trust anybody ever Never trust Anybody ever

Full stop ever Thanks Yeah Somebody said I buy my Click and collect Grocery people A chocolate bar

Every week What you do is You like add it to the cart And then in the notes you say that chocolate bar is for you. You have that. You're doing great work. I'm going to do that. I always write them a note, but I'm going to do that. That's so sweet.

Oh, white saviour. Yeah. Oh, piss off. You're such a hero for not going to the supermarket. Some of us can't afford the click and collect fee. Is there a click and collect fee? No. You pick it up.

There isn't. You dick. Someone's doing your shopping for you. You're just going to buy them something that would be like this. That's their job. Yeah, but you're making extra work because you're not going to the supermarket. That's like cleaning up in a food court. You can cost them in their job.

Yeah, I can't wait for the New Year's Honours list to hear your name. Oh, my God. And for an MBA, for her services to click and collect. For writing a nice note. Oh, my God, Mr. Announce, every single drop of charity I do. Let's go to Anonymous first up. Anonymous, when did someone buy you something? I'm a police officer and we often get offers for people to buy us copies and things like that.

We're in a cafe or people just bring them up to us on the street. Yeah. Are you allowed to take them? Yeah, we can if it's under a certain value, but I often just politely decline. Yeah, because also I'd want to see that coffee being made. Just, you know, especially if you're a police officer, you don't know what someone's doing to that.

Is there, what's the line there, like a full three-course restaurant meal? Yeah, something like that, I think. I think that might be the limit. Yeah, too much there to dine out for like $60, $70. Anonymous, thank you for your call. Jade, when did someone

pay? Well, they tried to pay, but it was a little bit of a weird situation. So about three weeks ago during COVID time, I went to the supermarket and I'm 24

and I was buying a box of beers. I love how you're like, I was buying a box of beers. Yeah, with my groceries. But yeah, anyway. They were checking my ID and they were taking a little bit longer to check it out and that.

And this old man, you know, we're all masked up and that. He leans in about two centimeters from my face and says, don't worry, honey, if they don't get it, if they don't let you get it, I'll get it for you. And I was like, I don't know you. You're a complete stranger. Yeah. you and i was like i don't know you you're a complete stranger yeah and yeah you know it's like it kind of defeats the purpose of you're so close to my face but yeah i said no that's all right yeah but he offered he did offer um i'm not sure what the what the motivation was yeah maybe he just doesn't like the system maybe yes what doesn't like the system. Maybe, yes. What, doesn't like the system of age restriction on alcohol?

I'm sorry, but that's the law. Ah, freedom's gone, freedom's. Oh, man. You've mandated teenagers out of drinking. Thanks for your call, Jade. Melissa, when did someone pay? When did they buy you something? Okay, so I was at the supermarket

with my two-year-old daughter, and it was a really hot day. So my daughter was, we were in the checkout, brought all my groceries and everything. My daughter was wearing a nappy and just a thing on top, nothing else. So it's been a really hot day. I just thought it was okay. okay but she might have made us look a little bit poor or something because afterwards i ran out of this i went out of the supermarket and this guy started chasing us down and he handed me a hundred dollar bill and he said that have that help you pay for your groceries and i was like what i'm standing in the car park in shock, thinking, what the hell? This guy, I don't know, has just given me a $100 bill, and he insisted I take it.

I was like, no, no, no, I can't take that. He's like, no, no, no, I want you to have it. And I just stood there for a minute after it had gone, like, in shock. So what you're saying is I need to take my son to the supermarket and nappies and a T-shirt. Yeah. My daughter's 12 now and maybe that wouldn't be appropriate but...

Yeah, wow. So you did take it in the end? Well, I did because it kind of ran off and I was a little bit shocked so I did do some good with it. I did get some more groceries with it and I did put a donation in

but, you know, yeah. It will never happen again to me. Yeah, wow. Melissa,

thanks for your call. Who has a $100 note in their wallet? Yeah. Some messages in. You started putting shoes on your kid as well. That's why it hasn't

happened again. I work at a shoe shop. I helped a cute old man find some sandals. He came back 20 minutes later with a coffee for me. And I accepted it graciously, but I'm lactose intolerant. And it said flat white on it. So I stood there holding it, talking to him.

And he was like, indicated I should drink it. I was like, I put it up to my mouth and pretended to, but just said, oh, thank you. Thank you. Sweet. Oh, a bit hot. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, sweet. My friend bought a stranger a slice of cake after the stranger had a go-to for parking too close to her car. My friend assumed she was having a bad day while juggling a small child, so dropped off a slice of cake. That's the sort of person my friend is. I would have told them to...

Also, like, you want to see that cake being made or sliced because they've done something to it. See, that's your trust issues showing again there, pal. And we're just killing them with kindness. Yeah, or with laxatives. Exactly. A lady gave me all of her Smeg knife stickers last year and then also a $100 voucher to spend. Oh, another supermarket white saviour.

Yeah. Can you stop? Oh, you're having a hard time. These are the people we need. Here's a knife set. Here's a European knife set. I was at a gas station. The older guy in front of me had left his wallet at home.

It was very genuine, so I paid for it. It was $35, but he wanted all my details to pay me back, and I would not give it to him. No, I will not give you my address. No, I will not give you my phone number. So many people have done nice things. We've been on the receiving end. A cafe I used to work at charged $3 for a fluffy.

Now that is daylight robbery. Megan, who used to own a cafe, is that daylight robbery for a fluffy? That's more than what we charge for a fluffy. What did you charge for a fluffy? Two. About Megan! But you get marshmallows too.

Okay. Well, the amount of Fluffies I ended up buying or topping up so little kids could have it, they'd come in with their pocket money, expecting it to be $1 or so, and it just broke my heart. Now, are these children going into a cafe unaccompanied by an adult for a Fluffy? Boy, I don't know. Are they turning up in little business suits?

Being like, oh, heck, I need that thruffed milk today. Let me tell you, don't bother talking to me until I've had my fluffy. Where are the parents? I wouldn't, as a parent, if a kid was like, oh, I want to buy my own fluffy, I've got a dollar, and there were three, as a parent, I wouldn't let the person working at the cafe do the top up. Either they don't have the fluffy or you do the top up.

I'd rather go to that dairy where the guy gives you free chocolate for buttons. Oh, in the ad? Yeah. I'd rather go to that dairy where the guy gives you free chocolate for buttons. On the ad. Yeah. I'm going to go in there looking cute as a button and a little pair of overalls. I'm going to be like, hey, mister, I'm here to buy my mom some chocolate. I'm going to pay in a dog poo and a milk lid. And he'll be like, sir, please get out of the store. Ah, come on, girl.

Oh, God. ZDM's Fletchborn and Megan. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day is about wind turbines. Oh, okay. Do you know how wind turbines generate power? They turn and then there's a little cog that goes... And grounds the flower.

It grounds the flower. Correct. Friction makes electricity. Magnets. Magnets. Is it magnets? Mm-hmm. Magnets, then what well and inside

jeremy wells has to spin the thing as well yeah he lives in a wind turbine he's got the key yeah the meridian one yeah turn on the wind turbines otherwise they get locked today's fact today isn't explaining how wind turbines create electricity because i read that like five times and i still don't understand it. There's electromagnetics, electromagnets. See, I can't even say it right. Electromagnets. There's an induction generator. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Today's fact of the day is instead that ladders attached on the inside of the wind turbine, so you can climb up the turbine and get to the top to service the blades or whatever, are often magnetized to the inside of the tube rather than being bolted. What? How strong are these magnets before I jump on the ladder? Very, very strong magnets. They have got a magnetic mounting system because if they drilled holes in

and put bolts on the outside, it would affect the structural integrity of the big tube. And these are in very windy places. Yeah. And would also give extra opportunity for corrosion. And would that be the same with welding on? I don't know. Because welding, you're just on the ends.

I don't know how welding works, but does that affect the structural? I haven't even thought of welding. It might just be a very hard thing to weld. Well, you've also got to, they're so tall, it would be easy just to bung a magnet later on. Yeah, because if you were welding, you'd climb and you'd be like, weld, weld, weld. That's the noise welders make.

They're like Pokemon. That's why they're called welders. And the TIG ones go, TIG, TIG, TIG. And the MIG ones go, MIG, MIG, MIG. MIG weld, MIG weld, TIG weld, TIG weld. That's how you can tell the difference between a MIG and a TIG weld. I don't know what a MIG and a T go, MIG, MIG, MIG. MIGweld, MIGweld, TIGweld, TIGweld. That's how you can tell the difference between a MIG and a TIGweld. I don't know what a MIG and a TIG is. No, neither.

Well, just listen next time you hear welding. Don't look. Don't look. Because the bright light will burn your eyeballs. Yeah. It'll be like. That's why they wear the masks. Yeah, that's why they wear the welding masks.

But if you listen carefully next time you're walking past a welder, listen, it'll go dig weld, dig weld or mig weld, mig weld. Christ, that's the biggest dad joke of the day, isn't it? Mig welds.

Wait, there's another one coming. Mig welds are Russian. Right, okay. Of course they are. I don't even get it. Someone know a little bit about planes to get that one. Do you know

what kind of magnet seas are? Very strong ones. Right. Just magnets. The magnets. The diode magnets. Very strong magnets to get on there. And they clonk them on there because, yeah,

there's metal fatigue and corrosion. Because I'd end up jumping on it and I'd be like, when you try and put something on the fridge and it's too heavy and it's sliced. Those bloody real estate agent calendars. They're not using real estate agent calendar magnets. They're using a much stronger magnet. Okay, those bloody real estate agent calendars. They're not using real estate agent calendar magnets. They're using a much stronger magnet. Okay, good. That's good. Yeah, if you're climbing up the ladder

and then you just see the wall moving, you're like, what's that thing? You're like, skee! Bloody Harcourts. Yeah, that wouldn't happen. No. They're stronger magnets than that. Also, most of the magnets are just holding it on the wall because the ladder actually touches the ground so it can't slide down. It just holds it on the wall because the ladder actually touches the ground, so it can't slide down.

It just holds it against the wall. So worse it's going to happen if there's a few fatties on there and you're at the top, you're just going to bump the board. And go to the other side. And then you're going to have to climb around the ladder and climb up the other side. Yeah, okay. With all the magnets.

I still would want to go up just solo. Do you want to go up one of these? No, not particularly. There's a new Tom Hanks movie on Apple Plus called Turbine called Finch and at the start

he's living in a wind turbine and he climbs up to the top and I've never really wanted to go up one before but now I'm like I'd love to go up one. I've seen people like jump on them

when, I think they do base jumping off some of them, don't they? Shit, you'd want to jump the right way. Got to check the wind.

Jump and just get sucked straight back in. I have not thought this through at all. Throw the parachute. Drop that one back up. And then you're like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Then you slide off the end. You get caught on the next one. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Chucks you on the parachute to the next one. That'd be pretty fun. So today's fact of the day is the ladders that run up the middle of wind turbines are often magnetized to the wall. Magnetized. To the wall. Fact of the

day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day. plan to cancel subscriptions because they're costing so much. So this is like TV subscription because there's heaps of streaming services. So half of Americans plan to cancel them. Is it because obviously inflation and Christmas is coming, money's tight, so they're like, they're the first to go?

Yeah. So yeah, 44% are planning on cancelling over the next six months due to budgetary issues. Right. They get you, though. Like, Apple subscription, the Apple TV, I got that because of the latest Ted Lasso. Did you not have it before that?

Nah. And then I've been meaning to cancel it, and I'm like, I've got to do that. And then it comes up on my bill. It's like, you've just been charged. I'm like, God damn it. You might as well wait another month, and then you forget it. But then I want to watch, what are you watching at the moment?

The morning show. Yeah, so I want to wait until that's finished, and then binge all that, and then I'll cancel. So good. But this is how they get you. Yeah. It's like they've planned it. Yeah. It's like they've got a plan.

They're not just freestyling and seeing what happens. But it's like lots of stuff like oh here's a free month but you've got to put your credit card in and then you forget.

And then you forget. I always set reminders in my phone. But then most of those I'll just cancel straight away and it'll still let you use the month.

Right. Right. So yeah. I mean is it going to come to a point where people like like, subscribe to one, watch everything you want at that time, cancel that, move on to another? I know people that are already doing that. I reckon it's the way to go.

I wouldn't be opposed to doing that. No. And then you watch everything on, like, Netflix over a month or two. And by the time you're done with the other ones, you go back. Yeah, go to Neon. Yeah. You know, there's so much stuff on that. And there's so many services, yeah.

Just kind of take your time and go through them. But what about the spoilers? Well, yeah. And then you get a massive show come out and everyone's talking about it. You're like, but I'm not on that streaming service at the moment. Hang on.

What are you? Yeah, like if you'd like given up on Squid Game, everyone's talking about Squid Games, you're like, oh, I just cancelled. Yeah. Yeah, I guess you've just got I just cancelled. Yeah. Yeah, I guess you just got to make that. Yeah.

Yeah. What about like normal TV? It's free. It's got to add some. So it's not free then, is it? It's not free,

no. You're being sold now. You're not getting the chase on Netflix, are you? You love the chase. I love the chase. You couldn't deal with that not being part chase on Netflix. I love the chase. I love the chase. You couldn't deal with that

not being part of your life? I love the chase, yeah. And antique, what's the repair shop? Oh my God. Yeah. And good with wood. Have you seen that?

Yeah. You're basically a boomer, aren't you? And country calendar. And country calendar on a Sunday night. That's you. Every time I hear that

big song, I'm like, Vaughn will be watching. Shit, yeah, gotta have all your work done by seven o'clock. You're such a boomer in a younger man's body. Every time I hear that theme song, I'm like, Vaughn will be watching. Shit, yeah, got to have all your work done by 7 o'clock. You're such a boomer. Sit down and watch Country Calendar.

And a younger man's body. Yeah, and this during the weather. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Shush for a minute. You watch the weather. Yeah. It's on your phone. I want to see what everybody else is going through.

It's just as wrong on the phone as it is the TV. No, I want to see what everybody else has got lined up for tomorrow. I like to do this fun game where I find out when it happens. I'm like, oh, it's raining. Oh, it's sunny. That's a surprise. Yeah, that's a good way to live life. That's called living La Vida Loca. ZDM's Fletch, Ron and Megan.

The government in Finland is planning to make a legislation that you can see your colleagues' salaries in an effort to close the gender pay gap. They're the 37th in pay equality in the OECD, Finland. And the government has said,

well, now if you have a colleague, I believe in a similar role to yours. So you couldn't check what the big boss is earning? No, you couldn't just walk around the building and be like, how much are you? What about you? Because that's what, if everybody knew everybody's, like if you had to deal with someone in another department who was useless at their job, you'd be like, Karen, you earned $20,000 more than

me. You should be doing it. Pull your finger out. God, what an awful conversation. Yeah. The bill has been criticized because workers unions say it doesn't do enough to open transparency. It's just going to turn people against each other who work at the same level,

but management are going to be able to be like, tiddly-dee, tiddly-tee, earning so much more, and the people below them won't know how much they earn, and they won't be able to question it. But then the employers' organisation is saying it's just going to create conflict in the workplace by putting employers, employees against each other. It's almost like the

onus just needs to be on the employer. So, you know, pay equal pay. Yeah, right. That would probably end up costing them more money. Yeah. They won't like that. No. They won't like that. So, yeah,

the government has said it's central to our policy for the elimination of unjustified pay gaps. Finnish woman earning 17% less than men in 2020. It's a pay equity ranking. What's the thing here? What's New Zealand's percentage? Just put you on the spot there.

Was it 10? Is that too? I feel like it was around 10. Did we get it down to 10 and then it's gone back up or something? We're in the OECDA. Yeah. I don't even know what that is. That's Office of Electric Cars Department.

Yeah. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. There you go. I like our one better. So do I. Okay, hold on. We're down. We're down. We're down. We're down.

We're down. We're down here. We're down, which is good news. Korea's got some questions to answer, though. They've got a 30% gender wage gap. Did you not see Squid Game? But they all had an equal footing. Are you talking about South or North?

Because, I mean, it's not the only thing. 4.6% in New Zealand. Oh, it's up. It's down% in New Zealand. It's up. It's down. It's down. It's down. The gap's closing. That's good.

And Luxembourg is actually what? Luxembourg? Isn't it Luxembourg? No, it's got an extra O in it. Luxembourg? You've got to have an O or a U to be Luxembourg. Yeah. Okay.

But when you've got a B in the middle. What's in Luxembourg? You've got to have an O or a U to be Luxembourg. Yeah, okay. But when you've got a B in the middle. What's in Luxembourg? That negative three. Oh, do they just give you money? No, that would mean that women are earning more than men. Hey-oh. That's where you need to go, Luxembourg. Luxembourg.

Or Columbia. This doesn't count cashies though, does it? Probably not drug cashies. There might be a lot count cashies though, does it? Probably not drug cashies. Heal might be a lot of cashies. So yeah, that's the gap. Oh, there was a way easier way to read that graph to just click on the next tab. Okay, right.

It's almost like you could have had like a read-through before. Yeah, it's almost like you could have. I had a read-through of the article, but I didn't see the blue hyperlink to click through to the OECD's official earn wage, gender wage gap. Almost like it's one of the last things we've done in the show and we planned it like four hours ago. I didn't see it. There it is.

Is it home time? No, it's underneath that bag of that bucket of cookies. I couldn't be expected to. I had to eat my way through that bucket to get to the information. It's too heavy. ZDM's Fleshborn and Megan.